The Sun. — London, England, 1864-06-15 00:00:00

'EitIAL P HOUSE OP LORDS—Last Evening, The Lo' ID CHANCELLOR took bis seat on the woolsack at 5 o'clock. The M irquis of CLANRICARDE pointed out an error in the re port in one of the morning papers of the remarks made by' the Earl of Granville, in which he was represented to have said that Lord Elgin had diverted to India troops which had been sent to China. The fact was that he acted upon the instigation of Lord Canning, who had shared with him the responsibility. Earl GRANVILLE said, considering that their lord. ships were tempted to speak in a conversational tone across the table, and the frequency with which conversation was carried on under the reporters' gallery, he was not surprised that his remarks were misunderstood. The noble lord had correctly represented what he had actually said. Lord Elgin was on his way to China at the time when the news of the Indian mutiny met him with the request that the troops in tended for China should be sent to India. Lord Elgin took upon himself the responsibility of complying with the request. After a few words from Lord LYVEDEN and Lord STRAT • TOED DE REDCLIFFE, the subject dropped. PRIVATE BUSINESS. _ _ The following bills were read a third time and passed : Shiers Charities—Earl of Egmont's Estate—Kent Coast Railway—Crystal Palace and South London junction Rail way—Great Eastern Railway (H ighbeach Branch)—Lon don, Chatham, and Dover Railway (Steamboats)—Oswes try, Ellesmere, and Whitchurch Railway—South Eastern Railway (No. I)—South Eastern Railway (No. 2)—Nor folk Railway—London, Brighton, and SouthCoastißailwa} (Ouse Valley Line)—and Royston and Hitchin Railway. THE QUEEN'S MESSAGE—SIR ROWLAND HILL. ""'Her Majesty's message having been read by the clerk at the table, Earl GRANVILLE said he had now to make a similar proposal to that he made last evening on behalf of one who entered young upon the services of his country. Sir Row land Hill had not become a public servant at so early a period of his life, but the great benefit that had been conferred upon the public at large by the adoption of the penny postage would no doubt induce their lordships to concur with her Majesty in conferrin g upon t h e principal author of that scheme a mark of public approval. There was, it was true, some question as to the actual author of the penny postage scheme, but Sir Rowland Hill was one of the very foremost of its advozates, and owing to his energy and talent it had been adopted by the Government of that day, and bad ever since been productive of the greatest national benefit. The nutuber of letters passing through the Post-office compared with that before the scheme was adopted had increased tenfold, and the money -order office, while it had been productive of the greatest advantages to the commercial country at large, had been a considerable gain to the country. He had no doubt their lordships would unanimously respond to the recommendation of her Majesty. After a few words from Lord BROUGHAM and the Mar- I quis of CIANRICARDE, the motion was agreed to. MORTGAGE DEBENTURES BILL. The report of amendments was brought up. The Earl of MALMESBURY moved the addition of a clause to enable trustees of landed property to invest the trust funds in the debentures of the proposed companies. Lord REDESDALE opposed the clause. A division was called for and partly proceeded with, but The Earl of MALMESBURY, amidst much laughter, withdrew the clause, and The report was read. The Union Assessment Act Amendment Bill, with some amendments, passed through committee. The Ecclesiastical Courts and Registries (Ireland) Bill passed through committee. The report of the Public Schools Bill was brought up and read. The report of the Scottish Episcopal C'ergy Disabilities Removal Bill was brought up and agreed to. The Court of Justiciwy (Scotland) Bill was read a third time and passed. Their lordships then adjourned, 'HOUSE OF COMMONS--Yesterday. The SPEAKER took the chair at twelve o'clock. FACTORIES ACT AMENDMENT BILL. Mr BRUCE moved the second reading of this bill. He said that between 17,000 and 18,000 children were em ployed in the trades with which it was proposed to deal. The hon. member for Devonport (Mr Ferrand) had slated that the bill would affect 10,000 persons, but he thought he should be able to show the hon. member that that was a mistake, although no doubt the numbers would be in creased by the extensions it was proposed to adopt. He explained the principle on which the bill would act with re gard to the ages at which children might bo employed, and met many of the objections which had been urged against Government. He also read lengthened extracts from the reports of eminent physicians showing the deterioration of potters and others from overwork, and the nature of the work in which they were engaged. The seeds of the disease were sown in the children, whose labour was far too severe. It had been urged that the Government ought to have pro ceeded under the Mines Inspection Act, which prohibited children under 12 years of age from being employed. That would be a very good arrangement if they could secure children, between 8 and 12, being sent to school. (The right honourable gentleman read returns to show that it was not the case). Another objection which had been urged was that under the bill they would not be able to obtain a sufficient number of children to early on the work of manufactures ; but it must be re membered these men were employers of boys themselves, and. it was likely that they would not treat there so humanely as the employers. He had conclusive evidence that many of the men neglected their work at the beginning of the week, and, consequently, at the end of the week they wore obliged to employ boys to make up their lost time,thus rendering the employment of boys larger than it would otherwise be. Another argument was that the trades in which children were employed were so numerous and detached that it would be impossible to enforce the law. That argument had been used with regard to the cotton districts, bat it had not been found to be of any use. The right hon. gentleman then explained how the bill would apply to the lucifer match trade in which children were employed from six in the morning till ten at night, being the poorest of the poor and worst educated of any class. From working in ill ventilated rooms they suffered from most loathsome disease of the jaws. He also explained the nature of the percussion cap trade, and other trades to which the bill would apply. Mr CRUM•EWING considered that the bill would remedy many defects in the existing Factory Acts, and he hailed its introduction with great satisfaction. Lord INGESTRE said he did not intend to oppose the second. reading of th e bill , b ut when it was read a se cond tins he should move that it be referred to a select committee. He was so anxious that legislation should take place that he p ut his opposition, if he might use such a tern', in the mildest f orm. It was only to some portions of the bill which the right hon, gentleman proposed that he had any objections at all. To the h a lf t i me system he had a great objection as being inapplicable to the potteries. Mr. H. GRENFELL agreed with Lord Ingestre that the Bill should be referred to a select committee.Mr WATKIN, in opposing the bill, sa i d that the reports on which the measure was founded were not correct, as they were greatly exaggerated. In support of this state, went he cited the authority of an eminent medical man show that in certain distzicts where pottery works wer: being carried on scro f u l ous diseases were not as rife as th ey had been represented. His statement was founded Upo n practical knowledge of the condition of the class whose interests were involved i n thi s bill , b u t h e wished it to be understood that the manufacturers, whose views he repre sented, were disposed to give effect to any legislative enactment on the subject that was calculated to remedy an evil. Mr ADDERLEY objected to the bill; as introducing a system that from its expense was opposed to the feelings of the community at large, as leading to a system of Go vernment inspection, than which nothing could be mere unpopular in this country. He contended that the mode in which it was proposed to deal with the subject was a slovenly form of legislating. After some further discussion the bill was read a second time. The house then adjourned, but resumed sitting at six o'clock. THE INCOME-TAX. Mr HUBBARD called attention to the operation and extent of the direct and indirect taxation now levied, with !special reference to the Income-tax and to the prospect of its continuance. After some remarks upon the unpopu larity of our taxation, owing, he-said, to its want of system ani of justice, b e rea d a s t atement of the main heads of the taxation, indirect and direct, and the produce of each. He compared the advantages and disadvantages of the two kinds. Many evident advantages were on the side of in direct taxes, but they had some imperfections. On the other hand, direct taxation had its limits. Assuming that the Income and Property Tax could not be dispensed with, this great fiscal engine, he obse rve d , must be managed ttv.thfully, and ho proceeded to reproduce and discuss the principles of the scheme he had prop ose d last session, reply ing to the objections offered to it by the Ch ancellor of the Exchequer. He pointed the unjust principl es k upon which the existing tax was constructed, and dwelt upon the moral evils engendered by it, mentioning !samples of its demoral izing effects. He was was of opinion that an Income tax equitably devised would be accepted by the country, and be concluded by movin:e the fel: ow ing resolution : —.J. That th e inequalities and inju s tic e attending the operation of th e existing P r op er ty an d I ncome T ax disqualify it for b e i ng continuously reirapoFed in its present form as one of the means of levying the national revenue." Mr WHALLBY supported the motion, contending that the necessary effect of the Income-tax was to demoralize the trade of the country. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER observed hat, looking at the state of the house (which had just been counted), it would appear that it was not desir.)us that the motion should be adopted, or that it should undergo a de• tailed discussion. After noticing the discord botwecn the views and principles of Mr Hubbard and Mr Whalley, he remarked that the plan of the former had not only never been in operation, but had never obtained the acceptance of any Ministry. His own ob jection to it was that it did not propose to get rid of any of the anomalies of the existing tax, but to displace the present system and introduce a scheme that had recommended itself to his mind, but which was totally novel. Mr Hubbard had obtained a committee last session on the subject of his scheme, the judgment of which was adverse to him, and he had now varied the form of his motion ; but he thought that the house, recognizing the ill effects of an abstract resolution, would not be disposed to adopt it. True, there ware great inequalities in the operation of the income-tax, but let not the house pass this resolution without having before it some practical scheme. Mr BOVILL supported the motion. He denied that this was a mere abstract resolution. It declared the injustice and ineqmlity of the present form of the tax ; and should not an rattempt be made to remedy them and check the en- couragement now given to unfair returns ? The Chancel lor of the Exchequer did not propose any remedy or suggest any plan; he asked the house simply to reject this motion. Sir S. NORTHCOTE observed that the Chancellor of the Exchequer did not ask the house to adopt the income tax as a part of the permanent taxation of the country; if he did, a motion of this kind might properly be made. The house had had opportunities of considering this subject, and propositions made for altering the system had never met with its acceptance. The house should not commit itself by condemning a tax in an abstract resolution. After a few words from .111 r HUBBARD in reply, the motion was negatived upon a division by 67 to 28. NATIONAL EDUCATION IN IRELAND. Sir H. CAIRNS moved a resolution, " That tha rules sanctioned by the Commissioners of National Education in Ireland on the 21st day of November, 1863, are so far as regards their operation on the aid afforded to convent and monastic schools, at variance with the principles of the system of national education." The question, he ob served, was one the importance of which could not be over stated, the annual grant paid from the public purse amount ing to £315,000, and the number of children being 600,000, and the rules referred to had been condemned by 80171 e of the warmest friends of the system as fundamental raianges in its principles, quite irrespective of religious, denomina tion, The model schools, which were interAted to provide teachers, had been an object of hostility '‘o the Roman :-ad Ca tholic clergy, who at the same time bad made a demand for separate training for Roman CathrJlic teachers. The Board of Education bad nominally rud this grant, but in sub stance they had granted it. % ana the consequence of this was that if such a concr.ssion was made to oue denomina tion it must be made, to all, and this must lead to separate education. He 'i , roceeded to narrate the proceedings of the Board with rc,iation to the convent schools, and he read a description of these schools in a report by Mr Sheridan, a head inspector (a Roman Catholic), which he thought should have called for a different kind of action from the Board. Under the pressure of the Roman clergy, how ever, the Board, he contended, had violated the original rules in rog ar d to the convent schools, and by the rules of November the Commissioners had departed from the prin cipks of the national system, and sanctioned a separate training establishment paid by the State, the amount given to the convent schools being withdrawn from the model schools. The Board had offered a defence of the rules which he insisted was no justification, but was contra dictory and inconsistent with facts; and in their reply to a letter of Sir R. Peel, complaining of the changes made by them in the fundamental rules of the sys tem, the Commissioners claimed an uncontrolled power over the public grant. If the house, he said in conclusion, de sired to maintain the system of national education in Ire land, he called upon it then to show the Commissioners that the course they had pursued was not approved by the house. The motion was seconded by Mr DAWSON, who would prefer to the present Board three paid Commissioners. Mr O'HAGAN, as one of the Commissioners assailed by Sir H. Cairns, replied to charges against them which he declared he knew to be utterly unfounded. The real object of the accusation was, he said, not the rules of the Board, but to destroy a great institution and substitute a board of paid commissioners. He would demonstrate that there had been no fundamental change in the rules of the Board, or any change that in any degree conflicted with the principles of the Board or was at variance with their established prac tice. He proceeded to justify the acts of the Commissioners from an early period in regard to convent schools, which were known to be in connection with the Board in 1851. The principle of the Board, which had adapted itself to the peculiar circumstances of Ireland, without any departure from the great principle of religious freedom, was to esta blish rules and regulations of such a character that there should be no possibility of proselytism and no interference with the religion of children. He read testimonies to the character of the convent schools, and though he admitted that the report of Mr Sheridan was not favourable to them, he was encountered by a whole host of other in spectors. The model schools were not the sole establish ments for the training of teachers; the monitorial system had been in operation 20 years, and was changed year after year, and nobody supposed that these were fundamental changes in the principles of the Board, nor was there any pretence for such an allegation. As to the model schools being training establishments for teachers, there was no authority for this assertion. This was not contem plated ; they were intended, as the very name indicated, to be models for other schools, not for training teachers. Upon the whole, he contended that, whatever might be the real object of the motion, the argument in support of it had Mr 'WHITESIDE referred to the number of protests (including that of Sir R. Peel) against what he termed an act of arbitrary power, which had been justified by Mr O'Hagan. He disputed the theory as to the model schools propounded by Mr O'Hagan, and complained that these schools were in process of destruction by the denunciation of the Roman Catholic children to be withdrawn and trans ferred to the convent schools. He indicated what appeared , to him to be th e a i m an d t h e e ff ect of these conventual establishments, and appealed to evidence of their state and condition. The true object of the Romish Church in Ire land was, he observed, to effect a complete separation be tween Roman Catholics and Protestants. The debate was then adjourned. The remaining business having been disposed of, the house adjourned at twenty minutes to two o'clock. Strange Suicide at London Bridge. Yesterday morning Mr. William Payne, coroner for the city of London and Southwark, held an in quiry respecting the death of Richard Barrett, aged 45, who committed suicide at London-bridge. John Barke, 6, Little Manchester street, Bethnal green, said that the deceased was a tailor by trade, and lived with him. He had been living for twenty years with a woman who left him seven weeks ago and got married. He was much distressed in con sequence. At times he seemed to be out of his mind, and he used to jump up in the middle of the night and run out saying, " All the people in the house are going to murder me." For some time past he was out of work, and he was very poor, not even having a table in his room, Last Sunday week he went to see his sister, who was living in St. Pan cras, and of whom hs had lost sight for twelve years. She " disacknowledged" him, and said, " I do not know you. You are not my brother. My brother has been dead some years." He returned home in a most agitated state, and said to a little girl, I will kill myself." He afterwards locked upNhviis:atoram, Jones , out, and witness ne ver saw hi m alive after . He w as a man o f very so b er habits. Thursday ones, a working ma n , sa id th at on l as t morning he was on the steps at the City side of Lendon-bridge, when he saw the deceased lying on his f aee, partly covered by the water. a severe inj ury on t h e temp l e, e T v h id er e e nt w ly as c a mark of caused by a f all. The deceased had ap- City p( a A t ic s e i , z s i a n id th t e ha m t o h r e n i w n and found g as , brid ge into the riv er . p a rently leaped from the George Smith, 6 02 called by the th l e a s d t e cweiatsneeds s 3,1 is near the steps of London bridge. No one, saw hint get into the water. His friends were discovered by means of advertising in the newspapers. The Coroner said that the case V ia clearly one of suicide, though there was no legal evidence of the fact. The Jury returned a verdict—" That deceased was found dead in the Thames at London-b r i dge _ but how h e came i nto t h e wa t e r there was no d irect evidence to prove." " ESMERALDA," by M R F RY , the : i.Anierica n composer, (so long talked of) has at last been produced at Philadelphia; and, so far as we can understand the New York Afusieal Review, with success. [ADVERTISEMENT.I—Consumption, all nervous, bilious liver, and stomach compl a i n t s, i n every stage, are only ag gravated and accelerated by drugs of every description, but perfectly curable by Du Barry's health restoring Revalenta Arabica Food, as proved by thousands of cases which h.,d been considered hopeless. We quote a few.—Cure No. 62,911. Miss Lange, 18 years of age, cured after the medical men had abandoned all hopel of her recovery from the last stage of Pulmonary consumption, with f , !arf RI cough, expectoration, exhaustion, spitt!ng- of blood, perspirationg, hollow cheeks!, ' emaciated to a skeleton. She is now, thank God, a perfectly healthy, bloomi ng, fleshy girl.—N. Lange, Commissaire police. Cure, No. 46,270. Mr. James Roberts, of Prim ley , Surrey, of thirty y ears ' d i seased lungs, spitting' of blood, liver derangement. and partial deafness.—Cure, No. 47,121. Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of extreme ner vousness, ind i gestion, 54,816. atherngs, low spirits, an d nervous fancies.—Cure,—Cure,l of indige be Rev. James T. C ampbell, Fakenham, Norfolk, stion and torpidity of the liver, which had resisted all medical treatment. In tins, 11b, 2s 9d ; 21b, 4a ed ; 51b, Ils; 121 b, t 225; 24 ondon ; Ib, 40s. Barry du Bar r y and Co., No. 77, Regent-stree, London Barry Fortnum and Mason; and all grocers and chemists 111 every town of the United Kingdom j THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 15 I 8 4. The Paper Traae, A meeting of the paper manufacturers of Greet Britain and Ireland was held at the Eridge.house Hotel, London-bridge, yeetetiay, to consider what steps should be taken to relieve the trade from the disastrous effects of recent legislation, There was a very large attendance of gentlemen connected with the trade front all parts of the coun try, among whom were Messrs. Evans, Wrigley, Chator, H. Hall, G. Smith, H. Bruce, Garnet, Pirie, Mayfield, Clark, M . Donell, Ingham, Rout ledge, B. Brown Scott, Burbridge, Tod, Secretary to the Scottish Association, and Barlow. Mr. EVANS, President of the Association of Paper Manufacturers, having taken the chair, expressed his satisfaction at seeing so large a muster of persons connected with the trade, showing, as it did, the great interest that was felt in the welfare of the manufacture in which they were engaged. At the meeting held in Manchester in January last certain resolutions were adopted, pointing out the general conditions of the trade and the manner in which it had been effected by recent legislation. A com mittee was then appointed, and they prepared cer tain propositions, which having been sanctioned by a meeting of the trade were submitted to Lord Pal merston in March last. In consequence of the ills ness of Lord Palmerston an answer was not re ceived till the 2d of May, in which, after acknow ledeing the receipt of the memorial, Mr. F. Peel said :—" I am to state that her Majesty's Govern ment cannot hold out any prospect of a grant, as suggested, from the Consolidated Fund to reim burse the duties charged abroad, or the reimposi tion of a duty on paper imported into this country. With respect to the suggestion that a Commission of Inquiry should be appointed, I am to observe, that since a commission of this nature sat in the year 1861, my Lords, while entertaining no objection in principle to such a course, are doubt ful whether Parliament would be inclined to grant it, and also whether it would not be injurious rather than beneficial by exciting hopes in this country which arenot likely to be realised; partly by creating among papermakers iu foreign countries that jea lousy with respect to the exportation of rags which has proved so serious an obstacle to the endeavours her Majesty's Government have made to obtain from other governments a remission or reduction of the duties which many of them now levy." The chairman then observed that a great amount of ignorance prevailed upon the subject. He had been asked why it was that foreign papermakers were able to produce cheaper paper than English paper makers. The answer was so obvious that it was hardly necessary to reply to the question. Yet it might be desirable to enter somewhat briefly into the grounds of their complaint. The British papermakers manufactured paper in excess of the supply of materials to be obtained at home, in consequence of which they were obliged to obtain the raw material from abroad, and thus the price of the raw material was regulated by the price at which it could be obtained from abroad. But a duty of from 25 to 30 per cent. was added to the price of rags from abroad in consequence of an export duty imposed by foreign countries, and this affected the price of rags to be obtained at home. Rags were sold to the French manufacturer at £22 a ton, but a duty of £5 being imposed by France on rags exported obliged the English manufacturer to pay £27 a ton for the same article. In Germany the export dety was £9 per ton, notwithstanding which some rags were imported from that country. It followed, therefore, that foreign paper manuface turers had an advantage of £5 and £9 a ton on the raw material; but, inasmuch as it required a ton and a half of rags to a ton of paper, the advan tage really was £7 and £l4 a ton. Up to 1854, when the tariff was revised, Mr. Wood, the chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue, and Mr. Jas. Wilson, had their attention called to the subject, and they recommended a differential excise duty in order to counterbalance the advantage which the foreigners derived from their export duty on rags, and this they estimated at 1d per lb on the importation of foreign paper. This continued up to nearly 1859, when a commercial treaty was entered into with France ; but unfortunately it was entered into without the paper trade being made acquainted with its terms, by which it was provided that foreign paper should come to this country free of the penny differential duty. It was not till after this arrange ment had been completed that the paper trade were made aware of the contemplated change. They then immediately took steps to bring the matter under the notice of the Government. Their fears were at one time some what allayed by its being announced that France had conceded the abolition of the export duty on rags ; but it ultimately proved that the only alteration was to give France an ad vantage of 25 per cent. There had been an attempt to stigmatise the trade as being desirous of returning to the protective system. This was untrue. All they desired was to be placed in a position by which they might fairly compete with the manufacturers of paper in foreign countries. Whatever advan tages they might possess by means of machinery or superior skill ought not to be neutralized by mere fiscal regulations. They complained that in the commercial negotiations by this country with France their interests had been neglected. The Chancellor of the Exchequer had attempted to show that the papermakers of this country were in a posi tion to compete with foreigners, and that they ex aggerat dthe difficulties under which they laboured. He would content himself with giving a denial to that statement, without entering further into the subject. It now remained for the meeting to de termine what should be their future course in order that some remedy for their present position might be obtained. Mr PIRIE then moved the following resolution— " That looking at the unjust position in which the paper manufacturers of this country are placed in consequence of the whole of their supply of mate rials being enhanced in price by foreign taxation, from which their foreign competitors are free, the reply of her Majesty's Government to the resolution submitted by the trade to Lord Palmerston is un satisfactory in the extreme." He thought that when they had shown that in consequence of the course taken by the Government the paper trade hai been placed in a false position they had a right to ask of the Government to devise a remedy. The answer therefore which had been given to their application Was most unsatisfactory. Mr MITCHELL seconded the resolution, which was unanimously adopted. Mr WRIGLEY then moved, " That this meet ing deeply regrets that the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in his speech on the introduction of the Budget, should have put forth ex parte state. meats for the purpose of justifying the change in the law effected in 1860, which statements were in many cases incorrect, both as to fact and inference, and, in so far as they were intended to show that the trade at the present moment is in an equitable position to compete with the protected manufac turers abroad, wore entirely groundless and unwar. rentable." They ware all of one mind, he observed, that the case of the papermakers of this country was one of grievous and unparalleled injustice; but they believed that at some future time, according to all human laws, they must have redress. He could not believe, until he saw the whole free trade system withdrawn, that any Government would long stand by and permit such a state of things to last. His object, however, in addressing the meeting was to express his opinion as to the conduct of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. He had uniformly opposed them, and in a manner which convoyed the idea that he had in some way a feeling of hostility towards them. He had not even shown them the ordinary courtesy to which they were entitled when they requested to be heard in explanation of their case in answer to the attacks made upon them. It was the duty of a public man, when he sought to interfere with a certain br anc h of industry, to con sider whether the couree ho was pursuing was right or wrong. They repudiated the idea of ask ing to impose a tax upon the public for their own exclusive benefit. What they complained of was that in using foreign rags as their raw material they were by the act of Government deprived of the legitimate profit they were entitled to. Mr. Gladstone would have people believe that the paper manufacturers were able to compete with foreign ers notwithstanding the tax imposed upon thee. He (Mr. Wrigley) would not say whether they Were altle to carry the additional load or not, but he still would ask why should there be any load at all ? What offended him most in Mr. Gladstone's proceedings was that he at• tempted to persuade the Government and country that the paper trade was merely suffering under the ordinary effects of a transition from a system of pro tection to a state of free trade; and that the case of the papermakers was similar to that of those whose interests were affected by the repeal of the corn laws. There was no similitude whatever between the two cases. There were no impediments in the way of the growers of corn. But Mr. Gladstone was obstinate and would not learn the distinction. The import duty of ld a lb. on paper recommended by Mr. Wood and Mr. Wilson was a fair equivalent, and not a protection in the way that a tax upon corn was. But although the foreigner paid an additional penny, he still exported his paper to this country, which proved that he could manufacture with greater advantage than the British papermakers. It was said that a larger quantity of paper was ex ported from this country than at any previous date. That might be. Th ey did not complain of a want of demand; what they complained of upon what they manufactured. In n as a sho w r a t, nt th ot profit eywis ed to be placed in the sameh position as other branches of industry. Mr. MiDoNELL seconded the resolution, which was also agreed to. Mr. BRUCE then moved ce That this meeting can not refrain from expressing the great disappoint ment and dissatisfaction felt by the trade at the treatment they have received at the hands of her Majesty's Government during the last four years, and it i 3 resolved that immediate application be made to the House of Commons for a committee to inquire into the position of the trade with respect He said that the aboliti on o f theto foreigndiffdiff e rentia l n t taixa duty taxation." on. " on paper was an act without a parallel in legislation. It was virtually enacting a law for the protection of foreigners against native manufactures. Mr. GARNET seconded the resolution, which was adopted. Mr. SMITH, of Markinch, then moved, "That with a view of extending a just appreciation of the merits of the case a conference be sought with members of the House of Commons at which a deputation of papermakers may give such explanations as to the condition of their trade as may be necessary for it to be fully understood." Mr. SCOTT seconded the resolution, and spoke at some length on the desirability of the trade avail ing themselves of the new materials of manufacture, The CITAIR3IAN said the use of the new materials was beside the present question. It was only when rags were at a certain price, that the article esparto a sort of grass—could be used. But there was also another thing to be considered. If by the use of other materials the price of rags should be redaced the effect would be to proportionately increase the foreign duty. Mr. WRIGLEY said the question of the new mate rial had been made a great bugbear. Those who talked about a new material did so as if the British papermaker were to have the exclusive benefit of it, forgetting that the only possible operation it could effect would be to reduce the price of rags. No one ever contemplated that any new material could be a substitute for rags. Rags would at all times be their sheet anchor of supply. Besides, by introduc ing a new material, foreigners would derive as much benefit as themselves. If they reduced the price of rags at home, they would also reduce the price abroad. It was the relative price, and not the actual price of which they had to eomplain. The resolution was then agreed to. It was then resolved that the Eneetingreferred to in the last resolution should be held at the West minster Palace Hotel on Friday next, and that the committee and such others of the trade who could conveniently attend should constitute the deputa tion. A vets of thanks was then passed to the Chair man, and the meeting broke up. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS, marks tdthhi s T eet a i h at uec a rt thesot.—hc unweariede T yar et hirs Virginian perseverance t i a n o resistance an c constant rep e titi on o f even t s w hi c h war aort. twh which otoher. campaigns htch re. becomebearso rni, eh t eb w rpee i sranctreeyesns and e two distinct theatres of war which become the scene of the campaign, accor di ng as the i nvading General tries to reach the Confederate capital direct from the banks of the Potomac, or by esteCblishieg a base of operations o n th e P en i nsu l a formed by the York and James rivers. The region of the Rappahannock torn s the one seat of war, the re gion of the Pamunkey end the Chick h omiuy forms the other. The one is associated with the disasters of Pope and Burnside and Hooker ; the other witnessed the greatest Federal disaster of the war—the defeat of M'Clellan after an immense loss of life, and the re-embarkati on o f hi s di m i n i s h ed army at Harrison's Bar. It has been the fortune of General Grant to perform on both scenes. He hes fought some of the severest battles of the war on the direct road between Washington and Rich mond, and now he has brought round his army almost to the ground which proved so fatal to his predecessor, M'Ciellan, in the summer of 1862. We know that on the 26 th of last mont h G en . G ran t, finding Lee's position between the North and South Anna rivers to be too strong for attack, suddenly abandoned his own linea, and moved by the left to the Pamunkey, as if to seek an easier access to the hostile capital. This movement, which seems to have been skilfully executed, took up the 27th and 28th, and when the month came to an end the two armies were again watching each other in new positions, Lee having swung round his left wing so as to face the enemy and cover Richmond once more. His new left wing held Hanover Courthouse, a little place some 10 or 12 miles from Richmond, and hie right rested on the Chickahommy, below Mechanicsville. Thus were the two great arm i es a l most i n t h e posi tions which have been made memorable by the campaign of the year before last. A Federal Gene ral was near Richmond, but not so near as General M'Clellan in the summer of 1862, when he fought . the disastrous battle of F a i r O a k s w i thin s i g h t of the enemy's housetops. White House, on the York River, instead of the Potomac, had become the base of Grant's operations and the source of his supplies, so that the most skilful and fortunate General of the North, after losing an immense multitude of men in a direct advance, h a d b een o b l i ge d to re t ra ct his , aig into an boast of persevering on t h a t road " a ll summer, , and had practically con ver t e d t h e cam expedition t o th e P en i nsu l a. W e h av e now to watch the progress of thi s secon d ser ies of opera tions, and learn by th e even t w h et h e r the mama vres which Grant h as so prompt ly executed have been the result of we ll- groun d e d ca lculations. If n p mere proximity to Ri c h mon d were proof of coming success the Federals of course might be congratu lated. by their f r i en d s . T he b u lk o f Grant but a few miles front the Confederate city; one of his corps approaches w ithi n s i g h t o f it. His troops are fighting at Cold H ar b our , a little way 's army to the north east of the town, while Gen. Butler, though closely besieged, is actually at Bermuda Hundred, only some 15 miles to th e sout h o f i t. B u t, as has been said, the Federals have been actually nearer the place be fore, acd yet w ere compe ll e d to a calamitous retreat. Moreover, Gen. G ran t cou ld at any time have placed . without himself where h e n ow i s w ithout any previous fight ing at all, and h ave b egun t he campaign haying suffered the slaughter of a series of useless battles. We m us t, therefore, in considering his chances of succ ess , l oo k l ess to the distance he has already come th an t o th e p r obability of his complet ing the other 10 or 12 m il es which are necessary to give him possession of Richmond. He has fought battles and been repulsed, and changed ground to fight again and be repulsed once more. At last he has come to a p o i n t w here he must win by sheer boldness and obstinacy, or not at all. We cannot conceive that he will be able to m ake any more marches to his l e ft. H e cannot des i re. iy, and in the to get down among the swamp s of Chickahomm heat of slimmer to place his army oa the spot which was so fatal to M'Clellan's so ldiers. He cannot but remember, a l so, that from that side Richmond is defended by work s w hich were almost impregnable two years ago, and w hich have since been strength ened with all the skill of the Confederates. Their leaders have alw a y s b e en preparing against any sudden advance of an enemy up the Peninsula, and probably would like nothing _better than that the Federal commander should attack them from a quarter which would give them the best chance of victory. It is, wo think, most likely that General Grant will use all his strength to drive back the Confederates from the positions they now occupy, and that the fortune of the campaign will be de cided without any more man °soaring. For this work Gen. Grant hes been strengthened to the full power of the Federal Government; From all parts of the country troops appear to be hurried to Virginia. The States which have been this year virtually re conquered by the Confederates—Louisiana, Arkan sas, and Texas—have been so easily ceded by the Federal Government because everything else is postponed to this critical operation of the war, It is not indeed impossible that Grant's army, after all its terrible losses, is as strong now as it was when the campaign opened. It isskill appointed ] and lacks nothing that greenbacks can procure. Its equipment is perfect, its artillery numerous, its provisions at present abundant, Its health for the moment good, and its spirits such as the spirits of Americans always are. It will fight as well as it has hitherto done, and will bear the slaughter of a third of its numbers with the equanimity which so surprises Earopeans. The General will, doubtless, use all his energy and ate tack the enemy who knows that all depends on his success. On the one side are fame, popularity, the highest honours, the Pr( sidency itself; on the other are obscurity , sl an d er , an d th e association in men's minds with a Pope and a Hooker. A man who has done so much as Grant will struggle with desperae tion to do more. All that we can be sure of is that the Confederates will have to stand the shock of a very powerful army wielded by an energetic will ; and we may further presume that if they succeed in worsting such an antagonist, the effect on the Northern people will be greater than has been hitherto produced by any campaign. What, then, are the chances that the Federal General will enter Richmond ? At present it can only be said that the Confederates give no sign of yielding. Grant has made his last flank movement only to find his adversary in a position as strong as Spottsylvania or the South Anna. Two attacks have been made on the new lines, and both have failed. The first was on the Ist of June, when the Federal left, under Generals Wright and Baldy Smith, made an attempt to turn General Lee's right, near Cold Harbour, and thus, if possible, cut him off from . Richmond. The w h o l e army was h e ld in read], ness for a general attack, but, owing to the failure of the left, the order to advance was withheld. In this affair the Confederates are described as fighting from intrenchments, which were again commanded by other works in the rear, a piece of noteworthy intelligence, since it shows the completeness of the Richmond defences, and the power of the Confederates to resist even such an army as Grant can bring against them, No better success has attended the last attempt which was made on the 3d, after the opposing armies bad been five days in their new positions. In this case we have the despatch of General Grant himself, so that there can be no doubt of the result. After the battles of last month, the loss in this action may be naturally described as " not severe," but we learn from official despatches that it amounted to 3,000. From these events it is fair to conclude that the capture of Richmond, if it ever take place, will be accomplished only by a sacrifice of life horrible to think of, and far beyond the military value of the contest. To take this city has been made a point of honour by the Fede rals, and, though they know well enough that its capture would do little to bring the war to an end, they go obstinately on because to desist would be to confess defeat. But what Americans them selves think of the campaign is pretty well indi cated by the state of the money-market. It is sufficient to say that, in spite of the financial ex• pedients of Mr. Chase, the price of gold has now risen to 92 premium. If the Federals be the best judges of their own affairs, the fact betokens no speedy end of the contest. POST.—The expenditure of money, which does not come directly out of your own pocket, is so proverbially easy a task, that most prudent almo ners are content to stake their credit, not on the amount of the dole distributed, but upon the wor thiness of the object or objects upon which it is beatowed. The " liberality of Parliament" is a phrase which we hear not infrequently applied, as if our assembled legislators made donations out of their own proper moneys, instead of being simply the stewards or dispensers of the nation's charities and gratuities. In reality, a Parliamentary vote of money is merely the conduit pipe through which the stream of his country's bounty is directed when the Government of the day think fit to give it some special direction. Theirs accordingly is the responsibility, not only of the original selection, but, in nine cases out of ten, of the amount of the donation. Parliament indeed may, and occasionally does, alter the sum proposed, but rarely or never initiate the proposal itself. The only difference which exists between a pension granted by Parlia ment, and one charged upon the civil list, is that the latter is granted by the Prime Minister, subject only to the approbation of the Sovereign, while the former has to run the gauntlet of the House of Com mons, where, if it is on any account unreasonable, it is pretty certain to be tolerably well picked to pieces. A curious instance of the precise similarity of the grounds upon which such pensions are awarded from both funds has occurred within the last few days. It was only last week that the House of Commons resolved, nemine eontradicente, to grant .an annuity of £l,OOO, i n augmen t a ti on o f a similar sum already voted by the Council of India to Lady Elgin, the widow of one who had served his country as truly and as unselfishly as any of the knights of old. There was hardly a quarter of the globe to which ho had not been despatched, and scarcely an important dependency, Australia, ex cepted, in oar colonial empire which he had not visited in the discharge of his duty, He had been Governor of Jamaica, Governor-General of Canada, Plenipotentiary to China and Japan, and finally Viceroy of Hindustan, where he may be said to have fallen at his post. He know when he last went out to India that he was of a habit in many respects unfitted at his time of life to cope with a treacherous climate; yet he never hesitated for a moment to step into the breach which was already blocked by the corpses of his two immediate predecessors and contemporaries, Lo r i s D a lh ous i e an d Canni▪ ng. That he should have died comparatively a poor man for his station in life is hardly perhaps a matter for special e u l og i um , s i nce i t i s h app il y some t ime si▪ nce English statesmen have sought to enrich themselves at their count r y' s ex p ense . B u t th a t, had his life been prolonged, his salary as Governor-General would have enabled him to make a provision for those who might survive him, was simp y a noto rious fact, and could not have been ignored, with any common justice, by the representatives of those whom he had served so wisely and so well. The moderate annuity which has been voted to hie relict has been simply the discharge of an obvioas liability, and might, if necessary, have been justified on grounds of policy quite as much as on those of prin ciple. Within a day or two after the passing of the vote the roll of civil list pensioners for the present year was published. At the head of this also figures the name of o lady, once the wife, and now the widow, of one who deserved emphatically well of his country. There are few among us whose pulses do not even now b ea t qu i c k er at any allusion which brings before our eyes the thrilli ng t i me of anxiety and suspense which dragged US through the long weary months of the summer and autumn of 1357. The one luminous point in our horizon, otherwise all overclouded until the fall of Delhi, was the gallant stand made by the stout British hearts who upheld the honour of England at the " leaguer of Lucknow." Foremost among them from the first in milita r y comman d , and, after the death of Sir Henry Lawrenc e , i n t h e undivided responsi bi▪ lity which he assumed with regard to the whole conduct of the siege, was John Inglis, then a simple lieutenant-colonel of the 32d Foot, and by mere accident commander of the only garrison which stood the shock of the mutiny between Allahabad and Meerut. As not unfrequently happens, his honours came only too lete for him. The divi sional comm an d t o wh i ch he was appointed in India he was compelled to relinquish by the failure of his health. A comparatively easy berth for him was found at Corfu, but there an early grave speedily closed over his career of usefulness. He died, comparatively speaking, a young man, having enjoyed the prizes of hie profession too short a time to do more than m ee t th e i nev i table expenses en tailed by them. From the strain upon his consti tution, which had been produced by the effect of so many months of fearful and incessant responsibility, he never wholly r a lli e d, and left behind him a wi▪ dow who, tog e th er w i th four of her surviving chi▪ ldren, had sho re d a ll the horrors of the siege. There is not a single individual who will not rejoice to learn that a pension of £5OO has been bestowed by Lord Palmerston, as the almoner of the royal bounty, Upon Lady Ingli s , " as an acknowledgment of the brilliant services of th e l ate S i r J ohn I ng li s during the Indian mutiny, especially the gallant defence of the R es id ency at Lucknow. " There are few, if any, claims which can come more home to the heart of the nation, or which render a person a fitter recipient of her Majesty's pension. So long as such cases are selected out of the multitude of those which are annually pressed upon the notice of the Premier, failure may lead to undue disappoint ment, but can never be productive of jealousy. We can hardly expect men to act with that coolness and decision which are requisite upon a perilous emergency if their thoughts are perpetually dis tracted by anxieties on behalf of those whom they may leave behind. Their widows and orphans are, and ought to be, th e care o f a grate f ul country, whi▪ ch does not spare her sons, and which must not spare herself wh en th ey b .avo fallen, substant i a ll y in her service, and at the post of duty. [ADVE RTIS P, MENT.]-11•11oway's Ointment and Pills, — For bad legs, oad breasts, and scorhu , ic or ecrofulous sores, this is a genuine specific. The grateful and earnest testi mony of thous an d s w h o h ave exper i enced t h e i r unrivalled power over th ese compla i nts, and who have b ee n raised from prostrate helplessness and a condition loathsome to themselves and others renders it quite unnecessary to en large in this place on its extraordinary virtues. The parts affected should be bathed with lukewarm water, and . when the pores are th ere b y opened the o i ntment s hould be rubbed in at least twice a day all round the complaining parts. It then penetrates to the seat of the disorder, and effects a thorough and permanent cure. These preparations are composed of rare balsams, as mild as they are efficacious. LONDON GAZETTg.—Last Eveizing, WINDSOR CASTLE, JUNE 10. The Queen was this day pleased to confer the honour of Itnighthood upon William Shee, Esq., one of the Judges of her Majesty's Court of Queen's Bench. FOREIGN OFFICE, JUNE 2. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Sidney Smith Saunders, Esq., now her Majesty's Consul at Alex andria, to be her Majesty's Consul-Ge nera l i n th e l on i an Islands. The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint George E. Stanley, Esq , now her Maj es t y ' s C onsu l a t Jeddah, to be her Majesty's Consul at Alexandria. The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint the Hon. Berkeley Wodehouse to be her Majesty's Consul in Zante, The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint Charles Sebright, Esq., to be her Majesty's Consul in Cephalonia. JUNE 11. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Don Miguel Suarez y Guanes as Vice-Consul at Sierra Leone for her Majesty the Queen of Spain. JUNE 13. _ _ The Queen has been pleased to approve of Capt. William Roberts as Consul at Glasgow for the Republic of Hayti. WHITEHALL, JUNE 11. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Sir Robert Anstruther, Bart., to be Lieutenant and Sheriff-Principal of the Shire of Fife, in the room of James Ilay Erskine Wemyss, Esq., deceased. DOWNING-STREET, JUNE 11. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Charles William Franks, Esq., to be Colonial Treasurer for the Colony of British Columbia, WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, JUNE 14. 6th Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Morgan James Saurin, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice S. C. Du Vernet, transferred to the 6th Dragoons. 7th Dragoon Guards—Captain Crofton Toler Vandeleur, , from the 10th Hussars, to be Captain, vice William Chains, who exchanges. 2d Dragoons—Lieutenant George Cleghorn, to be Captain, by purchase, vice George Barrington Price, who retires —Cornet William Connel Black to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Cleghorn—Francis Glennie Farquhar, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Black. 6th Dragoons—Lieutenant Alexander Frederick Stewart to be Captain, by purchase, vice Alexander Weir, who re tires—Cornet St. Aubyn Henry Player to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Stewart—Cornet Sydney Charles Du Vernet, from the 6th Dragoon Guards, to be Cornet, vice Player—Surgeon John Sheldon Furlong, M.D., from the 42d Foot, to be Surgeon, vice G. A. Turnbull, ap pointed to the Staff. 9th Lancers—Staff Assistant-Surgeon George Frederick Spry, M.D., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice George Car leton Clery, who exchanges. 10th Hussars—Captain William Chaine, from the 7th Dragoon Guards, to be Captain, vice C. T. Vandeleur, who exchanges—Cornet Arthur Wyatt Edgell to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Henry Price Holford, who retires—Thomas Algernon Smith Dorrien, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Edgell. 21st Ilussars—Lieutenant Howard Coghlan, from the Ben gal Cavalry General List, to be Lieutenant, vice Charles Willoughby Gabb, who reverts to the position his name still occupies on the Bombay Cavalry General List. Royal Artillery—Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel Peter Maclean to be Colonel, vice Colonel H. Aylmer, retired upon full pay—Captain and Brevet-Major Arthur Comyn Pigou, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Brevet- Colonel Maclean—Second Captain William Noel Waller, to be Captain, vice Pigou—Lieutenant George Erskine Callender, to be Second Captain, vice Waller—Gentle man Cadet Herbert John Ouchterlony Walker, from the Royal Military Academy, to be Lieutenant, vice Cal lender. Grenadier Guards—Captain and Lieut.-Col and Brevet- Colonel his Serene Highness Prince William Augustus Edward of Saxe-Weimar, C. 8., to be Major, vice Brevet- Colonel the Hon. R. W. Penn Curzon, C. 8., who re tires upon half pay—Captain and Lieutenant Colonel the Hon, Richard Charteris, from half pay late Scots Fusilier Guards, to be Captain and Lieutenant Colonel, vice Brevet Colonel his Serene Highness Prince William Augustus Edward of Saxe-Weimar, C.B.—Lieutenant and Captain Henry Fanshawe Davies to be Captain and Lieutenant Colonel, by purchase, vice the Hon. Richard Charteri', who retires—Ensign and Lieutenant Charles Edward Henry Stanley to be Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, vice Davies—the Hon. William Henry Pere grine Carington to be Ensign and Lieutenant by purchase, vice Stanley. Scots Fusilier Guards—The second Christian name of En sign and Lieutenant Campbell is 66 Bulkley," not " Buckley," as stated in the Gazette of the 10th of May, 1864. Ist Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant John Heron Maxwell to be Captain, by purchase, vice Montagu Adam H. Legge, who retires—Ensign George Paterson to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Maxwell—Edward Gordon Gyll, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Paterson. 2d Foot—Ensign Henry Hodg e s t o b e Li eu t ena nt, by pur chase, vice John Mackie Laurent, who retires—Edward Ashton Hughes, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Hodges. sth Foot—Major William Lewes Peto, from half pay, late 13th Foot, to be Major, vice Arthur Scott, who retires upon temporary halt pay—Captain George Carden to be Major, by purchase, vice William Lewes Pt.to ' who re tires—Lieutenant Henry Hartley T a yl o r t o b e Captain by purchase, vice Carden—Ensign Arthur Manley Hill to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Taylor—John Bra ' bona Kemeys-Tynte, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Hill. IGth Foot—Major and Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Henry Radford Norman to be Lieutenant Colonel, without pur chase, vice Brevet Colonel H. Erringtcn Longden, C. 8., who retires on half pay—Captain Cuthbert Ballow to be Major, without purchase, vice Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Norman—Lieutenant John Bartholomew Corballis to be Captain bypurchase, vice Barlow—Ensign George Coope Holme to be Lieutenant by purchase, vice Co r b a lli s — John Spencer Follett Osborne, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Helme—Ensign John M'Carthy O'Leary has been superseded for being absent without leave. 11th Foot—Ensign Richard Squire Imhoff O'Brien, from 21 West India Regiment, to be Ensign, vice Vaughan, promoted—Staff Surgeon William Green Trousdell, M.D. to be Surgeon, vice Surgeon Major N. Heffeynan, M. 8., who exchanges. 14th Foot—Lieutenant George Leslie Bryce to be Captain, by purchase, vice Brevet Major Maxwell Lepper, who retires—Ensign Aubrey Lisle Patton to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Bryce—Samuel John Revell Toms, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Patton. 15th Foot—Ensign Philip Caddel to be Lieut., by pur chase, vice Charles Clifton Tabor, who retires—George Charles Daintry, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Caddell. 25th Foot—Staff Surgeon-Major Duncan Donald M'Cay M'Donald to be Surgeon, vice Itobert Browne, deceased. 27th Foot—The commission as Lieutenant of Richard Hamilton has been antedated to the 12th of June, 1863. 28th Foot—Lieutenan: Thomas Edmund Adams to be Captain, by purch a se, vice William Gordon Shut e , w h o re tires—Ensign Nathaniel Robert Slator to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Adams Orfeur George Parker, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Slator. 33d Foot—Ensign Craven Charles G:,. , ring to`be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice George Beresfo r d ! )ears, wh o bre tires—Ensign George Frederick Arthur, fro: l 3 3d West India Regiment, to be Ensign vice Calvert Dun. ar Steer, deceased — Ferdinand James Tidmarsh, Gent., to be Zasign, by purchase, vice Goring. 37th Foot—Captain Thomas John Lucas, from half-poi', late Cape Mounted Riflemen, to be Captain, vice E. J. N. Burton, who retires upon half-pay—Lieutenant Samuel Hawkes to be Captain, by purchase, vice Thomas John Lucas, who retires—Ensign Henry Edward Gaulter to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hawkes—William Mathias Cartwright, Gent., to be Ensign, bypurchase, vice Gaulter Archibald M'Donald Beamish, Gent., to be Ensign by purchase, vice W. M. Cartwright, transferred to the 45th Foot. 42d Foot—Captain Loftus John Nunn, from half-pay late 99th Foot, to be Captain, vice Joseph Charles Ross Grove, who retires upon temporary half-ply—Lieutenant the Hon. Randolph Henry Stewart, to be Captain, by pur chese, vice Loftus John Nunn ' who retires ; Ensign James John Peter, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice the Hon. R. H. Stewart—Henry Richard Stanhope Foley, Gent„ to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Peter—Staff Surgeon James Edmund Clutterbuck, M.D., to be Surgeon, vice J. S. Furlong, M.D., appointed to the 6th Dragoons. 45th Foot—Lieutenant Henry Blakeney Hayward, to be be Captain by purchase, vice Henry Leach, who retires-- Ensign George Grant Peterkin, to be Lieutenant, by pur• chase, vice Hayward—Ensign William Mathias Cartwright from the 37th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Peterkin. The second Christian name of Lieutenant Charles Forbes Leith is Edward. 53d Foot—Lieut David James Kilgour Sangster, from the 106th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice W. Ainsworth, who "xchanges. 58th Foot—Ensign Harloven Morley Saunders to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice William George Clayton Wade, who retires—Richard Hoggard Harrison, Gent„ to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Saunders. 60th Foot—Lieutenant James S. Hamilton Alger to be Captain, without purchase, vice James Hare, appointed Adjutant of a Depot Battalion—Captain Henry Taylor, from the sth West India Regiment, to be Captain, vice J. H. Lawrence-Archer, who exchanges—Ensign Thomas Wentworth Martin Edmunds to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Algar—Ensign Orfeur George Parker, from 28th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Edmunds. 68th Foot—Ensign Alfred Gordon Howard to be Lieute nant, by purchase, vice Benjamin Oliver Johnson, who retires—Herbert Chesahyre Molyneux, Gent., to be En sign, by purchase, vice Howard. 72d Foot—Thomas Clifton Wilkinson, Gent., to he Ensign, by purchase, vice George Henry Tragett, who retires. 80th Foot—Ensign William Keily Westropp to be Lieute nant, by purchase, vice Samuel Pollock Muirhead, who retires—Joseph Renny Macy, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Westropp. 96th Foot—Lieutenant Francis Lennox George Grey to be Captain, by purchase , vice Alfred Edward Cookson, who retires—Ensign John Gillespie, to be Lieuten!nt by purchase, vice Grey—Geo r g e F ar i e , Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Gillespie. 10 n 3d a nt Foot—Majorolone l ' vice William Charley Thomas in F a u s rn T e a u r to w b h e L o ieute nant-Colonel, retireee u t e - upon a EdwardvpieonosioFnu—rnCoaaputi_ainLGieeuotregneantthew r Hon Herne to be Major,Horace Miles Hobart to be Captainn,avnitcevilleeerHneon Herne—Ensign ns iv i i gn i t o r ba th r u t. r Melvin Hogg to be Lieutenant, 106th Foot Lieutenant Williamp.j. K . Ainsworth, Sangster,f r o m whothe 53d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice ex changes. 107,11 Foot—Lieutenant William George B a k er G arrow, from the cadre of the late 2d Bombay European Infantry, to be Lieutenant, vice C. S. De P. Roche, whose appoint ment from the late 6th Bengal European Infantry,which appeared in tho Gaz3tte of the 31st of May, has been cancelled. Rifle Brigade--Ensign George Larcom to be Lieutenant, —Francis D Cl y i h n o to t n iod, Fraser o Henshaw, who retires Gent., to la) Ensign, by purchase, vice Larcom. 21 West India Re giment—Richard Squire Imhoff O'Brien, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Phelps, promoted —Sergeant Henry William Stainforth, from the Rifle Brigade, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice R. S. I. O'Brien, transferred to 11th Foot. 3d West India Regiment —George Frederick Arthur, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Graves, promoted. DEPOT BATTALION—Major Edward William Blackett, from half-pay late Ride Brigade, to be Major, vice Arthur Wombwell, who retires upon half-pay—Captain James Hare, from 60th Foot, to be Adjutant, vice F. Padfield, promoted. RECRUKTING DlSTRlCT—Lieutenant Henry Mant Gilby, from halt-pay late 32d Foot, to be Adjutant, vice NV illiam Frederick Lowrie, who resigns that appointment. ROYAL MILITARY ACADEMY (Woolwich) Captain Edward Jackson Bruce, of the Royal Artillery, to be Assistant Inspector of Studies, vice Brevet Major Charles Johb. Gibb, Royal Engineers, promoted. MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. Surgeon Major Nesbitt Heffernan, M. 8., from the 11th. Foot, to be staff Surgeon Major, vice W. G. Trousdell, M.D., who exchanges. Surgeon Gavin Ainslie Turnbull, from the 6th Dragoons, to,be Staff Surgeon, vice J. E. Clutter buck, M.D., appointed to the 42d Foot. Staff Assistant Surgeon Benjamin 'ilinde to be Star Surgeon, vice William Kelman Chalmers, M.D., deceased - Assistant Surgeon George Carleton Ciery, from 9th Lancers, to be Staff Assistant Surgeon, vice G. F. spry , M.D., who exchanges. Michael Finucane, Gent., to be Staff Ass i s t an t Surgeon, vice Benjamin Hinde, promoted to the Staff. Dawson Dean Heather, Gent., to be Staff Assistant Sur. geon. VETERINARY DEPARTMENT—Peter Moir, Gent., t e Acting Veterinary Surgeon, vice T. J. Ric,tn pr bo moted to Ist Dragoons. BREVET. Colonel Henry Aylmer, on the retired full pay Royal Artillery, to be Major General, the rank being honorary only. Lieutenant Colonel Charles Thomas Trower, 103 d Foot , who retires upon a pension, to have the honorary rant et Colonel. 10 o f the Paymaster Roger Sheehy, 74th Foot, to have the hono rary rank of Captain. Hon. Assist Surgeon Samuel Mason, in medical cha r g e of the Lunatic Asylum at Madras, to have the honorary rank of Surgeon. The undermentioned officers, having completed the qu a " lifying service with the rank of Lieut Colonel, to be colo nels, under the provisions of the Royal warrant of the 1401 of October, 1858 : Lieut Colonel George Bourchier. C,8., Royal Artillery- Lieut Colonel Wm Olpherts, C. 8., Royal Artillery. Lieut Colonel Thomas Bromhead Butt, 79th Foot. sth West India Regiment—Capt. James Henry Lawrenco• Archer, trom the 60th Foot, to be Captain, vice Tfife r, who exchanges. Discovery of the Body of a Female in Thames. An inquest was held on Monday night at the King's Arms Tavern, Rotherhithe, on the body of le female, which was discovered a few days since 10 the river Thames in a state of nudity. This strange and suspicious circumstance created considerab le excitement in the neighbourhood, the belief being that the unfortunate woman had been murdered and the body having been stripped thrown into th e water. The matter was communicated to Sir B: Mayne, and two detective officers were instruct ed to make every inquiry, which they had done, but without effect. Both the officers alluded to wer e present during the proceedings of the inquest. William Dixon, a labourer, living in Elephant" land, Rotherhithe, deposed that on Friday he was e t work on board a dredger off the Horns publichoue e t Rotherbithe Stairs. About ten minutes after ten o'clock in the morning he (witness) noticed some` thing at the bottom of the water, and directly afte r a dead body rose to the surface, and he with afoot ance succeeded in securing it. An officer afterward s took charge of the body, and it was taken to the dead-house of the parish. The body was much de composed, and had no clothing on whatever. Dr. W. Mindock, of Rotherbithe, stated that he had examined the body, and found it was that of a female apparently about thirty years of age. Th e , body, which was perfectly na k e d, was f ar a dvance' in a state of decomposition. One of the lips was wanting, and the head was denuded of hair. T he deceased had no doubt been in the water fora con' siderable time. The learned Coroner said there was no doubt the case was one of a most singular character. Vaf t) " tunately, however, it was impossible, from the state of decomposition of the body, to make any ideal' fication so that further inquiries might be Mad e ' Again, as there were no clothes, there was n° chance of gaining-any clue in that way. He 1;1° afraid the case could not be oarried any further, but of course if the police heard of anything more they could act upon it. The Jury ultimately returned an open verdict, to the effect that the deceased was found dead in the river Thames, bat how she came there there was no evidence to show. COUNTRY MARKETS. LEEDS-TUESDAY. There was a fair show of fresh grain this week, both by water and rail. The attendance of buyers to-day is small. Factors are very firm, and last Tuesday's extreme prices are maintained on the sales effected. Oats and beans quits as dear. Averages—June 13—Wheat 41s Old per qr. —Barley a Od - - —Oats . 21s 21d - - —Beans 37s Did -- -- —Peas ..-5 Od BRISTOL-TUESDAY. There was a very thin attendance of millers to-day, and only a limited business was done in English wheat at last week's rates. However, there was an inquiry for foreign wheat of strong quality, of which our market is almost en tirely free, at late pricee. Barley and ether articles in mn" derate demand. MELTON MOWBRAY-TUESDAY. The following were the currencies :—Now white wheat', 41s Od to 45s Od; new red, 36s Od to 40s per 36 stone; beans, 39s to 41 s fo r o ld ; new sor t s , 35 s to 37s per 38 st. . barley, 33s to 35s_for malting, and 27s to 29s per qr. for grinding; new oats, 21s to 24s Od per 24 stone; old, 253 to 285.; LIVERP OM—TUESDAY. There was a fair attendance both of town and country dealers at market t o -d a y, w ith an ac ti ve b us iness dg in wheat and flour, and the prices were the turn agains' buyers, the decline noted on Friday being in a great mea sure recovered. Oatmeal was more inquired for, but no : dearer. Oats o n ly a li m it e d b us i ness , b u t nom i n ally 10 ,. altered in price. In I n di an c orn th ere was a s l o w sale, a" 28s per 4801 b for mixed American. Barley, beans, and Pell a dull, and quoted rather easier Ulan last week's prices. MARKET HARBOROVGH—TnESDAY. White wheat, 40s to 445; red, Ms to"39s per 36 sto;; Malting barley at 33s t o 36 s per qr.; grinding, 270 to 2 n o per 30 at, Oats, old, 27 s t o 29 5; new, 20 8 to 21 s per s' et. ; beans, 358 to 438 per qr. Foreign Mail packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton .. June 18. via Marseilles July 13. brazil and Cape Verde, by British packet July o' Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena June 1 9 Chma, Penang, and Sin ga p ore , v i a S ou th am pt on June via Marseilles June 27. Falkland Islands June 18. Gibraltar, via S ou th amp t on India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Jun el B,, via Marseilles June 2 ' ' India (Bombay), via Southampton ; via Marseilles Jane Av Portugal.... 5 Malta, Egypt, and Ad en , v i a S ou th amp t on J u ne iS. via Marseilles July 5 Newfoundland . . June 16 ' Oporto and Vigo June U. S. and British N. Americ a , by B r it. pac k et .... 21. by - U.S. packet ... • 0 17. by Canadian paeket.Jul l All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, t Junes 8. California. and British Columbia.. l a AT THE MEETING OF THE ACADEMIA ILISt even' ing the Right Rev. Monsignore Manning, D.D., read a very masterly paper on " The Relation of Reason and Revelation." The application, towards the close of it, of Aristotle's definition of Wisdom to Theology was exquipite. The number of patients relieved at the Hospital for Diseases of the Heart, 67, Margaret-street, Cavendish. square, was 149 daring the week. ENGLAND AND SIVITZERLAND..--" It has evidently been Mr. Benson's object to render them rivals in point of beauty of decoration to the elegant swiss knicknacks, and at the same time to preserve the characteristics of an English w atch. —strength, durability, and accuracy. In point of decoration his watches are certainly unsurpassed." Standard, Nor. 1 5, 1862. Births. BARRON.—On the 12th inst., at 8, Rue eirculaire, P aris, the wife of Captain Wm. Barron, of a son. DENISON.—On the 12th inst., at Meanwood-park. Leeds' the Hon. Mrs. Wm. Beckett Denison, of a daughter. _ f GUISE.—On th e 12 t h i nst., at 54, Ebury-street, the vrif° ° Colonel Guise, V.C., of a daughter. MAINGA.Y.— un On the 13th i ns t„ at Strains, T-r i d g e a wells, the wife of William Bonamy Maingay, SECO of son. Marriages. ar„ e BANNISTER.—CARTER.—On the 7th in s t , at the 9 1 sh church of Dewsbury, the Rev. Frederic Bannister, of Bedford, to Sarah Rosetta, daughter of tho late William Carter, Esq. TIIRLE.—SmITH.—On the 13th inst., at Trinity Church. 9 Eastbourne, William Green Tude, Esq., 60th R o y a l Rifles, to Harriett Eaton, youngest daughter of liellrY Smith, of St. Leonard's-on-Sea. Deaths. BIIITTEN.—On the 13th inst, at 20, Hanley-road, Hornser road, John Britten, Esq., formerly of Basinghall-stre et, aged 79. GILLETT.—On the 12th inst., at his residence, 18, Finch' ley New-road, St. J o h n ' s •wood, Henry Gillet, E sc ! aged 66. - - HAIL —At Sierra Leone, of hardships in the Ashantee Warp Captain Thomas Hugh Vans Dalrymple Hay, fourth Sou of the late Sir James Dalrymple Hay, Bart. LINES.—On the 14th inst., at Charles-terrace, Victoria park, Mr. John Phillips Lines, for 35 years Secretary to Lloyd's Patriotic Fund, aged 64. WlLsoN.—On the 12th inst., in London, Wm. S. Wilson, Esq., of Norwich, aged 56. London: PrinZed and Prbilshed by WILLIAM ANDREWS of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at TAE SUN Office No. 712, Strand, In the Precinct of the Savoy, .n the Counq of Middlesex,—•Wednesday, June 15,1564.