The Sun.
London, England, 1859-06-29 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 29, 1859,

RAILWAYS AND PUBLIC COMPANIES.

OXFORD, WORCESTER, AND WOLVER-
HAMPTON. •
The receipts of this company, including the
Stourbridge Extension and Stratford-upon-Avon
Canals, for the fortnight ending the 19th of June,
have been £10,237, while those for the correspond-
ing fortnight of 1858 amounted to £B,BOO, and the
expenditure, also including that of the Stourbridge
Extension and Stratford-upon-Avon Canals, to
£3,656, being at the rate of 35.71 per cent., while
for the corresponding fortnight of 1858 the expen-
diture amounted to £3,471, or at the rate of 39.44
per cent. The aggregate receipts for the first 12
fortnights and three days of the half-year amounted
to £108,292, as against £99,175 for the correspond-
ing 12 fortnights and four days of the previous
year. The aggregate expenses for the first 12 fort-
nights and three days of the half-year amounted to
£45,760, being at the rate of 42.25 per cent. as
against £44,704 for the corresponding 12 fort-
nights and four days of the previous year, or at the
rate of 45.07 per cent.

ROYAL MAIL STEAM-PACKET COMPANY.
A special 'general meeting of this company was
held yesterday at the London Tavern, to consider
the propriety of making a tender for the postal
service to Australia via Panama, and also of raising
additional capital ; Captain Mangles, M.P., in the
chair.
Mr. Reep, RN., the secretary, read the notice
convening the meeting.
The CHAIRMAN said they had been invited to
tender for the conveyance of the mails to Aus-
tralia via Panama. The tender had come upon
them as a sort of necessity. As to the personal
feelings of the directors with respect to it, they
thought they would be much better without it, as
they would thus avoid the trouble and anxiety which
such a contract might entail upon them. The more
they approached the subject the more consideration
they thought it required, If the meeting would
appoint a committee of five shareholders to consult
and act with the directors, they would be happy to
meet them and have their assistance in respect to
the proposed tender. Seeing that the company did
the work already to Panama, it was right, perhaps,
that they should offer to do it the rest of the way at
a price that would leave them a reasonable Viva,
but under no other circumstances would they like
to undertake it. With a view of being prepared as
much as possible, they had communicated with her
Majesty's Government, and asked, in case the cora-
-1 pany's tender should be accepted, whether there
would be any difficulty in obtaining a supplemen-
tal charter in order to enable the company to borrow
the requisite money. They were told there would
be no difficulty in obtaining the charter. They
proposed to seek power to raise £500,009 for that
service. They had £600,000 uncalled on their
shares, and as the outlay would be spread over two
years they would not want much at first, and could
probably raise a large amount on debentures. He
concluded by moving a formal resolution authoris-
inc, the directors to tender for the conveyance of
the mails to Australia via Panama, and to raise
funds for the purpose by the issue'of new shares or
by the issue of debentures.
Mr. THORNTON seconded the motion.
The Rev. Mr. PEACH thought the extension of
their line might be of service to them, but he feared
considerable alarm would arise in the minds of
shareholders who might not be prepared for a call
on their shares. He proposed that no portion of
their nominal capital should be raised forthat pur-
pose. Looking back to the various reports, he
found that up to the close of 1858 the sum of
£787,662 had been taken at various times from re-
venue, and_ set aside for a reserve fund, exclusive of
other sums, which made it in the whole about
11,000,000. But instead of being reserved, it was ex-
pended in building new ships, the dividend had not
been increased, and therefore the capital was actually
£2,000,000, instead of only £900,000, as shown in
the accounts. He estimated that the return on
their outlay was not more than 4 per cent. All
alarm would be removed if the directors would un-
dertake that no call should be made on the present
shares of the company.
The CHAIRMAN thought it would be very unwise
to give a pledge that no call would be made on the
shares, as circumstances might arise that would
render a call necessary. At the same time, he
thought a sufficient sum could be raised on deben-
tures, as that course had been adopted by a very
large and prosperous company. It had always
been the practice of the company to invest the re-
serve fund in new ships.
Mr. V. KNIGHT said they at present received 6
or 7 per cent. on their capital, and the question was
whether they should extend their undertaking, or
leave well alone.
Mr. RUSSELL ELLICE thought it would rather
add to the difficulty if they appointed a committee
to discuss the question with the directors. The
question of a tender should be left entirely in the
hands of the directors, who were fully conversant
with the matter. No course could be more bene-
ficial to the company than to increase its business.
If the shareholders could say whether they would
have a tender or not they could then come to a de-
cision ox the other matters.
The CHAIRMAN thought the committee should
have the power of determining whether a tender
should be made or not.
Mr. DAKIN proposed that the tender be made by
the company for the postal service from Panama to
Australia.
Dr. BEATTIE said they should be very careful in
their estimates, in order to avoid losses, and he
believed there was some difficulty in arriving at
such an amount as would cover the working ex-
penses and pay 5 per cent. on the additional capital.
He believed the directors were out 1,000 miles in
the distance to Australia ; it was 9,000 to Mel-
bourne instead of 8,000 miles. He feared the direc-
tors had under-estimated the distance, which might
be a serious matter.
Mr. GURNEY, Q.C., said the distance was under.
8,000 miles.
In reply to questions, it was stated that the ten-
der must be sent in before 1 o'clock on Fridaynext.
Mr. MACDOUGAL thought the appointment of a
committee would give them no additional security.
He would be very sorry lo see the directors relieved
of their responsibility, and therefore did not see the
advantage of a committee of shareholders.
Capt. BARBER said he had no confidence in the
calculations of ta e directors. They should have at
least 10 per cent. on the additional capital; he be-
lieved, too, they were out in the mileage.
The CHAIRMAN Said the directors had no desire
to shirk any portion of their responsibility. The
directors thought it a grave question to decide, and
they therefore wished to consult the shareholders
thereon ; but if it was the wish of the meeting to
leave it in their hands, they would do their best
for the company. (Hear, hear.)
Dr. BEATTIE suggested that if they went for a
supplemental charter, that the qualification hold-
ings of the directors should be increased from 20
to 40 shares, or from £2,000 to £4,000 stock, which
at 60 per cent. paid up, amounted to £1,200 and
£2,400 respectively.
Mr. SIMPSON thought that they should have
some money-making men on the board. He believed
the form of tender very stringent, and he thought
it a wrong principle to borrow money ; he would
much rather see calls made on the existing shares.
Col. BASETT moved an amendment to the effect
that it waS undesirable to tender for the postal
service to Australia via Panama.
Mr. SIMPSON seconded the amendment.
On a show of hands there appeared 41 for the
amendment and 41 'against it. The room was
divided, but that not being considered satisfactory,
a poll was taken, after which the scrutineers re-
ported that there were4ll6 votes in favour of the
amendment, and 152 against it. The amendment
was consequently lost, and the original motion was
carried.
It was then decided to leave the tender in the
hands of the directors, and not to appoint a com-
mittee. The directors were authorised to apply
for a supplemental charter in case the company's
tender should be accepted, in order to authorise the
raising the requisite capital.
Dr. BEATTIE urged his suggestion that the quali-
fication of the directors be doubled,
Mr. GURNEY thought it very undesirable to
limit their
ivmi of
t their choice directors to 60 shareholders
,;t tof 600.
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POLICE INTELLIG.ENCB—June 28.

MARYLEBONE.—CHARGE OF FRAUDULENTLY
ORTAININQ MENEt.—A respeetablyrdressed man,
who gave 'his name William Johnson, but refused
to give his address, was placed at the bar before
Mr. Broughton, charged with having, by false and
fraudulent representations, obtained money. The
prqsecutors in the case were Messrs. Fieldson and
Lacy, proprietors of the Marylebone Mercury, the
office of which is in North-street, Manchester-
square.
Mr. Rice, from the office of Mr. Johnson, soli-
citor, High.-street, attended for the prisoner.
It appeared from the evidence that on the pre-
vious day, between twelve and one o'clock, the pri-
soner called upon Mr. Dale, china and glass dealer,
50, Crawford-street, stating that he was employed
to obtain' advertisements for the paper above al-
luded to, and that if he advertised in the Mercury,
which had. an extensive circulation, it might be-
nefit him materially in his trade, inasmuch as by .a
new arrangement the front page would display, in
prominent characters, a copy of the cards of all
tradesmen by whom the publication might, be
patronised. Mr. Dale paid to the prisoner 3s. upon
an understanding that he was to have his advertise-
ment inserted, and to receive a paper regularly for
twelve months. (A receipt which the prisoner gave
was produced.) The'prisoner was taken into cus-
tody by Home, 351 A, after he had " tried on" the
same game at No. 33, Baker-street, Portman-square ;
he then said he was sorry for What he had done,
and expressed a hope that he would not be prose-
cuted if •he gave back the money, which he was
ready to do.
Mr. Pett, chief clerk in the establishment, proved
that-the prisoner was not known to the firm, and
said that the proprietors of the paper had no inten-
tion wirelever of making any alteration as named
by him (prisoner).
The only answer which Mr. Rice had to make on
behalf of his client was that he intended to hand

over Mr. Dale's money to the prosecutors ; he
would not, however, contend that prisoner was in
their employ.
Mr. Pett said he had reason to belive that the
systemof fraud had been carried on to some extent,
and in order to afford time for further inquiry, the
prisoner was remanded till to-morrow (this day)
week.

LAMBETH.—SERIOUS CICARGE OF ARSON AND
ATTEMPTED SIIICIDE.—Ann Bryant, a, girl ,of 15
years of age, servant to Mrs. Neve, who occupies
apartments at No. 4, Alfred-place, Camberwell New-
road, was placed at the bar before Mr. Elliott,
charged on suspicion with setting fire to a house,
and destroying abed and other articles of property,
belonging to Miss Hubbard, and also with attempt-
ing to commit suicide by throwing herself out of the
first-floor window.

Mrs. Ann Elizabeth Neve deposed that she was a
milliner, and had a shop in Newington-causeway,
and also occupied apartments at the house of Miss
Hubbard, at 4, Alfred-place, Camberwell New-road.
The prisoner was in her service, and was principally
engaged in nursing her baby at her lodgings, where
witness's mother also resided. On her return last
night she found that there had been a fire at the
house, and that the prisoner had narrowly escaped
from destruction. From information and personal
examination, she found that the place had been on
fire at different places at the same time. She strongly
suspected the prisoner with having caused it, and her
conduct on the following morning so strengthened
her suspicions that she gave her into custody.
Mr. GeorgeDewins deposed that he was on a visit
at the house of his relative, Miss Hubbard; and that
on the night before, about 11 o'clock, when going to
bed, he saw a bonnet-box which was placed on a
shelf, with several others, on fire, and, without
giving any alarm, he procured some water and ex-
tinguished it. then went into his bedroom,
where he found the bed on fire, and the room filled
with smoke to suffocation. He, in consequence,
called out for water, and having thrown a quantity
over the bed, had the latter removed into the
garden.
Mr. Elliott—Had the bed been much burnt ?

Witness—Very much, as well as the bed clothes.
The toilet-cover of the dressing-table was also very
much burnt, though it was some distance from the
bed ; and a chest of drawers, also separated from
both the bed and the dressing-table, was very much
scorched and injured, The witness further said
that had he not gone up stairs at the opportune
moment he had, the house must, in a very short
time indeed, have been in flames. In conclusion,
the witness said that on that morning, about six
o'clock, he was alarmed by the cries of the prisoner,
who had jumped from a window 15 feet high, and
who had no doubt hurt herself a good deal, but
broke no bones.
Emma Warren, a servant to Miss Hubbard, said
that about half-past 10 she was in the room occu-
pied by the last witness, and turned down the bed-
clothes, and at that time all was safe.

Mr. Elliott—Did you take a candle up with you ?
Witness—Yes, sir ; but I placed it carefully on
the top of the drawers when I went to turn down
the bed. When I went down to my own room, the
prisoner came to me for a light, and I gave her one,
and told her to go to her own apartment.
Mr. Elliott—Do you know whether she went up
stairs after that ?

Witness—l cannot say, sir.
Police-constable,
the prisoner into custody,
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a forb l eP, said that on that morn-
and on examining the house, it was perfectly clear
to him that the fire was not accidental. • The pri-
soner admitted to him that she had been up stairs
on the night before without a light, but on getting
there she struck a match, and got a light. She fur-
ther said she was tired of her life, and that was the
reason she threw herself out of the Window.
Mrs. Neve said the prisoner had no business
whatever to go up stairs at such an hour, and added
that but for the fortunate circumstance of Mr.
Dewins going up stairs at the moment, the result
might have ben most. serious, as her mother and
child were in bed at the time.

The prisoner, who appeared rather a simple-
looking girl, but rather full-grown for her age,
seemed to treat the matter with apparent indiffe-
rence, and having received the usual caution, was
asked if she wished to say anything to the charge,
when she replied she knew nothing about the cause
of the fire.
She was remanded for a week.

THAMES.—EXTENSIVE SYSTEM OF ROBBERY.
—Stephen Gower and George PrestneY, late in the
employ of Mr. James Thomas Taylor, ship biscuit
baker. 124, Cock-hill; Ratcliff, and Robert Groom
and Henry Bradley, labourers, were brought up on
remand, the two first charged with stealing five tons
of meal called middlings, for the manufacture of ship
biscuit, and the others with feloniously receiving
the property, they well knowing it to be stolen.
Mr. Selfe, who presided on the bench, said he did
not mean to saj, that Bradley had acted with that
caution which ought to mark the steps of every
honest man in his dealings with the other prisoners,
but he thought upon the whole, that in a case of
thi4 serious nature, where the evidence against
Bradley was rather weak, he should be consulting
the interests of justice and the good of the commu-
nity by admitting Bradley as a witness for the
Crown on his promise to tell the whole truth.
Bradley—l will do so, sir. I wish to state all I
know of the affair.

Mr. Selfe asked the police if Bradley could be
depended upon if he was discharged and called as a
witness; and upon the constables engaged in the
case answering in the affirmative, he was ordered
to leave the dock and wait till he was called.

It appeared that Prestney had been in the em-
ploy of Mr. Taylor since November last, and Gower
since March. For the last six months Mr. Taylor
had been continually missing flour and meal used
by him in his business as a ship biscuit manufac-
turer, and he believed the greater part of it was
taken from his premises with the knowledge and
consent of Prestney and Gower, with the assistance
of Groom and Bradley. There were relays of men
working 'ight and day in the prosecutor's manu-
factory. Gower was in the practice of waiting upon
his master in his sleeping-room every morning at
six, and asking for the keys of the front-door and
shop-door to let the people into work, and Gower
was then relieved by Prestney. About this time
the two men, Gower and Prestney, were in the
practice of making. p sacks of flour and meal and
removing them, at all convenient times, to neigh-
bouring public-houses and beer-shops where the
prisoners were in the habit of calling. On several
occasions the prisoners were in company at the
Duke .of Wellington public-house in Brook- street,
about 300 yards from the prosecutor's house, and
bags and sacks of "fine middlings" were brought
there on several occasions by Prestney and Gower,
deposited in the skittle-ground for a short time, and
then taken away in trucks and barrows by Groom
and Bradley. The frequent calls and movements
of the four men aroused the suspicions of Mr. Robt.
Hohe, a very respectable man, the landlord of the
Duke of Wellington) who spoke to the police on
the subject, and the constables in and about Rat-
cliff were ordered to be on the alert. On Thursday
morning last Prestney brought a sack about three-
parts full of "fine middlings" to the Duke of Wel-
lington, and put it on a tub in front of the bar. He
then asked George Charles, a boy serving in the
bar, whose suspicions had been aroused, if any of
.his mates were in the house. The lad pointed to
Gower, who was in the lobby of the house and had
entered it a few minutes previously. Prestney and
Gower were soon joined by Groom and Bradley,
and the boy went upstairs to his master, Mr. Hone,
and told him what was going on. Mr. Hone desired
the lad to fetch a police-constable immediately. Mr,

Hone went down stairs, and Gower asked permis-
sion for the sack of meal to be placed in the skittle-
ground, which was granted. Gower then Riled the
sack of meal on to Groom's back, and he carried it

into the skittle-ground and leftit• there. French
and Harris, two police-constables, Nos. 250 and 383
K, were looking after the prisoners all day under
the directions of Mr. Hone and Mr. Taylor, and
the sack of meal was closely watched. A. few
minutes past three o'clock the same afternoon
Groom and Bradley called at the Duke of Welling-
ton, and the boy Charles pointed them out to his
master as the two men who were in the practice of
coming to the house with the biscuit baker's men,
and who had, on four or five occasions, carried away
sacks of meal from the house. All the prisoners
were taken into custody in the course of the same
day. Gower and Groom had given him two glasses
of ale for carrying the sack of meal from the baker's
warehouse to the public-house. At the station-house,

on Friday, Gower said he did not carry the sack of
meal to the public-house on Thursday morning, and
that it was George, meaning Prestney, who took it.
Prestney denied having done anything of the sort,
and said he knew nothing of the transaction,
Henry Bradley, the approver, after being duly
cautioned, said that last Sunday fortnight Groom
waited upon him at his house, 40, London-street,
Ratcliff, and told him to be at the Duke of Wel-
lington, in Brook-street, on the following morning
at six o'clock. He went to the public-house at the
appointed time, and in 10 minutes saw Gower enter
with a sack of meal on his back, and put it on a
cask. Gower asked him if he had seen Groom, to
which he replied, " No, I have not seen him to-day,
but he told me to be here." Gower then left the
house, and returned with another sack of meal.
Soon afterwards Groom arrived at the Duke of
Wellington, and he went out with him and hired a
truck. The sacks, each three-parts full of meal, were
put upon the truck and conveyed to the house of a
corn and flour dealer in Cable-street. Directly after-
wards Gower joined them, and they went into a
public-house in Cannon-street, St. George-in-the-
East, and had something to drink. Groom paid wit-
ness 2s. 6d. for the job. A morning or two after-
wards Groom employed him in taking another sack
of meal from the skittle-ground of the Duke of
Wellington to the same corn dealer. On Tuesday
last Groom employed him again on a similar job.
He had nothing to do with the last sack of meal re-
moved from Mr. Taylor's premises.
Gower here said—That man is selling us. When
we were all locked up together, I said I was never
in such a place before. Bradley said, " I have
been here many times. My name is not Bradley,
my name Greeley. I have given a wrong ad-
dress."
Mr. Selfe questioned Bradley, who said he had
given a wrong address by mistake, and that the
name of his forefathers was upon a tombstone in
Lewisham churchyard.
Mr. Selfe—l don't want to know about your
forefathers or the tombstone. Is your name Gree-
ley or Bradley ?
Witness—My name is Bradley.
Mr. Charles Cochrane, a corn and flour dealer,
carrying on an extensive business in Cable-street,
Wellclose-square, said he did not know any of the
men before the Court except Groom, of whom he
he bad been in the practice of buying old ships'
stores. He had lately purchased several cochels of
biscuit-meal of the prisoner Groom, 'and gave him
Bs. per cwt. for it. He thought it was old ships'
stores. The biscuit meal had been shown to Mr.
Taylor, who identified it as his property, and of
course the meal was restored to him immediately.
The prisoners said they would reserve their de-
fence, and
Mr. Selfe, at a late hour of the day, after a long
investigation, committed them for trial.
Mr. Taylor, who was labouring under some little
excitement in consequence of his heavy losses, ap-
plied for a warrant against another man in his em-
ploy, for embezzling a large sum of money and
robbing him.
Mr. Selfe—You don't require a warrant. Give
him into the custody of the police.

WANDSWORTH.—RICE DISTILLING.-Mr.
Freak. Field Whitehurst and Mr. Felix Halliday,
occupiers of the Latchisaere Distillery; Battersea,
appeared before Mr. Ingham to answer summonses
for using abusive and insulting words to Mr. Ed-
ward Gill, whereby a breach of the peace might
have been occasioned.

The case appeared io excite considerable interest,
for the court was crowded by a number of persons
anxious to hear the proceedings.
Mr. Lewis, sen., attended for the complainant,
and Mr. Whitehurst for the defendants.
Although both cases occurred -at the same time,
the hearing of them together was objected to, and
the summcns against Mr. \Vhitehurst was first
called.

Mr. Lewis proceeded to state the case, from which
it appeared that the complainant was proprietor of
the distillery in the Latchmere -road, Battersea-
fields, and had let it to the defendant at a large
rental, under an agreement that he should repair
and keep the plant in order. Inconsequence of that
agreement he was called to the premises almost daily
about the repairs, and he had been subject to a great
annoyance by the use of insulting and abusive lan-
guage to him, and to such an extent that he was
almost afraid to go there. It was only a few days
ago that the complainant was examining some
manure upon his own land, when a hose was,pointed
at him from the premises, and he was drenched
with water.
'Mr. Whitehurst thought the statement ought to
refer only to the date in the summons, namely, the
17th inst. With respect to the water, his clients
knew nothing whatever about it, and they deeply
regretted that it should have taken place.
Mr. Lewis said it was part of the proceedings
arising out of this matter.— •

Mr. Whitehurst said he would repeat that his
clients had no knowledge of it.
The complainant was then sworn, and repeated
what had been stated by his attorney. He added
that, on the day in question, he saw botn defendants
standing together on the footway in the Latchmere-
road. Mr. Whitehurst first asked him what he in-
tended to do about the leaky waste-vat, and he re-
plied, " Let me have the number of the vat, as I wish
the gentleman who erected it to repair it." Witness
then inquired what day it could be examined. The
defendant made no answer, but Mr. Halliday took
up the conversation, and said, " How came you to
be such a - fool to have an agreement with
us that we can kick you off • the premises in a
moment's notice, like a dunghill ?" The other
defendant then said, "How came you to fit up an
experimental mash tub, and come on a Sunday and
steal the sulphuric acid to work it with ?" Witness
denied that he took the acid, or did anything to
them. The defendant (Whitehurst) said he did,
and that no one but a blackguard like him would
do it.; The defendant was in a -violent rage, and
slapped his hand with his fist close to witness's nose.
The defendant also charged him with telling Mr.
Halliday, within a week after they took the pre-
mises, that if ho proceeded with the experiments
he would be a ruined man. Witness denied the
tharge, and Halliday called him a liar. Witness
believed he went in danger of his life from Mr.
Whitehurst.
In cross-examination the witness denied that he
was ever in the service of the defendants. He had
received money from them for assisting them in the
business. He was under an engagement with
Messrs. Watney, the. distillers. The defendants
were rice distillers by a patent process. Witness
was a grain distiller before the defendants took the
premises.

Some other questions were put about the busi-
ness carried on by Messrs. Watney, when
Mr. Watney, who was present, rose and asked
his worship to protect hie interest, and not allow'
their firm to be brought into question.
Mr. Lewis said it was not the desire of the com-
plainant that they should proceed any further, if
the defendants would consent to enter into recog-
nisances to keep the peace.
Mr. Whitehurst thought- there was no offence
within the of the act, and that the words
were only those which would be used between busi-
ness parties in the excitement of the' moment.
There was not the smallest desire on the part of
his clients to injure Mr. Gill: In future he should
have access to the premises without molestation,
and he.hoped his worship would not subject them
to the stigma of binding over.
Mr. Ingham did not think Mr. Gill need be under
any fear of his life suffering from the defendants, but
he thought the words that had been used were cal-
culated to create a breach of the peace. He should
not bind the parties over, but deal with the case
under the Police Act.
Mr. Felix Halliday was then sworn as a witness
for the defendants, and admitted the use of some of
the language, but denied the greater portion. He
said when the complainant came up they told him
he had been doing things prejudicial to them, and
trying to injure the business. The complainant
said that Watneys were going' to show them what
they could do, and that they (the defendants)
would find out that they (Watneys) could make
spirits cheaper than they could, and that they
wanted to smash their patent.
Mr. Ingham said he had no doubt the corn-
plainantwas insulting. when there, and that his
words were very
ironical. He recommended the
parties to settle the matter amicably.
Mr. Whitehurst then made an apology, to the
effect that if any words of a disrespectful nature
fell from the lips of the defendants in the heat of
passion, they were very sorry for it.
The summonses Were then dismissed.
Mr. Ingham refused to allow the complainant
any costs, as he had provoked the defendants.

PROM THE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT

BOARD OF GREEN CLOTH, BUCKINGHAM
PALACE, JUNE, 23. •
The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Honourable
William Coutts Koppel (commonly called Viscount Bury),
to be Treasurer of her Majesty's Household, in the room of
the Right Honourable Claud Hamilton (commonly called
Lord Claud Hamilton), resigned.
The Queen has been also pleased to appoint the Honour-
able Granville Leveson Proby (commonly called Lord
Proby), to be Comptroller of her Majesty's Household, in
the room of the Right Honourable George Cecil Weld
Forester, resigned.

ST. JAMES'S PALACE, JUNE 25.
The Queen was this day pleased to confer the honour of
Knighthood upon Vice-Admiral Alexander Dundas Ar-
buthnott, Knight Commander of the Orders of San Fer-
nando, and of. Charles the Third of Spain.
The Queen was this day pleased to confer the honour of
Knighthood upon Hercules George Robert Robinson, Esq.,
Governor of Hong Kong.
The Queen was this day pleased to confer the honour of
Knighthood upon Stephenson Surteas, Esq., Chief
Justice of the Island of Mauritius,.
ST. JAMES'S PALACE, JUNE 25.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Lieutenant-
Colonel Robert Nigel Fitzhardinge Kingscote, C. 8., to be
one of the Grooms in Waiting, in Ordinary, to her Ma-
jesty, in the room of John Ralph Ormsby Gore, Esq., M.P.,
resigned. _ _

WHITEHALL, JUNE 25.
The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be
passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a
Baron of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
unto the Right Honourable Robert Vernon Smith, and the
heirsmalo of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, style,
and title of Baron Lyveden, of Lyveden, in the county of
Northampton.
The Queen has also been pleased to direct letters patent
to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of
a Baron of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire-
land unto the Right Honourable Sir Benjamin Hall, Bart.,
and the heirs male of his body lawfully begottejt, byname,
style, and title of Baron Llanover, of Llanover and Aber-
cant, in the county of Monmouth.
WHITEHALL, JU,NE 27.
The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be
passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland, constituting and appointing the
Most Noble Edward Adolphus,•Duke of Somerset ; Vice-
Admiral the Hon. Sir Richard Saunders Dundas, K.C.B. ;
Rear,Admiral the Hon. FrederiCk Thomas Pelham, C.B. ;
Captain Charles Eden, C.B. ; Captain Charles Frederick;
and Samuel Whitbread, Esq., to be her Majesty's Commis-
sioners for executing the office of Lord High Admiral of
the said United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and
the dominions, islands, and territories thereunto belonging.
The Queen has been pleased to grant the office of Solici-
tor-General for Scotland, to Edward Francis Maitland,
Esq., Advocate.
FOREIGN-OPFICE, JUNE 27.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Charles
White as Consul-General in London for the Republic a'
Nicaragua.

CROWN-OFFICE, JUNE 28.
MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT
PARLIAMENT.
Borough of Devonport—The Right Hon. James Wilson,
of Upper Belgrave-street, Middlesex, Vice President of the
Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Plantations.
City of Oxford—The Right Hon. Edward Cardwell, Chief
Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.
Borough of Morpeth—The Right Hon. Sir George Grey,
Bart., of Falloden, Northumberland, Chancellor of the
Duchy of Lancaster.
Borough of Wolverhampton—Sir Richard Bethell, Knt.,
her Majesty's Attorney-General.
Borough of Reading—Sir Henry Singer Keating, Knt.,
her Majesty's Solicitor-General.
Borough of New Radnor—The Right Hon. Sir George
Cornewall Lewis, Bart., one of her Majesty's Principal
Secretaries of State.

City of London—The Right Hon. John Russell, com-
monly called LordJohnßussell, one of her Majesty's Prin-
cipal Secretaries of State.,
ADMIRALTY, JUNE 27.
Vice-Admiral of the Blue George Frederick Rich has
been appointed to receive a pension of £l5O a-year, as pro-
vided by her Majesty's Order in Council of 25th June,
1851, vacant bythe death of Vice-Admiral Sir David Dunn,
K.C.H., and the name of Vice-Admiral Rich has been re-
moved to the Reserved Half-pay List accordingly; and, in
consequence of this removal, the following promotious, to
date from the 17th inst., have this day taken place :
Rear-Admiral of the Red Alexander Thos. Emeric Vidal
to be Vice-Admiral of the Blue.
Rear-Admiral of the White Charles Talbot to be Rear-
Admiral of the Red.
Rear-Admiral of the Blue the' Hon. Sir Henry Keppel,
K.C.8., to be Rear-Admiral of the White.
Captain Francis Decimus Hastings and Captain George
Hathorn to be Rear-Admirals on the Reserved List.
Captain Lewis Tobias Jones, C. 8., to be Rear-Admiral of
the Blue.

ADMIRALTY, MAY 12.
Corps of Royal Marines—Gentlemen Cadets St. Andrew
St John, Charles Rowley Brand, Edward Willoughby
Grenville Byam, John Ignatius Morris, Gerald Altham
Heseltine, Henry Seton Bourchier, John Holland, Henry
Luxmoore Stirling, Edward Benjamin Steele Perkins,
William Murray SwintOn George John Airey, Francis
Fosbery Evans, Robert -Wm. Francis Holt, and Robert
Hoare Dwyer, to be Second Lieutenants.
JUNE 17.

Corps of Royal Marines—Gentlemen Cadets Alexandei
George Anson, Robert Calder Allen, and Alfred Wilino
Johnston, to be Second Lieutenants.
COMMISSION BY THE QUEEN.

2d or Edmonton Royal Rifle Regiment of Middlesex
Militia—Captain Edward Missenden Love, late 60th Rifles,
to be Adjutant, vice Bowie, resigned.

COMMISSIONS BY LORDS-LIEUTENANT.

County of Stafford—Thos. Berry Horsfall, Esq., Thos
Salt, jun., Esq., Clement Thomas Sneyd Kynnersley, Esq.:
and Henry Ward, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenants.
• • •

Tower ilamlet—Lre.utenant-Colonel Frederick Amelius
Whimper and Francis Cramp, Esq., to be Deputy Lieu-
tenants.

Victoria Rifles—Captain Edward Clifford to be Major,
vice the Earl of Perth, resigned ; Lieutenant Abraham
Trew to be Captain, vice Clifford, promoted.
4th or Royal South Middlesex Regiment of Militia—
Thomas Hunt, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Burrell, resigned.
Ist or Royal East Middlesex Regiment of Militia—The
Queen has been graciously pleased to accept the resignation
of the Commissions in this Regiment, held by Ensign
Richard Hall and Lieut. Alex. James M'Gregor.
Victoria Rifles—The Queen has been graciously pleased
to accept the resignation of the Commission in this Corps
held by Captain Henry Cook.
Kent Militia Regiment of Artillery—First Lieutenant
William Bertram to be Captain, vice Mitford, resigned.
Camberwell or Ist Surrey Company of Volunteer Rifle
Corps—John Boucher, Esq., formerly of the sth Dragoon
Gu.s.rds, to be Captain; Rolla Rouse, Esq., to be Lieute-
nant.

Croydon or 2d Surrey Company of Volunteer Rifle Corps
—James Hunter Campbell, Esq., Colonel Bengal Artillery
retirA, to be Captain; Adam Steuart, Esq., to be Lieu-
tenant ; John Thomas Hyde, Esq., to be Ensign.
North Durham Regiment of Militia—Henry Droz Gay-
nor, Esq., to be Captain, vice Bramwell, resigned.
4p company ofPembrokeshire Volunteer Rifles—Colonel
the Hon. Robert Fulke Greville .to be Captain.
Royal Aberdeenshire Highlanders—Charles Fraser,
Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Robert Macfarlane, promoted.
Fifeshire Militia Artillery—John Stewart Tulloch to be
Captain, vice G. J. Simpson, resigned ; Albert Kennedy
Beveridge, Gent., to he Second Lieutenant, vice Lawrence
Kid Cern-lack, resigned.
Prince of Wales's Royal Regiment of Renfrew Militia—
Alexander Boyd, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Motherwell,
resigned.
Forfar and Kincardine Regiment of Militia Artillery—
Charles Edward Ilderton, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant,
vice Charles Basil Fisher, promoted.
Edinburgh or Queen's Regiment of Light Infantry
Militia—Lieutenant Archibald Scott to be Captain, vice
George Andrew Coventry, resigned ; William Currie,
Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Sinclair, resigned ; Charles
Dycer, Gent., M.D. to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Frede-
rick Augustus Palmer,i deceased.

Her Majesty grants permission to Major Ross, late of the
West Suffolk Militia, and Captain Jacob Whitbread, late
of the Suffolk Artillery, to retain their rank and wear their
uniform, in consequence of their long services in their re-
spective regiments.

NAVAL PRIZE MONEY.

. _
Department of the Accountant-General of the Navy,
Admiralty, Somerset-house, June 24, 1859.
Notice is hereby given to all persons interested therein,
that preparations are now being made for the intended
distribution of an award to the officers and crew of her
Majesty's ship Chesapeake, by the Peninsular and Oriental
Steam Navigation Company, for the recovery of the shaft
of the Alma, her cargo, and other property recovered from
the wreck of the Ava, between the 12th March and 26th
July, 1858.
Agents or other persons having any just and legal de-
mand, unliquidated, against the said award, areto the Re-
uired
to transmit the particulars of any such demand
gistrar of the High Court of Admiralty, in order that the
same may be examined, taxed, and allowed by that Officer,
and paid under the sanction of the Judge of the said Coiirt.
Agents and all other persons holding powers of attorney,
prize orders, assignments, or other instruments, by virtue
of which they may be legally entitled to claim the share
belonging to any salvor, are requested, with as little delay
as possible, to transmit the same, accompanied by the usual
documents, to the Prize Branch of the Department of the
"Accountant-General of the Navy, Admiralty, Somerset-
otice will be given, by future advertisements in the
House."
Dues e .
n"
it London.'Gazette," of the date preposed for the commence-
ment of distribution ; and, at the same time, the amount of
an individual's share in the respective classes will be an-
nounced.

BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED.
Marinaduke Foster, bill broker, Bradford.

BANKRUPTS.
Benjamin Robinson Bartram, coal merchant, Banbury,
to surrender July 13, at two, and Aug. 6, at twelve, at the
Court of Bankruptcy.
William Phillips, leather cutter, Ndrwich, July 13, at
half-past twelve, and August 16, at one, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. '
Edward Clarke Brady, grocer, Ludford, Lincolnshire,
July 13 and Aug. 10, at twelve, at the Townhall, Kingston •
upon-Hull.

Thomas Swift. grocer, Sheffiald, July 9, and Aug. 6, at
ten, at the Leeds District Court.
John Aston, maltster, Birmingham, July 8 and 29, at
eleven, at the Birmingham District Court.
Francis Clubley, draper, Kingston-upon-Hull, York-
shire, July 13 and Aug."lo, at twelve, at the Leeds Dis-
trict Court.
Bearow Marks and Edward Samuel Franklin, woollen
merchants, Birmingham, July 8 and 29, at eleven, at the
Birmingham District Court.
James Wooldridge, fellmonger, Lincoln, July 6 and Aug
3, at twelve, at the Townhall, Kingston-upon-Hull.
SCOTCH BANKRUPTS.
George Austin, dressing-case manufacturer, Glasgow.
Andrew Ramsay, surgeon, Leslie, Fifeshire.
Robert Fraiter, baker, North Queensbury.
John Conacher, auctioneer, Edinburgh.
Marsh and Beattie, booksellers, Edinburgh.
Hugh Mackay, grocer, Edinburgh.
Williams Garrow, steam boat agent, Lossiemouth.

A LoNG HOLDING.—Among the obituary notices
in the LeMs Intelligence)• is the following :—" On the 20th
inst., aged 45, Mr. Peter Matterson, of Low Dunsford,
near Boroughbridge. Ho and his ancestry have been the
owners and occupiers of the farm on which he died for more
than 800 years. The farm was not entailed, and the owner
has always been a Matterson, without adoption."

DESPATCH FROM INDIA.

INDIA OFFICE, JUNE 27.
The Secretary of State for India in Council has received
the following papers :

GENERAL ORDER.

Fort William, March 29.
His Excellency the Governor-General in Council has
much satisfaction in publishing the accompanying letter
from the Right Honourable the Commander-in.-Chief,
in which Lord Clyde warmly recommends the Medi-
cal and Commissariat Departments to the notice of the
Government of India.

The Governor-General in Council desires to express to the
Director-General, Dr. Forsyth; to the Inspector-General
of her Majesty's Hospitals, Dr. Linton, C. 8., ; to Colonel
Ramsay, late Commissary-General; and to Lieutenant-
Colonel Thomson, C. 8., the present Commissary-General
of the Bengal Army ; and .to all the officers of the Medical
and Commissariat Departments, who have been employed
in the field, or who have elsewhere furthered the service by
their exertions in providing for the welfare and the wants
of the troops ; the cordial acknowledgments of the Govern-
ment of India for the important services they have ren-
dered.

The Commander-in-Chief in India to the Governor-

General

Lucknow, February 21.
My Lord,—The military operations in the Presidency of
Bengal which ensued on the great mutiny of 1857, having
happily been now brought to a close, I have the greatest
satisfaction in recommending 'warmly to your Excellency's
protection two great departments of the military adminis-
tration to which the troops, and the officers who have com-
manded them in their long campaigns, are under real and
great obligations. I allude to the Medical and Commis-
sariat Departments.
The former, being composed of officers belonging to the
two services, ias shone equally in the matters of general
organisation and of regimental arrangements. The Direc •
tor-General, Dr. Forsyth, and the Inspector-General of
her Majesty's forces, Dr. Linton, C. 8., in Calcutta, have
worked successfully to meet the great requirements made
on them ; and the staff and regimental medical officers have
well maintained the credit of their noble profession and the
reputation for self-sacrifice whieh belongs to the surgeons
of her Majesty's armies, a reputation which is maintained
in the field on all occasions, as well as in the most trying
circumstances of the hospital.
It has been remarked throughout the army that, from the
time of the slender forces taking the field against Delhi,.
and from Allahabad, in the summer of 1857, the system et
the Indian Commissariat has been found equal to the tasks
imposed on it, in spite of the extraordinary circumstances
in which it was suddenly placed, and of the actual loss of
the resources, viz., the great contractors and agents, with
which it had been the custom to work.
For this system the army is in great measure indebted to
the late Commissary-General 'Colonel Ramsay, and hie
successor, Colonel Thomson. The latter officer, heingAill
personal charge, supplied the field force of Delhi under
unexampled circumstances, when Sir A. Wilson stood
before that city almost cut off from the rest of India. ,
The Commissary-General has been nobly supported
his subordinates ; and I do but speak the truth when
affirm that no department has ever possessed a more efficient
staff of officers than those forming the establishment of the
Bengal Commissariat.—l have, &c.,CLYD, General,
Commander-in-Chief, East Indies.

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