The Sun. — London, England, 1865-06-24 00:00:00

A petition presented by Lord LYTTELTON, in favour of an increase of the episcopate, gave rise to a discussion, in thn course of which the Archbishop of CANTERBURY ex pressed his regret that the Government had exhibited so much opposition to the prayer of the petition. Earl RUSSELL vindicated the conduct of the Govern ment, and pointed to the creation of the sees of Ripon and Manchester in proof that they had given the best and fullest consideration to the subject. The Eail of SHAFTESBURY hoped their lordships would first consider the rights of the people to the utmost development of the parochial system, for which some funds were far more needed than for an increased number of bishops. The Bishop of OXFORD contended that the creation of three new bishoprics, which was all that was asked for, would give a stimulus to the development of the parochial system. He would guarantee that the funds would be readily forthcoming if that were all the difficulty the Government felt in the matter. After some remarks from Lords Chichester and Harrowby and the Bishop of London, the subject dropped. The Archbishop of CANTERBURY stated, in answer to Lord Ebury, that he, in common with his right rev. brethren, had no objection to the appointment of a royal commission to inquire into the revision of the Lectionary ; but with respect to the alteration of the Burial Service, that he thought would be an injudicious proceeding. The Constabulary Force (Ireland) Bill was read a second time. The Fortifications (Provision for Expenses) Bill, the Malt Duly Bill, and other measures passed through com- mitteo. Several bills were also read a seecncl time ; others were read a third time and passed ; and their lordships then Adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS-LAST EVENING. The SPEAKER took the chair at twenty minutes past 12. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The amendments to the following bills were considered and agreed to :—Caledonian Railway (Balerno Branch), Southampton CtTrporation, Barnstaple Roads, Belfast New Streets, Cheltenham Water, Crays Gas, General Terminus and Glasgow Harbour and Caledonian Railway Companies, Inverness and Perth Junction, and Inverness and Aber deen Junction Railway Companies, and Sutherland Rail way. ____ - HYDE PARK GATE ESTATE BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. BAGENALSTOWN AND WEXFORD RAILWAY the Government in relation to the naval reserves. He did not consider the present state of things at all satisfactory. A reduction had been made in the number of n, and the noble lord the Secretary of the Admiralty (L C. Paget) had announced that a still further reduct would not improbably take place. In 1863 the navy est ates provided for 10,000 men on shore, and likewi, 00 coastguard volunteers, and there were also 10,000 lines on shore. By the estimates of this year, however, the latter were reduced to 9,000, and the coastguard volunteers to 7,750. Then, again, at the beginning of the present year the reserve of men disposable for the force was reduced from 4,400 to 1,500. These reductions appeared very considerable, especially when it was borne in mind that the reduction in the fleet this year amounted to only one thousand men. It was the opinion of the late Sir J. Graham that the marines should be increased to a force of 20,000 men, never to bo diminished, and he stated at the same time that he had seen with pain the reduction of 1,000 men. There had been a reduction of 300 men in the coast guard force ashore this year, although it did not quite appear; and he (Mr. Corry) thought a reduction .of this force more objectionable than that of the marines. The expense of the coastguard service, both afloat and ashore, in 1863, when it numbered 10,000 men, was only £79,045. He found by a return that the value of property saved by this service was something like £40,000, and the number of lives 4,000 ; so that the value of the property saved during the past six years was very little short of the entire cost of the force. All the evidence before the Royal commission went to show that the reserve was to provide for the first exigency of war ; but there was this difficulty, that it could not be called out without an order in council. At present both the regular and irregular reserves were many thou sands below the number recommended by the Royal com mission, and he did not think the increase made in the former compensated for the reduction made in the latter. He trusted that next year he would not have to complain of a further reduction in the coastguard and marines. Lord C. PAGET admitted that many officers had given evidence before the commission recommending an increase rather than a decrease in the number of marines ; and he had nohesitation in saying that the burden of his own arguments was to the same effect. But very important changes had taken place during the 6 or 7 years that elapsed since that commission had sat; and they had now a very different class of men from those who served at the former period. With regard to the petty officers, there would never be any difficulty in selecting a sufficient number from the con tinuous service men, of whom the reserve force was chiefly composed. His right hon. friend opposite must be aware that it was not ndessary to keep a force of 5,000 coast guards simple for the protection of the revenue, as snuggling was almost a thing of the past. The naval re serve now consisted of 18,000 men, and the coastguard vo lunteers numbered 6,000 more ; so that they had in these two forces a second navy, for he did not belieVe the navy proper at this moment exceeded 20,000 men. It• was also important to. bear in mind that they were paying more at tention in the selection of their seamen, and what they were losing in numbers they were gaining in skill. By an act passed two years ago they could send the coastguard volun teers anywhere; but before that time they could not exceed the limit of 300 miles. The marines were kept in just suffi cient exercise to preserve their sea habits, without which they would be useless on board ship. The number of the coastguard was being reduced, but the hon. gentleman was greatly mistaken as to the means that wore employed. Tho fact was, a careful medical examination had been made, and though he admitted the number of old men was decreased, the coastguard was really increasing in efficiency. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS-LAST EVENING. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at the usual hour. The Earl of LONGFORD presented a petition from several ratepayers of Belfast against the Constabulary Force (Ireland) Act Amendment Bill. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a second time :—High bridge Markets and Gas ; North British and Edinburgh and Glasgow (Bridge of Forth) Railways ; Blackpool and Langton, with Warbrick Improvement ; Bute Docks; Cardiff (No. 2); Caledonian Railway (Additional Powers) ; Caledonian Railway (Banghohn Junc tion) ; Caledonian Railway (Cleland and Afidcalder * Railway and branches) ; Glasgow and South Western, Maybole and Girvan, Rai away Companies; Greenock Police and Improvement ; Liverpool Gunpowder Re-. gulationi, Sm.; Monkland Railway ; Moses Gate and Rugby branch-road ; Nautle Railway ; West Yorkshire Railway ; Saint Stephen's-green (Dublin) ; Wigto ivnshire Roads ; Chesterfield, Newbold, and Dun ston Road ; South Eastern Railway ; Cheshire Lines Transfer; and Monmouthshire Railway and Canal. The following bills were read a third time and passed : —Mid Wales Railway (Eastern Extension) ; Burnham Tidal Harbour ;.Sunnydale and Cambridge Town Rail way ; Edgware, Highgate, and London Railway ; South wark-bridge Transfer ; Belfast Water ; Southport Im provement; Lancashire Union Railways ; Lynn and Sut ton Bridge Railway: Denbigh, Ruthkin, and Corwen Rail way ; and Busby Railway Bill. • THE CONSUL OF SARAWAK. _ _ _ Lord STRATFORD DE REDCLIFFE inquired if the Government, in appointing a consul at Sarawak under the exequatur of Sir James Brooke, had recognised Sir James as an independent sovereign ? Earl RUSSELL replied that, as Sir James Brooke held his position under the Sultan of Borneo, there was no objection, in the opinion of the law officers of the Crown, to appoint a consul at Sarawak in consequence of Sir James being a British subject. STATE OF PUBLIC BUSINESS. Lord STANLEY of ALDERLEY drew attention to the state of the private business before their lordships, and suggested that, if there were any private bills strongly opposed, it would be better to pass a resolution, for which there were precedents, that such bills as might now be dropped at a particular stage should be taken up at that stage next session. Lord REDESDALE had great objections to suspend ing private business, but would be prepared on Monday or Tuesday next to state how the matter stood. The Earl of DERBY observed that, in 1857 and 1859, there had been Ministerial crises; but he could not see the necessity at this moment for taking any such urgent measures as were then adopted, and as wore now pro posed. Lord CHELMSFORD remarked that• there were still many cases of apperl remaining undecided, and it would be a great hardship to the parties to throw them over until next session. Lord STANLEY of ALDERLEY said he had only thrown out the suggestion with the view of placing the actual state of the case before the house. Observations were also made by the Duke of Montrose, Earl Russell, and the Earl of Malmesbury, and the sub ject dropped. INCREASE OF THE EPISCOPATE. BILL. Colonel FRENCH moved that standing orders 208 and 232 be suspended in the case of the said bill, in order that the bill might be read a third time. Mr. DODSON had no objection to the motion, which was agreed to. On the question being put for the passing of the bill, Sir C. O'LOGHLENnoved the insertion of the follow ing words in the 2d clause :—" Provided that the purchaser or purchasers shall maintain and keep open the railway, so that the same may be used for public traffic." Capt. STACKPOLE said the object of inserting the words was to prevent either the Great Southern and Wes tern Railway or the Dublin, Wexford, and Waterford Rai ny from purchasing the line and closing it altogether against the public, in order to benotit one or other of these railways. Ultimately the amendment was altered to the effect that the purchasers should be under the same obligations as the lragenalstown Railway Company were at present. The motion of the hon. and learned member (Sir C. O'Loghlen) was then agreed to, and the bill was road a third time. The Consolidation (Appropriation) Bill passed through committee after some remarks from Mr. AUGUSTUS Tho Comptroller of the Exchequer and Public Audit Bill was read a third time and passed. The amendments to the Fire Brigade (Metropolis) 13;11 were considered, and it was ordered for second reading ou Monday• NEW 31E1IBER. Mr. BRASSEr took tha oaths and his seat for Devon port in the room of Sir A. Buller, resigned. He was introduced by Mr. Jackson and Col. White. POOR-LAW BOARD CONTINUANCE; Sc. BILL. On the order for the committal of this re-committed bill, Lord FERXfOY denounced it as a sham, and moved as an amendment that the bill should simply limit the con tinuance of the powers of the Poor-law Board for one year. • Mr. IL LEWIS seconded the amendment. The SPEAKER reminded the noble lord that if ho car ried the amendment it would negative the motion, that he should leave the chair, and the house would not be able to go into committee even for the purposo of continuance. Sir B. BRIDGES, Sir- J. SHELLY, Sir M. W. RIDLEY, and other members earnestly pressed upon the Government that the bill should be simply a continuance bill. Mr. VILLIERS defended the bill, which, he said, was exactly what it professed to be. • A. long discussion followed, which resulted in the amend ment being withdrawn, the President of the Poor Law Board, however, agreeing that the bill should be made a continuance bill simply for a year, and the whole of the other claims were, therefore, negatived. The sitting was s uspended at half-past three. At six o'clock the house resumed. CHAIN CABLES AND ANCHORS. Mr. LAIRD called attention to•the report of Mr. Gal loway and Mr. Gray to the Board of Trade on the Chain Cables and Anchors Act of 186-I, which was laid before the house ou the Bth of March last. lle complained that the tendency of the act was to throw a monopoly into the hands of manufacturers whose works were situated near Government establishments: Mr. GIBSON suggested that it would be better to post pone discussion until the act had been some time in opera tion. The Government ha d licensed the testing machine of Messrs. Brown, Lennox, and Co., believing it to be a perfectly effective one—and had they not done so there would not have been any machine to be depended upo n i n London. If it were necessary there was no objection to defer the operation of the act ; but by the Ist of July there would be a sufficient number of machines licensed to an swer all purposes, and representations had been received by the Government that it would be absolutely detrimental to defer the operation of the act beyond that date. Mr. HUMBERSTON was of opinion that it would not be prejudicial if the operation of the act were postponed until the Ist of January next. Mr. HENLEY considered that the law required amend ment, but he did not think any serious injury would result front postponing the op...mtion of the act for six months longer. THE ROYAL NAVAL RESERVES. Mr. COBRY then rose to Call attention to the policy of Mr. STANILAND rose to call attention to the claims of the Satpoora Field Force, and of the Goa Frontier Field Force (portions of the Indian army) to the Indian mutiny medal, the Government of India having rejected these claims. The hon. gentleman stated that those forces, in conjunction with Portuguese troops, had done good service in quelling rebellion of the Saal Brothers on the Goa frontier. Their conduct had been approved by the Indian Government ; medals had been promised them, and, as he believed, actu ally struck; but the ordor had subsequently been counter manded by the commander-in-chief. He entered at some length into documentaryevidence in Support of his argu ments, contending that the officers and men were fairly entitled to the distinction that had been refused them. Mr. T. G. BARING said he had been requested by his right hon. friend the Secretary of State to say that this case appeared to him to be one which must be left to the decision of the Government of India. By the regulations laid down on the subject, no force could bd entitled to a medal unless it had been in actual conflict with the enemy. In reply to a communication of July 1, 1861, from the officer in com mand of the force in question, the commander-in-chief stated that there was no evidence that the force had been engaged in military operations against the rebels ; and in that opiniim the Government of India concurred: Ho there fore trusted that the hon. member would not see fit to make a further motion on the subject. I Colonel SYKES charged the Government with acting most ungratefully towards the Bombay army in return for their services in suppressing the great mutiny. Sir F. SMITH asked the hon. member for Pontefract (Mr. Childers) whether there was any valid reason for limiting the tenure of office of the superintendents of the Royal dockyards to five years, and whether he would ob ject to furnish a return showing the length of time which each superintendent held office since 1841. Mr. CHILDERS said there would be no objection to granting the return required by the hon. and gallant mem ber if he would move for it. The reason for limiting the tenure of office of the superintendents of the dockyards to five years was that officers who had been acting as super intendents might be allowed the opportunity of gaining experience as naval officers afloat; and on the other hand, it was deemed desirable that the experience of those who have been superintendents of dockyards should be brought to bear in the management of our ships. However, the First Lord had a discretion vested in him to re-appoint par ticular officers for a second period of five years, if their re appointment was very desirable. TENURE AND IMPROVEMENT OF LAND (IRELAND) ACT. Me. HENNESSY, alluding to the report of the committee on the operation of what is known as the Cardwell Act, and which was laid on the table that morning, expressed his disappointment that the report maintained the principle of the Act, that no tenant in Ireland should be entitled to compensation for improvements undertaken by him without previous notice given to his landlord of an intention to un dertake them, and he referred to a letter published in the Irish newspapers by a member of the committee, stating that the intention of the committee was simply to report the evidence this session ; that they would meet again early next session to draw up their report; and that a bill would be introduced in the month of April by the Government, giving full compensation to the Irish tenant for all improve ments undertaken by him. The hon. member then charged the Government, through their organs, with practising a delusion upon the Irish people. Though deeply regretting the decision of the committee, he thought, nevertheless, they had acted rightly in making their report before the general election. (Hear, hear.) For his own part he had no confidence in the committee, as he thought the members had not been properly selected. Mr. MAGUIRE could not exactly understand what was the object of his hon. friend in bringing this subject forward. (Hear, hear.) He passed no opinion on what would be the result of ihe deliberations of the committee. It was scarcely right that his hon. friend should have introduced this sub ject, for, at the present time, it was premature to force a discussion upon it. In reference to the letter which had been alluded to, he might inform the house that he (Mr. Maguire) was the author of it, and sent it to a newspaper in order to avoid the trouble of answering singly all the cor respondents who had written to him on the subject. After alluding to the valuable evidence given before the commit tee by Mr. Curling, he concluded by expressing his belief that, if the recommendations contained in tho report were carried out, the faee of Ireland would be entirely changed. Colonel GREVILLE thought it would have been better if the evidence taken before the committee had alone been reported, and the house left to consider what course should be taken next year. Lord NAAS, on the contrary, was of opinion that the committee had acted wisely in refusing to acknowledge the principle, which would, in his judgment, never be adopted by Parliament, that tenants ought to receive compensation for improvements made without the consent of their land lords. Mr. C. MOORE thought the report would be received with great dissatisfaction in Ireland. Mr. M'MAHON thought they were under a great obli gation to the hon. member for his having brought this subject under the notice of the house. He (Mr. M•Mahon) had all along predicted that the result of the deliberations would be the end of nothing dwindled down to a point. Mr. LONGFIELD thought the committee had acted wisely and beneficially in making the report, the effect of which he believed would put an end to the question of tenant right for ever. Sir C. O'LOGHLEN did not concur in the opinion that the hon. member for the King's County deserved credit for bringing the subject matter of a report before the house which had only been agreed to at 5 o'clock that evening. The report was only carried by a majority of three ; and it was, therefore, absurd to suppose that it was a final set tlement of the question. Mr. ESMONDE dissented from the course taken by the hon. member for the King's County, and hoped that it would not be understood that they were that evening dis cussing the report. (Hear, hear.) For himself, he did not know its precise nature. He only knew that it had been laid on the table, and that the manner in which the hon. member f or D ungarvan had conducted the inquiry had been in the highest degree creditable to him. When the report e of e was printed, an d i n the hands of members, it could be dis cussed e matter er the then h o u s ; to d o so t h en was premature. (Hear, hear.) dropped,toMonadnady tlhveasmthoetinonagfroeredthteo.ad journmn COLONIAL GOVERNORS (RETIRING PENSIONS) BILL. After a few words from Col. SYKES, who deprecated this bill as one injurious to the service ) it was considered as amended, and ordered for third reacting. The Ulster Canal Transfer Bill was read a third a time and passed. The following bills passed through coliwaittee THE INDIAN MUTINY MEDAL. :HIE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVEALN - 6, RINE 24, 1805. nity, Expiring Laws Continuance, and Compound Spirits Warehousing. The War Department Tramway (Devon) Bill was read a third time and passed ; as were also the Turnpike Trusts Arrangement and the Fire Brigade Metropolis Bills. The Inland Revenue Bill was recommitted, and verbally amended. The house adjourned at a quarter before 10 o'clock. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWTON (LANCASHIRE) RACES-FRIDAY. The Warrington Handicap of 100 sovs, for all ages ; win ners extra. Red House in, about 5 fur. Mr. Osborne's Lady Abbess, 5 yrs, Bst 31b ...(Whiteley) 1 Mr. Drake's Worthless, 4 yrs, 7st 31b (J. Crrinishaw) 2 Mr. Jones's Alice Leigh, 4 yrs, 7st 11b (H. Sharp) 3 Mr. Osborne's Jig, 3 yrs, Gst 131 b (Carroll) 4 The following also ran :—Lucy Long, Merry Harp, and Jupiter. Betting-12 to 10 agst Worthless, 11 to 4 agst Lucy Long, 6 to 1 each agst Alice Leigh and Lady Abbess, 10 to 1 agst any other. Won by a length ; the same between second and third ; a bad fourth. The Lyme Park Stakes of 10 sovs each, h ft, with 50 added if three run, for two-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 101 b ; fillies and geldings, Bst 71b ; winners extra ; allowances; the second to save his stake. Red House in (about 5 furlongs). 14 subs. Mr. Osborne's Xi, 9st 3lb (including 71b extra) (J. Osborne) 1 Mr. George's Mrs. Wallet, Bst 71b (Button) 2 Mr. Thompson's Jest colt, Bst 101 b (Hoystead) 3 Betting-10 to 1 on Xi, who won by three-quarters of a length ; three lengths between second and third. The South Lancashire Tradesmen's Cup (Handicap) of 100 sovs, added to a Sweepstakes of 7 sovs each; winners extra. About one mile and a quarter. 31 subs. _ Capt. Gray's Windham, 4 -yrs, Bst 101 b (Challoner) 1 Mr. Eskrett's Edinburgh, 3 yrs, 6st 81b (T o mlin so n) 2 Mr. Osborne's Lady of Coverdale, 3 yrs, 6st 31b (Carroll) 3 Godmersham, Moulsey, and Barter also ran. Betting-2 to 1 agst Windham, sto 2 agst Godmersham, 3 to 1 agst Moulsey, 10 to 1 agst any other. Won by half a length ; a length between second and third ; Gomersham a bad fourth. The Selling Handicap of 3 sovs each, with 30 added ; tho winner to be sold for £3O ; winners extra. One mile. 8 subs. Mr. Cliff's Qui va la., 2 yrs, sst 101 b (Kenyon) 1 Mr. Jones's Lady Sefton, 3 yrs, 7st 51b (Carroll) 2 Betting-5 to 2on Qui va la, who won by three lengths, and was afterwards bought by Mr. Cockin for 42 guineas. The Scurry Handicap of 3 cove each, with 30 added, for all ages; to start at the top turn, and go once round. About one mile and one furlong, Mr. Eskrett's Edinburgh, 3 yrs, Bst 41b (Tomlinson 1 Mr. Backhouse's Jewel, 4 yrs, Bst (C hall on er 2 Mr. Osborne's Nell Digby, 3 yrs, 7st 121 b ...(Whiteley 3 Betting-5 to 2on Edinburgh, 3to 1 agst Nell Digby. Won by a length ; the same between second and third. LATEST BETTING ON THE COURSE. NORTHUMBERLAND PLATE. 100 to 30 agst Caller Oa (taken and offered) 7to 1 agst Revival (offered) 10 to 1 agst La Toucques (taken) 10. to 1 agst Brown Bread (taken) 100 to 8 agst any other (offered) WEIGHTS FOR THE GOODWOOD CUP. (Calculated up to June 24.) Age st. lb. Age st. lb. Ely 4 9 7 ; Breeze 4 8 10 General Peel 4 9 7 Hollyfox ... 4 8 5 Blackdown ... 5 9 7 Surrey 6 7 13 Moose ... 5 9 3 1 ; Gladiateur ... 3 8 0 Stanton ~. a 9 61 Breadal bane ... 3 7 7 La Toucques ... 5 9 31 Todleben ... 3 7 7 Young Rapid ... 4 9 01Wild Charley ... 3 7 7 Privateer ... ... 4 8 10 : Brown Bread. ... 3 7 7 Planet 4 9 0 Friday ... 3 7 7 Cambuscan 4 9 0 Eltham 3 7 7 Union Jack ... 4 9 0 Christmas Carol ... 3 7 7 Fille de l'Air ... 4 810 Brahma ... 3 7 7 Hippolyta 4 8 10 Archimedes ... 3 7 7 Gby Voltigeur— • lAriel 3 7 3 Iris ... 4 8 11 [OODIVOOD STAKES. Friday Joco Age st lb •3 7 1 •5 7 1 TILE UNITED STATES. (From the Times' Correspondent.) PHILADELPHIA, June 9 The great question of the manner of Mr. Davis's capture has not yet been settled,.and probably never will be. It is the object of the Government to de preciate Mr. Davis as much as possible, and therefore they give currency to the petticoat story, and all their newspapers repeat with variations the reports of his being manacled. Mr. Davis is still confined at Fortress Monroe, but the manacle story has been so often contradicted that scarcely any one believes it. Colonel Pritchard, Mr. Davis's captor, has been in Philadelphia for some time. The question of how the capture was made was put to him very pointedly while here, and he pronounced the petticoat story a falsehood. The latest version of the events preced ing the capture comes to us from New Orleans. It is vouched for by several citizens of that place, who were in Georgia at the time of Mr. Davis's capture. Mr. Davis was escorted from North Carolina to Georgia by two brigades of cavalry. When he ar rived at the Georgia line he heard of the surrender of Gen. Taylor, and at once disbanded his escort, giving them a small sum of gold that he had saved from an allowance made him by Congress, and di recting them to go home. He then mounted his horse, and accompanied by a few personal friends proceeded to Ervingsville, Georgia. No disguise or evasion was used. lie was everywhere known and recognised as the President of the Confederate States. At Ervingsville Mr. Davis first saw the pro clamation of President Johnson, charging him with complicity in the assassination of Mr. Lincoln. Ile at once sent to the nearest Federal post and in formed the commander of his purpose to surrender and meet the charge against him. A detachment of General Wilson's Federal cavalry came to Ervings ville, and Mr. Davis and his party surrendered. No further developments have been made of Mr. Davis's trial, but it is said it will be postponed until September. The report that Charles O'Conor, of New York, will defend him is correct. meeting of the citizens of seven counties of Virginia, between Richmond and Lynchburg, has been held, at which the rate of wages to be hereafter given the negroes was fixed. The farm hands are to have $5 a month, and $1 a day during harvest time. The employer boards the negro, but the negro will have to clothe himself, and pay for his medical attend ance. • This arrangement will rule in Virginia, and probably throughout the South. The system was adopted in North Carolina before it was in Virginia, and is said to be working successfully. The amnesty proclamation is still a subject of dis cussion. It is reported that many of the wealthy Southerners who signed Mr. Lincoln's proclamation of amnesty are congratulating themselves that they escaped the proviso in President Johnson's which exempts from pardon all persons who arc worth more than $20,000. This proviso is considered superlatively foolish. Considerable difficulty is an ticipated in carrying out the provision that exempts from pardon all persons who left this country for the purpose of aiding the South in foreign lands. The more prominent of •these are of course well known, but the difficulty is to ascertain the thou sands who went abroad and kept their movements in the dark. The exemption will give rise to unend ing false swearing and fraud. The assassination trial has continued all this week, but, as nearly every witness called has been Merely asked questions concerning Dr. Mudd's or Mrs. Surratt's character, or Payne's insanity, or Atzeroth's cowardice, the trial has been almost devoid of interest. One of the witnesses on June 8 testified that the Union Leagues had a secret branch, the members knowing eoch other by a system of Free mason signs. This public development of a secret political body extending all over the country has startled the people. The days of " Know Nothing" clubs are revived. The Federal armies are being rapidly disbanded. Eighty thousand soldiers have already left the camps at Washington for home. The Texas expedition has all left Fortress Monroe, the last transports sailing on June 8. Texas and Western Louisiana are to be held by military occupation. The garrisons in other parts of the South, except in the large cities, will be gradually removed. It is reported that Trenholm, the Confederate Secretary of the Treasury, is at Abbeville, South Carolina ; that Robert Toombs has committed sui cide in Georgia; and that John C. Breckinridge has escaped from the Florida coast. All Confederate prisoners of less rank than major are to be released at once. Six thousand imprisoned Confederate officers have asked for pardon under the provisions of the amnesty proclamation. Ten guerillas were hung last week by the people of Cass county, Georgia. Vessels are now at City Point, Virginia, taking on board the French tobacco so long stored in Rich mond. It is to be shipped to France. The United States Government has demanded from Spain the surrender of the Stonewall, now lying at Havannah. Sufficient time has not yet elapsed for the receipt of a reply. It is reported at Wash ington that the claims for damages inflicted by the Alabama will be pressed by this Government ; but the indications are that they will not be . pressed so far as to cause a rupture between the two countries. Two hundred thousand people in Virginia, white and black, are daily fed by the Government. Eleven thousand of them are in Richmond. In Georgia it is stated that small change is so scarce that eggs are used as currency. It is stated that the Mexican Liberals have issued letters of marque against French commerce, both on the Atlantic - and Pacific oceans. Bally Edmond Blackdown Armagnac ... Gratitude ... Solon Signalman... Dalby Dr. Syntax Sandal Scamander Black Deer Redcap ... Stanton ... Buck foot ... ... a 8 11 ~.. 5 8 10 ... 5 8 9 •5 8 7 •4 8 7 ▪4 8 7 •4 8 7 ▪5 8 6 •4 8 5 •5 8 5 •5 8 4 •4 8 3 ... a. 8 2 ... 4 8 2 Claxton ... Moose ... Adine b m The Brewer *Sy dmonton. Brown Broad *Auditor Grapeshot S al pin - cte s Balwin Suspicion The Drake Aland Swordsman •4 7 1 •5 7 0 •5 7 0 •a 7 0 ... 3 7 0 •3 7 0 ▪3 7 0 ▪ 3 613 • 3 613 • 3 613 ... 4 6 13 ... 4 6 10 ... 3 6 9 ... 3 6 9 Hollyfox Flatterer ... 4 8 2 ... 4 8 0 Tattoo Valour ... a 6 7 ... 3 6 6 Teneriflo Claremont Lady Hylda Ethelred ... Despair ... Raglan ... Lady Bohun Iris gelding John Davis ... 4 8 0 Real Jam ... ... 6 6 6 ... 4 7 12 Madame Walton ... 4 6 6 ... 4 7 10 Scheldt ... 3 6 5 ... 4 7 10 Redmire ~. 3 6 5 ... 6 7 10 Auricula, ... ... 4 6 5 ... 5 7 8 Sprite ... ... 4 6 2 ... 4 7 7 Nu ... ... ... 3 6 2 ... 4 7 7 *Camellia. ... ... 3 6 0 ... 4 7 7 Farce ... ... 5 6 0 Veluti ... 4 7 6 Harry Brailsford ... 3 5 12 Nemo 4 6 6 The -Guide ... 3 5 10 Bradamanto ... 4 7 6 Mishap colt ... 3 5 9 Hopper ... 4 7 5. False Alarm ... 3 5 9 Donne Canue ... 6 7 2 Curtain Lecture 3 5 7 Qamballan 7 7 i Sheridan ......4 dead Mr. T. Conolly, Mr. J. R. Farquharson, Mr. A. H. Oswald, and Mr. Wyon are subscribers, but did not name. Those marked thin (*) havinc , been entered without the knowledge of their owners will' be struck out at the time prescribed, unless specially ordered to remain in. S T OCKBRIDGE MEETING. Acceptances for the Beaufort Handicap. Age st lb Age st lb Raglan ... 5 812Cby Y. Melbourne The Monk... ... a 811 Flutter ... ... 4 711 Bradainante ... 4 8 10 Scarborough ... 3 7 4 Golden Dust ... 5 8 10 Scheldt ... 3 7 2 John Davis 4 8 9A. D. Wagner ... 3 611 Veluti ... 4 8 4 Bow Bell ... ... 3 6 4 Acceptances for the Danbury Nursery Stakes. st lb ...810 ... 7 13 Stockbridge ... Mother of Pearl Loaf Sugar ... Hop Vine Stoic Arethusa Alberta Venture Nelly ... st lb ~ 7 7 . 7 7 7 12 Slender 7 6 7 9 Monitress ... 7 6 7 9 Miss Lavinia, colt 7 0 7 9 The Proctor ... ... 6 7 7 8 Matilda ... 6 0 The Nottinghamshire Handicap of 20 sovs each, 10ft and 5 if declared to Messrs. Weatherby, or the Clerk of the Course on or before Tuesday, June 27th, at noon, with 200 sovs added by the Noblemen and Gentlemen of the County; the owner of the second horse to receive 50 sovs out of the stakes, and the third horse to save his stake ; the winner to pay 25 sovs to Race-fund. A winner of any handicap or sweepstakes amounting to 200 sovs value, with the win ner's stake, from the time of declaring the weights (June 22, at 12 at noon) to the time of starting, to carry 51b, 300, 71b, 500, 101 b extra ; one mile and three-quarters. (65 subs.) If the highest weight accepting be under Bst 121 b, it will be raised to that weight, and the rest in proportion. Armagnac Sandal ... Claremont Hollyfos Flatterer ... Oldminster Duukeld Verger ... The Clown Lord Douglas Welcome ... Joco Age at lb 5 8 12 ▪ 4 810 4 8 7 4 8 6 •4 8 6 ... a 8 4 ▪5 8 4 ... 4 8 0 ▪ 4 7 11 ▪ 4 7 11 • 6 710 ... 5 7 8 Age st lb *Auditor ... 3 6 12 Veluti ... 4 6 10 Macbeth ... 4 6 10 Lady Bobun ... 3 6 7 *Cobweb 3 6 7 Sluggard ... 4 6 7 Sprite ... 4 6 6 Ephemera... ... 4 6 4 Little Goy 4 6 4 Elastic ... ... 3 5 2 Lima filly ... ... 3 6 2 Curtain Lecture ... 3 6 2 Le Marcel►al ... 5 7 7 *Skeflington 4 7 7 Golden Dust ... 5 7 7 Bradamante 4 7 7 Nuneaton ... ... 4 7 7 Avenger ... ... 5 7 6 Alabama ... 4 7 6 Grevile „ 4 7 5 Castle 11i11... ... 4 7 4 Barchettina ... 5 7 3 The Monk.- a 7 2 Sandford ... 5 7 2 Fisherman's Dhtr... 4 7 2 Claxton ... 4 7 2 *Priveeer ... 4 7 2 Wildman ... ... 4 7 0 *Sister to The Drake 4 7 0 *Oakapple 5 7 0 Cadeau 5 6 12 Nemo ... 4 6 12 Donne Canne 6 6 12 Endsle,igh ... 3 6 1 Valour ... 3 6 0 Troubadour ... 3 6 0 Vest colt ... ... 3 6 0 *Reinfrid ... 3 6 0 Itedinire 3 6 0 Harry Brailsford ... 3 6 0 Arkansas ... 3 5 13 Spring Guu 3 5 13 Lord Waldegrave 3 512 Moldavia ... ... 3 10 Verdant ... 3 5 10 Effort ... ... 3 5 10 Gannochy 3 5 9 Spain 3 5 8 Anonyma 3 5 8 Mishap colt 3 5 8 Exchequer... ... 6 paid. Black Deer... 4 paid Major Mahon is a subscribe; but did not name. Those horses marked thus (*) having been entered without the knowledge of their owners, will be struck out at the time prescribed unless specially ordered to re main in. HORSES STRUCK OUT OF THEIR ENGAGE MENTS. June 10, at 10.20 n.m. Accident, out of tho Ascot Stakes. Juno 12, at 4.20 p.m. Ethelred, out of Ascot Stakes and Hunt Cup. June 16, at 12 at noon, all Mr. Ten Broeck's horses, out of Ascot handicaps this day. June 17, at 9 a.m. Success, out of all engagements at Newton. June 17, at 10.30 a.m. Scamander, out of Worcestershire S takes. Juno 17, at 11.51 a.m. Anonyma out of all engagements. June 19, at 9 a.m. Blue Mantle, out of Northumberland Plate. June 20, at 9 a.m. East Lynn, Inca, Birkgill, and Vagrant, out of all engagements at Newton. June 20, at 9 a.m. Ameer, out of Great Newton Cup. June 20, at 11.30 a.m. Scarf, out of Claremont Stakes, Hampton. June 20, at 1.53 p.m. Sandal, out of Worcestershire Stakes. Juno 20, at 2.45 p.m. Glendusk, all engagements in Mr. W. H. Mundy's name. June 20, after 6 p.m. Arkansas, out of all handicaps, for which the weights have been published. June 21, at 9 a.m. Terror, out of Trades' Cup, Newton. June 21, at 9 a.m. Lightfoot, out of Golbome Park and Haydock Two-yr-old Stakes, Newton. dune 21, at 10 a.m. Ma Belle (dead), out of all engage ments. The subject of paying off the national debt still perplexes the country, but every project suggested has failed. There is a general desire to be rid of it, and now that the excitement of the war is over, people begin to see very plainly the terrible conse quences that follow. The loans are just now very dull. Other sources of investment are opened, and capitalists leave the loans for them. Bonds are coming back from Europe, and this deranges the market. The tendency of prices is downward, and as it is caused principally by the news from Europe all the bondholders are angry at the attention paid to English quotations. They say 300 millions are held abroad, and 2,300 millions at home, and yet the foreign quotations control. There is another statement that has been made officially, which appals the community quite as much as the enormous amount of the public debt. It is an account of the number of soldiers that have died from sickness and wounds during the war, and has been published by the War-office.. The number of deaths is reported at 325,000, and the number of wounded men at 1,100,000. Nearly a million and a half of men have been killed and wounded in this awful war on one side alone. No report based on accurate data can yet be made of the Confederate losses. There is great complaint from the South about the restrictions on the cotton trade. Efforts will be made to have them removed. Many of the owners of cotton have realized so little from their produce when intrusted to military agents that they prefer it shall rot rather than pay the expense of hauling it within the Federal lines. An instance is related in which an owner received a return of but one dollar per bale for his cotton, the rest being eaten up by taxes and expenses. By the new trade regulations a tax of 25 per cent. is levied at the very outset, and yet so little cotton is brought in that the amount of tax collected will not pay the expense of the agents. An open market, free from military agents, taxes, &c., cotton merchants say, will bring out the cotton, let the current price be what it may. Military restrictions only result in the rotting of the cotton upon the plantations. Scarcely any new reconstruction movements have been developed during this week. The President is now framing and will soon issue a proclamation re storing the writ of habeas corpus all over the country and ordering a general clearance of military prisons. The Mississippi delegation arrived in Washington and had an interview with the President on the Bth June. He refused to recognise the Confederate Go vernor or Legislature of Mississippi, and stated that he would pursue the same course in that State as was taken in North Carolina. The Alabama delegation have returned home satisfied with their interview with the President. A provisional governor for that State and also one for Georgia will be appointed before a week elapses. Col. Parsons, of Talladega, will probably be Governor of Alabama. It has been semi-officially announced that South Carolina will be the last State reorganised. Some of the Southern railroads are being repaired. One or two railroads in South Carolina are being rebuilt by the military authorities. The road run ning from New Orleans north through Jackson, Mississippi, will soon be in good order. Sixty miles of the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad, immediately west of Lynchburg, Virginia, are in order, and trains are running. The railroad from Chattanooga, Tennessee to Atlanta, Georgia, will be in order be fore. the end of June. The repair of the Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Potomac Railway, formerly the great line of travel south of Washington, is begun. Nearly two months will be required, however, to put it in order. Almost x,ll the other Southern railway companies are too poor to make the necessary re pairs to their roads. Nothing can prove the com plete prostration of the South more than the small number of newspapers now in existence there, compared with the large number before the war. At Macon, Georgia, there are four news papers ; at Atlanta, two ; at Columbus, two ; at Augusta, three, of which the Constitutionalist is the only southern journal printed on a whole sheet of paper ; the rest on half and quarter sheets. At Montgomery, Alabama, there are two quarter sheets; at Columbia, South Carolina, one ; and at Chester, South Carolina, one. Fifteen newspapers make up the budget for the entire South, as it existed on the Ist May. One of the Macon papers is a still more complete evidence of Southern poverty. It advertises that it will receive produce in payment of subscrip tions at the following rates :---Corn, $1 per bushel ; fodder, 75c. per cwt. ; bacon, 15c. a pound ; flour, sc. a pound ; butter, 25c. a pound ; eggs, 20c. a dozen. It is reported that since the removal of re strictions upon trade a brisk trade has sprung up between New York and Newbern ; that large quan tities of cotton and tobacco have been brought out from hiding places in Montgomery, Alabama, and Wilmington, North Carolina, and that steamers are plying between Mobile and Montgomery. 'The States of Mississippi, North Carolina, and South Carolina have been divided into internal re venue districts, and tax-collectors have been sent there. In Virginia recent developments show that the difficulty between Pierpont and the new Legis lature has been healed. It turns out that in only six legislative districts candidates were elected, and, al though all are opposed to Pierpont, they are not nu merous enough to control the Legislature. This fact has rendered a resort to military force unnecessary. Pierpont will soon issue another proclamation order ing an election in several more counties in Virginia. lie has started a Land and Emigration Company in Richmond, with the object of populating the aban doned plantations by bringing white labourers into the State. The proposition drags, however, as every plantation taken by the company will sooner or later be the source of endlesslitigation caused by conflict ing titles. The evidence is universal that the farmers and planters all over the South will reconcile themselves to the new order of thi ngs ca used by the abolition of slavery. It is the determination of the Government to eradicate slavery from the country. No compro mise will be permitted upon this point. Although it is a very bitter draught to many to part with their slaves, yet they view it in an economical point of view, and consider that it will be, much cheaper to employ hired labour on the plantations. The few Southern journals now in existence inculcate this doctrine. Similar sentiments have been expressed at several meetings of the people of the South. They wish to make the best possible use of a necessity. A TIMES.—The Select Committee on the operation of the Court of Referees, after hearing the evidence of many witnesses, has arrived at a decision which was easily to be foreseen. In the main object of saving the time of members the experiment could not fail to be successful. A part of the inquiry has been unnecessarily lengthened, but the issues on which the Referees exercised exclusive jurisdiction have been of course withdrawn from the cognizance of Select Committees. In former years little stress was laid on engineering details, except for purposes of comparison with some alternative scheme, and the estimates were in general accepted, without investi gation, on the faith of the engineer for the promoters. Opponents have been encouraged to raise both classes of questions before the Referees in the hope of obtaining decisions which are conclusive in their favour. An awkward curve or gradient was not necessarily fatal when it was of considerable public benefit; but the report of the Referees that the works were in themselves objectionable has practi cally prevented the further progress of the Bill to which it applied. In the far more numerous cases in which the engineer has passed the preliminary ordeal it may be said that the time and expense of inquiry have been absolutely wasted. It was ex tremely unlikely that a bridge or a tunnel designed by an engineer of the highest rank would be either impracticable in itself, or obviously injurious to any important work or navigation ; but it was the duty of the Referees to hear evidence against the project, and in one or two instances they have devoted a week or ten days to the inquiry. A small frac tion of the time would have sufficed to exhaust the controversy before a Select Committee. Several bills have been stopped on the ground that the esti mates were insufficient, and it may be assumed that in future Sessions engineers will take the simple precaution of allowing a margin. It may be doubted whether a liberal estimate will promote economy of construction, and it is certain that it will involve an additional burden in the form of interest on the deposit. if any estimate has been intentionally placed too low, the pro moters have deserved the penalty they have incurred, but the public interest may have been compromised by the postponement of a useful un dertaking. Mr. Wilson Patten, who guides the judgment of the House on all questions relating to private busiaess, has long held the opinion that Par liament would do well to abandon its private juris diction. It was probably with this purpose that he established the system of Referees, and the Com mittee over which he presided now recommend the House to take further steps in the same direction. In the next Parliament it is proposed that three permanent courts should sit throughout the Session, under the presidency of as many salaried members. The chairman of committees, with two or three assessors, will determine questions of locus stpndi, or of the right of petitioners to appear. There is no difference of opinion as to the convenience of referring this part of the inquiry to a permanent tribunal, and the decisions of the referees on the subject have been generally received Fith satisfac tion. The chairman of two additional courts are also to be members of the House, and it is evidently unreasonable to expect that heavy judicial labours should be performed without remuneration. On the other hand, it is probable that sticklers for Parlia mentary precedent will object to the payment of members, especially as they will be withdrawn from the discharge of more legitimate duties. The func tions of the chairman of committees, who is now the only paid member, with the exception of the Speaker, are essentially Parliamentary. A paid judge or juryman receiving evidence on estimates and gradients can scarcely be said to act as a repre sentative of the people. The proposal of the com mittee is evidently intended to prepare the way for an entire abandonment of private legislation by the House of Commons. The other members of the court are not necessarily to have seats in Parliament, and it is evident that no member of the House will be found to undertake so thankless and onerous an office. When there is a question whether a duty shall be discharged gratuitously or at a handsolne salary there can be little doubt of the result. During the present Session two gentlemen of opposite politics, favoured respectively by the heads of the two great parties, have received £l,OOO a year each for acting as as sessors to the Chairman of Committees or to Mr. Adair and Mr. Hassard. If the House of Commons proceeds to create several other paid offices in its own patronage, a strange innovation will have been introduced into constitutional practice. `The com mittee recommend that the jurisdiction of the re ferees shall be largely extended. The Court is to examine the engineering merits of alternative and competitive lines of railway as well as of the pro jects which are primarily submitted to their notice, and in all cases, with consent of parties, the referees may hear evidence and report on the whole bill to the House. The committee mentions, with appa rent approval, the suggestion of one of the witnesses that the Chairman of Ways and Means, the chair man of the chairmen's panel, and one other member should, at the commencement of each session, select such private bills as, in their opinion, ought to go before the referees, and that the latter should con sider the whole matter and report their recommen dations for adoption to the House. As there would be no intelligible principle to guide the discretion of the Chairman of Ways and Means and his colleagues, it is improbable that the House will place in their hands so arbitrary and invidious a power. It is impossible to anticipate the opera tion of the choice which is to be given to parties between the referees and a select committee. The authors of the report evidently wish to transfer the entire powers of the House to the new tri bunal, and they justly conjecture that a merely voluntary jurisdiction will not be long sustained. The defects of a tentative system will serve as arguments for further changes, as the committee has adroitly used the anomaly of divided juris diction as a reason for enlarging the func tions of the referees. In the words of the report, " some even of the referees themselves appear to be of opinion that if the main object of the institution —namely, economy of. time—could be attained without a double inquiry, it would be a great ad vantage." The subsidiary engine was set up to relieve the strain on the principal machinery, and when some irregularity occurs in the working it is suggested that the original source of power should be detached. The referees no doubt express their genuine opinions, but public functionaries are liable to a bias when there is a question whether their salaries shall be continued. It will be for the House of Commons to decide whether the duty of private legislation shall be transferred to a distinct tribunal. If the plan is adopted it is idle to insist that the judicial functions shall be exercised by individual members of the house. The decisions of select com mittees have generally been just, and the issues which they have determined are such as are most fitly submitted to a special jury of limited numbers. Private bills raise no questions of legal right, and Parliamentary committees are competent judges of expediency. If a court of lawyers or laymen with small salaries inspires equal confidence; it will pro bably transact the business more rapidly, and there fore more cheaply, but unless the number of private bills is greatly reduced, two courts will be insuffi cient for the business which has required the simul taneous attention of eight or ten committees. The members of the next Parliament may save them selves much trouble by the abolition of select com mittees on private bills, and possibly the house will prefer its ease to the privilege which it has hitherto resolutely cherished. If a new and permanent tribunal is established, it will scarcely be found necessary to main the arbitrary rule by which only one counsel is allowed to be heard. The restriction prevails in no other court in the kingdom, and it is not necessarily beneficial to the public because it is extremely inconvenient to the bar, and because it restricts the free choice of the client. It is remark able that the House of Lords has hitherto displayed no intention of following the example of the House of Commons. HERALD.—The " Fatal march from Mhow" has been explained, and the explanation is almost as dispiriting as the disaster. It is some consolation in the case of a calamity of the kind to know that it was produced by exceptional causes, very unlikely to occur again.; or that it was the fault of some body who can be pulled up sharp and made an example of. But the manner in which this mur derous mistake was brought about admits of neither source of satisfaction. For cholera is a contingency which must always be anticipated in a country like India, and official apathy is an offence difficult to punish when it pervades whole departments. The military authorities at Bombay, who have published a very extensive correspondence on this sad subject, lay all the blame of the disaster on Major-General Green, the officer commanding at Mhow, who, they declare, did notwarn them of the presence of cholera when the march was ordered, as generally believed. The case on the side of the authorities, as given by Col. Phayre, the quartermaster-general, is to this effect. The orders from home for the reduction of a battery of artillery were received about the 17th or 18th of February last, when Sir Wm. Mansfield made the necessary communication on the subject. Col. Phayre then accompanied his excellency to the southernmost borders of the Punjaub, and did not resume his duties at Bombay headquarters until the 3d of April. On the 7th, to his surprise, he received a telegram from Major-General Green, referring to a letter, of March 1, from the Assistant Adjutant- General Royal Artillery to the officer commanding the 21st Brigade, and asking if the men of the B battery, for the southward, should all be sent to Kirkee. There were, added the major-general, 95 men, 8 women, and 13 children, who would be ready to proceed on the 12th. Col. Phayre at once in quired how it was that these troops had not been marched to their destination long before, especially as he had left instructions with the deputy quarter master-general and assistant quartermaster-general at army headquarters, to carry out at once all such detsils, without reference to Sind, in order to save time. He was told, in reply, that the disbandment had been ordered in the adjutant-general's depart ment, and that no further "communication had been made with regard to it during his absence. As Lieutenant-Colonel Phayre did not at once reply to Major-General Green's telegram, the major general telegraphed again on the 10th of April, requesting a reply ; and on that day Lieutenant - Colonel Phayre telegraphed to him in return, directin g him to order the detachment to march at once toNar gaum, the women and sick to proceed by bullock train, and all proceeding to Kirkee. He added, " Arrange minor details with Poona division autho rities." Meanwhile, on the 4th of April, Lieute nant-Colonel Phayre had had occasion to address a letter to Major-General Green on the subject of some deserters from the Inniskilling Drao•oons whom it was desirable to send to their regiment for trial; and on the 10th the major general answered that communication both by telegraph and post. In his telegram he referred to the inexpediency of sending the deserters in question by the carrying company's bullock train, and added " more by post." By post he entered into further particulars, and added, " But I would deprecate the men being sent up at all at this time of the year, if it possibly can be avoided ; for cholera is on the road, great heat has set in, and I would much prefer to await the first fall of rain, when I would send a mounted party, with horses for the deserters, and bring them from Nargaum without much risk, signalling to you when to despatch them to the railway terminus:" This letter took six days en route, and in reply Lieutenant-Colonel Phayre addressed a letter to Major-General Green informing him that the commander-in-chief (Sir Charles Van Straubenzee, who had succeeded Sir W. Mansfield) adopted the suggestion as to the deserters, and adding that as the same objection seemed to apply to the immediate march of the Artillery, the major general had better consult with the deputy inspector general of hos pitals on the subject. This recommendation, how ever, came too late, as the troops had then marched; and Lieutenant-Colonel Phayre throws the sole responsibility of the disaster upon Major-General Green, upon the ground that that officer had only incidentally made known the presence of cholera on the road, and ,had not supplied that information until too late. In this opinion he is supported by the commander-in-chief, as well as by the Governor of Bombay, and Major-General Green has been censured in orders for his conduct upon the occasion. That there is prima facie cause for this conclusion is not to be denied. But who could have supposed that an officer of Lieutenant-Colonel Pliayre's long Indian experience and special know ledge of the district required to have his attention called to a fact of which he should have been as well aware as Major-General Green ? Nobody, indeed, could be better aware of the fact that the route across the Nerbudda is always highly danger ous after the Ist of April, after which day, indeed, the marching of men is expressly prohibited by a general order, dated April 17, 1860. In the minute which he issued upon the subject, Sir Charles Van Straubenzee remarks that Major-General Green " appeared to have overlooked that order." But surely Lieut.-Colonel Phayre overlooked it when he laid before his excellency the telegram of Major-General Green, and his excellency overlooked it also when he sanctioned the march. Neither of those efficers were bound by the major-general's orders ' • but the major-general m a y we ll b e con sidered bound by theirs, notwithstanding that he is told that he should have exercised discretion in the matter. In reference to this point, Major-General Green, in replying to Lieut.-C o l one l Ph ayre, de clares his belief that all discretionary powers had been removed from him ; and he mentions that when in 1862 Major-General Farrell, then in com mand of the division, " urgently deprecated the marching of troops to this station (Mhow) at this season of the year," he was informed that the Sindwah jungles were not dangerous till after the rains. " Cholera," adds the major-general, " un fortunately prevailed all over the Dekhan, and is not confined to the Sindwah route alone." Only last year, when he reported himself to the same effect, he was told that " the requirements of the service must not be stopped on account of vague cholera reports." And, again, two months afterwards, when reporting the death of an officer by cholera, lie represented " the danger to life caused by ex posure in reaching this station at this season of the year," his communication remained unacknow ledged ; and not having besides " received any reply to my many telegrams and reports on the outbreak of cholera in the cantonment last year, it was natural for me to conclude that, having done my duty by reporting my opinion, I had only to obey the order I had received." The major -general adds, too, that he had never received any orders from head-quarters on the subject of the B battery. The orders were sent to the officer commanding, with whom he conceived that he was bound to act in concert. Under all circumstances it seems in the highest degree unfair to throw the blame of this unfortunate order upon Major-General Green. If the general order was disregarded higher authorities than he were responsible for the fact. If warning were required, surely it had been given repeatedly, and may be considered to have been formally with held in, reference to the march simply because it was considered unnecessary. That the warning was renewed in the case of the deserters may be ac counted for by the supposition that their case was not so urgent as the one in which there had alreadY been so much vexatious delay, and which is declared to be "an exceptional case" by the Governor of Bombay himself. The real fault seems to lie, first , with Sir William Mansfield, when in the local corn' mand, for curtailing the proper independence of divisional officers ; second, with the Adjutant- General's Department, for delaying the arrange,' ments for the march until the hot weather,. an d third, with the authorities higher than Major - General Green, who disobeyed the general order: That Major-General Green would have done well to have taken upon himself grerter responsibility is not to be denied ; but the experiment might hair° been attended with professional injury to himself ; and Government haS no right to insist upon an officer running a risk of the kind. It is an admira ble thing to act lie a hero, but an officer who merely does his duty does not deserve rebuke. It is due, to the Bombay authorities to add that the great est sympathy has been expressed for the sufferers by the disaster, and the most ample acknowledgraeu te made of the services of Lieutenant Stevenson, Wu' manding the detachment ; Captain Scott, of the Nimar Police, who volunteered his services on th e road, and others of the party, who are reconi; mended to their immediate superiors for raga' when occasion shall offer. Railway Traffic Returns for the Week, SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. WEIGHTS FOR THE Union Jack Accident ... Age st lb ... 4 9 4 ... 5 8 12 Miles Opened. Receipt B . Railways. ,„..........__....... ... 1865. 1864. 18C5 1 864 ' £ t 1613 Belfast and N. Counties lOO 100 ' 2, 030 -.,, ) 5 Belfast and County Down 49 49 9 18 ' " Blyth and Tyne Bristol and Exeter . 2 1 8 2 8 241 2 12 2 , 8 1 11 4 1 2 6; 8 82 5 29 6 1 1 2 . : ' k) I 1 Caledonian Cambrian 9l 84 1,764 Ls" Cockermouth K & Penrlth .. 314 - 325 Cockermouth and and Workin - ~ A Cork and Bandon 2O 20 426 ?,`,'; Cork, Blackrock, & Passage 64 64 270 „'„'R Cornwall 651 654 1,959 ix" - Deeside l7 17 600 42 0 Dublin & Belfast Junction 63 63 1,401 1 ._. 38 ! Dublin and Drogheda 75 75 1.(,89 1.6z,,' Dublin and Meath Dub. & Wicklow and Wexid lO7l 911 3,538 2. 1, r, Furness, Ste 5O 5) 3,5.2 3 . 2 r Glasgow & South-Western Gt. Eastern,Nrfk.,&E.Union Great Northern 404 365 36.48 1 32 . 47 e Great North of Scotland 99 99 2,962 3. 8 `f hi 1. Northn. & Westn. (Irel.) 714 714 982 g 145 81' 1 LSoutlin. & Westu.(lrlnd.) 3B7} 887} 8.8 3 9 -„.- Si g Great Western 1276 1235 74, 1 35 7 . , 11u11 & Hornsea - 154 14 6 Inverness & Aberdeen June 1174 1171 1,475 - , ,i . s Inverness & Perth Junction 119} 119} 1,718 1, " 3 1 676 Irish North-Western 145 145 1,718 .„, 0 Kent Coast 27 27 2,240 ,1.r,,, Lancashire & Yorkshire 403 403 42,340 4 ",,,'4 Limerick and Ennis.. Limerick and Foynes 26} 261 93 1 . 1 76 Llanelly 461 461 795 „ g a l Llynvi Valley - " London & North-Western London and Blackwall 5l 51 2,079 2 ., ( 1 6 'London & South-Western Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast London, Chatham, & Dover 72 721 6,710 1, 1,7 )) Do. Metropolitan Extension 1i 104 2,650 0f, 2 Lou., Tilbury, & Southend 1 8 , 3 36 1 Man.. Sheffield, & Lincolnsh .. 2421 242} 17,1:4 .11 Blanch. S.Jun.&Altrincham.. 9 4 91 1,493 1 (7 Maryport and Carlisle 2B 28' 1,4 6 gi Metropolitan Midland (incl. N.-Western) 6631 641 41,660 40 .'4'5 Midland GtWestn. of Irlnd 262 262 6,618 f) (' 5 Monkland 7ll 714 1,658 1 , 7 o Blonmoutlish. Rail. & Canal 44 44 2,822 '," North British, Edin., Perth and Dundee N-Eastern and Stock. & Dart 1 6 1 2 10 54 1 6 09 8 9 5 34 North London 9 a, h 3 North Sta ff ordshire 258 258 7,943 Ithymney l9l 191 929 ,I,TO Scottish Central Scottish North-Eastern l3B 138 5,375 5 ;! / 7 Somerset and Dorset 66 66 931 ' 28231:5,5800047 28131.i:19 a 2 South Devon - 794 751 4.227 7, , 0 3 South-Eastern 3OB 306 24,693 2..: c o Taff Vale X 4 1 5 41 5 Ulster 3 Vale of Clwyd Waterford and Kilkenny 3l 31 431 42 7 Waterford and Limerick 77 77 1,304 -.., , 0 1. West Cornwall 271 271 1,106 l' a e, W. II aytlepool Harbr.&itai I s2} 524 4,090 '` W'haven,Cleator,& Egrmnt lO 10 639 ' 95 Whitehaven Junction l3 13 gg t 1 , 938 & Furness Jun 35 35 882 " 8 t. FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. 3 015 Austrian B2B 826 31,027 3 y Bahia and San Francisco 3 8 Belgian Eastern Junction 264 261 379 q 039 Bombay, Ilaroda , & (_'en. India 306 1854 5,000 -,- , s sa Detroit and Milwaukie lB9 185 6,117 5'451 Dutch Rhenish lOB/ 1(81 6,652 Z", 15 Eastern of France 1176 1428 74725 ° k J' Eastern Bengal - East Indian Grand Trunk of Canada Great Central of Belgium 12 9 7 57 1 2 3 7 3 2 5 23 6, 6 8 1 1 6 3 2'''" Great Didian Peninsula Great Luxembourg 51 3 8 451 1 5 3 5 4 3/ 2 5 1 :1 1 5 0 9 ) 1( .4 4: 0 ' Great Southern of India n Great Western of Canada 345 315 11,491 i ..•. 864 Madras Madrid, Saragossa &Aiicant 689 650 19,441 2 0, e 3 • ; Northern of Canaaa Northern of France 728 728 6,175 53. 64 ; Norwegian Trunk Ottoman Paris, Lyons, & .slediterrn 1967 1781 135,929 132.9 1 ,, ; , Paris and Orleans 1616 1614 69,893 68. 2 0 1 Recife and San Francisco. &c 771 774 1,108 1 ,r 43 Sc.nde. . 105 105 1,28:3 2 -: . ;:i Do. Punjab, &c 3l 32 322 •,,'" - 9 South Austrian, &c .. 1651 1527 58,821 5 0, ' , .68 Southern of France 623 770 28,.58 2, („` 1 5 Victoria Welland. iits West & N-Wn. of France COUNTRY MARKETS ---•tom--~ LIVERPOOL.—FRIDAY. 13 a We had a moderato attendance at ourmar k e t to -day, 1 ' wheat met a quiet demand at extreme rates of Tuesday' Flour quiet at late rates. Indian corn unc h ange d. De gli " oats, and oatmeal quiet. • - DERBY—FRIDAY. 3 6 New white wheat, 44s to 47s ; n ew re d, 40 s t o 43s pe i f a .. stone. Barley for malting, 32s 'to' 35s per (ins; grin to 28s to 30s per 30 stone. - Oat s , new , 22 s t o 25 8; o ld, . 4 lis 28s per 24 stone. Beans, old, 42s to 455; new, 380 to per qr. . , . STAMFORD.—FRIDAY. 56 New white wheat, 42s to 46 5; new re d , 39 s t o 430 stone. Barley, malting, 32s•to-33s ; grinding, 28s to 0. per qr. Oats, new, • 22s to old, —s to —s per 24 0211 Beans, 36s to 40s -per 38 stone. Peas as heretofore. - WAKEFIELD.—FnmAY. Fresh wheat meets a fair consumptive demand at is g d- Vance. For chambered parcels scarcely any jug ° Spring corn unaltered. bia' Averages June 19 :—Wheat, 1,132 qrs , a t 42 s 8F-. A ley, 32, at 26s Od ; oats, —, at Os Od. LINCOLN. —FRIDAY. 06 New white wheat, 42s to 455; new red, 38s to 41 0 . K o f f . stone. Barley for malting, 32s to 34s per qr ; grl.2 o to 27s to 31s per 30 stone. Oats, 22s to 235. Beans? 46s per qr. BRISTOL SUGAR—FRIDAY. The demand continues very dull, and notwithstalibiog prices are reduced 6d per cwt. There is scarcely W I 0 1 0 doing in either raw or refined. Rum sells readily at ra higher prices. COAL MARKET. Price per ton at the close of the market. O J. s. d. Walls End Haswell... 17 9 H e tt on L yons .........• 15 : 6 Carway and Duff r yn Ed en M a i n .Malting Hettonl, 9 1722 9 0 K Eu ei ti oe le'sWestHartlel 1 6 6 6 la Hastings Hartley l6 9 Tunstall Ships at market, 16; sold, 16. {ADVERTISEMENT:I—HoIIoway's Pills.—HarbinKa u si Joy.—How often does it happen in families that the robust are the most precious ; in such cases holy T ip p misery would be spared if these purifying, invigor.g o vo' and laxative pills we re j u di c i ous l y a d m i n i s t e red. -Et,. in' way's admirable pills hav e wor k e d th e i r wa y by tbeiiio trinsic merits, and in spite of interested opposition ~;11i established their supremacy as a ho use h o ld re medy, en dt lio well adapted for the derangement s o f th e s t r ong 3 " „ fail infirmities of the sickly. These c orrec ti ve pills rare.,t.;liri to remove the seeds of disease, and t o overco me the 1 ",', 1 10 ous results arising from luxu r i ous i n d u l ge nce, 11 : re 'is hours, or similar causes. To the wea k thi s medicine an d precious boon, as it re-endows them with full health strength. Births. , „hot' Brow x.—On the 22d inst., at Llandaff House, park, the wife of David Brown, Esq., of a daugh ter ' GRUXDY.—On the 22d inst., the wife o f E. Herbert C ll ' Esq., Whalley Range, of a son. 44 , 0 Trff ° HEREERT.—On the 23d inst., at Egham, Surrey , "- of A. Herbert, Esq., of a daughter. PORTER. On the 22d inst., at Staplake, Starcross, of Aylmer Porter, Esq., of a son. Marriages. ritalre ilt BARROW—ARNOULD.—On the 22d inst., at CholseY to Berks, Benjamin Barrow, Esq., of Ryde, Mary, the second daughter of th e l a t e Thomas ° Esq., M.D., of Whitecross, Wallingford, Berke. r isll WILSON---DIxoN —On the 22d inst , at Marylebone no, church, John Wilson, Esq., M.A , of ChiP e , l3 ,loo" Wilts, to Annie Emma, only daughter. o f the ' 4 " - Dixon, Esq., of Cheltenham. Deaths. , BROWNE.—On theith inst suddenly at the depot, - park, Dublin, Capt. _Bro . wne, nephew of Gen...,Setssr Browne, K.C.8., and of Mrs. Hemans, the Pc"' • v BRO S.— u tlitit BuTLIN.—On the 19th i ns t at Pri John 1 1 °s e Esq., of On the 19th inst. 37, Gordon-square" a , a t agedhis3residence, 75." Ayles OK John Brooks, Esq., solicit'or, aged 83. 4 DANE.—On the 19th inst., at 24, New FinchleY five Arthur Dane, th e son o f Thomas Dane, Esq., lg' weeks. ef EDMONDS.—On the 20th inst. J o h n J o h n Edmonds , Gutter" Claremont Lodge, Hornsey . -road, N., and 217 0 1 lane, C. 110DGE.— E. On the 19th inst., Anna, wife o f Wen' Chapel Hodge, Esq., of Pounds, near Devonport. son of Li G nD eo lf .7s o . n L t i h d e di l e 2 , th Es i ci n . r o ., f a L t iNnaheuwolimede: arnrdedseorfuettsa,tiirtitlitis° house, Doncaster, accidentally drowned while in the Rhine, aged 18. London: Printed and Publidhed by WILLAXI A.Nrir it 2 • of No. 112, Strand, Painter, at nu; SUN ojlice, Ntp Of Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the CO P ' Aliddlepez.--Saturday, Juno 21,.1806. ItENIEI FR I] ' 136.11 Sup tl _Tnis ode FRRNCH I It 15 Pure, Sold in 13( the Agents it 8. GEE Observe t "'Vauban's SAVE K-7 your CIGAR NI LENDS 1 of £2O to V. one, two, oz tion enable No inquiry Discounted tr!ected sts The Asso noose by a terms most The CREDI in conjU ASSOCIAI SCR.U'TIO BALANCE T HE A 60;000 Pre] Preference Deposit £1 Each Subs, of Pat THE FOL] The Right nor of (Limited Curtis 31.1 London, George Pe ?rands LE John Pon tish and Edward 31 Samuel GI (Messrs, Edward C of the B Captain A G. P. 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