The Sun. — London, England, 1862-10-25 00:00:00

711 E NAVY. The Duke of Somerset has left his official resi dence at the Admiralty for Stover-park, Devon- shire Her Majesty's armour-plated frigate Caledonia, intended to carry 46 guns, was yesterday launched from her building slip in Woolwich dockyard. The operation was admirably carried out, every possible care having been taken to insure success. Precisely at 2 o'clock the youthful daughter of the Commo dore-Superintendent, Sir F. Nicolson, pronounced the usual " God speed," the dog shores were re moved, and the vessel glided down the ways, and with increased speed gained the body of the Thames. She was then arrested in her course by a couple of steamtugs, by which she was brought round and safely docked to receive the remainder of her plates, 250 in number, weighing in the aggregate about 1,000 tons. The Caledonia was taken in hand (ac cording to the technical expression) in July, 1861, and has been hastened to completion by 300 men in constant work since that period. She ispronounced to be one of the strongest built ships afloat. Her iron riders, by a peculiar design of Mr. Turner, are placed outside the frame, and are cemented toge ther, so as to form a series of arches over the ports, thereby insuring greater strength longitudinally. She possesses also a most important improvement in the fitment of her inner waterways by the intro duction of a side binding strake to all her decks, which adds considerably to her s t ren gth. Chocks are likewise fitted between her .beams, giving addi tional solidity to the framework, the whole forming a perfect tower of strength ; her outside and inside planking are dowelled in every timber, instead of the ordinary method, found tobe objectionable. The interior fitments have also been constructed with peculiar care and s trength, in order to insure h er success as a battering ram, if necessary. She has iron beams to her upper deck, plated with iron casing, and a 4-inch wood flat over all, the whole of the iron deck knees, &c., being completed by the shipwrights in the most creditable and praise worthy manner. Her draught of water is as fol lows—forward, 15ft. bin. ; abaft, 20ft. bin. ; mean draught,l B ft. Her dimensions are—length, extreme, 277 ft. ; ditto, between perpendiculars, 273 ft.; ditto of keel for tonnage, 232 ft. B!in. ; breadth, extreme, 58ft. Sin.; ditto for tonnage, 57ft. tin. ; ditto moulded, 56ft. 4in.; depth in hold, 19ft. 10in. ; burden in tons, 4,045 26-94ths ; horse-power, 800, The day was one of the finest of this variable season, and the spectators numbered many thou sands. The iron paddlewheel steamvessel Oberon, Lieut.- Commander George Morice, from the south-east coast of America, yesterday arrived at Woolwich; and the troopship Megoara, Commander Henderson, yesterday received her sailing orders to leave Wool wich this morning for Portsmouth. The iron-plated frigate Royal Oak, 1,000 horse power,the works connected with the armour plating and completing of which are being pushed forward with all the speed that the resources of Chatham dockyard will permit, is ordered to be supplied with the following large proportion of shot and shell for her Armstrong and other guns,the required space being allowed for in her fittings—viz., 260 filled and 140 empty 110-pounder Armstrong shells ; 140 filled and 200 empty segment 110-pounder Armstrong shells, 480 68-pounder shells, 100 com mon and 100 segment 20-pounder Armstrong shells, besides a large quantity of the 12-pounder Arm strong shells for her boat and field guns. Her solid shot will include 1,680 68-pounders, 340 110- rounder Armstrongs, 100 20-pounder Armstrongs, and 50 12-pounder Armstrongs. She will also take 494 pentagon whole, and 47 metal-lined cases of gunpowder. The above proportion of shot and shell is considerably larger than that supplied to many of our largest line-of-battle ships. . The screw steamer Vigilant, 4, 200-horse power, Commander Lord W. B. Elphinstone, which arrived at the Nore on Thursday from the east coast of Scotland, reports having passed the wreck of a large vessel on the Essex sands, near Harwich,with two women lashed to the rigging, and the sea breaking over her. Owing to the tremendous gale a nd the sea running very high, the Vigilant was u „bh, to render the wreck the least assistance. Since the Vigilant has been at the Nore an examination of her has been made in order to Ascertain what injuries she sustained from having been on shore on the Gunfleet sands. It is believed that her injuries are not of a very serious nature, and her repairs are expected to be of a very trif ling character. After being docked and examined she will fill up with provisions and stores and pro ceed, it is understood, for service on the coast of Africa. During the height of the gale from the south west on Thursday the Hart, sailing yacht of Capt. Wise, broke from her moorings in the Medway and drove foul of the jetty at the entrance of the great basin, Sheerneo, sustaining some injuries to her bulwarks. She was got off by a party of riggers, under the direction of Capt. Martyn, master at te:ndant of the dockyard, and towed to her moor ingoi 1- y the Otter, steam tender. The . following appointments have been made at ,the Adr;i*filty :--Lieut. J. A. Forbes, to the Ad veature 4 . Henry Berkeley , to the Ar i a dne ; J ohn S ; . 1;1 assist. -paymaster , to the Fis g ard ; John Irtivii t.-paymaster, to the Adventure; James Dot tne, eer, to the Indus, for the Part ridge; Jan'e S dgeon, supernumerary, in the Bacchante, confir. 1 . as 2d class assist.-engineer ; dames Stocks, in t: lacca, confirmed as 2d class ass im,,engineer ; Flee F. Goolden, master's assist., to the Trafalmar ; Charles Brent, master's t o the Adv- 4--- ; Henry G. Snowdon , assist., assist.-clerk, to the Ma ,ugh ern umerary. , as sup ~......---- 7,HE A:g1P11. ---K"--- Yesterday Major-Gen. R..r:mmley, the Inspector, General of Infantry, completed his half-yearly in spection of the depot battalions and other troops of the line stationed in the Chatham district, in which he had been occupied for t - 'o days. On Thursday the inspection was • ..fined to the Ist battalion of Infantry, the depots composing which consist of the let and 2d battalions, 4th King's Own, 35th, 43d Light Lifsbtry, 77th and 94th Re gitnents, the Whole numbering about 500 non-com missioned officers and men. Previous to the inspec tion of the troops Major-Gen. Runaley examined the books and accounts of the battalion, at the ter , . urination of which he proceeded to the general parade ground, Chatham Barracks, where the offi cers and men were drawn up in review order. o wing to the violence of the hurricane which swept own the garrison the entire day the troops were not marched to the Lines for the customary field manoeuvres, the Inspector-General contenting him self with making an inspection of the arms, ac coutrements, and kits of the various companies and witnessOag a few evolutions by the battalion, After completing his ins pection of the several depots, Major-Gen. R um ' '' 0 7 Went through the rooms, where lae saw the men the also examined The Inspector-General the .h ir a aprovenients which are be ing effected in rooms for the com fort and convenience sergeants' troops occupying erthack j-le also visited the them. mess, and brought his it; spection of the let batten of the ll to a close by m i n g tion of the books s everal waadevotd depots. Yes an exa ;he entire day the inspection Yes terday : si f . ormer men nvuartered p ory i ,t. n h g e ' 2 C d h ta'it n h d an3l d b d a e r p ra o e t k b s a , ttthaelilo a : t B t , etr tho ie the is and at Brompton barracks. talion, which i is now the strongest of the tub" bat iii of infantry, was under arms at an earl y albehour and after assembling. on the prade-ground it N ed Gen. Rumley and to the inner lines, under the command of Col. men were Phillips. On the arrival of Major sttNief the kits and accoutrements of the examined. This terminated, the customary move ofmarching past, saluting, &c., were accom mente satisfactory manner. The depots P lished 5n a very those of the Ist and 2d bat on the grot:nd included let and 2d battalions talions of the ith Regiment, and 83d, the lat 20th, 31st, 52d (Lib Infantry), The battalion was ter being just Low very strong. t o on exercise next put through ibe manz.tal and pla xercis by Lieut.-Col. Stewart,.snd the bq vonet e e by ~., Capt. Poster, 12th Regiment. Major-Gon. RunlleY then selected Capt. Prevost, Slat Regiment, and of ofacera t o • . r_. • • exercise the zuen in various MOO -. j ments, all of which were executed in a satisfactory I manner. At the close of the inspection Ma;nr-Gen. I Burnley expressed his satisfaction at the n anner in which the 2d depot battalion had acqu ted itself, there being in fact nothing to complain of. The 3d battalion, which includes the depots ot 'he Ist and 2d battalions of the 19th, 51st (King's Own Light Infantry), 76th, 81st, and 91st Regiments, were in spected in the centre square of the hut barracks, Brompton. After the arms and kits of the compa nies had been examined the troops were put through a few manoeuvres, all of which were executed with great precision. The inspector-general also went over the huts, and was occupied until a late hour yesterday in an examination of the books, accounts, and other official documents of the battalions and depots. The 22d (Capt. Smith's) compa n y of Royal En gineers having completed its course of ball practice at the Government rifle range near Gravesend, re joined head-quarters, Bromp ton Barrack s , Chatham, yesterday. The 22 d company is dispos a bl e f or either home or colonial service. 7HE ITALIAN CAPITAL. A letter from Turin, dated Oct. 21, says :—I gave you in my last letter a few of the arguments urged by some well-meaning Italian patriots in favour of a speedy removal of the seat of Government to Naples. I ought now to give you the opposite view of the subject, and point out the obstacles which, in the opinion of other equally earnest lovers of Italy, appear to rise insurmountable against such a measure. 1 In the first place we must think of the distance. Turin and Naples are very nearly at the two oppo site extremities of the Peninsula; it is precisely as far to go from the former to the latter as from the latter to the former. The two places, however, are not by any means in perfectly equal conditions, and Turin is, under present circumstances, a far more central spot than the rival city. With Milan, Venice, Bologna, Ancona, and Genoa the subalpine capital has already established very satisfactory railway communication. A Turin decree can be published in any of those provincial centres within 12 to 18 hours—at Milan and Genoa within three or four. Naples is as yet, so far as railway traffic with the north or centre of Italy is concerned, as perfectly isolated as Palermo or Cagliari. The Neapolitan mail only arrives in Turin after 48 hours, weather permitting. Were it to come by land, the journey would take at least twice as much time as does now the sea voyage. Under unfavour able circumstances the steamer is liable to be de layed for 12 or even 24 hours. On the other hand, Naples never had, and will not very readily have, very speedy means of intercourse even with the provinces ae hich once constituted her king dom. From Reggio, in Calabria, to the old city of the Bourbon the land mail never employs less than three days and three nights. As the country is now situated, Turin is an excellent centre for about 12,000,000 Italians; Naples is a very indifferent meeting point for about 9,000,000. Add to this that Piedmont, Lombardy, the /Emilia, and the Marches contain all that now is most healthy, active, and high spirited in the Italian population. Were it even pos sible for King Victor Emmanuel to be crowned in the Capitol to-morrow, Rome would still be in less im mediate contact with the real head and heart of the nation than Turin is at the present day. The Apennine rises still an insuperable barrier between the North and South; it will be at least two years before a tunnel is completed to join the valley of the Po with those of the Arno and Tiber ; two years before the locomotive engine may make its way from Susa to Rome and Naples, or even from Bologna to Florence. The lack of communication, however, it is generally acknowledged, is a far more crying evil in the South than it would be 'in the North. The Subalpine, Insubrian, and /Emilian districts are to a great extent self-extant and self sufficing. The action of the Government is less sorely needed. Indeed, it is questionable whether they will not fare all the better the less they are interfered with. At Naples, on the contrary, a supine, degraded population, has to be dealt with. A.t is necessary to bring all the energies of the country to bear upon them. The administration needs a thorough, speedy reform; the whole per somnelof the magistracy, of the public offices, must be changed. The Neapolitans complain of the Pied montese invasion ; yet the whole of the Bourbon king dom must be Piedmontised ; the Northern element, that is, must entirely supersede the corrupt native element; to reconcile the Southern people to this necessary change, it must seem as if the Govern ment itself were acclimated, naturalised, as it were, among them. The prestige of a Court, of a Cabinet, of a Parliament, must remove from their agents the stigma of alienhooci. From Naples an Italian Government will always know how to manage Milan or Turin. From Turin a Piedmontese ruler will never know anything of the wants and tendencies of his Southern subjects. The ex-kingdom of Naples will always be a dependency—the seat of a separate and more or less irresponsible lieutenancy. Place the capital of Italy wherever you chose, the North must needs for a long period preponderate over the South ; but so long as you stay in Turin the Nea politans will look upon themselves as a conquered people. Let Naples be the capital, and they will at least please themselves with the vain conceit that they are the ruling State. The only way to Italianise Naples is to bring Italy to Naples. ' However far Naples may be from Northern Italy, moreover, there is no doubt that it has the inesti mable advantage of close vicinity to Rome. The railway between the two cities is at last completed, and all the subterfuges, and stolid, open denials of the Papal Government will not put off the opening beyond the term of the present year; they will not prevent a traveller from going from one end of the line to another by an express train in six and a half hours. If Naples cannot be secured to Italy with out Rome, and if the only way to Rome lies through Naples, there is no doubt but a railway will be the best means to break the Papal barrier, the best bat tering ram to bear down the ß e iiniVaticanni g to ates. From Bolo gna have seen, s t e o e ß Rimini, wasini' and ft invariably ra il way communica tion we as that achieved political conquest. It was the printing pres s in the 16th cent ury that struck half h comm un ity; it will be for th e s t eam eng i ne either paey, to , or alienate t the remainin g su bj ects of the p the nations Catholic h o li eof Europe from th e ro ll o f t h e Roman it to compound w i th mo d ern progress. Let t he mind and heart o f I ta l y b e ao force concen trated in and about Na p les ; let all its bold, innovating spirits assemble within f our or five hours of the Pap al frontier, and it s h a ll t h en be seen whether eve n French Imperial omnipo tence will avail to render that frontier in violable ; whether it will have power to screen th e "old chimera of a Pope" from spiritual no less th an from temporal attacks. • Rome and Naples , Even 1 8 cent uries a g o, i n the times of Cicero's Repub lic were almost only one city. Concen t r ate Italy at Bay city will soon Naples, and the outskirts of the . encompass the ancient caput nzu , nth till the Bay • s once more, as it was in ancient time , the mere itself and the whole coast as far a s Gaeta become vllleggiatura of the lords of the Peninsula. There are some, it is true, who think se riously of Venetia, and of the danger of removing the centre of Government from the north, while the Lombard and Zmilian frontiers are still open, and Austria sits sulking and threatening on the Mincio and the Po. Turin and Piedmont, they contend, are the citadel of Italy ; it will never be wise to remove the strength 'of the land from the old Savoy residence, so long as the security of the whole Peninsula rests on Alessandria, Genoa, and Casale. The objection is plausible, and would be stringent, indeed, if the departure of the Court and of the Home and Foreign Offices were to imply the removal of the military and naval administration; but, as it is, the transla tion of the metropolis need not occasion the trans fer to th e S outh of arsenals of warlike and marine stores. T ur i n and Piedmont, the fortresses on the Po, the Tanaro , and the Riviera main the milit ary capital ' would always re- Apen nines would still suppl y • the The Alps and the Apen recruits, and if by the installation o f th e Govern ment at Naples it were possible, as bravest and i a t n d is hardiest inde e d, m ost likely, to crush all the heads ' of the hyd ra o f S o uthern brigand a ge , if by that measure public security wer e H efficiently established i ll the South THE. SUN, LONDON', SAIRTICOAY EWE NINCII, OCTOBER 25, 1862. as we i u t l d is b in e t N f o a r r t h, increasethed, c t r h e e a e s d t r , e n n g o t th d of m i t n h i s e h e nation would be by far increa s ed, not d i min i shed, by b en a a rd blin an g d t h j e E A r a V i i r t : n office p t s o d se ,a nd rrae b e ac t k ho t s o e t d h i e Lo m- 8 which were detached from them under necessity of meeting the exigencies of Neapolitan brigandage. When all is said, however, when arguments pro and contra have been brought forward on all sides, there is no doubt that the removal of the Govern ment to Naples would be a great, momentous, and, we may say it, almost desperate experiment ; but the position of the country is in itself most critical. Italy is contending against extreme evils—evils of a nature to justify extreme remedies. Rather than run the risk of losing Naples, of undoing all that has been done, of compromising that unity which has been almost providentially achieved, it certainly behoves the Italians to be bold and even rash. They are told almost daily, both by friends and foes, that without Rome they cannot hope to save Naples, that Naples is not to be governed from Turin. On the other hand, there is no doubt but Turin, Milan, Florence, and all Italy may be ruled from Naples. All the Italian tribes, with one exception only, are ready to sacrifice all their local interests, all their municipal privileges, for the sake of the common country. Let the Neapolitans be gratified, and there will be an end to discontent throughout the Peninsula. There are some cold calculators, it is true, who oppose the measure of the demenagement of the Italian capital, not on political, but on financial grounds. The removal of persons and things, of offices, archives, &c., will, they reckon, entail an expense of at least 50,000,000f.,•and these are times by no means favourable to a similar extravagance. The objection might have some weight if it were not overruled by the very cogent reasons of State already alleged. The brigand wars, the Garibaldi expedi tion, the hundred disorders afflicting the Southern Provinces, have caused hitherto a far more con siderable outlay of money than would go towards carrying the contemplated removal into effect. We mast consider, besides, that the translation of the capital need not be achieved in a single day or even year. Much might be obtained, if late in the autumn or early next spring the King, Court, and Parliament were to rendezvous in the new resi dence. The rest would follow in small instalments and by easy stages; and, as I said, the military stores should never be made to depart from Turin, nor the naval establishment to quit Genoa or Spezzia. It would be strange if the Rattazzi Ministry, who have always been charged with undue muni cipal predilections, who were brought into power by the support of the Subalpine party, and are looked upon as the incarnation of the narrowest Piedmontism, were to be the men to move in Par liament a bill for discrowning Turin and Piedmont, and conveying the household gods of Savoy to the old abode of the Bourbons; but Rattazzi and his colleagues are at their wits' ends; they are ready to go any lengths to retain power; willing to cater for votes, no matter on what price. A bill of the nature above mentioned would be sure of the suffrage of nearly all the Southern and some also of the Nor thern members. The undertaking is one of vast magnitude, would be sure to give rise to much talk, and to turn public attention from other ticklish topics ; and, for the rest, it will hardly be possible to avoid the subject during the forthcoming session, and it will always be well for the Government to aspire to the honour of the initiative. NORTHERN PROVINCES OF MEXICO. The subjoined communication on the wealth and resources of the northern provinces of Mexico, from a most careful and well-informed source, will awake a sense of the peculiar interest with which every movement bearing on the political future of that country should be watched by the commercial world:— " There are many interesting circumstances connected with the northern provinces of Mexico which are yet but little known, and deserve particular notice at this period. I allude more particularly to Lower California, Sonora, and Chihuahua. "The Spanish Government were often accused of hav ing studiously kept those wealthy provinces secluded from the rest of the world, sad the Nrouderful treasures disco vered in California as soon as it was annexed to the United States corroborated the charge. The same remark might be made even now with respect to the Mexicans if it were not well known that their indolence is still greater than their inveterate jealousy of other nations. Though they are aware of the prodigious wealth to be found in their nor thern provinces, similar in every respect to California, they have made no effort to derive any benefit from that portion of their territory, which remains almost virgin to this day ; nor is this fact to be accounted for by the revolutions which have harassed the country, for the northern provinces have generally remained strangers to such disturbances, espe cially within the last few years. "Like many other portions of tho Mexican Republic, Lower California is extremely deficient in water, but the favoured spots which enjoy the advantage of irrigation are remarkable for their fertility. The country is for the most part mountainous, and abundantly provided with metals, particularly gold and silver. Large deposits of coal are said to exist near the western shore, towards the north. The population is so scanty that five years ago the capital of the province, La Paz, only contained about 300 inhabitants. The climate is mild and healthy, and very similar to that of Higher California. The rapid progress and astonishing prosperity of the latter, however, form a strange contrast with the half .barbarous and forlorn condition of the former. It stands isolated, as it were, from the rest of the world,and almost forgotten, unless it be by the Americans, who na turally look upon it as an easy and sure prey, to be seized at no remote period. Nature seems to have paved the way for such an event ; for, as Lower California consists of a comparatively narrow peninsula, it really forms an appendix of its prosperous neighbour. The only practical access from the Mexican Main being by sea, and the Mexicans having no navy, it follows as a natural consequence that all intercourse with that part of their territory is difficult and rare, and this fact accounts to a certain extent for the neglect of Lower California and for its being so little known. But though that region is almost unexplored, the remark able mineral wealth it contains is a well-established fact. A mining company was formed in Mexico a few years since with a view to export silver ore from Lower California under a special privilege granted by Government for that purpose, but, however good in itself, the scheme proved abortive for reasons foreign to the subject. " In a geographical point of view Lewer California is no less interesting; it contains many very good harbours both on the eastern and west coast, and the latter will no doubt be made available hereafter for the China and East India trade, which is even now beginning to assume serious pro portions in San Francisco. There are many islands belong ing to Lower California, some of which are well provided with guano and others with salt ; the island of Carmen especially, in the Gulf of Cortes, is notorious for its deposits of salt, which are said to be almost inexhaustible. 46 In the province of Sonora, all along the western de clivity of the ' Sierra Madre' (as the lofty chain of the Andes is styled in Mexico) the gold and silver mines are equally remarkable for their number and for the rich texture of their ores. Nor are the mines limited to that mountainous region ; the whole province abounds in deposits of the pre ciousandthis as well as other metals. The gold deposits known to exist on the bed and bands of various rivers clearly indicate I sho y uld that the metal has been washed down from the mountains ; natural inference is confirmed by the traditions of Sonora, b as well as the adjoining province of Chihuahua, 1 why natives. A glance at the map is sufficient to explain , which . uatien e t f hus rich, for they are both but the simple con tin" . notothe contiguous territory of California. was connected with a it i s ..generally known in Europe that the filibuster ing expedition headed a de Boulbon bouftthtbeme whole ended . by the execution of the latter, was to obtain possession having engagednoi f i n project,been formed t he i n object Mexico of for tthat which at the scheme A c r h i z p o r n o av proved district abortive. in Sonora. Two rival companies is separated from the serv u i ah ce u s a of by tho t s h e e F s r i e e n r c r h a forms the limit betw th e e lositios of which are full of gold and silver apnuMadre,,dr P, Sonorato h s adventurers, which' soinn Spanish dominion Chihuahua u t s b e e d to fur nishen the two provinces, mother country mines 4,l u on rin e g ith th er e side. about one-third of the treasure r ent to country from Mexico, and that fact alone is sufficient con vey some idea of the mineral wealth of the province. All over its vast territory gold and silver mines are to be found in every direction ; but yet it was not to the number of mines worked, but to the rich quality of the ore, that Sp a i n was indebted for such a plentiful production of the precious metal, silver particularly. Among Mexican miners it is a well-known fact that the richest silver mines discovered hitherto are in Chihuahua. Occasionally large pieces of native silver are found there, one of which is said to have weighed 1501b.—i. e., about six arrobas. But that part o f the A Mexican Republic is equally well provided with most of the useful metals, particularly iron, lead, tin, and cop per, the latter being very plentiful, and generally aurife rous. There are also in its northern districts considerable deposits of sulphur, and in various places table salt is found, either alone or in combination with carbonate of soda: the compound of these two salts, called by the Mexicana , tequesquite,' is the spontaneous production of the soil in various marshy places, and particularly on the borders of the lakes. In consequence of the rapid eyapor' tion which takes place during the dry season, a consider able surface becomes dry round these lakes, upon which the tequesquite' crystallizes in large quantities. The natives make use of that produce for various purposes —such as the manufacture of soap, glass, table salt, &c., and then there is no doubt that the sphere of its utility will be consider ably enlarged as the country becomes more cultivated. " Tho natural produce of Chihuahua is as varied as it is plentiful ; its rich soil yields such crops as would appear fabulous in Europe, and owing to the peculiarity of the climate, it is easy to grow cotton and tobacco as wheat, maize, and, in fact, every species of grain. The hop is said to grow spontaneously in both countries. Owing to its proximity to Texts, and to the comparative facility it pos sesses for communicating either with the Atlantic or the Pacific Ocean, it is reasonable to suppose that a country so rich and so well adapted for Europeans will not remain mulch longer in that condition." YHE GALES. BURNING OF THE SHIP HINDOO. LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY. The gales which has swept over this town and the neighbourhood still continues, though with less in tensity than the storm of the previous day. Some of the shipping in the river has suffered severely, but fortunately no loss of life has occurred. The case, unhappily, however, is different outside, and many rumours are rife as to the loss of several ships, together with their crews. Some of the coast ing steamers which have arrived here report fear ful weather in the Channel, and also the sighting of several vessels more or less in distress. Last night a communication was received from the Bidston telegraph station to the effect that a large vessel was in the Queen's Channel dismasted. Immediately afterwards another telegram was re ceived stating that rockets were being fired from the Formby lightship. As soon as possible the two Liverpool lifeboats were despatched, in tow of two steam tugs, to the vicinity of the lightship, and ascertained that a dismasted ship had been seen in the Channel. The boats went in search of the ves sel, but failed to make her out, and ultimately the boats and the steam-tugs returned to Liverpool. The mystery has been cleared up, for early this morning a telegram wus received here from Water loo to the effect that a large ship was on fire on Taylor's Bank, and in consequence of the strong smell of petroleum it was believed that the ship was homeward bound from one of the British North American ports. This conjecture proved correct, for it was soon astertained that the burning vessel was the Hindoo, bound from Montreal to Liverpool, laden with a cargo of petroleum. This vessel was overtaken in the Channel by the fearful gale, and after working up as far as the Bell Buoy the gale became so furious, and the ship was so dis abled that she almost became unmanageable, and to prevent her, if possible, from drifting ashore the masts were cut away. This precau tion, however, proved to be unavailing, for the ship, propelled by wind and tide, drove ashore near Formby. Endeavours were now made by those on board to reach the land in safety; but be sides the storm another fearful enemy arose—the ship was discovered to be on fire, and this with a cargo of petroleum on board. The fire soon got hold of the vessel, and the crew, seeing that there was no chance of saving anything, attempted to gain the beach. After swimming through a sea of petroleum —for the cargo had broken up and was washing out of the ship—the crew, with the exception of five who were drowned, reached the land. Many of the crew were severely injured, and Capt. Murphy, com mander of the Hindoo, was much crushed by the drifting wreck, besides being nearly poisoned with petroleum. At 10 o'clock to-day not a vestige of the ill-fated ship was visible ; but that there had been a fire of petroleum there could be no mistake, for the stench from the vicinity of the wreck pre vailed all over Liverpool ; and so great was its effect on the Exchange news-room that the floor had to be sprinkled over with chloride of lime. The Hindoo left Montreal for this port on the 17th of Sept. last, with a cargo of about 3,000 barrels of rock oil on board. The ship was owned by M. I. Wilson, Esq., of this town, end commanded by Capt. Murphy. A letter received here from Bude, Cornwall, gives some further particulars of the total loss of the Ben coolen. On Sunday last during a heavy gale her masts were carried away, by which two men were killed, and a third killed by the falling of a block. The Bencoolen had been drifting about the Channel up to the 21st inst., when, at about 3 o'clock in the afternoon, she drove ashore near the breakwater at Bude. The weather was fearful, and the vessel soon became a total wreck. The captain (Chambers), the first and second mates, and 25 ut the crew perished. Only six were saved. The survivors are hearty in their praise of the conduct of Sir T. D. Acland, Bart., and W. Maskell, Esq., who gallantly assisted them to reach the shore on spars, and then enter tained them in the most hospitable manner. The cargo was washing ashore for miles around the vicinity of the catastrophe. IRELAND. DUBLIN, OCT. 23. The Lord Lieutenant left Dublin yesterday for Rockcorry, county Monaghan, on a visit to Lord Cremorne, with whom he will remain till Saturday. Dr. Corrigan has just been elected for the fourth time President of the Royal College of Physicians in Ireland. This election four times in succession of the same president is unprecedented in the annals of the college. The Lord Chancellor has subscribed £2O to the O'Connell Statue Fund. The Freeman's Journal points to the significance of this large subscription, as coming from the head of the judicial bench, the head of the magistracy, the highest official next to the Viceroy, and " the keeper of the Queen's con science in Ireland." The Daily Express comments in strong terms on the alleged impropriety of thus honouring the memory of the greatest agitator, on the part of a high State functionary, and asks whether he is to be permitted to compromise the Sovereign and the nation by thus doing homage to the memory of one who was convicted and im prisoned for violating the laws of his country by organizing monster meetings which disturbed the peace of the society and threatened the dismember ment of the United Kingdom. A meeting was held yestet day evening at the Prince of Wales Hotel to consider the propriety of forming a committee to co-operate with the Prince Consort Memorial committee in promoting the opening of Stephen's-green. Mr. James Houghton was moved to the chair, and Mr. L'Evoy was ap pointed secretary. A committee was formed to raise subscriptions in furtherance of the object, with the understanding that if the green could not be opened the money would be returned. A committee of the Dublin Corporation has sat for several days to consider claims for alleged mali. cious burning in the city. Yesterday they announced their decision, and rejected the presentments from want of sufficient evidence of malice. At the Wicklow Quarter Sessions yesterday Thos. Murray appealed against a decision of the Wicklow petty sessions magistrates, who, on the complaint of Mr. Tighe, of Rosanna, ordered him to be fined £5, and his companion, who merely carried his gun, £2, for entering some four perches on Mr. Tighe's ground. The appellant, it appeared, had leave to shoot on the adjoining ground, belonging to Mr. Synge, and he had entered, through mistake, on the land of the first-named gentleman, but had not fired a single shot. Mr. Toomey appeared in the case, and pleaded the very excessive amount of the fine iuflicted, and the extremely trifling nature of the offence committed. His worship said that he found himself coerced under the game laws to confirm the decision of the magistrates. The case has excited a very considerable amount of sympathy for Murray throughout the locality. The following is an extract from a letter written by au Irishman serving in the Federal army : " I gave up my good trade to go to the war, as many others gave up their good trades for war, and up to the present we have had war enough, for we are well beat. We were 700 strong when first mustered, but now we are only 200—all cut off by the South, and if spared for 20 days more my turn w ill b e served, and then I will bid adieu to war. Th e Soutberns are brave, an d m any o f them heroes.' buftnaked an d b arefoote d, b u t they fight like We want experienced ollicers, and will be beat unt il we get the " J. T. Wttlah, an, Irishmen, mate of a N©W York vessel, has been commmitted to gaol in London derry on the charge of having murdered one of the crew. Several of the ()filer sailors presented in their persons marks of the cruelty with which he had treated them during the voyage. On Tuesday evening a public meeting was held in Belfast for the purpose of petitioning the House of Commons for the extension of the Forbes Mac kenzie Act to Ireland. Resolutions were adopted deploring the many and aggravated evils arising from the sale of intoxicating liquors on the Sab bath. day. A petition to the House of Commons was agreed to, praying that, as the 16th and 17th of Victoria, cap. 67, known as the Forbes Mac kenzie Act, had been of considerable benefit to the Scottish community, the enactment might be ex tended to Ireland. The Act in question prohibits the sale of intoxicating drinks between the hours of 11 o'clock on Saturday night and 7 o'clock on Monday morning. WE ULLINGSTVICK MURDER. THE CORONER'S INQUEST, AND COMMITTAL OF THE PRISONER. HEREORD, THURSDAY. This morning Mr. N. Sanwarne, the coroner for this division of the county, held an inquest upon the body of Mary Corbett, who had been brutally mur dered on the night of Monday last. The inquisition took place at the Prince of Wales Inn, whither the body was removed after finding it in an orchard, as already reported. The prisoner (Hope) has been previously convicted of felonious charges, and was in 1850 sentenced to seven years' transportation, but only served three of that term, when he re turned to Ullingswick on a ticket-of-leave, and has since been twice convicted of misdemeanour, for which he has served terms of imprisonment. Dr. Bull, of Hereford, made a post mortem exa mination of the body, assisted by Mr. Hill, surgeon of Bodenham. The clergyman of the parish, Rev. J. M. Ware, was in attendance. The first witness called was 'lrs. Elizabeth Skerrett, the mistress of the deceased, who deposed to the circumstances under which she had disappeared. Mary Bevan said—l am a married woman, and my husband is a drainer. I live at the half-way house in Ullingswick, and keep a shop and beer-house. I knew Mary Corbett, from her having come to the shop. Mrs. Skerrett's is about 300 yards from my house. On Monday night Mary Corbett came to my house for candles, about ten minutes before 10 o'clock. Any one going to the shop as a customer would have to go through the kitchen. The only persons there were Hope and John Prosser. Prosser was asleep, and Hope had some beer. As she was about to go out Hope asked her to have some beer, and she said she did not want any that night. She then left, and Hope, without speaking, got up and went out. He left about a glass and a half or two glasses in the jug. I did not see him or deceased after. I never saw them together before, nor have I seen either of them since. Prisoner—Did I stop in the house ten minutes after the girl left ? Witness—No, you did not. By a juryman—Hope gave the girl a glass of beer when she was down before, when she came for beer for her mistress. I did not see him attempt to take liberties with her. It was about 8 o'clock. Richard Mapp said—l am a labourer, and live in this parish, about 150 yards from Bevan's beershop. I have seen Mary Corbett at Skerrett's, and I knew. Hope, who got his living by labouring about. I did not see either of them on Monday night. I went to bed about ten, and immediately after I heard two screams. I got out of bed and went to the window. It was of a female calling out, " Ohl dear, oh," as if in distress. I opened the window, but did not hear anything more, as the wind was very blusterous. My cottage is about 70 yards from that part of the road where the marks of struggling were. I fancied the screams to come sideways to my house, which would be in the direction of where the struggle took place. William Weaver—l am a thatcher and live in Ullingswick. I have known deceased since she was a child. I also know Hope. On Monday night I slept at George Hope's, a brother of the pi isoner. William Hope does not live with him. It rained heavily, and when I went out to wash at 7 o'clock 1 found deceased in a field at the back of the house. I could see it was a person as if covered over with a black shawl. I called George Hope, and said there was something lying under the hedge. We both went to see what it was. We went round through the gate instead of getting over the hedge. I saw it was a female quite stiff, and George Hope put his foot to her. She was sitting with her head hanging over her right shoulder. Her clothes were down, her face was covered with mud and blood, and her hair was in a disorderly state all over her face. The shawl was thrown over her, up to about her face. The shawl was dirty and wet. She had the appearance as if she had been rolled in mud and blood. The shawl produced by the police is that which covered her body. George Hope opened the gate and went to her, and only found some heel or toe marks near the body. I went to fetch Insole, and then went after the constable. When bring ing her up here I found the place where the struggle had taken place, in a corner on the side of the road, and picked up the net now produced, which I gave to the constable, Frederick Pugh. The net was as near as I could tell to where her head was in the lump of dirt where the struggle was. Had no thought it was a native. Inquired if any stranger had been seen about. It seemed like a murder, and we took care not to disturb any footmarks. George Hope confirmed the evidence of the last witness, and added that he found the frail produced at a corner of the orchard fall of turnips. The cord was then attached to it. He fancied that it was his brother's frail, but he could not swear that it was. His brother did not live with him. Sarah Prosser said—l am the wife of James Pros ser, a sawyer, and live in Ullingswick. I know Hope, who had lodged with me four weeks. He worked at hedging and draining for anyone who could employ him. My rule was that Hope was to be in at ten or be locked out. We never locked him out before Monday night. I went to bed at half-past nine. If he had come I should have let him in. He did not come. I saw him on Tuesday morning, about half-past seven, when he said he was going to work for Mr. Hill, of the Green. I had not seen him from Monday morning until that time ; he then came for his breakfast. Did not observe that he was dressed when he went out. When he returned he had his short slop on and trousers in which he usually works. Did not see him go away from the house. He had not much change of clothes. I cannot say whether the frail produced is prisoner's, but he had one similar to it, which used to be hung at the back of the house. Never noticed whether there was a cord attached to it. He used his frail to carry his food. I did not see the frail on Monday. My husband has a frail, which is hung up there now. Hope took the jacket now produced on Monday morning, and he did not bring it back again on Tuesday. It was not dirty when he took it out. James Weaver, a thatcher, said—l reside in Ullingswick. On Tuesday, about 4 o'clock in the evening, while on my road home, and in consequence of what I had heard respecting the affair, I went into a piece of plantation to look for the jacket that was missing, and near to where were the marks of struggling I found a jacket (the one produced) rolled up tight and concealed in th 6 stump of an old tree. I pulled it out, and in the morning placed it in the hands of the police. It was about 150 yards or so from where the struggle took place. Daniel Harwood, superintendent of police at Bromyard, examined-1 was on my way to Here. ford on Tuesday last, and from information I re ceived .1 came down here, and found Simpson, in whose company I went to where the marks of struggling were seen. I examined the spot very minutely, bat could not find footmarks, from previ ous rain and trampling, but found two places as if the toes of boots had made indentations in the earth, On some clay that had been thrown out of the ditch an impression of a person lying on her back, from the buttock and back of the head ; also found Rove ral knee marks, as if some one had been kneeling, The knee marks were produced by a peculiar sad of ribbed stuff. I then got a spade, and in the pre sence of Simpson I dug up th e p l a i nest of the im pressions, which I now produce. I also produce impressions from the trousers of prisoner ' . the dif ference in the.impression s i s accounted for by the trousers being worn in some part, 1 then went to prisoner and examined his trousers, now produced. found them very dirty about the knees. It is a twill ribbed cord,and appears to have made the impressiona referred to_ On the fall of the trousers I also found blood, and also upon certain portions of his linen; also dirt upon his shirt corresponding with the dirt upon his trousers and upon the wristbands of his shirt; also found dirt upon the slop he was wear ing ; also examined his boots and found several places as if nails had been recently taken out. Mrs. Bevan was recalled—Hope had on a jacket when he went out after the girl. The jacket pro duced was that which ho 'wore at the time; she knew it by a rent in the left-hand pocket. Mrs. Sarah Hill said—My husband's name is Jacob Hill. I undressed deceased ; I also laid out the body on Tuesday morning; her olotnes were very dirty ; she had not been washed. I found blood upon her fezz., w k . I .. and her outside . garments were wet. \'T hen got the dirt off her face I found two marks under the chin ; I found a great deal of blood upon the front tail of her chemise. 1 Mr. Henry Graves Bull said—l a m a surgeon, . hying in Hereford. In conjunction with Mr. 11 I have, by the directions of the coroner, made a full post-mortem examination. A most elaborate report was then given in. After speaking of the injuries inflicted upon the body it said death resulted from asphixia or suffocation of the nose, mouth, and throat. The marks of violence had been produced by a left and right hand. No other signs to account for death were found upon the body. Violation had been completed with very great force. Could not say whether violation had been completed before suffocation. Some further evidence was given, in which the frail produced was identified as having been in the possession of the prisoner on the night of the murder. Prisoner declined to say anything in defence, and the jury, withou , hesitation, returned a verdict of Wilful Murder, upon which charge he was com mitted for trial. HORRIBLE MURDER NEAR CIREN- CESTER. Yesterday (Friday morning a painful state of excitement was created at Cirencester by the news that a barbarous murder had been committed at the pleasant village of Rendcombe, about four miles from this town, on the Cheltenham road, the victim being a young woman named Sarah Moss, and the murderer a man named William Mealing, who was engaged to be married to her. The murderer, William Mealing, is about 26 or 27 years of age, and is an agricultural labourer. He is a tall, thin young man, with a stupid expression of countenance and ungainly appearance, and with the stooping gait peculiar to men of his class. His father and mother are labourers in the same parish and bear a respectable character. Sarah Moss, the unfortunate victim of this dread ful crime, was about 32 years of age, and had been for some time staying at the cottage of her father, which is situate in a secluded part of the road, near the vicarage. She was formerlyi n the service of the Rev. Mr. Bloxsome, of orth fibley, and while there she formed an acquaintance with a young farmer in the neighbourhood, which resulted in the birth of a child, which has since been affiliated, and the father contributes ls. 6d. a week towards its maintenance. This child is now three years old. The mother of Sarah Moss was burnt to death some years since, and the household, until about last Christmas, consisted of the deceased, her child, and her father, an infirm old man of about 80 and very deaf. Shortly before Christmas last the prisoner left his father's cottage and went to live at Moss's house. A very close intimacy took place between Mealing and Sarah, and the woman was at the time of the murder very near her confinement. The bans o. marriage between the parties had been pat up at the parish church, and the wedding was to have taken place immediately. The deceased have saved £6 or £7 for the occasion, and she asked Mr. Riddi ford, the superintendent of police at Cirencester, to intercede for her with the father of her child, and try and get him to give her £5 more. Mr. Riddi ford, it appears, was in the habit of receiving her child's money from its father, and handing it over to her. On Saturday last the parties quarrelled, and Mealing returned to his father's house, where he stayed until Thursday, the night of the murder. On Thursday evening he went back to Moss's, and his mother and other persons were present. A re conciliation apparently took place, and Mealing and his victim went to bed, her child sleeping in the same room. About 3 o'clock yesterday morning Mealing went to the house of Timothy Tarrant, the village black smith, who is also the parish constable, and, hav ing aroused him, informed him, that he had killed a woman. Tarrant at first was incredulous, but at length he went to Moss's cottage, and there he found that it was too true, the poor woman being quite dead, with her throat cut and her child crying, as if it could realise the dreadful facts of the case An alarm was created, and the prisoner, who had gone to his father's house, was placed in safe charge. Information was sent to Cirencester, and Mr. Superintendent Riddiford, Sergeant Eyles, and Constables Darel and Townsend were as soon as possible at the scene of the awful tragedy. Mr. Riddiford found the body of the ill-fated woman lying on her left side, with her arms crossed, and her throat literally cut from ear to ear. The bed was saturated with her blood, which was running through the floor into the room below. From the calm and tranquil appearance of the body, and the absence of blood on her hands, it would seem that the murder was suddenly committed, while she was asleep. Mr. Riddiford has possession of the instrument with which the fatal deed was perpetrated. It is a common black-handled razor, with the words " shilling razor" on the blood-stained blade, which is also notched like a saw. The prisoner, after murdering the poor woman, robbed her of her purse and money. This money, consisting of six sovereigns, one half-sovereign, a threepenny piece, and three penny worth of coppers, he gave to his mother, from whom Mr, Riddiford received it. The dreadful news was attempted to be communi cated to the aged father of the deceased, but he ap peared to persist in believing that she had only been confined, for which he was prepared, but the real facts he could not be made to comprehend. The prisoner was removed to the police-station at Cirencester, where he appears to be in a most de jected and miserable plight, and evidently fully alive to the horrors of his position. His face and hands were blood-stained. THE ALLEGED DEATH THROUGH UN SKILFUL 7.REA7MENT. Yesterday afternoon Mr. Raffles Walthew, the deputy-coroner for East Middlesex, resumed, at the Red Cow Tavern, Mile-end-road, the adjourned in quest on the body of a child 16 months old, named James Weedley. It will be remembered from what took place at the former inquiry that the parents of the child were poor but respectable persons, and re sided in Cleveland-street, Stepney. The subject of the inquiry had been ailing for some time, and suf fering from a kind of hacking cough, in consequence of which the mother went to a shop which was kept by a Mr. Timpson, of the Dog-row, Mile-end, who had the words surgeon and accoucheur over the door, by which she was led to believe that he was a duly qualified member of the Royal Colldge of Sur geons, more especially as he had attended her in confinement with the deceased. After stating the symptoms of the child, Mr. Timpson prescribed a mixture termed " paregoric tincture," which had been labelled with instruction to give the child a teaspoonful of mixture when the cough was bad. A medical gentleman named Irwin, upon being called in found the child in a dying state, evidently suf fering from disease of the brain and the effects of some narcotic, and the child quickly expired, appa rently from disease and the effects of the mixture given to him. The inquiry was therefore adjourned for a post mortem examination of the body, Mr. Irwin, surgeon, of Mile -end-road, said that since the last inquiry he had made a post mortem examination, and found about four ounces of turbid serum on the brain, and on cutting through the substance he found some red spots, indicating in flammation, proving th a t th e d eceased had acute hydrocephalus. Upon opening the body be was still of opinion that if such a narcotic as opium had been given to a child of such a tender age it was likely to cause death. A Juror—What did you do for the child P Witness—l gave it some stimulant in the shape of spirits of ammonia and camphor mixture with golden syrup and water coloured. I also prescribed some powders composed of mercury and chalk. I gave orders for one of the powders to be given to the child every two or three hours. By a Juror—The child would have died if the medicine had not been administered; but it might have accelerated the death. Mr. Henry Clare Timpson, in answer to questions from the coroner, edmitted that he was not a legally qualified practitioner, although fully qualified more than many others. The Coroner—Have you got the certificate from the College of Surgeons? Mr. Timpson—l have not. The Coroner—Then you are not fully qualified. Mr. Timpson—l confined the mother 16 months since, and out of the whole number of women I have confined I never lost a single person, and if I had a solicitor I have no doubt but the case would be at once cleared up to the satisfaction of the gentlemen of the jury, The Coroner—l will adjourn the case again for that purpose, if you like. Witness—No; I am in the hands of the court. I wish to say that I never prescribed anything for the deceased; merely sold some simple cough drops. In answer to questions put by Mr. Timpson, the mother said that she never found the child to sleep sounder after taking the mixture than before, By the Coroner—Re never allowed his wife to prescribe for any one, but he allowed her to sell simple mixtures. Dr. Letheby, analytical chemist at the London Hospital, and medical officer of health of the City of London, said that on Thursday th e summon ing officer delivered to him the bottle (produced) which had contained a liquid 0 ten drops of op i um and oil of aniseed, the constituents of pare goric. H e was certain that the other two bottles did not contain the same mixture as the one that h a d been handed to him, By a Juror.—Such a medicine Would be impro per to give to a child at any time, and was calcu lated to accelerate death. The learned Deputy said—lfCoroner give a physi cian or surgeon should medicine to his patients to cure them and out I to expectation, it killao . . them, then the death is only from misadventure, but a distinction has been taken in this case be tween a regular surgeon and a physician and one who is not so. In the ,attt.r it is said to amount to manslaughter at least, but the soundness of this dis tinction has been doubted, arid it is now held there is no difference between a licensed physician or surgeon, and a person acting as such without li cence. In either case, if a party having a competent degree of skilful knowledge makes a mistake by acci dent in his treatment, and death ensues, he is thereby not guilty of manslaughter ; but if proper medical assistance can he had, and a person totally ignorant of the science of medicine takes upon him self to administer a dangerous remedy to one .abour ing under a dangerous disease, and death ensues, then he is guilty of manslaughter. In this case it could not be said that Mr. Timpson was a person so totally ignorant of the science of medicine as to make him amenable to the charge of manslaughter. The Jury, after consulting for some time, returned a verdict of Natural Death from acute hydroce phalus, and no blame or charge of any kind is attached to Mr. Timpson. The proceedings, which caused a great deal of excitement in the neighbourhood, then terminated. A VICTIM 70 CHANCERY. LAMENTABLE DEATH OF A LADY, CLAIMANT TO £lOO,OOO. An inquiry was held by Mr. H. Raffles Walthew, the deputy coroner for East Middlesex, at the Duke of Northumberland Tavern, Worship-street, on Thursday night, respecting the death of Mrs. Eliza beth Mobbs, aged 53 years, who died on Tuesday laseunder the following deplorable circumstances : Mrs. Ellen Sullivan, 93, Long-alley, said that three months ago she met the deceased in the street in a shocking state of destitution. She was scan tily clothed, and had on neither shoes nor stockings. She was suffering from cold and hunger, and wit ness brought her to her house to give her shelter and food. Witness had met her casually about a twelvemonth previously, and she was then also in distress. Witness learned that deceased and her late husband were the owners of an immense property, which, however, was involved in Chancery for several years, and that upon the death of Mr Mobbs, some time since, deceased fell into great difficulties. Shortly after witness took deceased to her house. Mr. Williams, one of her late husband's executors, called, and stated he would pay witness for what ever she did for deceased. Witness, however, had not seen him since, and she received no money ; but she could not bring herself to let the unfortunate deceased go adrift again in her miserable condition_ About a week ago deceased was seized with illness, apparently from want of proper clothing, and she died on Tuesday last unexpectedly. Deceased was quite confident that she would speedily come into possession of her property : C. Barry Sullivan, furniture dealer, gave similar evidence to that of the last witness, and said that he understood that the property of deceased was of immense value, and consisted chiefly of house pro perty, worth upwerds of £lOO,OOO. Deceased was in the act of arranging the breakfast things when she said that she felt ill and cold. Witness sent her to lie down, and gave her some wine, and sent for Dr. Collier. She died soon atter. Dr. Poole Collier said that he was called in to the deceased, and found her suffering from great pros tration. From the evidence of the previous wit nesses he believed that deceased died from typhus fever, brought on by cold, but he could not state positively the cause of death without a post mortem examination. The Coroner said that he should adjourn the in quiry for the production of further evidence as to the cause of the death of deceased. The Court was adjourned accordingly. (MUNI BY MAHAL !..- LIV ERPOOL—OcT. 24. We had a fair attendance to-day, and wheat was in better demand ; prices generally Id to 2d per cental dearer. In dian corn scarce, and saleable at lull values. Flour ad vanced 3d to 6d per barrel. WAKEFIELD-00T. 24. Our market to-day was dull, but wheat held for rather higher prices, and business is confined chiefly to fine sorts. Fine barley a shade dearer. Averages for the week : Wheat 1,808 qrs., at . 50s 41d 8ar1ey......... 390 Peas .. 6 Oats Rye — —s Od Beans STAMFORD—OcT. 24. New wheat, 52s to 54s— red, 47s to 80a per 36 stone. Barley, 34s to 46s per qr. Oats, 20a to 26s per 24 atone. Beans, 40s to 44s per qr. EXETER-00T. 24. Wheat, white.. 6s 6d to'6s 9d I Barley. ... 4s Od to 4 8 61 Ditto red. .6s Od to 6s 3d Oats ....... 2s 10d to 33 Od Flour, fine, 37s to 388 ; seconds, 355 to 36s per sack. CATTLE. The supply of all descriptions of stock this morning very large. Fat beef, p se., 10s0d to 10s6d Ewes, per lb .... 6d to 6id Pork carcases, 8s 6d to 9s 6d 1 Wethers, d 0.... , 61d to 7d Lamb, p 1b....... 70 to 8d Fat calves, d0...51d t o 611 . Rough fat, 31d per lb. BRISTOL SUGAR—OcT. 24. We have again had a very quiet market, chiefly on ac count of the indisposition shown by buyers to meet the stiff values which importers require. Refined goods experiance a somewhat restricted demand, but values remain steady. Treacle is unaltered. For rum the demand is in retail at about recent currencies. COAL M 4Prtoes of Coal per Ton at ,ARKET. the close of the market. s. d. West Hartley 18 3 Carway and Duffryn Malting Do. Anthracite 21 6 Eden Main ...17 6 Holywell 17 3 ‘‘, alker Primrose 13 61 Ships at market s. d. Walls End. Heugh Hall 18 0 Hetton l9 0 • • Brsddyll's Hetton 18 3 Caradoc Kelloe 24; sold, 24. FOREIGN MAIL PACKET LIST., MAILS DUE. Atu,ralia and Mauritius, via Southampton. . .Nov. 19. via Al arseilies Nov. 13. 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These pills are the best regulators and strengtheners of the nerves and the safest general purifiers. Nausea, headache, giddiness, numbness, and mental apathy yield to them. They despatch in a summary manner those dis tressing dyspeptic symptoms—stomachic pains, fullness at the pit of the stomach, abdominal distension, and overcome both capricious appetite and confined bowels, the commonly accompanying signs of defective or deranged nervous power. Holloway's pills are particularly recommended to persons of studious and sedentary habits, who gradually sink into a nervous and debilitated state unless some restorative such as his pills be occasionally applied. BIRTHS. COLE.—On the 23d inst., atWimbledon, the wife of Colonel A. Lowry Cole, of a son. CALROW.—On the 23d inst., at Red-hill, the wife of R, F. Calrow, Esq., of a son. HALKETT.—On the 22d inst., at Pitfirrane, Fifeshire, the wife of Sir Arthur Wedderburn Halkett, Bart., of a daughter. MAY.—On the 24th inst., at the Bank of England, Bur lington-gardens, Mrs. Frank May, of a son. MARRIAGES. BLAKELEY—RicE.—On the 23d inst., at St. Saviour's, Liverpool, Joh n W hitehead Blakeley, Esq., of Nicholas lane, in the city of London, to Margaret, eldest daughter of John Rice, Esq., London. WALLlS—Busß— gate, Swan W a lli s, Esq., of Puxford, Cambridgeshire', On the 23d inst., a t St. B o t o l p h , Ald to Emma, second daughter ut Willia m B us h, Esq., " Upper Clapton, DEATHS. B litcll.—On the 21st inst., Joseph Burch, Esq., of Spring' lane, Up' er Clapton, aged 87. BRYAN.—On the 23d inst., at Stamford, Mary Ann, relic of Thomas Bryan, Esq., of Evington, Leisestershire , aged 79. GODBY.—On the 7th Sept. last. at Lahore, Capt. Robt. F- Godby, Commanding 15th Regt. Bengal Cavalry, aged 31. MOORE.—On the 23d inst., at Montrose House, Petersham , Lieutenant-General Sir William Moore, K.C.8., aged 66. SHADFORTH.—On the 4th August last, at Eveleigh Souse, Redfern, New South Wales, Lieut.-Colonel Thomas Shadforth, formerly commanding H.M.'s 67th it e g t '' aged 91. TEATITER.—On the 22d inst., Charlotte, the wife of John Teather, Esq., Alstonby. LONDON : Printed and Published by JOHN CHAPLIN, of No, 112, Strand, Printer, at 'Fitz SUN Office, No. 112, Strand, • in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the Cotuity bliddleses.—gattirday, October 26, 1862. . I I