The Sun. — London, England, 1863-06-08 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence. THE NAVY. .Vi cc-Admi ra l Si r M. Seymour, G.C.8., Port Ad mufti and Naval Commander-in-Chief at Ports mo'lth, on Saturday entertained the heads of the military and naval departments of the port and gar rison at a full dress dinner at the Admiralty-house, is celebration of her Majesty's birthday. Mr. E. J. Reed, the chief constructor of the navy, was engaged the whole of Friday in his first official visit to Chatham dockyard. His visit was closely connected with the arrangements which are now under the consideration of the Admiralty for effect ing en alteration in the present system of iron ship building. It would be premature at present to give publicity to the plans and modifications which Mr. Reed, in conjunction with Admiral Robinson, the principal surveyor of the navy, have prepared end laid before the Admi►alty, until they have received the final approval of the Board ; but, from the im portent improvements proposed, there is little doubt they will be at once taken up and acted upon by the Admiralty. Mr. R-ed, with Mr. Moore, principal assist...-master shipbuilder at Chatham, paid length meg' visits of inspection to a:l the iron and other ships now in progress, as well as those standing idle on the stocks. The chief interest, however, was centered in the iron frigate Achilles, and the wooden frigate Belvidere, the latter of which is destined to be shortly m etamorphosed into an armour clad vessel on Mr. Reed's plan, and to be re christened with a more appropriate name. Every portion of the Achilles was minutely inspected, that vessel just now presenting a spectacle not to be wit nessed in any other of her Majesty's dockyards— that of 1,300 hands employed in the construction of one iron vessel, while the work is being performed by ordinary shipwrights, who are in no way infe rior in this respect to skilled mechanics. Already such progress has been made in the construction of the Achilles that her period of undockiug may now be reckoned by weeks, and arrangements are being made for commencing another iron vessel, from Mr. Reed's designs, in the same dock, the drawings and plans for which are now in progress. With the ex ception of the Belvidere, the other vessels inspected called for no remarks, as all of them are of the ordi nary class of wooden screws, most of which have been on the stocks for years, and are destined to re main in their present condition for years, if, indeed, they are ever to be completed at all. The re mainder of the day was devoted by Mr. Reed, in conjunction with the Rev. Dr. Woolley, to an exa mination of the apprentices' school in the dockyard, in connection, it is understood, with an intention of the Admiralty to introduce a new department into ear dockyard schools, by the establishment of a school of naval architecture, in which the most pro mising and intelligent of the dockyard apprentices will undergo a course of study to fit them to become designers of vessels of war. After transacting offi cial business with Captain-Superintendent Fan shawe, Mr. Reed returned to the Admiralty in the evening. He will shortly re-visit Chatham dockyard. The Orlando, 46, 1,000 horse power, Capt. Rhn dolph, having completed her repairs at Chatham dockyard, has commenced re-shipping her heavy stores, guns, &c., which were taken out to allow her to pass over the sill of the dock. She awaits orders from the Admiralty as to her future movements. The iron steamvessel City of London, built by Messrs. James Ash and Co., of Millwall, went down the Thames to the Nore and back, on het trial trip on Saturday, and also to test the superiority of Lumley's improved rudder. It is the first iron vessel fitted with this invention. On Saturday the City of London, starting from Blackwell pier, with her head up the river and her helm a few degrees to starboard, described a half circle to bring her head down the river in 53 seconds. During her passage she gave perfect satisfaction to the various scientific men who accompanied her. She accomplished the measured mile at the rate of 13.2 section miles per hour, and thus proved an exceedingly fast vessel. The engines are by Mr. J. Stewart, of Millwall ; and the vessel is fitted with patent floats, steam windlass, Graham's patent tiller, and other modern improvements. Her Majesty's steam storeship Rhadamanthus, Master-Commander Raymond, under the shears in the river at Woolwich, having been examined, is found defective in boilers and machinery, and is or dered to be docked for repairs. The officers and crew will be transferred to the Dee for service during the repairs of the Rhadamanthus. The steam sloop Hydra, at Woolwich, about to take the place of the surveying ship Medina, Capt. Spratt, C. 8., in the Mediterranean, has been un docked, and will be shortly out of the shipwrights' hands, when she will be given over to the superin tendence of Lieut. Wilkinson for the fitment of the new charthouse and other peculiar arrangements necessary on board. Private letters received from her Majesty's screw troopship Adventure,Commander T. P. Lethbridge, dated from Barbadoes on the 7th of May, state that she was about to sail for Sierra Leone, with a portion of the 3d West India Regiment on board, and expected to be back at Barbadoes, en route for England, in the commencement of August. During the six months' absence of the ship from England she had gone upwards of 20,000 miles in transporting troops between the West Indies and the Coast of Africa. It was expected at the time the letters were written that the Adven ture would anchor at Spithead, on her return from West Indian and Coast of Africa service, about the 20th of September next. THE ARMY. Her Majesty's screw troopship Himalaya, - Ca Edward Lacy, arrived at Spithead on dP" i afternoon from the Cape of Good Hope,wit ti h r the uY 85th Regiment on board, and other military and d naval officers. The commanders of the 85th wife, n ife bo a a n r d comprise Col. G. W. Grey (commanding), two children—Major F. E. Appleyar, wife, ' and child—Capts. the Hon, J. G. Boyle, C. J. Hayford, wife, and two children; W. Hallowes, wife, and one ehild; C. W. Hogge, D. H. Mytton, and W. H. Mathew—Lieuts. Finch White, H. M. Chichester, C. Doughty, W. C. Henderson, R. W. H. Noyes, G. H. Stace, C. C. Parkinson, and the Hon. F. H. A'Court—Ensigns G. R. S. Ramsbottom, J. Davi son, F. C. Lewin, and Avery Webb—Lient. and Adjt. W. H. Drage, wife, and child—Sorg. J. W. Johnstone, wife, and six children—Quartermaster W. H. Watts, wife, and one child—and Assist.- Slug. H, C, Herbert. The remaining military offi cers on board comprised Capt. Clarke, wife, and child, d 2d battalion 13th Foot to join regimenal aetptot—and Capt. Cusack, late 24th Regiment, un attached. The naval officers on board were Lieut. C s trearaßobinson invalided from W.M.S. Serin gßant.asra. o — r N ea l t r e . s Maitland, master, invalided frem from ao —Mr. Albert Law, paymaster, in valided from do •=yr. German, chief engineer, in validedtanned Mr. Stack, gunner, invalided from H.M.S. An Portsmouth on the 15 . th lhe Himalaya sailed from 96th Regiment on board, of February last, with the 20thfor the Cape of Good Hope. At daylight on theof Feb. she sighted Madeira, and on the 24th anchored al at St. Vincent to coal. From St. Vincent she on the 26th, and she arrived at Ascensionat on a ga i n day, sighting St.Helenaon the 9th, h an tl d 'e fo l lowing Simon's Bay, Cape of Good Hope, on nartrhiving in 18th.. Here the Himalaya coaled and awaited orde e rs the 26th of March, when she sailed for East London. She arrived there on the 28th, and disembarked o h n the following day the 90th Regiment, with which she had sailed from Portsmouth. She afterwards embarked the 2d battalion of the 13th Regiment, with which she sailed for the Mauritius on the 31st of March. The Mauritius was reached on the Bth April, when the 2d battalion of the 13th were landed, and the 2d battalion of the sth Foot, which had been relieved by the 13th, were received on board. The Himalaya sailed on her return to the Cape on the 16th April, arriving at Natal on the 23d, where she disembarked the right wing of the regiment, and took on board the right wing of the 85th, leaving Natal on the 25th for East London, where she arrived on the 26th, exchanged the left wing of the 2d iv bat talion sth Regiment for the left wing of the 85th, and proceeded en to Simon's Bay, where she arrived on the 29th April. Coal and provisions having been filled up, the Hi ma l a y a commen ced her homeward voyage to England on the 6th May, and touched at St. Helena on the 14th—the passage from the Cape to St. Helena having been made under sail alone. She anchored at St. Vincent on the 24th for c, al. On the 26th she finally got under way for England, and she anchored at Spithead about 3 AI p.m. on Saturday, having gone over a distance since leaving England in February last of 18,000 miles, and this with an average expenditure of under 48 tons of coals per diem when under steam. Such a service as this, we may safely assert, has never before been equalled. At St. Helena the Himalaya left her Majesty's pacidle sloop Sphinx, Commander Jones, on her way from China for England, to pay out of commission, completing with coal and provisions. Yesterday orders were by the military authorities at Portsmouth, by telegram, to despatch the Hima laya on to Dover, where the 85th Regiment are for the present to be stationed, and at 4 p.m. the Hima laya weighed her anchor at Spithead, and sailed in accordance with these orders. On Friday Major-Gen. Rumley, who had pre viously visited the camp at Colchester in his capa city of Inspector , General of Infantry, made an official examination of the troops stationed at Har wich and Landguard Fort. The inspection at Col chester was very minute, the 4tn, 9th, and 10th depot battalions having been carefully passed in review. The sth Lancers, at present stationed at Ipswich, Norwich, and Northampton, are under orders for India, and will embark for Calcutta in the course of the present month. The horses will be trans ferred to other regiments, an efficient remount ser vice having now been organized in India. THE VOLUNTEERS. The rifle match between 30 members—viz., five officers, 10 no n-commissioned officers, and 15 privates from each of the West Midellesex and Vic toria Rifle Corps, was shot off on Friday last at the Stanmore range, near Harrow. The conditions of the rcatea were five shots each at 200, 500, and 600 yards ; Wimbledon scoring and Enfield Rifles. The weather proved most unfavourable. The total scores made by the West Middlesex were 903 marks; by the Victorias, 856 marks. The four highest scores on the winning side were Captain Dear, 43 ; Lieu tenant Marriner, 43 ; Sergeant Barber, 41, and Private J. W. Smith, 40. The four highest on the Victoria side were Corporal Somervaile, 40; Private J. Dawe, 38 ; Private J. G. Davey, 38 ; Corporal Mortleek, 35. The three highest scores on the winning side are entitled to three tankards, paid for by the losers. The tie for first place was shot off by Captain Dear and Lieutenant Marriner, and resulted in favour of the former. There is to be a Volunteer field-day at Harwich on the 29th inst., when the brigade assembled will be under the direction of Lord Ranelagh. It is not yet positively decided what corps will attend, but several companies from the metropolis and also from Suffolk are expected to be present, and in addition to local Essex corps. The redoubt at Harwich will be manned for a mimic fight. On Saturday the Bristol Rifle Corps, in honour of her Majesty's birthday, marched to Kingsweston common, a distance of about four miles from the city, where, after a short battalion drill, they bivouacked. They afterwards engaged in athletic sports for prizes given by the Mayor of Bristol, who by virtue of his office is honorary colonel of the regiment, and others. A cooking detachment was told off, and under the command of Lieutenant Burges, the quartermaster, they proceeded to the ground some hours before the corps. By the aid of a pontoon cooking apparatus, presented to the regiment by Mr. Thomas Proctor, they prepared dinner for the regiment. There were about 500 of all ranks on parade, and they were served with excellent stew, ad libitum, a loaf of bread, and half a pint of beer, at 6d. per man. The athletic sports consisted of high jump, hurdle race, flat race, quoits, throwing weights, &c., and a very pleasant afternoon was spent, the corps returning to head-quarters about 10 o'clock. On Thursday the Taff battalion of the Glamor ganshire Volunteer corps was inspected by Lieute nant-Colonel Clarke on the practice ground at Aberdare. The men were under arms for several hours, and they went through the evolutions in a highly creditable manner. The battalion mustered 500 strong. THE INSURRECTION IN POLAND. (From the Special Correspondent of the Times.) CRACOW, May 30. Count Alexander Branigki, the proprietor of Bialocerkiew, and of immense estates in other parts of the Ukraine, has been arrested and sent to Sara toff, in the east of Russia. The insurgents had taken 240 horses (magnified by journalistic licence into 600) from his breeding stables, and he is, of course, accused of having assisted the insurrection. Bialocerkiew appears to be the great centre of the movement in the province of Kieff or the Ukraine, as Zaslow—the property of that Prince Esman San guszko who 30 years ago was sent to Siberia on foot among felons by the Emperor Nicholas—is its chief focus in Volhynia. lip to this moment I do not think more than half a dozen direct communications have been received in Cracow from either Volhynia, Podolia, or the Ukraine since the outbreak of the insurrection in those regions. Several of these letters are written in a very enigmatic style, but on the whole, in a sanguine tone. However, in a letter received here to-day direct from Dubuc), in Volhy nia, it is said that the rising has hitherto been confined to three districts in that province, and the writer evidently cannot tell nearly so much about the Volhynian insurrection as is known, or at least confidently stated, about it in the west of Europ?. There may be 15,000, or any greater or smaller number of insurgents under arms in the three south-eastern provinces, only the number cannot be calculated, and people deceive themselves who think they can tell for certain whether there are more than 5,000, or less than 20,000. As to the unfortunate insurrection near Kieff, a traveller from that:city confirms the accounts pub lished a few days ago by the Polish newspapers. A hundred and fifty students of the University rode out of the town in broad daylight. Sixty of their horses aresaid to have been procured from a dragoon regiment, which is just possible, inasmuch as Rus sian cavalry soldiers, with or without permission, often let their horses out for hire. It seems strange, however, that they should let out 60 at a time, espe cially in a city like Kieff, where repeated demon strations on the part of the Poles against the Go vernment have taken place during the last twoyears. According to one account, Oleszankski, the chief of the band of students, did not hire but took the 60 dragoon horses. However that may be, the 150 in surgents rode out of the town in the middle of the day, and soon after had regular cavalry sent after them. The Russian troops were accompanied by po lice agents, who called on the peasantry to protect themselves, for that the Poles had taken up arms and wished to dispossess them of their land, to massacre a portion of them and reduce the re mainder to slavery. It may appear idiotic on the part of the peasantry to believe such statements as these, but for some time past they have heard no thing else from the lips of the Russian function aries employed to deceive and corrupt them. Tales and pamphlets have been manufactured and given away among them ; as tracts are given away in England, in which Polish landholders are repre sentedand defrauding as having obtained their property by robbing first time bythttrheoeapeasants, and in which serfdom (which was the Poles of a slans Russians into the Ukraine for the when the adoption by abolished had led toConstitutionth by which serfdom was represented eentsecond partition of is re their country) independent tion inseparable from a free inetitu eivneassurreacntio o P t ol a a ns serf f k n E o v w e sr Russian the position means, and if any Russian is particularly really the fact that the peasantry of Poland can bestruck. b y on the subject let him remember that 1 Bdcra,ceived ago the workmen of Moscow were easily °liths ywbat a Polish h b and persuaded that the students of the Moscow University were the enemies of serf-emancipation, and that under the guidance of the police they fell upon them, beat them, and wounded many of them very severely, In the same way the peasantry about Kieff, armed and led on by the scalers, fell upon the Polish students of the Kieff University and about 20 of the unfortunate young men were killed, and a great number badly wounded.' In spite of the precautions taken by the Austrians, 150 insurgent horsemen passed the Galician frontier on Whit Sunday, and are now in the Kingdom. The frontier being specially guarded at one point, they crossed it at another, Three nights ago a troop of 60 cavalry assembled here in a stable where horses, uniforms, and arms were awaiting them. At 12 o'clock they rode out of the town iu regular formation ; had the compli ment paid them at the Warsaw barrier of being mis taken for Hungaria❑ Hussars; passed a patrol of infantry coming from Wengrze .the Austrian fron tier station facing Michalowice), which fraternally saluted them ; and at a little to the right of Wengrze, at about five miles dithtance from Cracow, entered the Kingdom. This daring practical joke, not likely to be repeated, was no doubt suggested by the simi lar exploit performed a fortnight since by the students of Kieff. The mail train from Warsaw comes in now at all sorts of times. Twice this week we have had no letters from Warsaw, and it appears that the rail way is destroyed over an extent of eight English miles between Rakocin and Pietrkow. A correspondent of the Czas states that after the battle of Ignaeztw, in which Taczanowski's little army was defeated, with a loss of some 250 killed and wounded, Gen. Brunner ordered the wounded Po;es to be wrapped in straw, strewed with gun powder, and set on fire. The order was executed, to the disgust of the Russian officers, who (as the cor respondent of the Czas states) make no secret of their indignation, and tell every one who arrives at Ignac zew of the hideous barbarity of their chief—appar ently one of the Russianized Germans of Courland, so notoriously worse in all respects than the Russians themselves. Nevertheless, if this story be true—and it is not very much nearer the incredible than some other stories of cruelties known positively to have been committed—the Russian officers, whatever the rules of the service may say, need not in such an extreme and quits unprecedented case have re frained from remonstrating with their commander. On the 18th of May the torch of Russian military incendiarism seems to have been applied to an im mense wood near Tarnogrod in the South of the pro vince of Lublin, close to the Galician irontier. As the wind was blowing from the north, the fire spread to the forests on this side of the border, and in Galicia alone some 80 acres of useful cover for in surgents, and of valuable property, were destroyed. The greatest exertions had been made by the authoritits of Cieszanow and the peasants of the surrounding villages to confine the flames within a narrow compass. In the kingdom, however, those who had deliberately kindled the fire were not likely to put it out, and there it is said to have ex tended over a space of nearly a thousand English acres. On the Cracow and Vienna Railway all the dis posable waggons have been sent to Vienna (it is supposed) in order to fetch troops. Preparations are also being made for the reception of troops at Tarnow and elsewhere on the Galician frontier. The end of all this perhaps will be that two or three extra companies will be sent to Cracow and the two principal towns between Cracow and Lem b3rg, but as the Civil Governor of the district of Cracow and the Gwernor-General of Galicia have both gone to Vienna, it is assumed here that some important decision is about to be taken, and that the Austrians, if they are not going to enter the king• dom as armed pacificators, are at least resolved to declare Galicia in a state of siege, and to occupy it in sufficient force to prevent the departure of fresh detachments for the "kingdom" and for Volhynia. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 8, 1863. THE AFFAIRS OF GREECE, On Saturday afternoon an influential and im portant meeting of noblemen and gentlemen inte rested in the welfare of the Greek nation, took place at No. 11, Charing-cross, far the purpose of establishing a Philhellenic Committee, having for its primary object the enlightenment of the English people as to the wishes and aspirations of the Greeks ; and to aid in giving a moral support to all enterprises calculated to develop the material and moral resources of that country. Mr. A. B. Cochrane, M.P., occupied the chair, and amongst the noblemen and gentlemen, many of whom were present who were announced to have enrolled their names as members of the committee, were the Earl of Coventry, Lord Stratheden, Lord H. Lennox, M.P., Lard Fermoy, M.P., Sir Robert J. Clifton, Bart., M.P., Sir P. O'Brien, Bart., M.P., Mr. A. S. Ayrton, M.P., Mr, F. Coningham, M.P., Mr. Wm. Ewart, M.P., Mr. Crum Ewing, M.P., M. J. P. Hennessy, M.P., Mr. J. F. Maguire, M.P., Mr. G. Onslow, 111,P., Mr. J. P. Brown Westhead, M.P., Mr. J. White, M.P., Mr. J. Wylde, M.P., Mr. H. M. Seymour, M.P., Rear Admiral Burney, Major-General Bower, Mr. N. G. Lamber, J.P. (Bucks), Mr. E. Trelawne, Mr. T. Page, E.E., Pro fessor Blackie (Edinburgh), Mr. Digby Wyatt, F.S.A., &c. The GIIAIR3IAN, in opening the proceedings, ob served that the great object to be obtained in estab lishing a Philhellenic Committee, was to make the people of this country really acquainted with the requirements of the Greek people, and of contribut ing to the moral and political advancement of that country, an event which could not fail to be of ad vantage to England also. (Hear.) It taking this step they were not attaching themselves to any sec tion or party ; a fact established by the circumstance that the movement had the sanction of the Greek Provisional Government and Miuistersof State, who had empowered Mr. Stephanos Xenos to aid in the formation of the Philhellenic Committee,aud in whom they ha'l the greatest confidence, as he had under all circumstances displayed the noblest and most patriotic sentiments. (Hear.) With these remarks he begged to introduce Mr. Xenos to the meeting, who would more fully explain its objects. (Hear,) Mr, S. XENOS having expressed the honour he felt in addressing a body of such distinguished Eng lish gentlemen as those he saw present, observed that the main object to be achieved by the formation of this Philhellenic Committee was to make the re lations between England and Greece as intimate as possible. It was not his province to espouse the cause of any particular party or interest, its sole ob ject being to enlighten public opinion in Great Bri tain as to the wishes and aspirations of the Greek people; to act as intermediary, if necessary, between the Governments of England and Greece; to give a moral support to all enterprizes that would tend to develop the material and moral resources of the Greek nation ; and to advocate, in case of need, the cause of Greece in the Press and Parliament of this country. (Hear,) For these purposes they pro posed to establish a bureau of information in their committee rooms, in which would be filed all the official documents of the Greek Government and its diplomatic agents. Although he (Mr. Xcnos) had had the promises of many mcmlnrs of Parliament and influential gentlemen to aid him in this project, for some time he had abstained f rom ca l l i ng them together in consequence of the ve r y unsett l ed state of Greece, and the question of the success i on to the throne being unde,,ided, fearing th a t an y step, under such circumstances, might be construed into one of a revolutionary character. (Hear.) But now a new epoch had arrived. That Greece had now a constitutional King was a matter of fact, and there fore the est..4blishment of a Philhellenic Committee in London would, in his opinion, he at this moment of immense service to theiryoung King and his ad visers. (Hear.) The committee was then formed, and with a view to its proper organisation, Mr. MAGUIRE, M.P., said he would move that kr. )(Enos be requested to accept the post of their hon. secretary, as he was sure the greatest reliance could be placed in his patriotism. Admiral BURNEY seconded the resolution, and it was carried unanimously. Mr. MAGUIRE said he had now a gentleman to Z opose as th e i r Loting secretary ; he alluded t o O'B r i en, r . John for whom he cou ld vouc h as a had a much e gentleman o f Mr. LAM BERT who wa s f u l ly cony great ability, and high education and were abo u t to undertake with the subject they pleasure in seconding this resolution, as he knew Mr. O'Brien's great worth, and could bear his testimony to the pre-emi nent fitness of Mr. O'Brien for such an office. This resolution was also carried nem. dis., and after some discussion as to the election of a presi dent and vice-president, it was agreed to refer the consideration of that q iestion till an adjourned meeting, to be held on Thursday next, at two imp. A vote of thanks to the chairman closed the pro ceedings. Dwellings of the Working Classes. On Saturday, at 1 o'clock, Lord Stanley held a conference at the Mansion-house with a number of gentlemen in the City of London—merchants, bankers, members of the corporation, and others, who interest themselves in the domestic accommo dation of the industrial classes. The object of the meeting was to form an association of 20 or 30 gentle men, protected by the Limited Liability Act, and having a capital of from £25,000 to £50,000 to be invested in a number of improved dwellings. There were present, among others, the Hon. F. Byng, Alderman Finnis, Alderman Wai:erlow, Mr. Henry Kingscote, Mr. Henry Vieweg, Mr. Henry Ed wards, Mr. T. C. Clarke, Mr. C. Gdtliff, Mr. Wm. Ellis, Mr. Travers Buxton, Mr. J. Bonomi, and Mr. W. H. Collingridge. As a beginning, about £13,000 had been subscribed previous to the conference. Lord STANLEY, on taking the chair, said they all knew there was in London, and especially in the centre and eastern part of it, a great want of decent aad respectable house accommodation, not only for the labouring classes fitly so called, but also for the whole body of mechanics. There was, in truth, no town in England where that want was so much felt as in the metropolis, and it was not at all a new matter of complaint. He well remembered a meet ing in the city about nine years ago, at which Mr. Baring was chairman, and at which the subject was discussed and various remedies were suggested. Since that time different societies had been set on foot with the intention of supplying the deficiency. He would not say they had been failures, because they had kept public attention alive to the subject, and in that respect had done much good, besides pro viding a considerable amouu tof suitable house accom modation for the working classes. But, looking on them as well-supporting, and as what ought to be re munerative associations, if they had not failed en tirely, they had been attended by at best a very im partial and imperfect success. They were met there to make one more trial to overcome the difficulty, They knew that estimates were often deceptive and prophecies dangerous, but they started from a sounder foundation, they thought, than any pre vious association of the kind. They profited by the experience which others had at their own cost ob tained, and they would be able to avoid errors of detail, and, in the main, he thought they would differ from their predecessors chiefly in this— that they ss euld look rather to the accommo dation of families than of single men, and not to the highest amount of rent which the better class of persons among the labouring classes could afford to pay, but to what was neces sary to make the undertaking remunerative to themselves as an association. In the first place, it was simply impracticable to attempt to lodge the labouring population of London in a manner other wise than remunerative to those who did it. Now, what they had to go upon was the experience which Mr. Waterlow had obtained in erecting a block of buildings in a crowded part of Finsbury. Mr. Waterlow said that for a sum of £25,000, in cluding all preliminary expenses, and also the divi • dends for one year on the capital during the period of construction, they would be able to put up blocks of buildings for the accommodation of 200 families. The gross estimate was £25,000, and assuming that each house on a moderate estimate would be let for about £l5, that would give a gross return of .£3,000 a year, or 12 per cent. on the gross outlay. From that, if they deducted, in respect of ground rents, cost of supervision, the occasional loss on rooms un occupied, and other incidental expenses, 50 per cent. on the returns, a net return of 6 per cent. would still be left after the payment of all expenses, both present and prospective, and that he thought ought to be sufficient to induce capitalists to embark their money. (Hear.) A question had been raised as to whether even a better net return might not be made for those who put in their money if part of the capi tal was raised on the security of the buildings, and having of course a preferential payment. Half the money might be obtained for 41 per cent., and if the net return was 6 per cent. on the whole investment, there would be 71 or 8 per cent. for those who put in their money not upon preferential security. But it was a question for consideration whether they ought to have recourse to such a step. He was in clined to think that they might raise all the neces sary capital in shares, without obtaining any pre ferential capital whatever. (Hear, hear.) He had spoken of this undertaking in the sense of its being remunerative. At the same time he need hardly say for himself, or for those whom he was address ing, that they should not have troubled themselves about it as a mere matter of profit ; but the reason why they wanted it to be remunerative was that the only way of working on a scale at all commensurate with the general object they had in view was to shew the capitalists of the country at large that it was an investment affording a reasonable prospect of fair return. (Hear, hear.) Alderman WATERLOW said he was much gratified at finding so many influential gentlemen present, and he hoped they would not separate without completing the arrangements necessary for accom plishing the object for which they had met. He would assume that every one present agreed that if they were permanently to elevate the industrial classes—if the large sums of money spent to im prove their secutar and spiritual education were to accomplish any lasting good, they must improve their homes. A careful consideration of the subject for some years past had satisfied him of the many difficulties which surrounded the question. The history of the labours of the Metropolitan Associa tion and the society presided over by the Earl of Shaftesbury—to both of whom all honour was due, as the pioneers of this movement—both lessened and increased these difficulties ; lessened them by show ing the mistakes of their costly organization and errors of their early experiment,and increased them by the fact that both the societies failed to pay the dividend they had calculated to realize. But, should it be said that the capitalists of this great city, while acknowledging the serious importance of the evil, were afraid to attempt again to remedy it be cause their past efforts had not succeeded ? Know ing all the attendant difficulties, he felt he had no right to call public attention to this question, or to ask capitalists to join him in an investment of the kind proposed 'spun any mere theoretical statement. He felt that he must himself, by a practical experi ment, test thecommercial success of the plan he pro posed before asking the public to take it up on a large scale. This he had done, and the figures he had circulated in the meeting in a printed statement were facts, not sanguine calculations, and he was prepared to substantiate every one of them. He might be excused saying one word in reply to the critics who had asked—Did this movement mean business or philanthropy P He answered essentially the latter, for he held that he who helped the poor man to earn his own living by profitable employment or he who could provide the labourer with a better home at the same price he paid for his present wretched accommodation, and at the same time ob tained a fair return on the money invested, was a greater phil an th rop i s t th an he who maintained him In idle ness , or lodged him from charity, for the one destroyed his independence, while the other helped to increase it. (Hear, hear.) He added that he had signed a contract for three more blocks of buildings similar to that he had erected, and for less than the sum he had paid for the first. The outgoings were based on a calcalation of five years, and upon the absolut e assessment of the par i s h o f H oun d s dit c h on the block h e h ad put up. Alderman F INNIS said, as mas t ers an d em ployers they wer e doing great injustice to the poor by pull ingdown th e i r d wellings without prov idi ng o th er s. After what Ald erman Waterlow had done i n Fins bury; and th at s i ngle-handed, no quest i on cou ld arise as to wh a t might be done in other districts. Large sums of money were spent in home missionary enterprises toimp rove the moral con di t i on o f th e poor, but that, he Was cure, was beginning at the wrong , end, so long as their present wretched domestic ac commodation continted. Adverting to the proposed undertaking as one in which capital might be advan tageously employed, he said further facility would be afforded for its investment by the Limited Lia bility Act, by which money put into the account would be available to legal representatives of parties dying. He remarked upon the circumstance of the Metropolitan Association for Improving the Dwell ings of the Industrials Classes having spent about £3,000 in preliminary expenses, and some £15,000 in dwellings for single men, which latter sum re mained unproductive; arid he mentioned, by way of showing what might be done by men of business putting their shoulders to the wheel, that he bad just registered a steam company, all the ordinary preliminary expenses of which had not exceeded £4O. Mr. ROBERTS, speaking from his experience of many years as h3norary architect of the society pre sided over by Lord Shaftesbury, entered into details to show that 5 per cent., at least, might be expected from the proposed undertaking, that being the sum returned by the Streatham-street buildings, and that, having regard to the greater economy of con struction by the use of Portland cement in the floors, he saw no reason why it might not realize 6 per cent. He added that in Edinburgh 5 per cent. was obtained from property of that kind, and in Leeds an equal amount. The Hon. FRED. BYNG bore testimony to the dis graceful house accommodation of working people in the parish of St. James's, and refereed to the efforts he made 20 years ago to bring it under the consideration of the wealthier inhabitants. Latterly, however, he said, some dwellings erected there by the Metropolitan Society had answered remarkably well, but especially in tending to improve, by ex ample, houses in the neighbourhood occupied by mechanics; but a great number of this class, who could only afford to pay a limited sum for rent, and also were yet obliged to settle near .their work, were compelled to herd together in places which were disgraceful. Mr. GATLIFF, a gentleman long connected with the Metropolitan Association, said there was an impression which he wished to correct, that the rents of working people were not easily collected. He was able to state that out of £82,565 collected by the Metropolitan Association during, the last 17 years, the bad debts had not amounted to more than £4OO. (Hear, hear.) As to the working classes availing themselves of this descrip tion of houses, he said the association had accomo dation for 414 families, and an average occupancy by 410 families. They have 670 tenants, including single men in their model lodging houses, who fol lowed 158 different trades. He referred to the be neficial effects of the association in inducing build era to furnish conveniences to the new houses they put up to compete with those of the association. Lord STANLEY then read over, item by item, the estimated capital and revenue accounts of the pro posed undertaking to erect 10 blocks of improved dwellings for 200 families at a cost of 123,000. The 'calculations were based upon the actual experience of the block of buildings already erected, and the rents of which, during the three months they had been occupied, had been regularly paid in advance. Each item underwent careful consideration, and the result was to satisfy the meeting of the fairness and moderation of the calculations. Mr. GATLIFF, returning to the proposed sinking fund of £5O a year, mentioned as an indisputable fact that £5O a year invested at 3 per cent. would redeem £23,000 in 80 years. Lord STANLEY said he remembered hearing it stated that an investment of £3,000,000 a year would pay off the national debt in 66 years. (A laugh.) Mr. S. MORLEY, speaking on the general ques tion, said that although personally he had not joined the undertaking as a mere investment, he was con vinced, and desired to prove to the public that money might be expended upon it with a good re sult. He did not think the great and noble object they bad in view would ever be attained by compa nies. They desired to stimulate private individuals who had money waiting for investment, they (the meeting) setting an example as pioneers, de termined at the same time to manage their own affairs in this matter as men of business. He ad vised them not to begin until the whole £25,000 was subscribed. Lord STANLEY, alluding to the question of rent, said it was really vital. They might let rooms at a lower rental than was proposed, but if they did that they would cease to be a self-supporting society, and would fall into the old groove. He admitted that the lower class of labourers could not pay a rent of ss. or ss. 6d. a-week. What could be done for them was a problem requiring solution, but which the meeting did not undertake to solve. There was however, a higher class which could pay the higher amount, and for which it was now proposed to give better accommodation for the same money than they had at present. A working or provisional committee was then nominated for carrying out the undertaking, com posed of Lord Stanley as chairman, Alderman Wa terlow, Alderman Finnis, Mr. Samuel Morley, Mr. Henry Edwards, Mr. Travers Buxton, and Mr. Ellis, and at the close of the meeting the subscrip tions amounted to upwards of £13,000, including one of £5OO by the chairman. SPIRIT OP THE PUBLIC JOURNALS SATURDAY REVIEW.—The French Government is perhaps, on the whole, well satisfied with the result of the elections. In the provincial towns and country districts, th e mass o f th e population has once more illustr a t e d th e un fi tness o f a nume rical majority for active political functions. The pea santry of France, as far as it is capable of a sentiment, retains that admiration for the dynasty of Napoleon which Thiers and Beranger have sub stituted for all other national traditions. With the legendary faith in the first Emperor there is combined a well-founded belief that military des potism is distasteful to the upper classes, and that its uniform pressure best seethes the perma nence of equality. On the whole, the constituencies would probably prefer the official candidates, although they might not be disposed to make any strenuous exertion in their favour; and the prefects and their subordinates take all the burden of the elections on themselves, justly relying on the habits of passive obedience in which ordinary Frenchmen are trained. The people, if they ever think on the subject, by no means desire that their representa tives should take any conspicuous part in the ad ministration of public affairs. A deputy is appointed and paid, not to control the Executive Government, bat to assist at the ceremony of legis lation, as ministers and officers of State are sum moned to be present in •the ante-Chamber when a Royal or Imperial birth is expected. To foreigners who are accustomed to superintend the transaction of their own public business, the working of the French constitution scarcely presents an edifying spectacle ; but a certain admiration or surprise is suggested by the successful ingenuity of a para doxical contrivance. When the present Emperor before assuming his title, invented the machinery ' by which he still governs, it seemed difficult to be ' lieve that a regular elective system could be per manently reconciled with absolute government, Experience has shown that it was safe to rely on the harmlessness of a promiscuous constituency, pro vided sufficient vigilance was exercised by the Imperial functionaries; and there are great advan tages in the forms of representative government, when they have been effectually reduced to the condition of fictions. As - an ostrich retains the character of a bird, though its wings arc not avail able for flight, the. French empire claims the inanities and the credit'which are associated with elective institutions. Perhaps the peasants of the departments may be flattered with the belief that once in five years th e y p ar ti c ip a t e i n the establish ment or renewal of the Emperor's unlimited power. SPECTATOR.—The worst danger, perhaps, of the present situation of the cotton trade is that, as everybody knows, a sudden termination of the Ame rican war would suddenly reverse it. The sudden confluence of the American stock with the increased stock from other sources would reduce the price of the raw material lower than it has been for many years before the war, and stimulate the demand for manufactured goods, which has been so much dis couraged by recent high prices, to a point that would strain to the utmost the powers of the Lan cashire labour market, diminished as it is by the present distress. It i s t h e possibility of this influx which,in fact, gives rise to any little speculative increase of mills or machinery which may exist beyond the range of the districts of which we have spoken. That Mr. Edmund Potter, the member for Carlisle, was right a few weeks ago in asserting that the statements about the over supply of 1860 had been at least absurdly exaggerated, is now conclu sively proved. What was the market which, as it was then said, had been the most glutted with cotton goods The Indian market. Now, it is remarkable enough that even at the present very high prices it is India which is increasing her consumption most rapidly. The Board of Trade tables for April show the following remarkable re turn of export cf cotton goods to India : DECLARED VALUE OP COTTON EXPORTS TO BRITISH INDIA. April. 1862. 1863. Cotton yarns . X111,47.0 £296,857 Manufactures ...... 494,810 945,795 £606,226 £1,242,652 showing (in value) a double demand as compared with the demand for the same month in last year. Indeed, while the total increase of the exports for April 1863 over April 1862, is in value £711,782—X636,426 out of this belongs to our Indian trade alone. There could not be a more re markable disproof of the enormous glut of cotton goods which some had assumed in the Indian market, nor a more convincing test of the conviction of our merchants that the present high prices are likely to be maintained for some time, since they would otherwise certainly hold back their purchases for India at the present prices. We conclude, then, on the whole, and while there are ample reasons for expecting almost an unexampled stimulus to the cotton manufacture whenever the American supply may happen to be thrown on the market, and good reasons for expecting a return to a very fair trade within another two or three years in any case, the prospect for next winter w:11, unless the war comes to a premature termination, be still very gloomy ; that next winter will be a time of trial, even physic ally not much less severe than last ; morally, in con sequence of the great demoralisation of tt a la bourers, probably much more severe. Mr. Villiers's bill for promoting such works under the Board of Health Act, may, indeed, considerably alleviate the misery to be expected, but the outdoor employment thus found for the operatives will necessarily be very limited during the winter months, more espe cially if the winter,should happen to be severe. LONDON REVIEW.—The French Government have talked so much about the affection of France for the Emperor, and drawn so largely on it, that they have killed their golden goose. M. Persigny has exhausted the supply of Parisian loyalty for the present, and must be content to subside into the ludicrous position of a Minister who has exposed himself and his Sovereign to a civic snubbing. The success of the Opposition candidates throughout the length and breadth of the capital will be a most useful lesson to him and his successors in office not to bore their countrymen. M. Theirs would pro bably never have been returned were it not for official efforts to exclude him ; for M. Thiers is neither politically nor personally popular. But when it came to being egged on, and pushed, and nudged, and kept up at heel by M. Persigny, Paris could not stand it any longer. It was quite insupportable to the electors to have the Minister of the Interior, and all the Prefects, and all the Mayors, and all the Police setting up a chorus of loyal directions about the way in which every Frenchman who loved his country was to vote. To have the Constitutionnel actually thrust for nothing under their doorsteps, crammed surreptitiously into their pockets, and flung into their fiacres in the Bois de Boulogne, was nauseous and insulting. Se perpetual a fuss about the Emperor's virtues excited the most sacred in stincts of the French nature. They resolved to show that Paris was not the Provinces, and that they were not going to be driven up to the poll like pea sants by M. Persigny and the Prefect of the Seine. M. Thiers has accordingly been returned by a re spectable, and the other Opposition candidates of the capital, by an overwhelming majority. In Japan, the moment would now have arrived for M. Per signy to put in practice the august institution of the Happy Despatch. Even in France it is felt that his retirement is to be expected. The Paris world are preparing to bid him God speed on his way to St. Petersburg. It is quite clear that he has made himself ridiculous, and the Minister who makes himself ridiculous in the eves of Paris, makes his position there untenable. This serious and severe lesson will not be thrown away upon so wise a man as the French Emperor. It is not now a question of a revolution or of a return to the barricades ; and the soberer of the French know very well that any attempt to cabal against the reign ing dynasty at present would be a failure and a mistake. But the Emperor will see now that a high-spirited city like Paris is not to be overriden by a rather domineering and anxious Im perialist such as M. Persigny has shown himself. The Parisians do not desire, by any means, to return to the days of Orleanism, far less to the days of the last Republic. But they have no fancy for being continually lectured and tutored about how they are to feel towards the Napoleons ; and how they are bound to show their gratitude to the Emperor for deigning to re i gn over them. They want to be left alone and not to be worried by every excitable offi cial wf o chooses to inflict his pompous views about Imperialism on them. The bow too long bent will break, and by a long course of aggravation M. Per signy has succeeded at last in getting the French eagle—which for some years has been the most quiet and domestic of birds—to peck at his finger. He has only to thank himself. If he had left well alone, very possibly fewer of the Opposition would have been elected. At all events, they would not have been elected with startling eclat in the teeth of a persistent, notorious, and unscrupulous an tagonism on the part of every Government officer. His imprudence has converted into a political disas ter what otherwise might have been passed off as an electioneering mishap. EXAMINER.—It is not unworthy of note that the self-same day which in Berlin saw the publication of the royal interdict against the press, witnessed in Paris the rejection by universal suffrage of every supporter of the system of rule founded on the sup pression of free discussion and maintained thereby. No doubt Count Bismark and his accomplices may recklessly bid their master accept the omen, and tell him, that as it has taken fifteen yeats for France to recover from the stunning blow of the 2d December, they fear no immediate consequences from a like act of political garotting in Prussia. Reactionary Prime Ministers are very apt to take little thought far the morrow ; and when admonished to consider the inevitable effects which sooner or later must attend their evil counsels. It is their wont to shrug their shoulders and to say that things will last their time. But others naturally take a different view. The King of Prussia is long past the meridian of life, and at the very moment when the camarilla that surround him are prophesying peace and speak ing smooth things to him, symptoms of declining health render it expedient in the judgment of his physicians that he should seek an exemption from the anxieties and cares of state, and betake himself for some time to the waters of Carlsbad. And thus at the very juncture, when the executive needs to have all its energies braced to the highest point of vigour, and all the weight of its damaged authority concentrated in the utmost degree, the at-happy king is declared to be physically incompetent to perform the duties of administration, and advised for a time to delegate his functions to some other member of his family. Which shall it be P The Crown Prince cannot with any show of decency be passed over; but as his tendencies and leanings are not supposed to be in accordance with those of his father, he will, it is said, be persuaded to decline the odious and perilous responsibility of Regent. His uncle, Prince Charles, is therefore looked upon as the person most likely to be made use of by the Ministerial conspirators on the occasion. Little is known of his personal character in this country ; but it is obvious that political experience he has had none; and of his intellectual capacity nothing is said. If he should prove to be possessed of that rarest of rare qualities ironically termed common sense, he may negatively exercise perhaps a Bahl. tary influence over the mad and wicked course of the Government; for inasmuch as his authority will necessarily be temporary and limited, he may fitly refuse to sanction further measures of violence which the anointed head of his house would have no scruple in adopting. In so far he may thus prove somewhat of a drag upon the wheels of misrule as they speed downwards to the brink of ruin. THE QUEEN.—To-day, let ua hope that the House of Commons will oblige us with another ex hibition of good sense, by refusing to pass the mon strous proposition to pay £484,000 for Captain Fowke's hideous sheds and their site, which is to be made them with all due gravity on this evening. It is true that the sum to be asked for this year is only £172,000; but then there is to be a nice little addendum of £312,000 to follow, for the completion of the purchase-money, and " for repairing, alter ing, and eventually completing the building," and even this does not include the annual hundred thousand or so with which the country will have to be saddled for paying all the officers and hangers on and other expectant participators in this awful job. The whole proposal is, indeed, so impudently shameless that it fairly takes away one's breath. We will not echo any of the commonplace senti ment which is afloat about the wickedness of spend ing so much money at the time of the Lancashire distress. Our views about that calamity, in con nection with our finances, teach us to believe that if some of the millions which we are annually wasting upon mailed ships and fortifications had been saved there would have been no distress at all ; but what we do say is, that any proposition for perpetuating that abominable sin against good taste, which we had to endure all last year with averted eyes, in the face of the whole world, is nothing short of a national disgrace. All civilised Europe raised a shout of derision at the fearful structure when they beheld it, and now it is actu a ll y proposed to purchase and perpetuate it —and for what ? What but for the benefit of an already' overgorged clique of jobbers, the art and science gentlemen of South Kensington ? " Complete" the building! " alter" it ! The only completion that can be at all welcomed is that which puts an end to it ; the only alteration at all seemly would be like the reformation which Hamlet advised for toe bad habits of the players. "Reform it altogether." And yet the very manner in which the proposition is to be brought before the house gives us hope. As when the Government brought forward the pet scheme for dividing the British Museum, and send ing the natural history collections to South Ken sington, all the naked deformity of the scheme stands confessed ; they are going to tell the whole truth at once, and confess the utmost item of ei pense. Let us hope that the omen is a happy one, and that this scheme for inflicting Fowke's Folly upon the nation in perpetuity will suffer the same fate as Professor Owen's notable plan for spoiling the British Museum. A Man Lost for Four Days in a Coal Mine. An extraordinary circumstance occurred last week at the Mount Moor dolliery, in the Black Fell, in Derbyshire. The works of the colliery had been suspended for a short time, but with a view to preserve the ventilation a furnace was kept burning below. One of the men engaged at this fur nace, named Thomas Brown, went down the pit on Thurs day morning to attend to it, and was left there by the man he relieved ; when this man returned to relieve Brown, he was not there, but on the seat near the fur nace he found his watch and knife, and part of his victuals, he having evidently consumed part of the latter before leaving. The furnace was still burning, but the fire was very low. This man went in seat ch of the missing furnace man, but failed in finding any trace of him, when he gave the alarm to the persons in charge. A party of men and officers descended and commenced the search, but this proved unavailing, although great exertions were made by relays of men until Monday morning, at seven o'clock, when he was found in a remote part of the workings, near the old shaft, he having been then 91 hours in the mine, and 93 hours without food or drink. The sustenance he had during this time was the oil from his lamp, which he had sucked. up. Although much exhausted when found he soon re vived, and after a little food, &c., had been administered, he walked home with little assistance. It appears that he had left his post, which was very improper, to look for a slope drift, which he had been told passed up from the Maudlin seam, in which the furnace was, into the higher seam through the main coal, and his light having been ex tinguished he was soon entirely lost and bewildered, and was at length found, as described, after a search of nearly four days.—Derbyshire Courier. COUNTRY MARKETS. 4 , - NOTTINGHAM-SATURDAY. For the time of the year there was a moderate show of wheat to-day ;an inactive demand was experienced, and in some cases a fall of is per qr took place. Barley scarce. —White wheat, from 43s to 555 . ; red wheat, 42s to 50$. Barley—malting,; 35s to 39s ; grinding, 27s to 295. Oats old, at 27s to 31s Od ; new, 22s to 255. Beans sold at 41s to 45s per qr. Flour, 31s to 40s. YORK- SATURDAY. A limited show of wheat to-day, with a moderate demand at former quotations for selected sorts— inferior a shade cheaper. Barley a small show, but a firm trade. Other articles unaltered. Wheat, red 44s to 47s Oats.... 2s2 to 24s White do .48s to 52s Beans 40, to 420 Barley .29s to 35s Peas ....—s to -- 0 Malt, 62s to 64s per qr. ; rye, 32s per qr.; flour, 34s to 36s per sack. NORTHAMPTON-SATURDAY. There was not a large ehow of wheat to-day, and the condition of the samples was tolerably good. The demand was rather inactive, and prices in some cases favoured the buyers. Little doing in barley, and late rates supported. —White wheat, 46s to 50s ; red, 43s to 478; fine, 491 to —s per qr. Barley, 37s to 406—grinding, 29s to 355; Oats, 24s to 30s per 24 stone. Beans, 36s to 406. Peas, 34s to 40s per qr. NORWICH-SITuRDAy. The show of wheat was fair to-day, but sales were slow at late prices. Barley nominal. White wheat. 46s to 48., Red wheat 42s to 46s Malting barley ...38s to 40s Chevalier barley 36s to 37s Distilling do 338 to 35s Oats.. Flour, 32s 6d to 33s Od per sack from the miller. GRANTHAM-SATURDAY. New white wheat, 45s to 51s ; red, 45s to 48s per 365 t.; malting barley, 35s to 39s per qr ; grinding, 28s to 300; old oats, 24s to26s; beans, 38s to 40s; peas, 36s to 38s. LEICESTER-SATTIRDAY. ----- At this corn market to-day there was a limited show of wheat; For the best samples late rates were obtained, and other sorts were a shade easier. Barley and oats were ra ther a limited show, with a healthy demand, at late prices. —Old white wheat, —s to, —s ; new, 46s to 53s per 36 stone. Old red, 44s to 51s per 36 stone. Barley, malting, new, 34s to 38s. per qr.; grinding, 27s to 30s; old oats, —s to —s; new oats, 26s to 29s per 24 stone. Beans new, 38s to 41s per 38 stone ; Hour, 34s to 35s per 20 stone. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. . g Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton. June L via Marseilles ... June . A Brazil and Cape Verds, by British packet . JulY - 2 Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and Si. Helena June 2: China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton. June 1° via Marseilles ...June 12. Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampt on J u ne 10. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton June 'g r .:, India (Bombay), via Southamptn June 0. via Marseilles June 1z• via Marseilles June 10. Portuga 1.... Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton June 10. via Marseilles Newfoundland .. June 10. Oporto and Vigo U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet.... June 10. by U.S. packet.... by Canadian packet. June 12. W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe .......... June 10 Bahamas, via New York ........ July 2. .... June 29. Mexico All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru') June 13. California. and British C01umbia............ THE BREAD ALBANE SUCCESSION.—It is stated. that Lieut. Donald Campbell has not abandoned his claim to the peerage and estates of Breadalbane, as might have been supposed from the terms of the petition presented to the Court of Session by Lieut. Charles William Campbell. Lieut. Donald Campbell not only adheres to his claim, but contends that he is in a position to prove before the House of Lords that there has hitherto been neither a third nor s fourth legitimate Earl of Breadalbane, and that no descen dant of Glenfalloch, legitimate or illegitimate, is heir of tailzie to, or comes at all within the patent of nobility con stituting the et, rldom of Breadalbane. There are thus three claimants in the fleld.—Edinourgh. Courant. ASSAULT AT EPSOM ON TUE DERBY DAY.--A gentleman named Sanders, well known in the sport ing circles, was committed by the Epsom bench of magis trates for assaulting a policeman, named David Connor, to the Surrey Sessions, and bail accepted. The sessions were appointed for the 15th inst., and Mr. Lewis, jun., of Ely place, has applied to Mr. Justice Keating at chambers for s writ of certtorari to remove the i ndictment from the Surrey Sessions to the Central Criminal Court. The defendant — described of Sussex House, Hyde-park— made an affidavit in which he stated that there was a conflict of evidence, and that he intended to retain a special counsel to defend him. The learned judge allowed the writ, and the removal of the proceedings will take place before the commencement of the Surrey Sessions. [ADVERTISEMENT.]-11oll0way's Pills.—Flesh and Blood.--It is incontestable that the soundness and firmness of the flesh depend upon the strength and purity of the blood. These pills, on this account, have come into universal favour, no other medicine being able to approach them as purifying agents. For the same reason, Holloway's Pills are admirably adapted for the young and weakly, to whom tainted blood is a fruitful source of suffering. This medicine is a mild aperient and reviving tonic, and does its wholesome work quietly, seasonably, and completely. Births. AFFLECK.—On the 4th inst., at Dalham Hall, Suffolk, Lady Affieck, of a daughter. CORBETT.—On the 4th inst, at Aston Hall, Salop, the wife of Henry Corbett, Esq., of a son. CASTLE.--On the 4th inst., at The Grove, Hammersmith, the wife of Major Castle, of a daughter. ELRINGTON.—On the 3d inst.. in Dublin, the wife of Major Elrington, 10th Hussars, of a son. Marriages. LEEKE--HORNBY.—On the 2d inst., at St. Peter's Church, Eaton-square, Vice Admiral Sir Henry Leeke, 8.C.8.► LH., M.P., to Georgiana Luey Cecelia, only daughter of the late Rev. Geoffry and the Hon. Mrs. Hornby. PIERS—HANDYSIDE.—On the sth inst., at St. John% Edinburgh, Captain Shute Barrington Piers, R. N ., l a te of H.M.S. Firebrand, to Jane Cunninghame, the eldest daughter of P. D. Handyside, M.l), Deaths. CouLsoN—On the 4th inst., at Blenkinsopp, Northumbe ro land, Colonel J. B. Coulson, aged 84. COOPER—On the 4th inst., at Camberwell, Mr. Mani Cooper, formerly of the Audit-office, Excise, aged 68. GLADSTONE—On the sth inst., at Norwood, Adam Steuart Gladstone, Lieut.. Col. of the Liverpool Volunteer Bib Brigade, aged 48. . HOARE—Onthe 4th inst., in Queen-square, westwinstery the Lad Sophia Hoare, aged y 56. LIDDELL—On the 4th inst., at Ravensworth Castle , th e Hon. Hedworth J o h n Liddell, second son of the WO' Hon. Lord Ravensworth, aged 38. OAKEY—On the 4th inst., at Cheltenham, Mrs. Oakeh aged 87- RAWSON.—On the 2d inst., at Downing Lodge, Cambridge' Charles Stansfeld Rawson, Esq , of Westdale Cumberland, aged 50. London : Printed and Published by WILLIAM ANDREWS. of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at THE Sufi Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the 3avoy, in the Couaty a Middlesex.— Monday, June 8, 1863.