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LUPE 1 IAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS—(YESTERDAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock. The Gateshead and Hexham Roads Bill, and the Dun dalk Harbour and Port Bill were considered and ordered to be read a third time. Petitions were presented from various places in Kent against the exceptional clauses in the Sunday Trading Bill ; from places in favour and against the Marriage Bill ; and in favour of Mr. M. Gibson's Education Bill, from South Wales. • MARRIAGE LAW AMENDMENT BILL. The SPEAKER then left the chair, and the house went into committee on this bill. On clause 1 being put to the house, Sir F. THESIGER said that any discussion on the principle of this bill would now be out of place. They were called on to consider this question ; and in proposing his amendments to this bill he trusted it would not be at all considered that he bad waived any objections he had originally entertained to the bill, but, on the contrary, he begged to inform the house that those objections had been considerably strengthened by the arguments he listened to that were used by the sup porters of this bill on it s secon d rea ding. (Hear, hear.) He might have left the details of the measure to those interested in it, if it were not that he found on reference to its provisions that there was an attempt to violate one of the most important principles of legislation by giving to the bill a retrospective opera tion. The committee would no doubt remember that from 1835 marriages of the description it was now snaght to legalise were positively prohibited by law, and in express terms were declared null and void to all intents and purposes, and the object of this bill was to legalise :such marriages as had taken place between parties who have deliberately and knowingly violated that law. (Hear.) He confessed it appeared to him that any more dan gerous and mischievous principle than that attempted to be established by this bill could hardly be imagined. (Hear.) H e considered it wou;d be conceded on all hand s,that laws having a retrospective operation ought to be cautiously passed and applied almost to extreme cases, and that the condition of the persons who, havirg violated that law under particular circumstances, im posed on Parliament the almost moral necessity to inter pose on their behalf. From time to time, but very sparingly indeed, where parties had violated the law through ignorance or inadvertence, the Legis lature had interposed for their relief ; but on no occasion had the Legislature sanctioned or legalised the act. They had shown their opposition to passing retrospective laws, by making exceptions in cases where penalties had been incurred, as to suits which bad been instituted even by common informers. Having said there was no one instance in which the Legislature had interposed to legalise an act that had been committed against the provisions of an act of Par liament, he did not suppose an act that had recently passed that house to protect two of its members would be cited as a precedent applicable to the present bill, that being one which could not in the least degree affect the consideration of the propriety of their passing such a bill as this. Many hon. members, entertaining the opinion that the marriage with a deceased wife's sister was neither prohibited by divine law nor that there was any moral or social objection to it, voted for the second reading of the bill, but those hon. members must concede to him that supposing such to be the case, Parliament was entitled to pass a law prohibiting such marriages, and that such having been done it was the duty of every good citizen and subject to obey that law—(bear, hear)—and they would no doubt agree with him, that the wilful transgressors of the law of the land were such as were not entitled to the protection of Parliament —(hear)—a nd the persons who would be bone fitted by the retrospective operations of the bill were the persons who were precisely in the predicament he had jnst described. It was unnecessary for him to advert to the association formed many years since by persons of wealth, station, and influence for the purpose of procuring the repeal of the law prohibiting these marriages, and which they were entitled to do, pro vided they did it in a legitimate and proper manner ; but whether the means they resorted to were proper or not he would not stop to inquire. Whilst, however, it was perfectly legitimate for those persons to inter fere to procure a repeal of the law to which they objected, so long as that law remained in operation it was their bounden duty to obey it. It was clear many of those persons--he might say the whole of them, in fact—had contracted their marriages, knowing the pre cise state of th e l aw w ith regar d to them. (Hear.) The marriage with a deceased's wife sister was always one of doubtful propriety, and no prudent man would have contracted such a marriage without first ascertaining the law on the subject, and knowing what it was. He (Sir F. Thesiger) should venture to think no moral man would have venturel to violate it, but have submitted to its provisions until that law was repealed. With regard to these marriages not being contrary to divine law, nor direct by moral or social obligation, no one ever ventured to say that they were ordered by the divine law, or directed by moral law; but it being a matter which a human Legislature had a right to control or direct, the parsing an act of the above description, prohibiting these marriages, clearly created and imposed a moral obligation. (Hear, hear.) That being so, here were some persons who, by their own confession, have contracted these mar riages, knowing they were prohibited by law, coming to Parliament and saying that although they have know ingly and deliberately violated the law, we ask you to interpose for our protection, and to make that legal which at the time we contracted these marriages was illegal, and continued to be so down to this time. It might be said that the legisla ture, in fact, on the former occasion passed a law respecting these marriages, having a retrospective operation, and he would endeavour to explain the real provisions of the act of 1835, which was not of that cha racter which the hon. member for North Warwickshire supposed it to be. Previous to that time marriages within the prohibited degrees were absolutely void, but could only be declared so by a sentence of the Ecelesi a,tical Court, and that during the life of the parties, and therefore the children of such persons whose marriages had not been declared void were legitimate, and entitled to all the rights of ehildren born orefer ordi nary circumstances. These persons were, however, and the children especially, in a very precarious predicament, because during any time of the lives of their parents the marriages might have been declared void, and in order to prevent that recourse used to be had to what was termed friendly suits, which were kept in existence during the joint lives of the parents. When that device was not resorted to it might have happened that at a late period of their lives some person entitled to the succession by a suit invalidated the marriage, as the parties themselves from some caprice might do the same, which was a state of things that ought not to have been permitted. If in such a case the Legislature had inter fered it might have declared the marriage void or valid. Parliament, however, adopted a medium course, and provided that any marriage that had taken place. prior to the passng of the act should be considered legitimate, and that the legitimacy of the children of that marriage should not be questioned. (Hear, hear.) He thought that parties who had since the passing of the act con tracted marriage within the prohibited degree knowing, as they were bound to do, its provisions were entitled to no consideration from the house. He firmly believed that if the bill in its present state was passed, the children of the poor would derive no advantage, and as far as those of the wealthy were concerned no good could be obtained by the present measure, because he defied any one to say that their moral or social condition would be improved by it ; but it could not be said that according to the retrospective clauses of the bill the rights of parties would not be materially interfered with. (Hear, hear.) He warned the house against passing a law, the effect of which would be to give offenders a reward for their offence. (Hear.) He trusted, there fore, that the house would at once adopt the amendment. Mr. HEYWOOD opposed the amendment, thinking it impossible for Parliament to create by any enactment a moral obligation that should be binding upon all. (Hear, hear,) Moral obligation as it at present stood sanctioned these marriages, and he did not think it was the duty of Parliament to attempt to alter it. He thought the present bill ought to have the chance of going through both houses of Parliament. (Hear.) Lord R. CECIL supported the amendment. Mr. B. DENISON considered the act of 1835 a com plete failure, and he would, therefore, vote for the amendment. The wealthy classes of society set the bill of 1835 at defiance because they had money in their pockets ; but the working community (lid worse, be cause, in consequence of its provisions, they committed the grossest immorality in order to escape from the provisions of the act. He was firmly of opinion that the tide had set in in favour of legislation on the subject, especially for the benefit of the lower classes, whom they were more bound to respect than the higher. The act of 1835, in his opinion, was nothing but a snare, and the sooner it was put an end to the better. Mr. COLLIER said this was not a question of pre cedent, but one of principle. If the house should be of opinion, putting other considerations on one side, that we were wrong in passing the act of 1835, let them annn it at once, and no longer permit the immoral effects ii Was calculated to produce, and was producing, to re main in operation. (Hear.) Mr. NAPIER agreed that the question was one of principle, and vi ew i ng it i n t h at light proceeded to con sider the i m p roper effect of sanctioning an illegal act. In support of his arguments he referred to some vations o n this point which h a d been made b o y bs t e h r e - Bishop of St. David's, Lord Brougham, and other au thorities. Mr. B. D ons the in replyin g t o a remark which had fallen from the h e member for D u bli n (M r. Napier), said it was n o t upon the ious view of the question that be had referred to r t e h li e g opinion of the Bishop of St. David's, but siro p p ly on u s p o ci c il et t immoral tendency of the bill in its effect u general. After a few words of explanation from Mr. in EBRINGTON had very frequently voted with the bill, thinking its operation would be very consider. ably to promote the cause of religion and morality. H e could see no ground for supporting the bill so unjustifi able as that of merely causing discomfort to and i n t erference with the feelings of some sentimental people, which had been put forward as an argument for " placing a stumb (Hear.) He could ling block in our brother's way." conceive those who believed these marriages were prohi bited by Scripture offering every impediment to their legalisation, but he could not conceive bow those who bad at heart the welfare of their fell , ,w.su hjects endea voured to legislate in such a mance: as would have the effect of encouraging, or, in fact, compelling, the com mission of immordity to a very great extent. With re gard to the retrospective question which was now before the house he could not agree with it, and although the authorities quoted in its favour were un questionably high, he never heard arguments which had been advanced upon them more unsatisfactory. Mr. FRESLIFIELD, after denying that the act of 1835 was a retrospective enactment, went on to contend that to legalise the retrospective operation of the pro posed act would be contrary to all precedent. He, therefore, protested against the principle of introducing retrospective legislation in a case where there was no call whatever for it ; and at the same time asserted th a t the general feeling of society was in no way favourable to the change. Lord SEYMOUR would vote against the amendment, because if the bill were carried the operation of such a provision as a retrospective enactment would produce not only confusion, but be unjust towards those who had delayed contracting marriage with the sisters of their deceased wives until the act was passed. Sir F. THESIGER said the remarks which had fallen from the noble lord (Lord Seymour) bad impressed upon him more than ever the necessity of abstaining from legislation altogether on this question. (Hear.) The hon. gentleman who introduced this bill had cited a case as applicable to the retrospective operation of this act, the legalising the marriages of priests. These marriages, he (Sir F. Thesiger) contended, were never contrary to the law. They were valid according to the common law of the land, but not so with regard to the ecclesiastical law. The hon. member for Plymouth denied his assertion that the act of 1835 was not retro spective, but contended it was applicable to the present bill. He (Sir F. Thesiger) repeated the act of 1835 had no retrospective operation, its object being to declare those marriages for the future null and void, and to pro tect the children of such marriages. The supporters of this bill had not ventured to deny these marriages had been consummated in direct violation of the law, and he hoped the committee would not set such a mischievous example, as the passing of this act would be to encourage the people to violate the law. He asked the learned Attorney-General, supposing a man married his deceased wife's sister, and after that his de ceased wife's niece, which would be the valid marriage ? The ATTO RN EY-G ENE RAL con troverted the state ment of Sir F. Thesiger that the act of 1835 was not a retrospective measure. He proceeded to show from " Hansard" that such was its intention, and that the bill now before the house was rendered necessary in conse quence of the ex post facto legislation of 1835. Mr. WALPOLE said that with reference to the act of 1835, in one sense it might be considered a retrospec tive one, though in rrality it was not so. The object of that act was not to allow persons to remain in that un certain state as before with regard to their legitimacy, and for the future to remove that uncertainty as to what was the law of the land, and prevent these marriages from taking place. Mr. HEYWOOD said the case he had mentioned of the priests being allowed to marry was one strictly ap plicable as a precedent for retrospective legislation, and proceeded to read the preamble of the acts of Parliament proved with reference to it. Mr. HENLEY, who rose to address the house amidst cries of "divide," said the women themselves were the best judges of the social part of this question, and were this bill left to them for their decision they would negative it. If it were proposed to introduce a clause in the bill that one woman might marry two brothers he thought it would not receive the approbation of the house, and he could see no difference between the feelings of the different sexes on this question. He proceeded to argue that the precedent cited for retrospective legislation in the case of the priests was not applicable to this bill. He believed that the clause, if adopted as it at present stood, would be productive of the worst results. After some further discussion the committee divided on the amendment, when there appeared— For the amendment Against it . l3O Majority against the amendment —47 The amendment was consequently lost, and the clause as originally proposed was allowed to stand part of the bill. On clause 2 being put, Sir F. THESIGER wished the question to be put upon a footing that could be understood by the public. He was desirous of knowing whether under the provi sions of the bill children of the first or second marriage were to he considered legitimate, or both ? Mr. HEYWOOD considered that by the provisions of the bill the children of the first marriage would be legi timate. Mr. WALPOLE wished to know what was to be come of the children of the second marriage, because, according to the statement of the hoe, gentleman, those children would be bastards ? Mr. HENLEY was desirous of knowing the Attor ney-General's opinion 'upon the subject. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL sa►d, in the event of a man contracting a marriage with a deceased wife's si-ter, and afterwards with a deceased wife's niece, the first marriage would be the lawful one under the provi sions of the proposed act, but in the event of a man contracting first a man iage with a deceased wife's sis ter, and then contracting a marriage lawful according to the existing law, the present act would legalise that marriage. Sir F. THESIGER objected to the retrospective clauses of the bill. After a short discussion upon the question as to which of the children of two illegal marriages were entitled to legitimacy under the new act, and in which Mr. Keat ing, Mr. Napier, Mr. Heywood, Sir F. Thesigor, and Mr. Walpole took part, Mr. COLLIER said all those objections which bad been raised to his mind rather pointed to the incon venience of the act of 1835, and the desirability of get ting rid of it as soon as possible. He did not think the cases of marriage which bad been referred to as being likely to arise were within the bounds of probability. Mr. J. G. PHILLIMORE objected to the proposition of the hon, member for Plymouth (Mr. Collier), that the objections which had been urged against this measure only pointed to the desirability of doing away with the act of 1835. To his (Mr. Phillimore's) mind they rather pointed to the necessity of not pro ceeding further with such a measure as that without bet• ter considering its clauses, and better understanding them. With the strong feeling on his mind that the act was not properly understood even by its mover, and none of them could place a proper construction on one of its most important clauses, with the strong impression on his mind that the whole subject ought to be well di gested and re-considered before any further proceedings were taken with regard to it, he should move that the chairman now report progress.. The motion havine: been put accordingly, Sir F. THESIGER pointed out that the cases which the hon. member for Plymouth had characterised as not heing probable had actually occurred, and could be re ferred to ; and then proceeded to reiterate his objections to the anomalous phraseology of three of the most im portant clauses of the bill, the words of one of which di rectly negatived the other. Mr. LOWE said, it appeared to him that the princi ple on which the majority of the committee seemed de sirous of legislating was perfectly plait - , and the only difficulty they encountered was one of the clauses of the bill, which was inoperative in carrying out the object they had in view. The act was one of indulgence, and was intended to place those who • had violated the law in the same position as if the act of 1835 had not been passed, without, how ever, taking away any of the legal rights already ob tained under the law. That principle was clearly esta blished by the 3d clause. Then again, the question had been raised as to priority of legitimacy in certain cases. Now, these cases might very easily be provided for, without retarding the further progress of the bill, if the house were really in earnest in a desire to legislate in the matter, by the insertion of a clause fixing the priority when the report was brought up. (Hear.) Mr. HENLEY said the house had been treated with various opinions from legal gentlemen respecting the validity of the two marriages named by Mr. Walpole. They were told that the bill would more immediately affect the humbler classes of society, but he was inclined to believe such was not the case, for if so they would never have heard of this bill. (Hear, hear.) He was of opinion that the house was entitled to have placed before it clear and positive clauses to show them how the difficulties mentioned by hon. members could be effectually and satisfactorily got rid of. Mr. L. HEY WORTH supported the bill, considering the act of 1835 an iniquitous one. Mr. HEADLAM who supported the bill, observed nothing was easier than to insert words in the clauses of the bill that would get rid of the difficulties com plained of. Mr. HEYWOOD said he had no objection to the course. The CHAIRMAN then put the question, that the chair man report progress and ask leave to sit again, on which the committtee divided. The numbers were— For the motion Against it 124 Majority against the motion —24 The committee then proceeded with the bill. On clause 3 being read, which provides " that no marriage with a deceased wife's sister which has been or shall be celebrated at any time or place whatever shall be void after the passing of this act," Sir F. TFIESIGER proposed as an amendment that the words " which has been or shall be celebrated at any time or place whatever," be struck out of the clause. The committee then divided, when there appeared— For the amendment Against it Majority against the amendment 2G The amendment was consequently lost. On the question that clause 2 stand part of the bill, The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that he under stood that during his temporary absence an attack had been made upon him for not being present. He could assure the house he was absent on public business, and he trusted that the house would pardon him under such circumstances for being so. The learned gentleman stated again the opinion that he had previously given in the course of the morning relative to the validity of marriages under the bill. Mr. — IIE:!NTLEY could assure the Attorney-General that in the observations he had made about his absence he meant no reflections upon him, but-was only anxious that the house should not proceed in the absence of the first officer of the Crown. Mr. G-. :BUTT objected to the proposed retrospec tive operation of the bill, and trusted that the committee would pause before it passed any further clauses of the measure. Mr. HILYARD said that the present bill sought, by retroactive legislation to marry parties against their will. (Laughter.) Mr. LOWE defended the bill. After some further discussion, The com mittee then divided on the question that clause 2 do stand part of the bill, when it appeared that there were Noes ........... 126 97 ..................... .............. - Maority . --29 The clause was j accordingly • areed t On claug e 3, go. Sir F. ThIESIGER said that as he bad some very StrOng objet Wens to th e retrospective clauses of the bill, BILL OF EXCHANGE AND PROMISSORY NOTES BILL. On the order of the day for going into committee on this bill, Mr. VANCE moved that the house resolve itself into committee this day week. After some discussion, in which Mr. BEATING and Sir G. GREY took paiq, the house divided on the original motion. For the motion Against Majority l2l Mr. SCHOLEFIELD objected to the house going into committee merely as a matter of form upon a bill which he believed to be alarmingly dangerous to the commercial interest. After some discussion upon this point, which was in terrupted by the standing orders at a quarter before six o'clock, Some other business on the paper was disposed of, and the house adjourned a few minutes before six o'clock, ADMIRAL LYONS AT TAGANRO&i. The Journal de St. Petersbourg publishes the following report from Lieutenant-General Kras noff : TAGANROG, JUNE 3. On the Ist and 2nd inst. 10 hostile steamers arrived in the roads of Taganrog, and cast anchor at the dis tance of 15 werstes (1 werst equal to 5 furlongs 12 poles) from the town. On the 2d towards the evening they were joined by a numerous flotilla of steamers and gun boats, and on the 3d, at 6 o'clock in the morning, the entire hostile force approached the town. Four steamers took in tow some 50 of the small boats, and came with in 1 werst of the town. A yawl bearing a white flag having approached the Woronzoff landing-place with parlementaires, I sent to demand why they were come. I received for an answer a summons to deliver up the town of Taganrog, and to order my troops to leave it, as other wise it would be seized by the landing troops with force. On the other hand, it was promised that after the surren der of the town the peaceable inhabitants should be well treated, and their property spared ; but the provisions stores, and establishments of the Crown would be de stroyed. After consulting with Major-General Count Telrtoi, Governor of Taganrog, I ordered a reply to be " made that military honour forbade me to surrender without combat a town committed to me for defence, th.t our troops were ready to die for the Emperor, and that if the enemy really wished to spare the peaceable inhabitants he might land and accept outside the town the battle which should decide who should be its mas ters." But the parlementaires had scarcely rejoined the flotilla when the enemy opened fire at half-past nine against our ancient fortress, although there exists now in that building only hospitals, over which the proper hospital flag was waving. In the interval I had taken the following measures to defend the town ; the de fence of the, principal approach by the escaped hill, leading from the quay to Greek-street, I confided to Major-General Count Tolstoi. The demi-battalion of the garrison of Taganrog bad been posted near the escarpment, with about two hundred civilians hastily armed. In case of an attack Count Tolstoi was to advance with his infantry and three centurions of Don Cossacks, charge the enemy with the bayonet and overthrow him, while a regiment was to take the enemy in flank and so decide the affair. But instead of des cending as expected, the allies, after having brought their steamers and fifty gunboats to bear opposite the dockyard, commenced an infernal cannonade, which was kept up for 61 hours. At the same time seven of the enemy's large vessels, armed with enormous Paixhans guns and Congreve rockets, remained anchored at a dis tance, and concentrated their fire upon the town. No thing was heard but the roar of cannon, the bursting of shells. The town was set on fire at the Bourse, in Greek street, and at the Golinoi-road ; and at half past three the assailants landed about 300 men, whom they sent towards the height n •ar the church of the Czar Corstm tine. This detachment commenced a rifle fire behind some bushes, but at the critical moment Count Tolstoi, confiding a company to Lieut.-Colonel Makedonsky, ordered him to repulse the enemy. This distinguished officer placed his men in an enclosure protected by an orchard, instantly f)rced the enemy's in fantry to retire, then charging them vigorously with the bayonet, routed and drove them down to their boats. The squadron then opened a terrible fire, which, how ever, only lasted a quarter of an hour. The allies hav ing convinced themselves of the impossibility of over coming Russian troops by a mere cannonade, withdrew to a (ii , tamee of 15 wersts from the town, and on the fol lowing day put to sea, making for Marioupol. Thus ended this fresh act of impotent animosity di rected against a peaceable and commercial city, which for so runny years bad supported the West with its splen did wheat—against a c.ty that ought to have been sacred for England, France, and especially Sardinia, in remem brance of the last days of the Emperor Alexander, who had heaped so many benefits upon that nation. By the most special favour of God our loss during this bombardment was inc insiderable; a Cossack was killed ; the Sub-Lieutenant Volkoff, attached to the half-battalion in garrison, was severely wounded by two rifle bullets in the chest and head ; the collegiate assessor, Baron Franck, attached to the military governor, Count Tols toi, received a contusion in the head from the splinter of a shell, and Major Borzenko, the head of the Taganrog police, had his horse killed under him, and himself re ceived a contusion : twelve men were wounded. In quiries are being made, so as to ascertain the number of inhabitants killed or wounded, and the houses burned or destroyed. The Journal de St. Petersbourg contains the fol lowing news from the Crimea and the coast of the Sea of Azoff : The journal of the military operations in the Crimea received yesterday (June 9), from Aide-de-Camp General Prince G ortscha,koff, contains the following details, which complete his telegraphic despatch of June 3. Bvfore Sebastopol, from the 29th of May to the 3d of June, the besiegers have maintained but a very feeble cannonade, which it increased for a brief interval (on June 1 for instance), especially against the Quarantine Bastion and the adjacent batteries. During the whole of this time our loss has been trifling, on some days not greater than Si; and that of the wounded twelve. The enemy was busy in constructing fresh batteries against the Flagstaff, Central, and Quar antine bastions, and against the Mamelon lunette; he completed his trenches and actively carried on his works in the bays of Kamiesh and Strelets. The explosions of small mining chambers by the enemy against the Flag staff bastion did us no harm, as was previously the case. On our side, we repaired the fortifications, constructed two fresh batteries and three lodgments for the sharp. shooters, effected a communication betww•eeen the redoubts of Seiinghinsk and Volhynia, and advanced considerably the mining works in front of the Central and Quarantine bastions. On the 29th of May, the enemy end eavoured to take one of our new lodgments near the Seli nghinsk redoubt; hut, received by the fire of our sharpshooters and of 90 men from Count Diebitsh Zabalkanskyrs regiment of in fantry, that had come to their succour, he retired, leav ing in our hands one wounded man and 5 muskets. All was quiet in the detachment of Tchorgoun and before Euoatoria. In what concerns the operations of the enemy's squadron in the Sea of Azoff, the details transmitted to us by Aide-de-Cnrnp Gcner.ti 1 74ortsebakoff arc, for the most part, already known by his previous tele graphic despatches. In general, the entrance of our ene mies into this sea, announced so bombastically by them, has been signalised merely by the inglo rions devastation of our coasts, and the destruction of a few corn maga. zines. But it has had in no respect tile+ influence they anticipated on the general progress of our operations in the Crimea. This event was not unexpected by us; in fact, owing to local circumstances, it a'as impossible to take measures for the defence of Ker tc:b, with merely our land forces, against any squadrons of the enemy stronger than usual. In case of a des oent being made by considerable forces the garrisons of IK ertch and Yeni kale had previously received orders to abandon and blow up the batteries of the coast, so as to ior event their fall ing into the power of the enemy to our detriment. Therefore, as he bad expected some Mt( anpt on the part of the allies against the Sea of Azoff, and as he, not withstanding, deemed it expedient to keep his entire force in a state of concentration, rather than disperse it for guarding all the coast-line, Prince Gortscbakoff had made arrangements for having the gr eater part of the provisions destined for the troops in the . Crimea brought to them by land, notwithstanding all the advantages possessed by water-carriage. In cons equence, among the corn magazines and the ships burn, id by the enemy along the coasts of the Sea of Azoff, there was but a mall number of those intended for ca rrying provisions for the troops. At this point, as last y ear in the Baltic, it has been the private property of individuals that has chiefly suffered from the cruelty of the enemy. After making its appearance, as is wi ill known, before Berdiensk, Genitchi, and Arabat, the allied squadron made the town of Taganrog, celebrated . for its corn trade, the new goal of its operations. But he re also this squa dron met with unexpected resistance. The town was held by a weak detachment of troops, u nder the superior command of Lieut.-Gen. Krasnoff. FRAUD ON TWO LIVERPOOL MEROHAN 'TS.--Yesterday, at the Liverpool Police-court, Mr. Cm away, barrister, applied for a warrant against a person ne ailed Jasper Wil liam Rogers, for swindling Mr. Massey in ci Mr. Hughes, merchants, of Liverpool, out of 5001. It appeared that Rogers formed the acquaintance of the gi mtlernen named at the Rock Ferry Hotel, and by florid representations of some extensive works which he bad in Ireland in con nexion with a patent process of deodorishag charcoal, in duced them to agree to become his agents in Liverpool, they paying down 501. in cash, and subsequently giving b'lls of exchange to the amount of 5001. Something having excited Mr. Massey's suspicion, he went over to Ireland and discovered that no charmoal works existed there belonging to Rogers. The ma3istrates granted the application. TRA SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 21, 1851. he had been exceedingly desirous of preventing its progress ; but, at the same time, his object was to do so by all fair and legitimate means. As, however, the committee had expressed so decided an opinion after two divisions on the point, he thought it both courteou and proper not to throw any farther impediment in the way of the bill. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that as some dif ficulties had been suggested in relation to the operation of this clause which were worthy of consideration, they shoald have his best attention, and with that view he thought it expedient for the Chairman now to report progress The CHAIRMAN reported progress accordingly, and having obtained leave to sit again on the 10th July, The CHAIRMAN then left the chair, and the house re sumed. NAVAL A.V.1.) MILITARY 11VTELLIGE.NC.E. WOOLWICH, JUNE 20. To-day, being the anniversary of her Majesty's acces ion, the royal standard was hoisted in the Royal Arse nal, Dockyard, and the Gun-park, in front of the Artil lery-barracks. At 12 o'clock, a royal salute was fired in honour of the occasion. At 10 o'clock this forenoon, the left division of Cap tain J. Travers' Company, sth Battalion (the other half having embarked on board the steam-transport Simla, for the Crimea, on the let June) ; Captain C. J. B. Riddell's Company, 6th Battalion, and Brevet Lieu tenant-Colonel J. M. Adye's Company, 9th Bat talion, being " ammunition reserves," assembled in service marching order, on Woolwich-common, for the inspection of the commandant, Major• G eneral E. C. Whinyates, C. 8., K.H. The comman dant was accompanied by Colonel W. C. Anderson, Royal Horse Artillery, commanding the field batteries, and Major G. A. Maude, Brigade-Major of Artillery. After minutely inspecting the men and horses, and their appointments, &c., they marched past and formed square and afterwards proceeded home. These companies are under orders for the Crimea, and are ready to proceed at the shortest notice. The whole of the horses belonging to the regime,ital depot were also inspected by the com mandant of the garrison. The steam-slop Devastation, Commander A. F. R. De Horsey, has unbent sails, and her crew have commenced .tripping her and returning stores. Her crew are to have 14 days' leave of absence. The screw steam-sloop Pearl, now building at Wool wich, is approaching rapidly towards completion, and will be ready for launching in a few weeks. She is pierced for 21 guns. The steam-transport Sovereign dropped down from Deptford on Monday last, and is lying off the arsenal, where she is taking on board stores. She is to embark the remainder of Captain B. Lawson's company, 2d Bat talion Royal Artillery, and the remainder of Major J. 0. Fortescue's Company, 7th Battalion, for Gibraltar. The other part of the two companies left on the 16th May for Gibraltar. The Meteor, 16, Captain Frederick B. Seymour, has nearly all her guns on board and her funnel rehoist€d, which had to be taken down after her various trials, for the purpose of lowering her guns and gun-carriages, her hatchways not bßing large enough to admit of them. She is beginning to look in first-rate sea trim, and it is expected she will be taken out of dock on Saturday or Monday. Her guns are Lancaster's 8-inch, of 95 cwt. each. The fleet at Portsmouth, yesterday, in honour of the 18th anniversary of the accession of her Majesty to the throne, dressed ship at 8 o'clock in the morning, and at noon fired a general Royal salute. The garrison led the ceremony from the King's Ravelin. The Royal standard was hoisted at the Dock and Victualling-yard, the Cus tom-house, King's rooms, and on all the forts along the shore, and the bells of the parish church rung out merry peels during the day. The Clapman and Catterbury sailing transports will embark the Oxford militia this morning at Portsmouth dockyard for Corfu. Five of the number of ship's launches fitting out as a part of a squadron of gun-boats for the Putrid Sea are nearly completed, and in the boat-pond at Portsmouth dockyard ; they have shipped their masts, sails, and gear. The steam transport Perseverance ar rived at Shithead yesterday from Sheerness, and was at anchor last night at Portsmouth. The Empress Eugenie sailing transport, which arrived at Portsmouth last week with a detachment of the 3d Buffs, was towed out of harbour to Spithead yesterday to await further orders. The Julindur, sailing ship, left Portsmouth yester Jay for Trii coca , lee, and the Wilson Kennedy for Quebec. The Romulus, from Newcastle for Malta, put in at Pnrtsm)tith yesterday leaky. The Prometheus, 6, pad dlewheel steam-steam-sloop, Commander Selwyn, arrived at `pithead yesterday afternoon from Devonport. She will receive the flag of Rear-Admiral Fremantle this morning on that officer's arrival to hoist it, and will bear him to the seat of his duties (Balaklava) in a few days. The Hearty steamtug left Portsmouth for Balaklava on Tuesday evening. On Tu-sclay morning the steam-sloop Prometheus, 5, Commander Selwyn, sailed from Plymouth for the Bl ac k Sea, via Portsm o uth ; the transport Shooting Star, No. 48, sailed wirla the Northamptonshire Militia, upwards of 600 men, for Malta ; and the bark Arthur Pardew, with stores from the Royal William Victualling-yard for Balaklava. The Bark Cygnet, Captain Bevan, arrived from Hihapirah, New Zealand, with a cargo of spars, for the Drvonport dockyard. The frigate Alarm, 26, was commissioned at Plymouth on Monday by Capt. Currie. She is ordered to the East Judi( s, The hired steam-transport Germania, No. 207, Com mander Neyneber, which sailed from Plymouth on T ues • day morning, to o k with her the remaining divisions, I and K, of the kind Transport Corps, under command of Capt. William Mayne and Capt. Henry Hutton, late of the 31st Regiment, deputy-a•sistant to the Quartermas ter-General. This division consisted of Quartermaster Sewell, Assistant-Surgeon Longmore, seven superin tendents, two assistants to quartermaster, 15 superin t , ndents, and 342 rank and file, which completes the or . ginal establishment of the Land Transport Corps of of 2,100 men. They have been recruited and equipped three months. There are also, on board, 45 pay sergeants of infantry and cavalry of different regiments in the Crimea, sent to assist Lord Paulet at the hospital at Scutari, and 19 non-commissioned officers for the Turkish Contingent. The staff of the Land Transport Corps consists of a director-general and assistant ditto, a naval assistant, adjutant, quartermas ter, and a veterinary surgeon, one chief accountant and four clerks, one paymaster and four clerks, and ono in terpreter. The regiment includes 2 majors, 12 captains, 25 quar'ermasters, 2 rejmental superintendents, 12 quart-rrnaster assistants, 49 superintendents, 98 sub•su perinteridents. 196 first-class drivers, and 1,746 second class drivers. The artificers are-6 master collarmakers, 30 collarmaker=, 6 master wheelwrights, 36 wheelwrights, 2 roaster smiths, 36 smiths, 1 master armourer, and 2 armourers. The General Screw Company's steamship Golden Fleece transport, No. 75, Capt. Scales, will leave South ampton this morning for Scutari with 103 horses and 55 men of the Ist Dragoons, under the command of Capt. Ainslie ; and 27 men and 51 horses of the 4th Dragoons, in charge of Lieut. Paxley. The Golden Fleece will call at Cork to embark the following horses and troops :- 11 officers and 77 men of the 42d Highlanders ; 2 officers and 80 men of the 79th Highlanders ; and 8 horses and 59 men of the 93d for Malta ; also 8 officers, 46 men, and 88 horses of the Bth Hussars ; and 1 officer, 28 men, and 46 horses of the 11th Hussars, for Scutari. Two officers, 2 servants, and 7 horses also leave by the Golden Flee . ce for the Crimea. The horses and troops arrived at South ampton yesterday, and were placed on board under the superintendence of Major Dalgetty. The fittings of the Golden Fleece are substantial, and the capacious decks of the vessel give" room and ventilation for the men and ani male. The Glattnn floating battery, Ca,pt. Cumming, steamed out of the fitting basin, Sheerness, yesterday at 3 p.m., and proceeded on a trial trip for two days, w , th the steam vessel African, Assistant-Master-Commander R. Harvey. The Horatio screw steam-ship, Capt. the Hon. A. A. Cochrane, is under orders to proceed to Heligoland, to bring home volunteers who have entered the Foreign Legion, for the purpose of their being drilled and crga nis( d. The Perseverance took out with her several new am- bulance jaunting cars for the conveyance of wounded or sick men ; each car is adapted to carry two men on a couch cot in the centre, and eight men on th e j aun ti ng seat; on the sides. They are particularly light, and ad mirably con tructed for the comfort of those whom they are intended to carry. A large number are being con. structed at the Ordnance departments, to be sent out with all poisible dispa`ch. Ye -te_rday being are anniversary of her Majesty's ascen sion to the throne, all ships in commission at Sheerness dressed ship and fir( d royal salutes at 12 o'clock. The garrison also fired a salute troin their saluting battery at the same time, immediately after which the bands on board each ship played the nati , ,ual anthem, followed by the French nations,' anthem, and soveral other tunes in honour of both coil! tries. The foil )wing appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty : Cr art ki J. Slaughter, Lieutenant to the Transit ; J. T. Davit, Master to the Transit ; W. F. Richards, Mate to the Ala , m ; J. Ward, Surgeon to the Hermes; and W. H. IL. Grubbe, Midship nan to the Meteor. Major-General Coaries Cbatterton has been appointed to the command of the Li mer i c k Di s t r i c t i n succession to Lieutenant-General Fleming, who retires, on promo tion to his present rank. Maj r-General Chatterton is a di-tin2:uished cavalry officer, and served in the 12th Royal Lancers at the Battle of Waterloo. He was for many years the commanding officer of the 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards., now on service in the East. He sat for the c.ty of Cork in Parliament for several ses sions, but was defeated at the last general election. Major Naimytb, the gallant colleague of the brave and lamented Butler in the defence of Silistria, has been ap pointed to the office of Assistant Adjutant-General of the Kilkenny Military District, until sufficiently restored to health to return to the seat of war. A draught of the Bth Hussars arrived in Cork on Mon day from Newbridge, amounting to 29 men and 44 horses, and on Tuesday 25 men and 44 horses more were to arrive from the same depot at Newbridge—in all 54 men and 88 horses—to embark on board the Golden Fleece, under command of Captain Joseph Reilly and Cornet Webster. Her Majesty's screw steam ship Assistance arrived at Kingstown from Liverpool on Tuesday for the purpose of embarking troops for the Crimea. The Assistance has on board a detachment of the Scots Greys. --- Court' in both cases were read to the regiment ou pa rade. It is not known whether the Commander-in- Chief will order the prisoners to undergo their punish ment at the Military Prison, Fort Clarence, Chatham, or at the new City Prison, Holloway. MILITIA. In addition to the militiaalready hutted on Aldershott heath, the following troops will arrive on the ground for field instruction about the 2d of July—viz., two batte ries of Artillery, one Regiment of Household Cavalry, detachments from the cavalry depots at Brighton and Maidstone, and from the provisional battalions, 3d bat talion of .the Rifle Brigade from Gosport, 51st King's Light Infantry, from Manchester, and eight militia regi ments, making a total of upwards of 8,000 men. Yesterday a district court-martial was held at the bead-quarters and orderly-room of the City of Lot lon Militia, Oliver's-yard, City-road, upon two privates be longing to that corps, on the charge of desertion. In the first case the prisoner was absent 22 days, and did knot re t ur n until brought back in custody. The charge hav t ing been fully proved, and the prisoner having been guilty at various times of mi'tor offenoss, th , - court sen tenced him to be marked with the letter " D" and to he imprisoned and kept to hard labour for six calendar months. The second case was also fully proved ; the pri soner, however, having previously borne a good character, the sentence of the Court was that the prisoner be impri soned and kept to hard labour for three calendar months, without being marked. The finding and sentence of the THE CASE OF STRAD - AN AND CO. BOW-STREET POLICE COURT. Mr. Robert Meakin Bates, the third partner in the firm of Strahan, Paul, and Co., bankers, of 218, Strand, was placed at the bar before Mr. Jardine, to answer the charge of having, in conjunction with Messrs. Strahan and Paul, unlawfully negotiated or otherwise disposed of certain deeds or securities of the value of 6,0001., which bad been intrusted to them for safe keeping by Dr. Griffiths. It appears that, upon the private application of Mr. Bodkin, the counsel for the prosecution, the magistrate issued warrants for the apprehension of the three defendants on Tuesday afternoon. They were at once placed in the hands of Blundell and Ticknor, the warrant officers attached to the Court, who taking their instructions from Mr. Humphries, the solicitor of Dr. Griffiths, proceeded to execute them in private clothes. Mr. Bates was apprehended the same evening half-past 7, at 41, Norfolk-street, Strand, after which the officers started by the Brighton Railway for Nutfield, near Reigate, the country residence of Sir John Dean Paul. They found Sir John at home, and succeeded in serving the warrant upon him, but, it being too late to return to London the same night, they al lowed their prisoner to go to bed, and, sitting up all night themselves, within view of Sir John's room, ar ' ranged to accompany him to London by an early train the next morning. Accordingly, they conducted the prisoner, on Wednesday morninee from his residence at Nutfield to the Reigate Station, :distance of a few miles, —arriving at the latter barely in time to save the train. Tickets were procured hurriedly for the three, and, ac cording to the statements of the warrant officers, the train was actually in motion when Sir John took his seat in a second-class carriage. The constables were in the act of f Bowing him into the same carriage when a rail way porter pulled them back, exclaiming, "The train is in motion, and you can't get in." The officers re plied, "We are police constables. He is our prisener, and we must accompany him. Resist us at your peril." To this the portsrs merely rejoined that they were only carrying out their orders, "to prevent any one enter ing a carriage while the train was in motion," and having closed the carriage door against the officers, the train went off without them. The constables state that they immediately represented the facts to the superin tendent and showed him their authority, but he refused to "signal" the train to stop, although consenting to send a telegraphic message to the London station. This was done by desire of the officers, who proceeded to town by the next up-train, which reached London-bridge only 10 minutes after the one they had missed. On in quiry, however, of the station-master at London-bridge if their prisoner had been detained, he replied that he did not know Sir John Paul by sight, and, of course, there fore, had taken no steps in the matter. The police officers, who had been in some measere disarmed by Sir John's suavity of manner, had thus the mortification of finding that their prisoner had effectually escaped ; and throughout the day no trace of him could be found. They were also unsuccessful in their pursuit of Mr. Strahan, who was expected to keep an appointment at the bank, but who did not make his appearance, although anxiously looked for throughout the day. Under these circumstances, Mr. Ballantine, counsel for Mr. Bates, after waiting some time in expectation that the charge would be proceeded with, stated that he had other engagements to attend to, and, in the absence of any explanation of the cause of delay, proposed that the case should be still further deferred till his return. Mr. Jardine assented to this arrangement, and at a later period of the day Mr. Ballantine suggested that the case should stand over for a day or two, for the convenience of all parties, Mr. Jardine said he could not understand the cause of delay, and he was unwilling to sanction the detention of Mr. Bates in custody for any lengthened period, without some proper evidence in support of the charge. He had better be placed in the dock. The defendant having been placed at the bar, and having conferred with his solicitor, Mr. Holt, Mr. Ballantine seed—l understand, sir, that the gen tleman for whom I appear has been taken into custody, upon certain informations laid before you relative to some deeds or securities, which appear to have been de posited at the banking-house of Messrs. Strahan, Paul, and Co., of which firm he is unfortunately a partner, al though not, I believe, in the same position as the other partners in the establishment. It is alleged, I under stand, that these deeds are not forthcoming. Ido not pretend at present to answer a charge which has been only vaguely stated, although I believe the result of any inquiry which may be made into this matter hereafter will satisfactorily show that my client was ignorant of all the business transactions in connection with these deeds, and was, in fact, abroad at the time of their al leged negotiation. Still, painful as it is to him to be placed in his present position, I am aware that the case is one of such magnitude and importance as to forbid the hope that you will discharge him from castody at once. He is willing, therefore, that the case should stand over till to-morrow or next day, when I shall be prepared to meet the charge on his behalf. Mr. Jardine considered the application a very reason able one under the circumstances, and the learned gen tleman who had the conduct of the prosecution must be Wormed of the arrangement. The defendant, who appeared upwards of 60 years of age, was then removed from the dock, and was taken subsequently to the House of Detention. Shortly after the above proceedings, Mr. Humphries, the solicitor for the prosecution, waited upon the magistrate, having only just heard that Mr. Bates was in custody. He stated that Mr. Bodkin and the witnesses would be shortly in attendance, but, understanding that an arrangement had been made, at the suggestion of Mr. If a:lantiee, for the postponement of the case till Friday, he should not think it right or courteous to go into the particulars of the charge in the absence of that gentleman. The Court was already aware of the nature of that charge, which was made under a peculiar statute, and related to a number of Dutch bonds, which Dr. Griffiths had deposited with his bankers, Messrs. Strahan, Paul, and Co., for safe cus tody, and which had been since disposed of without his authority. He hoped the magistrate would not suspect him of any disrespect to the Court, as even the message he had just received had not come to him officially. The magistrate assured Mr. Humphries, who was al ways punctual, that no apology was necessary from him; but he was still at a loss to know why he bad not re ceived some communication from the officers in whose hands the warrants were placed. Mr. Burnaby, the chief clerk, said, this might be ac counted for by the fact that, Sir John Paul having es caped from their custody, they had been ever since on the look out for him. Mr. Humphries said the explanation was quite satis factory. _ _ Mr: Bodkin and the witnesses for the prosecution hav ing been afterwards apprised of the above arrangement, it was agreed that the defendant should be brought up again on Friday afternoon. Mr. Jardine said that no injury would result to any one from the adoption, of this course, as it was just what ia,ust have happened, in all probability, owing to the nonappearance of the other defendants. Mr. Bates could be brought up again on Friday, and further re manded if necessary ; it being undesirable, perhaps, to proceed with the case in the absence of other partners in the firm. The above proceedings were taken under the 7th and Bth of Geo. IV., chap. 29, sect. 49, and any person con victed of unlawfully disposing of securities is liable, ac cording to the words of the act, " to be transported beyond the seas for any term not exceeding 14 years nor less than seven years, or to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding three years, and, if a male, to be once, twice, or thrice publicly or privately whipped (if the Court should think fit) in addition to such imprison ment." TRADE OF SOUTH WALES.—The shipping trade of the Welsh ports is in a very satisfactory state. - The exports of coal and iron coastwise and foreign still continue large. The exports from Swansea alone will this year, it is calculated, reach 500,000 tons, 471 vessels having entered the port during the month of May with a tonnagf, of 41,751, being an increase of nearly 9,000 tons on tb.e preceding month. The foreign exports of coal fro in Cardiff per month have reached 500,000 tons, and N, iv r. port 10,000 and Swansea the same. The foreign I.,on nage of Newport has reached about 190,000 tons dv ring the year, and coastwise tonnage 500,000 tons. Immense quantities of mackerel have been ca ught near Guernsey. A few days since one boat en tored Guernsey with 3,000 mackerel, another with 2,00 f ), and a third with 1,800. Other boats entered with si nailer quantities. A letter from Constantinople, in the Bcerseal die of Hamburg, says :—" The Austrian Government has de termined on adopting measures to remove the ol)stacles to the navigation at the mouth of the Sulina, and to protect neutral vessels.. Accordingly, one of. Lloyd's steamers is to be stationed there to assist vef isels, and an employs of the consulate of Galatz has bee n .sent to Sulina to act as consular agent, and to give the• docu ments required for navigation to all the vessels that may demand them. 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Barry Du Barry & Co., 77, Regent-street, Lond on ; also at 18 , Piccadilly; 60, Gracechurch-street ; 330, fuld 451, Strand; 4, Cheapside ; 60 and 8, Cornhill ; 49, V.shopsgate-street; 55, Charing-cross; 54, Upper Baker-street; 63 and 150, Oxford-street ; 89, High-street, Camden-town ; 18, Pall mall; 7, Pall-mall-East ; 132, New Bond-street ; 24, Mot - eomb-street ; 13, King William-street, City 30, Conduit. street ; 21, Cockspur-street; 95, Farringdon-si xeet ; 67, St. Paul's Churchyard; 6, Edward•otroet Poi twin .square. SPOBTING INTELLICIBNOB. ----~-- BIBURY CLUB RACES.—STOCKI3RIDGE COURSE.—WEDNESDAY. Sweepstakes of 50 sovs each, h ft ; for three-year-olds ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Set 31b ; certain allowances. New mile. 5 subs. Mr. Campbell Wyndham's Corhampton, by Orlando, Bst 41b (A. Day) walked over The Bibury Stakes of 10 sovs each, h ft, with 50 added ; the owner of the second horse to save his stake. Ono mile and a half. 12 subs. Lord Clifden's Rodo-meli, by Orlando, 4 yrs, lOst 61b (Capt. Little) 1 Count Batthyany's Ethelwolf, 6 yrs, list 31b (Owner) 2 Mr. Elwes's William Rufus, 5 yrs, lOst 41b ...(Owner) 3 Betting—Even on Dodo-meli, 2 to 1 agst Win. Rufus, and 7to 2 agst Ethelwolf. Won easily be a length and a half ; the second beating the third by a length. The Champagne Stakes of 10 sovs each, with 50 added, for two-year-olds ; colts, Bst 101 b ; fillies, Bst 71b ; certain winners extra. Last three-quarters of the new mile. 12 subs. Mr. J. M. Stanley's Brother to Orinoco, by Orlando, Bst 101 b Sir J. B. Mill's Cerva, Bst 71b (A. Day) 2 Lord Anglesey's Astrologus, 9st (in. 41b extra) _ (H. Goater) 3 Mr. Campbell Wyndham's hr f by Bay Middleton— Hornpipe, Bst 71b (J. Mann) 4 Mr. Grnme's Blue Mantle, Bst 7lb (Wells) 5 Betting-6 to 4on Brother to Orinoco, 4to 1 agst Cerva, and sto 1 agst Astrologus. Won very cleverly by a neck ; three lengths between the second and third, and a wide interval separating each of the others. A. Plate of 50 sous ; for three-year-olds and upwards ; optional selling weights. One mile and a half. Mr. J. Stanley's Veteran, by Old England, 5 yrs, list 111 b, 501. (Capt. Little) 1 Lord Clifden's Poodle, 6 yrs, 12st 131b...(Mr. Bevill) 2 Betting-4 to lon Veteran. Poodle led to the Stand, where the favourite went up, deprived him of the lead, and won easily by two lengths. The winner was bought in for 115 guineas. A Plate of 80 sous, with 20 in addition for the second horse ; for three-year-olds and upwards ; optional se ing weights. Old mile. Mr. J. Powney's William the Third, 7st 121 b (2001.) (Castleman) 1 Mr. Bevill's Georgium Sidus, Bst 21b (30010 _ (Bartholomew) 2 Mr. J. H. C. Wyndham's Corhampton, 7st 121 b (2001.) , . - (J. Mann) 3 Mr. Y. King's Flacrow, 7st 121 b (2001.)...(J. Huckin) 4 Betting-6 to 5 agst Georgiuin Sidus, and 2to 1 agst William the Third. Won cieverly by three quarters of a length ; bad third. The winner was very restive when called to the post. _ A Plate of 50 sous ; for two and three-year-olds ; op _ tional selling weights, &c. T.Y.C. Mr. J. M. Stanley's Contention, 3 yrs, 7st 41b (501. (Ashman) 1 Mr. Stevens's Swaleliffe, 2 yrs, sst 71b (501.) (7,:usgrove) 2 Mr. Gully's Emigrant, 2 yrs, sst 71b (50/.)...(Salter) 3 The following also ran :—Miss Morgan, Gay, Jane Shore, Herculea. Betting-5 to 2 agst Swalcliffe, and 3to 1 agst Conten ti•n. Won by half a length ; four lengths between the second and third ; Hercules was fourth, Jane Shore fifth, Miss Morgan sixth, and Gay last. The winner was afterwards sold by auction to Mr. Powney for 95 guineas. The Andover Stakes (Handicap) of 5 sovs each, with 50 aided ; for three-yr-olds and upwards. Old Mile. 11 subs. Mr. J. M. Stanley's Veteran, by Old England, 5 yrs, lOst 1 Olb (Capt. Little) 1 Mr. Elwes's Florist, 5 yrs, list 1 Olb (Owner) 2 Mr. Elwes's William Rufus, 5 yrs, lOst 21b (carried 10st 41b) (Mr. Scobell) 3 Betting—Even and 5 to 4 on Florist, and 6 to 4 agst Veteran. Veteran made all the running, and won easily by three lengths ; same distance between the second and third. BETTING ON THE COURSE. LIVERPOOL CUP. 3to 1 agst Shoreham. 9to 2 agst Cock Pheasant. Fine weather and an average attendance of company Sport only moderate. BEVERLEY, HULL, AND EAST RIDING RACES.—WEDNESDAY. Kingston-upon• Hull Stakes. Tom Perkins ... Notre Dame Six ran. Bishop Burton Stakes. Eleven ran. Beverley Cup. Seven ran. Londesborough Cup. Forlorn Stakes. Driffield Stakes. .CES.-JuNE 27. One mile and a distance. Age st lb Vulcan Plausible Duet Phmdra 3 6 2 Gondoline Mary Ann 3 5 10 rs. About a mile and a half. Age st lb Evening Star The Archer Vulcan Brinklow Mayboy 3 6 2 ITheedra Grey Chicken Mary Anne )D RACES. ►od Stakes. Two miles and tloulstflty EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET_. Jon 19. There were in the market to - day 16 sacks oatmel, each weighing 2SO lbs imperial, which sold at 475 and 465. --- EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MARKET—. JUNE 18. There was a l a rge supply of straw of all descriptions in the market. The prices to-day were as follow : e, t Oat straw, from 7s 6d to 9s 6 d per kemple of 16 son trop ; wheat do., 6s Od to 8s Od ; barley do., 7s 6d to 36d. Hay from 14d to 16d ; new ditto, Od to Od per stone. Oatmeal, per DALKEITII MEAL MARKET—JuNB 11• T h i r d. imperial I—s Od I—s Od --3 s ,; Peasemeal, per ditto -s Od —s Od -,1 rpesracdkittuof 2801bs I First. I Second. 01 Flour, per ditto —s Od --s Od ---$ n Pot-barley, per ditto DUBLIN—. White wheat, 42s Od to 44s Od JUNE 19 ; red ditto, 40s to 43s ; barley, 16s Od to 20s Od ; oats , 14 s 6d to 16s 3d; ye a; 00s Od to —s Od per brl ; oatmeal , 15s Od to 17s 6d ; ba` flour, 24s Od'to 273 Od per cwt ; Inman corn, 5 19 Od to 548 OJ per 4801bs. COAL MAR Prices of Coal per ton at t 1 s. d. Bate's West Hartley 17 6 Chester Main _ lB 0 Hasting's Hartley lB e Holywell lB 6 Howard's West Hartley Netherton 18 0 North Percy Hartley l7 6 Portland Hartley 17 6 Ravensworth Hartley l7 Tanfield Moor l5 0 Tanfield Moor Butes 15 0 Walker Primrose l5 0 Grey's West Hartley l7 3 West Pelion l5 0 Wylam 17 6 i Wallsend, &c. Acorn Close lB 6 Bell and Brown 17 9 Gosforth lB 0 Harton lB 3 Heaton _ 18 (1 fledley l7 3 Hilda 17 ( 1 1 Riddell l7 9 Eden Main 19 6 Ships at market... lt T.—JuNs 20. ie close of the market. 0. a. Wareend, . Belmont .... . .............. ; Framwellgate ............. 0 Haswell ..................... 6 19 6 Fietton .................... 6 1 9 Kepler Grange ............ Lambton .................... i s 0 0 Pensher ................. Riehmund .. . .............. ; Russell's Heiton ......... Stewart's ................. `6' Cassop ..................... 11,v, g Trimdon .. . ........ . ......... !r, Hartlepool ................ 18 Heugh ............... South Keno° .21 ; :Tees . . . .................... West Keno° ................. Ilb 17 6 Whitworth ............... 22 0 Evenwood ................... Carr's gerthlrr ii;ti:ifei.lB 0 'Derweatwater .22 6 Llangennech .............. 0 hyr ........ 2.4 WaY neg "at dare..• '2l 6 Fothergills Aber iBI Sold .......... 89 [SHARE -_ LIVERPOOL, JuNV 20. STOCK EXCHANGE.—There was an active bUsineili , 1 0 ° : daLy,onadndonthaendmaNrkoertthfirwme.steLrnan, caisoh3ir :3diYir_orksibLitine,coci: I Vac), one ,..ei_z_hth shares, 9-16 d.—Mancheater, Sheffield. slid - — o te. "f g i—Midland, 75k South constituted, 8 11-16. South Eastern, 18 13-16---IA.- - , ---- MANCHESTER , STOOK EXCHANGE.—The business Was 1in311.1^6.....p5t ther lower rates. Midlands, 75--DoverslB 1 lA -- ; Lancashire, 19 9-16—London and North IV egtailads, 26 Sheffield, 27i—Leeds, 82a —York and North = - North Staffords, 4t dis. JUNE 20. a, _ ith ry BIRMINGHAM, JIINg 20. lid pr i ce s still improving. Midland Stock, 74 STOOK EXOHANGE.—The Market was brisk, ! ad North i—London ....1' 4 4 oid S ir Westerns, 108 f —Birmingham and Derby's, -- mingham Canals, 93. - - LEEDS, JUNE ' O . et O w ok W _ncohire STOCK EXCHANGE.—The tone o f the 1 active, and prices are not so firmly maintaine4. 101'n and Yorkshires, 8 9 I—M ' g an., Shef. and l' ule bou'ee, 1716 South Eastern and 8? —Dian., 183 —Craven door DUBLIN, JUNE 1 9 * 11 , I, 0 150 1 '1 • STOCK ExCifANGE.—Three per Cent. %Ails Build . —New Three per Cent. Stock, 911 Z--C °lll/n r e g rG -11° C° 4 ing Shares (461. 3s. ld. paid), 28—Consunie,,L paid)• pang (Ti. paid), 88 —Mining Co. of Ireland (lb„f —Wicklow Copper Mine (W. paid),lin 32—"DVi'cllovi (101• fast Junct. (451. paid), 43i and .0, 1 4. 1 I paid), 6i —Dundalk and Enniskillen (301' paid), SEABORNE MAILS. rost 46l" Gese ll - (N signifies that the mails are sent from the Sy the night—and Mby the morning — desp atch.) 'O en Fro m Wbit o°2 port gag , DisPat c—. ji Jane COUNTRIES. America(byßrit.Pack)Nl AmericP. (by United Ste.' packet) ..........N, America (by U. States packet) Australia (via • Bouth H ampton) ..........M Ditto (via Marseilles) Ni Ditto (via Cape of Good, Hops) .... • • Africa (West Coast) ..N Alexandria Alexandria Bahamas ...........M Belgium ............N Brazil Buenos Ares ........M Cape of Good Hope ..N Cape of Good Hope ..N Cape de Verde ......N Ceylon (see India) Ceylon .... • .........N Channel Isles ......N Day when made in General Poet- Office, London.* ?very 'Friday • • • Liver Pol uverP °l sou tboaPt °° l n tot Dora lan° 24 1 00 .W 8 *** ,111 1 / 6 pirt ioOtp:: Dom 'ton) oiP sow ton, ii ny tlistinP D 0 6 D t lop •Tl in 16 sou tharnP tor JlO l6 O O soutba m ,,' rts,V uGe v a rtoUS r southstaWn 13d of the month.. 4,9, 24, & 30 of rp. 4th gc 20th of mon. 17th of the month 9th of the month.. I9th of the month..l 9th of tbo month I iii•O f Va.lf Sion ~Wed.,&Frtl. id 1417th of montl Once a month... • 8,13,18,23,5/8 of ID 4th Sc 20th of mon.' Twice daily ...... southenP t" i foathaniP"ill China .... Constantinople Constantinople .... • • • • Cont. of Europe M & N Egypt (see India) France • • .... 31 & N Glibraltar •. • ....... Dd Greece (see India) Greytown ..........N Hamburg's • • • • Elavannah .• • • • ....• bl Holland .• ...... Honduras ...• M India (viaSouthampt.) M , India (via Marseilles)3l. lon ian Isles (see India) Ireland ..M & Lisbon.. • • • • • . Madeira .. • • Madeira .. Malta (see India) Malta ...• ..........N Mauritius (see India) Nfauritiva ..........N Itexico ...... .31 Nspies .. •• .• ••.. N NT( ,Nv Granada ......N New Zealand. ..... .• • • Pap al States .. • • .. •. N Peninsula .... • • ..N Por t Natal .. • . .... Sicily ••.• • • • • • • ',rano= .• .. • • • • • Van Di. s men's Lan d (sec Allgtr , • • " • • • • 6 Yitoat 1nd.‘4 ,5 •• • • " • - (rover • Southfinownrroodou I Dover " c Twice daily .... • • 4,7, 17, 20, 27 of m Dover •• SouthonP 2nd & 17th of mon. Tuesday & Friday 2nd of the month Daily.... • • . • • • • • 17th of the month. 4th & 20th of mon. 9th& 25th of month, 7, 17, & 27 of mon Twice daily 7,9, 17, & 27 of m. 9th of the month 23d of month June 1 6 south aniP te .1 1 Dover....tot~ June Dover • • • 1,11.1 I kW Dover• • •• • • V° 16 DOIS r . Southampto LS°lvuetrnpaomol.Pt°::(l,"•—e 16 18, IS, &28 of mon. IDOVer .. " •• 14th of the month, 2nd of the month., btblsth2sthotmort. 2d & 17th" month By private ship •• st hlsth2 s thol in 7thl7th27thofinon ; 5 134 tdtdyhl I:llPss:tti7:lTl22atssthtteohh°l9oofrnhfl ni x o P 20 0 °. hinn. SoathansptenlJOl/ . Dover •• •• Southampton• i Var ious port, Ilnatr." Dover • • • • , • ISoutharnptoni !Sohampton iViutrfous ports trneortalv Dover •.....1 IDover ..; Southampton July 2d& 17th o i month When war of these d patched cei the follow] Sonthampt In), and the Preceding d aY. Manganese Alfred Bracey Little Brownie Gamelad Orange Blossom Angelo Huntsman Little Brownie Curfew Queen of England . LENHAM RAC The Mid-Kent Handicap. Age st lb Le Juif (h b) a 9 0 Humboldt Langley 4 8 0 Noisette 5 7 13 Perfidious Tom Burke The Lenbam Plate of 50 soi Age st lb Le Juif (h b) a 9 0 Humboldt Noisette. Go-away 4 7 10 Doubtful Warbler 5 7 0 Merrythought Firebrand 4 7 0 GOODWOC Acceptances for the Goodwo a h Age st lb Mishap Quince Bianca Siding 3 6 7 Syvagee 4 6 4 Raglan Venison Katerfelto Challow Boy 3 5 10 Imogene 3 5 10 Surgeon-General 4 5 10 Malmsey Jujube . 4 5 8 Le Fripon Baotheon Instructressßadiag ne 3 5 5 . .......... : F . H u u i o g l m b h e i l c p y k r i ........ t .. 3 3 3 455 10(1 Supplicant CARLISLE RACES.—JuLY 3 AND 4. FIRST DAT. • Acceptances for the Cumberland Plate of 100 sous., for horses, &c., of all ages, added to a Handicap Sweep stakes of 10 soya eaei, 5 fc, and 3 aws only if de clared. Twice round and a distance. The second to save his stake, and the winner to pay 10 sous towards expenses. A winner of a handicap (subsequent to the declaration of weights) of 100 soya or upwards to carry 61b extra ; of two of that value 91b extra ; the winner of the Northumberland Plate 91bs extra ; the second horse in the Northumberland Plate 41b extra. Each entry to pay one sovereign towards the fund. Age at lb Age st lb Rataplan Wild Huntsman 4 8 0 St. Clare 4 6 2 Dalkeith 6 7 7 Goldfinch Maid of Team Adelaide 4 5 12 Valley a7 5 Courtenay, by Mary Ann 6 7 0 Flatcatcher ... 3 512 St. Andrew Amalgamation ... 4 6 12 Cock of the North 3 5 6 Bralken , 4 612 Freddy La Belle 5 6 8 f by Melbourne, Age st lb Hermit Ivan Mortimer Epaminondas Hervine ' a 8 0 Baalbec Dr. O'Toole Domino St. Andrew Humboldt Go orkah 5 7 8 Cobnut Mincemeat , 47 8 I Kingstown 3 7 7 Ireland's Eye 5 7 7 D. O. Pumicestone Newbold 4 7 6 Cwlamus 4 7 4 Robgill Sultan 3 7 2 The Spinner Miss Allen 4 6 8 Nell Gwynne 3 5 2 Rylstone 3 6 8 Lancewood 3 4 12 Maid of the Tees 4 6 4 Cypriann, 3 4 12 Acceptances for the Lottery Stakes, handicap of 5 sous each, 3 ft, with 40 soya added from the racing fund. Second to save his stake. A winner of a handicap (subsequent to the declaration of weights) of-200 sow; or upwards, to carry 61b extra ; of two of that value, 91b extra ; the winner of the Northumberland Plate, 91b extra ; the second in the same race, 41b extra. One mile and a quarter. Age st lb Age st 1131 Red Lion Dalkeith f 6 8 3 Victory ............ a 6 12 Sir Roland Tren- Goldfinch chard Hobby Horse 67 10 Van Winkle The Assayer Filarney q, 7 5 Wellington 3 6 . 0 la Belle ' 5 7 5 Nell Garynne Patience 5 7 5 Deerstealer —.... 3 5 10 Ammonia Caliph 4 7 2 Bright ............ 2 4 4 olloway's °intmend-. and Pills for the cure of woun d s. Extract surpass[Anv EeR every remedy -- PI of a lly letter a— from Mr. Hubbard, of Walsall. To Professor H - ir , —A most remarkable in stance o f th e vir tue• of your medicine has rece ntly come under my notice. oowb A young m an, a needle maker at S tu dl ey, was su ff er i ng fro m several ulcers upon his legs and other parts of the bo.ciy, so much that he could not walk without crutches ; he had the benefit of medical treatment for a long time, but gradually got worse ; he was then advised to try yr iur valuable medicines, and by these alone be is per fe.:ttly cured. Sold by all medicine venders, and at Pro fe ;so r Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London, and ~$O, Maiden-lane, New York. Southampton Jab' l de. les fall ort a Sunday, the malls will ink _ g day, with the excep tien of the to falta, both of which will be desPatcb REVERS' BAT MELBOURNE. —At an auction ee . " 0 Melbourne, in the beginning of February, bec, °ri rob sold at e 1..% pound, American cheese at ad., P, ng- th at 2d., and hi rtter at Bid.—an unwelcome return o r r o f rash exporterti of such articles ! Indeed► We be v ed whole cargoes beirg purchased at a low price, re ti ' e P a ' or to England, ,n d sold at a considerable profit. ° P „ Ill d 2/4 bo u t, that two years ago would fetch 1/. 1 0 e . lb " the could be bought for 4s. 6d . . While such has bee ;00 vege crow o, neglect of the la Id to go tO the diggings, that were exceedingly scarce, a cabbage fetching bo lf l e boe Many of the idle people who left England to of " picking up a, living" there, weiffrePeril Wit t return. BIRTHS. svet je OF A SON. r go 0°144 On the 19th inst , 0 oat 122, Park-street, ro _. iffoo tboa r°a the Countess of Darh am—twins. On the 21st inst., Mr s. A. Welliter, f 5% wi f e of grove, Bayswater. et, the i d oi r ° On the 17th inst., t a t Milverton, Sow el l f the Lieut.-Colonel Rando l p h. the w On the 15th inst. , at Bromley, ICerl) late George Cleaveland, Esq., R.N. OF A DAUGHTER. Be fo rds On the 18th inst., at Houghton Iroseeo 1, AU ° the wife of Hu m p hre y Brandreth, Es, 1. f olk, L.. On the I.9th inst., at Bradwell Hou OOP . lc P t' of H. W. Ma xwell L y te, Esq. scrolbr °° ' On the 17 t h inst. at Holbrook Co Cott bge, •••• fo the wife of Robacon 0 On th e 17th inst., ert at ß Talgarth, onge w.b iro, il Me r io n Thurston. MARRIED. —.. lobo P ynder, On the 19th inst., at St. Marylebone CaPcs'i'' cice°°' Dickson,' • C. 91 O s R.N., son of the late Admiral :.Itr • _ g Tbo Bart., o to Sarah Matilda Poynder, day ighter loopolv Stone,) the 19th inst., at St. Giles's, C d' Esq., of Hilinarton,Wiltshire, and 6 , 11, 11°14 street, even ish-square. one, A sci Cs .01bervit_.,,,le, W , of Trio. Col. Cam., and the Inner 1cei;7014., Charlotte Wilson, only daughter of Jose ph 9 111.1 of Horne.bill, Dulwich. Job ° On the 20th inst , at East Ham Churn la, the itlryvv. Of Morley L ea, rector.of Botley, Hants, to Broil,' gior coo youngest daughter of Jamee Giugell, Pgl" House. On till(' 19th inst., Ro bert Burgess, lisq., of 101, 111413 rfolborn. of I° ' On the 19th inst., Thomas Augustus Gale, Vol'? Quoon-sq uare, Bloomsbury, aged 76. On the 16th inst., at Oaklands, Afidharst, Sussex, I°ll° Mellersb , Esq., aged 84. A Oi c l'' On tb e 16th inst., at Soutbsea, William .Allosn-, aged 56. , th e On the 17th inst., at Bute Cottage, Lissnlirveni the Rev. , Jean DAvid Alexander Chavannes, nximster of Free Church of the Canton de n and. SteveOn tn/F:oenl,7Ethscii.ratg.,edat7BB.arton, earNottingloo9, :it:1:: On the 15th inst., Alfred Newman, Esq., of 2 , garden, :,ged 55. , vole , On ~ , he [4th inst., at 2, Albyn-place, Edinburehsobiro, daught o r of the late Colonel Legh, of Lymeilall, Lluv and wi [:e of JoilllA• CamPi ______!!, •—•— ------------OVNO, LONDI )1g : Printed and Publisbhd by MURDO ir _ . 12 , of N. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Bun Office, 14°.t'... o f Mrs; Id, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in tJae 0 010 i lilict dlesex, Thursday, June 21, 185 5 . . .. kt • N,'