The Sun. — London, England, 1860-07-03 00:00:00

THE IV 'IVY. Vice-Admiral William Jas. Hope Johnstone yes terday hoisted his flag, white at the fore, on board H.M.S. Formidable at Sheerness, and saluted the flag of Admiral Edward Harvey, blue at the main, with 17 guns, which was returned by the Cumber land, 70 guns, Capt. Schomberg, with 13 guns. The Channel Fleet anchored in the Downs yes terday evening, on its way from Yarmouth Roads to Spithead, to take part in the naval review which is to take place prior to the departure of H.R.H. the Prince of Wales for Canada. _ The Heron, one of the new class screw gun schooners, arrived at Portsmouth on Saturday from Messrs. Wigram's building yard at Northam. The Firebrand, 6, paddle, Commander J. M. Bruce, arrived at Portsmouth yesterday from Port land, and sailed in the afternoon for the eastward. The Victoria, 121, screw, landed her propeller for some slight alteration at Portsmouth yard on Saturday, and reshipped it again yesterday. Her Majesty's ship Griffin, 5, despateh gunvessel, chief engineer Mr. Madge, got up steam yesterday at her moorings at Sheerness, under the superin tendence of Mr. Napier, of Glasgow, previous to her trial trip, when her machinery will be given up to the authorities. Her engines were found to work admirably. The Griffin is a very fine vessel, built by Pitcher, of Northfleet, and is said to be one of the finest of the class 3et turned out of hand. Mr. W. Anstey, of Sheerness yard, had the inspec tion of her building. The engines are by Messrs. Napier, of Glasgow. Since our last notice of the condition of the gun boats in Haslar yard, an order has been received at the master builders' office in Portsmouth dockyard from the Lords of the Admiralty, to open six more of the coppery' boats for examination as a means of affording additional evidence for the use of the Gunboat Commission now holding its sittings. These six vessels are now sufficiently exposed to enable us to offer a few remarks on their state, which will be interesting to the public in general, and may possibly be of use to the members of the commission themselves. As has been before stated, the sheds at Haslar, underneath which the boats are stowed, consist of a range of zinc-covered roofs, partitioned by brick-work ribs, each partitioned apace being arrauged to contain 10 boats. The names of the six vessels now under examination are the Skylark and Charger, built by Messrs. Pitcher, of Northfleet ; the Fervent, built by Messrs Green, of Blackwall ; the Whiting, by Messrs. Wigram, of Black wall ; and the Raven and Red breast, by Messrs. Laird, of Birkenhead. The two latter may be the quickest disposed of, as it will be sufficient to say that they are all that could be ex pected ; let them havebeenbuilt where or by whom they would. They, however, afford a proof, and a most conclusive one, that if a vessel is constructed with proper materials, Haslar sheds will not cause its decay. The remaining four are of about equal value. The Skylark has been found to have had " dumps" or short bolts freely used in her construc tion, and her butts are also stated to have been fas tened, :or pretended to be fastened, by the same means, instead of the through bolt. She has scarcely a timber which does not display sap freely. The Charger, by the same builder, has her tim bers in as bad a state from sap as they can well be—they can scarcely be worse. Her fastenings are good. Her planking has been badly worked on to her timbers, so much so that the fingers may be freely passed between her bilge streak and timbers. The Fervent has her timbers showing sap and rot fore and aft. Her stem, stemson, and apron must all be removed and replaced with new. Her plank ing is badly worked on to her timbers, and she is in as bad a state as she well can be. Her fasten ings are stated to have been found good. The Whiting is sap and rot fore and aft ; not a sound timber in her ; no complaint, however, as to her fastenings. The watercourses in nearly all the vessels have, as a rule, been found to have been so entirely neglected in their construction as to stop nearly all communication between the pumps and the water in the ship. The caulking too has been found to have been of the most superficial descrip tion. The copper on the vessels' bottoms has con siderably preserved the elm planking underneath, but this has tended to no saving to the country, except in similar eases to the Redbreast and Raven, as the amount of sappy timbers in the vessels has necessitated the removal of any plank that might be sound on its inside as well as on its outside. No better evidence could be afforded to the commission than the six boats we have named above. Capt. Charles Wise, Aide-de-Camp to the Queen, has taken up his appointment as captain of the ordinary (her Majesty's ship Monarch) and super intendent of the dockyard at Sheerness, vice Capt. R. Burgess Watson, C. 8., resigned. The following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty :—Richard Ratcliffe, apsist.- Burg., to the Melpomene ; J. W. Maddock, pay master, to the Neptune ; and N. G. Simmonds assist.-paymaster, to the Imanm. TILE ARMY. The following General Order has been issued: " Horse Guards, June 29. " Her Majesty the Queen having been pleased to command that officers serving on the staff as tem porary major-generals shall take and rank with .1 each other aceording to the dates of their commis- i sions as colonels, and as junior to all permanent major-generals, but as senior to brigadiers, the , General Commanding-in-Chief desires that her Ma jesty's pleasure to the above effect may be made known in the General Orders of the Army. "By command of his Royal Highness the General 1 Commandin g-in-Cbief. " JAMES YORKE SCARLETT, Adjutant-General." It is understood that the non-commissioned offi cers and privates of the Ist and 2d Battalions of the Grenadier Guards will have their entertainment to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the for mation of that Royal and gallant regiment, at the Crystal Palace. Yesterday morning the battalion of Royal Marine Light Infantry at Chatham was drawn up on the parade•ground in the barrack-square, under the command of Colonel Moore, for the purpose of witnessing the carrying into effect the sentence of a Qeneral Court Martial, which as sembled a few days previously, under the presi dency of Col. G. E. Hunt, for the trial of private George Coleman, 9th company, on the follow ing charges :-1. For having, on the 11th of June, at the Royal Marine-barracks, Chatham, wilfully broken his rifle, and thrown the butt-end through the window of the barrack-room. 2. For having, when in confinement in the guard-room on the first charge, thrown the mess canteens at Ser geant Burton, and broken a water-can. 3. For having, on the 12th June, struck Sergeant Burton, his superior officer, on the back with his boot. 4. For having, at Melville Hospital, refused to undress for medical inspection when twice ordered to do so. 5. For having, at the Commandant's office, Chatham, made use of disrespectful and disgusting language to Colonel Rea, such conduct being outrageous and l _tmbordinate, and to the prejudice of good order and_ discipline. The Court found the prisoner guilty n all the charges, and, in consideration of his forme r b u i _ erecter, and that he had been twice befor e t r i ed, kept in penal b . y Court-martial, sentenced him to be tude for 10 years. Immediately after the senten c handed over t o th e e hd been read, the prisoner was conveyed to Millbank ch argeue of a strong escort and jet . prison. The ceremony of decorating sioned officers and three lriv e! three non-commis ates of the Royal Engineers with go o d-conducts w medals, aa which, with Cam rd b ed them by his money gratuities, bad been -- R o yal Highness th e D u k e of for long service and meritori ous conduct,ridtogoek place at Brompten Barracks, Chatham, on Saturday, in'the p re sence of the whole of th e o f f i cers and men of the Royal Engineers now at head-quarters. The companies having been formed into a square, the non - com missioned officers and men se l ected fat: the decoration were called to the centre by Colonel H. Sandham, when each was presented with the flidal. Colour-Sergeant Clark was awarded a medalland £l5 gratuity; Sergeants Dean and Watson, a medal and £lO each ; and sappers Avery, Micikle wright, and Chesham, a medal and £5 each. Col. Sandham then addressed the Royal Engineers, and pointed out to them the rewards and advantagesi which were held out for -the deserving non-com missioned officers and privates, and exhorted all to follow the example set them by the non-commis sioned officers and men then awarded ti e honour which had been conferred on them. The examination of candidates for admission to the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich com menced yesterday before Major-Gen. Rumley, Col. Addison, Col. Elwyn, and Canon Moseley, mem bers of the Council of Military Education, at the Royal Hospital, Chelsea. There were on this occa sion above 160 candidates. The proceedings will extend over 12 days. NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION. .1... The grand rifle match of this association com menced yesterday on the ground on Wimbledon common under the highest auspices and the most favourable circumstances. The Volunteer move ment has gained another step onward in its history, and that step is a giant's stride ; it was in every way an appropriate sequence to the splendid review of the preceding week ; and, even as a spectacle, the display at Wimbledon was a worthy pendant pic ture to that in Hyde Park, which will long live in popular memory. First, and above all, the beauty of the day was a subject on which the congratula tion was general. The second of July may really be marked as the first genuine day of summer we have had ; and that it should have favoured the first national fete of the kind was universally felt as a good omen—a circumstance of bright promise. The day of the review was good by comparison with weeks of leaden-coloured skies, and the most persis tent rain, which prohibited or spoilt everything the elements could affect. The review was held in weather that seemedto be hesitating between shower and sunshine. Yesterday all was brilliant ; not even a threatening cloud gathered over the multi tude, and the gayest dresses and the smartest equi pages thronged the ground. Life and colour met the eye in every direction, It is an absolute plea sure to be able to record the fact, a sunbeam has been such a rarity throughout this spring and sum mer of all but despair. It may be noted that as the Volunteer movement has extended and deepened, and become a confirmed success, it has become more and more favoured by external circumstances. Something of this is one of the most agreeable con sequences of increasing prosperity. It is strongly magnetic, and draws much to its side ; but a few of the circumstances that seem to have taken an aus picious turn for the Volunteers are accidental and beyond mundane influences. Summer skies are among the favours that success cannot command ; that they smile on the Volunteers at last is a happy coincidence. Wimbledon-common was selected by the Associ ation as the field of the first trial of skill in what promises to be the weapon of the future. It is one of the many tracts in the metropolitan counties that have escaped the legal embrace of an enclosure Act. As London stretches its lines of streets to wards them they are becoming blessings ; perhaps they will be parks in time to come, if insidious clauses can be kept out of private bills. The ex istence of so many acres of land, as wild as in the days of the Heptarehy, so near this monster city, has perplexed many observers. The acreage does not square in the fitness of things with the millions of ;73pulation so near them. But the belief begins to dawn on us that these blanks in the agriculture of the metropolitan counties were reserved for rifle grounds. Such, at all events, they are likely to become; and these barren heaths may thus contri bute as much to the national power as an equal area of oak forest. Space is required for a good rifle ground; and in the neighbourhood of London the commons and heaths afford ample room and verge enough for hundreds of them. The long I range of 1,000 yards is much longer to the eye than any impression the mere figures convey. On the Wimbledon ground, at the extreme distance, the butts themselves, though they are 50 feet long and 12 high, appear difficult to hit ; and the target in front of them is barely visible to the unassisted sight. Yet to strike the smaller object is precisely the degree of skill our riflemen have to acquire. May they cultivate sedulously the opportunities the wastes of the Home Circuit present ! The town—we are afraid to call it a village—of Wimbledon is a sort of" aside" place, a little eddy of life, away from the main traffic of river and railroad, the bulk of which glides past it to Rich mond ; and the line that does pass it is too dis tant to disturb its quietude. No new and shabby brick streets, proclaiming their railroad origin, connect it with the station, but solid villas with carriage drives and trim gardens, watered probably by some Pactolus, whose fountain head is in the dingy city. Past these the pedestrian ascends into the town, grateful for legible direction posts, and, turning to the left, is soon on the common, of which the part abutting on the road to Putney has undergone a transformation, for under the orders of the council of the association there has arisen on it almost another town of canvass. Wimbledon did its best to support the council and do honour to the occasion. It raised an arch of welcome of the " forest green," hung out banners and flags in the street, shut up its shops, and betook itself to the ad joining common, or to the upper windows, and made it a holiday. An outline of the preparations on the ground was given on Saturday. The plan was closely adhered to ; but the difference between the sketch and the finished picture was very great. Naked poles had in the interval become spacious tents, and muddy pathways well-gravelled roads ; while in lines between the tents and above them, waved the flags of all nations. The Queen's entrance was near the town, and led by a. broad drive to a double Pavilion, one compartment circular; the second oblong ; in front of the last was an open dais or platform, carpeted with crimson cloth; on each side of the dais was a rich parterre of flowers, combining the most brilliant colours ; the effect from the front of the Pavilion was exceedingly good. A narrow platform, about eighty yards long, also covered with crimson, led from the dais to a small tent, circular and quite open at the sides ; under this tent, fixed to a frame, was a Whitworth rifle, the shot from which, fired by her Majesty, was to open the competition. During the greater part of the afternoon Mr. Whitworth and his assistants were engaged in fixing the rifle to bear cor rectly on the target, which was the first on the left of the line, the outside target of the first pair of butts. Many trial shots were fired to test the aim ; and the angles requited frequent and very nice adjustment. The process kept the spectators on the alert for more than two hours. The point at which the weapon was fixed was exactly 400 yards from the target, 100 yards more than the subsequent firing of the day. After every test shot, at a very perceptible interval of time, the sound of the ball striking against the target came back on the crowd like an echo; anti considerable was the surprise expressed that the ball should take so much time in reaching its destination. This simple wonder, so expressed, is an indication that the fairer portion of the assembly were much more familiar with the older. English practice of archery than with the vile guns that owe their existence to the discovery of Bartholomew Schwartz. Much signaling with flags passed between the tent and markers at the target ; then more manipulation ; then another shot, till a short time only before her Majesty's arrival a satisfactory adjustment was ar rived at. The public or grand entrance led at once into the centre of the group of official tents, appropriated to the council, the secretary and clerk, and the actual business of the meeting; there were Iwo armouries, two ammunition tents, and a laboratory. The cluster of offices terminated on the left with an im mense marquee devoted to refreshments, the whole of the arrangements connected with the commissa riat being undertaken by Mr. Strange, of the Cry stal Palace. The prices were fixed, and payment for every item was taken only in tickets previously purchased. From this marquee to the enclosure to the right of the Royal pavilion stretched a line of flags. The ground open to the public from the fence skirting s from e p ces s k ib ir l tin it g the Putney-road, to the line of 400 the could u ld targets,be crowded.was bulkthat i spectators gathered as c l ose to the Royal side o O was impossible thetha es inclosure as possible. They formed in lines, closing l it in, not in columns or massed, as a crowd usually is. Behind them were the carriages, and their num ber was immense. Every villa within a circuit of 20 miles must have contributed its chariot; and the West-end was represented by a numerous deputa tion. On the side of the enclosure next the Royal tent they stood five and six deep, mostly occupied by ladies. The whole scene was more like the Hill at Epsom on the Derby-day than what is usually witnessed on any other public occasion. About half-past two o'clock a body of Volunteers, most of them intending competitors, marched into the inclosure and formed a line on each side of the narrow platform along which her Majesty was to advance to the Rifle Tent. Soon afterwards ap peared a line of men—remarkable as not being in uniform—preceded by the flag of the Swiss Con federation ; there were about 150 of them; they were the Swiss, the formidable competitors for the prize "open to all nations." They are picked men, the best shots of their respective societies, or verein, of which they wore the riband and badge. They appeared to be of the urban rather than the rural population ; and looked very like the class of men of whom our city volunteer companies are composed. They carried no weapons, and might easily have been mistaken for a detachment of the Orpheonists detained in London by curiosity to see the Tir Na tional. That this Swiss representative corps are not exclusively or even principally mountaineers of the Tyrol is an advantage. They will show us that quick ness of eye and steadiness of hand are not possessed by the peasant only. If the boutique and the bureau can in Switzerland send forth the " deadly marks men," we need not doubt that they can do the same in England. To aid in developing that power by practice is the object of the National Association. The Swiss detachment took -up a station behind the line of Volunteers, to the left of the Queen's narrow " war path." Her Majesty, who had left Buckingham Palace at a quarter to three, arrived at Wimbledon shortly before four o'clock. The cheers of the spectators outside of the enclosure announced the. approach of the Royal party. At four o'clock the carriages came on the ground, and her Majesty alighted at the back of the pavi lion, over which the Royal standard was at the same moment hoisted. The council of the associa tion, and its President, Mr. Sidney Herbert, re ceived her Majesty at the entrance, She was ac companied by his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, Princess Alice, and the young princes. After the Queen and Prince Albert had taken their places on the dais, the President, on behalf of the Association, presented addresses from that body. The ceremony occupied but a short time, and immediately it terminated her Majesty, accompanied by Prince Albert, advanced along the narrow walk, above described, to the Rifle Tent. One light touch on the string, attached to the trigger, and the ". first shot" was fired that an nounced the opening of the competition which will not close till Saturday next. The red and white flag held before the target apprised those of the spectators who knew its meaning that the bullet fired by the Royal hand had hit file ball's eye ; her Majesty, therefore, scored three points, according to the rules of the Association. The report of the rifle was followed by a hearty cheer from all parts of the ground. As her Majesty and suite returned to the pavilion a Royal salute was fired ; she remained for some time afterwards on the dais, overlooking the whole scene, and the general arrangements and plan of the ground were explained to her Majesty by Lord Elcho. During this interval the business of the meeting had commenced in earnest ; the sharp crack of rifles firing at the targets on the right of the line being constantly audible. About five o'clock the Royal party re-entered their carriages, drove across the ground just in the rear of the 300 yards' dis tance points, from which the firing grew more rapid, and quitted the enclosure on the opposite side of the common near the windmill. The assembly began to disperse as soon as the Royal escort disappeared ; an apparently intermin able line of carriages divided on the Wandsworth road, and made it almost impassable in two direc tions—citywards and to Wimbledon. Again the resemblance to the Derby-day was evident—in dust, puzzled driving, and confusion, it was complete. The excitement in Wimbledon when the detach ment of Guards with their splendid band, gorgeous in new uniforms, marched through on their way back to the station almost reached the point of wildness. The place will not recover its self-pos session for many days. We gave a list of the prizes on Saturday, but some have since been added ; we therefore subjoin the list as.it now stands : " Her Majesty the Queen's prize, £250 ; his Royal Highness the Prince Consort's prize, £lOO ; his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge's prize, £5O. " Given by the Association—The gold medal, the silver medal ; 20 Whitworth rifles (value each 25 guineas), £5OO ; 20 prizes, of the value of £750 ; Volunteer Ball prizes, given by Mr. Gye, of the Royal Italian Opera-Ist, £100; ditto, 2d, £25; ditto, 3d, £25; ditto, 4th, £25 ; ditto, sth, £25 ; Duke of Wellington's prize, £5O ; Ladies of North amptonshire, £35 ; London Rifle Brigade cup, value £5O; Army and Navy Gazette prize, £2O; . one rifle, presented by Lord Vernon ; three rifles, presented by Messrs, Westley Richards, of Bir rhingham ; three rifles, presented by Messrs. Lan caster, of Bond-street, London; one rifle, presented by Messrs. Smith, of Davies-street, London ; one rifle, presented by Messrs. Egan, of Hustler-gate, Bradford ; one rifle, presented by Messrs Turner, of Birmingham; and one rifle, presented by the rifle men of Switzerland." Some explanation of the rules to be observed and the signals to be watched during the competi tion of the next week may also be useful. The line of butts runs from south to north ; there are 20 of them, in pairs, a target before each butt. The tar gets can be altered in size, according to the distance of the firing points. At 200 and 300 yards the tar gets are 6 feet high by .2 feet in breadth, presenting the average of the superficial inches of a human figure. The surface is white, only the " bull's-eye" itself is black ;it is eight inches in diameter. It is enclosed in a ring, two feet in diameter ; this is the "centre ;" all beyond this circle is the " outer." The terms must be borne in mind, as the gradations regulate the distribution of honours. A shot planted within the diameter of the bull's eye brings out a white and red flag from the mantelet, or screen for the marker, and denotes that three points are scored. A shot within two feet of the centre scores two points, and is announced by showing a dark blue flag. Hitting the margin round the centre or " outer" only makes one point ; it is signalled by a white flag. At the shortest distance, 300 yards, at which alone the firing was made yesterday, the competitors are allowed five rounds each; it is possible, therefore, to make 15 points, but this will be rare and exceptional; if the target is hit, but unluckily, and in the outer only, five is the lowest scoring. The average number of winners' points will probably be, as by yesterday's experience, a mean from six to eight. When an "outer" is hit another series of numbered flags announces on what part of it the ball has told, but the signals could not be made intelligible without a diagram. At all the distances above 300 yards the target is increased in size to a square of 6 feet, with a centre of 3 feet in diameter and no bull's-eye. The hoisting a red flag denotes " danger ;" when waved to and fro near the ground, it indicates that the ball has struck the ground before hitting the target ; these ricochet shots score nothing. Volunteers must only fire from the regulation position ; " all comers" may fire in what position they please, but they must not use an artificial rest. As the police may not be in such force on the outskirts of the common as they were yesterday, the public will do well for the next five days to be cautious of their whereabouts on the " open." The firing, which commenced late in the afternoon of yesterday, was kept up for some time after her Majesty left. Of the whole number of competitors, firing five rounds each at 300 yards distance, the following were the victors :- 4th Northampton—Sergeant Tomalin 8 points. oth Middlesex—Lieutenant Dear .. S » sth Kent—Mr. Edward Pant.. 8 If The Swiss champions will use our regulation rifle, a much lighte r weapon th an th e i r own. Th e S w i s s rifle weighs nearly 251 b. It is a condition of the contest that no rifle exceeding 101 b. weight shall be used. Whether the lightness of the weapon will THE SUN, LUNDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 3, 1860. prove an embarrassment to the foreign competitors remains to be seen. The rifle—a Whitworth—with which her Ma jesty opened the meeting, the target, and the gold prize medal of the Association will be on view in he Exhibition-tent to-day. The following addresses were presented to her Majesty on the dais of the Royal Pavilion imme- diately on her arrival : " May it please your Majesty,—We, the President and Council of the National Rifle Association, hum- bly approach your Majesty with sentiments of devoted attachment to your throne and person. "We tender to your Majesty our grateful acknowledgments for the patronage and encour agement so graciously extended by your Majesty and your illustrious and Royal Consort to our association, which has been formed to give perma nence to the Volunteer force. The foree, of which a small portion had recently the honour of being I reviewed by your Majesty, has sprung from the in tuitive loyalty and patriotism of your Majesty's people. " We hope that, wide as is the present develop ment of the Volunteer force, it may yet attain to much larger proportions. To aid in this develop ment, and to give permanence to this force by fos tering and diffusing a taste for rifle-shooting, are the objects of the National Rifle Association. These, we think, can best be effected by establishing a great annual meeting for competition in rifle shoot ing similar to the Tir Federalof Switzerland, where every two years prizes to the value of £lO,OOO are competed for, and ►here riflemen from the different cantons meet together in friendly rivalry. " The use of the longbow and the cloth-yard shaft was once the pastime of the English people, and at the same time the terror of England's foes. The spirit which animated our fathers still lives in their descendants, and the National Rifle Associa- tion hope, by establishing rifle shooting as a na tional pastime, to make the rifle what the bow was in the days of the Plantagenets—the familiar wea pon of those who stand forth in the defence of their country. " Such being the objects of our Association, it has been honoured in a - special degree with your Majesty's favour and countenance ; for not only has your Majesty been graciously pleased to express your approval of our undertaking, and munifi cently founded a prize which will be the highest honour that can be gained by the competitors, but your Majesty has even condescended to inaugurate in person this the first prize meeting of the associa tion. We most cordially and respectfully thank your Majesty for this special mark of your favour and we fervently pray that health and happiness may long attend your Majesty, your Royal Con sort, and every member of your illustrious family." Her Majesty rose from her chair, and in a very clear and distinct manner made the following re ply : " I receive with sincere satisfaction the senti ments of attachment to my throne, person, and family which have been expressed by the President and Council of your association ; and I assure you that I, together with my Royal Consort, have gladly given encouragement to a body whose ob ject it is to render permanent an armed force, limited exclusively to defensive purposes, and founded upon voluntary exertions. " I have witnessed with pleasure the manner in which the ancient fondness of the English people for manly and sylvan sports has been converted by your association to more important ends, and has been made an auxiliary instrument for maintaining inviolable the safety of our common country." The Right Hon. Sidney Herbert then read the following address to his Royal Highness, the Prince Consort : " May it please your Royal Highness,—We, the President and Council of the National Rifle Asso ciation, humbly approach your Royal Highness, and eagerly embrace this opportunity of expressing to your Royal Highness our grateful acknowledg ment for the patronage and support which you have been graciously pleased to extend to our association. " Your Royal Highness is ever found either originating .or giving your enlightened and dis criminating 'support to such schemes as have for their object the advancement of the public good and the prosperity of the United Kingdom. To this association your Royal Highness has, however, shown a special mark of favour by deigning to be come its patron, and no further proof is wanted of the value and importance of the objects we have in view. " We thank your Royal Highness for the active interest you have shown in our undertaking, and for the valuable counsel and assistance which we have frequently received at your hands, as well as for the prize which your Royal Highness offered for competition by all nations. " We trust that the National Rifle Association, honoured as it is by the favour of her Majesty, and patronised by your Royal Highness, will meet throughout these realms with that countenance and support which its national and patriotic character may be found to justify." To which his Royal Highness replied as follows : " Gentlemen,—l thank you sincerely for your kind address, and beg you to be assured that I am very sensible of the flattering manner in which you speak of any support which it may have b e e n i n my power to afford to objects of national interest. " Fully appreciating the value and importance of rn dtt their r irt weapone isn d with t v h o o u to on which wh i ac peculiar ch pleasure that I have accepted y our i nv it at i on to o ne l n u t ch n ye t e use e d r ep s of the National Rifle Association as a means o f en couragingtqhuei irre kheieffil lVci w t h h a o t l whole be come its patron ; nor can I doubt, when I look around me and see the manner in which the call of the Council has been responded to, that the result will answer the most sanguine expectations of those who set the present movement on foot. " In establishing a prize open to the competition of all nations, my object was to give our British marksmen an opportunity of comparing their own arms and their own skill with those of other coun trius ; and I am convinced the result will be to show that, as the British manufacturer is already second to none in the fabrication of the arm itself, so the people of this country are not to be su.passed, by any in the knowledge how to use it." (From the Court Circular.) Her M ijesty the Queen went yesterday afternoon to the first prize meeting of the National Rifle Asso ciation on Wjmbledon•common. The Royal procession quitted Buckingham Palace five minutes before 3 o'clock, in seven carriages and four, attended by outriders in scarlet liveries, and escorted by a detachment of Light Dragoons. The first carriage and four contained her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness the Prince Consort, her Royal Highness the Princess Alice, and his Royal Highness the Duke of Saxe Coburg. The carriage conv e y e d t h e i r R oya l High °s of Wales and th e P r i ncess H e l en a, n th e e ss Mi st s eh t c r e in' e o ss dri ce of the Robes, and the Master of the Horse. The third carriage conveyed their Royal High nesses Prince Arthur, and the Princess Louise, the Countess of Gainsborough, Lady in Waiting, and the Lord Steward. The fourth carriage conveyed his Royal Highness Prince Leopold, the Lady Superintendent, and the Hon. Caroline Cavendish and the Hon. Horatia Stopford, Maids of Honour in Waiting. The fifth carriage conveyed the Right Hon. Sir G. C. Lewis, Secretary of State for the Home De partment ; the Lord Chainberlain, Lord de Tabley, Lord in Waiting ; and Lord Waterpark, Lord in Waiting to the Prince Consort. The sixth carriage conveyed Major-General the Hon. R. Bruee, Governor to the Prince of Wales'; Major• General the H on . Cha r l es Grey, Equerry in Waiting ; Col. the Hon. A. Hardinge, Equerry in Waiting to the Prince Consort, and Baron Hoch waechter, in Waiting on the Duke of Saxe Coburg. The seventh carriage and four conveyed Lieute nant-Col. Kingscote, Groom in Waiting; Colonel Francis Seymour, C. 8., Groom in Waiting to the Prince Consort ; Captain Grey, Equerry in Waiting to the Prince of Wales, and Major Elphinstone, in Waiting on Prince Arthur. The Prince Consort, the Prince of Wales, and the Duke of Saxe Coburg wore the riband and badge of the Order of the Garter, and the Earl of St. Ger mans (Lord Steward) the Riband and Badge of the Order of the Bath. The Queen and Prince Consort received addresses from the Council of the Association. Afterwards her Majesty inaugurated the meeting by firing the first shot, and returned to Buckingham Palace soon after 7 o'clock. THE PRINCE DE JOIN TILLE.—It may take our citizens by surprise that the Prince de Joinville is in Quebec ; but such is the case. He has taken up his quar ters, temporarily, webelieve, at the Clarendon. His visit is of a private nature, but the registration of his name at the Clarendon has naturally excited a good deal of interest, and many of our fellow-citizens will be desirous, if possible, to pay their homage to the distinguished:visitor. We can'fsaw how long the Prince will prolong his visit at the Clarendon. —Quebec ifocning ChroHtcic. [ADvERTIsEmENTI-11011oway's Ointment and Pills.— Pleasure to the Healthy.—There are many ailments which, without endange r i ng life sadly prevent its enjoyment. The patient says he " i s neither ill nor well," things once pleas • ing to him now cease to be pleasurable. Let such an indi vidual try the corrective powers of Holloway's medicaments. When this Ointment is rubbed over the stomach, liver, or kidneys it penetrates, and regulates each function that is disordered; expels all noxious matters, and adjusts the secretions of every organ respectively so as to secure hap piness to the healthy. Nausea, bilious attacks, sick-head ache and diarrhoea all succumb to this treatment, aided by the proper use of Holloway's Pills . ; the appropriate doses of which are printed to accompany each box. SELECT COMMITTEE ON TAX BILLS The report of this committee, with a record of their proceedings, lists of bills, index, &c., occupies 98 pages. _ _ It appears that the committee held 11 sittings, .he first taking place on the Ist of Jun e . At the second sitting - ft was resolved that a summary of precedents should be prepared by the officers of the house, under the direction of a chairman. At the third sitting, on the 11th of June, this summary was laid before the committee, who proceeded to consider it. Two divisions took place relative to a proposed omission from the collection of precedents —Mr. S. Estcourt, Mr. Bouverie, Mr. Henley, Sir J. Pakington, and Mr. Bentinck voting in one sense, and Mr. Bright, Col. Patten, Sir W. Heathcote, Mr. Villiers, Mr. Disraeli, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir G. Grey, and Lord Hotham in the other. In the second division Sir J. Pakington and Mr. Bentinck were alone. Five sittings having been occupied in delibera tions upon the summary, at the next sitting, on June 25, a draft report, proposed by Mr. Walpole, the chairman, and another proposed by Mr. Bright, were brought up and read. A division then took place on the question whether the chairman's re port or Mr. Bright's should be read a second time, and carried paragraph by paragraph. For the chair man's report there appeared 14 votes, viz., Lord Palmerston, Col. Patten, Sir - W. Heathcote, Mr. Bouverie, Sir H. Cairns, Mr. Bentinck, Mr. S. Est court, Sir J. Graham, Mr. Massey, Sir G. Grey, Sir J. Pakington, Mr. Henley, Lord Hotham, and Mr. Disraeli. For Mr. Bright's report there voted, be sides Mr. Bright himself, the Chancellor of the Ex chequer and Lord J. Russell. Mr. More O'Ferrall was absent, Several amendments on paragraphs were nega tived, and others adopted, without a division. At the sitting of the 27th the following paragraph was proposed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer : " No one of these bills, rejected or otherwise lost in the House of Lords, appears to have had for its object to repeal any tax constituting a large branch of the re venue, or imposing a burden of sensible amount. Of the acts which they repealed or altered, some had the supply preamble, but it cannot be cer tainly averred that in any of these cases the repeal. ing or amending bill reduced the charge laid upon the nation. From the subjects and terms of the bills, or from other sources, it is in most instances plain that they were dealt with on legislative grounds other than those of finance ; nor is there any case which suggests a contrary conclusion." Seven members of the committ ee vot e d for this paragraph, viz., Lord Palmerston, Mr. Bright, Mr. Bouverie, Mr. Collier, Sir G. Grey, the Chancellor •f the Exchequer, and Lord J. Russell. Nine voted against it, viz., Sir W. Heathcote, Mr. Bentinck, Sir J. Graham, Mr. S. Esteourt, Sir 11. Cairns, Sir J. Pakington, Mr. Henley, Lord Hotham, and Mr. Disraeli. The voting was the same on the following para graph, proposed by L or d J . R usse ll :—" F or th e rejection by the Lords of a bill repealing a burden of more than a million of p oun d s a year upon th e branch of industry, your committee can find no precedent whatever." A paragraph was then proposed by Mr. Bright :—" It does not appear that the House of Lords has in any ease, before the year 1860, reject e d any bill , purely one of taxation or repeal of taxation, materially affecting or interfering with the quantum of ways and means provided by the House of Commons for the service of the years." The ayes were 5, viz., Mr. Bright, Mr. Bouverie, Mr. Collier the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Lord J. Rus sell. The noes, 11 in number, included Lord Palmer ston, Sir J. Graham, and Sir G. Grey. The follow ing paragraph was then proposed by Mr. Bright : " It may be well to state some facts in the ordinary practice of Parliament connected with bills impos ing or repealing taxes. The Crown speaks only to the Commons at the opening and closing of each session, or by message during the session, on the subject of grants of money aid supply for the ser vice of the year. The Lords are not asked for money and are not thanked by the Sovereign for thesums granted ; and bills granting supplies are presented by the Speaker of the House of Commons to the Sovereign, and not as other bills, through the offi cers of the House of Lords. The Crown does not order estimates of expenditure to be laid before the Lords ; they are furnished oily to the Commons ; and these estimates and any other documents relat ing to taxation and expenditure the Commons never send to the Lords, even though the Lords should ask to be furnished with them. The Lords, there fore, have no official notice of the necessities of the Crown ; they cannot grant money ; they are never consulted as to the expenditure for the year, and hence they are not responsible for providing any portion of the supplies." Seven members of the com mittee voted for this paragraph :—Lord Palmerston, Mr. Bright, Mr. Bouverie, Mr. Collier, Sir G. Grey, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Lord J. Rus sell. The noes were 10, including Sir J. Graham. This was the last division. COMMITTAL OF A MERCHANT CAPTAIN FOR _INDECENCY IN A RAILWAY CARRIAGE. Edwin Courtenay, describin g hi mse lf as a cap tain in the merchant service, and residing at No. 2, Glenmohr-terrace, Blackheath, was charged at the Greenwich Police-court, yesterday, before Mr. Traill, with indecently assaulting Mrs. Jane Howi son, a married lady, while travelling in a carriage on the North Kent Railway. Mr. Lewis appeared for the accused; the case ex citing much interest in a crowded court. The complainant, on being sworn, said—l am the wife of Mr. James Howison, chief officer of the serew steamer Agenoria, trading between London and Riga. I was a passenger by the nine o'clock train on Saturday evening, on the North Kent Railway from London to Rochester. I was seated second from the door, on the left-hand side ; my husband sitting on my right and a female friend on my left. I was sitting with my back towards the engine, and the defendant was sitting opposite me. It was a third class carriage, and the compartment in which we were seated was full. As soon as I took my seat the defendant rubbed his knees against my dress, and I drew my feet under the carriage in order to . give him more room. After the train started the defendant again placed his knees against mine, and then rubbed his feet against my legs. I got up and said, " I will thank you not to do that, sir.' When I made this observation he only looked at me. This was just before entering the tunnel, near the Lewisham station. As soon as the train entered the tunnel the defendant bent forward, his face being nearly level with mine, and placed his hands under my 'dress. I got up on the train leaving the tunnel (the tunnel in question is only a few yards in length), and said, " What are you doing, sir P" when he folded his arms and replied, " I have been doing nothing—l have been sitting like this." When the train arrived at the Lewisham station my husband gave the defendant into custody. Mr. Traill—lt was not quite dark at the time the train entered the tunnel. There was no light in the car riage. My husband said to defendant, "You have been insulting my wife, and I will give you in charge." The defendant denied having done so, and tried to hold my husband back by taking hold of his coat. At the station defendant said something about holding a respectable position, and after some little time he said it must have been a man sitting on his right hand who had acted in the manner described, as he had had great difficulty in keeping the man's hands off himself. There was a man sitting on each side of defendant, but I am positive it was neither of them who insulted me. By Mr. Lewis—l have been living at No. 2, East lane, Bermondsey, for a fortnight, having previ ously come from Howden, Yorkshire, where I kept a school seven years. When the defendant acted as I have stated, and I first complained, the train was about half way between London and Lewisham. I did not complain to my husband then, not wishing to make a confusion in the carriage, and thinking we should soon get to a station ; but I spoke to my female friend and told her defendant was annoying me. When I first complained my husband was talking to a friend on his right hand, and did not hear it. Ido not recollect the train stopping at the New-cross station. My husband heard me ask de fendant what he had been doing, and sa id to de fendant he had been noticing his conduct towards me ; but he did not say the whole way down. I heard nothing said to defendant at the station that if he offered an apology no furth er not i ce would be taken of it, and his refusing to do so. Ann Clegg, a young woman, residing at King street, Rochester, who was in company with the complainant, confirmed her statement. In answer to questio ns put b y Mr. Lewis the witness said defendant first gathered complainant's dress between his knees, and that they were pulled away by the complainant with force. Mr. James Howison said--I was passenger in the train with my wife an d th e l ast w i tness. Just previous to the train arriving at the bridges, and before getting to the Lewisham tunnel, I observed defendant peering into my wife's face, in conse quence of which I watched him. When the train entered the tunnel I saw the defendant stoop, and afterwards saw him let my wife's dress fall, I heard my wife ask him what he was doing, and defendant replied " nothing." By Mr. Traill—There was not sufficient light while in the tunnel to see defendant, but as we en tered the tunnel I saw him stoop. lam sure I am not mistaken in seeing him stoop. When at the station defendant said it must have been a person sitting by his side. This was after the train had left ; and he then took me aside, and said the per son of whom he had spoken had also actedinde cently towards him. Defendant then said lie had moved to throw something out of the window, and then said he had not moved at all. By Mr. Lewis—Defendant was not asked to apologise for his conduct. I have not told any con stable that I observed defendant's knees between my wife's knees all the way down. Mr. Traill—Did you observe anything of the kind ? The Witness—l did not. The first I observed was when the train reached the bridges. Mr. Nelson, master at the Lewisham station, said —I was called by the guard to the carriage where the defendant was sitting. The husband of the complainant was then on the platform, and said he wanted to give a person into custody for assaulting his wife. I asked defendant to get out of the car riage, and he said he was going to Blackheath. I told him he had better get out and answer any com plaint made against him, and after some hesitation he did so. A constable was then sent for and de fendant was given into custody. By Mr. Traill—No one asked defendant to apo logise in my hearing ; in fact, the complainant's husband seemed determined to press the charge. Police-constable Tanner, 233, and Brown, 98 R, were called ; the first of whom said that the hus band of the complainant remarked that he had noticed defendant's conduct all the way down, and the latter that he said the whole of the way down. Mr. Traill said the case was one of great public importance, and, after the defence set up by the accused, he must send the case t 9 a jury. ' The depositions were then taken, and the de fendant was committed for trial, bail being taken for • his appearance at the sessions in two sureties of £BO • each, and himself in double that amount. BE.LIZTLEBS DECEPTION. At the Westminster Police-court, yesterday, Thomas Dexter, a young man about thirty, was charged with obtaining £7 and a brooch, under the following circumstances : In August last a servant girl, named Jane Win scott, made the acquaintance of the prisoner, who represented himself to be a single man, and they shortly afterwards kept company together, and were to have been married on Tuesday last. Three weeks ago he obtained a brooch from her under the pretence of havinf , it tried, and pawned it as it turned out the next day, and on Friday last he ob tained £7 from her, saying he was about to furnish their lodgings ready for their marriage. The next day, however, she found out that he was married, and gave him into custody. In cross examination by Mr. Lewis, sen., prose cutrix said the prisoner had bought the furniture , and she had seen it. Mr. Lewis said it had been hinted that prose cutrix was in the family-way, and asked whether such was the case. Prosecutrix, after much evident reluctance, said she was in that state. Mr. Arnold asked by whom. Prosecutrix replied by the prisoner. Mr. Tarlton, an inspector of the V division, here produced the certificate of prisoner's marriage, and the notice of the banns having been put up by the prisoner for his marriage with prosecutrix, at Trinity Church, St. Marylebone. In answer to questions from the magistrate, pro secutrix said prisoner told her he had put up the banns, and the notice produced was what he had shqwn her. Edwards, 241 A, having proved comparing the certificate with the parish register at St. Pancras Church, and finding it correct, John Bond said on Feb. 28, 1852, he was present at St. Pancras Church, at the marriage of Mary Ann Mortimer and Thomas Dexter (te prisoner). The wife was alive, and now present in court. Mr. Lewis urged that although prisoner's conduct showed great immorality, there was no legal guilt, as the mere fact of his saying " I am a single man," if he did not intend to defraud prosecutrix, would not affect him. The question was, for what purpose was the money given to him ? For the purpose of purchasing furniture, and his worship might add for the consummation of a marriage, and his (Mr. Lewis's) answer to this was that there could be no case of false pretence, as the furniture had actually been purchased, and was at the prosecutrix's ser vice at any moment, and the mere fact of prisoner saying, " I will marry you," had no reference to time, and might mean when his wife died, or any thing else. After some further remarks, Mr. Lewis said it would be much better for the prisoner to be discharged, and for the prosecutrix to seek her remedy another way, than for her, under the dis tressing circumstances of the case, to go before another tribunal and have no other resource left her. Mr. Arnold looked at the matter in this light. The prisoner had said he was a single man, and had obtained the £7 to purchase goods for the use of himself and prosecutrix, when married, represent ing himself, therefore, as able to do what, in law, he had not the power of doing, viz., to marry the prosecutrix, and there was no doubt that she would not have entrusted him with the money had she known he was not in a position to fulfil his promise. Mr. Lewis's remarks, however, were well worthy of consideration, although not before him, and he should, therefore, send the case to the Cen tral Criminal Court, where it might be more fully discussed than at the sessions, and meantime should remand the prisoner again for the depositions to be made out. Mr. Lewis suggested the propriety of the magis trates accepting bail. Mr. Arnold said he certainly should not take bail. The charge as to the brooch was withdrawn. EXTENSIVE ROBBERIES AND CAP- TURE OF THE BURGLAR. A rather successful and extensive series of rob beries from warehouses in Glasgow have been brought to light within the last few days, and about £1,500 worth of goods recovered, by the energetic labours of our detective police. For some years back complaints have repeatedly reached the police of various quantities of valuable property having been missed in some of the large warehouses in the city, the proprietors being quite unable to give the slightest explanation of the means adopted in the abstraction of the goods. The premises were locked up safely at night, and in the morning they were found as safely fastened. The interior of the pre mises was quite in order in the morning, but a por tion of the property they contained was missing, and until very recently, the utmost efforts of the police failed to discover any trace of the stolen goods, or a clue to the thief. One day last week, however, a man left some alpaca cloth at the warehouse of Messrs. Wilson and Matheson, in Glassford-street, desiring it to be made into covers for umbrellas. There it was suspected that the alpaca was similar to that usually kept by Mr. Wm. Fyfe, 52, Glass ford-street, and accordingly he was communicated with. Mr. Fyfe at once identified the alpaca as a portion of that stolen from his premises on the 14th Feb., 1859, on which occasion he lost £75 worth of goods in the mysterious manner above described. He apprised the police of the fact, and they traced out the man who had left the cloth to be a person named Houston, residing in Jackson-street, who said he had got it from William Wallace, haberdasher, Bo'ness. On the 18th ult. detective Brown was de spatched to Bo'ness, and apprehended Wallace, in whom he discovered an old friend—one who had been transported, in 1851, for housebreaking in Glasgow. He denied all knowledge of the alpaca ; but as the most of Mr. Fyfe's stolen goods were found in his premises, his denial was received with caution, and he has since been remitted to prison to await the judgment of the Justiciary Court, on a charge of housebreaking and robbery, or reset of theft, Be sides Mr. Fyfe's property Brown brought with him from Bo'ness two pieces of woollen cloth which he believed had been stolen. These he discovered had been taken from two bales which had been left for a short time in Brunswick-street on the 19th March last, and belonged to Mr. R. B. Clark. Another visit was paid, when several watches were found, and one of these was identified as having been stolen, along with others, from the premises of Messrs. Watson and Poddzie, working jewellers, Trongate, on the 17th or 18th of August, 1856, A visit to Wallace's shop in Bo'ness has since been made by Brown, and has resulted in his gutting the place and bringing a waggon load of all kinds of drapery goods to Glasgow, so that for a day or two last week the rooms of the detective department of the police were more like a draper's warehouse than a police-office. This seizure has led to the discovery of several robberies, one of the most ex t e nsive of firm which was unknown to the partners of the .rm until their goods were shown to them in the police office. The firm referred to is that of Messrs. Hut ton and Baird, warehousemen , Union-street, of although tou h g ad h they were sensible that some of whose property between £ 3OO and £4OO worth was found in Wallace's premises , and which they were not aware of having lost until t n h o e w i; goods The warehouse going amissing f but in what way they or the last two years, had idea. Ilre Gay and M‘Ktnlay, s ilk bandana manufacturers, Mitchell-street, was broken into in May, 1859, and 62 pieces of silk handkerchiefs of the value of £4O, stolen. The grea t e r part of that property was found in . 1 3o'ness ; as well as webs of doeskin, Sze., to about the same value, belonging to Mr. James M`liechnie, manu facturer, Wilson - street , and which had been s t o l en on various nights in November, Decemb er, and March last. The premises of Mr. Taylor, uphol sterer, Buchanan-street, were entered on the night of the 3d of May, 1859, and two carp e t s , two pieces of damask cloth, and a looking-glass stolen. Ali these things, 'with the exception o f A. one carpet,r were found in Wallaces house. Near his house were also found a bunch of okeleten kt lys, a dark lantern, and several files, which no doubt were used in the raids he made into Wasgow, for nearly all the doors of the warehouses above ,mentioned can be opened by these keys.—/ Vora Drit:Bll Daily Mail. TSEPOISONING CASE AT LIVE.RP f)O.L. The prisoner, Thomas AN inslow, who was, on Monday, the 25th ult., brought before the sitting magistrates on a charge of having poisoned Mrs. Ann James, boardinghouse-keeper, in Vauxhall road, and remanded for a week, was again brought up yesterday before Mr. Ruffles, the stipendiary magistrate, in terms of the remand. The prisoner, who appeared perfectly cool and collected, evincing neither trepidation nor visible emotion, w as attended by Mr. Cobb, as his legal adviser; and Mt.. Aspinall, barrister, appeared for the prosecution.. On the case being called, Mr. Aspinall said from eie turn the case had taken before the coroner, and from the verdict of the jury, it was not now a matter as to the personal liberty of the prisoner whether the inquiry was proceeded with to-day or not, as in any circumstances he must remain in custody to the next assizes. On the part of the prosecution, ike felt that it was very desirable—indeed, necessary-4 to have the fullest investigation into all the cir cumstances attending the charge. Up to the pre sent time it had been impossible to have the pre liminary inquiries, sciendfic and others, completed. He should therefore, as a matter of justice to all parties, deem it his duty to apply for a remand for the longest period the court could consistently assent to. Mr. Cobb said he should not offer any . objec tion to this course. The prisoner was then remaladed. for seven days. As he was about to be remov'ed,.. Winslow, in a calm, steady, and natural tone cti, voice, requested that he might, in the custody of" two officers, be permitted to visit the premises in 18, Vauxhall-road (the scene of the alleged crime), as he had same private matters there which he wished to arrange. Mr. Rates said he had not the power to comply with the prisoner's request; he said, however, that every facility would be afforded to the prisoner to communicate, throngh proper parties, with the house in Vauxhall-road. The prisoner, who made no reply, *.as then Ire moved. THE PRICE OF BUTCHERS' 11X.EA7' A second open-air meeting of working re en was held on Brandon-hill, Bristol, on Saturday ev to reconsider the high price of butchers' meat. The attendance was not so large as on the former t ',ces sion. The chairman and speakers were the same, ALId but little progress seemed to have been made in ar riving at the cause of the present high price: of meat. A good share of the speeches was devoted. to abuse of the writers in the metropolitan and prov zn eial press who have taken the trouble to point out Idle fallacies in which the working mei indulged at their first meeting, and the idea of providing thorn with better education was ridiculed as t: promise which was always being made to the poorer lasi* but but never performed. While it was admitted Oat, to some extent, the present high prices were caused by scarcity, it was insisted that they were mainly owing to monopoly, one of the orators citing as am illustration an instance in which a grazier who had purchased stock to the extent of £lOO was on his way to Bristol market when he met a dealer who. gave him £l2O for his beasts, the argument being that the price was thereby increased £2O, which was paid by the consumers. Another speaker who professed to know a good deal about agriculture, having worked at it in his younger days, asserted that, taking the average , of seasons, the present was not so adverse as had been represented ; the truth was that fodder was kept back. He knew a farmer 'in the Marsh, beyond Westbury, who had several mows of hay which he refused to sell until the price reached £7 per ton. Resolutions were passed declaring the intention of the meeting to continue in the abstinence from but chers' meat until the prices were reduced ; and gra tification was expressed that the movement had extended to other towns, and that" navvies" in the north and other parts of the kingdom had shown themselves to be as ignorant as those of the west had been declared to be. At a preliminary meet ing of the delegates by whom this assembly was convened one of the speakers stated that since he had abstained from meat he had lost 71b. in weight, and that his wife had got so thin that her clothes hung quite loose upon her body. COUNTRY MARKETS. COLCHESTER-JUNE 30. A moderate supply of wheat, but millers and merchants still not inclined to purchase. Prices at barely last weda's quotations. Spring corn also at late rates, with little bttsi• ness doing. Wheat, white 6os to 66s Beans, Mazagan..37. to 40st red 56. to 60s I Middle & small 40s to 445: Barley 36s to 50s I White peas. 38s to 40a Oats 2os to 28s Grey.. 3Bs to 40s CHELMSFO A fair supply of wheat ; th, rency of last week. Very liti prices unchanged. Wheat, white— 44s to 61s Peas, Partriigo..42s to 4s. red 44s to 55s Whit. 424 to 4fs Barley 388 to 488 Boiling 421 to 45s Chevalier ....428 to 52s Dun 37s to 40. ,D—Juzis 29. Le trade ruled slow, at the cur- Ale doing in spring corn, with Grinding.. 32s to 37s Beans, Tick ....421 to 46s Malt 61s to 67s Harrow Ticks 39s to 49s Chevalier 64s to 698 Mazagan 37s to 42s Oats 328 to 41s YORK-JUNE 30. Farmers brought a small supply of wheat to market this morning, and the rates of The previous week were fully sup ported, Wheat, red .52s to 54s Oats.... 275 to 30s White do .56d to 60s I Beans 46s to 48s Barley ..34s' to 44s Peas to —5 Malt, 68s to 70$ per qr. ; 40s per sack. 34s per qr. ; flour, 39a to KIRKALDY—JUNE 30. A rather small supply of wheat and oats to-day, and three small parcels of barley. Sales ready. Wheat and oats as before ; barley is up. - • Wheat Barley Oats First.... 54s Od 35a 6d 28s Od Second.. 58s Od —s Od 30s Od Third .. 61s Od —s Odj 318 Od COAL MAR] Mecca of Coal per Ton ai ET—JULY 2. the close of the market.) Walla End. s. d. Tanfield Moor 13 0 Tanfield Moor Butes 13 0 Howard's West Hart- a. d. South Hartlepool 17 0 Harton Hetton lB 6 South Hetton 18 6 Thornley 15 6 Kelloe Gosforth 16 0 Stewart's 18 6 Trimdon Thornley 15 6 Byron l6 3 Tunstall Thorpe Northumberland 16 0 Hilda l5 0 Hartlepool. lB 6 Haswell..... 18 6 Carway and Duffryn Malting ley 15 6 Lambert's West Hart- ley ..16 6 Davison's West Hart ley ...15. 6 Byass's Bebsido West • - Hartley l5 9 Groy'sWest Hartley..ls 6 Buddle's West Hartley 15 6 Bate's West Hartley..ls 6 Walker Primrose 13 0 Hastingsllartley l5 6 Straker'sWest HaAleyls 6 Holywell 16 6 West Hartley 15 0 Eden Main 16 6 Holmside Gas l3 6 Ships at market, 233—501 d, 148. THE VOLUNTEERS.—We are authorised to state that Mr. Strode, of Camden-pack, Bromley, having placed his beantiful grounds at the disposal of Lord Ranelagh, Colonel-Commandant of the South Middlesex Corps, a sham fight has been fixed to take place there on the after nom of Saturday, the 14th inst. The railway companies have made most liberal arrangements for the conveyance of the volunteers to Southborough station and back, fr om Pimlico and London-bridge. Officers commanding volun teer corps in any part of the country can participate in the fight by signifying their intention in due time to Lord Ranelagh. _ BIRTHS. Nll.,s7..bl a D nuri • the Hampstead, the Hon. - co Drummond, of a daughter. —on the Ist inst., at D GL R E IU Ist inst., at 23, Lloyd -square W.C., the wife of William Cunningham Gl en, Esq., barrister-at law, of a son. nurr.—On the 2d inst., at The Grove, Balham, the wife of Joseph Hunt, of a son. MARRIAGES. LUMLEY—WAKELING.—On the 28th ult., at St. John the Baptist's, Kentish-town, Edward Lumley, Esq., of the Admiralty, Somerset-house, to Emma, youngest daugh ter of the late Mr. Wakeling, of Gerard-street, Soho. ROBERTS—HARMER.—On the 29th ult., at Christchurch, Marylebone, David Roberts, M.D., to Elizabeth Ann Harmer. DEATHS. BOLTONT.—On the 16th May, at Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, Major-General Daniel Bolton, Royal Engineers, aged 66. BrtOUGHTON.—On the 29th ult., in Dorset-square, Robert Edwards Broughton, Esq., F.R.S., aged 79, for upwards of 33 y ears one of the Metropolitan Police Magistrates. C ocnuANE.—On the 30th ult., the infant son of Admiral Sir Thomas and Lady Cochrane. FEW.—On the 2d inst., at Streatham-hill, Surrey, Mr. Few, formerly of Henrietta-street, Covent-garden, soli citor, aged 83. RiatTRIDGE.—On the 30thult., at Cambridge-street, Hyde park, Lieutenant-Colonel S. H. Partridge, of the Indian Army, aged 51. PEcuEiL.--On the 29th ult., at 27, Hill-street, Vico-Ad miral Sir George Brooke Pechell, Bart., M.P. for Brigh ton, aged 71. LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, iv the covuxtv •f laiddiese), Tuesday, July 3, 1860.