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The Sun.
London, England, 1860-05-30

NEWCASTLE-UNDER LYNE-MAY 29.

A slow trade in wheat, at about last day's rates. Flour
steady, and fully as dear. Barley in small supply, and
difficult to sell. Oats quiet, but held at full rates. Peas
rather dearer, and beans a small show.

THE MAILS.

MAILS DUE.

Australia, Ceylon, and Mauritius (via South-
ampton) .. June 10.
Do. (via Marseilles) June 4.
Bahamas and Havana (via New York) June 7.
Canada, &c. (via Cork) May 30.
Cape of Good Hope, &c. June 1.
China, Penang, and Singapore (via S'ampton) June 2.
Do. (via Marseilles) June 12.
Gibraltar (via Southampton) June 2.
India (Calcutta), Ceylon, &c. (via Southampton) June 2.
Do. (via Marseilles) June 12.
India (Bombay), (via Southampton) .. June 10.
Do. (via Marseilles) .. June 4,
Lisbon, Brazils, Buenos Ayres, &c. June 5.
Lisbon, Vigo, and Oporto June 1.
Malta, Egypt, and Aden (via Southampton) .. Juno 4.
Do. (via Marseilles) .. June 4.
United States, California, &c. (%ia Cork) June 6.
Western Coast of Atrica, Madeira, Teneriffe .. June 10
West Indies and Pacific, Carthgena, Cuba, &c. June 14.
London, England, 1860-05-30

P.E:}cE 4D. ,S 1 rAmTET-,. SD•

IRELd ‘ D.

DUBLIN, TUESDAY. MORNING.'

THE POPE AND THE irtisn- CONSTABULARY.

A Limerick paper (the Munster News) coolly

- -
asserts that no less than 6,000 I,f the Irish consta-

buiary are willing to resign with a view of end
grating to Rome and other countries. About 250
of the county of Limerick force, it is added, have
already done eo, or are so disposed. "In Clare,
Cork-, and Kerry, the police have similar inclina-
tions, and are proving it." Idleness is the root of.
all evil, and probably the lack of employment for
these pcaca-preservers, and the ennui consequent
upon listlessness, may account for the war fever
which has infected the green jackets—that is, on
the presumption that there is any real foundation
for the stories so industriously circulated by the
Ultramontane journals.

SPECULATION AT FAULT.
The calculators on the continuance of the fodder
famine, with its consequent harvest of high prices
for the overholders of stock, have had their golden
visions dissipated by the late change of weather
and the present prospect of an abundant hay crop
this season. The following passage is extracted from
an agricultural report in the Northern Whig:—
" Only a few weeks have passed away since the
heralds of sorrowful tidings would have it. that half
the cattle would be starved to death before the
pasture lands possessed sufficient herbage to sup-
port.farm stock, and that hay—then half a sove-
reign per- llundredweight—would be doubled in
price by the third week in May.. Holders of fod-
der who put faith in such soothsayings, and held
on their 'stocks, have since learnt the old lesson so
often taught before, that refusing to realise when
ample profits are to be had frequently ends in
severe losses. One person residing in an isolated
district, who was offered a ton of oatmeal for 30 cwt.
of upland hay, and would not agree to the proposal,
has since sold off his stock of fodder at less than
half that rate of value. Another individual who
had pntiently looked out for the moderate rate of
£l5 a ton for his hay is only able to get one-third
of that sum. Speculators in this famine have had
their fingers burnt pretty severely. We were told
the other day of a large holder of hay in a distant
part of the country who had disposed of all he had
at an enormous profit; bit, thinking the market
would go on to advance, he paid 'the purchaser a
handsome sum for what is called a rue bargain, and
has still the hay on his hands. Numerous instances
of similar errors in calculating the probabilities of
markets have recently reached us, and in which the
desire to make too much of the scarcity brought
pecuniary punishment with it."
London, England, 1860-05-30

'South Eastern ....

ISniith Wales ........ • •
IS. York. and River Dun I
Staines, Wok,. and Wok
,Stockton & Darlington

Do do
Stockton ct Hartlepool
Taft Pale
Do Pref. No I
ThamesHavent
Ulster ••

(Vale of Neath
!Victoria Sta. and Pim
'Waterford & Kilkenny
!Waterford & Limerick
Wost C rnwall
West L0nd0n......
Do iPt class

I Do 2nd clogs .......
Worcester & Hereford.

PREFEREN
London, England, 1860-05-30

REDUCTION OF TEN' POUNDS PER TON
In the price of
THORLEY'S FOOD FOR CATTLE
On and after the Ist of April. 1860.
Barrels ctg 448 Feeds, wg nett 1121b5., with measure, 40s each
Cases „ 448 Feeds, ~1121 b
s., in Pockets, 45s each
Carria,ze paid to any railway station in the kingdom,
Nutritives value .. . • .. .£l5
Condimental value .. •115

Total .. .. • . £l4O per ton.
showing a profit of £lOO per ton through the use of this in-
valuable compound, adapted for the seasoning of all kinds
of food for animals.
Agents required in every town where none are already
appointed.
JOSEPH THORLEY, the Inventor and sole Proprietor.

Offices, 77, Newgate-street, London.
A. Pamphlet sent free by post on application.

A BOON TO NERVOUS SUFFERERS.

GIVEN AWAY.-26,000 Copies of a MEDICAL
BOOK. for the benefit of Nervous Sufferers, sent,
post free, by the author, secure from observation, on receipt
of a directed envelope, enclosing two stamps, the PRIVATE
14IED1CAL FRIEND, a new work on the Self-cure of Ner-
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plain directions for perfect restoration to health and vigour,
The True Guide to those who desire a speedy and private
cure. " Every younz man should peruse this excellent little
work if he values his health, happmes4, and peace of mind."
—British Critic. By HENRY SMITH, Esq., 8, Burton-crescent,
Tavistock-square, London, W.C.
London, England, 1860-05-30

MARRIAGES.

BEVAN—HORNS.—On the 28th inst., at St.. Thomas's,*
Portman-square, C. Malton Bevan, Esq., to Isabella,
the second daughter of Frederick Lennox Horne, Esq.
COBBOLD—POCOCK.—On the 24th inst. at Christ Church,
Brixton, Henry (lovaHier, son of John C. Cobbold, Esq.
151. P., Ipswich, to Louisa, only daughter of Charles M.
Pocock, Esq., of Montague House, Grove-road, Brixton.

DE AT II S.
BARKER.--On the 28th inst., at 71, Grosvenor-street,
Captain Charles Barker, R.N., aged 49.
DIVENES.--On the 27th inst., at Sydenham, Mr. Amedee
Davenes, of 73, Cow-cross, West Smithfield, aged 52.
EARLS.—On the 26th inst., at Kensington Palace-gardens,
Joseph Earle, Esq., aged 57.
GULLY.—On the 27th inst , the Rev. S. T. Slade Gully,
rater of Berrynarbor, in the county of Devon, aged 71.
JENKINs.—On the 27th inst., at 12. Clapham-rise, Edwd.
Jenkins, Esq., aged 70.
MiriroN.—On the 28th inst., Samuel Minton, Esq., of
Clever-court, Windsor, aged 69.
NASH.—On the 27th inst., at High Wycombe, John Nash,
Esq., aged 81.
WHITE.—On the 23d inst., at Falmouth, John White,
Esq., merchant, aged 72.
WOODIHTRN.—On the 20th inst., at Boulogne, William
Woodburn, Esq., late of Park-lane.

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FROM THE GAZETTE OF LAST EVENING.

LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, MAY 28.

Notice is hereby given, that the State Apartments of
Windsor Castle will be closed after Wednesday, the 30th
inst., until further orders.
ORDER OF THE BATH.

Erratum in the London Gazette of Friday the 18th of
May.

In the list of nominations to the Third Class of the Order
of the Bath, for Colonel Sir Richard Campbell Shakespear,
Knt., Bengal Artillery, resident at Baroda, read Colonel
Sir Richmond Campbell Shakespear, Knt., Bengal Artil-
lery, resident at Baroda,

DOWNING-STREET, MAY 28.
The Queen has b:en pleased to appoint Tyrrel Mildmay
Sherrington, Esq., to be one of her Majesty's Counsel for
the Virgin Islands.
Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint Adolphe
Barraut, Esq., M.D., to be Assistant Health Officer and
Immigration Depot Surgeon for the Island of Mauritius.
BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, MAY 29.

The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of
Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received
from the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a
despatch from her Majesty's Minister at Naples, reporting
that the Neapolitan import duties upon the undermentioned
articles have been reduced to the following rates :—Her-
rings, salted or pickled, 6s. 7d., stockfish, ss. 3id., coffee,
£1 6s. 6d., molasses, ss. Hid., and sugar of all kinds,
£1 ss. 5d., per canter 196ilbs. English.
The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of
Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received,
from the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a
despatch from her Majesty's Consul at Helsingfors,reporting
that the customs duty charged upon pig iron imported
into the. Grand Duchy of Finland has been reduced to 50
copecs (Is. 6d.) per skepinind (375 lbs. English).
London, England, 1860-05-30

THE RIFLE VOLUNTEER MOVEMENT AT BIRMING

HAM. —A review of the first eight companies of the Bir-
mingham battalion of Rifle Volunteers took place, in cele-
bration of her Majesty's birthday, on Monday. The corps
assembled in Bingley-hall at 9 o'clock, and afterwards
marched thence, preceded by their band, to Calthorpe-park,
where a very large concourse of spectators was collected, the
ground being'kspt by the ninth and tenth. companies, as-
sisted by a body of police. Under the command of Lieut.-
Colonel Saunders, the foi ce went through a variety of evo-
lutions in a steady, precise, and soldierlike manner, four of
the companies in addition practising with blank cartridges,
and eliciting the cordial approbation of well qualified judges
for the closeness of their volleys and the quickness of their
file firing. At the conclusion of the proceedings, which
occupied about four hours, the whole of the battalion was
formed in quarter distance column, and addressed by the
Hon. C. G. Scott, the lieutenant-colonel commandant, who
complimented them very highly upon the manner in which
they had acquitted themselves. In the afternoon about 500
of the non• commissioned officers and privates were con-
veyed by special tra'n to Aston-hall, and dined together in
the spacious glass pavilion adjoining the edifice. The Mayor
(Mr. Thomas Lloyd) captain of the fourth company, pre-
sided, in his capacity of chief magistrate of the borough,
and the occasion was honoured by the presence of the Hon.
Col. Scott and the majority of the officers. The chairman,
in proposing the toast of " Success to the Volunteer Rifle
Corps Movement," said it was a source of pleasure to him
to remember that he was one of the first volunteers to enrol
himself, and he congratulated the audience that although
Birmingham was ‘t first slow to move in the matter, the
town could now boast that it possessed an efficient force
of 1,200 members,
GREAT CHESS MATCH AT BRADFORD.—On Fri-

day night Herr Harwitz, the eminent chess player, entered
into a contest, blindfolded, with six members of the Brad •
ford Chess Club—namely, Dr. Macnish, M. Ammelburg,
M. Landoll he, Mr. Petty, Mr. J. Barker, and Mr Knowles.
The six games proceeded simultaneously—Herr Marwitz
not having a sight of the boards. There was a large num •
ber of members and friends present during the evening.
The contest, which began at half-past seven o'clock, pro-
ceeded slowly and cautiously on the Fart of some of his
opponents, but they were all ultimately vanquished one
after another. His last opponent, Mr. James Barker, did
not relinquish th 3 contest till two o'clock on Saturday
morning.—Manchester Guardian.
The bar silver brought by the West India packet
has been sold at 611 d. per oz., showing no alteration, and
the Mexican dollars at 62id., being an advance of id. on
the rate realised for those by the preceding Mexican packet,
but a decline of id. from the price obtained for some recent
arrivals.

ADVICE TO. TRAVELLERS.—The best adhesive
label you cal} put ouluggage is to stick to it yourself.
London, England, 1860-05-30

which announced the defeat of Garibaldi, was false,
that a popular rising had taken place at Palermo;
that the Neapolitan troops occupying the heights
which command the town, and the vessels in the
port, had made au attempt at bombardment, but un-
successfully; that the advantages were all with the
Garibaldians; and that their entry into Palermo, ii it
had not already taken place, was every moment ex-
pected. I find this latter despatch is, in great part,
corroborated from other sources; indeed, in one or
two things more than corroborated, for according
to the latter, the • entry of the Garibaldians is an-
nounced as a fact. .

" These two despatches, as I have observed,
contradict each other; they proceed from the
same person, who, however, was enabled to check
the first, derived from the Neapolitan Govern-
ment, by the second, which proceeded from a far
better source, and which stated that the news of
the defeat of Garibaldi was unfounded."
London, England, 1860-05-30

GARIBALDI'S EXPEDITION.

The Paris correspondent of the Times, in his
letter dated yesterday (Tuesday), 6 p.m., says :
" To-day, again, we have two sets of telegrams
from Naples, positively contradicting each other.
One, dated last evening and received here this
morning, announced that Garibaldi had been de-
feated, that he was in full retreat, his men dis-
persed, he himself seeking to get ou board ship,
pursued by two or three battalions of Neapolitan
troops, and that these disasters were owing to his
not having been properly supported by the Sici-
lians. Such was the version given at Naples, and
forwarded to this place, and doubtless to London ;
and it certainly obtained credit in quarters not un-
favourable to the cause of Garibaldi.

" Within the last hour or two the scene has
changed. A despatch, dated later in the night at
Naples, begins by stating that the first telegram,
London, England, 1860-05-30

ARREST IN THE NORTH.

Several accounts from the town of Dundalk
announce the arrest there on Saturday of a large
number of persons, said to be implicated in some
illegal conspiracy; but whether connected with the
old Riband confederation or the more recent
Phoenix plot is not yet made very clear. The arrest
was made with such precision and quietness that
the townspeople knew nothing of the affair until
yesterday evening. The authorities are reported
to be in possession of information regarding the
ramifications of the conspiracy, and it is added that
persons holding rather a respectable station in life
are implicated, Mr. Fitzrnaurice, the resident
magi,trate, is taking information against the
alleged conspirators, and it is believed that several
more warrants are in the hands of the police, which
will be duly executed. The magisterial investiga-
tion is to take place to-day at Dundalk.

The Atlantic Royal Mail Steam Navigation Com-
pany's steamship Prpce,Albet_
t sailed from Galvvay on Sa-
turday with her Majesty a mails, a heavy cargo, and 700
passengers,
London, England, 1860-05-30

THE GALE.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SIR,—I beg to send you some instrumental read-
ings made before and during a great gale which
has been raging here all day, doing considerable
damage, uprooting some trees, and stripping others
of their branches, leaves, and flowers.

The barometer began to fall at 5 p.m. yesterday,
when the reading, reduced to sea level, was 29.895 ;
by 11 p.m. it had fallen to 29 795, at 1 30 a.m. of
to-day to 29613, at 2 30 a.m. to 29.163, at 3 30
a.m. to 29.063, 4 a.m. to 28.986, 4 15 to 28.976 (the
lowest point), being a fall of three-quarters of an
inch in the last 41 hours; by 5 a.m. it had risen to
29.068, at 6 30 a.m. to 29.260, at 10 a.m. to 29.470,
and at 12 30 p.m. to 29575 inches.
The wind yesterday was W., becoming W.S.W.
at 3 30 p.m., S.W. at 7 50, S.S.W. at 8 30, S.S.E.
at 10 25, S.E. at 10 50, S.S.E. at 12 40 a.m. (of to-
day) ; S. at 1 20, S.W. at 2 5, W.S.W, at 3 15,W.
at 5 a.m., W. by N. at 7 25 a.m., in which quarter
(4 p.m.) it still remains.
The wind early this morning was blowing a
pleasant breeze, suddenly rising to half a gale
(61b. on the square foot) at 2 40 a.m., increasing
to a gale of 121 b. on the square foot at 3 20 a.m.,
remaining 91b. till 11 30 a.m., with gusts up to
111 b. From 11 30 a.m. 71b., falling to olb. at 150
p.m., at which force it still remains. If the gale
does not soon cease the damage done will be very
great.
I have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient ser-
vant, E. J. LOWE.
Observatory, Boston, May 28.
London, England, 1860-05-30

Translated from the German of Dr. PICKFORD.

" Dr. Pickford is known to English readers by his frequent
practical contributions to German medical literature. This
is the first time, he informs us, that he has addressed himself
to the non-medical reader. We trust that this ma? not be the
last, if he shall detect any other equally flagrant evil which it
may be in his power to correct."—London Medical Gazette.
" The editor has conferred a great boon on the sufferers
from this distressing malady by translating this little book,
and by laying bare the scandalous practices of unqualified
adventurers, who profess to cure a disease of which they
know nothing, with no other object than to fill their own
purses. The difference between true Spermatorrhcea and the
various forms of disease which resemole it are accurately de-
scribed, and thus a safe guide is offered for the treatment of
the malady."—Medical Circular.
" We have dilated so long upon the contents of the preli-
minary chapter, that we have scarcely left ourselves space for
any notice of the subject specially treated of by Dr. Pickford ;
but the moderate price at which the 'brochure' is sold, places
it within the reach of every one interested in the matter."—
Dublin Medical Press.
London, England, 1860-05-30

711ANCLIES

The. Day.)

LAY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
LATEST BETTING.
UNION cur.
4to 1 agst Sutton (taken)
4to 1 agst Sir William (taken)
6to 1 agst Horace (taken)
10 to 1 agst Rising Sun (taken)
10 to 1 agst Druid (taken)
[2 to 1 agst Clio (taken)
[2 to 1 agst Miss Lucy (taken)
14 to 1 agst Master Bagot (taken)

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

TATTERSALL'S-(YESTERDAY.)

The Derby settliug occupied the whole afternoon, and
passed off, on the whole, satisfactorily. The few bats
quoted below comprise all the speculation on future events :

ASCOT STAKES.
Bto 1 agst Farmer's Daughter (taken)
Bto 1 agst Ancient Briton (taken)
Bto 1 agst Newcastle (taken)
.0 to 1 agst Tunstall Maid (taken)
LO to 1 agst Flitch

ASCOT CUP.
Even agst Thormanby
ROYAL HUNT CUP.
100 to 6 agst Ancient Briton (taken)
LOO to 6 agst Montebello (taken)
100 to 6 agst Woodburn (taken)
ST. LEGER.
3to 1 agst Thormanby (offered)
DERBY, 1861.
15 to 1 agst Dundee (taken)

MANCHESTER.—TUESDAY.
UNION CUP.
4to 1 Sutton (taken)
sto 1 Sir William (taken)
6to 1 Horace (taken)

TRADESMEN'S CUP.
7to 2 agst Sir William (taken)
BERKSHIRE STAKES, HUNGERFORD.
sto 4 agst Dreadnought (taken)

THIS DAY'S MARKETS.
London, England, 1860-05-30

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Translated from the German of Dr. PICK FORD.

" Dr. Pickford is known to English readers by his frequent
practical contributions to German medical literature. This
is the first time,,lie informs us, that he has addressed himself
to the non-medical reader. We trust that this may not be the
last, if he shall detect any other equally flagrant evil which it
may be in his power to correct."—London Medical Gazette.

" The editor has conferred a great boon on the sufferers
from this distressing malady by translating this little book,
and by laying bare the scandalous practices of unqualified
adventurers, Isito profess to cure a disease of which they
know nothing, with no other object than to fill their own
purses. The difference between true Spermatorrheea aqd the
various forms of disease which resemole it are accurately de-
scribed, and thus a safe guide is offered for the treatment of
the malady."—Medical Circular.
" We have dilated so long upon the contents of the preli-
minary chapter, thatwe have scarcely left ourselves space for
any notice of the subject specially treated of by Dr. Pickford ;
but-the moderate-price at which the 'brochure' is sold, places
it within the reach of every one interested in the matter."—
Dublin Medical Press.
London, England, 1860-05-30

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—ASCOT
RACES, sth, ith, 7th, and Bth of J une.
Carriages and Horscs may be taken to Windsor on this lint:
by auy of the regular trains on t tech clay of the Races. •
The Trains 'cave Paddington for Windsor at 6 a.m., 7.15
a.m., 7.45 a.m., 8.30 a.m., 9.55 a.m., 10.40 a.m., 11.a.m., 11.45 a.m.,
12 n 00.,, 1 p.m. ; and return from Windsor at 4.3.5 p.m., 6.15
p.m., 6.40 p.m., 7.45 p.m., 8 p.m , 9 p.m., 10 p.m., and 10.45 p.m.
In addition to the above, on Thursd4y, the 7th June. a
Special Train will leave Paddington, at 10.15 a.m., direct for
Windsor, returning thence at 7.20 p. 1,11 Fares :—To Windsor
and back, first class, 6s. rd. ; second'eass, 4s. 6d. And by
8.20 a.m. and 9.55 a.m. down trains, returning from Windsor
at 6.15 p.m. and 8 p.m. ; fares 2s. 6d.
A 14rg,e number of London Pleasure Vans will run from
Windsor to the Course and back for 2s. 6d.
Omnibuses will also be provid'd.
Carriages, to convey parties from the Windsor Station to
the Course and back, can be secured by previous application-
to the Superintendent at Paddingt .n.

I)QYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT
INSTITUTION.—The Committee of this Institution
earnestly APPEAL t ) the public, for PECUNIARY ASSIST-
ANCEIo aid them to meet the present heavy demands on
the limited funds of the Society. It has now 103 lifeboats,
some of which saved laQt year 227 persons from shipwreck.

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SPECULATION AT FAULT.

The calculators on the continuance of the fodder
famine, with its consequent harvest of high prices
for the overholders of stock, have had their golden
visions dissipated by the late change of weather
and the present prospect of an abundant hay crop
this season. The following passage is extracts(' from
an agricultural report in the Northern Whig :
" Only a few weeks have passed away since the
heralds of sorrowful tidings would have it that half
the cattle would be starved to death before the
pasture lands possessed sufficient herbage to sup-
port farm stock, and that hay—then half a sove-
reign per hundredweight—would be doubled in
price by the third week in May. Holders of fod-
der who put faith in such soothsayings, and held
on their stocks, have since learnt the old lesson so
often taught before, that refusiig to realise when
ample profits are to be had frequently ends in
severe losses. One person residing in an isolated
district, who was offered a ton of oatmeal for 30 cwt.
of upland hay, and would not agree to the proposal,
has since sold off his stock of fodder at less than
half that rate of value. Another individual who
had pntiently looked out for the moderate rate of
£l5 a ton for his hay is only able to get one-third
of that sum. Speculators in this famine have had
their fingers burnt pretty severely. We were told
the other day of a large holder of hay in a distant
part of the country who had disposed of all he had
at an enormous profit; but, thinking the market
would go on to advance, he paid the purchaser a
handsome sum for what is called a rue bargain, and
has still the hay on his hands. Numerous instances
of similar errors in calculating the probabilities of
markets have recently reached us, and in which the
desire to make too much of the scarcity brought
pecuniary punishment with it."
London, England, 1860-05-30

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SIR,—I beg to send you some instrumental read-
ings made before and during a great gale which
has been raging here all day, doing considerable
damage, uprooting some trees, and stripping others
of their branches, leaves, and flowers.
The barometer began to fall at 5 p.m. yesterday,
when the reading, reduced to sea level, was 29.895;
by 11 p.m. it had fallen to 29 795, at 1 30 a.m. of
to-day to 29.613, at 2 30 a.m. to 29.163, at 3 30
a.m. to 29.063, 4 a.m. to 28.986, 4 15 to 28.976 (the
lowest point), being a fall of three-quarters of an
inch in the last 41 hours; by 5 a.m. it had risen to
29.068, at 6 30 a.m. to 29.260, at 10 a.m. to 29.470,
and at 12 30 p.m. to 29575 inches.
The wind yesterday was W., becoming W.S.W.
at 3 30 p.m., S.W. at 7 50, S.S.W. at 8 30, S.S.E.
at 10 25, S.E. at 10 50, S.S.E. at 12 40 a.m. (of to-
day) ; S. at 1 20, S.W. at 2 5, W.S.W, at 3 15,1%.
at 5 a.m., W. by N. at 7 25 a.m., in which quarter
(4 p.m.) it still remains.
The wind early this morning was blowing a
pleasant breeze, suddenly rising to half a gale
(61b. on the square foot) at 2 40 a.m., increasing
to a gale of 121 b. on the square foot at 3 20 a.m.,
remaining 91b. till 11 30 a.m., with gusts up to
111 h. From 11 30 a.m. 71b., falling to 51b. at 150
p.m., at which force it still remains. If the gale
does not soon cease the damage done will be very
great.
I have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient ser-
vant, E. J. LOWE.
Observatory, Boston, May 28.
London, England, 1860-05-30

THE CRYSTAL PALACE.

The annual meeting of the children of the charity
schools of the metropolis, which has so long be en
annually held in St. Paul's Cathedral, will this year
be discontinued. Fortunately the disappointment
which would have been felt by thousands of persons
at the cessation of these time-honoured celebrations
will be removed by making the Crystal Palace
available for the occasion, and it is announced that
a more than ordinarily great gathering of the
children will take place at the Palace on Wed-
-ilesday next, June 6, preparations for which
have been in active progress for some time
past. The great Handel Orchestra, being double
the diameter of the dome of St. Paul's, affords
opportunity for the introduction of a much larger
number of children than were ever assembled
in the cathedral together. The favourable cen•
struction of the orchestra also renders it a
much more appropriate locale than the old staging
in the ecclesiastical edifice. The vault will proba-
bly therefore be more successful than the meetings
at St. Paul's, although they have hitherto been
regarded as among the great sights of the metro-
polls. In order that the children may enjoy a
lengthened holiday they will be conveyed to the
Palace by special trains and vans at an early hour
of the morning. At three o'clock they will be
assembled in the great orchestra for the musical per-
formance, and more than ordinary attention will be
paid to grouping them according to the colour of
the clothes worn by each school. The various
schools have for some time past been under careful
training by Mr. W. G. Martin, whose success with
the great meetings of the Aletropolitau School
Choral Society and with the choir of St. Paul's
Cathedral is well known, and a great advance on
former musical efforts may reasonably be antici-
pated. The treasurers of the various schools, under
the chairmanship of Mr. Alderman Finnis, with
many other influential members of the corporation,
including the active hon. secretary of the commit-
tee, Mr. John Stewart, have entered most heartily
into this holiday scheme, and as, by the liberality
of the Crystal Palace authorities, the opportunity
will be afforded to the parents of the children to
provide themselves beforehand with tickets at the
lowest excursion rate, there can be doubt but that
Wednesday, June 6, will be one of the great days
at the Crystal Palace, and the popular annual
solemnity of the " Charity Children" of the metro-
polis will more than ever retain its attractions.
On Friday, June 8, and
.two 'following days, a
great Fancy Fair and Bazaar, supported by many
of the leading City houses, and under distinguished
patronage, will be held in the Central Transept, for
the benefit of the Warehousemen's and Clerks'
School's.
London, England, 1860-05-30

LEEDS-MAY 29.

The weather since Friday has been very wet, cold, and
boisterous. New wheat is scarce, and prices are fully as
dear. Old wheat dull, and prices about the same. Oats
and beans held for the same money.
Averages for the week :
Wheat . 2,787 qrs., at 54s 41d
Peas .... 20 — 42 s 6d
Beans 207 . — 46 s 21d
8ar1ey......... 78 ...40s 21d
Oats 33 3os 4td
Rye — —s Oct
Arrivals this week :

Wheat .. 1,901 qrs.
Barley
Oats
Rapeseed

459

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Beans ..
Linseed.
Flour ~.

sacks.

SHEFFIELD-MAY 29.

There was a small attendance of the trade, and a very
limited business was done. The prices of wheat, flour, and
other articles remained without change.
London, England, 1860-05-30

A New Edition of

THE PHILOSOPHY OF MARRIAGE.
By JOSEPH KAHN, Gra nate in Medicine, surgery,
and Midwifery in the Royal and Imperial University of
Vienna, Erlangen, &c.
This popular work (which has been translated into four dif-
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London, England, 1860-05-30

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in relation to the Treatment and Cure of Sufferers from De-
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London, England, 1860-05-30

THE THIRD CHINA WAR.'

Intelligence has been reciived by the present
mail of the receipt of the reply at Shangbai, from
the Pekin Government to the ultimatum forwarded
by Mr. Bruce, The precise nature of it Imis not
been made public, but it is reported to be ii satis-
factory ; and from the fact of the French ene-
ral having returned to Hong Kong, it is therefore
assumed that the expedition will at once movelo the
Gulf of Pecheli. Gen. Hope Grant, the Comin4nder-
in-Chief of the British forces, arrived. at Shanghai
Major
in the P. and 0. chartered steamer Grapada'bn the
6th of April, with his staff, consisting of. Colonel
Quarters ;
Foley, Eng. Corn. at ForeigAnisHjoeralivnairteot,rs4J;udCgoel:
Wolseley, D.A., Q.M.G.;
u;N.D.C. ;
Dr. Home ; J,Mbngan,
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HANe.aaDva.:CQ:
Captain Grant, A D.C. ; Lieut. Biddulph, Military
to head-quarters? The
Sytuesecqvr..e:Jia.nri‘tyei
Interpreter
pGi.:heites .aJtothacn hs
Chaplainoend
;,
transport Assistance, with the Royal Marine
Artillery, arrived on the same day. The reinforce-
ments at Hong Kong to report by this mail con-
sist of 202 gunners, drivers, and seven officers, 8.7 e..,
with one 12 pounder Armstrong battery, in
charge of Lieut.-Colonel Barry, from England by
the overland route. From India, 884 men
and officers of the 3d Bengal Native Infantry, 105
officers and men of the Royal Artillery, 838 of the
21st Madras Native Infantry, 517 officers and men
of H.M.'s 44th Regiment, 10 officers of H.M.'s 31st
IRegiment of Foot. A great number of these arrivals
have been landed on the Kowloon side of Hong

Kong, waiting conveyance for the north.
The French transport Renommee had arrived
from France with troops, and the remainder of the
British and French expedition had reached Sin-
gapore en route to Hong Kong, and the next mail
should bring us advices of the safe arrival of the
whole.
Up to the present time no casualty has been re-
ported in either the naval'or military portions of
the expedition.—London and China Telegraph•
London, England, 1860-05-30

THE THIRD CHINA WAIL

Intelligence has been received by the present
mail of the receipt of the reply at Shanghai from
the Pekin Government to the ultimatum forwarded
by Mr. Bruce. The precise nature of it has not
been made public, but it is reported to be unsatis-
factory ; and from the fact of the French Gene-
ral having returned to Hong Kong, it is therefore
assumed that the expedition will at once move to the
Gulf of Pecheli. Gen. Hope Grant, the Commander-
in-Chief of the British forces, arrived at Shanghai
in the P. and 0. chartered steamer Granada on the
6th of April, with his staff, consisting of Colonel
Foley, Eng. Com. at Foreign Head-quarters; Col.
Wolseley, D.A., Q.M.G. ; Major Wihnot, Judge-
Advocate-General . Major Anson, A.D.C. ; Major
Rcaepbtoauiln,
GFrraenntc,hACom. D.C.;
Lieut.Englisl Head-Quarters ;
131 iddulph, Military
Secretary ; Lieut. Johnson, R.N., Naval A.D.C. ;
Rev. J. McGhee, Chaplain ; Dr. Home ; J,Mongan,
Esq., Interpreter attached to head-quarters. The
arrived on the same day. The reinforce-
transport .Assistance, with the Hovel 'Marine
ltongunners,
gKong to report by this-mail con-
sdrivers, and seven officers, &e.,
10yIn1e2p .ocuonidoenre 1
Barry, from Englandby
Armstrong
ls
ee of. )te L
ju t.verland route. From India 884 men
andtcwAmhhisiercatttnrhioti f 2 a
gofficerso of the 3d Bengal Native Infantry, 105
officers
and men of the Royal Artillery, 838 of the
21st Madras Native Infantry, 517 officers and men
of H.M.'s 44th Regiment, 10 officers of H.M.'s 31st
Regiment of Foot. A great number of these arrivals
have been landed on the Kowloon side of Hono..
Kong, waiting conveyance for the north.
The French transport Renommee had arrived
from France with troops, and the remainder of the
British and French expedition had reached Sin•
gapore en route to Hong Kong, and the next mail
should bring us advices of the safe arrival of the
whole,. . _ _

Up to the present time no casualty has been re-
ported in either the naval or military portions of
the expedition.—London and china Telegraph.
London, England, 1860-05-30

THE ARMY.

Early in June the 3d Light Dragoons, 15th Hus-
sars, 3d Battalion Grenadier Guards, and 26th
Cameronians will march from Dublin to the Cur-
ragh, there to be encamped. The troops at the
Carragh and Newbridge will shortly be—four.
batteries of Artillery, 2d Dragoons (Scots Grays),
3d Light Dragoons, 14th Light Dragoons (depot),
15th Hussars, 3d Battalion Grenadier Guards, sth
Battalion Military Train, 2d Battalion 14th Regt.,
Ist Battalion 15th Regt., 2d Battalion 16th Regt.,
2d Battalion 10th Regt., 26th Cameronians, 4th
Battalion 60th Rifles, 96th Regt., Louth Rifles ;
leaving in Dublin—One Battery of Artillery, Ist
Royal Dragoons, Ist Battalion 22d Regt. (for Malta),
76th Regt., North Lincoln Militia, 2d Stafford
Militia.

At an early hour yesterday morning the troops
belonging to the depots of the 20th, 23d Royal
Welsh Fusileers, 31st, 52d Light Infantry, and 73d
Regiments, at Chatham barracks, were marched
from their quarters to the Ordnance wharf for the
purpose of being exercised in embarking and dis-
embarking from her Majesty's ship Tyne, which
has been placed at the disposal of the authorities of
the garrison for that purpose. The troops were
conveyed to and from the vessel in the launches
belonging to the ships of war in harbour, the em-
barcations and disembarcations being effected with
great rapidity. Nearly the whole of the men thus
exercised are those who are about proceeding to
India.

The garrison orders of Monday at Woolwich
contained a memorandum, directing the officers in
command to assemble on parade the brigades of
Royal Artillery, the squadron of the 10th Hussars,
and the militia regiment of Norfolk Artillery, at 9
o'clock a.m., with camp equipage, &c., in readiness
method
other
to march out to Dartford-heath on a trial of Capt.
apparatus,
coffee
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newan cookingof
roasting d
over the top of one of his pontoon boilers. In con-
sequence of the bad weather the order was counter-
manded, and the experiments are fixed to take
place on Friday next.
The Suffolk Militia Artillery, under the command
of Lieut.- Col. A. Shafto Adair, Aide-de-Camp to
the Queen, were officially inspected yesterday at
Portsmouth by Col. Fitzmayer, commanding the
Royal Artillery in the south-west district. At 3
p.m. the men were marched out to Southsea Castle,
and made practice with shot from one 24-pounder
gun, two 32-pounder guns, and two 68-pounders
(95 cwt. guns), the latter throwing solid shot at
1,900 and 2,000 yards' range. Shell practice was
also made at 1,000 yards from a 65 cwt. 8-inch
gun, on the south-east advanced work of the Castle.
The result of the firing was excellent, notwith-
standing a strong breeze prevailing at the time, and
which compelled the gunners to make a consider-
able allowance for the deflection of the shot from
the true line of flight.
London, England, 1860-05-30

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BIRTHS.

DASHWOOD.—On the 28th inst., at Stone Lodge, Ipswich,
Hon. Mrs. George Dashwood, of a son.
ELLts.—On the 27th inst., at Plumstead• common, the wife
of Charles Ellie, Esq., of a son.

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MARRIAGES.
BEvAN—IIORNE.—On the 28th inst., at St. Thomas's,
Portman-square, C. Malton Bevan, Esq., to Isabella,
the second daughter of Frederick Lennox Horne, Esq.
COBBOLD—PococK.—On the 24th inst., at Christ Church,
Brixton, Henry Chevallier, son of John C. Cobbold, Esq.
my., Ipswich, to Louisa, only daughter of Charles M..
Pocock, Esq., of Montague House, Grove-road, Brixton.

DEATHS.
BARKER.—On the 28th inst., at 71, Grosvenor-street,
Captain Charles Barker, R.N., aged 49.
DAVENES.—On the 27th inst., at Sydenham, Mr. Amedee
Davenes, of 73, Cow-cross, West Smithfield, aged 52.
EARLE.—On the 26th inst., at Kensington Palace-gardens,
Joseph Earle, Esq., aged 57.
Urtsixv.--On the 27th inst , the Rev. S. T. Slade Gully,
rector of Berrynarbor, in the county of Devon, aged 71.
JENKINs.—On the 27th inst. at 12. Clapham-rise, Edwd.
Jenkins, Esq., aged 70.
MiNTON.—On the 28th inst., Samuel Minton, Esq., of
(,lower-court, Windsor, aged 69.
NASH.—On the 27th inst., at High Wycombe, John Nash,
Esq., aged 81.
WRITE.—On the 23d inst., at Falmouth, John White,
Esq., merchant, aged 72.
WooDauuts-.—On the 20th inst., at Boulogne, William
Woodburn, Esq., late of Park-lane.

LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG,
of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 112,
Strand, in the Precinct of the Sty/oy, in the oounty of
Middle4e7, Wednesday, b1ay,.30, 1660•
London, England, 1860-05-30

BANKRUPTS.

Peter Williamson the younger, grocer, Salford, to sur-
render June 13 and July 11, at twelve, at the Manchester
District Court.
James Alfred Axtell, William Rudd Knights, and Wil-
liam Axtell, tanners, Bermondsey, Surrey, June 8, at half-
London, England, 1860-05-30

EPPING.

Yesterday a special,meeting of this company was
held at the offices, Moorgate street, in compliance
with the Wharncliffe order, to consider a bill now
bafore Parliament for the extension of the railway
from Chipping Ongar to Great Dunmow; Mr.
Lawrence in the chair.

The CHAIRMAN having explained the nature of
the meeting, informed the shareholders that the
bill had been read a second time in the House of
Lords, and was now about to be referred to a select
committee; but before it could go through that
stage it required the sanction of the shareholders,
and he hoped they would succeed in carrying it.
The Solicitor having read the marginal notes of
the several clauses,
On the motion of the CHAIRMAN, the bill was
unanimously approved, and the proceedings termi-
nated.
London, England, 1860-05-30

LAW LIFE ASSURANCE OFFICE,
-LI • Fleet-street, London, 28th May, 1860.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That in conformity with
the provisions of the Deed of Settlement a GENERAL
MEETING of Proprietors will be held at the Society's Office,
Fleet-street, London, on SATURDAY, the 23d day of June
next, at 12 o'clock at noon precisely, to elect a Trustee in the
room of Philip Ma, tineau. Esq.. deceased ; to elect six Direc-
tors and two Auditors, when those who go out of office by
rotation will be•proposed for re-election; and for general
purpoies.
By order of the Directors.
WILLIAM SAMUEL DOWNES, Actuary.
London, England, 1860-05-30

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the ANNUAL
GENERAL MEETING of the PROPRIETORS, pursuant
to the Deed of Settlement, will be held at the Company's
Offices, 23, Lincoln's-inn-fields, on TUESDAY, the 12th day
of June next, at One o'clock precisely, at which three Direc-
tors and the Auditors will go out of office. The Directors
and Auditora so going out of office arc eligible for re-election,
and will offer themselves accordingly.
HENRY NORRIS, Secretary.
29th May, 1860.
N.B —Proposals for the sale of Reversions, Annuities, &c.,
can be addressed to the Secretary.
London, England, 1860-05-30

N RWI CH UNION REVERSIONARY
INTEREST COMPANY.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the ANNUAL
GENERAL MEETING of the PROPRIETORS, pursuant
to the. Deed of Settlement, will be held at the Compiny's
Offices, 23, Lincoln's-inn-fields, n TUESDAY, the 12th day
of June next, at One o'clock precisely, at which three Direc-
tors and the Auditors will go out of office. The Directors
and Auditors so going out of office are eligible for re-election,
and will offer themselves accordingly.
HENRY NORRIS, Secretary.

29th May, 1860.
N.B —Proposals for the sale of Reversions, Annuities, Sc.,
can be addressed to the Secretary.
London, England, 1860-05-30

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GAR IBALDPS EXPEDITION.

The Paris correspondent of the Times, in his
letter dated yesterday (Tuesday), 6 p.m., says :
" To-day, again, we have two sets of telegrams
from Naples, positively contradicting each other.
One, dated last evening and received here this
morning, announced that Garibaldi had been de-
feated, that he was in full retreat, his men dis-
persed, he himself seeking to get on board ship,
pursued by two or three battalions of Neapolitan
troops, and that these disasters were owing to his
not having been properly supported by the Sici-
lians. Such was the version given at Naples, and
forwarded to this place, and doubtless to London ;
and it certainly obtained credit in quarters not un-
favourable to the cause of Garibaldi.
" Within the last hour or two the scene has
changed. A despatch, dated later in the night at
Naples, begins by stating that the first telegram,

which announced the defeat of Garibaldi, was false,
that a popular rising had taken place at Palermo;
that the Neapolitan troops occupying the heights
which command the town, and the vessels in the
port, had made an attempt at bombardment, but un-
successfully ; that the advantages were all with the
Garibaldians; and that their entry into Palermo, if it
had not already taken place, was every moment ex-
pected. I find this latter despatch is, in great part,
corroborated from other sources; indeed, in one or
two things more than corroborated, for according
to the latter, the entry of the Garibaldians is an-
nounced as a fact.

" These two despatches, as I have observed,
contradict each other; they proceed from the
same person, who, however, was enabled to check

the first, derived from the Neapolitan Govern-
ment, by the second, which proceeded from a far
better source, and which stated that the news of
the defeat of Garibaldi was unfounded."