The Sun. — London, England, 1856-07-09 00:00:00

depen• to the to the ered in htened Cat er• ce and bis in in the his de ulster, led to Lami ) laws, ) other would le con of the of the favour MG. )aptain mails, 28th ; 14th ; acent's _ _ • Isbon, 0,000/. eating. , on his iatio.n, ) assit3 Irfeetly Tres in 4areity le Sala ing ex- ; quo. , sd. to ng the ;:1 sales If fresh ion. 3r First in dry ,Ie little applies. I. Ex- arrival i Sugat,' , O're • '}cash. cis con cknesi, for the appear. Tour of works, r bill to to the ;DAY. rith ad off the ;ht and Eatheiv, I stated ized for 71overn pested year to :RIME* quarter •ecorder, ,nd jury, , nvieting , s a shop attention this kind whether nce. If only be receive 'pectable our of a honesty [at every tt of the of theca an ac e homes las been ed (eon• or, who orepared )staiued ocal act t the bill may not y to ob ut I do of which een sent l to the nre wag 138 ; an d a better wbicb fatale:4 13,2 9. , we to: to al ; and per they .ecorded >een de iom re• Aline to be main tbat ,borities xpect ange of itbs, or tead of nmitted :iodnesis circum• ed, and rat they 3til this duties neroug. ) a east bat ini7 ed, and Benicia qtly in what is lowest me who became of ini m with resort led by aid be opera* ere pa to the Every ,nsitive lights, een en- years, I first s enor- Or the into a if the in, we 3either reot of ho are rsue a ale in mend, priced,. lowly, lg . car mug. ained: horta 6d to 6d; e., MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL IbiTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLonstx. t. The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday culosed firmly, without any material change. The sales were estimated at 6,000 bales, 1,000 on specula- • } 4 tron and 500 for export ; comprising 30 Pernatn and Maranham, at 6d. ; 200 Bahia, 6 7-16 d. : 100 Egyptian, Gid. to Bd. ; 700 Surat, 4d. tw sd. 22 per The Railway Share Market was acitive, with an improvement in prices. Act iounts from the Vienna Bourse report a fur- st . tber improvement in Austrian Securities. Ow the 7th inst. the 5 per Cent. Metallics rose 49- per 5 0 J cent., to 84i, and the 4i per Cents. were firm at 20 74. Austrian Railway Stocks were in demand at 10 255, arid shares of the New General Bank of Ciredit 50 chanF,ed bands at 385. The Lombardo-Venetian Itail.way Stock is also in request at 134. Exchamge 74' on 'London is 10-2, and on Paris 119. St. Letters from Paris mention that the matter is 6t • 16 spoken of in reliable quarters, of an extraordinary 25 :cession of the Legislative Body being convened shortly, for the purpose of voting a New Loam of t o 300,000,000 f., as being n e c essar y t o cover th e , re- 3t. , maining expenses of the war. Should this be de ternained upon by the Imperial Governments, it to le probable that the funding of Treasury Bomds will not be resorted to ;at the same time, there is 10 it. rio doubt that the call for a New Loan will ixend it. further to depress financial matters in Paris. 3t. This day there was a meeting of the Alliamce Bank at the London Tavern, at which a statement l t• was made by the directors. From this it appeared that since the establishment of the bank, at the beginning of the year, a nett profit of 6,6261. LOs. ed. had been made. The statement was receiwed its satisfactory. The half-yearly meeting of the Colonial Baulk was also held this day ; C. Marryat, Esq., in the chair. The nett profits were 20,8681. Us. 6d., mut of which the directors recommended a dividend of 24 per cent., being at the rate of 6 per cent. pier annum. The report was adopted. • The City of Baltimore, arrived from New York, • brings $60,000. The mails have not yet been die livered in the City. In the continental exchanges yesterday after toon there was continued heaviness, and as goild is now dearer in Paris than it is here further shill)- , nIE:Ws will no doubt be made. From Paris we learn that a decline occurred Lin the price`of the kettles yesterday. This unfavour able movement is attributed to an increased die 'nand for money for commercial purposes, and tto theabsence of most of the principal capitalists amd ° Peculators-who are now taking their usual holidaw. The English Funds have been dull, and Com °Ole have been within a trifling fraction of 95i all the morning. The improved state of tine weather has produced increased firmness, butt t he dealings have not been very numerous. Consols opened at 95i /, then rose to 95/ a nd haie since ruled at the former quotation, teeth for special transfer and to-morrow. Tine August price is 96i j. The Scrip is at nomii nal rates. Exc.lequer Bills have been 165., 175., and 2 0s,•premium, and India Bonds 19s. to 225. Premium. The New Threes have ranged froim 9 _ 6 1 to 971, an d th e R e d uce d are mar k e d 96i. Bank Stock remains at 2181. In Foreign Stocks business is very quiet. Sar dinian have been 921 t o 931, b r i ng s t ea d y ; an al ziamsh` Deferred are 24k. Turkish 6 per Cents.. have brought 1041 for money, and 1041 g for ac count. The 4 per Cent. Guaranteed are supportedi at 106 to 106 g. Belgian 41 per Cents. are 97. The following are the nominal prices of Foreigm St o'cks:---Grenada Deferred Bonds, 7± ; ; Peruvian, 81 82 ; ditto 3 per Cents.,, 67 8 ; Portuguese 4 per Cents., 49 51 ; Russian 5i per Cents., 112 114 ; ditto 4i per Cents., 98 100 :; Spanish 3 per Cents., 46i ; ditto Deferred„ 2 4i ; ditto Certificates, 61 ; ditto Passive, 617. Railway shares are generally steady, but the; transactions are not numerous. Caledonian, Great Western, and South-Western, however, have slightly declined. Most of the others are at am advance, or maintain previous values. The Frenclii` and Belgian have not undergone any change off importance. The Riga shares continue to improve s , being now as high as 5 and 6. Bengals are 1 prem., and Ceylons 1 / prem. .joint-stock Banking Shares are rather lower.. The Miscellaneous are without any change of im portance. BRITISH FUNDS THIS,DA.Y.-CLOSING PRICESi. &ragtag Ocrstial List. ! sank Sto c k ri 2 3 per Oent. Redmeed Anutties„ 3 per Cent Consols Annaitieg New a nor cent. Annuitie. . New 21 per Cent. Annuities.. .. 80 74 Long Annuities, expire sth .lan. 1 860... 34 Ditto 311 Years, expire sth April, 1885 lgi 18 India Honda, elooo Cl 19 22 P Ditto, ander i. 1.000 22 p onsol s tor Account 4x chequer %Ills. 21d.. 't,cl,oo n ............ 1mi.:.,,,,,.. .. ... 21 18 p Ditto Ronds,lBsB, 3 per Cont. lOOl PRICES OF FOREIGN" FUNDS THIS DAY. Grenada NOW Active, 2i per Cen.t. - Ditto Deferred, Peruvian Bon's 4 , , per Cent Ditto 3 per Cent Ditto A ccount 57i Sttdinian Bon 4e, 5 per Cent . ..... ... Sp Ills! Rends, 3 p er C ent 93 21 — Ditto 'L'exv Deferred, 3 per cola- Ditto Account - 21!) 101 A T '''''''h i -1 0'144, 6 psr c en t Ditto Accou n t .. ...... 1043 Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Ditto Account niv , en le on the above ,a, able in LencloL. Delgiau, 21 per Cent., ex. 25 francs — Ditto 4i per Cent.. ex. 25 francs Dutch Exchange, 21 per Cent., 12 Guilders Ditto 4 ~n• Cent. certificates Peruvian Dollar Bonds, 4, per Cent. , THREE O'CLOCK. 0 005019 (Mon ey ) — Ditto Account (July 10) to LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) 20 16 ~ LoNDON, July 9.—Wi n d t hi s day at noon, N.W:.;; ' 10 light breeze and fine. 2r PLYMOUTH, July 8.--Wind N.W. Arrived Trw- 43 Phena, f rom B raz il s ; E velyn, London, for the Cape air ln Good Hope. Sailed—Ruby, for the Cape of Good Ho 1 Gottinge n , B om b ay . pe 20 FALMOUTH, July B.—Wind N.N.W., strong gale, An.- 100 ri led —Britannia (s.s. tpt.), from Portsmouth, for Dulb lin. 10 GILWAY, July.B.—Arrived—Claren ce , f rom St . J o h n ' s , , 20 N.B. Cotty, Jul y 7. 2 —Wind W.N. W. —A rr i ve d—S utcliftin, 20 flora St. John's P N.B. 10 (Pint ELEOTRIO TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Wednesday Mor n i ng . Wind W. A rrived—fity a - rinTainore, screw steamer, from Phil chladelphia : Acadian, New York; Africa, Bombay, aftez ains. aground in the R o Ck C hannel, with loss of anchtur Off Remy Clay and John D uncan . Zailed -- Clyde, for Falkland Islands. Wind N W . 'DIIBLIN , July 8. Arrived Fanny dere, Ghent. and CoPertions, from Memel; QUEENSTOWN, July 7. Wind N./T.W . Arrived — lsabella El en t er i a, from Havana ; Aramintag, Callao ; Desierara ; _Caroline, Harbour Grace. Wind S. W . WATERFORD, July 7. Arrived —Louisa and Aighira, from Galata. (Br 411 71311ARTOR AND iiRITISR TELEGRAPH.% GRAVESEND, Wednesday, 10.22 a.m. ' L in d ; tide fonr hours' eb -r-rrived—Brother from Memel ; Herald, Gaertner ; Ornse, Dieppe. s' Sailed —Belgium, steamer, foi Ostend ;Albion, steamer, Boulogne; - Vesta, Oporto. DEAL, Wednesday, 10.16 a.m. Wind N.W., moderate. cassed--Cza, from Honduras ; Alert deer, C R messenger, Leghorm ; Cap© of Good Hope ; Carl Aunste Ibrail ; Reim ; Westerbother, Alexan d ria ; Alice, Cubm . ; . City ° f Quebec, Montreal; Gustay Henrietta, Guayaquill„ Maria Q ue bec, Savanill Trop ic, Antigua; White Stair, Piuteu—all for London! ; The litangalore, from London, for Calcutta, retort:DA , with damage sustained off the Isle of Wight yesterday during the gale, in tow to Loudon, Jantina, galliot, from Falmouth, for Hull. Anchored—Agenoria, flora Newcastle, for Constara tinople. Passed—Lavinia, from Newcastle, for Guernsey; Orient, Westward London for Newfoundland ; Resolution, Shields, for tine bar- ue , and (1-- " r kisous. Shields, for Alicante ; Freedom West King Mahon Castle, from the north, for tine 20 20 20 20 SHARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) RAILWAYS. Ir. Paid S i RAIL WATS. Closing Prices tits day WO 'Aberdeen .......,...... 9A Ambg. Wottng. Bogs and Bastn. Janet. ill 11 , Arrtst k t;silymeti .1 1 Birming. Wolverh itorzr Valley__ all Birk e and. Lane& .. Cheahlxe Juliet_ es' i Do. Chlah. & Birk all 'Do. ) do. ............ all Itlytll &Tyneorigint £25 (load. at £4l' ;100 Bristol and Exeter... 100 !Caledonian. all 'Chester & Holyhead all Cork and Bandon al! Cork, Black, a Pas 18 Cornwall all Do. A 8 Do. B 45 DuNin&BelfastJum all Dun. P. & Aher. inc 1100 East Arglian all Eastern Counties 100 Rad. rTnion. A St 1 1 4 Do., B. Stock 8i Do., New A 10 East Kent 1100 East Lancashire 100 Edinburgh& Glasgo all Edinb. and Peebles 100 Bdia.Prth & Dtiod all north & Clyde Jun • all Furness all Do. Extension.. !100 Glasgow& S. West all Great N. of Scotlnd 100 Great Northern 100 Do., A. Stock 100 Do., B. Stock 130 Gt. Sth. &West.(lre 100 Treat Western 100 Do. Stour Val. BA' Goa. Stk.. all Irish South-Easterr all raneaster & Culla:. 144 Do., Thirds 11 Do. New Thirds__ 'lOO Lancash.andYorksl Do., Wet. Riding Ch: all Do. South, ort uondon & 131ackwa:1 100 Loud. Bright &S.Cs. 100 Lond. and N. Weetv 16 Do. Fifths 5i D0.101.dh..M&8 - 2 Do. Eighths 100 London and R. W-0 14 Lon. Tilby. & South. Barking Sh.. all Ludndrry&Colerain• all Lndndr7. & Ennifk 'lOO Wanch.Shet&Linel 82s. )0., Men. & Lin. Ur 1 sfetropolitan 100 Midland 100 . )o. Birmng. &Derb all G. West. (Ire, all 'o. Half Shares._ all feweastle & Carlisl all Iwpt.Aberg. &Hrf , l iewry & Enniskilh, all Jewry, Warrenpo'nt i ani Rostrevor.... 1'43 forfolk 31, orthn.Counties rir 1100 North British . 100 ` 4 th Devon Rail. & Dock Stock 100 0., A Stock. 100 , o B Stock 10 V. lastern—Berwir , 23i to. do. extension 16i )o.do. G.N.E. Thy& a 0 Do. Leeds 100 ./o. York 100 Yorth London., 3 , ..&,S.Wstrn.,Ham stead, and City forth Staffordshir al 'forth Western all 4. &S. Westrn. Jun , 1 )x., Were., Woh 12 'ortsmonth w' kottish Central, 13. leottish.T4idland 00 411 ropshiro UEi . a: , =oath Devon I w' bath Eastern 100 ;until Walcs Yrkeh. & Riv. I)u ' l O.. ............ a ll I, l.irles, Wok. &W ,, . Stoc'tton & Der log. 10 De., do., 1854 1 Do., do., 1855 Axolktou & dart!, pi I N. raff Vale .. ;)o. Pref., No. 9 2 Thames Hay. D.& Is. all Valc of Neath ...... ell Waterfd. & Kilkemf all Waterford&Limer!e • all West Cornwall..... all West End of Lond , and Crystal Palace all , Do. A ....... I 3 Do. B .. all IWest London. all I Wimbledn&Croydol Antwero4Rott rdpv 10 Ardennes sI Atlan.& St.Lw. lee.sed at 6 p. e. by Gd.Tnk, of Canada ..... 5 all lo.goth ti:a9tn. Junt 10 L 4 ere to Grai ssi•se , .8 4i linznbzty, Barocla, ay Co-.lndia, g 5 p. c .8 all Do. 54 Buff & Lk. Hur. Ry ail ICarmeaux & Toulouse Coal Mines and Ry. all ;Demerara 11 !Dutch Rhenish ..... all jEastern of France . 19 iDo. New all East Indian, g. sp. all I Do.' x. B gu 5 p.c. 5 Do. Ex. C, gu. sp. c all Do. do. D, gu. sp. c. all D0.44p.c.8nd5.,'5 all do. do.. '59, d all Gee 'ong Az. Melbourn , guar. 5 per c nt. . all Gd. Tk of CIADfIAio.A i 9 j Do. Cert. of Debora., con. into Stk. till all Do. Comp. 6p. c., . 14 Gt. Coutral of Fran all eh Tr. Pon. g. sp. c 2 Do New, gu tr. sp. c 14 Orem Luxembour Constituted Shan all Gt.Woatern of Cana: qltares 5i Do. New .... ‘ll Do. Bds., payable '5 all Do. do., '76, p.'60.. ail Do. do., '73 do. all Dc., do., '73, withou option all Lake Const. & Ras) all Liorre and Turnhout 6 Lombardo Venetian. i,ll Lucca's - , Piet. sp. c.p 10 Lyons and Genova all '.y one a Mediterm a'l Niadrs, guar. 4 • p.c all Do. New do., sp. c all Do. 43 D. c. Eaten 10 Do. 3d Ex., g. sp. c all taria Antonia Yll )o. do. New all Nlaranr & Urge (wit tntereat) %I' 'lo. (ex interest).. all Do. do , Cp. c. Pref tli iorthern of France iti qorwegianTrunkPre all Paris and Ly0n5...... 811 litto Boni!! ........ all Paris and Orleans 3 Recife & San. Fran. (Pernam.) g. 7 p. c. all Riga & Dunaburg is. at M. per sharo 5 Rome and Frascati all oyal Danish all lloyalSwedish tambre and !dens& all 10. 5i p. cent. Prff 5 icinde, guar. sp. c all D 0... 18 ;outhern of France. 8 it. Andrew's an, Quebec (A),,. Vest Flanders Oo 6 par c. Pref... All c" .. .&N.W. of Franc. 1 West. of Switzerland all Wiesbaden ... 41 /Avila& .. 43 -• 5 5/ 9 191 - 17 131 61' 16a 11 ••• ..... ... '^' ••• 2 - 3 I 10 - 11 18i - 19. 1O 10j 3 6 - 38 25 - 27 8 6 - 88 63 - 65 ii -i, me ... 91 - 96 8 -8, 95 - 96 77 - 79 30 - 132 10 1 2 621 63, 73 - 76 98- 71 - 7R 109 - 111 1081 - 109 . : _ _ - 1.07 - - 168 1 .. 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Corp. 16 London Joint Stock 10 London and Paris.... 20 bond. te Wertminste• National Pro.of Eng 10 Do. New 22 national of Bank ... all New South all Oriental Bank g 11 .rporatton. 10 Ottoman Bank 2 l*rGyincial of Irelane all Lao. N0w............ „ 1 R 'fns &O n i m 50 Royal British...... a , 4.lth xustralia a ll tinit,d of tkustr.lis 2i Waw .4. , 10 froion London 50 Western Bk Lund' FAINT.ti ri 0. r• 103 105 lf - lip 71 - 73 • 1 • P ,d 73 - 75 18 - 19 21 - 22 1 - 2p par -- 21) 4RIM • • - . . VIIII• , 48 - 50 41 - 44 4 , MN. , •Il '..... or. 73 - 75 8 10 14 t . 4 2p Business done st. this day St _ _ _ /0 St. l 7 FO.Ri IG . 14 - 98 - 62 97i All i 16i 17 18 101 I 36 7 23 6} . pin 98j 7i 1094 loot 9 1074 7 1 34 1 i 84 1 4 31 381 i 87i 84 12 13 74i 511 5 82 24i i 5 14A 1 i 86 5i 5 1 a I r 7i lli ß I 3 9i i I 1 20 45i 60 15 60} i 30 43 t i 51 i6si 61 RI 28; 20i 1 1 1i # 1 1 & I►j I • THE SUN LONDON,_WEDNES'pAY EVENING, JULY 9, 1.856- rbirti Mbitton Napier, Mr. Whiteside, and Mr. Craufurd took part, The house divided, when there aFpaared— ' For going into committee . 74 Against it 6O Majority for going into committee —s Mr. VANCE then moved the adjournment of the debate. The house again divided, when there appeared-- For the adjournment Against it 73 Majority against it —lo Mr. WHITESIDE appealed to Mr. Craufrud to per severe with the bill during the present session. The LORD ADVOCATE hoped that hon. gentlemen opposite would allow the bill to go into committee. He thought the bill was a very useful one. It was to permit English judgments to be en forced in Ireland and Scotland, and vice versa with respect to the Scotch and Irish judgments. Mr. FRENCH addressed the house until a quarter to six, when the debate in conformity with the standing orders was adjourned. RAILWAYS' ACT (IRELAND) BILL. This bill was read a second time. CUSTOMS' BILL. On the motion of Mr. WILSON, the order for the second reading was discharged, and leave given to bring in a new bill with an amended title. The other orders were then disposed of, and the house adjourned at six o'clock. Pa1..1.1 RAILWAYS. Leis Compan Chan rn~-4 this day. :his SUN OFFICE, Seven, o'clock. LIVERPOOL RACES.—(This Day.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) CROXTETH STAKES. Fisherman. walked over, MERSEY STAKES. Dusty Miller Sprig of Sbillelah Apathy • Won by half a length. Five ran. LANCASHIRE OAKS. Uzella ... Oltenitza 0 1 0 2 BENTINCK HANDICAP Wild Huntsman Early Bird Four ran. TRAINERS' STAKE. Prince Planaible... King of Scotland . Three rap. SELLING STAKES. CRIMINAL COURT.—(This Day). Salmon Icarus ...... OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Coleridge.) THE ATTEMPT TO MURDER IN TIE HOUSE OF ARRIVED. Clarissa Colt, San Francisco, Miss Whip Colt, Breeze, Naughty Boy, Daisy, Miss Nightingale, and Princess Eugenie. CORRECTION. John Wilson, 2S, a sullen, determined-looking man, was charged with the capital offence of cutting and wounding William Middleton, with intent to murder him. In other counts the intent of the prisoner was laid to do grievous bodily harm. The prisoner, it will be remembered, was confined in the House of Correction, Coldbath Fields, under a sentence of this Court, and the prosecutor, who is • a warder in the prison, had him under his ' charge. On the 21st of June, it appeared that the prisoner complained to Middleton that be did not re ceive his full allowance of bread, and that he picked out the smallest loaves for him. The prosecutor denied that he had done what the prisoner stated, and told him he might see the governor, and he took the loaf from_ the prisoner, weighed it, and locked it up. Oa the follow. ing morning tho prisoner was taken before the governor of the prison, and he there stated that the officers of the prison had an antipathy to him, and repeated his com plaint about the bread. The governor said he considered the prisoner's complaint was a frivolous one and to punish him for making it he was ordered to be deprived of a portion of his dinner. The prisoner was then taken back II) the dormitory, which it was his duty] it appeared to assist in cleaning, and he was locked in for nearly two hours. When Middleton returned, and upon his un locking the door, the prisoner rushed at him and stabbed him on the forehead, and also cut him on the hand with a knife, which it appeared he had obtained possession of by breaking open a box belonging to one of the warders that was in the dormitory. It was proved that this knife, which was an ordinary round-pointed dinner knife, had been sharpened to a point, and a quantity of tow had been tied round the handle, in order to afford a firmer grasp to the hand. The pro secutor succeeded in getting away from the prisoner after he had made the attack upon him, and locked him in the cell ; and upon the chief warder going there shortly afterwards the prisoner quietly gave himself up, and banded over the kniife with which the injury had been inflicted, at the same time observing that the prosecutor was a very lucky fellow. The prisoner, when called upon for his defence, said that Middleton had caused him to be punished without any cause, and he intended to retaliate upon him, but not to take his life. The learned judge having summed up, the jury found the prisoner guilty of cutting and wounding, with intent to do grievous bodily harm. Mr. Bodkin informed the Court that the prisoner had been three times convicted of burglary, and during his imprisonment he had twice stabbed the turnkeys who had him in charge. 'Die prisoner was sentenced to he transported for 20 THE ROYAL VISIT TO ALDERSHOT. ADDRESS OF HER MAJESTY TO THE TROOPS. Yesterday morning the whole of the Crimean regi ments in camp at Aldershot were under arms at an early hour, and marched direct to the review ground on A'- dershot common, where the main bo'dy of all the troops were drawn up in line, under the ridge of hills which skirt this portion of the field. Immediately in front of the line the officers of each regiment, with a certain number of privates, selected from amongst the oldest and most gallant men in each regiment, formed in square, from the upper centre of which her Majesty addressed them in the following terms :-- " Officers, Non-commissioned Officers, and Soldiers, — I wish personally to convey, through you, to the regi ments assembled here this day, my hearty welcome on your return to Eng'and in health and full efficiency. Say to them that I have watched anxiously over the difficulties and hardships which they have so nobly borne ; that I have mourned with deep sorrow for the brave men who have fallen for their country ; and that I have felt proud of that valour which, with their gal• lant allies, they have displayed on every field. I thank God that your dangers are over, whilst the glory of your deeds remains. But I know that, should your services be again required, you will be animated with the same devotion which in the Crimea has rendered you invincible." The Queen spoke from an open carriage. She was in a riding habit, and wore a round hat. Prince Albert, the King of the Belgians, the Prince of Wales, Prince Oscar, the Duke of Cambridge, and Lord Panmure were on horseback by the royal carriage. Her Majesty spoke with a clearness of enunciation which rendered her words distinctly audible throughout the whole square. At the close of her address the Queen bowed graciously to the several corps, and at the call of General Knollys the officers and men acknowledged the distinguished compliment paid to them by three rounds of hearty cheers. ATTACK ON THE LIBERTY OF THE PRESS IN HOLSTEIN. KIEL, July 4.—The state of affairs in the duchi€3 is beginning to assume a very threatening appearance, for the breach between the Danish Government and the German population is widening every day. It was in consequence of the generally expressed wish of the in habitants of Holstein for a revision of " the j >int consti tution for the whole monarchy," that Baron von Scheel- Plessen brought forward in the Reicherath at Copen hagsn his motion on the subject, which brought down on him his summary dismissal from the important post he held, as civil governor (Oberpresident) of Altona, in which he is succeeded by Herr von Thaden, hitherto the Burgermeister of that city. It being a matter of great importance that the facts of the case, and his own conduct in the affair, should he generally known, in order to be appreciated, the Baron had the debates in the Diet on the question re printed from the official Danish "Hansard," and pub lislisd in the form of a pamphlet by the bookseller Schewers, of this town, and I may add that the Baron purposely abstained from expressing his own opinions on the subject, but confined himself to writing a short introduction containing nothing but the historical facts and dates to enable his readers to draw their own inference. This pamphlet is entitled, " Report of the Debates in the Reichsrath on the Motion of the Civil Governor of Altona, Baron vo❑ Scheel-Plessen, for a Revision of the Constitution for the whole Danish Monarchy ;" but scarcely was it published before orders were sent from Copenhagen to the police here to seize and confiscate all the copies that could be found in circu lation. It is scarcely necessary to state that this act has pro duced a most painful impression throughout the duchy, and may lead to the most important results. The indig nation of the Holsteiners has received fresh fuel from this gratuitous attack on their privileges and breach of their constitutional rights,which, if persisted in, threatens to break out into open hostilities at no distant period. We are requested to state that the gentleman men tioned in the morning papers in the case of Ellen French, at the Insolvent Debtors' Court, yesterday, is not Mr. Thomas Rolt, son of Mr. Rolt, M.P. for Greenwich. Mr. W. S. Lindsay has organised a new monthly line of auxiliary screw-steamers to the Cape of Good Hope and Calcutta. Three new vessels, the England, Scot land, and Ireland, have been built for the purpose, with all the modern improvements, and these with two others will constitute the fleet. They will be of 1,150 tone, and 150-horse power, and . a calculation i s g i ven that they will reach the Cape in 36 days, and Calcutta in 70 to 75. The England, the first of the line, is to sail on the let of August, calling at Dartmouth on the sth. THE BOAT ACCIDENT AT NEWCASTLE-ON-TINE.' The bodies of seven of the unfortunate persons drowned by the upsetting of a sailing boat upon the Tyne, near Newcastle, on Sunday night, have been recovered ; five of them were removed to the dead-house, the other two were taken to their homes. TLe accident appears to have been caused by those having charge of the boat allowing too many persons to get into it. The boat had been with her gunwale nearly level in the water, and as soon as the women rose to their feet, when the swell of the steamer came into her, she bad upset. The screams and cries of the unfortunate people drowning in the water had been fearful in the extreme, and great credit is given to the old scullerman, William Cooper, who succeeded in bringing five persons ashore, for he ap pears to have been the only person in the craft upon the river who attempted to save the unfortunate people from paithing. SOUTH AUSTRALIA. We have received papers from Adelaide to the 12th of April inclusive. Under the heal " Our Staple Ex ports " the Adelaide Observes-, of the 29th of March, has the following : " We have repeatedly urged the importance of look ing at the export trade of the colony as the only sure ground of permanent prosperity. The influx of money into the colony may for a time create an appearance of prosperity which is delusive, and which on passing aw a y creates a reaction p ro p or ti one d t. ) th e excitement it caused. Tile w ea lth p oure d i nto S ou th Australia by the Escort was of this kind, It was an increase to the spending power of the colonists, and, so far as it was invested in fixed property, added to the permanent sources of wealth. The gold was largely the produce of the colonists, without being the produce of the colony. It was raised by South Australian diggers, and remitted to Adelaide for expenditure. It increased for a time the income of the colony, and to that extent had the good effect of reviving trade and restoring confidence ; but it added nothing to the permanent exportable capa bilities of the colony, exoept so far as it was invested as fixed capital in productive businesses. The import of gold has now ceased, and the temporary prosperity it created has ceased with it, and we are compelled to h ok for our colonial income exclusively to the money received for articles exported ; and it augurs well for the stability and future prosperity of the colony that its exporting capabilities have increased and are increasing. There is not only no retrograde movement visible, but there is a clear and decisive advance to be noted. Last year was an unfavourable one as regards the harvest, and bad a tendency to create a gloomy feeling with respect to the future prospects of the colony, which is not war ranted by the facts of the case. If we endeavour to calculate the value of the colonial export for this year, it will be seen that, so far from its being discour aging, it is in the highest degree encouraging. "The harvest is known to have been a good one, and the largest ever reaped in the colony. Retaining as much as is wanted for food and seed, there will still be 1,000,000 bushels of wheat exportable, for which there is a pretty sure market. The price may probably fluctuate during the year, as it has already fluctuated since the harvest, but taking all the year round, and remembering that a large quantity has been already exported at a good price, it will not be overrating probabilities to fix the average price of wheat for the year at 7s. 6d. a bushel. This, for 1,000,0001. bushels, will give a grain export of the value of 375,0001. This is exclusive of any minor export for agricultural produce which there may be in the shape of barley, oats, hay, fruit, wine, etc. "At the dinner of the Agricultural Society, recently held, Mr. Kingston stated that copper to the value of 500,000/. would be exported this year from the colony. Other authoritative statements to the same effect have been made by those who are well acquainted with the reviving activities of the mining interest, and we know no reason to distrust their correctness. "The export of wool last year was valued at 262,000/. There is no reason for supposing that it can be less this year ; on the contrary, there is good ground for antici pating a decided increase. Several Lew runs have been taken up, more than compensating for the land taken from the sheep farmer by the agriculturist. The freer sup ply of labour, too, has enabled the squatter to extend his operations with less fear of being deserted by hie servants than he has had for two or three years ~past. There will be no exaggeration in putting down 40,0001. as the increase in the value of the year's wool, which will raise the value of the pastoral export to 300,0001. This is exclusive of the value of any hoofs, hides, dec., exported. The probable value of the three several staple arti of export, therefore, will stand thus : Mineral export Agricultural export Pastoral export 300,000 Total £1,175,000 "This is an anticipated result which will not suffer by comparison with any previous year. The annual export has been previously raised by gold, but the gold had been imported before it was exported. The export, the produce of the colony, has never yet reached a million sterling in value, but there is good reason for believing, as the preceding calculations show, that that amount will be attained this year. So far from despair. ing, therefore, of the future of the colony, there is every ground fir encouragement. "It may be said that, admitting the truth of these calculations for the current year, there is not equal ground of confidence for future years. We cannot ad mit the correctness of any such dispararing sup positions. Of three staple articles of export two of them will always find a remunerative market, and the limit of their production in the colony has not yet been nearly reached. In a few years the export of wool will be largely' in excess of what it is now. The stock farmers, far spreading as their runs are, have not yet taken up a quarter of the colony. In the north and north-west are yet large tracts of country unoccupied and unexplored, which will yield sustenance to tens of thousands of sheep and cattle. Into there districts, the squatters, as they are pressed for room, will gradually push with their flocks and herds, till the country now desolate and worthless will yield the means of eubsistenle to thousands. " No shaft that has yet been Funk has laid open all the hidden riches of the Burrs, nor are all the mineral riches of the colony contained within the limits of one special survey. The half has not been told yet of the wealth that lies hidden undergrourni. When the cost of living falls to a point that will admit of a reduction of wages without any corresponding reduction in the com forts of the working man, mining operations will receive a great extension. The field for them is practically "The agricultural industry of the colony cannot, per haps, be expected to c?,ntinue advancing at the Fame rate as it has during the past two pars. Victoria to some extent will supply its own wants, and the in creasing cultivation in New South Wales and Tasmania will tend to keep the corn markets well suppled. Then?, is, however, littla ground for fear that the present area of cultivation will be restricted. There will always be a market for surplus stocks of grain, and if the price falls it will at least have the good effect of discouraging importations of flour from America." HURRICANE IN THE MERSEE-LOSS OF LIFE. LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY. It blew a heavy gale 'ast • night, w;th violent squalls from W.N.W. to N.N.W , acclmpanied with very heavy rain. The casualties reported in the channel are numerous, but only in one instance is any loss of life reported. The following were reported at the under w iteri' rooms. The Naval Brigade, which arrived from Quebec last night, and the City of Brooklyn, at anchor in the liver fnr New York, drove on chore this morning on the Pinckirigton Bank oppo s ite th e B runsw i c k Duck. Bath were floated off at high tide, the former by the aid of six steam-tugs, and the latter with slight 'assistance, both apparently uninjured. The American packet ship Isaac Webb, Capt. Bryce (one of Messrs: Baring Brothers' liners), which sailed yesterday for New York, is on shore at the entrance of the port of Amlivch, on the Welsh coast. From .the rugged nature of the coast, it is believed, shorld the gale not abate, the vessel will become a wreck, as she lies in a very dangerous position. The crew and pas sengers are saved. The ship Africa, Captain O'Neill, which arrived off the pert yesterday afternoon, from Bombay, was caught by the gale and drove on the west end of the West Hoyle Bank. Her sails were all blown to pieces. Her passengers have been landed by the Fury steam-tug, but she lies in a dangerous positioa. A ship, supposed to be the Tribune, Captain Irvine, which sailed hence yesterday afternoon for Callao, is on shore on East Hoyle, with loss of foremast. A steam tug, with the Liverpool life-boat in tow, endeavoured to reach her, but was complied to put back, owing to the heavy sea. She reports the vessel to be a black ship, coppered, and of about 1,000 tons. Another report states a much larger-sized vessel with a round stern. The schooner Actaeon, of Workington, is on shore in Church Bay, near Holyhead. Captain drowned. The schooner Enterprise, of Kinsale, and a flat, are ashore on Mockbeggar Wharf. A ship with signals of distress flying was at anchor this morning outside the North-West Light-ship, but was inward bound, towed by two steamers at 2.45 p.n'. A brig, with los s o f sa il s an d s i gna l s o f distress fly inz, is off West Hoyle Ban . • A small vessel is on shore on the North Bank, with signals of distress. The steamer Brunswick, hence to Aberystwith, had to put into Beaumaris at 6 a.m., through stress of wea ther, The Cunard Royal Mail steamer Persia had her steam up all night, in case she should drift from her moorings and injure some of the shipping in the river, or damage herself. The precaution, however, proved unnecessary. The hurricane seems to have swept along the entire coast, as the following telegraphic despatches show : " Belfagt, July B.—Last night it blew a hurricane. This morning a steady gale, all from N.W. A largo barque is ashore near Port Stewart, outward bound from Liverpool ; crew saved." "Dublin, July 8. —Wind last night N.N.W. to N., a perfect gale. At present blowing strong." Queenstown, July B.—Heavy and sudden squalls last night from N.N.W. Moderate now, with occasional squalls. No casualties." " Carnarvo n ' July 8. —A large vessel is seen in the bay, riding with only misenmast standing. No steamer here to go out. Position 10 miles S.W. by W. of Land dwyv." Memorials are about to be sent in to the Customs by some of the leading firms in the tea trade for an exten sion of bonding privileges, the warehouses at present available in that department of business being inade quate, Since the throwing open of the East Indian commerce the tea trade has nearly doubled, while the warehouse accommodation remains without material n crease. RE ASSESSMENT OF TEE PROPERTY AND INCOME. TAX.—In consequence of the defalcation of the late col lector of these taxes for Greenwich, a new assessment has been vita& on the inhabitants to make good his de ficiencies, aid in one instance, Mr. Ward, of the Lord Nelson, !laving refused to pay, a distress has beenlevied on his goods and the amount paid under protest. This has occasioned great discontent throughout the place, as it is alleged that the defaulter's sureties, who ar e liable and able to pay, have not been called on. Accord. ingly - a preliminary meeting was held on Thursday even ing last, &those of whom the taxes have been a second time demanded, when it was resolved to call a public meeting; at which Mr. M. Montague, M.P. for the borough, is invited to take the chair, for the purpose of 418430rialleing the Government on the injustice which had idiutoidem.Sol6rEgittrit Quette. 411 I Bedford and Blotch ley ... 100 Buckghamsh. 100 Clydesdale Je. all Col. Stour Vy. Sud. and 100 E. Lin. g. 6 pc. all E. Un. H. 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'-'••• 8 jo 4 —4; lb lap 2 - 24 4 - 5 - 22 - 24 - I - it • 3 - gt 66 - 68 5 - 6 r 72 - 74 - 16A - rl 77. fit St. St. tf. LC St. Bt. St, 1 Do. : 671 94 5 8j 1191 1181 1014 96t 6 109 8 31 3 30 29 129 1"1141 15 x 14 13j 14 4f i 6i 6 2d 151 11 Pm 31 73 i 37i Ulf 4 ItrIPERIAL PARLIAMENT , HOUSE OF COMMONS. —(This Day.) The SPEAKER took the chair at 3 o'clock. Mr. HADFIELD presentcda petition from the inha bitants of Sheffield, complainin g of the manner in which the misunderstanding with the United States had been caused. CIVIL SERVICE SUPERANNUATION. Ou the motion for going into committee, THE CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER made an explanation with reference to the civil service, before the Speaker left the chair, which he hoped would in duce Viscount Goderich not to proceed with the motion in committee on which he had given notice rela tive to the mode of making appointments in the civil service. In the early part of the ses sion his noble friend moved a resolution with a view of making more general the practice for ad mission into the civil service by open competition, but though a discussion took place, followed by a division, the house had not yet come to any ultimate decision upon the point. Since that discussion the system then in forte had been acted.° i, and a considerable number of appointments bad taken place. That system was introduced in May, 1855, and the following was the result of its opera tion up to the 30th June in the present year. There were 2,309 candidates, and out of that number there were examined 1,055 in London and 693 in the provinces, making a total of 1,748. There were 564 certificates granted in London, 445 on the provincial exa mination, and on the reports from heads of depart ments 61, making the total number of certificates granted 1,070. The number of certificates refused amounted in London to 318, and on the provincial ex amination to 233, making the total number of certifi cates refused 556. It would be obvious that these examinations were not a mere matter of form, and that they had the effect of separating the worthy from the unworthy candidates, who sought admission into the publieservice. His noble friend (Lord Goderich) proposed to carry the system further for the purpose of enabling Persons to offer themselves as candidates without any qualification, except that which appeared by their exa mination, and he (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) would state to the house the views entsrtained by the Government with respect to the system which , his noble friend wished to render universal. In the , superior departments, such as the Secretary of State's office, or the Treasury, or any of the principal depart ments, the a; peintmerts were made by the hetei of the office, the candidates having been subjected to an exami nation to test their capacities. Although the heads of the department might not be engaged for a lengthened period in the public service in that department, it was still his interest to procure efficient personS, and they were able in this manner to make a selection of per sons who were capable of performing the duties they were called upon to discharge. Hs would go to the op posite end of the scale, and refer to the numerous class of persons who were engaged in the Customs as tide waiters, Sec., and in the Post-office department as letter carriers, &c., and in his opinion a system of competitive literary examination would be an unusualmadeofteeting the qualification of persons seeking appointments as civil servants in that class. Then came an intermediate class, consi-ting of excise of eers and the officials in other public departments, who were at present appointed on the nomination of the Treasury, and with reference. to whom the pi inciple suggested by his noble friend bad great receurnendations. He bad communicated on the subject with the Civil Service Commissioners—two most excellent public s r vante, Sir E. Ryan and Mr. Ltfevre—and the result of their experience showed that examination by competition, where the number of candidates was not considerable, on the whole led to a more satisfactory result than any other class of examination, and he thought their experi ence was in favour of the judicial and cautious exten sion of the principle of making appointments in that class by competitive examination. The question was by what means, to what extent, and in what form the principle should be extended. The house must see the difficulty of laying down a universal rule that all candidates for office in the public service should be brought up to L mdon, in order to un dergo a competitive exam . natiou. (Hear, hear.) ' If all the candidates had to come to Lon don, or to go to E linburgh, or to Dublin to undergo an examination great advantages would thereby ,be conferred on the candidates who lived in the neigh bourhood of the three capitals. Means might be found, however, to have examinations in different partd of the country, and facilities thus afforded to all candidates to come forward ; but he did net think it would be fair to lay down a universal regulation imposing upon the candidate the necessity of coming up to London or going to Edinburgh or Dublin. Mr. Lefevre was in favour of establishing the principle which he recommended by kraduel means, so that they should feel their way as they proceeded, and avoid 'the difficulties which, ac cording to experience, exist. The Government would give as much attention as possible, consistent with safety and propriety, to the principle recommended, and he trusted that the explanation he had given would be satisfactory to the house. Sir S. NORTHCOTE expressed bis satisfaction at the statement of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and said he was willing to leave the matter in the hands of the Government and the civil commissioners. Viscount GODERICH, after the satisfactory state ments of the Chancellor of he Exchequer, would with draw his motion. After a few remarks from Mr. Trril and Mr. RICH, the motion was withdrawn. TENANT-RIGHT (IRELAND) BILL. On the order of the day for going into committee of supply, Mr. MOORE said that in consequence of the ob stacles that had impeded the progress of the measure and had delayed it till this late period of the session, he would not proceed further with the measure. After de nying the statements put for %ard on a late occasion by Mr. Horsinan, the hon. and learned member moved that . the order be discharged. Sir J. WALSH protested against the assumption that because the house bad been taken by surprise, and the bill read a second time, that therefore the opinion of the house had been expressed in its favour. Mr. MAGUIRE said the promoters of the bill never considered they would carry it, but, nevertheless, it was their duty to introduce it. It was the duty of the Go vernmont to legislate on this subject. After some remarks from Mr. M‘MailloN and Mr. POLLARD-URQUHART, Lord PALMERSTON said that the coarse which the Government had pursued was sufficiently clear, and his opinion upon the landlord and tenant question had never been concealed, and it was clearly expressed in a committee, of which he was a member, which sat some years ago, and it had also been expressed in that house. In general he thought it was highly desirable that Parliament should not interfere between buyers and sellers, and that was in fact the relative position of landlord and tenant. But the present condition was so peculiar that ial , Government undertook last year the charge of the bill of M. Sergeant Shee, with respect_to tenant right, but they found that its provisions were very different from the bill which was proposedon the same subject in 1854, and they felt it their duty to withhold their sup port from it. That bill of Sergeant Shee's failed, but the bill now before the house was still more disagreeable than that of Sergeant Shee, and very different from the bill of 1854, and he therefore thought it ought not to pass into a law. The bill had now arrived at a stage— Mr. HORSMAN said the bill had been withdrawn. (Laughter ) Lord PALMERSTON said he was not present at the earlier part of the debate ; but, as he found the bill bad been withdrawn, be thought the discussion ought now to cease—de mortius nil nisi bonum. Mr. HORSMAN intimated to the noble lord that ihe gentleman opposite wished to know what was the course to be pursued next session Lord PALMERSTON said he could not really say what would he the intentions of Government next year. He could only say that the course would be such as he had stated. He did not think in the present temper of Parliament of a tenant right bill being passed into a law. But if any lion. member fe't disposed to propose another bill next session, it would be the duty of the Government to give that measure its respectful conside ration. (Laughter.) The bill was then withdrawn. JUDGMENTS EXECUTION, &c. BILL. Mr. CRAUFURD moved that the house go into committee on this bill. _ Mr. FRENCH moved as an amendment that the house go into committee this day three months. He (Mr. French) hoped the hon. member (air. Craufurd) would withdraw the bill. After a !Alit diaouesioF„ in which Mr, Fitzgerald, Mr, Pm PM - - 2 -.. 3 years. des LITERATURF. =~ 71 - te Westminster Beriew.—Contains an average number of articles, some of them of considerable ability. First in the order of precedence is one on "Christian Missions," in which their principle and practice are subjec' ed to a searching scrutiny, and sufficient is elicited under the latter head to induce the unbiassed reader to approve of the appeal of the writer to subscribers to missions to look a little closer into their management, " and substitute a real responsibility for a sham one." " The Natural History of Garman Life " neither elevates our con ception of the intellectual nor political status of the German peasant, but, we suspect, describes both correctly. "Smith's Latin-English Dictionary," affords occasion for the assurance that " with all. drawbacks allowed for, and all deductions made, there is still in this country, and has been for many years, a large amount of latent scholarship of the first quality." " Froude's History of England "is described as " clear and effective in style, written in a large and generous spirit, and promising when completed to be one of those rare works, which really rescue from oblivion a portion of the past." A curious and very interesting pschycological paper is devoted to the subject of " Hereditary Influ ence : Animal and Human." Several new and many striking facts are brought to bear on it. Of more immediate and vital interest is an article on " Popular Amusements "—a subject daily forcing itself upon governmental and legislatorial atten tion. The expressions of popular feeling among different nations are passed in review, and the re• sul is of popular amusements presented as delineated on the pages of history. "The isolation of classes from each other" (in this country), it is justly remarked, " has increased with the facility of locomotion ; and the wealthy now generally present themselves to their humbler neighbours under the grave aspect of founders of schools and restorers of churches, instead of partakers in their mirth and relaxation." To what follows we cordially subscribe—" He who shall devise a form of popular amusement attrac tive to every grade of society will merit a civic wreath as well as he who leads forth a colony, or opens new avenues to labour." The subject of the succeeding article has acquired a peremptory im portance, and may not safely be overlooked or pass ungrappled with by the people. It is that of " Ministerial Responsibility" —words that repre sent a myth when they should describe a stern reality. A myth, faith in which has littered the Crimea with the untimely dead, has caused many a gallant heart to ache and many a stalwart frame to stoop ; has enabled an aristocratic clique to steep a people in ridicule, has burdened with heavy and worse than useless expenditure energies sufficient to move the world, and has baffled the righteous retribution of a justice-loving and fearless people. The writer takes but a gloomy view of our political position. Looking round he sees the people lethar gic under constant aggression on their free action ; administrative centralisation binding them closer in its lethal folds • and in au enlarged suffrage, even if accompanied by the ballot, only the pros pect of an increase of Governmental patronage in like proportion to nullify its legitimate operation. That as a free people we are sliding downward there can be little doubt ; that Ministerial responsibility, as the writer recommends, needs enforcement, and should be vindicated in the jury box and by statute penalties, we are far from being disposed to dispute ; but we certainly are loth to believe that an increase of the suffrage, together with the ballot, could be so accompanied as to prove ineffectual to redeem the constitution from the perils by which it is environed. If we did, we should certainly despair, for where could we look for succour with any ground of confidence ? The writer's remarks on the anomalous position of H.R.H. have our entire concurrence. State direc tion without constitutional responsibility • ought not to be tolerated, and cannot be without peril to the best interests of the nation. Contemporary literature and art have, in the remainder of the number, their usual share of attention. The Linesman. By Colonel Elers Napier. Georg• W. Hyde. Col. Napier is favourably known as the author of several works descriptive of scenes, sports, and adventures in foreign climes. The object of the present work, and the ability with which it is penned, will certainly commend him still further to the gratitude and admiration of his previous readers. What that design is may partly be gathered from the second or alter title—" The Linesman ; or, Service in the Guards and the Line during England's Long Peace and Litt!e Wars." Briefly described, it amounts to this—to show what little real ground of complaint the memo rialists of the Guards have had by a description of the condition and treatment of the line, and of the services required and performed by it, in our little as well as in our great wars. The period selected for illustration is during the presidency of Lord Hill at the Horse Guards ; and in order to lend a livelier interest to the work a fictitious hero and a number of subordinate imaginary characters are introduced—the said hero becoming an officer of the line. In the story of his career are portrayed a few ordinary events, incident to the position of an officer of this branch of the service, the various, stages and scenes described serving as pegs whereon to hang complaints of the grievances entailed by our military system, and suggestions for their re-• moval ; corcplaints and suggestions well warranted at the time, though the grounds of some of them have, fortunately, nowadays, been removed. In the fist volume the reader will find entertainment in a number of life-like and amusing sketches, descriptive of early reminiscences, in which a fox hunt, a fair cousin, au examination at Sandhurst, and a six months' residence in France, conspicu ously figure. During the latter, undertaken for the purpose of prosecuting his military studies our hero has an adventure at a salle cl'armes, which leads to a double duel, very vividly de scribed ; and makes a first and last visit to the Pala s Royal, where he is for ever cured of any ten dency to that too frequent vice of military men— gambling. We next find him at Chatham barracks —have a repulsive picture of the triangles, and some judicious remarks on the degrading nature of , the punishment of flogging, and the propriety of substituting, as far as possible, a different incen tive to good conduct. Much, we are told, has of late been done in furtherance of these suggestions, the condition of the common soldier tending as it did to the perpetuation of .drunkenness—his chief vice—having been improved, and an order of merit established. The reader is next carried to Madras, the first landing at which is graphically described, and subsequently is induced to follow our hero to barracks, camp, and the field, life in each of which and on the route ((luring the monsoon) is forcibly described. Those whose fortune it may be to serve in India will find much u eful advice in connection with cantonment life, which they will do well to fasten on their memory. Our hero proceeds to Rangoon, where he has ample experience of life on the march and on the field, and of that system of mismanagement to which so many thousands of our best and bravest have recently been sacrificed. The Burmese war and other conflicts give scope to the author's reforming as well as descriptive pen ; and he system of purchase and- the neglect shown generally to merit, contrasted with the favour shown to birth and connection, find as little quarter at his hands as misgovernment in India. In a word, the "Linesman" is a work in which every lover of adventure will find sufficient to amuse, and every Army Reformer ought to read in order to become duly impressed with the gravity of the reforms needed. A T-reatise oia the Cure of Stammering. By James' Hunt, M.R.S.L., &c. Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. A second edition of a valuable scientific work, and containing two-thirds more matter than the first, which was devoted mainly to a vindication of the late Mr. Hunt's system and the presenta tion of a synopsis of his ideas on the subject of stammering. In the present edition will be found a minute detail of the different causes of defective utterance, and an entire exposé of the plans that have been recommended for their cure. The work is ono which should be in the hands of all who are . afflicted with this painful impediment of speech, not only to inspire hope in the room of despair and direct theta to the skilful superintendence and mode of treatment adopted by Mr. Hunt, but to guard them from being tampered with and plun dered by ignorant and unprincipled adventurers ever on the watch for a prey. Mr. Hunt evi. dently understands the nature of the disease, and his mode of treatment, there can be no doubt, has been attended by extraordinary success. A First Trip to the German Spas. By John Ald ridge, M.D. Dublin : M'Glashan. There is always a charm about first impressions that, ceteris paribus, invests the record - of Waa l "' with pleasing interest. The purchasers of this book hav e a pleasure of this sort in store for them if they have not enjoyed it already, the writer being an intelligent, cheerful, and unaffected guide, and saying what he has to say as if he meant it ;.. under his direction the reader will cheerfully pass from one German Spa to another, with the assur-- ance that much as may have been written about them more remains to be told, while at Vichy he will, in all probability, be introduced to a Spa he has barely heard of before. In addition, if he is scientifically disposed, there is an essay for him , which, if he masters, will set him up as a learned , chemiat among his dyspeptic acquaintance being fotth and, for evermore, - • .....~r Flour. 1,01 12 so dvice Wad 100 1.00 100 20 20 100 100 100 20 93 6 63 2, 63i 4 63/ 121 i 11 34} 4 WO 1 1 25