The Sun. — London, England, 1854-06-29 00:00:00

LADTEBTisFatm.) arrABLES SMITH, OF ENFIELD, TVIIVB MEBOHANT. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the An nouncement in several Newspapers of Saturday and Sunday last, of Mr. CHARLES SMITH, of Enfield, Wins Merchant, being a BANKRUPT, is TOTALLY UNTRUE, and without foundation; and that, undei: the direction of Mr. Smith, legal proceedings have been conimenced . for so injurious a report. Dated this 29th day of June, 1854. GEO. CRAFTER, Solicitor, 168, Blackfriars-road. laZitt ion. SUN OFFICE,, Seven o'clock. STOCKBRIDGE RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) TWO-YR-OLD TRIENNIAL. Bonnie Morn The Hind FOTJR-YR-OLD TRIENNIAL. Cobnut William Rufus .. • ....... STEWARDS' PLATE 1 Bermit Little David .................... Six- ran. THREE-YEAR -OLD TRIENNIAL STAKES. Andover .......... . ............................................. 1van................................... Five ran. LATEST BETTING. GOODWOOD STAKES. 10 to 1 agst Heapy. 12 to 1 agst Diana. 12 to 1 agst Tros. DERBY. 20 to 1 agst Bonnie Morn. BEVERLEY RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) EAST RIDING HANDICAP. Ann Eliza Cardsharper Four ran. HIILL_STAKES. Sylvia - Lord Alfred... Four ran. HUNT CUP. Surveyor IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS.-(THIS EVENING.) The House met at five o'clock. The Right Rev. Lord AUCKLAND, the new Bishop of math and took the oaths and his seat, on his ele vation to the epi.copal bench. The Wells and Fakenham Railway ; the Caledonian Railway (Lesmahagow Branches, &c.) ; the Caledonian (Wishaw and Coltness Railway, &c.) Bills were read a second time. The Bagenalstown and Wexford Railway (No. 2), and the Arnnergate, 'Nottingham, and Boston and £stern Junction Railway (Extension to Nottingham) Bilis were read a third time and passed. ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH COMPANY (No. 2) BILL. Lord BEAUMONT moved, in regard to this bill, the suspension of the standing order No. 176, which iequired that three-fourths of the capital of a company which applied for a bill to sanction the principle of limited liability should be deposited in the Bank of England, or be invested in exchequer bills prior to mak idg such an application to Parliament. The object of the present bill was to give limited liability to the coin- Pany in regard to moneys raised in the future; but in- Stead of having that amount of money in the Bank of England, all their capital was invested in telegraph wires. The noble lord stated that the company had laid out in telegraphic communication no less a sum than 700,0001., and as the standing order in ques tion was passed simply for the purpose of ascer taining the bond fide character of undertakings, he said he hoped the house would agree to its suspension, as the bill would enable the company to carry out still more, and with greater perfection, their projects which had been so useful to the country, and as other telegraph companies had obtained a similar privilege. Lord REDESDA.LE said so far as the security of the company was concerned, he did not object to the suspension of the standing orders, but he thought it would be wrong to sanction the prin ciple of limited liability in this bill, inasmuch as it had been refused to the other telegraph companies. Lord STANLEY of ALDERLEY supported the bill, which he said differed materially from the bills for warded by other telegraph companies. The motion was then agreed to. LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL (CANADA) BILL. On the motion for going into committee on this bill, The Earl of DERBY moved that the further consi deration of the measure be postponed until next ses isicin. He felt that their lordships had a right to com plain that the Government had hurried on a bill of this importance without giving the house any information as 'to the feeling of the colony with respect to it. He re garded this bill as a measure the effect of which would be to change the constitution of Canada, and convert it into a republic. (LEFT SPEAXING.) ROtTSE OP COMMONS-(THIS DAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at twelve o'clock. PRIVATE 'BUSINESS: The Lords amendments to the following bills were con sidered and agreed to :—Birmingham Canal Navigations, Birmingham Improvement, Bradford Waterworks (an amendment to be proposed), Chesterfield Market, Darling. ton and Barnard Castle Railway, Dowlais Railway; East LanCashire, Lancashire and Yorkshire, and Manchester and Southport Railway; East Satfolk Railway, Edinbargh Police and Improvement, Shrewsbury and Chester It til way, South Devon Railway, South Sea Company, Win- Chester and Petersfield Road, Yeovil Improvement (an amendment to be proposed). The following bills were read a third time and passed : --British Guarantee Asscciation (No. 2) • North Metropo litan Railway (Qu een ' s consen t, on b e h a lf of the Crown, signified) • Paisley W a t erwor k s (N o . 2) ; P e ttt er iee, Bid dulph, and Congleton Railway ; Rhymuey Railway (new title) • West London a n d C r y s t a l P a l ace R a il wa y (B rom l e y and Farnborough); Leeds Northern Railway. PETITIONS. Several petitions were presented against various clauses in the Mortmain Act, and in favour of a restricted sale of intoxicating liquors on Sundays. COMMON LAW PROCEDURE BILL. On the motion for going into committee on this bill, Sir E. PERRY moved that it be an instruction to the committee to extend the provisions of the bill to her Ma jesty's Superior Court in India. The object of the bill was a most important one, and the only objections that any law reformer could take to it were that its principles were to be confined to Westminster Hall. The extension of this bill to India would be greatly esteemed by the inhabitants of that distant dependency, who, with regard to the ad ministration of the law, looked upon us in the light of b 3nefat tors. PrilSN seconded the motion. Sir C. WOOD admitted the importance of the subject, htitit had been the invariable practice hitherto to require a loPerate act for extending our laws to India. Ho there fhe oonld not consent to legislate for India simply through but Il z, b n9dium of an in s t ruc ti on t o th e comm i ttee on a bill ; eati a yet stronger objection to this proosal. Last year, when the whole affa.irs of India were br p ought fully under the cca a id eratiou of Parliament, it was distinctly Understood that in fattire these detailed law reforms should be kat° the Gov ernment of India itself: 'ThePourts of India were already in ad,i, iies of our own, and since the Indian Government still evinc e d a disposition to proceed further in their efforts to promote law reform, he repeated that it would be better . t9 . le . ave the matter in their hands than engraft it on this bill w ould not be pressed, Mr. COLLIER hoped_ the motion vi as it would be far better to extend the provisions of the bill to India by a Bel:al - ate ac t . This was Much too important a rLraitly% to. be delayed by a Mere question of extension like this ; -was, perhaps the most important measure foarndtihfeGcoovuennitr;-enthtaht.aalitadr:t-eaint would .. be entitled to the introduced for many - years, in no other bill than this, they thanks of the house for proposing it Mr. NAPIER felt the importance of getting into cow . mittpe on this bill without delay, and therefore he w ou ld not retard its p rogress by moving the instruction of whi c h he had given no ti ce , th at it s h ou ld be extentled to Ireland. - Mr. V. SCULLY o bjeCt e d t o l e gislating ec different sections of th e kin g dom. He would rather for ather have the worst legislation for Ireland, in connection withE.ang land,•than the very b es t th a t cou ld b e devised for Irene 1l atone. Ireland, together with India and the colonies, should be allied with England in the administration of the hew, and for that purpose alone it would hi advisable to have a minister of justice. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said there was no dispo sition to legislate separately for England. and Ireland, but there were p o i n t s o f prac ti ce in Ireland so different from those of England, that this ineasuxe of legal reform could only be extended to Ireland by a separate bill. ' After a few observations from I.lr. PUINN and Mr. W. Iltrinutaux the amendment NMI withrawn, and the house ! went-jute committee on the bill. • Clauses from 1 to 12, inclusive, were agreed to. Clause 13 was postponed. On clause 14, which relates to the constitution of juries, f K r . 5. WORTLEY asked if there was any intention this session to propose any change in the constitution of the grand jury of the Central Clitninal Court. The ATTORNEY-GENERAI, said the subject had been under consideration, in connection with that of the ap pointment of a public ii.resecntor. He might perhaps be allowed to.tajce that opportunity of stating, that of late he lied given a. good deal of anxious consideration to the l att4l WlitiOat bUtjt l'fith ie coal UV THE SUN, LONDON, TIIURSDAYEVENING, JUNE 29, 1854. culties that he had been unable to devise any scheme which would be worthy the attention of Par liament. It would be easy enough to select and appoint an efficient public prosecutor, but to make his functions of any service to the public it would be necessary to alter the whole constitution of our crimi nal courts. However, the subject during the recess would engage his most serious attention, as well as that of the Lord Chancellor and other law officers of the Crow, and he hoped that by the beginning of the next sessi n on he should be prepared with a measure on the subject, which would be really worthy the a doption of the Legislature. The clause was then withdPawn, with the view of mak ing some alteration in the q ualification of jurymen, so as to blend the middle ant intelligent with the lower and less educated classes in the formation of a jury. Clause 15 and 16 were also withdrawn. On clause 17, which proposes to render the unanimity of a jury, in civil cases, unnecessary, making the decision of 10 out of 12 binding, and recilicing their period of being locked up to 12 hours, The ATTORNEY -GENERAL said this clause was based upon the recommendation of the first Common Law commiss i on . The second commission reported in favour If the continuance of the existing system, and he confessed himself favourable to that report, but so many high legal functionarieshaving expresso' their concurrence in the pro posed - change, he thought it best to adopt it rather than wait for some better mode of correcting the anomalies of the existing system. Mr. I. BUTT insisted that so important a change in the law ought to be made the subject of a separate bill, ill order that the house might have an opportunity of pro iouncing a definitive opinion upon it as a question of prin. siple. He should, therefore, move that the clause be struck out. Mr. MASSEY thought it absurd to expect unanimity from any Is! men. Mr. PHINN objected to the change, and if the com mittee went to a division upon the clause he should vote against it. Mr. NAPIER would not consent to purchase the bill at such a fearful price as the sacrifice-of unanimity. Mr. COLLIER remarked that at present unanimity was produced in a great many cases by coercion, and it was by no means unreasonable to try the experiment proposed by this clause. Mr. KEATING insisted that, if they applied this prin ciple to civil cases, it must ultimately be extended to cri minal courts also. , After some observations from Mr. G. Batt, Mr. Deni son, Mr. Elliott, Mr. Craufurd, Mr. W. D. Seymour, Mr. Dunlop, Mr. Atherton, Mr. Henley, Sir C. Burrell, and Mr. Brotherton, the committee divided, when there ap peared, For the clause Against it 75 Majority —s The clause was accordingly agreed to. The other clauses, up to clause 37, were agreed to, and it being 4 o'clock, the Chairman reported progress, and the sitting was suspended till six o'clock. , Tne house resumed at six o'clock, and was [LEFT SITTING.] EXCHANGE OF TEE PRISONERS OP ODESSA The following extract of a report of the Austrian Consul-General at Odessa, dated Bth (16) June, 1854, has been received at the Admiralty to-day : " A few days ago, the English steamer Vesuvius ran into these roads,.and brought the wife of Captain Gif aril, to whom General Osten-Sacken gave the permis- Non, with a quarantine guardian, to visit the grave of her husband, who commanded the ill-fated steamer Tiger. " H.M. the Emperor of Russia, not being aware of the death of that officer, had meantime ordered his. sword to be restored, that he should be ,set free, and, with reference to the share he had taken in the battle of Navarino, to express his Majesty's regret at his being so severely wounded. At the same time his Majesty granted the exchange of eight English officers and 154 sailors for Russian prisoners of war, who had been taken by the united fleets on the Circassian coasts. "As the officers of the stranded steamer Tiger con sisted of 25 individuals, the selection of those who are to be set free will be made by lot. "The midshipmen were all carried some days ago into the interior," THE CITY OF LONDON ACCOUNTS. The following is an abstract of the accounts of receipt and expenditure of the Corporation of the City of Low don laid before the auditors : " We find that the balance of cash upon the preceding account was 25,3941. 45. 2d. " That the rec , :ipts of the year 1852, including the sum of 55,0001. raised for the purchase of the site of the metro politan cattle-market, and 19,6251. the produce of the sale of stuck for providing lodging-houses for the labouring poor, were 28 8,197/. lie. 64d. " That the expenditure in the said year, as appeared by the several vouchers laid before us by the Chamberlain, in cluding the sum of 11,2331. 3s. 4d., applied in the purchase of securities, and 5,4001. in discharge of debt, and 20,0001. advanced to Billingsgate market tolls account, was 281,7301. 18s. 04d., leaving a balance of cash upon the ac count on the 31st of December, 1852, of 32,3601. 17s. Bd. " In the further prosecution of the examination referred to us we find that certain debts, arrears of rents, dues, and interest on Government securities were due and belonging to the mayor and commonalty and citizens on the 31st of December, 1852, and that they were at the same period an swerable for debts, claims for interest, charges in respect of public improvements, pensions, police, Ito. We have therefore directed a balance statement of such assets and liabilities to be prepared, by which it will be seen that there was at that period a cash balance in favour of the corpo , ration of 14,072/. 4s. 5d., after providing for all claims and demands, without including the value of the freehold and leasehold estate of the corporation. "In the Gresham account laid before us to audit, we find " That the balance of cash due by the Chamberlain al the commencement of the account was 529'. 7s. sd. "'That the receipts for the same period were 5,691/. IBA& " That the expenditure for the same period NV3.i 5,5721. - I.oa. 6d. " Leaving a balance of cash in the hands of the Chamber lain on the account ending the 10th of October, 1853, of 6471. 18s. Bd. " We further find that the City's moiety of the Gresham estate is in debt various sums advanced by the corporation and others, and that there are owing to the said estate, besides the balance in the hands of the Chamberlain above mentioned, certain arrears of rent, leaving a cash balance against the estate on the 10th of October, 1853, of 110,4321. Ils. 4d., without taking into account the value of the Gresham estate and public buildings. " In the account of the Bridge-house Estates laid before us to audit, we find— " That the balance of cash in hand on the 31st of De cember, 1851, was 3771. Os. lid. " That the rents of the said estate and other receipts of the year 1852 were 46,6441. 17s. sd. " That the disbursements during the said year were (in cluding the sum of 27.3481. 7s. paid under the acts 7th George IV., c. 40, and 4th William IV., e. 118, in respect of rebuilding London-bridge, and repairing Blackfriars bridge) 46,3051. ss. 7d., leaving a bal ance i n h an d on th e 31st December, 1852, f 7161..125. 9d. In addition to the said balance of cash in hand we found that there were rents due to the account on the 31st December, 1852, amounting to 12,8661. Is. 2d., also cash, stock, and securities standing to the credit of the Bridge-house Estates as undermentioned —6,1001. 3s. 7d. Consols, and 11,1261. 10s. 2d. Reduced Three per Cent. Annuities, standing in the name of the Accountant-General of the Court of_ . Chancery, 9001. Ex chequer-bills in th e h an d s of the said Accountant-General, upon which he had received interest remaining unappro prilted amounting to 771. is. 10d., also 3101. 9s. 7,1. Ito drped Three per Cents., standing in the names of the Bridgemasters, and 1,5001. cash in the Bank of England in the name of the Accountant-General of the Court of Chancery. " The charges upon the Bridge-house Estates at the same period consisted of certain terminable annuities payable to the Government, amounting to 21,5 01. per annum, in re• spect of rebuilding London-bridge; also a debt of 77,400/. remaining of loan raised fur the repairs of Blackfriars bridge. " We have great pleasure in-stating, -in concluding tbi, our report, that the gentlemen officially connected with the various accounts afforded us all the inforniation and assistance we required, and that we consider the accounts to be kept in a simple form, and in a clear and accurate manner. " JAMES JARDINE, "T. W. Boom, . 1 Auditors. "Guildhall, June 23, 1854." POST-OFFICE RETURNS. The Post•office returns for 1853 have just been issued, and embrace-Ist, the number of letters delivered i❑ the United Kingdom ; 2d, the revenue ; 3d, the cost of management ; 4th, the payments to railways ; and sth, the number and amount of money-orders. The follow ing table of these particulars in a condensed form will show the annual progress that has been made from 1839 (the last year of the old system) to the present time : THE WAR. NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. The latest movements in the Black Sea fleet are con_ tained in a letter of the 15th inst., which states that the Fury, 6, paddle-sloop, Commander Tatham, returned to Constantinople on the afternoon of the 14th from Balt schik, where the combined fleets were then lying. Mrs- Gifford, widow of Captain Giffa.rd, of the Tiger, arrived by her, after visiting the grave of her husband at Odessa. The First-Lieutenant of the Tiger had been sent to St. Petersburg, four of the midshipmen to Moscow, and the rest of the officers and crew had been forwarded to other destinations. The sick, and some consumptive patients, had been detained at Odessa on account of the salubrity of the climate. _ _ _ The Vesuvius, 6, Commander Powell, got on shore off the Sulina mouth of the Danube, while chasing a coaster th tt she mistook for a gunboat. She was on shore 26 hours, but, as tlAe bottom was muddy, she received no damage. The Furious, Firebrand, awl Inflexible were blockad ing the Dinube. The Fury had towed into Constanti nople two prize; which she took off the mouth of the Danube. The Bellerophon, London, Sidon, and another steamer were at Varna assisting in the di- , embarkation of the troops. The Canshee sailed on the 14th with the mail for the sqnadron. The Fury, Caradoc, Cyclops, Simoom, and hlera were lying at Constantinople on the 15th. The Sanspareil, 70, screw, Captain Dacres, had broken down again in her machinery. The new postal convention entered into with France was hailed by all the fleet as a great boon. " Our great want at present (says our correspondent) is the esta blishment of an English Post-cffice for the reception and distribution of our letters." _ _ _ Lord Raglan and staff embarked in the Caradoc on the 15th for Varna, and the remaining troops were to leave Constantinople for the same place in a day or two after. The Spitfire steam-sloop was at Bourgas, which anchorage is reported by Commander Spratt as a good one, and will be frequented,often by the squadron during the ensuing winter. The steam-vessels Fire Queen, Sprightly, and Lucifer, and the cutter Portsmouth have been despatched from Portsmouth to look after a silk and tea-laden Russian merchantman reported to be in the Channel. Advices were received yesterday, under date Smyrna, June the 17th, that her Majesty's steamer Wasp had surprised and destroyed two .piratical Greek vessels at Samos. Yesterday the twenty days' notice required to be given by the Court of Admiralty previous to condemnation expired with reference to the following Russian ships : —The Corolina, Louis Ehlers, late master, and the Drie Gebroeders, Lindholm late master, prizes to her Majesty's steamer Cruiser, and the Najaden, Nils Gus taf, late master, prize to her Majesty's steamer Odin ; those vessels will, therefore, together with their cargoes and tackle, be forthwith condemned and sold for the benefit of their captors. Yesterday another Russian prize, called the Otsee, Huxham master, arrived off Gravesend from the Baltic she is to be taken into the West India Docks for con. demnation. A contract has been concluded by the Government with Mr. Pitcher, of Northtleet, for the construction of four steam gun-boats, for service in the Baltic. They will be 460 tons burden, and 150. feet long, and draw only 11 feet water. They will be fitted with engines of 100 horse-power. The Board of Ordnance yesterday gave notice to the shipbuilders that they required a coasting vessel to be built for their service. Yesterday the Lords of the Admiralty gave notice al Lloyd's that a ship was required to carry 500 tons o: provisions and stores to be delivered on board Sir Chas, Napier's fleet in the Gulf of Finland. _ The Vulcan screw troop-transport, Commander Von Dunlop, left Portsmouth yesterday morning for Varna. Her Majesty's steam-yacht Victoria and Albert, Capt. the Hon. Joseph Denman, went out for a cruise yester day to try her engines, &c., after a thorough refit. During the whole voyage from Queenstown to Varna, only two of the horses on board the Himalaya were lost. One was shot, - owing to its having a very suspicious looking discharge from the nose, and one with diseased lungs died. It appears that Mrs. Giffard, whom the Himalaya brought back, went to Varna, not aware of her husband's death, intending to give herself up as a prisoner, that she might nurse him. she- was alloWed to visit hiS grave, with Captain Powell, of the Vesu viuq, who went ahore with her. He saw the men who are prisoners, and who are all well treated. Mr. J.'. Dineen, the Superintendent of Steam Machi nery- Afloat, returned to Sheerness on the 27th Inst., at 4.30 p.m., and after a short interview with the profes sional officers it was decided that the Dauntless could have her defectsin machinery, &c., made good there in a few days. Orders have been given for her to return old stores, and she is to have all assistance from the port to store and victual again with all possible despatch, and then proceed to the Baltic. It is the same time currently reported that Capt. the Hon. Frederick W. Grey, in command of the Hannibal, 90 guns, has made an official application for a heavy draught of the Dauntless's crew, in order to complete his complement of seamen, by which he will be able to proceed to sea immediately, instead of going to Scotland to complete. The newly-raiAd men, though good seamen, will have to be taught their gunnery exercise on their passage out, and the most particular reason in favour of this being done is that the Dauntless is at present 80 men short, including officers, most of whom are away in charge of prizes taken by other ships. It is anticipated that the Dauntless will undergo some alterations in the construction of her engines and boilers, and that by the time these are completed her commander and officers will find no difficulty in raising 200 or 300 men to complete her complement. The Wolverine, 12, gun sloop, Commander John C. Corbett, had her compasses adjusted yesterday by Mr. John C. Barlow, master of the Formidable, 84. The crew of the Star desire it to be generally known that they are now perfectly satisfied ; they have a com mander who, when leaving the Boscawen, took with him the hearty good wishes of every blue-jacket on board, and they are ready to go forth to fight the battles of their country heart and hand with him. The 'Royal Portuguese paddlewheel steam-yacht made her number on demand yesterday, passing up Sea Reach for Woolwich. , The Russian prize to the Arrogant and Hecla, the Augusta, was taken from Sheerness last evening by a steam-tug for the West India Docks. Order 4 were received yesterday at the infantry bar racks, Windsor, for the 46th Regiment, now quartered there, under the command of Colonel Garrett, to be pre pared for embarcation to the seat of war in the East early in next month. The regiment, including the guard supplied to Kensington Palace, is now more than 1,000 strong, and, should the recruits continue to arrive in the :a.me numbers as has been the case for the last fortnight it will soon attain the full complement of 1,200. 100 rank and file of the 33d Regiment (the Duke of Wellington's Owi) arrived in Cork on Monday from Fennoy, to await a transport for conveyance to join the service companies in the East. The Soubandar transport, with the Ist division of the 27th Regiment )Enniskillens) sailed from Queenstown ou Sunday for her destination—Calcutta. On Friday the Charlotte transport, Captain Affleck, arrived for the conveyance of the •2d division, which were put on board on Monday, and sailed on Tuesday morning fur India. A considerable body of troops from the depot batta lions in Ireland will arrive in Cork in the course of the week, to await transports for conveyance to join their respective service companies in the East. One sergeant and 50 privates of the 41st Regiment and 1 sergeant and 50 privates of the 47th Regiment left Templemore on Monday, and have arrived at Cork t await the Kangaroo transport for conveyance to join the service companies in the East. The depot of the 68th Light Infantry, stationed in Belfast, has been called on to complete the service com panies at Malta forthwith, "or sooner, if possible," to 800 rank and file, which will take every man fit to carry a musket from the depot. The service companies are only 600 strong at present. They embarked for Malta on the 28th of February, 1851. ROYAL ARTILLERY. In consequence of the brevet promotions, and subse quent promotions already made public, the following changes have taken place in the Royal Regiment of Artillery_:— _ Colonel William Brereton, C. 13,, K.H., to the Royal Horse Artillery, vice Whinyates, promoted to be Major. General. Colonel Thomas Fox Strangways,to the Royal Horse Artillery, vice Dyneley, promoted to be Major-General. Lieutenant-Colonel Noel Thomas Lake, to the Royal Horse Artillery, vice Fox Strangways, promoted to be Colonel. Captain Edward Price, to the Royal Horse Artillery, viee Brevet-Major Wood, promoted to be Lieutenant- Colonel. Second Captain Hon. David M'Dowall Fraser, to the Royal Horse Artillery, vice Willett, promoted to be Captain. _ _ . Second Captain Horace Parker Newton, to the Royal Horse Artillery, vice Duplat, promoted to be Captain. First Lieutenant Albert Henry Wilmot Williams, to the Royal Horse Artillery, vice Boultbee, promoted to be Second Captain. First Lieutenant Walter Ashton Strangways, to the Royal Horse Artillery, vice Michell, promoted to be Second Captain. Captain Richard Blackwood Price, to be Captain of the Riding-house Establishment, vice Sandham, promoted to be Lieutenant-Colonel. Colonel William Bolden Dundag, C. 8., to command the Royal Artillery in Ireland, vice Dyneley, promoted to be Ma j or-General. Captain George Bucknal Shakespear, to be Captain of the Cadets Company, vice Eardley Wilmot promoted to be Lieutenant-Colonel. Brevet-Major St. John Thomas Browne to be Assistant Fire Master at Portsmouth, vice Cockburn, promoted to be Lieutenant-Colonel. In consequence of the foregoing promotions and appoint ments the uttiertaintioned officers are posted to battalions as follows : Colonel Richard Hardinge, K.H., to the sth battalion, vice Brereton, to the Royal gorse Artillery. Colonel William Cochrane Anderson to the4th battalion vice Fox Strangways promoted, vice Bastard, and posted to the Horse Artillery. Lieutenant-Colonel Henry George Teesdale, ItoyalHorso Artillery, is raised to Lieutenant-Colonel's pay therein, vice Strangways, promoted. Lieutenant-Colonel Lake, ap pointed to the Royal Horse Artillery, will receive Major's pay, vice Teesdale. Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Joseph Morris to the 7th battalion, on Lieutenant-ColoneVe pay, vice Rawnsley, promoted. Lieutenant -Colonel John M'Coy to the 2nd battalion, on Lieutenant -Colonel's pay, vice Hardinge, promoted. _ Li eutenant -Colonel Edwa r d Fit z h er b er t G ra nt to the Bth battalio4, on Lieutenant-Colonel's pay, vice Andrews, promoted. Lio ikWilat•oolo4ol A4lll Wray Mitchell, to the 6th battalion, on Lieutenant-Colonel's pay, vice Willes, pro moted. Lieutenant-Colonel George John Beresford, to th 4th battalion, on Lieutenant-Colonel's pay, vice Higgins, pro motet'. Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Fitzgerald Crawfo'rd, to the 10th b'tttalion, on Lieutenant-Colonel's pay, vice Lake, appointed to the Rord Horse Artillery. Lieutenant-Colonel 4ohn St. George, to the Bth batta lion, on Lieutenant-Col.mci's pay, vice Eyre, promoted. Lieutenant-Colonel William Robert Nedham, to the 2d battalion, on Lieutenant-Colonel's pay, vice Otway, pro moted. Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Charles Ward, to the 9th battalion, on Lieutenant-Colonel's pay, vice Anderion, promoted. Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Coope Stace, to the 3d bat talion, on Lieutenant-Colonel's pay, vice Armstrong pro moted. Lieutenant-Colonel John William Ormsby, to the 11th battalion, on Lieutenant-Colonel's pay, vice Clarke, pro moted. Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Joseph Taylor, to the 11th battalion, on Lieutenant-Colonel's pay, vice Furneaux, promoted. Lieutenant-Colonel William Harrison Askwith, to the 10th battalion on Major's pay, vice Morris, removed. Lieutenant-Colonel Franklin Dunlop, to the 2d battalion on Major's pay, vice McCoy, removed, Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Dick, to the 9th battalion, on Major's pay, vice Grant, removed. Lieutenant Colonel Alfred Tylee, to the 12th battalion, on Major's pay, vice Mitchell, removed. Lieutenant-Colonel Charles James Dalton, to the Ist bat tallion, on M'ajor's pay, vice Beresford, removed. Lieutenant-Colonel David Edward Wood, to the 6th bat talion, on Major's pay, vice Crawfoid, removed. Lieutenant Colonel Hugh Manly Tuite, to the 11th bat talion, on Major's pay, vice St. George, removed. Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Maron Eardley Wilmot, to the 3d battalion, on Major's pay, vice Nedham, removed. Lieutenant-Colonel James William Fitzmayer, to the 4th battalion, on Major's pay, vice Ward, removed. Lieutenant-Colonel George Robert Harry, . Kennedy, to the 13th battalion, on Major's pay, vice Stace, removed. Lieutenant-Colonel George Sandham, to the sth bat talion, on Major's pay, vice Ormsby, removed. Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Vansittart Cockburn, to the 7th battalion, on Major's pay, vice Taylor, removed. Captain Brettinghain, to the 7th battalion, vice Edward Price, appointed to the Royal Horse Artillery. Captain M. Adye, to 3d battalion, vice Shakespear, ap pointed to the Cadets' Company. Captain Lawson, to the Ist battalion, vice Blackwood Price, appointed to the Riding-house Establishment. Second Captain H. J. Boultbee, to Captain John M. Adye's Company, 9th battalion, vice D. M`D. Fraser, ap pointed to the Royal Horse Artillery. second Captain Mytton, to Captain Cox's Company, 10th battalion, vice Newton, appointed to the Royal Horse Artillery. First Lieutenant Arthur Walsham, to Capt. Marriott's Company, 3d battalion, vice Williams, appointed to the Royal Horse Artillery. First Lieutenant Maxwell, to Capt. Wodehouse's Com pany, 11th battalion, vice Fox Strangways, appointed to the Royal Horse Artillery. The following appointments have been made : Commander Vincent A. Massingberd (1842), from the Coast-Guard to the Neptune, 120. Lieutenant W. H. Liddell' (1854), promoted from mate of the Excellent gunnery-ship, at Portsmouth, is appointed Lieutenant of that ship. Paymaster James Lyall (1833), to the Waterloo flag ship, at Sheerness. Clerk George Lapidge (1851), recently serving in the Agamemnon, 91, screw steam-ship, to the Royal Albert, 121, screw steam-ship, at Sheerness. Mates—Hon. Walter C. Talbot, to the Victoria and Albert, Royal steam-yacht, at Portsmouth 2 • J. R. Palmer (1853), to the M a lacca, at Chatham ; Louis Geneste, to the Dauntless, screw steam-frigate, at Sheerness. Midshipmen—Lord Ashley, to the James Watt, 91, screw- steam-ship; J. Stanley Graham, to the St. Jean D'Acre, 101, screw steam-ship ; J. L. Gilby, to the Ma riner, 12, sloop, at Devonport. a. "Zsl te fi - g = c'. Ts . !med. =2 o y ..,, '--. c , o n o .4 v. 2- I, ' Money or4er3 ~6,2 ... , Year. T, :1 0 1 ~ ~,, 2 . 4 ..., .4 ::. z 0 ta - 5 ! ~...,,, ,5 /....---...,—.—...., 1., ) ,' ''' E 0 4 ' '. E m= - -.' .1 0. a 8 a, >,..:, T, Number. Amount. -- 1 X. £ £ £ 1839 82,470,5961,633,764 756,999 52,869 188,921 313,124 1848 168,768,334 500,789 854,677 52,362 587,797 960,975 1841 1196,500,191 561,249 938,168 96,190 1,552,815 3,127,507 1842 1 20.4,434,450 660,641 977,504 78,464 2,111,938 4,337,177 1843 1220 450,306 640,217 930,650 97,526 2,501,523 5,112,840 1814 1242,091,644 719,957 9.,5,110 92,493 2,806,803 5,695,395 1 845 271.410,789 7:31,982'1,125,594 181,111 1 3,176,126 6,4; 3,361 1 846 299,586,762 82 i, , 1211,138,741 110,4301 3,51.5,079 7,074,056 144 7 322,146,243 984,49 G 1,196,5 2 0 121,8 9i 4,031,185 7,903,177 18 48 328,430,184 740,429 1,4,13,250 318,6391 4,203,051 8,151,294 1849 i 337,399,199 840,787 1 , 32 4,562 230,0791 4,248,891 8,152,64 1850 34 7,0 , 9,071 8 , 13,893 1,460,785 400,964' 4,139,713 8,494,488 V., 1 360 647,4871,114,004 1,301 , 16 3 242,848 4,661,4,25 8,840,124, 18 ° ,1 1 379 . 50 1,* 99 1,090,419 1,34 1, 907 32,,963 4,947,825 6,434,217 e.. 1410, 8i7,489 1,173,727 1,400,679 374.8 , 9 5,215,290' 9,916,195 of the lione Coupled with these accounts is a statement of the ex penseorder office for 1853. ,Tho total for commission receivencl:as 72,7201.; and, as the amount of the United Hinge; 1; 1 8 6,8641., there was a profit in ! thi.,;.lepartment of 14,1 But fa for an excess of 7701. in offices over the receipts, the the expenditure of the Irish ,a6nBd9.4ears't‘hcoetland 5171. Last gain for England a .su ii r d plu l : v .; awleosuld‘vhar 1e4b,e4e0n211.4, annual issue year the total profit was 10, Wait but 322/. In England and \l a a n l d es fi t v i e l years ago it e i s tion, is n ow cf money-orders, in proportion to the p o at the t II united kind of ki n a g b d o o u m t suei it is tois aboutlivery . four l ons, urli and for 000 to every five lersons. PIRACY IN THE INDIAN SEAS.—SINGAPORE, May 14. —The presence of a large squadriin of piratical junks i s reported on the east coast of the Malay Peninsula. Th e Nakoda of a junk which arrived here on the Nth April from Anam was attacked eight days after leaving the former place, and two days before arriving here, near Pedra Branca, by a Malay junk, manned by about 80 or 1 " TLIOD ) ancl . was pliguclortil 44 all 4kr,ceggo la(lept tint salt. KING'S COLLEGE, LONDON. The distribution of prizes to the students of this insti tion who had distinguished thernselvez during the past year took place on Tuesday in the large hall of the college, in the'presence of a crowded and distinguished assemblage. His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury took the chair, supported by the Archbishop of Win chester, Sir R. H. Inglis, Lord Radstock, Sir W. Rid dell, Dr. Jelf, D.D., Mr. E. Wigram, and other mem bers of the council. The awards were made as follows : SCHOLARS PRESENTED. Senior Classical, E. E. Bowen ; Senior Mathematical, Frederick Bullock ; Senior Applied Sciences, A. C. New ton; Divinity, E. S. Fowles; nodern History, R. J. Forrest ; Junior Classical, H. B. Swete; Junior Mathe matical, James Brown. DIVINITY PRIZEMEN. (Department of General Literature and Science.) ' Senior year, H. A. C. Daniel ; J. C. Hase. Second year, James Heath, E. S. Powles. Junior year, J. F. Peto, W. Geldham. (Department of Applied Sciences.) Senior year, J. S. Rock. Secbnd year, A. F. Oswin. Junior year, A. Lambert. DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL LITERATURE AND SCIENCE. (PRIZES.) Classics—Class 1, DiviSion 1, I. J. Donne ; Division 2, H. Le Poer ,Wynne ; Class 2, T. L. M. Browne ; _Class 3, 0. C. Huntley . Latin Verse—E. E. Bowen. Latin Essay —H. B. Swete. Mathematics—Class 1, W. Cochrane ; Class 2, W. G. Long.len ; Class 3, Henry Woes; Class 4, Division 1, R. C. Macdonald. History—Class 1, R. J. Donne ; Class 2, R. Russell. English Verse.—Original, E. E. Bowen ; Translation, E. E. Bowen. French'. Cl a ss 1, R. J. Donne ; Class 2T. T. Berger. German.—F. Moger and A. D. Matthews. Hebrew.—Class 1, A. R. Hutchins • Class 2, G. P. Goldsmith and E. S. Powles; Class 2, H. B. Swete. DEPARTMENT OF THE APPLIED SCIENCES. (PRIZES) - - Mathematics.—R. Th;ine and . Henry Alabaster. Me chanics.-2d year, E. J. Standen ; -Ist year, J. F. Mes senger. Cheuaistry.—J. T. Kershaw and H. C. Allhusen. Practical Chemistry.—J. B. Rogers. Manufacturing Art. —C. H. Fynes Clynton and 11. J. G. Hill. ' Surveying 2d year, J. T. Kert,haw ; Ist year, A. D. Onslow. Geo lozy.—A. F. Oiwin. Practical Geology. --F. J. Rolls. Mineralogy.—W. F. • Phillips. The Workshop. -2d year, Thomas Adkins and A. F. Oswin; I st year, A. D. Onslow. MILITARY DEPARTMENT. Drawing and General Knowledge of Fortification.--Ed mund Stavely, first ' • Gorge R. Byron, sec o nd. S un d ry subjects. — Edmund Stave/y. APPLIED SCIENCES. Certificates of Honour.—Messrs. Newton and West. Of ApprovaL—Messrs. Oswin, Rogers, and Standen. The presentation of the prizes to each of the forego ing gentlemen by 'the Archbishop was accompanied by a few words of encouragement and approbation, and the applause of their fellow-students was liberally bestowed. The proceedings terminated by a vote of thanks to his Grace the Archbishop. HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK. (Prom the Report of the Registrar-General. ) The returns continue to indicate an unfavourable state of the public health. In the last three weeks the deaths registered in London have been 1110, 1085, 1153. In the ten weeks corresponding to last week of the years 1844.53 the average number of deaths was 900, which raised in a certain proportion for the increase of population is 990. Compared with this re sult, the actual number according to last week's regis tration, namely 1153, shows an excess of 163. Last week the deaths produced by zyinotie diseases numbered 301, in the previous week they were 278 ; the corrected average fur this class gives 228. Scarla tina and typhus were equally fatal last week, 63 deaths being referred to each of them. Small-pox was fatal in 13 cases, measles in 25, hooping-cough in 57, diarrheas in 38, influenza in 3, purpura and scurvy in 3. The mortality from diseases of the respiratory organs (exclu sive of plithisis azd hopping-cough) amounted to 154, whilst the corrected average of corresponding weeks i 5 113. Last week the births of 829 boys and 803 girls, in all 1632 children, were registered in London. In the nine corresponding weeks of the years 1845-53 the average number was 1355. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the- mean height of the barometer in the week was 29.885 in. The mean daily reading was highest on Friday, when it was 30 . 043 in. ; the- mean on Saturday was 30 . 011 in. The mean temperature of the week was 58'7 degs., which is 1 . 5 degs. below the average of the same week in 38 years. The mean daily temperature was below the average f except on the last three days ; on Friday it was 4 . 9 degs. above it. The highest temperatures of the week were 78.5 degs. and 78.4 dogs., on Friday and Saturday ; the lowest was 43 . 9 degs. on Tuesday. The mean dew-point temperature Was,s2l degs.; and be twixt this and the mean temperature of the air the dif ference was 6 degs. The wind blew generally from the south-west. Hardly any rain fell in the week. MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS. NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, JUNE 24. ZymoticDiseases 3Ol Diseases of Uncertain Seat .. . 53 Tubercular Diseases 2ll Diseases of the Brain, Nerves and S enses Diseases of the Heart and. Blood-vessels 37 Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of Respiration ....... Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and. other Organs of Digestion Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. .............. . ............ Childbirth, Diseases of the. Uterus, &c. Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles Diseases of the Skin, &c. Malformations.... Premature Birth and Debility 65 Atrophy ...................................................... 40 Old Age 5udden...................... . ..... . .................... . Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance......., 33 Causes not specified DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES Population Deaths in corre- Deaths Enumerated. sponding week in the Itib 1. of 1353. 'Week. West Districts 3 490 6 :3 4 9 2 6 7 ............ 195136 ............ 217 159 North Districts Central Districts 393,256 East Districts 485,522 .....„ 203 ...... 281 South Districts . 616,635 ...... 247 ...... 314 -- -- Totals Males , 563 Females. 590 BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. Males 829 Females Total ,' Len RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE LONDON AND" BLACKWALL. A special meeting of ',Ens company was held on Tue's day at the London Tavern, to consider a bill now be fore Parliament, in compliance with the standing orders of the House of Lords ; Mr. J. N. Daniell in the chair. The CHAIRMAN explained that the portion of the bill he had to submit was to enable the company to sell and transfer to the London and North-Western Company a short branch line to the Haydon-square warehouses, belonging to the latter company. An agreement was entered into with the London and North-Western Com pany in 1850, by_ which the_ Blackwall_Company , -agreed to censtiuct the branch line, and the London and North- Western agreed to pay for it, and allow interest at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum on the cost until paid for. The object of the bill.,was to enable them to transfer the branch line, and to complete the agreement with respect thereto on payment of the costs of the branch. The traffic arrangement with the London and North-Western Company was to the effect that they were to pay a toll of od. per ton for every ton of goods they conveyed in their goods tram over the Blackwall line to the Hay don-Square warehouses. They expected a considerable amount from this traffic, which would he conveyed over the line without any expense to the Blackwall Railway Company. The Solicitor read the heads of "a bill for authorising the transfer to the London and North-Western Railway Company of the Haydon-square branch of the London and Blackwall Railway, and for other purposes." Ou a formal resolution for the approval of the bill being put, , . Mr. DREWRY, seconded by Mr. GRIFFITHS, moved an amendment to the effect that the meeting do not sanc tion the bill. On a show of hands, the amendment was rejected and the original motion, approving the bill, was carried by a very large majority. A vote of thanks to the charman concluded the pro ceedings. AMBERGATE, NOTTINGHAM, AND BOSTON. A special meeting of this company was held at the London Tavern on Monday, to consider a bill for autho rising the lease or sale of the line to the Great Northern Railway Company ; but, in consequence of the bill not having passed the /louse of Commons, the meeting was adjourned to Monday next. NORFOLK. The adjourned special meeting of this company was held yesterday at the office, Guildhall•buildings, to con sider a bill now.before Parliament, in compliance with the standing orders of the lioase of Lords—Major Tyn dall in the chair. The Solicitor read the heads of " a bill for authorising arrangements between the Eastern Counties Railway Company and all or any of the Norfolk, the Eastern Union, the East Anglian, and the Newmarket Railway Companies, for the Amalgamation of their respective undertakings, and for other purposes." In reply to questions, it was stated that the terms upon which the amalgamation was to take place had been agreed to by the three companies under seal, and were confirmed by resolutions passed at meetings of the shareholders. A resolution approving the bill was carried, and the meeting separated. REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ON RAILWAY • BILLS. POTTERIES, BIDDULPH, AND .CONGLETON. Lord STANLEY reported from the committee that the new works, power to construct which is sought by the bill, are to be constructed by the North Staffordshire Rail way Company by means of capital already under their control. The length of the main line is 13 miles, 5 furlongs, and 9.75 chains ; of the branch to Adderley-green, 2 miles, 2 furlongs ; to the Stoke station, 5 furlongs ; to Burches-head, 5 furlongs, 9 chains ; to Congleton sta tion, 4 furlongs, 5 chains ; and towards Macclesfield, 2 furlongs, 6.50 chains; total, 18 miles, 2 furlongs, and 2.55 chains. The proposed railway and branches are to be single lines throughout. It is intended that the rail way should cross on a level nine highways. The esti mated cost of the railway is 190,0001., and the quantity c•f land required 1761 acres. The committee are satisfiel of the fitness in an engineering paint of view of the pro posed railway. YORK, NEWCASTLE, AND BERWICK, YORK AND NORTH MIDLAND, AND LEEDS NORTHERN, (WORKING AR RANGEMENTS.) Mr. DIVETT reported from the sub-committee on this bill that the parties promoting the bill had stated to the committee that it was not their intention to proceed with the same. WEST LONDON AND CRYSTAL PALACE (BROMLEY AND FARNBOROUGH). Lord H. VANE reported from the sub-committee on this (recommitted) bill, that the additional capital au thorised to be raised by the company for the execution .1 the new works is 80,0001., and the amount of the laan 26,6661. The length of the proposed line is eight miles, and the steepest gradient on it is lin 75. It is intended to cross on the level two public roads. The estimated cost of the railway is 80,0001. ; and the total quantity of land traversed by the railway is 600 acres. 'lle committee are satisfied of the fitness in an engineer ing point of view of the proposed railway. The same committee, on a former occasion, reported that they had examined the allegations contained in the preamble of the bill, but the same had not been proved to their sa tisfaction. LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN AND NORTH STAFFORD SHIRE (AMALGAMATION). Mr. LASCELEES reported from the sub-committee on this bill that they bad examined the allegations contained in the preamble of the bill, but the same had not been proved to their satisfaction, LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN AND NORTH STAFFORD- SHIRE TRAFFIC ( ARR A NGEMENTS). y••• 'Mr. LASCELLES rep , rted from the sub-committee on this bill, that' they had examined the allegations con tained in the preamble of thb bill, but the same had not been proved to their satisfaction. LEEDS NORTHERN. • Mr. DIVEIT reported from the sub-committee that the objects of the bill, as originally introduced, were to de fine and adjust the rights and interests of the several classes of shareholders in the Leeds Northern Railway Company, to enable the company to create stock for satisfaction of the arrears of dividend due on their pre ference shares, and to issue stock on debentures for the redemption (by consent) of preference shares ; but the power to create stock for satisfaction of the arrears of dividend due on preference shares was withdrawn by the promoters. It was proved to the committee that the provision made by th e bill f or sett li ng b y ar b itration the apportionment of revenues among the shareholders in the company was not only sanctioned at three extra ordinary meetings of the shareholders in the company, and assented to by a large proportion of the holders of ordinary shares in the company, but was also assented to by a very large proportion of the holders of the several kinds and classes of preference shares. Iy was also proved to the committee that the annual profits of the com pany had been insufficient to pay any dividends to the shareholders. It appeared to the committee from the evi dence, that the two questions of an alteration in the rights of preference shareholdoi and of the anoalganaa tion of the Leeds Northerer ompany with the York, Newcastle, and Berwick an d Y or k an d North Midland Railway ompanies had been considered together by the company, and that the consent of the great majority of the shareholders to the amalgamation had been obtained upon the faith of such concession being made, that the arrangement come to with those companies had proved eminently beneficial to the company, and the committee felt that the benefit so resulting to them ought not to be unaccompanied by the concessions which led to the ar rangeinent. Under all the circumstances above stated, it appeared to the committee that the provision made by the bill for settling by arbitration the apportionment of revenues among the holder 4 of existing shares is a desir able arrangement for the different classes of shareholders including the preference shareholders, and may properly be allowed. The original share capital issued amounts to 1,333,0961.; the 6 per cent. preference quarters to 164,2311. ; 6 per cent.. No. 1, to 102,765/. ; No. 2, to 68,6891.; No. 3, to 37,9501.; and the 7 per cent. prefer ence shares to 77,7251. ; total, 391,510/. : Out of 1,294 holders of original shares 938, holding 1,015,591/. of stock, and preference shareholders, holding 212,0281. preference stock, voted in favour of the measures sanc tioned by the bill. GREAT WESTERN, SHREWSBURY AND BIRMINGHAM, AND SHREWSBURY AND CHESTER (TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS.) Mr. LASCELLES reported from the committee that the parties promoting the bill had stated to the committee, that it was not their intention to proceed with the same. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. THE GREAT NORTHERN . RAILWAY. —Traffi c r e t urn f or the week endin g J une 18,1854 . I:18,114 18 5 Corresponding week l as t year 15,901 2 6 LANCASHIRE AND YORIESFIIRE RAlLWAY.—Traffic re turn for the week ending June 25, 1851 £20,360 7 3 Corresponding week last year CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic return fcr the week ending June 25, 1851 £5,846 8 1 Corresponding week last year 6,003 18 9 Degrease in 1854 £ls9 10 8 SCOTTISH CENTRAL RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the week ending June 25, 1854 23,232 0 64 Corresponding week last year 2,866 8 4i GLASGOW AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.—TraffiC re turn for the week ending June 24, 1854 £5,321 19 4 Oorreeponding week mast year 4,730 6 11 Increase in 1851 £ssl 12 5 THE STRIKE AT PRESTON.—Messrs. Richardson and Whitworth, the secretaries of the Associated Masters, in a report on the above strike just isiiued, estimate the loss of the employers during the 36 weeks at 165,000/. ; of the operatives on strike, 250,060/. ; of the contribu tors to the working people's strike fund, 97,0001. ; to shopkeepers, &c. 21,2501. ; making a total loss to the community of 533,2501. [ADVERTISESIENT.]—The Earl of Aldborough and Holloway's Pills.—An astounding cure by this miracu bons medicine after every other means had failed. See extract from his lordship's letter, dated "Villa Messina, Leghorn, Feb. 21, 1845. To Professor Holloway. Sir—l beg to acquaint yon that your pills have effected a cure of a disorder in my liver and stimach, which all the most eminent of the faculty at holm and all over the Continent had not been able to effect--nay, not even the waters of Carlsbad or Marienbad. (Signed) borough." These wonderful pills will cure any disorders of the liver or stomach.—Sold (also Holloway's oint ment) at Prosessor Holloway's Establishmen . ,, 244, Strand, London, and by• all medleine-vendera through out the world, ... 2 SPORTING INTELT,IGENCE. BIBURY CLUB RACES. (STOCKBMDGE COURSE.) WEDNESDAY. SWEEPSTAKES of 50 Sovs. each, h ft, for three-Year-olds ; colts, Bst 71b ; 4illies, Set 31b. Certain allowances. New mile. 7 subs. Mr. W. Etwa,ll's ch f, by Robert de Gorham, out of Soldier's Joy, Bst 31h The BIBURY STAKES of 10 sows each, h ft, with 50 added. The owner of the' second horse to save his stake. One mile and a half. 19 subs., 10 of whoM pay 5 sovs •---each, - - Mr. Payne'a Cock Pheasant, 4 yrs, lOst 91b (Capt. Little) 1 Mr. Bevill's Garforth, aged, Ilst 111 b (Owner) 2 Mr. Stevens's Nonsuch, 5 yrs, lOstlllb (Mr Scobell) 3 The folio wing also ran : Stonehenge, Georgy, and Hermitage. Betting-5 to 4on Cock Ph easan t, 4t o 1 each agst Nonsuchand•Garforth. Nonsuch took a strong lead, the second and third places after the first quarter of a mile being alternately held by Stonehenge and Garforth, Cock Pheasant, under waiting orders, lying off. Atthe distance, Nonsuch began to drop off, and Cock Pheasant drew forward, At the stand he took the lead, followed by Garforth, and won easily by half a length. Bad third. The CHAMPAGNE STAKES of 10 sous each, with 50 added. for two-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 101 b ; fillies, Bst 71b. Cer tain winners extra. Last three quarters of the New Mile. 19 subs. Mr. Bennett's Lady Alicia, Set 71b (Thick) 1 Mr. Arnold's Saucehox, Bst 10ib . (A. Day) 0 Mr. Williams's Lamb's-wool, Bst 71b (H. Goater) 0 The following also rail :--Redemption, Whirl, and Contention. Betting-2 to 1 each agst Lady Alicia and Contention ; 7 to 2 each agst Redemption and Saucebox. Lady Alicia made the running, Lamb's-wool lying second, Whirl, on the extreme right, being third. At the stand Saucebox joined Lamb's-wool, and a close race ensued. Lady Alicia, however, achieved the victory by a head. A dead heat for second place. Redemption finished a good fourth. . The ANDOVER STAKES (Handicap) of 5 sovs. each, with 50 Eidded, for three-yr-olds and upwards. Old Mile. Mr. Percival's Win. Rufus, 4 yrs, list 31b (Capt. Little) 1 Mr. E. Scobell's Wellsbouine (h b), 5 yrs, lOst 41b (Owner) 2 The following also ran :—Garforth, Old Rowley, Orpheus, The Rock Scorpion, Convict. Betting-5 to 4 agst Wellsbourne, sto 2 agst William Rufus, 6 to 1 agst Garforth. Wellabourne made the run ning until they were within a few yards of the stan'i, when William Rufus went up and.at last won by a neck. Orpheus and Convict, at an interval of about five lengths from the second, were the next two. Old Rowley fifth. A PLATE of 50 sovs ; for two-yr-olds, 7st ; th ree , 9 s t ; fillies and geldings allowed 31b. Optional selling weights, &c. T. Y.C. Mr. Megson's Master Adam, 3 yrs (501.), 7st 71b (Wells) 1 Mr. Goding's b f .by Harkaway, out of Red Ti(pe, 2 yrs (500, sst 41b (Salter) 2 Mr. Stevens's Questionable, 2 yrs (501.), sst 41b (Prior) 3 Mr. W. Day's a by lago, dam by Gladiator, 2 yrs (501.), sst 71b Mr. Treen's Favus, 2 yes (501.), sst 71b (C. Bush) 5 Betting-5 to 2on Master Adam, sto 1 agst Red Tape filly. Questionable.and Red Tape filly ran in front to the stand, where they were passed by Master Adam, who won very cleverly by a length and a half, the second beating the third by two lengths. Toe winner was afterwards sold by auction for 200 guineas. A PLAT! of 50 sovs., for three-yr-olds and upwards. Optional selling weights, &c. A mile and a half. Mr. Farrance's Cardinal Wiseman, 6 yrs (500, 12st (Mr. Osbaldeston) 1 Mr. G. B. Price's Orpheus; 5 yrs (501.), list 111 b (Owner) 2 Mr. J. H. C. Wyndham na Henrietta 5 yrs (1501.), 12st 71b Betting--even on Henrietta, 2 to 1 agst each of the others. Won by Jo, length. Very bad third. The winner was afterwards sold by auction for 50 guineas. LATEST f3ETTING. LIVERPOOL CUP. 4to 1 agst Heapy (9 to 2 taken). 6to 1 agst Hungerfurd (taken). GOODWOOD STAKES. 10 to 1 agst Tros (taken). 100 to 7 agst Diana (taken). 15 to 1 agst Heapy (taken). 20 to 1 agst Cock Pheasant (taken). 25 to 1 agst Ireland's Eye (taken). ST. LBGER. 8 to 1 agst Ivan (taken). DERBY. 20 to 1 agst Flatterer (to 1001.) 1750 to 1250 agst John Scott and the two. John Days (taken). A stormy morning, but a beautiful afternoon. The attendance of company comprised the principal members of the club, and many distinguished patrons of the turf. " The ring" presented a strong muster of professionals, and speculation was carried on with much spirit. It was, however, far from a "rosy day" for the fielders. CARLISLE RACES—WEDNESDAY. The Lottery Handicap. One mile and a quarter Robby Horse, 4 yrs Guicowar, 4 yrs • Six ran. Her Majesty's Plate. Two miles Arribas, 3 yrs The Skinner Five ran. The Commercial Travellers' Stakes. Once round and a distance. Mary Ann Fairthorn 1 2 Five ran, TEE TRINKET CASE IN 1852.—The Stewards of the Jockey Club have removed the prohibition from Mr. J. T. Hughes running horses and appearing in the 'race ground at Newmarket and elsewhere, in consequence of the great regret expressed by him for his conduct in ob structing the clerk of the wales at Newmarket during the Houghton Meeting, 1852, and in cunsideration of his youth and inexperience at the time. SALFORD BOROUGH CUP, MANCHESTER.—We have authority from the clerk of the course to state that Mr. Magenis has withdrawn his objection to Typee. ACCEPTANCES for th, GOODWOOD STAKES. Age st 11.0 Rataplan llungerford Torment 4 8 3 Muscovite ...... 5 8 3 Adine 5 8 1 Typee 4 7 11 Nancy Cobnut Ethel bert Ethel wolf Bailinasloa . Pantomime \ Crusader Exact 4 7 0 Jouvence ... 4 6 13 Ireland's Eye 4 6 12 Ulster Exeter Mentmore Lass 4 6 10 Jacqueline 4 6 7 Age st lb Eleapy Br. to Grey Tommy 4 6 3 Cock Pheasant The Pontiff Jonathan Martin 3 5 12 Dr. O'Toole Barrel John Bull 4 5 11 Bribery - Newbold Lord John 3 5 9 Lady Bird 3 5 6 Di tna 3 5 5 Gamekeeper Tros Miss Tennyson 4 5 4 Duchess of Lor raine colt Jujube Lincoln's Inn YORK AUGUST R The CEIESTERYIELD IT ACES.—FIRST DAY. EANDICAP. One mile. Yrs st lb Ratapl in Nabob Typee 4 8 9 Snowdon Dunhill 4 8 0 Hunca Munca Prime Minister 6 7 12 Evadne The Deformed 4 7 7 Mentmore Lass 4 7 7 The Early Bird 3 7 7 Comfit 4 7 6 The General Catherine Parr 4 7 4 Catspaw 4 7 4 Mare Anthony 3 7 William Rufus 4 7 2i Yrs st lb Miss Agnes Little Torn A•nmonis. Domino . 3 7 0 : Census ..e 3 6 12 Calamus 3 6 10 Box 3 6 6 Quince Middlesborough 3 6 4 Hermitage 3 6 4 Maude Mary . 3 5 12 Boddicot Nelly 3 5 11 f by Chanticleer— Ellerdale.. .. 2 5 2 SECOND DAY. The GREAT EBOR HANDICAP. Forfeits to be declared by Saturday, the 9th of July. Two miles. Age st lb Age st lb Rataplan Kingston ' 5 8 12 Wild Huntsman ... 3 6 6 West Australian 4 810 Early Bird 3 6 6 Little Harry 5 8 8 Merry Bird King of Trumps ... 5 8 7 *Doublethong Hungerford Nabob Adine.. 5 8 4 Neville Muscovite 5 8 4 *Dear Me Torment The Reiver Leopold 5 8 0 Humguffin 3 6 1 *Umbriel Indian Warrior ... 5 7 12 Newbold Cobnut Exact 4 7 10 oh c by Verulam— Vindex Bird on the Wing... 5 7 9 b c by Fi tzallan— The Deformed 4 7 8 Miss Burns's dam 4 6 0 Talfourd 4 7 6 Dr. O'Toole Aquila Lough Bawn 6 7 . 5 b f by Don John— Mentmore Lass 47 5 My Dear 35 13 The Skinner 4 7 5 Aribbas Eulogist 4 7 4 Maxby Lindrick 5 7 4 Jack Frost 3 5 12 Hermit Omoo 3 7 4 Lord John .. 3 5 10 Ethelwolf Jacque1ine............ 4 7 3 Tros Llanforda Jonvence Ulster 4 7 2 Claret 3 5 8 Audubon Pantomime ......... 47 2 Julius Agricola 35 7 Crusader ............. 47 2 General Brea() 35 7 Itch - 3 5 7 Nutpecker 4 6 13 Grand Inquisitor ... 3 5 7 Cock Pheasant Sandhurst 4 6 10 Hain Bro.to Grely Tommy 4 6 10 Kaffir 3 5 7 Janey 4 610 Valeria (bred in Bit of Blue Atwell Knight of St. George 3 6 10 Amos 3 5 4 La Belle 4 6 9 Stonehenge ... . . ... 3 5 4 Dove Poodle Heapy Dear Polly 4 6 8 Lincoln's-inn 3 5 0 Charley 46 8 Amalgamation 35 0: * These horses having been entered without the know. : 1 ledge of their owne rs , th ey still be struck out at the time Protoobo, Won ip . 4elly ordged to P.! Kt ills _. ..___ .... ______ THE MURDER NEAR LEICESTER. LEW rsTER, Tuesday Evening. —Great excitement pre vailed in this town last night owing to the arrival of Chief-constable Goodye r with a wan in his custody, named George Frederick Ashton, charged on suspicion of being the person who shot Mr. James Adcock, farmer, of Ashby Shrubs, on the Hinckley turnpike road, on the 17th inst. Ashton is a short, thick-set man, apparently about thirty years of age, and has, during the last file mouths, been delivering lectures in Leicester and an adjoining village on phrenology and other "sciences, according to his ad vert i sement, one of the more promi nent being " heal e., a written character from a phrenological examination. Ha appears to hare been extensively patronised in this branch of his "pro' fession" by simple-minded females, and amongst those who consulted him was the sister of the murdered MO' Ashton seems to have had a tender passion for MO Adcock, which was riot altogether repulsed, as lie was a visitor to the farm at Ashby Shrubs both before and after the murder. To this it is said there was some "b" jection on the part of the deceased ; and what led the police to suspect Ashton as being the murderer has been his extraordinary conduct since the fatal occurrence. According to his own account, he was at Nottingham on the night of the murder, and is able to prove that such is the fact ; but before leaving Leicester on that evening he told a barmaid at an inn .which he frequented that he was going to Birmingham. Ile does not appear to have been seen by any one in Leicester till Sandal evening, when he was at the same inn, and the murder being the subject of conversation, he took part in the discussion. The next morning he invited a gentleman , with whoin,he had not been on terms of intimacy till the previous evening, to take a drive in a dog-cart to Market Bosworth, on condition that they should return in the eve - fling, the road to that place being the identi cal spot where the murder was committed. According to appointment, he had the dog -cart at the inn door at three o'clock ; but, instead of going to Bosworth, he drove to Wigston ' a village lyin g i n exac tly the con: • tra,ry direction, a n d what business he had there, beyond callingiat a public-house, his friend was unable to aseer . tain. He then took a circuitous route to Ashby Shrubs , and when he arrived at the farm-house he said, " This. ll s the place where the murdered man lived," and giving his friend the rei ns h e j umpe d d own and went i n. After waiting a few minutes he beckoned his friend in to have some gin and w a t er . Th ey a f terwards drove on towards. Bosworth, and when they arrived at the Park Aebtcl said lie should n o t re t urn t h at evening. This cau se' his friend to express great surprise, as he had made ar rangements to be at home that night. They spent the evening at the Dixie Arms, and the following day (rues day) they seem to h a v e ram bl e d a b out that part of tae ' country until th e even i ng , w h en they found themselves at Kirby Muxloe, the nearest village to the spat where Adcock was shot. As they emerged from the lane Ash ton told his fri en d th a t th ey w e re near th e p l ace , and he would drive hi m t o see it , w hi c h h e d i d, an d passed on to the road-side inn, where the alarm was first given. After having something to drink, and lighting cigars, they returned over it again, and reached Leicester at the close of the evening. At present it does not apPea r d how he spent Wedn es d a y, b u t hi s con d uct h a d a ttracts the notice of th e p o li ce , an d f or t h e next f ew days be ~ was missing, until M r . Gorilyer, with Superintende n t Burdett and Sergeant Wetherall, apprehended him 0 Northampton, where he had announced himself to de' liver lectures. The main point to clear up is, where did he spend- t-r ile . Saturday night o n w hi c h th e mur d er was comm itt e d. Pt° asserts himself that he was at Nottinghatn, and this is being strictly investi g at e d ; an d, i n or d er to d o so, a remand applied for by Superintendent Burdett when the prisoner was to-day brought before Colonel King and Mr. Stokes and granted till Friday next. The coroner's inquisition was resumed to-.clay at Brasil; st one, before J. G regory , E sq. Th e men w h o fi rs t found the body and the brother of the deceased were exaniine" The facts embraced in the testimony of the former have already been published, an d th e ev id ence o f th e latter did not throw any light on th e me l anc h o l y a ff a i r , except as to the neckerchief and handkerchief the deceased bad _ when he left home, an d h e gave it as hi s op i n i on that he did not take more than 6s. with him. It is now gen e ' , rally believed th a t h e h a d , no money on hi m w hen the murder took place. The jury, without the least hesitation, returned a ler: : diet of wilful mu r d er aga i ns t some person or per sons tic known. As the cab containing Ashton left the county office for m the gaol, after examination before the magistrates, it Wa followed by an immense crowd of people. SHIPPING INT ELLIGENCIL CUSTOM-HOUSE, JUNE 28. r to; VESSELS ENTERED INWARDS.—The Ceres, from Opo Victoria, Stettin ; Stadgoor, Dantzic ; Mathilde, St r t, suud; Louisa, G a l s t rom ; L or d o f the Isles, Sydne y ' Alice Jane, Jamaica ; Mary Ann, Cape of Good 110% Antipodes, Hobart T own ; M arqu i s o f B u t o Town ; Cornelia J o h annes , C aro li uens i e l ; Tina; Hobar w Thistud Emmanuel, Krabbeh o l m ; Dorothea, Grenada ; Quee n c) . Britain, St. Lucia ; Frau Margaretha, Thisted ; date, Barbadoes ; Zaqury, Porto Rico ; InderuniT Colombo and Cochin ; Primula, Bombay • Royal Stua rt, Sydney ; Heuricb, Porto Rico ; Soothampt ' on, New Yuj: Hydra, St. Croix ; L eona , M eme l ; Wi n d erme re, ‘- , T e v long ; Superior, Cadiz • Point, Jamaica ; J. J. Hatboro, Cuba ; Immanuel, Fidderwardersiel; Jonge 13413t i e ' Woreurc ; Oxnelbjerg, B an dh o h n ; Tamp Tercuro, per nambuco, ENTERED OUTWARDS.—The Ceres, for Oporto; gangs. roo, Bremen ; Thrifty, Dieppe ; Antipodes, Hobart Town' Cygnet, Demerara ; Zwee Freeunde, Dantzic • Owe n Glendower, Bombay ; Julie, Stetti n; S o phie 'Sonig-g burgh ; Wellington, Kurrachee ; Southampton, New York . CLEARED OUT WITH CARGO.—The Mercury, for Rotter dam; Juan, Valencia ; Rudolph, Rotterdam • Ru,n den : Philadelphia; Royalist, C a p e P a l mas; Sylph,' Ghent; Fortitude, Adalaido; Thalia, Leghorn; Julia, Lisbon. LIVERPOOL, JUNE 28. The Paramata, for Africa, broke adrift in the Wellington Dock yesterday during the gale, and lost her rudder. iron ship As :aye, in the Canni ng grav i ng d oc k, caP size t during the gal e , b u t was su b sequen tl y r i g ht e d withou damage. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. al t• The Fleetwood, of Glasgow, b oun d sou th, May 1, 33 S., long. 24 W . The Warrior, of London, steering' south-west, MaY 28, long. 36. The Northumberland, Southampton to Hobart Town, May 14, lat. 7 S., long. 30 W. M a y 241 The Clara, of G reenoc k, D emerara t o L on d on , lat. 14 N., long. 53 W. • The Isabella Walker, bound to Miramichi, June 20, li t ' 48 N., long. 26 W. The African, Calcutta to Liverpool, April 24, lat. 32 S' long. 32 E. The Governor, Clyde to Quebec, Jane 18, lat. 50 N ., long. 25 W. The Prompt, May 12, rat. 1 N., long. 20 W.; Yern'aell t ' ing, same , day. The Thetis, Mty 13, lat. 2 N., long. 20 W. is The Canopus, London t o T a bl e B a y , M ay 19, lat. 5 1 " 1 " long. 20 W. COUNTRY MARKETS. EDINBURGH MEALMARKET—Jun 27. each There were in the market to-day, 16 melts oaranualf weighing 2301bs imperial, which sold thus :-8 at 21. 8 at V. itsOd, and 0 at 0/. Us. EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MARKET- - JUNE 27. There was a large supply of straw of all descriptions i n the market. The prices to-day were as follow : Oat straw, from 6s Od to 8s id per kemple of 16 ston tron ; wheat do., 5s Od to Od ; barley d 0.7, sOdto 7s v Hay from lid to 13d ; new ditto, Oil to Oil per stone. DA.LKEITH MEAL MARKET—JUNE 26. There were i n th e mar k et to - day 34 baps of oatm al, 4of barley i n e ,d, and 2of pot-barley. Sales dull. T h '' top price of oatmeal was 23 down ; the second was 2s down , and the third was Od down. Pot-barley on the top price Os down. 1. Oatmeal, per sack of 2801b s Fi rs t. S econ d. VII imperial - - 494 Od *4Bs 6d —s Ot Barleytneal, per ditto Peasemeal, per ditto Flour, per ditto •—s Oil —s Oct , d Pot-barley, per ditto COAL MARK. Prices of Coal per ton at I 8. d.l ,6 i 19 Howard's West Hartley • F.• n Netherton 18 01Pensher v 21 Longridge's Wst H ar tl e y 18 3 S outh Hetton 19 n o Stewart's l7 0 Whitwell - Taufiehl Moor l7 0 Cassop 2O 0 0 0 Tanfield Moor Butes 17 0 H eug h H a ll . ............... 2 - Walker Primrose l6 0 W es t K e ll oe 190 6 21 West Pelton l6 6 K e ll oe - • 2 Willington Hartley lB - 0 South Hartlepool ..... ...s- 2O ( 0 ' Tee s- 6 6 Wallseml, &c. Whitworth ..............••i8 3 Lawson lB 6 Cowpen - Wharneli 3 tTo Eden Main 2 1 0 9. 0 0 G D l e e l y 7 s en w tw es a t te H r H are a c rt 3o le . y . ... l lB S 0 Belmont 2i.) 0 ET.—Jurts 23. the cloee of the market. Wallseud, &C. BIRTHS. OF A RON. On the 27th inst., at 14, Chesterfield - street, Mayfair , Mrs. Francis Blackwood, widow of the late Captain Francis Blackwood, R.N. On the 25th inst., at Milton-hill, Berk'', the wife of J. S. Bowles, Esq. OF A DAUGHTER. On the 26th inst., at Compton' Pauncefoot, Somereet the wife of the Rev. James Senior. he wife of the Rev. J. On the 26th inst., at Brighton, t Willoughby Hodgson. MARRIBD. On the 27th inst., at St. Mary's, New Shoreham, th e Rev. Arthur Criarlms N.., student of Christ Church, Oxford. to Mary Henrietta, third (laughter of Sir Robert Ale xa nder Chern,ide, M.D., R.0.H., & o . of Paris and Boulogne, formerly physician to the British Embassy at Paris. DIE D. On the 26th inst., at Burton-terrace, near York, Ilea/ Thompson, Esq., in his 81st year. At Belhampore, Lieut. Henry Godfrey Sim, 7th Bengal Native Infantry, s..cond son of the late William Sim, of North-end, Hampstead, Middlesex. On the 26th inst., at sloane-terrace, Chelsea, Mi l l Anne, relict of th e R ev . J o h n O us l ey, l a t e chaplain to t he magistrates of Middlesex, aged 71. On the 26th inst., at Grove-street, South FfackneY , Henrietta Catherine, relict of the late Rev. H. H. Norris, in her 81st year. LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG. of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The sun Office, N'. Il! Strand, in the Precinct of the .'s,voy, in the count' ," Middlem, ThurideT Jug 214 C - 11,EA.1 1 • EXCI zeave Padding the Same ever 4 res—litisto Ylonsly obtain reet, Cheap , 269, Strand ; N." queue( '4:ABB ,iRTIJ Land . 1 0,,pfithi; Emu 9:4oft arfar ay Brit Down Jri, instead tons ap,oint, earlier than a ti — Da r addington, c spm. p Prevent thand l teratio continue to rt %erns can be 'tilled on to Other eltet particulars of ' Padclingtor lIIIRST (Ilan ROOK ag Ual•atcl Legat Street, in the Vho died in tative., are, Of duly nex' of he Vice- Nnare, Line, Deremptotl y IVednesda: 0 the said ( the elsims. Dated this T" Awn CITTrA," 1, beloming to despatched N ,Ydn , 7, on I lie' high tepi C hip to t e " Australia up the Mails to Sailing and si take the nu kte Will be tons. Fun I I , l4 ny's Ottio4 STEA3 P l / 4 .J In Co Siring to pre General 'ICI tAatch their 'JAY, on thl aarisori, Cc "2 0 Yage to C tons burther Illackwa.l Passengers Stearn s hips o fPassa.go n nass 35 to aYnoton A street, City. NATIONAL HE TINE posit Accou•: after July 1 Three o'cloc Parties r Dividend IV Raid on preE Inay be rea ere, w ithout 21st June Prospectuse SIT N SHARE - Policies e Ynalning in I PA.Titi IN "ng after 'those prefli 4 0Ciety't P The Pren lire lower are fully pry tlltion to t Premiums Policy St Prospect Loudon, or R ED- All insure] .°ftli . e rec , i their P lie 'tent. (11 Li 'lnsurers Parties d Vaited upo *trout le o 1 • A pplicat quested to N AT] A Cami Charles Hugh C John El Thos. C, J. Leande Professor • Under Vrltlciple! ' OBJECI I. A 3.A In the not rqu annual p, there's. 4 14 , UbV as •lllrreti. Ebistv a of s , clet; "Steadily I Will have Which wi Pros ,e for Assui 'Tables of •plication Mr DESCRI wires, ot as not to they wil 'any teet traction .serve tet and mas tication. M' -and is it roan of luxuries articles and ex!) Cents Ment b Branch -tion ens liars , ad Midsi been ab introdu •have tb rod, ar bouict c 'the big • Mils every v. are uni or at It Mids Shoes. manufs the ta] cheapn The E. Mw indeier Lists Matios Cpl r 1 1:c fhl. h the sat obviou No I 2. P, 4. A 5. N Tots Lcni 85, a Lon 111: Shei : Colc ' 3rer Shoe - IMI ex cha 'the on -zal A n bent.