The Sun. — London, England, 1866-06-25 00:00:00

Grand Volunteer Review in Hyde Park. One of the assemblages of Volunteer regiments upon a grand scale to which the distinctive title of " Hyde Park Reviews" has been given, to - mark them out from minor gatherings, was held on Saturday afternoon, the number of Volunteers pre sent under arms exceeding 15,000. The weather was brilliant, and though limits of time and space prevented the achievement of anything more ambi tious in the way of evolutions than the formation of line and the march past the Commander-in-Chief, the occasion, as shown by the enormous attendance of the public, excited a great amount of interest. Periodical reviews of such magnitude are not only attractive in themselves as spectacles, but furnish an effectual test of the progress or decline of the movement in particular districts, and they illustrate also the strength of the hold which the Volunteer spirit possesses of the nation. It would not be surprising, though upon the surface there was no thing to indicate the fact, if other considerations than a love, pure and simple, of Volunteering, contributed on Saturday to draw together such masses of the peo ple. Martial ideas and the lust of conquest are once more filling the minds of rulers, and kindling conflict upon the Continent. Among ourselves the Fenians, happily, have not fulfilled their dream of an " Irish Republic virtually established," and the would-be subjects of that mythical State have knocked their heads against hard walls in Canada. But one short week's campaigning in Central Europe has seen two German kingdoms virtually abolished, and the troops of those countries reduced to the status of con tingents serving in the army of Austria. Mingling, therefore, with the satisfaction which Englishmen feel. in the very appearance of the Volunteers, the news arriving from the seat of war afforded addi tional reasons, if any were needed, why the public should turn out in force to honour the representa tive of the British army of reserve. Volunteer reviews have in their nature such a strong resemblance to each other, so many from time to time have been held and been described, that it is difficult to impart much novelty to the theme. Given the fact that so many regiments are to enter the park at a particular hour byspecified approaches, there to execute a number of movements, all care fully laid down and printed beforehand, and one can almost etch out by anticipation a description of the scene. The corps likely to muster in greatest force, the regiments that will probably distinguish themselves by superior marching, the commanding officers who, being special favourites, will obtain the loudest applause ; all these are matters known pretty nearly as well before as after the review, and any depaeture from this imaginary pro gramme will probably be only differences of degree. There is, however, a point from which reviews have not been habitually regarded, and that is from the point of view of the Volunteers themselves. Let us invert the glass ; let us walk with the ranks, or, better still, in the ranks, on their way to the park and sec what information is to be gained. The first thing which strikes a Londoner who steps off the pavement with the design of marching along the centre of the street for miles in the direc tion of the park, is a doubt whether he may not thereby be invalidating his policy of assurance. To cross a main thoroughfare is risk enough; but to pursue your way, with cabs, carts, and carriages on every side, and with similar vehicles rushing out from ambuscades at the corners of all the streets that you pass, looks like a wilful " tempting of Providence." Assuming that you are an inner member of your own " four," and have somebody else between you and danger, your apprehensions are next diverted to the general public, who really do run extraordinary risks. Fascinated by the music, never looking where they are going, but marching straight forward, and gazing into the ranks all the while, hundreds of boys, grown men, and even Women, walk up against the wheels of omnibuses, into the very chests of horses, between the shafts of carts and handles of wheelbarrows, with as little care or consciousness of danger as birds that fly into the fowler's snare. At one or other of the different rendezvous there is time to halt and look about and compare notes as to the merits, in point of accoutre ments, numberS, &c., of rival corps, for it takes some time to form up in the order in which they must enter the park. Once more in motion there is sometimes an advantage, sometimes a painful dis advantage, in proximity to other regiments. If you belong to a numerous corps, and your company stands sixth or eighth on parade, you are of necessity far down the line, and much more in debted to the band of the corps that follows than your own, which very possibly you cannot hear at all. But sometimes it happens that you can hear both, and then either one half of the regiment is marching to the tune of the first band, and the rest keeping step with the band in rear, or else there is a fidgetting uncertainty all down the line. Here and there the regiment encounters on its march some one of its own members kept away by considerations of health, or business, or urgent private affairs—eupho nious, perhaps, for downright laziness--but who finds himself at the critical moment at a point where • he can see and be seen, and of course comes in for his share of friendly reprobation. At the dif ferent entrances to Hyde Park, detachments of police were stationed to keep the approaches clear, and thence to the ground, marked out by a lin% of hurdles as reserved for the review and march past, the way was easy, though the crowds beyond the lines increased at every step. Staff officers waited to point out the ground to be occupied by each regiment. When the first few corps marched in, the enclosure was covered to a large extent by groups of sightseers, transgressors of the appointed limits, but before long, squadrons of the 2d Life Guards pressed them back to their proper boundaries, and kept them there. Then was seen, in its full advantage, the superiority of the position occupied by the Volun teers relatively to the spectators. Not cooped up behind iron railings, free from the reproaches of ice or gu ar d smen, remove d f rom the disagree able vicinity of pickpockets, or still more doubtful proximity to the hoofs of chargers, the Volunteers Were able to enjoy a pleasant breathing time while Colonel Erskine mustered the fresh arrivals. With regard to the accommodation of the public, considerable uncertainty appeared to prevail—in fact, it is doubtful whether th e vexed qu - estion of a year or two ago has yet been actually decided. The War Department, in the first instance, issued tickets to members of either branch of the Legisla • ture entitling them to admission within a particular enclosure. These tickets were afterwards cancelled, and other tickets issued in their stead from the D e _ tiattment of Works. Chairs were provided at a moderate charge ; and that invaluable section of the A division of police which, from long and late hours of duty at the Houses of Parliament, knows the - Peers and Commoners at a glance, was on guard to exclude all not entitled to the entree. These were the only members of the police force within the lines, the crro li ml being kept exclusively by the military. In th e absence of any reserve d sea t s f or th ose o f the general Publi c w h o could afford to pay for them a frail and fungous growth of stands sprang up along the line of hurdles. anythin g thin'' Ladders, barrels, planks, wheel-bary ons, that would carry weight for an hour or two was pressed into the service, and in all cases the one tive. rpm° seemed to b e remunera " The Inspector-General of Volunteers had barely half an hour to, marshal his forces, them properly in a line extending from b e t ween and to place the Marble Arch and the Serp ent i e to a point some 300 yards westward of the Marble-arch, when C omman der-in-Chief arrived an d was received by Lieut.-General Sir Hope Grant, G.c B • and Staff ; Major-General Lord F. Paulet, Brig a di er _ General Renny, Brigadier-General Sir A. Horsford, 1C.C.8.; Col. Erskine, Inspector-General of Volun teers ; Col. Wright, Deputy Metropolitan inspector of Volunteers ; Cols. Manby and Gregory, Volun • teer Engineer Railway Staff, &c. There were :also present the Earl of Cardigan, the Earl of Denbigh, Lieut.-Col. the Hon. J. W. Colville, Lieut.-Col.. ',Sir E. F. CaMpbell, Viscount Sydney, Lord Llanov 3r, and other persons of distinction. The gen er al salute by Volunteers is rarely ever given with tl me same ensemble as by regulars, but in this case .it was steadily done. A 'band selected from ea ch brigade played in turn as the Commander-int. Chief rode past, and after the line of battalions had been inspected throughout its entire length, the Staff crossed to the saluting base at the other side of the park, near the enclosure for the Lords and Commons. The consolidated band of the Royal Artillery, Royal Engineers, Grenadier, Coldstream, and Scots Fusilier Guards took up their position, and the march past then commenced from the right flank, the other brigades following in succession. Those whose only notion of a march past consists in what they have seen, and, it may be, criticised, have little conception of the care necessary to execute with good effect this ap parently simple movement. After a couple of wheels performed" at the double in close forma tion, and an incessant recurrence of momen tary halts, the battaion arrives a little short of the flagstaff. Here the companies open out to wheeling distance and brace themselves for an effort. There are the strongest inducements to cast the eyes around, but the temptation must be resisted with the firmness of St. Anthony, or the character of the regiment is gone from that moment. You know that to the right are the Lords and, for that matter, the ladies, too, for the eye is conscious of a silken haze in that direction ; that to the left is the Duke, with his glittering staff ; that the Guards' sentries are kneeling to allow spectators to see over their heads ; but you know no more. You must go forward glancing neither to the right nor left—with head erect and eye fixed on some object in front —your front rank man's neck if you happen to be in the rear-rank—hands and arms rigid by your side "keeping the touch," and balancing the rifle minutia: upon which everything depends. The moment of extreme tension over, if spectators only knew what a sense of relief, what a testimonial to character their applause conveys,theywould applaud where they think applause deserving even more promptly than they do. The flag-staff passed, no time is lost by the corps in returning to its original position, from which it is then in a position to ob serve how other corps conduct themselves. It was observed with regret that artillery and cavalry, as distinctive services, were unrepresented on Satur day- The members of artillery corps, indeed, were invited to march past with their carbines ; but artillery without their guns are like cavalry without their horses, and naturally they could not be expected to feel their ordinary interest in the occasion. It is to be hoped that measures may be taken before long to repair the omission by holding a special artillery review, which would be not only acceptable as a compliment to the flower of the Volunteer service, but advantageous in a military point of view. The metropolitan corps of greatest note all experienced a cordial re ception, and in the case of Lord Elcho, Lord Grosvenor, Lord Donegal, Lord Ranelagh, Lord Bury, Colonel Lindsay, Colonel 11I'Murdo, Colonel Bigge, and other commanding officers long and fami liarly known there was a personal warmth in the ap plause over and above the tribute of admiration ex tended to their respective followings. The London Irish, a regiment which has made rapid progress in numbers and efficiency, was probably second to none in the cheering that it received. As on a former occasion, however, the honours of the day were due to the country corps, which not only came up in excess of their estimated strength, but were as remarkable for discipline as for numbers. In indi vidual cases, like the " Robin Hoods," or the Berkshire battalion, admittedly among the finest in the country, excellence would not be matter for surprise. But all the country corps attained a very high standard. The Derbyshire and Warwickshire contingents were thoroughly up to the mark ; and the repeated shouts of " Well done, well done !" when the country brigade, 2,500 strong, had all marched past, showed what a deep impression had been made and how necessary it is that town corps should work hard if they wish to keep pace with those in the rural districts. The review began at half-past 5 o'clock, and concluded shortly after 7, the termination being somewhat accelerated by a popular rush from the direction of the Marble Arch, which the military were unable to prevent. The barriers once loosed, the tide of spectators overflowed the enclosure, and then for the first time an adequate conception could be gained of the numbers that must have been pre sent. The different corps left in succession by the same routes as they had entered, and before 8 o'clock all had quitted Hyde-park. The otherwise brilliant success of the day's pro ceedings was marred by one or two incidents of which more will probably be heard hereafter. In the ranks of the West Middlesex a difference had arisen with regard to the propriety of appear ing at the review at all ; and a notice intimat ing that the corps would not appear is attributed to Lord Radstock, as colonel of the regiment—though, according to another version, his lordship had before resigned his command. Whatever the merits of the previous controversy, the unpleasant circumstances themselves were brought into strong relief when two companies of the . West Middlesex appeared upon the ground, and insisted on taking part in the review, contrary to the wishes of some of their own officers. Colonel Loyd-Lindsay fortunately heard of the disturbance in time to act as mediator, and for the moment, at least, to surmount the difficulty. The other incident was of a widely different cha racter. In the park, as has been already stated, Lord Elcho was warmly cheered in his capacity as commander of the second brigade of the first divi sion. But on leaving the enclosure there were manifestations that persons had assembled whose thoughts ran not by any means exclusively upon volunteering. Hisses and cries of " Reform," " What about the working-man ?" &c., were raised at intervals by knots here and there, and though in the majority of instances these cries were drowned by counter applause from the great body of the by standers, they were repeated at intervals till the brigade reached the parade ground at the back of the Horse Guards. Here Lord Elcho's command terminated, and his own regiment, the London Scottish, was dismissed. Of the other battalions which had been included in the brigade the Work ing Men's College Corps and the Inns of Court Rifles marched to the same point, and when the time for breaking off came, Colonel Hughes, on the part of his regiment, led a round of cheers for Lord Elcho, enthusiastically repeated by the luus of Court. Meanwhile, the opposing voices, as it seemed, had drawn together, and Lord Elcho, now alone, was surrounded by a regular mob, of which a large proportion was composed of mere lads, shouting, hooting, groaning, and hemming him in so tightly that though on horseback it was impos sible for him to move. Observing this, Colonel M , Murdo and Colonel Sargent, of the Inns of Volan a t e e d, ers, contrived to place themselves Court at either hand, and with Captain Page, the Adjutant of the London Scottish, and one or two other mounted officers following, an escort was formed which slowly and with difficulty made its way along the out by Marlborough - gate, and so on in the direction of S t. James's Palace, the t th he e cro wd all the time pouring up on Lord Elcho o u t e the mos t u ncomplimentary epith e t s . i n one or two of the club-houses that layu encouragement,tlie r bu t the crowd, members, observing w h at w as going o n , c h eered the ro cavalcade way yto of say, had the advant age of c, i t - numbers. Lord Elcho - having reached his desti nation, dismounted, and walked home. The crowd followed the other horsemen for a short distance, but when they found that Lord Elcho was not with them, they proceeded to the front of his house in St. James's-place. There were fortunately no avail able missiles to pick up, but one stone was thrown, breaking a single square of glass. A superinten dent of police, with a sufficiently large body of con stables, arrived almost at the moment, and no fur ther damage was done. Petroleum seems to be widely extended over the earth, or rather under it. We learn from the Tara naki Herald, a New Zealand journal, that oil had been struck there at GO feet. It is stated that 5,000 gallons were obtained daily, and that £lO,OOO had been offered and refused by the six working men Nyho started the enterprise. The Melbourne Argus also informs us that petro leum had been found on the Coorong, in South Australia. t;1 THE FUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 2a, 1860. THE MINISTERIAL DILEMMA, Ministers have carte blanche from the Queen to remain in office themselves in spite of the late divi sion in the House of Commons, or to dissolve Par liament whenever they please if they should be so minded. There can be no explanation until to morrow evening. Her Majesty, in fact, will only by to-morrow morning have returned from her high land palace in the far north, six hundred miles from the central seat of Government. Until to-morrow, therefore, the House and the country must wait patiently for the Ministerial explanation. Meanwhile the following are among the opinions and announcements put forth among our contem poraries : The Observer says :—lt is intended to give notice on Monday next of a motion of confidence in her Majesty's Ministers, coupled with a declaration that the house will consider in a liberal spirit any Reform Bill which her Majesty's Ministers may bring forward in the next session, with a view to the settlement of that question. Should this motion pass it will rest with her Majesty's Ministers whether they will continue in office or not. Should the Cabinet determine, after communicating with her Majesty, to dissolve Parliament, there will be no . necessity to bring the motion to a vote. The Sunday Gazette says :—There is a great de sire on the part of many members of the Liberal party to bring forward a motion of confidence in the shape of an address to the Queen, expressing approval of the Government on the ground of its financial legislation and foreign policy, praying her Majesty to retain them in the face of the present crisis on the Continent, and asking her to instruct them to prepare a measure of reform for next year. But such a whitewashing would scarcely be accepted by men of spirit. It would not obliterate the broad and ineradicable reverse involved in the rejection of a feature of their principhl measure of the session, which they themselves describe as one of its essential parts. The Times says—What so easy, as that some independent member should challenge the House to declare its wish that things should remain as they are, and that the Government should thus retain office and satisfy their honour? It is said that some independent supporter of the Government will adopt this course—that he will give notice this afternoon of a vote of confidence in her Majesty's Ministers ,which shall at the same time affirm the desire of the House to settle the Reform question. It is hoped that in this way all difficulties will be smoothed over, and the Government will be con firmed in office with a promise that it will approach Reform another year with better knowledge and greater prudence. _ _ _ The Morning Post says—lt would be most anoma lous to appeal to the country in August, and to con duct its business without the intervention of Par- liament till February next. The proceeding could admit but of one construction ; the transaction would be transparent. To carry on the Queen's Government on conditions so abnormal must neces sarily tend to discredit the Executive authority, which is by no means an unimportant consideration. There are things which the nation tolerates at a distance, as it were, but which, if brought promi nently under its notice on the hustings, might be condemned at the poll. The Daily News says—A vote of confidence couched in general terms will not meet the necessi ties of the occasion. What is required is a vote in _ _ favour of a specific enlargement - of the franchise. In this way, and, so far as we can perceive, in this way only, can the house at once preserve to the country the benefits of an Adniinstration which it is anxious to maintain, and perpetuate its own ex istence, otherwise doomed beyond retrieval. The Morning Herald says—Dissolution would be legitimate enough, if, after the failure of the Con servatives to form an Administration, the Govern ment should bring in another unsuccessful Reform Bill. if Lord Russell and Mr. Gladstone find that they are the only possible Ministers, and the House of Commons still refuses to accept their measures, they will have the right to appeal to the country ; but until the ordinary constitutional course has been gone through, until the leaders of the bulk of the members comprising the majority by which they were defeated confess themselves too weak to form a Government, or, having formed one prove them selves too weak to maintain it, dissolution would be most unconstitutional as well as most mischievous. The Daily Telegraph says—Rumour, which is seldom wholly in the wrong, whispers a third possi bility—a course which shall neither disgrace the Ministry by entailing on them the forfeiture of their pledges, nor inflict on the community so shortly after a general election the cost and perturbation of another appeal to the constituencies. If the proposal be made in terms so submissive that the Government can withdraw their ultimatum, the Tories are condemned to silence. For them such a majority would be fatal, since it would express the consternation of Parliament at the result of the recent vote. The Morning Advertiser says—Sincerely believing that the cause of Reform would not be served by a sudden and passionate sentence of extinction passed upon the present House of Commons, we trust that a majority of the members of the Cabinet will reject any such proposal. If not, the proposers of so vio lent a course may yet be checked in their perilous career. The Morning Star says—All who are sincere Reformers want a dissolution. Meetings after meetings have declared the fact. All who openly oppose or secretly dread Reform are against disso lution. The London Review says The unfortunate absence of the Queen at Balmoral has delayed the communication to Parliament of the decision at which the Government has arrived. There is, how ever, reason to believe that Earl Russell has ten dered to her Majesty the resignation of himself and his colleagues. In some quarters an opinion has been expressed that the Ministers should have ad vised a dissolution. But we are inclined to think that resignation is the wiser course, and the one most likely to promote the ultimate success of their policy. An appeal to the country will come with vastly increased effect if it be made after the Earl of Derby has either failed to form a Ministry, or has broken down in the attempt to conduct the business of the country. The air of the Opposition benches, breathed for however short a time, will, moreover, have a very salutary effect upon a good many weak Liberal constitutions. Public opinion requires stimulating and developing, and, for that, time is necessary. Upon the whole, therefore, the Government seems to have arrived at a sound con clusion in determining to throw upon their oppo nents the responsibilities of office. The Saturday Review says that at last there is an end of the Reform Bill, and probably of the Minis try that introduced it. Even if at the eleventh hour, by some unforeseen stroke of fate, the Ministry were reconstructed, Mr. Gladstone could not possi bly retain the position he has chosen—that of a leader imposing, by the sheer force of his will, an immature and unwelcome measure on a reluctant party. It is with a feeling of real sorrow, and yet of a sorrow that has something ludicrous in it, that we think over this collapse of a great measure, a great opportunity, and we will add, in spite of all Mr. Gladstone's faults, a great man. We find the leader of the llouse of Commons, threatening and threat ened by his supporters, insulted and yelled at in the moment of his defeat, wrecking himself and the bill on which he had set his heart, and baffling the na tion in its honest desire to have the leading princi ples of Reform discussed and settled. No man of honour and self-respect could, when beaten on such a division, hold office v Willingly any longer ; and in whatever else Mr. Glad. 3tone may have at any time shown himself to be d teficient, in self-respect he has never been wanting.. No one can say that he is inclined to cling to o Ince in a slavish and sub missive manner. And he would be clinging to office in a very submissive manna r if he saw with indiffe rence his party not only r( :volting from him, but announcing their revolt tc his enemies and the world. Ten years ago the , .resignation would have been accepted or rejected ;within 24 hours, and the necessary measures for secu. ring the services of com petent successors would h ave long since been adopted. The country would L'. deeply disappointed if any morbid feeling should produce an inaction which would leave the 'powers and duties of the Crown in abeyance. There can be no doubt that the impending decision of the Queen will be in fluenced by the purest and most patriotic motives, but the apparent sacrifice of public interests to private convenience or inclination has already pro duced a painful impression. Every subject has a vested interest in the prerogative, and has a right to protest against any course of action which may even remotely injure a cherished dynasty. Habi tual deference has perhaps led to some misapprehen sion and genuine attachment is not incompatible with sincere remonstrance. The Spectator says—The Queen's absence at Bal moral in the middle of a session of critical conflict compelled the adjournment of the House till Mon day, and even then Mr. Gladstone's promised ex planation cannot be given, as the Queen does not burly her departure from Balmoral, and is not ex pected to arrive at Windsor till Tuesday morning. It was impossible of course for men aged and out of health, like Lord Russell and Lord Derby, to flit forwards and backwards over 600 miles, with no further result perhaps than to despatch Lord Stanley or the Duke of Somerset on a similar errand. And as the whole brood of political possibilities cannot go to the Queen, she must necessarily come to the possibilities, and herself turn one or other of them into a reality. As it must be done, and in the mean time the country is in a state of suspended political animation, we wish it had been done quicker. There is an apparent ungraciousness in fixing a day for the Queen's return later than that to which Parliament had adjourned, in the full belief that it was an ample term for the purpose, which is unfortunate. The Queen will not, we trust, in future imitate the sun in selecting the longest day for her time of apogee. The same journal remarks that the Queen having retired to the desert there can be no official announcement until Tuesday, but it would be affec tation to doubt that Ministers have resigned. It was open to them of course to appeal from Parliament to the people, but there:were many objections. It is not usual to dissolve in its first session a Parliament called by the Ministry which dissolves it, and un usual acts are in England often called unconstitu tional. Moreover, the cry is a bad one. There was a real chance that a dissolution upon a bad bill brought in for a good end might re sult in a great, if temporary, loss to the great Liberal party. The only remaining course en durable by Mr. Gladstone's honourable pride and Earl Russell's fixed belief in the advantages of Reform was resignation. We need not say how deeply we regret the necessity, how utterly we dis trust the uses Tories may make of British power during a Continental crisis, but we cannot blind ourselves to the fact that it was a necessity never theless. It seems clearly understood that the Ministry have resigned, but by no means clearly understood whether their resignation will be accepted by the Queen—whether the Queen will not urge, or has not already urged, the Cabinet to withdraw their untimely though almost compulsory abdication. We cannot help thinking that it would be best for the Liberal party, whatever it might be for the country, to accept the natural consequences of the recent defeat. A MERICA. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) ARRIVAL OF THE MARATHON. QUEENSTOWN, June 25. The Cunard extra screw steamer Marathon, from New York, arrived here at 2 a.m. to-day with 71 passengers and $360,000 in specie for England. She landed 14 passengers, and proceeded for Liver pool at 2.20 a.m. All well. liament was opened for the first time at Ottawa, the new seat of Government. The Governor-Gene ral, Lord Monck, in delivering an Address from the Throne, referred to the termination of the Recipro city Treaty with the United States, and the neces sity of extending commerce in other directions. With this view a deputation had been despatched to the West Indies and Brazil, to ascertain the means of developing and extending commercial re lations with these countries. The deputation had just returned, and the report was not yet prepared. His Excellency goes on to congratulate the country on the prompt manner in which the invasion of the lawless band of marauders, styled Fenians, had been confronted and compelled to make a precipitate re treat. He alluded to the proclamation of the Pre sident declaring serious infractions of the laws to have been committed by evil-disposed persons within the jurisdiction and territory of the United States against the British possessions of North America, and requiring every officer of his Government to exert every effort for their suppression. The satis factory results of the commerce of the country dur ing the past year has increased the revenue so largely over the estimate as to enable the Government, without inconvenience, to meet the heavy and unex pected charges entailed upon the country. The position the great question of the union of the pro vinces of British North America has assumed is such as to induce the expectation that the mission will shortly be carried into effect. His Excellency, therefore, believes that the next Parliament held within those walls will be an Assembly of the Re presentatives of all the colonies of British North America. Immediately after the delivery of the speech a bill suspending the Habeas Corpus Act was introduced and passed without discussion. It passed the Upper House, and immediately received the Governor-General's signature and seal. The an nouncement was received with loud cheers by num bers who thronged the building. On its becoming known many persons left the city on short notice. Fully 35,000 men, including regulars, are now under arms, and the Government are still arming. We learn by the St. David, via Greencastle, New York, June 9, that General Sweeny and staff have been placed under arrest by General Meade at St. Albans, and held to bail to stand their trial at the July term of the Vermont District Court—Sweeny in $20,000. Roberts has been arrested in New York, and stands out on his own recognisances. General Spear, Sweeny's second, crossed the Lower Canada line, about 2,000 strong, near St. Armand, and encamped at Pigeon Hill on Friday. A bat tery of artillery, regulars, and volunteers, from St. John's, advanced in the direction, and were within three miles of the enemy. General Meade has pro hibited railways from transporting, and telegraphs from sending messages, for Fenians. The Rescue is stationed off Goderich, Lake Huron ; another vessel is at Collingwood ; a third, the Michigan, is on the Detroit river ; and there are three on the Upper St. Lawrence, between Kingston and Corn wall. Her Majesty's ship Pylades is at Montreal. The flagship Duncan has brought the 17th Regi ment from Halifax to Quebec, and H.M.'s ships the Aurora and lVolverene are also at Quebec. Several Fenians are reported to have been captured near St. Armand, and the latest news given by the Times reports the Fenians to be falling back on the United States line and the British troops to be in hot pursuit. The Senate Committee on Commerce have re ported favourably on the House bill for the con struction of a ship canal around Niagara Falls. The bill will therefore pass without doubt. The effect will be to facilitate the transport of Western produce at reduced rates and time to the seaboard. The project has been vehemently opposed by the Erie Canal interest and the canal towns in Western New York. The construction of the canal will, no doubt, vastly increase the transportation of produce from the West, and it is probable the in crease may for some years to come go through the St. Lawrence. It is a pity so great a work requires so long a period to complete, for the present is a most favourable time to give a spur to Western producers. The war on the continent of Europe has already caused a rise in the price of wheat and of meat in England; and the tendency is, no doubt, upwards. The city of New York can be little affected by a portion of the great increase of pro duce being;shipped from another port, and the coun try will be directly benefited by giving to the West every facility for reaching the sea. It is said that Edwin Forrest, the tragedian, who is now acting in California, purposes on his return to Philadelphia, his nativo city, to found and endow there a home for retired actors. F. C. Collingworth, at Washington, made the extraordinary run of 2,256 points at a game of billiards on the 29th of May last. Samuel Kennedy, the last survivor of the Wyoming massacre, died near York Springs, Pennsyl vania, last week. He was 93 years of age, and was carried away by his mother from the horrid butchery, when five years old. Right Rev. Thomas Atkinson, Bishop of the Diocese of North Carolina, is about to leave for Europe on account of his health. An adventurous fellow, named Ludlow, from Winchester, Kentucky, attempted to cross the Covington and Cincinnati bridge on the 17th of May. When about half way across, he fell into the river. The New Orleans Times notes the arrival in that city of General C. C. Andrews, who, it says, is celecting material for a history of the campaign which ended in the capture of Mobile. Mr. Thomas W. Birdsdale, President of the Society Fire Insurance Company, of New York, com mitted suicide in that city, by taking a dose of strychnine. Cause—financial troubles. The Department of State at Washington has been notified by the American Minister at Paris that if naturalised citizens of the United States, liable to conscrip tion in France but for their naturalization, will report at the head-quarters of the district in which their names are en rolled, and produce evidence of their naturalization in America, they will " probably " have their names erased from the conscription list. At a recent meeting of the American Philoso phical Society it was stated that the native Flora of Penn sylvania was rapidly yielding to the inroads of a foreign Flora. Plants which one of the leading botanists in the United States had described as rare were becoming plenti ful, and had taken possession of the valley of the Susque hanna. Numerous plants, not indigenous, had appeared in the yard of the convict prison at Philadelphia. In this instance the strangers were supposed to have been intro duced in the wool brought in for manufacture by the con victs ; but the change of the Flora on the large scale was attributed to the spread of railways ; and some of the botanists present at the meeting expressed their opinion that the "foreign" Flora would supplant the native in a comparatively short period. One thousand and twelve churches, of all denomi nations, we're burned in the Southern States during the late war, involving a loss of $5,000,000. Professor W. Byrd Powell, an eminent American physician, who died recently in extreme old age, left a will, which contained the following paragraph :—" Fur thermore, I give and bequeath to Mrs. T. H. Kinsey, of Cincinnati, Ohio; my bead, to bo removed from my body, for her use, by A. T. Kockeler, or his agents." Dr. Powell was an enthusiastic phrenologist, and Mrs. Kinsey was one of his pupils. Three weeks after the body had been placed in a vault of a cemetery, the executor of the deceased employed Dr. Curtis, of Cincinnati, to take off the head, which was done at the cemetery in the presence of a number of spectators, and it is now in the possession of Mrs. Kinsey. GOOD NEWS FOR• FOXIIUNTERS.—If " coming events cast their shadows before," the sons of Nimrod in the district around Windermere have bright promise and prospects before them. Never were the hopes of the hunter so brilliant. In the large spreading woods and covers of Graythwaite foxes:are as "plentiful as black berries," and in the plantations of the Heald they aro fairly swarming. That there are many and numerous families of tho vulpine race the keepers of prize poultry and fancy fowls have found to their great grief. There is hardly a hen roost in the neighbourhood that has not been visited, and many in the broad daylight. Dorkings that have taken prizes at the Birmingham exhibitions have been snatched away in bright sunshine. The squire's game and geese, the quaker's fat turkeys, the farmer's lambs, and the cotter's hens have all shared alike. It will be interesting to some naturalists to learn that in one of reynard's well-stocked larders two wrens and a couple of mice were found.— Westmoreland Gazette. The Prince Imperial, among his other accomplish ments, is to be taught printing, and a press has been set up for his use in tho Tuileries. M. Forestier, jun., formerly a printer at Montauban, is to be his tutor. Prince Gortschakoff, letters state, has addressed to-the agents of Russia in foreign countries a cir cular relative to the present affairs in Germany. This document is said to announce that Russia is resolved not to take any part in the events of which Europe is at present the theatre. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. fi Stewards—Viscount Malden, Major Whittingstall, Captain Halsey, Lieutenant Bishop, Lieutenant Binney, and Cornet Wilson. The FIRST CUP ; one mile and a quarter. Mr. Ashby's bk m Black Swan, 12st 71b (Mr. Baker 1 1 Mr. Purrott's br m Brown Doe, 12st 71b (Owner 2 2 Mr. Nightingall's b h, Young Swordsman, 12st 71 (Mr. Warby) 3 0 Mr. Peace's br h Viscount, 12st 71b (Owner 0 0 Mr. French's gr h Young Harkaway, 12st 71 (Mr. J. Clarke) 0 0 Mr. Goodwin's br m Barnet, 12st 71b (Owner) 0 0 Mr. J. Dickinson's br g Little Tommy, 12st 71b (Owner) 0 0 First heat.—Won easily by three lengths. Second — Won by a neck. The SECOND CUP ; heats ; one mile and a quarter. Mr. J. Chennell's b m Laura, 12st 71b... (Mr. Ashby) 1 1 Mr. S. J. Bond's br m Agnes Locke, 12st71b (Owner) 2 2 Mr. Ginger's br h Cocktail (late Birthday), 12st 71b (Mr. Goodwin) 3 3 Mr. Evans's b c Flying Dutchman, 12st 71b Owner) 0 0 Mr. Sheather's gr m Gay Lass, 12st 71b (Owner) 0 0 Mr. Edwards's ch h The Screw, 12st 71b Owner)) 0 0 First heat.—Laura made all the running, and won easily by two lengths ; same distance between second and third. Second Heat—Laura again won easily by two lengths. Cocktail beaten four lengths from Agnes Locke. The OFFICERS' CHALLENGE Cur ; two miles. Lieut.-Colonel Malden's Queen Bess, 13st (J. Parrot) w.o. The THIRD Cur; heats ; one mile and a quarter. Mr. Jackson's b h Nottingham Weasel, 12st 71b (Mr. Goodwin 1 1 Mr. Blain's b m Vesta, 12st 71b (Owner 2 2 Mr. Scales's br m Honesty, 13st (Owner 3 3 Mr. Beecbener's b h Broadwater, 12st 71b (Mr. Warby) 0 0 Mr. Atkins's b m Donna Clara, 12st 71b (Mr. Baker) 0 0 First heat —Nottingham Weasel made the running throughout, and won in a canter by four lengths ; a bad third. Second heat.—The winner again made all the running, and won almost as he liked. The FOURTH CUP ; heats ; one mile and a quarter. Mr. Clark's ch h Once More (late Here We are Again,) 12st 71b (Owner 1 1 Mr. Chedzoy's b h Brougham, 12st 71b (Mr. Goodwin 2 2 Mr. Sadd's b h Willy, l2st 71b (Owner 3 0 Mr. King's b h Struggle, 12st 71b (Mr. B. Warby 0 0 Mr. Chalkley's ch m Nally, 12st 71b (Owner 0 0 Mr. Jewison's br h Fishery Colt, l2st 71b (Mr. Dickinson' Mr. Rose's gr h Earnest, 12st 71b (Mr. Scales; Mr. Lawrence's b m Polly Perkins, 12st 71b (Mr. Baker) dis First heat.—Won easily by two lengths ; a bad third. Second heat.—Won cleverly by three lengths ; the others beaten off. 0 0 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. The steamer Oak, with 503 bales of upland cot ton, was totally destroyed by fire near Wilmington Island, on her passage from Hawkinsville, on Mon day, May 28th. At 9 o'clock that evening the cot ton was discovered to be on fire, and in a few minutes the steamer was wrapped in flames from stem to stern. The sloop Fleet was a quarter of a mile astern of the Oak at the time of the disaster, and as there was no wind she immediately despatched her boat to render assistance. Captain Macaulay, the purser, and chief engineer were picked up in the water, and the mate, Henry Bird, Captain Wil cox, the cook, and eight coloured persons were saved. Before the yawl could reach the Oak the following were either drowned or burnt to death George E. Atwell, A. Campbell (pilot), one negro girl (who was a deck passenger), Alexander Martin, James Nathan, Henry Morritt, Butler, deck hands ; William Fleming, steward, and A. De . Lyon, the cabin boy ; all, with the exception of George E. Atwell, the second engineer, being coloured persons. The steamer Oak was fully in sured in the Northern offices, and her cotton is sup posed to be also covered by insurance. The New York Herald is exceedingly gratified to notice that the taste for out-door sports among the American people is steadily upon the increase. As a rule Americans keep too closely to their houses. The Yachting Season will soon be inaugurated by the annual regatta and review of the New York Yacht Club, and the base ball and cricket season has just commenced. At present, however, the races are the great out-door attraction, and crowds of people attend them. The old courses upon Long Island, the new courses at Paterson and Hoboken, and the course not yet completed at Bathgate— under the auspices of the Jockey Club—all have their enthusiastic patrons. On the old courses they still adhere to trotting horses, although the public taste has changed in favour of running racers. The grand race meetings of twenty years ago were superseded by trotting matches, bat there is a genuine revival of the racing furore once more. The Paterson races attract a very different class from the professional betters, roughs, and rowdies, who attend the trotting matches. A pleasanter scene than the race course,• with its thousands of gaily-dressed spectators, its natural beauties of trees and turf, and its swift horses mounted by parti coloured jockeys, would be very difficult to find. The Herald approves the English style, but objects to the English nomenclature. There is no American Earl of Derby to establish and give his name to a race, but there are American localities and persons to supply American names. The Bathgate course will, be original in form, if in nothing else. The track will resemble the out line of the figure 8. Its novelty seems to be, adds the Herald, its only recommendation. Old turf-men shake their heads over it knowingly and with disapprobation ; but still it mayprove successful, and, if so, its originator will be entitled to all the more credit. Judge Underwood opened his Ccurt on the'sth inst. at Richmond, delivered a charge to the Grand Jury, and waited to hear what the counsel of Jeff. Davis might have to say. Mr. William B. Reed, of Philadelphia, preferred a request to know whether the District-Attorney intended to move in the matter of the indictment of Jefferson Davis, and announced the readiness of his counsel for a speedy trial. In the absence of the District -Attorney, his Assistant promised a definite answer next morning. The counsel who are engaged for the prosecution do not expect to bring the prisoner to bar before October next. The counsel for the defence re gretted the postponement till October exceedingly as every arrangement had been perfected by them to insure no delay. Both the health and appetite of Mr. Davis have improved, and he seems to be well provided with delicacies. New potatoes have been added to his bill of fare, and tomatoes and summer squash are now regularly received. After a protracted debate the Senate has passed the Reconstruction Amendment nearly as agreed upon, the only changes being changes of form. The declaration of citizenship in the first section is more explicit, and the original third section has been struck out, which denies to the Southern States the right of representation till after 1870. The report of the Committee on this subject is a full and able declaration of the principles which the Republican party is bound to carry through. The Tribune states this report to contain the complete and official record of the principles of that party, on this most important question, and on which it feels certain the party will soon be joined as a unit. On the Bth instant, at 2 p.m., the Canadian Par- THE MANCHESTER MARKET. The Northumberland Plate has been the principal me dium of speculation during the last few days, decidedly the first favourite for which is The Primate, next to whom Miss Haworth and Red Earl are freely backed at the prices quoted below. Missile has many friends in this market, and it is generally understood he is to bring off " a good thing" for the book-makers, many of whom are going for him on this occasion. No extensive betting has yet taken place on the Goodwood Stakes, although it will be seen from our list a short price only is wanted about one or two of them. NORTHUMBERLAND PLATE. sto 2 agst The Primate (taken) 5 to 1 agst Miss Haworth (taken) 13 to 2 agst Red Earl (taken) 10 to 1 agst Missile (taken) 100 to 8 agst Lady Durham (taken) 100 to 7 agst HonestYXtaken) 100 to 6 agst Windham (taken) 40 to 1 agst Zonobia (taken) 100 to 1 agst Caithness (offered) 000DWOOD STAKES. 6to 1 agst The Special (taken) 10 to 1 agst Othello (taken) 100 to 8 agst Nu (taken) AQUATICS. AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP OP THE THAMES. The entries for the Wingfield Sculls or Amateur Cham pionship of the Thames closed on Saturday evening, at Messrs. Searle's, Stangate, as under : Mr. W. B. Woodgate (Kingston), Mr. E. B. Mitchell(Mag dalene College, Oxford). Mr. C. B. Lawes (Cambridge), the holder, retires. The two above-named therefore con tend for the title on Monday next, July 2, at about 5 o'clock p.m. from Putney to Mortlake, and a good race is antici pated. SCULLERS' RACE FOR £2O. A match between Crossley, of Chelsea, and Cave, of Pimlico, for £lO aside, was rowed on Saturday from Put ney to Mortlake. At starting Crossley obtained the lead, and increased it to half a length, but by the time they had reached the Star and Garter Cave was beginning to go away, and after a capital race was clear at tho point. At Ham mersmith he led by two lengths, and eventually won by six easily. YACHTING, ROYAL THAMES YACHT CLUB. The above great club closed its very prosperous yachting season on Saturday with a race amongst yachts of the third class, for a prize value £3O, from Erith to near the Nora Light and back, and although the entry list was small the sport was good, while the weather was most agracablo for visitors— Yacht. Tons. Owner. Vampire _ _ Satanella l5 Captain P. Bennett. The Queen l5 ... Captain J. W. C. Whitbread. The Oread steamer had been substituted for the Prince of Wales, and left the visitors nothing to complain of. Mr. E. Tatham officiated as commodore for the day, in the absence of Lord Alfred Paget. The signal to get ready was fixed at 11.31, and the second to go away at 11.36 ; wind light from the eastward. It was a very fine start. The Queen, from her position, took the lead, followed by the Satanella and Vampire. All were canvassed about the same time, the Satanella first with her topsail, followed by the Vampire. The Queen was much behindhand, and did not set her topsail till she got to the point. They beat down the Rands, and in the second tack the Satanella weathered the Queen and took the lead. Half-way down Long Reach power began to tell, and the Vampire took the lead of both herrivals, the Satanellahaving shifted her jib for another one than that with which she had started, Satanella carrying a big balloon topsail, the Vampire and Queen with working topsails. Near Green hithe the Queen shifted her topsail, sending up a jib-headed ono, and here the Vampire showed a decided head of both, the Satanella being second, and the Queen third. The Satanella now shifted for a jib-headed topsail, the Queen drawing up to her, and off Broadness Point the Queen went by the Satanella to windward, and took second place, the Vampire being then half a mile a head. They all beat down Gravesend Reach, the wind freshening, and the Vampire again shifted her topsail. Off Rosherville the Alexandra (No. 2) put the Queen about unnecessarily. They lay through the Hope, and the Satanella appeared to draw on the Queen. Standing over to the Mucking Light the Vampire first tacked at 1 hour 47 minutes, with a lead of nearly half a mile. It was a dead heat through Sea Reach, and the water rather lumpy. The Satanella gained, and at low water slack the vessels rounded the steamer, and anchored midway between the Nore and South end in the following order : H. M. S. Vampire 3 47 30 The Queen 3 58 20 Satan°lla 4 2 25 Shortly before rounding the captain of the Orion steamer altered his course materially, and eased so ascot to hamper the yachts. They all set balloon topsails and jibs directly after rounding, as it was a dead run all the way up. No change whatever occurred, and they finished as under : H. M. Vampire 6 56 The Queen 7 5 Satanella 7 10 Amongst the accompanying craft were the Vigilant. with Lord do Ros on board, Madcap, Gloriana, Pearl, Violet, and Galatea. Mr. Alfred Cox kindly sailed the Vampire. PIGEON SHOOTING. GREAT ARISTOCRATIC HANDICAP AT THE " WELSH HARP," HENDON. Tho last great gathering of theseason of the Aristocratic Club took place on Saturday, in Mr. Warner's Grounds, and more than usual interest was attached to the meeting, from the fact that it was the last meeting under the auspices of Frank Heathcote, Esq. The volunteer review no doubt made the company less numerous, but the entry was great, numbering fully 70, and no less than 46 con tended. The conditions were as usual. We cannot lot this opportunity pass without paying full respect to the courteous and efficient handicapper for his willingness at all times to give every information and attention. The birds supplied by Barber were first class, and much spe culation took place, 6 to 5, 7 to , 4 eventually being the price, but the " gun" in the aggregate was the most suc cessful. Tho following is a short epitome ; Yards Birds Total rise. shot at. killed 24 C. Hambro, Esq. 281 Captain Do Winton 23 P. Vivian, Esq lll 1 1 1 6 25 S. Bateson, Esq. (post entry) lll 1 1 1 6 24 S. J. Shelford, Esq lll 1 1 1 6 25 B. Edwards, Esq lll 1 1 0 5 24-} Captain Burnand lll 1 1 0 5 24 Sir F. Johnstone lll 1 1 0 5 23 Captain Baskerville lll 1 1 0 5 Ten gentlemen killed four out of fivo and retired, five also following suit, after bringing down three out of five ; twolve doing the same having only scored two out of four; and eight others having no chance also gave in. It will bo seen by the above score that five gentlemen tied by killing six birds each, and, as usual, they proceeded to shoot off, bird for bird. Mr. C. Hambro brought down his two, thus killing his eight in succession, and became entitled to the first prize of .£l3O. Mr. Shelton" missed his first bird, so had to retire ; but Captain De Winton, and Messrs. P. Vivian and S. Bateson having killed one each, had to shoot off again for second, third, and fourth prizes. Captain De Winton taking second money (£GO), by bring ing down three in succession ; Mr. P. Vivian took third (.£4O), and Mr. S. Bateson fourth (£5). The betting was very heavy, Lord Holmesdale being the favourite, but was out of it at the fifth shot, having killed four out of that number. Many sweepstakes took place for various sums. The first was divided between Count P. de Gendre and Colonel Duncan, and the next was won by Count P. de Gendre. HOUSE OF COMMONS MATCH. GOVERNMENT AND OPPOSITION. The following are set down to contend in the annual match which is expected to come off in the ensuing week, at Hendon, between the Government and the Opposition six a-side : Government.—Mr. Millbank, Mr. H. Vivian, Major An son, Mr. Beaumont, Mr. A. Seymour, and Mr. H. Heath cote. Opposition.—Lord Holmesdale, Hon. H. Wyndham, Sir T. Hesketh, Sir J. Walsh, Colonel Annesley, and the Hon. T. De Grey. THE CATTLE PLAGUE. A petition from the cow-keepers of London on disinfectants has been presented to Parliament by Mr. Ayrton from the cow-keepers of the metropolis and others, praying for a scientific inquiry on dis infectants in connection with the cattle plague. The allegations-made in the petition reveal a state of things in respect to the way in which the sub ject has hitherto been treated by the Royal Com mission which appears to be anything but satisfac tory. It seems remarkable that with so great an array to choose from of eminent chemists, many of whom are possessed of medical qualifications and practical knowledge of epidemics, the Cattle Plague Commission should have employed to report on disin fectants—a medico-chemical question—a non-medi cal gentleman, and that they should have made choice of one who is the inventor and co-patentee of a dis infecting compound. If the commission had from the first made up their minds to recommend carbolic 7 acid and sulphur fumes as the best. disinfectants, I / they could hardly have taken a more effectual way of securing such a consummation than by handing over the inquiry to one who holds a patent for a disinfecting powder, the only active ingre dients of which are carbolic and sulphurous acids. Any one in the chemical world on learning that Dr. R. Angus Smith had been charged with the duty of reporting on disinfectants must have perceived that those two substances would be recommended. It is true that the last report in their favour was drawn up by Mr. W. Crookes, but that gentleman was named at the suggestion of Dr. R. Angus Smith. An admirable opportunity of elucidating by ex-: tensive experiments the nature of infection and the practical operation of disinfectants, we fear, has been lost. To judge from the reports on dis infection which have, been issued, we should say that few or no experiments, except laboratory ones, have been made, either by Dr. Smith or Mr. Crookes. In the last report an ingenious theory of the nature of the rinderpest virus has been set up by the latter gentleman—namely, that it consists of " vital organised septic cells or germs" (of which vaccine lymph is the tpye), " which feed on some of the elements of the blood, and at the same time secrete a poison to which the symptoms of the disease may be due." But not a single fact is given as the bases of this somewhat complex theory. Yet it is in virtue of these speculations that Mr. Crookes apparently distrusts the efficacy of oxidizing disin fectants, and relies instead on the antiseptics of the ancients, sulphur fumes and the tar acids.—Medical Press and Circular. COUNTRY MARKETS. NORWICH—SATURDAY. There was a fair show of wheat at this market to-daP and farmers were reluctant sellers, unless at such an ad' vance as restricted business; but in the sales made an ad vance of from 5s to Gs per qr. must be quoted During the week we have had more or less partial showers, and tb° hay harvest has at present progressed slowly. To-day the weather is hot and forcing. White wheat (weighing 641 b), 60s to G2s ; old red aitt° (weighing 651 b), 56s to 58s ; new red ditto s 3 veighing 601 b to 631 b), 56s to 57s ; best malting barley weighing 521 b to 531 b), 36s to 38s ; runs ditto (weighing 511 to 5210 , 34s to 365; distilling ditto (weighing 501 b to 521 b), 30s to 32s ; oats, 24s to 26s ; beans, 37s to 39s ; peas (maple), 3 0 to 38s per qr. Flour, 39s per sack. LEICESTER- SATURDAY. There was only a limited show of wheat at our corn market to-day. Demand firm, and prices 4s to Gs per (1 1 :; higher than last week. Barley was in short supply, an realised previous rates. Oats came to hand sparingly © and realised late rates, with a steady demand. Beans w er " in request, and commanded late prices. New white wheat, 56s to 64s ; new red, 52s to 59s • old' white, 55s to 60s ; old red, 50s to 56s per 36 stone. ly ley, for malting, 35s to 40s per qr.; grinding, 30s to 3 4 per 30 stone. Oats, old, —s to —s ; new, 27s to 35s per stone. Beans, old, 52s to 55s ; new, 46s to 50s par 36 stone' Fine flour, 42s ; seconds, 37s to 39s per 20 stone. YORK—SATURDAY. There was a moderate demand, at about 5s per qr. lilt money. The supply of grinding barley was small, a previous rates may be quoted. There was a limited sur o ply of oat s , f or w hi c h th ere was a f a i r d eman d, and pril .4 were in sellers' f a v our . The demand for beans iv t healthy, and p rev i ous ra t es were fully obtained witho u difficulty. Flour again.dearor. 0,6 ° New white wheat, 545 - to 62s ; new red, 50s to Ns pet - stone. Barley, for ma lti ng , 32s to 34s per qr. ; g rindiug: 32s to 34s per 30 s to ne . O a ts, n ew, 28s to 30s per 24 stol!,. Beans, new, 48s to 50s per 38 stone. Malt, 66s to 6° Flour, 88s to 41s per sack of 2801bs. NO T TINGHAM—SATuni•AY. The show of wheat was small and the demand WAS % T o at an advance of 52 to 6s per qr. Of b ar l e y there wile very little shown, and prices were as last quoted. enle supply of oats was small, with a fair demand, at rates. 'Very few beans came to hand, a n d sold et prices. Old white wheat, 58s to 66s ; old red, 54s to 590 ; 11 ,1 1 , 4 white, 56s to 65s ; new red, 50s to 58s per 36 stone. old, 32s to 36s ; new, 26s to 33s per 24 stone. Beans: el 52s to 543 ; new, 45s to per 49s 38s stone. • Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. 20. Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton JOY Ditto, via Marseilles July im Brazil and Cape Verde. by British packet. ..... Jul,' Ditto, by French packet . 9g. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena...-J un ' 2 9 , China, Penang, and Singapore. via Southampton June 0. Ditto, via Marseilles June Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton ' June 21. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Jull !' • Ditto, via Marseilles . ....... ........june 21 India (Bombay), via Southampton. Jun e 24. Ditto, via Marseilles June 21, Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton June 27. Ditto, via Marseilles • JUn e ":: Mauritius, via Southampton Newfoundland . ...... . Portugal •—••Juli Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon. . United States and British North America, by Bri- 0 tish packet Ditto, by United States packet, via Southamp ton Ditto, via Cork . ..... to Ditto, by Canadian packet, via Londonderry West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Tenerlife West Indies and Pacific (except Bahamas and ~e. Honduras) JO' gg, Cuba and Mexico .• ....... Ja i° 0 JllIl 4, Bahamas, via New York. Bermuda, via Halifax ... . Births. V t 7 " BEDFORD—On the 23d inst., at 5, Royal-crescen t, S . wife of Edwin Bedford, Esq., of a daughter. 1,510 Tiirsia—On the 22d inst., at Paris, Lady Edward TP of a daughter. fir. 5 11°°‘ WELCH—On the 22d inst., at Nuffield, Surrey, Au — Welch, of a son. Marriages. 11, , 4 , cli tt ,ro/ LOUDEN—WIGHT—On the 21st inst., at the pa-,- li f,oo- - 4 e p a Brighton, Albert, fourth son of the late j• P', l ,v, ',4 Esq., of Leinster-gardens, Hyde-perk, Lo rl 7,: . ;" c 'e Thames Ditton, Surrey, to Sophi a Charlotte, p ll a pte, daughter of Edwin Wright, Esq., of Brighton , 811 Do 0v of the late Geo. Harrison, Esq., of 16, 1 1 1 terrace. i s Cli tirc W REEVES—BURNETT—On the 22d inst., at St. Joan'-,,re,„0 Putney, G. J. Reeves, Captain Bengal Staff (--,' 1 , 3 1 1 c Lizzie Gertrude, youngest daughter of the late il F. Burnett. Carlton- AL f c o °ex rdsh l ir O e, Deaths. n jo t se ho ph 2l A st ico in ek st , ., E a n t . T , a l ged C 80f.t, Chem.°, ii S t " 4' The Croft, BLENIUNSOP—On the 20th inst., at Coten-end, l'lrllrsCl° • VI Henry Blenkinsop Esq., F.R.C.S., aged 53. , t IO C :, CAMPBELL—On tho u 16th inst., at 11, Blomfic" - e ilio - Paddington, James H. Campbell, Esq., late of 'V II Victoria. OW filo , MACNEE—On the sth March, at sea , on board ore,. County of Ayr, on her passage home from 5, 5 10, 1 : James, third son of Daniel Macnce F.S.A., u; -1 „ 3 1 . - 11K and at Kurrachee, on the •2d ult , 'Robert, Li e "' Regiment, eldest son of the above. • ' - •10 •ki11 0) London : Printed and Published byWILLIAIIi A. , -,,, 0. 11_, of No. 112, Strand, Punter. at Tna SuN Offlac,, , 'c in ty 9 ' Strand, in the Precinct of: the Savoy, in the CG u ° June 25, 1866.