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

'BRILL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS—Last Evening, The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at 5 o'clock. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE pointed out an error in the report in one of the morning papers of the remarks made by the Earl of Granville, in which he was represented to have said that Lord Elgin had diverted to India troops which had been sent to China. The fact was that he acted upon the instigation of Lord Canning, who had shared with him the responsibility. Earl GRANVILLE said, considering that their lord. ships were tempted to speak in a conversational tone across the table, and the frequency with which conversation was carried on under the reporters' gallery, he was not surprised that his remarks were misunderstood. The noble lord had correctly represented what he had actually raid. Lord Elgin was on his way to China at the time when the news of the Indian mutiny met him with the request that the troops in tended for China should be sent to India. Lord Elgin took upon himself the responsibility of complying with the request. After a few words from Lord LTVEDEN and Lord STRAT • FORD DE REDCLIFFE, the subject dropped. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a third time and passed : Shiel's Charities—Earl of Egmont's Estate—Kent Coast Railway—Crystal Palace and South London Junction Rail way—Great Eastern Railway (Highbeach Branch)—Lon don, Chatham, and Dover Railway (Steamboats)—Oswes try, Ellesmere, and Whitchurch Railway—South Eastern Railway (No. I)—South Eastern Railway (No. 2) —Nor folk Railway—London, Brighton, and SouthCoastlßailwap (Ouse Valley Line)—and Royston and Hitchin Railway. THE QUEEN'S MESSAGE—SIR, ROWLAND HILL. Her Majesty's message having been read by the clerk at the table, Earl GRANVILLE said he had now to make a similar proposal to that he made last evening on behalf of one who entered young upon the services of his country. Sir Row land Hill had not become a public servant at so early a period of his life, but the great benefit that had been conferred upon the public at large by the adoption of the penny postage would no doubt induce their lordships to concur with her Majesty in conferring upon the principal author of that scheme a mark of public approval. There was, it was true, some question as to the actual author of the penny postage scheme, but Sir Rowland Hill was ene of the very foremost of its advocates, and owing to his energy and talent it had been adopted by the Government of that day, and bad ever since been productive of the greatest national benefit. The number of letters passing through the Post-office compared with that before the scheme was adopted had increased tenfold, and the money-order office, while it had been productive of the greatest advantages to the commercial country at large, had been a considerable gain to the country. He had no doubt their lordships would unanimously respond to the recommendation of her Majesty. After a few words from Lord BROUGHAM and the Mar- I quis of CLANRICARDE, the motion was agreed to. MORTGAGE DEBENTURES BILL. The report of amendments was brought up. The Earl of MALMESBURY moved the addition of a clause to enable trustees of landed property to invest the trust funds in the debentures of the proposed companies. Lord REDESDALE opposed the clause. A division was called for and partly proceeded with, but The Earl of MALMESBURY, amidst much laughter, withdrew the clause, and The report was read. The Union Assessment Act Amendment Bill, with some amendments, passed through committee. The Ecclesiastical Courts and Registries (Ireland) Bill passed through committee. The report of the Public Schools Bill was brought up and read. The report of the Scottish Episcopal C:ergy Dhiabilities Removal Bill was brought up and agreed to. The Court of Justiciary (Scotland) Bill was read a third time and passed. Their lordships then adjourned, HOUSE OF COMMONS—Yesterday. The SPEAKER took the chair at twelve o'clock. FACTORIES ACT AINIENDMENT BILL. Mr BRUCE moved the second reading of this bill. He said that between 17,000 and 18,000 children were em ployed in the trades with which it was proposed to deal. The hon. member for Devonport (Mr 'errand) had stared that the bill would affect 10,000 persons, but he thought he should be able to show the hon. member that that was a mistake, although no doubt the numbers would be in creased by the extensions it was proposed to adopt. He explained the principle on which the bill would act with re gard to the ages at which children might be employed, and met many of the objections which had been urged against Government. He also read lengthened extracts from the reports of eminent physicians showing the deterioration of potters and others from overwork, and the nature of the work in which they were engaged, The seeds of the disease were sown in the children, whoso labour was far too severe, It had been urged that the Government ought to have pro ceeded under the Mines Inspection Act, which prohibited chillren under 12 years of age from being employed. That would be a very good arrangement if they could secure children, between 8 and 12, being sent to school. (The right honourable gentleman read returns to show that it was not the case). Another objection which had been urged was that under the biA they would not be able to obtain a suMeient number of children to early on the work of manufactures ; but it must be re membered these men were employers of boys themselves, and it was likely that they would not treat them so humanely as the employers. He had conclusive evidence that many of the men neglected their work at the beginning of the week, and, consequently, at the end of the week they were obliged to employ boys to make up their lost titne,thus rendering the employment of boys larger than it would otherwise be. Another argument was that the trades in which children were employed were so numerous and detached that it would be impossible to enforce the law. That argument had been used with regard to the cotton districts, but it had not been found to bo of any use. The right hen. gentleman then explained how the bill would apply to the lucifer match trade in which children were employed from six in the morning till ten at night, being the poorest of the poor and worst educated of any class. From working in ill ventilated rooms they suffered from most loathsome disease of the jaws. He also explained the nature of the percussion cap trade, and other trades to which the bill would apply. Mr CRUM-EWING considered that the bill would remedy many defects in the existing Factory Aots, and he hailed its introduction with great satisfaction. Lord INGESTRE said he did not intend to oppose the second reading of the bill, but when it was read a se cond time he should move that it be referred to a select committee. He was so anxious that legislation should take place that he put his opposition, if he might use such a term, in the mildest form. It was only to some portions of the bill which tho right hon. gentleman proposed that he had any ob jections at all. T o th e h a lf t i me system he ha d a great objection as being inapplicable to the potteries. Mr. H. GRENFELL agreed with Lord Ineestre that the Bill should be referred to a select committee. ' Mr WATKIN, in oppe,ingthe bill, sa id t h at the reports on which the measure was founded were not correct, as they were greatly exag gerated In - s upport of this state ment he cited the s.utherity of an e m i nent medical man to show that in certain districts where p ottery works were being carried on scrofulous diseases were not as rife as they had been represented. His statement w as found e d upon practical knowledge of the condition of the . e l ms Whose interests were inv o lved in this bill, but he wished it to be understood that the manufacturers, whose views he repre sented, were dispo se d t o g i ve e ffect to any legislativ e enactment on the subject that was calculated to remedy a n evil. Mr ADDERLEY objected to the bill, as introducing a system that from its expense was opposed to the feelings of the community at large, as leading to a system of Go vernment inspection, than which nothing could be mcre unpopular in this country. He contended that the mode in which it was proposed to deal with the subject was a slovenly form of legislating. -Ulm some further discussion the bill was read a second time. The house then adjourned, but resumed sitting at six o'clock. THE INCOME-TAX. Mr HUBBARD called attention to the operation and extent of the direct and indirect taxation now levied, with especial reference to the Income-tax and to the prospect of its continuance. After some remarks upon the unpopu larity of our taxation, owing, he said, to its want of system and of justice, he read a statement of the main heads of the taxation, indirect and direct, and the produce of each. He compared the advantages and disadvantages of the two kinds. Many evident advantages were on the aide of in direct taxes, but they had some imperfections. On the other hand, direct taxation had its limits. Assuming that the Income and P roperty Tax could not be dispensed with, this great fiscal engine, he observed, must be managed truthfully, and he proceeded to re p roduce and discuss th e Principles of the scheme he had proposed last session, reply jug. to the objections offered t o it b y the Chancellor of the Exchequer. He pointed the unjust principles upon which the existing tax was constructed, and dwelt upon the moral evils engendered by it, ntentionin!, examples of its demoral izing effects. He was was of opinion that an Income tax equitably devised would be accepted by the country, and he the followin g resoluti on : concluded by moving" That the inequalities and injustice attending the operati on of the existing Property and Income Tax disqualify it for being continuously reimpoed in its present form as one of the means of levying the national revenue." Mr WIIALLEY supported the motion, contending th at the necessary effect of the Income-tax was to demoralize the trade of the country. The CHANCELLOR of tho EXCHEQUER observed hat, looking at the state of the house (which had just been counted), it would appear that it was not desirous that the motion should be adapted, or that it should undergo a de. tailed discussion. After noticing the discord between the views and principles of Mr Hubbard and Mr Whalley, he remarked that the plan of the former had not only never been in operation, but had never obtained the acceptance of any Ministry. His own ob jection to it was that it did not propose to get rid of any of the anomalies of the existing tax, but to displace the present system and introduce a scheme that had recommended itself to his mind, but which was totally novel. Mr Hubbard liad obtained a committee last session on the subject of his seheme, the judgment of which was adverse to him, and he had now varied the form of his motion ; but he thought that the house, recognizing the ill effects of an abstract resolution, would not be disposed to adopt it. True, there ware great inequalities in the operation of the income-tax, but let not the house pass this resolution without having before it some practical scheme. Mr BOVILL supported the motion. He denied that this was a mere abstract resolution. It declared the injustice and inequality of the present form of the tax; and should not an attempt be made to remedy them and check the en couragement now given to unfair returns ? The Chancel lor of the Exchequer did not propose any remedy or suggest any plan; he asked the house simply to reject this motion. Sir S. NORTHCOTE observed that the Chancellor of the Exchequer did not ask the house to adopt the income tax as a part of the permanent taxation of the country ; if he did, a motion of this kind might properly be made. The house had had opportunities of considering this subject, and propositions made for altering the system had never met with its acceptance. The house should not commit itself by condemning a tax in an abstract resolution. After a few words from Mr HUBBARD in reply, the motion was negatived upon a division by 67 to 28. NATIONAL EDUCATION IN IRELAND. Sir H. CAIRNS moved a resolution, " That the rules sanctioned by the Commissioners of National Education in Ireland on the 21st day of November, 1863, are so far as regards their operation on the aid afforded to convent and monastic schools, at variance with the principles of ' the system of national education." The question, he ob served, was one the importance of which could not be over stated, the annual grant paid from the public purse amount ing to £315,000, and the number of children being 600,000, and the rules referred to had been condemned by some of the warmest friends of the system as fundamental changes in its principles, quite irrespective of religious denomina tion. The model schools, which were intended to provide teachers, had been an object of hostility to the Roman Ca tholic clergy, who at the same time had made a demand for separate training for Roman Catholic teachers. The Board of Education bad nominally refused this grant, but in sule stance they had granted it ; ana the consequence of this was that if such a concession was made to oue denomina tion it must be made to all, and this must lead to separate education. He proceeded to narrate the proceedings of the Board with relation to the convent schools, and he read a description of these schools in a report by Mr Sheridan, a bead inspector (a Roman Catholic), which he thought should have called for a different kind of action from the Board. Under the pressure of the Roman clergy, how ever, the Board, he contended, had violated the original rules in regard to the convent schools, and by the rules of November the Commissioners had departed from the prin ciples of the national system, and sanctioned a separate training estalishment paid by the State, the amount given to the convent schools being withdrawn from the model schools. The Board had offered a defence of the rules which he insisted was no justification, but was contra dictory and inconsistent with facts; and in their reply to a letter of Sir R. Peel, complaining of the changes made by them in the fundamental rules of the sys tem, the Commissioners claimed an uncontrolled power over the public grant. If the house, he said in conclusion, de sired to maintain the system of national education in Ire land, he called upon it then to show the Commissioners that the course they had pursued was not approved by the house. The motion was seconded by Mr DAWSON, who would prefer to the present Board three paid Commissioners. Mr O'HAGAN, as one of the Commissioners assailed by Sir H. Cairns, replied to charges against them which he declared he knew to be utterly unfounded. The real object of the accusation was, he said, not the rules of the Board, but to destroy a great institution and substitute a board of paid commissioners. He would demonstrate that there had been no fundamental change in the rules of the Board, or any change that in any degree conflicted with the principles of the Board or was at variance with their established prac tice. He proceeded to justify the acts of the Commissioners from au early period in regard to convent schools, which were known to be in connection with the Board in 1854. The principle of the Board, which had adapted itself to the peculiar circumstances of Ireland, without any departure from the great principle of religious freedom, was to esta blish rules and regulations of such a character that there should be no possibility of proselytism and no interference with th© religion of children. He read testimonies to the character of the convent schools, and though he admitted that the report of Mr Sheridan was not favourable to them, he was encountered by a whole host of other in spectors. The model schools were not the sole establish ments for the training of teachers; the monitorial system had been in operation 20 years, and was changed year after year, and nobody supposed that these were fundamental changes in the principles of the Board, nor was there any pretence for such an allegation. As to the model schools being training establishments for teachers, there was no authority for this assertion. This was not contem plated ; they were intended, as the very name indicated, to be models for other schools, not for training teachers. Upon the whole, he contended that, whatever might be the real object of the motion, the argument in support of it had Mr WHITESIDE referred to the number of protests (including that of Sir R. Peel) against what he termed an act of arbitrary power, which had been justified by Mr O'Hagan. He disputed the theory as to the model schools _ _ propounded by Mr O'Hay,an, and complained that these schools were in process of destruction by the denunciation of the Roman Catholic children to be withdrawn and trans- ......... ferred to the convent schools. He indicated what appeared to him to be the aim and the effect of these cmventual establishments, and appealed to evidence of their state and condition. The true object of the Romish Church in Ire- [and was, he observed, to abet a Complete separation be ween Roman Catholics and Protestants. The debate was then adjourned. The remaining business having been disposed of, the house adjourned at twenty minutes to two o'clock. Strange Suicide at London Bridge, Yesterday morning Mr. William Payne, coroner for the city of London and Southwark, held an in quiry respecting the death of Richard Barrett, aged 43, who committed suicide at London-bridge. John Barka, 6, Little Manchester street, Bethnal green, said that the deceased was a tailor by trade, and lived with him. He had been living for twenty years with a woman who left him seven weeks ago and got married. He was much distressed in con sequence. At times he seemed to be out of his mind, and he used to jump up in the middle of the night and ran out saying, " All the people in the house are going to murder me." For some time past ho was out of work, and he was very poor, not even having a table in his room. Last Sunday week he went to see his sister, who was living in St. Pan eras, and of whom he had lost sight for twelve years. She " disacknowledged" him, and said, " I do not know you. You are not my brother. My brother has been dead some years." He returned home in a most agitated state, and said to a little girl, " I will kill myself." He afterwards locked up his room, went out, and witness never saw him alive after. He was a man of very sober habits. William Jones, a working man, said that on last Thursday morning he was on the steps at the City aide of London-bridge, when he saw the deceased Th lyin g Oa his fac e , p ar tl y covere d b y the water. ere was a mark of a Fievern injury on the temple, evidently c aused b y a fall. The deceased had ap parently leaped from the bridg e i n t o t h e r i ver . George S m i th, 602 City Police, said that ha was called by the last witness at six is th e morn i ng , and found the deceased lying near the steps of London'bridg e • '-' 4 O one saw him get into the water. ad n Papers. T His in r the friends were discovered by means o f said ne t w h s at th e case was clearly one v e h r e t i C s i or g o n e of suicide, though there Ives no legal evidence of the faot. The Jury returned a verdiet.....o That deceased was found dead in the Thames at L on d on-bridge, but how he came into the water there was no di rect evidence to prove." " ESMERALDA," by M R FRY, the :American composer, (so long talked of) has at last been produced at Philadelphia; and, so far as we can understand the iv, w York Musical Review, with success. [ AD V E RTISEMENT.]—COIISUMptIOI2, all nervous, bilious liver, and stomach complaints, in every stage, are Only ag gravated and accelerated by drugs of every description, but perfectly curable by Du Barry's health restoring Revalenta Arabica Food, as proved by thousands of cases which had been considered hopeless. We quote a few.—Cure No. 62,914. Miss Lange, 18 years of age, cured after the medical men had abandoned all hope.; of , her recovery from the last stage of Pulmonary consumption, with fearful cough, expectoration , exhaustion, spitting of blood, perspirations, hollow cheeks, emaciated to a skeleton. She is now, thank God, a perfectly healthy, blooming, fleshy girl.—N. Lange, Commissaire de Police. Cure, No. 40,270. Mr. James Roberts, of Friin ley Surrey, of thirty years' diseased lunge, spitting of blood, liver derangement, and partial deafness.—Cure, No. 47,121. Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of extreme nervousness, indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and nervous faacies.—Cure, No. 4 ,816. The Rev. James T. Campbell, Fakenham, Norfolk, of indigestion and torpidity of the liver, which had resisted all medical treatment. In tins, lib, 2s 9d; 21b, 4s 6d; 51b, 11s; 121 b, 2 25; 241 b, 40s. Barry du Barry and Co., No. 77, u e g en t - street, London ; also Fortnum and Mason; and all grocers and ehezntote lu every town of the United Kingdom THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 15 1864. The Paper Trade, A meeting of the paper manufacturers of Great Britain and Ireland was held at the Bridge -house Hotel, London-bridge s yesterday, to consider what steps should he taken to relieve the trade from the disastrous effects of recent legislation. There was a very large attendance of gentlemen connected with the trade from all parts of the coun try, among whom were Messrs. Evans, Wrigley, Chator, H. Hall, J. G. Smith, H. Bruce, Garnet, Pirie, Mayfield, Clark, M'Donell, Ingham, Rout ledge, B. Brown Scott, Barbridge, Tod, Secretary to the Scottish Association, and Barlow. Mr. EVANS, President of the Association of Paper Manufacturers, having taken the chair, expressed his satisfaction at seeing so large a muster of persons connected with the trade, showing, as it did, the great interest that was felt in the welfare of the manufacture in which they were engaged. At the meeting held in Manchester in January last certain resolutions were adopted, pointing out the general conditions of the trade and the manner in which it had been effected by recent legislation. A com mittee was then appointed, and they prepared cer tain propositions, which having been sanctioned by a meeting of the trade were submitted to Lord Pal merston in March last. In consequence of the ills ness of Lord Palmerston an answer was not re ceived till the 2d of May, in which, after acknow ledging the receipt of the memorial, Mr. F. Peel said :—" I am to state that her Majesty's Govern ment cannot hold out any prospect of a grant, as suggested, from the Consolidated Fund to reim burse the duties charged abroad, or the resimposi tion of a duty on paper imported into this country. With respect to the suggestion that a Commission I of Inquiry should be appointed, I am to observe, that since a commission of this nature sat in the year 1861, my Lords, while entertaining no objection in principle to such a course, are doubt ful whether Parliament would be inclined to grant it, and also whether it would not be injurious rather than beneficial by exciting hopes in this country which are not likely to be realised; partly by creating among papermakers in foreign countries that jea lousy with respect to the exportation of rags which has proved so serious an obstacle to the endeavours her Majesty's Government have made to obtain from other governments a remission or reduction of the duties which many of them now levy." The chairman then observed that a great amount of ignorance prevailed upon the subject. He had been asked why it was that foreign papermakers were able to produce cheaper paper than English paper makers. The answer was so obvious that it was hardly necessary to reply to the question. Yet it might be desirable to enter somewhat briefly into the grounds of their complaint. The British papermakers manufactured paper in excess of the supply of materials to be obtained at home, in consequence of which they were obliged to obtain the raw material from abroad, and thus the price of the raw material was regulated by the price at which it could be obtained from abroad. But a duty of from 25 to 30 per cent. was added to the price of rags from abroad in consequence of an export duty imposed by foreign countries, and this affected the price of rags to be obtained at home. Rags were sold to the French manufacturer at £22 a ton, but a deity of £5 being imposed by France on rags exported obl i ged the English manufacturer to pay £27 a ton for the same article. In Germany the export duty was £9 per ton, notwithstanding which some rags were imported from that country. It followed, therefore, that foreign paper manufaca turers had an advantage of Lo and £9 a ton on the raw material ; but, inasmuch as it required a ton and a half of rags to a ton of paper, the advan tage really was £7 and £l4 a ton. Up to 1854, when the tariff was revised, Mr. Wood, the chairman of the }hard of Inland Revenue, and Mr. Jas. Wilson, had their attention called to the subject, and they recommended a differential excise duty in order to counterbalance the advantage which the foreigners derived from their export duty on rags, and this they estimated at id per lb on the importation of foreign paper. This continued up to nearly 18.59, when a commercial treaty was entered into with France ; but unfortunately it was entered into without the paper trade being made acquainted with its terms, by which it was provided that foreign paper should come to this country free of the penny differential duty. It was not till after this arrange ment had been completed that the paper trade were made aware of the contemplated change. They then immediately took steps to bring the matter under the notice of the Government. Their fears were at ono time somewhat allayed by its being announced that France had conceded the abolition of the export duty on rags; but it ultimately proved that the only alteration was to give France an ad vantage of 25 percent. 'There had been an attempt to stigmatise the trade as being desirous of returning to the protective system. This was untrue. All they desired was to be placed in a position by which they might fairly compete with the manufacturers of paper in foreign countries. Whatever advan tages they might possess by means of machinery or superior skill ought not to be neutralized by mere fiscal regulations. They complained that in the commercial negotiations by this country with France their interests had been neglected. The Chancellor of the Exchequer had attempted to show that the papermakers of this country were in a posi tion to compete with foreigners, and that they ex aggerat cl,the difficulties under which they laboured. He would content himself with giving a denial to that statement, without entering further into the subject. It now remained for the meeting to de termine what should be their future course in order that some remedy for their present position might be obtained. Mr PIRIE then moved the following resolution— " That looking at the urjust positioa in which the paper manufacturers of this country are placed in consequence of the whole of their supply of mate tittle being enhanced in price by foreign taxation, from which their foreign competitors are free, the reply of her Majesty's Government to the resolution submitted by the trade to Lord Palmerston is un satisfactory in the extreme." lie thought that when they had shown that in consequence of the course taken by the Government the paper trade hai been placed in a false position they had a right to ask of the Government to devise a remedy. The answer therefore which had been given to their application was most unsatisfactory. Mr MITCHELL seconded the resolution, which was I unanimously adopted. Mr WRIGLEY then moved, " That this meet ing deeply regrets that the Chancellor of the -Exchequer, in his speech on the introduction of the Budget, should have put forth ex parte state ments for the purpose of justifying the change in the law effected in 1860, which statements were in many cases incorrect, both an to fact and inference, and, in so far as they were intended to show that the trade at the present moment is in an equitable position to compete with the protected manufac turers abroad, were entirely groundless and nnwar. rantable." They were all of one mind, he observed, that the case of the papermakers of this country was one of grievous and unparalleled injustice; but they believed that at some future time, according to ell human laws, they must have redress. He could not believe, until he saw the whole free trade system withdrawn, that any Government would long stand by and permit such a state of things to last. His object, however, in addressing the meeting was to express his opinion as to the conduct of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. He had uniformly opposed them, and in a manner which convoyed the idea that he had in some way a feeling of hostility towards them. He had not even shown them the ordinary courtesy to which they were entitled when they reqaested to be heard in explanation of their case in answer to the attacks made upon them. It was the duty of a public man, when he sought to interfere with a certain branch of industry, to con sider whether the course he was pursuing was right or wrong. They repudiated the idea of ask benefit. Wh at they complained of was ing to impose a t ax upon the public for their own exclusive that using forei gn rags as their raw material they in were by the act of Government deprived of the legitimate profit th ey were entitled to. Mr. Gladstone would have people believe that the paper manufacturers were able to compete with foreign ers notwithstanding the tax imposed upon them. He (Mr. Wrigley) would not say whether they were able to carry the additional load or not, but he still would [Os *hy should there be any load at all P What offended him most in Mr. Gliastone'a proceedings was that he at. .te'apted to persuade the Government anti country that the paper trade was merely suffering under the ordinary effects of a transition from a system of pro tection to a state of free trade ; and that the case of the papermakers was similar to that of those whose interests were affected by the repeal of the corn laws. There was no similitude whatever between the two cases. There were no impediments in the way of the growers of corn. But Mr. Gladstone was obstinate and would not learn the distinction. The import duty of ld a lb. on paper recommended by Mr. Wood and Mr. Wilson was a fair equivalent, and not a protection in the way that a tax upon corn was. But although the foreigner paid an additional penny, he still exported his paper to this country, which proved that he could manufacture with greater advantage than the British papermakers. It was said that a larger quantity of paper was ex ported from this country than at any previous date. That might be. They did not complain of demand; what they complained o f was aw want a n w t want of profitupon what they manufactured. In short, they wished to be placed in the same position as other branches of industry. Mr. M‘DoNELL seconded the resolution, which was also agreed to. Mr. BRUCE then moved "That this meeting can not refrain from expressing the great disappoint ment and dissatisfaction felt by the trade at the treatment they have received at the hands of her Majesty's Government during the last four years, and it is resolved that immediate application be made to the House of Commons for a committee to inquire into the positi on o f t h e trade with respect to foreign taxation." He said that the abolition of the differential duty on paper was an act without a parallel in !.egislation. It was virtually enacting a law for the protection of foreigners against native manufactures. Mr. GARNET seconded the resolution, which was adopted. Mr. SMITH, of Markinch, then moved, "That with a view of extending a just appreciation of the merits of the case a conference be sought with members of the House of Commons at which a deputation of papermakers may give such explanations as to the condition of their trade as :may be necessary for it to be fully understood." Mr. SCOTT seconded the resolution, and spoke at some length on the desirability of the trade avail ing themselves of the new materials of manufacture. The CHAIRMAN said the use of the new materials was beside the present question. It was only when rags were at a certain price, that the article esparto a sort of grass—could be used. But there was also another thing to be considered. If by the use of other materials the price of rags should be reduced the effect would be to proportionately increase the foreign duty. _ _ Mr. WRIGLEY said the question of the new mate rial had been made a great bugbear. Those who talked about a new material did so as it the British papermaker were to hare the exclusive benefit of it, forgetting that the only possible operation it could effect would be to reduce the price of rags. No one ever contemplated that any new material could be a substitute for rags. Rags would at all times be their sheet anchor of supply. Besides, by introduc ing a new material, foreigners would derive as much benefit as themselves. If they reduced the price of rags at home, they would also reduce the price abroad. It was the relative price, and not the actual price of which they had to complain. The resolution was then agreed to. It was then resolved that the rneetingreferred to in the last resolution should be held at the West minster Palace Hotel on Friday next, and that the committee and such others of the trade who could conveniently attend should constitute the deputa tion. A vote of thanks was then passed to the Chair man, and the meeting broke up. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TIMES.—The constant repetition of events which marks the Virginian campaigns bears witness to the unwearied perseverance or the one party and the heroic resistance of the other. There are two distinct theatres of war which become the scene of the campaign, according as the invading General tries to reach the Confederate capital direct from the banks of the Potomac, or by establishing a base of operations on the Peninsula formed by g P io ap a p o a f haii thenockpsthe a O n n d e seat the O c t' h w i c a k r i , h t o h m e r r i ey the York an d J ames r i vers. The region of the furryi m n k t e forms the other. The one is associated with the disasters of Pope and Burnside and Hooker ; the other witnessed the greatest Federal disaster of the war—the defeat of M'Ciellan after an immense loss of life, and the re-embarkati on o f h i s d i minished army at Harrison's Bar. It has been the fortune of General Grant to perform on both scenes. He ties fought some of the severest battles of the war on the direct road between Washington and Rich mond, and now he has brought round his army almost to the ground which proved so fatal to his predecessor, M'Ciellan, in the summer of 1862. We know that on the 26th of last month Gen. Grant, finding Lee's position between the North and South Anna rivers to be too strong for attack, suddenly abandoaed his own linen, and moved by the left to the Pamunkey, as if to seek an easier access to the hostile capital. This movement, which seems to have been skilfully executed, took up the 27th and 28th, and when the month came to an end the two armies were again watching each other is new positions, Lee having swung round his left wing so as to face the enemy and cover Richmond once more. His new loft wing held Hanover Courthouse, a little place some 10 or 12 miles from 'Richmond, and his right rested on the Chickahominy, below Mechanicsville. Thus were the two great armies almost in the posi tions which have been made memorable by the campaign of the year before last. A Federal Gene ral was near Richmond, bat not so near as General M'Clellan in the summer of 1862, when he flatlet the disastrous battle of Fair Oaks within sight of the enemy's housetops. White House, on the York River, instead of the Potomac, had become the base of Grant's operations and the source of his supplies, so that the most skilful and fortunate General of the North, after losing an immense multitude of men in a direct advance, had been obliged to retract his boast of persevering on that road " all summer," and had practically converted the campaign into an expedition to the Peninsula. We have now to watch the progress of this second series of opera tions, and learn by the event whether the manoeu vres which Grant has so promptly executed have been the result of well-grounded calculations. If mere proximity to Richmond were proof of coming success the Federals of course might be congratu lated by their friends. The bulk of Grant's army is but a few miles how the Confederate city; one of his corps approaches within sight of it. His troops are fighting at Cold Harbour, a little way to the north. east of the town, while Gen. Butler, though closely besieged, is actually at Bermuda Hundred, only some 15 miles to the south of it. But, as has been said, the Federals have been actually nearer the place be fore, and yet were compelled to a calamitous retreat. Moreover, Gen. Grant could at any time have placed himself where he now is without any previous fight ing at all, and have begun the campaign without having suffered the slaughter of a series of useless battles. We must, therefore, in considering his chances of success, look less to the distance be has already come than to the probability of his complet ing the other 10 or 12 miles which are necessary to give him possession of Richmond. He has fought battles and been repulsed, and changed ground to fight again and be repulsed once more. At last he has come to a point where he must win by sheer boldness and o b st i nac y, or not at 1 a.l . We cannot conceive that he will be able to make any more marches to his left. He cannot desire to get down among the swamps of Chickahominy, and in the heat summer to place his army OR the spot which was so fatal to M'Clellan's soldiers. He cannot but remember, a!so, that from that side Richmond is defended by works which were almost impregnable two years ago, and which have since been strecgth et:od with all the skill of the Confederates. Their leaders have always been preparing against any sudden advance of an enemy up the Peninsula, and probably would like nothing . better than that the Federal commander should attack them from a quarter which would give them the best chance of victory. It is, we think, most likely that General Grant will use all his strength to drive back the Confederates from the positions they now occupy, and that the fortune of the campaign will be de cided without any more manoeuvring. For this work Gen. Grant hes been strengthened to the full power of the Federal Government. From all parts of the country troops appear to be hurried to Virginia. The States which have been this year virtually re conquered by the Confederates—Louisiana, Arkan sas, and Texas—have been so easily ceded by the Federal Government because everything else is postponed to this critical operation of the war. It is not indeed impossible that Grant's army, after all its terrible losses; is as strong now as it was when the campaign opened. It is well appointed, and lacks nothing that greenbacks can procure. Its equipment is perfect, its artillery numerous, its T•-ovisions at r - present abundant, its nea;;...' for the moment good, acid its spirits such as the spirits of Americans always are. It will fight as well as it has hitherto done, and will bear the slaughter of a third of its numbers with the equanimity which so surprises turdpeate. The General will, doubtless, use all his energy and at. tack the enemy who knows that all depends on his success. On the one side are fame, popularity, the highest honours, the Prtsidency itself; on the other are obscurity, slander, and the association in men's minds with a Pope and a Hooker. A man who has done so much as Grant will struggle with despera tion to do more. All that we can be sure of is that the Confederates will have to stand the shock of a very powerful army wielded by an energetic will; and we may further presume that if they succeed in worsting such an antagonist, the effect on the Northern people will be greater than has been hitherto produced by any campaign. What, then, are the chances that the Federal General will enter Richmond ? At present it can only be said that the Confederates give no sign of yielding. Grant has made his last flank movement only to find his adversary in a position as strong as Spottsyivania or the South Anna. Two attacks have been made on the new lines, and both have failed. The first was on the Ist of June, when the Federal left, under Generals Wright and Baldy Smith, made an attempt to turn General Lee's right, near Cold Harbour, and thus, if possible, cut him off from Richmond. The whol e arm y was h e ld in reade ness for a general attack, but, owing to the failure of the left, the order to advance was withheld. In this affair the Confederates are described as fighting f rom intrenchments, which were again comma n d e d b y ot h er works in the rear, —a piece of noteworthy intelligence, since it shows the completeness of the Richmond defences, and the power of the Confederates to resist even such an army as Grant can bring against them, No better success has attended the last attempt which was made on the 3d, after the opposing armies had been five days in their new positions. In this case we have the despatch of General Grant himself, so that there can be no doubt of the result. After the battles of last month, the loss in this action may be naturally described as " not severe," but we learn from official despatches that it amounted to 3,000. From these events it is fair to conclude that the capture of Richmond, if it ever take place, will be accomplished only by a sacrifice of life horrible to think of, and far beyond the military value of the contest. To take the city has been made a point of honour by the Fede rals, and, though they know well enough that its capture would do little to bring the war to an end, they go obstinately on because to desist would be to confess defeat. But what Americans them selves think of the campaign is pretty welt indi cated by the st a t e o f the money-market. It is sufficient to say that, in spite of the financial ex• pedients of Mr. Chase, the price of gold has now risen to 92 premium. If the Federals be the best judges of their own affairs, the fact betokens no speedy end of the contest. POST.—The expenditure of money, which does not come dire c tly ou t o f your own pocket, is so proverbially easy a task, that most prudent almo ners are content to stake their credit, not on the amount of the dole distributed, buc upon the wor thiness of the object or objects upon which it is bestowed. The " liberality of Parliament" is a phrase which we hear not infrequently applied, as if our assembled legislators made donations out of their own proper moneys, instead of being simply the stewards or dispensers of the nation's charities and gratuities. In reality, a Parliamentary vote of money is merely the conduit pipe through which the stream of his country's bounty is directed when the Government of the day think fit to give it some special direction. Theirs accordingly is the responsibility, not only of the original selection ; but, in nine cases out of ten, of the amount of the donation. Parliament indeed may, and occasionally does, alter the sum proposed, but rarely or never initiate the proposal itself. The only difference which exists between a pension granted by Parlia ment, and one charged upon the civil list, is that the latter is granted by the Prime Minister, subject only to the approbation of the Sovereign, while the former has to run the gauntlet of the House of Com mons, where, if it is on any account unreasonable, it is pretty certain to be tolerably well picked to pieces. A curious instance of the precise similarity of the grounds upon which soon pensions are awarded from both funds has occurred within the last few days. It was only last week that the House of Commons resolved, ?amine contradicente, to grant an annuity of £l,OOO, in augmentation of a similar uurn already voted by the Council of India to Lady Elgin, the widow of one who had served his country as truly and as unselfishly as any of the knights of old. There was hardly a quarter of the globe to which he had not been despatched, and scarcely an important dependency, Australia, ex cepted, in oar colonial empire which he had not visited in the discharge of his duty. He had been Governor of Jamaica, Governor-General of Canada, Plenipotentiary to China and Japan, and finally Viceroy of Hindustan, where he may be said to have fallen at his post. He knew when he last went out to India that he was of a habit in many respects unfitted at his time of life to cope with a treacherous climate; yet he never hesitated for a moment to step into the breach which was already blocked by the corpses of his two immediate predecessors and contemporaries, Lords Dalhousie and Canning. That he should have died comparatively a poor man for his station in life is hardly perhaps a matter for special eulogium, since it is happily some time since English statesmen have sought to enrich themselves at their country's expense. But that, had his life been prolonged, his salary as Governor-General would have enabled him to make a provision for those who might survive him, was simp y a noto rious fact, and could not have been ignored, with any common justice, by the representatives of those whom he had served so wisely and so well. The moderate annuity which has been voted to his relict has been simply the discharge of an obvioas liability, and might, it' necessary, have been justified on grounds of policy quite as much as on those of prin ciple. Within a day or two ulcer the passing of the vote the roll of civil list pensioners for the present year was publisLed. At the head of this also figures the name of a lady, once the wife, and now the widow, of one who deserved emphatically well of his country. There are few among us whose pulses do not even now b ea t qu i cker at any allusion which brings before our eyes th e th r illi ng time of anxiety and suspense which dragged us through the long weary mouths o f t h e summer and autumn of 1857. The one luminous point in our horizon, otherwise all overclouded until the fall of Delhi, was the gallant stand made by the stout British hearts who upheld the honour of England at the " leaguer of Lucknow." Foremost among them from the first i . n military comm an d, and, after the death of Sir Henry L awrence , i n the undivided responsi bility which he assumed with regard to the whole conduct of the sie ge , was John Inglis, then a simple lieutenant-colonel of the 32d Foot, and by mere accident commander of the only garrison which stood the shock of the mutiny between Allahabad and Meerut. As not unfrequently happens, his honours came only too late for him. The diva- sional com man d to which he was appointed in India he was compelled to relinquish by the failure of his health. A comparatively easy berth for him was found at Corfu, but there an early grave speedily closed over his career of usefulness. He died, comp ara ti ve l y speaking, a young man, having enjoyed the prime of his profession too short a time to do more th an meet the inevitable expenses en tailed by th em . F rom the strain upon his consti tution, which had been produced by the effect of so many months of fearful and incessant responsibility, he never wholly ra lli e d , and left behind him a widow who, t oge th er with four of her surviving children, had shared all the horrors of the siege. There is not a single individual who will not rejoice to learn that a pension of '5OO has been bestowed by Lord Palmerston, as the almoner of the royal bounty, upon Lady Inglis, " as an acknowledgment of the brilliant services of the late Sir John Inglis during the Indian mutiny, especially the gallant defenc e of th e R es id ency at Lucknow. " There are few, if any, claims which can come more home to the heart of the nation, or which render a person a fitter recipient of her Majesty's pension. So lon as such cases are select e d out of the multitude of those which are an nua ll y pressed upon the notice of the Premier, failure may lead to undue disappoint ment, but can never be productive of jealousy. We can hardly expect men to act with that coolness and decision which are req u i s it e upon a per i lous emergency if their thoughts are perpetually dis tracted by anxieties on behalf of those whom they may leave behind. Their widows and orphans are, and ought t o b e , t h e care of a grateful country, which does not spare her sons, and which must not spare herself w h en they have fallen, substantially in her service, and at the poet of duty. [ADVER TISEMENT.]—.HoIIoway's Ointment and Pills, — For bad legs, bad breasts, and scorbmic or ecrofulous sores, this is a genuine specific. The grateful and earnest testi mony of thousands who have experienced their unrivalled power over these complaints, and who have been raised from prostrate helplessness and a condition loathsome to themselves and others renders it quite unnecessary to en large in this place on its extraordinary virtues. The parts affected should be bathed with lukewarm water, and when the pores are thereby opened the ointment should be rubbed in at least twice a day all round the complaining parts. It then penetrates to the seat of the disorder, and effects a thorough and permanent cure. These preparations are composed of rare balsams, as mild as they are efficacious. LONDON GAZETTE,—Last Evening, WINDSOR CASTLE, JUNE 10. The Queen was this day pleased to confer the honour of Knighthood upon Williani Shee, Esq., one of the Judges of her Majesty's Court of Queen's Bench, 1 --, Gr.e.EioN OFFICE, JUNE 2. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Sidney Smith Saunders, Esq., now her Majesty's Consul at Alex andria, to be her Majesty's Consul-General is the lonian Islands. _ The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoiat George E. Stanley, Esq., now her Majesty's Consul at Jeddah, to be her Majesty's Consul at Alexandria. The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint the Hon. Berkeley Wodehouse to be her Majesty's Ct,nsul in Zante. The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint Charles Sebright, Esq., to be her Majesty's Consul in Cephalonia. Assistant Inspector of Studies, vice Brevet Major Charles john. Gibb, Royal Engineers, promoted. MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. Surgeon Major Nesbitt Heffernan, M. 8., from the 11th Foot, to be Staff Surgeon Major, vice W. G. Trousdalls M.D., who exchanges. cons, Surgeon Gavin Ainslie Turnbull, from the 6 th D ra g to:be Staff Surgeon, vice J. E. Clutterbuck, M.D., appointed to the 42d Foot. Staff Assistant Surgeon Benjamin Hinde, to be Staf f Surgeon, vice William Kelman Chalmers, M.D., deceased. Assistant Surgeon George Carleton Clery, from 9th Lancers, to be Staff Assistant Surgeon, vice G. F. SPIT , M.D., who exchanges. Michael Finucane, Gent., to be Staff Assistant Surgeon> vice Benjamin Hinde, promoted to the Staff. Dawson Dean Heather, Gent., to be Staff Assistant Sur geon. VETERINARY DEPAATMENT—Peter Moir, Gant., to be Acting Veterinary Surgeon, vice T. J. Richardsons Pro meted to Ist Dragoons. BREVET. Colonel Henry Aylmer, on the retired full pay lie of the Royal Artillery, to be Major General, the rank being honorary only. Lieutenant Colonel Charles Thomas Trower, 103i1 Foo t , who retires upon a pension, to have the honorary rank Colonel. Paymaster Roger Sheehy, 74th Foot, to have the hono raryH rank of Captain. on. Assist Surgeon Samuel Mason, in medica l charge of the Lunatic Asylum at Madras, to have the honorary rank of Sureon. The undermentioned officers, having completed tho lifying service with the rank of Lieut Colonel , to be Colo.- nels, under the provisions of the Royal warrant of the 1011 of October, 1858 : Lieut Colonel George Bourchier. C. 8., Royal Artillery'. Lieut Colonel Wm Olpherts , C.B Royal Art illery. Lieut Colonel Thomas B romhead Butt, sth West India Regiment—Capt. James Henry Lawrence p t ' Archer, from the 60th Foot, to be Captain , vice who exchanges. " 79th Foot. 4. 0 Discovery of the Body of a Female 1 11 v Thames. f a t the An inquest was held on Monday nigh"; King's Arms Tavern, Rotherhithe, on the 11014 in female, which was discovered a few days since the river Thames in a state of nudity. This stran ge r i s and suspicious circumstance created 0012eile h r p a i excitement in the neighbourhood, the belie f 7 -I : 3 d li that the unfortunate woman had been murde red , the body having been stripp e d thrown in to th water. The matter was co mmun i ca ted to P' r d Mayne, and two detective officers were ihstrue't to make every inquiry, which th e y h a d done, bu t without effect. Both the officers alluded to "ler present during the proceedings of the iequ est L n i. William Dixon, a labourer, living in Eier — t land, Rotherhithe, deposed that on Friday be Was „ e , work on board a dredger off the Horns pnblich ° ; g i Rotherhithe Stairs. About ten minutes aft er s , o'clock in the morning he (witness) noticed e°—m „er thing at the bottom of the water, and directly a f t a decd body rose to the surface, and he with ae gis & ante succeeded in securing it. An officer Eate ry/1'1 ;p took charge of the body, and it was taken t ° da , dead-house of the parish. The body was m ach composed, and had no clothing on whatever. be Dr. W. Mindook, of Rotherhithe, stated t hat f $ had examined the body, and f ou nd it was tha t e ve female apparently about thirty years of age' e d body, which was perfectly naked, was far ad'f i t as in a state of decomposition. One of the lips The wanting, and the head was denuded of hair. Ti . deceased had no doubt been in th e water fora e°- siderable time. The learned Coroner said there was no doubt the r , case was one of a most singular character. VDQ tunately, however, it was impossible, from the '3,'6.ats of decomposition of the body, to make anY de , fication so that further inquiries might be In e 00 Again, as there were no clothes, there WA ° as chance of gaining any clue in that way. I le It afraid the case could not b e carr i e d any further, '- of course if the poli ce h ear d o f anything m ore they could act upon it. wale!! The Jury ultimately re t urne d an open to the effect that the deceased was found dead 1 the river Th ames , b a t h ow s h e ca me there t here was no evidence to show. JUNE 11. The Queen has bum pleased to approve of Don Miguel Suarez y Guan's as Vice-Consul at Sierra Leone for her Majesty the Queen of Spain. 'TUNE 13. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Capt. William Roberts as Consul at Glasgow for the Republic of Hayti, WHITEHALL, JUNE 11. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Sir Robert Anstruther, Bart., to be Lieutenant and Sheriff-Principal of the Shire of Fife, in the room of James Hay Erskine Wemyss, Esq., deceased. DOWNING-STREET, JUNE 11. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Charles William Franks, Esq., to be Colonial Treasurer for the Colony of British Columbia. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, JUNE 14. 6th Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Morgan James Saurin, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice S. C. Du Vernet, transferred to the 6th Dragoons, 7th Dragoon Guards—Captain Crofton Toler Vandeleur, from the 10th Hussars, to be Captain, vice William Chaine, who exchanges. 2d Dragoons—Lieutenant George Cleghorn, to be Captain, by purchase, vice George Barrington Price, who retires —Cornet William Connel Black to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Cleghorn—Francis Glennie Farquhar, Uent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Black. 6th Dragoons—Lieutenant Alexander Frederick Stewart to be Captain, by purchase, vice Alexander Weir, who re tires—Cornet St. Aubyn Henry Player to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Stewart—Cornet Sydney Charles Du Vernet, from the 6th Dragoon Guards, to be Cornet, vice Player—Surgeon John Sheldon Furlong, M.D., from the 42d Foot, to be Surgeon, vice G. A. Turnbull, ap pointed to the Staff. 9th Lancers—Staff Assistant-Surgeon George Frederick Spry, M.D., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice George Car leton Clery, who exchanges. 10th Hussars—Captain William Chains, from the 7th Dragoon Guards, to be Captain, vice C. T. Vandeleur, who exchanges—Cornet Arthur 'Wyatt Edgell to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Henry Price Holford, who retires—Thomas Algernon Smith Dorrien, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Edgell. 21st Hussars—Lieutenant Howard Coghlan, from the Ben gal Cavalry General List, to be Lieutenant, vice Charles Willoughby Gabb, who reverts to the position his name still occupies on the Bombay Cavalry General List. Royal Artillery—Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel Peter Maclean to be Colonel, vice Colonel H. Aylmer, retired upon full pay—Captain and Brevet-Major Arthur Comyn Pigou, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Brevet- Colonel Maclean—Second Captain William Noel Waller, to be Captain, vice Pigou—Lieutenant George Erskine Callender, to be Second Captain, vice Waller—Gentle man Cadet Herbert John Ouchterlony Walker, from the Royal Military Academy, to be Lieutenant, vice Cal lander. Grenadier Guards—Captain and Lieut.-Col and Brevet- Colonel his Serene Highness Prince William Augustus Edward of Saxe-Weimar, C. 8., to be Major, vice Brevet- Colonel the Hon, R, W. Penn Curzon, C. 8., who re tires upon half pay—Captain and Lieutenant Colonel the Hon, Richard Charteris, from half pay late Scots Fusilier Guards, to be Captain and Lieutenant Colonel, vice Brevet Colonel his Serene Highness Prince William Augustus Edward of Saxe-Weimar, C.B.—Lieutenant and Captain Henry Fanshawe Davies to be Captain and Lieutenant Colonel, by purchase, vice the Hon. Richard Charteris, who retires—Ensign and Lieutenant Charles Edward Henry Stanley to be Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, vice Davies—the Hon. William Henry Pere grine Carington to be Ensign and Lieutenant by purchase, vice Stanley. Scots Fusilier Guards—The second Christian name of En sign and Lieutenant Campbell is " Bulkley," not " Buckley," as stated in the Gazette of the 10th of May, 1864. Ist Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant John Heron Maxwell to be Captain, by purchase, vice Montagu Adam H. Legge, who retires—Ensign George Paterson to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Maxwell—Edward Gordon Gyll, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Paterson. 2d Foot—Ensign Henry Hodges to be Lieutenant', by pur chase, vice John Mackie Laurent, who retires—Edward Ashton Hughes, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Hodges. sth Foot—Major William Lawes Peto, from half pay, late 13th Foot, to be Major, vice Arthur Scott, who retires upon temporary halt pay—Captain George Carden to be Major, by purchase, vice 'William Lawes Peto, who re tires—Lieutenant Henry Hartley Taylor to be Captain by purchase, vice Carden—Ensign Arthur Manley Hill to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Taylor—John Bra- Man Kemeys-Tynte, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Hill. 11th Foot—Major and Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Henry Radford Norman to be Lieutenant Colonel, without pur chase, vice Brevet Colonel H. Erringtcn Longden, C. 8., who retires on half pay—Captain Cuthbert Barlow to be Major, without purchase, vice Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Norman—Lieutenant John Bartholomew Corballis to be Captain by purchase, vice Barlow—Ensign George Coope Holme to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Corballis— John Spencer Fullett Osborne, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Helms—Ensign John M'Carthy O'Leary has been superseded for being absent without leave. 11th Foot—Ensign Richard Squire Imhoff O'Brien, from 2d West India Regiment, to be Ensign, vice Vaughan, promoted—Staff Surgeon William Green Trouedell, M.D. to be Surgeon, vice Surgeon Major N. Heffeynan, N. 8., who exchanges. 14th Foot—Lieutenant George Leslie Bryce to be Captain, by purchase, vice Brevet Major Maxwell Lepper, who retires--Ensign Aubrey Lisle Patton to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Bryce—Samuel John Revell Toms, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Patton. 15th Foot—Ensign Philip Caddel to be Lieut,, by pur chase, vice Charles Clifton Tabor, who retires—George Charles Daintry, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Caddell. 25th Foot—Staff Surgeon-Major Duncan Donald M'Cay M'Donald to be Surgeon, vice "Lobed Browne, deceased. 27th Foot—The commission as Lieutenant of Richard Hamilton has been antedated to the 12th of June, 1863. 28th Foot—Lieutenant Thomas Edmund Adams to be Captain, by purchase, vice William Gordon Shute, who re tires—Ensign Nathaniel Robert Slator to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Adams Orfeur George Parker, Gent,, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Slater, 33c1 Foot—Ensign Craven Charles Goring to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice George Beresford Dears, who re tires—Ensign George Frederick Arthur, from 3d West India Regiment, to be Ensign vice Calvert Dunbar Steer, deceased—Ferdinand James Tidmarah, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Goring. 37th Footl-Captain Thomas John Lucas, from half-pay, late Cape Mounted Riflemen, to be Captain, vice E. J. N, Burton, who retires upon half-pay—Lieutenant Samuel Hawkes to be Captain, by purchase, vice Thomas John Lucas, who retires—Ensign Henry Edward Gaulter to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hawkes—William Mathias Cartwright, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Gaulter Archibald M'Donald Beamish, Gent., to be Ensign by purchase, vice W. M. Cartwright, transferred to the 45th Foot. 42d Foot—Captain Loftus John Nunn, from half-pay late 99th Foot, to be Captain, vice Joseph Charles Ross Grove, who retires upon temporary half-ply—Lieutenant the Hon. Randolph Henry Stewart, to be Captain, by pur chase, vice Loftus John Nunn, who retires; Ensign James John Peter, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice the Hon. R. H. Stewart—Henry Richard Stanhope Foley. Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Peter—Staff Surgeon James Edmund Clutterbuck, M.D., to be Surgeon, vice J. S. Furlong, M.D., appointed to the 6th Dragoons. 45th Foot—Lieutenant Henry Blakeney Hayward, to be be Captain by purchase, vice Henry Leach, who retires— Ensign George Grant Peterkin, to be Lieutenant. by pur chase, vice Hayward—Ensign William Mathias Cartwright from the 37th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Peterkin. The second Christian name of Lieutenant Charles Forbes Leith is Edward. 53d Foot—Lieut David James Kilgonr Sangster, from the 106th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice W. Ainsworth, who exchanges. 58th FciotEnsign Harloven Morley Saunders to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice William George Clayton Wade, who retires—Rit hard Hoggard Harrison, Gent„ to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Saunders. 60th Foot—Lieutenant James S. Hamilton Algar to be Captain, without purchase, vice James Hare, appointed Adjutant of a Depot Battalion—Captain Henry Taylor, from the sth West India Regiment, to be Captain, vice J. H. Lawrence-Archer, who exchanges—Ensign Thomas Wentworth Martin Edmunaa to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Algar—Ensign, Orfeur George Parker, front 98th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Edmunds. 68th Foot—Ensign Alfred Gordon Howard to be Lieute nant, by purchase, vice Benjamin Oliver Johnson, who retires—Herbert Chesshyre Molyneux, Gent., to be En sign, by purchase, vice Howard. 72d Foot—Thomas Clifton Wilkinson, Gent,, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice George Henry Tragett, who retires. 80th Foot—Ensign William Kelly Westropp to be Lieute nant, by purchase, vice Samuel Pollock Mnirhead, who retires—Joseph Renny Macy, Gent,, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Westropp. 96th Foot—Lieutenant Francis Lennox George Grey to be Captain, by purchase, vice Alfred Edward Cookson, who retires—Ensign John Gillespie, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Grey—George Farie, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Gillespie. 103 d Foot—Major William Stuart Furneaux to be Lieute nant-Colonel, vice Charles Thomas Trower, who retires to upon a pension—C a pt a i n G eorg e Edward Hernebe Major, vice Furneaux—Lieutenant the Hon Horace Miles Hobart to be Captain, vice Herne—Ensign Arthur Melvill Hogg to be Lieutenant, vice Hon H. M. Hobart, 106th Foot—Lieutenant William Ainsworth, from the 53d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice 1). J. K. Sangster, who ex changee. 107. h Foot —Lieutenant William George Baker Garrow, from the cadre of the late 2d BombsyEurionpfeaanntlryn:Navnhtireyh, to be Lieutenant, vice. S. De F. Roche, whose appoint ment from the late 6th Bengal Europea n appeared in the Gazatte of the 31st of May, has been cancelled. Rifle Brigade—Ensign George Larc om to be Lieutenant, by purchase , vice Clinton Fraser Renshaw, who retires —Francis Gilbert Dyke Acland, Gent., to b 3 Ensign, by purchase, vice Larcom. 21 West India Regiment—Richard Squire Imhoff O'Brien, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Phelps, protected —Sergeant Henry William Stainforth, from the Rifle Brigade, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice R. S. I. O'Brien, transferred to 11th Foot. 3d West India Regiment —George Frederick Arthur, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Graves, promoted. DEPOT BATTALION—Major Edward Willian! Blacket', from half-pay late Rifie Brigade, to be Major, vice Arthur Wombwell, w h o retires upon half-pay—Captain Jame s Hare, from 60th F oot, to be Adjutant, vice F. Padfield, promoted. RECRUITING DISTRICT —Lieutenant Henry Mant Gilby, from halt-pay late 32d Foot, to be Adjutant, vice 'William Frederick Lowrie, who resigns that appointment. ROYAL MILITARY ACADEMY (Woolwich) -- Captain Edward Jackson Bruce, of the Royal Artillery, to be COUNTRY MARKETS. LEEDS—TUESDAY. There was a fair show of fresh grain this week, both b i t water and rail. The attendance of buyers to-day is 63111 . 8 0 ,0 Factors are very firm, and last Tuesday's extreme po fiat) are maintained on the sales effected. Oats and Deans q as dear. Avera t s - es—June 13—Wheat 41s Old per gr• —Barley —s Od -- - —Oats - - —Beans 37s Hid —Peas ..—s O 1 • BRISTOL—TUESDAY. There was a very thin attendance of millers to-day. only a limited business was done in English wheat at lae week's rates. However, th ere was an inquiry for foreir, wheat of strong quality, of which ou r mar k e t i s almost c o o . tirely tree, at late pric es . B ar l e y and iatb.er articles in 113 derate demand. • MELTON MOWBRAY—TUESDAY. The following were the currencies :—New white w heat ! 41s Od to 45s Od ; new red, 36s Od to 40s per 36 s tone t. beans, 393 to 41s for o ld ; new sor t s , 35 s to 37s Per 3813 1 t. o; barley, 33s t o 35 s for malting, and 27s to 29s per g r ' 2 53 grinding; new oats, 21s to 24 s Od p er 24 stone; old, to 238., LIVERPOOL--TUESDAY. tri There was a fair att en d ance b o th o f t o wn and COdilonieg dealers at market to-day, with an active business :not in wheat and fl o u r , and 'he prices were the turn taga'o,- buyers, the decline no t e d on Friday being in a great not sure recovered. O a t mea l was more inquired for, bu, "0 , dearer. Oats only a li m it e d b us i ness, but nominally t altered in p r i ce . I n I n di an corn there was a slow st le ' o g a 28s per 4801 b for mixed American. Barley, beans, and 1? dull, and quoted rather easier than last w eek's prices. MARKET HARBOROUGH—TvEsDA Y • ge' White wheat, 408 to 44 5; re d , 36 s t0 :39 0 per 36:2 90 Malting barley at 33s t o 36 s per qr. ; grinding, 275 or a° per 30 st, Oats, old, 27s t o 295; new, 20s to 210 P at. ; beans, 35s ) 43s per qr. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Ti e IS. Australia and Mauritiu s , v i a Southampton.... •" — l3 • via Marseilles ........ .. . njo 5. brazil and Cape V er d s , b y B r i t i sh packet. ....... Tune 29 Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena.. Tu a is. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southatoptor".,-' - „ e 2/. via Marseilles .• • Falkland Islands .. • • t u rie ols. Gibraltar, via Southampton India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southaropton• • 7,...„ e 2/. India (Bombay), via SouthampvtioanMarseilles.. .. ............... 25 0 .. Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton ...... Jule 5 via Marseilles ..... J un e ., 6. , Newfoundland Oporto and Vigo 9,1 ' Jute .. . U. S. and British N. A mer i ca , b y B r i t. packet.. • • by U.S. packet... • • (I 11. by Canadian packet All parts of West Indies, including Chili Peru, 1 June 28 :, California. and British Columbia. 1••••• 1 '''' r`i" ingAthTeTßHi Right htRev.MEETING MonsignorsO THE Manning,AEM DA D. read t ! very masterly paper en " Th e R e l a ti on o f Reason 137 P; Revelation." The application, towards the close of it, Aristotle's eefinitiou of Wisdom to Theology was exqu iPit i cAD ACADEMIA eve n' The number of patients relieved at the Hop i"' for Diseases of the Heart, 67, Margaret-street, CavendiSiv. square, was 149 during the week. ENGLAND AND SWITZERLAND..—" It has evidently boe l/ Mr. Benson's object to render them rivals in point of hati t i of decoration to the elegant Swiss k nick nacks, and at o'l same time to preserve the c haracteristics of an English Wst'" —strength, durability, and accuracy. In point of decoration his watches are certainly unsurpassed." — Standard, pica. 1 50 1862. Births. BARRON.—On the 12th inst., at 8, Rue Circulaire, F Ari6 the wife of Captain Wm. Barron, of a son. Darttsox —On th e 12 t h i nst., at Meanwood-park. L e eds' the Hon. Mrs. Wm. Beckett Denison, of a d a ughter: of GUISE.--On the 12th i nst., at 54, Ebury-street, t h e w ife Colonel Guise, V.C., of a daughter. MAIN GAY.,-On the 13th inst, at at Streina, Tunbriclogfe; wells, the wife o f William Bonamy ' Maingab son. Marriages. BA u ish BANNISTER.--CARTER.—On CARTER.—On the 7th inst., at t.e P- r f church of Dewsbury, th e R ev . F re d er ic Bannister, 010 Bedford, to Sar a h R ose tt a , d aug ht er o f the late W * Carter, Esq. TURLE.—SMITIL—On the 13th inst., at Trinity Church' Eastbourn e , Willi am G reen T ur l e , Esq., 60th /34.„.Yair Rifles, to Harriott Eat on , y ounges t d a ughter of item' Smith, of St. Leonard's-on-Sea. Deaths. BRITTEN.—On the 13th inst, at 20, Hanle road, Horns e i: road, John Britt en , Esq., formerly of Basinghall - st reet, aged 79. GILLETT.—On the 12th inst. at at his residence, 18, FEe ley New-road, St. John'; •wood, Henry Gillet ) aged 66. HAIL—At Sierra Leone, of hardships in the Ashantee Or' Captain Th omas Hugh Vans Dalrymple Hay, four th son of the late Sir James Dalrymple Hay, Bart. LINES,—On the 14th inst., at Charles-terrace, Victorit park, Mr. J o h n Philli ps Li nes , f or 35 y e ars Secretary °3l Lloyd's Patriotic Fund, aged 64. WasoN.—On the 12th inst., in London, Wm. S. Wilson, Esq., of Norwich, aged 56. London : Printed and Prblished by WILLIAM AM of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at THE SUN Office kW' / 17 Strand, in the Precinct of , the !Savoy. . n the Couo l l Miitileeez.—Wedu es d a y, June 15,1861.