The Sun.
London, England, 1859-06-25 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS—(YESTERDAY).
Lord REDESDALE, in the absence of the Lord Chancellor,
took his seat upon the woolsack a few minutes before five
o'clock.

Lord MASSARE NE presented a petition from the Cham-
ber of Commerce, Belfast, Complaining of the exclusive ad-
vantages possessed by the watermen and lightermen on the
river Thames as likely to injure the liberty of trade.
On the motion of Lord REDESDALE the following
private bills were read a second time :—Earl Vane's Estate
Bill ; Caledonian Railway; London and North Western,
Edge-hill to Garston, Railway; Birkenhead, Lancashire,
and Cheshire Junction Railway ; North British, Selkirk
and Galashiels Companies' Railway ; Castle-Douglas and
Dumfries Railway; and the Hampstead Junction Railway.
Grieve's Disabilities Removal Bill was read a third
time.
Their lordships then adjourned till Monday.

THE NAVY.

It is stated that the following changes are to
take place in the Board of Admiralty, consequent
on the change of the Ministry :—Vice-Admiral W.
F. Martin Rear-Admiral Sir A. Milne, and Rear-
Admiral Sir Henry Leeke, retire from the Board.
Vice-Admiral the Hun. Sir R. S. Dundas, K.C.B.
will remain in the Board,'and be the First Naval'
Lord. Rear-Admiral F. T. Pelham, C. 8., formerly
private secretary to the Duke of Northumberland,
when First Lord, and subsequently one of the junior
lords under Sir Charles Wood ; Commodore Charles
Eden, C.B. (Controller-General of the Coastguard),
and Capt. Charles Frederick (commanding the
Csar), are mentioned as the successors to the re-
tiring officers.
It is stated in naval circles that Capt. the Hon.
S. T. Carnegie, C.B. has been selected to fill the
office of Controller-General of the Coastguard, in'
the room of Commodore Eden.
An Admiralty notice has been received at Chat-
ham Dockyard, to the effect that the whole of the
clerks, mechanics, and other persons employed at
that establishment are to receive the benefit of the
provisions of the Civil Service Spperannuation Act,
recently passed. By this Act a great boon is con-
ferred on all the persons employed at the Royal
dockyards, whose superannuation allowances will
be increased nearly double those granted under the
old scale. Mechanics and others who have served.
40 years and upwards in the Dockyard will be al-
lowed to retire on two-thirds of their pay, while
those who from age or infirmityare considered unfit
for further service will be granted a pension on a
very liberal scale.
The screw steam-frigate Amphion, 36, attached to
the steam reserve at Chatham, has been commis-
sioned at that port, and is to have a complement of
340 men, It is understood that she will be attached
to the Channel squadron of observation.
The screw corvette Clio, 21, belonging to the
steam reserve ordinary in the Medway, has just
been commissioned, and is to be immediately fitted
for sea.
The enlistment of volunteers for ber Majesty's
navy still progresses satisfactorily at Liverpool:
The screw steam-frigate Liffey, 51, Capt. Preedy,
left that port last night for. Plymouth, with ahout
30 men who have entered for service.
Yesterday, a court-martial assembled en, board
the guard-ship of ordinary, Formidable, at "§heer-
ness to try Lieut. Robert Hamilton Handfield
Mends on, the following chirp, "For that he, the
said. Lieut. Robert Hamilton'' Handfield Mends,
being in actual service and full pay in her Ma,,iesty's
fleet, and the First Lieutenant of and belonging to-
her Majesty's. ship Trafalgar, did, on or about the
hour of five o'clock in the morning of the.l7th day"
of June, 1859, absent himself without leave from
the barracks and her Majesty's dockyard at Sheer-
ness." The Court Was composed of the following
officers :---President, Capt. Edward Pelew Halsted,,
in command of the ,Minotaur, Capt: Stiperintendent-
George Goldsmith, C. 8., and in command of the
Wellesley, Capt. Superintendent Rundle, B. Wat-
son, A.D.C., C. 8., and others. On the Deputy-
Judge Advocate reading the charge to the primmer,
he pleaded guilty, under extenuating circumstances.
The Court deliberated for a considerable time, and
then sentenced the prisoner to be diSmissed from
his ship, and placed at the bottom of the list of
Lieutenants.
The screw steam-frigate Topaze, 51, Capt. the
Hon. J. W. S. Spencer, was brought from Hamoaze
on Monday to the Devonport dockyard for conve-
nience in fitting out.
The paddle-wheel steam-tender 'Avon, 3, Mr.
James H. Lawrence commanding, from Portland,
returned on Tuesday evening to Plymouth,' with
Capt. Jerningham, of the gunnery ship Cambridgei
and several sick men belonging to the squadron.
The screw stern corvette Cadmus, 21, Capt.
S. Hillyar, left Plymouth Sound on Wednesday.
for the Mediterranean.
The steam storeship Rhadamanthus, F. R. Stur-
dee commanding, with marines and 10 tons of pro-,
visions, sailed from Plymouth on Wednesday for
•
Portsmouth and Woolwich.
The brig Ranger, at Devonport, is ordered to be
sent to Ireland for a floating chapel.
The iron screw steam transport Himalaya, Corn-
mander Seccombe, was put out of Keyham on Sa-
turday.
The screw steamship Donegal, 101, was commis-
sioned at Plymouth on Thursday by Capt. Glan- •
vile. She will have a complement of 930 men.
The paddlewheel steam sloop Gladiator, 6, is
ordered to be commissioned in Plymouth with a
crew of 195 men.
Sails were bent on Thursday on board the screw
steamship Aboukir, Capt. Schomberg, at Plymouth.
The screw steamship Sanspareil, 70, was placed in
dock at Keyham on Thursday.
The lighter Hamoaze, Webber, sailed from Ply-
mouth en Thursday for Pembroke. The lighter
Aid, Grundy master, sailed the same day for Ports-
mouth and Chatham.
The following appointments were made yesterday
at the Admiralty :
Commander Charles Wake has. been promoted to the
rank of Captain.

Surgeons—M. T. West, to the Mars ; T. R. Pick-
thorn, to the Amphion ; James Henry, to the Sidon ;
R. C. Russell, to the Cossack ; Dr. Mark Hamilton, to the
Gladiator.

Assistant-Surgeons—John Caldwell, to the Mars;
Robert L. Bett (acting) to the Donegal; John Ligteiwood
to the Impelieuse; Thomas Kipling to the Dauntless.

THE 2112211 Y.

With the view of enabling the young officers and
troops at Chatham garrison, who are about embark-
ing for India, to acquire a colloquial knowledge of
the Hindustani language previously to their depar-
ture from this country, the authorities at the Horse
Guards have appointed a first-class schoolmaster,
who is thoroughly acquainted with Hindustani, to
be stationed at Chatham for the express purpose of
instructing the officers and men in that language.
The North Durham Regiment of Militia assem-
bled for training at Durham on Wednesday last,
under the command of Earl Vane.

The Royal Monmouthshire Regiment of Militia
assembled at Monmouth on Wednesday last, for 21
days' train in g.
The Second Somerset Regiment of Militia will
assemble for 21 days' training, under the command
of Col. Pinney, at Bath, on the 13th of September.

Major-General and Lady Alice Peel received at
adninnd
Lera,dl7t Lynevdenhinurg, s4ththe Eertairl Right
nijteo)rs of Lord
ds
johnjerlsieyaim,
Lady Raglan, Lord Claud Hamilton, Mr. Seymour
William Fitz-
gerald, Mr. Algernon Egerton, and Mr. Peel.
Letters from Riga, of the 17th
fl inst., state that
the grain markets had already been influenced by the war-
like preparations of Prussia, large an
of oats having been made for that country,
be-
lieves that Mr. Walter Berwick, chairman ofthe EP
LEGAL APPOINTMENT.—A
ausrtehrtasides
vice Macan, deeeaaPsiallited morning paper
.-ing of Cork, has been •
Court,
It is stated in naval circles that Captain the Hon.
judge of the Bankrupt
S. T. Carnegie has been 1
troller-general of the coast gnarl, ,t°infitlhlet-loeom of Commo-
dore Eden.
DIPHTHERIA..—The obituary of the Stamford
Mercury contains the following notice :—" At Tumby
Wood-side, in the ish of Coningsby, on the 18th inst.,
of diphtheria Ellen, daughter of Mr. J. Greenfield, aged
seven years. On account of the complaint the Rev. G.
Carter would not allow the corpse to be taken into the
church: the service was read in the porch."
MINING. In the Mining Share Market there
has been but littllg change, and nothing very important
to remark or report upon, though late in the week a demand
sprang up for a few mines, and rendered business more
active than it had previously, been. East Russell receded
to 7, but on Wednesday rose to 8, and leave off 8/ to 8# ;
a report was received at the office of the company, on Wed
nesday, from Capt. Richards, of Devon Great Consols,. and
of a more favourable character, showing that in the 8S
(which has several fathoms to be driven towards the winze
which went down so rich from the 66) the driving is upon
5 feet only of the south portion of the north lode, and it will
take 5 fins. more, in the way they are now driving, to reach
the north wall of the lode. Homersham's shaft is now
down to the 100, and a cross cut will br driven about 3 fms.
to intersect the south lode, when driving upon it east will
be commenced towards the junction under the 88. North
Robert rose to 3k, but leave off to 4—Mining Journal
of this day.
FRENCH ADMIRALTY COURT.—Paris, June 25.--
A decision of the Imperial Prize Court, dated Juno 22, 1859, •
concedes to the parties interested in tho fitting out of the
cargo of the Austrian vessel Esultanza a furter delay of
15 days to produce their pleas of defence. Decisions of the
Imperial Prize Court, dated the same day, fix a delay of 15
days for parties interested in the fitting out or cargoes of
the Austrian vessels named below, to produce their pleas of
defence—viz., Erminia, Matteo Thian master; Picknich,
Stupavieh master; Constantino, Guirovich master; Giesta,
Gerolimich master; Genie Speculatore, Spiridione master;
Maria Baccarcich, Nicole master. By a decision of the same
day, a delay of 15 days has been fixed for persons interested
in the fitting out of the Austrian vessel Merezza Crivel-
lari. The case of the shippers by this vessel .laas been se-
parated •floin;that,of tht &he's but. Aftet tiffilelay the
Court will proceed to pass sentence upon the prizes men •
tioned in the present notice.