The Sun. — London, England, 1866-07-05 00:00:00

THE PRUSSIANS IN SAXONY. (From a Correspondent of the Times.) DRESDEN, July 1: The town continues perfectly quiet. Our nights are sometimes disturbed by the clattering of cavalry patrols through the streets on their way to or from the outskirts of the town, and both night and day, during the greater part of this week, the boom of explosions connected with the preparations for mining the bridges has at intervals struck upon the ear. The Prussian engineers have been employed upon this work by night as well as by day, and the stout masonry of the picturesque old bridge seems to have given them considerable trouble in forming the chambers for the reception of the charges. At first the rumour that the bridges were to be mined caused some little ex citement ; some supposed a retreat of the Prussians to be imminent ; others lamented the probable de struction of one of the greatest ornaments of Dres den ; but as people came to see that the immediate destruction of the bridges was not intended, and that the preparations being made were only a pre cautionary measure in case a retreat should be forced upon the Prussian troops, the excitement soon calmed down. The passage of troops through the town towards the front seems in a great measure to have ceased during the past week—in fact, I question whether any great force has been moved forward through Dresden since the departure of General von Bitten feld, the commander of the wing of the Elbe army, which first entered the town. The place of the troops which then marched out was taken by Landwehr, belonging to the Reserve Corps, of which the garri son of Dresden at the present time principally con fists. It is true, we still have continual movements a troops in and out of the town ; but lam inclined to believe that these only indicate a change of quarters among the regiments of the garrison, and not the arrival or departure of fresh troops. The force employed on outpost duty round the town is bivouacked in the open country, without tents or au' kind of shelter, for the army carries no tents with it; and, as far as I can learn, the troops, after having been three or four days in bivouacks, are brought into the town, while those quartered in the town are sent out into the country. Thus all have their regular turn of town and bivouack life. With regard to the distance to which the Prussians have advanced up the valley of the Elbe, it is ex tremely difficult to get any correct information. More than a week ago the Berlin papers announced that they had reached the Bohemian frontier ; while at the same time a Prussian officer here assured me that their outposts were not then at Pirna. My own impression is that during the first two days the Prussians occupied Dresden they pushed forward along the valley of the Elbe more boldly than they did for some time subsequently. In the great alarm which took place on the third day after their entry into the town, and when it was supposed that the Austrian troops at least, if not the Bavarians also, were in the immediate neighbourhood, the outposts, which had the previous day been a considerable dis tance in advance of the town, were withdrawn into the very suburbs ; and for some days afterwards I suspect any advance up the Elbe was very cau tiously made. Indeed, I question whether any great force has been sent through Dresden towards Bo hemia by the passes of the Elbe ; the great majo rity certainly of the troops under General von Bit tenfeld left the town by the right bank of the river, and therefore probably took the Bautzen direction. I should not be surprised to find that any Prussian troops that may be at Bodenbach, beyond Koni,g stein, have reached thatplace, not by the road through Dresden, but bysome other route. The possession of Konigstein by the Saxons, though its garrison is small, and under the conditions of modern warfare can no longer be considered impregnable, has this ad vantage, that it prevents the Prussians availing them selves of the railway which runs along the Elbe and at the foot of the rock on which the fortress stands, to establish communication between Dresden and Bo denbach. There are no signs of this railway being used for the transport of troops or materiel towards the fron tier of Bohemia; indeed, I believe the Prussians have themselves destroyed the line at no great distance from Dresden. For the last few days there have been constant reports here of great battles having been fought in Bohemia, and two nights since a long train of some GO or 70 carts was brought into the town, which rumour said were intended for the transport of the w ounded. The papers of last night confirm the truth of these reports, but we are as yet altogether without any trustworthy intelligence as to the results of the engagements which have taken place ; in fact, the first accurate information we receive regarding them will probably be derived from the English newspapers. The news contained in the Dresden papers is, of course, purely derived from Prussian sources ; they announce great successes on the part of the Prussians at Nachod and Munchengratz within the last few days, and speak of numbers of prisoners having been taken. Popular belief, however, refuses to give im plicit credence to these accounts ; Saxon patriots speak cheerfully of an action in which the Saxon troops are said to have greatly distinguished. them selves ; and I know from an authentic source that on Thursday night Toplitz was illuminated in honour of a reported victory of the Austrian army. Be tween such contradictory accounts it is impossible for us here to arrive at any satisfactory conclusion. At the time to which I have referred there were no troops of any sort, either Austrian or Prussian, in Toplitz, and there seem to have been no Prussian posts on the road leading from it to Dresden until getting to the neighbourhood of this town. Dresden is beginning to feel some of the effects of a military occupation. The town is, of course, under martial law, and allusion has been made in a public proclamation to the possibility of a state of siege being declared. Rumour speaks of arrests having been made for the expression of sentiments unfa vourable to Prussia, though I cannot answer for the truth of the reports. It is, however, no secret that OD Friday three officials of the Saxon Government —a Geheimerath and two other gentlemen holdinc , 0 high situations connected with the Saxon police, which still continues to exercise its functions in the town, were suddenly ordered to leave Saxony within 24 hours, on pain of being treated as spies and dealt with according to martial law. Last night a pro clamation was issued directing all arms in possession of private individuals to be given up by midday on Tuesday, and the penalty of death is held over the head of any in whose hands arms may be found in the event of a battle in the town o r its immediate neighbourhood. The inhabitants are also warned, in case of the troops being called out, to keep within their houses, and it is further directed that if such an alarm should be given during the night the win dows of the houses are to be lighted up. These re gulations have boen treatment probably called fort h b y the received by the Prussian troops in a town in Bohemi a , where it appears that they were fired upon by the citizens from the windows of the houses. I cannot suppose that there i s th e rem otest possi bility of such reprehensible and useless conduct,—so certain to lead to an the inhabitants of the horrors of war—being imitated byyill andn friendliness of Dresden, for the greatest good to exist between the populace and the ness continue ' soldiery. While, however, these precautionaiteziss measures t. are being adopted on military gr oun d s, to be able to give an emphatic denial toathipsefrarceptoorYrt which has been widely spread that the Government had put the conscription in force in Saxony. The story has no foundationwhatever 11 in fact. Another widely circulated rumour, that a daily contribution of 10,000 thalers had been imposed up on this kingdom, I believe to be equally untrue, though 1 am not in a position positively to contradict it. The country, however, has to bear the expense of the pay and subsistence of the troops which occupy it, and in Dresden the maintenance of the soldiers quartered upon the householders is a tax which presses heavily upon many. Foreigners have to share this liability with natives, and the dining-room of one English family has been for the last week in the occupation of half-a-dozen Hussars of a regiment of Landwehr. Apart from the inconvenience, however, of the in trusion of such visitors into one's family circle, the expense of feeding the Einquartirung is by no means inconsiderable when they remain for any length of time. For the Prussian soldier fares well, now that he is in an enemy's land. The officers, who are principally billeted upon the hotels, are entitled to breakfast, dinner with a bottle of wine, coffee in the afternoon, and supper with beer, for which the land lord receives no payment, though of course any extra articles supplied to the officers are paid for by them. The ration which the householder has to supply daily to each soldier quartered upon him consists of pb. of meat, 41b. of potatoes, 21b. of bread, a quart of beer, a small quantity of brandy, coffee, salt, and about 1 Oz. of tobacco, or in place of it six cigars. The men, however, are very good-humoured and easily pleased. This ordinary subsistence of the troops has to be borne by the inhabitants without receiving any payment for it, but for all extraordinary supplies of provisions which have been called for from the tradespeople, as well as for all carts, horses, and other articles for which requisitions have been made upon the inhabitants, payment has been made by draughts which are exchangeable for cash. The town, however, must soon begin to feel the evil effects of such a state of things upon its trade. Many foreign families, of whom there is so large a number in Dresden, are beginning to leave : the mere absence of the usual summer tourists must make some considerable difference to the shopkeepers, and is a very great loss to the hotels. I hear already that in several of the larger places of business many of the clerks have been discharged, and in the manufactur ing towns of Freiberg and Chemnitz the effects are much more serious than in Dresden. There the mines and manufactories have almost stopped work, 1 and numbers of people are throw n ou t o f employ ment. The works for the defence of the town are being pushed on, numbers of ordinary country labourers being employed upon them. As to the nature or position of the works it would, of course, be im proper to say anything. It is sufficient to say that the Prussian authorities have given an assurance that the necessary works shall be executed with as little injury as perty, and it seems to be hoped tha t the Grosser possible to public or private p ro- Garten—the park of Dresden —may be left un harmed. A Saxon official has, I believe, been asso ciated with the Prussian authorities, in order to take P art in the arrangemente for obtainin g the g round required for the works, and private individuals will receive compensation for the property of which they are dispossessed. Some of the members of the Order of St. John have arrived here to assist in the establishment of hospitals, and may be recognised by a white band worn on the left arm, with a red cross worked upon it. They have also a steamer on the Elbe, the only steamer to be seen on the river, distinguished by a flag with a similar badge, and intended for the transport of the wounded. Some Saxon members of the same order have, I believe, proceeded to Toplitz to establish a hospital there. These good Samaritans are allowed a free passage between the hostile armies, being bound in honour not to carry letters or convey information of any sort. The ladies of Dresden have also formed a society to make lint and bandages for the wounded, irrespectively of the army to which they belong. As yet, however, no wounded have been brought into the town, though yesterday some half dozen Saxon soldiers came in under escort as prisoners. The French and Russian Ministers have left Ito join the King in Bohemia, but the English Minister still remains here. The Queen Dowager, sister-in-law of the King, also still has her residence in Dresden, and is to be seen daily driving through i the town ; a Prussian guard is on duty at her palace. THE WIMBLEDON MEETING. If from any other country in Europe—say from France or Russia—in the present state of foreign • affairs the announcement were suddenly made that ' a camp of military instruction had been formed, under the highest auspices ; that all the picked shots of the nation and all the ablest inventors of warlike appliances had been drawn together and publicly exercised for the space of ten days or a fort night, and rewards exceeding in the aggregate £7,000 awarded to the most skilful and deserving among their number, the event would doubtless be regarded as of grave political significance. At Wim bledon, however, the assembly convened by the Na tional Rifle Association has become by this _time so much a matter of course that foreign affairs, no doubt, will continue to develope their several phases in complete unconcern as to what may be said or done by English riflemen. There will, nevertheless, be, as far as purely English interests are concerned, many features of importance at the approaching meeting, which commences virtually on Saturday next, when Volunteers begin to arrive and take up their quarters, though the first shot will not be fired till Monday. The breech-loader and ammunition with which the British army is to win its future battles have yet to be discovered, for the conversion of Enfield rifles on the Snider principle, though important in itself, is still but a measure of conversion, not of original armament, and experiments at Wimbledon, though not conducted in form by a small arms committee or royal commission, never fail to elicit an amount of practical working information, s e r ving as a use ful guide to f urther and more liainute inquiries. Then, too, there will be this year a return visit by the Belgian riflemen growing out of the successful ex cursion of some 20 or 25 English volunteers to the Tir National at Brussels last year. The Belgians are believed to be coming in considerable force—that is to say, some 200 or 300 strong, and their numbers may throw some difficulty in the way of paying them suitable attention. Nevertheless, as the Eng glish volunteers experienced a very flattering recep tion abroad, and as the national character, accord ingly, is to some extent at stake, it is to be hoped the occasion will not be lost, but that the proper au thorities, whoever they may be, will be moved at the proper time to do the " correct thing." Those whovisit the campin the course of the next few days will find some alterations conflicting very much with their recollections of the place as it used to be in earlier meetings. The windmill still exists, but no longer fulfils those active functions which rendered it a central point of life and animation in the midst of the plateau. The windmill sails have been furled, the miller and his men have migrated, and round the base of the structure model cottages have grown up, devoted to the accommodation of the ordinary herdsmen, &c., upon the common. The camp is larger than ever it was. Canvas-town has again absorbed the site of yore allotted to the camp fires, the batts are wider, and the targets more numerous ; so that it is not without reason that the marvellous little handbook of universal knowledge issued by the council has this year, raised its price to is. The entries for the Queen's Prize flowed in so abundantly that the executive were obliged to be very strict ; and a few entries hopelessly late were excluded from the competition altogether. At the outset of the movement there seemed to be no possi bility of getting volunteers to make up their minds whether they would attend the meeting at all or not, much less write beforehand to secure places, but by adhering to rule, and even risking some pecuniary loss, the association have drilled the great body of the Volunteers into tolerable regularity ; and with such obvious advantage to the competitors them selves that, instead ofartroilvdingoff meupsoonthhnewrad to u n nd a disorderly mob, to be tions can ascertain befo r e hand the da y s and hours, perhaps y to p b re e e dis au: appointed after al , wait hours for a chlanmceenof t fi ak ri i n n g ; P o at w hich they are to shoot. perhaps the very targets The Enfield rifle has considerable e ncoura g ement called given to it this year. A fresh set of prizes " the Windmill," of the aggregate value of £3OO, and in the second starre a cup worth £25, are offered purely to those shooting with this weapon, and the silversmith's prizes, given alternately to the Enfield and small-bore rifles, fall this year to the share of the Enfield. Sir W. Martin an old and liberal supporter of the associatio n , gives a cup value £5O, with £5O in s p ec i e added, for ' competition between marksmen of the different Volunteer corps in 1865 and 1866, the rifles to be the same as in the first stage Queen's ; and in other items of the prize list indications of a growing desire to favour the weapon of the rank and file is discernible. That what has been called the Blue Riband of the Wimbledon meeting, the prize instituted by her Majesty the Queen, has lost none of its attractions is, apparent from the fact that among the intending competitors is a representative of the Cape of Good Hope Corps. It is needless to add that the success of theWiia bledon meeting is always largely influenced by the state of the weather. It is, therefore, to be hoped that the severity of the present week may act as the forerunner of brighter skies in the week to come. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 5, 1866. the rights of conscience and liberty of opinion should be carefully maintained and preserved." (Hear, hear.) Mr. GAssiorr, in seconding the resolution, said that when Mr. Morley had showed it to him he at once arrived at the conclusion that there was not a word in it which could fairly be objected to. Some persons had remarked that, as it was intended the schools should be self-supporting, the fund being raised seemed to be an unnecessarily large one. Those persons had not reflected on the fact that numbers of the clerks who were employed in the city lived in the suburbs of the metropolis. He hoped to see the day when these schools would be spread in all directions round the metropolis. Though, as a rule, city men paid their clerks fair salaries, they could not pay them such salaries as would enable them, under the present middle-class school system, to educate their children as porters might educate theirs. The London Dock Company, of which he was a director, out of 450 clerks whom it employed, had only 12 who were paid as much as £3OO a year; and yet when he applied to that company for a donation of £5OO towards middle -class schools, the reply he got was that the company could not give such a sum in charity. He found that, taking the 2,180 clerks employed in 10 city establishments only 162 received £3OO a year or over. The rest were paid salaries under £3OO a year. This showed the necessity for schools in which clerks and other per sons of the middle class could educate their children at a more reasonable cost than it was at present possible for them to do. (gear, hear.) The resolution was then carried unanimously. Mr. FRESIIFIELD, in proposing the next resolu tion, said he concurred with Mr. Gassiott that clerks in the city were paid liberally, but firms could not pay a man more than his place was worth merely because he happened to have more children than another man who filled a similar post. These schools were needed for persons of the middle class who had two or three children to educate. The hon. gentleman moved a resolution directing that the governors should be summoned at an early date, for the purpose of electing a council and inaugurat ing the proceedings of the corporation. Mr. CAZENOVE , in seconding the resolution, stated his opinion that the religious element would be found a difficulty, but he had every confidence that by skilful management it would be surmounted. The C AN, inputting the resolution, observed that during the 28 years he had presided over the management of the City of London School no diffi culty had arisen on religious questions. The resolution was then agreed to, as were also votes of thanks to the Rev. W. Rogers and Mr. Alderman Hale, after which the meeting separated. Middle-Class Education in London. A general meeting of persons interested in the establishment of middle-class schools was held in the Long Parlour of the Mansion House yesterday. In the unavoidable absence of the Lord Mayor, the chair was taken by Mr. Alderman Hale. Among those present were Mr. Tite, M.P., Mr. Alderman Salo mons, M.P., Mr. Freshfield, M.P., Mr. Sam uel Mor ley, the Rev. W. Rogers, Rector of Bishopsgate, Mr. J. P. Gassiott, Mr. Alderman Stone, Mr. Philip Cazenove, Mr. Alderman J. Lawrence, Mr. Alder man Finnis, Jr. J. Bennett, &c. Letters apologis ing for non-attendance were re ad from the Bisho p of London, Lord Lyttelto n, and other g entlemen. The CHAIRMAN having reminded the meeting that on Jan. 12 the sub-committee appointed to give effect to the views of those who were desirous of promoting middle-class education in the metropolis had received certain instructions, said that commit tee were now prepared to submit a report, which he would call on the Rev. W. Rogers to read. The Rev. W. ROGERS then read the following re port:—"The sub-committee beg to report the pro ceedings adopted by them since the meeting held at the Mansion-house on Jan. 12, 1866. It will be re membered that at that meeting the sub-committee were directed to take measures to make known to companies and firms the objects of the association, in order to obtain from them contributions towards the sum required for the establishment of the first and central school in London, and also towards ob taining a charter and selecting a site for the first school. Much time and attention have been given by the committee to these objects. Circulars have been addressed to all the leading firms and indivi duals in the city assumed to be willing to co-operate in the undertaking. The result of these operations has been that a sum in the whole of £54,103 has been promised, of which £46,221 has been actually , paid, and the sub-committee do not doubt that fur ther sums will be forthcoming as the advanced posi tion of the undertaking is known. The committee are happy also to be able to report that a Royal Charter of Incorporation has been obtained. By the terms of this charter a corporation is created under the title of 'The Corporation for Middle-Class Edu cation in the metropolis and the suburbs thereof,' and power is conferred by it to erect one or more school or schools in the metropolis and the suburbs thereof, and to carry on therein a system of education of a practical character, based on sound religious principles, and such as shall be calculated to fit the scholars for the industrial and commercial work of life, under the superintendence of a head-master, who shall be appointed by the Council, and who shall be a member of one of the universities of the United Kingdom.' The Bishop of London for the time being is appointed the visitor of the corporation. All sub scribers of £lOO to the objects of the association are constituted life governors, with power of elect ing a council to consist of 21 members, in addition to the Bishop of London for the time being, and the Lord Mayor for the time being of the city of London, who are constituted . ex officio members of the council. A meeting of the life governors is directed to be convened within three calendar months for the purpose of appointing the council, and the council is to have full power from time to time to make by-laws and regulations touching the government of the corporation. The committee have also given much time and consideration to the question of the selection of a site for the establish ment of the first school. Reports being current that the ground on which the Charterhouse school stands was to be disposed of, your committee entered into communication with the governors, stating their readiness to treat for the purchase of the whole or a portion of the ground. To these overtures the com mittee received no official reply, and they are still in ignorance how the matter stands, but they have been informed that the offer of the ground has been made by the governors of the Charter-house to the Merchant Taylors' Company. Your committee have inspected other sites in various places, and, after mature consideration, being much impressed with the expediency of commencing operations at as early a period as possible, they have selected the French Protestant hospital in Bath-street, City-road, which appeared to offer many advantages, princi pally because there are buildings erected upon it which can be converted at very small cost into good schoolrooms. The site has also the advantage of being in a locality inhabited by a people of the class whose children it is proposed to educate, and it pos sesses also the benefit of a good playground. The committee having had the offer of taking this site for a period of three years, with the option of ac quiring a long lease, have decided on taking it for three years, and laying out upon the building a sum not exceeding £2,000 in the first instance, which will suffice to enable the corporation to carry on the school, which they hope to be able to open at Michaelmas next. By these arrangements a very large amount of the subscriptions will be retained until, after the provisions of the charter, they be applied to the erection of schools in other localities as may be deemed desirable. The committee would now only urge upon the friends of the undertaking the policy of making known its objects in every di rection, with a view to the increase of the subscribed funds. When the enormous demand for education is considered it will be seen that, while the fund contributed is on the whole large, considering the shortness of the time since the object was first made known, and the incompleteness of the ar- rangements up to the present time, the work before them is great, and the funds necessary for carrying it on on an adequate scale ought to be of commen surate amount. Appeals are being made, and will be continued, to corporations, trustees, and other administering charitable funds ; and in those re spects also the assistance of individuals well dis posed to the object will be of great advantage." Mr. TITE, in moving the adoption of the report, expressed his opinion that it contained abundant matter for congratulation on the part of the friends of the movement for prosecuting middle-class edu- cation. (Hear, hear.) If they bore in mind how troublesome times had been and still continued to be, they must come to the.conelusion that the pro curing of so large a sum in subscriptions as £54,103, of which £46,221 had been paid, was a highly satisfactory beginning. The corporation of London had shown the best possible feeling in con nection with the movement by subscribing, unani mously, and in the most handsome manner, the sum of £l,OOO. (Hear, hear.) The public were much indebted to Mr. Freshfield, who had obtained the charter without any expense to the fund except the mere payment of the official fees. Such liberality on the part of a professional gentleman of Mr. Freshfield's standing entitled him to the best thanks of his fellow citizens. (Hear, hear.) The intention of those who were taking an active part in the establishment of these schools was that the educa tion given in them should be a sound commercial and religious education ; but there was nothing sec tarian in the object they had in view. The commit tee had not made any appointment of a head mas ter ; but they had one in their eye—a clergyman of the Church of England, and a very liberal as well as religious man. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Alderman SA LOMONS secon d e d t h e mot i on, and in doing so spoke in laud a t or y t erms o f th e exertions of Mr. Tite and Mr. Gassiott. The motion was cordially agreed to. Mr. S. MoRLEY believed that no education was worth having which was not essentially religious, but there was much difference of opinion as to what constituted a religious education. If the present Bishop of London could live for ever, he would have no fear of any interference with the rights of con science in the schools which it was intended to found; but in order to put distinctly on record the inten tions of the original founders he begged to move, That in adopting the report submitted by the sub-committee this meeting records its conviction that it is the intention of the originators of these middle-class schools that in all the arrangements Naval and Military Intelligence. VALETTA, June 29 :—Her Majesty's screw line of-battle ship Victoria, 102 (bearing the flag of the Vice-Admiral Commander-in-Chief, the Right Hon. Lord Clarence Paget, C.B), and the iron-cased ships Royal Oak, 35, and Resistance, 16, left Malta har bour on the morning of the 25th inst., for Patras, and are expected to be away for the greater part of, if not all, the summer. Communication with the Admiral will be maintained by the gunboats Assur ance and Wizard, now in port. The Wizard will leave for Patras after the arrival of the Marseilles mail, due on the 30th inst. Previously to his de parture for Greece, Lord Clarence Paget went to Sicily, in the Psyche, for the purpose of consulting with Capt. Shortland, commanding lI.M. surveying ship Hydra, on the navigation of the Adriatic, the charts at present in use being very defective. The Admiral called in at Syracuse and Catania, but did not display his flag or personally land at those places, not wishing to give rise to any erroneous impressions. The King of Italy's proclamation de claring war against Austria was posted on the walls at Syracuse. The news did not, however, seem to cause the excitement so important an event might have been expected to call forth. On returning to Malta, the Commander-in-Chief, without loss of time, despatched the Psyche to communicate with the Italian Admiral Persano, who has a high reputa tion for courage and humanity, to request his good offices regarding British life and property in any operations he might undertake in the Adriatic ; and steps have also been taken to insure the presence of a British'vessel of war during any such operations. It is reported that the screw corvette Enterprise, Commander Rowley, which was at Corfu, has been told off for this important and delicate mission. Her Majesty's screw frigate Arethusa, 35, Captain The byG therekEast hasßoard Consul been o f at H thee Health tl Malta in has M'Donald, will leave Malta for Athens on July 1, to relieve the Gibraltar , 81 , Capt. Coote, and order her to Malta. The Arethusa will take a mail for Greece. The appearance of cholera in some pa r ts occasion a Mediterranean. ofo f precautionsE ngan d a n taken din Th the e just intimated that his Government has placed 11 days' quarantine on arrivals from Liverpool and Birkenhead, and five hill days on arrivals from Syria and Egypt. Mr. D. Hay, our Consul General at Tripoli, arrived at Malta a short time ago, and, together with his family, ,has proc ee d e d t o Mar seilles. Sir J. Domville and family have also left for England. The French schooner yasht Le Cy clone, Capt. L. de Beauvan de Craon, resumed her voyage on the 25th inst. for Cannes, after under going some repairs here. For the first time the anniversary of American independence was yesterday celebrated conjointly by the ships of war of England and America in an English port. Her Majesty's ships Victory, Capt. Egerton, the flag-ship of the Port Admiral and Naval Commander-in-Chief at Port smou th , D u k e of Wellington, St. Vincent, and other vessels in commission in Portsmouth harbour ; the United States' paddle steamship Augusta, 10 guns, Capt. Murray, with her Majesty's ships Pallas, Capt. Con nolly, and Amazon, Commander Hunter, at Spit head, all dressed in colours at 8 a.m., her Majesty's ships flying the American flag at their main-royal mast heads. At meridian a national salute of 21 guns was fired from all her Majesty's ships carrying above 10 guns, from the Augusta, and also from the garrison saluting battery on the King's bastion of Portsmouth town fortifications. The Augusta will fill up with coal at Spithead, and afterwards join the Miantonomah turret ship, Capt. Beaumont, in the Thames, on the arrival there of that vessel from Cherbourg. The right wing of the 43d Regiment, under the command of Lieut.-Col. Synge, which has just arrived in England from Auckland, New Zealand, in the hired transport Silver Eagle, disembarked from that ship yesterday alongside Portsmouth dockyard, and were marched into quarters at the Anglesea Barracks, Portsea. The officers of the 44th Regiment dined together on Tuesday evening at Willis's-rooms, King-street, St. James's ; Col. P. w, M‘Mahon, C. 8., presided. The following officers were present :—Colonel A. Browne, C. 8., Col. Preston, Lieut.-Col. Faussett, Major Hanmer, Major H. H. J. Massey, Capt. F.. D. Walters, Capt. J. H. Linton, Cap t . M ' Ginnis, Capt. Hercy, Capt. W. A. Wood, Capt. M. S. Smith, Capt. Walter, Capt. G. N. Micklethwaite, Capt. C. Turner, Lieut. Browne, Lieut. Bain, Capt. Maguire, Dr. Gibbon, Mr. George White, &c. The following appointments have been made at the Admiralty :—Capt. F. W. Sullivan, C. 8., to the Tamar ; Commander Henry M'C. Alexander ; Commander Henry M. Bingham to the Formidable ; Commander G. M. Balfour to the Winchester ; Commander D. Aird to the Fisgard, for service in the Lightning ; Lieut. H. Hand to the Oberon, as lieut. and commander ; Lieut. H. M. Brent to the Psyche, as lieut. and commander ; Lieut. J. Bruce to the Antelope, as lieut. and commander; Henry Goldsmith, master, to the Frederick William ; Sub- Lieut. George J. Al ‘ll waine to the Pallas; Robert S. Evatt, second master, additional, to the Princess Royal ; N. Child, second master, to the Dasher ; Philip E. Manger, second master, to the Supply ; John A. Jones, seco n d master, to the Megam ; Richard G. Roe, second master, to the Sharpshooter ; William George Cox, second master, to the Cherub ; Edwin T. Behenna, second master, to the Tamar; Frederick Piercy, surgeon, to the Wyvern ; Dr. C. K. Ord, surgeon, to the Fisgard; Dr. Thos. Sec , combo, surgeon, to the Pembroke ; and Dr. S. Davidson, assist.-surg., to the Greyhound. The under -named naval cadets have been nomi ' nated :—J. L. Eagle, Hugh Percy, IL Benwell, and Lorenzo Alexander. Railway and Other Companies. CALEDONIAN. A special general meeting of this company was held on Monday at Glasgow—Lieut.-Col. Salkeld in the chair. On the motion of the Chairman the directors were authorised to raise £540,000 under the powers of four Acts, 1865, by the creation and issue of ordi nary stock of the company to that amount ; the pro prietors of ordinary stock being entitled to an allot ment of £l3 of the new stock for every £lOO of ordinary stock held by them, on paying for it at the rate of £ll6 per cent. on or before the Ist August, from which date the dividend would commence ; or on or before the 29th August at the same rate, with the addition of interest at the rate of 7i per cent. per annum from the Ist August to the day of pay ment. The directors were also authorised to exer cise the borrowing powers in respect of the new capi tal when one-half the amount thereof was paid up. ATLANTIC AND GREAT WESTERN. The traffic receipts on this company's lines, 507 miles in length, for the week ending the 15th June, amounted to $123,524, against $105,547, on 490 miles, in the corresponding week last year, showing an increase of $17,977. The total receipts from the Ist Jan. to the 15th June amounted to $2,379,708, and for the same period of 1865 to $1,952,562, showing an increase of $427,146. OTTOMAN (SMYRNA TO AIDIN). It appears that this company's line was opened throughout to Aidin for traffic on the Ist inst. RAILWAY BILLS. In Room C, House of Lords, yesterday, the Waveney Valley Bill was passed. The Upavon and Andover Bill was thrown out. The following were heard and adjourned :—The Lynn and Sutton bridge, Spalding and Bourn, and Norwich and Spalding; the East London Eastern Extension ; and the Llantrissant and Taff Vale Junction. In the Painted Chamber, the opposition of the Cheshire Lines Bill was withdrawn. The following were heard and adjourned .—The Mold and Den bigh Junction (Branches, &c.) ; the Chester and West Cheshire Junction, and the Manchester, Shef field, and Linconshire (Central Station and Lines). In Room D, the Bute Docks (Cardiff) Bill was again heard and adjourned. BIRMINGHAM JOINT STOCK BANK (LIMITED). The directors have declared an interim dividend for the past half-year at the rate of 20 per cent. per annum. The Reform Movement. Yesterday Mr. George Potter, the president, and Mr. Hartwell, the secretary of the London Working Men's Association, with Mr. Brookes, of Newgate street, acting as a deputation from that body, applied for and obtained an interview with the Lord Mayor at the Mansion-house, in reference to a public meet ing of working men about to be convened in the city. The Lord Mayor received the deputation in his drawing-room, accompanied by Mr. Alderman Lusk, M.P. for Finsbury, by whom they had been intro duced. Mr. POTTER, addressing the Lord Mayor, said they had called upon him as a deputation from the Lon don Working Men's Association, whose offices were in the city, and the members of which were mostly citizens of London, to ask for the use of the Guild hall on some evening next week for a meeting of working men on the Reform question. They them selves were all working men in the city, and they had thought that as the Guildhall was formerly a hall common to the citizens, and in which meetings on many public questions had from time to time taken place, the Lord Mayor would be kind enough to let the Nv orking men of London have it for once at this particular time. He would pledge himself that the meeting would be conducted in a quiet and orderly manner, and that the artisans and mechanics who would attend would be citizens principally. His Lordship had the " prerogative" with reference to the hall, and respectfully asked him to comply with the request, the more so as the meetings out of doors had been complained of, and as the Times had said they could not be allowed to hold them, as, moreover, there were so few open spaces in London and its neighbourhood available for public meetings. Mr. Bnowas, one of the deputation, said it had been in contemplation to hold the proposed meeting in front of the Royal Exchange, or in the Guildhall yard, but it having been represented to them that such a meeting might cause inconvenience to busi ness and obstruct the traffic, they had abandoned the notion of convening it in front of the Royal Exchange. It was important for the Lord Mayor to bear in mind what Mr. Potter had stated, that the men who asked for the use of the hall were principally working men in the city, though they might not reside in it. There was a large number of them, they belonged to the Working Men's As sociation, and they asked for the only place in which a meeting could be held in the city without public inconvenience. It was the place where the commonalty were accustomed to meet for the dis cussion of matters of public interest 100 years ago, and he thought the application was a reasonable one. Mr. lIARTWELL said it would be an evening meeting. The LORD MAYOR said he was very pleased to hear from Mr. Brookes that the idea of holding a meeting in front of the Royal Exchange had been abandoned, because it had appeared to him that it would materially interfere with the business of the city. There they were all men largely engaged in commerce, and anything tending to interfere with their commercial pursuits was likely to occasion serious inconvenience. He was, therefore, pleased to hear that the deputation, representing as they did a class of men respectable for their intelligence, had the good sense to abstain from meeting there. The history and purposes of the Guildhall were well known to Mr. Brookes. It was the property of the Corporation, and was used for other purposes, but be had yet to learn that he had the power to comply with their request. He need not tell them that a Lord Mayor had no political opinions. He was expected to be a sort of neutral animal—to respect every man's opinions and to have none of his own. (A laugh.) As to the term " working classes," he did not quite understand the distinc tion it implied, for they were all working men in the city, himself among the rest. He did not want to stand in the way of a public expression of opinion by any body of the citizens, but whether he would be justified in throwing open the hall to men who were, perhaps, not members of the Livery was a question he was not prepared to answer. Ile was pleased to hear they had abandoned their in tention to hold such a meeting in the streets, for when a large body of men met in the public streets, excited it might be, it was difficult to say what might be the result. Such a gathering might lead, in fact, to something which men like the deputation them selves were anxious to avoid, but which they might be powerless to prevent. They had taken him un prepared, and he could not exactly say whether he had the power to consent to their request. Mr. HART WELL asked if he would have any ob jection to the meeting being held in the Guildhall yard ? The LORD MAYOR said they must excuse him answering the question. He was, however, quite satisfied that wherever they met they would have the good sense to know that we lived in a country where constitutional liberty and order went together, and that whatever disturbed the one must necessarily disturb the other. It was only by constitutional means that they could get what they wanted, and so far as he was concerned he did not care about such a meeting being held in the city. Mr. Brookes well knew his political sympathies, but, as Lord Mayor, his first duty was to preserve order. Mr. POTTER reminded him that the Guildhall had been used for a public meeting in reference to the condition of Poland and for conferring the freedom of the city on Garibaldi. The LORD MAYOR admitted it had, but he hoped they would reconsider the matter. Mr. BROOKES thanked his lordship for the cour teous manner in which he had received the deputa tion, and they took their leave, hoping that he would yet give them a satisfactory answer. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE• NEWMARKET JULY MEETING.-WEDNESDAY. The card looked well to-day, though, beyond the Beau fort and the Exeter Stakes, there was really not much to be said for either quality or interest. Admiral Rous's usual fine judgment was not exhibited in his match with Lord Wilton, as Isis beat Dot very cleverly. Tho General landed the odds on him in the Private Handicap, easily shaking off the Duchess, his only opponent, and La Mechanto just managed to get home in the Handicap Plate, Dalesman running her to a short head. The Beau fort Stakes had two hot favourites. Love Apple and Seal skin, but they were upset by a supposed non-stayer, Anti- Macassar, who won in a canter. The running of Lady Hester in the Exeter Stakes and her easy defeat of Dragon still further proves what a good horse Hermit must be, as the Frenchman scattered a very fair field at Windsor. Cecrops, with all the weight, defeated the field of mode derate two and three-yr-olds brought against him in the £lOO Handicap, and Lord Ronald had only The Beadle to beat in the Private Handicap. The afternoon, though showery, was an agreeable one. MATCH-Bst 71b each. Last half mile of Now T.Y.C. 100, h ft. Lord 'Wilton's Isis, by Oxford, Bst 71b (Fordham) 1 Admiral Rous's Dot, Bst 7lb (J. Diann) 2 Betting-6 to 4on Isis, who made all the running, and won easily by three parts of a length. PRIVATE FREE HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES of 25 sovs each, 10 ft, for 2-yr-olds. Last half-mile of New T.Y.O. 4 subs. Mr. R. Sutton's The General, by Arthur Wellesley, 7st 11Ib (Hibbard) 1 Marquis of Hastings's The Duchess, 6st 13Ib (IL Day) 2 Betting-9 to 2on The General. The favourite, taking a slight lead, made the running, and won in a canter by a couple of lengths. A TrAicnicAP PLATE of 50 sovs for 3-yr-olds and upwards. New T.Y.O. Mr. H. Savile's La M6chante, by Turnus, 4 yrs, 7st 71b (H Covey) 1 Baron Rothschild's Dalesraan, 3 yrs, 7st 91b (Peako) 2 Captain D. Lane's Blue Mantle, 6 yrs, Bst 21b (H. Grimshaw 3 Mr. W. Morris's Warrior, 5 yrs, 9st llb (S. Adams 0 Mr. J. Wood's Soapstone, 6 yrs, 9st (Boggis 0 Mr. Joseph Dawson's Neophyte, aged, Bst 71b (Goater 0 Mr. R. Ten Broeck's Forester, 4 yrs, Bst (car Bst 111 b (Fordham) 0 Lord Poulett's Medina, 3 yrs, Bst (Lynch) 0 Mr. F. Barns's Benvoglio, 4 yrs, 7st 121 b (Parry) 0 Duke of Beaufort's Crytheia, 5 yrs, 7st 101 b ...(Cannon) 0 Lord Falmouth's Celerrima, 4 yrs, 7st 81b (J. Grimshaw) 0 Lord Westmoreland's lon, 3 yrs, 7st 41b (Hibberd) 0 Lord Annesley's Lady Kinghorn, 4 yrs, Est 121 b (Meek) 0 Mr. Chaplin's Effervescence, 3 yrs, Gat 111 b (Kenyon 0 Mr. Fowson's Hedon, 3 yrs, Gst 7st (Ora cknell 0 Lord Wilton's f Isis, 3 yrs, Est 71b (Barker 0 Mr. R. Cotton's War Cloud, 3 yrs, 6st (Rolfe 0 Betting-7 to 2 agst Effervescence, 4to 1 agst La Ale chante, 7 to 1 agst Crytheia., 10 to I', each agst Soapstone, Benvoglio and Dalesman, 15 to 1 each agst Forester and Blue Mantle. The flag was lowered to an admirable start, LaMechante lying in the centre, having a slight lead, closely attended by Celerrima, Crythoia, and Dalesman, the others, headed by Forester,Benvoglio, Warrior, and Soapstone, lying close in their track. As they entered the dip Celerrima and Crytheia dropped back, and their places were taken by Dalesman and Blue Mantle, who'closed with the leader and ran a close race home, La Mechanto winning in the last stride by a head; Blue Mantle finished a good third, Cry_ theia was fourth, Warrior fifth, Soapstone sixth, Haden seventh, and War Cloud next ; the last three were Benvo glio, Neophyte, and Medina. The MIDSUMMER STAKES of 50 each, h ft, for 3-yr-olds ; colts Bst 101 b, and fillies Bst 61b; winners extra, with certain allowances. The owner of the second horse to receive back his stake. B.M. 8 subs. Count Batthyany's Mount Palatine, by Newminster, Ost llb (J. Daley) 1 "Lord Falmouth's Penelope Plotwell, Bst llb (T. French) 2 Betting--11 to Bon Penelope Plotwell, who made play to the brow of the hill, where the non-favourite drew up, and, heading his opponent half a dozen strides from home, won cleverly by a length. The BEAUFORT STAKES (handicap) of 10 sous each, 5 ft, with 100 added for the winner, and 25 sous for the second horse, for 3-yr-olds and upwards. Winners extra. Suffolk Stakes Course. 22 subs. Count Batthyany's Antimacassar, by Zuyder Zee, 4 yrs, 6st 101 b (H . Clark) 1 Mr. H. Savile's Sealskin, 3 yrs, Est 91b ......... H. ov) 2 Mr. R. Ten Broeck's Forester, 4 yrs, Est 71 b...(Ke C nyon ey ) 3 Mr. D. E. Dunbar's Tormentor, 3 yrs, 7st 71b (J. Mann) 0 Count F. do Lagrange's Plutus, 3 yrs, 7st 21 b...(Barker) 0 Baron Rothschild's Love Apple, 4 yrs, Est 131 b (Peake) 0 Mr. Pryor's Lass o' Gowrio, 3 yrs, ost 71b...(A. Forster) 0 Fordham weighed for the Duke of Beaufort's Lord Ronald, 4 yrs, Bst 121 b, but, twisting his plate, he did not go to the post. Betting-100 to 45 agst Love Apple, 3 to 1 agst Seal skin, 4 to 1 agst Forester, 5 to 1 agst Antimacassar. Sealskin, in company with Love Apple, Tormentor, and Plutus, made play, having Forester and Antimacassar wide on the left, to the brow of the hill, where tho last named drew in advance and came on with a clear lead into the bottom. Here Love Apple and Plutus were beaten, and Forester, joining issue with the leaders as they came up the hill, the three raced home together, Antimacassar holding his own to the end and winning easily at last by a length. Three lengths between second and third, Love Apple fourth, Lass o' Gowrio fifth, and Tormentor sixth. Plutus walked in a long way in their rear. The EXETER STAKES of 40 sous each, h ft, for colts, Bst 101 b, and fillies Bst 71b; maidens at starting allowed 31b. Last half of the new T.Y.C. 24 subs. Duke of Beaufort's Lady Hester, by Thunderbolt, Bst 71b (Fordham) 1 Mr. J. 11. C. Wyndham's ch c Golden Bloom t B_st.7lb Adams) 2 Count F. do Lagrange's Dragon, Bstlolb (ll.Grimshaw) 3 Mr. R. W. Cameron's ch c Lochaber, Bst 91b ...(Lynch) 0 Duke of Hamilton's ch c Ailesbury, Bst 71b (T. French) 0 Baron Rothschild's Camilla, Bst 41b (Daley) 0 Betting—Even on Dragon, 5 to 2 agst Golden Bloom, and 4 to 1 agst Lady Hester. The latter jumpod away with a slight lead, having Golden Bloom and Dragon on her right, the three running in company, a couple of lenglhs in advance of Ailesbury, Camilla, and Lochaber, into the bottom. Hero Lady Hester had both her followers in diffi culties, and came on and won in a canter by a length. A bad third. Ailesbury was fourth, Lochabor fifth, and Ca milla last. A PLATE of 100 sovs, added to a handicap of 10 sovs each, for 2-yr-olds and 3 yr-olds. New T.Y.C. 19 sovs. Mr. Fleming's Cecrops, by Newcourt, 3 yrs, 9st llb (Loates) 1 Count Batthyany's Blackthorn, 3 yrs, Gst 121 b (IL Covey) 2 Lord Canterbury's Gas, 2 yrs, 6st 71b H. Clark) 3 Mr. G. Hodgman's Vigorous, 3 yrs, Bst 121 b (Fordham) 0 Lord Westmoreland's Indian Star, 3 yrs, Bst 71b(Goater) 0 Mr. W. Morris's Ambition, 3 yrs, Bst 51b (E. Sha r p) 0 3 yrs, 7st 71b ...(J. Man n ) 0 B M a r r . o W n C t . hs Craven's ehis Panacea., Chignon 3 yrs, 7st 4lb (Peake) 0 Lord Falmouth's Reigning Beauty, 2 yrs, Est 121 b Mr. R. Ten Broeck's Claymore 2 (Huxtable) 0 , yrs, 6st 71b (Kenyon) 0 Lord Wilton's c by Dundee — Augusta, 2 yrs, sst 91b (Barker) 0 Betting.-- 3 to 1 each agst Blackthorn and Claymore, 7 to 1 agst Cecrops, and 10 to 1 agst any other. They got away at the second attempt, Cecrops, with the favourite and Gas at his girths, being prominently in ad vance, followed by Indian Star, Ambition, and Claymore into the dip, where the heavy weight drew away, and won a fine race home by a length ; Gas finished third, close up. Indian Star was fourth, Ambition fifth, Panacea sixth. Vigorous was last. PRIVATE FREE HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES of 25 sovs each, 10 ft. Last five furlongs of New T.Y.C. 5 subs. _ _ Duke of Beaufort's Lord Ronald, by Stockwell, 4 yrs, 7st 71b (H. Day) 1 Mr. Payne's The Beadle, 5 yrs, Bst (T. French) 2 Marquis of Hastings's Pantaloon, 4 yrs, Bst 101 b (Fordham) 3 Betting.-4 to lon Lord Ronald, who took a slight lead at starting, which he retained to the end, and won in a canter by a length. A SWEEPSTAKES of 10 sous each, for 2-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 101 b ; fillies, Bst 71b ; the winner to be sold. Ches terfield course. 9 subs. Baron Rothschild's b f by North Lincoln—Molly (£lOO Bst (car. Bst 1 1 b) (Fordhain Mr. W. Morris's Rosa Nera (£100), Bst (S. Adams Mr. Beville's b f Busy Body (£100), Bst (Morris Mr. Brewtey's Hatty (£200), Bst 71b (H. Grimshaw) Mr. Hawkesley's Verdi (£100), Bst 31b (Loates) Mr. Chaplin's Boadicea (£100), Bst (J. Grimshaw) Botting.-5 to 4 agst Hatty, 5 to 2 agst Verdi, 4to agst the Molly filly, and 5 to 1 agst any other. The Molly filly jumped away with a clear lead, fo lowed by Busy Body and Rosa Nera to the cords, where the latter headed Mr. Beville's filly, but, failing to reach the leader, was beaten easily by four lengths ; half a length between the second and third. Verdi was fourth, Hatty fifth, and Boadicea last. The winner was claimed. The TOWN PLATE of 50 sovs, for 3-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 101 b ; fillies, Bst 61b. B.M. The Perram donation, not having been claimed this year as a marriage portion, will be paid to the winner of this plate. Baron Rothschild's Tourmalin, by King Tom, Bst 61b (Daley) 1 Mr. H. Savilo's Polly Perkins, Bst 61b (Doyle) 2 Betting-10 to lon Tourmalin, who cut out the work at a strong pace, and won in a trot by a dozen lengths. CARLISLE RACES.-WEDNESDAY. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. The SCURRY HANDICAP of 3 sovs, with 30 added; winners extra. Six furlongs. Mr. H. Wilkinson's Louisa, by Weatherbit —Maid of Team Valley, 2 yrs, 6st 91b (Craddock) 1 Mr. W. 0 WCII'S The Count, 5 yrs, Bst 101 b (IL Challoner) 2 Mr. T. Dawson's f by Thurmanby—Breeze, 2 yrs, sst 71b (Hudson) 3 Mr. Reid's Stiff, 5 yrs, Bst (J. Noble) 4 Mr. Smellie's Wrangle Eye, 5 yrs, Bst 51b (Kay) 0 Mr. Hamilton's Raxer, 4 yrs, 7st 91b (Cameron) 0 Mr. W. Sharpe's Madras, 4 yrs, 7st 31b (Lawrence) 0 Mr. C. Winteringham's Slap Bang, 2 yrs, Gst 61 b(Campbell) 0 Mr. J. P. Craven's Grafton, 2 yrs, Est 61b (Dooley) 0 Mr. A. Watson's Buccleuch, 4 yrs, Gst 101 b (Springer) 0 Betting-7 to 4 agst The Count, sto 2 agst Stiff, sto 1 each agst Madras and Louisa. Won by a length ; the ~...-. same between second and third, and the same between third and fourth. The LOTTERY STAKES (Handicap) of 5 sovs each, with 10 added ; winners extra. Mile and a quarter. Mr. W. Craven's Lady Durham, by Lambton, dam by Fernehill or Gleam, 4 yrs, 7st W. Martin) 1 Mr. T. Masterman's Lozenge, 4 yrs, 9st 21b (inc. , 6lb ex.) (Dixon 2 Mr. Johnstone's Holstein, 4 yrs, 7st (Cameron 3 Mr. Wilson's Strachino, 3 yrs, 6st 41b (Dooley 4 Betting-7 to 4on Lozenge, 3to 1 agst Lady Durham, sto 1 agst Holstein. Won by a length ; bad third. THE Hoorn= STAKES of 3 sous each, with 20 added ; woight for age ; winners extra ; selling and other allow ances. Three quarters of a mile. Mr. Dryden's Yarrow, by Tadmor—Lady Wilson, 4 yrs, Bst 61b (Carroll) 1 Mr. W. Craddock's Ward in Chancery, 3 yrs, 7st llb (Lawrence) 2 Betting-3 to lon Yarrow. Won in a cantor by a length. Winner sold to Mr. Watson for 45gs. THE QUEEN'S PLATE of 100 guineas; weight for age. Two miles. Mr. T. Masterman's Fitzroy, by Leamington—Gallopor's dam, 3 yrs, Bst 31b (Dixon) 1 Mr. Oliver's Soda Water, 3 yrs, Bst 31b (Cameron) 2 Mr. Reid's Stiff, 5 yrs, 9st 121 b (J. Noble) 3 Betting-5 to lon Fitzroy. Won by two lengths ; bad third. CONSOLATION SCRAMBLE STAKES (Handicap) of 3 sovs each, with 20 added; for beaten horses. Half a mile. Mr C. Winteringham's Slap Bang, by Arthur Wellesley— Saxony, 2 yrs, Est 131 b (Cameron) 1 Mr. W. Craddock's Ward in Chancery, 3 yrs, Est 101 b, (Lawrence' Hewett's Minna, 2 yrs, 6st blb (Hudson' Smellie's Wangle Eye, 5 yrs, Bst 101 b (Kay; W. Cowen's Gayous, 5 yrs, Bst 81b (W. Martin, Fobert's Maggie, 2 yrs, 7st 91b (Dooley; J. Graham's Moll Flagon, 4 yrs, 7st 51b ...(Megson: Betting-6 to 4 agst Slap Bang, 3to 1 agst Gayous, 4to 1 each agst Minna and Wangle Bye. Won by a length ; samo between second and third. COUNTRY MARKETS. NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE-TUESDAY. At our market to-day there was a moderate supply of wheat from the rowers and the coast, but a good arrival from abroad. The trade ruled very dull, and where busi ness was done a decline of fully 2s per qr. on the rates of this day week had to be submitted to. Barley, beans, peas, and oats unchanged. Malt firm. Flour is per sack lower. MONMOUTHSHIRE-TUESDAY. The markets of the district have been tolerably well at tended, but business has not ruled quite so active, in con sequence of sellers declining to enter into transactions under the rates obtained last week. For the best samples of home-grown wheat there was a fair demand, while foreign was in good request. The activity which lately set in for grinding barley was maintained, and no altera tion took place. in prices. There was a good demand for beans, which were scarce, and sellers at first held out for an advance in prices, but they eventually gave way, and transactions took place at late rates. In the oat trade there was a slight improvement, and sales wore effected at full money. The following are the average quotations:—Wheat, red, 5s 9d to 6s 6d per bushel ; inferior ditto, 5s 6d to Os. Od ; white, 6s 3d to is ; malting barley, 36s to 40s per qr ; grind ing ditto, 29s to 30s; beans, 44s ; white oats, 258 6d to 275; black ditto, 24s 6d to 25s 6d. LYNN-TUESDAY. At to-day's market there was but little wheat offering, and farmers were enabled to realise last week's prices for all fresh samples ; granaried parcels dull, and prices in favour of buyers. Spring corn without alteration in value. New wheat, —s to —s ; new red, 51s to 555; old whito, —s to —s ; old red, 52s to 56s per 36 stone. Barley for malting, —s to —s ; secondary, 33s to 355. Oats, new, 24s to 26s per 24 stone. Beans, small, 48s to 50s. Peas, 36s to 40s per 28 stone. SALISBURY.-TUESDAY. There was an average attendance at our market this morning, and a moderate offer, but sales were slow, at the turn in favour of buyers. Grinding barley continues un altered in price. Oats met with but a limited inquiry, and, together with beans and peas, made the full rates of last week. For flour the inquiry was small, enhanced prices checking operations. The following aro the quotations :—Wheat realised from 50s to 60s ; barley, 30s to 40s ; oats, 24s to 32s ; beans, 483 to 545; and peas, 42s to 50s per qr. Tares, from 6s to 7s 6d per bushel ; Best bread, 13d ; household ditto, 12d. per 81b loaf. Flour, 38s to 42s per sack. HULL.-T ITESDAY. At our market to-day there was a limited show of wheat, and prices were lower where sales were pressed. Barley maintained its value. Oats commanded extreme rates. Beans maintained their former value. in peas there was little variation. English old white wheat, 60s to 625; old red, 56s to 580. Barley, English, 36s to 375; grinding, Mediterranean, 31s to 31s 6d. Oats, new English, 27s to 28s; Russian, 26s to 275. Beans, old English, 50s to 51s; foreign, 450 to 475. Peas, English blue, 40s to 41s Od ; foreign white, 38s to 40s; grinding, 36s to 37s Od per qr. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton July 20. Ditto, via Marseilles July 14. Brazil and Cape Verde, by British packet. Au 5. Ditto, by French packet Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena July 22. China, renang, and Singapore, via Sou thampton July 3. Ditto, via Marseilles July Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton July 27. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton July 3. Ditto, via Ilarseillea India (Bombay), via Southampton. July —. Ditto, via Marseilles July 7. Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton July 3. Ditto, via Marseilles July Mauritius, via Southampton Ditto, via Marseil:ei, July 7. Newfoundland 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 Bouthamp ` ton Ditto, via Cork ... Ditto, by Can'adian packet, via Londonderry ...July 6. West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and reneriffe ....July 11. West Indies and Pacific (except Bahamas and _ . . _ Honduras) July 14• Cuba and Mexico . . July 3 0 . Bahamas, via New York. July 26. Bermuda, via Halifax ... . .Aug. 1. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—COnSumption, and all nervous, WIW I° stomach, and liver complaints, in every stage, are only afe gravated and accelerated by drugs of every description. b 4S periemly curable by Du Barry's health restoring Eevalent! Arabica Food, as proved by thousands of cases wit ch Oa' been considered hopeless; such as indigestion (dyspepsia ) ' cough, asthma, consumption, habitual constipation ajar hcea, all gastric derangements, hcemorrhoida, liver cow: plaints, flatulency, nervousness, biliousness' fevers, 8 01 e throats, diphtheria, catarrhs, colds, influenza, noises in 10 head and cars, rheumatism, gout, impurities, eruption s ' hysteria, neuralgia, irritability, sleeplessness, acidity, Pal pitation, heat ;burn, headache, debility, dropsy, crarni4o spasms, nausea and sickaess even in pregnancy or at i.e.' , sinking fits, bronchitis, scrofula, tightness of the chest' pains in the pit of the stomach and between the shoulde r `' &c. We quote a few.—Cure, No. 46,270. Mr. James Rober s timber merchant, of Frim ley Surrey, of thirty years' disease d lungs, spitting of blood, liver derangement, and partial des'' ness.—Cure, No. 47,121. Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, or extreroe nervousness, indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, ana 1 aneaes.—Cure, No, 1,771. Lord Stuart de Decies, Lord-Lieu tenant of Waterford, of many years' dyspepsia.—No.4/. B '''' Fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervousne ol c i asthma, cough, const patio 1, flatulency, spasms, sickness, su e vomiting—Maria Jolly.- Cure No. 54,816. The Rev. Jame Campbell, Fakenham, Norfolk, of indigestion and torpidi t y of the liver. which had resisted all medical treatment In tins, lib, 2s 9d; 21b, 4s 6d ; 51b, lla ; 121 b, 228 ; 'Os.—Barry Du Barry and Co., No. 77, Regent-street, London' also Phillips, tea dealers, 8, King William-street ; at 61, Gracechurch-street ; 4, Cheapside ; 49, Bishopsga ta' street Within ; 63, 150, and 2)8, Oxford-street ; 330, Stra nd ' 51, Upper Baker-street; 103, Tottenham-court-road; e Upper-street, Islington, N.; Harvey, Notting-hill; Clo Brothers, 65, High-street ; and Stubbs, Queen'a-terrace , John's-wood, London; and all respectable grocers and oll e mists.—Beware of spurious imitations. Births. BRIDGES—On the 2d inst„ at Sutton, Surrey, the wa of Henry W. Bridges, Esq., of a daughter. BRAS O S d E O Y TTCk oa ß r t a h s e s e3y, 3d inst., a son. st.,at Woodlands, Isleswortb, Af tll4 FT ECCLES—On the 3d inst., at 36, Hart-street, Bloornsblill: square, the wife of George W. Eccles, Esq., of the Bo tish Museum,f of a son. 0 I STEWARD—On the Ist inst., at 4, Devonshire-terre,„ °° ' 1 Hyde-park, the wife of Capt. E. H. Steward, Royal P . "' gineers, of a daughter. Marriages. BIDDLECOMBE—MIDDLETON-011 the 3d inst., at St. St e e : phon's, Canonbury, Commander George Biddlooo li R.N., of the Royal Dockyard, Woolwich, to Emma Sall o i youngest daughter of the late Wm. Middleton, ESCI" Stand House, Sheffield. I, 01 1 FORSYTH—PLuatER—On the 3d inst., at St. Mic.-,61, Church, Paddington, William Forsyth, Esq., Q.C., Rutland-gate, Hyde-park, to Georgina Charlotte, daub„s ter of the late T. H. Plumer, Esq., formerly of Co 33° ;ii. Park, Middlesex, and granddaughter of the late Sir Plumer, Master of the Rolls. Deaths. DurroN-011 the Ist inst., at Newcastle, Staffordshire , Dutton, Esq., aged 72. rOi HARRISON—On the 2d inst., at The Elms, Gresford, N a nd Wales, Major Charles Harrison, formerly 53d Roe , v e youngest son of the late S. Harrison, Esq., of Ore Hall, Cheshire, aged 84. o A MURTON—On the Ist inst., at Brompton, S.W., Ann, ",: s of the late Col. H. J. Murton, Royal Marines, a ged 11, MALLOCK—On the 2d inst., at 60, Millbank-street, S . David Mallock, Esq. , M.A. PRICE—On the 4th inst., at 43, Arundel-gardens, ICenS ton-park, Wm. Price, Esq., aged 70. READY—On the 2d inst., at Tettenhall, near WolverliOr ton, Thomas Ready, Esq., aged 76. ? t 13 WrtzsoN—On the 30th ult., at Nottingham, the Righ,, R. W. Willson, D.D., late Bishop of Hobart '-0). aged 72. London : printed and Published by WILLIAM ANlO of, of No. 112, Strand, Painter. at Trtz Susi Office, N c6 , Ct Strand, in the Precinct of: the Savoy, in the COO' Bliddieeen.—Thursday, July 0, 1866.