The Sun.
London, England, 1867-07-30 00:00:00

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

AMERICA.

NEW YORK, July 29, 6 p.m.

The Inman steamer City of Boston, the North
German Lloyd's steamer Bremen, and the Hamburg
and American Company's steamer Borussia arrived

out to-day.
COMMERCIAL.—CLOSING PRICES.—GoId, 1401 ;
sterling exchange on London 110 ; 5-20 United
States Bonds, 1111 ; Illinois, 1181 ; Erie, 76. Cot-
ton—Middling Upland, 271.
PHILADELPHIA, July 29.

Petroleum, refined, 321.
ARRIVAL OF TIIE lIANSA.

SOUTHAMPTON, July 30.

The North-German Lloyd's steamer Hansa, from
New York, passed the Needles at 10.45 a.m. to-
day.

ITALY.

FLORENCE, July 30.

In the Senate last night Signor Campello, in reply
to Signor Chieri, said that the property of the ex-
Duke of Modena would not be restored to him un-
less he returned all the State property taken away
by him in 1859.

Signor Ratazzi, in reply to Signor Farina, declared

that the Government would strictly keep the engage-
ments entered into with the creditors of the State.
No conversion or reduction of the Italian Rente
would ever take place.

The Senate approved the Budgets of the Ministers
of Finance, Justice, Foreign Affairs, and Public In-.

struction.

In the Chamber of Deputies the report of the
commission of inquiry into the condition of the
town and province of Palermo was discussed, and
the four bills proposed by the commission were
adopted.

ROME, July 30.

The Journal de Rome contradicts the statements
published in the Italian journals that 210 persons
had been arrested in Rome. The report was
totally unfounded, as no political arrests had taken
taken place.

CALCUTTA, CHINA, AND AUSTRALIAN

MAILS.

GALLE, June 19.
The Dieu, from China, arrived on the 16th inst
and the Geelong, from Australia, to-day.
The Candia leaves for Switzerland to-day.
OUTWARD MAILS.

The Avoca, April 20th and 26th, reached Mel-
bourne on the 11th, and Sydney on the 13th June.
The Surat, June 4th and 10th, arrived at Galle
on the 3d July.

RUSSIA.

ST. PETERSBURG, July 29.

An Imperial ukase has just been issued altering
the military and civil administration in the Russian
provinces bordering China and Central Asia, bring-
ing them under the same general government estab-
lished for the lately erected provinces of Turkestan,
and giving them the same organisation as a military
district. The military and civil administration is
declared indivisible, and the domestic government
is to be administered by natives chosen from among
the people. Adjutant-General Kaufmann has been
appointed Governor-General of Turkestan.

FRANCE.
BOURSE, July 29, Two o'crlck.—The contradic-
tion by the Moniteur of the war rumours has had
the effect of encouraging the market, which shows
an improved feeling, and stocks and shares are
higher. French Three per Cents., after first attain-
ing 69f., are now at 68f. 87ic., an advance of 25c.
Italian Fives went beyond 49f., and are now at 48f.
95c., an improvement of 20e. French and Spanish
Credit Mobilier shares have each risen 3f. 75c., at
336 f. 25e. and 22M. Comptoir d'Escompte 5f., at
737 f. 50c. ; Credit Foncier 2f. 50c., at 1,367 f. 50c.;
Paris Gas shares are unvaried at 1,537 f. 50c. ; but
Immobiliere gain if., at 168 f. 75c., and Suez Canal
lf. 25c., at 300 f. Railway shares are firm, but with
only a very slight advance.
Three o'clock.—The close was as follows :

41 per Cents
Do. end month —

Bank Shares
Italian Loan —

3 per Cents. —
Do. end month 68 85
Credit Mobilier —
Do. end month 335
Credit Foncier
Do. end month 1368 75
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Do. end month 49 o'2i
Mexican Loan ll
Do. Bonds 9B 75
Spanish Threes
Home Debt —
Deferred
r &TS.

Orleans For Account.
876 25
Northern
Lyons and Mediterranean ll4B 75
875
Southern
5t7 50
Western
563 25
Eastern
537 50
Sardinian
Austrian —
450

Lombard 365
North of Spain
Saragossa
Roman.

92 75
75 -

THE LAW RELATING TO FOREIGN

ORDERS.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES.

Sir,—The discussions about foreign decorations
may render the following points of law interesting
to your readers.
Coke lays it down that a duke, earl, &c., of
another kingdom are not to be sued by those names
here (Co. Litt., 16 b.) ; and a foreign duke, &c. is
only an esquire here (7th Rep., " Calvin's Case,"
30, 1.). But though a foreign duke, marquis, earl,
or baron is but an esquire here, yet if he be a knight
he is a knight by the law of England (2d Inst. 667,
7th Rep. " Calvin's Case," 15, 16 ; Co. Litt., 16b ;

. ,
and Year Book, 26, Ed. IV., 6, and 22 Ed. 111., 36 ;
Doderidge on Nobil., 161; "Duke of Brunswick v.
King of Hanover," 6 Beaman 2, Fleta, lb. 11., chap.
3, sec. 9 ; Comyn. Dig., " Abatement," 17, F 19.)
The reason of this peculiarity of knighthood seems
to be that it is a dignity not of any particular
country, but common to all Christendom, and,
therefore, juris gentum. Thus, the right of con-
ferring knighthood was not originally a flower of
the Royal prerogative, but knighthood might be
conferred by any knight, or by a bishop, according
to the ritual contained in the Pontificate, and given
in Selden's Tit. of Hon., :p. 445. But Selden says
that it has long since grown to be clear that none
can give it with us but the Sovereign, or some one
by his command or commission. But the common
law still remains by which a foreign knight is a
knight by the law of England—that is to say, any
knight created by a foreign Sovereign. In the
case of the Rev. Robert Peat, one of the chap-

lains of King George IV., the point arose. He
was made a knight of St. Stanislaus by the Em-
peror of Russia, and he established his right as a
knight according to the law of England. But it
does not follow that a foreign knight is entitled to
the style and title of " Sir," which belongs to Eng-
lish knights. It seems that this style can only be
conferred by the Royal prerogative, though it was
assumed by the Rev. Robert Peat. I believe no
foreign knight has assumed it since. So much for
the law regarding foreign knights. I say nothing
of decorations, for they are unknown to the com-
mon law, being personal ornaments, like a uniform
or club button, or the badges of a Freemason, and
they denote that the wearer belongs to a particular
society, brotherhood, or sodality, commonly called
an Order.

Your obedient servant,
Temple, July 27. GEORGE BOWYER,

WEST GLOUCESTERSHIRE ELECTION.—The poll-
ing commenced yesterday morning at eight o'clock, and
ended at five in the evening with a majority of 91 for tho
Conservativo candidate. Tho numbers at the close, were
—Colonel Somerset, 3,649 ; Mr. Berkeley, 3,558.