The Sun. — London, England, 1861-08-07 00:00:00

THE NAVY. The Duke of Somerset, First Lord, accompanied by Rear-Admiral the Hon. Sir F. W. Grey, K.C.8., Capt. the Hon. J. R. Drummond, C. 8., and Mr. Whitbread, M.P., Junion Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty ; Lord C. Paget, Secretary of the Admiralty ; Rear-Admiral Robinson, Surveyor of the Navy ; and Capt. Moore, Secretary to the First Lord, leave town this morning by the express train to make their annual official visit to Devonport and Plymouth. The official inspection terminates on Saturday, when the Lords of the Admiralty will entertain the local naval authorities on board the Osborne, Admiralty yacht. Her Majesty's iron paddlewheel steamvessel An telope, 3, commissioned by Lieut. and Commander John W. Pike, at Woolwich on the Ist December, 1856, having passed four years' commission on the West Coast of Africa, and subsequently undergone the necessary repairs at Woolwich, was yesterday put in commission by Lieut. and Commander Con stantine 0. D. Allingham, and reappointed to the same station. Commander Allingham has just paid off H.M.S. Spitfire, which returned from a most successful cruise on the West Coast of Africa. _ The City of Hamilton, transport vessel, chartered by the Board of Admiralty for the service of the War Department, sailed yesterday from Woolwich, laden with 68-pounder guns and other war stores, for Quebec. Yesterday the War Department transport Sebas topol, Mr. W. T. Anders, master, arrived at the Ordnance-wharf, Chatham, from the Royal gun factory at Woolwich, with 13 of the 40-pounder Armstrong guns on board to be distributed among the vessels of the steam reserve at that port. The Sebastopol also brought two of the cast-iron 18- pounders, together with a number of gun-carriages, boilers for Fort Military Hospital, and other stores. The 40-pounder Armstrong guns are to be furnished' to the following steamers at Chatham, each of which is also to receive a certain number of the 100-pounder, 95-pounder, and 12-pounder Arm strongs :--11eannee, 81; Rodney, 91; Hood, 91 ; Waterloo, 91; Goliath, 81 ; Irresistible, 81 ; Bom bay, 81; Severn, 51 ; Phaeton, 51 ; Leander, 51; Arethusa, 51, and Cameleon, 17. The Thames, War Department transport, sailed from Chatham yesterday with a number of 68 and 32-pounder cast-iron guns on board, which require certain alterations to be effected in them at Wool wich before they are fit for use. The paddlewheel steam tender Cuckoo, from Sheerness, with supernumeraries for the Impreg nable, arrived at Plymouth on Monday evening. The paddlewheel steam yacht Osborne, from Portsmouth, arrived yesterday at Plymouth, and was moored off the Devonport Dockyard for the convenience of the Lords of the Admiralty during their official visit. The naval apprentices' brig Nautilus, '6, Lieut. B. Grant, from Portsmouth, arrived at Plymouth yesterday. Sir R. M. Bromley, K.C.8., Accountant-General of the Navy, visited the Portsmouth Dockyard yes terday for the purpose of finally arranging the sys tem upon which the cost or expense of accounts of building ships and dockyard services are to be pre pared and audited in future, under his direction. Letters received by our Portsmouth correspon dent from Halifax speak in high terms of a cour ageous and humane act performed by Lieut. Phil lips, of her Majesty's ship Nile, who observing, while on shore, a man fall overboard from Cunard's wharf at a time when the steamer was entering the harbour from Boston, at once threw off his coat, jumped into the water, and by dint of great exer tions, happily saved the man's life. The barrack quarters occupied by the Royal Ma- rives at Deptford Dockyard have been condemned, and it is stated that a new building will shortly be erected. The Endy mien, 36, screw frigate, recently laid down at the same yard, is now in a forward state; and the Rattler, 17, screw sloop, is nearly ready for launching. A large number of chevaux de frise and other materials of various kinds for the defence of Canada were yesterday shipped from Woolwich on board the hired transport Great Britain for Quebec. For the abstracts given in our impressions of Monday and yesterday of the services of Sir Bar rington Reynold and Sir Thomas Herbert we were indebted to thn Naval Biography of Mr. W. R. O'Byrne. Capt. C. Eden, C 8., one of the Junior Lords of the Admiralty, and Capt. the Hon. C. G. J. B. Elliot, C,8., have obtained their flag rank by the recent deaths of Admirals the Hon. Sir F. Pellew and Sir Barrington Reynolds. The following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty :—Lieut. Richmond Moore has been promoted to the rank of Commander ; Lieut. G. F. H. Parker, to the Warrior ; Lieut. G. Clayhills, to the Sanspareil ; Lieut. R. S. Bateman and Lieut. H. St. V. Jenkings, to the Marlborough, additional, for disposal ; Dr. Alex. Muirhead, to be Deputy inspector-General of Hospitals and Fleets, on the retired list ; Dr. John Cotton, surgeon, to the Narcissus ; and James Hunter, assist.-surgeon, to the Curacoa. THE ARMY. The East India troopship Caroline Coventry, 888 tons, Captain A. Overbury, belonging to Messrs. Smith, London, whose arrival at Gravesend from Kurrachee was briefly reported in The Sun of yes terday, disembarked her cavalry, infantry, and ar tillery troops at Custom-house Quay, Gravesend, yesterday morning. The Caroline Coventry sailed from Kurrachee on the 19th March last ; reached the Cape of Good Hope on the 24th May, where she was detained until the sth June; sighted St. Helena and lay to off that island on the 22d; crossed the line on the 30th of the same month, and first sighted the Scilly Islands on the 2st inst. The pas sage to Gravesend, including detentions, occupied 137 days. The number of troops who embarked at Kurrachee was 274 of all ranks, with 41 women and children, belonging to the 3d Bengal Light Cavalry, Ith Bengal Light Cavalry, Bengal A r till ery , 7, h (Princess Royal's) Dragoon Guards, 7th Hussars, Royal Artillery, 7th (Royal Fusiliers), 24th, 27th (Enniskillens), 46th, 51st (King's Own Light Infan try),s2d (Light Infantry), 64th, 79th (Highlanders), 81st, 92d (Highlanders), 93d (Highlanders), 94th, 98th, and the 2d battalion Rifle Brigade Regiments. The troops were in charge of the following officers, viz., Capt. H. M. Burns,Lieut. G. C. Ross,and Lieut. H. B. Church, 24th Regiment ; Ensign E. F. K. Fortescue, 34th Bengal European Infantry; and in medical care of Assist..-Surg. M. J. Jones, 72d High landers. Lieut. Kitchenham, 2d Bombay Fusileers, and Mr. and Mrs. Miller came home as passengers. During the voyage four births, two marriages, and four deaths, occurred on board ; the marriages having been solemnized by the Rev. T. E. Mere dith, 8.A., chaplain of the Royal Navy. When near the entrance to the Channel on the 28th of July, the Caroline Coventry encountered a tremend ous gale from the south-west, which lasted 48 hours. On the arrival of the ship at Gravesend the troops were inspected by Lieut.-Col. De Teissier, from the invalid establishment, Chatham, when those men who were found to be convalescent were landed and sent to join their respective depots. The remainder were forwarded to Chatham garrison to await their discharge from the service, four only being ad mitted into hospital at Fort Pitt. The ship Sta r o f the South, R enner , mas t er , dis embarkedie h er troops yes t er d ay morn i ng , as fol .—Brevet-Major W. J. Chad s, G . s Knight s, commanding ; • and V. Ryan ; Lieuts. A. Benison, D . Ensig ns J. Gardiner, W. H. Ashe, and C. H. Sams ; . u Anderson, IL F. Scobell, S. S. Walker, and Assist . - s 8 trumpeters,3 E. Parsonage, M.D. ; 16 sergeants, corporals, 1120 privates, 15 women, 16 children, o f theh Re3iment, and 24 men of discharge. various corps fo r r t g h e. She afterwa r ds was towed out of Portsmouth harbour to Spithead, whence she sailed for London.. Tha 33d company of It i l a lt \‘lh ln o g ro ineers, under the command of Capt. R. marched into Ch a tham garrison yesterdalr e ven i ng from Alder shott camp. In the la tter p l ac e it is relie ve d by te 9th company, commanded b . r Capt. C ox , which ar rived from the Mediterranel in in the Megzera, 6. w hi c h ri a tubers about 80 um- The 33d company, commissioned officers and men, will go through a complete course of engineering instructions 0 head quarters, after which it will be made up to its proper complement before embarking for foreign service. The examination of candidates for direct comm;a sions, before Major-Gen. Knollys, Vice President, Major-Gen. Portlock, R.E., and Lieut.-Col. Addi - son, commenced, virtually, yesterday, the first day being confined to the medical examination, at the Royal Hospital, Chelsea—English and History be ing the subjects selected for examination. There are about 150 candidates assembled at this compe tition, which terminates on Saturday next. THE WARRIOR. To-morrow, for the first time, the Warrior will be on her way under steam down the river. This trip will not be a very long one—no longer, in fact, than that of moving down from the Victoria Docks to Greenhithe ; but short as it is we hail it with satisfaction, as the commencement of the two or three preliMinary cruises which she must make be fore she really ranks among our effective defences, of which, of this kind at least, we are just now so much in need. A very large amount of work has still to be done on board, which, with a ship of less colossal dimensions, would be completed before she left the docks at all. In the case of the Warrior, however, this cannot be done, as she already draws within two feet of the depth of water of the docks themselves, and deeper than this it is not considered prudent to have her in case of accidental accumu lation of sand interfering with her getting away easily. She now draws 22 feet forward and 23 by the stern. Her guns, coals, provisions, and other heavy stores still to go on board, will bring her down about four or four and a half feet more ; but nothing further will be added to her present weights till she is moored lower down the river. To-morrow, therefore, soon after 1 o'clock, she starts for Green hithe. Four tugs will attend to assist in turning, &c., if necessary, and the Warrior will herself be under steam, so that the chances of casualties in the way of her taking the ground at any point are almost out of the ques tion. At Greenhithe she will most probably remain during the rest of the present month, swinging to adjust compasses, and taking in her heavy stores and armament. The latter, with the exception of two 100-pounder Armstrongs on the upper deck, will, for the present, at least, con sist entirely of solid smooth bore 68-pounders of 95 cwt. What is the reason of thus arming her even temporarily we cannot say, but it is certain that during her first cruise she will carry no other guns. But even this armament will suffice to make her the most formidable ship afloat, for the 68-pounder is still preferred by many to the 100-pounder Arm strong, with which it is undoubtedly equally effi cient at short ranges of from 400 to 500 yards. Eventually, however, though very likely not before the close of the year, all her portholes will be filled with 100-pounders, save only the two foremost on the upper deck, which will be defended by 40 pounder Armstrongs. But long before this final change is made, the Admiralty will have ascertained, to the value of each fibre of iron, the exact amount of resistance her broadside will offer to either 68 or 100-pounders. The experiments at Shoeburyness, of which we are always hearing so much, have hitherto been almost exclusively conducted against fancy targets, the like of which we must never ex pect to see on any ship's side. Now, however, the Admiralty are going to try the effect of shot and shell on a broadside manufactured like the Warrior. For this purpose the Thames Ironworks are build ing a target 20 feet long by 10 high, with one port hole in the centre, of precisely the same description o' plates, teak, and all other materials as the War rior itself. This will be sent to Shoeburyness in the course of five or six weeks, and will then be pounded at till destroyed, when the country and the Govern ment will know exactly how much or how little the 1 present class of iron ships can be depended on. From Greenhithe the Warrior will, early next month, go round under steam to Portsmouth. This will be her first real trip, for, of course, when drop ping down the river to-morrow there will be no opportunity of judging how she either steers or steams. Even the run round to Portsmouth, unless the weather proves very heavy, will give no fair specimen of her powers, as the large iron launching cleats are still fastened to her bottom, which is also supposed to be very foul. She will be docked at Portsmouth for three or four days, to get rid of these impediments, and then, probably in the begin ning of October, stand out for a regular trial trip in the Bay of Biscay, where her sea-going qualities will be tested with the severest impartiality. Before all this comes to pass, however, a great deal of work has to be done to her internally. There are nearly 1,000 hands employed upon her now in completing the cabins and fitting up between decks, and though each day shows marked advance towards the finish, more than enough, nevertheless, remains to do to show that it is very unlikely she will be able to start for Portsmouth before the sth or 6th of next month at soonest. The arrangements for working the tiller we venture, with the utmost deference, to think are extremely complicated. She can be steered alike from the upper, main, and lower deck, but it seems almost an open question if, with the utmost number of men they are able to put at the wheels, they will ever have sufficient power to get the helm over more than 15 or 18 degrees. The difficulty which is likely to be experienced in this respect would certainly seem to call for the intro duction of Mr. Humphry's beautiful little machine, by which the helm can be forced hard over in three or four seconds by the irresistible might of hydrau lic pressure. With this simple apparatus, which works so admirably in the Mooltan and other ships, one man would be ample to turn the Warrior in any direction, though of course the usual tiller ropes could be kept on in case of anything happening to the machine itself. Workmen just now are busily engaged in building a shot pro )f tower or rifle chamber, in the centre of the spar deck, just forward of the mainmast. This tower is apparently being built because La Gloire and most of the French ships have a similar iron martello on their upper decks also. That in the Warrior is oval-shaped, being 12 feet long by 8 wide, and a little over 7 feet high. It is built of double teak, lined with iron, and will be coated all over its sides and roof with 4 1 -;-inch iron plates, ex actly similar to the Warrior's broadside. At about 6 feet from the ground a series of small apertures, of some 6 inches diameter, will be pierced, for the men to fire through. The theory of this tower is, that the Warrior when fully laden will be little more than a frigate's height from the water, and in engaging a large ship (say a French three-decker, with its usual crowd of guns on the spar deck) the enemy would be able to fire right down on to the deck of the Warrior, and clear it of every living soul. The tower on deck is capable of holding at least eight men, who have two small openings through which they can communicate with the crew below, and up which loaded rifles can be passed for them to fire through the loopholes as fast as possible. The fire of these eight marksmen con tinually supplied with loaded rifles, and sending their bullets through the enemy's ports, would be enough, it is estimated, to keep down the fire of eight or ten guns, while in the case of an attempt to carry by boarding, they would, of course, be able to inflict a murderous slaughter on the assailants scattered over the vast expanse of deck and utterly exposed. One tower, however, seems scarcely enough for all this, and the efforts of its defenders to be thoroughly effectual should be seconded by a few marksmen well-sheltered in the fore, main, and mizen tops. One cupola melting furnace has been erected in the forward stoke-hole for melting iron to fill shells with. A full charge in this of, say, six tons would supply molten iron for upwards of 500 missiles. A half dDzen such shots lodging between the timbers of a wooden ship would set her in a blaze from stem to stern in ten minutes. Against an iron vessel :they would of course be harmless. With a vessel of such peculiar constraction as the Warrior, nothing appeared so difficult of accomplishment as securing a perfect system of ventilation through her dark iron-bound decks. This all-important matter has now, we are glad to say, been brought to almost complete per fection, and either in action or out of it the War rior will be one of the best ventilated ships afloat. The draught of air is secured by means of two large metal pipes, which pass throughout the entire length of the vessel from stem to stern. In addition to the natural draught through these, the air, when ever it is neessary, can be driven through them at a prodigious velocity by fans worked by a 30-horse power auxiliary engine. These pipes ventilate all the coal bunkers, and keep a constant passage of air through the 'tween decks, and ordinary canvas hose pipes screwed into the sides of the pipe Convey • strong eurrents to any portion of the ship, just so much water would be conveyed. When in action a powerful draught of air can be sent by the fanners through all the pipes and coal bunkers. The latter, of course, communicate directly with the coal shoots on the main deck, the covers of which being taken off will allow a great stream of air to rise almost between each gun amidships. The smoke, there fore, of the guns will be, it is hoped, driven out through the ventilators over the portholes. But for some such arrangement as this, with the very narrow portholes of the Warrior and the quantity of smoke generated by the firing of breechloaders, her main deck wonld be little short of suffocating during an engagement. The stoke-holes, it is anti cipated, will be very cool, but the engine•room not so much so. It is very likely, therefore, that the latter will be fitted with down and upcast air shafts, which will do all that is necessary in re spect of ventilation. The designs for the six new ironsides the Admiralty are about to build have not yet been made known publicly. Official rumour says that they are to be 40 feet longer, three feet wider beam, and with a flatter floor than either the Warrior or Black Prince. They are to be of 7,500 tons, insteadof 6,500, and this additional thousand tons and greater midship section will enable them to carry armour-plates over all, from stem to stern. They will haveno beak of any kind, but will be almost as straight at bow and stern as the little river steamers. The stem, however, though rising at a right angle from the water, will be as sharp and fine as the edge of a wedge. We do most sincerely hope that the official incubation of these schemes is nearly over, and that they will soon re solve themselves into something more tangible than Admiralty on chts. If all six had their keels laid and were fast progressing, we should still have done very little to diminish the immense distance by which France has outstripped us in respect of these vessels. She can show 15—some quite, and some almost ready—against the Warrior, to be ready in October, Black Prince, Defence, and Resistance, to be ready in December, and two which have just begun building. As for the Achilles at Chatham, it is even more mythical than itsredoubtable name sake. It has been building we are told, for more than a year, yet it is only within the last few days that some of the keel plates were laid. The Admi ralty have had warnings enough given them by this country with regard to iron ships, but all our warn ings have been as nothirg compared with the un mistakable monitions they have had in the prepara tions of France. Yesterday the Thames Ironworks received an order for an iron steam ram for the Russian Government. The vessel is to be 3,500 tons, and to carry a heavy armament of 40 guns. She is to have a most prononce " beak" projecting under water more than 20 feet in advance of the apparent bows. If this ship attain the high rate of speed for which she is built, she will be an over match for a whole Channel squadron of ordinary wooden ships.— Times. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 7, 1.861. that the mode of fastening on the plates was the weak point in the structure, and the target was then spared utter demolition. The angular principle is so far proved good ; its practicability is another question, and it is certainly defective as yet in the method of joining and fixing on the plates. Still, we regard a method so far successful as an advance to wards the perfection of iron armour against artillery —and just now, when our wooden ships are being made to carry heavy armour plates it is particularly incumbent upon the Iron-plate Committee to sift every source likely to afford a lighter and a less expensive kind of armour. Above all, it is most desirable that for these wooden ships which are only waiting for their armour, a form of plates should be found that can be made and put on in less time than the large and cumbrous slabs of the Warrior. Where, as we believe, the artillerists have got the start of the armourers is, in obtaining mechanical strength as a property of their guns, while the shipbuilders have been thinking only of hanging vast scales of dead material, like the sandbags of the trenches, upon the sides of their ships. The armour will have to be as scientific in its construction as the weapon, and our naval architects must renounce the clumsy expedients of mere walls of iron and wood, ever so thick or so superlatively good of their kind. Pro tection of this kind is the easiest to obtain, but it is at a comparative sacrifice of some of the most vital qualities demanded of a ship•of-war in these times—speed, handiness, armament, and the means of keeping the sea.—Daily News. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. MIDLAND. The directors of this company have just decided on recommending to the proprietors a dividend on the ordinary stock of the company, for the half-year ending June 30 last, at the rate of 64-, per cent. per annum. IRON-CASED SHIPS. The contest between the artillerists and the iron cased ship buiilders has at last taken a turn in favour of the ships. Hitherto certainly all the costly targets made to represent ship's sides when armour-plated, have been so easily demolished by the heavy Armstrong shot and the 68-pounders, and pierced by the more penetrating projectile of Mr. Whitworth's invention, that those eminent artillerists had strong grounds for asserting, as they did, that the victory would remain always within the seope of their science. Whatever the strength of the armour, they would only have to increase the calibre of their artillery to break through it. The prospect of this constant victory of the destroying agent was not a very agreeable one for the country, and we imagine that few persons, however they ad mired and wondered at the terrific power of these modern engines of destruction, did not heartily wish the noble ships might be made proof against them, The recent experiments made at Shoe buryness, under the inspection of the Iron-plate Committee, have brought out pretty clearly some highly important features in the inquiry with which they are entrusted. They have shown that the method of bolting on the huge armour plates, according to the plan adopted in the Warrior, and the other iron-cased ships, weakens the plates ; that the timber backing which was said to act like the suit of buff to a man in armour, was not only unnecessary, but rather a means of assisting the breaking of the armour plates, and that angular plates of little more than half the thickness and weight, if properly laid on, were very nearly equal as a protection for wooden ships even against the tremendous 200 lb. bolt of the Armstrong gun. Throughout the whole course of the experi ments upon iron plates, which have been carried on really with surprisingly small ar d doubtful re sults for a great length of time, it has always been observed that the fractures were made at the place where the bolts fixed the plates. These were seen to be the weak points, and yet no one proposed to fasten on the plates by the very simple, and, as it now appears, obvious contrivance of a short screw from behind, holding without piercing through the plate. This is a discovery, if we may call it so, which is now first applied by Mr. Fairbairn in the target constructed by him, and it is found capable of resisting the heaviest missiles better than any thing yet tried. In fact, the plates of this target were never more than battered and defaced ; they showed no symptoms of breaking; they held on under the attack, and were only partially knocked off after the screws had been broken by the tremen dous concussion of the 200-pounder, fired at the close range of 200 yards. Ordinary 68-pounder round shot have commonly smashed up targets made of similar plates bolted on to timber and gra nite backing, with less difficulty. There is every reason to believe that by strengthening the screws and the ribs the armour will be made proof against the most powerful artillery that the art of modern warfare can produce. It is doubtless to be regretted that Mr. Fairbairn, whose high authority and ex perience in all iron matters has long been known to all the world, was not consulted before the Warrior had her armour put on ; but that was in the age of wood, and we must congratulate ourselves on having got so able an armourer for our Achilles. But there was another bearing upon the question of iron which was shown by this target. It was built entirely of iron, and represented fairly eaough a piece cut out of the side of such an iron frigate as we hope the Achilles may be. There was none of that costly double wall of the finest teak 18 inches thick, as in the Warrior, but the plates came at once upon the thin iron skin, to which were fixed iron ribs half-an-inch thick and 11 inches broad, precisely as in ordinary iron ships. The economy of thus dispensing with such an immense amount of labour and material will be obvious, but perhaps a more important attainment is the gain of so much lightness in the ship, especially when the armament is a heavy one. In place of every hundred tons of this timber the ship would carry coal, and thus one of the great difficulties attending the iron-cased ship service would be obviated. The Warrior fully equipped will not be much under 8,800 tons, which is about 3,000 tons heavier than the Marlborough ; yet if she were to steam at full speed for a week her stock" of coal wttsmhopoogai shipbuilding is so opposed to the use of wood i dtec l ete d thho: b efra e c. all but exhausted. The whole purport of iron and dris o I tt r rh o ui n cst ii is sewer materialsessentially yei are sntwt n resistance eanl oefiyt find l nad i d k tsa e hup l ecyt such least meno for pull possible a l l s w every e Mr.ll Fairbairn, Mr. Scott Russell, Mr. Napier, and others advocating the iron system for ships of war. Fur ther experiments may not confirm the results ob tained by this target of Mr. Fairbairn's ; though for our own part we incline to think they will ; but it is of the first importance that with the enlarge ment of Chatham Dockyard in view, and the esta blishment of iron-works upon a large scale before us, it should be decided whether iron alone is not the most advantageous build for the armour-plated ships. The other target tried at Shoeburyness was in tended to test the effect of angular-faced plates in Messrs. s t s h r i s s . kindglanc p i nrgoptohseeds!sot, ThisT hwearse oneare sienvveernatlepalabnys Roberts and Burn ; it consisted of armour plates three inches thick and two feet wide, rising at an angletimber f r a o n m d t he iron ship's side pl ate s of b e o i n n g e foot emp l o o n y e e d a ch in fa t c h e, e backing, on to which the armour plates were boited. The appearance of the target is described as resem bling the ridge and furrow of a glass roof. Though this target was admitted to be too small, it never theless stood a vast deal of poundingfrom the Arm strong strong heavy guns, receiving very small damag e lfrom one of the huge 2001 b. bolts, It was soon shown NORTH-EASTERN. The report of the directors states that the increase in the traffic receipts for the past half-year amounted to £46,218, and the working expenses to £34,130. The company had recently abolished express fares, extended the system of return tickets, and increased the number of passenger trains. The balance avail• able for dividends on the Berwick section amounted to £190,317 ; on the Thirsk and Malton account in the same section to £1,541 ; on the York section to L 73,671 ; and on the Leeds section to £20,704. Out of these sums the directors recommend a dividend at the rate of 51, per cent. per annum on the Ber wick ordinary stock, leaving £1,878 ; at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum on the Thirsk and Melton stock, leaving £541; at the rate of 41 per cent. per annum on the York ordinary stock, leaving £1,243 ; and at the rate of £2 17s. 6d. per cent. per annum on the Leeds ordinary stock, leaving £668. _ _ The Rosedale branch and the extension of the Cleveland line to Castleton were both opened in the beginning of April last, and on the former a consi derable amount of mineral traffic has already been conveyed. The bills to enable the company to com plete the North Yorkshire and Cleveland Railway, by extending it to Grosmont, to improve the Whitby line by adapting it for locomotives through out, and to construct a line to Otley and Ilkley, had received the royal assent. The directors recom mended that a renewed application be made to Par liament next session for powers to form a line up the valley of the Derwent from Blaydon 'o Con side, with a special view of accommodating tie local traffic. The most cordial• relations contnned to exists between the directors and those of tie New castle and Carlisle and Stockton and Da'lington Companies. SOUTH YORKSHIRE. The report of the directo: s states that the £22,555, added to capital during the half-year lad been chiefly expended on account of plant and )f exten sions connected with the undertaking. ThE revenue account for the half. year ending the 30th tune ex hibited a gross income from all sources 0f£89,681, earned at a total expense of £38,197, leaving a balance of £51,484, which, after paying t 1 interest and preferential dividends, would yield adividend at the rate of 41 per cent. per annum on the ordi dinary capital. and the directors recomnend that such dividend be declared accordingly. in agree ment for a lease and a working agreement for 21 years with the Manchester, Sheffield, an( Lincoln shire Company had been sealed and exclanged by the two companies, and was now in operation. The Keadby Extension, the Trent, Anchdme, and Grimsby, and the Barnsley Coal Railway Bills, had received the Royal assent, and would beproceeded with without delay. The capital accoant to the 30th June last showed that £2,377,207 had been received and £2,297,053 expended, leaving a bal ance in hand of 180,154. PETERSFIELD. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held yesterday at the offices, Parliament•street— Mr. W. E. Knobel in the chair. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said it appeared the engineer entertained no doubt of the completion of the works within the specified time, and for the amount estimated. In answer to questions he stated that the board were in communication with the South-Western Railway Company respecting the Extension to Southampton, and they had every hope of the bill being obtained next session. It was deemed advisable to join the Brighton line, and no negotiation had been opened on the subject. The report was then inanimously adopted, and the proceedings terminated. GREAT NORTHIRN OF IRELAND. The half-yearly meetii,-; of this company was held yesterday at the office, Parliament-street—the Earl of Lucan in the chair. The report stated than after paying the working expenses of the line ant interest chargeable to re venue there was a balaace of traffic receipts for the half-year amounting lo £2,735; this, added to £2,162, the balance at the 31st of December last, made a total sum of 14,897. The directors pro posed a dividend of £2per cent., less income-tax, upon £200,000 called up on the original shares, and £44,555 called up on the Castlebar Extension shires, leaving a balance of £t. Considering the compe tition of the Tuam linethey thought the traffic re ceipts were satisfactor). A bill had received the sanction of Parliamentfor extending the line from Castlebar to Westport. It was intended that it should be continuouslyconstructed, and it was con fidently expected that lie railway would reach that western port without iiterruption. An agreement had been concluded with the Public Works Loan Commissioners for then to advance the whole'of the debenture capital authorized by the original Act. It was therefore hoped that the finances of the company were now placed on a permanent and solid foundation. Thereport of the engineer stated that the permanent way and works from Athlone to Castlereagh eontinuel to be maintained by the Midland Great Westert Company under the work ing agreement. The nExt section of the railway, from Castlereagh to Eallyhaunis, a distance of about 12 miles, was 'Tactically completed, and might be opened on the 15th inst. for public traffic. The works were in active progress on the next sec tion from Ballyhaunis to Claremorris, a distance of 11 miles, and would be ready for public traffic by the end of the present yEar. The capital account showed that £322,698 had been received and ex pended, including £3,996 from revenue account. The revenue account showed that £6,031 had been received, and £2,844 paid for working expenses at the rate of ls. fild per tr einmile, £lO6 for the gene ral charges, and £346 for interest,leaving a balance of £2,735. On the motion of the CHAIRMAN the report was adopted, the dividend declared, and the directors were authorized to exercise the borrowing powers of the company to the extent of £33,000. The proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to the chairman. LLANIDLOES AND NEWTOWN. The half-yearly meeting of this company was on Monday at Llanidloes, Mr. G. H. Whalley, M.P., in the chair. Mr. T. HAYWARD, the secretary, read the report, which explained the reasons that induced the direc tors to give up the proposed amalgamation with the West Midland Company. The directors had come to an arrangement with the Loudon and North- Western Company, whereby the Llanidloes and Newtown Company would be secured, by a traffic rebate, a dividend equal to the former company. The directors congratulated the shareholders upon the arrangement. A dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum was declared for the past half year. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, explained at some length the reasons which had influenced the directors in coming to the traffic arrangement with the London and North-Western Company. He believed it would be found to be mu tually advantageous, for by it the London and North-Western would be enabled to obtain a per manent footing in Mid-Wales. The arrangement was to continue in force for 20 years, and would apply to the Mid-Wales Company as well as the Welsh Coast line wh en th ey were i n o p era ti o n. He cor tont,liEe Eix ir. iFF market. dially app rove d t h e sc h eme , an d h ope d th a t th e sharehold ers would likew i se approve i t. O ne e ff ect of in would be to pl ace th e i r s h ares i n a go o d posi iseconded the adoption of the re port, which was carried. The meeting was then made special for the pur pose of creating additional capital to th e amount of £25,000, either by preferential or other £lO shares, none of them to bearer greater interest than 10 per cent. The CHAIRMAN explained that the proposed sum was. the only additional capital that had been asked for, notwithstanding the increased expenditure upon their works. The motion for raising the additional capital was put and earthed, and thanks to the chairman closed the proceedings. lIIIDDLES.EX SESSIONS. (Before Mr. Whately, Q.C.) Henry Trumper, 21, was indicted for stealing a silver tea-pot and other articles, value £6, the pro perty of Ann Smith Hyatt, in her dwelling-house. Mr. Cooper prosecuted ; Mr. Lloyd was for the prisoner. . _ _ Ann Aldridge, a young woman, said she was ser vant to Mrs.. Hardy, of 26, Camden-road Villas, and the prosecntrix, Mrs. Hyatt, lived next door. On thelith of July, at a quarter to three in the after noon, she was sweeping the drawing-room, when she saw a man with a basket looking up at the win down of the next house. He put his basket down, went on his knees and crawled into Mrs. Hyatt's house by the window, and when he came out he had with him a tea-pot and milk-jug. The prisoner was that man. She had not seen him before, but she was certain he was the man, and on seeing him in custody she pointed him out from a number of other persons. She called to the next door servant as he was going away to stop him, and she went in pursuit, and both had a good view of him. Ann Read, Mrs. Hardy's servant, also identified the prisoner as the man, and a police constable said he saw the prisoner loitering about the Camden road Villas, with a basket, on the day and about the time the robbery was committed. On the girl Aldridge giving the alarm the prisoner dropped the property, which was found in the garden afterwards by Mrs. Hyatt. The policeman knew him pre viously, and knew his father, and knew where he lived ; and he also knew a grandson of the father's. The prisoner was taken in Maiden-lane, at the corner of a court. He said to the officer when charged, "All right. I'll go with you where you like." The defence was an alibi. The prisoner's father, Abraham Trumper, greengrocer, 11, Queen's-ter race, York-road, said the prisoner was his son. He had a grandson very much resembling the prisoner, and he had not seen him since this robbery. On the day of the robbery his son was with him at dinner at one o'clock, and he was with him at three at a workshop, where there were three other per sons. Tie was with him from that time till a quar ter past four, when he left him with a horse and cart in the Hampstead-road. Other evidence was given that the prisoner could not have been there at the time, but the jury found him guilty, and he was sentenced to eighteen months' hard labour. His lordship said that he agreed with the jury, and much regretted that the prisoner's father had been induced to give the evidence he had. Mr. Cooper said the girl Aldridge had behaved extremely well in the matter, and had given her evidence very creditably, and suggested that it was a case in which his lordship might avail himself of the power he had of ordering her some reward. His lordship said he quite agreed with the learned counsel. The girl's conduct bad been very praise worthy. Such servants had great trust placed in them, and he should direct that she receive in addition to the usual expenses. Louis Geneste, 28, was indicted for fraudulently obtaining from Robert Lewis the sum of £lO with intent to cheat, &c. The prosecutor was a tobacconist in St. James's street, and the prisoner had been an occasional cus tomer. He paid for a pound of cigars with a cheque drawn upon Mr. J. W. Cunningham, of King's College, his father's executor. He said that he was authorised to draw upon him. The cheque was for £lO, and the prosecutor believing, of course, that it was genuine, gave him the difference. Mr. Cun ningham had known the prisoner from birth, but never authorised him to draw upon him. He was an executor under thefather's will, and the prisoner had a life interest in a small sum ; and the cheque now in question, which was not the first of the kind, he refused to honour, as he had others. The prisoner wrote to him asking him to honour it ; he replied that he had not a farthing of his in his possession. The prisoner's life interest was about £250. The prisoner was acquitted. Thomas Wallis, 21, was indicted for unlawfully attempting to obtain by false pretences the sum of 305., the money of her Majesty the Queen, with in tent to defraud. ' Mr. Best prosecuted; the prisoner was defended by Mr. Dickie. Mr. Best stated that the prisoner had falsely represented himself to be one Arthur Cane. The latter was entitled to some bounty money, as one of the Royal Elthorne Middlesex Militia, which was payable in Gerrard-street, Soho. He presented himself there, and answered to the name of Arthur Cane, on the 24th of July, to receive the bounty, 30s. in amount, and said he wa4 that person, in answer to a question put to him by the sergeant, who sus pected that an attempt at fraud was intended. The sergeant asked him other questions, the replies to which satisfied him that he was not Arthur Cane, and he communicated with Captain A.D. Bell, and the result was that the prisoner was given in charge. The defence suggested was that the prisoner had been sent by Arthur Cane for the money; but the jury found him guilty, with a recommendation to mercy. His Lordship said he believed the prisoner had been advised by some scoundrel or other to do what he had done, and he should sentence him to three months' imprisonment. A great number of cases of larceny from the per son and petty larceny, in which the prisoners pleaded guilty, were disposed of. SECOND COURT. (Before Mr. Payne.) GROSS OUTRAGE IN COURT BY A PRISONER. Richard Lomax, 20, was indicted for feloniously breaking and entering the dwelling-house of James Clothier, and stealing therein a diamond brooch value £lOO, his property. The prosecutor was a jeweller, carrying on busi ness at 121, Pall-mall. About seven o'clock on the evening of the 25th of July, as he was sitting in his shop, there was a crash at the window, and he ran to the door, when he saw the prisoner making off as fast as he could. The prosecutor followed in pursuit, and the prisoner was stopped in Waterloo place by another person, and a fourth person picked up two pieces of a diamond brooch, which had been taken from the shop window, and which was of the value of £lOO. A piece of wood forming part of a bracket from which the brooch was stolen was also picked up. The prisoner had passed the spot where the property was found; and when asked if he had taken anything else, he said he had not. To the police-constable the prisoner said he had tried to get an honest living, but could not, and therefore he meant to lead a dishonest one ; that he had been starving, and was refused admission to a workhouse, but that was untrue. When before tEe magistrate he coolly said, "All I've to say is, that I meant to have it—that's all." The prisoner was found guilty. He had been in prison, but no former conviction was charged against him. The learned Judge sentenced him to be kept to penal servitude for the period of three years. While the prosecutor was giving his evidence the prisoner pulled out of his pocket a piece of flint about the size of an egg, and threw it with all his might at the prosecutor, having evidently aimed it at his head. Fortunately it missed him, and struck the wall, just above the head of one of the jurors in waiting. It was handed to the judge, who directed it to be kept in the custody of Mr. Hoig kinson, the clerk, and said he would cause it to be inquired into by the visiting justices of the House of Detention how it was that the prisoner was in possession of the stone when sent to the court for trial., The prisoners sent to the House of Detention are strictly searched on entering and on leaving, but the vigilance of the officers is sometimes baffled by the cunning and ingenuity of the prisoners. H ow this prisoner had the stone about him without its being detected is a matter of surprise. A full in vestigation will take place. The prisoner is a one arm man. Thmr as Falthrick, 31, was indicted for stealing four ounces of tobacco, the property of Emmanuel Jonas and others, his masters, cigar and tobacco merchants. of High Holborn. Mr. F. H. Lewis prosecuted. It appeared that the prisoner was one of a large number of workmen employed by the prosecutors, and was found leaving the premises with a quarter of a pound of tobacco concealed in his boots. He was found guilty, and sentenced to six months' hard labour, the learned Judge remarking that in any future case that term would be doubled. George Grant, 35, a gardener, was indicted for and convicted of indecent conduct in the gallery of the Marylebone Theatre. He was sentenced to hard labour for one year. It was stated that he had been previously com mitted for a similar offence. Mr. Gent prosecuted, 8:Q Mr. Cooper defended. Wm. Pulley, 24, porter, was indicted for stealing two os. packets of copper coin, the money of George Clamtree, his master. The prosecutor was an eatinghouse keeper in Church-street, Shoreditch, and the prisoner stole the two packets of copper, and concealed one in a closet and the other under a water-butt. He was found guilty, and sentenced to nine months' hard labour. Mr. Pater prosecuted. Thomas Ryan, 21, was indicted for Pteßlin a coat, &c., the property of David Barnett., A robbery was committed on the premises of the prosecutor, in Middlesex-street, and a coat, part of the stolen property, was, it was said, pawned by the prisoner, but there was some doubt about that, and the jury acquitted bim. Mr. J. E. Palmer prosecuted ; Mr. Pater defended. FRO.M TEE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT. WHITEHALL, AUG. 3. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Baron of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire land, unto Vice-Admiral the Right Hon. Sir Maurice Fre derick Fitzhardinge Berkeley, G.C.8., and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, style, and title of Baron Fitzhardinge, of the city and county of Bristol. FOREIGN-OFFICE, JULY 30. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint John David Hay Hill, Esq., now her Majesty's Consul at Maranham, to be her Majesty's Consul in the Island of Reunion. AUG. 3. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Don Jose Antonio de Lavelle as Vice-Consul at Cardiff for her Ma jesty the Queen of Spain. CROWN-OFFICE, AUG. 2. MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT PARLIAMENT. County of Selkirk—Henry John Montagu Douglas Scott (commonly called Lord Henry Scott), in the room of Allan E. Lockhart, Esq., who has accepted the office of steward or bailiff of her Majesty's Chiltern Hundreds. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, AUG. 6. 4th Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Lieut. Henry Ponsford to be Captain, by purchase, vice John Edward Brodhurst, who retires; Cornet Randolph R. Luscombe to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Ponsford. sth Light Dragoons—Lieut. Edward Henry Saunders, on appointment to a Cornetcy in the Gazette of July 2, 1861, should have been described as from the 3d West York Regiment of Militia. Bth Light Dragoons—Capt. Richard Newsham Pedder, from the 10th Light Dragoons, to be Captain, vice Gur ney Hanbury, who exchanges. 10th Light Dragoons—Capt. Gurney Hanbury, from the Bth Light Dragoons, to be Captain, vice Richard New sham Pedder, who exchanges • Cornet Charles Edward Frederick, from 2d Magoon duards, to be Cornet, vice Brougham, promoted. 16th Light Dragoons—Staff Assistant. Surgeon Charles Alexander Innes, M.D., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Andrew Knox Rickards, appointed to the Staff. Coast Brigade of Artillery—Second Capt. Jas. MacGillivray to be Captain, vice M'Gorrery, placed on half-pay ; Lieut. James cott to be Second Captain, vice MacGil livray; Sergeant-Major William Lee to be Lieutenant, vice Scott. 7th Regiment of Foot—Ensign George William Henry Holyoake to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Har dinge Giffard Follet, deceased ; Ensign Charles Tayleur, from the Bth Foot, to be Ensign, vice Holyoake. Bth Foot—John James Hamilton, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Creek, appointed to the 23d Foot ; Bennett Fleming Handy, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Charles Tayleur, appointed to the 7th Foot. 10th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Arthur Henry Handley, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without pur chase, vice Malcolm, promoted. 17th Foot—Robert Kiero Watson, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Ravenhill, promoted; William Mogg Rolph, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice West Stewart Awdly,whose appointment, as stated in the Ga- zette of 24th May, 1861, has been cancelled. . 4 56th Foot—Assistant- Surgeon James Bell Jardine from the 4th Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Edward Knapp Wurtele Smith, M.D., placed upon half-pay, 69th Foot—Captain Patrick Cahill, from the 87th Foot, to be Captain, vice James Warren Hastings Anderson, who exchanges. 70th Foot—Ensign William Saunders Ford Feneran to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice John Beldharn, who re tires ; Edward Pearson, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Feneran. 71st Foot—Staff Assistant-Surgeon Robert Austen Allen, M D to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice John Warren, ap- . _ pointed to the Staff. 80th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon James Bowyer Baker, from the 44th Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice William Jackson, deceased. 82d Foot—Ensign Nicholas Mourant Brock to be Lieuten ant, by purchase, vice Graham Mylne, who retires ; Henry Whalley Nicholson, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Brock. 83d Foot—Ensign Reginald Kennett Gibb to be Lieuten ant, by purchase, vice George William Henry Wardell, who retires; Ensign George Ernest Ewes Blunt, from Royal Sussex Light Infantry Militia, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Gibb. 87th Foot—Captain James Warren Hastings Anderson, from the 69th Foot, to be Captain, vice Patrick Cahill, who exchanges. 90th Foot—Major and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Garnet Joseph Wolseley, from half-pay, late 90th Foot, to be Major, vice Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Hope Crea lock, promoted, without purchase, to an Unattached Lieutenant-Colonelcy. 93d Foot—Ensign Thomas Prince Lloyd, from the 15th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Hay, promoted. 97th Foot—Captain Thomas Venables to be Major, without purchase, vice James William Dewar, deceased ; Lieut. Jonathan Morgan to be Captain, without purchase, vice Venables ; Ensign Henry Grantham Fulford to be Lieu- tenant, without Purchase, vice Morgan. Ist West India Regiment—Staff-Surgeon Curtiss Martin to be Surgeon, vice James Davys, appointed to the Staff. 2d West India Regiment—Ensign Archibald Roger to be Lieutenant, by purchase vice A. G. Smith, who has re tired. 3d West India Regiment—Ensign John Francis lenry Harrison to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Tucker, who has retired ; Irwin Charles Maling, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice John Lever, deceased; Staff Assistant-Surgeon George Cardell to be Assistant Surgeon, vice Hugh Deane Massy, appointed to the Staff. Gold Coast Artillery Corp. Arthur Trefusis Jones, from the 2d West India Regiment, to be Captain, vice Daniell, promoted, without purchase, to an Un attached Majority; Ensign Arthur Sharp to be Lieu tenant, without purchase, vice Danger, promoted ; Lieut. Albert Sharp to be Adjutant, vice Danger, promoted ; Thomas Howard M'Dougall Murray, Gent., to be En sign, without purchase, vice Sharp. SCHOOL OF MUSKETRY.—Lieutenant-Colonel and Bre vet-Colonel William Parke, C. 8., half-pay 53d Foot, to be Commandant and Chief Instructor at Fleetwood ; Captain Henry Charles Watson, from Paymaster, 47th Foot, to be Paymaster. _ _ • MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. Staff-Surgeon-Major Francis Rc•bert Waring, who retires upon half-pay, to have the honorary r.►nk of Deputy In spector • General of Hospitals, in accordance with the Royal Warrant of Oct. 1, 1858. Surgeon James Davys, from the Ist West India Regi ment, to be Staff-Surgeon, vice Surgeon-Major Francis Robert Waring, who retires upon half-pay. Assistant-Surgeon Charles Carrol Dempster, from the 24th Foot, to be Staff-Assistant. Surgeon, vice Martin Joseph Burke, M.D., placed upon half pay. Assistant-Surgeon Andrew Knox Rickards, from the 16th Dragoons, to be Staff Assistant-Surgeon, vice Robert Aus ten Allen, M. D., appointed to the 71st Foot. Assistant Surgeon John Warren, from the 71st Foot, to be Staff Assistant Surgeon, vice George Cardell, appointed to the 3d West India Regiment. Assistant-Surgeon Hugh Deane Massey, from the 3d West India Regiment, to be Staff Assistant-Surgeon, vice Charles Alexander Innes, M.D., appointed to the 16th Light Dragoons. The appointments of the undermentioned gentlemen to be Staff Assistant. Surgeons, which appeared in the Gazette of the 9th April, 1861. to be antedated. to Ist March, 1861: Charles Hamilton Harvey. Alexander Long. Augustus Frederick Elliot, M.D. BREVET. Captain John Money Carter, half-pay Unattached, to be Major in the Army. Captain and Brevet Major John Money Carter, half-pay Unattached, to be Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army, Captain Francis Sealy, half•pay 97th Foot, to be Major in the A. , my. Captain and Brevet-Major Francis Sealy, half-pay 97th Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army. The following promotions and alterations of date to take place in her Majesty's Indian Forces consequent on the death of Lieutenant-General Sir Mark Cubbon, K.C.B, on 23d April, 1861. viz : Lieutenant-General James Eckford, C. 8., to date the 24th April, 1861, instead of 29th April. Major-General Matthew Soppitt, Bombay Infantry, to be Lieutenant-General. Major-General Arthur Mitford Becher, C. 8., to date the 24th April, 1861, instead of 29th April. Colonel John Fordyce, Bengal Artillery, to be Major- Genera I . The following officers of her Majesty's Indian Military Forces, who have retired upon full pay, to have a step of honorary rank as follows : TO BE MAJOR-GENERALS. Colonel Thomas Townsend Pears, C. 8., Madras En gineers. _ _ Colonel Sir Andrew Scott Waugh, Bengal Engineers. TO BE LIEUTENANT-COLONELS. Major Lachlan Macqueen, Madras Cavalry. Major Samuel White Hennah, Madras Cavalry. TO BE MAJORS. Captain Frederick Mayor, Bombay Infantry. Captain John David Power O'Neill, Madras Infantry. Captain Henry Heyman, Bombay Infantry. Captain John Edmonstone Monekton, Madras Cavalry. Captain Alexander Raitt, Bombay Infantry. Captain Henry Lancaster, Bombay Infantry. Captain James May, Madras Infantry. Captain Stanley Napier Raikes, Bombay Infantry. MEMORANDUM.—The undermentioned officers, upon half pay, have been permitted to retire from the service by the sale of their commissions under the conditions of the Horse Guards Circular Memorandum of 16th February, 1861 : Captain John Money Carter, half-pay Unattached ; Capt. Francis Sealy, half-pay 97th Foot; Captain John F. A. Hartle, hall-pay Unattached. BANKRUPTS. Joseph Moss, clothier, Houudsditch, to surrender Aug. 16, at half-past twelve, and Sept. 20, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. William Elsam and James Francis Wallace, East India merchants, Gresham house, City, Aug. 19, at 1, and Sept. 17, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. James Pearce, chemist, Kideerminster, Aug. 19 and Sept. 9, at eleven, at the Bi rm i ng h am Di st rict Court. Thomas Hale Bennett and J osep h H a l e B en nett, builders,_, a Leckhampton, Gloucestershire, A ug . 19 and Sept. 23 eleven, at the Bristol District court. E xe ter, Aug. 17, Charles Matthew S ou th ar d, p l um ber, at eleven, and S e pt. 25, a t t we l ve , a t the cetr District Court. George Wilson a n d J o h n Wilson, carpet manufacturers, Heekmondwike, Yorkshire, Aug. 19 and Sept. 16, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Charles Gibbs, baker, Dropitiwstireihet Aug. 19 and . Sept. 9, at eleven, at the Birmingham James Porter, boot and shoo maker,. Birmingham, Aug. 16 and Sept. 6, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Edward Lyon and Joseph Greenwood, builders, Huyton Quarry, Lancashire, an u d ndSeer.olta.n9d,, Aatvelgulevsetn,matanthde Liverpool District Court. s Thomas Coates, publican , September 18, at eleven, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne Dis trict Court. SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. James punnet, grocer, Stromness. j o h fleshen Scott and Co., bisc uit manufacturer, Gl asgows. Allan Forbes, r, Dunfermline. Hugh Dobbie, flesher, Glasgow. Murdoch 1494131 V, Nur, Roo-ohiro, deceased. THE NEW INDIAN LOAN. The falling off from the buoyancy which for a short time characterised the New Indian Five per Cent. Loan is attributed in a great measure in the Stock Exchange to the statement of Sir C. Wood in the House of Commons, calling in question the satisfactory estimates of Mr. Laing. Mr. Laing in his Budget held out hope of a surplus of £200,000. Sir Charles Wood contradicts him, and says there will be a deficiency of £1,000,000. Investors natu rally infer that the Government would not be so impolitic as to damage the prestige of the calculations of their representative, except upon the most positive grounds. Consequently the. least favourable figures are forthwith assumed to be the correct ones. It is hard, however, by any examination of the matter to justify this conclu sion. Of course, after the experience of home Budgets, it is but prudent in any case, and espe cially in a country like India, to look to the possi bility of a surplus being turned into a deficiency- But if Mr. Laing's Budget ends in disappointment , it will, so far as can be judged from an examination of his statements by the side of those of Sir Charles Wood, arise from some, unexpected quarter, and net from any material defect in his dealings with the data thus far given. Properly weighed, in fact, the differences suggested by Sir Charles Wood are not real, but artificial. First, as to expen diture in 1859-60 and 1860-1. It appears that the figures of Mr. Laing for the latter year are the same as those of Sir C. Wood, but that Sir Charles diff:Ts from the representations as to 1859-60. The matter is simply this :—ln the course of an historical explanation of previous Budgets, Mr. Laing took that of Mr. Wilson for the year ill question, because it represented nearly the perma nent rate of expenditure. Owing, however, mainly to heavy arrears of Commissariat and other charges from the mutiny, which Mr. Wilson had overlooked, that Budget proved too low by between £5,000,000 and £6,000,000. But this sum would not recur, and hence, although Sir C. Wood is cor rect in citing the larger amount if the object is to compare actual-outlay in 1859.60 with 1860-61, Mr. Laing was correct when his object was to demon strate that the proper and permanent expenditure of 1860 61 showed no decrease worth speaking of from 1859.60, and therefore to argue the necessity of large reductions in 1861-2. Next as to the ques tion of surplus or deficiency in the current year. Sir Charles Wood says Mr. Laing overlooked the £470,000 loss on the rate of exchange at which the railway funds are remitted. This loss, however, is merely fanciful. Owing to an old arrangement fixing the exchange at ls. 10d., the Indian Govern ment raise only ls. 10d. of capital through the com panies in Ergland for every 2s. of capital they spend in making railways in India. Hence, if they spend £6,000,000 in the current twelve months, they will raise but £5,500,000 to meet it. The balance of £500,000 must be temporarily supplied out of the surplus balances in the Treasuries, but to reckon such expenditure as part of the regular annual cost of government would be utterly deceptive. If the amount can be conveniently met by the Treasury balances the affair is simply to be regarded as all advantageous investment of such balances. If it cannot be spared in that way it must ultimately be raised as additional railway share capital. To treat the question in any other way is simply to throw' useless discredit on our political accounts. The nest difference seems to be of an analogous and equally untenable character. Mr. Laing, in order, it is un derstood, to be on the safe side, took the savings is home expenditure at £275,000. It turns out there is a permanent saving of full £500,000. But there are some arrears of accounts which may come to £400,000, and prevent the saving being entirely felt till 1862, and Sir Charles Wood deals with this fact in a manner which might lead any one who failed to investigate the subject narrowly to sup pose that reliance had been placed on a delusive advantage. Finally, there is the question as to the amounts likely to be derived from the pre .posed local Budgets. The whole estimate is only £500,000, and it is said that the arrangement!' already made insure a large portion of it. Whether Mr. Laing's sudden illness and consequent depar • ture before the matter could be altogether organised may cause a little delay or reduction is a circum stance on which it is needless to form conjectures. Under these conditions it is evident that the mode adopted by Mr. Laing in arriving at his general deductions will bear the test of logical scrutiny, and that any disappointment that may have been felt by the investors in the new loan from their being called in question is virtually without foundation. —Times City Article. COUNTRY MARKETS. BRISTOL-AuG.. 6. At our market to-day there was about the usual attend noo of millers, who wore languid buyers of wheat, at no advance on late prices. Grinding barley 6d dearer. Oats firm. Peas scarce, and 6d to is per qr dearer. LEEDS-AuG. 6. The business done in wheat to-day was again entirely confined to good fresh samples, with few sales, at barely last week's currencies. Inferior sorts unssleabls. Beans, oats, and other articles support last Tuesday's prices. LIVERPOOL—Aro. 6. There was a very fair attendance of the town and country trade at this morning's market; and we had a considerable business doing in wheat; sales for best sorts at fully 3 d per ceutal advance on late quotations. Flour, good sorts, brought 6d per sack and barrel more money ; inferior sorts scarcely saleable at former prices. Beans and peas im proved 6d on the week, and were in good request. Oats Loa , oatmeal were slow of sale, and the latter rather declined. Indian corn in good demand at an advance of is per qr for prime qualities. NEWC A STLE -UNDER -LYNE —Au G. 5. At this corn market there was a limited show of w heat. The inquiry ruled steady, and prices were at the extreme rates of last week—white making 58s to 64s red 549 to 60s. The demand for barley was very slow, a nd un" changed in value. Oats werb in limited request, with t" firm sale, from 24s to 32s per 24 s t one. B eans met w ith a steady sale, ft om 44s to 50s per qr. NORWICH CATTLE. Th e The show of store cattl e t o -d ay wax, tolerable. sales were limited, and but a sma ll at 4 ,endance of buyer s. Last week's prices were maintained Scots, 48 Od to 4s 6d ; shorthortas, 3s 6d to 4s ; 3 1 : Od to 3s 6d ; De vons , 4 s to 5s - 6.1 (estimated weight whe n fat). Fat beasts a small shriw and sales brisk,:at 8s Od to 8s Ge l per 141 b. Sheep—There was an excellent supply of sheep in the pew and of lambs again more than equal to the demand. Fat sheep, 8s Od to 8s 6d per stone; prime, 9s Od , Nri" out a clearance. Pigs —A fair supply. Store pigs, 16s to 20s ; fat pork , 7s 3d to 7s Gd per stone. THE MAILS. MAILS DUE. Australia, Ceylon, and Mauritius (via South ampton) .. • . .. Do. Brazil and Cape Verde Buenos Ayres, Monte Video, &c. Cuba and Mexico Aug. 13 ' Canada, &c. (via L'derry) •• •• •• Aug. 7 ' Cape of Good Hope, &c. Sept. 1 . China, Penang, and Sin ga pore ( v i a S' ampton ) Aug. 18. Do Gibraltar (vk South (via Marseilles) Aug. lt • • .. Aug. 1 8 . (via Marseilles) Aug. 12. .. Sept. 3. tvia . onthampton) . • • • • • Aug. -,„ India (Calcutta), Ceylo n , & o . ( v i a S out h ampton ) A u g. I °' Do. (via Marseilles) Aug' 12. India (Bombay), (via S ou th amp t on ) •• •• Aug 10 ° se ..........................Aug. Overdue' Lisbon lO. 1 ' Malta, Egypt, and Adon (via Southampton) .. Aug. Do. (via Mar se ille s ) . • Overlif• Vigo, and Oporto . • • • • • Aug. 1 " 15. United States, California, &c. '.. .. • • Aug. Western Coast of Africa Midair:a, Ten . e . riffe .. Aug. 10. West Indies and Pacific.'Carthagena, Cuba, &o. Aug. 13. B I 14 T H S. ADDINGTON.—On the 2d inst., at Ernma_p house, Devon. the wife of Captain th e Hon. L. Adding ton, R.A., of a son. lace, Stone- CECIL.—On the 4th inst., at Bedgebury-park, Cranbrook, Lady Eustace Cecil, of a son, stillborn. DRUMMOND.—On the sth inst., at 1, Montagu-sq ß are, the Hon, Mrs, Edgar Drummond, of a daughter. MA RRIAGES. FULLER—DOUGLAS. —On the 6th inst., at Trinity Church , Paddin n, Francis G. A. Full er , Esq., Royal Hor se Guards, Bl ue , to Elizabeth, only daughter of the late Sir gto Robert A. DouglaB, Bart., of Glenbervie, Scotland. MACKELLAR.—HENTY.—On the 3d inst., at St. MarYs , Bryanston-square, Pirie Cochrane Duncan, youngest s on o f the late Admiral John Mackellar, o f Brandon Vill g t Cheltenham, to Charlotte, youngest daughter of the late George Henty, Esq., of Tarring, Worthing. OItATHS. CLONMELL —On the sth inst., in London Francis U 1 785005 third soh of the E ar l of Clomell, ag ecl , llyears. FRANXLYN.—On th e s t h i nst., at 36, Soho-square, Major - General Charles Franklin, C. 8., aged 59. HERBERT.—On the 4th inst., in Cado.7an-place, o D ol E r 0 8 1 . Vice-Ad miral Sir Th omas H er b ert, aged 68. HILLS.—On th e sth i ns t ., a t S out h sea, H an t s , Williara,ff• Hills, iaßce.,Nietnhsiirndgstoonn,oafgeCaa.Bo4.t. J o h n Hills, R.1.N.1 jpilliaslr LOSIL—on the 4th inst., at Newcastle-on -Tyne , Losh, Esq., aged 91. J°llll MONEY.—On the Ist inst at Notting-hill, Philip _ Money, Esq , a magistrate of Norwich, and late Capta lu 17th Regt,, aged 84. Exeter , PARR.—On the 4th inst., at Rougemont House, r Boston/ Richard Parr, Esq., formerly of liirton, nea Lincolnshire, aged 90. PARRY On the 3d inst., at Harrow School, William Parry, Parry, youngest 8011 of the late Rear-Admiral Sir ' Parry, aged 15. LONDON : Printed and Published by WORD° YOUN G ' d, No. 112, Strand, Print r, at THE SUN Office, No. 112,Strdies aux in the Precinct of the Savoy. in the County o f wa Wecineoclay, Atigugt 7, 1101.