The Sun. — London, England, 1864-06-30 00:00:00

Naval and itelligence, The paddlewheel steamer Terrible, 21, 800-horse power and 1,850 tons, the largest paddlewheel steamer in the British navy, having been upwards of two years in dock undergoing a most extensive _ _ _ repair, has been undocked, and is now being fitted for the Chatham Steam Reserve in readiness for immediate commission. Daring the time she las been in the shipwright's hands, she has bt en almost entirely rebuilt. In consequence of the size of her engines it was found impossibi.e to fit them in the erecting shop of the dockyard,witha out incurring considerable expense in altering the erecting pits. The machinery and engines will therefore be fitted on board the ship, prior to their being finally fixed in their places. The Terrible will, as soon as completed, join the Channel fleet before proceeding on particular service. The screw gunboat Surly, 2,60• horse power, having been supplied with new boilers, and had the whole of her defects in hull and machinery made good, has been removed to moorings in the Medway, where she is awaiting orders from the Admiralty. In accordance with instructions from the Admi• ralty, the screw corvette Scout, 21, 400-horse power, is undergoing a thorough repair at Sheer ness Dockyard, in order to be brought forward to replace the Clio in the first division of the Chatham Steam Reserve, the latter vessel being daily es. petted to be commissioned. The Scout, not having a spar deck like the Clio, is being fitted with a top gallant forecastle, to serve as a protection to the crew in inclement weather. The screw despatch gun•vessel Serpent, 4, 200- horse power, is being brought forward for the first division of the Steam Reserve in the Medway, a n d completing rigging, The appointment of S econ d Captain Harrison Woolwich was yesterday anno unce d a t as succes sor to Captain E. J. Bruce, secretary to the Royal Artillery Institution. Captain Bruce has been appointed assistant-inspector of studies at the Royal Military Academy, in succession to Lieut.a Col. Gibb, and wi:l enter upon his new duties at the forthcoming half-yearly meeting of the classes. By the death of Gen. Sir R. Gardiner, G.C,8., K.C.H., Royal Artillery, a pension for distinguished or meritorious service is placed at the disposal of Field Marshal the Duke of Cambridge. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty :—Lieut. J. S. Trotter to the Cor delia ; G. S. Goddard, assist.-paymaster, to the Victory, as supernumerary ; R. H. Hansel', assist.- paymaster in charge, to the Vindictive ; G. Park, of the Majestic, promoted to first class assist.-engi neer ; J. S. Hall, assist.-clerk, additional, to the Indus; and W. F. G. Hitchcock and H. IV: Phelps I nominated to naval cadetships. The Hon. Artillery Company and the Prince and Princess of Wales. Yesterday afternoon was a great day for this body, the sole remnant of the ancient train bands of the City of London. Mrs Robinson, the wife of the senior major, having presented a new pair of colours to the regiment, the opportunity was taken of requesting the Prince of Wales to inspect the regiment, and the Princess to present the new colours. Their Royal Highnesses graciously accepted the invitation, and the result was that the spacious grounds attached to headquarters and the neighbourhood became a scene of the greatest animation and excitement during the greater part of the day. The Hon. Artillery Corn. pang was fortunate in inheriting from their prede cessors, when space was not so valuable as it now is in London, and when their training and exercise ground was suburban, such ample room for military evolutions and display as that which they possess on one of the busiest main arteries of the metropolis, north and south. The houses flanking this spacious paradesground,and the gardens abutting upon it were crowded to the housetops, and on the north side are rangements were made for seating within the railings hundreds of the fair sex, who on such occasions al ways muster in strong force. The day was rather lowering in the morning, and rain seemed imminent, but that did not prevent the assemblage of the ladies, attired in the rich and tasteful dresses appropriate to the summer season, it not the particular day. A large number of members of other metropolitan volunteer corps were present. Half an hour before the time appointed for the arrival of the royal party the rain, which had threatened all the afternoon, came down ia earnest; and when at last the Prince and Princess, attended by their suite, drove into the ground, it wag under such an " even-doon pour," as the Scotch folks say, that it reminded us of the day when h er Majesty, accompanied by her lamented Consort, reviewed the troops on the Curragh of Kilciare. The courage of the English ladies yester day was not inferior to that displayed by their Lich sisters on that occasion. Umbrellas of all sizes and colours were expanded, presenting in the con. crete rather a new and unique picture for the phoe tograpber, but which, though they might fora short time have protected the upper part of their owners, could have little virtue as regarded the expansive crinolines and the rich skirts spread over them which are now the fashion. In the midst of this pelting shower the Prince and Princess drove into the ground. Previous to their arrival Lord Elcho, Colonel of the London Scottish Rifles; the Marquis of Donegal], of the Irish Brigade; Col. Warde, of the London Rifle Brigade ; Gen. Lord F. Paulett, Cal. Wilson, Royal London Militia ; Col. Pepin, Inspector General of Militia; Col. Douglas, sth Lancers; Col. Delarue, Tower Hamlets Volunteers; and other officers, had in various ways tried to pro tect themselves from the storm. When the royal carriages took their place, the Prince seemed for some time rather disinclined to get out and mount his charger, but at last, a military overcoat having been p r ocured he took up his position at thesale' nang point, attended by Gen. Kupuys, Col. Ke ,epe , and the staff of general and field ()facers see ',nave already named. For a considerablep er . p ed the carriage in which were seated her -341 Highness the t:de Prince and Princess of Princess of Wales and Leiningen, and in which her Reese H iess arrived, was kept closed, but as the weather gra ghndu ally cleared el, i t was opened, and gave an °lvor. ot tunity for exh ibi t i ng the kindly and warm feetteg with Neatch the Princ e s s i s regar d ed. F rom one the gardens at the rear of the houses on the eastern side of the grounds a ladder was lot down in the 'cry thick of the rain, and a beautiful, fair-haired little girl was assisted down it, who tripped across the wet grass to the royal carriage with a magnifi cent bouquet. It was only after a second sffort to present it that one of the footmen comprehended what was meant, and lifted donor and gift to the window of the carriage, when the latter was gra. ctously accepted, and the small heroine of this little episodes regained her old position, from whence, with others, she eagerly watched every movement of the Fair Rose of Denmark. The regiment was under the command of Lieut.. Ualoncl Lord Colville and Majors Robinson and Snell. The troop of light artillery, with two guns, Ras commanded by Captain Jay, the troop of light cavalry by Lieut. Keam es, the field battery of four guns be Captain Blockley, and the battalion of six companies by Captains Fox, Biden, Bnekenhans, Riviere, Eglese, and Davis. The line was formed by the battalion in open column, with the horse artillery on the right, and the light cavalry and field battery on the left. In this position the cere mony of consecrating the new colors was performed by the Rev. T. Hance the chaplain of the regiment. Qiertermastersergeants James and Gilchrist, who held them during this ceremony, then handed them to Majors Robinson and Snell, who presented tiaei n to the Pri ncess , en d s h e grac i ous l y gave them into the keepi ng : o f E ns i gns W e bb and Fairl;e, who re ceived them kneeling on very long and wet grass. The Prince, accompanied by his spite and the field offieers on the ground, rode forward and closely in. spected the line, passing up the front and down the rear, and returned to the saluting point. The bat talion then marched past in slow and quick time, the cavalry and artillery at slow and quick trot, ac companied in both cases by appropriate music from the 'ham]. The new colours were escorted to the front by the Ist company, and the old ones were removed to the armoury by the left flank company, to the tune of " Auld lang sync." Then came the usual, bat always striking movement of advancing in full column to give the grand salute, and the Prince be adopted for immediate use in the event of a shoe being lost upon the march, The Ist Royal Dragoons contributed a pair of fretwork brackets, the design and execution of which was highly creditable; and a model of a man-of• war brig, showed on the part of the exhibitor, Private Davis, a practical and extensive acquaintance with the details of naval architecture. There were a:so shown by this regiment a number of articles of furniture adapted for camp and barrack life, which were very carefully designed, and well made. The 13th Hussars showed some excellent photographs; and Sergeant Blamires exhibited some very pretty ornaments in gold work; among other things a silver snuff-box made from old lace, and a horse's hoof snuff-box mounted in old lace. The 14th Hussars showed some good specimens of leather work. The collection of the Royal Artillery was a very interesting one. Some excel lent saddle-trees were shown, and a very carefully executed model of the Armstrong gun and some very prettily em broidered dresses, smoking caps, and slippers by the wives of the non-commissioned officers and privates. The Royal Engineers had some very excellent photographs, some models of earthworks and fortifications, paper weights, chests of drawers, stationery cases, portable baths, and a large number of useful and ornamental articles. The greatest feature in the display of the Military Train was a series of very well-finished water-colour sketches by Col. and Mrs Col. Robertson and Private Brown. Farrier Major Holmes showed his peculiar skill in the exhibition of some admirably-finished sets of horse shoes. The sth battalion Military Train also exhibited some very good views of In dian and other scenery. Lieut. Wilkinson makes a most interesting display of ivory work, turned and carved. A rose, shown as a specimen of ivory turning, is a most cre ditable piece of work, remarkable alike for the gracefulness of its form and the beauty of its decoration. There are snuff-boxes, cigar-cases, monograms, hand- glasses, ther mometer-stands, and a number of well-formed and well designed articles in this case. Here, as in the other regi ments in which there are horses, the farrier sergeants show their skill in the production of horse shoes, and of a variety of ornaments made from the hoofs of horses, capital sad dlery, bits, and spurs. It is a curious coincidence that, at the time when it has been solemnly decided that our troops shall not be employed in warlike operations, the most highly finished specimen of workmanship in the whole ex hibition is a model of a plough, and there are several of these models, as though the soldiers had indulged in a no tion that the happy time had come when they were to beat their swords into ploughshares. The best miniature plough of polished iron is by Farrier-Sergeant Naylor, of the Car bineers. The 6th Foot make the greatest display in inlaid woods, some specimens of which are very neatly finished. Majorßoissier,of the37th,shows a locomotive engine,Cramp ton's patent,exhibiting the working parts made in pasteboard and zinc. The great feature of the display of the 59 ch is patch work quilts and hearthrugs, lace, and doyleys, petticoats and antimacassars, and pinafores for the school-children of the regiment, feather flowers, and an elegant smoking-cap, by Mrs Major Lloyd. The 60th Rifles are strong in draw ings and carved woodwork. Of the latter there are some good specimens of breadplates and bookbacks, all of which were speedily bought up at the low prices affixed to them. The 2d Battalion of the 60th made an attractive display for the ladies, in the shape of collars and cuffs, braided slippers, night-shirts, pillows, children's frocks and socks, worked by the women and children of the corps. The 73d made a very good display of miscellaneous articles. A wonderful piece of patent patchwork was shown by Corporal Busby of the 24th. It was if ft in length, Bft in breadth, and was formed of 10,650 pieces, sewn together by 140,105 stitches. The loan collection was a most interesting one, and contained a large number of articles of Chinese and Japanese manufacture, brought from the Summer Pa lace and elsewhere. One interesting relic was a small remnant of the colours of the 31st, to which was attached the names of the battles in which they had been torn, and of 20 officers who had fallon under them during those en gagements. The names of the battles were—Mazeena, Tazeen, Jugdulloch, Cabool, Moodkce, Ferozeshah, Budi wal, Aliwal, and Sobraon. The exhibition will remain open until the 14th July. It will amply repay the visit of any person who feels an interest in the doings of the British army, and who is desirous of encouraging anything calculated to promote the welfare and happiness of the soldier. On Friday, Ist, Wednesday, 6th and 13th, the admission will be 2s 6d ; on Friday, Bth July, Is., and upon all other days the admission will be 6d only. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. CHELMSFORD RACES, WEDNESDAY. The County Members' Plate (Handicap) of 50 sos, for all ages ; winners extra. Half a mile. Mr Saxon's Jane Shore, 3 yrs, 6st 41b ...... (H. Sharp) 1 Mr Alexander's No Name, 3 yrs, Est slb ...... (Savers) 2 Mr G. Hodgm an ' s C on f ederate, 3 yrs, Est 81b (in. 516 ex.) (Gasston) 3 The following also ran:—Welland, Etna, Antoinette, Disappointment, Land of the West, Baliverne, Rose, Overcast, and Lady Warwick. Betting -2 to 1 agat No Name, 9to 4 agat Confederate, sto 1 eget Jane Shore, 7to 1 agat Lady Warwick, 10 to 1 agst Disappointment, 100 to 8 agst Overcast. After some delay at the post Disappointment was first off, but he soon gave way to Jane Shore and No Name, who were joined at the distance by Confederate. A good race ended in favour of Jane Shore by a neck; a head sepa rated second and third; Land of the West and Disappoint ment headed the ruck, and Etna was last. The Nursery Handicap Plate of 100 soya, for two-yr-olds. Three. quarters of a mile. Mr Morris's Radcliff, 7st 7;b Mr Flemin g ' s C am i llus, 7.t 41b (11. White) tMr Brayl e y' s Th e Star, 7st (Cannon) t The following also ran :—..‘loney Spinner, Black Draught, Stockwell filly, Flageolet, Colombine, Wings of the Wind, and Perfume filly. Betting-5 to 2 agst Money Spinner, 3to 1 agst The Star, 4 to 1 agst Radcliff, 10 to 1 agst any other. After one b....eak away the fl ag f e ll t o a very fair start, Black Draught, followed by The Star, making play with Moley Spinner and the Stockwell filly in close attendance. They ran thus to the distance, where Radcliff came out and won by a length and a halt; The Star and Camillus running a dead heat for second place ; Money Spinner was fourth, Mack Draught and the Stockwell filly were next; Colombine being the absolute last. The Essex Stakes, a free Handicap of 15 sovs each, 5 ft, with 100 added ; winners extra. About 7 fur. 12 subs, Mr Alexander's Peon, 3 yrs, 63t 61b (J. Smith) 1 Mr Hodgman's Confederate, 3 yrs, Est 6lb (inc Sib extra, car Est 71b) (Gasston) 2 Captain D. Lane's Blue Mantle, 4 yrs, Sat 121 b (Fordham) 3 The following also ran :—Village Belle, Zeloo, Amazo nian, Starbeam, and Regina. Betting-9 to 2 agst Blue Mantle, 4to 1 agst Regina, 5 to i each agst Village Belle and Starbeam, 8 to 1 each agst Confederate and Amazonian, 10 to 1 agst Peon. After a false start Regina jumped off with the lead, f .1- lowed by Peon, Amazonian, and Village Belle to the dis tance, where Regina and Amazonian were beaten, and Peon went on with the lead, and after a good race with Confederate and Blue Mantle won by three quarters of a length ; a neck between second and third ; Regina was fourth, Starbeam fifth, Village Belle sixth, and Zeloo last. The Maiden Two Year Old Plate of 50 Boys ; colts, Bst 191 b ; fillies, Bst 71b; the winner to be sold for 50 SOW. Mr G. Bryan's Rialto, Bst 71b (Custance) 1 Mr England's Lydia Thomson, Bst 71b .. (A. Edwards) 2 Betting --6 to lon Rialto, who made all the running and won by two lengths. ..... The winner was bought in for 130 guineas. The Queen's Plate of 100 guineas; weight for age. Two miles and a half. Baron Rothschild's Ilippolyta, 3 yrs, Tat 10lb (J. Daley) 1 Mr J. Low's Gibraltar, aged, lO s t .......... (Custance) 2 Mr W. Marrs Jessie, 3 yrs, Tat 101 b (carried 78t 111 b) (F".rahim) 3 1 agst Found Again, 100 to 3 agst Borealis, 50 to 8 agst Sundeelah. Baktchi-Serai made play for 200 yards, when Sundeelah carried on the running to the Newcastle turn, where Alice took the lead, but was passed by Baktchi-Serai and Caller Ou in the straight, Mr I'Anson's mare winning in a canter by three lengths ; a head between second and third ; a bad fourth ; Lady de Trafford was fifth. The Commercial Visitors' Stakes of 5 soya each, 3 ft, with 25 added; weight for age; selling and other allowances; penalties; second to save his stake, T.Y.C. 7 subs. Mr J. Watson's Eola (h b), 3 yrs, £25, 7st 61b (Martin) 1 Mr Masterman's Black Duchess, 2 yrs, £25, 6st (Craddock 2 Mr W. Miller's Skipj ac k, 5 yrs, £4O, Bst 91b.... (Austin) 3 Mr Dawson's Charcoal, 3 yrs, £25, 7st 31b.. (J. Marson) 4 Betting-6 to 4 agst Eola, 2 to 1 agar Black Duchess, 4 to 1 agst any other. Won by a head, three lengths between second and third; same distance between third and fourth. The winner was bought in 43 guineas. Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas; 3-yr-olds, 7st 111 b ; four, 9st 71b; five, lOst llb; six and aged, lOst 31b. Three miles. Mr Bowes's Claremont, 3 yrs, 7st I Ilb ..,.(Loates) w. o. , Denham also ran. Betting -2 to lon Hippolyta, 9 . 'co 2 agst Gibr a lt ar . " Denham mad e pl a y at a.' and Hippolyta, J move pace, followed by Gib ra lt ar Stand ther`. 6 ,.,te last. In th a t or d er t h ey passed the HiPP°' time. At the Wi n d m ill , at the top turn, 1 _old ;ta rushed to the front, and increasing the pace soon a lead of a dozen lengths ; and Denham was left a long way in the rear. As they neared the bottom turn Gibraltar and Jessie began to draw up, and they entered the straight in a cluster—Hippolyta, however, soon quitted her horses, and cantered home an easy winner by 20 lengths. The Malden Stakes did nc,t produce a race. THE SU?4, LONDON', THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 30, 18644 of it; and for this reason, even more than for its I strategical importance, was held by the Danes long a fter it ceased to be tenable. Small as the island is, it was considered in tm;:. 1 .7 otiations whic h preceded the armistice as en equivalent to t nv ;:ovince of Jut land, and the allies proposed to evacuate the ter in consideration of the surrender by the Danish Go vernment of this apparently insignilcant island. But the same sentiments which induced Denmark to contest evary inth of ground north of the Eider, and led her to sacrifice no small portion of her army in the defence of the ruins ot the Duppel fortifications, equally deterred her from voluntarily withdrawing from a poet which she knew it was out of her power to retain. 'When the atreietiee expired the Danish Government were well aware that the Germans would throw a bridge across the narrow Sotrud, and, as a wetter of course, take possession of the island. They knew et tally well that the small gar rison which they thought proper to retain there could scarcely make the show of resistance, and that, whenever the assault was made, it would be compelled if possible to rave itself by flight. But, nevertheless, it was deemed expedient to remain in Alsen until actually driven out by the invaders, and, no matter at what cost, to maintain the unequal struggle to the last, The consequences of the en gagement of yesterday morning mast have been an ticipated, and we cannot help thinking, in so far as they concern loss of human life, ought to have been guarded against. We do not know what the respec tive loss on each side was, but, whenever war is made a gams of exchanging pieces, it is the belligerent with the largest army that alone derives the benefit. It can make no difference to Austria and Prussia whether the number of men sacrificed yes terday morning on their side was great or small ; but Denmark's losses must, or at leaet ought to be regarded by her in a different light. The occasions have unfortunately been too numerous on which her troops have given unquestionable proof of their valour, and no further evidence was wanted to establish their heroism in the eyes of Europe. No justification can be offered for the continued prose cution of hostilities by the German Powers ; but war is war, and, as the first step in the new cam paign might reasonably have been supposed to be an attempt to capture Alsen, it would have been wiser if the assault had been anticipated by an evacuation. The German Powers now make no secret of their intention to appropriate the entire of the Danish peninsula. Earl Russell, in making the Minis terial statement a few nights since in the House of Lords, alluded to a declsration made by the allied Powers that they would content themselves with the occupation of Holstein and Schleswig. The Foreign Secretary, however, with great truth admitted that the promises of Austria and Prussia were no longer to be depended upon, and he cau tioned Parliament against placing too much reliance on them. Since, then, a semi-official statement in a journal at Vienna has contradicted the allegation of Earl Russell, and we now learn from Berlin that the allied Powers intend to occupy Jutland as a pledge, and by means of forced contributions, to compel the inhabitants to pay the expenses incidental to the war. It is curious, and, if the consequences were not of so lamentable a nature, amusing to note the mild colouring which the Germans have given in turn to each of their aggressive acts. The occupation of the Duchy of Holstein was purely an act of domestic discipline, and one which concerned no one except the reigning Duke and the Germanic Confederation. It was not war, nor anything approaching to war, since the act of execution of necessity recognised the right of the Sovereign whose territiaries were temporarily seques trated. Again, when Schleswig was invaded Europe was assured that its possession was sought simply as a material guarantee for the fulfilment by Den mark of certain obligations entered into by her in the year 1851. Austria and Prussia did not mean war when they marched an army of 70,000 men across the Eider, and they were rather to be pitied than blamed when, owing to the foolish obstinacy and impenetrable atupiclity of the Danes, they were compelled to make use of their breech loaning muskets and rifled artillery. 'When the " mate nal guarantee" was secured, the allied Powers dis covered that it was necessary, for strategic reasons, to cross the homier of Jutland, and immediately afterwards bethought themselves of retaining a portion of that province as a pledge for the repay ment to Germany of the value of shipping taken by Denmark in the course of the war. Presently, however, by means of forced contributions, the requisite indemnity was obtained, and then one would have supposed that, the avowed object of the occupation having been attained, the German troops would have retired into Schleswig. Not so, however. To the astonishment of civilised Europe, Austria and Prussia revived the exploded prectice of making war support itself. They compelled the unfortunate Jutlanders to supply everything, in cluding money and provisions, of which they stood in need ; and, now that hostilities are resumed after a suspension of six weeks, they declare that they will retain Jutland as a pledge for the pay ment of the expenditure occasioned by the con tinued prosecution of a war the ostensible objects of which have been so long since attained. It would be idle, however, to hope that even the possession of the entire peninsula will content the aggressive Powers. The islands must follow the mainland, or German ambition will remain unsatisfied. Already preparations are being made to cross the Sound which separates Fuen from Fredericia, and ere long we may expect to hear that this island has shared the fate of Alsen. Denmark will then be reduced to the island of Zetland. But having gone so far Ger many might with some plaueibiiity argue that no possible good could result from the further mainte nance of a monarchy whose territorial possessions have been reduced to the area of a few square miles, No one would pretend that Denmark could, under such circumstances, maintain an independent existence, and the sole matter which would remain for decision would be the fate of the remain ing vestiges of that unhappy kingdom. As Europe has allowed germany to take so much, why should she not then allow her to take the remainder? Great Britain, as a maritime Power, possesses an interest in the preservation of Danish independence; but, under these circumstances, she might well de spair of reconquering all that Denmark will then have lost. Even if, as Lord Palmerston observed, Copenhagen was bombarded, its citizens slaughtered, and the Danish Sovereign made a prisoner of war, what possible motive could an English Government have in reconsidering that decision which has hitherto marked out for .his country a neutral policy. The difficulties with which we are beset are increasing every day ; and it is certainly high time to decide, once for all, whether they are to be boldly met or ignobly evaded. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. LONDON AND NORTH WESTERN. The adjourned Wharncliffe meeting of this company was held yesterday at the Euston Station ; Mr Deane in the chair. The CIIAIR3fAN said he was sorry to inform the proprie tors that the bills remaining on their list were not yet in a position to submit for their approval. He then proposed tha► the meeting be further adjourned to Friday, July 8, at the same place and hour. The motion was agreed to, and the meeting adjourned, METROPOLITAN. The adjourned Wharncliffa meeting of this company was held yesterday at the L)ndon Tavern; Mr W. Wilkinson in the chair. The CllArumANsail he regretted that another adjourn , ment would be necessary, in consequence of the bills no being ready, and the meeting adjourned accordingly. NORTH LONDON. The adjourned Wharnelitle meeting of this company was appointed to ba hell on Tuesday at the Euston Station for the consideration of the company's Bill for the Kingsland and Tottenham line, but in consequence of it not being sufficiently advanced in the House of Commons the meeting was further adjourned to Monday, July 11, at the same place and hour. BLYTH AND TYNE. The new branch line of this company, connecting Mot.- peth, North Shields, Blyth Bedlington, and the Northum berland steam coal distri3 with Newcastle, has been opened this week for traffic. At a Wharncliffe meeting of this company the sanction of the shareholders was given to the Bill now before Parliament for the construction of the Wark worth, Walbottle, and Nowbiggen extension, and the Tynemouth Dock branch. ILLINOIS CENTRAL. The annual meeting of his company was held at the office in the city of Chicago of Wednesday, the 25th ult., the Hon. M. Skinner in the ciair. The meeting was declared to be duly constituted, there being represented in person and by proxy 169,611 shams. The acts and doings, reso lutions and votes of the 3oard of Directors sine the last meeting were ratified and confirmed. The PRESIDENT, in submitting the annual report of the affairs of the company up to the 31st of December, 1863, stated that there was to the credit of income account at the end of last year 1,328,716d0i3, and that payments of interest and dividends from the Ist cf Jan. to the Ist of May had been 981,990 dole, leaving ciao and payable for interest and dividends 405,024 dots. The gross traffic receipts since the let of Jan. up to and inclusive of April 30th, 1864, had been 1,592,029 dols, and the lard receipts for the same period 627,490 dole. The directors could not give a detailed account of the expenditures since the let of Jan., because the accounts were only made up annually, hut the business of the company was in a prosperous condition, and there was every reason to expect a continuance of semi-annual divid ends. The company was entirely free from floating debt, and the funds on hand were mainly invested in Government securities, On the motion of the PRESIDENT, seconded by Mr C. BORTHWICK, it was resolved that the cancelled bonds scrip be amalgamated with the general stock of the company by converting the same into Scrip shares, and that the holders for each sum of 90 dol. su'rendered receive one scrip share of the stock of the compan! having 90 dol. paid thereon, sub ject to a further call of 90 dol. ; and the meeting reoom mended the directors to call up the 10 dol. still outstanding, so as to consolidate the whole into one class of shares. Mr W, H. Osborn, Nr W. Tracy, Mr A. S. Hewitt, and Mr H. Chauncey were duly elected directors. Mr F. C. GERHARD Proposed the appointment of a com mittee of five shareholders to investigate the affairs of the company, but it was negatived by 117,362 votes, against 48,500 votes, and the proceedings terminated. At a meeting of the Board of Directors, held in New York on the 14th inst., it was resolved that a dividend of 4 per cent, in cash, free of income tax, be paid on the Ist of August next to the hollers of the shares and cancelled bonds scrip registered on the 15th of July next, The agents of the company in London, Messrs H. Benson and Co., impress on the shareholders the necessity of at once having the shares held by them registered in their own names to prevent difficulty in obtaining the dividend pay able in New York, COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. A. special Court of Common Council was convened yester• . day at G u ildh a ll , Alderman Sir John Musgrove presiding as locum tenens for the Lord Mayor, for the purpose of receiving a report from the Remembrancer, to the effect that the Holborn Valley Improvement Act had passed and received the Royal assent on the 23d of June. Upon the motion of Mr Deputy Far, it was referred to the Improvement Committee to carry the act into execution, and to confer from time to time with the Corn, Coal, and Finance Committee as to how the funds shall be raised for the purpose. Mr PARREE asked Mr Fry, the chairman of the commit tee, whether the bill reported by the Remembrancer was in confirmation of the plan approved by the Court, and if any new provisions had been introduced of which the Court was not aware. Mr Deputy FRY said he was not aware that anything had been introduced contrary to the views of the Court. RAILWAY BILLS. Yesterday, in Lord Stanley's committee on the Great Eastern Railway Company's proposed metropolitan station and railways, Mr Bidder, C.E., and Mr Sinclair, resident engineer of the Great Eastern, were examined at consider able length by Mr Merewether and Mr Round relative to the engineering characteristics. Mr Hunt, surveyor to the Commissioner of Woods and Works, was also examined relative to the land value of the property for the company's central city station on the east side of New Broad-street and on the north side of Wormwood -street. The clauses of the Redruth and Falmouth Railway hav ing been settledin Mr Adair's committee, Mr Burke, QC., opened the case of the Great Northern and Western of Ireland Railway Company's Bills for rais ing £40,000 by new preference shares, and for arrangements with the Midland and Great Southern and Western Rail ways, and witnesses were examined. In the Lords, the bill to enable the London and North- Western to make arrangements for facilitating the inter change of traffic k connection with the steamboat traffic of the Channel and the principal railways in Ireland, after evidence adduced on these points, was passed. MEETING OF THE IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE AFTER TILE COURT. Immediately after the members of the Court of Common Council had decided to place the Holborn Valley Improve ment Act in the hands of the Improvement Committee to carry into execution, Thomas Henry Fry, Esq., with the chairman of the City Lands, the chairman of the Bridge house Estates ; F. Woodthorpe, Ehq,, Town Clerk ; W. Corrie, Esq., Remerabrancer ; F. Brand, Esq., Comptroller; T. J. Nelson, Esq., City Solicitor; Horace Jones, Esq., the City Architect; and 27 of the members of the Improvement Committee, proceeded to the committee-room No. 1 in order to commence their labours. The CHAIRMAN (T. I-1. Fry, Esq.), having briefly ad dressed the members of the committee present, laid upon the table the Act of Parliament for the improvement of Holborn-valley, handed to him for the purpose of his laying it before them as soon as possible. He was sure that they Would agree with him that not a moment's delay should arise in their taking action with reference to the important matter entrusted to them to carry out under the special legislation of Parliament, and sanctioned by the signature of her Majesty the Queen for such an important public improvement. The bill having been shortly read by the Town Clerk, it was unanimously decided that the whole of the officers then present belonging to the Corporation, and any others who might be absent, should receive immediate instructions to commence, without the delay of a single hour, issuing the notices and otherwise enforcing the terms of the act, so that not an instant should be lost in carrying it into execution. DARMIOUTII, Wednesday.—The ship Ramsey, Commander White, 82 days from New Zealand, arrived off this port to-day. She brings a full cargo and 6,300 ounces of gold. She landed four passengers: [ADVERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway's Pills and Ointment. — Unparalleled Popularity.—The wonderful cures effected by these unequalled remedies in all parts of the world have won for them their present favour. Both pills and oint ment are composed of ingredients which purify at the same time that they strengthen. No one can deny that health depends upon pure blood and the natural action of the animal organs. Both objects are effected without risk or danger by Holloway's medicarnente, which are as innocent as tney are potent. Internal disorders and ex ternal blemishes succumb to their power. Thenremedies, so applicable for the relief of the commonest complaints, are n o less adequate to deal safely with the most for midable and dangerous diseases which can afflict mankind. rode forward, attended by the whole of the staff on the ground, into the hollow square which had been formed to receive him, when— His ROYAL HIGHNESS said,—Lord Colville and Gentlemen of the Hon. Artillery Company, it has afforded me very sincere gratification to have been present at this inspection. It is, perhaps, the first time I have had the opportunity of seeing you alone although at the volunteer field-day last month I was very much gratified with the manner in which your regiment marched past, as well as with your other branches. Allow me, also, to congratulate you, Lord Colville, on the high state of efficiency of all the branches of this regiment. You have this day received a new set of colours from the Princess of Wales, who I need not assure you takes A deep interest in your regiment, as well as did one who is now no more, my father. who so long commanded your regiment. His Royal Highness afterwards inspected the general arrangements of the home of the regiment. The Princess did not accompany him, and the in• terval was filled up by some excellent music, per.. formed by the band of the regiment —a conspicuous melody being " God bless the Prince of Wales." At length his Royal Highness entered the carriage. T he which Royal cortege depart ed acrid l ou d c h eers, above rcoosrereepeated end hearty cr i es of "Denmark, Denmark." T he Princess, who wore a dress 'of •black and white, looked pale; but her smile and expressive countenance exercised its old magic on all who had the happiness to be near her. The Aldershot Camp Industrial Exhibition. An exhibition, to which a very peculiar interest is at tached, was yesterday opened at the Club-house, Aldershot. The soldiers and officers in camp, forgetting the sterner glories of war, have sought to utilise their many hitherto unoccupied hours, and to relieve the dreary monotony of camp life, by engaging in the production of numerous works connected with the peaceful and industrial arts. Col. Pon sonby of the 12th, desirous of encouraging among the men under his care a taste for useful, interesting, and intellec tual amusement, aided them by all the means in his power in carrying out the idea of an industrial exhibition. It took place a short time since in Dublin, and was a great success. The example thus set has been followed at Aldershot upon a larger and more important scale. The exhibition consists of two great classes of articles; the first includes all those which have been invented or made by officers, non-commis sioned officers, and men now quartered at Aldershot, or by their wives and children ; the second, which may be taken to represent the foreign countries and British colonies in this collections includes articles collected by officers, non commissioned officers, and men quartered at Aldershot, or by their 'wives and children, during the course of their ser vice in various parts cf the world. No stronger evidence can well be afforded of the care and attention bestowed upon our army then is given by this curious and interesting exhibition. The hours of idleness of camp life have been greatly reduced by the preparations necessary for this dis play, and a spirit of competition and emulation has been created among the men which has exercised a most salutary influence upon the discipline and conduct of the division at Aldershot. The moat of the time which would have been unprofitably spent at the canteens has been occupied in preparing the articles now on view, in reading works which will afford them suggestions or directions for their production or manufacture ; is learning what others have done in the same branches of peaceful industry, and no small proportion of pay has been diverted from the old quarters to the carrying out of this novel idea. Just in pro portion to the tines and money which they have bestowed upon these works, has been the improvement in discipline, and, if they have thus been made better men, there is little room to doubt that they will be better soldiers. The most superficial glance at the exhibition will be sufficient to show how much of skill, and taste, and ingenuity —how much of the useful form of invention there must be in. the British army if opportunities were only afforded for their display and exercise. For many years it has been the custom to reproach the British soldier with being the most helpless animal in existence—that he can neither house, nor clothe, nor warm, nor feed himself, when he leaves the routine of camp or barrack life. The exhibition at Aldershot must go far to prove the injustice of this reproach, and to show that, in the workshop as in the field, the British soldier is fully equal to other armies which it is the peculiar delight of Eng lishmen to praise at the expense of their own military forces. The exhibition has been carried out under the direction of a committee consisting of the officers commanding such regiments, corps, and departments as were willing to take part in the work—Lieut.-General Sir John Pennefather, K.C.8., acting as president, and the general officers com manding brigades being the vice-presidents. Lieut.-Col, Clifford (assistant quartermaster-general), and Lieut. Col. Lennox (deputy assistant quartermaster-general), and Major Haminersley (director of gymnastics), have acted as secretaries ; and Capt. Maclean (brigade-major of the Ist Brigade) and Captain Lockhart are the treasurers. It was expected the exhibition would have been opened by the Duke of Cambridge, Commander in Chief, but a pressure of other engagements prevented the attendance of bis Royal Highness. A large number of ladies and officers in full uniform had assembled in the open space in front of the club house to receive his Royal Highness, and when at length it was finally known that the Duke of Cambridge would not be present, General Pennefather, commanding Aldershot division, proceeded to the ceremony of opening the exhibition. The gallant general was accompanied by Lieut-Colonel Paget Bayly, Capt. Vogle, Lieut, Doherty, 3d Huesers—Colonel J. W. Armstrong, C. 8., assistant adjutant-general—Capt. W. E. Lockhart—Brevet Lieut.- Colonel Hon. H. H, Clifford—Capt. P. A. A. Twynam, 15th Foot — Lieut.-Colonel W. Lennox, Royal Engineers —Major-Gen, E. C. Hodge--Capt, J. Fife, 10th Hussars —Major Turnbull, Royal Dragoon—Lieut.-Colonel Chart, Sawyer, Col. Robert Wardlow, Lieut.-Colonel Soane G. Jenyns, Lieut. 'Colonel Thompson, and a number of the re gimental officers in camp. General Pennefather, in opening the proceedings,' ex pressed his regret at the absence of his Royal Highness the Co mmander-in -Chief. He need not say that that illus trious prince, who upon all occasions took such an interee g in the proceedings of the army, and who evinced ar..ch an anxiety in the discipline and honour of the seri: , ', co have been mo s t grat ifi e d to have been prese- would tunately, he wa s p revente d by pressure at—but, unfor from being th ere , as h e fully intee: of public business dea to , o e, The object of in their wiv es an d f an' ''. this exhibition w as t o eneou ,- ..age and fo s t er i n th e soldiers, useful arts and sei -nes, a ta s t e f or t h e practice of the would be sate - -antes—and h e h o p e d th at the company - tie!". Fe _ailed with this th e i r fi rs t a tt empt i n that direce see' er his own p ar t, h e venture d to think that the pre _. exhibition would prove a most creditable one. The sol diers had exhibited various articles of their own invention and manufacture, and the officers had co-operated with them by exhibiting a number of things which had fallen into their hands in periods of warfare in different parts of the world. Many of the articles which were made by the soldiers and their wives and families would be sold for their benefit, after deducting the necessary expenses of the exhibition, and some of the articles exhibited by the officers and their families would also be sold and the proceeds devoted to charitable pur poses. They ware indebted to Col.A. Ponsonby for the notion of starting the soldiers' exhibition, the gallant colonel hav ing originated one in Dublin, which had been carried out with great success, and also to Col. Lowe, for the very active part which he had taken in the promotion of the present ''''ea There was one point upon which ho could not but ex pre"' his gratification—namely, that ho wever great might be the etvalr between the various r eg i men t s , t h ey h ad all combineA'eo making the exhibition attractive as a whole, and he mim e , say generally th a t every b o d y seemed to for get himself i 41 411 desire that this exhibition should prove a success. (Cheers. All that he had now to do was to declare the exhibition open, (Cheers.) At the conclusion of the general's speech the in el , a a played " God save th e Q ueen, " 1 and a royal salute was B, x l by y the A. Battery, 4th Brigade. The doors of the club horse were then open e d, an d i n a r its own few minut es eve ry portioa Of th e b u ildi ng was filled w' dh roeable visitors. The interior was Canned in a most *l , - - manner. Each r e giment or cor ps exhibitine ;lad i portion of wa ll an d groun d spac e allot' to it, and the arrangement of each portion was lee, to thc taste of its re presentatives, and thus a dee a ree of emulation was excited which had a beneficial eject upon the undertaking. Such of the articl es as were intended for sale were marked with the prices, and t l aose which were to be sold for the benefit of any particular charity had that fact clearly mated on the tickets attached to them. The articles exhibited were ar ranged in six classes : 1. Painting, drawing, and photo graphy-2. Carving, cabinetmaking, and carpenters' work --3. Military engineering instruments, accoutrements, end equipment-4. Armourers' and smiths' work-5. Leather work-6. Needlework and clothwork. Other portions of the club were set apart for an exhibition of articles collected by offiesers and men in the various countries in which they had 'oeen stationed, or in which they had been actively ereiployed. The regiments and battalions exhibiting were the 6th Carbineers, Ist Royal Dragoons, 2d Scots Gre . , s, 13th and 14th Hussars, Royal Artillery, Royal Engineers, 2d and 3d Battalions Military Train, and the Ist, 6th, Ist Battalion of 24th, 37th, 59th, 2d Battalion of 60th, 73d and 87th Infantry. The divisional staff made a very attractive display, the principal exhibitor being Colonel Clifford, who sent a large number of water-colour drawings and sketches, including a number taken in the Crimea, and some carefully made copies of sketches of costumes at Constantinople, the ori ginals being in the possession of General Pennefather. Captain Twynam showed an interesting sketch of the battle of Itivoli, from an uncoloured French plan, and Mrs Twynam exhibited a copy from an oil painting, by Mignot, of "Autumn on the Susquehanna," in which the varied tints of the rich autumnal foliage of America were very effectively depicted. Colonel Clifford also showed a large collection of bread -plates and other works in wood carving, designed and executed by himself. The 6th Dragoon Guards (Carbineers) have a number of excellent maps drawn and coloured by privates in that regiment. Sergeant-Major Linden showed a very ingeniously constructed horse shoe, to NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE MEETING—WEDNESDAY. The Licensed Victuallers' Handicap of 60 sous, for 2-yr olds and upwards; winners extra. Three quarters of a mile. Mr R. H. Jones's Skylark, 3 yrs, 7st 21b (Goater) 1 Mr Brodie's Kilkenny, 4 yrs, Bst llb (Howey) 2 Mr Bagnall nas Lisette 4 yrs, 7st 101 b ....(J Marson) 3 Mr Davis n as Chicquot the Jester, 3 yrs, 7st .... (Kaye) 4 Mr J. T. Sayer nas Barbara Allen, 5 yrs, 7st 51b (Morris) 6 Mr J. Hadlow nas Rose of Avenel, 3 yrs, 6st 81b - Try Again an d Skipjack also ran(Cameron) 6 Betting-5 to 4 eget Chi cquot the Jester, 2 to 1 apt Si t}lark, Won by a length; same between the retond and third. The Grand Stand Stakes of 5 sots each, with 50 added, for two and three •yr-olds ; penalties and allowances ; second to save his stake. T.Y.C. 11 subs. Mr APlienzia's Oppressor, 2 yrs, 7st 31b (in. 61b extra) (J. Marson) 1 Capt. Gray's Ys aloo, 2 yr s , Gat 9.1) (Loathe) 2 Mr J. Osborne's Br own Bread, 2 yrs, Est 121 b (Carroll) 3 Betting -9 to 2on Oppressor. Won by a length ; half a length between second and third. The Northumberland Plate (handicap) of 200 soya, added to a the second to Sweepstakes of 15 SOV3 each, 10 ft, and 5 if declared ; receive 50 soya, and the third to save his stake ; winners extra. Two miles. 33 subs, 11 declared. Mr W. PAnson's Caller Ou, 6 yrs, Bst 121 b (Challoner) 1 Major Stapylton's Baktchi-Serai, 3 yrs, Est (car 6at 21b) Mr T. M as t erman ' s H onest John, 4 yrs (Morris) 2 , 7st 91b(Snowden Mr Temp er l ey ' s Alice, 4 yrs, tilt 81b .......... (Loates) 3 ) 4 The fullowin,?; also ran : —o:dmin s t er, Borealis, Trust, Found Again, Sundeelah, and Lady de Trafford. Betting -6 to 4 agst Caller Ou, 9to 4 agst Baktchi-Serai, 8 to 1 each eget Oldminster and Alice, 100 to 8 agst Lady de Trafford, 20 to 1 each agst Trust and Honest John, 25 to SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS, TIMES.—The news from America this morning informs us of a fresh and extraordinary change in the aspect of the Virginian campaign. General Grant, having found the Confederate position on the Chickahominy as impregnable as all the others he has attacked, has made another strategical move ment. When wo last received any important infor mation from him he was facing Lee's army on the north-east of Richmond, and bad been completely defeated in an attempt to force his way through the Confederate defences. He remained in the same position for no less than ten days, making no further attempt to force an advance. The repose must have been as welcome to his own army as to his adver sary's; but it could not be long continued without an acknowledgment of defeat. On the 13th of June, accordingly, he and his army commenced a fresh flank movement to an entirely new field of opera tions, and to a scene hitherto undreamt of by the army of the Potomac. He marched again to his left, down the Chickahominy, and crossed it appa rently near the ground made memorable by M'Clel. lan's disastrous battles in 1862. He must have traversed those fields themselves, and, like his prea decessor, he reached the James River. His movement, however, did not stop there; he crossed the James River, and joined Butter at Bermuda Hundred. He seems to have effected this march unmolested, and the successful accomplishment of such a hazardous movement is a remarkable proof either of General Grant's skill or General Lee's caution, or both. The extraordinary result is that Grant is now exactly on the opposite side of Richmond to that from which he began his campaign. He started from near Fredericksburg on the north; he is now close to Petersburg on the south. Being unable to enter Richmond in front, he has marched past it, and is now trying to get into the city at the back. In fact, he has made a half-circle round the city, and if ho continues, as h o has promised, to move " on this line" all the summer ho may, in processof time, complete the circle, and get round again to where ho started from. It would be difficult to con ceive a more practical admission of failure up to the present point than is contained in this remarkable movement. As has been already observed, both in America and here, the position which Grant held on the Chickahominy might have been reached, as it was reached by M'Clellan, without any loss at all; but the same reflection is still more obvious and decisive in this case, for a Federal force had already been established at the point to which Grant has now betaken himself. The Federal gunboats and transports planted General Butler at Bermuda Hundred, at the very outset of the campaign, with the express purpose of effecting a diversion on the' south of Richmond while Grant made the main attack from the north. It is obvious, therefore, that General Grant has only resorted to this maneeuvre ' because his original plan has been entirely defeated. He has expended 100,000 men with absolutely no' result at all, and he begins to all intents and pur poses a fresh campaign with all the disadvantages of an army diminished by this enormous loss and dispirited by obvious failure. It must be allowed that General Grant and his soldiers maintain the character they had already acquired for indomitable perseverance. Few Generals and few troops would persist in this dogged and determined struggle. Beaten off on one side, he attacks on another, and promises to be true at all events to part of his determination—" to fight it out all summer." When we turn from the mere external aspect of the movement to attempt an estimate of its nature and prospects, we are met by the dis advantage of not having the experience to guide us on the south which makes a campaign on the north and east of Richmond a matter almost of scientific calculation. This movement of General Grant opens up, as we have said, au entirely new scene of warfare. The struggle hitherto has been either on the line from the Rappahannock or on that from the Peninsula. General Grant has tried both these and failed, and now, for the first time in the history of the war, h enters on a third. The first tff„ct of toe transfer of the whole Federal army to the south bank of the James River has been, of course, the withdrawal of the Confederate force which had confined Butler to his intrenchments. Before Grant can follow them it is obviously neces sary for him to secure his rear by making sure of Petersburg, and accordingly we hear that two divi sions of the Federal army have attacked that city. On the 15th this attack had been so far successful that an out work two miles from the city had been captured, and a rumour seems to have prevailed at the date of the last ad vices that the city had been taken. It had, however, no confirmation, and it is difficult to believe that a city of so much importance as Petersburg, the centre of so many lines of rail way, can have been open to so easy a capture. Unless this attack is auecessful, the campaign may resolve itself into a siege of Petersburg instead of a siege of Iticheaond. supposing, however, General Grant to be successful in this first act of his new programme, he will then be free to march on Rich mond from the eouth, having his headquarters on the James River. What grounds he can have for presuming that he will find less resistance on this side than on the other it is difficult to imagine. In the first place, he is now on the south side of the James, and a river, therefore, is added to the other defences which the south side of ltichtnond may pos. seas in common with the north, for only a small por• tion of the city lies on the south side. As matters are at present the Federal gunboats could offer no as sistance. About eight miles from the city the naviga tion of the James is closed by artificial obstructions, and Fort Darling stands on the south bank to bar any further advance. If Grant could take Fort Darling and remove these obstructions, he could proceed to attack the Confederate capital; and if after the capture of Petersburg the next point of attack is not Fort Darling, it is difficult to see what general Grant's prospects 'are. There are some reasons for believing that the Confederates have gunboats above Fort Darling, and therefore, if Grant cannot force a passage up the river, he may have the favourite resource of the Federals turned against himself. It is to be remembered also that as General Grant's army is now united, so also Tay General Lee's be. It would seem that no sufficient Federal fore 3 has been left :to the north of the James to o c cupy G eneral L ee ' s attention, and to all appearances he may either transfer his force to the assistance of B eauregar d, w h o h as hitherto defended the south, or, if a smaller force can make that side of the city secure, he is free to march unopposed towards Washington. All these considerations make it very unlikely that the Federal task will be easier in the new battle-field than it was in those upon which they have so often been foiled. It must be added, however, to these considerations, :hat if a large Federal force could establish itself to the south of Richmond the consequences might be serious, for if the city were besieged on that side its connection with the rest of the Confederacy would be endangered. The advance of General Hunter upon Staunton is, therefore, assuming considerable importance. Ho has been joined by two other Generals, Crook and Averill, and Pope with 4,000 men was said at be marching to his reinforce ment up the Shenandoah Valley. his forces are directed towards Lynchburg, an important manufac turing town higher up the same river as Richmond —the James—and on the Virginia and East Ten nessee Railroad, which is an important line of Lee's supplies. If he succeeded in seizing the town and railroad, the Confederates would not only lose an important depot, but the communication of Rich mond with the south would depend upon one line of railway to Danville, running midway between the Petersburg and Lynchburg lines, and even this would be a very precarious resource, when Federal armies were on both sides of it. The movement is considered sufficiently serious for two divisions of the Confederate army to have been sent to defend Lynchburg, while General Early's corps, which held the left of Lie's line in his recent position on the Chickahominy, has been despatched to attack Hunter directly. The fact of General Sheridan's cavalry Corps having been detached to join this ex pedition teems to show that it enters materially into Grant's plans. This cavalry force indeed has been met and defeated by the Confederate cavalry under Fitzhugh Lee and Hampton. That a similar fate should overtake the other divisions of Ge+ neral Hunter's expedition is of very great im portance to the Confederate defence. The other news is of minor importance compared with the struggle in Virginia. General Sherman is said to be forbidden to go any further, or to risk any general engagement outside his intrenchments. This is not a hopeful position for a General in the heart of an enemy's country. Moreover, an attack upon his communications was anticipated. A Fe deral expedition, 8,000 strong, which left Mem phis on the Ist of June, was met in Western Ten nessee by a strong force under General Forrest, and was so completely defeated as to lose all its ammunition and artillery, and be driven back with great loss to Memphis. This force of Forrest's is beneved to be moving on Sher• man's rear. While the Federals are thus powerless in Tenneszeo, General Morgan has reappeared in Kentucky, and has retired after a successful raid, His forc e , h owever , i s muc h nee d e d in V irgi nia, and it is bad po'icy to waste energy upon such transitory efforts. Everything f u r the present centres round Grant, and we await with more . terest and anxiety than ever the development of his new and daring plan. POST.—The allied armies in Schleswig have sig nalised the recommencement of hostilities by a huc cess which, though not brilliant, will at least y them be regarded as su bst a nt ia l. Island by Allen hiss fallen, and the Germans are now the uti disputed possessors of every acre of Schleswig soil. From its contiguity to this Duchy the island was regarded by both belligerents as forming a portico The Corporation of the Scottish Hospital. A quarterly court of the guardians of this charity was held yesterday in the hall of the Scottieh Corpo:ation, Crane court, Fleet-street. The meeting was presided Over by the Duke of Montrose, the president of the institution. The minutes of the previous court having been read and confirmed, The noble CHAIRMAN announced that as it had been the usual practice at the midsummer court to make arrange ments for the chairman who should preside at the dinner in behalf of the charity on St, Andrew's Day, the secretary had communicated with General Knollys as to whether they could be honoured with the presence of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales on that occasion, To that communica tion an answer had been received to the effect that, there being ample time, a positive answer would be sent as to whether his Royal Highness could comply with the request or not, a month or two before the event came off, so that, should he not be able to be present, there would be ample time to get some one else to preside. Mr WEDSTER reported, on behalf of the committee ap pointed at the preceding court to inquire into the present state of the property in Crane-court belonging to the hos pital, and as to the propriety of disposing of it and procuring another site ; as also for the purpose of conferring with a committee of the Highland Society of Scotland as to the different Scotch public bodies in London combining for the erection of a Central Scottish Hall,—that as regarded the first subject, contained in the minute to them, the com mittee had met several times, and had made considerable progress in their inquiries into the subject. These inquiries, however, were not yet completed, and they were not therefore in a position on that occasion to make any report upon the subject of the removal of the hospital. In regard to the other point, the co-operating with the other Scottish so cieties in London in the erection of a Scottish Central Hall, they had not as yet received any communication on the subject. They were quite prepared to meet any or all of these bodies for the consideration of the matter, but no such meeting had as yet taken place) and they did n o t, there fore, know the exact proposition which was to be submitted by the Highland Society. Dr. LIDDELL eaid he presumed as a matter of course that the committee could come to no arrangement with these bodies until they received the sanction and authority of the Court, and he would suggest that they should sub mit to them a proposition to the effect that they would bind themselves to raise by public subscription a sum not less t h an £6,000 for the erection of new premises, and should they succeed in doing that, he apprehended all the opposi tion to the removal of the old premises would cease. Mr 'WEBSTER said, as he had already stated, the commit tees had not met, nor had any communication been received on the subject, and till they knew the proposition which the Highland Society and other societies had to submit, they could of course say nothing about it. They would, how ever, do nothing without the authority of the Court. He had no doubt that the committee would be in a position to report on both subjects at the next quarterly court. The other business, which was of a formal and routine character, was then proceeded with, and the proceedings terminated with a vote of thanks to the Duke of Montrose for presiding. Important to Friendly Societies, The Registrar of Friendly Societies in England, having received from members of such societies in quiries as to the effect of the alteration of rules, ''as thought it right to lay a case before the Attor ney 6 b 2eral on th e su bj ec t. T he following is a covy of such c ;se, and the Attorney G enera l' s opi nion.. thereon ;-- CASE. A society was established in the year 1830, under the Friendly Societies Acts, for the purpose of insuring to each member, paying a certain monthly contribution, a fixed weekly sum in sickness, a fixed weekly allowance after 60, aad a certain sum at death, By the acts in force at the time of the establishment of the society alterations in the rules might be made, and when certified were to be binding on the several members and officers of the society. See 10th Geo. IV., c. 56, sec. 9. By the present Friendly Society Act, 18th and 19th Vic., c, 63, sec. 27, the rules may be altered by a resolution of a meeting specially called for that purpose. Under the 10th eo, IV„ c. 36, sec. 9, the votes of three fourths of the members present at a general meeting were required to carry any alteration ; but under the 18th and 19th Vic., c. 63, sec. 27, a simple majority of the votes of the members present is sufficient. In consequence of the funds of the society being much reduced, it is intended to frame new rules, which it is pro posed to have certified, either increasing the contributions payable by the members, or reducing the benefits in sick ness, old age, and at death; and these new rules are to apply to all the present as well as the future members. It is contended on the one hand, that as the present members joined with a knowledge that the rules might be altered, they have no reason to complain of the new rules ; whilst, on the other hand, it is contended that these new rules cannot affect the present members, as that would be a breach of the contract made with the members when they entered the society ; and that although the rules may be altered, there is no provision in the act as to alter ing the tables ; but on this point it is presumed that as the tables are referred to in the rules, they are incorporated with them, and might be repealed. The Attorney General is requested to advise whether the altered rules will be binding upon the members admitted into the society before such rules were certified. OPINION. I am of opinion that the altered rules will be binding upon the members admitted into the society before the new rules were certified, except as to any relief, annuity, or other benefit from the funds of the society, of which any member (or the wife, nominee, or child of any member) may be then in the actual receipt, or entitled to the actual receipt, under the existing rules. 'With regard to all future prospective and contingent benefits, the rights to which may not, at the time of making the new rules have become vested and absolute by reason of any event then already past, the new rules will, I think, be binding upon all the members. In order to make the new rules valid they must be made in a manner conformable to the provisions of 10th Geo. IV. cap. 50, sec. 9, and by the majority of three-fourths there required. Ito UNDELL PALMER. June 11, 1864, COUNTRY MARKETS. NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE-TUESDAY. Wheat in moderate supply this morning, with a good trade, and best wheat sold at is per qr advance on the cur encies of Saturday. Other articles at about the same rates as this day week. Averages—`Wheat, 43s 10d—barley, 2Gs Bd.—oats, sd—beans, 358 sd. MARKET HARBOROUGH-TUESDAY. Not much wheat at market to-day, and prices 2s higher. —White wheat, 43s to 4Es; red, 41s to 44s per 36 stone. Malting barley at 32s to 35s per qr.; grinding, 28s to 30e per 30 at. Oate, old, 248 to 28s; new, 20s to 23s per 30 st.; beans, 345 le 42s per qr. HULL-TUESDAY. Sinco our last market there has been a complete revolu tion in the corn trade. Instead of the apathy which has lasted upwards of two years all is now activity. At our market to-day there was a small supply of English wheat, and farmers asked an advance of 3a to 4s per qr upon last week's currency, but factors and millers retusect to give it. In foreign the quotation s are una lt ere d. G r i n di ng barley sold reaily. Oats were in request. Peas and beans rant with a good retail sale. Wheat.... Old white.... per qr 42s Od to 47s 06 Old red 11 New white .. „ New red .... ~ Barley.... English malting 27s Od to 34s Od Grinding 26s Od to 27s 0,1 Saal and Oderbruck Holstein and Danish 3os Od to 31s Od. Grinding 2Bs Od to 31s Oct Oats English, old Archangel and Riga, per st oBl2ld to 13d Friesland and Dutch oBl3d to 08130 Swedish and Danish oBl2.id to 0513 d Beans ....English, old, per qr. 4os Oa to 43s Od New pigeon 42s Od to 41s rd New tick. 4os Od to 42a Od Egyptian 3os Od to 333 6d Peas Foreign boilers .. Grinding Tares ....Spring Indian Corn Linseed, feeding . 52s Od to 56s Od . ~ crushing • 4os Od to 52s Od Linseed cakes (Hull) £B 15 0 to £0 0 0 Foreign; 8 0 oto 9 0 0 Rape cakes 5 0 oto 0 0 0 Bones MONMOUTH-TUESDAY. The local markets have been doing a very small amount of business during the last few days, and the prices for wheat are maintained. Barley rather dull, at former rates. Oats meet a readier sale, The average quotations aro as follows Wheat, white..ss 3d to 5s 9d 8ar1ey...... 3s 3d t o 3e 10 , 1 I Ditto red. .Os Od to O s Od Oats . 2s 2d to 2s 9d COAL M, Prim of Coal per Ton at ,KET. the close of the market. s. d. Eden Main 16:6 Hastings Hartley l6 3 Tanfield Moor 13 6 Tanteld Moor Butes l3 6 Byass's Bebside West Hartley ..16 3 Holywell 16 0 Walls End. ti. d. Ships at market Haswell Hough Hall l7 0 K elloe.. South Kelloe 17 0 Hartlepool l7 6 Braddyll's Hatton 17 3 South Hetton 17 9 t, 43; sold, 38. Foreign Mail Packet List, MAILS DUE. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton .. July 19. via Marseilles July 14. israzil and Cape Verds, by British packet. July 5. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena July 29. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton July via Marseilles July —„ Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton .. July 2. India (Calcutta), an d C ey l on, v i a S outhampton July 2 via Marseilles July India (Bombay), via Southampton via Marseilles July 5. Portugal.... Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southa m pt on July 2. via Marseilles .. July 5 Newfoundland Oporto and Vigo U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet.... July 6, by U.S. packet.... by Canadian packet. July 1. All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Pcru, J July 14 California. and British Columbia.. THE SOMERSET TESTIMONIAL TO CAPT. &PEKE:* At the termination of the business at the Somerset quarter sessions on Tuesday, the testimonial to Captain Speke, the hero of the Nile, was presented at the Shire Hall, Taunton, in the presence of a large number of ladies and gentlemen. The testimonial, which cost upwards of 1,000 guineas, consists of a pair of very finely chased Egyptian vases, in silver gilt, the form being taken from the Egyp tian barlak, or filter vase. The presentation was made by Lord Cork, the newly-appointed lord lieutenant of the county, who expressed a hope that he sh ou l d worthily bear the commission which her Majesty h ad g raciousl y conferred upon him. Capt. Speke feelingly thanked the county o f that Somerset noth fnogr could their exceed d o E t a ] testimonial,e pleasurable feelings he now assuring them enjoyed in thus being honoured. Births. nviiEcit — p r yer t , h o e f a 26 d t a h tie i h n t s e t, r ,. at St. Alban's, Mrs. Charles IrrtanAm ! —On the 28th inst., at Hallow, Worcester, the wife of Captain W. Ingram, R.N., of a daughter; RusnFonTß,—On the 28th inst., at 83, Oxford-terrace, Hyde park, Mrs. Danl. Rushforth, of a daughter. VVINTERBOTHAM.—On the 28th inst., at Norman-hill, Dureley, Gloucestershire, the wife of Arthur Bread Winterbotham, Esq., of a son. Marriages. COATES—MILLER.—On the 29th inst., at St. James's, Paddington, Joseph Coates, Esq., of the Inner Temple, b , aTister-at-law, to Harriet, daughter of the late Joseph Miller, Esq., of Enfield. MACKENZIE—MUL LETT—On the 28th inst., at St. Simon's Church, Chelsea, Edward Mackenzie, Esq., 9, Portman square, to Ellen, second surviving daughter of the late James Mullett, Eeq., of Amiens. Deaths. DOUGLASS —On the 28th inst., at The Cedars, Esher, Robert Douglass, of 101, Piccadilly, aged 72. FRESTIFIELD.—On the 27th inst., at his residence, Devon shire-place, James William Freshfield, Esq., of Alynt hunt, Reigate, aged 90. FREEMAN.—On the 29th inst„ at Emilena House, Nor wood, Martha, relict of the late James Freeman. Esq., of Turuham-green, aged 65. NICHOLAS.—On the 28th inst., at Margate, Gilbert de la Roche, youngest son of Major Griffin Nicholas of the lion. Corps of Gentleman-at-Arms. THORBUB.N.—On the 28th inst., at 1, Rye-hill Villas, Peckham-rye, Wm. Thorburn, Esq., of 10, Rood-lane, city, aged 35. London: PrinZed and r hed by WILLIAM ANDRE:VS , of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Z ifE SUN Office ^• 12 , Strand, ;la the Precinct 01 the "savoy, n the coital ALldtikeez.—Thursday, June 30, 1861.