biglam/hmd_newspapers huggingface dataset:
The Sun.
London, England, 1860-07-03

THE HOUSE OF LORDS.

Mr. BRIGHT presented a petition numerously signed,
but from the inaudible manner in which the hon. member
expressed himself we were unable to ascertain the
locality from which it emanated, against the alleged
unconstitutional interference of the Upper House in
rejecting the bill for the repeal of the paper duty. The
honourable member read the petition, which was very
voluminous, and set forth that in the opinion of the
petitioners the course pursued by the House of Lords was
unconstitutional, as measures relating to taxation, by the
theory of the constitution, originated with the House of
Commons, and any interference with them was an undue
usurpation of power by one branch of the Legislature.
London, England, 1860-07-03

YORK-JUNE 30.

Farmers brought a small supply of wheat to market this
morning, and the rates of The previous week were fully sup-
ported,

Wheat, red .52s to 54s Oats.... 275 to 30s
White do .56d to 60s I Beans 46s to 48s
Barley ..34s' to 44s Peas to —5

Malt, 68s to 70$ per qr. ;
40s per sack.

34s per qr. ; flour, 39a to

KIRKALDY—JUNE 30.
A rather small supply of wheat and oats to-day, and
three small parcels of barley. Sales ready. Wheat and
oats as before ; barley is up.
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Wheat Barley Oats
First.... 54s Od 35a 6d 28s Od
Second.. 58s Od —s Od 30s Od
Third .. 61s Od —s Odj 318 Od

COAL MAR]
Mecca of Coal per Ton ai

ET—JULY 2.
the close of the market.)
Walla End.

s. d.
Tanfield Moor 13 0
Tanfield Moor Butes 13 0
Howard's West Hart-

a. d.
South Hartlepool 17 0
Harton
Hetton lB 6
South Hetton 18 6
Thornley 15 6
Kelloe
Gosforth 16 0
Stewart's 18 6
Trimdon Thornley 15 6
Byron l6 3
Tunstall
Thorpe
Northumberland 16 0
Hilda l5 0
Hartlepool. lB 6
Haswell..... 18 6
Carway and Duffryn
Malting

ley 15 6
Lambert's West Hart-

ley ..16 6
Davison's West Hart-
ley ...15. 6
Byass's Bebsido West
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Hartley l5 9
Groy'sWest Hartley..ls 6
Buddle's West Hartley 15 6
Bate's West Hartley..ls 6
Walker Primrose 13 0
Hastingsllartley l5 6
Straker'sWest HaAleyls 6
Holywell 16 6
West Hartley 15 0
Eden Main 16 6
Holmside Gas l3 6
Ships at market,

233—501 d, 148.

THE VOLUNTEERS.—We are authorised to state
that Mr. Strode, of Camden-pack, Bromley, having placed
his beantiful grounds at the disposal of Lord Ranelagh,
Colonel-Commandant of the South Middlesex Corps, a
sham fight has been fixed to take place there on the after-
nom of Saturday, the 14th inst. The railway companies
have made most liberal arrangements for the conveyance
of the volunteers to Southborough station and back, from
Pimlico and London-bridge. Officers commanding volun-
teer corps in any part of the country can participate in the
fight by signifying their intention in due time to Lord
Ranelagh. _
London, England, 1860-07-03

KIRKALDY—Juxn 30.

A rather small supply of wheat and oats to-day, and
three small parcels of barley. Sales ready. Wheat and
oats as before ; barley is up.

Wheat Barley Oats
First.... 546 Od 35s 6d 288 Od
Second 588 Od —a Od 306 Od
Third .. 61s Od —s Od] 314 Od

COAL MAR]
(rrioea of Coal per Ton al

ET—JULY 2.
the close of the market.)
Walls End.

s. d.
Tanfield Moor l3 0
Tanfield Moor Butes l3 0
Howard's West Hart-
ley ..15 6
Lambert's West Hart-

s. d.
South Hartlepool 17 0
Harton .. l6 0
Hetton .. .. lB 6
South Hetton 18 6
Thornley 15 6
Kelloe l7 6
Gosforth l6 0
Stewart's 18 6
Trimdon Thornley 15 6
Byron ...16 3
Tunstall
Thorpe
Northumberland 16 0
Hilda l5 0
Hartlepool.... lB 6
Haswell..... 18 6
Carway and Duffryn
Malting 22 6

ley
. .16 6
Davison's West Hart-

ley .15 6
Byass's Bebsido West
Hartley l5 9
Grey's West llartley.. 15 6
Buddle's West Hartley 15 6
Bate's West Hartley..ls 6
Walker Primrose 13 0
Hastings Hartley l5 6
Straker'sWest Hartleyls
Holy well 16 6
West Hartley 15 0
Eden Main 16 6
Holmside Gas 13 6
Ships at market,

233—501 d, 148.

THE VOLUNTEERS.—We are authorised to state
that Mr. Strode, of Camden-park, Bromley, having placed
his beautiful grounds at the disposal of Lord Ranelagh,
Colonel-Commandant of the South Middlesex Corps, a
sham fight has been fixed to take place there on the after-
noon of Saturday, the 14th inst. The railway companies
have made most liberal arrangements for the conveyance
of the volunteers to Southborough station and back, from
Pimlico and London-bridge. Officers commanding volun-
teer corps in any part of the country can participate in the
fight by signifying their intention in due time to Lord
Ranelagh.
London, England, 1860-07-03

MAILS FOR THE lONIAN ISLANDS.

The contract packets which were established in
June, 1859, for the conveyance of mails between
Malta and Corfu, in consequence of the Austrian
Postal Service between Trieste and the lonian
Islands having been interrupted by war, will be
withdrawn after the departure of the mails ap-
pointed to be despatched from this country via
Southampton on the 4th, and via Marseilles on the
10th of July next; and all correspondence for the
lonian Islands posted after the above dates, will,
unless specially addressed to be sent otherwise, be
forwarded as formerly in the closed mails to Prussia
via Belgium, for transmission by the Austrian
packets from Trieste.
Letters and Newspapers for the lonian Islands,
sent via Trieste, will be liable to the followingrates
of postage, viz.:—
LETTERS.—Not exceeding s oz., ls. ; above I oz.
and not exceeding 1 oz., 2s. ; above 1 oz. and not
2 ozs., 4s. ; for each additional oz., 2s.
NEWSPAPERS.—British rate, ld. each. Foreign
rate, 1-id. per 2 oz. according to weight.
The postage of letters may either be paid in ad-
vance, or it may be left to be paid on delivery of
the letters, at the option of the sender, but the
postage on newspapers must be paid in advance or
they cannot be forwarded.
Registered letters will be liable to a fee of 9d.
each, and upon such letters both the .fee and
postage must be paid in advance.
In addition to the regular mails via Trieste, ship
letter mails will be forwarded to the lonian Islands
by the private steamers which leave Liverpool
three times a month for Corfu. These ship letter
mails will be made up principally for the trans-
mission of soldiers' and seamen's letters, and of
books and newspapers, but any letters which the
public may desire to send by ship from Liverpool
will be so forwarded if specially addressed—
" By Private Ship from
Liverpool."
Letters thus forwarded will be liable to a postage
of 6d. per I oz. ; books to a postage of 3d. per
4 ounces; and newspapers to a postage of ld each,
which must in all cases be paid in advance.
Letters to and from soldiers and seamen in her
Majesty's service, posted under the special regula-
tions applicable to such letters, will be chargeable
with a rate of ld. only,
By Command of the Postmaster-General,
ROWLAND HILZ., Secretary.
General Post-office, 2d July, 1860.
London, England, 1860-07-03

which were held out for -the -deserving non-com-
missioned officers and privates, and exhorted all to
follow the example set them by the non-commis-
sioned officers and men then awarded 11 e honour
which had been conferred on them.

The examination of candidates for admission to
the Royal Military Academy at Wcolwich com-
menced yesterday before Major-Gen. Rumley, Col.
Addison, Col. Elwyn, and Canon Moseley, mem-
bers of the Council of Military Education, at the
Royal Hospital, Chelsea. There were on this occa-
sion above 160 candidates. The proceedings will
extend over 12 days.

NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION.

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London, England, 1860-07-03

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BENSON'S WATCHES.I
" Perfection of mechanism."—Morning Post.
Gold
Silver 2to 50 guineas.
Bend z stamps for Benson's Illustrated Pamphlet, descrip-
tive of every construction of watch now made, with theta'
prices.
Watcnes sent to all parts of the kingdom frea by post, or to
India and the Colonies for ss. extra.
33 and 34, Ludgate-hill, London, E.C.

THEATRE-ROYAL, MAYMARNET.
Lsaiee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone.
TFIIS EVENING the performances will commence with
THE OVERLAND ROUTE. Messrs. C.
C. MMathews, athews, Buck-
stone, Compton, Chippendale, Rog, Mrs. Miss
Weekes, and Mrs. Wilkins.
Followed by A HANDSOME HUSBAND.
To conclude with THE ODDITIES OF THE OHIO. By
the Leclercqs.
London, England, 1860-07-03

THE REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON
PRECEDENTS.

Lord PALMERSTON, in reply to some questions, said
that he trusted hon. members who had motions on the
subject of the rejection of the bill for the repeal of the duty
on paper would postpone them until Thursday next, when
he would be in a position to make a statement in reference
to the matter, the importance of which he could not exagge-
rate. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. E. JAMES said that, as far as he was concerned, he
would be most happy to accede to the suggestion of the
noble lord.

Other hon. members expressed themselves to the same
effect.

THE SUNDAY TRADING BILL.

Mr. HORSFALL asked the noble lord the member for
Huntingdonshire what his intentions were with regard to
the second reading of the Sunday Trading Bill, which
stood for Friday next.
Lord R. MONTAGUE said that under the circum-
stances, as developed by the expression of feeling in regard
to the bill, he did not feel himself justified in pressing the
measure, which he would formally withdraw next Friday.
London, England, 1860-07-03

NAPLES.

Mr. SIIERIDAN asked the First Lord of the Treasury
whether, in the event of an outbreak of the Lazzaroni at
Naples, the English representative had instructions and
means at hand sufficient to protect the English residents at
Naples ?
Lord PALMERSTON said the English representativeat
Naples had received the instructions necessary to provide
for the security of English residents in the town in ques-
tion.

THE PROPOSED CONFERENCE.

In reply to Sir R. PEEL,

Lord J. RUSSELL said that her Majesty's Government
had acceded to the proposal made with reference to a con-
ference to bo hold in relatioi to the annexation of the neu-
ti alised provinces of Savoy and Switzerland, and he be-
lieved that Russia had also acceded to the proposal.

FINANCE.
Ntr. AYRT ON asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer
when he intended to make his statement of the financial
arrangements to complete the provision for the service of
the year P
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that
the course usually adopted was to obtain the votes neces-
sary for the public service, and then for the Chancellor of
the Exchequer to make a statement, which he was pre-
pared to do at the proper time.
EUROPEAN FORCES (INDIA) BILL.
The adjourned debate on the amendment to the second
reading of this bill, to the effect that it be read a second
time this day six months, was resumed by
Mr. RICH—He considered that this question was one
of vast importance, and naturally affected the interests of
this country as well as the moral and material prosperity of
India. The measure proposed to make a permanent addi-
tion to the standing army of this country of between 70,000
and 80,000 men in order to meet the requirements for the
force necessary to be maintained in India. There were
many arguments in favour of continuing a local force in
India, and some of them were so powerful that he was sur-
prised hon. members could for a moment be induced to
give their sanction to a measure like the present. He
begged also to draw the attention of the house to the
fact that the bill was at variance with the opinions of the
most competent authorities in regard to the affairs of India.
He called on hon. members who might not be practically
acquainted with the subject to deliberate before they as-
sented to a bill like the present, which /he believed was
pregnant with the most disastrous elements in regard to
English dominion in India.
Mr. TORRENS followed on the same side.
Sir DE LACY EVANS complained of the manner in
which this important question had been brought before the
house, without the necessary information. From the por-
tion of the papers recently produced, the question, he said,
wore in many respects quite another aspect, especiallywith
`reference to the opinions of Lord Clyde and Sir William
London, England, 1860-07-03

THE BRAZIL MAIL.

SOUTHAMPTON, TUESDAY.
The Royal Mail steamship Tyne, with the Bra—
zilian and River Plate Mails, arrived off Hurst
Castle at 1.5 p.m. to-day.

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THE DATES OF STREETS AND BUILDINGS. —Many
houses of variuus dates—some of them in no way remark-
able for external appearance—the time, and some short
circumstances connected with their erection, attract a cer-
tain amount of attention from the wayfarer; and as time
rolls on the value of those dates becomes the greater.
Why, therefore, should this good old-fashioned custom be
so little thought of iu these modern days ? It should be
considered that, in due course, the p,.e•ent reign, and all
connected with it, will become antiquities, when the marks
which record the structures of Queen Victoria's times will
be looked upon with as much interest as those of Queen
Elizabeth's now are by us.—kolder.
London, England, 1860-07-03

RAILWAYS.

Cash. Account.
Orleans 1341 25 .. 1340 25
Northern
New ditto 867 50 ..
Lyons and Mediterranean 875 877 50
Geneva 398 75 .. 385
Southern 515 515
Western
Eastern ... .
Sardinian
Austrian
Lombard

THE PENINSULAR MAILS

SOUTHAMPTON, TUESDAY

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer
Tagus, Captain Woodgates, with the above mails,
has arrived. She brings 38 passengers, 39 packages
of specie, value £26,916, and the following cargo :
818 boxes of potatoes, 2 baskets do., 250 boxes of
onions, 30 baskets do., 174 half-chests of lemons,
215 boxes of eggs, and 15 packages of sundries.
The Tagus sailed from Lisbon on the 27th of
June ; Oporto, 28th ; and Vigo, the 29th. From
the 27th to the 28th of June she encountered very
strong northerly winds and heavy sea across the
bay, strong north-easterly winds, and clear, with
heavy head sea. On the 30th, at 5.30 a.m., lat.
43.45 N., long. 8.45 W., spoke the Indus, with the
outward mails for Bombay ; and the Sultan, with
the outward Peninsular mails of the 27th.
The Portuguese squadron, three Dutch frigates,
and her Majesty's ship Dover were at Lisbon.
LISBON, JUNE 27.

A Bill has been presented in the Deputies for a
loan of 1,500 centos de reis, or £350,000 sterling,
on the plea of armaments and raising the army
to 50,000 men. -., The bill further enacts that all
not comprised in the army up to 40 years of age
are to enter a second line, and from 40 to 60
a third line. The former not to serve out of the
.country ; the latter out of their respective districts
—wisely adding that they are to be armed only in
time of peace and be drilled in time of war.
The African Company's vessel Estephania was
chartered by Government to convey troops to An-
gola, and was beached for the purpose of cleaning
her bottom, but on doing so she struck on the rocks
on the south side of the Tagus, and being unable to
be repaired or to proceed on her voyage she was
sent to Cadiz on the 24th June, under sail, to be
docked.
The Dutch frigate, Esertson, and Admiral Van
Wassener, Zealand, are in port ; the two former are
leaky, and, being unable to repair, Will return to
Holland.
Her Majesty's steamer Diver, from Plymouth,
arrived on the 23d ; sailed 26th for Africa.
Exchange cn London for this packet is quoted
at three months, 531 ; Paris, 532 ; Amsterdam, ;
Hamburg, 471 ; Genoa, 529.
Rentes, 3 per cent. interest from Ist of July, 451
to 46; Coupons, 44 to 45 ; Deferred, 33 to 331 ;
Lisbon Bank, 550 milreis ; Oporto Bank, 256 mil-
reis; Mercantile Bank, 250 milreis.
London, England, 1860-07-03

THE ENGLISH CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE
REA Llll.
Just published, in fcp. Bvo. price 4s. cloth.
HANDBOOK of the CONSTITUTION .
Being a short account of the Rise, Progress, and Pre-
sent State of the Laws of England. By ALFRED P. HENS-
MAN, Barrister-at-Law.
London : Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts.
London, England, 1860-07-03

ItAILWA.YS.

Cash. Account.
Orleans 1341 25 .. 1340 25
Northern
New ditto 867 50 ..
Lyons and Mediterranean 875 .. 877 50
Geneva 398 75 .. 385
Southern
Western ..
Eastern ...
Sardinian 4lO . , 410
A» strian
Lombard

THE PENINSULAR MAILS,

SOUTHAMPTON, TUESDAY.

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer
Tagus, Captain Woodgates, with the above mails,
has arrived. She brings 38 passengers, 39 packages
value £26,916, and the following cargo :
boxesosrisspecie
of potatoes, 2 baskets do., 250 boxes of
onions, 30 baskets do., 174 half-chests of lemons,
215 boxes of eggs, and 15 packages of sundries.

The Tagus sailed from Lisbon on the 27th of
June ; Oporto, 28th ; and Vigo, the 29th. From
the 27th to the 28th of June she encountered very
strong northerly winds and heavy sea across the
bay, strong north-easterly winds, and clear, with
heavy head sea. On the 30th, at 5.30 a.m., lat.
43.45 N., long. 8.45 W., spoke the Indus, with the
outward mails for Bombay ; and the Sultan, with
the outward Peninsular mails of the 27th.
The Portuguese squadron, three Dutch frigates,
and her Majesty's ship Dover were at Lisbon.
LISBON, JUNE 27.

A Bill has been presented in the Deputies for a
loan of 1,500 centos de reis, or £350,000 sterling,
on the plea of armaments and raising the army
to 50,000 men. The bill further enacts that all
not comprised in the army up to 40 years of age
are to enter a second line, and from 40 to 60
a third line. Tbe former not to serve out of the
country; the latter out of their respective districts
—wisely adding that they are to be armed only in
time of peace and be drilled in time of war.
The African Company's vessel Estephania was
chartered by Government to convey troops to An-
gola, and was beached for the purpose of cleaning
her bottom, but on doing so she struck on the rocks
on the south side of the Tagus, and being unable to
be repaired or to proceed on her voyage she was
sent to Cadiz on the 24th June, under sail, to be
docked,
The Dutch frigate, Esertson, and Admiral Van
Wassener, Zealand, are in port; the two former are
leaky, and, being unable to repair, will return to
Holland.
Her Majesty's steamer Diver, from Plymouth,
arrived on the 23d ; sailed 26th for Africa.
Exchange cn London for this packet is quoted
at three months, 531- ; Paris, 532 ; Amsterdam, 421;
Hamburg, 471 ; Genoa, 529.
Rentes, 3 per cent.-intere,st from Ist of July, 451
to 46 ; Coupons, 441 to 45 ; Deferred, 33 to 331 ;
Lisbon Bank, 530 milreis ; Oporto Bank, 236 mil-
reis; Mercantile Bank, 250 milreis.
London, England, 1860-07-03

BANK RETURNS.

The Bankers' Magazine furnishes the returns of the cir-
culation of the Private and Joint-Stock Banks in England
and Wales for the four weeks ending June 2. These
returns, combined with the circulation of the Scotch and
Irish Banks for the same period, and the average circul
tion of the Bank of England for the four weeks end' the
30th of May (the nearest date furnithed by their returns)
will give the following results oft
he circulation of notes in
the United Kingdom, when compared with the previous
month

May 5, I Jgc.2' Inerease.lDecrease.
1800. I
-------' ol 539,196-- \ -------.
Bank of England... 22,286,„161 3:498,670 747,365
Private Banks . .. ISil 3,058,538 67,294
Joint
t-astock
EBngalnaknsd.'.
2843,:0190;i3i2,261
1,059726,4
570,746
876,8926_223
5c0t1and............ 7 013 067
Ireland ............
39:,87:585\
36,,,842998:607479 _____
~.,
418593:533960
United King-dom.

And as compared with the month ending the 4th of June,
1859, the aboye returns show an increase of £296,942
in the circulation of notes in England, and an increase of
£117,758 in the circulation of the United Kingdom.

On comparing the above with the fixed issues of the seve•
ral banks the following is the state of the circulation :
fhe English private banks are below their fixed
issue
The English joint-stock banks are below their
fixed issue

£243,819

Total below fixed issue in England.... £1,150,184
The Scotch banks are above their fixed issue .. £1,822,797
The Irish banks are above their fixed issue £475,183
The average stock of bullion held by the Bank of Eng-
land in both departments during the month ending the 3Uth
Nlay, was £15,659,246, being an increase of £951,191 as
compared with the previous month, and a decrease of
£1,693,216 when compared with the same period last year.
The following are the amounts of specie held by the Scotch
and Irish banks during the month ending the 2,1 61
.
31
Gold and silver held by the Scotch banks ...
2,430,687
Gold and silver held by the Irish banks ........

£5,048,41S
Being a decrease of £48,510, as compared with the
previous return, and an increase of £239,033 when compared
with the corresponding period of last year.
London, England, 1860-07-03

EARE 31ARKE.T.-(TILIS DAY.)

ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS.

Railways. !raid] Closing Business
I Price. Done.
ißelfast and Ballymena all I
La., and Ch June
il3ir., Wol , and Str. Val all 8 84
131aeliburn
all 111 121
Blytb and Tyne all
Post. Skaf'. and Mid.Co all 61 72
Bristol and Exeter .. 100 101 106
Caledonian • lco 934 04 94 31 4
Carmarthen & Cardigan
Cork and Bandon all
'ork, iilrock., &Passage all --
Cornwall
A (A gets no div all
Po
mill 6 pc perm. --
rhasbeen pd. toB all
Dublin & Belfast. June. all
Dun., Perth, &Ab. Juno. all 8 9
. East Anglian lOO 16 17
Eastern Counties lOO 56 58 564 761 7
' Eastern Union, A stock 100 36 38
Do do Bdo 100 25 27
Do Nw A. late EU3ds
East Suffolk
Do
Edinburgh & Glasgow 100 77 78
Edin. Perth, & Dundee 1.0 30i 31 301
Forth & Clyde Junction all
Furness lOO
Glasg. and S. Western 101 103 105
Great Nthn. of Scotland all
Great Northern lOO 114 116 1151
Pb do A stcck
Do do B do
Gt. S. &W. of Ireland 100 1134 1144
Great Western
Do Str Val gni. stock 100 60 65
Trish South-eastern • •all
Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 1011 1051 105
London and Blackwall 100 69 71 70
Lou., Bright.. & S Coast 100 113 114
Loud., Chat., and Dover all 113 12 116
Loud. &Nth. Western 100 1014 u 1014
Do eighths
Loud. & Western lOO 94 95 941
L'derry & Coleraine _ all
I,`,,erry & Ennisaillen all 10 11
Man. She!. & _ 100 404 414
Maryport and Carlisle all
Do do 3 shares all
Metropolitan 4 3 2 d
Midland .
Do I:irming. & Derby 100 95 97
G. W. of Ireland all
Do 4 shares all •
Mid Kent. ...... all
Do, Cray Line
Newcastle and C trlisle all
Newry & Armagh, def 9 7 6 d
Newry, Warnpt. k Ros all
Norfolk.. .. . ...... 100 55 57 56
N, lin. Counties Union 3l 31 3 d
North British..
Y.or.Dev.Rail&Dk.stoe 100
D • A stk ; A recs no d.
until fpchas beenpd.B 'lOO
Do T 3 stock ... , _ 100
Nth. Eastern—Berwickloo 964 97 97
Dodo,d
G.N.E. purchase 16134 11 f d
Do Leeds ........ 100 52 524 521
Do York-
North London .
North Staffordshire 174 4 .31 d
N. and S. W. Junction all 94 10
Not. &Grantham Rail lO 61 61-
Peebles ...... ......
Portsmouth
Rhymney.............. all
Scottish Central
Scot. N. E., 3
Aber. stock 100 2 .13 32 14
Do Scot. Mid. stock lOO 86 88
Shropshire Union
Sittingbourne & Sheer. all 4 3 d
South Devon .... • •
South Eastern
Simth Wales ... •
S. York. and River Dun 100 79 81
Staines, Wok,. and Wok all 6 8
Stockton & Darlington all 39 40 392
Do do ll 81 9 p
Stockton & Hartlepool
1(1X)63
Tail Vale . .. • ......
Do Pref. No 1 lOO
ThamesllavenLk&Rall 22 -
Ulster • •
20 2 3
Do .. :
Vale of Neath
Victoria Sta. and Pim all 101 111 11
Waterford & Kilkenny 100 I
Waterford & Limerick all
West Cornwall all 51 61
West London... ...... . all
Do let class
2nd class ........ all

West London, all
Do let class ........ all
Do 2nd class ........ all
West Midland—Oxford 100
Po. Newport all
Do. Herefors,loo
London, England, 1860-07-03

THE NAVY.

Vice-Admiral William Jas. Hope Johnstone yes-
terday hoisted his flag, white at the fore, on board
H.I.S. Formidable at Sheerness, and saluted the
flag of Admiral Edward Harvey, blue at the main,
with 17 guns, which was returned by the Cumber-
land, 70 guns, Capt. Schomlgerg, with 13 guns.
The Channel Fleet anchored in the Downs yes-
terday evening, on its way from Yarmouth Roads
to Spithead, to take part in the naval review which
is to take place prior to the departure of H.R.H.
the Prince of Wales for Canada.
The Heron, one of the new class screw gun
schooners, arrived at Portsmouth on Saturday from
Messrs. Wigram's building yard at Northam.

The Firebrand, 6, paddle, Commander J. M.
Bruce, arrived at Portsmouth yesterday from Port-
land, and sailed in the afternoon for the eastward.
London, England, 1860-07-03

CONSERVATIVE LAND SOCIETY.

The thirty-first quarterly meeting of this society was
held this day at the offices of the company, 33, Norfolk-
street, Strand. The usual routine business having been
disposed of, the report of the executive committee was read
as follows :

" The Executive Committee, in laying before the mem-
bers the thirty-first quarterly report, are enabled to state
that the general business of the Conservative Land Society
for the first three quarters of the eighth financial year,
which will end on the 30th September next, has been very
satisfactory, as will be shown in the subjoined returns :
London, England, 1860-07-03

LONDON GAZETTE THIS EVENING),

FOREIGN-OFFICE, JUNE 18.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint John
George Taylor, Esq., now British Vice-Consul at Bussorah
to be her Majesty's Consul at Diarbekir.
FOREIGN-OFFICE, JULY 1.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint John
Ward, Esq., now her Majesty's Consul-General in the
Kingdom of Saxony, to be her Majesty's Consul-General in
the Kingdom of Hanover,, the Grand Duchies of Olden-
burgh, Mecklenburgh-Strelitz, and Mecklenburgh-Schwe
rin, and the Duchies of Holstein and Lauenburg, and to be
her Majesty's Charge d'Affaires and Consul-General in
the Free Hanseatic Cities of Hamburg, Bremen, and
Lubeck.
The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint
John Archer Crown, Esq., to be her Majesty's Consul-
General in the Kingdom of Saxony.
WHITEHALL, JUNE 29.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint William Nichols,
Esq., to be one of the Commissioners for the Relief of In-
solvent Debtors, in the room of Mr. Sergeant Murphy, de-
ceased.
BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, JUNE 3.
The Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Privy
Council for Trade and Plantations have received, from the
Secretary of State fur Foreign Affairs, a copy of a despatch
front her Majesty's Charge d'Affairs at Bogota, enclosing
a copy of a decree of the Government of Granada, declaring
the ports of Buenaventura and Tumaco to be free ports.
WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, JULY 3.
2d West India Regiment—Major-General John Wharton
Frith to be Colonel, vice General Sir Robert John Har-
vey, C. 8., deceased.
Ist Dragoon Guards—Sergeant-Major John Nethercote to
be Cornet, without purchase, vice Elliot, deceased.
4th Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant Edward Rowe Fisher to
be Captain by purchase, vice Webb, who retires ; Cornet
John Bosworth Smith Marriott to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice -Fisher.
6th Dragoon Guards—Captain Alexander George Dickson
to be Major, by purchase, vice Brevet-Lieutenant-Colo-
nel Bickerstaff, who retires ; Lieut. George Silvester
Davies to be Captain, by purchase, vice Dickson ;;Cornet
Arthur George Smith to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Davies; Gentleman Cadet Owen Phibbs, from :the
London, England, 1860-07-04

Colonel Francis Charles Wells, Bombay Infantry.
Colonel Charles James Green, Madras Engineers.
Colonel John Grant, Bombay Artillery.
Colonel Edwin Henry Atkinson, Madras Infantry.
Colonel Charles Campbell, Bengal Infantry.
TO BE COLONEL.

Lieutenant-Colonel Archibald Fraser Macpherson, Ben-
gal Infantry.

TO BE LIEUTENANT-COLONELS.

Major William Biker, Bengal Cavalry.
Major Edward Armstrong, Madras Infantry.
TO BE MAJOR.
Captain Wilmer Owen Harris, Bengal Infantry.
BANKRUPTS.

Dawson Plane, draper, King's Lynn, Norfolk, to sur-
render, July 17, and Aug. 14, at half. past eleven, at the
Court of Bankruptcy.
George Gridley, coach-maker, Islington, July 11, at half-
past two, and Aug. 14, at half-past one, at the Court of
Bankruptcy.
Wladislow Spiridion Kliszeaewski, watchmaker, Cardiff,
July 17, and August 14, at eleven, at the Bristol
Court.

William Hormsfield, merchant, Manchester, July 17 and
August 3, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court.
William Whittingham, corn miller, Saint Helen's, Lan-
cashire, July 10, and Aug. 6, at the Liverpool District
Court.

Thomas Alfred Pickering, manure dealer, Pigott-street,
Limehouse, July 17, at half-past two, and Aug. 21, at one,
at the Court of Bankruptcy.
William Stephen Charles White Bassett, grocer, Sheer-
ness, July 13, at one, and Aug.. 13, at half-past twelve, at
the Court of Bankruptcy.
Charles Thomas Collins, wine merchant, Fenchurch-
street, July 19, and Aug. 9, at eleven, at the Birmingham
Diitrictrourt.
John Lord, commission agent, Birmingham, July 16, and
Aug. 8, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court.
Emmanuel Maignol, photographic agent, City of Lon-
don, July 13, at eleven, and Aug. 13, at half-past
eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Samuel Perry, manure dealer, Woodfield, Salop, July
13, and Aug. 13, at eleven, at the Birmingham District
Court.
London, England, 1860-07-04

THIS DAY'S MARKETS.

CORN EXCHANGE.
To-day's market was scantily supplied with English
wheat. Owing to the more favourable accounts at hand
in reference to the crops, and the continuous influx of
foreign wheat and flour, the trade ruled heavy, at Monday's
decline in the quotations.
Nearly 25,000 quarters of foreign wheat having reached
us, that description of produce changed hands slowly, and
the currency was almost nominal.
In floating cargoes very little was doing, at late rates.
There was a moderate demand for barley, at full prices.
The transactions in malt were somewhat restricted, on
former terms.
We have to report a dull sale for oats, and inferior parcels
were again rather cheaper.
Both beans and peas changed hands slowly, at late quota-
tions.
Flour was dull, and country marks were the turn lower.
ARRIVALS THIS wnErc.
Whe it. Barley Malt. Oats. Flour.
English. ...• 480 I 1,240
Irish
• • I 150
Foreign.... 24,010 2,060 50,150 I 630 sacks.
7,030 brls.

BOROUGH HOP MARKET.
Our market is firm for all kinds of hops, at full quota-
Lolls. The duty is called £165,000,

WHITECHATEL.
The
steady, sas followsp :lies of meat are moderate, and the demand is
to
Beef, 35 Od ; muttos n, 3s 6d to 5s 4d; lamb, 5s 4d
6s 4d ; s 4d to
veal, 48 Od to 58 Blbs. by the carcase. Od ; pork, 4s Od to 5s Od per
London, England, 1860-07-04

SIGHT ANI) HEARING.—SPECTACLES.—
ki POWERFUL TELESCOPES.—OPERA, RACE, and
PERSPECTIVE GLASSES. Messrs. S. and B. Solo-
mons, Opticians, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. Observe
—opposite the York Hotel, W.—Deafness.—New Die-
eovery.—The Organic Vibrator, an extraordinarily power-
ful small newly-invented instrument for Deafness,
entirely different from all others, surpasses anything of the
kind that has been, or probably ever ean be, produced. Being
of the same colour as the skin, is not perceptible. It enables
deaf persons to hear distinctly at church and at public assem-
blies ; the unpleasant sensation of singing noises in the ears
is entirely removed, and it affords all the assistance that
could_h : pgreate bec
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the vp derivedea every
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is, that vision
possibly
ln
dt
persons are enabled to em-
strengthened, and very aged
their sight at the most minute occupation—can see
ploy .
in-
struments.—Spectacle
t require the frequent changes
to the dangerous effects
wick those lenses of a much less magnifying power, and they
do no
Day and Night
containing,
and general Out-door
of further powerful assistance. Opera, Race-course, Field,
of German glass. Will show distinctly
18 lenses, constructed
at two-and-a-half and three miles,
very small, for the waistcoat pocket, each rl2 and
persons to know them
of them as day and night glasses
Coast Guards are making use h
are also preferred for deer-
and an object from eight to ten miles distant. Her Majesty's
in preference to all others ; t ey
amekeep
stalking by person may be clearly seen
scopes 34 inches long, by which a
ect at 12 to 14 miles dis-
tance known at 34 miles, and an o jb'
sportsmen, gentlemen, and gers. Tele
; and with an extra astronomical
moon's, Saturn's rings, and the aouble stars are distinctly
eye-piece, Jupiter's
her Majesty s Royal
increasing powers, and are secured by
seen. All the above can be had of larger and all siz.es!_with
Letters Patent. The Royal Exhibition, 1851. A valuable,
newly-invented, very small, powerful Wiu .steoat-poeket
Glass, the i ize of a walnut, by which a distant. son
per
"n can be
seen and known one and a half mile dis They an-
swer every purpose on the Race-course and at the Opera-
houses. Country scenery and ships are clearly seen at four d
r.
to six miles. They are invaluable for shooting, deer-
stalking, stalking, yachting, to sportsmen, gentlemen, gamekeepers,
and tourists. Price 30s. Magic Lanterns and Microscopes
—Drawing-room and Scientific Amusements—Valuable irn-
proyemens in Compound Microscopes, To magnify 17,000
times, £2 ss. ; 35,000, £3 10s. ; 70,000, £6 Ns. Prices from £1
to £6o—Magic Lanterns, Dissolving views, with improved
German Lenses, giving a clear disc from 16 to 20 feet diameter.
Every description of Optical, Mathematical, and Philosophi-
cal Instruments of the highest character. 39, Albemarle-
I WWI Piccadilly. Obfiene—opposite the Tea lintel, W.
London, England, 1860-07-04

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

ROUSE OF LORDS—(YESTERDAY.)
ROYAL COMMISSION.
The Royal assent was given by Commission to the
following bills .
Public Improvements.
Bank of Ireland.
Ecclesiastical Courts Jurisdiction.
Petitions of Right:
Bankrupt Law (Scotland) Amendment.
Teubury and Bewdley Railway. .
Letterkenny Railway.
Cork and Limerick Direct Railway.
Montrose and Bervie Railway.
Coln River Water.
London. and South-Western Railways (new line to Bris,
tol and Exeter Railway at Exeter).
Cilgwrgan, Bettws, and Tregynou Road.
Royal Naval School.
Cardiff Water.
Wexford Free Bridge.
Blyth Harbour and Dock.
London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway (Croydon
to Balliztin II ill) .
Consett District Water.
Watfortb. and Rickmansworth Railway.
Dublin and Drogheda Railway.
North British Insurance Company.
Morayshire Railway.
Sovereign Life Assurance Company.
Egleston Roads.
Bolton and St. Helen's Road.
Inverness and Ross-shire Railway.
Auchterarder Common Muir.
Symington, Biggar, and Broughton Railway.
Portailown, Dungannon, and Omazh Junction Railway.
Doncaster and Tadcaster Road.
Dialey and Hayfield Railway.
London and Blackwall Railway.
Salisbury and Yawl! Railway.
Upper Mersey Dues.
North and South Lanarkshire Roads.
Buildings Improvement Company.
Dorset Central Railway (Extension of Time).
Hereford, Hay, and Brecon Railway.
Mid-Wales Railway. •
Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Carlisle Railway, and Port-
Carlisle Dock and Railway, and Carlisle and Silloth Bay
Railway and Dock Companies.
Stockport, Disley, and Whaley Bridge Railway.
Avorgavenny Improvement.
Marchburu, Kelso, and Lauder Road.
Oswestry and Newton Railway (additional capital).
Leeds Township.
North British and reo4les and Jedburgb. Railway Cone
pany.
Swansea Harbour Trust.
Central Wales Railway.
Oswestry and Newtown Railway (Branch Railway, &c.;
Their lordships then adjourned during pleasure.
The Lone CHANCELLOR took kis seat on the wool/lack
at five o'clock.
London, England, 1860-07-04

NORWICH CATTLE-Jumg 30.

The show of store cattle to-day was large with nearly
400 Devons. Trade fair, at about former prices.
Scots, 4s to 4s Gd ; shorthorns, 3s Gd to 4s 6d ; Irish, Si
to 4s 6d ; Devons, 4s Od to 4s d (estimated weight what
fat).
Fat beasts a small show.
Sheep—There were fair supplies of sheep in the pens,
but business dull.
Fat sheep, 8s to 9s Od per stone ; prime, Os 6d to Os.
Pigs—A fair supply. Store pigs 30. to 35a; fat pork,
8s Od to 8s 6d per stone.

COURSE OF E XCHANGE.—.YESTBILDIT•
Amsterdam
Ditto
Rotterdam — 11 161 11 171 - ,
Antwerp
Brussels — 25 30 25 35
Hamburgh
Paris
Ditto
Marseilles — 25 35 25 40
Frankfort on Maine — 1171 1171
Vienna
Trieste
Petersburgh — 35 354
Berlin - 6 214 6 22
Madrid
Cadiz
491- 49k
Leghorn — 30 35 30 40
Milan — 25 371 25 421
Genoa'
Naples
Messina — • .
Lisbon
Oporto
Rio Janeiro
New York — • • • •
London, England, 1860-07-04

kTurrcE OF DIVIDEND. -BANK OF 1
DEPOSIT (Established A.D. 1844), No. 3, Pall-ins'
TEast, )ndon, S.W.—The WARRANTS for the HAT
'YEAR i,Y INTEREST, at the rat, of 5 per cent. per ae
on Deposit Accounts, to the 30th instant, will bc reach, -alum,
livery on and after the 10th July, and payable daily for de-
the hours of 10 and 4. , between
PETER MOItIM.3OANT,
Director.

June, 18(10.
Prospeettisom and forms Fent free on a
.pplication

HE NATIONAL RIFLE V OLUNTEERS.-
Ar.usic au d Supper Rooms,
G entlemen mora at EVANS'
CoveP:c-garden, "very evening,.

q-1 0-NI G HT. - WASHINGTON FRIEND'S
_A- " Grand Musical and Pictorial Tentertaiinnent, entitled
'Two HOURS in CANADA and
13,000 MILES of beautfill Scene "1e
ri,
.I.ie -Falls of Niagara,
River St. Lawrence, VICTOIxa '
+‘fle lINYI'ED STATES.—
.1' IJIIITL AR BRIDG E,
Illustrations of American, Ind
ac., ,fie., with his Songs, ,
nee dotes, --dotes, and Melodies, Daily,'
-fon Emigrant, and Negro Life,
at 3 and 8 o'clock.—Stalls, James's Ball, Piccadilly. 3s. ; Area, 25.; Gallery, is. —St.
•

BAST FEW WEEKS.
CR-RlSTY'riti MINSTRELS, POlYrtiphie Hall,
KiriT William-street, Strand„---.F.a.lbweil Season in Lon -
P.A. vreriona to the retirement,TAir. J. W. Raynor on the
vf August.—Every Xienino• at 8, and every Saturday
Morning. at 30:flitIstTickets and places may be secured at
1171 e Het`rom 11 till 4, and at Mr. Austin's West-end Box-
'office, St. James's Hall, Piccadilly.—Sole Proprietor and
2 Manager, Mr. J. W. RAYNOR.

ROYAL CREMORNE GARDENS.-
GREAT AMATEUR BRASS BAND CONTEST,
MONDAY, July 9.—The public are respectfully informed
that arrangements have been made for the first of these
highly interesting Performances to take place on this day.—
Twenty Bands, rene,wned for their talent, will compete for
the Prizes, and the 'i'irst Prize will be given at Six o'clock.—
Admission, ls.

RGYLL ROOMS, Windmill-street, Picea-
dilly.--Open every Eveninz, with the'celebrated Band
tesnduoted by Mons. Lamotte (chef d'orchestra to the Em-
perot Napoleon). A magnificent SMOKING SALOON
,:Added to this Establishment. Doors open at 8 o'clock. Ad-
) mission. is.
London, England, 1860-07-04

i

N°. 21.1.98.

PUBLICATIONS.

.NEW NOVEL By " SCRUTA TOR."
Now ready, in 3 VOi'3., with Iliust•ations,

0 R F ITZAVARINE
By SCRUTATO

Author of " The Master of the Hounds," &e.
"One of the best novels of the season."—Messenger.
Hurst and Illaekett, 13, Great Marlborough-street.
London, England, 1860-07-04

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS—(YESTERDAY.)
ROYAL COMMISSION.
The Royal assent was given by Commission to the
following bills .
Public Improvements.
Bank of Ireland.
Ecclesiastical Courts Jurisdiction.
Petitions of Right.
Bankrupt Law (Scotland) Amendment.
Tenbury and Bewdley Railway.
Letterkenny Railway.
Cork and Limerick Direct Railway.
Montrose and Bervie Railway.
Coln River Water.
London and South-Western Railways (new line to Bris-
tol and Exeter Railway at Exeter).
Cilgwrgan, Bettws, and Tregynon Road.
Royal Naval School.
Cardiff Water.
Wexford Free Bridge.
Blyth Harbour and Dock.
London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway (Croydon
to Balham
Consett District Water.
Watforth and Rickmansworth Railway.
Dublin and Drogheda Railway.
North British Insurance Company.
Morayshire Railway.
Sovereign Life Assurance Company.
Egleston Roads.
Bolton and St. Helen's Road.
Inverness and Ross-shire Railway.
Auchterarder Common Muir.
Symington, Biggar, and Broughton Railway.
Portadown, Dungannon, and Omagh Junction Railway.
Doncaster and Tadcaster Road.
Disley and Hayfield Railway.
London and Blackwall Railway.
Salisbury and Yeovil Railway.
Upper Mersey Dues.
North and South Lanarkshire Roads.
Buildings Improvement Company.
Dorset Central Railway (Extension of Time).
Hereford, Hay, and Brecon Railway.
Mid-Wales Railway.
Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Carlisle Railway, and Port-
Carlisle Dock and Railway, and Carlisle and Silloth Bay
Railway and Dock Companies.
Stockport, Disley, and Whaley Bridge Railway.
Avergavenny Improvement.
Marchburn, Kelso, and Lauder Road.
Oswestry and Newton Railway (additional capital).
Leeds Township.
North British and Peebles and Jedburgh Railway Com-
__

ally.
Swansea► Harbour Trust.
Central Wales Railway,
Oswestry and Newtown Railway (Branch Railway, &c.)
Their lordships then adjourned during pleasure.
The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack
at five o'clock.
London, England, 1860-07-04

PRIVATE BUSINESS.

The Ness and Beauley Fisheries; London and North-
Western Railway (No. 2) ; Burnham Tidal Harbour and
Railway; Sudbury, Melford, and Clare Railway; London,
Chatham, and Dover Railway; Caithness Road, Egham,
and Egham, Manchester, and Milford, Mid-Sussex, and
Midhurst Junction Railway; Deviation Petersfield Rail-
way ; West Cork Railway ; Epsom and Leatherhead Rail-
way, and Hayling's Railway bills were read a second time.
The Epping Railways (Dunmow Extension), and the
Mersey Docks and Harbour Board Bills were read a third
time and passed.
LORD DE FREYNE'S ESTATE BILL.

The standing orders were dispensed with in order that this
bill might be proceeded with.
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES BILL.
_ _

The re-committal of this bill was moved by Lord TEYN.
HAM.

Lord CHELMSFORD said he would oppose the mo•
Lion for going into committee on this bill, as it was unjust
that publicans should be forced to use any particular ma-
chines. He concluded by moving that the bill be re-corn.
mated that day three months.

Lord T EYNIIAM supported the bill. He thought it
wag the duty of Parliament to see that justice was done to
the public.

The LORD CHANCELLOR disapproved of the bill
The amendment Ivao carried, and the bill postponed.
REPLY TO ADDRESS.

The Lord Steward of Her Majesty's Household brought
up her Majesty's most gracious reply to the addresses of
their lordships on the Berwick Election Commission and
the Mozambique questions.
The answers were ordered to be entered in the journals.
London, England, 1860-07-04

RUG B 3'-July 2.

RIFLE CORPS.—On Tuesday afterzioon last, at
three o'clock, the rifle corps assembled li2 the close
in greater numbers than at any previous tiine, and
under their respective officers formed into four
companies, into which they have lately been divici;d.
After manoeuvring for some time in two divisions,
they united, and were dismissed about 4.15. Much
pleasure and surprise was expressed at the very.
rapid progress they have made in the field exer-
cises, and we think that when they have obtained
their uniform they will be as well as look a fine
military body. The corps is looked on very favour-
ably in the School, as was evident from the ap-
plause that greeted the introduction, by Mr. Collyer,
of some complimentary stanzas in " Vive la Com-
pagnie," at the concert on Monday evening. A.
strong muster of the corps is expected at the ter-
mination of the holidays.
CONCERT.—The usual private concert was given
by the School Choral Society on Monday evening,
and presented an unusually attractive programme.
The first part consisted of a selection from Handel's
"Alexander's Feast," admirably performed. The
Choral Society well maintained their reputation
for precision of time and accuracy of tone. The
second part, as usual, was of a more popular chastac-
ter. The concerted pieces were tastefully per-
formed,
hands,ll r. o
whoo ll 's time; and to our mind the gem of the second
art was a quartette from the oratorio of " Para-
dicep Lost," composed by J. Lodge Ellerton, Esq., a
Ru
did
justiceit wasto entrustedit hyh
t their
very r
chaste and even singing, Mr. Barber sang Men-
delssohn's song of '"The Roamer," with mimit-
gbceiraenfuolf
a
able spirit, and elicited a hearty encore, as did also
the songs " I'd mourn the hopes that leave me,"
by Mr. H. H. Walker, and the fine old English
melody of the " Maypole," by Mr. H. Davies.
Mr. Collyer was, as usual, quite
. at home in
"Vivo la C • • II
ompagme to which several humor-
ous verses were added for the occasion. Invi-
tations were issued to the principal families in the
town and neighbourhood, and the room was filled
with a fashionable and attentive audience. The
concert was considered one of the most successful
ever given by the society. We need make no com-
ment on the admirable taste displayted by Mr.
Walker in conducting the whole concert.
MEETING OF TIIE TRUSTEES.—On Wednesday
last the annual meeting of the honourable the trus-
tees, was held at the school. The new trustees ap-
pointed are Sir T. G. Skipwith, Bart., of the Hill
House, Lutterworth, and the Rev. C. Holbeche, of
Farnborough, near Banbury, in the room of the
late Lord John Scott, and Henry Grimes, Esq.—
The vacant almshouse was given to Thomas
Batchelor, of this town.

The Prince Jerome has left voluminous memoirs,
which will be of great interest. His son, the Prince, went
down to Fontaineleau with the PrincessClotilde to submit
them and other matters to the Emperor. The Prince has
left a will, in which he bequeaths £20,000 to a male child ,
born some four years since to one of his household.
London, England, 1860-07-04

SOUTH KENSINGTON MUSEUM.

The select committee of the House of Commons
appointed to inquire into the condition and capa
bilities of the South Kensington Museum met yes-
terday for the first time—Mr. Lowe in the chair.
The other members of the committee are—Sir J.
Shelley, Mr. Beamish, Mr. Adderley, Mr. G. C.
Bentinck, Mr. Blackburn, Mr. Cole, Mr. Alderman
Cubitt, Lord W. Graham, Mr. Hankey, Mr. Hutt,
Mr. Kinnaird, Mr. John Locke, Mr. Jos. Locke,
and Mr. Stirling.
The committee having arranged their course of
proceeding, proceeded to examine Mr. Cole, the
superintendent of the museum. The examination
during the time the committee sat was directed
solely to the cost of the museum to the
public as a whole, and -the contributions
it had received with their value. Mr. Cole
stated that the total amount 'of the area occu-
' pied was 99,280 square feet. The annual cost
of the establishment voted by Parliament was in
1857-8 £43,339; in 1858-9, £52,380; and in 1859-60,
£57,700. The cost which had been defrayed by
the nation for ornamental art examples since 1838,
and which had come out of the estimates, amounted
to £38,269, and for architectural casts and orna-
ments, £2,000. The value of the loans since the
establishment was £460,000, exclusive of the Koh-i-
-noor. The total cost of the building, from 1855 to
1860, amounted to £167,805, while the total amount
of private gifts was £88,592. The whole value of
the loans since the establishment was £467,464.
The witness then went into particulars respecting
the cost of the different galleries, such as the Sheep-
shank gallery and others, as well as into the cost of
several other departments of the museum, and had
not finished this portion of the evidence when the
committee adjourned.