The Sun. — London, England, 1860-06-22 00:00:00

NOTICE IN HEREBY GIVEN, That JOHN BAYLESS WIDNELL, of No. 162, Regent-street, in the county of Middlesex, Mantle Manufacturer , hath, by In denture, bearing date the 24th day of May, 1860, bargained, sold, assigned, and transferred all his Estate and - Effects whatsoever and wheresoever unto James Riley, of Watling street, in the City of London, Silk Merchant, and Samuel Morris, of No. 67, Cannon-street, West Saint Paul's, in the said City, Furrier and Leather-seller, upon trust for the benefit of such of the Creditors of the said John Bayless Widnell, who should execute the said Indenture within Three months from the date thereof ; and that the said Indenture was duly executed by the said John Bayless Widnell, James Hiley, and Samuel Morris, respectively, on the said 24th ezer day of May, 1860, in the presence of, and atte sted by, Eben Kemp Randell, Solicitor, 17, Gracechurch-street, in the City of London, ; and the said Indenture is now lying at the Office of the said Ebenezer Kemp Randell, at 17, Gracechurch-street, aforesaid, for inspection and execution by the Creditors of the said John*Bayless Widnell.—Dated this 21st day of June, 1860. E. R. RANDELL. 17, Graceehurch-street. BESSON'S W ATCHES. " perfection of m echanism."-31orning Post. Gold Silver 2to 50 guineas. Send 2 stamps for Benson's Illustrated Pamphlet, descrip tive of every construction of watch now made, with their prices. Watches sent to all parts of the kingdom free by post, or to India and the Colonies for 6s. extra. 33 and 34, Ludgate-hill, London, B.C. Established 1749. H EATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET , Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buekstone. THIS EVENING the performances will oommenee with SHOCKING EVENTS. Mr. Compton. To be followed by THE FAMILY SECRET. Messrs Chippendale, Howe, W. Farren, Villiers, Buckstone, Mrs. B. White, Mrs. Fitzwilliam, Mrs. Wilkins, and Miss Amy Sedgwick. After which, a new farce, entitled FITZSMYTHE OF FITZSMYTHE HALL. Messrs. Rackstone, W. Farren, and Rogers; Mrs. Wilkins and Miss Henrade. To conclude with THE ODDITIES OF THE OHIO. By the Leclercqs. Commence at 7. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Lessee, Mr. A. Harris. THIS EVENING, will performed THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR. S ir John Falstaff, Mr. Phelps. 7. To conclude with THRICE MARRIED. Mr. Meadows. Miss C. Leciercq, &a. Commence at 7. A DELPHI, NEW THEATRE-ROYAL. -rx Sole froprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster. Continued success of the popular American comic Actress, Julia Daly. THIS RVENERG, ICI ON PARLE FRANCAIS. After which, OUR FEMALE AMERICAN COUSIN. Messrs. Stuart, C. Selby, Billington, Eburne, Miss Julia Daly, K. Kelly, Laidlaw, and Mrs. Chatterley. Followed by DINORAH UNDER DIFFICULTIES. Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, Eburne, C. J. Smith, Miss K. Kelly. Commence at 7. ' Box-office open from 10 till 5. Private boxes, £2 2s. ; Family Boxes, 41. Orchestra Stalls, ss. ; Balcony, 4s. ; Front Circle Stalls, Is. • Pit Stalls, 28.; Pit, is. 6 d. ; Amph itheatre, 18 ; Gallery, 6d. Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith. IRENCH PLAYS-ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Directeur, M. Talexy.—Lessee, Mr. F. B. Chatterton. MDLLE. DUVERGER— M. LECLERE. THIS EVENING, LES FEMMES TERRIBLES : Mdlle. Duverger and M. Paul Devaux. FURNISHED APART MENTS : Taupin, by M. Leclere. Orchestra Stalls, 7s. 6d. ; Balcony Stalls, ss. ; Pit, 28. ; Gallery, is. Private Boxes, from Two Guineas. A STLEY'S. ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.- Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Wm. BATTY. New Engagement and First Appearance in London of Madlle. LEONTINE, the Renowned Equestrienne from the Cirque Imperiale, St. Petersburg. Immense Success of the Gorgeous gippo-drama—the New and Splendid Scenery, the Magni ficent Costumes and Decorations, the intensely interesting and thrilling incidents with which it abounds, render it the most superb and beautiful production ever placed upon this stage. On Monday, June 18, 1860, and during the week , t he En tertainments will commence with the Grand Historical Spectacle in Three Acts, entitled "FAIR ROSAMOND, or the AMAZON CRUSADERS." Succeeded by an unusually brilliant programme of the Scenes of the Cirque, introducing the celebrated British an i Continental Equestrian Artistes, including Madlle. LEONTINE, in their unequalled perfor mances. Concluding with a Popular Farce. The magnificent Chandeliers manufactured by Messrs. De fries and Sons, of Houndeditch. Doors open at hall-past 6, performance commence at 7. Sox-office open daily from 11 till 4. Stage Manager—Mr. W. WEST. CONCERTS.- CA NTERB UR Y HALL THIS EVENING. C. H. GOUNOD'S OPERA, FAUST. First Time in this Country. I'aust Mephistopheles Mr. C. Bernard. Siobel Marguerite Conductor Mr. Jonghmans. And selections from Dinorah, Trovatore, Macbeth, and numerous other Entertainments. Balcony, is, Hall. 6d. diaComic Mimi n an Vocalists and W. T. C —Messrs. George Hod son (the Irish Come- Thed ritchfield. AFRICAN OPERA TROUPE, their first appearance since 1852, consisting ot ELEVEN STAR PERFORMERS, who will g-ive the whole of their inimitable entertainment every evening. The gallery is open from 5 tlll.ll on Sunday Evening. --- THE WEATHER.-Sxm OFFICE, JUNE 22, MO. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tate DAY.—Morning, 3h. 50m.--Afternoon, 4h. 13m. To-molutow.-Morning, 4h. 35m.—Afternoon, 4h. 58m. 0,4 V ,„.... 0 - \ , ,i,: - , - ',A,.. , 7.,..: fee, • N .;;. , '.4. 4 0,1 -.,.. 4-e r42 • VP2,; 1111 TILE SUN. LONDON, FRIDAY, JUNE 22, 180, THERMOMETER, TN THE SHADE. 69—highest since noon yesterday. &I —lowest this morning and during the night. 70—this day at noon. BAROMETER-30,04, rising; a fairer prospect for to morrow. WlND—South -Westerly; Yght, with warm weather. There was a heavy thunderstorm yesterday afternoon about a quarter-past six. Of those whose position and xetes on party questions number them with Conservatives, there are few with whom we have so often agreed in opinion as with Lord STANLEY ; indeed, we have come to regard him as as a Liberal, accidentally misplaced ; and quite needless it was for him to disclaim all party feeling, in the political sense, on the great question which occupied the House of Commons last night. Indeed, we think the ques tion of a fundamental change in the Administration of the Indian Empire, is one on which no member of the House could allow himself to indulge poli tical party feeling. There is another party feeling, however, adverted to by General PEEL, from which it is not so easy to get free. He tells us that, on the Committee of 1858, were 2, minority of four officers of the Indian army, and five officers of the Royal army ; and, these equally loyal and patriotic gentlemen ♦oted to gether on opposite sides in regard to the amalga tion of the Indian and Royal armies. General PEEL avowed that he had lately changed his opinion, and was decidedly in favour of amalgama tion, while Lord STANLEY remained in favour of two armies. It is plain enough, therefore, to us outsiders, that previous habits influenced, more or less, the views of both the minority and the majo rity ; and we incline to think those of Lord STANLEY also. It is singular that so independent a mind as Lord STANLEY'S should have so completely surrendered itself to the influence of " Old Indians." Yet so it is. In the debates on the India Bill Lord STANLEY showed the strongest leaning to Old Leadenhall-street ; indeed he only consented to the abolition of the Company because that point had been settled for him, and it is chiefly due to his influence and exertions that the present Indian Council which advises the Secretary, is, in Bo large a measure, a board of old East India Directors. General PEEL was converted to amalgamation, Lord STANLEY stood by a local army. With the Blue-book before us, we must make the best of the two facts ; if General PEEL'S belonging to the Royal army may be supposed to have facilitated his conversion, so Lord STANLEY'S long and strong attachment to old Indianism may be supposed to have kept him on the side of the minority. We incline to give, how ever, more weight to the General's conversion, since he had at least to alter an old and avowed opinion, which wane of us like to do without reason ; and with all the Indian officers to back hi m , h e wou ld at least have had company and countenanc e for his vote, which would have obtained for him full credit for impartiality, and for havink been as wise before the committee's labours as after them. On the whole, as the professional men of each class voted in accordance with their natural prepossessions, the whole subject must be considered as placed before unprofessional common sense for its arbitration. It would, of course, be strange indeed if on such a question much could not be said on both sides. The intelligence, skill, and courage of numerous Indian officers, and the bravery of the troops they have commanded, no one would think of question- ing ; all, on the contrary, would be disposed to glory of their countrymen's achievements in India, as well as everywhere else. Not only that, but authorities on what we deem the wrong side, and first-rate authorities, too, may doubtless be found in abundance. But then so they may on the other; and sometimes their opinions at one , time may seem to be in conflict with those expressed at another. We apprehend, therefore, that we must hear the arguments of each, and de cide for ourselves. The subject is a great and Im- perial one. Difficulties and advantages may be alleged on both sides, and Imperial eonsidera- tions must decide. The past principle of the Indian army has been that it could ask troops of us, and we could not not send a regiment to India without its request ; but, that it could send one home whenever it pleased, While all the management, the promotion, and patronage, depended on the Indian authorities. The Indian army was not, therefore, at the orders of the Imperial Government. This, we say, ought not to be. We ought to be able, if we felt it to be necessary, to renounce our entire Indian Empire in a day. We hope that such an event may be in the far future—indeed, that it may never arrive—but, suppose that the safety of the seat of the Empire demanded the recall of the legions which defend its Eastern subjects—that we must leave them, for our own sakes, to the Rus sians, perhaps, as the Romans left us to the Saxons —that, however it might imply the decadence of England's sun, we yet must have all our forces at home—ought we to be in a position in which it could not be. Or, not to take so extreme and unlikely a case, ought we not to have our troops disposable for the advantage of the Empire as a whole, according to the best judgment of the rulers of the day ? Lord STANLEY enumerates several difficulties in finding a substitute for the present plan, but he certainly mentions none which are insurmountable, not indeed, according to our best judgment, easily surmountable. He thought that there would be a difficulty in getting officers of the Line to choose service in India, or to retain it. General PEEL, who ought to know best on this particular point, thinks the difficulty will be rather the other way, and that Indian service will be scrambled for. We should certainly think so. It must always be at tractive to the numerous young men of pluck, and adventurous spirit who abound in our service, and would abound yet more if there were more scope for their energy and talents. Then, again, he says that the Indian Government would be at a loss for the very numerous military officers whom it has been accustomed to draught from the army into the civil services. Now we remember to have heard certain complaints that the army and the civil service were to a very large extent managed in a way which enabled old directors to retain the patronage of which Parliament intended to deprive them by a round-about process—but, acknowledg ing the full merits of numerous civil servants whose first training was a military one—acknow ledging that in a great part of such a country as India, a little of the discipline of military despotism and its " rough and ready" justice would be a qualification rather than otherwise for civil service —"We cannot at all comprehend why officers of her MAJESTY'S troops should not be allowed to do civil work in India. We know they do it in England. We know for instance that an officer in her MAJESTY'S Army can do the very civil work of writing letters for Prince ALBERT (perhaps for Louis NAPOLEON to read), and can not only take his civil pay for that, but rise to the rank and emolument of a Colonel also. Why, in India, should not every officer qualified for civil service exercise his talents in that way, if the Indian Government, representing her MAJESTY, judged it best for the public interest ? Why should there not be in this respect, in India, the carrying out of the good rule of putting " the right man in the right place ?" After all, the fact cannot be got rid of, that when an army has long ceased to consider itself an Imperial army—when it has, indeed, so separated the services that it came home rather than serve under the QUEEN without a fresh bounty—when in consequence of forgetting its Im perial allegiance it approaches the very borders of mutiny—it cannot be denied that the system which produces such results is one which we can not safely continue. The old Indian army is gone. We have a clearer field now to begin with than we can have for a long time to come, and we must avail ourselves of the opportunity to have one Imperial army for Imperial purposes. India is governed now by the QUEEN, it must be defended by the QUEEN'S Army. It is destined, we trust, soon to become both in a civil and military aspect quite another country. Our army there is to have the benefit of sanatory positions, from which railroads will make their services promptly available, at great distances. Government, for the natives, not for the enrich ment of a Civil Service, and better employment for the former by the introduction of English capital, are to attach the natives to our rule ; and, even at the worst, a few thousand Europeans have always been able, since the days of the younger CYRUS, to ,raverse all Asia in any direction they may please. . We are fast coming to the end of our periodical panics about invasion. The days of the alarmists are numbered. England is no longer without a Channel fleet. There is a truce put at length to her protracted apathy about her military and ma ritime organisation. At the Horse Guards and at the Admiralty, an entirely new regime has been established. The royal navy is by this time either reconstructed or in course of reconstruction. In lieu of promotion by purchase and advancement by interest, we have our system of competitive exa minations, The application of the screw-propeller to our men-of-war is no longer the exception—it is the rule. The rifle has distanced brown bess as effectually as the revolver the horse-pistol; or as the horse-pistol before it did the blunderbus ;or as the blunderbus had previously the crossbow and the sling. There is not much probability now-a•days of any future NELSON eating his heart out in a futile appeal for " frigates ;" or of another NAPIER having his energies crippled by a want of gunboats with a light draught of water. Even the whole of our gigantic system of ordnance has been raised and amended. The era of the old cumbrous fieldpieces has gone by—yea, as completely as the age of the arquebuss ! There has been an advance or two in this way since the year in which ScHwAr.n. in vented gunpowder. If we have lost the secret of the Greek fire we have at any rate been supplied of late with a few tolerable substitutes from Captain NORTON'S repertory. And, in appropriate com panionship with the development of the system of electric telegraph, there has been witnessed the realisation at last—through the agency of Mr. WHITWORTH and Sir WILLIAM ARMSTRONG —of that long range which, when it was first talked of by poor Captain WARNER, was regarded by many as something synonymous with the palling of the long bow. War, in point of fact, is as different now-a-days from what it was during the campaigns cf the Great NAPOLEON, as it was during that first LATEST -- Napoleonic era dissimilar from war in the days of CAESAR and ALEXANDER. _ There has been too much said, however, about the extraordinary facilities afforded for an invasion of these shores by the advance by sea and by land of these wonderful modern improvements. It has been forgotten that what has been lost by us on one side has been gained by us on the other. If the Channel, for example, can now be passed over rapidly, and, at the same time, independently of wind and weather, by a war fleet conveying an army of in vaders against us from the shores of the European continent, have we on our side no compensative advantages ? Let our intelligent correspondent " Nautilus " answer, through one pertinent frag ment of his recent communication. "No doubt," he wrote to us on the 18th, " that, since the intro duction of propulsion by steam, great facility is given to an invading force coming by sea." Add ing, "But I firmly believe that, as the like advant age is possessed by the ships of the country to be defeaded, there is little or no gain to the invaders now, as compared with the time when both fleets had to depend only on the wing for locomotive power, whilst the rapid transit by railway, and speedy communication by electric telegraph, would secure the concentration of a large opposing force, much more rapidly than troops could be disem barked, even if unopposed in landing—which im munity would scarcely be accorded to them. Taking all this into consideration, we may safely rest as sured that to effect a successful invasion of our shores would be even more difficult than it was prior to the introduction of steam." Now, this is no mere idle phantasy. It is a simple, rational, perfectly comprehensible calculation. At the same time—it is incumbent upon us that, while this is undoubtedly so, we on our part should keep pace with a proportionate increase of energy with the expansion and wultiplication of these same won drous improvements. And it is precisely this that we are actually now doing. It is because of our energetic determination' not to be outstripped by any contemporary Power in this grand modern era of scientific improvement that we are spending, during a single year of peace, £30,000,000 upon our war establishments ! That we are rifling all our cannon ! That we are reconstructing our navy ! That we are organising a national guard among our civilians, under the name of the Rifle Volunteers ! That we have been overhauling our gunboats ! That we have been industriously fabri cating floating batteries ! That—still maintaining intact our alliance with France—we have sum moned a noble Channel Fleet once more into exis tence ! Let us not slacken these great efforts. Let us rather be heartened in them by the recol lection of what Mr. COBDEN himself has admitted, that for every two war vessels possessed by Franee we should take care to have at least three—so as to keep up the numerical preponderance that is essen tial for the maintenance of our maritime supremacy. Upon that supremacy our existence as one of the great ruling powers of the world is dependent. Should we now lose that supremacy our vast colo nial empire would fall asunder, the imperial sceptre of England would crumble to dust within the grasp of the Sovereign, the aegis of cur dominion would be penetrable to the thrust of the invader's sword, the palladium of our rights would be irretrievably lost or irreparably shattered. Britannia would be but a same—and the world would hold in our re gard little more than the memory of our wondrous tripartite constitution. The painful case which has occupied the Court of Queen's Bench for the last few days, is at length happily brought to a close, much to the satisfaction of the public, and to the well established honour of Lord LLANOVER. Of the plaintiffin the case we shall say nothing in aggravation, further than quoting the remarks of his able counsel, Sir FITZROT KELLY, who said that " the plaintiff was entirely innocent of the charges preferred against him ; at the same time he must say he had beea guilty of acts of such a grave character that justified many of the rumours that prevailed, and the noble defen dant was not at all to be blamed, from his position in society, for pursuing tho course he had done. The learned Judge agreed with Lord LLANOVER that he was justified, from the rumours in circula tion, for taking the course he had adopted, and said there was no blame whatever on his Lordship's character, in which we, and, we have no doubt the public will cordially agree. Lord LLANOVER'S character and political tendencies are beyond all praise. We heartily wish he could in noculate many of his old (new) compeers with a little of his own liberal views. folio ws : THE - SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENiN N E The following telegrams hare been received at Mr. Reuter's office : VIENNA, JUNE 22. In yesterday's sitting of the Council of the Em pire the Emperor accorded to the Italian members of the Council permission to speak in Italian. Instead of Count Barcoczy, Signor Petrino has been elected as member of the Committee of the Register of Landed Property. BADEN-BADEN, JUNE 22. It is now an incontestable fact that the Prince of Prussia particularly insisted on the presence of the reigning Duke of Saxe Coburg Gotha at the inter view of the German Sovereigns with the Emperor of the French. The Prince Regent insisted upon the Duke's presence, because, as a German Sovereign who is so intimately connected with the Royal Family of England, he could, having been a witness, inform the Court of St. James's of all that passed in that interview, and would be enabled to state that the interview in question, far from being a subject of mistrust for the other great Powers, was a fresh guarantee for the peace of the whole of Europe. BERNE, JUNE 22. In view of an approaching Conference on the annexation of Savoy, the Federal Council has con fidentially proposed to the great Powers a new combination, to be substituted for the stipulations of Article 92 of the final act of Vienna. MARSEILLES, JUNE 21. TURIN, JUNE 21 FRANCE. PARIS, THURSDAY, RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans 1340 .. 1338 75 Northern New ditto 866 25 .. -- Lyons and Mediterranean 878 75 .. 876 25 Geneva 4OO .. 400 Southern 517 60 .. 517 50 Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lombard The proposition of the Federal Council com mences by stating that, after the annexation of Savoy to France, the neutralisation of Fauoigny and Chablais would be of no practical use whatever for the maintenance of the neutrality of Switzer land. In order to attain this object, Switzerland claims such a portion of territory as might be tra versed in a two hours' march, and which, sur rounding the Lake of Geneva, would form a bul wark between Switzerland and France. The Swiss diplomatic agents abroad are charged to recommend a similar combination for adoption by the Great Powers, and more especially by England, who has already taken the initiative in a similar proposal, but which demanded a far more considerable ter ritorial cession, The following advices from Constantinople to the 13th inst. have been received here, and are for warded under reserve:— " Sanguinary disturbances had taken place in Albania. The dragoman of the Austrian Consulate had been assassinated at Scutari. " The Albanians, in virtue of their privileges, dating from the time of Iskander (Alexander), had refused to pay the taxes or to contribute to the conscription, both of which the Christians refused to bear alone. "It was rumoured that a despatch had been re ceived announcing the outbreak of an insurrection at Smyrna and the assassination of public func tionaries, but the correctness of this news was doubted. " The Grand Vizier had arrived at Schumla. On his journey thither he dismissed or imprisoned several Turkish and some Greek functionaries for abuse of their authority. " The Porte had sent Vely Pasha to Beyrout as Extraordinary Commissiouer, in order to institute an inquiry. " Namick Pasha had been appointed commander of the forces in the Lebanon, to which district two steamers were to havo transported troops, but Want of money caused the project to be abandoned. " The army was exasperated at not having re ceived its arrears of pay, and a military revolt was apprehended. " The Ambassadors had concerted and sent iden tical instructions to the different consuls in Syria, in order to prevent fresh disasters. " 1,500 houses had been burnt in the Turkish quarter of Constantinople." Accounts from Genoa state that the circumstances connected with the capture of the two Garibaldian vessels are in a great measure . confirmed. The cap ture took place between the Isle of Elba and Pianosa. The American Consul at Genoa has sent a report on the subject by telegraph to the United States Am bassador at Naples. The last bulletin respecting Prince Jerome is as " VILLXGENS, 21ST, 7 a.m.—The state of Prince Jerome is still exceedingly grave." BOURSE, June 21.—The market has been steady, but with very little doing. Threes, after having been done at 68f 55c, improved to 68f 70c ; Mobilier varied from 675 f to 677 f 50e ; Orleans, 1,335 f to 1,337 f 50c ; Lyons, 875 f to 877 f 50c; Austrian, 526 f 25c to 527 f 50c. The following are the last quotations :- 41 per per Cents ... 97 Credit Foncier B3O Do end month.... ;Belgian 41 96 50 3 per Cents Do. end month 6B 75 Roman Bank Shares ......2840 —lAustrian Credit Mobilier.... 675 Spanish Threes — Do. Account 673 75 Home Debt .E ST. BAR.V.AB4IS CTIURCII DISP UTE, JUDICIAL COMMITTEE OF PRIVY COUNCIL. BEAL V. THE HON. AND REV. R. LIDDELL, M.A., IN CUMBENT OF ST. PAUL'S, KNIGHTSBRIDGE, AND ST, BARNABAS, PIMLICO, AND OTHERS.--IMPORTANT JUDGMENT. His Grace the Archbishop of York, Lord Kingsdown, Sir Edward Ryan, Sir J. T. Coleridge, and the Lords Justices Knight Bruce and Turner sat in the Council Chamber, Downing-street, this morning, for the purpose of hearing an application from Mr. James Beal, in reference to a monition from the Judicial Committee, directed to Mr. Parkes and Mr. Evans, who were chapel wardens of St. Barnabas at the time it was issued, ordering them to re move certain articles, such as crosses and other ornaments, from the church. That order was not carried out, all the objectionable ornaments still remaining. Mr. Stephens, QC., who appeared for Mr. Beal, asked the Judicial Committee to amend the monition by striking out the names of the churchwardens, Messrs. Parker and Evans, and allowing it to go to the present churchwardens. He argued at considerable length that the Judicial Com mittee clearly intended that the monition should go to the churchwardens as a corporation, and he now sought from the Connell an affirmation of that view. Lord Kingsdown, after consulting the other members of the Council, said they were of opinion that the monition should be amended in the way prayed for, and granted the application. This is a triumph for Mr. Westerton's party, many of whom were in court during the Froceedings. The Prince Consort, the King of the Belgians, Prince Arthur, the Princ6sses Helena and Louise, and the Count of Flanders, went to the ffower•-show in the Royal Botanic Gardens, Regent's -park, on Wednesday morning. THE "LEGITIMATE" WIFE OF THE KING OF DENMARK.—The proposed interview between the Monarchs of Sweden and Penniark has been on the point of being broken off, in consequence of the refusal of the forme r t o see the• mi s t ress o f t h e Danish Sovereign, the notorious Countess Danner. At last it was agreed that neither King Charles, lior King Frederick, nor any of the Danish Princes, who are to be pre sen t, will take their spouses with them, and the interview will be quite a masculine one. THE ROYAL VOLUNTEER REVIEW. We are requested to state that, in consquence of an alteration, at a late hour, in the distribution of the volunteer brigades into divisions, a corresponding alteration will be made in the signification of the undermentioned flags : Flag Colour marked 5 B will represent Ist Brig. 2d Div. GB 2d 2d - - 7 B 3d 2d 8 B 4th 2d instead of the sth, 6th, 7th, and Bth brigades, as formerly stated. Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to an nounce her intention of inaugurating the first great prize meeting of the National Rifle Association on Wimbledon-common on the 2d of July next, on which occasion addresses will be presented to her Majesty and to his Royal Highness the Prince Consort by the President of the association. The competition will commence immediately afterwards, the opening being announced by her Majesty firing a rifle from a fixed mechanical rest. In addition to the closing of the Stock Exchange to-morrow, and the probability of the day being observed more or less as a holiday throughout the City, the friends of the Volunteer movement will be pleased to hear, in reference to the West End, that Messrs. Marshall and Snelgrove, Messrs. Grant and Easte (of Oxford street), Messrs. W. C. Jay and Co., and Messrs. J. and W. Locke (of Regent-street, will close at two o'clock, an arrange ment which we hope will be carried out by most of the large retail establishments. The Queen and Prince Consort, accompanied by the Princess Alice, the Prince of Wales, and the Count of Flanders, honoured the Duke and Duchess of Wellington with a visit at Apsley house on Wednesday evening. QUARTER-DAY.—But there are parts of the country where quarter-day means more than this, where sales of furniture abound when removals are going on. ' In those primitive districts people are not apt to be very pros perous, and they are apt to drink and get into debt w hen they are not prospering. To be "sold up" is the natural consquence and sales are almost as much a matter of corn • as quarter-day. There is the auctioneer's voice, and the tap of his hammer, as he stands, on a table on the green, or under some spreading tree. There are the rows of house wives and gossips on benches, sometimes buying very bad bargains, and always held by enchantment the long day through. There are the gentry—young ladies and their brothers, or old gentlemen—stopping their horses as they ride pas; to speak to some acquaintance, or to see how much some imaginative person will give for an article not worth anything. There are the trays, handed round, with little glasses of gin or rum, which are always emptied. There, finally, when the sale closes, are tipsy fellows, beginning to quarrely and led apart by their wives, who have them selves had quite enough beer or worse. Everybody knows what will follow. In a few days a petition will be goirg round the place, asking subscriptions to set up with tools, or in a farm or shop, the destitute man or widow who has been " sold up.':—Omee a Wreck. JUNt 22, 1860. THE PE MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, JUNE 22. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam ship Sultan, Captain Cook, with the above mails, has arrived. She brings in all 52 passengers, 8 packages of specie, value £3,300, and the following cargo, viz.: —247 cases of eggs, t cases of wine, 40 boxes of lemons, 242 half-chests of oranges, 1,788 boxes of potatoes, 48 baskets of ()raffia weed, 130 boxes of raisins, 40 boxes of onions, 4 boxes of preserved fruit, and 15 packages of sundries. DINNER 0 M. DE LA .RIVE, THE SWISS MINISTER. Yesterday evening the Swiss residents in London gave a handsome entertainment at the London Tavern to M. Auguste De La Rive, the accomplished man of science and diplomatic representative of the Swiss Confederation here, whose exertions to vindi cate the interests of Switzerland in the matter of the annexation of Savoy to the French Empire have entitled him to the esteem and gratitude of his fel low-countrymen. The shield and banner of the Confederation were displayed in the room. The chair was occupied by Mr. Rapp, the Swiss Con sul-General. About 200 gentlemen were present. The health of her Majesty was first drunk, and then the health of the President of the Swiss Con federation, and of the members of the Federal Council. The national song, "Rufst du mein Vaterland," to the air of our " God save the Queen," was performed by a numerous choir of amateur vocalists. Mr. A. STRECKEISEN, the Vice-Consul, then pro , posed the health of the Minister, M. de la Rive, alluding to his scientific reputation, and the delicate mission which he had accomplished with patriotic zeal and ability. M. DE LA RIVE replied, not taking the compli ment personally to himself, but to the Swiss Con federation which he represented. Throughout all the little republics that composed Switzerland, there was a perfect unity of spirit. Though the Swiss cantons spoke three languages, German, French, and some Italian, they had a com• mon language of the head ; and he almost regretted they had not a fourth literary language, namely, that of free and generous England, where the Swiss colony now assembled in that room had met with so much sympathy in their jealous maintenance of the rights of their native country. (Cheers.) The Swiss cantons stood, indeed, according to their old motto, " each for all, and all for each." The people of a small country ought to be most susceptible with regard to its honour. Twenty-two years ago a neighbouring Government, which was ordinarily , friendly, wished by menaces to compel Switzer land to renounce the right of hospitality in the case of a prince who was then proscribed. The whole Confederation then rose with the greatest enthusiasm to defy that menace. Again, in 1856, the entire Confederation gathered itself together on the Rhine to resist a powerful enemy who would have em ployed force to impose demands incompatible with the sovereignty of Switzerland; but the power which was then their adversary, filled with esteem for the honourable conduct of the Swiss, was now to be reckoned among the best defenders of their rights ; and if Prussia had now forgotten her anger, Switzerland would never for get her generosity now. (Cheers.) Switzerland in deed was not so presumptuous as to repel friends; on the contrary, she sought them ; but she re pelled protectors, because they would soon become masters. The question which had now brought him to England was one of independence. In giv ing to Switzerland the precious gift of a perpetual neutrality, the Allied Powers did not mean it should be a passive neutrality, depending on the good will of her neighbours, but an active neutrality, which she could defend for herself. The former was inde pendence, but the latter was dependence. As a bulwark of that neutrality, and to render it more efficacious, it was extended to a neighbouring coun try, Swiss by nature and by history, the valleys and Alps of the north of Savoy. Whatever might be its fate, that country would always be associated with the idea of Switzerland, for the rocks of Meil leraye recalled the name of Rousseau, a native of Geneva; and the summit of Mont Blanc was first explored by Saussure, who was doubly a Swiss, being Vaudois by family and Genevese by birth. An event equally unexpected and funeste had now deprived Switzerland of the guarantee which was fixed for her in the neutralisation of Northern Savoy. The appeal of Switzerland, moved by this danger, had been made to the guaranteeing Powers, while she prepared herself for every eventuality. It was especially in England that generous and friendly voices had been raised on her behalf, and even by the Ministers of the Crown in Parliament. Nevertheless, the fact was now accompliihed, It was useless to dis semble or conceal that this was a defeat for Swit zerland. But it was only an outpost gone ; the Swiss territory yet remained intact. The Swiss must now be watchful, and keep up their action on the Powers of Europe which guaranteed their inde pendence, and on England especially, by the media tion of the Swiss colony here. The nation which felt so much enthusiasm for Garibaldi would feel the same for the defenders of the S wiss Confedera- The toast of " The Federal Army" was proposed by M. C. CLAVEL, and acknowledged by Captain KES3I. " The Health of M. Naville," the Secretary of Legation, was also given, and in responding to this, he bore testimony to the favourable countenance shown by the British Government to the just de mands of Switzerland, which had also been advo cated by speakers in both Houses of Parliament and by the liberal press. The health of Sir Robert Peel and Mr. Kinglake was very cordially drank. Sir R. PEEL spoke in French, to return thanks, declaring that he felt half a Swiss at heart, and he was sure that the Swiss would always be ready to fight either for their free institutions or for their frontiers, as their ancestors did at Morat, Morgar ten, and Sempach. The company soon afterwards separated. tion. THIS I) Al" S MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. Although only a limited quantity of wheat of home pro duce was on offer here, to-day, the demand for all kinds, owing to the return of fine weather, and the full average importations from abroad, was in a very inactive state, at about Monday's quotations. Upwards of 23,000 quarters having come fresh to hand, foreign wheat was very dull; nevertheless importers re fused to accept less money for any kind. Floating cargoes were a slow inquiry. We have to report a slow sale for barley, at barely late rates. Malt moved off slowly, nevertheless Monday's quotations were supported. The arrivals having been excessive-82,370 quarters — oats were dull. and 6d. per quarter cheaper. Both beans and peas were in short supply, and steady request, at full quotations. The flour trade was dull, and country qualities were lower to purchase. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheit. Barley. Malt. Oats, 780 50 2,790 Irish. Foreign ........ —23,190 7,760 Flour. I 2,730 1,910 82,370 I 5,210 sacks NEWGATE AND LEADENTIALL.I Only moderate supplies of meat are on offer here to-day. Prices still rule very high, nevertheless the demand gene rally is restricted. Per 81bs by the carcase. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Inferior beef 4 10 4 4 Middling mutton 4 2 4 8 Middling d 0.... 4 6 4 8 i Primo do Prime large do.. 4 8 4 10 Veal Do. small d 0.... 4 10 5 0 Small pork 4 10 5 0 Large pork 4 4 4 8 Lamb.... ...... 5 0 6 2 Inferior mutton 3 8 4 01 BOROUGH HOP. There is rather an improved feeling in the demand for nearly all kinds of hops, at very full prices. The planta tion account • are by no means favourable, and the duty is called £160,000 to £170,000. Mid and East Kent pockets Bos to 140 s per cwt. Weald of Kent Sussex COLONIAL. TEA.--The market remains very steady, only a limited business having been done at previous rates. SucLau..—No material alteration has taken place in the general state of the market; the tendency, of prices, how ever, is.upwards, more particularly for the superior grocery descriptions. In the refined market, a steady business has been done at previous rates. COFFEE.—For the better qualities of plantation Ceylon, there has been a steady inquiry, and prices generally have Leen well maintained. RICE.—The market continues steady, but the dealings have not been extensive. SALTPETRE.—Very few sales have been effected, and no change of importance can be recorded in value. TALLOW—The dealings for consumption have been more active, and, owing to the smallness of stocks, prices are rather higher. P.Y.C. on the spot, 525. fid. to 525. 9d, and last three months 525. 9d. per cwt. TILE CROPS AROUND GALATZ,—A letter from Galatz, of the 7th instant, says the weather has been most favourable for the crops, and it is believed that the harvest will be mt ra abundant than has been known for many years. AMERICAN MAILS.—The British an d North American Royal M4il steamship Persia, Captain Judkins, will sail from Liverpool for New York on Saturday, the 23d inst. The letter-box for this despatch closes at the Liverpool Post-office at 9 a.m, on that day, via Queenstown at 9.30 p.m. with a late fee of ld. at 10 p.m., and with a late fee of 3d, at 10,15 p.m. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. STOCKBRIDGE RACES.—THURCDIY. Match for 500 sovs, 200 ft. New mile. Mr. Ingham's Predictor, by Augur, 3 yrs, Bst 71b (G. Fordham) 1 Mr. Jackson's Syrinre, 3 yrs, 7st 71b (Bullock) 2 The betting was alternately 11 to 10 on either, Syringe having the call at the start. Predictor waited upon Syringe to the distance, where he took up the running, was not afterwards caught, and won by thr e-quarters of a length. The second Biennial Stakes, of 10 sovs each, with 100 added, for two-yr •olds, colts, Bst 101 b; fillies, Bst 51b. 31b allowance, ecc. Bush in, 5 furlongs. Lord Clifden's cby Pelion—Slander, Bst 71b (G. Fordham) 1 Lord Stamford's Hawkseye, Bst 71b (A. Edwards) 2 Lord Portsmouth's Cronstadt, Bst 71b....... (J. Goater) 3 The following also ran :—Monastery, Sir William Arm strong, c by Noisy, Idleness, c by Flying Dutchman, Bohe mienne, Polyolbion, Balham, Big Ben, Wormbat, Shil lelagh, Lisbon, and Camerino. Betting-2 to 1 agst Big Ben, sto 1 each agst Polyol bion and Shillelagh, 6 to 1 agst the Slander colt, 7 to 1 agst Cronstadt, 10 to 1 agst Monastery. Shillelagh, Hawk seye, Polyolbion, and the Bohemienne colt composed the front rank, and at the distance they were joined by Big Ben. Opposite the Stand Lord Clifden's colt came out and won by two lengths; a length between the second and third. Big Ben was fourth, Polyolbion fifth, and the others beaten off. The Amport Stakes (Handicap) of 15 sovs each, 10 ft, and only 6 if declared, with 200 added. Mile and a half. (123 subs, 77 of whom declared.) Mr. Merry's Northern Light, by Chanticleer, 3 yrs, Est 41b (Covey) 1 Mr. F. Robinson's Ariadne, 4 yrs, 7st 31b (A. Edwards) 2 Mr. Sargent's Crater, 3 yrs, 7st 101 b (W. Bottom) 3 The following also ran : —Underhand, Amsterdam, Clydes dale, M. Phillipe, Newcastle, Royal Sovereign, Bevis, Fitzavon, Donizetti, The Brewer, Lord Palmerston, Baron Munchasen, Wanderer, Forager, Sheffield, The Monk, Star of the West, and f by Surplice—Bee's-wax. Betting —6 to 1, at first 10 to 1 agst Sheffield, 7 to 1 agst Ariadne, 8 to 1 agst Underhand, 10 to 1 each agst Crater, the Brewer, and Northern Light, 100 to 8 each agst M. Phillipe, and Royal Sovereign, 100 to 7 agst Fitzavon, 15 to 1 agst Clydesdale. The lot got well away, Wanderer, Northern Light, the Brewer, and Crater showing in ad vance. In the dip Northern Light went a-head and ran home the winner by three lengths, two lengths between the second and third. The Monk was fourth, Fitzavon fifth, Lord Palmerston, Donizetti, the Brewer, Clydesdale, and Amsterdam were next. Brewty weighed for Lord Fitzwilliam's Richmond, 3 yrs, 6st 131 b, but on taking the preliminary canter the horse bolted, and did not go to the post. Sweepstakes of 5 sovs each, with 25 added. Optional sell ing weights, &c. T.Y.C. Mr. Hughes's Now Brighton, by Birkenhead, aged (£3O) Bst (D. Hughes) 1 Mr. J. Powney's Flotilla, 2 yrs, (£5O) sst 9lb .. (Daley) 2 Mr. Merryfield's Creusa filly, 2 yrs, (£3O) sst 21b (Parsons) 3 Footpath also ran. Betting-5 to 4 agst New Brighton, 7to 4 agst Flotilla, 4to 1 agst Footpath. Won by a head; a bad third ; Foot path beaten off. The winner was bought in for 132 guineas. The Biennial Stakes, of 10 sovs each, with 100 added, for 3-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 101 b; fillies, Bst 51b; 31b allowed. Mile and a half. Mr. Calder's Viatka, Sat 21b (G. Fordham) 1 Lord Ailesbury's Plumper, Bst 21b (L. Snowden) 2 Mr. J. H. C. Wyndham's St. James, Bst 71b (S. Rogers) 3 Mainstono and Red Rock also ran. Betting-7 to 4 agst Viatka, sto 2 agst Plumper. Plum per made play, but just outside the distance Viatka took the lead, and ran home the winner by eight lengths. Mainstone and Red Rock did not pass the post.' A subscription Plate of 200 soya ; for 2-3 r-olds, Est 71b ; three, Bst 51b ; four, Bst 101 b ; five, 9st ; six and aged, 9st 21b; mares and geldings allowed 31b. Certain penalties and allowances New mile. Mr. Merry's Dundee, Est 121 b (inc. 51b ex.) .. (Custance) 1 Mr. Parker's Matilda colt, 2 yrs, Est 41b.... (J. Adams) 2 Baron Rothschild's Mentmore, 5 yrs, 9st 31b (inc. 31b ex.) (Wells) 3 The following also ran :—Black Sultan, East Sham, Isthmian, Nativity, Birmingham, Marionette, and Actaeon. Even betting on Dundee, the field with a slight call; 5 to 2 agst Mentmore, Bto 1 agst Birmingham. Actaeon ex hibited a decided disinclination to join his horses, and his fractiousness caused much delay. At last he could only be got to the post by forcible persuasion in the shape of a hunting-whip. East Shean led to the dip, where the Ma. tilde colt, Mentmore, Birmingham, and Dundee were left in front ; Dundee took the lead opposite the stand, and won by four lengths, the second beating the third by the same ; a head dividing the third from the fourth. At the head of the next lot were Marionette and Acteeon. A Handicap Plate of 50 sovs. Bush in. Mr. Nelson's King of the Forest, 6 yrs, Bst 71b (J. Goater) 1 Mr. J. H. C. Wyndham's Sparta, 3 yrs, Est 31b (W. Bottom) 2 Mr. J. Day's Chere Arnie, 3 yrs, ist 21b.... (Custance) 3 The following also ran :—Schism, Lady Peel, Romsey, Felicitas, Jessie Brown, Rockley, g by Grecian—Pan theon's darn. Betting-2 to 1 agst Chere Arnie, 4to 1 agst King of the Forest, sto 1 agst Rockley, 8 to 1 agst any other. Won by half a length, the same between second and third ; the Grecian gelding was fourth, the others beaten off. The Stewards' Plate of 100 sovs, added to a sweepstakes of 10 sovs each, 5 ft, weight for age, &c. ; certain penalties and allowances. Two miles. 62 subs. Mr. G. Payne's Rattlebone, 3 yrs, 6st 101 b (Drewe) 1 Captain Christie's Cheesecake, 3 yrs, Est 71b.... (Daley) Mr. F. Swindell's Weatherbound, 3 yrs, Est 71b (W. Bottom) 1- Mr. T. Parr's Gaspard, 4 yrs, Bst 41b (Bullock) 4 The following also ran :—Underhand, Eskdale, Rupee, Man-at-Arms, Mouravieff, and Schism. - Betting-2 to 1 agst Rattlebone, 3to 1 agst Rupee, and sto 1 agst Mouravieff. After passing the Stand Schism went to the front, but she gave way on entering the straight„ and from the distance the first three had the race to them selves, Rattlebone winning by two lengths. Gaspard was a bad fourth, and the others were pulled up. The Mottisfont Stakes of 15 soya each, 10 ft, with 100 added, for 2-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 101 b ; fillies, Bst 71b ; win ners extra. T.Y.C. (29 subs.) Lord Stamford's Diophantus, by Orlando, 9st 111 b (inc. 51b extra (G. Fordham) 1 Mr. Merry's Phemy colt, Bst 101 b (Custance) 2 Lord Portsmouth's Vinegar Hill, Bst 101 b .. (J. Goater) 3 The following also ran :—Sister to Mincepie, Concertina colt, Letty West, Arabia, and Orbit. Betting-6 to 5 agst Diophantus, 3to 1 agst the Phemy colt, 7 to 1 agst Sister to Mincepie. Diophantus came out at the Stand and won by half a length ; the second beating the third by two lengths ; a length between the third and fourth. The Tenth Stockbridge Triennial Stakes, of 10 soya, each, for four-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 101 b ; fillies, Bst 51b. Two miles and a half. (14 subs.) Lord Strathmore's Mouravieff by Pyrrhus the First, Bst 101 b, walked over. Mrs. Osbaldeston's St. Clarence received 50 sovs. out of the stakes. LATEST BETTING. GOODWOOD STAR=S. 10 to 1 agst Rattlebone (taken) ST. LEGER. 3to 1 agst Thormanby 7to 2 agst The Wizard THE DERBY. Bto 1 agst Dundee (taken) 20 to 1 agst Diophantus (taken) BEVERLEY, HULL, AND EAST RIDING MEETING. Stewards—Sir George Strickland, Bart., and H. S Thompson, Esq. . Clerk of the Course, Mr. Richard Johnson, York. THURSDAY. The Stand Stakes of five cove each, with 25 added. Two yr-olds, Est ; three, Bst ; four, 9st 6lb ; five, 9st 111 b ; six and aged, 10st. Kingston course. Mr. Bowes's Richberta, 3 yrs (Gram) 1 Mr. Henry's Gammon, yrs (Snowden) 2 Mr. Osborne's Honeymoon, 3 yrs (Challonor) 3 Mr. Walker's Tiddlywinks, 3 yrs (Mr. Thompson) 0 Betting—Even on Tiddlywinks, and 5 to 2 agst Rich• berth. Won by two lengths. _ The East Riding Handicap of 3 sous each, with 40 added One mile and a quarter. Mr. W. PAr_son's Beethoven, 4 3 rs, 7st 91b.. (Charlton) 1 Colonel Towneley's Ticket-of-Leave, 4 yrs, Bst 121 b (Snowden) 2 Mr. W. Jackson's Walkington, 3 yrs, 6st 91b. , (Forster) 3 The following also ran :—Berwick, Vigo, Flash-in-the Pan, Eltham Beauty, Lady Trespass, Baron Parke, Dowb, Herodias, and Rescue. Betting-5 to 1 each agst Beethoven, Vigo, and Walking ton, and 7to 1 agst any other. Won by a length. Half a length separated the second and third horses. The Londesborough Produce Stakes of 10 sous each, with 100 added ; for two-year-old colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 31b. T.Y.C. Mr. Hedley's Dictator (Withington) 1 Mr. W. I'Anson's Caller Oui (Charlton) 2 Mr. J. Osborne's Lopcatcher (Osborne) 3 The following also ran :--Rapparee, Ericthonius, and Royal Princess. Betting-6 to 4on Dictator, sto 2 agst Caller Oui, and 6 to 1 agst Royal Princess, Won by a length. Half a length separated the seconJ and third. A Gold Cup (handicap) for 3.yr-olds and upwards. One mile t nd a half. Mr. J. Gilby's Millionaire, 3 yrs, 6st 91b (Spencer) 1 Mr. W. I'Anson nd Beethoven, 4 yrs, 7st 81b (Charlton) 2 Mr. T. Cliff's Lustre, 4 yrs, 7st 101 b (Osborne) 3 The following also ran: —Drogheda, Hegira, Polly Taft, Laird o' the Dale, Sax on y , Corona, Carubondo, and Da niel Boyes. Betting-5 to 2 ea ch a g st Lustre and Poll y T aft, 6to 1 eac h agst Hegira and Beethoven. Won by f our lengths; half The aulength n betweeneee Hu Hunt the s ta second e andov each,third. with 25 a dd e d . Two miles. /41r: w.ityChap, 5 yrs ............ (Price) 1 Cheery nati, 4 yrs .......... (Mr. Bl a k e) 2 Mr. Walker's Laudanum , 5 yrs .......... (Nighti nga l e ) 3 ein,aArdn'ss on,s D Mr. Welfitt's Decoy Bird, 6 yrs .......... (M r. Walker) 0 Mr. Henley's Little Emma, 4 yrs ........ (M r. K night) 0 1r Betting : Even on Donati, and 3 to 1 agat any other Won by a head. The Scurry Stakes (Handicap) of 3 sous. each, with 20 added. T.Y.C. Ticket-of-Leave (Snowden) 1 Pr me Minister .. Corona The following also ran :—Prologue, Gaygirl, Rapparee, Bayonet, Vigo, Pompey filly, and Stitch-in-Time. Betting-3 to 1 agst Prologue, 4to 1 each agst Ticket of-Leave and Vigo, 5 to 1. agst Corona, and 6 to 1 agst Gay girl.—Won by half a length, the same distance separating the second and third. ACCEPTANCES for the Two miles GOODWOOD STAKES. and a half. Yrs st lb Starke Blue Jacket Gaspard 4 8 8 Gladiolus Magnum 4 8 0 Comforter Aston 4 7 13 Eskdale Petra Satelite Tunstall Maid Riseber Horror Lo , ett Ben Webster 3 7 7 Marine Royal Sovereign 5 7 5 Avalanche 3 7 3 Claire 4 7 21 Rattlebone The Brewer Weatherbound Wallace 3 6 11 Howth Stapleton Convivialist Cheesecake Yrs st lb Winkfield a 6 7 Druid 3 6 7 Wanderer Volunteer Danae Pitman Flitch Rajah Brooke 3 6 2 Bumble Bee Conscript Edmund Kean 3 6 0 Gridiron Dulcibella Parmesan Optimist Volatore 5 5 12 Mavourneen Tocher The Baronet 3 5 10 Feodorowna Philomela 3 6 5 Neoptolemus 3 5 4 b. f. by Surplice— Beeswax Lucknow 3 5 0 Urania THE INDIAN ARMY. If there be any public man whose career ought to shield him from the imputation of factious motives it is assuredly Lord Stanley. We are not paying an idle compliment, but asserting a fact any unprejudiced person will at once endorse, when we declare that there is not a member of the House of Commons who speaks less with a view to party objects, and more with a comprehensive regard of his country's interest, than the member for King's Lynx. There have been times, we have perceived, when the noble lord has carried this scrupulousness to an excess, and when the cause of his party has suffered from his repugnance to lend himself to any proposition that might bear the complexion of a party move, and from the delicacy with which he treats his political opponents. It is in some degree the good fortune of Lord Stanley's position that he is enabled to pursue such a line ; for there are ob viously occasions when the leader of a party must incur the charge of factiousness if he will be true to his principles. But in respect of judgments, unbiassed by political connection, but based rather on knowledge and mature thought, no one in the lower house can claim a higher standing than his lordship. This being undoubtedly the case, per haps no one need be astonished at the reckless charges brought against Lord Stanley by the "leading organ" of yesterday. They, perhaps, did not transgress the limits of fair discussion for a partisan purpose. They might have been. applied, without eliciting surprise or indignation, to the tricksters whose whole life is an intrigue for office, its pride, its patronage, and emoluments; but they were utterly out of place when directed against a nobleman whose sole career has been a consistent refutation of them ; and we can only suppose that the Ministry is so feeble, so insecure, and so doubtful of its supporters, that in the fear of another adverse majo rity, which might result in a complete break-down, it was thought necessary to give the word to the Times to convert Lord Stanley's expression of an opinion in opposition to the Government scheme for the reorganisation of the Indian army, into a factious desire to embarrass or displace the Ministry. Now, of eourse, the time will come, when the present Cabinet, like all its predecessors, must collapse from its own inherent weakness, and, if rumour is correct, that time will not be long coming. But only the strong imagination of the Times could have construed Lord Stan ley's speech of last night into a cut and dried attack upon the Ministay, only the blind partisanship of the " leading organ" could have in spired so injudicious and uncourteous a charge against one of the best informed and most con scientious of our Indian statesmen. And if the charge was unfounded, the grounds on which it was based, and the arguments by which it 'was supported, were equally blundering and dis honest. The Times would have it believed that Lord Stanley was pitting " his own judgment" against the unanimous opinions of all the great military chiefs, and, in fact, all the authorities upon the matter. But nothing could be more unfair than this inference. When the report of the select committee was published, although the majority were in favour of the uniting of the two armies, the minority, composed of men of certainly larger Indian experience than their opponents, ex pressed their dissent, and reported in favour of a local European force. The Times produces a goodly array of names in support of Sir C. Wood; and we have always been of the opinion —for a long time not in general favour—of the majority of the com mittee, But, after all, it is a question of evidence ; and this is so evenly balanced that to charge a man with faction or vanity because he adheres to his con victions is virtually to prohibit all freedom of dis cussion. " Lord Stanley," says the Times," is not the man whom one willingly sees allowing himself to be made the organ of narrow prejudices, profes sional superstitions, and personal jealousies." But who are the authorities on whose evidence Lord Stan ' ley bases his views ? Sir H. Lawrence is one. If there is a man whom the Times has delighted to honour within the last two years, that man is Sir Henry Lawrence. For months it never tired of recount ing his praises to a not unsympathetic audience. He was the saviour of our Indian empire, the one Indian statesman, the one individual who united within himself the highest administrative capacity , and powers of organisation with the profoundest knowledge of the wants of India. Yet the opinions of Sir Henry Lawrence, who was then pointed out as worthy of any prize the Crown could bestow, are now stigmatised as the results of "narrow pre judices, professional superstitions, and personal jealousies." Admirable consistency truly ! It only required a fling at Lord Stanley's " confidence" in agreeing with such a prejudiced, superstitious, and jealous authority to complete the exposure of swat paltry want of candour. Had the Times written for the sake of truth, instead of in support of a tottering Whig Govern ment, we should prob a bl y h ave h a d a di sp l ay o f t h e indecision which it exhibited at the time of the issue of the report ; and there is certainly evidence enough to justify such indecision. Sir John Malcolm is an authority whose warning few Englishmen who are acquainted with his experience and thoughtful character would be disposed to disregard: He expressed himself clearly in favour of a local force. Lord Canning's policy has been frequently , impugned in our columns, but he cannot be accused of prejudice, superstition, or jealousy; and his testimony is highly important in facts, and alto gether unfavourable to the separation of the two , forces. Sir James Outram and Sir Bartle Frere, also, men high in position and repute, are on Lord Stanley's side. Yet all this evidence the Times quietly ignores whilst reproaching Lord Stanley for . his " confidence "in opposing his own judgment to that of Sir Wm. Mansfield, Lord Clyde, and Sir Hugh Rose. Far be it from us to oppose the dictum of those distinguished generals. We share their opinions, and we are disposed to re pose the great es t trust in the testimony of men like these, wh o l e d I both the local and the Queeili' s troops to so man y victories. But surely in weighing evidence one li tb a a yt set of three the y teeasrts, cam paigning with out " ,ennouno- i ing a perilous paradox . It must be confessed that Lo r d Stanley's mony (4 halt a cent ury aga i ns t argu ments deserve a b et te r introduction to the public. It was impossibl e to liste n to them without feeling ynsta we re the well con s id ered reason i ngs of a king mind, and th at t h ey mer i t the most earnest i attention of the l eg i s l ature. T he undoubte d ih mostat t p h a e result of the . amalgamation will be a considerable ex t e nsion of the authority of the Horse Guards, and unless the boundary line between the powers of the Governor General an d the Commander in-Chief is very distinctly demarcated there must be great chances of a collision. Then, again, Lord Stanley urges that it is quite impossible to foresee the effect the certainty of continual service in India may have upon the applications for commissions in her Ma jesty's ar my. But we are not aware t h at the i r exists at thi s momen t any grea t difficulty in filling all vacancies in regiments under orders for India. On the contrary, we believe that the increased chances of promotion.and the higher pay are, to the majority of officers, great inducements, and that no paucity of candidates is to be appre hended. On the whole it must be admitted that the discussion provoked by Lord Stanley's opposition will result advantageously to the country. Differ ences of opinion must arise on a matter of such vast importance, and it would be a most injurious view to take of the House of Commons to suppose that the expression or withholding of its opinion on a question of such momentous interest is to be regu lated by the exigencies or convenience of a Ministry. After wasting two or three months in discussing the Reform Bill we surely can afford to spend an even ing or two in the consideration of a scheme on whose good or evil results so much depends the safety of our empire. —Morning Herald. The Bombay Gazette of the 24th ult. says : " Mr. Thomas Chisholm Anstey has been sworn in, before Sir Joseph Amottld, as a member of the Bombay bar." !