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THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 9, 1861. NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION.— C. F. HANCOCK, Jeweller and Silversmith to the Queen, 32, Bruton-street, Bond-street, having been selected by the C3mmittee to make the "BADGE" to be worn by the Members of the " National Rifle Association," begs respectfully to inform them that it may be procured at his Establishment, or on the grounds at Wimbledon, in SILVER, price 7s. 6d., and in GOLD ENAMELLED, prim Three Guineas. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Backstone. TUTS EVENING, the performances win commence with THE MIDDY ASHORE. Mrs. E. Fitzwilliam. Atter which THE OVERLAND ROUTE. Messrs. Chas. Mathews, Buckstone, E. Villiers, Rogers, lc. ; Mrs. Wilkins, Mrs. C. Mathews, and Miss E. Weekes. Followed by TAKING BY STORM. Mr. C. Mathews. And THE GALICIAN FETE. Commence at 7. R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Hr. A. Harris. THIS EVENING, the new comic drama, entitled A HOMESTEAD STORY, Messrs. Ryder Shore, and bliss M. Harris. To conclude with AS YOU LIKE IT. Mary Provost ; Jaques, Mr. Phelps. Rosalind, Miss MISS MARY PROVOST will make her first appearance in England as RoSALIND, in AS YOU LIKE IT, at the Royal Princess's Theatre, TO-NIGHT, July 9th. NEW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI.- Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING MR. GORILLA. Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, Billington ; Miss Kate Kelly, Miss E. Thorne. After which (227th time), THE COLLEEN BAWN. Mr. D. Boucicault, D. s'isher, Billin on, Falooner, Stephenson , C. J. Smith, Romer, Howard, "War gt d ; Mrs. Boucicault, Miss Woolgar. Mrs. Billington, and Mrs. Chatterley. To conclude with the successful new Farce, entitled A TURKISH BATH. Mr. J. L. Toole. Mr. P. Bedford. Doors open at half past 6—Commence at 7. CANTERBURY-HALL AND FINE ARTS GALLERY. EERY EVENING. Two Grand Sele c tions from celebrated Operas. including Verdi's new Opera. THE BAL MASQUE (first produced in England at this Establishment), with a Chorus of Forty Voices, and upon a scale unequalled at any other Concerts. Miss Russell, Miss Ernst, Mr. Greville, Mr. Herbert, Signor Tivoli, Mr. Bernard; popular Solos on the Cornet-a-piston, by Mr. Levy (the first performer of the day); the Brothers Conrad (in an entirely original entertainment on the double roe,p not to be seen elsewhere); continued success of Mr. Wood and his talented little Son. The Comic Department comprises the following . favourites : —Mr. Marshall, Mr. Hollingsworth ; the NERVES, by Messrs. Harvey and French ; and Mrs. Lawrence. Musical Director, Mr. JONGIMANS. T H E .0 X F O R D, 6, OXFORD-STREET. This noble building being now completed, its architectural beauty, elegance of ornamentation, and brilliancy of lighting render it one of the sights of the metropolis. Open Every Evening. The programme is varied, and includes Selections (by a full company of principals, powerful band, and Chorus) from " Macbeth" and " tin Ballo in Maschera." both operas by Verdi, the comp o ser of the day—The wonderful Solos on the Cornet-a-Piston of the renowned LEVY—Scotch Duets by the Misses Stuart, and other vocal and instrumental music of the big hest order. Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans. The Comic portion of the entertainment Is supported Nerves), Miss Green, Messrs . Sam Collins , Harvey, and French (th e W. H. Wieland, E. Marshall , and W. Randall. Admission sixpence; Balcony and Stalls, one shilling. Private Boxes, 10s. 6d. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tsie DAY.—Morning, 2h. 44m.—Afternoon, 3h. sm. To-moßitow. -Morning, 3h. 24m.—Afternocm, 3h. 44m. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, JULY 9, 1361. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADB. 71—highest since noon yesterday. 55—lowest this morning and during the night. o—this day at noon. BAROMETER--29.94 ; rising fast. WlND—Northerly; moderate, with fine, but cloudy, -weather. Gothic versus Palladian, or the Battle of the Styles, was performed last night, in the midst of considerable applause and laughter, before a tole rably crowded House down at Westminster. The contest in its character was, from first to last, so supremely ridiculous that it could only be com pared towards its close—by a sort of whimsical " gag" from the lips of the chief performer in this great Parliamentary extravaganza—it could really alone be compared by Lord PALMERSTON to the Battle of the Books, to the Battle of the ,Big and Little Endeans, to the Battle of the green and blue ribbons in the City of Constantinople. The Premier's speech, with which this amusing discus sion was brought to a close, was quite as boisterous in its mirth as that of the most successful Adelphi Screamer—the noble lord being always, as Lord ELcuo well said last evening, gay and cheerful, " quern jocus circumvolat et Cupido"—the humorous speech with which Lord PALMER STON indulged the House of Commons brought the House at length to a division that we may presume has aided the contest definitively. A clear majority, closely approximating to a good round total of one hundred—a clear majority of ninety-three altogether deciding the Question in Dispute in favour of the Palladian and against the Gothic. No more than 95 supporting Lord FAcuo's resolution, and as many as 188 going dead against it. Of course, in this instance, as in pretty well every other instance in which a mere matter of taste is under discussion, there is mani festly a very great deal to be said upon both sides. Precisely as much could be argued formally as to the cracking of the eggs of Lilliput at the big end or at the little end, according to the epicure's whim and pleasure. But here again, as in all matters of taste, the squabble can I only be brought to a conclusion by a decision of the majority—leaving the pro and cons still to the last uninterfered with in their integrity by that decision. With this reflection, and with this re- 1 flection alone, the Goths, we beg their pardon, the I advocates of the Gothic crder of architecture as applied to our public buildings generally, with especial reference, at this time, to the palatial homes and haunts of our administrators, may console themselves. They may exult in the thought that their arguments may be allowed still to hold good in the abstract. What though the day has been carried triumphantly by the champions of the rival or Palladian style of architecture. It might certainly have been thought that the lovers of the Gothic would have found it possible to rest contented during another generation or two with the consideration that the Legislature itself is housed in a gigantic structure commenced and carried out in that style from the lowest level of the foundations up to the topmost trefoils of the parapet—in a structure so gigantic in its dimensions that the lofty Hall of Rufus and the grand old Abbey hard by are both of them completely + dwarfed by comparison. But—no. The keenness of their relish appears to have been only whetted by that immense enjoyment—rappetit vient en tnevwea mt. They hunger for more—voraciously insatiably, They close their eyes to the glaringly obvious fact that the chief excellence of the Gothic Style of architecture, is its applicability to eccle siastical purposes. Forge 1, t ' u..cr even here, however, the perfectly indisputable fact, that uetwithstand ing the magnificence of the Gothic cathedrals scat tered all over Europe ) some of the most exquisite aPecim*ns in all Christendom adorning these islands of our own—that n otwithstanding all this the noblest religious edifi ce in the whole world is not a Gothic cathedral I So that even as an ecclesiastical style of architecture, w e w ill sa y, as 11w ecclesiastical style of architecture, the Gothic has failed to vindicate its titl e to pre-e m i nence b y producing the world's masterpiece, in the f orm o f the grandest of all the cathedrals dedi ca t e d to the worship of the Divine Author of Christianity. Before St. Peter's at Rome, the sticklers for the Gothic would do well to yield up their arrogant pretensions for their favourite ~~ ,;~.- order as foremost among the various ecclesiastical styles of architecture. They might moderate their claims for the supremacy of the Gothic by the single remembrance of that masterpiece of St. Peter's, of which our own BYRON has sung— "Here Power, Strength, and Beauty all are aisled, In an eternal ark of worship compiled." Without going so far as Rome, however, they need stroll but a little way eastwards from the legisla tive palace at Westminster, to enable themselves to recognise even here at home in the centre of our own metropolis how resplendently the Palladian may vie with the Gothic, even when considered simply with an eye to ecclesiastical purposes. They can recog nise this vividly enough, as every Londoner may well rejoice to remember, upon glancing up for a moment at Sir CHRISTOPHER WREN'S Masterpiece —at that superb edifice, upon the walls of which are sublimely inscribed, in reference to their glorious architect, that If you ask for his monument, you have but to look around, circumspice ! Difficult as it would be however to argue dogmati cally in favour of the pre-eminence of the Gothic over all other ecclesiastical orders of architecture — it would be little less than ludicrous to insist upon the necessity of adopting it invariably, by prefer ence, as " the national style" in England for the public buildings generally, more particularly for the residence of the various departments of our Government. The " national" style, forsooth ! Well might Lord PALMERSTON ask ironically, " But is the Gothic national ? I never heard of the Goths, the Vandals, or the Saracens doing much in this country. I have been told in my early years that the Romans were in this country for a considerable number of years, and it is probable, therefore, that they have better claims to have established in this island a system of architecture that may be consi dered English than those people who never came here at all. My noble friend has talked about the real ancient architecture of England. The right hon. gentleman said he thought Stonehenge must be so considered. But I will go further, and say that the real aboriginal architecture of this country was mud huts and wicker wigwams. These were the ori• ginal styles of those who first inhabited this island." Thus delightfully, by the redt4ctio ad absurdum, did the Premier sweep aside all the preposterous pretensions advanced by those pro-Gothic disputants who were clamour ing upon such lofty grounds for the prefer ence, above all other styles, of their own favourite style of architecture. The alternative, however, it is satisfactory to know now, for certain, has been at length, after a good.deal of pleasant discussion, settled definitively, and, we believe, in the estima• tion of the majority satisfactorily—settled, that is, against the Gothic, and in favour of the Palladian It eannot be denied that the rumours of attempts to, treat between the South and the North have been repeated in such forms, and believed by sach per sons in America, that we can hardly entirely dis credit them. There seems to be a general impres sion that the administration is not by any means so bellicose as the people, and that the moneyed folk, on whom the chief burden of the vast cost is sure to fall, would much prefer even now a peaceful settle ment. Americans acknowledge at length that so pacific were the movements of Mr. BUCHANAN and Mr. LiNcour at first, that on second thoughts they can almost justify the English for favouring, as they seem to think we did, the cause of the South. If the Cabinet at Washington did not treat them as traitors and rebels, how could the English Govern ment be expected to do so ? And even after the attack on Fort Sumpter, Mr. LINCOLN was, in his demands, below thepopular enthusiasm. Through out, the Administration has seemed to be far behind the people in their resentment of Southern treason and hence it .was natural to suppose that proposi tions for compromise, if they could but get a hear ing, might be likely to take. The statement of the Tribune is precise, giving names and particulars; it was furnished to them by a gentleman who was asked to become a party to the business. According to his account, two secret negotiators had interviews with leading Democrats in New York. They proposed two bases of arrangement. One the admission and recognition of the independence of the Seceding States ; the alternative, that the United States should give guarantees for the maintenance and perpetuation of slavery in all the present and future territories south of 36 deg. 30 min., which is sub stantially the old Crittenden proposal. A petition on this scheme of compromise was put in hand and brought to the gentleman referred to, with about a thousand signatures ; by him it was kicked out of his office, and the story told to the Tribune. Whether we are all hoaxed or not by a New York merchant, it is of course impossible to say ; but that Mr. JEF FERSON DAVIES has talked seriously in very pacific terms, that his want of money, if nothing else, must render him very desirous to avoid a lengthened contest on a large scale; and that the administra tion is not disposed to fight beyond what is neces sary to satisfy popular demand, are facts, and ac count for rumours which seem congruous with them. It is also a fact that the moneyed men are already tired of the war; it interrupts their regular business ; while it is apprehended that the necessity of an income-tax as a security for any loan that may be raised is already creating alarm. They are now beginning to feel the damaging effects on their revenue of the selfish MORRILL Tariff, and but for shame's sake would be glad to repeal it. The indelible disgrace, however, will remain on the North, when they thought the South left them free to make tariffs according to their taste, of seizing the moment to benefit themselves, as they short-sightedly supposed, at the cost of Great Britain and of the Southern States. They expected soon to see the latter compelled to return to the Union, and then, as they thought, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania could have supplied all the South and the North, and far West, too, with their dear and inferior articles, and have ex cluded the cheaper and better, supplied from Great Britain or France. The probability, however, is that retreat is now impossible for either party. The South will b e ashamed to let it even be i mag ined that its " chivalry " shrinks from fighting. The North will be equally ashamed to want men, courage, or money. Even if other motives failed, pride would still keep both parties, the North especially, deter mined to try the result of a contest. The South may hope to defend its own. The North seems now sure of carrying off the portions of the Slave States most valuable to it, even should it permit eventually the Gulf States to form a confederation. Already the North has secured part of Virginia, and would assuredly never consent to have the Poto mac under control of the guns of a foreign Southern State. The North would not, unless utterly worsted, allow the Northern half of Virginia, the Bay of Chesapeake, and the river on which the capital stands, to be in the hands of a rival State. It is now too in a fair way of securing all the valuable border States, in any case ; for this reason, should it consent to separation, and retain Missouri, Kentucky, and the n or th ern p ar t or the whole of Virginia, and those States become, as they soon must, free States, the North would be so 1 i mmensely the stronger po wer , t h at t h e thinly peopled, half civilised Slave States would always be completely at its mercy. It is, however, to be hoped that events will compel a bolder policy ; that all compromises which can be suggested will be thrown to the wind. No such opportunity as that now offered is ever likely to occur 'again. An American statesman would be mad now not to put down for ever, the single, and the grand disturbing cause in the Union. Along its whole history since the declaration of indepen dence, not so much the pride of " the Old Dominion," as its slavery and that of the other planting states has been the cause of disagreements. Wiser had Americans been if they had nipped this monster evil in the bud. Unhappily New York merchants first, then the democratic party, then emigrant Irishmen, all came, even in the North, to the help of Southern slavery. The dollar interest, and party interest, combined with the slave interest, and the three together dominated the whole Union, cor rupted the presidential chair, the bench of justice, the civil service, the Church itself, and then all social life, till now almost every white American, North as well as South, has no notion of carry ing out his own Declaration of Independence in regard to coloured Americans ! The whole American mind is tainted in respect to negro rights. It is indeed to be desired that events may take a course which will prevent reconciliation or cessation of the war on any other terms than that of erasing from the constitution the clauses which permit negro slavery. We can wish nothing better for the Free States than that they may be unable again to befoul themselves with compromises. They have been the bane of the Union hitherto; they have warded off, but in appearance, the split which has at last come ; and they kept the Free States from settling the controversy in favour of liberty when the dimensions of the strife would have been much smaller. Slowly and tediously, no doubt, but steadily and surely we will hope, the Appropriation of Seats (Sudbury and St. Albans) Bill is winning its way onwards, until it shall have at length. developed itself into an Act of Parliament. Last evening the dispute was as to which should be the polling place for the southern division of the West Riding of Yorkshire—as to which should be, in electioneering times, The political battle field for the Sou'-West Yorkshiremen ! Wakefield or Pontefract—that was the question. The Opposition was in favour of Wakefield—the Ministerialists were in favour of Pontefract. Some few thinking favourably even of Sheffield. " If," said the Home Secretary before the Division was taken upon this alternative, " If," said the right hon. baronet, " the House would agree to follow his (Sir G. C. LEwis's) advice, it would imitate the lawyer in the fable, and give one shell of the oyster to Wakefield, the other to Shef field, and give the oyster itself to Pontefract." At the proposition as thus put to the house there was a little laughter audible. But the Ministerialists must have laughed somewhat upon the other side of their mouths immediately afterwards, when the result of the division was announced ! In spite of the Home Secretary's suggestion, and of his own and of the Prime Minister's vote, and of the votes of not less than seven others of their colleagues —namely, CARDWELL, COWPER, GIBSON, GLAD STONE, GREY, WOOD, and VlLLlERS—Ministers were again (as usual) in a minority ! For Ponte fract, 94—against it, 107—clear majority of 13 against Sir G. C. LEWIS'S proposition ! The result being—(for their was no division taken in favour of Sheffield)—that here again the Opposition carried their point,Wakofield being eventually chosen as the polling-place for the political non-electors of York shire. Her Highness the Princess de Castelcicala, with the Marquis and Marchioness di Spaccaforno and Admiral Gallotti, have taken their departure from the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-street, on their return to Italy. The Earl and Countess of Aberdeen have left town for Scotland. The Dowager Lady Poltimore left London last week. Her ladyship has been seriously indisposed for some months. BLONDlN.—Blondin exhibited his surprising feats yesterday, at Aston-park, in the neighbourhood of Birmingham, to an enormous number of visitors, assembled for the purpose of celebrating the annual fete of Odd Fel lows. In spite of the rain, which fell very heavily the whole time, there were no less than 80,000 persons present. He will make his 11th ascent at the Crystal Palace to-mor row. He will also make an extra ascent on Saturday. ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.—A special general meeting of this society, for the election of Fellows, took place yesterday (Monday), in the council-room, at the gardens, South Kensington, Mr. S. Holmes Godson in the chair, when 57 new Fellows were balloted for and duly elected, including Sir William Abdy, the Hon. Miss Arden, the Marquis of Donegal, the Dowager Countess of Elles mere, the Countess of Longford, Lady Wiseman, the Coun tess of Yarborough, &c. We are informed that the Danish concession upon which the repot of the North Atlantic Telegraph is founded, and all that pertains to the surveys, &e., is about to pass into new hands, through the medium of a debenture subscription, as the basis of a proprietary company, preli minary to the establishment of a working company for laying down the cables. These debentures, for from £15,000 to £30,000, are expected to be taken up by a pri vate canvass among capitalists and others interested. MADAME GEORGE SAND.—This lady writes as follows to a friend respecting the rumour current in Paris that she had accepted 20,000 f. sent her by the Emperor, as a compensation for the prize which the academy declined to award her My friend,—There is an on dit which I authorise you to contradict. It is quite true that gracious offers have been made me; but I have thought it my duty to accept none of them, having neither desire nor need of any recompense, or any distinction from any Government whatsoever.—Yours cordially, GEORGE SAND." A journal of Tournai, in Belgium, says that the bishop of the diocese has not taken lessons in hospitality from the Scotch Highlanders, since he has claimed from the Provincial Council nearly four thousand francs for a day's occupation—not including dinner—of the episcopal palace by the King last year. A despatch from Smyrna, of the 2d inst., states that Osmanli Pacha, governor of the town, had caused to be seized in the port, at the request of tho English Consul- General, a vessel laden with gunpowder intended for the lonian Islands. IVe (Herald) understand that the question of the legality of the proceedings which the two Houses of Con vocation have adopted in reference to the publication of " Essays and Reviews," is to be raised at the meeting of the House of Bishops on Tuesday next, and that in all pro bability the action of their lordships upon the report of the lower house will be arrested in limine, on the ground that in pronouncing a censure upon the above work they are ex ceeding the powers vested in them by the law and by the terms of the Queen's writ under which the bishops and clergy are authorised to sit in convocation. A HEROINE.—The following account of the heroic conduct of a woman in saving the life of a girl on the Irish coast has been forwarded for the consideration of the Na tional Lifeboat Institution by its Wicklow branch, where that society has an excellent lifeboat establishment. Mrs. Brownrigg, wife of the rector, whose daughter wit. nessed the woman's noble services, states that on Monday, theist inst., the girl,who was bathing, suddenly disappeared. E. Byrne, who was at the time at some distance from the scene of danger, without a moment's hesitation rushed to the spot, tied a rope round her waist, the end of which she gave to another woman to hold, and, with all her clothes on, dashed in, and diving, found the body of the girl at the bottom. Seizing her by the hair, Byrne providentially suc ceeded in bringing her to land before the vital spark had fled. This is the third life that this brave woman h as saved, but whose services have never been previously made public. CURIOUS ANECDOTE.—There is a story, says the Illustrated London 2lre ICS, about the deathof Abdul Medjid's father, the formidable Mahmoud, which will bear telling, the more so as we heard it from the lips of a young Turk just arrived in England, and that it has never to our know ledge been in print. When Mahmoud lay on his divan of death, he remembered that a great review of the garrison of Constantinople was to take place under his palace win dows in three days' time. He desired that, at whatever moment he might expire, his death should be kept secret from the troops until the review was over. Sultan Mah moud died on the same night ; but three days afterwards his dead body, covered with his well known cloak, and capped with his well-known fez, bearing a diamond aigrette, was propped up, an opera-glass in one of his cold hands, at an open window, beneath which the troops defiled, shout ing, " Long live the Sultan I" LATEST NEWS. ~A..~,_.._.. PARIS, JULY 9. The Moniteur of to-day publishes a letter, ad dressed by the Emperor to the Minister of Marine, in reference to the engagement of labourers on the African coast for the French colonies. The Em peror announces that he has signed a treaty with England, which authorises the French Government to engage labourers in India for the French colo nies. He says :—" We shall find in India and in the French possessions in Africa as many free labourers as.we require." He consequently orders the Minister to take measures for prohibiting the introduction of negroes into the French colonies after July, 1862, the date of the execution of the treaty with England. The ffloniteur also says : The Emperor has been received with the greatest enthusiasm by the peasants of the country sur rounding Vichy. PARIS, JULY 8. The Paris evening papers contain the following news:-- The Marquis de Lavalette, French Ambassador at Constantinople, will leave for France on the 11th iLstant. It is said that Prince Napoleon will positively go to America. No disturbance has taken place at Warsaw, but the agitation which prevails in various parts has caused the Russian Government to take precau land raises from her population of 2 millions !We are 22 millions, and we send to Paris to ask per mission to admit fifteen Englishmen into the Hun garian Legion at Naples ! We are 22 millions, and Venice is condemned to a servitude of indefinite duration ! Nevertheless, aLa Farina committee preaches patience at Rome ; the army of volunteers is disbanded, Garibaldi is at Caprera, and the com mittees of subsidies ;are occupied in collecting petty sums for individual necessities, or to repair the damage caused by :the fall of La Pieve. Inertia is destroying us, the energy of self devotion is dying out, and unity itself is threat ened liby a popular discontent which may break out in local insurrections calculated to promote de signs of the enemies of liberty. No revolution can stop short in the middle of its course without de stroying its principle of vitality. We stopped short six months ago, and we already feel the con sequences. The glorious movement of the people and Garibaldi was then arrested ; it must speedily be revived, or we shall retrograde. It is for the Government to give the new impulse, to guide and arm the nation, rather than endeavour to restrain and repress it ; to surround itself with the ablest men of every fraction of the national party ; to re solutely raise the banner of Rome and Venice; thus will concord be established. If it follow another course, it is condemned to perish ignominiously, leaving a heritage of anarchy and civil war. " GIUSEPPE MAZZINI." INDIA. By the arrival of the overland mail we receive advices from Bombay to June 12, and from Cal cutta to June 3. The general character of the Bombay news is cheerful, and the Bombay Gazette commences its summary in the following jubilant strain : No event of a general and striking character has occurred during the past fortnight. India has pur sued the even tenor of her way, and that a never so prosperous one. Mutual confidence is on the in crease between the dominant and the dominated races. A sort of compromise between domination and dominatedness is in process ; decentralisation and local legislative councils containing native ele ments on the one hand, and the admission of native chiefs and great landholders to a participation in the duties and honours of magistracy on the other -...-these are the new order of things in India. God save the Queen ! Copious rain had fallen in the famine-stricken provinces, and the prospects of the harvest were hopeful. An important resolution of the government of India on the reduction of native cavalry corps in the Bengal army had been published. The strength of native cavalry now maintained being in excess of the requirements of the service, owing to the re ductions made by the substitution of police for civil and other non-military guards, each corps will in future consist of 420 Sowars divided into six troops, with the following establishment --3 Re saldars, 3 Ressaidars, 1 Woordie Major, 6 Jama dars, 6 Kote Duffadars, 48 Duffadars, 6 Nishanbur dare, 6 Trumpeters. Thus making a total of 499 natives of all ranks. In August, 1860, the number of regiments of native:cavalry in the Bengal Presidency was 46- 17 being under the Government of India, and 29 under the Commander-in-Chief. Of the 17 regi ments named in the resolution to which we refer, the Nagpore Cavalry is to be disbanded. Meade's Horse has been incorporated with the regiments of Central India Horse; the Guide Cavalry and the five regiments of Punjaub Cavalry will remain as at present, and separate orders will be issued respect ing the remaining regiments, Of the 29 regiments of Cavalry under the Commander-in-Chief in India, the following ten it has been decided are to be dis banded :-3d Irregular Cavalry, 9th ditto, 12th ditto, 16th ditto, 3d Seikh Cavalry, Ranghur Cavalry, Alexander's Horse, Benares Horse, Ist Mahratta Horse, Lind's Pathan Cavalry. The remaining corps will be numbered consecu tively from Ist to 19th Bengal Cavalry. The pay of the native cavalry (of course all irre gular) will hereafter be on the scale laid down in ' the resolution, ranging from 27 rs. (with good con- I duct pay to the extent of 3 rs., making the maximum pay of a sowar 30 rs.) to 300 rs. per mensem. The reductions now ordered will be carried out under the rules laid down by the Governor-General for the guidance of the Commander-in-Chief. All in efficient men, as well as all able-bodied men under four years' service are to be discharged, with a gratuity of twelve months pay. An inquest had been held at Bombay on the body of Lieut. Gould, and a verdict returned that he destroyed himself while in a state of temporary insanity. Of monetary and commercial matters the Bombay Telegraph speaks as follows : As the season is now rapidly approaching when the port will be closed, our import market for piece goods business is very firm, and importers demand higher rates. The advices from England brought by the mail which arrived on ,the 9th inst., though not very favourable as regards the price of cotton, which had declined id., still the excitement which prevails in the cotton producing states of America have led to extensive speculative purchases, consequently a slight advance has taken place in our staple since last adviceF. We now quote Dhollerah, 155r5.; Broach, 160 rs. ; and Oomrawuttee, 148 to 150 rs. Freights have fluctuated during the fortnight, but for the past few days ay mptoms of a decline in the rates last quoted have occurred. The following are:the present quotations ;—Liverpool, £2 10s. to £2 Hs. 6d. ; London, £2 102. ; and China, 14 rupees per candy. The money market continues easy. The follow ing is a list of quotations : —London (credit), 6 months' sight, 2s. id. ; ditto, documents, ditto, 2s Ord. ; Calcutta, 3 days' sight, 102 per cent. ; Ma dras, 30 days', 98.4 ditto ; China, 60 days', 215 rs. per 100 dollors. • • 4 f )410111 ". f 41: , • • ; I , -^''.4l 4 4" : ' b t, . t•-• - • THE SUN. LONDON, TUESDAY, JULY 9, 1861. tionary measures. TURIN, JULY 8. The Ravenna, Bologna, and Ancona Railway Bill, and the bill relating to the reorganisation of the Roman Railway Company, passed the Chamber of Deputies. VIENNA. JULY 8. The Oesterreichitche Zeitung of this evening says : The Presidents of the Upper and Lower Houses of the Hungarian Diet only reached Vienna to-day, having been delayed on their journey. A Cabinet Council will be held this evening. At the present moment thus much is known. Baron Vay demands the recognition of the laws of 1848, which should be afterwards revised. Count Szecsen, the other Hungarian Minister, proposes that negociations should be opened with the deputation from the Hungarian Diet. To-morrow both Presidents will be received by the Emperor. His Majesty's reply will for the present be con fined to a few friendly expressions. The real reply will be given later, in a Royal rescript. MADRID, JULY 9. M. Mon will shortly return to his post as Spanish Ambassador at the Court of the Tuileries. Me Correepondencia Autografa of to-day says : " If the Emperor Napoleon manifests a wish to have an interview with Queen Isabella, in Spain, such an interview will take place." Nearly all the insurgents of Loja, have been captured. THE WEST COAST OF AFRICA. LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY. The West African Mail steamer Athenian has arrived here with 3,000 ounces of gold dust and £3,000 in specie. She brings no news of importance. Mr. Foote, her Majesty's Consul at Lagos, has died of fever. Eyo Honerty, second King of Old Calabar, died on the 27th of May. THE OUTWARD BOMBAY MAIL. The Ellora (from Southampton on the 27th June) arrived at Malta at 10 a.m. on the 6th inst., and continued her voyage at six the same evening. The Valetta (from Marseilles on the sth instant) arrived at Malta at eight p.m., and was to leave for Alexandria at midnight on the 7th inst. FRANCE. BOURSE, July S.—The' bulls" have been making every effort to effect an upward movement in prices, but in vain, the market remaining in the same in active state, with quotations about the same as on Saturday, Threes are now at 67f 70c. Railways heavy. The following were the last quotations :- 4t per per Cents ... 97 45 Credit Foncier lO5O Do end month.... 97 55 Belgian 4i — 3 per Cents Do. end month 67 60 Roman Bank Shares 2845 -1 Austrian Credit Mobilier.... 663 75 ; SpaniBh Threes 47/ Do. Account 666 25 ; Home Debt RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans 1371 25 .. 1372 50 Northern 950 951 25 New ditto B9l 25 .. 891 25 Lyons and Medittirranoan 965 966 25 Geneva.. Southern Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lorobard ITALY. Some excitement has been caused at Turin by the occurrence of three duels, all fought by M. Riboli, a Garibaldian officer, with some officers of the Mon tebello lancers, who, being assembled in a tavern, in his presence threw some plates, bearing Gari baldi effigy, out of the window. M. Riboli imme diately challenged and it was accepted, who fought him with the sabre. Having wounded both his ad versaries, M. Riboli on the following morning, was visited by two friends of the third officer of the party,who told him that their principal, M. Sollasa cro, would not meet him with the sabre, but with pistols. M. Riboli accepted, and the duel took place. M. Sollasacro missed his adversary, who, in returning his fire inflicted a wound which is considered dangerous. The surgeon called in on the occasion, who is a relative of the wounded man, and highly connected, has, it seems, given notice of the duel to the authorities. and M. Riboli and his friends have been obliged to quit Italy in consequence. At the time of the general elections in Italy, Gen. Garibaldi was secretly elected at Mantua by a considerable number of inhabitants. Having been apprised of the fact, he has addressed the following letter to the electors : " Among the addresses and nominations which I have latterly received, the dearest to my heart is undoubtedly my nomination to the National Par liament, with which your brave but unfortunate fellow citizens of Mantua have honoured me. The country of Boldrini and of the thousand martyrs of the national cause should render those who would blush at owing their liberty to foreigners more anxious to free themselves. " Caprera, June 27." ' " GARIBALDI. shows what the e Italian "party o f ac ti on " a im at : recTehnetlyfolplouwbiln6ghepdortbiyon.Aorfazthzienticxtof a manifesto, " During the past six months we have lost rather aea to cause t a the lost, yist b u e l e a a , use than gained g roun d . Si x mon ths ago, not a man doubted of ou r t r i umph, and no w afflict e d E urope regards death has str uc k the person o f a Mi nister. Six mont h s ago, from the Bik c our se au all the populati ons were eager f or action, because I ta l y had risen in ar ms . Now, the Hungarian mode rates whisper to their countrymen , ' You have nothing to hope from the Italians ; you must make terms.' We are 22 millions, and we could not to-morrow bring more than 150,000 ' soldiers into the field, or just the number Switzer- STRAND TREATRE. A little play by Mr. Cheltnam, bearing the pro mising title of " More Precious than Gold," was produced at this theatre yesterday evening; and though not exactly of the quality indicated by its name, proved to be of metal sufficiently attractive to pass current with the audience, who received it with hearty demonstrations of applause. The story is that of a married couple, who, after being sundered for a long series of years, chiefly in conse quence of the unlucky intervention of a meddle some mother-in-law, are at last happily reunited through the instrumentality of their only child, a wild, witty, but ♦ery kind•hearted girl, who carries her anxiety for the reconciliation of her parents even to the point of consenting to get married her self in order that she may have the satisfaction of seeing her father and mother brought together on the occasion of her wedding. This noble disinter.. estedness is of course rewarded as it deserves to be, and the good daughter finds an excellent husband in the person of her cousin, a young officer, who has achieved great distinction in his profession, and who, though extremely bashful, is proportion ably valiant, as is proved by his medals and his Victoria Cross. The piece receives all possible jnstice in the representation—Miss Wilton playing the merry and generous girl with alternate vivacity and tenderness ; Mrs. Selby personating a most formidable pertrait of a strong-minded mother-in law; ,and Mr. W. H. Swanborough acting parti cularly well in the character of a sheepish, tremu lous young gentleman, in whom the attributes of Mr. Toots and Mr. Verdant Green are amusingly commin glad. A LION AT LARGE.—A travelling circus and menagerie visited Dartford last week. During a morning performance, owing to some gross carelessness, a young but powerful lion escaped from the cage in which he was con.. fined by opening the fastenings with his paws. The fact was communicated to the persons who were witnessing the horse.riding within the tent, and excited some little terror there, which, however, subsided to some extent as the animal did not make his appearance in that direction, but walked down the field towards the Ware-road, and sought cover in a hedge adjoining the gaol. He was fol lowed to this spot by the keeper and assistants, and after many failures, a good deal of growling, and a few threats of coming out from his shelter and attacking his intended cap tors, a noose was made and passed round the lion, who was pulled out. As the keeper was leading it along the field where the circus was erected, the animal made a rush at him, and partly threw him down. He recovered his foot ing in an instant, and dealt the animal a blow on the head, which made him more docile. And so he was led t• his cage. This Day, t etween 8 and B. E. M. D. F. C. I. S. 9 a.m. —— Nairn 29•81 58 57 W.S.W. 2 9 r. 11 Aberdeen Leith... i 29•81 64 58 W. 1 4 0. 1 Berwick 2918 62 57 W.S.W. 2 1 b. 1 A rdrossan I'ortrush Shields Galway 29'96 62 61 W. 4 8 o. 2 Scarborough I 29'84 61 50 N. 2 8 o. 2 Liverpool ; 29 . 05 62 58 N.W. 3 6 0. 1 Valentia 12 9 .94 59 LS S.S.W. 1 9 rn. .. Queenstown 129 88 62 60 N.W. 1 3 b . i Yarmouth 29'82 60 59 I s T. 4 6 0. ~, London 129136 60 57 N.N.W. 3 7 n. 4 rover 1 29133 63 60 Nir. 3 9 o ' . --, Portsmouth 12 0 .81 60 57 3 9 , 4 Portland ... 29'93. 63 59 N.W. 1 . ''• 1 Plymouth i 29'97 162 57 N /r i r 3 1 1 3 1. 1 Penzance EXPLANATION.—B. Barometer, corrected and reduced to 32 deg at mean sea level , each 10 feet of vertical rise u c sing about 1-100th of an inch dimin ution, and e ac h 1 0 deg a above 32 deg causing . nearly 3-100 t h s increase. E. Exposed thermometer in shade. M. Moistened bulb (for evaporation and ,cle.wF-porocinet()i. tolll.2D—ireesctitmioanteodf)7incd.(tcruloe—ud not magnetic). (1 to 9). I. Initials :—b : , blu e s k y; c., clouds (detached f., fog. ; h., hail ; 1., lightning ; m., misty (hazy) ; o) . ; , overcast (dull) ; r., rain; s., snow ; t ., thunder. A letter repeated augments—thus, r,r,, much rain, B. Sea disturb. ante (1 to 9). THE NATIONAL RIFLE MATCH. The contest for the Queen's Prize was resumed yesterday morning by shooting off the ties at 18 and 17 at 600 yards' range. This was to decide which of the competitors who had not scored more than 19 were entitled to the preliminary prize of the Whitworth rifle, and to claim a place among the first 20 who on Wednesday will shoot for the Queen's Plate. The following is the total score made by each gentleman up to yesterday, giving the number of points at each range : QUEEN'S PRIZE, TOTAL POINTS AT 200, 500, AND COO YARDS. 2GO. 500. 600. Sergeant Dugan, 26th Lancashire 12 7 4 Mr. Jopling, 2d South Middlesex 11 5 4 Mr. Hendrie, 7th Ayrshire 8 6 6 Major Moir, Stirling .. 9 5 6 Mr. Kirwood, 3d Renfrew .. 11 6 3 Mr. Brooke, 12th Middlesex .. 10 4 6 Mr. Rushton, Ist Monmouth .. .. 9 6 4 Mr. Goodelitre, 11th Herts 7 7 5 Mr. Bingham, Bristol .. .. 7 5 7 Sergeant Adams, Ist Surrey .. .. 8 7 4 Mr. Robinson, 16th Middlesex 10 5 4 Mr. Woodford, 2d Isle of Wight 8 5 5 Sergeant Davis, 2d Glocester •• •• 9 7 2 Mr. Smith, Ist Middlesex Artillery .. 11 4 3 Mr. Rowe, Ist Devon .. .. 6 8 4 Mr. Miller, Bristol .. .. 9 7 2 Capt. Barth, 14th West Riding of Yorkshire 7 5 6 Mr. Scutt, 9th Wilts .. .. 10 4 4 Mr. Beasley, Ist Warwick .. 11 2 5 Sergeant Stewart, 11th Middlesex .. 8 4 6 Mr. Plaskett, Civil Service .. .. 10 4 4 Mr. Dickens, Victoria Rifles .. .. 13 1 4 Mr. Marriott, 4th West Riding of Yorkshire 8 6 4 Mr. Clarke, 27th ditto , .. 9 4 5 Mr. Ingledew, Bth North Riding of Yorkshire 10 4 4 Mr. Jenkins, 2d Glamorgan 9 4 4 Mr. Russell, 29th Kent 5 7 4 Mr. Murdoch, 10th Edinburgh 5 6 6 Mr. West, 9th Essex .. .. 10 2 5 Sergeant Horner, 3d Dorset .. 11 1 5 Mr. Reed, Ist Cambridge, A.B. .. 8 5 4 Mr. Grey, 27th Cheshire .. .. 6 5 6 Mr. Gostage, Ist Berks .. 6 6 5 Mr. Thomas, 4th West Riding of Yorkshire 8 7 2 Mr. Hitchcock, 7th Wilts .. .. 12 2 3 Sergeant Green, 3d Somerset .. 9 3 5 Sergeant Norsworthy, Oxford University 10 5 2 Mr. Morrison, 2d Renfrew 8 5 4 Mr. Davidson, 11th Norfolk • . • • 11 3 3 Mr. Lawson, 32d Middlesex 10 4 3 Lord Bury, Civil Service .. 6 5 6 Mr. Milner, South Middlesex .. .. 7 5 5 Mr. Parr, 47th Lancashire .. 8 4 5 Ensign Jackson, 32d Kent .. 7 5 5 Mr. Moodie, 3d Lanark .. .. 5 7 5 The total number of these being 45, the ties at 18 and 17 were shot off cts follows, one shot being allowed to each at 600 yards. The nine first named were accordingly the winners. The shots marked " R," it should be stated, are ricochets, which are therefore not counted, or, rather, are lost : TIES AT EIGHTEEN. Smith .. .. Rowe .. • . Barth .. .. Scutt .. .. Plaskett .. .. Dickens .. .. Marriott .. .. 110 1 .11 1 11. 1 1111 1 .. 1 .. 1 11. 1 Stewart Beasley Woodford Davis .. Miller .. Clark .. _ Ingledew .. .. 0 ~ 0 Jenkins • . Russell.. .. Gestage .. Hitchcock .. Green .. .. Davidson .. Lawson • • Murdoch .. Thomas .. West .. .. TIES AT S : . 1 0 . 1 0 . 1 0 . 1 0 . 1 0 . 1 0 . 1 0 .. R 1 RO . 0 1 .. o .. o .. 0 .. 0 ':VENTEEN• Horner.. .. Reed .. Grey .. Norawerthy Morrison .. Lord Bury .. Milner .. Parr .. • • Jackson Moodie.. .. 11 1 2 11 1 1 11 For the next and last stage of the Queen's Prize on Wednesday each of the 40 competitors will shoot finally with Whitworth rifles at 800, 900, and 1,000 yards' range. On the ground Sergeant Dugan ap pears to be the favourite, though many support Mr. Moir at long distances. The competition for the Prince of Wales's Prize was brought to a close yesterday, and resulted in Captain Robertson, of the 10th Perthshire, winning by one point. At all the ranges for this cup the shooting was excellent. Mr. Ross, the champion shot, got a place in this list. His score was high (12 and 5) at the first two short ranges, but he lost all chance yesterday by only marking 1 at the final contest, in which not only the winner, but many other gentlemen scored six. The number of points made by each was as follows : PRINCE OF WALES'S CUP. Competitors who have gained 17 points and upwards : Total points. Captain Robertson, 10th Perth (winner) .. 21 Corporal Hitchcock, Ist Leicester .. 20 Mr. Hansom, Ist Glocester Artillery .. 20 Sergeant Green, 3d Somerset .. .. 20 Sergeant Dugan, 26th Lancashire .. 20 Sergeant Norsworthy. Oxford University .. 20 Sergeant Hogg, 12th Surrey .. .. 19 Mr. Richardson, sth Lincoln .. .. 19 Lieutenant Murray, Ist Peebles .. .. 19 Sergeant Stout, 16th Middlesex .. 19 Mr. Jones, sth Wilts . .. 19 Mr. Fisher, 14th Middlesex .. 18 Mr. Ross, Cambridge University .. Sergeant Yates, 2d Derby Mr. Beasley, Warwick .. Corporal May, sth Sussex Corporal Shaw, Ist Sussex .. Mr. Hall, 9th Middlesex • • • • Sergeant Murdoch, 10th Edinburgh Sergeant Blackburn, Ist Edinburgh .. Captain Templar, Ist Dorset .. Mr. Budden, 6th Dorset.. Ensign Connor, Bth Devon .. Sergeant Dighton, 12th Middlesex .. Major Tinley, 63d Lancashire .. Sergeant Sillera, sth Lancashire Captain Allen, 47th Lancashire Mr. Turner, Bth Glocester Mr. Holloway, sth Glocester Mr. Kater, 3d Renfrew .. Dr. Stare, Ist Sussex .. .. 18 .. 18 .. 17 4 ,. 17 .. 17 .. 17 .. 17 .. 17 .. 17 .. 17 .. 17 .. 17 .. 17 .. 17 .. 17 THIS DAY'S SILIPPING. LONDON, July 9.—Wind this day at noon, North- Westerly ; moderate breeze, and fine weather. PORTSMOUTH, July B.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrived— Her Majesty's ship Persian, for the Cape of Good Hope. Sailed—Her Majesty's ship Supply, for Woolwich ; Wal mer Castle, for London. PLYMOUTH, July 8.--Wind W.N.W.—Sailed—Jessie Boyle, for Quebec. SWANSEA, July B.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Pizarro, from Caldeira. DARTMOUTH, July B.—Wind W.—Arrived—Margaret, from Quebec. (ELECTRIC TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCHES). SOUTHAMPTON, Tuesday Morning. Arrived--Coldstream, from London; Havre, steamer, from Havre. Sailed—Gipsy, for Llanelly (BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning. Arrived, July B—Corea, from Whampoa • Olive Branch, from Porto Rico ; Ensign, from Quebec • Caroline Nisbett, from New York; Priscilla, from St. Vincent ; Clontarn, from Saguenay; Oberon and Parkfield, from St. John's, N. B. ; Balders, from Cronstadt. Arrived, July 9—Wild Duck, from Wellington; Har rowby, from Hobart Town. Sailed, July 9—Start, for Brussels. DEAL, Tuesday Morning. Passed.---Her Majesty's ship Supply, from the West, for the River ' • Monarch, from London, for Port Philip ; Gan jam, from Calcutta, for London (in tow). Passed, July 7.—Maneura, from Montreal ; Vicente, from the West Indies—both for London. _ _ Passed, July B—Ensign, from Quebec ; Lady Eveline, from Calcutta; Rubens, from the Mauritius; Hilja, from Nova Scotia—all for London; Ocean Gem, for Amoy; Conqueror, for Colombo—both from London. Off Dungeness, July B—Humber, for Hull; Octavia, for Bremen ; Mentor, for Gothenburg. THE WEATHER. METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS. THE NAGY. The Victoria and Albert, Royal yacht, Captain Hon. Joseph Denman, left Portsmouth harbour yesterday to take up her position at Cowes roads. The Octavia, 51, screw steam frigate, went out of No. 8 dock yesterday into the steam basin at Ports mouth. The Pandora, 5, screw steam gunvessel, was taken out of the steam basin at Portsmouth yester day, and steamed out of harbour to try her ma chinery at Stokes Bay. She is to be got ready for the first-class steam reserve. The Persian, 12, sloop, Commander Cecil M. Buckley, V.C., arrived at Spithead yesterday after noon from the Cape of Good Hope, and saluted the flag of Vice-Admiral Sir Henry W. Bruce, naval commander in chief at Portsmouth. She will pro ceed to the eastward to pay off. The Supply, storeship, Master Commander Wm; H. Balliston, sailed from Portsmouth yesterday afternoon, with supernumeraries, fo r th e eastwar d.. _ _ The Medea, 6, steamsloop, was towed alongside the north end of Portsmouth dockyard yesterday, to be brought forward for the first-class steam reserve. The Leveret, tender to guard ship lying at South ampton Water, arrived at Portsmouth yesterday under steam, as also did the Biter, gunboat, tender to her Majesty's steamer Colossus, at Portland. The Walmer Castle, freightship, which arrived at Portsmouth on Sunday from Calcutta, went into karbour yesterday, and disembarked the right wing of sth Fusiliers. The division proceeded to their quarters at Anglesea Barracks. The following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty :—Lieutenant J. W. Lambe, to the Wanderer; Lieutenant G. S. Graves, to the Orion ; Midshipman G. W. Osmond, to the Doris ; Midshipman G. V. Story, to the Chameleon. MALTA, JUNE 30. The steam frigate Terrible returned on the 2€Sth from the Dardanelles, where she transferred to the dispatch steamer Banshee, for Constantinople, his Excellency Mirza D'Jafar Kban and suite, return ing to Persia, he having completed the objects of his mission from the Shah to the Court of St. James's. The Terrible on her way up touched, at the raquest of the ambassador, at the Phallus of Athens, whence his excellency caused a telegram to be sent to Constantinople craving a firman to be issued for the Terrible to pass through the Darda nelles to Constantinople ; but this, it seems, under existing circumstances could not be granted. His excellency visited the ambassador of Great Britain at the Hellenic court, by whom he was presented to their Majesties the King and Queen' of Greece, who received him with the honours due to his rank. On his being transferred to the Banshee the Terri ble fired a salute of 19 guns. After a few days' stay at Constantinople the Banshee will convey his excellency and suite to Poti, in the Black Sea, n route to Teheran, calling at Tribisond. The Terrible is taking in stores and provisions for the squadron at Beyrout, for which port she will leave on the 4th of July. Her Majesty's screw steam gun boat Intrepid.kft for Corfu on the 23d June. Vice Admiral W. Fanshawe Martin, the com mander in chief in the Mediterranean, shifted his flag on the 29th June from the Liffey to the Nep tune, preparatory to taking a short cruise with these two vessels and the London. On board of the Nep tune there has been a manifestation of a mutinous spirit, which the presence of the admiral will no doubt repress. Messina, Palermo, and other ports of Sicily will be visited before returning to Malta to meet the Marlborough from England. The James Watt continued at Suda Bay, in Cart , dia, on the 20th June, expecting as her relief the Gannet, from Malta, Sicily, and Corfu. The movements at Malta between the 24th and 30th June—viz., of merchant steamers discharging part of cargo thereat, and proceeding with the re mainder to ulterior ports, consist of the Paletine, from Smyrna, with Indian corn for Liverpool ; Ada, with a general cargo from London, for Con stantinople and Odessa ; Melita, from Gibraltar and Liverpool, with a general cargo for Syria and Cola stantinople ; Eva, from Odessa, Constantinople, and Smyrna, with wheat and a general cargo forlon don ; Tider, from Alexandria, with a general cargo for Liverpool. The Mehludia, Ottoman steamer, left on the 28th June on a three days' trip for CataniaAllid back, with upwards of 100 English and Maltese excur sionists. JULY 3. The screw steam line-of-battle ship Neptune, bearing the flag of the naval commander in chief in the Mediterranean, Vice Admiral W. Fan shawe Martin, together with the London, screw line-of-battle ship, and Liffey, screw steam frigate, left for a ten days' cruise on the 2d, proceeding in the first place to Catania, and thence to Messina and Palermo, and probably Naples, returning to Malta to meet the Marlborough from England, on board of which the admiral's flag will be rehoisted. Orders have been sent by telegraph to the steam gunboat Intrepid, at Corfu, to repair to Constanti nople, provided she can reckon on reaching her destination by the 4th of July, to be present at the coronation of the new Sultan. The steam gunboat Assurance is under orders to proceed, under the temporary command of Lieut. Luard, to Corfu to take the place, on that station, of the Intrepid. Commander Aynsley, R.N., of the Assurance, left, on the 29th of June, for Ischia, on sick leave, in the French steam packet Quirinal. The movements at Malta of merchant steamers, between the 30th of June and the 3d of July, land ing part 'cargo thereat, and proceeding to ulterior ports with the remainder, consist of the Coloco tronis, from Giurgevo and Constantinople, with Indian corn, &c., for Cork ; the Mehludia (Otto man), from Catania, with excursionists, fot Tripoli; and the Vesta (Russian), from London for Constan tinople and Odessa, with a general cargo, having some disarrangement in her machinery. THIS DAY'S MARKETS. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—OId Meadow hay, £2 Os to £6 Ge Od ; new do., £2s lOs to £4 Os ; old clover do., £3 10s to £6 Os new do., £ 3 158 to £ 4 lOs; and s t raw , £1 10 s to £ 2 Os per load. Trade steady. CUMBERLAND.—OId Meadow hay, £2 Os to £5 5s ; new do., £2 lOs to £4 Oa : old clover, £3 10 s t o £6 O s ; new d o., £3 15s to £4 lOs; and straw, £1 10a to £2 Os per load. A fair demand at full quotations. Supply very moderate. WHITECHAPEL.—OId Meadow hay, £2 Os to £5 5s Od ; new do., £2 lOs to £4 Os ; old clover, £3 lOs to £6 Os Od ; new do., £3 15s to £4 10s ; and strawoil lOs to £2 Os Per load. A steady trade. COLONIAL. TEA.—The dealings have been of the most limited cha racter, and prices have undergone no material alteration. SUGAR.—Business has continued very quiet, but pri ces are generally fairly maintained for the better qualities. I n the refined mark e t th ere h a s been no change of impo r t ance. East slndia previous a COFFEE.—Owing to a large quantity being announced for public sale quotations have shown a downwa r d ten dency, except for the firmer descriptions of plantation Cep'lon. Rim d, of andE —The demand has slightly increase prices are fully sustained. SALTPETRE.—For the better descriptionst d t t a h k e en A e n Lp h Ll a oa s e.we. been in TALLOW.—The a h a l e u m e fa s a i . rrket inquiry,has c: and a sli g ht advance has very q u i e t. P . Y . C. on the spot is quoted sls 9d to 52 505 to 508 3d per cwt. 8 ) and last three months .....„ COAL MARKET --JULY 8. (Prices of Coal per Ton at the close of the market Walla End. s. d. Wylam.... .......... 15 6 Ball's Primrose ......13 0 Tanfield Moor ....... 12 6 Tanfield Moo r Butes. . .12 9 Howard's W est Hart '1ey............... 15 6 Carway and Darya Malting ........... 24 0 1)0. Anthracite..2l 6 Craghead Hartley..... 14 6 Holywell ..15 6 Ships at market Hough South Hartlepool.... l7 3 Eden l6 0 Acorn Close .16 0 Trimdon Thornley.... 15 3 Hartlepool.... lB 3 Hilda 15 0 South Kelloe., 17 9 Shincliffe 16 0 28; soli, 26. The Brighton Railway traffic retarn shows this week an increase of £1,166, and the South Eastern a de • crease of £1,605. THE GREAT FIRE IN TOOLEY-STREET.—The in quest on the remains of the body of Mr. Peter Scott, dis covered in the ruins of the great fire in Tooley-street, was held yesterday in the vestry of St. Olave's Church, before Mr. Payne. All that was left of the unfortunate gentleman was a few charred bones, or rather fragments of bones. The jury was composed of the same gentlemen who sat on the ;nquest on Mr. Braidwood's body. The jury found that the remains produced were those of Mr. Peter Scott, and that he came to his death accidentally by the falling 0 wall at the fire at Cotton's Wharf, Tooley-foset.