The Sun.
London, England, 1867-05-07 00:00:00

'THE 81)N, LONVON, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 7, 1867.

SHARE MARKET3.—This day.

ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS.

ihare

Claming Business
Railways.
rrioe. dent.

-Bristol anneter
Caledonian •
CA brian
Cork and 8and0n......
Cornwall
Dublin & Belfast Jane.
Dun„Perth, Sr. Ab.Junc.
M. Loudon, ,crap Corti.

781
1071

100 08
40 t 5

20
st
St
'Co

4 6
65 69
70 72

Do. -
Glasgow t S. Western
Great Eastern, Ord. stk.'
Do. E. Angl. st. No. 2;
Great North of Scotland,
Great Northern
D., A stock
Do. Il stock
Do. New, is. at 25 pu ,
GtS, and W. of Ireland'
Gt. Western -Origiuui,
Do. s. Val, Hail gua.l
Do. South Wales '
Do. W. idld.—oxloriil
Newport
Do. Hereford...
Lancashire At Yorkshire'
London and lilackwalt
Lon., Itrigh.,l4 S Coast.
Lon., Chat., and Daver:

d
103 iO5
27 28
5 6

110 112
11 112

89 11
40 41

LO 55
11 27
2.5

122 122:

57 :8
15 17

Mi. Metrop. Ex. A
Lun. tt North IVesteru,
Lon. South Weeitcru
Han., Shut., do Lincoln'
Itetropolltan....
110. New

109
100
100
100
100
all '

8 12
112 )13
72 71
45 161
15 1 6
-
103 lf 5

Do. Extension....
Iletroporitan Digtric.t:
110. do. do.
Do. and St. John 'a Wt
Aidiand
Do. £9 Share

ICB 110

Do, Birmin.. & Derby
Bid Kent . .
North British
Do. Ed., rth., & Dun '
:Nth. Eastern—Berwicii;
Do. G.N•L purohasti
Do. Leeds
Do. York
Do. Carlisle
Do. Stook. & Darling
Do. do. 1860-5111
North London
Do. do. 1864 5

78 60

33 31
1 18
10 IU2

59 4l
9. 93

32 43
7 Bpl
110 113

Do. do. 1866 .
North Staffordshire
N. & S. W. Junction
Scottish Central
Soot. N. E Aber. stock
Do: Scot, Mid. stack
Shropsnire Union
South Devon
South Emltern
itaines, Wok., & Wok
Taff Vale
Do. C
Vale of Neath
Waterlord & Kilkenny
Waterloo & Whiteha
West Cornwall

I tp
68 70
112 -116

44 ' 46
61 G 3

8 Pi
140 ;55
24 34

23i I

1101 111
I►l# aj 1
124

4i VI

1221 1

581 9i 71
' 'di i
tl3 121 14 121

46 6; 61
i
F4j 3,

1091 10 9f

63} 21 31 3

BRITISH POSSESSIONS.
100 Atlantic &St.Lawrenoe 'lin 67 60
st Bom.,Baroda, s Cen.ln. 100 100 102
gu. 5 per cent...
10 Do. 1' shares lO Id ip
201 Buffalo & Lake Huron all 4 41
10 Do. Preference
(00 Buff.,Brant,& Goderich
1 6 p.c. 1872-3-1 lOO
at Calcutta &S. E., lien lOO
at ..ape Town & Dock, gu lOO 50 55
00 Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p all 101 103
st East. Bengal, gu., sdo 100 101 163 102
at East Indian, gu. 5 p.c. 100 106 107 1015 1
40 Do. J Extension
at ,randTrunkof Canada 100 20 22
100 Do. Equip. Mort. Bonds
1 charge op.o all 85 88
100 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds all 57 59
100 Do. do deferred
100 Do. 2d Pref. Bonds all 52 51
100 Du. do. deterred all
100 Do. 3d Pref. stook.— all 37 (0
100 Do. do. deferred
100 Do. 4th Pref. atoOk
100 Do. do. deterred
at • Gt. India Pen. gua. bp.c lOO 106 106
YO o. Gua. 5 per cent lB 4 11,
40 Do. New gua. sp. o 6 2 1
at lit. South of India
gun. 5 per cent
at D. 41 per cent lov , 91 113
at Do 2 E—
-201 treat Wes. of Canada all 121 131 111
204 Do. New ...... ,„ all IL 125
400 Do. 6p. c Bfas. pay. 1873 all t'B 92
100 Do. 54 du. pay. 1877-8 all 81 84
10 Indian Branch, limited 2 11 111
st Madras, gua. 5 p.o 100 100 102 1021
at Do. 11 do lOO 92 Pl
at Do. 15 do lOO 85 90
2') Do. Fifth Extension 5
at Melb. Cor. 6p. c. Buds. 100
30 Mel.. Hudson's Bay all
at N.l.ll.C'da,6pclatpf.bs 100 82 65
at Scinde 100 97 99
at Do. Delhi p cs 100 97 VS 1004 991
20 Do. do . lO 1 1
at Do. Punjaub.... 100 97 98
at Do.lndus St.Elot 100
COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
British Colombia, 6 per)
cent., Dec.3l, 1872.-1 100
Can.Gov.6
1877-m4
Do. op. 0. Feb. & I 0 98 .00,
Uu. sp. c. Mar. & Sept 100 100 lO2j
,)o. P. c. Jan. ,t my 100 85 JO '
Do. sp. lust:no:4 r 7 81
Copt, G. Elope, 6 p.c. Is 7 lOU f 0 : 101
Apl. & 0131, . 1890-190( 100 105 107
Do. do I',Bo-9 100 lul 100
Do. Jan.&July, 1090-4 .1 too 102 101
Do. 5 per cent. 15 A pri:
aria 15 yet., 1900.... 100 61 93
lon, Nov. 1868,6 p. 100 101 It 3
Do. 1578, do lOO 103 1 a
p. c, 1873,
Jan. and July
Do. 1,178
)0. 1882, May 15, Nov. 100 103 IU6
Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug lOO tub 107
Natal 0 per cent lOO t'B 11'0
N.11.G0v.6p.c.Ja.&.1u1, 100 Vti Os 95i
N. S.W. Gov. 5 p•c.,160t, 100 I 11l IPS
Do. 5 p.c. 18;1 to int, 100
Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1893 100 85 F 7 88i g
New Zealand, 6p. cent 100 101 lu2 •
Do. 5 per cent....
Nova So •tia Gov. 6p.
sterling, 1875 l9O 96 118
,/ucensland Gov. 6p. e lOO 01 93 921
8. Aua.Gov. 6 p,o 1808-9 100
Do. 1878 & upwards llO 108 108
‘rlo,Uov. p.c.Ja &July 100 -
Do. do, April & Oct lOO i 107 109 105

BRITISH MINIM
Cam. Consol. Cold, Um. 1 -
- ..3tiverton
flifford Amalgamated 3O 4 6
Oevon G. Cous. (Tavist 1 374 391
urakevyalls '2.1.0 1 II •
East Bassett (Illogan) 294 22 24 If
East Caradon 2.14.e 5 6
East yarn Brea 3l 3 34
s:ast Grenville
East Gunnislake. 6.3.6 i 4
East Love.l 3.9.0 9 10
E. %VI Russell (Tavistk 11.2.6 31 31
lam.& StAubyn(G wen. 66 4 5
4 irAtt Lrxey, limited,. all 15 17 18
.3-reat South Tolgus 0.14.6 -
- 4 reat Wheal Busy 11.9.0 -
- 'I. Wheal Vor (Heist , 10 1/ 19
..irenviDe 8.18.0 11 14
Herod's Foot .... 6.10. 3: 31
i lingston Downs 5.10.6 21 34
dargaret (Uny Lelant 13.17.11 7 9
',hake Valley 4.10.6 31 al
4 riwyudy Iron Ore, lira 31 4 lid
New Sewn .... 134 35 45
. lorth Roskear . 384 11 13
i.Wll.lßassett(lllogan 1.4.0 -
- North Wheal Crotty .. 2.13.1 41 5
Prosper United........ 7.1.6 21 21*
Pr...videnee UnyLelaut 10.6.: 26 28
S. Caradon (St. Cleer).. 14 349 530
South Condurrow ...... 3.2.0 1 If
S.Wheal Fran. (Illogan 18.18.4 -
- stray Park . 15 l5 6 34 44
fin Croft 9 12 14
_ Vigra and (Mogan, lint all
West ttassett (Mogan
X. Caradon (Liskeard 1t 9 .1
IIS evil Sta:sni el
eert t(ItIeldl orguat ni i
156/
2635 ?.,
(0,
West Chi yerton ll 68 70 67
474 130 :40 105
Wheal Seton
--: I.l.VlVVrheilltseeetaaal Mary Ann (Men 8 I 1 13
Wheal Trelawney (Lis 5.17.0 10 12

ettIiarEILICNWG SBA/tit:b.
Great Eastern, E. Counties Ex., Nu. 2 71
Hancliestor, Sheffield. and Lincoln, 6 ptr cent.,
Ditto (-C6 . 6
North British 5 per cent., No. 2,7 a
North Eastern. York, H. and Selby purchase. --
Stockton and Darlington 13, 6 per cent., 31}-
LINES LEASED AT /UM, 'MANTA:LB.
Lancaster and Carlisle, 2051

ro KEHIN IitAILWA
Dutch Rhenish, 171
,ireat Luxembourg, f/ 9
Sambre and Meuse, 61
South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 141

FoRICION
Anglo Brazilian bold, limited, 1 1-16 (
Uttuutalea Gold and Saver alining, 3
rontino and nolivia Gold, lim.,
Pestarenna Gold, 21
St. Jelin del !Ley, Inn., 56} 5
BANKS.

Alliance, lim..
Anglo Itgyptian, lim., 131
Australasia,
Bank of Egypt, 33i
Bank of Victoria, Australia, 37
imperial ottoman, lim., 8 3-10
Loudon and County, 1,7
London Joint Stoak, 421
London and %1 eatuainster, 9111 24
Midland Bank, Um— 19
Union of Loudon, 38, sq 8{

MISC/CLLAN moue.
Anglo-American Telegraph, 191/
Atlantic Telegrapt►,
Dit o, 8 per cunt., s7i 1(0
National Discount t ompany, 12i
North British and Mercantile insurance, I 3
Tele: rapli Cons.ruc. and 31nintea , Dim.,

Dili°, 121
Thames anti 3fergey Marine. Insurance, lim., 4;
United Kingdom Telegraph Co., Ilan., it

The Price of Gold.

~.._♦. _.

The quotation of gold et Parts is about at par, and
the shert exchange on London is 25.1.1 per Xi sterling. ob
Comparing these rates with the English Mint price of
Os. 104 d, per ounce for standard gold, it aPPe.va that gold is
about ::-10ths per cent. dearer In Paris than in London.

The (iourre of exchange at New York on London for bills at
GO days' sight is about 1091 per cent. At this rate there is
n 9 prod', oa the importation of gold from the United State..

The students of the Quartier Latin, Paris, have
put their threat into execution, and have published List
No. 1 of the hotels where the charges have been raised.
At the same time they publish a list of those whose pro-
prietors have not altered their tariff. Both the public And
the press applaud this attempt to " bell the cat," and some
of the papers go so far as to insert in their columns a letter
from the "committee of action," coataiuing the lists in
question.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.)

BAIL COURT.
(Sitting at Nisi Prins, before Mr. Justice Mellor.)
MILLER V. KIMBRAT.

This was an action brought to recover compensation in
damages for injuries sustained through the bite of a dog,
the property of the . defendant, a widow, who keeps a
lodging-house at 4, Gardner-lane, Westminster.
Mr. Joyce and Mr. Pearse appeared for the plaintiff, but
the defendant was not represented by counsel.
From the evidence it appeared that the plaintiff is a
person in humble circumstances, living at 2, Gardner-lane,
occupying an apartment in one of the houses of the de-
fendant. She went last January to pay some rent to the
landlady at her house, when she was attacked by a fero-
cious dog, the property of the latter, which inflicted
such injuries on her leg and thigh that she was laid up for
ten days in the Lospital, and was still an out-patient. She
was unable to attend to her duties, and she and her husband
sustained such pecuniary loss es, in their humble circum-
stances, became a very serious matter. When the dog at-
tackud Mrs. Miller, the defendant cried, "Good God, he
►s going to worry her," a proof, as it was contended by
counsel, she must have been aware of th vicious habits
of the animal. It was proved that it had flown at some
of the neighbours, and about three years ago bit a
man in the leg, as he stated, tearing away the trowsers
and a piece of his calf, by which he was laid up for several
weeks, but no action was brought, the matter having been
arranged between the defendant's husband, who was then
living, and the party in question.
The medical gentlemen subpoenaed not being iu attend-
ance, this closed the plaintifl's case.

The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff, assessing the
damages at £lO.

CRIMINAL COUR r.-(rlia DAY.)

OLD COURT.
(Before the Recorder.)
CHARGE O STABBING.

• John Bryan and Richard Bryan were indicted with
feloniously wounding Thomas Elyin, with intent to do
him grievous bodily harm, and ,also with unlawfully as-
saulting William:lzzard, a police constable, whilst engaged
in the execution of his duty in the neighbourhood of
Whitechapel. -
The jury returned a verdict of not guilty of the charge
of stabbing, but found both prisoners guilty of the assault.
Thomas Gough was then tried, in company with the
prisoners, on the charge of stabbing.
The jury found him guilty of unlawful wounding.
A number of former convictions were proved against
John Bryan and Richard Gough,
The Recorder sentenced Johi Bryan to fifteen months'
imprisonment With hard labott.r,
old boy ; I'm young and 1 can do it." (Laughter.)
The prisoner on hearing his 4enteneo said—" All right
Gough was sentenced to twelve months' and Richard
Bryan to four months' imprisoninent with hard labour.

THE TRAGEDY AT BIICKHITRST-HILL.

EXAMINATION OF THE PRISONER THIS DAY.
WALTHAM ABBEY, Tuesday.
This morning, at a little after eight o'clock, the
prisoner, Frederick Alexander Watkins, was con-
veyed from Ilford Gaol to Waltham Abbey Police-
court.

At 11 o'clock this forenoon Mr. Domes, the
chairman of the bench of magistrates, took his seat,
when the prisoner was placed in the dock.

Mr. Abrams, of Bow-street, London, appeared
to defend the prisoner, and said—l presume, as the
prosecutrix is not well enough to give evidence to-
day, the accused will be remanded after the evi-
dence of Dr. Horne has been taken.

Dr: Horne said the young woman was progress-
ing favourably up to Friday last, when serious head
symptoms supervened, and since Sunday another
change has taken place, and she is now butter.

Mr. Abrams—Do you now think that all danger
is over?

Dr. llorne—l cannot go so far as to say that ;
but if things go on favourably she will be out of
danger next Tuesday.
The Bench then remanded the prisoner for a week.

Shipwreck ani Loss of Six Lives.

DREADFUL SUFFERINGS OF THE SURVIVORS.

A tale of unusual suffering at sea is unfolded by
the arrival at Arbroath of the Blyth brig Ancient
Promise, Capef R. B. Stannard, from Memel, with
a cargo of flax for an Arbroath firm. The Ancient
Promise has brought with her Capt. Currie, master
of the brig Ocean Queen, of Blyth, which vessel
was wrecked in the month of December last. About
the beginning of December the Ocean Queen sailed
from Riga for Hartlepool, with a crew of eight
hands, all told. She had a cargo of deal on board.
From the day of her sailing she encountered fearful
weather, and about the 12th she sprung a leak.
The men worked hard at the pumps, and the captain
steered for Dantzic. The water, however, made
upon them rapidly, and, in consequence of the heavy
seas sweeping the deck, the crew had to betake them-
selves to the rigging for safety. The vessel was so
waterlogged that she did not answer to the helm.
A day after she sprung a leak, about seven o'clock
in the evening, the brig, being half full of water,
capsized. Two of the crew—Samuel Turner, an able
seaman, and John Petrie, an apprentice, the latter
belonging to Aberdeen—were drowned. The re-
mainder of the crew had managed to get hold of the
vessel, to which they clung. Two hours after she
capsized the whole of the upper works flush with the
deck, fore and aft, were swept away by the sea, the
effect of which was that the brig immediately after-
wards righted. The Ocean Queen was, as near as
could be made out, 45 miles E.S.E. off Memel when
she capsized. The six survivors all got on board
when she righted, but there was neither food nor
water—nothing but a water logged hulk drift-
ing about on the stormy sea. The cook, Robert
Hadley, Blyth, died two days after the accident, of
exhaustion and hunger, and two days after that
again another of the crew succumbed. Several ves-
sels had been seen, but they were all at a distance,
so that the hull of the Ocean Queen was not observed
by them, and no assistance was obtained. On the
fourth day, however, two ships, one of them Swedish
and the other supposed to be from Memel, passed
close at hand, and indeed were spoken by the crew
of the Ocean Queen, who, however, were left to their
fate. The unfortunate men were now in a deplorable
condition, and had been reduced to the shocking
necessity of allaying the pangs of hunger by eating
part of the bodies of their comrades who had died.
To quench their thirst they sucked pieces of ice and
drank sea water, the latter bringing on fever and
insensibility. On the seventh day after the capsizing
of the brig the mate, Robert Oliver, Blyth, died
and a young boy named Jas. Hamilton died on the
eighth day. Hamilton was a native of Scotland, and
his widowed mother resides at Shields. Ile was an
apprentice. Just as he died the vessel, Dcc. 21, struck
the beach near the fishing village of
miles from Memel. Of the eight of a crew who .had
sailed witk her when she left Riga only two were
now alive—the master, C.tpt. Carrie, and a seaman
named Julius Fortis, a native of the Cape de Verde
Islands. Both men were in a shocking state—frost
bitten, suffering from hunger and thirst, and in a
raging fever. It is not known how Fortis got
ashore, but the captain had, without well knowing
how, got astride a plank of wood, and was so washed
up on the beach. They appear to have lain there
some hours before they were noticed by the villagers.
When the captain first came to consciousness he
found himself and Fortis laid upon the backs of
horses, and being conducted by some fishermen to
Niddin. Tho villagers showed them kindness, and
sent to Memel to inform the British consul there of
what had occurred. The next day the consul came
with a doctor, and, on the suggestion of Captain
Currie himself, they were removed to Memel for
treatment. The unfortunate men suffered greatly
on the journey to Memel, which was made on
horseback, and there was no proper road. Fortis
was sent into hospital, and Mr, Carrie got a
private lodging. The former was found to be so
badly frost-bitten that both his feet and both
his hands had to be amputated. He is still in
Memel. Capt. Currie had to get the sole of one of
his feet cut off, it was so much injured by the frost.
Ile is suffering in his feet still, but otherwise he has
recovered his health, Mr. Currie states that he had
every attention from the doctor. Being so far re-
covered as to be able to undertake the voyage, he
left Memel on the 26th ult. with the Ancient Pro-
mise, which vessel arrived at Arbroath after a rapid
passage.—Sectsman.

MARKETS.--This day.

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SMITTIFIELD —Meaclow hay, £3 Os to XI ss; clover,
to 10S Oti ; and straw, .£2 to £2 Gs per load.
Prices rather drooping.

C UMBERLAND —Meadow hay, £3 Os to £1 ss; clover,
£4 Os to C 5 12s 6d ; and straw, .£2 to £2 65 per load.
A fair trade.

WHITECIIAPEL—Meadow hay, £3 to £4 5s Od ; clover,
£4 N to .£3 103 Od ; and straw, £2 to £2 6s. per load.
A moderate supply.

COLONIAL.

TEA.—There has been a very limited amount of business
transacted, the trade having deferred their operations
until the public sales, which commenced to-day, when
about 21,000 packages will be offered, the greater portion
being without reserve.
SUGAR. —Only moderate transactions have been entered
into; previous rates, however, have, in most instances,
been well supported. Refined goods aro in moderate re-
quest at steady rates.
COFFEE:---A fair demand has prevailed for colonial
descriptions, and late rates are well maintained. The
stock on hand, compared with those of the corresponding
period of last year, show a falling off of about 1,100 tons.
Ricz.—The demand has been steady, and full rates aro
current for chance descriptions.
TALLow.—There has been little alteration to note in the
market during the past week, operations having been very
limited, and prices in all positions are rather easier. From
St. Petersburg the prices are quoted somewhat higher,
501 silver re. being demanded for August delivery, but
without buyers ; Exchange, 311 f . Here the market is
dull ; 44a. is the price of P.Y.C. on the spot, and May to
June &Hers ; and 445. 6d. to 9d. for the last three months.
Australian beef, 435. 6d.; town tallow, 435. to 43s 3d. nett
cash.

COAL MARKET.
Price per ton at eie closeof the market.
s. d. s. d.
Walls End lletton ... 18 6 Holywell Main l6 3
Hastings Hartley...... 17 3 Haswell
West Hartley
Tees
Hetton Lyons

LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET—This Day.

....- —
Market opens steady, at unchanged rates. Sales
probably 8,000 or 10,000 bales.

The Times of yesterday states that the law ad-
visers of the crown in the month of November, 1856 (Sir
Alexander Cockburn, Sir R. Bethel!, and Mr. Willes),
signed an opinion to the effect that there is a right to
close the gates and exclude the public ; or, the gates being
open, to exclude persons, but that persons who have once
entered cannot be turned out without notice that the
licence is withdrawn.
THE CIVIL SERVICE.— APPOINTMENTS.--Mr.
Richard F. Craig, to be Clerk in the House of Commons.
Mr. Thomad Edward Fielding, having been first in a com-
petition of two candidates, to be Clerk in the Customs at
Preston. Mr. George Wood, to be Clerk in the Post-office
4t Brighton. Messrs. John Walker Hay and Thomas
Thorpe to be teLoporary Glerks is the Board of Trade.

Naval and Military Intelligence.

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VALErra, May 2.—The difficulty with Spain is
at an end, and the ironclads at Gibraltar have been
ordered back to Malta. The Prince Consort, 35,
Capt. E. A. Englefield, and the Royal Oak, 35,
Captain the Hon. G. D. Keane, are daily expected.
The Ocean, 24, Capt. C. Stanhope, may be looked
for here in the course of the week to fit her new
300-pounder (nine ton) guns, of which she is to
have four, and then proceed to reinforce our squad-
ron on the China station. The Resistance, 16,
ironclad, Capt. H. S. Hillyar, C. 8., now in pirt,
received orders by telegraph on the Ist inst. to pro-
ceed home, and will probably leave this about the
beginning of next week. Advices have been received
here that the Trinculo ti,)-liorse power, may
be expected out from England to join the Mediter-
ranean Squadron. Her Majesty's ships at present on
this station are distributed as follows :—Tho Are
thusa, 35, screw steam frigate. Capt. lt. J. J. G.
Macdonald, Malta ; the Caradoc, 2, iron steam ves-
sel, Lieut.-Corn. Wilkinson, Constantinople ; the
Cockatrice, screw steam gunboat, Coin. A. G. Bogle,
the Danube ; the Cruiser, 5, screw steam sloop,
Commander M. Singer, coast of Syria ; the Eudy-
mien, 21, screw steam frigate, Capt. C. Wake,
Piraeus ; the Enterprise, 4, screw steam iron-clad
sloop, Commander G. S. Bosanquet, arrived on the
19th of April from Tunis and Gerba ; the Hibernia,
receiving ship (flag of Rear-Admiral Kellett, C. 8.),
Commander G. L. Norcock, Malta ; the Hydra, 1,
paddle-wheel sloop, Capt. P. F. Shortland, Sicily ;
the Ocean, 24, iron-clad screw steam frigate, Capt.
C. Stanhope, Gibraltar ; the Prince Consort, 35,
iron-clad frigate, Capt. E. A. Englefield, Gibraltar ;
the Psyche, 2, despatch boat, Lieut.-Corn. Sir F.
Blackivood, Malta ; the Racer, 11, screw steam
sloop, Commander L. Brine, had left Malta for
Patras ; the Resistance, 16, iron .screw steamship,
Capt. H. S. Hillyar, C. 8., arrived on the 19th of
April from the Piraeus ; the Royal Oak, '35, iron-
clad frigate, Capt. the Hon. G. D. Keane, 'Gibral-
tar ; the Skylark, 2, screw steam grinboaf,- Lieut.-
Com. R. H. Swinton, Gibraltar ; the Tyrian, 1,
screw steam. gunboat, Lieut:-Corn. the Hon. V.
Montagu, Candia ; the Victoria, 102, , screw steam
liner, bearing the flag of Lord C. Paget, C. 8., Capt.
A. 11. Gardner, Malta ; the Wizard, 1, screw steam
gunboat, Lieut.-Com. P. J. Murray, arrived on the
22d of April from Canea. In. view of the great
scarcity of water now prevailing, the naval autho-
rities at this island have caused her Majesty's steam
vessel Weser, lying in ordinary in the Dockyard
Creek, to be converted into a condenser, for the
purpose of increasing the supply of water for the
naval establishments. On the 23d of April the
English Church of the Holy Trinity, just erected at
Sliema, by the exertions and chiefly at the expense
of the Bishop of Gibraltar, was consecrated by his
lordship in the presence of Major-General Ridley
(the officer administering the government), Lord C.
Paget, C. 8., Rear-Admiral Kellett, C. 8., and a
large congregation. The church, which is built in
the Gothic style of the 13th century, is simple and
pleasing.
Lieut.-Gen. Sir George Buller, K.C.-13.,
Governor of Portsmouth and military Commander-
in-Chief of the South-West District, accompanied
by Col. Elliot, R.A., and other officers of the Staff,
embarked yesterday morning on board the paddle
steam yacht Fire Queen, Staff Commander Paul,
and proceeded on a tour of inspection of the mili-
tary stations and fortifications on the Isle of Wright
and at Hurst Point, opposite the Needles Channel
and Western forts.

The division at Aldershot, under the command of
Lieut.-Gen. the Hon. Sir J. Y. Scarlett, K.C.8.,
has been actively exercised in field manoeuvres dur-
ing the past week. On Tuesday the Cavalry Bri-
gade, consisting of the Ist (King)'s) Dragoon Guards,
the 15th Lancers, and the 15th (King's) Hussars,
formed up in line on Eelmoor-hill, under command
of Major-Gen. Hodge, C. 8., and were inspected by
the Lieut -Gen. commanding. After inspection the
brigade marche I past in open column of squadrons,
trotted past by sections, and repassed by squadrons
at a trot; then form 2d up on its original ground, ad-
vanced in line in field order, halted, and changed
front by echelon, right thrown back, advanced in
double column from the centre of the brigade, and
formed two parallel lines. Skirmishers were thrown
out by the 15th llussara, and several combined
movements were male with a view to check a sup-
posed enemy. On the conclusion of the manoeuvres
the brigade advanced in parade order and gave a
general salute. The troops, who had behaved admi-
rably under arms and elicited the commendations of
Gen. Scarlett, were then dismissed to quarters. On
Thursday the Infantry Brigades had a field day, five
ruunds of blank ammunition per man being issued.
At half-past 10 the troops formed up in line of con-
tiguous columns on the Queen's Parade, North
Camp. Shortly afterwards the brigades were inspected
by the Lieut.-Gen. commanding, and the troops
marched past in open columns of grand divisions in
quick time, and in the following order :—Pioneers,
bands, and drums of the Ist Brigade, Staff of Bri-
gade, Major-Gen. Renny; Col. Lacy and 56th
(West Essex Regiment) ; Lieut.-Col, Cooper and
70th (Surrey) Regiment ; pioneers, bands, and
drums of 21 Brigade, Staff of Brigade, Major-
Gen. Campbell, C.B. ; Col. Call and Ist batta-
lion 18th Royal Irish ; Major Paul and 65th (2d
Yorkshire) Regiment ; Col. Browne, C. 8., and 44th
(East Essex) Regiment. The troops were after-
wards disposed with a view to check an enemy on
the south side of the canal. A variety of well-exe-
cuted manoeuvres followed, ending by the Lieut.-
Gen. forcing the passage of the canal bridge, and
the enemy retiring before the victorious division.
The troops then returned to quarters.
Several regiments and corps at Aldershott have
been inspected during the past week. The 17th
Lancers were inspected by Major-Gen. Hodge, C. 8.,
commanding the Cavalry Brigade ; No. 3 Company
Royal Engineers by Col. Laffan, commanding Royal
Engineers at Aldershott ; and B Troop of the Royal
Engineer Train by the same officer. The result of
the inspection in each instance was highly satisfac-
tory.

As at present arranged the Lieut.-Gen. command-
ing will have the Royal Horse Artillery and cavalry
out for field movements at Eeltuoor at 10 o'clock on
Wednesday morning, and the infantry brigades on
the Queen's Parade, North Camp, at half-past 10
o'clock on Thursday morning. •
The head-quarters of the 14th (King's) Hussars,
under command of Col. P. S. T4ornpion, arrived
at Piershill Barracks, Edinburgh, on Saturday, after
about four weeks' march from London. Major-
Gen. Hamilton and Staff rode several miles out of
town to meet them. De,tachments of the regiment
had arrived on the two preceding days, the dis-
mounted men having conic by train some time pre-
viously. The 14th Ilussars have also to occupy
Perth and Hamilton, only one rigiment of cavalry
having of late years been quartered in Scotland.
The strength of the regiment is 31 officers and 556
non-commis3ioned officers and privates, rank and file.