The Sun. — London, England, 1866-07-06 00:00:00

THE PRUSSIAN ARMY. (From the Times' Military Correspondent) SOBOTKA, June 30, 1 a.m. The Crown Prince, with the 2d Army, or Army of Silesia, on Wednesday, defeated in an action, near Trautenau, the two Austrian corps d'armee of Ga blenz and Ramming, and was pushing his advanced troops upon the Upper Elbe in the direction of the towns of Arnau and Konigshof. Last evening, in order to open communications with the Crown Prince, and to facilitate the concentration of the two armies, Prince Frederick*Charles made a move ment towards his left in the direction of the town of Gitschin, or Jicin, as it is written on many maps. In order to prevent confusion, I have not, while the Ist and 2d armies have been acting on different lines, sent any details of the operations of the Crown Prince, nor shall I touch upon them on the present occasion more than is necessary for the com prehension of the movements of the Ist Army, but shall send in a future letter a full account of the advance Isom Silesia. Late last evening the commander of the Ist Army moved his headquarters from Munchengratz to ,Sobotka, but not with the intention of remaining t as sg here, for he leaves this town at 4 this morning. The army moved from the Iser towards Gitschin by three roads—the left from Turnau by Rewensko, the centre from Podill by Sobotka, the right from Muncheugratz by Ober Bautzen on Sobotka. Four roads lead from the town of Gitschin, almost to wards the four points of the compass ; that of the north to Taruau, of the west to Sobotka, of the south to Kosteltz, and of the east, but bending southwards, to Horitz. From the Kosteltz road to the Turnau road runs, about three miles dis tance from Gitschin, a semi-circular range of steep broken hills ; on their slopes and summits spruce and silver firs grow in thick woods which occa sionally reach down into the cultivated ground. Here and there upon these hills are patches of corn or clover land, while at various intervals there are little villages, which generally consist of 10 or 12 large wooden cottages, separated from each other and standing in orchards. Near the foot of the range of hills the ground is much broken up by shallow ravines and gullies. Where the road from Sobotka pasees through the hills they dip down so as to form a narTow pass, and the fir forests on each side run down close to the road. On the Sobotka side of the woods there is a ravine about 100 feet deep, but with banks not so st•.'ep but that the road can descend and ascend them in a direct line. A quarter of a mile from this ravine, and nearer Gitschin, the road drops again into a similar hollow, but here the forest has retired from the side of the chausse e , and the ground is covered with standing crops, among which fruit trees are thickly studded. At about the same dis tance further on towards the town a third break in the ground causes another sharp undulation of the roadway. On the Gitschin side of this hollow ground, partly on the bank, but more on the brow of the slope, and on the more level country beyond, stands the little village of Lochow, forming a clump of houses with low walls, but having high thatched roofs, which just rise above the tops of the orchard trees that cluster closely among and around the cottages. A quarter of a mile beyond the village lies the last break in the ground, for beyond this a fl a t plain stretches to the little river which, passing the town of Gitschin on its Lochow side, falls into the Iser near Turnau. The last ravine is rather deeper and wider than the others ; at the bottom there is a rivulet, which the road, after descending the Lochow bank, crosses by a low stone bridge, and then runs straight up the opposite side of the nullah, as it might be termed in Indian phrase, to gain the level plain. The corps of General von Schmitt marched yes terday from the neighbourhood of Podoll to Sobotka, and there striking the road from Munch engratz to Gitschin, General von Schmitt changed the direction of his march to the left, and ad vanced towards Gitschiu. He moved with his two divisions at some distance apart ; that of General von Werder, or the 3d Division, as it is gamed in the muster roll of the army, led the way. Von We'rder's advanced guard consisted of the 2d battalion of Jagers and the 3d battalion of the 42d Regiment. In rear of these followed the three bat talions of the regiment of the late King of Prussia, the two remaining battalions of the 42d, and one battalion of the 14th Regiment, with one six poande.r and two four-pounder field batteries. A strong Austrian force held the wood behind the first ravine, with its sharpshooters hidden behind the trunks of the fir trees, with the view of compen sating for the inferiority of their rifle to the Prus sian needle-gun. Behind each marksman two sol diers wereplaced,whose only duty was to load their rifles and hand them to the picked men to whom the firing was intrusted. The Austrian artillery was placed behind the wood, so that it could bring a cross fire on the opening in the front through which the chaussee passes, and strike heavily on the Sobotka bank of the ravine and the open country beyond. As the Prussian advanced guard approached the ravine, the Austrian batteries opened fire upon them, and the marksman from behind the trees also soon commenced a biting fire. The Jagers and the men of the 42d quickly spread out as skirmishers, and, regardless of the withering fire to which they themselves were exposed, showered bullets from their quickly-loaded arms against the defenders of the wood, while some of their artillery quickly brought into action tried to silence the Austrian guns. But the fight was unequal, the sharpshooters behind the trees couldrarely be seen, and the fire of the Prussians did not tellmuch upon their concealed enemies ; nor were their guns in sufficient force to engage successfully the more numerous AuStrian forces. The Jagers from among the trees were aim ing well ; the men of the 42d were falling fast, it seemed that the defenders would be able to hold the wood. But the rest of the Prussian division was coming up ; more artillery was already in action ; and the Austrian gunners began to fire with less effect. The regiment of the King of Prussia soon arrived. The Prussian soldiers, unable to make much im pression with their fire on the riflemen in the trees, were already anxious to come to close quarters, and then Gen. von Weeder sent his men f orwar d to take the woods with the bayonet. They were carried, but not without loss, for the Austrians retired from tree to tree, and only when pressed beyond the last skirt of the wood retired under cover of their guns and reserves to take up a position on the further brow of the next ravine. The musketry fire recom menced. The opponents stood on either bank of the hollow, and poured volley after volley into each other's ranks, while the artillery, from positions on the flanks of both lines, sent their shells truly among their adversaries' infantry. But here the needle gun had more success, for the Austrians stood up clear against the sky, and soon the white uniforms began to go down quickly. No troops so ill-armed could have stood b e f ore th e mur derous fire which the Prussians directed against the opposite line. The Austrians did all that men could do, but after losing fearfully w ere o b liged to fall back id take up their third position i n the village of Lochow. It was now ab out 7 o'clock in the evening ; the combat had already lasted almost two hours, but here it was renewed morey fiercely than e ver . The Prussians, encouraged t sol diers and bravely led eagerly their success—brave came to the att ac k. With hearts as big and with officers as devoted, the Austrians stood with a desperate calmness to receive them. On both sides the fighting was hard, but at against the ain an y distance the Austrian rifle had no chance the needle gun, and at close quarters the boyisharosodl diers of the Kaiser could not cope with the broad_ s houldered men of Pomerania, who for m the corpsa - d'arinee, one division of which was here engaged. Yet for three quarters of an hour the .little village of Loebow was held, and the continuous rattle of the rifles and the heavy cannonade of the guni remaining almost stationary told the de termination of the assault and the stoutness of the defence. But the Austrians were slowly forced from house to house and from orchard to orchard, and had to retreat to their last vantage ground on the top of the Gitschin bank of the fourth ravine. And here both sides re-engaged in the fight with the utmost fury. The defenders felt that this was their last standing point, and on its maintenance depended the possession of Gitschin ; the assailants knew that success here would almost certainly bring them to the object of all their exertions. 'The Prussian line soon formed on the top of the oppo site bank to that held by the Austrians, and then began to fire rapidly against the brow where the Austrians stood. The latter returned the fire, but from necessity more slowly ; still their guns smote the Prussian troops heavily, and the shells, burst ing in front of the assailants' line, caused many casualties. But the Pomeranians were highly ex cited, and it is said that a heavy mass of the Prus sians dashed down the road and rushed up the opposite slope with their rifles at the charge. There a fierce struggle ensued. The strong men of Pomerania pressed hard against their lighter op ponents, and pushed them beyond the brow of the slope on to the level plain, yet the lithe and ac tive Austrians fought hard, and strove to drive their bayonets into the faces of their taller antagonists ; but strength and weight told, for their more powerful adversaries urged them back foot by foot till a gap was clearly opened in the defenders' line. The musketry bullets had also told sharply on the Austrians, and they were obliged to retire. They drew off across the plain towards Gitschin, but not in rout ; slowly and sullenly they drew back, suffering awful loss in the open plain, where the needle-gun had a fair range; but they fought for every yard of ground, ever turning to send among the advancing Prussians shots which were often truly aimed, but which formed no sufficient return for the showers of bullets which were rained upon themselves. For long the plain was the scene of the advancing combat, and it was not till near midnight that Gen. von Werder occupied Gitschin. In the town the Austrians did not stand ; they held some houses at the entrance for a short time, but these were carried, and then they retired rapidly towards the south. In their haste they left their hospitals, and here, as well as in Lochow, von Werder's division took alarge number of prisoners. But this was not the only combat last evening. On the northern side of Gitschin and on the Turnau road the Austrian . s have also taken up a position to eover the town against the Prussians advancing from the direction of Turnau. The range of hills which runs round the north-western side of Gitschin drops with a steep slope down t: sends outtheTurn a much Turnau road, near the village of Brada, anlower pro l onga tion of the range which runs at right angles to the direction of the road, and beyond it, as far as the river that passes by Gitschin and joins the Iser near Miriam'. Over this lower spur the road runs, and on its summit lies the Prussian right of the road, and close to it the village of Podultz ; while further to the right and on the top of the high hills in the village of Brada, standing about 300 yards further south than Podultz. The fifth division under General Tumpling was on the 28th moved from Turnau to Rowensko and Kotwa, which lie on the road leading from Turnau to Gitschin, about midway between the two towns. Yesterday afternoon General Tumpling advanced from Bowensko, and about half-past 4 o'cloJk came within 2,000 yards of the village of Podultz. His division consisted of the Bth, 12th, 18th, and 48th Regiments, with four batteries of artillery. As the Prussians advanced they saw the village of Podultz close to the road, and on their right, standing at the top of the gentle ascent by which the road rises to the top of the lower spur, on the other side of the road, and about 300 yards from it, nearer to the advancing division by 200 yards than Podultz, the village of Diletz lying in the plain, while high on their right they could see the chimneys of Brada above the thick fir wood which, lying on the hill side, in front of that village, runs down nearly to Podultz, and trace by the different colour of the foliage the ground occupied by its orchards. The three villages and the fir wood were held by Austrian and Saxon troops, supported by seven battalions of artillery, which were placed both on the spur and on the Brada hill, while behind the spur were hidden three of Austria's finest cavalry regiments—the Hussars of Radetzsky, of Lichten stein, and of the Austrian Regiment the King of Prussia. In front of the village of Brada and of the fir wood an abattis was constructed which ran down the steep slope nearly as far as Podultz. As soon as the Prussians came within range the Austrian bat teries opened upon them; the Prussian guns replied, and under the cover of their artillery the columns advanced to the attack of the position. The Bth and 48th Regiments advanced against the village of Diletz, which was garrisoned by the Ist, 2d, 3d, and 4th Saxon battalions, and where, as the prisoners report, the King of Saxony himself took part in the fight. The 12th and 18th Regiments advanced against the village of Podultz. Both attacking columns were exposed to a very hot fire, but after a severe struggle both villages were carried, though that of Podultz, set on fire by a shell, was burning when the Prussians occupied it. Then General Edelsheim, who commanded the Austrian cavalry, with a desperate valour attacked the burning village, but the horses would not face the flames, and the Prussian infantry from behind the blazing houses fired on the disordered squadrons and killed many troopers. After taking Podultz the 12th and 18th Regiments pushed past Brada, leaving it to their right, and made for the Lochow road, in order to cut off the retreat of the Austrians, who were retiring from Lochow on Gitschin. The Aus trian cavalry charged the advancing Prussians, but the latter received them without forming square, and the horsemen recoiled broken by their steady fire. The Austrian troops in Brada and the Saxons and Austrians in Diletz were quite separated by the capture of the village of Podultz, and the former were almost entirely taken ; the latter were cut off from retreat in large numbers, for von Werder was pressing towards Gitschin, the roads were crowded, and the little river formed on the right of the broken allies a wide extent of marshy ground, which it was almost impossible to:cross. The loss of the Saxons between Diletz and Gitschin was tremendous ; they fell thickly, and the ground was covered with corpses. The Prussians suffered much, but they fought most bravely, and, with only four regiments and half as many guns as their opponents, carried a very strong position held by a much superior force ; for the Prussians had in the field but 16,000 men, and the allied strength is estimated at 30,000. Under a crushing fire they advanced to the attack of Podultz and Diletz, and the vacancies in the muster roll show how fearfully they suffered ; but every man who fell on the Prussian side was trebly avenged, and a long broad track of fallen enemies marks the line of march of the four regiments who so well fought and won Diletz. But though the Austrian position was strong, it was badly occupied. The troops on the hill of Brada seem to have been so enclosed in their defensive works that they could make no counter attack on the Prussian columns engaged at Podultz, nor could they attack in flank the 12th and 18th Regiment as they passed. Many officers and men have fallen on both sides. Gen. Tumpling, who commanded the Prussian division, has been wounded, fortunately not severely. The field of Diletz is almost more thickly strewn with killed and wounded. Here the Prussians lie more thickly than at Lochow, for the more numer ous artillery of the defenders ploughed with terrible effect through the dense columns of the assailants as they advanced to the attack. i But betwe en Dil etz t an d Gitschin the ground s covered with b ro k en a rms, knapsacks, s hakos, and fallen m n e r n , herewho are e h tAustrians,han artillery. mneoesdtlley-geninthwe r as S m a Saxons or s o e r d about ce rsa n 7 d , O t o h o e prisoners in he e t i w 3r o u c s o si m an b s at h s, av m e an ta y k o e ff in that loss i y n e r l e d d a y a e nd ve n w i o n u g n h d a e s d w i t h e d s t r i a m w a n t e l d o a: 0 3,0 0 00 s soldierso from under the Austrian colours. Head-quarters were moved here this morning. The town has been almost entirely deserted by the inhabitants, the streets are filled with military car riages and marching troops, while a Prussian garri son riesubnidvo:ihae marketplace.ckeduundniecrat Prussian theall io colonnade which runs This afterno on t h e strategic object of the late m a c o h N i - e e v m e e d r: t fsorofcotnamhe two ssi h a a n ve ar h m ee ie n s ehpaesnebd in Bohemia between Prince Frederick Charles and the Crown Prince. A regiment of Dragoons sent from here to-day to feel for the Second Army has found the advanced troops of the Crown Prince at Arnau, and has sent back intelligence that he has mewed THE SUN, LONDON, :FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 6, 1866. the passages of the Upper Elbe at Arnau and Konigs. hof. Nor is this the only welcome intelligence which has to-day reached the commander of the First Army, for he has also heard that the Ziethen Regiment of Hussars has in the front defeated an Austrian regiment, and captured a convoy of about 50 waggons. This morning the army moved from Sobotka, ready and anxious to fight, but the Austrians did not show themselves, and it has taken up a position in front of Gitschin, prepared for battle. To-morrow the King of Prussia comes to Gitzehin, and will there establish his headquarters. the zealous secretary of the association, and the proceedings, which were throughout conducted in the most orderly manner, closed with a vote of thanks to the chairman. Railway and Other Companies. HUDSON'S BAY. The general meeting of this company was held yesterday at their house, Fenchurch-street--Sir E. Head, the governor, presided. The report stated that the profits of the year end ing the 31st May would enable the committee to declare a dividend of 14s. per share, in addition to that of Bs. per share which was distributed in Jan. last, being together at the rate of 5f per cent. on the stock of the company. The sum to be credited to the,chief factors and chief traders this year would be such as to afford satisfaction to those officers, whose exertions in the company's service could.not be too highly appreciated. The balance of profits carried forward would amount to £34,868. The quantity of furs sold this year exceeded considerably the average of the last ten years. The committee had long been anxious to effect a change in the arrangements for examining and packing their goods for export. The premises in Fenchurch-street offered no facilities for improvement in this re spect, and while the value of the freehold site be longing to the company was very great, the conve niences which it afforded for their business were altogether insufficient. Fine new premises in Lime street had been taken at a rent of £2,340, and a portion of them now entirely separate had been let at a rental of £1,350, so that the sum payable by the company was reduced to £990. Hydraulic presses had been erected, and arrangements made for the examination and packing of all the com pany's goods on the premises. In addition to this the committee had secured the lease of the offices at the corner of Lime-street at a moderate premium and a rental of £l,OOO per annum, but as the offices were larger than they required, a portion of them would be relet. The Hudson's Bay-house in Fen church-street could be sold, and the large sum it would produce would be available. The claims of the company under the Oregon treaty were in course of arbitration before the Commission at Washington, and it was understood that the evi dence on both sides was to be finally closed by the Ist of July instant. The report discussed at some length the question whether colonisation on a large scale ought to be undertaken by the com pany. Negotiations had been entered into with the Secretary of State for the Colonies in August, 1863, as to the expediency of vesting executive and judi cial authority in officers of the Crown over the Red River and the south-western portion of Rupert's Land, belonging to the company, and exercising it in the Queen's name. Those negotiations it ap peared had not up to the present time resulted in anything definite or satisfactory. The CHAIRMAN moved a formal resolution for the adoption of the report and declaration of the divi dends therein recommended. Mr. C. M. LAMPSON seconded the motion. Mr. DODDS contended at considerable length that the company had ample powers under its charter, not only to carry on its trade but to establish a colony and govern it without any additional powers from the Government or ;he Colonial-office. He ad mitted that there was a difference of opinion on that subject between the shareholders' committee and the governor and directors of the company. The great object of the Crown in granting the charter was to enable the company to clevelope the resources of Rupert's Land and the Hudson's Bay territory for the extension of British commerce. The company had full power given them over gold and silver mines to work them and other minerals, to build forts, fac tories, towns, villages, and to establish plantations. They had, in fact, full legal powers to do every thing that was requisite. He concluded by moving a resolution requesting the directors to consider the best mode of effecting the object of colonisation, and appointing a committee of shareholders to con sult with the board on the subject. Mr. MORRISON seconded the motion. He said it only required pressure from the public to bring about all that was desirable for the company to carryout. Mr. WATKIN, M.P., said he considered the report of the directors a very able document, and the statement of Mr. Dodds very much to the purpose. They were told that it was premature to urge this matter forward at present. He thought the directors should at all events have taken the first step, which was to expend about £30,000 or £40,000 in estab lishing telegraphic communication to all the principal stations in their territory, by which means they would shorten the time of receiving information by five or six months in respect of the more distant sta tion. They would then have rapid and almost con stant communication as to what was going on over their vast territory ; and above all things, they would be enabled to collect useful information and make known in England the enormous value of their pro perty—the various points from which it was most accessible, and the distances ; the routes through which water communication could be established by means of lakes and rivers in the interior; and the vast extent of prairie land available upon which a new and prosperous State could be founded. If the people in England and the North of Scotland knew what could be- done by enterprise and industrythere, he thought something would soon be done to develope the best part of the Hudson's Bay territory. The company only requiretl a just and honest share of the profit in carrying out the p roposed measure. only want e d w h at be submitted by t h e directors to the jausstgofoord,thaenirdprtohpeyerty. lie wish e d th e question w T a h s ei f r a ir title a nt od w whole of the proprietors as to whether they would or not take steps to colonise the southern part of Rupert's Land. So far as he was concerned, he would say let the majority decide the question once and for ever. He then suggested that the meeting should receive the report, and that circulars be sent to the shareholders requesting them to expresseither their assent to or dissent from the proposition for establishing the colony, the result to be submitted at the November meeting. Mr. DODDS expressed his willingness to withdraw his motion and adopt Mr. Watkin's suggestion. A long discussion ensued, in the course of which the Chairman explained the course the directors had pursued, the details of which would be found in the report. He had no objection to the suggestion of Mr. Watkin to ascertain the opinion of the share holders on the subject, provided that it was modified. The report was then unanimously adopted, and it was agreed that a circular be sent to each share holder with a view to ascertain his opinion on the question, stating the number of votes assenting to or dissenting from the proposed measure for colo nising the southern portion of Rupert's Land out of the company's Ow n resources, and that t h e resu l t be declared at the N ovember meeting of t h e com pany. On the motion of Ur. WATKIN, _ M.P., a vote of thanks to the Gov ernor concluded the proceedings. Colonel Yolland h as Ant inspected the deviation of this company's between Sandall and Maud's bridge, and it is u n d erstood that i t w ill s h ort l y be SOUTR between the two p l aces YORKKERE. opened for public traffic. Th e old portion of line the branch line o f t h e West Riding aban doned. The Gov ernment inspector also passe d over m e ntioned will be Railwayfrom Ad w i c k -le-street to t h e S ou th York shire Railway at H atf i eld-park. and Grimsby IZAILWAy BILLS. In Lord Redesdale's Committee, House of Lords, yesterday, the following bills were passed :—Ayr Harbour, the North Metropolitan, the Wycombe, the Bryumawr and Blaenavon ; the Merthyr, Tre degar, and Abergavenny ; the Mid-Wales, the Shrewsbury and Potteries Junction, the Swansea Vale and Neath and Brecon Junction, and the Ogmore Valley ( the Wrexha m , M old, and Connah (No. 1), th e L ang barne ; the Peter borough, Wisb each, and Sutton ; the B uc kl ey, an d 's Quay Bills were heard and adj ourned. In Room C, the opposition in the cases of the Lynn and Sutton -bridge, Spalding and Bourn, and Norwich and Spalding, an d the East London Eastern Extension Bills was withdrawn. The Llan trissant and Taff Vale Bill was heard and adjourned. Iu the Painted Chamber, the Cheshire and West Chester Bill was thrown out. The Mold and Den• bigh Junction and the Manchester, Sheffield, and Licolnshire (Central Station and Lines) Bills were heard and adjourned. In Room D, the Bute Docks (Cardiff) Bill was again heard and adjourned. Court of Common Council. A Court of Common Council was held yesterday at Guildhall, at which Alderman Rose presided as locum tenens for the Lord Mayor, who was prevented from attending by official business. . The Town Clerk read a letter from Mr. Moore, the secretary to the International Horticultural Ex hibition, thanking the Corporation for having allowed the committee the use of the Guildhall. The letter was ordered to be printed in the minutes of the court. THE SHERIFFS' COURT. Mr. T. FRICKER brought forward the motion of which he had given notice—" That the reference to the Officers and Cleiks Committee of the 19th of December last be enlarged, and that prior to their bringing up their report, relating to the duties and emoluments of the judge of the Sheriffs' Court (Mr. Kerr), it be a further instruction to them to inquire generally into the manner in which those duties both at the Central Criminal Court and at the Sheriff's Court have been discharged by Mr. Kerr, and to report thereon to this court forthwith." In pro posing the motion, Mr. Fricker said that at the last court, when a report was brought up recommend ing a large increase to the salary of Mr. Kerr, which proposition was negatived, the subject of the manner in which Mr. Kerr performed his duties at the Sheriff's Court was partially discussed, and he considered from what had already taken place, that it was due not only to the administration of justice, but also to Mr. Kerr himself, that the allegations that had been made, with reference to his conduct as a judge, should be more fully inquired into. (Hear, hear.) Mr. WEBBER sconded the motion. A very long and somewhat personal discussion then took place, and Mr. R. N. Philipps, in the course of it defended Mr. Kerr, and urged that he had decided a very large number of cases, and very few appeals had been made against his decisions. He also reminded the court that the Corporation of London had been, on several occasions, compli mented by the Queen's judges upon the able man ner in which the judges appointed by the City per formed their duties. (Cries of "Hear, hear.") He moved, as an amendment to the motion of Mr. Fricker, the previous question. Mr. M'GEORGE, the chairman of the Officers and Clerks Committee, opposed the motion, and said that while the subject was under consideration by that committee they had partially investigated some of the charges that had been made against Mr. Kerr, and had been unable to discover anything tangible against him. The court ultimately divided, when the amend ment was negatived by a majority of 11, the num bers being 48 in favour of the amendment, and 59 against it. Another amendment was proposed by Mr. SAW. BURY, embodying the terms of the original motion but adding to it as a rider, that the charges speei. fically preferred against Mr. Kerr should be sub. mitted to the committee in writing before the sub. ject was taken into consideration by them. This amendment gave rise to another long dis cussion, and in the end the amendment was put to the court, and declared to be negatived. A division was demanded, when there appeared for the amend ment 33, against it 70—majority against the amendment, 37. Mr. MEDWIN then proposed another amendment, that the subject should be taken into consideration by the whole court, with closed doors, but finding the feeling of the court decidedly adverse to the pro position, he withdrew it. _ _ Mr. J. RICHARDSON then proposed as a further amendment that instead of the question being re ferred to the Officers and Clerks Committee it should be the Law and Parliamentary Committee, which was seconded by Dr. Saunders, and carried ; and the court then adjourned without disposing of any of the other business upon the paper. Working Men's Club. The President, Vice-President, and Council of the Working Men's Club and Institute Union held a conversazione last night at the Cavendish-rooms, Mortimer-street. The main object of the associa tion is to help working men to establish clubs and institutes, in which they may meet for the purposes of conversation and business, and where recreation and refreshment may be combined with mental im- Tprhorvneumgehnittswahgeenneyth3eoolaebluoburs h o a f ve t b h e e da ene y sta is blis ov h e e r d . in various parts of the country within a period of little more than three years, and nearly 60,000 working men have availed themselves of the advan tages which they are meant to confer. The list of its Vice-Presidents and Council comprisesthe names of the Duke of Devonshire, the Duke of Argyll, the Earl of Shrewsbury, Earl Spencer, Earl Gros venor, Lord Lyttelton, Viscount Ingestre, Sir John Pakington, the Dean of Carlisle, the Dean of West minster, Mr. Layard, Mr. T. Hughes, and several other noblemen and gentlemen well known in pub lic life. Lord Brougham is the President of the Association, and be with Lord Lyttelton and Mr. Layard were the most prominent members of it at the conversazione. At 7 o'clock there were some 60 or 70 representatives of the metropolitan working men's clubs and of the trade union societies in atten dance, and the time up to 8 o'clock was passed• in the singing of songs and glees, as well as in the per formance of pieces on the piano, which were very creditably rendered by members of the clubs and their female relatives. The trade societies repre sented were the joiners, the cordwainers, the shoe makers, the bootmakers, the gliders, the ironfoun ders, the united excavators, the decorators, the boot closers, the builders, the amalgamated carpenters and joiners, the cabinetmakers, the stonemasons, the organ builders, the zinc plate workers, and the upholsterers. Mr. T. HUGHES took the chair at 8 o'clock, and opened the question which had been set down on the programme of the evening's proceedings for dis cussion—" Whether it is the interest of members of trades unions to make general use of working men's clubs and institutes, and what would be the chief advantages which they might derive from them"— by observing that the association had not been so successful as be could wish in securing the co-ope ration of the trades societies in the promotion of these clubs, which were, he contended, calculated to do great good to the working classes, by taking them out of the narrow groove in which trades union societies, by reason of their constitution, moved. A I very critical time, he added, had, in his opinion, rived, in reference to home questions, based upon the relations between labour and capital, on which such societies rested, and it was desirable that they should, as far as possible, partake of the broader life of the country in general, and learn by the freer so cial contact of mind with mind that every question had two sides. Mr. SYMONS, secretary to the Southwark Work ing Men's Club, was thenextspeaker. He contended that the atmosphere of the publichouse, in which the members of the trade societies for the most part held their meetings, was at once prejudicial to sobriety and the proper transaction of business. Extremely erroneous notions, he said, prevailed among the work ing classes in many quarters with respect to capital and labour, the movement which was sometimes set on foot for an increase of pay practically amounting to a demand to place all labourers on one common level, no matter how great the difference between them might be in point of skill and ability. If the men who entertained those views were to become members of the working men's clubs, they would, he maintained, acquire increased knowledge, and would, besides, make friends whose advice would be likely to prevent them from going wrong, while in cases where disputes arose a facility of having recourse to arbitration would be afforded them which as simple members of a trade union so ciety they might not possess. At the clubs they would find the chief newspapers and periodicals, and would be enabled by means of friendly con versation at once to recreate and improve their minds. Mr. COPE, a representative of the boot-closers' society, while concurring with the last speaker in thinking it desirable that the meetings of the trades' unions should, as far as possible, be held outside the publichouse, remarked that working men were often obliged to have recourse to it, because they could not get the necessary accommodation elsewhere. He denied that the habits of inebriety were common at such meetings ; but there would, he thought, be no doubt that it would be of great advantage to the working man if something could be done to place him in more favourable circumstances for the proper transaction of his business, as well as for mental cultivation. Lord BROUGHAM observed that there were seve ral objections urged against trades' unions, some of which were groundless and some of which were not altogether without foundation, adding that the best mode of dispelling such erroneous notions as might be entertained by their members on questions rela tive to labour and capital was the free intercourse of working men in clubs such as it was the aim of the association to provide. After Lord Brougham, who met with a very cordial reception, had resumed his seat, Mr. Guild., representative of the ironfounders' society, made a speech of some length, in which, having announced that he was the father of nine children and the grandfather of 14, he dwelt on the usefulness of trades' unions, one of whose main objects, he said, was to fix a minimum rate of wages, leaving the working man to climb as high up the ladder of advancement as his skill and industry might enable him to do. He further observed that although the meetings of the society to which he belonged were held in a publichouse, not a single pint of beer was allowed to enter the room in which their business was transacted during business hours. Believing that such societies, when properly managed, were the mainstay of the working man's existence, he should be sorry to see any course taken which might tend to undermine their useful ness. Mr. LAYARD spoke briefly in support of the gene ral establishment of working men's clubs, remarking that the question at issue was not whether those pre sent were opposed to or in favour of trades' unions, but whether it was not expedient that the working man should have a place to go to where he might come into agreeable contact with his fellows, and have the means furnished him at once of harmless recreation and of enlarging the stock of his ideas. As matters now stood the working man in the country when he came up to London in search of employment scarcely knew where to go, but if, as was contemplated by the association, a central hall were established in the metropolis, to which was at tached a club, he might at once have recourse to it and obtain there the information and friendly advice of which he might be in need. There were several other advantages which, in his opinion, such clubs were calculated to confer ; nor was there any reason why it should be supposed that they were meant to supersede trades' unions, which were as necessary for the protection of the working man at the pre sent day as the guilds of the Middle Ages were for the defence of commerce. The discussion was continued by Mr. Davis, who contended that it would be impossible to fuse society men and non-society in any particular club into a harmonious body, a statement which was denied by Mr. Guill, wbo said nothing would afford him greater pleasure than to meet non-society me n , in asmuch as he thought he could do them a great deal of good by inoculating them with sounder views. The meeting was also addressed by Mr. SOLLY, IRELAND. ll ÜBLIN, July 4. The court-martial on Private Burton, sth Foot, resumed its sittings yesterday. The prisoner handed in his defence, in which he submitted there was no proof whatever that he had had any knowledge of the intended mutiny beyond what might have been gathered by any reader of the report of the Fenian trials. It should be proved that he was a Fenian, and that he conspired with other soldiers to mutiny. He submitted, therefore, that the charges against him were unsupported by testimony. After referring to certain discrepancies in the evidence, he concluded by thanking the officers. The Deputy Judge Advocate, in summing up, said that to establish against the prisoner the capital offence with which he was charged, it was necessary to prove that he came to the knowledge of two or more soldiers jointly intending a mutiny, or that he himself conspired with the others. So far as could be gathered from the evidence before them, the pri soner was the only soldier implicated in the Fenian conspiracy at Castlebar, and though the Court were of opinion that the prisoner's language was sedi tious and treasonable, it would not be sufficient to convict the prisoner unless there were two. This closed the case. Private Michael Harrington was then put forward on charge of having concealed the intended mutiny, with being a deserter, and having entertained a deserter. The case has not concluded. The trial of Private O'Reilly, 10th Hussars, was also proceeded with, but nothing particular took place. A fearful murder is reported to have taken place at Magery on Sunday night. William Tenison, when returning home from a " pattern," was shot dead near Berches, county Armagh, by some person who has not been yet arrested. Four persons have been arrested at Mullingar for firing at G. Hornidge, Esq., one of whom—Michael Kelly—has been identified as one of those who fired at him. At his residence in the King's County some wadding of a description similar to that which Mr. Hornidge picked up and secured was found. The matter stands over. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —Holloway's Pills and Ointment.— Nature's Monitor.- -Pain is the indicator of some disorder or disease, and should never be neglected, for the pain of to-day may prove the agony of to-morrow. 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I have given it vt, it ht he k reatest s..vautage in such cases ; and S far as I may judge from my own experience, practice fully carries out what theory, from a knowledge of its composition, led us to anticipate. • Iu tins, lib, zs 9d ; 21b, 4s 6.t ; 510, Els ; 121 b, 228; 241 b. 40s. -Rarry Du Barry and Co., No. 77, Regent-street, Loudon ; also Phillips, tea d !tilers, 8, King Wildazn-scree:; likewise at (it, Gracechurch-stre t; 4, Cheapside ; 59, Bishopsgate. street Within ; 63, 50, and 298, Oxford-street ; 330, Strand ; Upper Baker-street; ;03, ottenh tm-court-road ; 96. Upper-street, Islington, N.; Harvey, Nutting-hill; Clos, , irothers, 65, Nigh-street; and Stubbs, Queen's-terrace, St. -John's-wood. London ; and all respectable grocers and the rolB t B . — Lieware of spurious imitations. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TIMES.—The events of the last few days have been so momentous and so wonderful that it is almost impossible as yet to grasp their full import. A great empire, one of the chief military Powers of the world, has been crushed in a series of tremendous battles, while the Sovereign and the people of the capital believed that the war was only beginning. We do not know as yet the s t ory o f t h e b att l e of Konig gratz. The number of the slain and wounded and prisoners, of cannons taken, of arms thrown away, of battalions dispersed never to return as au armed and disciplined force to the standards of Austria, has yet to be told, but it is not too much to say that no such disaster has btfalleu an European Power since Waterloo. SQlferino was a great battle and a great defeat, but there was no rout and no such con fession of irretrievable ruin. The Austrians were beaten, they retreated, they abandoned the right bank of the Mincio. The result of the campaign was to convince them that they had no chance of con quering Lombardy, and, accordingly, when the French Emperor proposed a pacification, they assented to it, and abandoned to him what be had won. Had he chosen to continue the war, they were equally determined to fight in the Quadrilateral, and to try the chances of a defensive campaign. The battle of Koniggratz has been a far more fatal field. There the Austrian Emperor had staked the leader ship of Germany on a great battle, and the result has been utter ruin. Since the days when the First Napoleon penned his wonderful bulletins there has been no such news from a field of battle. Readers of the French imperial campaigns might be inclined to doubt the truth of those narratives which repre sented the enemy surrendering as prisoners by tens of thousands, and passing by whole divisions into the power of the conquerors. But the late battle has renewed these extraordinary memories. The number of Austrian prisoners is estimated at 20,000. The number of guns and material captured is immense. The number of the Austrians disabled is estimated at 25,000. We do not know the force Field-Marshal Benedek had at his disposal in Bo hemia. but, however large it may have been, so terrible an encounter coming after the battles on the frontier must have made it unable to keep the field. And this the Austrian Emperor has confessed. For a _day after the news of the calamity arrived at Vienna all was confusion. The Emperor, the Court, and the people had begun the campaign with that unbounded confidence of which no reverses are able to deprive the Austrians. The spirit which pushed forward the minor State s to their rui▪ n last month prevailed in every rank of society until the battles of last week were fought. The anxiety began to take the place of overweening confidence, and, after the great defeat of Tuesday, it turned to conster nation. But the Austrian Emperor has quickly made his decision. He resolves that he will no longer protract a useless contest. Such defeats as his chief army has suffered cannot be retrieved. They show that the enemy has an intrinsic superio rity which cannot be resisted, and forbid the belief that another battle on another field might regain what had been lost. Hence Francis Joseph has not delayed in calling on the French Emperor, for the mediation he had proffered by antici▪ pation. The opinions which Napoleon had expressed respecting the cession of Venetia are adopted and acted upon by the Viennese Government. " Too late," m any a critic will say. "It Venetia had been ceded a month ago there might have been no war ; the secret of the Prussian strength might not have been revealed ; or, if there had been war, the im mense superiority of the Austrian forces might have counterbalanced the energy of the Prussian soldiers, and the fatal effects of their formidable weapon." " Late," we will admit, but yet not " too late." Even now Austria may preserve a great position by acting with justice and magnanimity in misfortune, and giving up what, after the events of seven years ago, she ought never to have retained. The two most pressing political necessities of Europe —the union of Italy and the union of Germany— have been impeded by Austria, and it is well both for those two great nations and for Austria itself that the long antagonism is at an end. In I ta l y i t was a vice of policy, i n G erman y it was a misfor tune of position ; but in both countries the decay of Austrian influence will be an advantage, and the abandonment of pretensiops which have been a cause of weakness to the house of Hapsb urg f or fifty years may give the dynasty a better chance of con ciliating the races which still acknowledge its sway. Political consequences, however, will develope them selves in their own time. A deeper interest at the present moment belongs to the extraordinary mili tary events which have produced this sudden change in the fortunes of empires. The old proud spirit of Prussia has a right to rejoice. If these Northern Germans desire to exult over their fallen brethren of the South, they have sufficient cause. No cam paign in modern histo r y h as b een more brilliant and astonishing ; no victory more complete, and more speedily won. It makes us doubt the surpassing genius of the world's most famous Generals when we sec such mighty triumphs gained by almost un practised commanders, and tlmt superiority in men arid in weapons will carry au army to almost certain victory. On the 12th of June the unsuspecting Princes of the Confederation decreed the um bilisatiou of their contingents and the coercion of the Prussian Monarchy. Within 24 hours the challenge was ac cepted, and the Prussian troops were ou their march against Saxony and Hanover. A week was sufficient for the subjugation of all Northern Germany. From the ocean and the Baltic to the Main and the Bohe mian mountains every Power went down before the rapid march of the Prussian armies and the imperious commands of the Prussian Government. Then began a still more formidable contest. The Austrian army, which had failed to protect its allies, was assailed in its o wn terr it ory, an d w hil e resting on its own strongholds. We know not why it did not push forward to save Dresden, but it is even more inconceivable that it should have allowed the Prussians to make th e i r way t h roug h t h e passes and descend into the open plain. This operation was performed with consummate skill and daring,-by the Prussian commanders. Whoever conceived the plan and directed the execution must be numbered among the most able strategists that the present century has produced. The true history of the campaign has yet to be learnt, and we are not dis posed to criticise where information is still defec tive. But certainly Austria and Europe iu general expected a bolder system of warfare from the Aus trian commander. He had an army which carried discipline to its highest point, which h a d b een drilled and exercised and reviewed until it had ar rived at all the p rec i sion of a machine. its whole organisation had been amended and made more effective after the experience of the Italian war; its officers were active, skilful, and zealous; its cavalry was praised as perhaps the best in Europe its artillery was the admiration of every foreigner. Yet this splendid army, said to number with the Saxons a quarter of a million strong, allowed the converging forces of the enemy to make their way through passes where every hundred yards might have been contested , and th en t o f orm a j unct i on on Bohemian soil. Even then the .Austrians, whose whole purpose in th e war was to carry on offensive operations, and who did nothing if they did not advance to the liberation of the North German Governments, contented th emse l ves w ith defend ing their positions. They took their stand, ac cording to their commander's official despatch, in " a partly intrenched position before Konig gratz." They, no doubt, fought well, but if even they had been able to hold their ground they could only have delayed the inevitable result. As it was, the Prussians, according to Benedek's ac count, established themselves on the Austrian flank and rear, and by a spirited attack forced their oppo nents to retreat, at first slowly, and then more ra pidly—in fact, drove them from the field. As the whole Austrian army was engaged, the ruin was irreparable. Vienna was open to the conquerors, and a continuance of rapid marches would have brought the Prussian army to the Imperial city. Now, however, the mediation of France has been invited by the vanquished ; and France, as might be expected, has re a dily acce pted a position which gives her the right to interfere. 'We cannot but think that if the Austrian Emperor has addressed himself directly to his adversary, as German to German, it would have been more di▪ gnified and more consistent with the national interests. It is at least an additional humiliation to Austria that she should be saved by the intervention of a foreign potentate. POST.—At the Council to be held this morning the Russell-Gladstone Administration will pass into the province of history, or, to use the words of Sidney Smith, be dissolved into sparks of Liberality and splinters of Reform. Ten months ago Lord Russell came into a great political inheritance, and to-day he leaves an encumbered estate to his suc cessor. It is an exceptional instance of Ministerial improvidence. A Government reconstructed under the shadow of an illustrious name is broken up ; a party that was formidable is in a state of disinteg ration. The collapse is complete. Nor can Lord Russell attribute his failure to misfortune. There is no ground for commiseration. The Russell-Glad stone Cabinet was headstrong, self-willed, dogma tical, impatient, intolerant, and overbearing. It never consulted the opinion of the country, and it alienated the coufiuence of the House of Commons. Its demeanour provoked opposition. Mr. Glad stone habitually addressed to the house language which offended its sense of independence, and at the same time confirmed the suspicion that Ministers were themselves acting under an unpopular inspira tion. Everybody felt that, if Mr. Bright advised the Government, he ought to share its responsibility. But the first cause of the downfall of the Adruinis- tration may be traced to the circumstance that it was built upon a crotchet : it had no substantial foundation. The broad national basis on which the Government of Lord Palmerston stood was aban doned, and Lord Russell's appointments were made to realise one idea, and to carry out the object on which he had set his mind. How he succeeded in reconciling his colleagues to a course they must have regarded with much misgiving remains to be re vealed. Mr. Gladstone himself displayed all the earnestness of a convert, and Sir G. Grey became positive and even passionate in debate. But it is a matter of public concern that, in this course, poli tical reputations were temporarily compromised to sustain a polyglot Ministry ; and, if there are only five or six members of the retiring Administration whose loss will be regretted, the nation may think that their presence should have served to avert the inconvenience which has been experienced. All that can be placed to the credit of Lord Russell belongs properly to the memory of Lord Palmerston. Lord Clarendon's services have been honourably re cognised. The Government of Ireland leaves nothing to be desired, and Lord Kimberly and Mr. Chichester Fortescue will be missed. Generally, too, the Ministers will no doubt find the offices they are about to enter in working order. There was no lack of administrative ability, but everything was sacrificed to theory. Lord Russell and Mr. Gladstone insisted upon shunting improvement to make way for innovation. Hence the change which takes place to-day. Lord Derby has formed an Administration that possesses all the elements of strength. Debating power and aptitude for business are almost equally re presented, and if its policy approves itself to the House of Commons there is no reason why it should be regarded merely as an inter regnum. At any rate it ought to be accepted and tried upon its merits. The functions of govern ment seem to be somewhat misapprehended. Pro gress is one thing, and continual modification another, and it is fair to presume that Lord Derby has taken office on the understanding that the coun try is to be governed in accordance with public opinion. No one can conceive that a statesman of his experience purposes to stand upon a stationary or reactionary platform. The House of Commons must also be thought to know its own mind, and it has certainly received the resignation of the Russell- Gladstone Cabinet with remarkable composure. There may be party arrangements to be made in Opposition ; that is a different matter. Still, it is not quite easy at present to see a way to the forma tion of any Liberal Administration. The alliance between Mr. Gladstone and Mr. Bright would appear to be an insuperable obstacle ; and, practi cally, the moderate Liberals are masters of the situation. It is clearly a wrong state of things, but a Government that accedes to office on such condi tions cannot be said to exist by sufferance, or to be the Ministry of a vacation. Lord Derby has com plied with her Majesty's commands, and the Go vernment he has constructed will bear a close in spection. For the moment that is as much as We could reasonably expect. The conduct of Ministers must to a great extent be determined by circum stances, by the proceedings of the Opposition, and by the judgment of the country. Lord Derby will be in his place in the House of Lords on Monday to state in general terms the policy of his Government. Mr. Disraeli and the Ministers who sit with him in the House of Commons must, of course, go to their constitutents for re-election ; but on their return they will also be in a position to enter into any explanations that may seem to be required, and the conditional confidence that was extended to Lord Russells Administration can scarcely be withheld from the Ministers to whom her Majesty will this morning transfer the seals of office. COUNTRY MARKETS. MANCHESTER-THURSDAY. At this day's market the attendance was limited, and but little business occurred. Holders of wheat and flour were willing to concede a reduction of fully 2s. per qr. on the former, and ls. per sack on the latter. BIRMINGHAM -THURSDAY. Wheat was in firm supply to-day, and a very languid demand was experienced ai a reduction of 2s. to 3s. per qr. For barley rates ruled firm. Oats maintained previous rates. Beans and peas were taken at prices similar to those of last week. BURY ST. EDMUND'S-WEDNESDAY. There was a very dull trade prevalent to-day.ller o were not at all disposed to follow up the advance of la l4 week, and the few samples which changed hands must 105 quoted 2s. to 3s. per qr. cheaper. All other kinds of gr. remain unaltered. White wheat, 56s to 625; old red, 49s to 51s; new red. 44s to 48s , grinding barley, 35s to 38s ; Page's prolific bar ley, 39s to 40s per qr. averages :—Wheat, 498 quarters, at 52s 3d ; barley, qrs., at 328 10d ; oats, qrs, at Os Od. BRISTOL-THURSDAY. On our market to-day there was a fair supply of E n glish wheat, but the important news from the Continent, point; ing to the abrupt termination of the war, quite paralysed the trade, and the little business done was at 2s. to 3s. Per qr. reduction, and to make sales of foreign a shuilardeclin° would have to be conceded; but holders showed consider' able firmness. Barley and oats were 6d. per qr. and Indian corn Is. per qr. cheaper, with a slack demand. Beans un altered. EDINBURGH-WEDNESDAY. Wheat on the top, 2s 6cl down average, Os 7d down Barley on the top, is Od down average, 2s 9d down' Oats on the top, Us 3d down average, Os ld down' Beaus on the top, is 6d up average, Os 6d up. Total supply and sales. Wheat 776 qrs sold 533 Barley 197 qrs sold 128 Oats 1240 qrs sold 455 Beans 39 qrs sold 27 Average prices. Wheat, 52s 7d I Oats, 32s 1 d Barley, 36s 6d Beans . ....... 52s 5d Town-made flour sells as follows :--White, 44s 6d; e%t o superfine, 43s Od ; superfine, 41s 6d ; fine, 40s Od. GLASGOW —WEDNESDAY. During the week a fair business was done; b u t the trade to-day was very quiet. The advance since this &f a week on wheat and flour has been is to 2s per quarter au sack; barley and oats 6d lower; beans and peas were altered. Foreign Mail Packet List. - ~- MAILS DUE. Australia and New Zealand. via Souttiamptoa July Ditto, via Marseilles July •'E• ltrazit and Cape Verde, by British packet. ..... Au:S. 5 Ditto, by French packet July Cape ut Good Elope, Ascension, and at. Elelena J uly 2 ' china. Penang. and Sing 4.pore, via Sou liampton Juiy 3 . Ditto, via M.arseilles ............ .Ju1y tt'aikland Islands Gibraltar, via •,outharepton July 27• India (Calcutta.), and Ceylon, via Southampton July 3 Ditto, via Marseilles • ..... July -• India (Bumbay), via Southampton, Ditto, via darseilles Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton July 3. Ditto, via Marseilles July Mauritius, via Southampton Ditto, via Marseiliei July 7. Nevvioundland •• , Any 4. Portugal ' July 4 . Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon..... United states and British North America, by Bri tish packet Ditto, by United States packet, via Southamp ton Ditto, via Cork Ditto, by Canadian packet, via Londonderry ..July 6. West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe „July il. West Indies and Pacific (except Bahamas and Honduras) Cuba and Mexico Bahamas, via New I' Ark. July 2 8 • Bermuda. via Halifax Aug. 1. Births. CLARKsox —On the 3d inst. at Portsmouth the wife of 11. R. Clarks on, E sq., 38th Light Infantry, o f a daughter. CASEY —On the 3d inst., near Wakefield, th e w if e o f 00' T. Pag e C asey, R.M., of a son. HARDY --011 the 4th inst., at Brompton, the wife of W ill. R. Hardy, Esq., of a son. HUTTON—On the sth inst., at 26, Lowndes-street, Bel grave-square, the wife of Dr. Hutton, of a daughter. Marriages. C HALUERS—BENNETT - On the 3d inst., at St. Marylebl Church, Henry B. Ch a l mers , C ap t a i n H . M . ' s B enga l So tt, Corps, to A nn i e , secon d d aughter of R. Nevi tt-Benne.,„ Esq., of 8, C ornwa ll-t errace, R egent ' s-park, and Li" coin's-inn. MooltAi —JERNINGIIAM —On the 30th ult., at St. Mary ° s t the Angels, Baysw a te r , Ed war d M oorat, Esq., youtt6;;,.. son of J. S. Al oorat, Esq., o f Gl oucester-square, H l u s park, and Bush-hill-p ar k, Ed monton, to Frances Ago-of Jerningham, eldest daughter of P. Jerninghatn, Gloucester-crescent, Hyde-park. Deaths. ASHWELL —On the 3d inst. Mr. Wm. G. Ashwell, of Cha r. ing, formerly of Faversham, Kent, aged 66. BLOOMER On the 2d inst., Mr. G. B. Bloomer, of- Stor nell, Staffordshire, aged 35. CUTBILL—On the Ist inst at Fontainebleau, Alfred 13 a Cutbill, E sq ., o f D artmou th-hill House, Blackheath, al l late of Lothbury, London, aged 57. FIELD —On the 3d inst., Mr. Richard. Field, of 28, Chen ? si le, aged 60. FFENNELL On the 4 1- h inst., at 70, Torrington-squar e ' Samuel Ffenuell, Esq., aged 46. WILLSRER—On the 3d inst., at Upper Norwood, Rob ol4 Willsher, aged 53. YOUNG--On the 3d inst., at Wentworth House, Cambridg e ' Edmund 2. Young, merchant, of Wished, aged 31. London : Printed and Pubashed by WILLIAM AND a in of No. 112, ,trend, Printer. et (Mlle, No. 112 i Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the Ccuuti 14,14111eses4.—Friday, July 0, left Aain, jg Valid