The Sun. — London, England, 1861-06-17 00:00:00

THE NAT/Y. The plan contained in the bill introduced by the Duke of Somerset for forming a reserve of officers from the mercantile (marine, to do duty as lieuten ants, sub-lieutenants, &c., in the Royal Navy, on occasions of emergency, will not be detrimental, but advantageous to naval officers. Persons belong ing to the reserve force will only serve on special occasions, and then be discharged. Some may ob tain promotion for daring acts of bravery, but these will be additional to the usual promotion. Instead of rearing up vast numbers of young men who can not be promoted in reasonable time, no more cadets need he admitted than can be advanced in proper season. The reserve officers, having acquired great experience at sea, and being duly drilled, will be far more useful than youngsters. It was by the employment of a class of this kind that the Ameri cans were so strong in their crews during the last war. They drew their mates, midshipmen, and even lieutenants from the merchant service, and dismissed them when the peace came. When offi cers have been long on half-pay captains will not take them for first lieutenants ; they select a young officer for this post, and old ones, of greater senio rity, cannot be employed under them ; hence the number of officers placed on the retired list. Of course, proper discrimination must be exercised in the selection of officers for the reserve, but there arc plenty of intelligent, respectable men in the mercantile marine who are anxious to render their services in time of need. Port-Admiral Sir H. Stewart, K.C.8., went on Saturday morning from Mount Wise to Plymouth Sound and mustered and inspected the crew of the screw steam frigate Ariadne, 26, Capt. W. Vansit tart, which got up steam in the afternoon, and at half-past Bin the eveningleft for the North American station, taking supernumeraries for the Nile and Challenger, and a small detachment of marines for distribution among the ships of the squadron. The Esk, Capt. Sir Robert M'Clure, arrived last night at Spithead from China and the Cape. She sailed from Simon's Bay on the 18th of April. The undermentioned gentlemen have been nomi nated to naval cadetships :—The Hon. Cospatrick Howe, Mr. Henry Moore, Mr. E. D. B. Locke, and Mr. Edward West. _ Admiral James Pattison Stewart, C. 8., who died at Pisa on the 3d inst., entered the navy in 1797. He had served in the flagship of Rear-Admiral Cochrane at the aeon of St. Domingo. In 1811, in the defence of the Island of Anholdt, he distin guished himself by the intrepidity and skill with which he gave chase to 16 of the enemy's gunboats and armed v essels, two of the former of w hi c h h e succeeded in capturing. From 1813 to 1815 he -was employed on the Baltic and North Sea stations in the Dictator. In November, 1813, he was at tached to the in-shore squadron off Walcheren, and volunteered to command the boats of the fleet under Admiral Young, and to attempt the capture of four French frigates at Flushing. He was appointed a Commander of the Bath in 1815. The following appointments were made ox Satur• day at the Admiralty :—Charles Hobart, midship. man, to the Dragon ; and Edward T. Boys, assist.. p Aymaster, to the Dragon. TEE ARMY. A new Royal warrant has been issued by com mand of her Majesty in lieu of the warrant promul gated on the 27th of Oct., 1860, for the purpose of regulating the grant of pensions and allowances to officers of the land forces on account of wounds and injuries received in action. It is to be interpreted by the Secretary of State for War. Officers, there fore, who are still suffering from wounds received since the 28th of March, 1854, the date of the de claration of war with Russia, should such wounds be certified by a military medical board to be now equal, or nearly equal, to the loss of a limb, may receive pensions from the 27th of Oct., 1860, the date of the warrant cancelled, on the following scale :—A Field-Marshal, General, or Lieut.-General Commanding-in-Chief at the time will receive an amount to be specially determined ; a Lieut.-Gene ral will receive £4OO ; a Major-General, Brigadier- General, and officers holding equivalent relative rank, £350 ; a Colonel, Lieut.-Colonel, and officers holding equivalent relative rank, £3OO ; a Major, and officers holding equivalent relative rank, £200; a Captain, and officers holding equivalent relative rank, £100; a Lieutenant, and officers holding equi valent relative rank, £7O ; a Cornet, Second Lieute nant, Ensign, and officers holding equivalent rela tive rank, £5O. The half-moon battery, forming a portion of the fortifications at the entrance to the Medway. on the site of which the new powerful casemated battery is to be erected for the better protection of the Royal naval establishment at Chatham and Sheer ness, has been entirely cleared of all the guns, car riages, and platforms, and the magazines connected therewith emptied of their ammunition, the whole being now ready to be given over to the contractors by the Royal Engineer Department. Active pre parations are in progress for commencing the new fortifications ordered to be placed on the north and south shores of the entrance to the Medway, and it is expected that their construction will be imme diately proceeded with. It has not yet been de finitely determined whether the indented lines, which form a very important portion of the present fortifications, will be dismantled this year. These lines at present mount 8-inch, 56-pounders, and 32- pounder guns, besides 8-inch howitzers, which sweep the ditches. No orders have yet been re ceived at Chatham to dismount the guns, and none of their stores have yet been disturbed. The Denbigh Militia were inspected by Colonel Wilbraham, C. 8., on Wednesday last. He said that_ the fi r i ng o f t h e reg i ment was very good, that hec,.ou told see that great a tt en ti on mus t h ave b een pa. li kthe m us k otry i nstruct i on from the manner in which th e men p laced that . he should themselves position, and in • ' make s ,-, ood report of their efficiency to the Horse Guards. e. The Earl of Chester's Yeomanry Cavalry, 600 strong, unde r th e command of . Lord .st de t Tablet', was inspected on M on d ay the 10th n conclu sion of the review Lieut.-Col. jn 13th Light Dragoons, the inspector, said that C aotiiße.:hould make a most favourable rep ort to h He considered the regiment fortunate inrhseavGivards. ng the old services of such an adjutant as Capt. Rill, an Peninsular and Waterloo officer. THE VOLUNIEERS. On Saturday, pursuant to a previous arrange ment, the London Rifle Brigade, und on Chatham under the commandchaani of Lieut,- Col. Hicks, had field-daya Lines with the whole of the a of Royal Engi neers, able garrison there, some 3,000 strong, co depot battalions, Royal Marines, and three all under the general command of Major-General Eyre, the command an t. The brigade, to the num ber of about 800 men an d o ffi c ers, mustered in Guildhall at 3 three o'clock, and then marched to the Lond on -b r id ge ra il way stat i on, prece d e d by their t wo b an d s, f rom which they were conveyed by the " t corth Kent Railway by special trains to Chatham. O n arr i ving at Strood station the bri gade embarked on board a steamer, and proceeded down the Medway to a convenient landing-place near the barracks, where 20 rounds of blank car tridge to each man were served out. Thence they marched to the fine open plateau above the town known as Chatham Heights to the music of their bands, where the troops were drawn up in a line of Contiguous columns, and where some thousands of People had assernpled to witness the spectacle. The day was charming, the heat was tempered by a light breeze, and the whole local community were in holy day garb. Of the Royal Engineers who took part in the subsequent evolutions there were about 400,com manned by Col. Collinson • some 550 of the Roy a l Marines, un d er the command of Col. M'Killop ; the ls t Depot B a t talion, about 050 stron b o ', commanded by Lieut.-Colo ne l J ervis; the 2d Depot Battalion, 050 in number, commanded by Lieut.-Colonel Phillips ; and the 3d Depot Battalion, about 750, under the command of Lieut.-Colonel Fairclough, making in all, with the bands of the Engineers and Marines and with the Volunteers, a force of about 4,000 men. For the occasion the Volunteers Ryai nte o ers w E e n re g b in r e ig er a s d o %dz i i ) t y h . with the regular tronPß, b ing the extreme right, the Marines and the three Depot Battalions the centre, and the Rifle Brigade the left. Major-General Eyre was attended by a Staff, among whom were Lieut.-Colonel Gordon, Colonel Twiss, Capt. Congreve (Brigade-Major), Capt. Lempriere, Capt. Godfrey, and Lieut. Dauncey. The General and his Staff having as sembled at the saluting-flag, the whole of the troops wheeled to the right and marched past in com panies at quick time, the bands playing the marches adopted as those of the respective regiments. At that time the spectacle was extremely picturesque and animated. The bright uniforms of the re gular troops and the sombre dress of the Volunteers were each heightened by contrast. The march ing of the Engineers especially and next perhaps of the Marines was, for precision and stateliness, perfection itself; while that of the London Rifle Brigade and their general appearance, imposing from unmistakeable indications of physique and intelli gence, elicited repeated manifestations of applause all along the line of spectators. The remaining evo lutions, occupying about two hours, consisted of a sham fight against an enemy supposed to have landed at Sheerness, which could be seen in the dis tance, and to be advancing upon Chatham lines. At the conclusion of the ceremony General Eyre en tertained the officers of the garrison and of the Rifle Brigade at dinner, and the men in the brigade were supplied with refreshments in the garrison. On Saturday afternoon a spirited rifle shooting contest was a matter of considerable attraction at the extensive grounds of the Middlesex Victoria Rifles at Kilburn. The contest was for two prizes, consisting of a beautiful silver goblet and a valu able field glass, open to all corners of the regiment. Fifty members competed. The winner of the first prize (silver goblet) was private H. F. Dickins, and the winner of the second prize was Private Herbert Barnard. The distance was five shots at 200, 300, and 400 yards, making 15 shots in all. The highest total number of points gained was 22, but on shooting off the tie Private Dickins was declared the winner of the first prize by one point, Private Barnard having missed the target. This corps joins the Hon. Artillery Company in their brigade field-day, to take place in Richmond-park this day. A pair of beautiful silver bugles, of the value of 45 guineas, have been purchased by Captain A. B. Leech, and will shortly be presented to the 28th Middlesex (London Irish) Rifle Volunteers. At the base the bugles are elaborately worked, and on each are engraved representations of round towers, &c. An inscription, recording the presentation, is sur rounded by a wreath of shamrock, surmounted by an Irish harp and crown. It is expected that the bugles will be presented after the inspection of the regiment. On Saturday the 19th Surrey Rifles, with the Ist Surrey Artillery, and the 10th and 23d Surrey, mustering 700 strong, marched to Peckham Rye, and under the command of Major Roupell, assisted by Capts. Jolfin, Glover, and Payne, went througla a variety of evolutions in a very excellent way. The advance and retiring in line was particularly good, and the final charge elicited great cheering from the numerous spectators. The ground was kept by the Ist Surrey Rifles, and at the conclusion the companies formed into line and were compli mented on their efficiency by Major Roupell. The 9th Tower Hamlets Rifle Volunteer corps has been attached to the 2d Tower Hamlets Rifle corps for drill and administrative purposes. Efforts are being made to raise a Volunteer Ma rino Battalion of six companies, the head-quarters of which are to be in London, the First Lord of the Admiralty for the time being to be ex officio honorary colonel. It is proposed to raise one company for the metropolis, and the remainder on the seaboard of Great Britain, at a distance not exceeding 12 miles inland. In the event of invasion, or urgent circumstances in the opinion of the Government requiring the assistance of the battalion, they will be liable to be called upon to serve in marine fortresses, or on board of guard or block ships ; but should their services be further required they will be allowed to volunteer to do duty as marines on board any of her 'Majesty's ships, at a distance of not more than ten miles from the coast of Great Britain. On Thursday evening a numerously attended public meeting was held at the schoolroom attached to the church of St. James-the-Less, Victoria-park, for the purpose of completing +hp futillati.. ;£ the sth or Victoria-park Company of the 4th Tower Hamlets Volunteer Rifle Corps. The chair was occupied by the Rev. W. J. Grundy. Several gentle men enrolled their names as members. A handsome set of colours, the gift of Mr. J. Long, will shortly be presented by Mrs. Long to the regiment. The bagpipes subscribed for by Scotch ladies resi dent in London will be presented to the 15th Mid dlesex (London Scottish) Rifles in Westminster hall on Wednesday next, and the corps will be inspected on Saturday, The regimental prizes will be shot for at Wimbledon on the 25th, 26th, and 27th of July. Several influential gentlemen are organising an Artillery Volunteer corps in the metropolis, which will consist of colonists who are natives of the West Indies, the Cape of Good Hope, Australia, New Zealand, British North America, and other depen dencies of the Crown. A public meeting for the purpose of raising the Stonebridge and Haggerstone Company, to be at tached to the North-East London Rifle Brigade, is announced to take place at the Albion-hall, Dalston, on Thursday next, when the Rev. A. M. Meyers will take the chair, Nos 1 and 2 troops of the Surrey Light Horse are to be paraded on Clapham-common on Friday, the 21st inst., at 2 p.m., in heavy marching order, for inspection by Major-General the Hon. Sir James Y. Scarlett, K.C.B. Since the termination of the riding-sehool exercise in March the corps has been in active drill on Clapham-common twice each week, and the evolutions are now made with very great precision. The inspection of the Ist Middlesex Engineers, by Col. M'Murdo, is announced to take place on the 27th inst., and the inspection is engineering on the following day. The second administrative Middlesex battalion, comprising the Highgate, Hornsey,and Hampstead corps, will be inspected by Lieut.-Col. Ibbetson on the Brookfield parade-ground, Swain's-lane, High gate, on Wednesday next. The annual inspection of the West Middlesex Rifles, by Col. M'Murdo, is announced to take place on the 25th inst., at Lord's cricket-ground. The rifle contest of th e 6th N or th Y or k Volun teeday. Th e Volun teers commenc e d a t S car b orough on Tuesday last. The Castle-yard presentedshot for r the aasptpheeara silvern c e gala- c o u f p a gi ven V. i 3 j I first-prize by Sir J. Johnstone, M.P. There were 40 competitors, each having aud 500 yards. points, Private It was 200 scoring by five rounds at 100 , , mack a e s r vir t o h n by Private Bolto n , 24 contest was for a s h ort rifle and sword I.ibay onet, given by Sergeant Jefferson 22. The next Enfield It was won by Corporal Dove, the distances being the sam e . A first series of money prizes, presented by Mr. Dent 31. P., the distances the same, wer e won by Bennett, 2 1 points , and Private Livingston points. Mr. Dent's second series of money ' l prizes Private (five rounds at 200 and 400 yards) were won a s fa. lows :---Private Rawling, 14 points; Colour-Sergt. Beckett and Private Richmond, each 13. (Sergeant Beckett ultimately obtained second honours. On Wednesday there was a strong S.W. breeze across the range. The first contest was for a third money prize, given by Mr. Dent, at 700,800, and 900 yards (the winner of the cup excepted). It was won by Private Mackereth, nine points. The silver medal, given by Messrs. Hart and Hill, limited to those who had scored 7 points during the target practice at 700 to 900 yards, was gained by Corporal Petch. The proceedings throughout were most satisfactory, the umpires not being once referred to. The prizes will be distributed in the Town-hall on Tuesday next: On Friday week a match between the University and County of Oxford was shot at Botley, eight on each side, at 200, 500, and 600 yards. The County scored at 200 yards 40, at 500 yards 22, at GOO yards 25,— total, 87 ; the University 65, 31, 24 total, 120. The best individual scores were for the Unitersity—Mr. Lipscomb° 19, Captain Parker, Captain Hussey, and Air. Weeks 17 ; for the County —Colour-Sergeant B acon and I\4, Timberlake 15, Capt. Mallam and Lieut. Thompson 14. The Uni versity of Oxford Rifle Corps, being now more than 500 strong, will be represented at Wimbledon by four members who have made the highest scores at 200, 600, and 600 yards, 15 rounds at each range. Mr. Lipscombe and Mr. G. Norsworthy made 53 points each, Mr. E. Owen 51, Captain Hussey 49. On Monday last the musical instruments sub scribed for by the lathes of Oxford were presented to the 2d Oxfordshire (the City) Rifle Volunteers Corps, in the gardens of St. John's College, by per , mission of the President and Fellows. In addition to the usual set of instruments, a pair of cymbals, taken from the Summer Palace of the Emperor of China, was included in the presentation, having been sent over by Capt. the Hon. Sydney Annesley. Her Grace the Duchess of Marlborough, accom panied by the Duke, in presenting the gift, made a spirited speech which was received with great en thusiasm. Captain Parsons replied on behalf of the officers and men. On Wednesday evening, the 12th, a concert was given by permission of Lady Meux, in the Tennis court, Theobald's-park, in aid of the band fund of the 11th Herts Rifle Volunteers. Upwards of 1,000 visitors were present, and the entertainment was eminently successful. On Friday the Ist Suffolk battalion, compris ing eight companies, and under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Anstruther and Adjutant Barnardiston, was reviewed at Bury St. Ed munds. The proceedings were wound up with a dinner in the botanic gardens, at which 600 per sons were present. The Royal Forest of Dean Rifle Corps, mustering from 200 to 300 strong, was reviewed at the Speech house, on Wednesday afternoon, by Colonel Pur nell. The Colonel expressed his satisfaction with the day's proceedings. On Friday evening the right wing of the 2d battalion 26th Kent (Royal Arsenal) Volunteer Rifles, was inspected by the commandant of the corps, Colonel A. T. Tulloh, R.A. After inspection the Colonel said that he regarded the proper ob servance of the military salute to be important as a matter of discipline, and likely to promote a good feeling between the two services so well represented in Woolwich. Referring more immediately to the result of this day's proceedings, he was glad to re mark satisfactory indications of a well-disciplined corps. A review of Volunteer Artillery Corps of Glo cestershire and Somersetshire by Major-General Sir It. Dacres, K.C.8., is to take place on Wednes day next on Durdham Down, Clifton. Some prizes for carbine firing and heavy gun practice are to be competed for on the previous day, and will be dis tributed among the successful competitors at the close of the review. A VISIT TO THE GREAT WAIL 01 CHINA, VIA PEKIN. Mr. E. B. Fonblanque, in a letter to the Times, says :—A few days ago you did me the honour to publish a record of my impressions of the ascent of Fusijama. Next to the sacred mountain of Japan, few places have hitherto been more inaccessible to the European than the Great Wall of China ; and from a visit to this wonder of the world I have just returned, bringing with me a brick, duly labelled, under the head and seal of two credible witnesses, as having been actually taken off the top of the wall, and which brick is now on its way to England to be deposited in the United Service Institution. Several Europeans joined with me in " doing" Fusijama, and in Lord Amherst's time the members of the Embassy accomplished a visit to the Great Wall ; but, with the exception of myself, no man living or dead has done both, and on these grounds I claim another short space in your columns descrip tive of my late journey. Accompanied by Mr. Dick, an excellent Chinese scholar, and attached as interpreter to the Commis sariat, I left Tien-tsin on the 11 th of March, and, after a three days' ride through as uninteresting a country as can well be conceived, came in sight of the fine solid wall which encloses the straggling mass of ruin, dirt, and decay, called Pekin. . Chinese villages are. at best, dreary and squalid looking, but on this route, where the dogs of war have so recently been let loose, there is something harrowing- in tho mioPry and flPQnlAtion of the scene. Has grinding oppression and long suffor ing deadened the heart of the Chinese peasant to all sense of injury ? Or has he, after all, a Christian feeling of forgiveness towards his enemies, for which no orthodox Churchman would give the Pagan cre dit ? I cannot explain it, but I own to something like a sense of shame having come over me as we two solitary unarmed strangers passed through crowds of men, women, and children, standing by the charred ruins of their homesteads and among their shattered household gods, without being met by a single angry look or gesture—nay, more, al ways receiving a ready and friendly reply to every question. Perhaps they felt grateful that we had, at any rate, spared their lives, which is more than they can expect from their countrymen, the rebels, when they pay them a visit. Some of the villages along our road were mere heaps of rubbish ; others retained more cr less the semblance of human habitations. In the larger ones, such as Ho-si-woo, which it may be remem bered was for some time in occupation of our troops, the late enemy's inscriptions on doors and walls seem to be piously preserved as agveeable relics, and such familiar garrison words as " Offi cers' Quarters," " Canteen," " Fane's Horse," " Commissariat," " General Hospital," Scc., meet one at every turn ; though one cannot but remark with regret that the buildings which appear to have a fforded shelter to the invaders are sadly devoid of everything in the shape of woodwork, which was probab;3 7 used as occasion required for cooking din water. A celebrated and imposing ne din ners pawnbroker'sand bo.`lin g shop, which was " looted" here, has not yet recovered but let it be borne in mind that in pillage, as in waoton destruction, the Chinese themselves far excel the B r tish or even the French soldier ; the bonds of restraint once removed, and a Celestial mob have no patriotic or religious scruples as to the property of mandarin, priest, or peasant— as they fully exemplified at the sacking of Yuen ming-yuen and the Llama temple, the sacred pro ceeds of which are to this day openly offered for sale at more or less exorbitant prices in the shops of Tien -tsin. At Ho-si-woo we met a French missionary bishop on his way to Europe, after having passed 25 years in China ; he was dressed in the native costume, even to the pigtail, and appeared to be treated with great reverence by the unbelieving crowd who flocked ia to see the " mandarin priest." The self devotion, the zeal, and, as a very general rule, the pure and simple lives led by the French missionaries in China (and their number throughout the empire and the kingdom of Siam exceeds 1,500), are not without their effect upon the people, although this is not displayed by wholesale and indiscriminate conversion to nominal Christianity. c f a ro u ni ne a n Passing over the fine stone bridge of Palichou, which bears unmistakable marks of the French that cannon, and wound, ordered a c p r o a o c r e la ß ra mandarin, bazon to bsemartin decapi tated, we preferre we came upon the broad paved road leading and which after into Pekin, but which was in such wretched repair streets rset hours ieat is broughtf iank capital.d us A a by trees, otnhdreeYmanilges a no P t a h t ee h rc r h u a n n n_ing parallel with it, to o e t a h ry dusty ride of three or four gate of hthewide - se tia of a populous interiormbling rather the approach to a village than th r e e city, led us to the portal of residence assigned to the BritisTkLung-fu, the time egation—a straggling, dreary, dilapidated building, w hi ch and money might convert into a tolerably habitable barrack for a brigade of infantry, but which can never become a comfo r t able or suitabl e residence for a Minister and the few members of his suite. Europeans are still novelties in Pekin. Some grandees that we meet in chairs, and some manda rins, numerously attended, on horseback, carefully averted their gaze from the offensive foreign devils as we passed ; but the shopkeepers came to their doors and stared at us with mild curiosity, and the mob, and more particularly its juvenile portion, followed us in crowds, and occasionally saluted us with expressions more familiar gin polite r Upon THE' SUN, LONDON; MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 17, 1861 the whole, however, we had no reason to complain of the conduct of the people ; the race of gamins is much the same all the world over. A thxee days' ramble through Pekin, or at least those part accessible to foreigners (against whom the official quarter is hermetically closed), showed me little to admire, if I except the Wall and one lovely view called Pay-hay, formed of a picturesque group of :ternplesi embosomed in trees, on the bor ders of an ornamental piece of water. Dirt, ruin, and bad smells reign supreme in the capital of the " Lord of Ten Thousand Years." On expressing my intention of visiting the Great Wall, the nearest part of which is about 50 miles from Pekin, in an almost due northerly direction, I was of course told of the many insuperable obsta cles to be overcome, the risk of falling into the hands of the rebels, of being attacked by robbers, and, more perilous than all, of meeting the Emperor on his entry into the capital ; but old travellers in the East are accustomed to these auguries, and I started, together with Mr. Dick, confident that bad roads and rough fare would prove our worst enemies. Passing out of the Antin Gate (through which our army made its entry), we made a detour of a mile or two to visit the Russian cemetery, where a hideous stone monument, bearing the following inscription, has been erected to the memory of our poor mur dered countrymen : " Sacred to the memory of Captain L. B. Bra bazon, R.A. ; Lieutenant R. B. Anderson, Fane's Horse ; Private S. Phibbs, Ist Dragoon Guards ; W. de Norman, Esq., Attache to H. M. Lega tion ; T. H. Bowlby, Esq., and eight Sikh sol diers ; who, treacherously seized in violation of a flag of truce on 10th September, 1860, sank under the inhuman treatment to which they were sub jected by the Chinese Government during their captivity." No Englishman can stand before that, stone and think of the terrible tortures inflicted upon those brave men, to most of whom death so slowly brought relief, without feeling that the most treacherous and foul murders ever committed under the sanctiou of a Government have been but inadequately avenged, and that the destruction of a miserable palace and the exaction of a few thousand pounds are but poor compensation for such lives as have been lost to the country. That the authors and perpetrators of outrages the full extent of which has never yet been divulged are known, and might have been brought to justice, admits of no doubt. The cowardly murderer of poor Brabazon lives, and holds at this moment a high command under his Imperial master; but not one has been brought to justice, although to have hanged such wretches from the highest turret of the walls of Pekin would have done more towards teaching the Chinese Go vernment humanity than all the treaties that could be concluded or all the sermons that missionaries can preach. An old Chinaman, a devout Christian (if crossing oneself frequently be a proof of faith), is the guar dian of the cemetery. He pointed out the order in which the bodies of Anderson, DeNorman, Bowiby, and Phibbs lie buried (that of Brabazon has not been traced yet) ; but there is nothing to dis tinguish the different graves, or, indeed, to show that human remains lie beneath the sandy soil upon which you stand.* Passing the Llama temple, which an inscription in chalk tells us served as Military Train stables during the occupation, and which bears terrible marks of the spoiler's hand, we proceeded on our route through a sterile tract of country, and reach ing the village of Harei-lung-koun at night, slept at a small inn, in company with some 20 or 30 cutthroat-looking Mongolian soldiers on their way to fight the rebels. Another day's journey brought us to Chataou—a hamlet at the foot of the Great Wall. The road for the last 15 miles had been so bad that we were obliged to leave our horses at Nankan, hiring in their place Tartar ponies. Nothing less sure-footed than these shaggy, hardy, little beasts could have carried us thro4gh those rugged mountain paths, which we would have done on foot but that one mile's march over the sharp rock which forms the pavement would have left us shoeless. .. . _ At daybreak on the following morning we climbed the highest peak of the mountain range, and there, standing on the top of the Great Wall, reflected upon the stupendous folly of this wonderful work of human industry, which is said to have cost the country 200,000 lives from sheer physical exhaustion. The Wall, which is built of otono and hriolt, is 9fl finpt high and 15 feet broad, surmounted by a double parapet, loopholed on the north side. As far as the eye can follow the mountain range it winds over the ridges of the precipitous black rocks like a gigantic serpent crawling along, and with its breath poisoning all around; for turn where you will, nothing meets the view but the desolate, dreary tract of rock, unrelieved by a blade of grass or a tuft of moss, and huge boulders strewing the base of the mountain sides. It was the whim of a tyrant to build ;a wall where Nature had already built a barrier far more effectual than anything that human art could construct. However, there it remains, after a lapse of nearly 2,000 years—a monument of the cruel folly of one man, and the patient industry and sufferings of many thousands. Having made an abortive attempt at a sketch, and tried in vain to discover ono redeeming feature in this vast scene of desolation, I secured my brick, and, descending to the pass, remounted to proceed homewards. Our guide could hardly believe his senses—certainly he doubted ours. When at Nan kin mine host inquired what we were going to the Great Wall for. Our honest answer met with no credit. Were there not walls elsewhere P Was not the Wall of Pekin much better worth looking at ? And then, as for shooting, why come so far for game when it could be bought in the market, at our very doors ? His impression evidently was that we had some sinister project in view ; but when we returned with the brick the good man simply burst out laughing, and set us down for a couple of harmless maniacs. Before entering Pekin I determined to pay a visit to the renowned Summer Palace, and, meeting with no obstruction, found my way through the outer enclosure into the midst of the ruins of Yuen-ming-yuen. The work of destruction seems to have been tolerably complete, and not the least effort has been made to restore grounds or build ings ; shells of grotesque houses and pagodas, heaps of ruins and cinders, charred beame, and trees with their drooping branches singed to death, met you at every turn, though I did here and there discover a building that appeared to have escaped detection, or, perhaps, was gutted without having been after wards fired. At one of the principal gates, too, two monstrous bronze lions, valued at.. 415.000 each. remain intact upon their massive pedestals. Cer tainly it would have required the greater part of the transport of the army to carry them away. I suppose I ought to have felt indignant at seeing the ruin we have made of a very fair scene, but I confess I did not. The poor harmless villager, whose wretched hut was burnt over his head, had exhausted all my sympathies. I thought of the I graves in the Russian cemetery, and felt disposed to regret only that the Emperor and his courtiers had not been present to witness the looting of the Palace. On pursuing my refarches, I was stopped at an inner gate by some Eurochoz soldiers, and m hile parleying a Mandarin, numerously attended, emerged from the interior, and requested me to retire, as my remaining, or penetrating further, might cost him his place, if not his head. He was perfectly polite, and so was I, and of course I obeyed orders, and rode away. On approaching our Legation in Pekin, I saw the tricolour flying over a wall immediately opposite, the French Minister having that day made his entry, and on the following morning Mr. Bruce arrived. It is to be hoped that our colours have by this time been hoisted, although I heard a very accomplished and experienced member of the Lega tion express his hope that Mr. Bruce would not tisk hurting the feelings of the poor dear Chinese officials by flyin g hi s national flag in Pekin. We ise have a fa h r a m co o r r r e o t p o t fe g a o r v , o w rn h m il eti while dealing eint7,:vwitohrtldh,e frommo irz most pa truckling to th e i r p re j u di ces than from aesuming a . d and ind epen d ent attitude • and the latter is the on e w hi ch Mr. Bruce, theft to follow h instincts, i will be certain to pursue. course is a * Since this Was Written I learn that Mr. Bruce has caused mounds to efiOct9d ()yer tl4O diarent &Ivo, THE BUILDERS' STRIKE. The masons' committee reported on Saturday that the following firms, in addition to those already announced, had acceded to the terms of the men, viz., Messrs. Wren, Pimlico ; Todd, Chelsea ; Fish, Milbank; Williams, Bricknell, Clapham; Hay ward, Kensington ; and Holidge, Sydenham ; making in all seventeen firms where the men had resumed work under the terms of the compromise. Several of the masons, withdrawn from the country jobs of those London firms paying by the hour, arrived in town on Saturday evening. A considerable sum of money was received by the treasurer from the country districts during Saturday, but too late to strike a dividend. The men, however, were all paid on Saturday morning the allowance voted by the society, and they enter tain strong hopes of the question being speedily settled, so many of the masters being impressed with the reasonable terms of the compromise. On Saturday, when the masons were paid off, at twelve o'clock, at the Westminster-bridge Works, under the new arrangement, a notice was issued to all the workmen of every description employed, that in future they would be paid off at twelve o'clock on Saturdays, and if required to work longer would be paid for overtime at time and a half. It is needless to say that this notice gave great satisfaction to the numerous body of men em ployed. The contractor, Mr. Johnson, has also conceded the 6d. per day to the bricklayers on the works. At a delegate meeting of the carpenters it has been determined that the opinion of the trade be taken by ballot as to whether they shall adhere to the demand for the nine hours, or unite with the masons and bricklayers in demanding the terms of the compromise. (From the Times.) A walk along the principal thoroughfares of the metropolis opens at this moment some very strange spectacles. Every here and there an imperfect but noble-looking edifice, on which hundreds of work men have been engaged, lies abandoned, as it were, to the elements, like a derelict vessel forsaken by its owners. The scaffolding still stands, the cranes and pullies are in their places, and there seems no imaginable reason for the suspension of the design. A foreigner might fancy either that we were the most capricious and speculative people in the world, or that some national convulsion, like the American civil war, had called away all the industrious classes from their ordinary avocations to the dreadful work of a campaign. The simple truth of the matter is, that there is another strike in the building trade. After a few weeks' agitation and controversy the decisive step has been taken. The Masons' Union has ordered every member of the society to cease working ; the mon have obeyed the order, and, as the other trades cannot get on without the masons, there is an end of all building for the present upon which the unions can enforce their decrees. The crisis thus produced is so important that we must give the public a clear account of the circumstances from which it has arisen and of the questions now actually at issue. It is but a short time since a general strike in the building trades for the day of nine hours was ter minated by the defeat of the men, and the resump tion of work on the old terms of a ten-hours day. The failure of the strike was complete. Not only did the masters outlast ,the men, and compel them by their superior resources to give in, but public opi nion was also decisively pronounced in favour of employers, and against the demands of the unions. Every reasoning man in the kingdom saw that the claims of the workmen were without warrant. They were getting a fair day's wage for a fair day's work. They were suffering no oppression, and had no ground of complaint. They were better off, in fact, not only than most classes of operatives, but than many classes of higher social position. As the con troversy proceeded, indeed, it became clear that the movement had not been based on any grievance at all, but had originated in a scheme for increasing the general fund of employment. If every work man engaged in the building trades did one-tenth less work than before, either more hands must be taken on, or the job would last so much longer. The same amount of work, in short, would support a greater number of workmen, and therefore, to gain this advantage, all the Unionists in the building trades were ordered to strike. It was hoped that the masters would be obliged to yield under such organised pressure, and that the unions would have their will. As it happened, the struggle ended the other way. It was the men, not the masters, who had to give in, and the victory of the employers was confirmed by the hearty approbation of the public. Nevertheless, as soon as the spring of the present year brought a little pleasant weather, and some large contracts had opened a good prospect of work, the building trades unions were perverse enough to renew their demands. They again claimed to re• ceive ten hours' pay for nine hours' work, and revived all their old menaces in the event of a refusal. Under these circumstances a large metropolitan firm adopted a course calculated not only to settle the pending dispute, but to close the question at issue once and for all. They determined to pay their men not by the day, but by the hour, so that every work man might make his day as long or as short as he pleased. The proposition was perfectly reasonable in itself, but it was accompanied also by a gratuitous piece of liberality. The current rate of pay was in creased, so that a man, by working the same num ber of hours as before, could earn a larger sum per week, or earn the same sum though working two or three hours less. Such good terms soon found favour, and were accepted by great numbers of men ; but the unions were bitterly opposed to them. The new system struck at the very root of their power, by depriving them of one of their chief subjects of agitation, and removing the hours of labour question from their cognisance altogether. It was foreseen that they would make a desperate fight for their prerogatives, and the anticipation has now been verified. On Saturday, the Bth inst., the masons' committee called all their members off work, and the consequence is the present strike—to be fought out in the old foolish and miserable manner. We have repeatedly said that if the men choose to strike they must do so. Such combinations are no longer unlawful, nor can anybody interfere between a wilful man and his way. But we have also said, and we now repeat, that the public will judge the merits of the quarrel, and will not be slow to ex press an opinion when a great department of indus try is wantonly deranged. We tell the men that in the opinion of the country they will find no support. The present strike is more perverse than ever strike was before. The last was bad enough, because it was founded on an untenable claim, but this is far worse, because it is the revival of a question which had been absolutely decided, and about the merits of which there no longer re mains the slightest doubt. The men have no right in the world to ten hours' pay . for nine hours' work, and, if they object to this system of payment by the hour, they have only themselves to thank for it. They drove the masters to adopt it. Without any regard to the reason of the case, or to the deliberate opinion of the public, they re newed their demand for a day of nine hours, and openly declared that they would extort by impor tunity what they could not obtain by argument. They were ready to strike again for the nine h ours , and, when the masters judiciously shelved that question by a new method of reckoning wages, they struck against that method itself, though nothing can be fairer than the proffered rate of pay or the system by which it is calculated. Of course such proceedings are at their own discretion, but they must not count on any public sympathy. In reality, they are not striking either for a rate or a method of payment. They are striking in obedience to an edict of the Unions, framed in the hope of getting command over the trade. As their demands are not sustainable by argument, and are supported only by organised force, it is perfectly pain that they may be renewed over and over again up to any point of extravagance. After extorting payment by the day, they might rule that the day should consist of eight hours instead of nine, or of seven instead of eight. If, under such conditions as these, they got the better of the masters, it would simply prove that the masters were completely under their power, and would be obliged either to accept the dictation of the Unions or to quit the trade. Hitherto the element of reason has entered very beneficially into these quarrels. The public, being perfectly impar tial, and having no bias whatever in favour of either side, acted as a species of arbitor, and brought out the true merits of the case. We may say, in fact, that with a reasonable case the men would probably win, and with an unreasonable one would certainly lose. Now, however, reason is set aside altogether. The men, though their claims stand convicted of injustice and extravagance, have renewed them in reliance upon farce alone. They have gone into win by organisation and power. They have no case, but believe themselves to possess great strength. We believe they will find them selves mistaken, and we are very sure that even their own interests would suffer if the Unions could establish their despotic authority over masters and men together. — Tines. [AnvEirrtsEmErri.]-1-followay's Ointment and rills. — Domestic Remedies.—There aro two periods, especially in woman's life, which require for safe passage, judgment, and attention. Irregularity is apt, at those critical times, to take place, and to lay the foundation of future disease. Holloway's Ointment well rubbed over the defective organs will soon restore them to the full performance of their na tural functions, and completely relieve the system of these first specs of disease. The Pills, safe in action, and effec tive in re 4114, tiotitd likewise be taken; as they contribute materially to the Ointment's efficiency, Tho Prone, use of these domestic remedies prevents nervousness, hystefia, erysipelas, dropsy, and a host of. similar and often serious disorders. By expelling all impurities, they Doligaiza a clear silky complozio4, CEN2RAL CRIMINAL COURT, June 15, NEW COURT. (Before the Common Sergeant.) The Silk Roberry from the St. Katherine's Dock Cony.—The trial of the four prisoners, William Crane, 41, Joseph Barker, 29, shoemaker, Peter Debock, 35, silk dealer, and John Newton, 59, silk dealer, for stealing and receiving a large quantity of silk, the property of the St. Katherine's Dock Company, was resumed on Saturday. Sergeant Ballantine (specially retained), with Mr. Metcalfe and Mr. F. 11. Lewis, were counsel for .Newton ; Sergeant Parry (also specially re tained), with Mr. Kibton, Mr. Lloyd, and Mr. Rosher, appeared for Debock ; Mr. Sleigh and Mr. Orridge for Crane; and Mr. Cooper for Barker. After the case for the prosecution had closed on Friday evening, Sergeant Ballantine and Sergeant Parry addressed the jury, with their usual ability, on behalf of their respective clients, Newton and Debock, and the answer they endeavoured to set up to the charge made against them was, that Newton had purchased the property of Agg, with whom he had had dealings for a considerable time, in the ordinary way of business, and that Debock was merely the agent of Agg, who was iu reality the guilty party. A host of witnesses were examined as to the cha racter of the prisoner Newton, and their evidence was of the most favourable character. It seemed that he had originally filled a very humble posi tion, but by industry and assiduity he had attained one of considerable importance, and at the time of this unfortunate occurrence he had 130 persons in his employ, and his business returns were £40,000 a year. It also was proved by the evidence of seve ral eminent persons engaged in the silk trade that the price he was represented to have paid Agg for the silk in question, 13s. a pound, was a full price for an article of that description. Mr. Giffard, when the case for the defence was concluded, made a most able reply on behalf of the prosecution, and his speech was not concluded until near nine o'clock at night. The Common Sergeant then addressed the jury, and said, if they wished to go on at that late hour, he was ready to do so, but at the same time re minded them that it must necessarily take him a considerable time to sum up, and that, as it was Saturday night, if they did not very speedily agree, he could not take the verdict after 12 o'clock, and he suggested that it would perhaps be as well to adjourn at once. The Foreman of the Jury, after consulting with his colleagues, said they would rather go on with the case, and ;they did not think they should bo very long deliberating upon it. The Common Sergeant, upon this intimation from the jury, at once proceeded to sum up, placing in a most clear and concise manner all the impor tant points in the evidence that had been adduced in support of the prosecution, and for the defence. The jury retired at 11 o'clock to consider their verdict, and in about half an hour they returned into Court, and gave a verdict of not guilty in the cases of Newton, Crane, and Barker, and convicted. Debock upon the count charging him with feloni ously receiving the property knowing it to have been stolen. They at the same time recommended him to mercy on account of his previous good cha racter. All the prisoners seemed quite overcome when the verdict was delivered, and Newton in particu lar cried most bitterly. Debock was also very much affected, and he exclaimed in an excited manner, " I am innocent." After Newton, Crane, and Barker had been re moved, Debock was called up for judgment, and he then addressed the Court, and declared that he was en tirely innocent in the transaction, and that Agg had placed the silk in his possession as security for the sum of £2OO, which he had lent him, and that he took the silk away without his knowledge. He said that when he found that it was going to Derby he thought that Agg was trying to shuffle him, and he went down to Derby, in order that he might get his money back, and he asked his brother-in-law to accompany him. He added that Agg and Hunter were trying to get away from them, but they watched them, and at six o'clock in the evening Agg gave him the three £lOO notes, and he saw no more of him. He also said, that not being able to read or write he was still fearful that Agg was, de ceiving him, and this was the reason he questioned Mr. Rowbotham, the landlord of the public-house, whether the notes were genuine. The Common Sergeant, in passing sentence, said that if the statement made by the prisoner was true he should have made it to the police at first, and then inquiries might have been made, and possibly he would not have been placed in his present posi tion. Instead of this, however, it was clear that he had told a great many falsehoods, and upon all the facts he quite concurred in the verdict, and did not see how the jury could have returned any other. It was a very serious offence, committed with great ingenuity and deliberation, and but for the recommendation to mercy he should have passed a much more severe sentence than the one he was about to pronounce, which was that he be im prisoned and kept to hard labour for 18 months. At a quarter to 12 o'clock the court was ad journed to Monday, July 8. GREAT FIRES AT MANCHESTER. On two evenings in succession—those of Friday and Saturday last—Manchester has been the scene of disastrous conflagrations; tho second being the most extensive destruction of property from this cause that has been known in that city for many years past, while the first was attended with the death of one of the firemen and injury to three others. The fire on Friday evening was at a mill in Ancoats-vale, near to Palmerston -street, the three lower floors being occupied by Messrs. W. Bailey and R. Crawshaw, reed makers, and the top story tenanted by Mr. S. Hamer, indiarubber manufac turer. The fire seems to have begun about half past eight and made very rapid progress. It is thought, but not ascertained, to have been caused by the boiling over of some inflammable matter in the top story. In half an hour the roof fell in, and for a moment the flames seemed to have been checked, but there was a gentle breeze at the time which fanned them speedily into tenfold fury. The sky was aglow for many miles around, so lirilliant was its blaze, fed with the naphtha, oils, and resin, of which the building contained abundance. An im mense quantity of water was poured on the mill from six fire-engines, under the command of Mr. Rose, the superintendent of the Manchester fire brigade. No efforts, however, could save the pro perty, and in two hours a heap of smouldering ruins was all that remained. A row of cottages were slightly burnt, and the inhabitants too hastily de stroyed their own furniture by hurling it from the windows to be saved. Some other property was in serious danger. The heat all around was extreme and fearfully scorching, both to the neighbouring buildings and to persons who ventured within its range. After the fire had been completely over come part of the walls of the mill fell out ward, killing a fireman named Holmes, a very valuable member of the force who had been in it for 20 years, and leaves a widow and family. Three other firemen were injured and taken home, but it is thought they will not prove to have been very seriously hurt. The damage was about £12,000. The property is said to have been uninsured ; and it is a circumstance in which sympathy will be curiously enlisted on opposite sides, that Mr. Hamer had just concluded to dispose of his business pre vious to a tour on the continent, the transaction awaiting only the formal handing over of the works to other owners, who have thus narrowly escaped all the less. On Saturday evening, about half-past five o'clock, informe.tion was brought to the station of the Manchester Fire Brigade that one of the most extensive manufactories in the city—that of Messrs. Parr, Curtis, and Madely, who are makers of cotton machinery, had been discovered to be on fire. A member of this firm, Mr. Matthew Curtis, is the present Mayor of Manchester. The works were in Chapel-street, Ancoats, and consisted of a main building seven stories high, each having 30 win• dows to the front, connected by wings or wooden galleries with the joiners' workshops, four stories high, which were on the opposite side of a yard between 30 and 40 feet broad. The origin of the fire is not known; but it began in the workshops, where large quantities of timber were in store. A strong east wind carried the full force of the flames towards the main building, which was soon a prey to them, and was also reached by the progress of the fire along the connecting wings. In a very short time the whole yard was filled with flame. Mr. Rose proceeded to the spot with the whole strength of the Manchester brigade, and brought 12 jets to bear from the mains and fire engines ; but from the first he had no hopes of s aving any part of the premises. I n t wo h ours the whole of this great property was enveloped in a vast blaze, which, although it was still in broad daylight, was a sight of terrible magnificence. The roof of the main building and of the workshops fell in, and one a ft er th e other all thematisosoorsf crashed in, f o ll owe d a t intervals by the greater part of th e outer wa ll s , a nd burying in the ruin a large amount of valuable machinery, whi c h theve Every thousands avenue o o f f was very n ear co mpletien. The fire Was not quite sabdued till nearly mi l d o n ek i t h a t. by E approa c h was d e nsely b c-aree so intens e as to make them "pectators, who were at first serio us l y i n the way till the heat be keep their distance without the almost inetfectual efforts of the police to control them. The works had been closed at 2 o'clock is t he Afteruou, ancl there were only left in the workshops 10 or 12 men for some repairs. One of these injured himself heedlessly, and had to be taken to the infirmary, by jumping from the third story before ladders could be brought, and while the staircase was still available for his safe descent. The loss to proprie tors will not be less than between £70,000 and £BO,OOO. We understand the property is insured in various offices for about half that amount. Although this was the disastrous result of the fire, the efforts of Mr. Rose and the firemen were throughout most energetic and praiseworthy, and were rewarded by a consequence which is not to be overlooked —the preservation of the great neigh bouring buildings, including the cotton-mill of Messrs. Haworth and Co., and a great deal of house property, all of which had actually been attacked by the fire. THE MI STERIOUS MURDER AT KINGSWOOD RECTORY. KINGSWOOD, SUNDAY EVENING. We are enabled to state, that by an extraordinary discovery—the particulars of which transpired last evening—Mr. Superintendent Coward, of the Surrey constabulary, and Sergeant Robinson, of the London detective force, who have the manage ment of this case, have been put in possession of most important information, which leave little, if any doubt, that within a very brief period, b od, e th a e p p p e r r e: per petrators of this barbarous murder wiil hended. It may be remembered that the only article sup. posed to be stolen from the Rev. Mr. Taylor's house, was a brooch belonging to one of his servants who usually slept in the room where the outrage took place, and that when the body of the murdered woman was discovered, there was a coloured silk handkerchief, brought by the assassins, tied tightly round her mouth, and fastened at the top or back of her head. A good deal of doubt was entertained whether the brooch had really been taken away. Although the box in which it ought to have been found was empty, it was thought the articles of jewellery, which were of trifling value, might have fallen down or have been thrust aside by the vil lains while they were ransacking the drawers. Mr. Superintendant Coward decided upon making a strict search in all parts of the room, and proceeded. to execute the task himself. While he was so engaged he found a small packet of papers, which had hitherto escaped the notice of several persons who had inspected the apartment. Upon being examined these papers proved of the highest importance, and. there is small doubt but that they will lead to the apprehension and conviction of the murderers.. There is a letter or letters written in a foreign lan guage, dated as recently as the Friday prior to the committal of the murder on Monday last. For ob vious reasons it would be unwise to public the con tents of the document referred to, but without being at all likely to frustrate the ends of justice, we may state that the letters contain names, addresses, and other highly important particulars, both as regards the sender and receiver, and that, in point of fact, the police authorities may be said to know the very name, at least, of one of the murderers, who is clearly a foreigner, and considering the secluded spot where the murder took place, and that Mr. Alcock's house and that of Mr. Taylor were twos residences likely to yield a good. harvest to a gang of burglars, it is generally believed that the mur derers must have been aware of that fact, and have started from London (where it is believed they re side) for the express purpose of committing rob bery, accompanied by acts of personal violence, if necessary, for the successful accomplishment of their designs. COUNTRY MARKETS. CAMBRIDGE-JUNE 15. - - A moderate supply of wheat, with a grad demand, and prices is to 2s lower—white, 59s to 6: 4 ,5; rod, 48s to 568. Barley in short supply, malting 3P,s to 40s, grinding 27s to 325. Oats scarce, from 20s te, 28s. Beans also scarce, and a dull sale, from 40s to 45,s per qr. YORK—JvsE 15. The market was rather dull, with a middling supply of wheat, and last week's rates declined is to 2s per quarter. Very little barley came to hand, with a dull demand. Oats were scarce, with a slow inquiry, and prices not so high. Beans were scarce, and prices rather cheaper. Wheat, red 44s to 54s I Oats . 2Bs to 30s White do .56s to 60s 1 Beans 4Ss to 541 Barley .38s to 40s 1 Peas ....—s to —s Malt, 70s to 72s per qr. ; rye, 26s per qr. ; flour, 458 to 47sfper sack. NORWICH—JUNE 15. At this market to-day wheat was in short supply, with a slow sale, and last week's rates were at a slight decline. The supply of barley limited, and little business doing. The same remarks will apply to oats, beans, and peas. The weather this week has been magnificent, and the crops are reported as more favourable. White wheat 57s to 60s I Red wheat 54s to 563 Malting barley....4ss to 47s I Chevalier barley 41s to 448 Distilling do ......31s to 34s I Oats.. 26s to 303 Flour, 40s to —s Od per sack from the miller. NORTHAMPTON--RwE 15. At this corn-market wheat was in average supply. with a quiet business doing—prices rt . .ngizg from 608 to 62s for old, and 40s to 57s for new. A. small show of barley — malting 40s to 425, grinding 2°B to 38s per qr. Oats in moderate show, and prices as kiefore—quoted at 33s to 348 per 24 stone. Beans, old, .36s to 468; peas, 44s to 48s. Rye, 37s to 42s ; malt, 6°,8 to 72s ; flour, 33s to 34s per sack LEICESTER-JUNE 15. The supply of wheat of a fair character, and prices were at a decline of is t o 2 s. Whi te wheat,from 64s to 70s —rod, 46s to 68s per 36 stone; a rather slow demand for barley, grinding, 30s to 325; malting, 36s to 40s per qr.; oats, 24s to 35s per 24 stone. Beans—old, 56s to 572; new, 40s to 51s per 38 stone. Fine flour, 48s Seconds, 41s j Thirds, 38s per 20 stone. THE MAILS. MAILS DUE. Australia, Ceylon, and Mauritius (via South ampton) .. Do. '' ** iv . ia Marseilles) June 12. Brazil and Cape Verde .. • • .. .. July 4.1 Buenos Ayres, Monte Video, &c. .. .. Cuba and Mexico .. .. .. .. .. June ( .8. Canada &c. (via L' derry) . .. .. June 12. Cape of Good Hope, &c... .. .. .. July 2 China, Penang, and Singapore (via: S'ampton) June 18. Do (via Marseilles) June 12. Gibraltar (via S outhampton) .. Overdue. India (Calcutta), Ceyl on, &c. (villSouthampton) June 18. Do• (via Marseilles) June 12. India (Bombay), (via Southampton) .. .. Overdue. Lisbon Do. ( v i a Marseilles) June 19. . June 11. Malta, Egypt, and Aden (via Southampton) .. Overdue. Do. (via Marseilles) .. 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