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London, England, 1865-07-08 00:00:00

Civil List Pensions.

The following is a list of all pensions granted be-
tween the 20th of June, 1864, and the 20th of June,
1865, and charged upon the Civil List (pursuant to
Act 1 Viet., c. 2) :
DATE OF GRANT, JUNE 19, 1865.

Dr. Robert Archibald Armstrong (in addition to a former
pension of £10), in acknowledgment of his philological
labours as a Gaelic lexicographer, £2O.
Mrs. W. Henrietta Bingham (widow of Colonel Charles
Bingham, of the Royal Artillery), in consideration of her
late husband's long and valuable services, and of the strait-
ened circumstances in which she and her children are
left, £l5O.
Mrs. Boole (widow of the late Professor of Mathematics•
in Queen's College, Cork), in consideration of her late
husband's distinguished attainments as an original ma-
thematician of the highest order, and of his remarkable
labours towards the extension of the boundaries of science,
£lOO.

Mrs. Mary Haydn (in addition to throe former pensions
of £25 each), in consideration of the literary merit of her
husband, the late Mr. Haydn, author of " Dictionary of
Dates," "Book of Dignities," and other works, £25.
Mr. John Hayter, on account of his labours as a portrait
painter, £5O.

Mr. William Trowitt, in consideration of the long and
useful caroer of literary labour in which both ho and his
wife have been engaged, £l4O.

DATE or GRANT, Nov. 17, 1864.

Mrs. Bertha Hill, daughter of the late Robert Southey,
in consideration of thb services rendered by her late father
to English literature, £lOO.
DATE OF GRANT, June 19, 1865.

Mr. Henry Laing, in consideration of the services he has
rendered to the study of Scotch antiquities and Scotch
historical research, £5O.
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Mrs. Anne Leech (widow of the late Mr. John Leech),
in consideration of the merit of her late husband as an
artist, £lOO.

Mr. Richard Cockle Lucas, in consideration of his
merit as an artist, and of his having presented to the
Kensington Museum some valuablo ivory carvings and an-
tiquities, £l5O.

Dr. David Nicol, in consideration of his long and zealous
exertions for the moral and literary improvement of the
community in which he lives, and of the fact of his being
suddenly incapacitated by disease from the professional
practice which was his only source of income, £lOO.
Mrs. Elizabeth Reid (widow of Dr. Boswell Reid), in
consideration of the efforts of her late husband to promote
the knowledge of chemistry, and the practical science of
ventilation ; and of the narrow circumstances in which she
is left, £lOO.

Mr. Richard Spruce, on account of his contributions to
botanical and geographical knowledge ; the result of travels
in South America : and of his services in introducing cin-
chona (quinine) seeds into India, in 1860, £5O.
Mr. Thomas Wright, as an author who has contributed
much to English literature and political history, £65.
Total, £1,200.

STATE OF TRADE,

MANCHESTER, July 7.—The advices to hand from Arno-

rica to-day advising a rise in cotton from 41c. to 46c. per
lb., coupled with better advices from India, have had the
effect of producing a better tone in all kinds of shipping
yarns, and in many cases id. per lb. advance has been
paid over the prices paid yesterday. Business closes
with a decidedly better feeling, though there has not
boon much doing. But for the failure of the India
house announced to-day, we should doubtless have had

a much larger business. There has been a better market in

home trade yarns, owing to the reports from Liverpool, so
far as prices are concerned, but buyers have kept quite aloof
from business. In cloths, since Tuesday, our market has
exhibited but little change. There has been no disposition
to do business, and, though there were re-sale lots offering
at low prices, buyers seemed but little tempted to invest in
them. To-day, owing to the American advices and to the

influence of a better Liverpool cotton market, a rather more
cheerful feeling has prevailed, even to the extent of causing
some offers to be made for certain classes of India shirt-

lags but the result has been a very small amount of any
actual business. Sellers resume their quotations of Tues-
day, from which there has been a slight decline ; but there
are no operations to further test the value of goods.
Against the advices from America buyers have set the ac-
counts of failures published, and these have had the effect
of deterring people from further operations.
NOTTINGHAM, 7th.—There was a moderate attendance

at this Exchange-hall to-day, and the advices from Liver-
pool being good, the demand for lace yarns waS improved,
and late prices were well maintained. A small improve-
ment is also noticeable in the demand for hosiery yarns,
and recent rates may be quoted. Thrown silks are selling

ull prices. Spun silks quite as well sold. There con

tinues to be a steady demand for middle and fine qualities
of brown nets at fair prices ; coarse sorts have a heavy
sale, at rather less than prime cost.

THE LAST OF THE LATE PARLIAMENT.--The fol-
lowing are the only notices of motions which stand
in the order book of the House of Commons for the " next
Session" of the now dissolved Parliament :-1. Mr. Darby
Griffith,—Standing Orders:— To move the following reso-
lution :—That in future any amendment or alteration of
any of the standing orders of the House shall be considered
a matter of public business, to be brought on in the usual
manner at the time of public busthess. 2. Mr. Scully—
Tobacco—Select committee to inquire whether it would
be practicable to devise some convenient mode of levying
a duty upon home-grown tobacco, so as to permit its cui-
vation in.theee countries, without lope to the revenue.