The Sun.
London, England, 1860-06-01 00:00:00

CORN EXCHANGE.

An unusually small supply of English wheat was exhi-
bited on the stands to-day, coastwise and by land-carriage.
The attendance of both town and country millers was
small, and most kinds of wheat changed hands slowly, at
Monday's currency.
Upwards of 12,000 qrs. having come fresh to hand sales
progressed slowly. In prices, however, no change took
place. There was only a limited inquiry for floating cargoes.
We have to report a very inactive demand for all de-
scriptions of barley, at Monday's decline.
Fine malt moved off steadily ; other kinds slowly, at late
rates.

There was a fair consumptive demand for oats, but no
change took place in the quotations. _

Beans, pens, and flour were a slow inquiry, but not
cheaper. The imports of the latter from the continent has
been tolerably good.

ARRIVALS THIS WEEK.
Whelt. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour.
Eng,r1i5h.......... 910 70 1,230 I 1,090
........ -- I 2,600
Foreign ........ —12,270 4,930 8,350 I 1,670 sacks

STOI TINGI INTELLIG,ENCR.

TATTERSALL' S—(YasTERDAY.)
ASCOT CUP.
6to 4on Thermanby
6to 1 agst Promised Land (taken)
10 to 1 agst Gamester (offered)

ST. LEGER.
3to 1 agst Thormanby (taken)
ASCOT STAKES.
Bto 1 agst Flitch (offered)
Bto 1 agst Ancient Briton (offered)
12 to 1 agst Duneany (offered)

MANCHESTER RACES.-WEDNESDAY.

The Phillips Handicap of 60 sous, for all ages ; certain

winners extra. About five furlongs.
Mr. Copeland's Lady Grosvenor, by Sweetmeat, 3 yrs,
6st 121 b (W. Bottom) 1
Mr. Dawson's Montrose, 3 yrs, 7st 21b (Bullock) 2
Mr. Osborne's Gay Girl, 3 yrs, Est (Auckland) 3
The following also ran :—Lansquenet, Jessamine, La
Hollandaise.

Betting-2 to 1 agst Montrose, 3to 1 agst Lady Gros-
venor, 5 to 1 each agst Lansquenet and La Hollandaise.
Won by half a length ; two lengths between seconi and
third; same between third and fourth.
Mr. Harland's Mirage, Bst, was weighed for, but did not
go to the post.
The Sapling Stakes of 10 sous each, 5 ft, with 100 added,
for two-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Sst 41b ; certain
winners extra. 30 subs. Six furlongs.
Col. Towneley's Doe Foot, by King of Trumps, Bst 41b
(J. Snowden) 1
Mr. Windsor's Amain, Bst 71b (Challener) 2
Mr. Gill's Lily, Bst 41b (Bullock) 3
The following also ran :—The Sage, Lopcatcher, Royal
Princess, and Emblematic.
Betting-5 to 4 ag3t The Sage, sto 2 agst Doe Foot, and
5 to 1 agst Royal Princess.
Won by two lengths ; a length between the second and
third ; same between third and fourth.

The Union Cup of 200 sovs in specie, added to a Handicap
Sweeptakes of 5 sovs each, for three-yr-olds and up-

wards. Certain winners extra. One mile and a quarter.
Mr. Copperthwaite's Rising Sun, 3 yrs, Est llb (W. Bottom) 1
Mr. J. Osborne's Ripon, 3 yrs, Est 51b (Grimshaw) 2
Mr. T. Dawson's Sir William, 3 yrs, 6st 51b (Madden) 3

The following also ran Jack Spring, Master
Bagot, Lansquenet, The Druid, Lady Mary gelding, Sut-
ton, Lady Elizabeth colt, Miss Lucy, and Libellous.

. . ,
Betting-6 to 4 agst Sir William, 6to 1 agst Miss Lucy,
8 to 1 each agst Sutton and Rising Sun, 10 to 1 agst Druid,
100 to 8 agst Ripon, 100 to 7 each agst Clio and Master
Bagot, and 20 to 1 agst Jack Spring.

Won by a head ; same between the second and third ;
Clio was beaten three lengths. Master Bagot was fifth :
Sutton, sixth; and Miss Lucy next. Grimshaw, the rider
of Ripon, broke a stirrup leather on entering the straight.
The Tenth Manchester Produce Stakes of 10 soya each, h
ft, with 100 added, for three-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b ;
fillies, Bst 41b ; 31b and 51b allowances ; certain winners
extra. 42 subs.

Baron Rothschild's Restes, Bst 21b (Charlton) 1
Mr. I'Anson's Bab at the Bowster, Bst 41b(Withington) 2
Mr. Osborne's Birdcage, 7st 131 b
Mr. Whitworth's Sister to Rylstone, Bst 41b (J. Snowden) 4
Betting-4 to lon Restos.
Won by four lengths ; the others beaten off.

The Trafford Handicap of 5 sovs each, with 50 added; cer-

fain winners extra. One mile. 15 subs
Mr. Copeland's Rameses, 3 yrs, 6st 81b (Bolton) 1
Colonel Towneley's Griffin, 4 yrs, 7st 101 b.... (Snowden) 2
Mr. Rich's Adelaide, 4 yrs, 7st 71b (Grimshaw) 3
The following also ran :—Homeward Bound, Lustre,
Miss Hawley, and Lazy Lass.
Betting-3 to 1 agst Griffin, 7to 2 agst Lazy Lass, 4to

1 agst Miss Hawley, 11 to 2 agst Rameses, 6 to 1 agst Ado-
[aid e.

Won by half a length; a length between the second and
third.

The Maiden Plate of 50 sous, for horses that have never
won that sum at any one time ; three-yr-olds, 7st ; four,
Bst 41b ; five, Bst 91b ; six and aged, Bst 121 b ; mares and
geldings allowed 31b. Mile and a quarter.
Mr. I'Anson's Bab at the Bowater, 3 yrs, 6st 1 llb
(Grimshaw) 1
Mr. Bradshaw's Andy, 3 yrs, 7st (J. Snowden) 2
Mr. Osborne's Honeymoon, 3 yrs, Cat 1 11b. , (Challoner) 3
Mr. Cliff's Jasper, 3 yrs, 7st (Gardener) 4

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT`.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(YESTERDAY.)
The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.

The Lords' amendments to the East Somerset Railway
Bill, and Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton. and
Severn Valley Railways Bill were considered and agreed
to, and the bills were ordered for third reading.
The Horsham and Guildford Direct Railway Bill, and
North Kent Water Bill were read a third time.
The following bills were considered and ordered for third
reading :—Border Counties and North British Railway
Companies; Dover Gas; Dumfries, Lochmaben, and
Lockerby Junction Railway; Newcastle-upon-Tyne and
Carlisle Railway, and Port Carlisle Dock and Railway, and
Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway and Dock Companies ;
Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor Railway ; Galashiels,
Innerleithen, and Peebles Railway; Kilrush and Kilkee
Railway and Poulnasherry Embankment ; and West of
Fife Mineral Railway.

PETITIONS.
Several petitions were presented praying for the suppres-
sion of prize-fighting; for adopting means of purifying the
Thames ; for the house maintaining its privileges intact in
reference to the recent vote of the House of Lords, &c.
CHINA.

Lord J. RUSSELL laid on the table further correspon•
dente with Mr. Bruce in reference to China.

TAXATION.

Lord FERMOY gave notice that on the motion for the
adjournment of the house to-morrow be would ask the
Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, as the House of
Lords had rejected the bill for the repeal of the paper duty,
he proposed to remit any other tax, considering that one
penny per pound had been added to the income-tax.
THE ACCIDENT AT THE CURRAGH.

In reply to General PEEL,
Mr. S. HERBERT said that he had received a letter,
addressed to the Military Secretary from General Sir Geo.
Brown, on the subject. The right hon. member read the
letter in question, which stated that the officer in question,
Captain Collis, had been shot while proceeding incautiously
to the camp during the time rifle practice was going on at
the Curragh. He acted against the order of the command-
ing officer, and inquiry would be instituted into all the
circumstances connected with the unfortunate event.
THE ARMY ESTIMATES.

Major EDWARDS asked the Secretary of State for
War, whether any correspondence had passed between the
War Office and the Treasury, or any other department of
the Government, respecting the omission from the army
estimates of the usual vote for the annual training of the
Yeomanry Cavalry ; and, if so, whether he had any ob-
jection to produce such correspondence. Ire drew th•
attention of the house to the fact, that when the
country was threatened with invasion by the
first Napoleon, they had a force of 300,000 vo-
lunteers at their disposal. (Hear.) He believed that
the omission proposed would have a most injurious
effect on the cavalry force, and would prevent their retain-
ing as good horses as they would otherwise have done. He
eulogised the volunteer force, and contended that notwith-
standing opinions to the contrary, they would be found
brave and effective when an emergency which required
their. services arose. The gallant gentleman cited the
statement made by Pitt on the subject of providing ade-
quate defences for the country, and called on the house not
to sanction a vote that would impair the efficiency of a con-
stitutional force that for two centuries had rendered the
country good service.

Sir J. TRELAWNY called attention to the selection of

lieutenant-colonels of regiments upon the relative posi-
tions of the Guards and Line in cases of exchange; and
asked whether the grade of salaried full colonels might not
be abolished (as regards the future) without disadvantage,
and so as to effect a considerable saving.
General PEEL said he wished to offer a few observations
before the hon. gentleman the Secretary of "War replied.
He considered that it was most desirable there should be a
permanent and adequate peace establishment, and he denied
that the expenditure for war purposes justified the terms
extravagant and unnecessary which had been applied
to it. He referred to the opinions of some of
the most eminent military authorities to prove that
an increase in the army had become necessary, and he
said that the Government of which he had been a member,
acting on those opinions, increased the forces by over 6,000.
The hon. and gallant member then entered into different
details in support of his views. He contended that every
opportunity should be afforded to the militia in order
to render them efficient, considering the valuable
services they might render the regular troops.

He thought that if they were not made effective
it would be better to abolish them altogether. lie ex-
pressed considerable approval of the volunteer force, and
maintained that it would be impracticable to effect any re-
duction of the estimates dependent on the number of men
iu the army. Notwithstanding this it was now proposed
to reduce the army estimates by £lB,OOO, while they in-
creased the number of soldiers. There was also to be con-
sidered the expense that would be incurred by the erection
of the barracks that was proposed.

Mr. J. LOCKE called the attention of the house to the
claims of the artificers of the Land Transport Corps en-
listed during the Crimean war, for the non-fulfilment of
the conditions under which they were so enlisted ;
and asked the Secretary of State for War,
whether it was the intention of the Government to satisfy
those claims, or to cause an inquiry to be made respecting
them. He said that there had been an inadequate inquiry
into this subject, and considered that there should be
a commission composed of persons competent to de-
cide the claims made by the corps in question. This corps
was enlisted under peculiar circumstances. In 1856 it was
considered necessary to form a corps containing a body of
artificers to serve in the Crimea. These men were earning
a competency for themselves, and yet they came
forward voluntarily to enlist. They were enlisted not by a
common sergeant but by a captain in her Majesty's service,
and placards were distributed amongst them stating that
they would receive ss. or 6s. a-day. It was also stated to
them that they were to serve for two years, and if they
were required for a further period they were to serve for
two years longer by an order of council. Thirty of these
men had made a declaration to this effect on their oaths be-
fore a magistrate. Notwithstanding this agreement 130
of the men were discharged after seven months' service
with a pound, which was all that would be given to a com-
mon soldier. Another body of 170 men had been sent from
Malta to England, and discharged at Bristol, having been
previously discharged at Bristol. He complained that
the Government had broken faith with these men, and that
they had been treated in a one-sided way in the inquiry
that had been instituted.

Alderman SALOMONS said that he was lord mayor at
the time when these men were discharged, and when they
applied to him they appeared all to be respectable
artificers. They had been seduced from their employment
by representations which were not realised, and he thought
their case was one of great hardship and called for redress.
Tt was true, according to the terms of the proclamation,

that the Government reserved the right of discharging
these men at the end of the war, but he contended that to
all intents and purposes they were to be considered as hav-
ing had a yearly engagement.
After a few words from Colonel NORTH,
Mr. DEEDES expressed a hope that the Secretary of
War would give an explicit answer with respect to the
questions relating to the Militia.
Col. LINDSAY called the attention of the house to the
army promotion warrant of Oct., 1858, in respect to the
position of certain general officers who accepted
promotion on half-pay, in accordance with the
terms of the general order of the 25th day of

April, 1826, and-are now receiving only the half -pay of
their former regimental commissions. And also to the
medical warrant of the Ist day of October, 1858, in respect
to its retrospective action upon certain efficient medical

officers.
GENERAL SIR C GREY'S APPOINTMENT.

Sir D. L. EVANS, in rising to draw the attention of the
house to the recent appointment of the Hon. General Sir
C. Grey to the colonelcy of a regiment, observed :—A no-
tice stands in my name respecting the recent appointment
of General the Hon. Sir C. Grey to the sinecure colonelcy
of a regiment. That notice has been caused somewhat ac
cidentally. In the Committee on Military Organization I
took the liberty, a few days since, of asking the Secretary
for War, in the course of his evidence, a question, which is
reported in the following words :
"In the highest appointments (for which you are re-
sponsible) you include, do you not, nominations to colonel-
cies of regiments ?—Yes.
" There has been an appointment (to a colonelcy) which
attracted a good deal of public attention ; did that appoint-
ment come under your notice ?—Certainly ; I am respon •
sible for it.
"I do not wish to press the question, but it might, per-
haps, be agreeable to you to state the reason for that ap-
pointment ?—I would sooner you 'pit that question to me
in the House of Commons."
Now, I consider this invitation as leaving me no option but
that of submitting the question, which I now do, on the
present motion. And, considering the very serious princi-
ple involved in this recent appointment, I am very glad
that it has thus devolved to me to bring it to issue ; for, if
it is to be regarded as a precedent, it is but right that the
fact should be made known to the army and to the public.
In 1633 a select committee was appointed to inquire into
the grounds of similar sinecure nominations. In the evi-
dence of the late Lord Raglan (then Lord Fitzroy Somer-
set) before that committee, the following questions and an-
swets are recorded :--
"Do you not consider it essential to the good of the
service that the Commander-in-Chief should have the
power to select the most meritorious officers for those
which are appointments of reward, and not exactly
appointments to which duties are attached f--Yesl
consider that the just reward of individuals in all
ranks, but particularly in the higher ranks, is a very
im-
portant duty for the Commander-in-Chief to discharge, not
only as it affects the officers of the King's service, but the
credit of the country and the honour of his Majesty him_
self."
"Supposing (his lordship was asked) that there was a
general officer who had had short service, but who had had
an opportunity of distinguishing himself in the field, mid
that there was another officer of a longer service, but who
had performed that service in the colonies and had not had
the same good fortune in distinguishing himself—which of
those two classes would, as the gwaral principle, the Coln.