The Sun. — London, England, 1856-07-17 00:00:00

ROYAL SURREY GARDENS.-INAUGU RATfON FESTIVAL. This Even ng, THCRSDAY, THIRD Gli t ND MISCELLANEOI7 4 CONCERT. In which Made ne CI tra Novell°, Madame Classier, Miss Dolby, Mme. Rudersdorff, Miss Arabella Goddard, Mme. Dreyfus, is Kate Ranoe, Fraugen Jesie Rolls, Mr. Sims It..,evesiz. Sivori, and t4g. tstittesint 'will appear. Conductor, M. Jullien. To commence at 7 o'clock. Ad mittance 2s. 6d.. Fireworks at Ten. ORYSTAL PALACE.—LAST CONCERT but wo. —Admission, 73. 6d. ; Children wider twelve, 3s. 6th H E R MAJESTY'S THEATRE. La Traviata.— Le Corsaire. Mdlle. PICCOLOMINI—Madame ROSATI. GRAND EXTRA NIGHT. This Evening (THURSDAY), July 17, will be presented Verdi's Opera, LA TRAVIATA. Violetta, Mdlle. Piceolomini ; Alfredo, Signer Calzolari ; Barone I. auphol, Signor Vairo ; r ottore Grenvil, Signor Baillou ; and Germonti Giorgio, Signor B neventano. After which will be repeated the entirely new Ballet, entitled LE CORSAIRE. With new Scenery, Dresses, and Decorations. Conrad, Signor Ronzani ; Seyd, M. Danty ; Ynssuff, M. Venafra ; Birbanto, M. Vandris ; Snlmea, Mdlle. Clara ; Gul tare, Mdlle. Rosa ; Dilare, Mdlle. Lizereux ; Medora, Madame Rosati. The Opera will commence at Half-past Seven o'clock. Applications for boxes, stalls, and tickets to be made at the Box-office of the Theatre, Colonnade, Haymarket. VIZATRE ROYAL, DRITRY-LANE. Lessee, Ar. 111. T. Smith. ENGLisn OPERA. THIS EVENISTG. ESMERALDA. To con lade with A BALLET 'EVER i ISSEMEN 0. THEATRE ROYAL. II AYMA.RICET. rr der the Management of Mr. Buckstona. Tll EVENING. TWELFTH NIGHT. After which The Spanish Dancers. Followed by ME IIt7GEIES AT HOME. To con!lutie with FISH OCT OF WATER. ROYAL OLY 31?IC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Alfre4 Wigan. TFIF EVENINTI DELICATE GROUND. After which. MEDEA. To conclude with A CONJUG XL LESSON'. ROYAL PR1n0r.31.4',4 CREA.TRE. OXFORD-STREET. truder the Itlnuament of Ntr. CHARLES KLAN. ?Ms EVENINa, MUSIC II ~ TII CHARMS. After which, VIE WINTER'S TALE. ROYAL THE I.TRE ADELPHI. Propricum and Manager, Mr. R. Webster. Directress, 3iadame Celeste. , EVFNIITG. UROENF PRIVATE AFFAIRS. Followel by MEDEA. After which, THE CUSTO VS OF THE COUNTRY. To conclude with TILE IRI3II LION. kiTLRY'S ROYAL AMPIIITHF.ATRE. Lessee and ' , drams:far. ',tr. Wm. Cooke. THIS EVF.NINO, test night bnt five of the Romantic Equestrian spectacle TTIF. ft 4 E OF THE CAVERN. or the Mounted Rrhzands of the Abruzzi. rho sagacious quadrupeds trained by Mr. William Cooke. After which. The German Brothers (th-ir lait week) will exhibit their astound ing' performance. The EQUESTRI sN ELEGINCIE3 In the CIRCLE. To conchae with THE FESTIVAL OF PEACE ; or, Honour to the Brave. Revival. Mon,lay, 21st, of the great spectacle of the Battle of the Alma, in honour of the return of the Gil trds from the Crimea, who have been invited to witness the mimic display of their glorious deeds. Box-office open frun K.ev.n tin Four: Stage Manager, Mr. W West. Equestrian Director. Mr. ',Ar. Coke. inn. RIGS, WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. MIS DAT—Morn. 11 min. aft. I—Evening 37 min. aft. 1 Tn-afonnow—Morn. 1 min. aft. 2—Evening 23 enin. aft. 2 THE WEATHER-SUN OFFICE, JULY 17. TLIZEILOMETES, IN THE SHADE. (17-111gliest since noon yesterday. 55 -lowest this morning and during the night. 63 —this day at noon. AROVXITR-30.18. N7IND, variable, from N.W. to W.S.W. At noon Fresh, with fine sunshiny weather. et"ril ,) c , J,•f.,..,,, i ,,..,_, ,:,,,;. •.e LONDON, THURSDAY, JULY 17, 1856. attracted the keen eye of Mr. PlTT—keener, no doubt, from the financial pressure of the time —and under the twofold impetus of State neces- city on the one hand, and duty to the State's servants on the other, he grasped the idea of di- verting that Fund into the Crown's Exchequer, and of granting in future gratuitous superannua: tion to the despoiled and their successors. had this balance gone on augmenting in the hands of Civil servants, or been invested at com pound interest, it would now have been repre sented by one million of money, ample for its legitimate objects, and the present oexatio questio would not have been the subject of Parliamentary discussion in 1856. They may elevate their voices in favour of the popular candidate, or wear significant ribands, the meaning of which is perfectly comprehensible. But let them vote privately, which will prevent bribery—because no man will trust a person base ,notigli to sell his birthright, or believe that he would not also be capable of deceiving the in tending purchaser of his venal suffrage. It will also render ineffective all kinds of coercion, whe ther that of the landlord, the employer, the customer, the priest, or the mob. All kinds of domination will be prohibited, and the vote will be given in accordance with the voter's conscience ; and there will, of course, be a far greater chance that the successful candidate Will fairly represent the wants and wishes of the majority of the constituency by which he has been elected. The Fund, however, was taken, and free super animations were liberally awarded until 1821, when the Government of the day, by Treasury minute, imposed a tax of 2} per cent. on salaries from 1001. to 5001. ; 5 per cent. from 5001. to 1,000/. ; and 10 per cent. on 1,000/. and up wards. In 1822 a Bill was brought in partially affirming that arrangement to the extent that Civil servants should provide one moiety of the Fund, and the Government the other. Brief was the reign of this tax. The House, roused to a sense of the injustice perpetrated in 1822, re pealed that Act in 1824, and directed the sums levied from the officers to be repaid. Five years had scarcely elapsed when a fresh attempt was made to re-impose the tax. In 1828 a Bill was brought in for that purpose, but was indignantly rejected by the good feeling of the House. Scarcely had a year gone by ere the Govern ment of the day returned to the charge, but in stead of re-inviting the co-operation of Parlia ment, the present 21- and 5 per cent. were di rected by Treasury Minute of August, 1829, to be deducted from the salaries of all officers enter ing the service after that data. For 5 years was this Minute acted upon, when, in a luckless hour, another Bill was brought into the House confirming and perpetuating the tax imposed by that Minute. This was passed, and is the Act of 1834, against which relief is sought by the officers who entered since 1829, and who have paid during that period no less than ‘ 800,0001. without computing interest, whilst ley have only received in pensions therefrom about 40,000/. ! In this state of things the present Chancellor of the Exchequer came to the relief of the Civil Service, and brought in a bill creditable in all respects to its author, save as to the tax, ' , Mich is still left unrepealed. The main prayer of the petitioners was to be absolved from an impost which, being " an arbitrary tax on fluctuating salaries, bore no equitable relation to the fixed pension to be secured," a tax unjust in itself, inequitable in principle, and contrary to sound policy. The bill and the petition were referred to a Select Committee, who, whilst condemning the tax, appear to have yielded to a suggestion that the Crown should have an equivalent in the shape of an equally arbitrary reduction of salaries ; but what is more extraordinary, in bringing the result of the Select Comm ittee's labours before the House, embodied in the form of a new bill, the principle of the first is almost entirely destroyed. This is matter of deep regret, but fortunately the mischief is capable of an easy remedy, and that remedy has been suggested. It is to resort to the bill as originally proposed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with the addition of a clause disposing of the tax. The tax being conditionally foregone, with an equivalent for its loss, matters would stand as they were when the Chancellor in troduced his bill, and it is no mean compliment to The question of Civil Service Superannuation is again occupying a large share of public attention. To attempt to go through the whole history of this matter would be a semewhat herculean task. It has passed through many phases, and been dealt with from time to time by successive Par liamisuts and different Governments in such a variety of ways that to record all these changes would be to string together a series of contradic tionA so utterly irreconcileable that they can only ha attributed to those fits of caprice to which the pressure of circumstances in no way germane to the subject will occasionally give rise. It must suffice to glance briefly at the leading facts of the case ; and to begin with the beginning it may be stated, upon the authority of the evidence adduced before the Select Committee, that, although the idea of a provision for old age appears to have originated with the hard-working demi-official men or slaves—we might say of the holders of patent offices in the palmy days of sinecurism—no sooner was the death-blow struck at that system and the sinecurist gave place to an industrial class, who were required not only to receive the wages, but to do the work of office, than the country became sensible of the justice of providing retiring pensions for their more faithful servants when no longer able to provide for themselves. him to find that, after all the labours of the Select Committee to improve it, the bill in its original integrity is the only measure which has fairly grappled with a difficult question, and is pre eminently calculated not only to satisfy the Civil Service, but to do justice both to them and to the Crown. The broad distinction between the sinecurist and the de facto working official is this—the patentee enjoyed the salary of office for life, nay, sometimes it Wa3 entailed on his heirs, whilst ill- Paid deputies did the work for a bare remunera tion. The working official under the new regime performed the duties of the office in propria per• •soita, and received a moderate stipend for the work so long as he was able to discharge them. When age and infirmity deprived the latter of the power to earn, an other stepped into his place and took his stipend on similar terms. It was obvious that a man who has wasted his best days in the monotonous routine of a peculiar s erv i ce, even if all his energies were not exhausted, was ill calcu lated for the hopeless task of beginning the world afresh, and that the justice of the case demanded for the worn-out, faithful servant of the Crown that he should not be left to a degrading depend ence on his friends, or, failing that, to those pa roolaial resources, which the law provides for the destitute. The country, naturally enough, found a source of gratulation in the downfall of those State hangers-on, and the saving it effected in the Ex chequer ; and to the fruits of that change the attention of Parliament was directed for supplying the requisite provision for its retiring servants. The fees of abolished patent offices were devoted to the augmentation of the funds which the working staff under the defunct system had pru• dently set on foot. This was the nucleus of the Superannuation Fund. Taus it appears that the moment the necessity for such a provision arose, and the duty of the country to support it became apparent, the liberality of Parliament signalised itself in the gratuitous transfer of the patent fees in aid of the Officers' Fund, which together amounted, in 1812, to nearly 340,000/. This Wails the balance of a growing Fund, which, whilst satisfying the demand for retiring pensions, was tecurnulating at compound interest. This balance It may appear strange that in a bill directed against corrupt practices at Elections no mention should be made of the system of voting—that the mode of taking the suffrage, by which corrup tion in its most formidable forms is occasioned, should be permitted to remain without modifica tion or alteration. But so it is. The Ballot-- which, under a judicious system, would render bribery or intimidation perfectly impossible—is passPd by sub silentis, while au elaborate ma chinery is created for the purpose of imposing trifling difficulties in the way of that which might be altogether obviated in a manner so simple and so efficacious. The cry for public voting is practically one for the right of purchasing support, and bringing the most intolerable tyranny to bear on those who are compelled to gain their daily bread by their daily exertions. We are proud to say that many of these men will boldly assert their independence, and steadily refuse to listen to the insulting sug gestions. But why should they be exposed to serious loss and injury for their honest discharge of a constitutional duty ? Why should any man be enabled to say—You have opposed my wishes and interest, and I shall now injure you by every means in my power. As we have stated, a conscientious man may despise the threat, but he may still suffer severely by the results, and that should be guarded against by every practicable measure. Of all the points of elective reform we regard the Ballot as the most important—even more so than the extension of the suffrage, inasmuch as it is of greater consequence to insure the purity of election with a limited number of voters, than to have a large addition of persons who would be peculiarly liable to these corrupt and improper practices, that are verbally deprecated, but practically sustained by the re fusal to adopt the Ballot. Let the mystification that has so long been resorted to be speedily dis pelled, and the question placed in a correct point of view, so that all who run may read. We can trust Mr. BERKELEY to do so, and the earnest and consistentßeformers to give the necessary pub licity to his arguments. THE LATE JOHN HENRY B ELVILLE, ESQ. During the past week the Royal Observatory at Greenwich has sustained a severe loss in the decease of John Henry Belville, Esq., who for illie long period of 45 years was one of its most faithful and attached offi cers. Mr. Belville was born in the year 1796, at Bath, was educated at Braintree, in Essex, with the view of entering the church, but in 1814 passed to the Observa tory at the time of the late Astronomer Royal's (Mr. Pond's) appointment. Whilst in office Mr. Belville's duties were of a most onerous and responsible nature, and he was successively entrusted with the superinten• dence of the Great Mural Circle, erected by Troughton, at Greenwich, in the year 1812 ; with the ten feet tran sit instrument erected likewise by Troughton, in 1816 ; and within the last few years with the Great Transit Circe erected by the present Astronomer Royal. For many years also the rating of the Government chrono meters formed not the least part of his official dutieQ; and for the long period abovementioned to the time of his last severe and most painful illness he continued to dischaige with the utmost faithfulness and ability the duties of his office, requirine , assiduous attention during the boors both of the day and night. Mr. Belville was favourably known as the author of a treatise on the barometer and thermometer. He was also distinguished as the most persevering meteorologi cal observer of the time, his- private weather journal extending from the time of his school days at Braintree to within a very short period of his decease, and is e . one of the finest on record. His third daughter was married in the year 1844 to Mr. Glaisher, the well-known meteorologist. It is understood to be the intention of his family to inter the deceased in the old churchyard at Lee, in Kent, beside the tomb of the late Astrono mer Royal. Her Royal Highness the' Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Anna Maria Dawson and Sir George Cowper, left town, yesterday, for her residence, Frogrnote, near Windsor. The Duke and Duchess of Atholl have left the St. George's Hotel, for Dunkeld House, N.B. The Earl and Countess of Lichfield have arrived at the St. George's Hotel. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston entertained at dinner, at their mansion, on the Terrace, Piccadilly, last evening, his Excellency the Ambassador of France and the Countess de Persigny, his Excellency the Austrian Minister, his Excellency the Portuguese Minister and the Countess Lavradio, Count Karolyi, the Duchess of Inverness, the Marquis and Marchioness of Elandford, the Countess of Tankervilie, the Earl of Westmorland, Viscount Chelsea, Sir Robert Peel, M.P., and Lady Emily Peel, the Right Hon. William Cowper, M.P., and Mrs. C raper ' Mr. Crampton, and Mrs. Augustus Craven. After dinner her ladyship received a small circle of friends. The Frances Henty has arrived from Melbourne with 107,000 ounces of gold, valued at 428,0001. Her dates are to the 30th of April. Sir Erskine Perry and Davenport Dockyard work men had an interview with the Caancellor of the Ex chequer, yesterday, respecting superannuations. SIR ALAN M‘NAB.—Our readers will be glad to learn, that her Majesty has been pleased to bestow a Barouetage on this public-spirited and patriotic Cana dian gentleman. THe COLDSTREAM GUARDS.—The annual banquet of the Coldstream Guards took place last even ng at the London Tavern ; C.,lonel the Hon. A. - Upton presided. Covers were laid for 110. The Hon. Gentleman the member for Bristol, whose exertions in the cause of the Ballot have earned the thanks and gratitude of every true Reformer, is determined to attempt at least to remove this grave anomaly. Ho has given notice that he will, this evening, move the insertion of clauses providing that votes shall henceforward he taken at elections by ballot. If the professing Reformers prove faithful to the promises made at the hustings, there can be no doubt as to the com plete success of Mr. BERKELEY'S proposition. It would be carried by an overwhelming majority, in which the names of sundry members of the Cabinet, and other leading Ministerialists, would figure. But years have fled since the last appeal to the country. Former pledges are, therefore, forgotten ; and the next General Elec tion is not sufficiently close to excite the appre hensions of the " waiters on Providence," many of whom hope to have " made their game" before the terrible appearance of deceived and indignant constituents shall be presented to their astonished gaze. We shall, therefore, feel no great surprise at finding some persons voting in direct opposi tion to all their former professions, and a still larger proportion of absentees, who will adopt the less manly course of avoiding the contest, and thus keeping fair with both sides. We must say, that, to our judgment, the party who remains away on inadequate grounds should be more severely condemned even than the avowed rat. Both must be regarded as deserters from the standard to which they had previously vowed allegiance; but sneaking away from responsibility will be goner:oly regarded as the most un-English practice of the two, and will certainly be visited with as stringent censure when the parties are called on to render the accounts of their respective stewardships. THE APPROACHING CORONATION AT MOSCOW.—On th. 20t% of A.tign , t the Emperor will arrive at the Chateau of Petroweki, situated near the gates of AL )s -cow, and on the 22d will make a solemn entry into the capital. . MADAME VIARDOT GARCIA'S MATINEE.—A. concert of vocal and instrumental music was given yesterday by Madame Pauline Viardot Garcia, at the Dudley Gal lery, by permission of Lord Ward. The attendance was fashionable and numerous, the programme highly at tractive, and the performance admirable. LYCEUM THEATRE.—Last night Madame Ristori made " her last appearance this season," again sup porting the characters which she assumed on Friday last. Madame Ristori will of course return to London after her visit to the provinces. ARRIVAL OF TROOPS.—PORTSMOUTH, Wednesday.— The Terrible, steam-frigate, with 1,000 troops, chiefly Royal Artillery, and the Firebrand, with 200 men, have arrived from the East. WAR DEPARTMENT, 17TH JULY, 1856.—The follow ing vessels passed the Bosphorus on passage to Eng- I tied on the 11th and 15th instant :--Royal George, with head quarters and wing of the 56th Regitneut ; Perseverance, with 200 men of the Medic +1 Staff Corps. AUSTRIA AND NAPLES.—Au extremely well-informed person, writing from Vienna, says that Austria cannot, end does not, now employ such- straightforward language towards. Naples as she did some months ago. Formerly, the Imperial Goverement openly condemned the foreign policy of the Neapolitan Cabinet, but it does not ap prove of foreign intervention in the internal affairs of a state—" unless, indeed, that intervention is demandtd by its Sovereign." MURDER.—John Murdoch, aged 20, wright, was tried at the Lewis Assizes, yesterday, for the murder of James Wallerd, the keeper of the gaol at Hastings, who a ttempted to prevent the prisoner escaping therefrom. The jury returned a verdict of guilty, (qt recommended him to mercy. The learned judge, in an impressive speech, then sentenced the prisoner to death, on hearing which the prisoner turned round and said to the people, " There's a lesson for you." LIFE INSURANCE.— At the Lewis Assizes, yesterday, an action was brought by a person named Gover against the Albert Life Insurance Company for the recovery of the amount of a policy of insurance for 8001., effected on the life of his wife. The company pleaded that the plaintiff had made a false declaration as to the state of health of Mrs. Gover at the time the insurance was effected. The jury gave a verdict for the defendants. THE MURDER AT OLD SWINFORD.—AI the Worcester Assizes, yesterday, John Phipson was indicted for the wilful murder of Elizabeth Mil ward at Old Swinford on the 27th of June last. The prisoner, it will be recol lected from the facts that have already appeared in The .scan, was a nailer, and during a quarrel he threw a piece of hot iron at deceased, which entered her side and killed her. The jery returned a verdict of guilty of man. R oughter. Toe judge sentenced him to a fortnight's imp risonment. SgOCRE TEMPEST AT LOWESTOFT.—On Tuesday- even in t hi d town and neighbourhood was visited with a severe temp.'st. During the day the wind blew a brisk breeze from the south, and at 10 o'clock p.m. rocky cumuli clouds rose rapidly, with distant lightning, which lasted until midnight, when the heavens presented al most one c,mtinual display of electricity, the thunder about the same time being incessant. For more than ,%weuty minutes the rain fell very heavy, at intervals u 'ingled with hail. and at a quarter-past one the storm in,ereased, the lightning became mere vivid and fork , d, the thunder more startling, and another heavy fall of rain.. It was near 3 o'clock before the storm began to subs'Ae, when it gradually disappeared on its way north ward„ having lasted for more than three hours. It , was the a aniversasy cf St, Swithin. We trust, however, that there will be found at their posts a sufficient number of good moon and true to insure the triumph which the inde fatigable zeal and indomitable energy of the champion of the Ballot so well inerits. All that is required is that the apathy and indifference which constitute the most fatal obstacle to the much - required iinprovement should be shaken off for the time being. Th e matter has been fully argued all the salient points of the case are before the public. Mr. BERKELEY has left no point untouched that re quired elucidation. The ridiculous absurdity of speaking of it as an " un-English practice," by men who resort to it at every election, at their clubs, has long been exploded. If voters wish to proclaim the side on which they desire to array themselves, it is perfectly easy to do so. .1.411) - Tt!-12:. SUM LON_DON, TILURSDAY EVENING JULY 17, lA56' LATEST NE WS. INSURRECTION AT MADRID. MADRID, TUESDAY EVENING. The fighting which began yesterday between the National Guard and the Garrison of Madrid has continued. It is not true that a Republic has been pro claimed. The Queen presented herself to the National Guard, and to the troops of the garrison, and was well received. A suspension of hostilities has just been agreed to, and the truce is to be in force till 5 o'clock in the evening. General O'Donnell has declared to General Infante, commanding the Insurgents, that, after that hour, the troops will act with tho greatest vigour. If the insurgents should not have surrendered by the time of the departure of the despatch, it is feared that the telegraphic communication will shortly be interrupted. MADRID, WEDNESDAY. The insurrection is crushed. The O'Donnell Ministry has named a new mu nicipality for Madrid,• and declared the whole kingdom to be in a state of siege. Several journals are suppressed. There are still no tidings of Espartero. The National Guard is disbanded, and their arms are to be given up. It is rumoured that a movement has taken place at Saragossa. A letter from Ancona of the 6th, in the Opi nione of Turin, states that the Austrian garrison there has been considerably reinforced of late, and that guns have been mounted on all the bat teries. THE CRIMEA• BALAKLAVA, JULY 1. The evacuation of the Crimea is all but accom plished. In last night's orders are the arrange ments for breaking up the Staff. There remain now the 50th, 56th. 72d, and 82d regiments, a por tion of the 11th Hussars, some Land Transport battalions, and a few Sappers and Miners. The plateau is deserted. FRANCE. PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING. The Moniteur continues to publish decrees pro mulgating different laws adopted by the Legislative Body during its last session. BOURSE, July 16.—The following were the last quotations : . • Cash. fr. e. End otMonth. 44 per Cents 93 75 —f. —e. 3 per Cents • 71 5 71 35 New Loan 7l Bank Shares 4,125 Roman Credit Mobilier 1,530 Austrian Belgian Fives 93 Spanish Threes — Fiedmontese (5) . — Home Debt ' RAILWAYS—IOU CASH. ' fr. a. fr. c Orleans ........, .... . . 1,400 Western... Northern Lyons. ., 1,415 New Ditto Mediterranean ...... 1,822 50 Grand Central 705 -- .Lyons Geneva — Teete Cette 775 Austrian Com. 867 50 ~ . RUSSIA• A letter from Odessa of the . 3d, in the Austrian Gazette, says :—" The departure of the head-quar ters of the 2d corps d'armoge is fixed for the 22d August. A customhoewoffice for goods coming from the Crimea, and intended for the interior of Russia, has been established at the bridge of Sschangar. An order of the dayof the general com manding the 3d corps of infantry, which remains provisionally in the Crimea, has ordered the troops and visitors of all kinds to refrain from any kiLd of profanation of the burying-places of the allies. The following pas Sage in the order of the day is in excellent feeling If they have been our enemies, they have not the less been brave men who, as well as thousands of our country men in these late campaigns, have died as heroes on the field of honour. They were men who preferred honour and their country to all the possessions of the earth, and this is why it is t sacred duty for every one to honour the memory of those brave soldiers as we honour that of our own comrades.' A few days ago nearly 5,000 Turkish prisoners coming from Kars arrived here ; and at nine o'clock General Codrington arrived here unex pectedly. No preparation had been made for his reception, and all that could be done was to fire a salute of 24 guns from the quarantine battery, which is the only one now standing. General Cod rington has been invited to dine with Gen. Luders to-day, and to-morrow the English club will give him a grand banquet. It is said that the general intends to remain here for some days, and then to proceed to Balaklava. THE NEAPOLITAN SPATES. NAPLI. I B, July 10. The answer from the Governmen tof the Two Sicilies, or from his Majesty—for they* are one and the same—will have been in England .now nearly a week. It is said here that it states that the right of interference is disputed, and' that the charges brought against the Government are ex aggerated ; a disposition is expressed to give en larged privileges to the " amatissimi The - military emeute still continues the subject of conversation, and awakens much une. %sines% Supposing it to have been perfectly un premed,;toated, yet so vig?rous an impulse is a novelty in the .Nea- politan army, and shows, as some think, the'• rise of a freeer and an inconvenient spirit. Should this spirit spread, this dynasty would be lost ; for the army is its only dependence. A court-mart hil now investigating the matter, with a view to a S certain if there has been any communication between' the soldiers and the citizens ; but the proceedings are kept so secret that it is difficult to arrive at the truth. Meanwhile the entire regiment, colonel and all, are under arrest. On the Bth inst. five French gun-boats came into port from Messina, having made the passage in 32 hours. A party of the officers were seen yesterday looking with some surprise at the cannon on the roof of the Marine Barracks pointing in wards on the people. Doubtless it was a novel sight for men fresh from Sebastopol. They are to leave Naples to-day, en route for France. Several screw -steamers from Liverpool are in port. , AUSTRIA. VIENNA, JULY 13. The Wiener Zeitung, of this morning, contains: a list of persons to whom his Majesty has been pleased to grant either full pardon or commutation of punishment for political offences committed some six or eight years ago. The official Gazette also contains a letter, addressed to the Minister of Finances, which runs as follows : "Dear Baron Von Bruck,—As a consequence of the sad events which were the result of the rebellion in my king dom of Hungary and in my Grand. Duchy of Transylvania, in the years 1848 and 1849, the Military Courts confiscated the property of a certain number of persons who, being concerned in that rebellion, were found guilty of the crime of high treason. Being always inclined, justice having had its course, to show mercy if a consideration for the welfare of the public will permit my doing so, I have found good to renounce all claim to the; property con fiscated by the military courts, of those persons whose names are contained iu list A. To the two individuals wentioned in list B, I grant, in addition to the property to which the claim of the State was formerly withdrawn, the lawful indemnification for soccage and villenage, and a sum equal to the interest on the same from the day on which the claim of the State was withdrawn. " The fundamental principles "to be observed in this matter are laid down in my subjoined ordinance, and you will act on them in accordance with my Ministers of the Interior and of Justice. " FRANCIS JOSEPH. " Laxenburg, July 12, 1856." The essence of the Imperial ordinance is —That, in the way of mercy, the property confiscated by the military courts, and which is at present pos sessed by the State, shail be returned to the persons mentioned in list A. The property is to be given back in the state in which it now is, with the re venues and rents that have not yet been collected. The estates of those persons who drew money from the coffers of the State during the revolution are to remain under sequestration until the pending law suits are terminated. The Wiener Zeitung of to-day contains a treaty of trade and navigation that has been concluded between Austria and the Netherlands. AUSTRALIA, By the Royal mail packet Earl of Sefton, whose arrival at Liverpool, we announced in our third edition, last night, Noble, commander, of the White Star line, we are in receipt of advices from Melbourne, to the 25th of April. She brings 50,000 oz. of gold on freight, and 10,000 oz. in the hands of passengers, of whom there are about 120, and a general cargo. The Earl of Sefton sailed from Melbourne on Le 26th~of April, and Las thus completed her homeward voyage in W I days. She reports the arrival at Melbourne, on the night of the 16th of April, of the screw clipper ship Royal Charter, Captain Boyce, after an un paralleled passage of 59 days. She was under steam only 14 days during the passage. The greatest distance run in 24 hours was 352 miles, during which time she attained the extraordinary speed of 18 ►nautical miles an hour. The Annandale, from Liverpool, and the Aus tralia, from New York, had arrived at Melbourne. The Oliver Lang was to sail for Liverpool on April' , 30, and the Royal Charter May 22 ; the Thomas Ann Cole, April 25, and the Walmer Castle, May 15, for Loudon. The Francis Henty and the New Great Britain had sailed for London. The mining intelligence continues favourable. The rush to the Green Hills still continues. From Bendigo we learn that the number of per sons trying their fortunes at those diggings was on the increase, and their labours were attended with success. Several new shafts have been sunk on the Windmill Reefs. At the Victorial Reef several claims have been lately sold at high prices, and the whole line of ground presents a most healthy ap pearance. One pet son lately crushed 904 ounces of gold out of 10 tons of quartz. It is reported that Mr. Pohlman has been offered the Solicitor-Generalship of Victoria. The returns for the banks of Australia during the first quarter of the present year are very satis tory, showing a steadily progressive business. The deposits are increasing in a greater ratio than the indebtedness of colonists to the banks. The coin and bullion also show a tendency to increase. Miss Catherine Hayes had arrived at Melbourne from Launceston, and would proceed to England in the Royal Charter. There is no political news by this arrival. The price of gold had declined tc 765. 6d. The receipts per escort for the week had been 32,594 ounces, and the quantity shipped 106,273 ounces to London by the Francis Henty, and 46,769 ounces by the New Great Britain. The escorts had 'provided only a small quantity as com pared with previous weeks, caused, it was sup posed by the rapid fall which had taken place on the fields. At Bendigo the price within a fortnight had fallen 2s. 9d. per ounce, with the exchange on London at the same rate, 2 per sent. premium. In wool little had been done during the week. The advices per Royal Charter of the February sales were liatisfactory, an advance of 14d. to 2d. being paid at the commencement, over the prices current at the December sales in London. In tallow, for colonial use, higher prices were being paid than for shipment. Within a few days an article quite unsuited for candles had been sold at from 55/. to 561. Gold, apparently in paying quantities is reported to have been discovered near Mount Mitchell, about 25 miles north of Armidale. The gold resem bled that found at the Rocking River, but was rougher. At Stockyard Creek, Gippsland , gold had likewise indicated itself. At Launceston a meeting had been held and re solution passed expressive of Mr. Gavan Duffy's character and career. A committee had been ap pointed to collect subscriptions towards the quali fication necessary to enable him to sit in the Par liament. Our Sydney files, to the 19th of April inclusive, furnish the subjoined reports. The Empire says:— " Toe general improvement in trade during the past week gives a promise of better times. Large quantities of goods have exchanged hands at auction, and the prices obtained were much higher than recent quotations. We notice in particular large sales of drapery goods, slop., boots and shoes, and oilmen's stores. The parcels of drapery offered for public competition have been un usually heavy, and no less than four sales have taken place during the week. There are still large parcels of goods of a similar , description held back from the market in consequence of the reserved prices being placed upon them by toe consignors. Large exports of spirits have been made for the southern trade ; the City of Sydney took away, on Wednesday, 2,200 gallons of brandy for Victoria ; there have also been several other shipments, though of comparatively minor importance. There is little notice in the breadstuff market ; prices remain without any alteration, with the exception of .the sale of some Van Diernen'e Land wheat, which realised 10s. 61. per bushel. Whitbread's bottled porter was sold at 108. 3d. per dozen ; loaf sugar, sd. per lb. ; washing soda, 8/. to 81. 10S. per ton. At a public sale, a por tion of the wools offered was withdrawn. The lots of fleece wools sold at 16d. ; skins ranged high, nay from 51-1. to 64d., and these even were not of a superior description ; good - hides realised 14.. sd. The general average price of hides for shipment ranged from 12s. to 14s. 6d. ;,beef tallow, good, from 435. 6d. to 435.. 93. ;:mutton, 483. All the above prices show a trifling tendency lower. We have heard several complaints that there exists a great difficulty in getting wool and tallow dowa , :frorn Moreton Bay, and that large par cels are stored there for want of conveyance to these markets. We hive no doubt that this inconvenience will very soon be remedied. ` 4 'A meeting of, the Chamber of Commerce was held on Thursday, when the report, on the insolvent lawS was further discussed. Some progress was made with the 32d °Jape, which specifies the acts that are pri posed to constitute fraudulent insolvency ; but it was un finished at the termination of a long sitting. The meet ing was adj ,urned until Monday 'next. "The Empire publishes the' Customs return of the imports an i exports of Now South Wales for the first quarter of the present year. "Toe following were the imports by British ships : From Great Britain Victoria Van Diemen's Land New Z:aland 39,472 South Austrelia 44:3 South Sea Islands 9,133 United States 1,239 Manilla " 41,823 China and Calcutta Fisheries . ... 17,230 Foreign States £ 900, 64 6 Subjoined are the imports by foreign ships : British goods from Great Britain £51,607 Forei g n ditto 16,3 1 Ditto United States Ditto Forein States 177,4W Ditto South Sea Islands 4,370 £356,067 " Total amount of import•, 1,256,713/. " Our expris during the same period in British ships have been as follows :-- To Great Britain Viet. rip, New Ze,land Tasmania South Australia Foreign States South Sea, Islands ... Vi 59,615 416,578 79,3'26 15,084 9,602 4,920 5,441 £1,052,566 " The following have been the exports in foreign ships : To Great Britain Foreign States South Sea Islands , 254 010 23,k62 ~ 1,596 £84,498 "Total amount of exports, 1,177,0641. "These returns show an excess of imports over exports to the amount of 79,0491. They also show that the colony of Victoria took produce from New South Wales to the value of 39,8991." The Geelong. Advertiser has the following re •por t _ _ _ "The estimated value of the imports this week is 10,8721., to which amount the cargo of sugars brought by the Osprey has largely contrinuted. The quantity of flour received from Van Diemen's Land, per Royal Shepherd and other colonial traders, is at present insuffi cient to affect this market, the price having kept steadily at 25/. per ton for tome time past, and it will be politic for the farmers to continue supplying the mids at current rates, Bs. to Bs. 6d. per bushel of 601 b. ; should any other course than this . be taken a very temporary ad vance would result, and bring with it sufficient foreign supplies to depress the market for months to come. The € %ports are valued at 771., and represent sundry ship s Cores, &c. The week's receipts at the customs have a. %iounted. to 4,2491. 14s. 7d." RETURN OF MR. JOHN FROST.—This gentleman har k g received her Majesty's unconditional pardon, arrived a t Liverpool from New York ofj Saturday. He looks ii e excellent health, and came to town t o pay his acknove 1. Kigments to Mr. Thomas Duncombe, M.P., Sir Joshua AV almslay, and other gentlemen, for their exertions in hi; i behalf, and was present in the House of Commons do ring the discussion on the affairs of Italy on Monday la: it. He bas since joined his family, who are residing near Bristol. He states that Williams and Jones, he 'lieves, will not avail themselves of her Majesty's per u ission to return to England, as they are &dog so well i a Tasmania, the former being engaged in mining, with a large number, of men in his employment, and the lat t sr -keeps a tavern with a prosperous trade. VIOLENT THUNDER-STORIL—On Tuesday night the rr stropolis was visited with a severe thunderstorm which la sted several hours. The wind during the day had hi own from the south-west. The heat had been oppres• si. Pe : . and the atmosphere extremely close - until late in the ev en ing. ' About dusk the sky became heavy and dark, and .rapid flashes of lightning shortly afterwards follow ea, 'which continued until half.past 11 o'clock, when an irame nse flash of forked lightning illuminated the hori zon, followed by a terrific clap of thunder. A storm of hailstones, accompanied with a perfect deluge of ram, followed, which lasted a considerable time, flooded the ma rket-g.ardeners' grounds, and destroyed a large quan tit y . of ceoice exotics which were intended for the forth -I,,coexang exhibitions. - CANADA, The Montreal ocean steam-ship, Anglo-Saxon, Capt. M'Ma , ter (whose arrival at Liverpool was announced in our third edition last night), brings advices from Montreal and Quebec to the 3d inst., two days later than brought by the Atlantic. The Anglo-Saxon brought 115 passengers and a full cargo of merchandise on freight. On the let instant, at Toronto, the Governor- General prorogued Parliament until the 9th of August. He delivered the following speech on the occasion : " Hon. Gentlemen of the Legislative Council and Gentlemen of the Legislative Assecubly,—ln the present session of Parliament you have paged an act altering the constitution of the Legislative Council. I sincerely hope that the result of this change will be advanta geous by intrusting to the good sense of our people the choice of that body whose calm and deliberate judgment must form an important element in the pro ceedings of successful legislation. I rejoice that you have done your best to simplify the procedure of the courts in the western portion of the province, and have thus far facilitated the administra - ion of justice. From the measure of last session abolishing se;gaiorial tenure the country expects substantial benefits, and the sup plementary act of this session will render easy the at tainment of those benefits. I trust that the arrange ments which have been made for securing to each municipality of tipper Canada the immediate benefit of its share of the Clergy Reserves Fond will have been found satisfactory to the people. The act for establish ing Normal schools and improving superior education in Lower Canada is calf ulated to increase the number of those who will hereafter be qualified by instruction and learning to advance the prosperity of their country. Toe liberality of her Majesty's G ,vernment has given over to the province the mass of the Ordnance lands, and thus placed their proceeds at-our disposal for the purpose of meeting the expenses of the militia, whose loyalty and zeal have been so graciously acknowledged by our Queen. '• Gentlemen of the Legislative Assembly,—ln her Majesty's name, I thank you for the supplies you have graoted for the public service I trust that the aid af forded to the Grand trunk Railway of Canada will be sufficient to secure the completion of that great work, essential as it is to the progress and unity, political and commercial, of both sections of the province. " Ron. Gentlemen of the Legislative Council and Gen- Cemen of the House of Assernbly,—At the opening of this session I expressed a hope that I might soon have occasion to cfmgratulate you on the conclusion of an honourable peace. By the blessing of God that hope has been, fulfilled, and tranquillity has been restored to Europe, and I Lope that it may bring with it vigour to the interests of trade and productive industry. " I am happy in being able to relieve you from the toils of a laborious session by proroguing the Parliament of Canada as I now do " The despatch received by the America (via Hali fax) to the effect that the Quebec mail steamer had been lost,. proves to be erroneous, as the North American hail arrived in safety at Montreal. The report in question must refer to the English mail bags from Quebec, intended to be forwarded by the America, but which, owing to an accident to the railway train, did not reach Island Pond in time. They were conveyed back to Quebec, and arrived here by the Anglo-Saxon. The jury on the recent explosion of the steam ferry-boat belonging to the Grand. Trunk Rail way at Longuevil, by which about 38 persons were killed, returned a verdict on the 2d inst., to the effect that the explosion was caused by the negli gence of the engineer, and added that the history of the management of the boat presented from first to last a series of misconduct, carelessness, and utter recklessness,- of the public safety, deserving of the utmost condemnation. In order to mark their sense of the culpable neglect of the Grand Trunk Railway Company in so grievously neglect ' ing 'the necessary precautions fur the safety of its passengers and servants, after the repeated warning, the jury ordered that a deodand of 2,5001. be levied`-on the boat, assuming that to be her worth. The inhabitants of Montreal had subscribed the munificent sum of 1,0441. Bs., for defraying the expenses incurred in the reception and entertain ment of the 39th Regiment, arrived from the Crimea. Preparations were also male to give an enthusiastic reception to the 17th Rsgimeat, ex pelted in her Majesty's ship Vulcan. From all parts of the Canadian provinces but one report prevails regarding the condition of the crops. Wheat probably never bid fairer for a universal good crop than now—for the spring, however it may be against Indian corn, has just .been right for wheat, rye, barley, and oats. Al though Indian corn is backward, it may still make it up in July and August, which are the great months for perfecting this great staple of the American continent. No change in-commercial affairs. D.R,EADFUL COLLIERY EXPLOSION. FURTHER PARTICULARS. It appears that on Tuesday morning 116 or 117 men and boys went into the Cymmer pit, little anticipating the horrible catastrophe ab 'ut to occur. The two fire men, whose duty it was to examine the pit, t,) ascertain if there was any foul air or gas in the pit, reasceuded at about six o'clock, pronouncing the pit safe. l In less than an hour after—indeed, before some hadstripped off their clothes to commence work—the, terrible gas exploded arid the affrighted people ran hither and thither for a few moments. The one fell in the dark, and others stag gering along stumble I on their dead companions, and fell dead also. Here, some were struggling amid the tortures of the fire. There a tram full of boys, all dead ; and in other places, in sidings or niches in the level, men had sat down to await their fearful doom, and had died with their elbows reeling on their knees and their faces buried in their hands. Some had struggled forward, no doubt hoping to reach the airways and possibly escape. When the Teport of the explosion was heard on the surface, it was too well apprehended what bad occurred: Rumour rays that for a day or two pre viously indications had been given of what was about to occur. " Blowers," or casual explosions of gas had taken place. Two doorways had been blown down cooly on the previous day, and there were too many reasons to believe, from the quantity of electricity with which the air had been cnarged, that an explo sion of a inure extensive nature might take place. This was too fully verified ; and of the 200 colliers who worked in the Cyinmer Colliery more than one halt were at a moment's notice swept into eternity. 116 human brings went down into the pit of death that morning, and of that hat only six returned alive. The screa ms of the wives and mothers at the mouth of the pt—those women congregated there to await and recognise the dead—as during the long interval tbat ensued bet Nee a the period when the first intelligence of the explesimi spread on Tuesday morning till the last body wee broug ht out on the morning of Wednesday — were frightful and distressing: All - day long the brave fellows who ventured down, almost in; theLtace of death, to bring up this dead sent up the boclidsla the unfortu nate men and !boys who had perishedV*4 when these were brought ti a the surface the recegnitiowniusebeloved husband or da ruing child -awoke harrowing 'ifiesf.: Oa Wednesday mo ruing the 110th body was brought out, and it was left to conjecture whether any still* ia the pit of death. It was supposed, however, that all Who had perished we -re now brought ep. Workmen wei fe immediately put on to supply . ;etiffing for the dead. :nears: they were, working hastily with the saw and plane, to construct rude shells in which to deposit the unteetue ate dead in their untimely graves, amid the crowds: off ewer people, still waiting to see the last of the drew _Utak c.eta strophe. Her Majesty 's inspector of collieries, Mr. Evans, is engaged in full y elueidating the facts. THE INQUEST. Yesterday m orning Mr. George Owerton, of Merthyr, the coroner, CI nnmenced his inquiry into the cause of the explosion a t the New House Inn. • The followin names of tile deceased were r John Thomas, 'lletry Griiffi,hs (boy), Bad wagy, David Davies, Thoma t Davies, Thomas Davies, David Mor gao, Thomas Matthews, M. Davies, David Thuile], Thomas David, Richard Rees, D. Morgan, W. D S wies, John Rees, The was Williams, boys of Hezekiah Da.-vies, Enoch Morgan , David T. Dennis, Thomas Willtiatos (buy), John Isaa Hezekiah Davies, Rees, Davies, S Jooes, Evan T a nuns, Thos. 1 - 1-pkin, Philip Evan, Wile Morgan, Zac b ariah Richards, Thomas Williams( Thomas Willi uns, William Williams, Thomas Wil hams, William Jenkins, John Jenkins, David Jenkins, Rees Jenkins, Benjamin Evans, Peter Griffiths, David Edwards, Ed wa ed Dennis, Daniel Lewis, Thomas Lowie, David Richard: I, Aaron Rees, Isaac Morgan, Thalia Morgan, Williata Jenkin, Walter Miles, John Jenkins, John Evaroi, Mort i;an Evans, Thomas Rees, John • Wil liams, William Jen kins, John Roberts, Walter Richard Miles, Ja oes Thomas, Samuel Edmunds, soil of ditto, Thomas Jaconi Salathiel, Davila Sa' inuel, John Salathi el, Benjamin Rees, Edward finewelly William Llewehin, Richard Hugh, Morgan Mu rifans Joseph John, Daniel L-wis, William Evan, John E vans, Evan Hugh, Thomag Hugh, Laac Hugh, Daniel Tleo• mas, William Rees,. David Thomas Raglan, ',avid Harris, Morgan M.,,ega, 1, Philip David, Evan Oiliest William Martin, Ttiom as 'Edwards, David John, Tboenag Andrews, John Mor g a n , G, *)rge Griffith, Thomag Jlhl'P David Powell, George Sudo% vay, Evan Hughes, brother of ditto, Evan Phillip, Matti, ew Theinas, David Moe" - gar), Morgan Davis, William rh, amas, Thomas Liam slain, William Llewellin, Thoma s ra, iweliyn, Evan Le wi 6 . William Lewis, Henry Jones, AL, 'Whew Evan, Thot Haymen l (boy). The Coroner explained, in ri &ding over the list o f jurors, that he was alway s anx iou vin such cases to hay ye some colliers on the jury, that arextical know led g might be brought to bear upon the, 'us estigation. The jury then proceeded to view the bodies, which lay amid their sorrowing relatives, at tl tieir homes in va ri.ms parts of the valley. The space. %Oct in the great major ty of ,cases was frightful, the m r part of the unfortunate ilecetued having wet then 'deaths from th e tire, nut the choke damp, the former can. sing the body to become charred, and literally soorchea to almost a; cinder, while the " damp" causes death i ' S Y suffocation, and leaves but little upon the countenao 0 ; except an expression like that of sleep. After the jury bad viewed the bodies, the coroner said he thought, in order that all the facts coin. Nected with the explosi .n might be ascertained, it would b e desirable t i adj :urn the ihqu ry for a few days. This caurze wasassented to, and the inq Qesf vii 4 accordingly adjourned fur a fortnight. Sporting Intelligence. NOTTINGHAM RACES-WEDNESDAY, Xbe Chesterfield Handicap of 50 save, each, 10 It, and 5 on'y if declared, with 50 added. The mound t, save his stake. Certain penalties. One mile and a-half. 23 subs., 12 of whom declared. Lord Chesterfield's Ty pee, by Touchstone, 6 yrs, Bit 71b Mr. J. Osborne's Yorkshire Grey, 4 yrs, 6st 91b (Challoner) 2 Mr, Crump's Typhon, 3 yrs, sst (car. sst 21b) (Bullock) 3 The following also ran :—Gathercole, Early Bird, Ida. Betting 7 to 4 Agit Typee-3 to 1 agst Early Bird -sto 1 agst Typhon-6 to 1 agst Ida-20 to 1 agst Yorkshire Grey. Early Bird led the distance, where he was beaten. A fine race in between Typee and Yorkshire Grey, was won on the post by a head ; a neck between the second and third ; gond fourth. Early Bird was last. The Bunney Park Stakes of 10 sovs. each, 5 ft, for two year•olds ; colts Bst 71b, fillies Bst 31b. Certain al lowances and Penalties. T.Y.C. 17 subs. Mr. F. Walker's colt, by Hercules, out of Lurley's dam, Bst 71b. (eillcroft) Walked over. The Portland Handicap of 2 mitre. each, with 50 added. Oae mile. 16 subs. Mr. Hughes's Breeze, by Storm, 3 yrs, 6st 41b (Snowden) 1 Mr. T. Walker's Dame Judith, 4 3 rs, 7st 3lb (Quinton) 2 Mr. Jackson's Gaudy, 3 yrs, 6.t 41b (►iullock) 3 The following alb() ran :—Sir Richard, Corin, Biron, Duke of Hamilton, Gathercale, Fortuna, Hera, Tom Ne wcome, Evelyn. Betting-3 to 1 aget Furtuna, 4to 1 agst Gaudy, BtO 1 aLst any other. Won easily by a length ; same distance between the second and third, good fourth. The Grand Stand Stakes of 30 so vs., added to a Sweep• stakes of 5 eovs each. T. Y.C. 4 subs. Mr. Saxon's Tom Thumb, 3 yrs, (20/.), Est llb (Fordham) 1 Mr. Keighley's Miss Ellab, 3 yrs (201.), Est llb (Cballoner) 2 Mr. Duggleby's Y e uti c k, 4 y rs (201.), 7st 81b (INlegson) 3 Betting-5 to 4on Torn Thumb, lto 1 agst Yentiek, 4 to 1 agst Miss EUah. Won by a length. The winner was bought in for 55 guineas. The Nottingham Nursery Plate (Handicap) of 100 sous. for 2-yr-olds. Winners (attn. Straight half mile. Mr. C. Peck's Princss Eugenie, Est 41b (Cresswell) Mr. Barber's Naughty Boy, 64 4.b (Fordham) Mr. J. Dawson's Sister to Little Tibby, 7st llb T. Cliff) 3 The following also ran. :—Sichceu.s, Cantrip, Leo, and Admiral Lyons. Bettin , 7-7 to 4 agst Princess Eugenia, 5 to 1 agst Sister to Little Tibby, 6 to 1 agst Naughty Boy. A fine race, won by a head ; a head only between the second and third ; bad. fourth. Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas ; 3-yr-olds, Tat 71b ; four, 9st; five, 9at 61b ; six aL'd aged, 9.1. t. 91b. Two mile. Mr. Parr's Fisherman, 3 yrs, 7st rtb Quinton) 1 Mr. Whittington's Creeping Jane,. 6 yrs, 9st 91b (W, Pinddr) 2 Won in a canter by 10 lengths. Heir of Li.nne weighed but dil not go to the post. The Juvenile Stakes of 5 nova each, with 30 added, for 2 yr olds; colts, 84t 71b ; fillies and gelding y%. 84 4113 ; the second horse to save his stake. Half a mile, straight. Mr. Whittaker's Torn Newcomb .(g'iclWaerl) 1 Mr. Sydney's Sister to Nancy .. (I ,Pordlutna) 2 Mr. Armstrong's Cutty,9tie,en-,,, i ,,,„jairtJ. Quinton) 3 The followi ng also' ran . :— . Sweetener, m y vterious• Jack, Springy John, and Lady Julia. Won cleverly by a length. 1 LIVE VSED VICTUALLERS' SCHOOLS. BANQUET AT THE ASHBURNHAM PAVILION, CREMORNE GARDENS. Yesterday the 'anniversary festival of the Licensed Victuallers' Schools, it bean; also the jubilee of the in atitutioo, was held at Ashburnharn-park grounds, ad j doing Cremorne;gardens. Tue preparations for the ac comniatlation of an assemblage of persons who were to be numbered, not by hundreds but by thousands, all of whom expected to dine, and who did dine, and dine well, was a notable proof of the capabilities of the establish ment of which Ashburnham.park forms a part. The dinner was laid out in the vast and tasteful marquee in which the AMerican flower show was recently held, and its arrangements and decorations partook of the charac ter of that exhibition. Flags and fl wers, in festoons, groups, and in banging baskets, being disposed in aII parts of the tent in profusion, which, added to the hand spine manner in which the table• were spread, formed 'altogether one of the prettie•t, indeed most eleganr, spectacles we have seen for some time. A dais, with a canopied seat for the chairman, ran along one side of the marquee,- beneath which, in Kerrie I rows, were tables affording accommodation to no less than 2,300 persons When it is added that there was an elevated orchestra, in which the Cremorne brass band played during dinner, and three galleries capable of holding 500 ladies, some idea may be formed of the extraordinary gathering which was amply provided for under" one roof. Nothing could be better than the viands and wines, which reflected very great credit upon Mr. Simpson's judgment and liberality, as well as upon the skill of hi, chef de cuisne, • Mr. • Johns ; and the service was performed with perfect regnetrity. jam Walker, Esq., of the firm of Taylor, Walker, and Co., took tars chair, and he did his best to carry on the proceedings of the evening with due effect ; but owing to the hilarity of the company, which commenced at a very early pe riod of thadinner, the speeches were mostly delivered in " inexpheable dumb - show," and so much of them as reached the reporters was conveyed to them second hand through the able and energetic medium of Mr. Harker, the toastmaster, who acted the part of a kind of interpreter between the speakers and the recorders of the speeches. The usual loyal toasts having been given, "Prosperity to the Licensed Victuallers' Schools" was proposed by the chairman ; after which the children of the schools, 134 in number, mare-bed in procession round the dais on which the chairman and his friends, and the officers of the institution, were Rea . eI. The two senior boys, in succession, recited some verses appropriate to the occasien , --the jubilee of the charity—and the chil dren generally sung a hymn. The healthy of the chair man, the different officers of the institution, the press, the officials of the other charities of the trade, and the ladies, were given in succession, and before daylight had quite departed the majority of the company betook themselves to the neighbouring gardens of Cremorne, the amusements of which were held out as a portion of the festivities of the day. A sum of above 1,4001. was collected,, t ow ards which the chairman contributed 50 guirieas," Messrs. Taylor and Walker 100 guineas and 20 guineas annually, in addition-to which various sums were s ubscribed by the friends of the firm, many of whom were present, making an aggregate of 3751. ob tained by means .of Meisrs. Taylor and Walker, by far thedirgest- amount which has been received through the instrumentality of any chairman of the festivals of the institution for the last 13 years. An efficient musical corps, under the direction of Mr. George, was in requi- I sition, and Mr. Harker performed the singularly arduous I duties of toastmaster on this occasion. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.--ahis Day.) LONDON. July 16.—Wind this day at noon, W.N. • W., moderate breeze and fine. 16.—Wind N.W.— A rr i ve d—D e li a, PORTSMOUTH, July from Quebec; H.M.S.'s Terrible and Firebrand, Black Sea; Colombo (s.s. tpt.), Kululee and Malta; H M.S. BuTlilog, Liverpool, with two gun-boats in tow. Off the port—Francis Henty, from Victoria, 5.A.., with 107,000 ounces of gold, and proceeded to London. PLYMOUTH, July 16.-Wind N. W.—Arrived—Teazer, from Corunna ; British Empire, Moulmein.. Sailed— Mystery, for Corunna ; Courant, New York; Duke of Wellington, Conqueror, and Forth, with a fleet of gun-boats, Lisbon. FALMOUTH. July 16.—Wind W.N.W., strong.—Ar rived—Clara Fries, from Santos ; Tony, N ew Y ork. BRISTOL, July 16. Wind W. Arrived—Hardwick, from Porto Rico; Viouw Aaltje, Ibrail. MADRAS, June 10. — Theamoody, of Singapore, was totally destroyed by fire an this roadstead last night; no lives lost. ' (PER ELEOTRIO TELEGRAPH.) PORTSIIOUTH, Thursday Morning. • Arrived----H.M.Str. Majestic, from the Mediterranean, with troops. Wind=lsT.W. LIVERPOOL, Thursday Morning. Arrived—Webster, from New York; Earl of Selkirk, Quebec; Linsa, Monte Video ; Eliza Killick, J ama i ca; Western Oceau and Suntan, New Orleans; Polen, Ha lifax; Highland Brigade, Quebec; Quain Maid, Mar seilles. (By: SUBMARINE AND naITISH TELEGRAPg.) GRAVESEND, Thursday, 10.0 a.m. Wind W.; tide, 2i hours' flood; flue. Arrived, July.l!i.-•-Justine Morna, from Thisted ; Co met, Holbeck ; Eduna, Riga ; HOrne, St. Andrew's ; Au rora, 1(j0 tetninde ; Cite, Uauzic ; Frena, Wylc. Arrived July I.7.—A.dolph, from Bjorneborg ; Oak, Cron stadt ; Transport, Malta. Sailed, July 16— Louisa, for San Francisco. Sailed, July 17—Japan, for Mauritius. STAMFORD RACES. — WEDV.I4B6A: Handicap Plato of 50 SOvi. Ethelhald fi:lyalty Three ran. Won ea4ily. Sseepstakes of 50 SOW. each, for Two-yr-oh . 116 t. Ituperieuso ................................................ Bannockburn Latitude -'l .. Five ran. Burghley Stakes. Melissa Ga dhill Crown Pigeon Five ran. The Callywe , ton Stakes. ••,• .......... • ........... 4 I Imperieuge Grey ling.._ 1 ......... • .Ve 2 Four ran. Won ea.F . t ••••• Middleton has arrived for the C ' 447 * tip. ,~ ~` ever 8 0,0 T 1 ket tied rally sine( to rl men T 1 stuff flow 4.4,br. Seft Side: per to li Ti sent info marl Ti RCII faro TI to tl an ( dcy of a