The Sun. — London, England, 1856-06-11 00:00:00

CONEY MARKET COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCi. CITY, Two o'CLOOK. The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed ; e 4 ' 6l Y, at a decline of is. Bd. per lb. The sales ere estimated at 4,000 bales-500 taken for export I°Euprising 200 Pernam and Maranham, Gid. to ; 800 Surat, 4id. to 49d. ; and 80 Rea Islands, tol s. 91b. per lb. The Railway Share Market ''' 3e d dull, without any material change. he Continental accounts, received this morning, that the Vienna Bourse, on the 9th inst., I nanimate, and the speculators were operating ~1 11 cautiously. The exchange on London had 4 4 1 ,„ '"Y declined. The Berlin Bourse, at the latest "`e) ruled dull. '%ounts from the French spirit market continue l ' e Port firmness in prices. At Marseilles the mer ,4lts refuse to give the increased prices demanded vile producers, consequently the stores on hand it quest The 3s. ad. marked brandies are ah ° quest at 140 to 1551. per hectolitre, according ( 1 11 ality • Beetroot spirit from tha North com- ‘ 4(18 125 f., and Tafias for the colonies 6 to Of. i for the colonies are iu demand at 95 to 100 f. fol * India 125 to 130 c. At Bordeaux, the wino t 'et is in an unsettled state until the effects of t Ti t ecent inundations is known. be Societ6 Generale des Clippers Francais is kb: let l lg arrangements for the eaiployment of its ' t and notice has been given that the Lady ' l t qa will soon be despatched to Rio de Janeiro havre. She will call at Southampton, and i expected that a regular communication will i 4 s peedily established between France and the accounts brought by the Mermaid state that % 141 Ports of merchandise into Melbourne, during , ; 'te ek ending March 1, were worth 325,8071., t he exports 407,1021., showing an excess of .l atter of 81,2951. The customs' receipts, kilg th e same period, were 26,3591. h e 9ontinental Exchanges, yesterday afternoon, ora lly ruled firm, but there was a slight decline it, rie• 50 16 16 St. c onsequence of a more favourable feeling with rcl to the Central American dispute and the st ate of the Money-market, notwithstanding 5 2A per cent. instalment payable to-morrow 4 1 , New Loan, the Funds have again become 'it, t 444 l and an improvement in prices of per A t ill i ltts occurred. There has been very little l ki tl ,g) but it is remarked that parties who a 4 Rht since were large sellers are now actively 4 4t long in an opposite direction. Consols opened It 4 fi and have since been done at 943 This ,~lettling day in the New Scrip, and no have yet taken place. The New .t , j% aro /, and the Reduced 94 to 94 g. ,t7ll7cuer Bills are ss. to Bs. premium, and the K I N I. Bank Stock, for account, is 219. ~ii,r e ign Stocks continue to attract a fair share of attention, and the rise in the Funds has ' ; t l: l , c ed a corresponding movement in their value. 11111 6 per Cents. have improved per cent., 99 i and 100, while the 4 per Cents. have 1031. Russian 41 per Cents. are 981. ll 'an Bonds have been dealt in at 911 to 924. t ,ao Stock is 22/, and Peruvian 41 per Cents. Buenos Ayres have risen 11., viz., to ,; 11( - 1 78. Chilian 6 per Cents. are 104. Railway Shares are all firmer ; and the descriptions, such as Lancashire and York i)01; 4 idland, and South-Eastern, are most in The French and Belgian lines are quiet, th e4 dy. A call of IL per share has been made Great Luxembourg Company. The Cana liles are firm. 25 25 St. 1112' 10 8 St. 9t. 50 t. fah '14 4 FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES. ( Prom the Orwial Liat.) to e linstn,.. done. :I tA", 4 ' 14 . tedaced Annuities 2 4 i 4 Cent. Annuities expiro sth Jan. 1560 ' 3O Years, expire sth April, 1885 l7 ht;"d , £lOOO ; 1 : Iltaer .ElOOO 'osk 219 94. i i i 2i p 5i,, ,,, ~;(1. rip for Account 4, 1 t se r Account kt f 'ter Bills, 24d. qt t(lo to t 3 p Q) l4 onds, 1858, 3i per Cent. 991 i 1 . ° ES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. i l t itt ri ,,,Ennds. 5 per Cent. — ,e 0o: A 'Fr, 1852, 4. per Cent. VAL, ' A Yrekt Bonds, 6 per Cent. ~"'lk4b ' eceunt ~ ik h - uonds 6 per Cent lO4 A l oit l i i .i .ond s ' 3 p er Cent 1825 l i ii .(l ' 5 per Cet. or\ t e, l , ew Consolidated l4 r'ltt 3 Per Cent — , 1 1 , 4 t, hA.,,eeount k' l ll 4 Z z ",tionds 4i per Ceut , ~k,econnt 'itt o 'lends, 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent — ' ll 6 , 4 i per Cent. t• .1 8.1 1 itt, Benqs 5 per Cont. . ......... "Ili Account 9'f 1 3 a d 4 'ttoßonds, 3 per Cent — lit Ace 4 D itt o to Ollll,, 47i f i Newr Deferred, 3 per Cent. 5 5 20 10 ilti,,ti`iO4.ecount .. - 2 5. i )ttlie Assive t i , . i th 1, rnmittee Cort. of Coup. int fun 7h } p c Oto A 4 ) 11 (1s, 6 per cent — nt '.ceount tit ° t t „_ Guaranteed, 4 per Cent, I'''Coulat Ito, tthrtdonds on the above ,a;....b1e In London. t lit 4 t l eltange, 2i per Cent., 12 Guilders ':' 4 Per Cont. Certificates THREE O'CLOCK. C ot b, t ,_solg Account (July 10) -)41 x d - - t LQUREN'S VISIT TO CANTERBITRY.—We received hour last evening intelligence from reliable that it is in every respect probable that her i'N - t l s will visit Canterbury, but that it will not take lthb 4lB week, as some had supposed, in consequence Lltj cit kac o t Races attracting Royal attention. Her d o visit, it is stated, is for the purpose of distri -1:111q. medals to the troops just returned from the O N "' We trust our citizens will be up and stirring \ ''ca,,,Nte her Majesty's gracious visit, acd still further Ctf; 3 ' out the suggestion—for which the time is short k tiv, 4 i t ertaining the troops on their safe return to their ! ,, I t, l - ,'and.—Kentish Gazette of yesterday. NTILIS COMMUNICATION WITIE AMIRICA.—Ac 1;.% 'rota Cork state that the screw steamer Propon- Oo k - iPtkin Goodwin, is now at Qneenstown, where she 6 1 , t' i ng, having on board the sub-marine electric en- Qo laid down between Cape Ray, Newfoundland, 'll4 e North, Cape Breton Island. The length of k i'le is g 5 miles, and its weight 170 tons. She ‘llti ° on board the cable to be laid down between Otit. raverae, Prince Edward's Island, and Cape For , New Brunswick ; length 13 miles and weight ' l * The cables are manufactured and are to be It ltti l t Wi lbY W. Kuper and Co., of London, under the 4 04 of 3,1 r. Canning, who, with his assistants, is t:ii i j`i• The former failure in laying down the oa le from the fact that it was on board of a vessel u3' a steamer ; now it is on board the steam-ship S I . 411 (1 there is no doubt it will be effectually laid ~° t l,..tTlt TREATY of PlllOll.—A. considerable seller).- produced in the month of April last in the world by the publication in two of the Brussels 1 3 ,,ti t ! of the text of the treaty of peace signed by the t i;' o 4`, ll ,! of Paris. Four persons on Saturday appeared 41. k .‘ae Court of A.ssiges of the Seine to answer the ::dope o f having improperly contributed to such publi i.;,, Theee persons were—Julien Brossard, aged 35, i r ," 1 :4 4.11 at the Imperial Printing-office ; Charles Le -014, ' 42 , director of the Office of Political Correa ihmkrie3 in the Rue Notre Dame des Victoires ; and : 4 tmard 27 and Louis Moner, 39, both employed t, !et , s office. The indictment charged Brossard , k 4 ep t t/ :ing, at the instigation of the prisoner . A . lou , e ll 4 1 tIously taken away from the Imperial Printing -0q11,,, copy of the treaty in question, and given it to ) 4 0 „ e t, who in his turn, transmitted it to M. Capel ,44qbitor of the Belgian journal the Nord. Evidence f Loo t eao given, the jury returned a verdict of Guilty tiejolii e t an d Brossard, acquitting the other t th,' l , 4 e Court sentenced Lejoli .et to two years' and i ii rl it r b o to 15 months' imprisonment. 1 1 1 1 :al t ,' 4 . AVE ILLUMINATION IN THE lIIGHLANDS.—The 01 )al 4; t icin at Mr. Macdougall's shop--the celebrated t,,Rta k , artan Warehouse at Inverness—was an object 01, ' a ttraction on the occasion of the peace rejoicings, ti/ lit eo I,uing to the following account, would have done I , l l eik -call-mall or the Haymarket. There was no -1,4,7 corresp on d en t state s ) i n the town to rival it. t P B l arranged according to the harmony of their , were h ung aroun d t h e w i n d ows an d a l ong the Qtit () o ° l the house, and grouped in elegant clusters 1y,41 abe door. In the centre, immediately above the tl;e et as, were the letters, in gas-jets, " V.R.," and a Oc t C r of great brilliancy, also in gas. Behind the 9 tr 4 gas was exhibited the motto, " Enterprise, In ev an d Perseverance, overcome every difficulty." e qrsens, which formed a background to the tl i t he t 4 t 44 get off the subdued light of the wax-candles t i ll presided lamps, seemed to cover the whole front of of f4 4l . li seg, except the windows, which were Judi vihinh lin g with tartan shawls and ribbons, the colours 1 t !,1 , 1, y accorded exceedingly well with the rest of the Qha it , Tile whole town seemed to have centred in taha r - d e ," to witness the illumination. For hours, it '4O ot e er P ossible to pass from one end of the street SHARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) RAILWAYS. ! Paid ( RALL WAYB. I • Amhg. Nottag. Bost and Eastn. Juno: i 3 'fast Ballymen, kirming. Wolve rh Stour Valley Birkeand.. L2.ncsh. Cheshire Juliet__ Do. Chesty. 'A; Birk. £5O and £25 Cow Do., £2)..... ....... IBlyth & Tyne origins £25 (ia3d. at !Bristol and Ex3ter !Caledonian. !Chester Holyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, Black, &Fmk Cornwall Do. A Do. B Dub:in&BelfastJunt Dun. P. & Aber. Jnc East Anglian Eastern Counties w.stst. rTninn. A Stt ',De., B. Stock I Do., Now East Kent East Lancashire Edinburgh & Glass() Edinb. and Peebles Edin. Prth & Dun , ' Forth & Clyde Jun , Furness. Do. Extension Glasgow &S. West r Great N. of Scotind. Great Northern Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth . &West. (Ire great Western Do. Stour Val. Ra Gua. Stk lo . 94 Irish South-Eastern Lancaster & Corns] Do., Thirds Do. New Thirds__ Lancash.audYorksi Do. Wet. Riding Ur Liv:Orsby.&Southpi London & Blackmon' Lond. Bright & S. OS' Lend. and N. Westi Do. Fifths D0.101.5h.,M&8 ( Do. Eighths,. London and S. WA.t Len. Tilby. & South. Barking Sh Lndndrry& Coleraii Lnandrry. & Ennis) Hanch.Shcf.h Line I Do., Man. & Lin. 171 Metropolitan Midland Do. Birmng. &Dori Midld. G. West. (In, Do. Half Shares Newcastle k Carlisl, Nwpt.Aberg. &llrt Newry & EnniskillP Newry Warrenpo'nl and Rostrevor Norfolk Northn.Counties Worth British Nth 1), , v,,n Rail & Dock Stock So., A Stock Iln., 11 Stock IDo., B Guarautv N. Eastorn—Ber wi , Do. do. Extension , 'Do.do. O.N.E. ?um Do. Leeds Do. York 'North London N.AcS.Wstru.,Ham • stead, and City Jn . 'North Staffordshir North Western N. & S. Wostrn. Jun , ox., Wore., & Wolc 'ertsraouth Scottish Central._ Scottish Midland Shropshire Urian South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. Yrksh. & Riv. Du Do Staines, Wok. &,Wo Stockton & Dar ing Stoekten & Hrztlei, raff Vale Do. Pref., No. I. Champs Hay. P.& R. Ulverstone & Lanes Vale of Nutty , Waterfl. & Waterford&Limeriel West Cornwall West End of London and Crystal Palace Do. A ......, Do. 8...., West London Wimbledn & Croydon FOK Antarerp&R •rdan Ardennes Atlau.& Saw. leased at 6 p. e. by Gd.Tnk. of Canada Belgian Eaitu. June Besiers to Graissessa Bombay, Baroda, an Central India,Serl, Do. Buff. & Lk. Hur. Ity. Carmeaux & Toulouse Coal Mines and Ry Demerara Dutch Rhenish Eastern of Trance Do. New grit Indian, g. 5 Do. Tx. B, gu sp. c. Do. Ex. C, gu. 5 p. Do. do. D, gu. 5 p. c• D 0.44 p.c.Bnds.,'s7 )o. do. do.. '59, dr Geo'ong kt Melbourne guar. 5 per cent rid. Tk of CanadaA ig Do. Do. Cert. of Dobon. con. into Stk. till '6. Do. Comp. 6p. c., do A. Central of Fran To. Pen. g. 5 p. c. 4)o New, go r. 5 p, c C. Luzambour;. Constituted Share {fit. Western of Canad a ,hares Do. New Do. Bds., payable '57 Do. do., '76, p. '6O Do. do., '73, without option I,alro Coast. & Bash , . Lierro and Turnhout ILucca Pist. sp. c.p Lyons and Genova Lyons 41 Moditerran. ladras, guaP. 4 1 p.s no. New do., 5 p. a Do. 44 p. c. Exten laria Antonia ... Do. do. New I garatir & Licge (with interest) no. (ox interest)... Do. do., C p. c. Pref Northern of Frant%o NorwegianTrunkPref Paris and Lyons Ditto Bonds Pario and Orleans , Recife & San. Fran , (Peruam.) g. 7 p. c. Rome and Frascati.. Royal Danish ......... B,oyalSwedish iambro and Meuse... Do. 5i p. cent. Pref. iScinde, guar. 5 p. o. 5 1.11 all all Do - I.louthern of Francs 'St. Andrew's and Quebec (A).. West Flanders Do 6 4 per c. Prof_ W. 41t N. W. of Francs West. of Switzerland Wiesbaden Zealand JOINT.STOOK 3411/T111; 40 all Australasia. 96 —9g 9T 25 124 . Bank of Egypt - p 100 50 Bank of London 68 40 all Bri. Col. Ek.&Ln. C. 50 all :lritish N. American • • --- •• 25 5 Chartd. Bank of Atli , -- I.p 20 6 Chrtd. :link. of India, Australia, & China 100 50 City 6B -- 70 100 25 )olonlal • ..• 100 20 Commercial of Land 32 20 all Eng.Scot.&Aus.Cht 164 174 20 all Loud. Chart. Bk. of Australia lB4 —13 i 20 10 Ditto Now 2 -- 1 d 50 20 London and County; 100 50 Lnd.&E.Thaltz.CorP• Par 2p 50 10 London Joint Stock. 100 jlO London and Paris 4 -- 2 d 100 20 Load. & Westminster 494 9 100 35 national Pro. of Eng 20 10 Do. New •-• OM • 50 22 , Natior.rl of Ireland ..• •• • 20 all low South Wales.... 42 41 43 25 i all Oriental Bank 3f Corporatinn. 4l -- 43 20 10 Ottoman Bank t u o z.. .°rovincial of Ireland ... ••• 10 all Do. Now ••• 1 9, Ans Go Ins 0( 100, 50 Royal British 25 OL I ionth Australia 33 40 391 25 all Thion of Australia 73 - 75 744 2 Do. WOW 8 10 50 10 'Nino ~ f London 301 • 100 si) WeEiternßic of Loud 34 2 4 d 48i 7 P nginesi this .tay. pm 57} THE SUN; LONDON; WEDNESDAY EVENING-, JUNE 1.1, 1856. that was a question which rested solely with the house ; and if it was decided to proceed with the bill in the absence of the papers, he should be pre pared to state the views of the Government. Sir F. KELLY said if the Government would say a final decision should be taken on this ques tion on We inesday next he would not object to the subject standing over till that day. Mr. J. G. PHILLIMORE said he could not conceive how that house could reject such a claim as the present, after a committee on the bil! had arrived at the con clusion that an act of injustice had been committed. After a short discussion, in which Sir J. Fitzgerald, Mr. Spooner, Mr. Otway, and Mr. Macgregor took part, Sir C. WOOD said he bad not bee❑ in the house at the commencement of the del at-, but from what e had since learned the papers NNould be i❑ the hands of members in two or three days. It rested with the house to proceed with the bill on Wed ❑esday next, but, as far as Government was concerned, he was sure there would be no impediment thrown in the way of the bill being considered on that day. Sir F. KELLY said, under those circumstances, he would withdraw his amendment. The further consideration of the bill was then post poned till Wednesday next. On the motion for bringing up the report upon tha subject of the Earl of Perth and Ale:fort's compensation, a conversation arose as to the nature and objoct of the bill, eventually Sir F. KELLY explained the nature and objects of the bill, which was one to grant compensation for an alleged illegal seizure of the estates of the Earl of Perth and Melfort, in the reign of James the Second, from the revenues of Scotland. The estate did not remain in the hands of the Crown, but was divided into a number of grants which could not now be recovered. Under these circumstances this bill was to give compensation for the liss of th• estate. Mr. LABOUCHERE deprecated the introduction of bills of this description by private members. He ex pressed a hope that the house would not be called upon to decide upon the question which was then before it. The SPEAKER having, in answer to an hon. member, explained the rule with respect to public and private bills, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that when the permission of the Crown was given to the introduction of this bill, no promise of any description was given. J. G. PHILLIMORE looked upon the present proceeding as quite unconstitutional. The courts of law were open to the complainant if he had any grounds of complaint. Mr. FITZROY said if this bill was pressed it could not pass the various stages, in order to be sent to the House of Lords. Mr. WILSON proposed that the subject should be referred to a committee of the whole house. Sir F. KELLY said he would at once accede to the proposal, and before he again brought the subject under their consideration he would see if there was a reason able prospect of its passing this session. If not he should not trouble the house with the bill any further this session. Closing Prices this day 25i 26, 5 ... ~- ~ 8 - 9 17 - 18 15 - 16 12 - 13 SS - 90 611 - 61; tsi - 16 : 9 - 11 • oe •••• ••• ••• '''' ••• 9i 161 17! 10 - 10 32 34 22 - 24 78 - $O 60 - 62 = "". . g 8 - 92 7i - r 95 96 r7g - 79 130 - 131 tO4 106 611 Ri 62 70 75 —03 i 5i 6,4 93 c 3. 7 [O4 -- 105 LO2l 10 par Par 1.1 99 1001 1 - i • •• to. so 1 - 30; '4l - 79 : 19 - 50 .••• ".".. • • •••••I ii is 54 56 si-3? 35i 361. .. - 811 5 - 3 - 2. - !gi 58A 59, 89 - 91 6 - 6a 7 10 11 28 29 02 -104 76 - 78 46 - 48 4 11 72 - 1'23 73 - 75 4 - 2 14 - 44 4 12 - 13 36 - 37 • os "'" 19 - 20 4i - 6 6i - 7i 6 - S 2 - 4 5 - Di] "a ' i :GN. 8# - 8$ 4t - SIP --. 2i , 31 - 4i! - 21 1. "--- li 51 - ri - 87i -38 f 231 -44 i 231 -23 i 26 - 2i 22 23 10_ 15 la 70 - 75 80 - 84 6i - 7 ; 22i - 23 _ - 51 - 5 i 25 - 96 2 - 41) 100 - 102 124 - 129 169 i 110 11 pmair iOf - 20 . 21 - 2i - 1p 8 - 84 61 - 7i 19 - 19: 44; - 45 8 - 9 59 - 59 ... - ... f 3 - 55 1 - li ii) —so lli - 12 94 - 10 2i - 3f ..... pm ..• -- ••• 4! - 5 - 3t3i - 37 ii :: ii Business done Ws day. 17; 17 10k 59 i 611 f 1 i 93 i 104} 1021 2 ?91 a i 78i f 9 49 i 8f SI! 10 3 21 13J.18 581 i 2Si i r2k 1 2/ 74 6 3 i 24 Si 23 81 20i/ 2!7 XII 3 i Si i 25/ i i 8 i 211 171 10/ 1 11 11 it 1L 8 7i LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. LAILIVSYS. Lealn. Company. Moen.: Prieas this 44y. Bedford and Bletobley Buckghanisb. Clydesdale . Col. Stour Vy. Sud. and Hal. E. :Lin. g. 6 pc. E. Un. H. Sl4 Glas. Barr. & Neils. Direct Do. New...... Glstr. & D n. Fr Hrtlpl. Dlc. & Railway Hull &.• Selby Do. Sharoc. Do. ; Shares. Lon.& Groom'? Do. Preference Lon., Til., &S. Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Do. 6 por et. Manch. Bxtn. and MatloA Middlesbro' Redcar Newmarket Bury E. G.spc N.& Est.s p.c. Do. 6 per et. I 1)o. Fixeds pc . Prest. & Do. A Shrs. A Roys - tn.& lit. Shef. Roth an G0010g.5 p.c. Shrews. &Fier S. Stafforclsh. Wer.r Valleygr 6 per cent... Do. . Wilts&gomrsi. London & N. Weit. L. &N. W. Caledon E. 17n. & C Gt. Nrthu E. Count (Caldoni&n Do Gt. Westo Yk. Now. Berw Do Do Easton Do Peto & Co. Norfolk Do L.& N. W & Stekton & I)arlingt. En. Coun. E. Count Do Do.. L. N. W. Do Gt North n Laneash Yorksh. 'P. Brassey M. MClean Stock t. Darlingt Do - 98 95 - 100 11 - 13 134 - 137 31 4 ... .... ... 105 - thi 12i - 231 - 113 - 117 2i - 21 93 -- 95 i ?IP sti o 8 45 - 47 134 - 137 7i 74 3 2d IGtWeitn. MISCELLANEOUS. 25 19 Australian Agricalt. 30 32 31 304 10 all tustrain. Royal Mail 10 all Be .sin Water Works 5i 6 5i 50 40 Brit. American Land .. 100 ,24 Canada :2B 132 131 St. nO C.Go.6p.c.Jan&:;nly 112 112:; 1121 St. 100 Do. 6 p.c. Feb & Aug St. 100 Do. 6p c. Mar & Sept ... 5 all Crystal Palace.. 2i 2$ 2,i 5 all Do. Preference 5 5,4 4 a . l Crystal Pal. of Franc,' 1 Duston Iron Ore 20 15N Eastern Steam St. 100 Electric Telegraph.., 93 95 944 1 all Electric Teleg. of Ir. 5 all En.&Aus Cop Sm Co 11 11 5 all Gen. Iron Sc Collier 15 14 Gen. Steara Navigat. 274 1 16 all General Screw Steam .. 141 4 all Lond. Gen. Omnibus 31 4 4 2i. 10 Magdalena St. Navig 10 all Niediteran. Elec. Tel. 8 10 10 9 M'exicankS.A.mericu. 5 54 25 5 sat. Discount C 0..., 4 4d 4/1 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuei 10 5 Netherlands Land IZ 21 20 all Do. Do. 5 2 Do. 8p c P iss at 1 d 4p 21 100 80 New R. dt N.S. Land 18 22 „. N.S.W. Gov. 6p.c. D. 1 all S. P. ts cralaman 4 30 15 Nrth.olEuropeSt:Nare 1 all Orlntal Gas l4 1 lf 1 ' 2s. Do. "New Shares" n $l 3 pm all Peel Rr. Ld. & Liinrl, 34 3$ 5c all Peninsular& Oriental 68 69 5C 10 Do. New 44 5 111 tOO 60 Royal Mail Steam 70 72 71 70 1 Ali Scot. Austral. Invest. 14 1 1 Ditto New 25 an South Australiand 161 37 371 1 al: Sebmar. Tel. Scrip — 1 1 10 al 0, Registered — 11 2 l'rustds L. Co.U. Can ink 21 ilt,ap,,•. 16! THE AUSTRALIAN POSTAL SERVICE. SOUTHAMPTON, JUNE 10. Thursday, the 12th inst., is the last day for the re- ception by the Government of tenders for conveying the Australian wails. The route and the size of the mail packets have been definitively settled. There cannot be a doubt but what the tenders that will be examined on Thursday will lead to a practical result, and the only subject for anxiety is when the contract can commence. The Peninsular and Oriental Company would rather that the Government had chosen the Panama route ; but the Egtptian and Point de Galle route having been deter mined on, it will be the policy of that company to endea vour to obtain the contract if possible, because of the danger of allowing a new company to run a rival line of packets between England and Point de Galle. In fact, the directors of the Oriental Company said as much, in their half-yearly report just issued ; for they stated there that they purposed tendering for the contract, although they believed it would be an unprofitable one, There is no company that can offer such favourable terms to the Government as the Peninsular and Oriental Directors, If any other persons obtain the contract, it will be months, probably, before its execution can be commenced ; whereas, if the Oriental Company obtain it, they can commence immediately ; and this is a matter of the greatest importance, considering the delay that has taken place in establishing a steam-packet communi cation with Australia. During this week Cslcutta, China, and Australian news has reached England from Point de Galle, via Trieste, in little more than twenty days. Now, the dis tance of Melbourne from Galle is 4,670 miles, and when steamers of 2,200 tors burden, and of proportionate speed, are put on between those two places, that dis tance can be traversed in 22 days, it we reckon ten miles an hour for the speed of the packets. Thus we should have news from Australia in 42 days via Trieste ; and as the telegraphic wires are extended to Egypt and Aden, that time would be diminished by a fortnight. In Australia they have recently been without news from England for 108 days ; and two days ago later news arrived from Australia by way of Point de Galle than has just arrived by the mail pac ket Mermaid, although the only communication between Australia and Galla at present is by slow-sailing ships. The firstonentior/ad fact shows the necessity of at once establishing the steam-packet communication with Aus tralia ; and the secanel affords another proof of the pro priety of the selection of the Galle route. The Govern ment has put a stop to the endless dispute about the routes to Australia, and virtually fixed the speed with which the Australian mails shall be conveyed. It is most unlikely that there will be the slightest occasion to delay deciding who shall convey the Australian mails beyond the next few days. There is not much doubt but that the Peninsular and Oriental Company will get the contract ; and if they do, the Governmeat should at once releae the ships belonging to that company now in the transport service, and let them commence at once the Australian mail service. The Peninsular and Oriental Csmpany have an immense fleet on the home station and in the India and China seas, and they have still agents and coal depots in Australia. If that com pany get the contract there can scarcely be any obstacle to the Australian mail service commencing from Eng land next month ; and any long delay will cause the greatest dissatisfaction amongst the colonists in Austra lia, and make all persons here in England who are in terested in a mail steam packet communication with Australia believe that the present Government is unwil ling or incompetent to deal with the question. Let Sir Henry Barkly, the new governor of Victoria, go out in the first mail steamer, and half the difficulties of his position will be overcome the moment ha lands in Mel bourne. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.--(This Day.) LONDON, June 11.—Wind this day at noon, S.W. light breeze and fine clear sultry weather. PORTSMOUTH, June 10.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived— Earl of Durham (s. tpt. No. 230), from Constantinople, and left for Deptford. Sailed—Northumberland (s.s. tpt. N0..51), for Deptford. PLYMOUTH, June 10. —Wind N.W.—Arrived—lmpe. risuse, from Portsmouth. Sailed—Dutch Man-of-War Sindora, for Surinam. FALstouni, Juno 10.—Wind N.—Arrived—Barend Wilhelm, from Aux Cayes ; Oscar, New Emperor, and Erie, Hayana. COWES, June 10.- The Panama, from Madras to Bor deaux, was under repairs at St. Helena on the 15th (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday Morning. The steam-ship Alma, belonging to the French-Ameri can Transatlantic Company, sailed for New York at day break this morning, after having her propeller repaired. After proceeding as far as Cowes the food-pipes broke down, and the Alum has put back here for fresh repairs. Arrived—Hero, from Newport. Sailed —Mary Coles, for Llanelly ; Margaritha, Arch angel ; Edwards, Sunderland. LIVERPOOL, Wednesday Morning. Wind W.S.W. Arrived—Galatea, from St. Domingo ; Aquilla, New Orleans ; E. Greely, Mobile ; Centurion, New York ; Cleopatra, screw-steamer, Queenstown, with troops ; Mary Hammond, New Orleans; New Parliament, Caen ; Eagle, Laguna; Charles Richards, Barbadoes ; Digley, Mobile; Guest, Alexandria; Mazeppa, Charente. QUEENSTOWN, June 9. Wind N.W. Arrived. —Mary Campbell, from St. Domingo. Off.—Lord George Bentinck, from Callao. Sailed —Emerald, Utility, and Eugenio, for Lisbon. DuaLIN, June 10. Wind N.W. Arrived —Alice and Spray, from Barbadoes. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Wednesday, 10.15 a.m. Wind, E. ; tide, three hours' ebb ; fine. Arrived.—Earsdon, from Cronstadt ; Mary Sawyer, Trinidad ; Alliance, Rangoon. Sailed.—Nile, for Calcutta ; Challenger, Callao. DEAL, Wednesday, 9.48 a.m. Wind S.E. ; light. Passed in tow.—Royal Alice, from M adras ; Robert Passenger, Barbadoes ; Caneta, Demerara, all for London. Passed.—Northumberland (s.s. tpt. No. 51) and Earl of Durham (s.s. tpt. No. 230), from Balaklava, for London ; Eontebella, London, for the Capo of Good Hope. THE MEDICAL PROFESSION OF LEEDS AND PALMER'S CASE. —Last week a memorial to the Home Secretary for signature by the medical profession of Leeds, pray ing for a rekpite or reprieve for Palmer on the ground that the medical evidence was unsatisfactory and incon clusive, was laid upon the table of the Leeds School of Medicine. Out of thirty-four medical gentlemen thirty ono refused to sign the memorial.---Leeds 1114 curt'. A n f tt Zj 4,7 1 4;t1 r SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. ASCOT RACES—(This Day.) t - B Y EXPRESS A.VD ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. SWEEPSTAKES of 15 Soy:a. Spindle .... Alastor Eardrop Six ran. FERN HILL STAKES. Colt by Sir Ilercules—Lurley's dam 1 Perfume 2 Lord Melbourne Five ran. HANDICAP PLATE. Remedy Olympus Flyaway Fourteen ran. ROYAL HUNT CUP Forbidden Fruit Saraband S:y Fellow Furioso Twenty-eight ran. Won easily. QUEEN'S PLATE. Middleton Saucebox Mayboy . Five ran. CORONATION STAKES. Victoria Spindle Sister to Hesse Homberg Four ran. ALBANY STAKES. Mirage.. w. 0. BETTING ON THE COURSE. GOLD CUP. 6to 4 on Manganese (offered) 4to 1 agst Saucebox 10 to 1 agst Winkfield 4 to 1 agst Simony and Winkfield coupled (taken) DERBY. 1000 to 30 against Schiedam (taken) Rogerthorpe has arrived. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(This Day.) The SPEAKER took the chair at twelve o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a third time and passed : Maybole and Girvan Railway, Metropolitan Railway, and the Morayshire Railway. The following bills were ordered to be read a third time :—Bagenalstown and Wexford Railway, Dorset Central Railway, Glastonbury and Bruton Railway, Severn Valley Railway, and the Wimbledon and Croy- don Railway. NAWAII AND SURAT TREATY BILL. Mr. V. SMITH moved the postponement of the con- sideration of the report on this bill for a - week, on the ground that there was not at present sufficient evidence before the house on which to proceed further with the bill. Sir F. KELLY said that the honour and good faith of this country were involved in this question. The measure referred to an annuity which the East India Company solemnly engaged to pay this Indian prince and his descendants, in consideration of his having sur rendered to them his territory and revenues of Surat. The annuity amounted to 15,0001. sterling per annum, and was regularly paid to the Nawab and his son during their lives, but the East India Company re;fueed to pay it to the present next of kin, on the ground that the office of Nawab was extinct, but who was made so by virtue of this agreement. The learned gentleman ridi culed the absurdity of such an objection to the fulfil ment of the treaty, and said it was necessary to in troduce this measure to compel the East India Com pany to fulfil their part of the agre einent. The President of the Board of Control having refused to affirm the principle of the bill, he (Sir F. Kelly) pressed the house to take the report into consideration this day. The committee appointed to investigate this measure had reported unanimously in its favour. Sir J. W. HOGG said the grossest delu.non prevailed with regard to this case, and he denied thitt the Nawab of Surat had transferred his territories and revenues to the East India Company. The company ha.d commercial relations with Surat by a finnan of the Emperor so early as 1667, and political relatio.as in 1759, after which a treaty was entered into personally with the Nawabs, and it was tandem that the East India Company exercised their authority in that province, and the question was, whether by that treaty the Nawabship was a hereditary office, and whether the agreement bad reference to his heirs, de scendants, or his successors to the office , - He con tended it was the latter, and reminded the house that the office was nut hereditary till 1300, .tad that the Nawah, with whom the treaty was made, died in 1769, and he rested his opposition to the quest ion now put forth mainly on the fact that in 1800 the) Nawabship was not hereditary but norninational, and that it was under the treaty of 1659 at the disposal of the East India Company. The money was paid for the support of the title of Nawab, and not to the representatives or dei6endants of the persons fulfilling the office ; and the revenues and territories of the place were given up to the East lietia Company upon the understan.ding that a sum of 15,0001. per annum was to be paid :in a conside ration. At the same time an arrang e ment was made that 5,0001. should be added to that sum in the event of the revenues of the territory reachie ig a certain amount. The resistance to this demand w tie therefore that, by the treaty of 1543, the Nawabship. was extinct and the stipend lapsed; this was stated to the: memorialist when he made his application to the Court oic. Directors. At the death of the last Nawab directions. were given that, in order that the family should not be left in com parative poverty, a sum of 11,0001. out of the 15,0001. was to be divided amongst them, and at tEis time the sum was still being paid to his family as a matter of generosity, not of right, and he therefore _further dis tinctly stated that the present claimant for fal 3 stipend of the Nawabship was not entitled to a sing:Le farthing. He maintained that a treaty entered into I )3 , the East India Company was as binding on the Go vi unment of this country as the treaty entered into in _Ps .ris, and if this house was to encourage persons who t' ttc.ught they had rights under a treaty coining to this b Ise with a so-called private bill to enable those persoi is to realise those rights they would ba establishing a precedent which they would speedily have reason t o lament. He thought it was a system fraught with t lee greatest danger to the Government of India, if this .h ouse were for a single moment to enoourage the nat;vest of India to come to this house with their claims inst, sad of sub mitting them to the tribunals of that coup try. Such a proceeding would lead them to entertain an opinion that the law of India was inefficieut, and the result would eventually be the total destruction of all govern ment in that country. A 8 far as he (Sir J. W. Hogg) was concerned he should have wished that t' le claimant should on his arrival in this country have g: nee direc.ly to the Queen in Counoil, as such a course was d. toidediythe proper one to pursue with respect to the rig tit to a pri vate estate ; but he contended the present qu testion was the construction of a treaty, and he therefore hoped that the matter would be delayed until its merits should be thoroughly known to hon. members general!: r. Mr. CARDWELL thought it would be e xeleedingly inconvenient to go into the merits of the cab e on a mo tion for delay. The committee on which he had served regarded the matter as if it had been exclusive'ly a private bill, dealing with the treaty as if it bad bee n a private document, and therefore the private bill com m ittee had reported on the matter ; but the public a-p eot of the case arising from the interpretation of a treaty the committee had retrainee from looking at, as the committee considered that a subje et to be decided by the house. The subject wes one of great importance, as it involved the honour a nel dignity ' of the Crown. He suggested that as the ame a dment of the Government would not be supposed to be i a- delay, the amendment should be prepared and pia( a Id in the hands of members, and that on Wednesday ne)e ; the Go vernment should state the course they intended to pursue on the subject. It was important that no ti cue should be lost, as the Bth of July was the latest day on which any bill from that house would be received by the Peers. Mr. Y. SMITH said he had no intention of 'defeating this bill by delay. The evidence taken in cit memittee should be printed and placed in the hands of lit m. mem bers with the smallest possible delay. He ad tould on that day be ready to state the intention of Goi rernment on that point. There would be ample time fof ' the dis cussion before the expiration of the date fixes d by the House of Lords as the latest for the reception k of bills intended to be proceeded with during the present session. _ . Sir E. PERRY defended the character of Meer DjatLrr Ali, and contended that the succesai on to the Nawabship was hereditary. Sir F. KELLY said as he did not at iderstand the President of the Board of Control to say th at he was not at the present time in a position to state: the views of the Government as to the construction of ti re treaty, or that he had pledged himself positivel y to pro ceed with the bill at a future day, he had no other course open to him but to persevere in pressi o g the bill through its present stage. Mr. WIGRAM stated that as that was the •_course in tended to be pursued he should vote with Go V eminent. The present bill was not a private one, and bis : saw no thing unreasonable in the delay asked for. Sir J. GRAHAM said that a very importre it consti tutional question was involved in this questiot :, and he thought that it would amount to denial of justice if the de cision on this questionwere to be delayed beyond Wednes day next. He trusted that the President of the Board of Control would definitely state whether he i o tended to go on with the bill on Wednesday, as he tl 1, aught the present discussion had been carried far enougb:. Mr. V. SMITH said his reason for delay re s ted solely on the absence of the evidence. The questi: )u he sup posed the right hon. baronet should answer w L 3 whether supposing the evidence was not before the hot ti ie on that day he would go on with the bill. He) thought THE AUSTRALIAN MAILS. Mr. BLACKBURN asked the Secretary to the Trea sury whether additional time for lodging tenders would be given to parties desirous to contract for the Austra lian mails, considering that the public were net in pos. session of the information given by his reply on this subject yesterday kr. WILSON said he did not think he had given any information in his reply yesterday which was not already known. He did not think it would be de• sirable to extend the time originally fixed for sending in the tenders. Viscount NAAS asked if the time would not be ex tended if any advantage was to be secured ? Mr. WILSON said certainly. If the Treasury was informed by a body of gentlemen that a certain advan tage would arise, there wculd b 3 no objection to extend the time for 15 days. The only object of the Govern• ment was to secure the best means of communication SPIRIT TRADE (IRELAND) BILL. Mr. BRADY moved the second reading of this bill, which was to assimilate the law which regulated the sale of spirits in Ireland with that of England. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL for IRELAND could not support the present bill. The object of the bill could be met, if the house thought fit, by the insertion of a clause i❑ the Dublin Police Bill, which was at present before the house. After a short discussion the bill was withdrawn. THE ALDERSHOTT CAMP BILL. This bill pnßsQd through committee. OXFORD UNIVERSITY BILL. This bill passed through committee. INSURANCE ON LIVES BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. The LORD ADVOCATE brought in a bill to abolish certain unnecessary forms in the framing of Deeds in Scotland. _ _ _ Mr. HO RSMAN brought in a bill for the better re gulation of the Houses of Industry Hospitals and other hospitals in Dublin, supported wholly or in part by Par liamentary grants. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the house adjourned. LORD CLARENDON ON THE OCCUPA TION OF THE PAPAL STATES. The following despatch is contained in a Parlia mentary paper issued yesterday : THE EARL OF CLARENDON TO SIR JAMES HUDSON. Foreign office, May 26, 1856. Sir,—l herewith enclose the copy of a note which was addressed to me when at Paris by the Plenipotentiaries of Sardinia. The verbal communications which I frequently had the pleasure of holding with Count Cavour, both before and subsequently to the receipt of this note, can have left no doubt on the mind of his Excellency that her Ma jesty's Government take a deep and sincere interest in the affairs of Italy, and are desirous of doing everything which can properly be done by them with a view to ameliorate the condition of the Italian people. No fresh assurances could add weight to those already given to Count Cavour, and I did not, therefore, think it necessary to send an answer in writing to the note of the Sardinian Plenipotentiaries ; but as it has come to the knowledge of her Majesty's Government that it would be agreeable to the Sardinian Government to receive one, they cannot hesitate to declare their opinion that the occupation of the Papal territory by foreign troops constitutes an irregular state of things, which disturbs the equilibrium, and may endanger the peace, of Europe; and that, by indirectly affording sanction to misgovern. inept, it promotes discontent and a tendency to revolu tion among the people. Her Majesty's Government are aware that as this state of things has now, unfortunately, for some years been established, it may be possible that it could not suddenly be brought to a close without some danger to public order, and the risk of producing events that all would deplore ; but her Majesty's Government are con vinced that the evacuation of the Papal territory may be rendered safe at an early period by a policy of wisdom and justice, and they entertain a hope that the measures agreed upon by the Governments of France and Austria will lead to a gradual withdrawal of their respective forces, and to bettering the condition of the subjects of the Pope. You will read and give a copy of this despatch to Count Cavour.—l am, &0., CLARENDON. DEATH OF THE COUNTESS OF SHREWSBURY.—The Countess of Shrewsbury died at Paris, a few days since, rather suddenly, after a short illness. Her ladyship has suffered for some years from an internal disease, but to the last no apprehensions were felt that her indisposition would terminate fatally. The Countess was a daughter of the late Mr. William Talbot, of Castle Talbot, county Wexford, by his first wife, Mary, daughter of Mr. Lawrence O'Toole, of Buxtown, in the same county, and married, in 1814, Mr. John Talbot. who became 17th Earl on the death of his uncle in 1827, and died at Naples, suddenly, in November, 1852. By him her lady. ship had issue—a son, who died in infancy, and two daughters, the Princess Doria Pamphili, of Rome, raised to the rank of a princess by the King of Bavaria, and the late Princess Borghese, who died in Italy some 15 or 16 years ago. DETECTION OF STRYCHNINE IN THE PRESENCE! OF ANTIMONY.—Mr. Rodgers, of the St. George's School of Medicine, and Assistant-Surgeon Girdwood deny that antimony destroys the detection of strychnia. BUENOS AYRES.—Letters from Buenos Ayres to the 29th of April state that the principal feature of the treaty just concluded between Brazil and Paraguay is the free navigation of the rivers as far as Mattagrosso. It was therefore expected that constant cornmurication with that province would soon be established by Bra zilian steamers. From Monte Video ' under date the 2d of May, it is mentioned that politi ca l matters appear to be settled for the present. PRICE OF GOLD.—The quotation of gold at Paris is about 2 per mule premium (according to the last tariff), which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 101 d. per oz. for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25.22 ; and, the exchange at Paris on London at short being 25.35, it follows that gold is about 0.50 per cent, dearer in Lon don than in Paris. By advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 425 per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17e. 101 d. per oz. for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13.5 ; and, the exchange at Hamburg on London at short being 13.61, it follows that gold is about 0.70 per cent, dearer in London than in Hamburg. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' Right is 1094 per cent., and, the par of exchange between England and America being 109 23-40 per cent., it follows that the exchange is nominally 0.30 per cent. in favour of England ; and, after making allowance for charges of transport and difference of interest, the pre sent rate leaves a small profit on' the importation of gold from the United States. SO TN-EASTERN RAlLWAT.—Yesterday a special ge• neral meeting of the shareholders in this company was held at the Bridge-house Hotel, London-bridge. The Hon. James Bing, chairman of the board of directors, who presided, submitted to the meeting the draft of a bill now before Parliament for making a railway from the authorised line of the West End of London and Crystal Palace Railway (Extension to Bromley and Farnborough) at Shortlands to St. Mary Cray, by which it is proposed to sanction an agreement entered into between the company proposed to be incorporated by the bill and the South-Eastern Railway, for the working by the latter company of the railway to be authorised by the bill. The bill was agreed to. The directors were authorised to raise, under the provisions of the South-Eastern Railway (Capital) Act, 185 E, sums of money not exceeding in the whole 253,0001., being the remainder of the sum of 500,0001., autho rised to be raised by that act, by creating and issuing new share% THE INUNDATIONS IN FRANCE. A letter from Tours gives the following descrip tion of the appearance of that city : " The Rue Royale presents the appearance of a canal, and boats are plying on it incessantly, car rying relief to the unfortunate inhabitants, who either would not or could not quit their houses. The Mail is like a torrent, and all sorts of things brought down by the Loire and the Cher are float ing about it. The ornamental trees on it have been torn up. The railway station, the centre of the commercial activity of the town, is still sur rounded with water, as high as the windows. In the garden of the Prefecture opposite nothing is to be seen but the tops of the trees ; the walls of the garden are thrown down. The Rues de Paris, de Bordeaux, and du Rempart, built on the old ramparts of the city, are under water. At every step we take we sell the ravages of the waters, and from th e R ou t e d e Grammont we perceive in all their horror the effects of the catastrophe in the adjacent country. As far as the eye can reach there is water—nothing but water ! The inunda tions were not able to surmount the obstacle caused by the Route de Bordeaux, but they rose to a great height, and they are strewed with articles of furniture, clothing, and woodwork. The Pont de l'Archeveque threatens to fall in ; the viaduct of the railway to Nantes, beaten with great fury by the waters, has been thrown down. Wherever the eye rests it sees farms submerged, houses that cannot be inhabited for a long time to come, even if they can ever be inhabited again ; and on the heights thousands of victims grouped together without shelter and without food ! Even the dark and narrow streets of the old city occupied by lower classes have not escaped. From the Rue Borgne to the Commune of La Riche ; from the Champ de Mars to the Mail ; and from the Place d'Aumont to Saint Sauveur ; is an immense lake, reaching in height to the first storey of the houses. Such is the state of our city, after five days of mor tal anxiety and indescribable calamities !" In the same journal of the 7th we read :—" The fall of the waters has commenced, and is proceeding slowly, in the streets which run into the Mail; but in the Mail a rapid current still exists. The west side of the city has suffered as well as the east. Three fourths of the Rues de la Grandiere and Chanoineau have been invaded, but to-day only the lower part of the streets is sub merged. All the Rues Saint Eloi and des Reeollets were under water, but only portions remain so. The infantry barracks are still surrounded with large sheets of water. All the Rue des Villeperdue and part of that of La Riche were submerged, but the waters flowed from the Rue des Acacias into the Rue des Oiseaux. All these districts present a terrible scene of desola tion ; the waters have torn up the paving -stones, and still remain in the ground-floors and court yards of some houses. The inundations have in terrupted communications between this city and the communes of the department. It is conse quently impossible to obtain information as to the total damage done, but the prefecture has ascer tained these facts :—The dykes of the Loire gave way at St. Mars la Pile, between La Varenne and La Daudiere, to an extent of about 100 yards, and at Amboise in the same place in 1846. In this town the waters in some places rose as high as the first storey of the houses, but no lives were lost. The bridge and all the village of Savennibres have been carried away, but it is not stated that any one perished. At Brohemont the country is inun dated, and one old woman, who obstinately refused to leave her residence, has been drowned. All the inhabitants of La Chapelle-aux Naux, which is in undated, have succeeded iu obtaining refuge at Lignieres. The commune of La Riche-extra is in undated, and enormous loss, but no death, has been occasioned." " The accounts from Saumur of the ravages com mitted by the Loire and the Authion are even more distressing than those previously received. The pupils of the cavalry school of that place gave a fine example of courage and devotedness. They plunged into their waters with their horses, they saved many invalids and infirm persons from certain death, and compelled the inhabitants to leave their dwellings. The clergy likewise displayed considerable energy, and effected much in combating the strange deter mination of the people to remain in their houses. A young curate swam to a man who was clinging to a tree, and succeeded in lauding him in safety. Considerable sums of money had been collected in the department of the Cher, and had at once been distributed by the Prefect to the victims of the inundations. In that department the disasters are however less great than in others, and no deaths have had to be deplored. Workmen are actively engaged in repairing the railroad and dykes. A curious phenomenon in the annals of hydrography has just taken place in the Beauce district (Eure et-Loire). A ravine, called the Couarde, which is transformed into a rivulet only about once every ten years, this year attained the proportions of a river. The waters of the forest of Orleans spread over the plateau which slopes towards the department of the Eure-et-Loire, ran off iu abso lute torrents, and that circumstance explains how certain high grounds, which are usually with out water-springs, were inundated in the late visitation. These torrents iu their turn swelled the Couarde to an immense height. But the most an imus fact connected with this sudden filling of the Couarde is, that the fish were as abundant in it as in the Loire or the Loiret. This phenomenon may perhaps be explained by the rising of the water in the fishponds of the different chateaux, the flood gates of which were obliged to be opened, and thus let the finny inhabitants escape. The Lyons jour nals state that the Rhone and Saone continue to fall, and that the waters are gradually running off from the inundated quarters. The Guillotiere, properly so called, has suffered comparatively less than in other inundated quarters, but still the in jury sustained there is considerable, several houses having fallen, and others being so much injured that the inhabitants are obliged to abandon them. As the waters retire numerous bodies are disco vered, all in a state of decomposition. Workmen are employed in building wooden huts on the Place St. Pothin for the reception of the persons who are without homes. The directors of the Mediterra nean Railway have placed a number of railway carriages at the disposal of the authorities for the temporary accommodation of the houseless. When the Emperor came to Lyons he gave I,ooof. to be divided among the engine drivers and other em ployes of the train. That sum has been generously given by those men to the subscription opened at Lyons for the sufferers. A letter from Aries states that the extent of the country inundated in that neighbourhood is at least 20 leagues. Although the waters are going gradually down, guns are still frequently heard in different parts round, as sig nals of distress from the inhabitants of the inun dated houses. Boats are moving about in all di rections to render assistance. _ " The Rhone.—The inundations which have just caused such extensive calamities in the depart ments of the south naturally direct attention to the questions connected with the hydrogrephy o f some of the great rivers of France. The Rhone, which stands in the first rank, rises in Switzerland at the foot of Mount Force, in the canton of the Valais, the whole of which it traverses. It has its rise from three different springs, and forms for it self a very irregular bed amo ng roc k s an d innumer able glaciers. It afterwards falls over an immense precipice near the Chapel St. Nicholas into the small plain of Oberwald, where it receives several tributary streams. From its source as far as Mar tigny, a town situated at the commencement of the Great St. Bernard-road, and which was almost en tirely destroyed by the terrible inundation of 1818, the Rhone follows a south-western course. At a short distance from Martigny it suddenly turns to the north-west, and after passing a narrow gorge throws itself by two branches into the Lake • Ge neva, and at about 12 miles further on enters the French territory near the Fort do l'Ecluse, and forms the frontier between France and Savoy. The river in ordinary times is not more than 12 feet wide at Oberwald. Above the Lake of Geneva it is 150 yards wide. On leaving the lake, and on its confluence with the Arve, it is 88 yards wide, and on entering France 175 yards. From its source to the Fort do l'Ecluse its fall is 1,496 yards. The Rhone, after quitting Switzerland, runs towards Lyons, and on passing through the Lake of Geneva, is hemmed in on its right bank as far as below Cey.. sarien, by the slopes of the Jura, and on the left bank as far as its confluence with the Uches by th e Montagnes aux Vaches in Savoy. Between l'Ecluse and Genisseat it runs through a narrow defile about 12 miles in length. After Genisseat, the moun tains retire from the banks of the river until near Vienne, where they again approach it, and con tinue so until its confluence with the Ardecbe on the right, and the Durance on the left. After this the banks become lower. The Rhone falls into the Mediterranean after a total course of 825 kilo metres (about 515 miles). It is navigable for about 315 miles. Its principal tributaries on the right bank are the Ain, the Sabne, the Ardeche, the Ceze, and the G ar d ; an d on t h e l e ft the duier, the Isere, and the Durance. The Saone, one of the largest rivers in France, rises in the depart ment of the Vosges in the arrondissement of Mire court. It traverses the departments of the Haute- Saone, the Cote-d'Or, and Same-et-Loire, sepa rates those of the Rhone and Ain, and falls in to the Rhone at Lyons, after a course of about 280 miles. As far as its confluence with the Oig non it runs through a narrow valley; it becomes na vigable below Gray, at about this point the situa. tion of the country changes ; the valley widens on its left bank, while on the right it is skirted by the slopes of the mountains of the CQtes-d'Or and of the Charolais. The principal affluents of the Saone are the Doubs and the Oignon, on the left, and the Ouche and the Azergue, on the right. The question of the overflow of the Rhone and the Saone has for a long time occupied serious attention. Without entering into the causes which may be de. rived from the laws of terrestrial philosophy, it is interesting to know the opinion on this subject of Vauban, one of the most celebrated men that France ever possessed. This superior engineer, on being consulted by Louis XIV. on the question of the overflew of rivers, gave it as his opinion that the most effectual means to prevent the recurrence of inundations was to always keep in a good state the depth and width of the beds of rivers and streams. Colbert profited by this idea, and some years after issued an edict which obliged governors of provinces to keep the beds of rivers and streams perfectly clear and in good order, and there still exists a celebrated decree issued by the Parliament of Dijon in 1698, which condemned the administration of the rivers and forests of Burgundy to a fine of 6,000 crowns for the benefit of the hospitals, for having neglected to clear out the bed of the Saone, and for having allowed it to get narrower in some places. These facts now possess great interest, and it would be curious to ascertain whether since the end of the 18th century the narrowing of the beds of rivers has not had a very powerful influence in causing the repeated inundations. THE RECENT OUTRAGE IN THE AME RICAN SENATE. We lately alluded to a murderous attack made ia the American Senate by Senator Brooks, of South Carolina, upon the Hon. C. Sumner, the well known senator from Massachusetts. It was stated that a committee had been appointed by the Senate to inquire into and report the circumstances. These gentlemen, we now learn, have waited on Mr. Sumner and taken his testimony. He was in bed during the examination, and was in a very weak state. His account of the outrage, given under oath, is as follows _ I attended the Senate as usual on Thursday, the 22d of May. After some formal business a message was received from the House of Representatives announcing the death of a member of that body from Missouri. This was followed by a brief tri bute to the deceased from Mr. Geyer, of Missouri, when, according to usage, and out of respect to the deceased, the Senate adjourned at once. Instead of leaving the Senate chamber with the rest of the senators on the adjournment, I continued in my seat, occupied with my pen, and while thus intent in order to be in season for the mail, which was soon to close, I was approached by several persons who desired to converse with me, but I answered them promptly and briefly, excusing myself for the reason that I was much engaged. When the last of these persons left me I drew my arm-chair close to my desk, and with my logs under the desk, con tinued writing. My attention at this time was so entirely drawn from all other subjects that, though there must have been many persons in the Senate, I saw nobody. While thus intent, with my head bent over my writing, I was addressed by a person who approached the front of my desk ; I was so entirely ahsorbed that I was not aware of his pre sence until I heard my name pronounced. As I looked up, with pen in hand, I saw a tall man, whoa* countenance was not familiar, standing directly over me, and at the same moment caught these words —" I have read your speech twice over carefully ; it is a libel on South Carolina and Mr. Butler, who is a relative of mine." While these words were still passing from his lips he commenced a succession of heavy blows with a heavy cane on my bare head, by the first of which I was stunned so as to lose my sight. I saw no longer my assailant, nor any other person or object in the room. What I did afterwards was done almost unconsciously, acting under the instincts of self-defence. With head al ready bent down, I rose from my seat—wrenching up my desk, which was screwed to the floor—and then pressing forward, while myassailant continued his blows. I had no other consciousness until I found myself ten feet forward in front of my desk, lying on the floor of the Senate, with my bleeding head supported on the knee of a gentleman whom I soon recognised by voice and manner asiMr. Mor gan, of New York. Other persons there were about me offering friendly assistance, but I did not recognise any of them. Others there were at a dis tance, looking on and offering no assistance, of whom I recognised only Mr. Douglas, of Illinois, Mr. Toombs of Georgia, and [ thought also my as sailant standing between them. I was helped from the floor and conducted into the lobby of the Se nate, where I was placed upon a sofa. Of those who helped me here I have no recollection. As I entered the lobby I recognised Mr. Sliddell, of Louisiana, who retreated, but I recognised no one else until I felt a friendly grasp of the hand, which seemed to come from Mr. Campbell, of Ohio. I have a vague impression that Mr. Bright, president of the Senate, spoko to me while I was on the floor of the Senate in the lobby. I make this statement in answer to the inter rogatory of the committee, and offer it as pre senting completely all my recollections of the as sault and of the attending circumstances, whether immediately before or immediately after. I desire to add that, besides the words which I have given as uttered by my assailant, I have an indistinct recollection of the words " old man ;" but these are so enveloped in the mist which ensued from the first blow that I r.m not sure whether they were uttered or not. On the cross-examination of Mr. Sumner, he stated that he was entirely without arms of any kind, and that he had no notice or warning of any kind, direct or indirect, of this assault. Iu answer to a cross-question Mr. Sumner replied that what he had said of Mr. Butler was strictly responsive to Mr. Butler's speeches, and according to the usages of parliamentary debate. SUMMER CIRCUITS OF THE JUDGES. OXFORD CIRCUIT. Yester,7.ay, Mr. Baron Alderson and Mr. Justice Wightman, the Judges appointed to hold the ensuing assizes for this Circuit, appointed the following days fer opening the commission in and for each county comprised within the Circuit, viz. :-- Berkshire—Tuesday, July 8, at Abingdon. Oxfordshire—Thursday, July 10, at the Courts at Oxt.rd. Worcestershire—Saturday, July 12, at Worcester. City of Worcester—Saturday, July 12, at the Guild- hall of the City. Staffordshire—Wednesday, July 16, at Stafford. Shropshire—Wednesday, July 23, at Shrewsbury. Herefordshire—Saturday, July 26, at Hereford. Moinuouthshire—WeduLday, July 30, at Monmouth. Gloucestershire—Saturday, Aug. 2, at Gloucester. City of Gloucester—Saturday, Aug. 2, at the Guild. hall of the City. Nor,TH AND SOUTH WALES AND CHESTER CIRCUIT. The days on these Circuits have not yet been finally determined ; a difficulty has arisen, in consequence of re prel;entation made to the Judges that the business at Cardiff was so heavy that it would require the presence of two Judges ; but it has been arranged that the Judge who proceeds on the Noah Wales Circuit shall go through his Circuit, and proceed to Chester, and dispose of the business there alone, leaving the Judge of the South \Vales Circuit (Hr. Justice Williams) to dispose of the business at Cardiff, with the understanding that • he should proceed to Chester, if required. MARKET NEWS.—(This Day.) CORN EXCHANGE. A very limited supply of English wheat was on sale to-day's market. The attendance of buyers was but mode rate, yet the demand ruled very firm, at fully Monday's advance in the quotations. There was a fair demand for foreign wheat, the show of which was comparatively small, at extreme currencies. Floating cargoes of grain were in request, and rather dearer. Barley sold briskly at extreme rates, but malt commanded very little attention. Tho few oats in the market sold briskly, and prices had an upward tendency. Beans, peas, and flour were quite as dear as on Monday. ARRIVAL/3 !HLB Wheat. Barley. Malt. 11111311 sh • • 550 10 1,200 Irish • . 250 Foreign 1 I is " • Oats. Flour. 63Q 3,900 —4,160 $4OO brill 12400 aka BOROUGH HOP. We continue to have a very steady demand for all kinds of hops, at full prices. 'EL. Beef from 3s 4a. to 4s 6d ; mutton, 3s Sd to 4s 10(1 ; lamb, 4s 8d to 5s 8d ; veal, 3s 8d to 4s 10d ; pork, 3s (34, to Sd per Sibs., by the carcase. HURRICANE IN RATISROL—TiIe Netce Miunchenor Zeitung gives the following account of a hurricane which raged in Ratisbon (Regensburg) on the 31st May : " A little before 2 a loud whistling sound was heard in the air, the clouds literally flew in a north-easterly di rection, the atmosphere was loaded with sand, and tiles and slates began to fall from the roofs of the houses. Ina few minutes the timber of the roofs was completely exposed to view, and hail as large as pigeons' eggs fell into the houses. The floors were soon flooded, and a great part of the furniture spoiled. All the trees on the side of the town which is opposite the Walhalla were either torn up by roots or broken in the middle. The largest trees in the Max avenue broke like glass, and not more than 10 of the enormous lime trees at the Schiess-Haush are left. Everything in the fields was completely destroyed by the hail. A waggon, heavily laden with corn, and the Munieh ' Eilwagea' (diligence) were hurled into the town-moat. People were thrown down in the streets, and driven before the blast. The great workshops of Maffei are a heap of ruins. The beautiful stained glass on the south side of th e cathedral has suffered much. The telegraphic wires are destroyed." 203 Eno 100 100 100 all all all ,100 100 1 100 1100 1 1)0 100 100 ill 100 'lOO 16 2 5 ! 100 1100 82s. 1 100 100 all 1 1100 3i 100 ;100 100 100 100 100 211 16L 100 1 1001 31 1M 1.7i1 al' all I } :.. ~