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reverses. The Government were not responsible for the I LONDON GAZETTE.—( Tins Evening.)
accuracy of the telegrams which had been received from
Ragusa.

CAPTAIN COLES' SHIELD.
In reply to Admiral 'WALCOTT,

Lord C. PAGET said that Captain Celes' shield was to
be tried, and the Admiralty had communicated with him
on the subject, and the shield would be prepared in accord-
ance with his own plan and design.
CUSTOMS AND INLAND REVENUE BILL.

On the motion for going into committee on this bill,
Mr. NE WDEGATE repeeed the objections that, had
been urged last year to combining in one bill a number of
different items of public income. lie contended that such a
course was not only imminent, but unconstitutional, and
was leading to the introduction of a precedent that might
hereafter prove most dangerous.

Mr. BASS contended that the bill was equally objection-
able in principle and precedent, and that so far as the alte-
ration relating to hops was concerned it would be of no
benefit to the consumer.

Capt. DUNCOMBE criticised at some lehgth the general
financial policy of the Government, which he said was con-
ceived and carried out in a spirit of hostility to the landed
interest. He condemned the expenditure as too high, and
charged the Chancellor of the Exchequer with breach of
faith in not having repealed the income tax in 1860.
After some observations from Mr. Locap, Mr, DoDsoN,
and other members,
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER declined
to enter into the discussion either of questions such as that
referred to by Mr. New degate, which had already been con-
sidered and settled by the house, or of details, which had
better be reserved for committee on the bill.
The house then went into committee, and on the Bth
clause, rendering it imperative on private persons brewing
beer for domestic consumption to take out an annual
license,
Mr. BALL protested against the measure, on the ground
of its unfairness and injustice, especially to the agricultural
community.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER expressed
his willingness to defer to what appeared to be a very gene-
rally felt opinion, not to press the clause, which was, there-
fore, negatived accordingly.
Several amendments of a minor character were subse-
quently agreed to on the motion of the CHANCELLOR of
the EXCHEQUER, and ultimately the bill passed through
committee.

The Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Bill, the Lunacy (Scot-
land) Bill, and the Weights and Measures (Ireland) Act
Amendment Bill were severally read a second time.
The Moveable Property (Scotland) Bill and the Public
Works and Harbours Act Amendment Bill passed through
committee. . .

Mr. ADDERLEY obtained leave to bring in a bill to
amend the law relating to the giving of a d to discharged
prisoners.
Leave was given to the Lord Advocate to introduce a
bill to remove doubts concerning, and to amend the law re-
lating to, the private estates of her Majesty, her heirs and
successors.

The select committees on prosecution expenses and on
the Drainage (Ireland) Bill were nominated.
Leave was given to Mr. A. Ellis to bring in a bill to
amend the law relating to the duration of contested elections
for counties in Ireland, and for establishing additional places
for taking the poll thereat; also a bill to limit the time for
proceeding to elections in counties and boroughs in Ireland.
The other business having been disposed of, he house
adjourned.

SPORTING---THIS DAY.

CHESTER RACES, THIS DAY.

EY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.
CHESTERFIELD STAKES.

Egyptian. .
Lachesis

Juug Frau
Eight ran.
WYNNSTAY HANDICAP.

Voltella
Eidolan

Mayflower
Ten ran.
MOSTYN STAKES.

Carnival
Blithfield 2
Rudiments

Seven ran.
PALATINE CUP STAKES.

Royallieu 1
Dusk

Vest colt

Three ran.
GROSVENOR STAKES.

Sawcutter
Palestro
Dusk

Three ran.
SWEEPSTAKES OF FIVE SOVS.

Leontes
Harriet
Jacob

Five ran.
HANDICAP PLATE OF 50 SOVS.

Miss Julia
Hetty
Abron

Four ran.

LATEST BETTING.
CHESTER CUP.
6to lon the field (offered)
100 to 15 agst Zodiac (taken freely)
Bto 1 agst Silketone (taken)
7to 1 agst Fairwater (taken)
Bto 1 agst Stampedo (taken)
12 to 1 agst Caractacus (taken)
12 to 1 agst Hadji Stavros (taken)
15 to 1 agst Wild Rose (taken)
25 to 1 agst Brighton (taken)
33 to 1 Sappho (taken)
50 to 1 Vest colt (offered)
50 to 1 Prince of Denmark (offered)
100 to 1 agst Royallieu (taken)
THE DERBY.
7to 1 agst Buckstone (taken)
12 to 1 agst Stockwell colt (taken)

HER MAJESTY'S SHIP 6T. GEORGE.

VISIT OF PRINCE ALFRED.
This splendid specimen of the wooden walls o
Old England continues to be a source of great

attraction on the north side of the Firth. On Fr

day night, the shore at Burntisland was clad with
spectators, whose close p:oximity to the vessel

enabled them narrowly to watch the attemp
which was made about nine o'clock to get her off
the sandbank upon which she had unluckily
stranded. It seems that the chart used by the
master of the St. George was incorrect—the depth
of water at the spot where the vessel went aground
having been put down at 7 fathoms ebb-tide, while
the depth when the vessel struck was only 3f.
She floated easily about nine p.m. with the rise of
the tide, and was taken round during the night to
the west side of the Railway Pier, where she now
lies at anchor a quarter of a mile distant from the
shore. From morning till late at night on Satur-
day, pleasure and provision boats hovered round
of
the vessel—the former crowded with passengers
both sexes—the weather being fine —and the latter
laden with all the " loaves and fishes" Burntisland
could furnish, the demand exceeding the
u
Several trips to and fro were also made by supply.L
ferry steamers. No visitors were admitted on board
till afternoon, when all who came were courteously
e nt
part o f the
welcomed, and allowed to inspect
every
ship, the extremely tidy and efficient
e
appear-
ance of which was the c
sub.l.e t of universal wonder-
ment and talk, The stG
George has 91 guns
at present, instead of 86, and 875 men, of whom
150 are marines, Large numbers of the officers
and men have been ashore in Burntisland ; and on
Saturday Mr. Nicholson, locomotive superintendent
on the Edi •
nburgh, Perth, and Dundee Railway,
conducted a party, comprising
engineer, and others,
through the railway works
there, all the departments of which they regarded
wich much interest. Since the arrival of the St.
George, telegrams have been despatched to and
received from Balmoral several ti
ales daily by

Captain Egerton, and it is now certain that Prince

Alfred will leave Balmoral with the intention of
joining the vessel to-day (Monday), arriving in
Burntisland by the eight o'clock train this evening.
Captain Currie, of the Burntisland Artillery Volun-
teers, having offered the services of the company
as a guard of honour to receive the Prince on his
arrival at the Burntisland Station, had the follow-
ing reply by telegraph from Balmoral on Saturday
afternoon :—" His Royal Highness Prince Alfred
is sensible of your attention, but wishes to dispense,
with all ceremony on his return to the St. George.
Burntisland is quite on the qui vive at this unex-
pected visit of the Prince, and it will no doubt
_be.
difficult to render his reception totally void
.n.f dbe
monstration. Visitors, we understand,
wlwholee
gladly allowed on board the St. George the.
of Monday, and as it is expected that she will sail
for Plymouth on Tuesday evening
.to undergo re.
pairs, the present opportunity of seeing
.a handsome
ship-of-war in full
complement and in beautiful
order, ought not to be lost. It is reported, how-
ever, that she will again enter the Forth, and
up her present position on the 21st of this month--
with what intentions, or if the Prince is to remain
on board, has not been stated.—Scotsman.

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DOWNING-STREET, 111.8:r 12.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Joseph Moseley,
Esq., to be Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of i;er ni.,-
jesty's Forts and Settlements on the Gold Coast, and As-
sessor to the Native Chic's wittin the protected territories,
near or adjacent to the said Forts and Settlements.

Her I‘l,jesty has also been pleased to appoint James
Richard Hotlizan. Esq., to be Colonial Secretary and Clerk
of the Council of the Island of Barbados ; and Fleetwood
Wilson, Esq., to be Auditor-General for said Island of Bar-
bados.

DOWNING-STREET, MAY 13.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Anthony D 1 us-
grave Esq , to be Lieutenant-Governor of the Island of
SaineVineent.

The following notification is substituted for that which
appeared in the Gazette of the 9th May instant :
DOWNING STREET, MAY 13.

The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Right Rtv.
Piers Calveley Claughton, D.D., Bishop of Saint Helena,
to the Bishopric of Colombo, in the Island of Ceylon, va-
cant by the resignation of the Right Rev. James Chapman,
D.D.
Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint the Ten.
Thomas Earle Welby, D.D., Archde con of George, Cape
Town, in the colony of the Cape of Goof Hope, to be or-
dained and consecrated Bishop of Saint Helena, upon. tie
resignation of the Right Rev. Piers Calveley Claughton
D.D.

FOREIGN-OFFICE, MAT 5.
The Queen has been graoiGusly pleased to appoint
Edward 'Waiter Bonham, Esq., now her Majesty's Consul
at Naples, to be her Majesty's Consul-General at Naples.

WHITEHALL, Mar 1.0.
The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be
passed granting the effice or place of Lieutenant-Governor
of her Majesty's Hospital, at Greenwich, unte Rear-
Admiral Sir Stephen Lushington, K.C.8., in the room of
Rear-Admiral Sir William Fairbrother Carroll, deceased.
WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, MAT 13.
STORE DEPARTMENT.
Deputy Assistant Superin endent of Stores J. R. Hera-
path, from half-pay, to be Deputy Assistant Superinten-
dent of Stores.
The relativ3 Military Rank of Lieutenant, granted to
Deputy Assistant Superintendent of Stores R. 0. Day, to
f181594th, iNnsotveeamd obferllltahstF. ebruary,
as stated "Gazette" o er,
bear date the 13th D