The Sun. — London, England, 1864-07-07 00:00:00

Naval a. Ltelligence. The detachment of non-commissioned officers and men of the Royal Engineers selected to proceed to India to take the place of the late East India Com pany's engineers have received orders to hold them selves in readiness four embarkation, and, according to present arrangemeelts, will leave head quarters, Chatham, about the middle of the present month, and embark for Calcutta, The whole of the non. commissioned officers and teen who have been placed under orders for Indite have been sel ec t e d from the depot and other cotapanies at the Royal Engineer establishment. By direction of Col. Har ness, C. 8., they have been relieved from all duty at head quarters, in order that they may devote the whole of their time to the completion of their studies at the various schools. Lieut.-Col. H. Schaw, Royal Engineers, who superintended the demolition of the forts and other defences at Corfu previously to its evacuation by the British forces, has been appointed instructor in fortification and military engineering in the Royal College, Sandhurst. He is succeeded in his duties at the Royal Engineer establishment, Chatham, by Capt. Persons. A party of non-commissioned officers and sappers of the Royal Engineers at Chatham have commenced the necessary s apping and mining operations for destroying a large cliff near the banks of the Med way at Caxton, Bochester, a portion of which wee successfully removed by the Royal Engineers about three years since. During the time the detachment of officers and men are employed ie driving the galleries and sinking thee shafts they will be en camped n ear the scene of operation s , i n or d er t h at no unnecessary delay may arise in proceeding to and from head quarters. On the completion of the mines and other excavations the cliff will be dee stroyed by means of heavy charges of gunpowder, in the presence of all the Royal Engineer officers and men now at Chatham. The colaneley of the 91st Foot (Argyllshire Highlanders) has become vacant by the death of Lieut.-Gen. Charles _Murray Hay. The gallant officer attained the rank of Lieut.-Gen. in 1861. Major-General Warde, C. 8., commanding the garrison at Woolwich, yesterday held a field day on Woolwich-common and inspected the troops in heavy marching order. There were present two troops of Horse Artillery in command of Lieut.-Col. the Hon. D. Fraser, two field batteries in command of Lieut.-Col. W. Middleton, C. 8., with 24 Arm strong guns and battery equipments complete, and a powerful and efficient corps of Liglat Infantry, consisting of the dismounted portion of the 13th brigade garrison artillery and the local division of Marines, in command of Brevet-Col. J. Travers, Royal Artillery. The batteries were supplied with ten rounds of blank ammunition for guns, and the infantry fired 15 rounds per, man. The file and volley firing, practised only on rare occasions, was nevertheless remarkably cJrrect, and the whole m , . - ,nutuvres did infinite credit to the officers and men combined. Commodore Hugh Dunlop, C. 8., Superintendent cf Woolwich Dockyard, attended by his Naval Se cretary, Mr. Ponsonby, yesterday inspected her Mjesty's ship Racer, at the powder buoy off Wool wicn Arsenal, and mustered the crew in preparation for her departure. The Commodore afterwards went on board the iron screw steam troopship Dromedary, Master Commander Brown, returned to Woolwich from the latiao Islands, and cow discharging at the pi.s;r. Her cargo consists of 100 casks of powder, 90 tens cf shot, and soldier's equipage from Corfu, Cephalonia, and Zente. She sailed from Malta on the 12th of June, Gibraltar on the 20th, and arrived at Spithead on the 3d inst., having experienced a six days' severe gale, with a succession of heavy weather during the voyage, but suffering no mate rial damage to the ship. The Royal Sovereign, 5 gun turret ship, will have her pennant of commission hoisted this morning at Portsmouth, by Captain Sherard Osborn, C.B. The Duke of Somerset and Admiral Sir Frederick Grey are expected to arrive at Portsmouth during the day, from the Admiralty, for the purpose of in specting the ship now that she is in commission and ready for active:service. Yesterday Rear- Admiral the Hon. James R. Drummond, C. 8., the :Fourth Lord of the Admiralty, visited the Royal Sovereign. During his stay on board he entered une of the turret:4, which was manned for the occasion, and a3sumed the office of director. Under his direc tion the 12-tou gun was elevated and depressed, and the turret was turned round. The facility with whic the whole was done evidently aff;rded the Admiral considerable pleasure. Thn ship's funnel has been lengthened 12 feet to improve the draught of her furnaces. The trial of her guns and turrets outside the harbour is looked forward to with great interest. If the Admiralty decide upon trying the guns with full 50Ib. charges of powder and shot, the results will be really valuable as fully testing both the guns and the turre principle. If, however, only blank charges are fired, or 401 b. charges with shot, the results will be valueless. Orders were received yesterday at Portsmouth from the Admiralty to pay the Immortalite screw frigate, Capt. Hancock, out of commission on Fri day, the 15th inst. Oa the previous day the orders were for the Inamortalie to be placed in dock and prepared to join the Channel fleet at Spithead. On the receipt of the orders to pay out of commission on board yesterday "three cheers for the captain" were called for, and given enthusiastically ; for, although the Immortalite may be taken as the most favourable specimen of a happy ship, a ship's com pany, after upwards of three years' service on a foreign station, Lila with delight the prospect of release and subseqaent run ashore on their return to England. The Immortalite will be officially in spected this morning by Vice-Admiral Sir Michael Seymour, G.C.8., Port. Admiral and Commander in-Chief at Portsmouth. The French Imperial screw yacht Jerome Napo. icon arrived off Ryde, Isle of Wight, on Tuesday, and sailed again yesterday. The following appointments have been made in the Royal Naval Reserve :—James Manley Outridge to be lieut., and the Right lion. the Earl of Wilton to be bon, lieut. Aldershott Camp Exhibition. In this ege of industrial displays and international competitions it was not to be expected that any class would long escape the attractive influence of t h e contagion, though, as was to be expected, the military, with characteristic conservatism, have been the last to yield to the general example. Yield, however, they have, and Alderstiott Camp now boasts an artistic and industrial exhibition of its own ta l king, which on its intrinsic merits would be well worth a visit wherever it was shown, but 'which when viewed in connection with its history andebj ets, or for its capabilities of development in tne future, is 000 of the moat interesting and suggestive iecal displays we have ever seen. The whole idea is of course not taken as a mere emulation of other industrial displays, bat is one of a series of etaP which kind and thoughtful officers at th e camp have been taking for s the last two or th ree years to L improve the condition of the soldier, wheth er i n garrison or under canvas. It has been this feeling whichhas b ee n most laud ably encouraged at the Horse Gue.rd s and at the War- office, which has led at Aldershot to the esta b;iehment of a number of soldiers' clubs, which con sist of three huts—oce f ur rea di ng, Welt sunplied avirh periodicals and benks; one for games of be gs .. tel le, chess, draughts, Sec., and one f or such refresh, talents as tea and coffee, which are supplied to the men at very low prices. Already these clubs have had a most l)en , .:ficial effect in keeping the men from C:l3ttt!DE, or worse. In the day they are well at tended, iu the evening crowded, and even for those vk he do not care or like to read, club gam?s eed clab gossip are aireedy found to be a most attractive alternalive to tiro canteen. A step beyond these ebbs again h'ts been made by supplying the men who wiehed for them with tools and materiels for furniture making, joinery, and turnery wo r k ; and though the idea of having workahips for recrea tion, in Which Buell men as chose might so amuse themselves, has not yet, we are sorry t o say, been carried out, yet such good use has been made of the tools supplied them as to at once suggest the idea of haTiog an ladL- trial Exhibition of the works produced by their aid. This admirable first idea of course soon extended itself to artistic work, needlework, and then to works of all kinds, bona fide the production of officers or their wives, or soldiers or their wives, actually re sident in camp, or who had only been removed since February. It is easy to belies' , the enthu siasm with which both officers and men entered into the idea, when we now look at its results es collected in the room and hall of the late Alder shot Clubhouse, and that this enthusiasm will grow with each succeeding year of such industrial displays is as certain as is the success of every reasonable enjoyment offered to our soldiers. Every regiment in camp has contributed to the display—that is to say—the Royal Artillery and Royal Engineers, the 2d and sth Battalion of the Military Train, 6th Carabineers, Ist Royal Dra goons, 2d Scots Greys, 13th Hussars, 14th Hussars, Ist battalion 6th Foot, let battalion 24th. the 37th and 59th Regiments, 2d battalion, 60th, 73d, 75th, and 87th Regiments, and not only these corps, but the wives of the officers and men in each, and the children from the regimental schools, have sent in articles for exhibition. We need scarcely say that in an exhibition which is really very extensive, and which embraces a large variety of specimens of painting, drawing, photo graphy, carving, cabinetmaking, carpentering, mili tary engineering instruments, accoutrements, ar mourers'and smith's work, leather, needle, and cloth work, we can do no more than summarise its general tendencies and results. The first thing whieh strikes the spectator is a feeling of regret that such valuable powers of amusement and self-occupation, always useful, often highly intellectual, which our private soldiers evidently possess, should have been suffered to lie dormant so long for the want of a little fos tering care. That they can never be so neglected again one has only to glance round the Aldershot exhibition to be assured. The works of officers and officers' wives form their due proportion in this col lection, and no more. Little else need be said of this branch, for it is not surprising that with their education, time, and means they should contribute excellent watercolours, excellent crayons, excellent photographs, and minor works of art. In not one single branch or class, however, do they show supeei.. ority over the productions of the rank and file. The soldiers' wives beat the officers' wives in lace and fine work. Some of the privates send watercolour sketches which are equal to any in the collection, while in the matter of cabinetwork and carving, smith's work and armoury, the men, as might have been antici pated, have a clear superiority. In fact, the men appear to have entered with more zest into the com petition for honours than the officers; and thus the officers do not win where they ought to have won; but where the men ought to have won they have succeeded. From these remarks, however, we must except the really beautiful examples of wood carving and watercolour painting shown by Colonel die Hon. H. H. Clifford, V.C., one of the chief pro moters of the whole display, These articles are not surpassed, if even equalled, by anything else of the kind in the collection. So also must we except the collection of ivory turnings shown by Lieutenant Wilkinson, of the sth battalion Mille tarp Train t —a collection which would provoke the envy of any professional turner in England; and so also must we except the fine and well-finished working model of a steam-engine made by Captain Butt,' of the 75th Regiment. The specimens shown by the men are, as we have said, of almost every class and kind, and from their nature in some respects indicate the right men in wrong places, or else some strange peculiarities in taste. Thus., strange, to say, some of the best specimens of needlework, as exemplified in cloth patchwork quilts, are exhibited by privates in the Foot Reeiments. Some of these quilts are beau tiful examples of industry, perfect in the arraree ment of their geometric patterns, and especially excellent in the general tone and choice of colours. Equally good, also, are the woven or knitted wool counterpanes. The Ist Royal Dragoons are among the largest contributors from the cavalry ranks, and the masa of the articles sent in are fur niture, though when we recollect how heavy are the drill and stable duties of a cavalry private one cennot but be astonished that the men ever found time to finish them. Sergeants Sweet and Lee and Private Alderson exhibit some mahogany fur niture, turned, plain, and polished, which would do credit to the first upholsterer in London. The Royals are also strong in wool-work, while the men of the 13th Hussars have mainly contributed watercolours and photographs. The Artillery appear to have their inventive bent subdued to what they work in this collection almost entirely consisting of finespeci mens of harness, models of batteries, and Armstrong guns carefully made to scale. The Royal Engineers, as might be expected from a corps whose ranks com prise men of almost every handicraft, and nearly all of whom know two trades, send a most varied col lection, which embraces everything, from drawings, paintings, models, and maps, down to a portable bath and marble font. Corporal Dagnall shows an improved cartridge -pouch, which is not only ingeni ous, but which is a valuable invention, and one well wort'; the attention of the authorities. Indeed, one of the most important fea,nres of the Exhibition are these valuable practical hints in the way of invention of all kinds which the Government are likely to get from the rank and file if these displays are encouraged. Thus, Private Southern, of the 2d battalion of the 6th, has invented a lint-making machine, which he works in the Exhibition. One has only to look at it to see that the plan is simple and admirable, and the Government have only to apply steam instead of hand labour to the machine to make lint enough in a day to last even a Federal army for a whole campaign. So, again, Sergeant Griffiths, of the 75th Regiment, has in vented an improved aiming rest and stand for pho tographic camera combined, which, if we mistake not, would prove bet ter than the exceedingly clumsy aiming rests we now have. The 2d and sth batta lions of the Military Train send the largest collee- tion of any corps. Of the latter battalion Sergeant Lee's three cases of stuffed English birds deserve high praise. The let battalion of the 6th Regiment is especially strong in inlaid woodwork, of which Private Knox and Sergeant Young contribute the finest specimens. The 59th is very excellent in woo and patch work, and the school children of this re- giment send some most beautiful specimens of needlework. The 2d battalion of the 60th has a --- very good collection indeed of watercolours and - - crayons, the former by Sergeant Storey and Pri vates Huddlestone and Brewster, the crayons by Mrs. Kenny, the regimental schoolmistress. Pri vate Farrell of the same regiment sends some beau tiful wood-carvings, Corporal Porter and Privates Woodward and Arrowsmith, excellent mahogany furniture, and Woodward, Arrowsmith, and Far rell unite their efforts on a child's mahogany cot, which is beautifully carved and polished. The chil dren from the school of this regiment also contri bute good specimens of needlework, and altogether the efforts of the corps are most creditable. Private Pritchard, of the 73d Regiment, is evidently a skilled upholsterer. He sends as his own work a eomplete suite of carved drawing-room furniture— a patent spring mattress, a portable camp -bed and mattress, and other things—in fact, his contribu tions fill one room. Hospital Sergeant Crowley, of the same regiment, has some specimens of electro plating, of which even Eikington need not be ashamed. The privates of the 87th Royal Irish, especially specimens all of Hill, Bill, and Dru enner S tevenson, have g painting a n d woo d wor k , and the garrieon school teachers send maps, pl ans , draw ei jn gq' P and models. In additi on t o t h e there is au exhibit:on of l oan industrial itt exhibition E ' articles, cons i s ting of weapons, ornaments, dresses, Jewellery, coins, and pictures, collected in all parts of t he world. Thera are very' few European trophies in this. Of the helmets of the Russianlmperial guard, which on the hill „hi e at Alma, but which are 01;e3 lay thick as leaves " w 80 scar ce, there aro o nly two in the whale collection, and only two or three of the old Russian muskets. 14 But, to make np for this dearth of Europ ean spoils, the Orientals have paid double toll, and the rooms are full of Mandarin dresses, jade vase s , ena melled bronz e s, Indian tul wars, swords, and s hi e ld s, and trophies from the Japanese. Most of these works are of great beauty, many —such as the enamelled brotzzs from the Em- THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 7, 1864. peror's Summer Palace at Pekin—of considerable value. For the rest, we can only say that the Exhibi tion fills well all day, and that almost all the works made by the soldiers were sold on the first opening last week at their own prices. The Exhibition is well worth a visit, and deserves every encourage ment and support. Its conception reflects the highest credit on the kindly thoughtfulness of the officers who originated it and on the men whose skill and industry have supported it with so much credit. TEE PRUSSIAN ARMY, (From the Times' Special Correspondent.) FLENSBURG, July 3. The Danes here are greatly disheartened by the capture of Alsen, and the German part of the popu lation declare their conviction that the troops that fight under the Dannebrog flag will never again hold their ground against those of Prussia and Austria, but will run or surrender almost as soon as attacked. " They fired a few shots and then bolted," a Prussian officer told me yesterday, end, indeed, I suspect they will never do more. The Danish officers may be all honourable men, and the soldiers stout of heart, but they are decidedly defi cient in military qualities. Perhaps they are badly commanded; the fault may lie with the Generals; bat if only the colonels were good one would think that something better might be done than such a tame defence as that of A lsen, which may be summed up as a skirmish and a scamper. They did not even run fast enough to save themselves, but lost some 2,500 prisoners. Not so many Schleswigers were among these as was at first supposed. Up to the evening of the Ist inst., 445 of the prisoners had been re leased, having proved that they belonged to Schles wig. The way in which this is ascertained is by baptismal certificates. Notice has been given that Schleswig families having sons in the Danish army should send to an officer at Flensburg extracts from the registers of baptism. A prisoner who claims to be a Sehleswiger is asked his age and name and the names of his parents, and the register is referred to in verification of his statement. Some concerning whom particulars have not been received prove that they belong to Schleswig by producing letters from their families. One Schleswiger was retained prisoner at his own request, under peculiar circum stances. He had entered the army as substitute for a Dane, and was to receive a considerable sum for so doing. If released he would not be paid, so he preferred remaining captive. On the expiration of the armistice the Prussians busied themselves in erecting batteries along Alsen Sund. Boats were also brought up from the Schlei on carriages, and were concealed in Satrup Wood, and pontoons were collected there and at Balle gaard. At least 60 rifled guns, 24's, 12's, and 6's, were placed between Ballegaard and Sandborg. The Danes seem to have removed their guns, or else never to have armed the batteries they had on the east shore of the Sand. At least the Prussian accounts say that from the northernmost point on the Danish side down to the little bay or inlet near Kjar they found only seven guns and a few of those medieval espingardas by which the Danes set much store, but which never, so far as I can learn, have done much harm to anybody, except, perhaps, at Veile, where they aro said to have killed a few Austrians. You will do well utterly to discredit the accounts you may see in some German papers of the storm of shell and grape and every other kind of projectile under which the passage of the Sound was effected. The operation was carefully planned, well managed, and executed with ease and trifling loss. The Rolf Krake is said to have fired, on her first sortie from Augustenburg Bay, more than 50 shots, distributing them among the batteries, the boats, and the troops assembled on the shore waiting for shipment, but I cannot learn ►hat she did any harm beyond sinking two boats. She did not come to close quarters, but fired at a long range. To have done any good she must have risked her plates and timbers more than she seems to have been disposed to do. One great proof of the discouragement of the Danes seems to me apparent in the ease with which the Prussians drove them across the island. There never was better ground for defence, if the defenders had meant to fight. I drove a little about the island yesterday, to Ulkcball, Augustenburg, and in that neighbourhood, and I am assured that its whole surface is much of the same nature. If so, it abounds in excellent positions. It is cut up into small fields, with high banks and hedges, affording abundant cover, from behind which good infantry ought net to gave allowed themselves to be dislodged until they had inflicted very heavy loss on their assailants. The Prussians took very few guns across with them. Where was the Danish field artil. lery P It does not seem to have shown itself at all. They had plenty of heavy guns in positions which the Prussians took care not to attack. Their idea seems to have been that they would be assailed from the Duppel heights, and that Zonderburg would be the point of attack. Huge 8-1-pounders, two mortars, and some rifled guns are still to be seen in the Church Battery, as it is called, on the Danish right of Sonderborg. They perfectly command the road from Duppel Mill, and ►would have inflicted heavy loss on a force coming from that side, and intending a serious atteck. A feint was made from that direc tion. Eight iefled guns were stationed on the Duppel heights, and, simultaneously with the commence ment of the passage from Satrup, they opened a heavy firs oa the Church Battery and the adjacent works. At the same time a few companies embarked in boats on the shore of the Venningbund, not far from the spot where stood Duppel Fort No. 1, avdd pulled to wards Sonderborg. The Church Battery blazed at them with all its might, whereupon they preson.ly returned, the sole object having been to divert the attention of the Dance from the re& point of attack. Alsen, I must say, so far as I have seen it, is an island worth fighting for, which is snore than can be said for many parts of Schleswig. It is just now green as an emerald, rich in verdure and foliage (there has been a great deal of rain here of late, and we can hardly be said to have got out of spring), looking like a garden, with green lanes and pleasant pastures. The thorn trees and laburnums are still in bloom, and one drives along the road between lofty hedges covered with roses and honeysuckles. It is very like many parts of England, although not so trim and highly cultivated. The villages and houses are ren.arkably neat and clean, bright glass and plentiful flowers in all the windows. There is no appearance of recent occupation by large bodies of troops; nothing broken, or trodden down, or defaced. Doubtless many of the Sonderborg people had dispersed themselves among the villages of the island when the barbarous storm of Prussian shell mado their town residence untenable, for yester day I met scores of carts going in from country parts. They were filled with household furniture, chairs and tables and mattresses, and feather beds, and the owners for the most part sat on the top of their chattels with a half-pleased, half•sorry look, as if they were glad to return, but had not yet got over their violint and cruel ejection. In Sonderborg, too, one saw families wanderhig about, seeking their dwellings and often finding only the spot where these had stood. More than one mourn• fill group did I chance upon, gray-bailed fathers, and careworn mothers, and fair rospcheeked daughters, gazing sadly and tearfully at heaps of broken stones and burnt rafters, and seemingly conjuring up for themselves, out of the devastation, the presence of the cozy chambers and the cheerful fireside where they so often had sat before those brutal tubes on Gammelsmark crushed them under a shower of iron. Whether Sonderborg will ever rise from its ashes it is hard to say, but at present it is a mere wreck. I should think nearly half the houses aro wholly or in great measure destroyed. But the situation it a pleasant one, and tempting to the builder. Already, on the Sun& witt side, build- ings ruined by the war begin to rise again. In West Duppel,and its neighbourhood I saw old houses being repaired, roofs putting on them in lien of those shattered by German or Danish shell,, and acme en tirely new cottages being built. The corn springs green over many a spot lately reddened with blood; the peasants are hard at work filling up the trenches and levelling earth, and the traces of war are rapidly disappearing. Besides a great number of guns, the Danes left behind them a very large quantity of ammunition, intended, we must presume, to furnish a much more stubborn defence than was offered. As I have often had occasion to remark the Danesfare wonderful people for preparing defences which are not made when the hour arrives. They are great at building batteries and throwing up earthworks, but they do not hold them so long as we were taught to expect they would. This war will have completely de. stroyed the military preatige so abundantly attri. bated to them at its commencement. Their navy, although it has not shown itself very daring in its operations against land forces and batteries, has done better by sea, having severely mauled the Austrians in the only sea fight worthy of the name that has taken place. ludging from the increase of • the Prussian navy, it is probable that we me. 7 hear of another naval engagement before long. Much as they exult in their triumphs by land, and large as is the meed of praise their domestic chroniclers assign to than, a yet louder trumpet of glorification would probably be blown did the Prussians obtain a decisive success upon the water. Stich a success might also be looked upon as a desirable prelimi. nary to the attack on Funen, which many are san. guine will soon take place. My own advices on this subject are very conflicting, but most of the troops that can be spared from Sandewitt and Alsen are marching northward (although some few are also going south), and as that seems the only quar ter in which it is possible that any fighting can occur, I myself move tod a y in the same direction. AUSTRIA AND PRUSSIA. ----•....-- BERLIN, July 5. The following identical Note has been addressed by the Cabinets of Vienna and Berlin to the re spective representatives of Austria and Prussia at the Courts of London, Paris, St. Petersburg, and Stockholm : "Sir,—When the Government of the King took part in the Conference at London it was animated by the earnest desire to put an end, by a firm and lasting peace, to the sanguinary conflict which had broken out between the two great German Powers upon the one hand and Denmark upon the other. Firmly resolved to procure for Germany the just satisfaction which her honour and interests entitled her to demand, we endeavoured at the same time to arrive at a solution which should not endanger the balance of the North of Europe. We firmly adhered to the view that the blood of our brave soldiers should not have flowed in vain ; but we were also unwilling to prolong the contest past the point we had laid down at the outset. Our attitude at the Conference has always been conformable to these resolutions. We should have been willing to accept a combination which, while securing a sepa rate political existence to the duchies, still allowed a dynastic bond to exist between them and Denmark Proper. As an arrangement of this kind did not find favour either with the Danish Government or the neutral Powers, we were obliged to seek another basis. As we thereupon demanded that the Duchies should be constituted an independent State under a separate Sovereign, we were disposed to cede to Denmark a portion of Schleswig, although the union of the entire Duchy with Holstein was de sired with equal zeal in the country and in the whole of Germany. We should have made a real and im portant concession of permitting a portion of Schles wig to be incorporated with Denmark, as it is pre cisely these attempts at incorporation —contrary to the ob;igations which have been undertaken —which have embittered the dispute between Germany and Denmark, and have occasioned the present quarrel. When, finally, the impossibility of agreeing upon a just line of demarkation became evident, and when E:igland proposed to appeal to the good offices of a friendly Power,we declared ourselves the more ready to accept this offer as it was in accordance with the stipulations of the Treaty of Paris, ft was the Danish Plenipotentiaries who made shipwreck of this last attempt at reconciliation by a categorical rejection at the sitting of the 22d of the mouth ; it was also the Danish Plenipotentiaries who refused at the same sitting their assent to the prolongation of the armistice required by the representatives of Prussia and Austria, '° lire arc obliged solemnly to state these facts, for they prove that if the London Conference has not led to the desired result, the Cabinet of Copenhagen alone bears the blame, if the work of peace has been interrupted, and the resumption of hostilities impends, the responsibility cannot attach to the German Powers. The responsibility rests utterly and solely upon Denmark, which rejected the last offer of conciliation, and refused all prolongation of the armistice. Our representatives were 03als missioned to deliver a declaration in this sense at the opening of the sitting upon the 25th. "You, Sir, will kindly refer to what has taken place at the London Conference, to demonstrate the bhare of each party in the events that have oc curred. Be good enough to remind the Government to which you are accredited how great has been the moderation of our demeanour up to the last moment, and that we have ever been ready to put an end to a war called forth solely by the faithleEs• ness of Denmark, and which to continue entirely l' arough her obstinacy.— Receive, &c., "VON BISMARK." Re are now compelled COTTON SUPPL Y ASSOCIATIO N, ' At the usuel weekly meeting of the executive committee, held on Tuesday, a letter was read, enclosing a sample cl cotton grown in the Kennedy district of North Queensland from Egyptian seed supplied b y the association, wh i c h was plaLted in October, and gath ere d in February. Th e wr it er appears to have been the first Person who has tried to intro : duce cotton cultivation at Po r t D enison, and h e s t a t es th a t his experiment has succeeded well. The V i ctor i an C o tt on Company at Moreton Bay has furnished a small quantity of Sea Island seed for distribution, with a view to test the soil and climate of different parts of the northern district of the colony. The sample sent is remarkably good, and valued at 2s 3d per lb. A letter was received from Queensland, describing the excessive rains and consequent floods, which have inflicted considerable damag e upon the cotton crop, and the liability to which at a critical stage of t h e growth will, it is feared, prove a ser i ous hindrance t o the cultiva tion et cotton in Queensland. T he writer f or wards a sm a ll sample grown under peculi ar circumstances f rom some see d s which had fallen with rubbi s h upon rough groun d, th e pl an t s from which were afterwards transferred to the garden. He has now some acres planted with cotton about 15 miles from Brisbane, on South Pine River, and the fact that the plants are producing the second year seems to indicate that they are perennial, The sample, though too small for an accurate estimate. was valued at 2s 10d to 3e per lb. Another sample of Sea Island cotton from Queensland was valued at 3 s 9 d to 4s per lb. The lett er accompany i ng it s t a tes th a t i t h as been been grown by some emigrants on their ow n fa rm at the T Junction Pens, Ipswich, f rom s eed granted to them by the association in March, 1863 , an d that they entered upon their land in, the followin g August. A letter f rom B uenos A yres reports, as the result of actual inspec ti on , th a t thi s year ' s cotton crop in Para guay will proba bl y p ro d uce 3,000 b a l es, and there is every reason to expect that next year 100,000 bales will be obtain e d from that countr y. A no th er corres pondent at Buen os Ayres' referr i n g to the efforts which th e c of Paraguay is making to extend the growth of cott on, states that t h e cro p this y ear i s ex pected to amount to 4,000 aro bas. A sample grown in Huy mayta, Paragu a y, has been forwarded for ins p ectio n. Im mense progress h as b een made inthe prov i nces o f M en d oza, Entre Rios, and Catamarca, as also in Cordova, but parti cularly in Catamarca, vehi c a ' proreises to be the best in the Republic. The Minister of the Interior has addressed a circular to the governor of each province, calling attention to the subject of cotton cultivation, and urging that no efforts should be spared to insur e success. The severe drought of the past season h as d one some harm , but not so mu c h as was expected. A l e tt er from R i o Grande, accompanyi ng various samples, s t a t es that the peop l e are beginnin g t o b e fully alive to th e i mportance of g rowing cotton, and that a considerable qu an tit y will be produce d ne xt season. A l e tt er from St. Thomas, West Indies, re presents that cotton pro mises to be mo re remunstative t h an sugar u n d er ex i s ti ng circumstances, a n d that many parties are entering into the cultivation. Th ere are extensive trac t s o f l an d i n th e f er til e Island of Vi eques (Crab Island), wh ich cou l d be made available if capit a li sts could be foun d t o ma k e th e necessary advances. A l etter from the G overnor o f Quilirnane, Africa, was read, stating that he has made a proposal to the Portuguese Government which, if accepted as he ex pen's, will auth or i se him to gran t l an d f or grow i ng cotton at tho l ow f rate of 10 re i n ( one h a lfp enny ) per hectare, and to provide agricultural labourers, to the extent of 0,000 persons, at is per day, The importation of seed, machinery, tools, and cattle for agricultural pur poses will also be free of duty for 10 years, as also the ex portation of the cotton produced by the new undertaking. Letters were received from Natal, stating that various pri vate individuals are planting cotton on a small scale, who will extend their operations should their present experi ments prove satisfactory. The great uncertainty of labour has hitherto been the principal hindrance, and makes it doubtful whether the cultivation of cotton can be depended upon for the future. The new cotton company have about 700 acres planted, and in different directions in small patches there are about 500 acres more. The season has been fa vourable, with the exception of heavy rains at the end of last year, and cotton is now considered a profitable invest ment. The liberal encouragement given by the Cotton com pany and the adVances made on the growing crops have boon most beneficial. This season's crop is now coming rapidly to market, and is readily sold at from 5d to 8d per lb. in the seed. These favourable prices are exerting a stimulating influence, A letter from the British Conanlate, Phone, states that many parts of dreke ate this year for the first time growing Cotton. The owners of land and agricultural labourers are feeling the benefit of this new source of wealth, and it is expected that cotton will be ex tensively cultivated. A letter from bi - osoata, Fiji, states that arrangements are in progress by tho writer for ship ping about 20 tons of cotton to the association, although his premises, w"th a large quantity of cotton and other goods, have been burnt down. A, despatch was received from the Governor of "Western Australia, with various samples of cotton and details as to their cultivation. STATE OF TRADE, LEICESTER, July 6.—The hosiery trade continues active. Most kinds of goods are in request, end the trade generally remains healthy. In the rural districts there is as much doing as there has been for some time past. The wool market is quiet, but high prices are yet made. Yarns hold very firm, spinners being well engaged to orders, There are no hosiery stocks on hand. NEWCASTLE-ON -TYNE, sth.—The north winds are keeping light ships back, and causing a scarcity of tonnage. Coal freights to the Mediterranean still are good; but the only increase of imports from that port to the Tyne is E ;pert° grass, which is continued to be largely used in papermaking. There is a great demand for coke and manufacturing coals, and the price of coke keeps very steady. Last week 36,629 tons of coals, 1,912 tons of coke, 7,775 cwt. of iron, and 2,716 cwt. alkali were exported from the Tyne. NOTTINORAM, 6th.—There is not so much doing this week in lace goods. Cotton fabrics are a slow sale. The disturbed state of the Continent checks the demand for goods suitable for that market. There is not so much doing in black silk laces, many of these goods being usually finished for Germany. The silk quilling trade is still quiet. Silk mechlins are without much change. There is lEss doing in narrow silk edgings. A few buyers are in the town, but their purchases are not extensive. A few reechlin quilling orders are being finished ; in other respects the plain cotton trade is dull. There is not much alteration in the hosiery trade. A few home and foreign orders are in the market, but the trade is on the whole quiet. Yarns are advancing in price. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLICS JOURNALS. TIMES.--We are all speaking our minds one to another with the most charming candour. The blame is so great that everybody must take a share. It's downright 'shabby to refuse. Mr. Horsman perhaps excels us all in the art of distria buting this commodity in such a way that neither party shall feel itself praised by implication, " A plague on both your houses," he says to both sides. Government has not done its duty; it has made splendid advances, and executed rapid movements to the rear. It has taken up a treaty which it ought to have reconsidered and recommended for revision ; it has applied the torch to the magazine of German ambition; it has encouraged the Danes ; by its interference about Poland it has animated the Poles, vexed Russia, committed France, and, finally, exposed the latter to a grievous humiliation. On the other hand, the Op position has neglected its duty, not of demanding the production of all the documents, or supplying a policy, but of proceeding upon what all the world knew, of sounding the alarm, and of compelling her Majesty's Ministers to be explicit end decided. As it is, Parliament, says Mr Horstnan, has fully shared all the blame, by tacitly adopting the policy of Government. When one independent member did happen to give notice of a motion 'midi would have brought matters to a point, Mr Disraeli shut him up by the announcement that he intended to move the previous question, and that on the very ground that it was not expedient either to take the responsibility of war or to endorse the Ministerial efforts for peace. As for Austria and Prussia, they are robbers and murderers ; and Mr Horsmata is anxious that the palm of villainy should not be awarded to Prussia with undue preci pitation. Austria he thinks the more designing, doublefaced, and hypocritical of the two, France and Russia ought not to have allowed any other consideration to interfere with the simple and straightforward fulfilment of a Treaty. Mr. Hors man does praise the Danes for their determination and their gallantry ; but he praises them very much as he would a bulldog which fought after it had lost half its teeth and its legs had been broken. But it candour be made easy, the absolute truth is made difficuit by the fact that the whole ground is haunted, as it were, by considerations uppermost in the memory but forbidden to tile tongue. We know not why there should be this degree of reserve on the circumstance that the highest personage in the realm is bound by every natural tie, except one, to the cause of the Germans. By birth, by her own marriage, by new alliances she is linked to the German States and to that Prussia which has put itself at the front of this offending. Mr. Horsman delicately alludes to this as a source of weakness to Government in its dealings both with Parlia ment and with the Continental Powers concerned in the quarrel. On the other hand, the intimate alliance of the heir apparent with the principal victim of this unhappy war, while it has made us more sensitive to injury and insult, has certainly contributed no strength either to Ls or the Dane. In both these cases the leaning is natural, inevitable, and hardly a matter of praise or blame; and all we can say is, that so long as we have a Sovereign and Princes, and so long as they are men and women, such personal feelings will occur among the incidents of a public question. Again, while all are freely discussing the various events which have affected the Powers committed to the Treaty, it seems almost to escape recollection that between them there has been, Since the signature of the Treaty, a war most costly in blood and treasure to Russia, France, and England —most damaging to the designs of the first, and without much glory to the last ; while Austria, perhaps, suffers more than her share of Russian resentment for her passive part in that affair. But the circumstances which more than all has not a place in the controversy corresponding to its real importance in the story is the fact that England has not only connived, but rejoiced at the triumph of nationality, and the rend ing of an old Treaty bearing its own signature, in the foundation of the new Peden monarchy at the cost of Germany and the gain of France. If these shadows of the past must have hung over the Con ference, confounding in one dull hue the rights and wrongs of the present question, another spectre obtrudes itself, not for the past, but for the unknown future. Should Prussia obtain ail Denmark, who then is to grieve over the extinction of that Monarchy or the extinction of our own? Might not France take the price of acquiescence, and may not France and Prussia already feel a common interest at the cost of weaker Powers P The possession of Den mark is worth to Prussia the cession of the Rhen isle provinces to France, and that would not throw Europe entirely out of gear. The more one reviews all the consideration; likely to effect the parties to the treaty of 1852, the more one marvels how it ever came to be signed at all, unless, indeed, it were to suppose that they who signed it were paying an empty homage to peace, and knew the Treaty would never be worth more than the parchment it was written on. But when Mr. Horseman has gone the whole round, and arrived at the conclusion that, ill as her Majesty's ministers have managed the affair, the Opposition would have managed it worse, and only show their candour, though not their sense of political obligation, by confessing that they would not go to war if admitted to power, does he not bring us to the threshold of a higher and more sen sible conclusion—that we could not have done better and are really powerless in the matter? It is best to admit that we cannot do everything, and we certainly do not hold the balance of European •power. All the force that we could ever put on the Continent would be a mere handful compared with the millions now under arms on the Continent, and ready to co-operate for almost any other cause in preference to the eustentation of a decayed old Monarchy. Mr. Horswau has little hope of all that justice, wisdom, and courage can do, when the prey is weak an d the pack strong. He: looks for no political remedy and points to no present avenger. Oa the contrary, in the helplessness of his just indignation he appeals to the course of Providence, or to the mysterious laws of the moral creation that make crime the seed of a fatal harvest which the sower shall reap its due time. He sees the robber band scouring the plains of Jutland ; he hears the German hoof violating the soil to which for all ages its very seclusion and the sim plicity of the race gave a sort of sanctity ; there ring in his ear the felon shots that destroyed women and children in an unarmed town; ho writhes like an Englishman under the ignominy of having to accept statements and excuses scarcely pretending sincerity and truth, and, by a natural instinct, he sees the shadows in the clouds of the wider and more terrible catastrophes of which these are but forerunners. All the oracles are in his favour. His words are echoed from a thousand battlefields, a thousand ruined cities, a thousand hardly contested hills, a thousand monumental mounds, Never yet did nation suffer, however unjustly, till it had com promised its own interest in the great moral law and set the precedent of crime. Why is Germany still dreary, still full of names rather than places, traditions rather than, men; the shadow of a mighty past .? Because it ever was what it is now, and cannot resist the flatterers that tell it of glory and dominion, whether right or wrong. We can tell it what to Write over the next chapter in its his tory—" Quod alio feceria, ab altero expectes." But England will have no hand in that matter. We confess ourselves powerless in this affair. We can only hope we have resigned our mediation with all the dignity possible to the beaten. We, believe that part has been done as well by her Majesty's Mini sters as it would have been by the chiefs of the Conservative party; and that is the sum and sub stance of the question now before Parliament. HERALD.—Some time elapsed since such melan choly news reached this country as was telegraphed to us yesterday from Alexandria. Accustomed to extraordinary vicissitudes in the Maori war, and to a skill and aptitude for bush warfare which make the native, perhaps, more than a match for the in fantry soldier, we have yet rarely, if ever, experienced so great a disaster in New Z ?eland as that which has befallen our arms at Tauranga. We must, of course, defer any judgment on the prudent conduct of the action which has terminated so ingloriously, General Cameron is a skilful as well as a dashing officer; he has hitherto carried on the very difficult operations of the war with caution and success, and we must not allow a temporary reverse to deprive him of the confidence which has been up to the pre sent time freely accorded to him. Still, the loss of 10 officers and 21 killed and 4 officers and 77 men wounded in an unsuccessful assault, seems to show that the enterprise was a kind of forlorn hope, in which, as usual, the desperate gallantry of our coun trymen was to triumph over every possible obstacle. It is to be hoped that these sacrifices will not be thrown away. We are at war, and whatever may have been its origin, the question of Maori or English supremacy must be settled once for all. We have suf fered too much and lost too many valuable lives to admit of a compromise that will leave the relations of the natives and the Colonial Government exactly as they were. We should be insulting the memory of the brave men who have fallen in this miserable contest if we did not at this moment sustain the colonists with all our available strength, and take steps to prevent the repetition of conflicts which can under no circumstances bring credit to our arms, and which frequently expose us to great humili ation. Post--The mail which arrived yesterday from America brings those vague rumours which expe rience has taught us not unfrequently herald the blunt notification that some great disaster has be fallen the Federal arths. There is but little which we learn from official sources of the recent move ments of the army of the Potomac, but that little is most unfavourable tti those who are constrained to supply it. There is much, however, that is " con spicuous by its absence," and which is left to our fancy to supply. The SovernMent at Washington have lciig and persistently followed the practice of doling out to the public such scraps of information from the seat of war as it may suit their conve nience or their interest to supply, and it would be astonishing if, in the present stage of the war, the public had not learned to put a tolerably just in terpretation upon the meagre announcements which ere from time to time made with all the sanction of official authority. It is not often that an opportue fifty is afforded to the Federal Secretary for War of publishing a despatch from a victorious general, but when such an opportunity does present itself he certainly is not slow to turn it to account. An intimation that. an army is engaged in some important operations, the nature of which it is in expedient to make public, is little else than an ill disguised attempt to conceal the full extent of a reverse whose true nature cannot for many days remain unknown, and as suoh is universally ac cepted. We could understand, though we could not justify, the singular policy which in this re spect the Federal Government thought proper to pursue at the commencement of hostilities; but wh a t possible end it can now serve it is difficult, if not impossible, to conjecture. Mr. Stanton can no longer deceive, since he is no longer trusted; and his reticence, when it is known that he has much to communicate, excites infinitely more depression than a candid admission that the national army has sustained a damaging reverse. However, the practice of dissimulation is one which, when long indulged in, it is most difficult to discontinue; and it is not improbable that the department at Washington, over which Mr Stanton presides, will pursue the same disingenuous course until the great civil war comes to an end. After the unsuccessful attempts to force the Confederate position, which were made both on the morning and on the evening of the 17th of June, Grant ap pears for some days to have done little or nothing. With his right flank resting on the Appomatox River, and his left on the plank-road connecting Petersburg with Graysville, he seems to have pushed forward his outposts as near as he conceived pru dent to the Confederate entrenchments_ On the 18th, 19th, and 20th there was soma slight skirmish ing, in which the pickets and their supports were alone engaged; and it was not until the night of the 21st that Grant resumed active operations. One of the latest items of information brought by the American mail, preceding that which arrived yes terday, was to the effect that the Federal Com mander-in. Chief had held a council of war on board the flagship of the Admiral in the James River, and the result of these deliberations was most probably the movement whose failure we are now called upon to record. Intending apparently to seek a weaker point in the Confederate lines than that against which the assault of the 17th was directed, the two corps which formed the right of the Federal army were moved on the night of the 21st across the front of the Federal left, in the direction of the Peters burg and Norfolk Railway. The ostensible motive was to cover this line of railway and more completely invest the city of Petersburg, but the ultimate ob ject was to enable the Federal army to attack the Confederate position at a point almost due south of the town of Petersburg. For this manoeuvre, how ever, the Confederates were fully prepared. A strong force under Hill intercepted the advancing columns of the Federal right wing, and repulsed theca with heavy loss of both men and artillery. The following day, inspirited by this success, Gen. Hill again resumed the offensive, and having man aged to separate the Second from the Sixth Army Corps, attacked the former in the rear and drove it in confusion no its entrenchments, with an estimated loss of 3,000 men. On Thursday, the 23d, Grant drew up his entire army in order of battle, and on that day a general engagement was expected. Heavy firing in the direction of the position of the rival armies was heard at City Point on that day but the results of the battle are not known, or not published. It is, indeed, rumoured in New York that a " retrograde" movemeht on the part of the army of the Potomac has actually commenced, and that Grsnt has made his last attempt to force his way at the point of the bayonet into the Confederate capital. Should the inferences which we are com pelled to draw from the scanty facts permitted to reach us, and the ominous silence of th© Federal Government prove correct, and should it turn on that Grant has been obliged to withdraw his army in the transports, prudently placed at his disposal in the James River, this year's campaign in Virginia may be considered at an end. The demonstrations made by Hunter and Sheridan in the c en t ra l dis- tricts of that State were purely subsidiary to that great design which Grant set himself to accomplish. But the same ill-luck which pursued the chief has equally followed in the footsteps of the lieutenants. The defeat sustained by Hunter to the north of Lynchburg, which, according to their usual custom, the authorities of Washington affected to treat with indifference, appears from the Southern accounts to have been of so damaging a nature as to have finally and completely frustrated the object of the expedi• Lion. The failure of Hunter necessarily brought in its train that of Sheridan, for it was only through the co-operation of the two that Grant relied upon cutting off the communications of Richmond with the interior of the Confederacy. The results of these expeditions will, however, be unimportant if the Commander-in-Chief is obliged to abandon his posi tion on the south of the James River. We may be assanred that he will not adopt this step until all hope of entering Richmond is lost; but, judging from the recent course of events, itseems difficult tobelieva that even a general as sanguine as he undoubtedly is, and as prodigal of human life as he has shown himself to be, can any longer venture to persist in the enter prise which he has undertaken. From the time when he crossed the Rapidan until the date of his last reverse the Federal Commander-in -Chief has never ceased to regard his troops as so much mili tary stores which might be judiciously expended in order to attain a given object. But even though human life may come to be regarded from this purely prosaic point of view it may happen that lives, like powder and shot, may be expended in vain.. Not a week passes that the grand army of the North is not thinned to the extent of some ten thousand men without any co unterbalancing advan tage, and it is a mere question of figures to deter mine in what space of time a given army submitted to each a drain will cease to be effective. When be reached the Chickahominy Grant's losses during the preceding month were estimated at, one hundred thousand men, and since then he has on three dif ferent occasions assaulted the Confederate lines with the entire strength of hie army, and with losses which in the aggregate may probably be set down at thirty thousand men. If losses at all correspond• ing to those had been inflicted upon his oppouents, he might not despair of success. But such lids not been the ca e. General Lee's army is, in point of numbers and efficiency, in a better position to cope with that of Grant than it was at the commence, went of the campaign in Spottsylvania. Each suc ceeding repulse to the Federal troops diminishes their chances of ultimate success, and brings them nearer to the time when they must confess that their task is a hopeless one. It may be that that time has now come, and that the Army of the Potamio is once mote in full retreat ; but if not actually come we are justified in believing that it is not far distant. LAW IN 6. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. (Sittings at Nisi Prins, at Guildhall, before Lord Chief Justice Cockburn and a Special Jury.) COOPER V. ;CEILING AND OTHERS -THE TYNE REGATTA. 07 MI This case seas tried by the Lord Chief Justice and a common jury. The plaintiff was Cooper, the celebrated rower, and be sued the committee of the Tyne Regatta of 1863 to recover the cup and purse of money contended for, upon the ground that he was the winner of the race. One of the defendant', Mr Harrison, suffered judgment, and the others pleaded a great number of pleas, the principal one being that the toms mittee had the power to decide certain questions, and that they had decided that the plaintiff did not win the race, Mr Brett, Q.C., and Mr Cohen appeared for the plaintiff; Mr M 4 Leod for Mr Jobling ; and Mr Denman, Q.C., and Mr Prentice for the other defendants. I‘lr Brett, in opening the case, said that it had not iv aptly fallen into the hands of his learned friend Mr Denman , and himself, as in earlier days they were both well used to the management of boating ; they had both started front Westminster-bridge, had endured the horrors oft the " middle passage,' and had felt disappointment or ezulta. Lion, as the case might be, in passing through Putuey' bridge. The Lord Chief Justice—l hope that you always subs mitted to the decision of the umpire instead of coming into court. (A laugh.) Mr Brett—We always did. In 1863 the committee of the Tyne Regatta advertised a cup worth £5O and 130 in money, and the plaintiff rowed in the races, having as his competitors in the last heat Chambers and Kelly. Mr Oldham was the umpire. In the course of the last heat foul occurred between Kelly and the plaintiff, and the um' pire decided that the foul was Kelly's fault, though he did not do it wilfully, and he also decided that the plaintiff was the winner. Some of the committee who were pre' sent agreed in this decision, but afterwards the mak , " rity of the body expressed their opinion that the roes should be rowed over again. The plaintiff, however, declined to accede to this proposal, and the race was rowed between tho other two, one of whom was declared the Winner. One of th 3 rules of the regatta was that " the established rules of boating shall be strictly adhered to," and according to one of the rules of the Thames " the decision of the urn' pire shall in all cases be final." Mr Denman, however, contended that the Thames rules did not apply to this case, but to the rules whioh existed in the north of England, where it was the universal practice for a point such as arose in this race to be decided by the committee, and not by the umpire. After some discussion it was agreed that it was for the interests of the parties to have the case decided 11 same one acquainted with boating rather than by a jury, and especially so as probably some questions of law might arise. It was ultimately arranged to refer the matter in dia• pute to Mr Thomas Hughes, of the Chancery bar, known in sporting circles as the author of "Tom Brown's Scll ol Days." COUNTRY MARKETS. ...---.,.., 0 1.........----. NEW CASTLE-ON-TYNE—TuEssAY. Farmers' wheat in moderate supply this morning, .n a the trade not so firm. Foreign sorts dull. Other artielell at about the same rates as this day week. Averages—Wheat, 40s 10d—barley, 26s 2d.—oat;, 20 ‘ 6d-..beans, 35s 4d. MARKET HARBOROUGH—TUESDAY. Not much wheat at market to-day, and prices 2s higher' —White wheat, 43s to 48s ; red, 41s to 44s per 36 stove' Malting barley at 32s to 35s per qr.; grinding, 28s to 2 0 1 per 30 st. Oats, old, 24s t o 28 8; new, 20s to 23e per ov et. ; beans, 31s to 428 per qr. HULL-TUESDAY. At our market to-day there was a small supply of Enr lish wheat, which met a ready sale. In foreign there vial an increased inq u i r y. G r i n di ng b ar l ey scarce. Peas sa,, beans the turn dearer. O a t s were i n t o l era bl e request, and very scarce. Wheat.... Old white per qr. ... 44s Od t o 48s 0a Old red New white .. „ New red .... „ Barley.... English malting 27s Od to 34s 0 1 Grinding • 2ss Cd to 27s C" Seal and Oderbruck Holstein and Danish 3os Od to 318 Od Grinding Oats English, old - n . Archangel and Rig a , p er s t oBl2ld to L r Friesland and D u t c h oBl3d to 0313 A" Swedish and Danish 0512 1 ,1 to Oslo! Beans ....English, old, per qr. 4os Od to 43s 0 " New pigeon 42s Od to 445 I d New tick. 4os Od to 42s O d Egyptianto Peas Foreign b o il ers . 33530 s Od ti. 345 Od Grinding Tares * ... Spring. —s Od to —$ Od Indian Corn 45 3 02 3 s: 0 0 0 dd d tt t 00 0 55 3 26 4 s: Od Od Od Linseed, feedin g . crushing • Linseed cakes (Hull) £B 15 0 to £0 0 „v Foreign' 8 0 ot o 9 0 u i , Rape cakes 5 0 ot o 0 0 ', Bones .. 5 5 oto 510 v MONMOUTE—TunsDIY. The local markets have been doing a moderate amoun t of business during the last six days, and the prices for wheat are maintained. Barley rather dull, at former rates. Oats also a slower sale. The average quotations are $ 8 follows : Wheat, white.. 5s 3d to 58 8d I Barley 3s 2d to 3s 9 3 Ditto red. .0s Od to Os Od I Oats .. 2s 2d to 2s 73 COAL lit Primo of Coal per Ton al .11ELK ET. the close of the market. Walls Haswell fieugh gl7 - K elloe.. ..... 17 3 South Kelloe 17 6 Hartlepool East Hartlepool 18 South Ha r tl epoo l 17 3 South Hetton 18 6 Hetton lB 6 6 Caseop l7 Stewart's 18 68: sold, 61. s. d. Walker Primrose 13 6 Wylam 16 3 lanfield Moor Butes 13 6 Hastings Hartley l7 3 Holywell 16 3 Eden Main l6 9 8. C. Walls End. Harton _ _. 16 6 Braddyll's Hetton ..... 17 3 Tunstall Caradoc l7 9 Ships at market Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton....... July 1 9 via Marseilles ......... July 13. Brazil and Cape Verde, by British packot. Aug. 4 * Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena.. July 29. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton. July 19. via Marseilles ...July 14. Falkland Islands ....... Gibraltar, via Southampton India (Calcutta), and C ey l on, via Southampton July 29 India via Marseilles July 1 4 (Bombay), via Southampton July 11 via Marseilles ............ . July 18' Portugal.... .... Aug. 4 .• Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton ...... July 11 ' via Marseilles ........ July Newfoundland • .July 20 Oporto and Vigo .. U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet.... July 1 4 ' by U.S. packet.... by Canadian packet. July 8 All parts of West Indies, including Chili Peru, } July 14, California. a n d B r i t i s h Columbia.. , llspur b i l f d y o t d h , e nr lo v o e d o; • W[hAenDvtraeur causersvm R o x f .r. d t se H as o e ll i o s w s a e y a ' t s P ed i in the stomach, liver, or b o wel s , no t rea t ment will be found 0° effective, no medicine so valuable, as these purifying, alto" native, and aperient pills. Innocent in their nature, they never can do harm to the weakest constitution. Cleansing and invigorating in their effects, they produce an imrae l al diate amelioration of many of the most painful and WO dangerous sympti ons w h ich can lot the human frarae; Holloway's pills ar e re li able remedies. In multitudes 01 cases where the usual round of prescriptions had been vainly tried, and death itself seemed imminent, Holloway's pil l° have acted marvellously in arresting the disease and grs' dually restoring health. Births. CARN IRVON.—On the 2d inst., at 66, Grosvenor-street,W4 the Countess of Cnrnarvon, of a daughter. DAviEs.--O n the 3d inst., the wife of Lieut.• Col. Davietis Grenadier Guards, of a son. MONTGOMERIE.—On the 3d inst., at Westwood Houtrf Sydenham, the wife of Hugh Edmonstone Montgomerle, Esq., of a daughter. WORTLEY.—On the 4th inst., at Overton House, Wake' field, the Hon. Mrs. Francis Stuart Wortley, cf a son. Marriages. HALL—FILEMANTLE.—On the sth inst., at St. George's' Itanover-square, Captain Julian M. Hall, Coldstre am Guards, to Augusta W only . Louisa, daughter of tiO late Major-General Joh n F remant l e, C.B. PENLINGTON—DAvIES.-0 11 the 6th inst. at St. George'% Shrewsbury, Joseph P en li ngion, Esq., Lancashire, to Harri e tt, e ld es t surviving daughter of W . Davies, Esq., Shrewsb ur y, l ate of Adlington. Deaths. 'Much Wooltcot DALRYMPLE.—On the 4th irtst„ at Gillingham, William Henry Dalrymple, neral, aged 47. Assistant commissary-a° - DUDLEY.—On the 4th ittst ,at Pentonvill e , H o ward Dudley, Esq. • FRITH.—On the 6th inst. ) at Hackney, Willi am Frith, Esq., aged 58. JESSOPP.—On the 4th inst., at 1, Trafalgar -place, Cl a p'ham-rise, Henry Jessop, Esq., late of her Majesty's Cur toms, Quebec, aged 77, REEs.—On the 4th inst , at Llandilo, Ed war d Rees, Esti' late of Tow yn and Glanmorfa, aged 72. TATHAM.—On the 3 , 1 inst., at 65, Guildford -street, Itus' selbsquare, Ja ne M ary Tatham, aged 80. _ London: Printed and Prinished by WILLI.A.SIANDREX':' of No. 112, S tran d , P r i nter, at Tna SUN Office Strand, in the Precinct of the 'Savoy, n the Ccrn/1 WiLislleacx —Thursday, July 7 ; 180.