The Sun.
London, England, 1862-07-03 00:00:00

ISSUE DE:

ARTMENT.

Votes issued ..........X30,080,010, Governh;ent Debt £11,015,000
Other Securities .. 3,031,900
Gold Coin &Bullion 15,430,011
, Silver Bullion.

£30,080,010

X 30,080,010
RANKING DEPARTENT.
E'roprietors' Capi- 1 Government Scen-
ts' £14,553,000( rities (including
Rest
E'ublic Deposits (in- nuity) .£11,083,251
eluding Exche- Other Securities 21,528,788
quer, Savings' Notes
Banks, Commis- Gold and Silver 790,761
missioners of Na- Coin
tional Debt, and
Dividend Ac-
counts) 0,672,315
Other Deposits 13,851,869
Seven Day and
other Bills

615,5C6

£41,876,955 1
W.

July 3, 1862.

£41,5N,955
MILLER, Deputy Cashier.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT

HOUSE OF LORDS—This EVZNING.
The LORD CHANCZLLOR took his seat on the woolsack
at the usual hour.

COURT' OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE.

Lord BROUGHAM introduced a bill the object of
which was to authorise suits for decrees of legitimacy and
suits for a decree_for the validity of marriage to be tried by

a jury.

TRUSTEESHIPS.

The LORD CHANCELLOR brought in a bill relative
to trusteeships. The noble and learned lord spoke in so low
a tone of voice as to be quite inaudible in the gallery.

The bill was read a first time.
LEASES AND SALES OF SETTLED ESTATES.
Lord CHELMSFORD brought in a bill to amend the
section of the Leases and Sales of Settled Estates Bill.
The bill was read a first time.
THIRD READINGS.

The following bills were read a third time and passed :
Cardiff Borough—Garston and Liverpool Railway—Kent
County Gaol and Lunatic Asylum—Liverpool Fire Pre-
vention Acts Amendment—Tupton sand Ashover and Bir-
kialane Roads Bill.

DEBT OF JAMAICA.

The Earl of DERBY said on Friday the 11th, or

if that day should be inconvenient, then on Monday,
the 14th, he should call the attention of their lordships to
the correspondence laid on the table with respect to the
debt due from the island of Jamaica.
HIGHWAYS BILL.

Their lordships 'went into committee on this bill.
After a long and uninteresting discussion the first four
clauses were agreed to.

Clause 5 was agreed to after it had been amended by the
Earl of Carnarvon.

LEFT SITTING.

HOUSE OF COMMONS—Tins DAY.
The SPEA3ER took the chair shortly after 12 o'clock.

PRIVATE BUSINESS.
The following bills were read a third time and passed :
Dundalk and Enniskillen Railway—Hatfield Chase Level.
GREAT NORTHERN AND WESTERN (OF IRE-
LAND) RAILWAY BILL (LORDS).
Col. W. PATTEN moved that the resolution, which
upon the 17th day of June was reported from the select
committee on standing orders, in relation to the Groat
Northern and Western (of Ireland) Railway Bill, be re-
committed.—Agreed to.
PAROCHIAL ASSESSMENTS BILL.
On the motion for going into committee on the bill,
Mr. KNIGHT moved an amendment to the effect that
the house resolve itself into such committee upon this day

three months.
After a short discussion the house divided, and the
numbers were :--
- •

Aye 5......
Noes
Majority
The house then went into committee.
Six clauses were agreed to, and at 10 minutes to four the
Chairman reported progress,
The sitting was then suspended.
At six o'clock the house resumed, and was

LEFT SITTING.

AMERICA.

A BATTLE NEAR CHARLESTON.
GREAT LOSS OF LIFE ON BOTH SIDES.

NEW YORK, JUNE 23, EVENING.
(Per steamer St. George, via St. John's and
Greenock.)

A bloody battle was fought near Charleston on
the 16th, with heavy loss on both sides.
The Charleston Mercury expresses apprehensions
for the safety of the city.
General Besuregard has arrived at Montgomery,
en route for Richmond.
The reinforcement of Jackson is confirmed.
The Federal mortar fleet has left Noy Orleans
for Vicksburg.

Su __.A. despatch re-
BURNING OF A LARGE ou":. wriardy, from the
ceived at the Admiralty from '
On Tuesday, the
officer commanding her Majesty's e-1 penguin, reports
the destruction of a large ship ,5 27 s., and long. 24 6
29th of April, when in abouitiil,
Lieut. WHardy concluded
E., a light was observed,
d :ediately ordered steam to be got
was a ship
on fire, and
immediately
assistance. At a littla before
up that he might reu-eirno. day, passed about 250 yards to
Lievsuee:s:
two a.m. on the 0
"I
vetsel, she being in one sheet of
windward of a burningifr
ai to within a few feet of her foremast.
flame from her
traefutly examined the bowsprit and jibboom,
After he had ea
the place where
any one who remained on board would
gone to, he concluded that there was no living per-
have
B°l2 011 board'
fired a gun and burnt a long light to attract attention, and
lay to in sight of the burning ship until daylight, keeping
the light at the mast-head. At daylight he passed close to
the burning vessel with the hope of discovering her name ;
but she suddenly disappeared. He cannot state wheth:r
the vessel was barque or ship rigged, for he did not see the
tnizenmast standing ; but an officer on board the Penguin
.tates positively she was ship rigged, and that he saw the.l
mizenmast mast go over the side with the wizen topsail
set. She was a vessel of at least 800
tons.
The sail on
the foremast appeared very white,
and
dPo her fore royalroably of cotton
ve
canvass. The truck did not come close above
rigging ; but there was a pole to her royal mast, and the
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truck was either gilded or covered WithP