The Sun. — London, England, 1856-07-09 00:00:00

r in(lepen' Jpe to the ort to the revered in n lightened td that ere dente and Dhabi() in 3e in the in his &- Minister, relined to TM. Lauri lino laws, rwo other 3ci, would the con- Ts of the ion of the in favour )RNINU. , Captain !ate mails, Lay 28th; we 14th ; Vincent's, ; Lisbon, 50,000 1 . teresting• leo, on 11 13 3ensationf to assist perfectly Flores in . I a scarcity The Sala . ything elc" Exchange, 3ed ; quo- Is. sd. W uring the .arge sales y of fresh 3ssion. her Fire/ ver. 27g. ug in drl _Lice little supplies• Zed. ed. arrival 3. Sugar ,ries were 271 cash' ands car sickness , t's for the I appear' favour 0f lie works+ her bill to )01. to els TESDAY. with tvr is off the 'eight and Mathew' is stated seized for I Govern: requested a year t° CBIJI' ale in wand, wicems lowly, g car- Ding. tined: Id ONEY MARK T uii J C02 , 17/ERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed firmly, without any material change. The sales 0 were estimated at 5,000 bales, 1,000 on specula- 31 tion and 500 for export ; comprising 30 Pernam and Maranham, at 6 d. ; 200 Bahia, 6 7-16 d.: 100 Egyptian, 611 d. to Bd. ; 700 Surat, 4d. to sd. 22 .1 per lb. The Rail wa y Sh are M ar k e t was ac ti ve, with an improvement in prices. IT Accounts from the Vienna Bourse report a fur- . 1 ther improvement in Austrian Securities. On the 5J 7th inst. the 5 per Cent. Metallics rose per cent., to 841, and the 41 per Cents, were firm at 20 74. Austrian Railway Stocks were in demand at 10 255, and shares of the New General Bank of Credit 5 0 changed hands at 385. The Lombardo-Venetian '5 Railway Stock is also in request at 134. Exchange 1' on London is 10-2, and on Paris 119. St. Letters from Paris mention that the matter is ', 3 ;• spoken of in reliabl e quar t ers , o f an extraordinary 25 session of the Legislative Body being convened tt,.• 0 shortly, for the purp ose o f vo ti ng a N ew L oan of 1 300,000,009 f., as being necessary to cover the re- at. maining expenses of the war. Should this be de- (- 4 illumined upon by the Imperial Government, it is probable that the funding of Treasury Bonds l ' o t. will not be resorted to ; at the same time, there is ./t. no doubt that the call for a New Loan will tend t. further to depress financial matters in P a ri s . 3t 3L. This day there was a meeting of the Alliance it. Bank at the London Tavern, at which a statement 't• was made by the directors. From this it appeared that since the establishment of the bank, at the =0 beginning of the year, a nett profit of 6,6261. 10s. t ' 6 6l 3t 6d. had been made. The s tat emen t was rece i ve d as satisfactory. LO3 The half-yearly meeting of the Colonial Bank was also held this day ;C. Marryat, Esq., in the 'it chair. The nett profits were 20,8681. 11s. 6d., out 2 1• of which the directors recommended a dividend of 10 21 per cent., being at the rate of 5 per cent. per 124, annum. The report was adopted. 10 The City of Baltimore, arrived from New York, brings $60,000. The mails have not yet been de livered in the City. In the continental exchanges yesterday after noon there was continued heaviness, and as gold is now dearer in Paris than it is here further ship ments will no doubt be made. From Paris we learn that a decline occurred in C the price of the Rentes yesterday. This unfavour able movement is attributed to an increased de mand for money for commercial purposes, and to the absence of most of the principal capitalists and ; 0 speculators who are now taking their usual holiday. ' 1- The English Fund s h ave b een d u ll, an d C on - St. sols have been within a trifling fraction of 95/ St. all the morning. The improved state of the St . weather has produced increased firmness, but th e dealings have not been very numerous. 25 Consols opened at 95a- 1, then rose to 951 and have since ruled at the former quotation, St. both for special transfer and to-morrow. The .0 August price is 96i The Scrip is at nomi nal rates. Exchequer Bills have been 165., 175., :8 and 20s, premium, and India Bonds 19s. to 225. , premium. The New Threes have ranged from u 96i to 97k, and the Reduced are marked 96. . 4 1 Bank Stock remains at 2181. In Foreign Stocks business is very quiet. Sar dinian have been 921 to 931, being steady ; and St Spanish Deferred are 24i. Turkish 6 per Cents. A have brought 104 i for money, and 104 k g for ac count. The 4 per Cent. Guaranteed are supported at 106 to 106 g. Belgian 41 per Cents, are 97. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign 2 Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 7i ; Mexi can, 221 ; Peruvian, 81 82 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 57 8 ; Portuguese 4 per Cents , 49 51 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 112 114 ; ditto 4-i per Cents., 98 100 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 46i ; ditto Deferred, ; ditto Certificates, 6k ; ditto Passive, 617. Railway shares are generally steady, but the transactions are not numerous. - Caledonian, Great Western, and South-Western, however, have slightly declined. Most of the others are at an advance, or maintain previous values. The French and Belgian have not undergone any change of importance. The Riga shares continue to improve, being now as high as 5i and 6. BengsAs are 1 prem., and Ceylons 11 1 prem. Joint-stock Banking Shares are rather lower. The Miscellaneous are without any change of im portance. 5 5 'to 10 BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES. ifrnn► Ogicia? List. I gticnn, done. sank Stun' 3 I'OL (Amt qc ftedmced Annoiitial... 3 Per Cent Consols Annuities Ws,' 3 ear noon. knnnith 3 4 ... .„ New 2:1 per Cent. Annuities BO to Annuities, expire Fith .Tan. 1860... 3 Ditto 3t Years, expire sth April, 1885 lB4 18 India lioads, taiiiiit Ditto, under t 100() ~ ......, .. ...... .., l9 22 p . Cot.sois f or Account .. 954 22 p i Exchequer Nils, 24d P.lOOO 17 20 16 p ... -. •• .• 'llO .. ..... ...._ ...... .... . Ditto Bonds, 1858 , . 3A! per Cent. looi PRICES OF FOifEIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Grenada New Active, 21 per Cent. — bate D e f erred.. 74 . Peruvian Boots 4} per Cant — Ditto 3 per Cent ... Ditto Account ..... ... Sp !,isi Boa's, 3 per Cent D itto Account T irbri t h B ond D itto Account Ditto Guara n t ee d , 4 per Cent. D itto Account D l v , en i s on U-. 0 /Piny° ,yable in Lender. Belgian, 2} per Cent., ex. 25 francs _ Ditto 4i par Cent.. ex. 25 francs Dutch Exchange, 2! per Cent., 12 Guilders nitto 4 r.p , Cent. i erti rica.tes ...... ..... 97 Peruvian Dollar Bonds, 4,1 per Cent. THREE O'CLOCK. C , ngols (Money) Ditto Account (July 10) LLOYD'S SID TPING.—(This Day.) 16 LONDON, July 9. Pi r ind this day at noon, N.W. tu light breeze an d fi ne . PLYMOUTH, July 8. —Wind N.W. Arrived Try- 43 Phena, from Brazils ; Evelyn, London, for the Cape of an Good Hope. Sailed—. Ruby, for the Cape of Good Hope ; 20 Gottiogeo, Bombay. RALmouTH, July B.—Wind N N W., st rong ga l e , A r - 100 lived —Britannia (s.s.. tpt.), from Portsmouth, for Dub lin, 10 N .B. G ILNVAT, July B . — Arrived—Clarence, from St. John's, 0 CORK, July 7 . —Wind W.N.W.—Arrived—Satcliffe, 20 froM St. John 's, N.B. 10 all I Antwer iskßott rd sa 10 Ardennes* all I Atlan.Sz St.Lw. leased at 6 . p. c „by Gd.Tnk. of Canada 5 all ilelgtan Eastn. Junc 0 1.4 Realtors to GraisaPar,n 8 4} Bombay, Baroda, an g 5 p. e .8 all I Do, 5 Buff. & Lk. Hur. By. all Carineaux & Toulouse Coal Mines and Ry all Demerara 11 Data Rhenish.... all Eastern of France 19 Do. New all :East Indian, g. 5 p. all I no vx. B, gu sp. c. 5 'Do. Ex. C, gu. sp. c ad Do. do. D, gu. sp. c. all Do .4 p.c.Bnds. ,'5 all Do. do. do., '69, d' all Gee 'ong tc Melbourne guar. 5 per c , nt. all Gd. Tk of Can/WI/.A i • 9./ Do. Cert. of Deben. con. into Stk. till' , 3 all Do. Comp. 6p. c., . 14 Gt. Ceutral of Fran all Gt. Tn. Per. g. 6p. c. - 2 Do New, guar. sp. c . 14 ,Treat Luxembon) rlonstituted Shat , all Gt.Wasternof Carnws Shares 54 Do. New all Do. &Is., payable all Do. do., '76, p.'6o•. all Do. do., '73 do. all Do. do., '73, withou option all Lake Const. Bast all Lierre and Turnhout 6 Lombardo Venetian. :1 - 1 Lucca Pist. sp. c.p 10 Lyons and Geneva all Lyons & Mediterra a l 4.adre.s, guar. 4 t p.c all Do. New do., sp. all no. 4i D. c. Eaten 10 Do. 3d Ex., g. sp. c all &taria Antonia „. all do. New aI , I qamnr 4 Liege ( _ , ut crest) (ea interest) all Do. de., Cp. c. Prof 4 orthern or Fran, • , .i 4orwegianTrnnkPre al) 'aria and Ly0n5...... all )itto Bows aP Paris and Orleans 3 Recife & San. Fran. (Pernam.) g. 7 p. c. all Riga & Dunaburg is. at 801. per share 5 Rome and Frascati ali -' , )yal Danish ...... „. ail Royal Swedish...... .iambre and Manse al) .)o. 54 p. cent. Pr*f. 5 3ciude, guar. sp. e all D 0 ... 18 'louthern of Franco 18 3t. Andrew's an,' Quebec (A), . 8 I:11 Nest Flanders......, 10 all Do 6,E per a. Pref,, 20 all W. &N. W. of Fran c , 20 ill West. of Switzerland 6 all Wiesbaden .. 20 all 4elstvi . (nr. ELEOTRIO TELEGRAPH.) Wind W. LIVERPOOL, Wednesday Morning. la Arrived—City of Baltimore, screw steamer, from Phi delphia : Acadian, New Mirk Afrioa, Bombay, after b eing agrou n d in the Rock Channel, with loss of anchor chains. C/ff—Renry Clay and John Duncan. Sailed —Clyde, for Falkland Islands. Wi n d i s r .w. viere, Ghent. rrived—FaunY P and Co ernione, from Memel; Bahl- DUBLIN, Jaly 8. 25 Wind .N.W. QUEENSTOWN, July 7. 10( 40 41117 ed—Labella Menials, from Havana ; Araminta, 50 Eliza, Demerara; Caroline, Harbour Grace. 25 d gyp . WATERFORD, July 7. 20 in Ar ti l nkl--Loniaa and Arghira, from Galatz. :BY ISUBICARTICZ AND BRITISH TimEntitAeg.i GRAVESEND. Wednesday, 10.22 a.m. rrive < l * Wind N.w. ; t i de four hours ' ekb ; fine. O — Brothers, from Memel ; He ra ld, G uernsey ; wrni te Di eppe. B n. 20 Sailed —Belgi um, s t eamer, f or O s t en d ;Al b ion, steamer, 50 iii .ogue; Vesta, Oporto. 104 DEAL, Wednesday, 10.15 a.m. 50 r in d N.w., m o d erate 100 'PoCzar, from Honduras ; Messenger, Alert, Ca Leghorn ; 10 0 po of Good Hope ; Carl Auguste, Ibrail ; Rein- 100 deer F. Quebec, ; NVesterbother, Alexandria . ; Alice, Cuba; 20 50 M o ' ‘t u ebec, Montreal Gustay Henrietta, Guayaquil; ~,.n t ie. tlarley, Savanilla 'Trop ic, Antigua; White Star, 20 -G-Ictou—all for London. 25 .The , damage ein sustained tow Bangalore, from London, for Calcutta, returned, dlviur TnP i ti l' it: to off Lo t t ?tit , the Isle of Wight yesterday 20 Janti n 4 a, galliot, front F:1111)0111), for Hull. to " -ne "red—A.- • • for Constan tinople. „,enoria, f,om N ewcast le , 10 Passeti —Lavinia, from Newcastle, for Guernsey; Orient, 25 London, f ur Newfouniland ; Resolution, Shi e ld s , f or the 2' westward; Curiolanus, Shields, for Alicante; Freedom, arq" ' a" King Station Castle, from the north, for the 1 5C west. 100 100 100 20 20 211 ; 'no ton lt 0 SaitßE MARKETS. (THIS DL Y.) RAILWAYS. tr. Paid' RAILWAYS. 9 .be. 14ottng;Bom and Eastu. Jutiot. 411 11.31 fast its F~s:lp:nea alb Etlrming. Wolverh A Stour Va11ey...... alt Birke.ihd. Lance), Chesofte Janet.... . 41 ' Do. Clinati. di Birir ail iDo. . ail Rlyti.: &Tyne origin, £26 (issd. at .£4. , 10U Bristol and Exotei... LO( Caledonian, all Chester 4 Holyheae 1 I all Cork and Bandon.. I lii Cork, Black, &Pas , . 18 Cornwall all Do. A 8 Do. B 45 DubiinctllelfastJul ,, ; all Dun. P. & Jnc 100 East Ai4lian all Eastern Countice 100.st.'Trion, A Sti 1 -) , Be.. B. St 05k..., „ 81 Do., New 10 East Kent 100 - .apt Lancashire 100 iMinbu:uh&Glasgos all Edinb. and Peebles,. UK' Edin.Prth diDunle all F , .. , rtb & Clyde Jun ; all Furness all Do. Extension....... 100 Glaszow &S. IVest , ... all Great N. of Scotlnd 100 Great Northern ..... 100 Do., A. 5t0ck........ 100 Do., B. Stock I,X; Gt. Bth. &West.(lre 100 Great Western 10k: f'o. Stour Val Rai Gua. Stk all Irish South-Eastern all fAneaster & Carlis4 1.0 Do., Thirds 11 Do. New Thirds 100 Lancash.andYork,l, Do., Wet. aiding all Do. South - , ort al London & Blackwa!l 100 Lond. Bright &S. Cs , 100 Loud. and N. West', 16 Do. Fifths 6i Do.lo/. 2A Do. Eighths 100 London andg 14 Lon. Tilby. & South Barking all LndndrryffaColeran; 5 sll Lndndrr7.& Ennisk 'lOO lanch.Shef.& Lino', 82s. Man. & Lin. lie 1 Ifetropolitan .100 Xidiand .1100 /o. Birmng.&Derb all '4idld. G. West. (I; 0, all to. Half Shares , all gowcastle & Carnal , all Nwpt.Aberg. &Hrf' 8i Jewry all levrry , Warrenpo , nl an l Restrevor..... . 11)0 'forfolk 3 lorthn.Counties lTn 100 North British._ 100 th. Devon Rail. & Dook Stock ;100 , 0., A Stock. ;100 .o B Stock ltl . Eastern—Berwi do. Extension 16 • A». do. ( . 4.N.E. rare.al Do. Leeds 1(X) ')o. York 100 North London 3, 1 y . &S. Wstrn.,Hani stead, and City J, Vora. Staffordshir al North Western all .& S. Westrn. Jun; Wore., Woh 12 •i,r i.nraou th °Uhl]) Central 1a kottish Midland 100 ;fi rip ghire TJui „ - -Intith Devon I '2; South Eastern, 100 ••'.Nith Wales I. ' , •rksh.tic ,c, all nos, Wok. kW" •, st oo . T tor: nkr - in g , 10 14,., do., 1854 1 Do., do., 1855 It 7 1% .t7afr Vale.. ,) to. Pref., No. 1. `_2 r :times Hay. D.k an Vale of Neath..„ , ai Waterti. k al waterford&Limer;e' all West Cornwall__ all N ett End of Loader and Crystal Pilaw., all Do. A 3 Do. B ali IWoat London all WimbiednicOroydot tt: Closing Prices Otis day 194 -- 17i -- 13* -- ••• wt 96 - 161 -• 11 --- .0. ..." 10 - 18i - 10f - 36 25 - - 88 63 - 65 38 39 91 -- 96 8 -8, 95 - 96 77 79 [3O - 1.32 [l.O . l'2 621 631 73 76 64 - 7 ei . 98 - 711 - 7 [O9 111 L oB i - 109 14 - 2 .07 108 ... w.. id par 84 - 54 -- 55. „„ =lx 15~ 57 - 59 3i - St 37i 38 874 BS. 1 2 1 '9 - 20 634 64% 91 - 96 4t 4i 6j - 6i 11 - 12 31 - 33 109 -- 111 79 - 81 50 - 52 , 54 6. 74A - 75 79 81 4 2 lA - 15 - 17 37 38 .. ''... ... 20 - 204 5 54 23 28 6i -7! 6 8 1 2 - 4 - 51P1 iIGN.. 8 i - 8 5 - 6 r. 44. 2. - 2a 2a. lip 5a ••• ---- 1 23 --• 2i 37 -38 i 244 2' 24 - 24} -- 24 244 - 254 i 4-14 84 7 - 74 p 221 - 23 2 -24 p Ili - 56 26 - 26? 3 - 100 - 102 125 1 30 124 - 129 11l 112 ...a 12 - 13 T 211 -21 t 3} - - Up 21 2/13 8- 9i i - 9 204 - 21 451 _M 45i 86 -0: 60 - 6O f,54 --• 56i - 5 i s;lr, 20i - 2U - 9- 2i / - 1 10i 3 - 3i ... -- ptn 5 - 54 38 - 39 i• - 20 11 AtAtrautsia I'4 Bank of Egypt I 50 Bank of London all (ri. Col. Bk.&Ln. C all <ritish N. Americat. 5 (Thartd. Bank of As- 6 .- .llutd. Brk. of IndL Anstrf Its, dz Ching: 50 City 25 Colon , al 20 Commercial of Lond Plng.Soot.&Ans.Cht. all Loud. Chr.rt. Bk Australis 10 Ditto New 20 London and Conn y, ) 50 iina. &E. Bnk g. Corp. 1t London Joint Stoci. 10 London and Paris.... 20 bond. & Westmlnstel 35 National Proof Eng 10 Do. Now 22 National of Bank all New South all Oriental Bank )f r!orporation. 10 Ottoman Bank rriwincial of Ireland all Do. Nov 1 R Ans Vio Im Of 50 Royal British 40 all ' 1 •2'.4.4 2- n • -, 10 imou I,f Loud on 50 ?Yoder') Bk of Loud 10(11T1'...evtl so, i lia 105 lf 71 73 1 1 p 73 - 21 22 1 - 2p par 2p ... - •M ~~ M• 98 - 50 414 41; 1 4 - • 4. • • 1i 1 2.4 i; Business done this day . 97i 61; 164 17 181 10, 36 n 63 24 3 981 i 7 i I 1094 1061 i 9 [o7i 71 341 i 84 i 4 381 i 87i 131 In 13 74 5i 5 82 151 11 Ti 62 I I St. 24i 20 8i 25 241 / 5 144 5 1 i 1 I 9i I ...t) 45i 50 15 60} i 30 48 f 51i65i61 ii all 5 I all 14a 6g. 1 0 1 all 1 all L . O all, 1" all 1 all 1 12s Si all O 0 40 )0 3,1 ;t.. It. 100 ita 100 100 all all ! all 42 E 3 i i lti 1 i TWILSTif N _ LON DON._ WEDNEYOAT EVENING.; JULY 9, 111 UP Napier, Mr. Whiteside, and Mr. Craufurdloi* part, The house divided, when there appeared— For going into committee Against it Majority for going into committee —s Mr. VANCE then moved the adjournment of the debate. The house again divided, when there appeared— For the adjournment - . 63 Against it . . 73 _ - - - Majority against it —lo 74 ... 69 Mr. - WHITESID - E aPpealed tio Mr. Craufrud to per severe with the bill during the present session. The LORD ADVOCATE hoped that hon. gentlemen opposite would allow the bill to go into committee. He thought the bill was a very useful one. It was to permit English judgments to be en forced in Ireland and Scotland, and vice versa with respect to the Scotch and Irish judgments. Mr. FRENCH addressed the lioume until a quarter to six, when the debate in conformity with the standing orders was adjourned. RAILWAYS' ACT (IRELAND) _BILL. This bill was read a vecond time. CUSTOMS' BILL. On the motion of Mr. WILSON, the order for the second reading was discharged, and leave given to bring in a new bill with an amended title. The other orders were then disposed of, and the house adjourned at six o'clock. CRIMINAL COURT.—(This Day). OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Coleridge.) THE ATTEMPT TO WIEDER IN TUE HOUSE OF CORRECTION. John Wilson, 28, a sullen, determined-looking man, was charged with the capital offence of cutting and wounding William Middleton, with intent to murder him. In other counts the intent of the prisoner was laid to do grievous bodily harm. The prisoner, it will be remembered, was confined in the House of Correction, Coldbath Fields, under a sentence of this Court, and the prosecutor, who is a warder in the prison, had him under his charge. On the 21st of June, it appeared that the prisoner complained to Middleton that he did not re ceive his full allowance of bread, and that he picked out the smallest loaves for him. The prosecutor denied that he bad done what the prisoner stated, and told him he might see the governor, and he took the loaf from the prisoner, weighed it, and locked it up. Oa the fallow ing morning tho prisoner was taken before the governor of the prison, and he there stated that the officers of the prison had an antipathy to him, and repeated his com plaint about the bread. The governor said he considered the prisoner's complaint was a frivolous one and to punish him for making it he was ordered to be deprived of a portion of his dinner. The prisoner was then taken back to the dormitory, which it was his duty! it appeared to assist in cleaning, and he was locked in for nearly two hours. When Middleton returned, and upon his un locking the door, the prisoner rushed at him and stabbed him on the forehead, and also cut him on the hand with a knife, which it appeared he had obtained possession of by breaking open a box belonging to one of the warders that was in the dormitory. It was proved that this knife, which was an ordinary round-pointed dinner knife, had been sharpened to a point, and a quantity of tow bad been tied round the handle, in order to afford a firmer grasp to the hand. The pro secutor succeeded in getting away from the prisoner after he had made the attack upon him, and locked him in the cell ; and upon the chief warder going there shortly afterwards the prisoner quietly gave himself up, and handed over the kniife with which the injury bad been inflicted, at the same time observing that the prosecutor was a very lucky fellow. The prisoner, when called upon for his defence, said that Middleton had caused him to be punished without any cause, and he intended to retaliate upon him, but not to take his life. The learned judge having summed up, the jury found the prisoner guilty of cutting and wounding, with intent to do grievous bodily harm. Mr.. Bodkin informed the Court that the prisoner had been three times convicted of burglary, and during his imprisonment he had twice stabbed the turnkeys who had him in charge. The prisoner was sentenced to be transported for 20 years. THE ROYAL VISIT TO ALDERSHOT. ADDRESS OF HER MAJESTY TO THE TROOPS. Yesterday morning the whole of the Crimean regi ments in camp at Aldershot were under arms at an early , hour, and marched direct to the review ground on Al dershot common, where the main body of all the troops were drawn up in line, under the ridge of bills which skirt this portion of the field. Immediately in front of the line the officers of each regiment, with a certain number of privates, selected fromamongst the oldest and most gallant men -in each regiment, formed in square, from the upper centre of which her Majesty addressed them in the following terms : " Officers, Non-commissioned Officers, and Soldiers, — I wish personally to convey, through you, to the regi ments assembled here this day, my hearty welcome on your return to England in health and full efficiency. Say to them that I have watched anxiously over the difficulties and hardships which they have so nobly borne; that I have mourned with deep sorrow for the brave men who have fallen for their country ; and that I have felt proud of that valour which, with their gal lant allies, they have displayed on every field. I thank God that your dangers are over, whilst the glory of your deeds remains. But I know that, should your services be again required, you will be animated with the same devotion which in the Crimea has rendered you invincible." The Queen spoke from an open carriage. She was in a riding habit, and wore a round hat. Prince Albert, the King of the Belgians, the Prince of Wales, Prince Oscar, the Duke of Cambridge, and Lord Panmure were on horseback by the royal carriage. Her Majesty spoke with a clearness of enunciation which rendered her words distinctly audible throughout the whole square. At the close of her address the Queen bowed graciously to the several corps, and at the call of General Knollys the officers and men acknowledged the distinguished compliment paid to them by three rounds of hearty cheers. ATTACK ON THE LIBERTY OF. THE PRESS IN HO , STEIN. KIEL, July 4.—The state of affairs in the duchies is beginning to assume a very threatening appearance, for the breach between the Danish Government and the German population is widening every day. It was in consequence of the generally expressed wish of the in habitants of Holstein for a revision of "the joint consti tution for the whole monarchy," that Baron von Scheel- Plessen brought forward in the Reichsrath at Copen hagen his motion on the subject, which brought down on him his summary dismissal from the important post be held, as civil governor (Oberpresident) of Altona, in which he is succeeded by Herr von Thaden, hitherto the Burgermeister of that city. It being a matter of great importance that the facts of the case, and his own con.luct in the affair, should he generally known, in order to be appreciated, the Baron had the debates in the Diet on the question re printed from the official Danish "Hansard," and pub lished in the form of a pamphlet by the bookseller Schewers, of this town, and I may add that the Baron purposely abstained from expressing his own opinions on the subject, but confined himself to writing a short introduction containing nothing but the historical facts and dates to enable his readers to draw their own inference. This pamphlet is entitled, " Report of the Debates in the Reichsrath on the Motion of the Civil Governor of Altona, Baron von Scheel-Plessen, fur a Revision of the Constitution for the whole Danish Monarchy ;" but scarcely was it published before orders were sent from Copenhagen to the police here to seize and confiscate all the copies that could be found in circu lation. It is scarcely necessary to state that this act has pro- duced a most painful impression throughout the duchy, and may lead to the most important results. The indig nation of the Holsteiners hai received fresh fuel from this gratuitous attack on their privileges and breach of theirconstitutional rights, which, if persisted in, threatens to break out into open hostilities at no distant period. requested ni n ot papers a s p t e a r t s e n that e cageth e of gentleman Eilen vr e m n c e tinned are the mord in at th 3 Insolvent Debtors' Court, yesterday, is not Mr. Thomas Rolt, son of Mr. Rolt, M.P. for Greenwich. Mr. W. S. Lindsay has organised n. new monthly line of auxiliary screw•steamers to the Cape of Good Hope and Calcutta. Three new vessels, the England, Scot land, and Ireland, have been built for the purpoie, with all the modern improvements, and these with two others will constitute the fleet. They will be of 1,150 tons, and 150-horse power, and a calculation is given that they will reach the Cape in 35 days, and Calcutta in 70 to 75. The England, the first of the line, is to sail on the Ist of August, calling at Dartmouth o.i the sth. TYE BOAT ACCIDENT AT NEWCASTIE-ON-TYNE. The bodies of seven of the unfortunate persons drowned by the upsetting of a sailing boat upon the Tyne, near Newcastle, on Sunday night, have beeii recovered ; five of them were removed to the dead.house, the other two were taken to their homes. Tte ac,!ident appears to have been caused by those having cb.arge of the boat allowing too many persons to get int() IL The boat had been with her gunwale nearly level in the water, and as soon as the women rose to their feet, when the swell of the steamer came into her, she bad up set. The screams and cries of the nnfertunate people, drowning in the water had been fearful in the extreme, and great credit is given to the old scullerman, William Cooper, who succeeded in bringing five persons ashore, for he ap pears to have been the only person in the craft upon the river who attempted to save the unfortunate people from perishing. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. ni.e.! RAILWAYS. 50 a! Bedford and Bic:J.l3loy ... 13nckgharush. Clydeadal, , J . Col. Stour Vy. Sod, and Hal. E. T.in. z. 6 'P. il A. Un. H. Sh. 10 Alas. Barr. & Neils. Direct K) Do. New...... ,11 alstr.4 Dn. Fr ii Hrtlpl. Dk Ilz Railway 60 I al . Hull & Selby St 5 a] St. ra St. W L. 6 ,1 IN a] 25 al V? al 1 al ,1; Do.Proforence lit Lon., Tn., &s„ 0 Lowestoft gr, 4 per cent. 0 Do. 6 per ct. in Manch. Bxtn and Matlock dl Middlesbro' Redcar 00 Midld.Bradfd 51 Newmarket Bury E. G.spc ,11 N.dr Est.sp.c. al Do. 6 per ct. .11 Do. Fixeds pc ►ll Prest. .11 Do. I Shrs. A 10 Roystn.tz Hit. 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Cork dtßandonslp.c )un.Prth .deAber.J. 1. Anglian Cls. A Sh Do. do. Cls. B 6 p. c. r)o. do Cis. C 7 p. c. , !ns. no, To, x, spc No. Do. No. 2 Do. New 6 p. a. St •;ast (In. ' G. 6 p. c )o. 51., 10 nor cent )o. 101. Delientr.Sll. 00. do. 4 per cent. 'AiltLanca , h.6_p.ct. trW. York..T: sth , Odin. & Gl. 5 p.c. sh. l Prth.&Dnu.4px Furness &5.W.G.5 p c ;rest Northn. 5 p c 5 p. c. Redeem. at 10 p. e. prem. )o. 41 p. c - Do. 5 p.c. Scrip, Red. it 5 p. c. . , /t.N. of Soot. IstPre S. Ax W. (Ireland Do. 4per c. Pr 4. s W.(.14.t H. Exsp, 10. con. red. 1!) P.C . eon. red. 4 p. c 16. irrer , „ 4p. c. Do. 5 p. c. red. pref p O . Dim. Prof, )o. Chester 8 p. c. P. Do. do. 5 p. c. do Birui, Gua. Sib )o. Ches. Gua. Sh.. )o. do. do Do. do. do & York. )o. 6 p. e. Stock on. & Brigh. G. 5 )o. Pref., 5 p. c. S Do. New Guar.6 p. Do. do. 5 per cent Lon. &N. W., Coy. Nuneaton 5 p. ct on.& S. w. 7 per ct late 3d Shares ... .c.ndy. & Oder. Si' Londy. & Ennis.; NE, t 9..A r T., 6 p. Cent Do. do. do. a Do. do. 3i per cow. warypt.it Carl.4p o 1 0.. 11 per cent do. uonsol.6 p.c. f►q. Con. flr. riir. pi D 4. 4i p. c. Pref. Ditto L. &11. Pre f. Si New., Aber., &c., pr. Sp. c. recl. sp.c. pm. Do. Perpet. 6 p ct. with optn. till '66 lorfolit Debenture Do. Pref. 5 p. c. St , el= Do. 5 p. c. Eat T)Q. 5i per ct. prof... Do. Way. Val. 5 p e Northl3ritish _ _ NT. E. Rerw, 4 p.o. P Do. do, do Do Leeds 6 pat .No.' Do. do. Quarters Do. York Ti. & 4. Rnr North Staffordshire. Oa, Wo. +7 W. 15/ 3 p, Do rt. Pref. 101. Sh. Soot. Cant. ,New Pref South Devon Do. fixed,44 per cent 3. Eastern (Readinw inn.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 4i per cent....,. Do. Fixed 44 p c sh. 1 3 Wales Gua. 4p. c. ). do. 4} p. a.... S.Yorksh. - 4p - .o.Gnar. Atock.& Dar., 5 p. c. Do. do. do Stock. & tiara. g. E p. a. till July 1,'56 Waterfcl.lit Kilk. 6 pc 120 - 118 G 5 97 'lOl - 103 16 - 17 - 5 6 -6, .07 00 - bir ribition SYJS OFFICE, Seven o'clock. LIVERPOOL RACES.—(This Day.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) CROXTETH STAKES. Fisherman.. walked over, MERSEY STAKES. Dusty Miller Sprig of Sdillelah Apathy Won by half a length. Five ran. LANCASHIRE OAKS. Uzella Oltenitza. BENTINCK HANDICAP. Wild Huntsman Early Bird Four ran. TRAINERS' STAKE. Prince Plausible . .... King of Scotland Three ran. SELLING STAKES. Salmon Icarus 0 1 0 2 ARRIVED. Clarissa Colt, San Francisco, Miss Whip Colt, Breeze, Naughty Boy, Daisy, Miss Nightingale, and Princess Eugenie. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS. —(This Day.) The SPEAKER took the chair at 3 o'clock. Mr. HADFIELD presented a petition from the inha bitants of Sheffield, complaining of the manner in which the misunderstanding with the United States had been caused. CIVIL SERVICE SUPERANNUATION. On the motion for going into committee, THE CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER made an explanation with reference to the civil service, before the Speaker left the chair, which he hoped would in duce Viscount Goderich not to proceed with the motion in committee on which he had given notice rela tive to the mode of making appointments in the civil service. In the early part of the ses sion his noble friend moved a resolution with a view of making more general the practice for ad mission into the civil service by open competition, but though a discussion took place, followed by a division, the house had not yet come to any ultimate decision upon the point. Since that discussion the system then., in Lorne had been acted on, and a considerable number of appointments had taken place. That system was introduced in May, 1855, and the following was the result of its opera tion up to the 30th June in the present year. There were 2,309 candidates, and out of that number there were examined 1,055 in London and 693 in the provinces, making a tutat of 1,748. There were 664 certificates granted in London, 445 on the provincial exa mination, and on the reports from heads of depart ments 61, making the total number of certificates granted 1,070. The number of certificates refused amounted in London to 318, and on the provincial ex amination to 233, making the total number of certifi cates refused 556. It would be obvious that these examinations were not a mere matter of form, and that they had the effect of separating the worthy from the unworthy caudidates, who sought admission into the publicservice. His noble friend (Lord Godericb)proposed to carry the system further for the purpose of enabling Persons to offer themselves as candidates without any qualification, except that which appeared by their exa mination, and he (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) would state to the house the views entertained by the Government with respect to the system which his noble friend wished to render universal. In the superior departments, such as the Secretary of State's office, or the Treasury, or any of the principal depart ments, the ai. pointments were made by the hull of the office, the canuidates having been ,übjected to an exami nation to test their capacities. Although the heads of the department might not be engaged for a lengthened period in the public service in that department, it was still his interest to procure efficient persons, and they were able in this manner to make a selection of per sons who were capable of performing the duties they were called upon to discharge. .He would go to the op posite end of the scale, and refer to the numerous class of persons who were engaged in the Customs as tide waiters, &c., and in the Post-office department as letter carriers, &c., and in his opinion a system of competitive literary examination would be an unusualmodeof testing the qualification of persons seeking appointments as civil servants iu that class. Then came an intermediate class, consi-ling of excise officers and the officials in other public departments, who were at present appointed on the nomination of the Treasury, and with reference to whom the principle suggested by his noble friend had great recommendations. He bad communicated ou the subject with the Civil Service Commissioners—two moat excellent public ser vants, Sir E. Ryan and Mr. Lefevre—and the result of their experience showed that examination by competition, where the number of candidates was not considerable, on the whole led to a more satisfactory result than any other class of examination, and be thought their experi ence was in favour of the judicial and cautious exten sion of the principle of making appointments in that class by competitive examination. The question was by what means, to what extent, and in what form the principle should be extended. The house must see the difficulty of laying down a universal rule that all candidates for office in the public service should be brought up to London, in order to un dergo a competitive examination. (Hear, hear.) If all the candidates bad to come to Lon don, or to go to Edinburgh, or to Dublin to undergo an examination great advantages would thereby be conferred on the candidates who lived in the neigh bourhood of the three capitals. Means might be found, however, to have examinations in different parts of the country, and facilities thus afforded to all candidates to come forward ; but he did not think it would be fair to lay down a universal regulation imposing upon the candidate the necessity of coming up to London or going to Edinburgh or Dublin. Mr. Lefevre was in favour of establishing the principle which he recommended by graduel means, so that they should feel their way as they proceeded, and avoid the difficulties which, ac cording to experience, exist. The Government would give as much attention as possible, consistent with safety ad'd propriety, to the principle recommended, and he trusted that the explanation he had given would be satisfactory to the house. Sir S. NORTHCOTE expressed his satisfaction at the statement of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and said he was willing to leave the matter in the hands of the Government and the civil commissioners. Viscount GODERICH, after the satisfactory state ments of the Chancellor of he Exchequer, would with draw his motion. After a few remarks from Mr. TIT and Mr. RIgH, the motion was withdrawn. TENANT-RIGHT (IRELAND) BILL. Oa the order of the day fur going into committee of supply, Mr. MOORE said that in consequence of the ob stacles that had impeded the progress of the measure and had delayed it till this late period of the session, he would not proceed further with the measure. After de. !l yi n g the statements put for .and on a late occasion by Mr. foreman, the hon. and learned member moved that the order be discharged. Sir J. WALSH protested against the assumption that because the house had been taken by surprise, and the bill real a second time, that therefore the opinion of the house had been expressed in its favour. Mr. MAGUIRE said the promoters of the bill never considered they would carry it, but, nevertheless, it was their duty to introduce it. It was the duty of th e Go vernment to legislate on this subject. After some remarks from Mr. 3I'MAHON and Mr. POLLARD URQUHART, Lord PALMERSTON said that the coarse which the Government Lad pursued was sufficiently clear, and his opinion upon the landlord and tenant question had never been concealed, and it was clearly expressed in a c omm itt ee, of which he was a member, which sat som e y ears ago, . and it bad also been expressed that house. In general he thought it was highly desirable that Parliament buyers a n d se ll ers , an d should that %y a not s in i f n a t e e t r t e h r ebe relativee taween position of l an dl or d an d tenant. But the present condition was so peculiar that tit Government win-took last year the charge of th e hill of M. Sergeant Shee, with respeckao tenant right, but they found that its provisions were very different from the bill which was proposedon the same subject in 1854, and they felt it their duty to withh o ld th e i r sup port from it. That bill of Sergeant Shee's failed, but the bill now before the house was still more disagreeable than that of Sergeant Shee, and very different from the bill of 1854, and he therefore th ought it ought not to pass into a law. The bill had now arrived at a stage— Mr. HORSMAN said the bill had been withdrawn. (Laughter ) Lord PALMERSTON said he was not present at the earlier part of the debate ; but, as he found the bill had been withdrawn, he thought the discussion ought now to cease—de morfius nil nisi bonunt. Mr. HORSMAN intimated to the noble lord that the gentleman opposite wiAhed to know what was the course to be pursued next sTioe ? Lord PAL MERSTON .n i-aid h e cou ld not really say what Government next year. He c othdonly say (f course would be such as he would o l be the thatinte thetlo ) had stated. He did not think in the present temper of Parliament of a tenant right bill being passed into a law. But if any bon : member felt disposed to propose another bill next session, it would be the duty of the Government to izive that measure its respectful conside ration. (Laughter.) The bill was then withdrawn. JUDGMENTS EXECUTION. &c. BILL. Mr. CRAUFURD moved that the house go into committee on tbii bill. Mr. FRENCH moved as an amendment that the house ao into committee this day three months. He (Mr. French) hoped the hon. member (Mr. Craufurd) would withoraw the bill. After a short discussion, in which Mr. Fitzgerald Mr. _...:,,~ ihis ,11;• It. 100 +;)ij t. 100 It. I 6 4 I 3t, 11.00 ;t, t)i) 5 j 11 it I an It. 100 It filth . It itoo It. 1100 It. I LOG L 2, 74 LO I a 4,. ton it. 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" New Shares " Peel Er. Ld. & Peninsular& Oriental •%v. New ` 7, -eyal Mali Steam..,, Scot. Austral. Invest iitto New Austral. Land Submar. Tel. Scrip '•wt.te 1. 'O.P , Vas rbteAceieir V.Go.6p.c.JanOnly 29 - 31 6 127 130 14 • Ll 5. -2); 5t 6 92 - 94 i~ - ~~ 41 - 41 8 7 10 4 4t 11 - 2 2i 46 5 in 22 24 i - i 11 - 66 72 - .... - 37 • 3t '6B 6p 74 ; 6 i -- 17. ••• -sot It I .10 it. 100 t. I '4l ily.) It. 100 10 al 10 2 it. .00 it. I_oo it. I (Xi zJO It. 400 t.On I 81 $ I to Lt. I ino .0 I all 10 1 all .0. 0 I all t. too 10 tll t. too L 2.1 514 i 1 I ill 1 all all 10 14 15 26 I LO all 5 lA * i', DO.. 1191 1181 101 i 966 6 109 8 31 3 30 29 129 x 1141 15 x 14 131 14 4j j 61 6 d 151 14 Pm3l 73 i 371 A 161 z 6TI 94 51 8 .1 I Pm Pm SOUTH AUSTRALIA. We have received papers from Adelaide to the 12th of April inclusive. Under the head " Our Staple Ex ports " the Adelaide Observer, of the 29th of March, has the following :- - " We have repeatedly urged the importance of look ing at the export trade of the colony as the only, sure ground. of pernianent prosperity. -. The influx of money into the colony -may for h time create 'an appearan ce o f prosperity whicla - is delusive, and which on paesing - aivay creates a reaction proportioned to the excitement it caused. The wealth poured into South Australia by the Escort was of this kind. It was an increase to the spending power of the colonists, and, so far an it was invested in fixed property, added to the permanent sources of wealth. The gold was largely the produce of the colonists, without being the produce of the colony. It was raised by South Australian diggers, and remitted to Adelaide for expenditure. It increased for a time the income of the colony, and to that extent had the good effect of r ev i v i ng trade and restoring confidence ; but it added nothing to the permanent exportable capa bilities of the colony, except so far as it was invested as fixed capital in productive businesses. The import of gold has now ceased, and the temporary prosperity it created has ceased with it, and - we are compelled to look for our colonial income exclusively to the money received for articles exported ; and it augurs well for the stability and future prosperity of the colony that its exporting capabilities have increased and are increasing. There is not only no retrograde movement visible, but there is r a clear and decisive ad vance t o b e noted. Last year was an unfavourable one as regards the harvest, and had a tendency to create a gloomy feeling with respect to the future prospects of the colony, which is not war ranted by the facts of the case. If we endeavour to calculate the value of the colonial export for this year, it will be seen that, so far from its being discour aging, it is in the highest degree encouraging. "The harvest is known to have been a good one, and the largest ever reaped in the colony. Retaining as much as is wanted for food and seed, there will still be 1,000,000 bushels of wheat exportable, for which there is a pretty sure market. The price may probably fluctuate during the year, as it has already fluctuated since the harvest, but taking all the year round, and remembering that a large quantity has been already exported at a good price, it will not be overrating probabilities to fix the average price of wheat for the year at 7s. 6d. a bushel. This, for 1,000,000/, bushels, will give a grain exprt of the value of 375.0001. This is exclusive of any minor export for agricultural produce which there may be in the shape of barley, oats, hay, fruit, wine, &a. , - "At the dinner of the Agricultural Society, recently held, Mr. Kingston stated that copper to the value of 500,0001. would be exported this year from the colony. Other authoritative etateinent3 to the same effect hrtve been made by those who are well acquainted with the reviving activities of the mining interest, and we know no reason to distrust their correctness. "The export of wool last year was valued at 262,000/ There, is no reason for supposing that it can be less this year; on the contrary, there is good ground for antici pating a decided increase. Several new runs have been taken up, more than compensating for the land taken from the sheep farmer by the agriculturist. The freer sup ply of labour, too, has enabled the squatter to extend his operat;ons with less fear of being deserted by his servants than he has had for two or three years past. There will be no exaggeration in putting down 40,0001. as the increase in the value of the year's wool, which will raise the value of the pastoral export to 300,0001. This is exclusive of the value of any hoofs, hides, &c., exported. "Toe probable value of the three several staple arti• of export, therefore, will stand thus : Mineral export Agricultural export Pastoral export 300,000 dee Total £1,175,000 "This is an anticipated result which will not suffer by comparison with any previous year. The annual export has been previously raised by gold, but the gold had been imported before it was exported. The export, the produce of the colony, has never yet reached a million sterling in value, hat there is good reason for believing, as the preceding calculations show, that that amuunt will be attained this year. So far from despair ing, therefore, of the future of the colony, there is every ground for encouragement. "It may be said that, admitting the truth of these calculations for the current year, there is not equal ground of confidence for future years. We cannot ad mit the correctness of any such disparaging sup positions. Of three staple articles of export two of them will always find a remunerative market, and the limit of their production in the colony has not yet been nearly reached. In a few years the export of wool will be largely in excess of what it is now. The stock farmers, far-spreading as their runs are, have not yet taken up a quarter of the colony. In the north and north-west are yet large tracts of country - unoccupied and unexplored, which will yield sustenance to tens of thousands of sheep and cattle. Into these districts, the squatters, as they are pressed for room, will gradually push with their flocks and herds, till the, country now desolate and worthless will yield the means of subsisten:te to thousands. " No shaft that has yet been sunk has laid open all the hidden riches of the Burra, nor are all the mineral riches of the colony contained within the limits of one special survey. The half has not been told yet of the wealth that lies hidden underground. When the cost of living falls to a point that will admit of a reduction of wages without any corresponding reduction in the com forts of the working man, mining operations will receive a great extension. The field for them is practically " The agricultural industry of the colony cannot, per haps, be expected to continue advancing at the same rate as it has during the past two years. Victoria to some extent will supply its own wants, and the in creasing cultivation in New South Wales and Tasmania will tend to keep the corn markets well supplied. There is, however, little ground for fear that the present area of cultivation will be restricted. There will always he a market for surplus stocks of grain, and if the price falls it will at least have the good effect of discouraging importations of flour from America." HURRICANE IN THE MERSEY.-LOSS OF LIFE, LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY. It blew a heavy gale last night, with violent squalls from W.N.W. to N.N.W , accompanied with very heavy rain. The casualties reported in the channel are numerous, but only in one instance is any loss of life reported. The following were reported at the under writers' rooms. The Naval Brigade, which arrived from Quebec last night. and the City of Brooklyn, at anchor in the river for New York, drove on shore this morning on the Pinckington Bank opposite the Brunswick Dock. Both were floated off at high tide, the former by the aid of six steam-tugs, and the latter with slight assistance, both apparently uninjured. The American packet ship Isaac Webb, Capt. Bryce (one of Messrs. Baring Brothers' liners), which sailed yesterday for New York, is on shore at the entrance of the port of Aml web, on the Welsh coast. From the rugged nature of the coast, it is believed, should the gale not abate, the vessel will become a wreck, as she lies in a very dangerous position. The crew and pas sengers are saved. The ship Africa, Captain O'Neill, which arrived off the port yesterday afternoon, from Bombay, was caught by the gale and drove on the west end of the West Hoyle Bank. Her sails were all blown to pieces. Her passengers have been landed by the Fury steam-tug, but she lies in a dangerous position. A ship, supposed to be the Tribune, Captain Irvine, which sailed hence yesterday afternoon for Callao, is on shore on East Hoyle, with loss of foremast. A steam tug, with the Liverpool life-boat in tow, endeavoured to reach her, but was compelled to put back, owing to the heavy sea. She reports the vessel to be a black ship, coppered, and of about 1,000 tons. Another report states a much larger-sized vessel with a round stern. The schooner Actaeon, of Workington, is on shore in Church Bay, near Holyhead. Captain drowned. The schooner Enterprise, of Kinsale, and a flat, are ashore on Mockbeggar Wharf. A ship with signals of distress flying was at anchor this morning outside the North-West Light-ship, but was inward bound, towed by two steamers at 2.45 p.m. A brig, with loss of sails and signals of distress flying, is off West Hoyle Bank. A. small vessel is on shore on the North Bank, with signals of distress. The steamer Brunswick, hence to Aberystwith, had to put into Beaumaris at 6 a.m., through stress of wea ther. The Cunard Royal Mail steamier Persia had her steam up all night, in case she should drift from her moorings and injure some of the shipping in the river, or damage herself. The precaution, however, proved unnecessary. The hurricane seems to have swept along the entire coast, as the following telegraphic despatches show :- 1 " Belfast, July B.—Last night it blew a hurricane. This morning a steady gale, all from N.W. A large barque is ashore near Port Stewart, outward bound from Liverpool.; crew saved." "Dublin, July 8. —Wind last night N.N.W. to N., a perfect gale. At present blowing strong." "Queenstown, July B.—Heavy and sudden squalls last night from N.N.W. Moderate now, with occasional squalls. No casualties," " Carnarvon, July 8. —A. large vessel is seen in the bay, riding with only mizenmast standing. No steamer here to go out. Position 10 miles S.W. by W. of Land dwyn." Memorials are about to be sent in to the Customs by same of the leading firms in the tea trade for an (men sion of bonding privileges, the warehouses at presi-nt available in that department of business being inade quate. Since the throwing open of the East Indian commerce the tea trade has nearly doubled, while the warehouse' accommodation remains without material c crease. RE-ASSESSMENT OF THE PROPERTY AND INCOME TAx.—In consequence of the defalcation of the late col lector of these taxes for. Greenwich, a new assessment has been made on the inhabitants to make good his de ficiencies, and in one iAstance, Mr. Ward, of the Lord Nelson, having refused to pay, a distress has been levied on his goods and the amount paid under protest. This has occasioned great discontent throughout the place, as it is alleged that the defaulter's sureties, who are liable and able to pay, have not been called on. Accord ingly a preliminary meeting was held on Thursday even ing last, of those of whom the taxes have been a second time demanded, when it was resolved to call a public meeting, at which Mr. M. Montagne, M.P. for the borough, is invited to take the chair, for the purpose of memorialising the Government on the injustice which had been inflicted.—SouthZastern Gazette. LITERATURE. The Westminster Review.—Contains an average number of articles, some of them of considerable ability. First in the order of precedence is one on " Christian Missions," in which their principle and practice are subjeo ed to a searching scrutiny, and aufficient is elicited under the latter head to induce the unbiassed reader to approire of the appeal of the writer to subscribers to missions to look a little closer into their management, " and substitute ge real responsibility for a sham one." "The Natural History of German Life " neither elevates our con ception of the intellectual nor political status of the German peasant, but, we suspect, describes both correctly. " Smith's Latin-English Dictionary," aflords occasion for the assurance that "with all drawbacks allow e d f or , an d a ll d e d uc ti ons made, there is still in this country, and has been for many years, a large amount of latent scholarship of the first quality." " Froude's History of F.tigland "is described as " clear and effective in style. Nv.ritten in a large and generous spirit, and promising when completed to be one of those rare works, which really rescue from oblivion a portion of the past." Acurious and very interesting pschycol o gical paper is devoted to the subject of " Hereditary Indlu ence : Animal and Human." Several new and many striking facts are brought to bear on it. Of more immediate and vital interest is an article ort " Popular Amusements "—a subject daily forcing itself upon governmental and legislatorial atten tion. The expressions of popular feeling among different nations are passed in review, and the re. sul is of popular amusements presented as delineated on the pages of history. "The isolation of classes from each other" (in this country), it is justlyremarked, " has increased with the facility of locomotion ; and the wealthy now generally present themselves to their humbler neighbours under the grave aspect of founders of schools and restorers of churches, instead of partakers in their mirth and relaxation." To what follows we cordially subscribe—" He who shall devise a form of popular amusement attrac tive to every grade of society will merit a civic wreath as well as he wbo leads forth a colony, or opens new avenues to labour." The subject of the succeeding article has acquired a peremptory im portance, and may not safely be overlooked or pass ungrappled with by the people. It is that of " Ministerial Responsibility"—words that repre sent a myth when they should describe a stern reality. A myt'2, faith in which has littered the Crimea with the untimely dead, has caused many a gallant heart to ache and many a stalwart frame to stoop ; has enabled an aristocratic clique to steep a people in ridicule, has burdened with heavy and worse than useless expenditure energies sufficient to move the world, and has baffled the righteous retribution of a justice-loving and fearless people. The writer takes but a gloomy view of our political position. Looking round he sees the people lethar gic under constant, aggression on their free action ; administrative centralisation binding them closer in its lethal folds ; and in an enlarged suffrage, even if accompanied by the ballot, only the pros pect of an increase of Governmental patronage in like proportion to nullify its legitimate operation. That as a free people we are sliding downward there can be little doubt; that Ministerial responsibility, as the writer recommends, needs enforcement, and should be vindicated in the jury box and by statute penalties, we are far from being disposed to dispute ; but we certainly are loth to believe that an increase of the suffrage, together with the ballot, could be so accompanied as to prove ineffectual to redeem the constitution from the perils by which it is environed. If we did, we should certainly despair, for where could we look for succour with any ground of confidence.? The writer's remarks on the anomalous position of H.R.H. have our entire concurrence. State direc- tion without constitutional responsibility ought not to be tolerated, and cannot be without peril to the best interests of the nation. Contemporary literature and art have, in the remainder. of the number, their usual share of attention. The Linesman. By Colonel Elors Napier. George W. Hyde. Col. Napier is favourably known as the author of several works descriptive of scenes, sports, and adventures in foreign climes. The object of the present work, and the ability with which it is penned, will certainly commend him still further to the gratitude and admiration of his previous readers. What that design is may partly be gathered from the second ,or alter title—" The Linesman ; or, Service in the Guards and the Line during England's Long Peace and Little Wars." Briefly described, it amounts to this—to show what little real ground of complaint the memo rialists of the Guards have had by a description of the condition and treatment of the line, and of the services required and performed by it, in our little as well as in our great wars. The period selected for illustration is during the presidency of Lord Hill at the Horse Guards ; and in order to lend a livelier interest to the work a fictitious hero and a number of subordinate imaginary characters are introduced—the said hero becoming an officer of the line. In the story of his career are portrayed a few ordinary events, incident to the, position of an officer of this branch of the service, the various stages and scenes described serving as pegs whereon to hang complaints of the grievances entailed by our military system, and suggestions for their re moval ; complaints and suggestions well warranted at the time, though the grounds of some of them have, fortunately, nowadays, been removed. In the first volume the reader will find entertainment in a number of life-like and amusing sketches, descriptive of early reminiscences, in which a fox hunt, a fair cousin, an examination at Sandhurst, and a six months' residence in France, conspicu ously figure. During the latter, undertaken for the purpose of prosecuting his military studies our hero has an adventure at a sails d'arraes, which leads to a double duel, very vividly de scribed • and makes a first and last visit to the Palais Royal, where he is for ever cured of any ten dency to that too frequent vice of military men— gambling. W e next find him at Chatham barracks —have a repulsive picture of the triangles, and some judicious remarks on the degrading nature of the punishment of flogging, and the propriety of substituting, as far as possible, a different incen tive to good conduct. Much, we are told, has of late been done in furtherance of these suggestions, the condition of the common soldier tending as it did to the perpetuation of drunkenness—his chief vice—having been improved, and an order of merit established. The reader is next-carried to Madras, the first landing at which is graphically described, and subsequently is induced to follow our hero to barracks, camp, and the field, life at each of which and on the route (during the monsoon) is forcibly described. Those whose fortune it ma,y be to serve in India will find much useful advice itt connection with cantonment life, which they will' do well to fasten on their memory. Our hero proceeds to Rangoon, where he has ample experience of life on the march and on the field, and of that - system, of mismanagement to which so many thousases of our best and bravest have recently been sacrificed. The Burmese war and other conflicts give scope .to the author's reforming as well as descriptive pert and he system of purchase and the neglect shown generally to merit, contrasted with the favour shown to birth and connection, find as Jit.tle quarter at his hands as misgovernment in India. In a word, the "Linesman" is a work in which every lover of adventure will find sufficient to amuse, and every Army Reformer ought to react in order to become duly impressed. with the gravity of the reforms needed. A Treatise on the Cure of Stammering. By James Hunt, M.R.S.L., &c. Siongman, Brown, Green, and Lougmans. A second edition of a valuable scientific work, and containing two-thirds more matter than the first, which was devoted mainly to a vindication of the late Mr. Hunt's system and the presenta tion of a synopsis of his ideas on the subject of stammering. In the present edition will be found a minute detail of the different causes of defective utterance, and an entire exposé of the p l ans that have been recommended for their cure. The work is one which should be in the hands of all who are afflicted with this painful impediment of Speech, not only to inspire hope in the room of despair and direct them to the skilful s uperintendence and mode of treatment adopted by Mr. Hunt, but to guard them from being tampered with and plun dered by ignorant and unprincipled adventurers ever on the watch for a prey. Mr. Hunt, evi dently understands the nature of the disease, and his mode of treatment, there can be no doubt, has been attended by extraordinary success. • A First Trip to the German, Spas. By John Aid- ridge, M.D. Dublin i M'Gla-sban. There is always a charm about first impressions that, ceteris paribus, invests the record of them with pleasing interest. The purchasers :vf this book have a pleasure of this sort in store for them if they have not enjoyed it already, the writer being an intelligent, cheerful, and unaffected guide, and saying what he has to say as if he meant it; under his direction the reader will cheerfully pass from one German Spa to another, with the assur ance that much as may have been written about them more remains to bo told, while at Vichy he will, in all probability, be introduced to a Spa he has barely heard of before. In addition, if he is scientifically disposed, there is an essay for , bith which, if he masters, will set him up as a learned chemist among his dyspeptic acquaintance hence forth and for evermore. , Flour. 1.070 hop; 3d to 1 6d; ~ by bas vice Lines 41 93 6 63 4 86 51 12k I 11i 7i i 20i 1 li i 11 311 4 1 25 I