The Sun. — London, England, 1866-06-22 00:00:00

The Duke of Edinburgh at Liverpool. His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh is on a visit to Liverpool for the purpose of distributing the annual prizes on board her Majesty's ship the school frigate Conway ; of inaugurating and open ing the dock system at Birkenhead, including the new great 100 ft. lock; of laying the foundation stone of a new infirmary for children in Liverpool, and of distributing the prizes won at the Altcar rifle meeting. His Royal Highness arrived at Broad green station, four miles from Liverpool, on Wed nesday evening, by the London and North-Western Railway, from London, via Crewe. He was accom panied by the Duke of Sutherland, the Earl of Caithness, Lord Henry Lennox, Hon. Frederick Stanley, Hon. Col. Liddell, Hon. Eliot Yorke, Col. Leslie, M.P., Lord R. Grosvenor, and Mr. S. R. Graves, M.P. for Liverpool, whose guest his Royal Highness is during his visit to Liverpool and the district. Great preparations had been made by the residents of Broad-green, who heartily cheered his Royal Highness on his arrival at the station. The distinguished party was driven in the private carriage of the Mayor of Liverpool (Mr. John Farn worth) to the residence of Mr. Graves, the Grange, Wavertree. There was a profuse display of flags and floral decorations throughout the route, and on arriving at the Grange his Royal Highness was re ceived with a Royal salute by a guard of honour composed of 100 members of the 42d Lancashire Volunteers. Yesterday morning the Prince, accompanied by his suite and Mr. Graves, was driven from Waver tree Grange to Liverpool, for the purpose of receiv ing an address from the Corporation. The presen tation took place in the reception-room in the Town-hall, where the members of the Corporation and a large number of ladies and gentlemen were as sembled in honour of the occasion. After a few introductory words by the Mayor, tho Town Clerk (Mr. Joseph Rayner) read the following address : "TO HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH, S.G. K.T., &C. " May it please your Royal Highness,—We, the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of Liverpool, beg to offer to your Royal Highness a most cordial welcome on the occasion of your second visit to our ancient and.loyal borough. " We gladly avail ourselves of the opportunity to congra tulate your Royal Highness upon having devoted yourself to the active duties of a branch of her Majesty's service in timately connected with those maritime interests upen which the welfare of this community depends. Your presence this day at tha annual distribution of prizes on board the school frigate Conway will add the great weight of your personal example to the efforts of those who are labouring to train the youths therein admitted for the honourable profession for which they aro destined, while to those latter it will be afresh stimulus to exert themselves in upholding the credit of an institution which has already in a special manner received the sanction and approval of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. We beg to express our grateful acknowledgment of the consideration shown by your Royal Highness in consenting to lay the founda tion stone of the proposed new infirmary for the benefit of the children of the poor of this town, and to assure you that we shall ever retain a lively recollectio n of y our readiness to promote the success of one of our most useful and in teresting charities. " We regard this second visit of your Royal Highness to our borough as an indication that the interest at all times manifested by Her Most Gracious Majesty in the welfare of her people is shared by your Royal Highness, and we beg to assure you that this consideration will not fail to strengthen those feelings of loyal attachment which are entertained by all classes of our townsmen towards Her Majesty's throne and family. "Given under the Corporate Common Seal of the Borough of Liverpool, on the 21st day of June, in the year of our Lord 1866." His ROYAL HIGHNESS replied as follows :—Mr. Mayor and Gentlemen,—l return you my most sin cere thanks for the address which you have presented to me, as well as for the cordial welcome you have given to me upon this my second visit to your im portant and loyal borough. lam also glad to have this opportunity of visiting the school frigate Con way for the purpose of distributing the prizes to the successful competitors ; and if my presence can tend in any way to encourage those who labour to train, as well as those who are taught, my visit will not have been in vain, more especially as the school is under the sanction and approval of our gacious Queen. I shall also have much pleasure in assisting to lay the foundation stone of the infirmory for the benefit of the poor of this great town, as I know no more useful charity than that of attending to and endeavouring to relieve the necessities of the suffering poor in sickness and distress. It will be my pleasing duty to convey to the Queen the expressions of loyalty to the Throne and attachment to her per son and family conveyed in your address, which you state are shared by all classes of her subjects in this grand, thriving, and most; important town. This ceremony concluded, his Royal Highness next proceeded to the Prince's Landing -stage for the purpose of proceeding to the school frigate Con way to distribute the prizes to the successful pupils. He was received by a guard of honour from the Royal Naval Reserve, and with loud cheers by an immense concourse of spectators. Unfortunately the weather was, as usual on such occasions, wet. His Royal Highness and a select party embarked on board the Woodside saloon steamer. At 10 o'clock one of the Rock Ferry saloon steamers left for the Conway, and was crowded with visitors. The Conway was beautifully decorated, the whole of the upper deck having been roofed in with gaily-coloured flags. There were also numer ous trophies. On each side of the platform ter raced seats had been raised for the accommodation of the lady visitors, and here the beauty and fashion of Liverpool certainly presented a very brilliant ap pearance. The space immediately in front of the platform was reserved for the pupils, and the re- mainder of the deck space to the general visitors. Shortly after 11 o'clock a Royal salute from Her Majesty's ship Donegal announced the approach of the Royal party. As his Royal Highness stepped on board the Con way the band struck up " See the Conquering Hero conies," and the " Sailor Prince" was received by the boys with a ringing cheer. His Royal High ness was accompanied by his suite and a numerous party. The xr—A.You of Liverpool (Mr. John Farnworth) presided, lie said that many " shipowners of th e p ort, he hadyh ago, like other heard with regret the imputations. Cast u w imputation which had be en n the mercan tile marine of this c ountry, as he feared, glad in many respects, with very great reason. He to say that of late years this country had witnessed a very great improvement. He deemed this institution to be of the utmost importance in continuing and perpe tuating this improvement. Unless the pupils preserved a character without reproach they would find all their skill without avail. He was glad, therefore, to see that an important prized for good conduct was annually awarded. (Cheers.) The SECRETARY (Mr. Charles Aspinall) then read a report from Mr. H. W. Jeans, F.R.A.S., Exa mining Mathematical Master at the Royal Naval College. This repo r t s t a t e d th a t h e h a d ex amined the cadets of the Conway. The questions put to the boys were similar to those given to the sub lieutenants and second masters of the Royal Naval Colleg e . T h i s was it was severe ordeal for suc h youth ful students, and was therefore w ith par ti cu l ar pleasure that h e was able to say that they had passed a most favourable fmexamination, and had obt a i ne d an unusual number i arks. A seco n d re p or t f rom Mr. Norman Macleod Practical Local Marine Bcard, who had Examiner to the wasm ostexamined the boys in practical seamanship, avourable. He bore particular testimony t o the ability of th e com wander, Capt. Mauls. His Royal Highness then proceeded to distribute the prizes. Wm. Prettyman received the 4 4,, n „ prize for exemplary conduct, and H . S. F. xib L i 8 e et ship, and the tt the Duke of Somerset's nomination to a naval easi Queen's second prize, a binocular gl ass and £35. A large number of prizes for proficiency in nautical and general education were also awarded. , The recipients were welcomed with much applause. Mr. S. R. GREASES, M.P., then moved a vote of thanks to his Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh for his great kindness in delivering the prizes on this occasion. There w as no one who could reflect more honour upon this institution than their royal guest, who was known in both the naval and mercantile services as the " Sailor Prince." (Cheers.) He was sure there was nothing in the brilliant career - _ which awaited him that would have a more favour- able or lasting place in • his remembrance than the proceedings of that day. (Cheers.) Mr. JAMES BEAZLEY, chairman of the School Committee, seconded the motion, which was carried with ringing cheers, the audienc3 rising en masse. His ROYAL HIGHNESS, in respon ling, said—lf, as Mr. Greaves has said, and as Mr. Beazley has re peated, it has caused you any gratification for me to come here to-day, I can only tell you that it has given me thelliveliest pleasure to take a part on this occasion. (Cheers.) It must be a great satisfac tion to all who take so great an interest, and have rendered so much support, to this institution to see how the seed sown has yielded such an ample har vest. (Cheers.) The benefits of this school are evident in the improvement which may be seen throughout the mercantile marine of this port, and through it the whole merchant service of this coun try, for where is there a port into which the ships of Liverpool do not go ? I can only repeat that I congratulate the members of the committee and the school in general upon the success of their institu tion, and assure them that I shall never cease to take the liveliest interest in the institution. (Loud applause.) Addresses were also delivered by Mr. LAIRD, M.P., who proposed a vote of thanks to the Lords of the Admiralty for their special and continued in terest in the institution, and Captain WARD, chair man of the Merzantile Marine Service Association, who seconded the motion. Admiral Sir F. GRAY responded. Addresses were also delivered by the Duke of SUTHERLAND, the Earl of CAITHNESS, and Earl HARDWICKE, who addressed hithself specially to the boys. Admiral DACRES said that if the boys would maintain positions either in the Royal or the mer cantile navy, they must do so by dint of undeviat ing truth and a never-flinching sense of duty. With that they would get independence, without which they could never have self-respect or happiness. Mr. J. A. ToBIN proposed a vote of thanks to the donors of prizes, and a vote of thanks to the Mayor concluded the proceedings. With a parting cheer from the boys, the Prince and party then left for her Majesty's ship Done gal, to lunch with Captain Paynter, who, in proposing " The Health of the Duke of Edinburgh," said he was an honour to their noble service. He had fairly won his way to his present rank of post captain, and had passed honestly and by hard work niost creditable examinations. He was not only a thorough sailor and officer, but one of the best edu cated in the service. The Admiralty had, in his opinion, acted most judiciously in making the Duke a post captain, passing over the grade of comman der, as it enabled their Royal guest to act three years as lieutenant, and thus thoroughly learn all the various duties of a naval officer. He, therefore, called upon the company to give the Duke three cheers as one of the Royal family, and three extra cheers as a post captain in the Royal navy. The toast was drunk with three times three. The DUKE thanked them for their double cheers most sincerely, especially for those given to him as a post captain. He especially also congratulated himself that he had been enabled to pass through every grade of the noble service and to win his way up as any other officer would. (Cheers.) So long as he was connected with the navy he trusted that he would always serve with credit to himself and credit to his country. (Cheers.) On leaving the Donegal the yards were manned, and a royal salute was fired from the Donegal and from the Royal Cunard steamer Cuba. The Royal party, accompanied by the members of the Mersey Board, then proceeded to the Birken head northern entrances, passing through the Hun dred-feet lock to a floating stage in the middle of the intermediate dock, where the Prince formally opened the dock and the northern entrances by breaking a bottle of wine. The ceremony was wit- nessed by an immense concourse on the surrounding quays. Having received an address from the chair man of the Board, His Royal IliGnxEss replied as follows :—lt has afforded me the greatest satisfaction to be present here to-clay for the purpose of opening this impor tant portion of the works of the Mersey Docks and harbour Board, and I sincerely hope that your an ticipations of success will be fully realised. I don't know which most to admire—the stupendous nature of the design or the elaborate and beautiful work, which does such infinite credit to the engineers and artisans who have been employed in constructing it, now so happily accomplished. Under this sur prising energy it is not to be wondered at that the commerce of Liverpool should increase, and that her merchant princes should be enabled to send their ships to all parts of the world. It will be, lam sure, a source of great satisfaction to the Queen to find that you ascribe in a great degree the increase of the commerce of Liverpool to the benign influence of her Majesty's peaceful reign, connecting it at the same time with the personal ini erect which was taken in the prosperity of the town by my revered father. I can only hope to follow his bright ex- ample, and shall always entertain a lively remem brance of the kind reception I have experienced at the hands of all classes of her Majesty's subjects in this magnificent town. His Royal highness then opened the 50ft. gates by pressing on a small lever which brought the hydraulic power into play. The handle of the lever was afterwards presented to him in the form of an elegantly jewelled paper-knife. After passing through the great float the Duke returned to Liverpool, and dined with the Mayor at the Town-hall in the evening. To-day his Royal Highness attends the regatta of the Royal Mersey Yacht Club. Naval and Military Intelligence. The Virago, paddlewheel sloop, 1,059 tons, 220 horse power, having had her hull and decks altered and repaired, was yesterday floated into the large basin from No. 1 dock in Sheerness dockyard, where she will be completed as quickly as possible for commission. The Gladiator, 6, paddlewheel steam frigate, 1,210 tons, 430 horse power, Captain Elphinstone D'O. D'A. Aplin, has arrived at Sheerness, and is undergoing repairs in consequence of a collision she sustained with the coaling hulk in the river Medway, whereby a portion of her starboard paddlebox was carried away. The Ruby, gunboat, 60 horse power, tender to H.M.S. Dauntless, at Hull, has been repaired in Sheerness dockyard, and will shortly be again ready for her station. The Pigeon, gunboat, GO horse power, was yester day taken out of No. 3 dock, in Sheerness dock yard, where she has been fitting for sea, into the large basin. She has been commissioned, and will probably start in a few days. The Lord Warden, 20, screw armour-plated ship, 4,080 tons, recently arrived at Sheerness from Chatham, is lying in the harbour awaiting further orders. It has not yet been decided whether the ship shall be fitted out at Sheerness or taken round to Portsmouth. It was tho ug h t desirable tocaotrn-, Sheerness ie nt but to the tak draughttake her iinto the basin, of water, although her at suifi e it is feared, whe n th e rest of her i? not houg sufficient,h amply fittings have sunk her deeper. The Research, 4, screw armour-plated sloop, 1,253 tons, 200-horse power, Commander R. A. E. Scott, which has recently been undergoing some extensive alterations to her hull, and a few slight re pairs to her machinery, was brought down from Chatham dockyard to Sheerness on Wednesday evening, and yesterday morning was taken to the measured mile off Maplin Sands for the official trial of her machinery. The ship was in charge of Capt. George_ IV P reedy, C. 8., of the Sheerness Steam c ßeserve hatbar a; , . dockyard, IV . W . illiamson . , inspector o . f ma chinerya a_il o a n t , ana Mr Eames, chief engineer, from 7sp9e,eadnodfa9-083 the measuredwere giving an Six runs were in a irorihm k e n ul o mo t a s do p fo e r hour, with a maximum of per minute. 1i17171t the safety revolutionsval valve ef was the engines 24iib., the presaure of steam condensbereosil2b4oite.rsll.ll4,o•6r6ulnsb.,waernde the vacuum in the likewise made with half average of 7.517 knots boiler power, giving an and u r a engines.s.terTn he ini6s e c . per stopped from the time of. movi n 7sec., started ahead in ssec.,the telegraph in THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 22, 1866. The draught of water forward is 12ft. 4in., aft 15ft. sin. The vessel is fitted with a Griffiths propeller, the diameter of which is 12ft., the pitch 16ft., length 2ft. nin., and the immersion of the upper edge 2ft. tin. The force of wind was Ito 2, and the direction S.W. The ship was fully rigged and ready for sea. The engines worked well throughout the trial, but the boilers slightly primed. Frederick Boston, a gunner belonging to No. 5 battery of the Depot Brigade of Royal Artillery at Sheerness, was on Monday morning drummed out of the ranks. The prisoner had deserted five times, and was continually committing other crimes, until at last his conduct became so bad that he was sen tenced by a court-martial to be turned out of the army and to undergo 84 days' imprisonment in Springfield Gaol. By direction of the Admiralty the dockyard and naval establishments at Chatham are to be closed at noon on Saturday, the 30th inst., to enable the members of the Volunteer corps to attend the re view which takes place on that day. A subsequent order, by telegram, states that a day's holiday may be granted on the occasion should the dockyard hands consent to work up previously the additional time thus allowed. lar payment in future of the subsidy due from his province, with a proportion each month of the re maining debt, until arrears be paid off. After some discussion the meeting was adjourned to the 6th of July. STATE OF TRADE. BRADFORD, 21st.—The outbreak of hostilities in Germany and the non-reduction in the Bank rate of discount have tended to deepen the gloom which existed in this quiet market. Wool in the country is receding in price, and, with the entire absence of business here, a continuance of this drooping ten dency is inevitable. There was no change in either worsted yarns or pieces. Several rather serious local failures during the last few days tended to add to the prevailing depression. Machinery is being stopped in all directions, and the working of short time also is being generally adopted. Prices are ir regular and drooping. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TIMES.—It is now known that her Majesty will not return to Windsor Castle till Tuesday morning. Ministers will, therefore not be able to tell Parlia ment on Monday evening much more than it knows already, and the expected explanations will have to wait until Tuesday evening. The public will be a little disappointed ; but the public is rather apt to consider what is convenient to itself, and it thought —we must admit not altogether unreasonably—that an entire week was sufficientfor a Government which had accepted a defeat to come to all the requisite de cisions, and prepare all the proper explanations. If, as is verynatural, her Majesty has the greatest dis like to change her Ministers, she will probably desire a personal interview with them. If, too, their deci sion in this case is not so unqualified as to leave no opening for other alternatives, it is evident that the real communications between the Crown and its advisers will only begin on Tuesday, and may be protracted several days. This is rather a slow pace for the affairs of a great nation to travel at. Indeed, half the time that has elapsed since the division of Monday night has proved enough for the absorption of several continental monarchies. But we must not quarrel with a delay which gives men breathing time, and must have been advantageous to the health of our over-worked and over-strained chiefs. The delay has answered another purpose not so useful or important. It has given- time for the exercise of that political invention which deals, not with constitutions or constituencies, but with possible Cabinets. First one combination, then another, has enjoyed a temporary acceptance. It is extensively believed that the Queen has given her Ministers the option of a dissolution, and, as it is also supposed the idea could not originate with her Majesty, it has been added that the two leaders had desired this last resort, and had pressed it rather warmly on their unwilling colleaguep. As it is well known that the majority of the Cabinet did not want a Reform Bill this session at all, it was surmised that they thought it hard to punish Parliament for what they thought no crime. All this was consen taneous and probable, but on that account as likely to be invented as to be actually true. When, how ever, we are assured that her Majesty wished her Ministers to remain in her service, and was ready to dissolve Parliament if they should desire it, we only recognise that her Majesty leaves everything to her Ministers, and that in so doing she acts both constitutionally and wisely. They have taken upon themselves a considerable responsibility, and are entitled to the widest scope of action in carrying it out. A dissolution, then, is possible, but we should think most improbable, because most evidently unwise. It really would produce nothing more than one of those theatrical operations in which 20 men are marched out at one side of the stage to reappear at the other, for there could be no change in the elections worth the outrage to public feeling and the inconvenience to public business. Then come three alternatives—a Conservative Cabi net, a reconstruction of the present, and an entirely new Cabinet, rather in the nature of a Coalition. We must leave the Conservatives to anticipate their own Cabinet. They have old and proved hands who have shown themselves equal to any political or official labours. They have younger men of great promise, and would find no difficulty about most of the offices. Whether Mr. Disraeli —in the Lords, some people say—would be as good a Foreign Se cretary as Lord Clarendon is a matter of opinion, which we need not enter on just now. The difficulty would be in the rank and file, not the officers, and we think it more than probable that a dexterous motion for Parliamentary Reform would lead to the rein statement of the Whigs next February. We are sorry to think that it should be so, because we don't see what the Reformers are likely to get by such a motion, except a return to office. So much for the alternative of a Conservative Cabinet. Perhaps a Reconstruction is the favourite idea; and if Lord Russell and Mr. Gladstone would either retire or condscend to a lower position in the Cabinet, that would wonderfully simplify matters. As for the other scheme, of an entirely new Cabinet, it is one that will have to speak for itself when the names are given. If a neutral Premier can be found—such as Lord Stanley, for example—with the temper, the abilities, and the personal following for the office, no doubt there are men of high mark ready to serve under him, who would not and could not serve under either Lord Russell or Lord Derby. Such are the questions we find ourselves discussing for want of better, as we enter the last week in June. It will be July before Par liament will sit down to business again. We are al ready entering the period in which officials count the days necessary to the progress of the bills that must be carried. Never has there been such a wanton de struction of public time. That destruction, and its miserable result, were anticipated from the first. We foretell their recurrence whenever Reform is taken up simply to strengthen the hands of a Govern ment, and not from the sense of an overwhelming necessity. IVe often hear prophecies intended to re buke our self-satisfaction, or our want of forethought. " The day will come," we are told—a day of anxiety, disaffection, distress, and the like—when England finds herself involved in some wide-spread revolu tionary epidemic, and when we shall exclaim, " 0 that we had reformed our Parliament when all was quiet, and when we could do it leisurely, gracefully, and wisely !" That day may possibly come. What we anticipate is somthing short of it, but yet not quite the present c'mparatively even tenour. There must he some degree of agitation and pressure from without to induce and carry a Reform. There are many things to be done in heat that are impossible in cold blood. You may take a leap, you may scale a wall, you may force yourself through a fence, you may raise a weight, or overthrow an obstacle, when the blood is up, that you cannot do at another time. Soldiers have marched up sandbanks, or scaled breaches, burdened with heavy arms and accoutre ments, in the face of a foe, which they could with dif ficulty ascend the day after the battle or the assault. But whose blood is up now, except Mr. Gladstone's, and his is not a pure Reform fever? The nation was never so cool about anything, and it will not rise. We will not answer the argument that the nation would on this account do the thing more wisely. It will not do the thing at all. It will not put a particle of pressure on its representatives, and till it does Parliament will no more carry Reform than a loco motiVe will drag a train at express speed before steam has been got up. POST.-It is in consequence in no small degree of their own over-astuteness in attempting to inani pulate the House of Commons that the Ministry now find themselves in face of a situation than which a more difficult could hardly have been contrived for them by their worst enemies. When they adopted the remarkable scheme of getting through the first instalment of their Reform Bill by suppressing the second instalment, and so avoiding for the time the objections which they knew well would operate against it, it seems wonderful that it should not have occurred to them that when the second instal ment should be brought forward the objections would be stronger and the objectors more bitter in their opposition from the knowledge that they had been unfairly used in the former stage of the mea sure. It is, of course, open to a Ministry, if it so pleases, to treat the House o f C ommons as an enemy, and to take all the tactical advantages which seem to be open—though it would seem that when a Ministry counting a majority of some seventy or eighty does so treat it there must be something very doubtful in its conduct or its measures, or both ; but at any rate the house does not like to be so dealt with, and the reaction which follows the recognition of the fact that it has been outflanked or surprised is perfectly intelligible and defensible. We have reason to know that there were eight members among those who voted in the majority on Monday night who were considered as certain supporters of the Government, and who, up to the very last mo ment, were counted by the Ministerial whips as being on their side, and the result was consequently as as tounding to the Treasury bench as it was unex pected ; and these eight, the number which just suf ficed to turn the balance, represent the reaction all'ided to, and may, it is to be hoped, avail at any rate to: teach the lesson that, in a Consti tution like ours, the essence of which is that there should be an open and clear confidence between the Ministry and Parliament, it is safer to lay frankly , before the house the whole of any scheme to which it is asked to give its assent, rather than to attempt to out-inaneeuvre it, and to steal a preliminary success by devices which, in the end, can but lead to total failure. The Ministry were, it is understood, from the first agreed that the vote could not be accepted—indeed the very ex plicit, perhaps too explicit, declarations of Mr. Glad stone, which were intended to serve a different end, precluded all possibility of accepting it ; and, hav ing before their eyes the tempting fact that the Opposition were in a minority, the Ministry would probably—had the Sovereign been more accessible than she was --at once have placed their resigna tion unconditionally in her hands, and have trusted to the balance of chances and votes which seemed so much in their favour for an early opportunity of a return to power. But in the time that special mes sengers take to go to and return from Balmoral many plans for renewing their lease of power, or, at any rate, for postponing its termination, may, and probably have, presented themselves which were not at first sight apparent. When it was but a choice of evils it became a question whether the greatest possible of all evils, known as resignation, could not be avoided by any other course, and the question naturally arose—the rather that it was assumed tobe certain that her Majesty would be averse at such a conjuncture from a change of Mi nistry, and more especially of the Foreign Minis ter.—whether dissolution were not capable of being so worked as to be a lesser evil. Against such a step there are always grave obiections, and never were they greater than at this time, or at tended with greater risks. The expense to the country is enormous—the disorganisation of the poli tical and social system most serious. But the chief objection on the present occasion must have been felt to lie in the fact that it is all but certain— indeed it is universally admitted—that it would leave the Government worse off than they were be fore. On the other hand, time would be gained, and the events which succeed each other so rapidly on the Continent would, of course, avail to strengthen any Government which might be in pos session of the reins of power. Perhaps a Reform agitation might be got up too, and the nation be persuaded that the Ministry was standing up in de fence of " the inalienable rights" of the governed. Altogether it has come to be thought—thanks to the interval which fortuitous circumstances have provided—that it might not be absolutely necessary to resign without trying another fall after all, and there is good reason to believe that the fall will be tried, and that the Government will elect to take the extraordinary measure of dissolving P ar li amen t in which they are supposed to have a majority of seventy or eighty, and that in consequence of their having been defeated by their own followers. The dissolution, if it be finally decided to trust to so hazardous an experiment, would not probably take place until the natural end of the session, since there still remains a large amount of business which must be got through. If it takes place it will have this at least to recommend it, that it will probably dis pose for ever of the theory that there is any wide spread demand for Reform in the country, or any intense affection for the Government bill. But it is difficult, if not impossible, to find any justification under the circumstances for a dissolution—unless, indeed, it is to be laid down that every Government which sustains a defeat shall dissolve ;—and so much ill fortune has attended the former tactical move ments of the Ministry that they will, we imagine, do well to reflect before they commit themselves finally to a course which will save them but for a short time, and will probably do such permanent damage to the Liberal party as it will not soon or easily recover. Railway and Other Companies. GREAT WESTERN. The adjourned Wharneliffe meeting of this corn pany was held yesterday at the Paddington Sta, tion ; Mr. D. Gooch in the chair. Mr. F. G. Saunders, the secretary, having read the notice of adjournment, The CHAIRMAN said the first bill he had to sub mit was for making a railway from the South Wales Railway near Swansea to Clydach. The powers were permissive for making traffic arrangements with the Great Western Railway. Mr. WANKLYN seconded the motion, approving the bill, which was agreed to. The next was a bill to incorporate a company for making a railway from the South Wales Railway, near St. Clear's Station to Langharne, in the county of Carmarthen. The bill authorised working ar rangements with the Great Western Company, and it was approved. On the motion of the chairman, a bill to confirm an agreement for the transfer of the Wycombe Railway to the Great Western Company was ap proved. The object was to get rid of the expense of keeping separate accounts, and to make some slight modification in the original agreement. The meeting was then adjourned to Monday, the 25th inst. to consider other bills on the company's list. SOUTH-EASTERN. The adjourned Wharncliffe meeting of this com pany was held yesterday at the Bridge-house Hotel to receive the result of the poll on the question of approving a bill for makinga railway from Becken ham to Lewes and Brighton ; Mr. :Norton in the chair. The report of the scrutineers, Mr. Champney and Mr. G. Smith, stated that there were in favour of the motion for approving the bill 56 proprietors present in person representing £202,420 stock, and 1,163 proprietors by proxy representing £2,287,030 stock, making together 1,219 proprietors, repre senting £2,489,450 ordinary stock in the company. There were against the approval of the bill 18 pro prietors present in person representing £21,040 stock, and 344 proprietors by proxy representing £431,510 stock, together 362 proprietors represent ing £452,550 ordinary stock, showing that more than three-fourths of the capital represented at the meeting were recorded in favour of the bill, and that the standing order of the House of Lords had thus been duly complied with. The CILURMAN declared that the motion approv. ing:the bill was carried, and the proceedings ter• minated. RAILWAY BILLS. In Lord Redesdale's committee, House of Lords, yesterday, the following bills were passed :—The Whitby,:Redear, and Middlesborough Union, the Thetford.and Watton, the East Glocestershire, the Kingsbridgc, the Uxbridge and Rickmansworth, the Wivenhoe and lirightlingsea, the Liverpool Central Station, and the East and West Junction (Capital). In the Painted Chamber, the London and North- Western and Whitehaven Bill was heard and ad journed. In Room C, the Wrexham, Mold, and Connah's Quay and Iloylake Bill was rejected. The Hoy lake Bill was passed. The following bills were heard and adjourned : The Edgware, Highgate, and London, the Midland (Settle to Carlisle), and the Caledonian (Greenock and Gourock extensions). In group 17, House of Commons, the Rhymney Bill was heard and adjourned. In group 18 the preamble of the Forth and Clyde Junction and Caledonian Bill was not proved. The Forth and Clyde Junction and North British Railway was withdrawn. In group 20 the preamble of the North British and Bridge of Allan Bill was not proved. In group 16 the preamble of the Carmarthen and Cardigan Bill was proved. RAILWAY BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION. The half-yearly general meeting of the members was held at the offices, King's-cross, yesterday—Mr. H. Oakley in the chair. Mr. W. F. Mills read the report, which stated they had been able to invest £l,lOO since the last half-yearly meeting, thereby increasing the fund to £12,000. The subscriptions from benefit members bad considerably increased, and on New Year's-day amounted to £2OO more than last year. The sum contributed at the anni versary dinner was £B9O. There were five appli cants for admission, four children and one widow, all of whom could be provided for out of the pre sent funds. The report also proposed to make a slight addition to rule 50, which would enable the board to grant temporary assistance to orphans under the age of 16 years. The balance-sheet showed a total of £13,980, while the disbursements amounted to £561, leaving a balance of £13,877, less outstanding accounts, £458. The chairman, in moving the adoption of the report, said the progress the society had made was really wonderful. In 1864 the amount received from all sources was £2,400 ; in 1865, £2,500 ; and in 1866, £3,500. There were only four applicants on the list, all of whom could.be provided for, and he hoped that the funds would in future so increase that all who needed it might receive relief. Relief was only granted from funds arising from the interest from their accumulated capital, and the more that was increased. the better it would be for them. There had been two funds established, called the "servants" and the " casualty" funds ;:these had been eminently successful, and with respect to the railway servants' fund it would have been more so had some other railways aided the society by subscriptions. He concluded by moving the adoption of the report, which was carried unanimously ; and the officers for the year ensuing having been chosen, the meet ing proceeded to the election of candidates for ad mission, and, the decision having been announced, the proceedings terminated with thanks to the chairman. I3AHIA STEAM NAVIGATION. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held on Wednesday, at the office, Bishoprgate-street; Mr. Allen in the chair. Mr. Wilson, the secretary, read the report, which stated that the directors had purchased a ship for £12,600, and had despatched her to Bahia, to ac commodate the increasing trade of the company. The balance to credit of the half-year ending the 31st of December last amounted to £7,360, being an iucrease of nearly £2,000 over the corresponding period of 1864. The directors proposed to pay the dividend declared in November last at the very ear liest opportunity, but they recommended that the insurance fund be further enlarged before any other dividend be declared. For the last half-year it was not proposed to declare a dividend. The debt ow ingcenhaveoinng paid in cash on account £675,. t y h e G d i o n i v n r is n m h e e d n , t o t h f e S e G r g p v e e r n h m a d e b t in addition to whi c h s i d r b a y b to the compa n y they had made an absolute g rant of some valuable property, consisting of a large warehouse and.premises estimated at £9OO. The president had also assured to the company the regu- THE PRUSSIAN ARMY, (From the Times' Military Correspondent) GORLITZ, June 18. This little town, where the Prince Frederick Charles, who commands the Prussian army in the field, has fixed his head-quarters, is situated plea santly on the side of a hill which rises with a tole rably sharp ascent from the western bank of the river Neisse. The old church tower and the Kaiserstrutz, or ancient gateway of the capital of Upper Lusatia, are to-day looking down upon much the same scene as they must have witnessed during the campaign which was fought in Central Germany 5,5 years ago. Since daybreak this morning an apparently inter minable team of military transport has been winding up the narrow street which leads from the bridge over the Neisse, and passing between the arcades which here form the front ground floors of the old town houses, has gained the top of the hill only to push forward quickly into Saxon Lusatia. Provi sion columns, ammunition trains, and hospital equi pages have this morning passed through the town. These, with their smart military drivers and well accoutred horses, formed a strong contrast to the rough country waggons which toiled after them as a complement to the transport which a large army in the field always requires. The head-quarters and the head-quarter staff are still here ; nor does any preparation appear to be made for their speedy departure. This war appears likely to rival the battle of the Kings. On the Prussian side the King himself commands in chief, his eldest son is the leader of the army in Silesia, and Prince Frederic Charles is here. The Crown Prince of Saxony is with the army. The Austrian Kaiser is said to be in Bohemia, and in Hanover the Crown Prince is with the troops. With no certainty has it even yet been ascertained where the first real blow will be struck between Aus tria and Prussia. The destruction of the Hanoverian troops and the utter obliteration of the army of Electoral Hesse are considered only as minor in cidents, which will form the prelude to the mighty drama that is to be played out in the centre of the Continent. It is in Silesia, Saxony, or on the west ward prolongation of this frontier line that we must look for the real struggle between the two Great Powers. By the last accounts which have come in from the front the Prussians have firmly established them selves at Bautzen, Lobau, Hernhut, and Zittau in this direction, and on a line reaching from Leipsic to Konigsbruch on the north. Columns are also advancing on Dresden on both banks of the Eibe, and it is said are expected to occupy the capital of Saxony this evening. It was reported a short time ago, in the earlier part of the day, that 8,000 Aus trian troops entered Saxony this morning to sup port the Saxon. There appears to be no founda tion for the rumour, and the number is too small to be of any avail against the large Prussian army which has already entered Saxon territory. The railway from Gorlitz by Lobau to Bautzen and Zittau is repaired so far as to be available for military purposes. Private transport is entirely suspended beyond this place. The outposts are spread over such a wide range of country that incidents may occur at some of the outlying pickets which do not get reported at head quarters for several hours. Up to the present time no skirmish of any kind has been authenti cated. The Saxon army appears to have fallen back without firing a shpt..; the best course they could have adopted, for to provoke an action with inferior numbers would only cause needless bloodshed. In the meantime this little town is the scene of cease less activity ; mounted orderlies constantly bring in news from the advanced posts, but the soldiers and junior officers are young to war and are inclined to give more importance than is necessary to all that comes under their notice, so that all the information which arrives at head-quarters cannot be thoroughly depended upon. In a short time they will all set tle down to their work, and we shall have less ex citement in the army and more thoroughly authen tic information sent in to head-quarters. The Prussians now occupy in strength an arc of about 100 miles in Saxony ; this arc stretches from Leipsic to Zittau, and on it they may be said to o a n b D a s r e e s o d f e operations, i b o n ef s o , rtel these h i r e s c e o l l i u n n e l have firmly establi s h e d t h emselves. From this, as s n s a r are r advancingthey may be already in the capital. This is the evening of the third day since the Prussians entered Saxony, and yet we have no news of an Austrian advance to the aid of the allies of the Kaiser. Has the sudden movement of the Prussian troops taken General Benedek by surprise, or is he meditating a tremen dous blow on some other point? The theatre of war is not confined to the plains of Saxony ; we may have to look for the real struggle in the moun tain passes of Moravia or Bohemia. Marshal Benedek's Address. The following Order of the Day has been pub lished : "Head-quarters, Olmutz. " Soldiers,—We are on the eve of grave and sanguinary events. As in 1859 you are collected in great numbers around our flag. Soldiers, we have now to repair in the eyes of the world the faults of that period ; we have to punish an arrogant and faithless enemy. I have the full and entire conviction that you are aware of and are worthy of this mission. Have also confidence in me, and be as sured that on my part I will exert my best efforts to bring this campaign to a speedy and glorious termination. We are now faced by inimical forces, composed partly of troops of the line and partly of Landwehr. The first comprises young men not accustomed to privations and fatigues, and who have never yet made an important campaign ; the latter is composed of doubtful and ;dissatisfied elements, which, rather than fight against us, would prefer the downfall of their Government. In consequence of a long course of years of peace, the enemy does not possess a single General who has had an opportunity of learning his duties on the field of battle. Veterans of the Mincio and of Palestro, I hope that with tried leaders you will not allow the slightest advantage to such an adversary. On the day of battle the infantry will adopt its lightest campaign accoutrement, and will leave behind their knapsacks and camping material, in order that they may be able to throw themselves with rapidity and promptitude upon the heavily -laden enemy. Each soldier will receive his flask filled' with wine and water, 'and a ration of bread and meat easily to be carried The officers will discontinue the use of their wide scarfs, and all the useless insignia of their ranks, which but renders them too distinguishable in action. Every man, without distinc tion of name or position, shall be promoted whenever he shall distinguish himself on the field of battle. The bands will place themselves in rear of the front of the respective positions, and will play heroic pieces for the warlike dance. The enemy has for some time vaunted the excellence of their firearms, but, soldiers, I do not think that will be of much avail to them. We will give them no time, but we will attack them with the bayonet and with crossed mus kets. When, with God's help, we shall have beaten and compelled to retreat our enemies, we will pursue them without intermission, and you shall find repose upon the enemy's soil and those compensat i ons w hi c h a glorious and victorious array has the right to demand." [ADVERTISEMENT. ] Holloway's Pills.— Indigestion, flatulency, bilious disorders, liver complaints, hoarseness, and general debility are all evils that may be easily and speedily subdued by these inestimable pills, which are at once th e m ild est and most efficacious medicine ever yet discovered. Th ey d o not merely get rid for the time of the particular di sease, b ut exercise so power f u l , b ene ficial, and lasting a n i n fl uence upon the whole system as to pro tect it f rom t h e recurrence of the same affliction. They impart tone t o t h e stomach, restore the appetite, give strength and flesh, an d make the patient feel himself quite a new man. Being composed of vegethble extracts, with out the admixture of any mineral substance whatever, these pills are as safe as th ey are efficacious. Court of Common Councl. . A Court of Common C ounci l was holden yesterday at Guildhall. The Lord Mayor presided. THE TESTIMONIAL TO MR. DE JERSEY. It will be remembered that at the last meeting of the Court a motion was proposed by Mr. Rudkin and agreed to unanimously by the Court, that a piece of plate of the value of 100 guineas should be presented to Mr. De Jersey, the chairman of the Commissioners of Sewers, for his services in connection with that body, and the zeal he had always exhibited for the general interest of the Corporation. Mr. DE JERSEY now took occasion to advert to the mo tion in question, and said he begged to express his best thanks for the compliment that had been paid to him, but said at the same time, that if he had been aware of the in tention of Mr. Rudkin to make such a proposition he should have asked him not to do so. When he remembered the important services that had been rendered by members of that Court who are now no longer among them, and the zealous and able manner in which a great number of the present members performed their duties, he must confess that he felt abashed at being sought out for the reception of such a compliment. He could assure the Court, however, that he felt deeply grateful for the honour they had done him and begged to thank them most sincerely. A motion by Mr. Burke was then discussed for some time with closed doors, after which the public were re-admitted. TIU ACCIDENT IN GTJILDITALL. It will be remembered that upon the occasion of the pre parations for the reception of the Duke of Edinburgh at the Guildhall several of the workmen were accidentally injured by the falling of a portion of the scaffolding. Mr. SAUNDERS now moved that the Court should grant a sum of £lOO to be divided among the persons who were in jured, as a mark of their sympathy for theinjury they had sustained. The motion was agreed to unanimously. INSURANCE OF CORPORATION PROPERTY. Mr. SAUNDERS, the chairman of the City Lands Commit tee, brought up a report recommending that Guildh6.ll and the offices and buildings connected therewith, the Mansion house, the Sessions-house, the City-mews, and Rogers's Almshouses, should be insured for the sum of £200,000. The report was agreed to. The Chairman of the Coal, Corn, and Finance Committee (Mr.W. Brass) also brought up a report recommending that the sum of £lO,OOO for converting the two hotels of the Metropolitan Cattle-market into improved dwellings for the labouring poor be provided out of the City cash. This report was agreed to. PUBLIC CLOCKS IN THE CITY. Mr. T. LINTOTT, the chairman of the General Purposes Committee, brought up a report on the reference of the 16th of November last, to consider the petition of the British Horological Institute for the Court to take means for sup plying the citizens with several public clocks,having hour, minute, and seconds hands, kept in electric communication with the.standard at Greenwich, and stating their opinion that no sufficient reasons exist to justify the committee in recommending that the prayer of the petition be complied with. ECCLESIASTICAL BENEFICES IN THE CITY. Mr. LINTOTT also brought up a report from the same committee in relation to the vacant benefice of St. Peter upon Cornhill, and recommending that the sum of £3OO be paid annually out of the increased value of that benefice to the perpetual curacy of St. James's, Duke's-place, in lieu of the present stipend of £l5O per annum paid to the incum bent of that curacy by the Corporation. Mr. Lintott entered at some length into the matters connected with the recom mendation of the committee, which have been frequently brought under observation in this court, and he said that the decision had met with the approval of the Bishop of London, and if it was sanctioned by this court he had no doubt it would also meet with the sanction of the Ecclesi astical Commissioners. A somewhat lengthened debate took place on the propo sition that the report be agreed to ; and Mr. DE JERSEY expressed his opinion that the subject was one of too much importance to be discussed offhand, and he observed that the report had only been agreed to on the previous day. He, therefore, moved that it should be printed and circulated among the members, and that the further consideration of the subject be adjourned. Deputy BURNELL supported the motion, and he argued that it would prove a satisfactory arrangement, at all events, for the present. Mr. BEDFORD said he should be glad if the chairman of the committee would inform them whether the Bishop of London was aware that the effect of the proposed arrange ment would be that the corporation would save the .£l5O a-year which was at present paid out of the Corporation funds. Mr. LINTOTT said he was aware of this fact. After some further discussion the motion was agreed to, PROPOSED IMPROVEMENT RATE IN THE CITY. Mr. FINLAY presented a petition from the churchwar dens, overseers, and guardians of the City of London Union, praying that the court may not press the levying of the proposed improvement rate u n til i t i s ascertained that the heresources at hand are insufficient for the purposes required. Mr. RICHARDSON supported the petition, and expressed his opinion that the citizens of London were already taxed quite enough, and if they spoke out, neither this court nor the Legislature would consent to cast the additional bur den of an improvement rate upon them. (Hear, hear.) The petition was then referred to the Local Taxation Committee. THE TRAFFIC IN THE CITY. Alderman STONE brought up a report from the Police Committee having reference to the bill that had been intro duced into Parliament by the Corporation for regulating the traffic of the city of London. He reminded the Court that upon tho report of the select committee to whom the mat ter had been referred, that it would be better that some general measure should be introduced into Parliament that would apply to the whole of the metropolis, the Corpora tion were not allowed to proceed with their bill. Sir G. Grey had expressed his intention to introduce such a mea sure as the one referred to, and he believed that he would have done so before this but for the present position of affairs in Parliament, and circumstances with which the Court was well acquainted. What was proposed at pre sent was that the committee should be empowered to watch the progress of such a measure if it should be introduced by the Government in the present session, and this was all that could now be done. (Hear, hear.) Mr. MGEoma said it appeared to him that the city of London had nothing to do with any measures that might be proposed for regulating the traffic in the outskirts of the metropolis, and he thought that at all events it was well that it should be known that the Corporation had done all that was in its power to facilitate the traffic of the City. (Hear, hear.) The report was then agreed to. DANGEROUS DOGS. Mr. HEWITT wished to know whether the chairman of the police committee could inform him if the magistrates of the City had taken any steps to prevent the danger that was likely to arise from the number of dogs that were constantly prowling about the City, apparently without any owners. Such animals might be seen coiled up in the recesses of London-bridge and various other places ; and when it was recollected that the slightest bite from one of those wretched curs might be the means of producing a death of the most horrible description, he considered it of very great importance to the public to know whether any steps were being taken by the magistrates or the police of the City to prevent such animals being about the streets. Alderman STONE said the subject Wat 3 under considera tion, and he hoped that something would shortly be done in the matter. (Hear, hear.) The Court shortly afterwards adjourned. The quotation of gold at Paris is about at par, and the short exchange on London is 25.15 per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3 iojd. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is about 1-10th per cent. dearer in kiwis than in Loudon. The Hon. Neil Dow on the Maine Law. On Monday evening a crowded meeting was held at Manchester, to welcome the Hon. Neal IDow on his second visit to this country. The chair was taken by Mr. Alderman Barlow, of Bolton. Mr. RAPER said as many temperance societies desired to present addresses to Mr. Dow, between fifty and sixty such addresses had been prepared, and were on the platform. But as it was impos sible to read so many, it was intended to read seven or eight, and take the remainder as read. The ad dresses were accordingly presented. In acknowledging them Mr. Dow said he was highly flattered by the reception given to him, and he sincerely thanked the donors of the addresses. When he was last in that room nine years ago, and was speaking of the slavery of intemperance, some one cried, " What about the slavery in America ? " He replied that he was then returning home, and would not rest until the blot was removed. It had been removed. (Hear, hear.) . He now came back to England, and saw indications of a slavery as de ' grading as that which caused so many of his coun trymen to blush. Ministers and members of churches south of the Potomac used to contend that slavery was a blessing to the people. In England he supposed everybody would admit that slavery to the dramshop was an unmitigated curse. The gen tlemen around him on the platform did not ask pity for the drunkard; but they asked the people to de mand from Parliament emancipation from the tre mendous curse of the traffic in intoxicating drinks. The question was now agitating all classes. It had entered even the palace on the banks of the Thames —(hear, hear)—and men were beginning to see that they had a personal interest in the question, and to ask what was that interest. When the people saw that prohibition was their interest, they would make a demand which Parliament could not resist. (Ap plause.) In the speech of the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the Budget he stated that the revenue derived from the duties on malt, spirits, and foreign spirits amounted last year to £20,365,000. Very significantly Mr. Gladstone added that that was an increase on the previous year's receipts, and if they were to regard an increase as satisfactory, then it was satisfactory. (" Hear, hear," and laughter.) It would seem that since he flooded the country with light wines, Mr. Gladstone had begun to doubt whether an increase of the drinking habits of the people was a benefit to them. (Hear, hear.) A prominent member of Parliament not long since stated, in a speech in favour of repealing the malt duty, that £75,000,000 a year was the cost to the people of the beer they consumed. It was estimated by temperance men that for every shilling spent in strong drink, at least another shilling was wasted in misspent time and in other ways. If that was true, there was an outlay of £150,000,000 a year . in ex penditure and waste ! (Hear, hear.) Temperance men had the right to demand from the Legislature protection for themselves, their children, and their country from the tremendous results of the liquor traffic. Such men were bound to make out a good case against the grog-shop system, that it produced much more evil than good. Was, then, the waste of £150,000,000 the only evil ? No Pauperism was a more enormous evil in England than in any other country in the world, and nine-tenths of it sprang from the grog-shop. Three-fourths of the crime that filled the gaols had the same source, be sides most of the misery that was found in the slums of the great cities. Put together the cost of all that, and then ask the Legislature what profit from the grog-shop system could be set down on the other side? (Hear, hear.) Recently there was a debate in Parliament upon the law of primogeniture, and the Attorney-General insisted that public policy required that the real estate of a man who died without a will should go to his eldest son. He (Mr. Dow) did not agree with him ; but if public policy did require it, he (Mr. Dow) should go with him. Therefore he hoped that when temperance men went to Parliament and asked for prohibition on the ground of public policy the Attorney-General would be with them. (Hear, hear.) Another gentleman argued in Parliament against the alteration of the present law which forbade a man to marry his de ceased wife's sister, on the ground that public opi nion did not want an alteration. There was no government in the world so sensitive to public opinion as the British ; so when a majority of the people asked Parliament to prohibit the liquor traffic, they would get it. Another debate which was going on just now was on the extension of the franchise. If working men would let drink alone they would soon get the franchise. (Applause.) Mr. Dow con cluded by repeating his statements in a recent speech in reply to the charge that the Maine law is a failure. Mr. C. THOMPSON moved a resolution of welcome to Mr. Dow, which was seconded by the Rev. J. EARNSHAW, and passed with acclamation. The meeting shortly afterwards concluded. COUNTRY MARKETS. RANCHES TER--TitußsDAv. There was a good attendance at this day's market, a nd holders were firm i n requ i r i ng the advance above noted ; but the business done was not extensive. Oats and oat meal sold slowly, and were each in favour of sellers. Bean s, peas, and Indian corn unchanged in value. BRIS TOL-THURSDAY. At our market to-day English wheat was in short sued ply, and sold freely a t an a d vance o f 3 s to 4s per qr., an in some instances even at more. A large trade doing 11 1 foreign at fully 3s more money. Barley in good denial?" at an improvement of 6d per qr. Rather more doing In oats, at fully last week's prices. , No change to notice la Indian corn. BIRMINGHAM—THURSDAY. At to-day's market there was a fair supply o f wheat, for which extravagant pri ces were as k e d, an d a tolerable clear ance was effected at an advance of 3s per and 2s for forei gn . B ar l e y i nqu i re d f or , an d 2s per qr . higher. Oats more in demand, at previous rates. Beam still scarce. Peas dull. qr. on English BURY ST. EDMUND'S—WEDNESDAY. Tho supply of wheat here to-day was short, and the market closed at an advance of 4s. per qr. Barley sold at last week's prices. White wheat, 56s to 60s ; old red, 49s to 51 s; new re d. 44s to 48s , grinding barley, 35s to 38s ; Page's prolific bar ley, 39s to 40s per qr. Averages Wheat, 610 qrs, at 46s 4d ; barley, 72 qrs., at 36s sid ; oats, qrs, at Os Od. EDINBURGH-WEDNESDAY. Wheat on the top, Os 6d up average, 2s Od up• Barley on the top, Os 6d up average, Os 8d UP. Oats on the top, is Od up average, 2s Od up• Beans on the top, is 6d up average, Os 2d up• Total supply and sales. .. Wheat 941 qrs sold 858 Barley BB qrs sold 67 Oats 766 qrs sold 509 Beans llB qrs sold 77 Average prices. Wheat, 52s 2d I Oats, 32s 6d Barley, 3Bs 7d 1 Beans 51 s 6d Town-made flour sells as follows :—White, 41s 6d; ext ril superfine, 40s Od; superfine, 38s 6d; fine, 37s Od. GLASGOW—WEDNESDAY. A considerable business has been done during the wee I at an advance of is to is 6d per boll of wheat and sack ,(?_ flour. This day's market was wall attended, and the tr ade pretty freely both wheat and flour at the above n u ; provement. Barl e y, b eans , an d oa t s th e t urn dearer. Pea s and Indian corn unaltered. Births. CAMPBELL—On the 20th inst., at 1, Prince's-terr a°, Prince's-gate, the Hon. Mrs. H. Campbell, of a son. . 1 . FOIIDE—On the 20th inst., at Wimbledon, Surrey, the Wi ° of Henry C. Forde, Esq., of a daughter. MocArre.—On the 19th inst., at 2, Upper Montague - st reet, Russell-square, Mrs. J. L. Mocatta, of .a son. PIKE —On the 18th inst., at Sheerness, the wife of 0 0 ° - mander J. W. Pike, R.N., of a son. Marriages. RICLIMOND—MAnn.—On the 20th inst., at Alderstone House, Midcalder, near Edinburgh, by the Rev. Walker, Sylvester Richmond, Esq., M.D., Northallerton, Yorkshire, son of Robert Richmo nd ' Esq., barrister-at-law, Hornsey, Middlesex, to A gt - Bru p., Bruce, eldest st daughter James Mar',' rr, M.D., h'l TIDD—SLEE—On the 20th inst., at St. Paul's, Herne-1l ; George Tidd, E sq ., o f F a i r fi e ld, Syd en h a m-grove, 1 -1,,„ e ; Norwood, to Agnes Vale, third daughter of Thos. Esq., of Burton-road, Briton. Deaths. MAR —O n the 19th Inst., at Alloa Park, N. 8., the R i g ht Hon. J. F. Erskine, Earl of Mar and Kellie, Sm. LITTLE On the 15th inst., at Cobourg Cottage, 31illbrook, near Devonport, John Little, Esq., aged 715. 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