The Sun. — London, England, 1863-07-17 00:00:00

stairs, .up of .0 the with thy of r Mii. by, of Uov. LII had and ruken -JON iy. ipson, yeller, as, of ,ITONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCE. Continued steadiness prevails in the general dia• court market notwithstanding the diminution in the demand for accommodation, and the lowest rate for first chiss three months' bills is 31 per cent. Tho Bank of England return for the week to Wednesday last, es was expected, exhibited an im portant diminution in the Other Securities and the Private Deposits, consequent upon the repayment of the recent extensive advances to brokers and the public. The patticulara are as tollows : Active Circulation .. £21,539.015 Increase .. 158,1 5 Bullion .. 14,749,876 Decrease . • • • 75,093 Rest 3 277 029 Increase .. • • '• • 32,754 Public Deposits .. 4 948.458 Decrease 645,376 Other Deposits.. 16,381,914 Decrease .. • • • • • 2,214804 655 - Seven Day and other Bills .. • • . g 8 1 , 1 7 * Decrease .. • • • • • ' Government Securities .. • • Other Securities .. • • • ITo 2alCillt : e:r4o'lB6::ib6oB3n: 2 815 Dec, ease .. • • • • 6 99 694 7 , 080 Notes Unemployed .. • • • • ' , 236,040 Decrease .. • • • • • . At the halt-yearly meeting of the Alliance Bank of London and Liverpool, held to-day, a dividend of 10s. per share was declared. At the ball-yearly meeting of the Bank of New South Wales, held at :Sydney on 29th April last, a dividend was declared at the rate of 15 per cent. per annum, and a bonus of 24 per cent. on the paid up capital, making 20 per cent, per ennum. The half-yearly meeting of the Bank of New Zealand was held at Aucklatd on 30th April last. The balance-sheet showed the net profits to amount to £35,910 10s. Bd. A dividend of 10 per cant. was declared, and the sum of £24,000 was added to the reserve fund. The dividend to be recommended at the forth coming meeting of the N.tional Discount Company, is at the rate of 8 per cent. per annum for the last half -y ear. Business in the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets has continued moderately active during the last few days. Tea, however, continued dull with out any change to record in prices. Cuffee has, in some instances, slightly declined, while full rates have been sustained for sugar, rice, indigo, and wool. The tallow market has been dull, and prices have shown less firmness for both present and future delivery. Two o'CLocK. A decline of 4 per cent. has taken place this morning in the English Funds, and the market consequently wears a heavy and dull appearance. The fall has been induced by speculative sales, and not from any overt, political, or socitl causes. Consols are 92i 93 for money, and 93 for the account. The New Threes and Reduced Aonuitiee. are 93 r t. B tuk S , oek continues firm at 236 237 ; Indi4 Sock at 226 228 ; the 5 per Cent. L)-,n 11181 ; the 5 per Cent. Enfaced Piper Lt 1071; atm she 5 3 per cent. ditto at 1161. Exchequer Bills are p to 3s prem. A general decline has taken place in the F reign M trket, and businesa is dull. Turkish 6 per C.nta., )858 are 71 ; do. 1862, 671 68; do. Conso►ides, 61 511; Mexican, 371, I; Portuguese, 48-} ; Greek, 35 ; Spanish Pas.►ve, 331 Q ; do. Certificates, 128 4 ; Peruvian, 874 ; Italian, 711 2 ; Egyptian, 1034 1044 ; and the Confederate Loan, a dis. to par. Iu the Railway Snare Mark3t the operations have been limited, and prices have in some instances slightly given way. Great Eastern, Lancashire and Yorksnire, and South E astern, each receded 55., -while North Eastern (Berwick) have improved 55., and Caledonian 10s. The Foreign and Colonial undertakings con tinue inactive at about previous rates. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares show no mate- vial alteration in values. Internatirmal Financial Shares are quoted 41 7 to 5 prem.; General Creuit, 11 to 1; prem.; London Financial, 11 to 16 prem. ; Egyptian Trading Company, t to 1 prem.; and Hudson's Bay Company, dis. to par. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. ri aa lc Stock 237 6 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities Annuities, 30 yrs, expire 6th Jan., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885. India Stock Ditto 5 per Cent lOB/ I 8 Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. Ditto 5 per Cent Ditto 51 per Cent Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., Oct„ 1863 100 Console for Account, Aug. 6 934 3 Marcia June Exchequer Bills, £l.OOO 21 per Cent.. par 3 pm par 3 p Ditto 3x500 Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Brazilian 5 per Cent Ditto 5 per Cent., 1843 , i,i lion 6 per Cent — Danish 4 per Cent., 1863 Egyptian 7 pei Cent,. Ditto, Second Issue Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coup ms — Ditto Account... Ititli,n 5 per Cent.(Haremmana Railway) 80/ Mexican 3 per Cent Ditto Account 371 I I P ruvian 4i Per Cent............ _ Ditto 1862 Portuguese 3 per Cent.. 1853 Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62 — Ditto Accoun t 4B/ 4 Russian .5 per Cent., , 822, £ St - - Ditto 5 per Cent. 1862 Sardinian 6 per Cent i titto Account Spanish 3 per Cent, Ditto Pvicive Ditto Account Spanish Cert.. of Coup not funded Ditto Account Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 Ditto Account 94 Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 nitro A.,, iint Ditto, RAM Bonds Ditto 6 per cent. 1862 Ditto Account Venezuela, 3 per Cent • Ditto Account Inn° 6 per Cent., 1862 Ditto Account . 571 81 Dividends on the above payable in Lonuon. Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ea. 25 francs.. Ditto Account T EIREE O'CLOCK. Consols, Money . . 93 4 Ditto August Account SHIPPING—This Day. LONDON, July 17.—Wind this day at noon—South- Easterly ; moderate breEze, and fine weather; but rather cloudy. AY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. SOUTHAMPTON, Friday Morning. Arrived—Marie Louise, from Norkoping; Alma, from Gottenburg ; Victoria, from Padstow ; Gordon A. l'homp son and Mary Ann, from Cardiff. Light and Sign, trum Briton Ferry; Marquis of Bure, from Sunderland. Sailed—Emeraid, for Cardiff. BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH GRAVESEND, Friday Morning. Arrived, July 16—Maria, trom Horsens; kieciskea, from Gottenburg ; George Robinson, fr m Frederickstadt. SHOOTING PROSPECTS IN BREADALBANE AND A.TROLE.—The shooting prospects in the extensive districts of Breadalbane and & t h o l e are highly encouraging. The grouse, especially on all the dry and well shelterel moors, are abundant, and b Wing, and ri Le Young b roo d s are now strong on the se at ds of a e a consid era bl e di stance, On the high grounds game is also plentiful.—,Scotsman. OFFlClALBreadalbn V ALUATION.-. S o gre a t h as b een t h e cheapening of goods since the official value was fi x ed at the Custom-hou se that the oja' valuation of our produce and manufacturest M exported in 1862 was £210,720,859, while the real value or about half. The cotton al t yres but £123,992,264, the declared value of £30;548,731, but at exported were of they wets officially reckoned worth 4126 t thel Custom.house AUSTRALIA. —P LYMOUTH, Th 0 r ' 5 d 63 ' 251. „„ Light of the Age, from Sydney, A pril 17 1• — ine ship Channel off this port th s mornitg. she b a r s . passed up san g a. No gold, but a full cargo of worn Ingo 22 pas and hi landed four of her passengers here to-da les. She Y by a pilot boot. THINGS TAXABLE,—The Urbana (Ohio) Union has a few taxes to propose:—For not bowing to a Rigger, one dollar ; for reading the proceedings of Con.. gress, 25 cents a day_Sumner's speeches in full, 10 dollars extra; for swinging on a gate, 55 cents ; for pulling a cat's tail, 10 cent , ; for eating stak more than three time s a day, three dollars; for counting the strip's in a bahn ora l , 60 cen , s ; for not appreciating " John Brown's" song hourly, one dollar; for lending a newspaper, five dollars; for trying to " escape history," two cents. (See President's thump.) SHARE .111ARE,.:TS—This day. Share ; Railways. ORDINARY SHAItES AND STOur+S. raid. l Closing Businesp Price. 1 done. Bir., Wol., end Str. Val. Wyllie and Tyne. !Bristol and Exeter !Caledonian Cora and Bandon Cornwall Do A A nets no diN Do. B tf 11 tip c.p an.ha been paid to B. Dublin & Belfast June. Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June. Edinburgh & Glasgow., ,Glasg. and S. Western. l Great Eastern, Ord. stk Ditto A stock Ditto East Anglian st GreatNorthot Scotland Great Northern Do A stock Do B do Gt. S. an i W. of Ireland Great Western Do Str Val gua. stock Lancashae & Yorkshire London and Blackwal Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & Stv.th Western Man., Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Do 2 shares Metropolitan Midland Do New Do Binning. it Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. shares Mid Kent Do Cray Line North British Editi., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berme,. Do, G.N.E. purchast Do Lecda Do T ork Do Carlisle North London Do New North StatTordshire N. and S. W. Junction beOt Li sh Central Scot I✓. E., Aber. stool Do Scot. Mid. stock Shrews. and Weichpoot Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern 'South Wales S. York. and River Dun staines, Wok.,andWok. Stockton & Darlington Do Do New, 18& Taff Vale Do B Do C Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har.&R.' West Midland Oxford Do Newport Ao Hereford BRITISH P dai I wart .antle Lawren, som.,Barodaez.Cent Int Gu. 5 . 1)u cent........ Do. New ..... . . Do. E. Shares... Huila'. n uu LILAC liana Do. Pref ercnce suff alo,Brant,/¢Godrid p. ct. bdu. Aug. 1, Lin. do. July 1, 1z,7: 0. do. Ju,, 1, it I ape Town Doe!: Se , EaAtn. ileugal gu. 6 p. , ast Inthau. cu. 5 p. Do. do. G I Do. do. I/ do. .. Grand l'runk of cal4ad, Ist l'r . Bonds. Do. Lo. oef erred...... l'ro. Bon a.. DJ. do d fer ed...... uu. 3d 1' ef. stock Do. do. d ierr d.... 13(). 4th l'ref. a o k... Do. t, deferred-- Gt.lndLiftuiu.gua.sp.o Do. New gua. 5 Do. January, 1862 Gt. South.ol India(Lim, uarunteed 5 per Gen , . Gt. W. of Canada Shan-, Do. New Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. tni. .. c. do. '77-8.. . Indian Branch Limited Yiadraa <Auto.. 5 p. c. Do. f 2 p. c. Exteneim 4 DO: Fifth Extension. th•lb.l of np. u. Liao 3lelb. & Hobson's Bay. Do. 7 p. c. norm. Bds., ~ w Br unswicx a Cauii (9.0. Apn B Nl'.lll.C'dati pc let pl bdt Seinde , ju. Delhi . /o. do •Ju. PLALIPtUb •• •• • ill • •• •• •• •• UU. InduS.St. 1410.) 8 84 8i 81 85 t. , 7 120} ;201, 6 6i 40 fl 16 16 96 96 110 112 53) 64 i:4f~ c5~ 128 i t29i 130 13+ 1::5 190 101 103.. 87 67i; 1131 11ii 76 77 1 1 - 114 120 44 46 Mt 1031 1056 lief 454 124 12/ 129 29i 14 lt, 97 99 55 E 6 26 `,B 103 103} 59 60 901 901 118 120 1} 111 16i 101 111 lei 122 124 46 17 99 101 50 52 31 33 921 at 70 72 100 102 7t 8t 88 39 10 11 t, 8 B} p 153 186 3 34 p 79 81 166 160 46 47 39 41 104 106 SSIONS. 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G ov. 5 p z.,18 100 100 101 - Do. .'", p. c.,18r, to 1;4 100 101 102 - ! Do. d0.,1888 St upwck 100 1014 1021 1014 24 - New Zealand G p cent. 100 110 112 - ;Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. - ' ster:ing, 1875 IOU 106 107 - Queensland Gcv. 6p. c lOO . 0 132 - S. Aus Gtip.c.l67B.St up lou 110 112 _ • vic.Gov. 6 p.c. J a.StJ ul) Inn 107 100 .... Do. to 4 p.c. in.&flat.. 100 ;114 1121 1124 ----- RRTTISTI NTIN ES. 2 Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 41 Id - ; linoro Amalgamated..) - 25 27 - '1 /evou G. Cone. (Tavist., 1 540 n6O - East Bassett ( !Botta n ~. 30 76 78 1 East Clogau Gold Ltd. 53. *d kp - East Caradon 2.14. 274 284 284 4 - East Carn Brea... 3.4.11 8 84 -- E. 11'111,0880 (Tavistk. 8.1.6 24 ai - Gani,kStAubyn(Gwen.; 17, 8 11 - Great South Tolgus l7s 41 44 - ‘,;. Wheal Vor (Lleiston 4 0 64 74 - Grenville - ((crud's-Foot ..... .. - i ingston Downs 4. 7.0 24 24 - Lady Bertha - et srgaret (tiny Lelart 1 35 37 - oarke Valley.. 4 , lyndy Iron Ore (Lira 2,1 14 oti - New Setun .. 19; 110 120 - A unit Down. 2l 2 21 - ..1i u', itasst.4lllo ;at '..17.; 3 34 - , orth Wheal Crotty .. 2.4. a 4 44 - 'ar Consols (.5.t. Blaze) 14 4 5 20 rovideuce(Uny Lein!. 10.4 i.: 42 14 - louthCaradon(Steleei It 415 425 - 5. Cart Brea (Illogan).. 3.35.6 2,i 24 - - .Wheat loran. (11101041, 1, .11 75 8u Stray Park - Lamar 5i1v.41t Lead 11n:. 4 4 - 4 4 - fin Crost ,4 2.4 224 224 4 - A est Basset (Illogam ll 12 '0 - .1 0. radon (Ltskeard 5 23 25 - West Salon . ..... - A heal Basset (Mogan 54 674 724 - ..heal Bulleritiedr•utli, 0 a) t,CI A heal Kitty (U.Lelant 2.0.6 - --- - WheaiLud ott - tt heal 3I aryAnn (Men 8 12 14 - IWheal Seton . . 681 215 225 1 ecal Trelawney (Lis.' 7. 15 17 Wheal Union 3.17 34 4 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Western, 4 per cent. irred , 91 Midland, Leicester ind Hitchin 4 per et., 95 North Eastern (G.N.E. 4 per cent. pref.), 103 Scottish Nortn Eastern 7 p, r cent. pret. stock, 140 S uth Eastern (.easing ennm. , .C 1.0.6), 211 West .nidland gua. Si per cent., 18c03, 6) PREEEMENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern, 5 per cent., pf., 106 i Kent Coast, per cent. pref. 11, 52 London, Chatham, Metrop. a xt., B, 6 per cent., -- Ditto, per cent., bBi London and S.-11 estern 44 per cent., 1054 LINES LEASED A FIXED RENTALS. London, Tilbury, and 'outhend, 6 Midland, Bradford pref. stock, 9i 71 Nottingham and Grantham & C., 961 71 Q FOREIGN RAILWAYS. San Paulo :11m.), gua. 7 per cent., Ditto, 2 Bahia an d S't Francisco (lim.) gua. 7 per cent., 201 Dutch Rhenish, 171 (treat Luxembourg, 14 Namur and Lie e ;e, gua. 6 per cent. pf., 214 1 FOREIGN MINES. Alamillos, limited, Caput silver, Cob:e Copper, 32 SO: Port Philip, 11 Santa Barb ira Gold Mine (lira.), St. John del Itey (lim.), 56 I Yudanatuutana of S. Austr‘lia (lim.), 3r; JOINT-STOCK RANKS. Alliance Bank of London and Liverpool (lim.), 33 4 31 41 Bank 01 Egypt, 28 6 Bank of New Zealand, 11 Chartered Bank of British Columbia, 11 English, Sco ch, and Australian Chartered, 23i Imperial Ottoman, 191 London and Brazilian aim.), 421 London Joint Stock, London and Middlesex, Um., 4: London and South African, 26 National Provincial of England, 1251 Ditto, ne a', 3.i Ditto, ditto, 26 Oriental Bank Corporation, 57 Standard of Ist itish South Africa (lime), Ditto, new, 7f Union of Australia, 53i Union of London, 35i MISCELLANEOUS. Berlin Water Works, lim, 88 East India Irrigation and Canal, 5 I, :lectrlc I flev,raph, 10('* 7 6 Gen. Cr, dit and N inancc of London, lim., G. ne al Steam Nav, ation, 2 International N inancial Socicty, Urn., 9} 10 Joint .sto, k Discount, 5} 6 Nerbudda Coal and Iron, Ditto. new, 2 a Oriental Inland Steam, lim., Peninsula and O, ieutal Steam, 781 9 MAILS FOR MEXICO, &c.—Atter the let of August next, the rates of postage upon letters to Cuba and Mexico, by the French packets leaving St. Nanire on the 161 11 of each month, will be Is. for each letter not exceeding }oz,, and IN for each additional loz., which must be paid in advat3oe. 4641 104 Business don• 1091 1016 I I Ilf 107 k 7 01 Mk 1} Sk ME SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 17, 1863. THE INSURRECTION IN NEW ZITALAND. (Fran a arresp7ncrent.) DUNEDIN, OTAGO, May 18. The assurance given to the House of Commons by the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies as to the prospects of peace in New Zealand will not have prepared the British public for the announce ment that the colony is on the eve of another war, if hostilities have not by this time been commenced by the Governor, for the natives have already struck the first blow. Another of those murderous attacks which characterised the opening period of the last Taranaki war has just occurred at Tarannki, resulting in the deaths of two officers and six men of the 67th Regiment. They were escorting some provision carts, and, surprised by a Maori ambus cade, were shot down and tomahawked, their bodies being afterwards horribly mutilated. Before proceeding to detail the circumstances in connexion with this melancholy affair, I will briefly recapitu late the events which have led to it. The condition of the settlement of Taranaki has for a long time been a scandal to the colony. The unfortunate settlers, whom the last war had made houseless and homeless, and who were earning only a scanty pit tance as road labourers, had anxiously expected a visit from Sir George Grey ever since his arrival in the colony, but it was not until the early part of March last that his Excellency had been able to proceed to Taranaki. The General Assembly in the last Session passed a vale of £200,000 "for the reinstatement of Taranaki," such reinstatement to be effected in such manner as his Excellency and his aavisers should deem advisable. It was for this purpose that his Excellency visited the settle. went, and it is from this visit that have arisen the circumstances which have followed. During the last war at Taranaki the settlers he cated on a block of land a few miles to the south of New Plymouth, which is known as the " Tatarimaka Block," were compelled, owing to the unprotected state of the position, to desert their farms and come into the town. The Tataraimaka was of no value as a strategic point, and the enemy were allowed to occupy it, and destroy and plunder the deserted homes of the settlers. At the cessation of hostilities there was no agreement made as to the restoration of Tataraimaka, and the natives occu pying it were permitted to rest in possession; at least, no attempt was made to dislodge them. Consequently ever since the close of the last war, until quite re cently the " Tataraimaka Block" has remained in the possession of the natives, who, with some show of reason, claimed, to have conquered it by force of arms. It must be borne in mind that there was no question of title involved in the possession of this block of land. The legal right of the Europeans to it was never called in question by the natives ; therefore its occupation was a question affecting only the natives immediately concerned, and not, as in the case of the Waitara, a matter in which the ' whole native population, or at least numerous powerful tribes of it, was interested. It was ob vious that no reinstatement of the settlement of New Plymouth could bee fleeted so long as a body of rebellious natives occupied one of the finest por tions of the district, the actual property of the settlers, and within a few miles of the town. It was, therefore, always expected that the reoccupa tion of the" Tataraimake. Block" would be one of the first steps of his Excellency, and it was tolerably certain that if this was effected by force a general disturbance would be the result. His Excellency had evidently paved the way for this step months before; and while the colonists were blaming him for neglecting Taranaki, he had, by a wise and far sighted policy, been taking measures for the restora tion of the rand peaceably and quietly. A short time before proceeding to Taranaki, Sir George G. ey made a flying visit, privately and without ceremony to the Waikutoes—a numerous and powerful section of natives living on the Waikato river. TheWeikato is the stronghold of the "King" party, and here reside the Maori King and his most iefluential supporters. Ugly rumours had been promulgated respecting the disorganised state 01 ttia district, and Sir George determined to see for ntmself. lie accordingly left Auckland, attendee my by two or three chiefs in the employ of the Government, and, unannounced and unexpected, he succeeded in reachieg the very centre of disaffection, and pene'rated even to the sanctum sanctorum of Maori Royalty, but the dusky Monarch was away with his Court at some other place. It was not long before Sir George was recognised, and the news spread like wildfire that the Governor was among them. Deputations of chiefs came in from all direc trots, all anxious to rub noses " with their father the Governor." There was universal rejoicing all along the river; a picked crew of young chiet paddled the Governor's canoe from place to place, young girls and women chanted songs ofwelcome, and the greatest kindliness prevailed. Still, i t i s worthy of remark, as sheaving how little reliance is to be placed on these manifestations of personal regard, that they went DO further than this. The natives forgot the Governor in the friend, and so long as his Excellency maintained that position they were content to bury the remembrance of the quarrels and disputes which had occurred previously. But it would not do for the Governor to content himself with paying and receiving friendly compli ments. He had come to judge for himself of the intentions of the natives, and to endeavour to die. suade them from the suicidal opposition to his plans which had been organised. A magician's wand could, not have wrought a more sudden change than did theintroduction of political subjects. The chiefs who had been foremost in their demonstrations of welcome now grew cold and silent. In reply to his Excellency's advice to give up their "King" movement, as it would certainly bring them into trouble, they positively refused to do so. They were disposed to concede every other demand but this. Their opposition to roads and steamers, and the Taranaki question, were minor considerations com pared to their support of their King, as the embodi meat of a distinct nationality. A sudden attack of illness compelled Sir George Grey to return without extending his visit as he had intended, but before be !eft he made a memorable declaration to the "King" chiefs. He told them he intended to go to Taranaki and take possession of his land there, meaning Tataraimaka. It is tolerably certain that his Ex cellency obtained a promise from the Waikato chiefs not to interfere with his movements at Tataraimaka. This promise, there is reason to believe, has been kept, as evidence is given of letters having been sent to the Taranaki natives, counselling them to give up the land to the Governor. On March 6th his Excellency, accompanied by Gan. Cameron and the Colonial Secretary and Naive Minister, left Auckland for Taranaki. He first had an interview with the Taranaki settlers. and his next step was to order the mi►itary in gar rison to march out and occupy Waireka-hill, a com mending position south of the town,thege.itant taking of which during the last war by the men of the Niger, under Capt. Cracroft, will be remembered. This position, abandoned after the war, and since occupied by the Maoriea, lay between the town and the Tataraimaka Block. It was quietly taken pos session of by the troops, and a stockade completed on the 17th of March, just three years that very day since the outbreak of the last war. Deputations of native chiefs waited upon the Governor to deprecate the steps he was taking, but his excellency told them very plainly he intended to take possession of all land the rightful property of the Europeans. As to Waitara, it should be investigated. In order to prepare for any emergency, as the attitude of the natives round Taranaki was not very assuring, strong reinforcements wer.: sent for from Auckland, and 100 men of the Royal Artillery, under Captain Mercer, were formed into a body of irregular cavalry to co-operate with the mountcd force being orga nied under the Colonial Defence Act passed last session. This latter force has been placed under the cam enaud of Lieut.-Col. Nixon. A demonstration of the troops in garrison was made in the direction of the Tataraimaka ; but, as the reinforcements had not arrived, no attempt at occupation of the position was made, and the troops returned to town. No natives were encountered, and beyond the vaguest rumours there was no evidence of any intended opposition to the occupation. On the arrival of the reinforcements, a strong force, consisting of 200 of the 570, under Col. Warre, and 100 artillerymen acting as cavalry, but having two guns, under Capt, Mercer, Ina 84 once merchcd out to Tataraimaka, his Excellency and Gen. Cameron (Iccomparaying 4Z. No opposition was offtred ; on the contrary, the 'Governor was re ceived with white flags flying and general shouts of welcome by the natives, who had congregated in considerable numbers, unarmed, to receive his Ex cellency. This peaceful solution was no doubt brought about—first, by the admirable and powerful disposi tion of the military force ; and, secondly, by the knowledge on the part of the natives concerned that they could not count upon any active assist ance, in case of resistance, from their powerful allies, the Waikatoes. Although they had given up Tataraimake, so quietly, more than one dark hint was thrown out that the Governor must stay his hand there, or else trouble would result. It was not long before a complication arose. I must state that the Tataraimaka block of land is divided from the settlement of New Plymouth by a belt of country the property of natives, and through which no Eu ropean is allowed to pass. The road to the Tata raimaka from New Plymouth skirts along the beach. Some alterations were deemed necessary in this road, and a military road party was put on it. It had occasion to take some stones out of the bed of a rivulet running from and through the native land. Tnis proceeding gave great offence to the Maories, and their attitude was esteemed so dangerous that fearful of a possible collision, the road party was withdrawn. Every precaution was taken to avoid disputes with the natives, and it was hoped that hey would gradually settle down into quietness, but it soon became evident that the quiet manner in which Tataraimaka had been given up was nothing upon which to build hopes of peace. The natives distrusted the Governor, they saw he was quietly getting round them, and they evidently felt that they were in his toils, from which nothing but a vigorous struggle could extricate them. Tney would not believe that, having come so far and brought so serge a force, the Governor would be content with simply taking possession of his own land. The whole native population in the neighbourhood of Taranaki became excited, and the marching of armed parties, witnessed from the redoubts, the burning of large beacon fires at night—all denoted a high state of fer ment. From the Waikato district the news was dis court, ging. An armed party of 200 natives, under the flag of the King, had proceeded to pull down a court house being built by the Government; they had then marched to the establishment of Mr. Garet, the com missioner of the district, and who had lately incurred some odium among the rebel natives by issuing a news paper in the native tongue to counteract the journal published by the Maori King. Mr. Gorst was not at home at the time, and the Maories broke open his printing-dace and carried off the printing-press, type, ar.c. It was evident mischief was brewing in that locality, and it was not long before Mr. Gent and his family had to leave the district. Since then the Europeans residing in the Waikato country have all been compelled to leave. Many of these had married native women, and their half-caste chil dren had been carefully educated and well brought up ; these the natives, in conformity with their old customs, have taken possession of. Even the mis sionaries have been driven from the district. Intelligence was received in Au ckland that a large party of Waikato natives were marching down to Taranaki, and Gen. Cameron, who had only left the latter place a few days previously, at once hur ried back in the steamer. He did not arrive at all too soon. Matters were looking decidedly ugly ; all sorts of rumours were flying about, end it was considered advisable to take extra precautions. On April 25 a warning was sent to the Governor by some friendly natives that the rebels intended to commence fighting on the day bat one following (Monday). Similar intimations had been conveyed to the settlers living outside the town, and they were all in a great state of trepidation, many of them coming into town. His Excellency chose to disregard this warning, and even endeavoured to induce the settlers to go back to their farms, as they had nothing to fear. It was a most fortunate thing that his advice was not taken, and that it had not been necessary to send out smell detached parties of .niaitary during that day, as it was afterwards dice covered that an arab u.,11 of three armed parties of rebel natives had been stationed on the road be tween New Plymouth and Tataraimaki, with the vowed intention of cutting off the first Euro peans who should pass that way. Still, singular as it may seem, although the threatening atti tude of the natives was publicly known and com mented on by the Taranaki journals, no steps were 'aken by the Governor--or, at any rate, only very imperfect steps—to guard against the danger. It would appear that his Excellency would not believe the Maories intended to fight, and he was deter mined, if possible, not to be the first to strike a blow. ['he result is soon told, and a melancholy tale it is. Two esc,►rt parties were passing along the Tatarai• make road on Monday, May 4, when they were fired into by some natives in ambush. One of the escort parties managed to retreat in safety, but the officers and men composing the other party were, with one exception, shot down, and their bodies afterwards brutally mutilated. Those killed are Staff Assistant Surgeon W. A. Hope, M. 8., Lieut. T. H. Tradgett, 57th Regiment, Sergeant Samuel Hill, 57th Regi ment, and Privates Edward Kelly, John Flynn, Bartholomew Macarthy, end William Beaks, filth Regiment. When found, the bodies presented a frightful spectacle, and those of the officers had been almost entirely stripped of their clothing. Mr. Hope had been shot through the right shoulder, the ball having penetrated both lungs and lodged near the spine on the left side. There was a tomakawk wound over the left side of his head,and a deep spear wound through the face and upper jaw. Lieut. Tradgett had been shot through the chest and through the thigh, but had no other wound. The other victims had various gunshot Wound, and had been hacked about the head with tomahawks and speared through the chest. Mr. Tradgett appears to have died almost instantly, but Dr. Hope must have struggled hard with his assailants. The sergeant was senior colour sergeant of his regiment, and Kelly had five medals. The receipt of the intelligence produced a pro found sensation in Taranaki. Alarm guns were fired from the redoubt on Marsland hill, and mes sengers despatched into the country to order all the out•settiers into the town. Two hundred volun teers were told off for patrol duty. On the follow ing day the troops were marched out and took up a position on native land, and a redoubt was hastily constructed. No natives were encountered. I forgot to state that the arms and ammunition of the murdered men and the carts of provisions were taken possession of and driven off by the natives. Sic George Grey adopted the plan of re garding this outrage as a murder, and thus, if Pos athlo,depriving the circumstanced of the character of a successful combat. Au inquest was accordingly held on the bodies, when the jury found a verdict in accordance with the circumstances, adding to their verdict their opinion that, though the Govern ment were in possession of information of the dan gerous state of the road, owing to the threatened recommencement of hostilities, sufficient precautions had not been taken. The greatest excitement prevails all over the colony. Her Majesty's ship Eclipse has just returned with a reinforcement of 300 troops from Auckland, and has gone back for more. The Governor has delegated his authority to the Superintendents of the North bland Provinces, authorising them to call out the militia it necessary, and by tbr:, steamer just arrived at Port Otago a cotnlluni cation has been received from the Governor stating that the GJvernment have determined on occupying the native land between New Plymouth and the Tatarimaka, in orler to place thereon a settlement of persons able to protect themselves. Free grants of 50 acres of land and one acre at the site of the villages, arms, ammunition, and rations are offered to all who will hold the land on a system of military tenure. Stockades are to be built on the land. The greatest enthusiasm on the subject pre vails in Otago, and I have no doubt a sufficient number of voluntzera will come forward. There are UM about 30,000 able-bodied men in this pro vince, and it is seriously contemplated to raise a volunteer contingent of 1,000 men. Of course, it is impossible to predict what will be the result pt the late outrage. By the last advices, a lirge body of Waikato natives were marching down to Taranaki, and if the Governor should find it necessary to proceed to hostilities it is very pro .4..--- babe that the wh)le native pcpu:ation sotth of Auckland will be dr awn into the. struggle. L may be safely stated tivAt fully 20,00 0 natives are located in the country between Auckland and Taranaki, and these tribes are openly hostile to the Europeans. It is a fortunate thing that the natives appear will ing to confine hostilities to the old theatre —Tara naki; and, unless further complications arise, it is improbable that any attack will be made upon Auckland. The military road is now open to the Waikato river, and fully commends the approach to Auckland on the south, and it is not likely the natives will be able to threaten the capital from any other direction. One thing is very certain,—that Sir George Grey will not precipitate matters, and the colonists have every confidence in his judgment. If war ensue it will be nothing of his seeking, and he will be the better enabled to strike boldly when the necessity arises from the knowledge that every other alternative has been exhausted. SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 O'CLOCK. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE—This Evening. The following appointments were made at the Admiralty this day : Samuel M. Spry, second master, to the Dasher. Henry D. Short, do., to the Wye. Albert H. Otter, do., to the Resistance. 'William Horn, do., to the Medusa. THE WIMBLEDON REVIEW. The Secretary of State for War has appointed the follow ing officers to command brigades at the review at Wimble don on the 18th July, 1863 :—Lieut.-Colonel Lord Colville, Lieut.-Colonel Viscount Ranelagh, Lieut.-Colonel Lord Etch°, Lieut.-Colonel Earl Grosvenor, Lieut -Colonel NV. B. Brewster, Lieut.-Colonel Lord Radstock, Lieut.-Colonel the Marquis of Donegall, and Lieut.-Colonel T. E. Bigge. THIRD EDITION SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS—This Evening. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a third time and passed : London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway (Tooting Junction)—London and North Western (additional powers) —North Eastern Railway (Newcastle and Starbech Branches)—and Elgin and Nairnshire Roads. GREECE Tho Marquis of NORMANBY gave notice that on Monday next he should call attention to the disturbances at Athens, and would ask for some official information in re ference thereto. Earl RUSSELL said on a former occasion he had stated that he had no objection to supply ouch parts of the alicial papers he had received from Mr. Scarlett as would give the information required. JURORS' REMUNERATION BILL. The order of the day for the second reading of this bill was read and discharged. STANDING ORDERS. The Earl of DOKOI.TGHMORE moved the following as a standing order for the future :—" That when a petition is presented to this house praying to be heard by counsel against any provisional order under the Inclosure Act or under the Land Drainage Act, 1861, contained or referred to in any bill before the house, such bill may be referred to a se lect committee, and the committee may hear the petitioners, the Inclosure Commissioners if they shall think fit to appear, and Each persons as shall appear in support of said provi sional order; and the committee may, if they think fit, recommend that such provisional order be not con firmed, but the committee shall not in aay way modify or alter the terms of such order." _ _ Lord REDESDALE opposed the motion. After a discussion the motion was withdrawn. JUDICIAL STATISTICS (IRELAND). The Marquis of CLANRICARDE moved—" That it is expedient and necessary that judicial statistics from Ireland, similar to those for England and Wales should ba an nually furnished ; and with tnat view it is necessary that a person acquainted with the Irish Courts and otherwise competent should be attached to the Home Office, and that all possible facilities and co-operation should be afforded to tois officer by the several authorities in Dublin Castle ana the various law courts of Ireland." [LEFT SPEAKING.] ROUSE OF COMMONS.---This Evening. Tge SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clack. Duke of Cleveland and Earl of Sandwich's Estate, Duke of Norfolk's Estate, and Leconfield Estate Bills were read a second lirne. The third reading of the London (City) Regulation Bill was deferred till Monday. Tne Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway, Esk Railway, and Thames Bridges Bills, were read a third time. STEAM-BOILERS. Mr. FERRAND gave notice that early next session he should introduce a bill to apply the 9 and 10 Victoria, commonly called Lord Campbell's Act, to the owners of steam-boilers. IRELAND. Mr. 11PMAHON gave notice that early next ses sion he should move the appointment of a com mission to consider the expediency of extending the English law to Ireland, and abolishing the office of Lord Lieutenant. REMOVAL OF THE NATIONAL GALLERY• Mr. CONINGHAM intimated flat, on the motion for going into supply next week, he would call attention to the threatened removal of the National Galley. EMBASSIES. Mr. LODSON asked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs when the returns relating to the cost of embassies, missions, and political agencies, i n answer to the address of ? June 1, would be presented? LAYARD replied that he would do his best to get the return laid on the table during the present session, but it was so voluminous that he feared he should not succeed in doing so. ADMIRALTY DISPATCHES. Mr. H. SEYMOUR asked the Secretary to the Admi ralty whether it was true that a bag, containing the de spatches from the Admiralty to the Admiral on the station at Vancouver's Island, was abstracted from on board the United States steamer in its passage from Panama; and whether, in the absence of safe postal communication, the Admiral was not under the, necessity of employing a G overnment war steamer to ca the the despatches to Panama : and, whether the Goverr,ment were not tbliged on the occasion of the Trent affair, to send the despatches to th e Ad m i ra l on the Pacifio station at Vancouver's Island round by Cape Horn? Lord C. PAGET replied that on two oreasions the bags had been mislaid, but were ultimately r one case some lett ers were missing ;covered, though in P:nd had never come to hand. It had been found requiei round by Cape Horn. r :a to send some despatches PRIVATE BIL Mr. R. HODGSON as T .. LEGISLATION. ',ted the President of the Board of Trade what course he '.ntended to pursue with reference to the report and reso Committee ? '.utions of th e P r i va t e Bill L eg i s l a ti on Mr. M. GIP SON replied that the subject was still under the consids-eation of the Government, and that he would give a &Anita reply on Tuesday. THE OUTBREAK IN NEW ZEALAND. In reply to Mr. MILLS, Mr. FORTESCUE replied that despatches had been received at the Colonial-office confirming the statement which bad appeared in the newspapers with respect to the unexpected outbreak referred to. THE CIVIL SERVICE. Mr. HENNESSY, on the motion for going into Com mittee of Supply, moved that an humble address be pre sented to her Majesty in favour ot open competition for the junior appointments in the Civil Service. Mr. COCHRANE moved, as an amendment, to leave out "open competition," and insert "an approved test ex amination." The hon. gentleman caused some laughter by mention ing a few of the subjects on which the caudidates were ex amined. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER defended the elementary mode of examination pursued. :IRELAND—PARTY EMBLEMS ACT. Mr. AsAGUIRE asked the Chef Secretary for Ireland whether his attention had been called to the fact that the tarty Emblems Act had been violated, on the 12th July, in Lisburn, Belfast, and other parts of Ulster, and if riots, involving injury to persons and property, had not been the result ? Sir R. PEEL regretted that occurrences of the kind had taken place, and he had reason to believe that the news paper accounts had been somewhat exaggerated. Of late years suck exhibitions had bLen subsiding, and he trusted to the good feeling of Belfast an d ot h er towns not to en courage violations o the law. (LEFT SITTING.) LONDON GAZETTE—This Evening• FOREIGN OFFICE, JULY 14. The Queen h as b een p l eased to approve o f Mr. A. J. of Levy as Consul at Belizs for His Majesty the King Sweden and Norway. WAR-OFFICE, JULY 17. 6th Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant William Wallace Graham to bo Adjutant, vice Lienteo.ant Gair, who resigns the appointment. 14th Hussars—Captain Francis Pemberton Campbell, from 83d Foot. to be Captain, vice Mackenzie, who exchanges. Royal Artillery—The undermentioned Gentlemen Cadets to be Lieutenants: — Sisso n Cooper Pratt, vice rice, pro moted ; William Henry Frederick Sorel], vice P Carey, promoted ; Francis Brinkley, vice Goldingham, pro moted Gentlemen ; Alexander Walter Ferrier, vice Dyce, promoted, Samuel Stephen Bouiford, vice Sconce, promoted ; Francis Lowry Graves, vice Layton, d deceased •; Gilbert Sidney James i Ca-tiets James Barker, vice PechAl, promoted : Henry J ohn Rawle, vice Gilmour, promoted ; Charles Anglesea E ni , T 7 son, vice Welsh, promoted ; Sergeant- Reuben Adjutant of tne Depot, Royal Horse . Butler to be Riding Master, vic e j f he undermentioned EYer . ett, ap pointed Royal Engineors--' Itllrleill.iyiara to be Lieutenants,with temporary rank :._._ Knocker, vice Newrnarch, promoted • lerbert Paget Lee, vice Sandford, promoted ; John ...0 Henry Pinek e vice Barber, resigned ; Killingw er th R. ble Mainwaring, Halsted, promoted; Francis Quint' R 1 hard Todd, vice Prendergast, promoted ;William !1:1. Edmond es, v i ce Fitz Henry Spaight, vice Jackson, removed from the army by the sentence of a general con: -martial ; Charles Birkbeck, vice Howes, promoted; William Sinclair Smith Bissett, vice Stewart, resigned; William Henry Cocker, vice Stace, whose ser vices have been dispensed with. Military Train— Sidney Francis Austin, Gent., to be Ensign, without, purchase, vice M 'Kenzie, promoted. Ist Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant Herbert Small Janvrin, from the 64th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Aglen, who who exchanges. 6th Foot—Captain James H. Patrickson, from the 21st Foot, to be Captain vice Saunders, who exchanges. 7th Foot—Gentleman, Cadet Thomas John Ra3mond Mal lock, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign. without purchase, vice Richard Spen cer H a il, promo t e d . 11 th Foot—Sergeant-Major William Mullins to be Quar termaster,_ vice D an i e l D eacon, deceased. 12th Foot—Lieutenant John S. Richardson to be Captain, by purchase, vice Edward derrick, who retires. 15th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Hery Laurence Dandas, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Lloyd Fenton, ransferred to the 44th Foot ; Gentl eman Cadet Charlesittitlay William B ever l y M'Kenzie, f rom the Royal College, to be En sign, without p urc h ase, vice Francisr Walter Cary, promoted. 19th Foot—Lieutenant Francis Edward Biddulph to be ; Captain, by purchase, vi ce J o h n Gibsone,who retires; E s i gn Wm. J. Ly nc h to b e Lieutenant, by purchase; vin- Biddulph; Gentleman Cad e t Al fred James Patte rsen ce , from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Lynch. 20th Foot—Major Alexander Hugh Cobbe, from the 87th Foot, to be Major, vice Lyons, who exchanges. 21st Foot—Captain Aubrey William 0. Saunders, from the 6th Foot, to be Captain, vice Patrickson, who exchanges; Gentleman Cadet Francis Wollaston Hutton, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Whitton, promoted. 24th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Charles Erskine, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Albert Frank Adams, promoted. 35th Foot—Lieutenant Robert J. Gordon Grant to be Captain, without purchase, vice Brevet-Major William Ranby Goate, deceased; Ensign Frederick Bowdler Gipps to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Grant; Gentleman Cadet William Paul Barry Brereton, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, - - - vice Gipps. 36th Foot—Lieutenant Redmond B. C. Daubeny, from the 69th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Bond, who exchanges. 44th Foot—Gentleman Cadet William Liston Dalrymple, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice R. R. M'Queen, transferred to the 16th Foot. 50th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Thomas Waling, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Richmond, promoted. 52d Foot—Lieut. Robert Westropp Ellis to be Captain, by purchase, vice Walter James Stopford, who retires ; En sign Henry Fredk. Barker to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Ellis ; Ensign Francis Edward Dowler to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Henry Richard Beattie, who retires; Ensign Robert Wm. Blackwood, from the 96th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Barker; Gentleman Cadet Wm. Augustus Frederick Blakeney, from the Royal Military li College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Dowler. 69th Foot—Lieut. Launcelot Charles Brown to be rvaptain, by purchase, vice Charles Hotham, who reties; Ensign Patrick Chalmers to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Brown; James George Bruce, Gent,, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Chalmers. 60th Foot—Lieut. William Henri Moseley to be Adjutant, vice Lieutenant James Artf• ar Morrah, promoted ; Lieut. Astley Fellows Terry t P d be Adjutant, vice Lieutenant James Forbes, who lias retired. 64th Foot—Lieut. Artemas Thomas Aglen, from the Ist Fc ot, to be Liudenant, vice Janvrin, who exchanges Ensign Johii Gee to b e Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Arthur Richard Alston, who retires ; Robert Barlow Manning, Gent., t o be Ensign, by purchase, vice Gee. 66th Foot—Lieutenant Edward Staples Bond, from the 36th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Daubeny, who exchanges. 82d Foot—Gentleman Cadet James Bird Hutchinson, from the Royal Military College, to be E ns i gn , without pur chase, vice Charles Neville, promoted. 83d Foot—Captain Lawrence Mackenzie, from the 14th Hussars, to be Captain, receiving a portion of the former difference between cavalry and infantry, vice Campbell, who exchanges; Gentleman Cadet Raymond Oliver de Montmorency, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice J. C. Cowslade, trans ferred to the 34th Foot ; Gentleman Cadet John Blurton, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, in succession to Lieutenant Brymer, deceased. 87th Foot—Major Thomas Casey Lyons, from the 20th Foot, to be Major, vice Cobbe, who exchanges. 96th Foot—Gentleman Cadet William Newbigging, from the Royal Mil!tary College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Robert William Blackwood, transferred to the 52d Foot. 104th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Stanley Napier Roberts, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, vice Robert Campbell Richardson, promoted. BREVET. Captain Henry Chad Cattley, fieng,il Staff Corps, to be Major. _ Paymaster, with the honorary rank of Captain, Francis Win. Fellows, Bth Foot, to have the honorary rank of Major. Paymasters John Christopher Villiers Minnett, 14th Foot, and itobert Champion Streatfeild, 60th Foot, to have the honorary rank of Captain. BANKRUPTS. The following are the only bankrupts of commercial im portance in the Gazette : Joseph Appleton, file smith, Warrington John Bate, provision dealer, Birmingham Henry Bakewell, agent, Birmingham Thomas Laycoek, cattle dealer, Brotherton, Yorkshire John Robert Roberts, publican, Borough-market James Silvester Hays, publican ' Southwark John Hadley, baker, Wallorth Thomas Starmer, bootinaker, Manchester George Barnes, grocer, Bedford Samuel Young, broker, Hulme Esther Hamilton, farmer, Ripon George Shadkleton, corn dealer, Leeds William H. Mellor, brewer, Liverpool Charles Meeson, shoemaker, Manchester John Heginbotham, ironmonger, Fernilee, Derbyshire Edward Shelley, commission agent, Wolverhampton William Ward, publican, Birmingham Richard Caddick, solicitor, West Bromwich James Andrew, farrow, Tavistock Edward Thomas Newman, plumber, Bognor. Sussex Wdliam Henry Collard, painter, Brighton John Jackson', innkeeper, Rutlandshire Joseph Pitt, cooper, Worcestershire James H. Maskell, ale merchant, King's-cross James Meredith, dairyman, Marylebone Georg , Onslow, publican, Mile-end Do.niel Church, chemist, Spitalfields John Phillips, fur rug manufacturer, City-road James M. Baillie and Gustavus Duyster, merchants, Gz eat Saint Helen's, City John B. Shelley, chemist, Bilston John Leeson, builder, Braunston, Northamptonshire Robert Glanvill Rose, ship store merchant, Fenchurch street BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. John Willliam Clubb, fishmonger, King-street, Regent street SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. John Graham, met chant, Auchtermuchty John AVlntyre, innkeeper, Bridge of Turk Thomas Rome, farmer, Dumfriesshire Peter M'Cunoch, general dealer, Glasgow Alcxande'.. Ferrie, oil merchant, Edinburgh THE ROUFELL FORGERIES. At the Chelmsford assizes yesterday an action came on before Mr. Baron Channell and a special jury, Roupell and another v. Haws and another, to recover by writ of eject ment an estate at Great Worley, to which the plaintiff claimed to be entitled as heir-at-law of the late Mr. Roupell. The defendants pleaded that they were legally in posses sion of the estate in question under a conveyance by Wm. Roupell, the illegitimate son of the deceased, to whom it had passed by deed of gift from his father, and the important question involved in the cause was whether this deed of gift was forged, or a genuine instrument ; the case on the part of the plaintiffs being that Wm. Roupell had forged this deed, and also a will, by means of which he came into pos session of the whole of his father's property. This he has since parted with, and the object of the present and other actions that are pending is to recover back the estates from the parties who had pu r ch as ed th em , on the ground that_ Win. Roupell, who at the present time is under sentence of penal servitude for life, became possessed of the l P by forgery and fraud, and, consequently, had niondePgra°l,,tivtillfe to convey it away. An action of a similar kind, it will be recollected, was disposed of at the last sum fenda r t con at Guildford, but upon that occasion the de p s y the sented to compromise the matter, and agreed estate that plaintiff half the estimated value of the d a rstood, how. was the subject of the action. It isntunaction are deter ever, that the defendants in the Ptretsoe take the opinion of mined not to come to any terms, truly charging himself a jury whether William Roupetlalbiesur it is not merely a con with forgery and fraud, or whether his late father's property for trivance to regain possession of this i s the important question the benefit of the family, plaintiffs ißffrs°;wlllller'. and the involved in the present Sergeant Shee, Mr. Lu sh,appe,Paraenacddnef';;AiCnihr:.eGarth were counsel for Hon. Mr. Thesiger Q.C., Mr. Hawkins, Q.G., the defendants. opened the casehav h i o ng g o a p ve evidenceealle cittohevrchoantviheet Sergeant Shee Roup ell, William wh o gave on the formtehren I adjourned. Th e case was Course of the Exehange.--This Day. Amsterdam Ditto .. 11 18t 11 18 2 Rotterdam 25 50 25 65 Antwerp......... .. ...._ 25 5 5 Brussels ............ 0 5 60 Hamburgh .......... 13 S 1 13 fi ' PariB .............. Short. 25 25 25 30 25 5 71 Ditto ............ 3 Months, 2.5 50 95 571 Marseilles .......... ___ 25 521 -. IIA - Frankfort en Maine.. —11 9 . t 45 TVienna ............ ,8 11 45 Prieste ............ 11 — 36 S :36k etemburOi ........ ..... 491 Berlin .............. .Madrid ........ ~.. 481 491 Cadiz 49 , 25 21 ............. 25 67 2 25 621 Leghorn .... _ 25 ,it 25 621 Milan ........... 25 vit 25 G2l _ Genoa 25 67 i 2 5 69,. Naples ..... 25 60 -'2 ' 25 62A. _ Palertno 25 60 62/ _ Messina 52a— -63 Lisbon Oporto • • — 52! 9 Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard),Per " £3 17 Mexican Dollars ' .. .... The coarse of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is 1594 to 160 per cen t., and the p remi um on gold is about 95 per cent. At th ese rates there is a profit on the importation of gold from the United States. SPOR LING INTELLIGENOE..—ThiI Day. PONTEFRACT RACES:—Tnis DAY. ALEXANDRA PLATE. Paddy O'Rourke Cellarius Globule Stockman • PARKHILL STAKES. Vanessa Tarlatan Legra Six ran. CASTLE PLATE. Baldoratone walked over and received halt the stakes. PONTEFRACT HANDICAP. Flytrap Charles Fox Rosebud HUNGERFORD RACES—THIS DAY. STAND PLATE. Lord of the Manor.... Rest 2 Neilgherry 3 Fifteen ran. STAMFORD RACES.—TH/s DAY. KELTON STAKES. Amelia beat Muffler. CLIFDEN CUP. Merry Trap ........................... Hart ..... ................... 1 ................................... 2 Bohemia .......................................... Thirteen ran. SELLING STAkES; Baron of Avon ..................... . . ............. 1 Folly ............................................ Ali Pasha ............................. . • • Five ran. 3 STAMFORD CUP. ......................... Millionaire Grimeton ........... 2 Balham .............. Five ran. LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day, COURT OF DIVORCE. SCOTT V. SCOTT. This was a petition for restitution of conjugal rights by Captain John Sowden Scott, late of the 31st Regiment of Foot, praying that his wife might be compelled to return to cohabitation. The respondent answered that she had not left her husband without reasonable excuse; that the peti tioner had been guilty of divers acts of cruelty. The case was opened yesterday by evidence of the wife, who stated that her husband had been guilty of threatening to shoot her, and had left her on several occasions without money in a strange place. The petitioner was examined at considerable length, to show that nothing more than the usual quarrels that occur when a mother-in-law is a resident in the house ever took place. _ . _ A number of witnesses were examined this morning to bear out the allegations of the petitioner. :The jury found that the cruelty had not been established, and therefore the verdict was in favour of the petitioner. SECONDARIES' COURT. (Before Mr. Potter and a Ccmmon Jury.) SINGULAR ACTION UPON A PROMISSORY NOTE,-JACOBS V. REES. This was an action •ipon a promissory note, and defend ant had put no less than five pleas on the record. Mr. Thos. Angell appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Charles Robertson, of Crosby•hall Chambers, for de fendant. Mr. Jacobs said he lent money, and he advanced defend ant money on the promissory note in question. De fendant paid many instalments, and failing at length to keep up the payment was sued. Mr. Robertson here asked if there was not an agreement in writing ? Plaintiff—Not relating to that promissory note. After defendant was sued he called upon me and wanted to pay the balance without costs. Cross-examined- - Thenote was made by a person named Herne. Ido not know if Herne made the payment. The book produced comes from my office. No payments have been made that are not entered there. I cannot swear there was not an agreement made in reference to the amount ad vanced on the note. £l3 6s. was advanced en the note. The note was for £l6. Mr. Robertson said that his client was simply in the posi tion of surety, and that he ought not to be liable for any sum further than that advanced. Mr. Angell urged that plaintiff was not bound tolend his money for nothing. A person was as much entitled to charge a profit upon his money as a person who opened a shop had to make profits on goods exposed for sale. Plain tiff had only charged £2 14s, for 12 months, and surely that was not exorbitant. The learned Secondary briefly summed up, and the jury found for the plaintiff for the full amount: The learned Secondary granted a certificate. SMALL-BEER CHRONICLES. 1 All (From the Year Round.) In tho second column of the :Times advertisement-sheet appeared, the other day, these mysterious words, "Audi, vidi. tats"-coupled with the announcement that a trust worthy personage was just about to start for the Continent with a view to certain " private inquiries." The advertise ment was inserted by one Messrs. Pollaky and Co. Now, here is a new state of things. The organised spy system has sprung into existence quite recently. By the advertisements issued from this office of Mr. Pollaky's, and from another similar establishment kept by retired Inspec tor Field, you are invited to place in the hands of these gentlemen any affair you want cleared up, entrusting the particulars to them, relying on their secresy, and on the diligence they will show in serving you. But what sort of inquiries are those in which the as-detectives are ready to engage ? What sort of people are those who apply to Messrs. Pollaky and Field for their secret services? 1 wonder to what extent the establishments of these pur • veyors of useful information are patronised by the public ? Of ono thing I am quite sure—there are more men to b e seen standing about at the corners of streets than of strawanetthiwere o r us a ed re to be. Are these men—they are g enerally seedy in their chewingatti re,an t d h ein stacksthe h a b e f i t leaves v sucking e b n i i le a I a l pieces wayh these men the agents of Pollaky and Co., and for w...a. ), } are they on the look-out ? For more things, depend on it, th an are dreamed of in our philosophy. When Mrs. Drinkwater Dreggs gives two dinuer-parties, ono following the other, all the guests who are invited to one of those festivals are the instantly seized with a firm conviction that the dinner to putting their acuities which they are not asked is the distinguished one meal at which they aro invited to figure is the second-rat affair. Now, it is not too much to suppose that these d. snap: in the app rp h ee a ga b gri appearance n, o f in the hands of Messrs Pollaky and Co. Aw ay goes the trustworthy emissary to Wilton-cresent. He plants himself clone personages are under the lamp-post, he observes ac'ehoatf the e oportion the cabs s door bear to the private carriagesiwngh i s c 1 leh drive w h d e individual, forms u s P t studies e thes Mrs . guests, e s a t n e d , b e their- kin the in social ; or, if unable to d o thi s , p er h aps h e v conversation with the wait er , w h o cornea to to le t h e door for a littl e air h while get the gentlemen are over their wine, and f rom him learns w exactly what sort of com pany is being entertained within. 'With the information he has gained, the trust and next m orn i ng the s trustworthy one returns to his employer, eedymans, who were at the first party, and w h o had the pleasure of meeting a society of nobodies, who, for the most part, reached their destination in cabs and flies, learn that, on the occasion of the second festival, there was a " regular s w e ll t urnou t, w i t h on l y one cab, and th at a Hansom;and that the company comprised, among other distinguished a d persons, a baronet and his lady, and owa ger - count consorts ees, a genius, two members of parliament, the SeedYman ' s aild then a cabinet minister." This knowledge take to their hearts, and batten thereon to thei r souls' hurt, but with a certain malignant pleasure, nevertheless. REPORTED SEIZURE OF A CALIFORNIA MAIL STEAMER BY THE ALABAMA.—A telegram was received yesterday at Liverpool, from Lloyd's, dated Bar badoes, June 25, to the effect that the steamship Moses Taylor, with 1,000,000 dole of Californian gold, had been seised by the Confederate cruiser Alabama, and that the convoying vessel was sunk. This report is probably incor rect, as the Moses Taylor was in the Pacific and the Ala bama in the Gulf of Mexico, according to the latest advices. Another telegram from Barbadoes states that the prize crew of a vessel captured by the Florida, being pursued by a Federal vessel, ran her ashore and fired her. The Federal Consul claimed the wreck, but the Vice• Admiralty Court took possession of it. T H E MISCREANT BUTLER.—Another Sketch of hi m .—He seemed a spare matt, of middle height, quick and nervous in his movements, and , at a g lance, ver y much more like a lawyer than a soldier. ' His fa ce dis tinguished by nothing more unusual than what b oy s ' cock eye, and with its thin compressed lips, livid col lexioxi call a almost, if not entire absence of beard moustt i tChe or whisker, and thin grey hair thrown back Over his ears im pressed e simply as the face of a restless , earnest, decided and p ossibly abrupt man, but with no special ' bia;towards nor fa miliarity . with evil, rather than as that of the cruel,' cunning, unprincipled scoundrel, which by common con • sent so many millions of people believe him to be. CRICIiET.—We are informed that a club has been founded at Paris by lovers of this fine game, and that a piece of ground has been graciously granted for practice by the Prefect of the Seine, in the Bois do Bou logne, near the gate of Madrid. The practice takes place ou Monday and Friday evenings, from six to eight. The rules are almost the same as those of the Marylebone Club. Cricketers, either English or French, who desire to become members, can apply to Mr. IL Hazleton, honorary Secre tary, 17, Rue de la Madeleine. A match between the clubs of Paris and Boulogne-sur•Mer is spoken of fur the be ginning of next month. _ ' ll l why, were pro d be- been 51:1 for been ( be- Lilt are uttler ue of . lt CMS Lite. dLts,, ying uuse 'use,, pen,. an& door fling and the net xrks oot • 62, unast4 e as; iied. !, a ice, the the the 13.14. 10 st st 50 20 , 9.16.4 12.10 'ha, too , tk_ 1 iGO I 11'0(A tOC stock .toch Awe' , 4 took 20 +tuck SSE Pala too ( 1— i 100 27 29 12i 1291 i 161 1 21 t 10. a