The Sun. — London, England, 1862-11-24 00:00:00

LORD PALMERSTON ON INDIAN AFFAIRS. On Thursday a deputation from the Manchester Chamber of Commerce, consisting of Mr. H. Ash worth, Vat) president, Mr. T. Bazley, M.P., Mr. A. Cas.els, Mr. John Slagg, and Mr. Hugh Fleming, the secretary, waited upon Lord Palmerston, at Cambridge-house, for the purpose of presenting a memo:jai on Indian affairs. Mr. H. FLEMING , read the following memorial:— " To the Right Hon. the Lord Viscount Palmerston, K ,G., G.C.8., dec., First Lord of her Majesty's Treasury. " The Memorial of the Directors of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce, 'ay their chairman, humbly showeth, that for many years, past your memorialists have made re peated representeetions to the Government of this country on the subject, of the measures and course of policy which should be 'Adopted in the government of India, in order to improve the condition of its people, to develop its enor mous "resources, and to extend the commercial intercourse of the two countries for their mutual advantage. That, for these purposes, it has long been evident that the direct ap plication of European enterprise and capital, not only to the cultivation of the land, but for the creation of the means of Conveyance of the produce of that country, and the esta blishment of the necessary agency for its collection and transport, was absolutely essential. That the chief obstacles to the settlement of Europeans in 'lndia, and to the many efforts 'chat have been made by mercantile firms resident in. ludiie to establish local agencies in the interior of the coelutry, for the purpose of introducing direct commercial relations with th e p ro d ucers of raw materials of ever y kind, have chiefly arisen f rom two causes, viz.:---The refusal of the Indian Governracent t o gran t a secure and permanent tenure of land, u'eion definite and equitable terms, to any proposed p tirc b eaeer • and the absence o f an y effective law for the enf'ecement of contracts, on the faith of which large suree are o f ten a d vance d on the security of a stipu lated r e e e p, an d f or t h e evas ion or violation of which no i re dres:d can b e obtained un d er the existing law. That tis si eperflous to adduce any arguments or instances in sup port of this assertion, as the facts are notorious and uni versally admitted. That remedial measures have been pro posed against both of these defects by able and experienced officers of the Indian Government, and have been adopted and recommended by the Governor-General in Council, and even in one case acted upon for a considerable time, but have failed to receive confireeation by the Home Govern ment. That, by a minute of Lord Canning, in aecordance 'with a plan previous/1 approved by Lord Stanley, as Secre tary of State for India, the Government of India did, in 1861, adopt areri promulgate a detailed scheme for the dis posal of the, waste or unoccupied lands in India, upon such terms as Would secure an adequate return to the Govern ment, Would afford a great iniucement to bona fide pur s-eers of land to settle in the country, and would suffi tleently protect the interests of any native occupants or claimants of rights over such lands as might be sold under that authority. That the said minute was received with general satisfaction, and that your memorialists had an opportunity, in an interview with the Secretary of State for India, of expressing their entire and warm approba tion of the measure, then, as they supposed, finally adopted, and were allowed to depart with the distinct understanding 'vat it had the approbation of the Govern ment of this country, and that it did in fact remain in force---8.74d contracts for the sale of land were made in accordance therewith during a period of not less than nine months. That the said minute was, notwithstanding suspended and practically rescinded by the Secretary for India, and the said contracts have been, as your memo rialists are informed and believe, repudiated by an arbitrary c onstruction . of the l aw ; an d th e prospect t h us opene d f or the introducti on of European energy and capital has been again closed. That your memorialists have never received or heard any valid or reasonable explanation for the rejec tion of that measure, and they are fully convinced that the terms and conditions laid down for the disposal of waste lands by the subsequent despatch of the Secretary of State for India (which require a preliminary survey at the expense of the intending purchaser, and a sale by auction after adve fiseeient, Sec.) will prove entirely ineffectual and illusory. That your memorialists altogether disapprove of the condi tions Fee clause 98, which provides that the purchaser of lards "shall be liable to any claim, whether of the Govern ment or otherwise, that may have been or may hereafter be established in any court of competent jurisdiction." That within the let two years several proposals have been made and discussed by the Council in India for the amendment of the law of contrasts and their practical enforcement, with cut which it is vain to expect that any local European agencies can be established to the displacement of the ruinous system under which the ryot is oppressed and plundered by the native dealers or middlemen ; but all such propreeed measures have been stifled or disallowed by the express disapprobation of the Houle Government ; and that no measure for that purpose is now, so far as your ammo lutists are informed, under the consideration of the Govern ment. That your memorialists cannot omit to point to the diaeredit thrown upon. the Indian Uoverunient, not only be , the cases above-mentioned, but by the reversal of their re peated decisions, after mature deliberation, on the claims of the Mysore princes ; by the refusal to sanction the expendie ture on public works, as well as the increased educational grant as proposed in the ludian budget ; and by the public and premature, and, as your memorialists are firmly con vinced, utterly unmerited reproof of an able and successful public officer, without affording him time or opportunity for explanation in his own defence. That the vexatious interference thus exercised by the Secretary of State for India in Council is calculated to produce, and has, in fact given rise to much annoyance and complaint in India as well as at home, and weakens the public reliance upon the power of the Indian Government to carry out its own policy, and even on the honour and good faith of Great Britain. That on the whole, therefore, experience has shown the impolicy of conducting °r Controlling the details of administration in India by a board or council sitting in this country, acting frequently en imperfect information, and probably influenced by old habits and prejadices arising from former experience, in op.• position to the views and measures of those who, being on the spot, are more capable of comprehending their whole bearing, and of legislating with a more exclusive regard to the advantage of India and its inhabitants: That for these reasons your memorialists pray your lordship to take into your early and most serious consideration the defects of the present system of government for India, and to bring the whole subject in the ensuing session again before the houses of parliament, with such recommendations as to your lord ship shall seem expedient for the adoption of a bolder and more liberal policy towards India, and especially for limit ing to the broad and general principles of government the control and interference now injuriously exercised by the home government over the Governor-General and Council in India." Mr. H. ASEWORTH, having stated that the depu tation bad sought an interview with his lordship in consequence of the urgent and alarming pressure of the distress in the cotton manufacturing districts of Lancashire, owing to what might fairly be called the " cotton famine, " enlarged l on the various points contained in the m emoria l. Other members o f the deputation having spoken on the same subject, Lord PALMERSTON said that there could be no doubt that both the memorial which had been read to him and the speeches he had heard were neither more nor less than a bill of indictment against Sir C. Wood. He must, however, say, not withstanding what he had heard, that he had every confidence in Sir Charles. He would net enter into any discussion as to the several cases of alleged grievances which had been quoted to him, as he was not acquainted with the details; but he felt assured that Sir C. Wood would be enabled to give a satisfactory answer to the statements which had been made. He (Lord Palmerston) could not be e-4 Pected to give any opinion, as he should like to hear what could be said on the other side. As to the government of India, the deputation appeared left entirely t hatto t the officials in that country should be vernmepbemselves, and that the home Go way. lle nt thee might u e not interfere with them in any of the chamb er, it had that if such was the opinion had never at any time been shared, so far as h, the country generai l was aware, by parliament or y Mr. BAZLEY said he begged to disabuse his lord ship's mind of the - erroneous impression he had formed as to the wishes ors nulggestions of the depu tation on this point, th e i r ee e ire bein g th a t th e managem ent of detail s shouldd b confided to the officials resident in India, the exercise ?f the i n g govern policy b e i ng still power in all retained in Englandmatters of state . Lord PALMERSTON said he admitted that un der t s e the old regime t he mana g ement of petty details on fleeted with th e administration of I ndian affairs i been atten ded with the greatest possible inconveni ence and disadvantantage ; but, of course, that arose in a great degree from the fact of the E ast India C om p a nybeing a comm ercial body, and conductin g their business on mercantile pribneceipn much hes e les. These sou rces of complai nt had, however, dimi nished, end he had no doubt that further with chan ad in the same direction w ould he attended v antage. He confessed 00 it appeorpri strange to him, that, although in Afanchester they 4 ; the spinners were calling out for supplies of cotton from InL=. ll , would not use that cotton when it arrived, but allowed it to be exported to France and other countries. Mr. BAZLEY, in reply, showed his lordship that, owing to the war in America, England had become, for the time being, the cotton market of the world, And the competition thus created had enhanced prices to the cotton producer. Lord PALMERSTON inquired in what lay the dif ference in quality between the American ~nd Indian cotton, and why it was that the one could not be substituted for the other. Mr. BAZLEY fully explained the matter to his lord ship. Lord PALMERSTON assured the deputation that he would show the memorial to Sir C. Wood, and confer with him on the various matters contained :herein. Mr. BAZLEY thanked his lordship for the cour teous attention with which he had listened to the statements of the deputation, who then took their leave, the interview having occupied an hour and a quarter. MR. FORSTER, 211. P., AT BRADFORD. On Friday evening, Mr. W. E, Forster, addressed a crowded meeting of his constituents in St. George's Hall, Bradford. Mr. Alderman Brown occupied the chair, and introduced the hon. gentle man. Mr. FORSTER, who was received with hearty cheers, said he would not give the history of the past session, but take counsel with his constituents on the present state of home and foreign politics. With regard to himself, he had judged each ques tion upon its owh merits, independently of its effect upon parties, and he hoped that his constituents would not take offence at his having voted some- times contrary to their opinions. But politics were not in a healthy state when a man who wished to do what was right could take an independent course. As parties were at present there was no thing so much more attractive in Palmerston's Li beralism than in Lord Derby's Conservatism as to cause an independent member to be influenced by the chance of his vote depriving Lord Palmerston of power. (Hear, hear.) The present Ministry had as thoroughly shelved reform, and taxed the people fully as much as any Ministry that could be devised. In fact our professed leaders were either with our enemies or pulling us back. (Hear, hear.) The Night Poaching Act was an instance in point; for the Home Secretary denounced it, while the Irish Secretary supported it, and Lord Palmer ston gave it an opposition which was tantamount to support. Therefore, he was not surprised that some Liberals would prefer to see the Tories in power, for then they would know with whom they had to deal. (Hear, hear.) Still he was not prepared to endorse Mr. Cobden and assist in turning out Lord Palmer ston with the avowed intention of putting Mr. Dis raeli in, for two reasons. First, we had no reform, and we spent much money in guarding against ima ginary dangers, not because Lord Palmerston was premier, but because the country had been careless of reform and reckless of expenditure. (Hear, hear.) The best way to create a hea'thier public opinion would be to deal with every question on its own merits, irrespective of party intrigue. Secondly, because, in the main, he did not disapprove of the ministerial policy in foreign affairs, about which the country just now cared a great deal more than it did about reform. In this respect he had more confi dence in Russell and Palmerston that in Disraeli and Derby. (Hear, hear.) The Ministry had con sistently carried out the principle of non-inter vention, while Mr. Disraeli had found excuses for the French occupation of Rome, and leading ;mem bers of his party and the Tory press had urged in- tervention in American affairs. As he had said, he approved the ministerial foreign policy, with one exception ; for he looked with the greatest possible Auspicion on what was going on in China, where, by lending troops to the Imperialists, the Government was violating the non-intervention principle. To turn to Italy, he regarded the question of the French occupation of Rome as purely political. There would not have been much heard of the religious aspect of the question if it had not been for the temporali ties possessed by Antonelli and others of the Pope's courtiers. His duty, as a member of the House of Commons was, he considered, to support Lord Russell when he upheld the principle of non intervention, and protested in the councils of Europe—which was every day becoming more and more a vast commonwealth—against the Emperor of the French, by his soldiers, compelling the Romans to submit to a Government of which they they did not approve. (Applause.) The contrast between Italy and America was sad—in the former liberty was impelling to union, in the latter country slavery had driven the people to disunion. He thanked the Government for keeping us clear of the American imbroglio, and would support them in 1 their continuance of the same policy, (Applause.) The abstinence of the Government from interference had not been an easy matter, against the ingenious efforts of a party in the House of Commons to in volve us in that war. There had been attempts to force us to a premature recognition of the Confederate States, which would have been a breach of international law, and therefore he opposed them. The next attempt was to induce us to break the blockade, on the contradictory ground that it was inefficient, and that it was so efficient as to be caus ing great distress. He had not studied the question of blockades sufficiently to commit himself, yet it appeared to him that there was much truth in what Mr. Cobden had said on the subject. It would have been a great breach of international law for Eng- land to have broken the blockade. The next attempt was Mr. Lindsay's motion to offer mediation, which soundedvery plausible, but concealed a threat which America would surely have resented. The next was the French overture of joint mediati:n. But we had no reason to suppose that exhortation and entreaty would be of any avail. If they were of any avail the public opinion of Europe would have stopped the war long since. But the French offer was intended to go further, and to insist on the cessation of hos tilities. The argument was that we must forget ab stract principles in the practical good that would be achieved for the Americans and ourselves. Such an argument was fallacious, because it was by no means certain that such an interference would not involve us in war with the United States (which would be the most costly and extravagant mode of relieving our present distress), because it would raise the war like zeal of the Northerners until it equalled that of the Southerners, which it did not at present, and because he thought it was undesirable that our fo reign policy should be inextricably involved in the wishes and plans of Louis Napoleon. Before consi dering whether they would like the responsibility of forcing an end to the war, they must ask why the men of Lancashire were suffering. It was because certain men in the United States determination Statesh adrebelle t d o , rather than relinquish their spread slavery over the vast territories of the United States. Whatever might have been the hearers' opinion as to whether the Northern States should have let the rebels or seceders go, there could be no doubt that every Government would, from a mere feeling of self-preservation, have done as did the United States, and would have attempted to put down such a rebellion. In saying this, he did not deny the courage and endurance of the Southerners in their bad cause, nor would he conceal his abhorrence of Gen. Butler's tyranny. But it was curious, that considering the feeling which axisted in England against slavery, every idea of interven tion had been in favour of the slaveholder. His sympathy for his suffering fellow countrymen in Lancashire would never lead him to consent to an intervention which would result in the perpetuation and extension of slavery. (Applause.) There were three ways by which peace might be restored. The Northand of these South might remain separate, with liberty to act a s t h ey deemed exped i ent; they might have se p a rationorre-union, with slavery predominent. pence, t onor that could vast he But none a e s e s u en rs:s t:o w t o h u e l do dl c ) t r r g ipermanent tr wintry or progress to her expressedindus innes by Mr. Gladstone when h e sa id t h at to recogn i se t u o t e io o n of to as a one sinvery. l Let Peopl e wou ld ensure the abo distress in Laneashiretonell.usion, b e re f erre d t o th e cessary he wo u ld gladly vote fit should b e f oun d ne money for the supp ort or th e unemployed operatives a portion of the p ublic but he would much prefer that h be relieved by private means, which h distress should could if every one would do al l in his powerThbe d one iles tiOn Of the best means of meetin g the distress must 'be the first consideration of Parliament. Th e re sult of the crisis might he to make them poorer in nig §ttisl, LONDON, NiOXDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER, 24, 1862. material wealth ; but if the principles hitherto acted upon were maintained, they would come out of the difficulty richer in e verything that could elevate them as a people. (Applause.) A vote of thanks to Mr. Forster, for his conduct in Parliament, and for his speech, was passed with acclamation, and the meeting separated. MR. BAX7E.II, M.P., ON PUBLIC - ATE AIRS. Mr. Baxter, M.P., addressed his constituents at Brechin and Forfar, on Thursday. His speeches at both places were substantially alike, and were chiefly devoted to a review of the national expenditure. The hon. gentleman said—l am happy to think that in this country there is none of that venality and corruption so lamentably pre valent elsewhere—for example, among the officials of the Russian despotism, as well as in the govern- ment of countries democratically ruled like the United States and Canada ; but the more the esti- mates and public accounts are examined not in a cheese-paring spirit—for I have no sympathy with grudging a man a few pounds more salary, but in the interest of a wise economy—the more it will be found that we by no means in all cases get value received, or need be at a loss to place our finger on items susceptible of reduction. Apart altogether from the number of men in the army and navy, and the great question of the extent of our armaments, were an able, earnest, and courageous financial re former permitted to prune the charges for the arsenals, the gun-factories, the dockyards, the whole establishments in fact for military purposes, he might effect a very large saving in their cost. One fact, which I mentioned in the house in the debate on Mr. Stansfeld's motion, and which was not contradicted, will bear repetition as illustrative of this statement. A gentleman well informed on such subjects told me in May that there were at that time in Woolwich as many shells and cannon balls as would be sufficient for an arwy in the field for three years, even if engaged every day ; and that this enormous store was now totally useless in consequence of the recent improvements in artillery, which necessitated that all these projectiles should be recast. Now, it is very difficult, if not impos- sible, for any member of parliament, however care fully he examines the estimates, to prevent abuses of this kind. You really want a sort of censor of the departments whose business it should be to visit all the public departments, keep down the extrava gance of their heads, and do in detail with the esti mates, which are made up about October, what the Chancellor of the Exchequer is supposed to do with them in gross, put a curb and limit on the expendi ture. First Lords of the Admiralty and Secretaries of State for War are apt to magnify the importance, and consequently the cost of their departments, and they necessarily must take a great deal on trust from subordinates, whose only aim is to lay out in their several branches as much money as possible. I am persuaded that a greater check than ai presents on their proceedings is required,and that man will perform a public service who can point out an efficient remedy. As for the civil service esti mates I never look through them without wishing the power for one year of applying the scissors, subject to no hindrance from the influence of poli tical party or official red tape. There are so many items that ought, in the opinion of disinterested men, to be omitted altogether, and so many more that ought to be much reduced, that not far from a million sterling might be saved, not only without injury, but with positive advantage to the nation. This, however, cannot be effected by motions when the house in committee, the power of the Govern ment being nearly always sufficient to inflict igno minious defeat on any member who calls in question a particular item, because in a few cases above one or two others in the house are in possession of the requisite information to back him. The only good effected by watching the estimates in detail is that it prevents flagrant jobs and abuses, and serves as a warning to those who have new plots on the public purse. Mr. Baxter then referred to the part he had taken in reference to the expenditure on the defence of the colonies, to the mail subsidies, and Alderney harbours, and then gave the following history of Mr. Stansfeld's resolution :—ln June, Mr. Stans feld brought forward his resolution for a reduction of the national expenditure, and I had the honour of seconding his motion, which, although sneered at at the time as coming too late as a party move, and as too indefinite in terms,' believe did produce an effect and may have a sensible influence on the esti mates for 1863. The noble lord at the head of the Government, who scarcely seems to know the value of money—at all events defends every scheme for spending it without stint-s--did not venture to meet that resolution with a negative, but contented him self with an amendment modifying the original proposal. With regard to this movement on the part of the advanced reformers, all sorts of erroneous and exaggerated estimates were current at the time. Because Mr. Disraeli, who had probably heard of our design, expressed his opinion in favour of a re duction, we were accused of lending ourselves to a hostile demonstration on the part of the opposition —because our resolution did not take the shape of want of confidence in the ministry we were accused, on the other hand, of playing their game. Now, the simple fact is, that a few independent members of Parliament, quite irrespective of party aims or consequences, conceiving that it would be their duty next session, should circumstances remain unaltered, to oppose such excessive estimates as had been brought in for several years past, thought it only right, before the season of 1862 closed, to give natice, both to the Government and their constitu ents, of this intention. In our opinion, the time for retrenchment had come ; and as honest men, we wished publicly to staee our views, previous to new estimates being prepared. Nor do we intend to shrink from carrying them into practical effect in 1863. After speaking in severe terms against the "excessive armaments" lately in vogue, and particularly against the fortifications, and after giving some statistics of the increase of the war establishment, Mr. Baxter said—for several reasons I am very willing to take part in any notion which would have the effect of upsetting the ministry ; but should they be inconsiderate enough to propose esti mates for 1863 on a scale as vast as for the last few years, I shall feel it to be my duty, as a faithful repre sentative, to give them every opposition in my power without regard to the consequences. But I hope that there will be no necessity for taking that course ; indeed, it is scarcely possible to believe that a states man so influential and conscientious as Mr. Gladstone who, no doubt, has gven an unwilling consent to cer tain parts of the policy of the Government, for the sake of obtaining measures so beneficial as the com mercial treaty with France, and the repeal of the paper duty, will not now insist upon that amount of retrenchment which the welfare of the country requires. There is no man more desirous of reduc ing taxation than he, and although it was wise and politic for him to remain in office to accomplish great objects, even while exposed to annoyance and mis represenhtion, there is a point beyond which men of high principle and honour cannot be dragged at the chariot wheels of a party ; and I have great faith that he and other members of the Cabinet will be successful in securing that considerable reduction of an unnecessary expenditure which so many of their supporters desire. There is nothing in the world to prevent a diminution of at least five million in the estimates, in which case the Chancellor of the Exchequer might take 2d. a pound off the income tax, remit two millions of the duties on tea and sugar; and have a million to spare for the unem ployed operatives of Lancashire, should a grant of public money unfortunately be required to relieve sufferings which have been so nobly and heroically borne. And here, gentlemen, permit me to say that every Briton must be proud of the demeanour of the working men in the cotton districts, in this the season of their calamity. It has already gone far to new ralise the unpleasant impression produced by the tyrannical isroceedings of thy: trades unions, and ought to convince all impartial observers of the progress which has been made in education, right feeling, and good sense among the labouring classes of late years. Mr. Baxter proceeded to advocate an extension of the suffrage. He condemned the Go vernment policy in China, advised the Italians not to be in a hurry to become possessed of Rome and V B e r n e i e c h e i , n an aa and concluded . by expressing his approval of the policy of non-intervention in the affairs of I"l VOt i e ea, Votes of thanks t o M r . B ax t er were g i v en both at 7HE NAVY. The Spitfire, paddlewheel steaTiisloop, Com mander Bowden, from Woolwich for Bermuda, with supernumeraries on board for the West Indian squadron, arrived at Spithead yesterday eft route for her destination. A naval court martial assembled on Saturday on board her Majesty's ship Victory, at Portsmouth, for the trial of James Kent, a private in the Royal Marines, formerly serving on board her Majesty's gunboat Janus, in China, on a charge of having on or about the 20th day of Feb., 1861, deserted from the Janus. Capt. Cooke, of the Victory, was Presi dent, and Mr. E. Hoskins, Deputy-Judge-Advo cate. Evidence was adduced to show that the pri soner had absented himself from his vessel at the date named, when granted leave to go on shore. When the attack was made upon Tsing-poo by the • Allies the prisoner was found there, and taken pri soner, and proclaimed himself to be zn English man. He was afterwards sent to England for trial, on the charge of desertion. In defence the prisoner alleged that he got tipsy when on shore t..t Shang hai on leave, and on recovering his senses found himself on board a junk, about 30 miles from the town. To save his life he was compelled afterwards _ . to fight in the ranks of the Taepings or rebel army. The Court found the charge of desertion not proved, but was of opinion that the prisoner was absent without leave, and sentenced him to six weeks' im- prisonment with hard labour and to forfeit two days' pay. The Sutlej, screw frigate, Capt. M. Connolly, fitting out at Portsmouth as the flagship of Rear- Admiral J. Kingscombe, for the Pacific, has been removed from the steam basin to alongside the dock- yard to complete her poop and receive stores. She will shortly be ready to sail, and will probably call in Plymouth Sound to embark the Admiral on her way down Channel. The Hero, 89, line-of-battle screw steamship 600-horse power, Capt. Alfred P. Ryder, recently from the North American and West Indies station, was paid off in No. 3 dock in Sheerness yard on Saturday last, under the superintendence of Captain Charles Wise, A.C.Q., captain superin tendent of the yards. The Hero is to be examined in order to discover the nature of the leakage and the necessary repairs, when she will be placed at moorings in the harbour, and entered in the 3d division of the Sheerness steam reserve. The Goyser, 5, paddiewheel steam sloop, 280 horse power, Commander Colin A. Campbell, left Sheer ness for Plymouth with the portion of the officers, crew, and marines of the Hero, belonging to that port. Tile Medusa, tender to the Cumberland, also left at the same time for Portsmouth, with the por- tion belonging to that neighbourhood, and the Lizard conveyed the Chatham and Woolwich divi sion to Chatham and Strood station, on the North Kent Railway, for Woolwich. The Arethusa, 51, screw steam frigate, 3,141 tons, 500 horse power, has been removed from her moor ings in Standgate-creek, and placed in the basin in Sheerness yard, to be fitted for the Ist division of the steam reserve, She will take the place of the Leander, 51, which is ordered to be commissioned. Admiralty instructions were on Saturday received at Woolwich, ordering the transfer of Ist and 2d class lads from the flagship Fisgard, Commander Lysaght, to be made in future in the Wellesley training ship, in ordinary at Chatham, instead of to the Implacable, at Devonport, as heretofore. The number is not to exceed 30 per week. Sir Fred. Nicotson, C. 8., senior officer at Wool wich and superintendent of the Dockyard, went down to Greenhithe on Saturday, and mustered the crew of the Spitfire, under orders to sail that day for Portsmouth, on her way to Bermuda. The Dromedary, Master Commander Brown, re- :limed to Woolwich on Saturday from an engineer• ing trial trip down the river. The trial was suc cessful. During the prevalence, however, of the fog, she sustained some slight damage from a collision. Considerable surprise is expressed by many naval officers at the tenour of a recent order issued from the Controller's department of the navy, directing that in future all new ships of war and in the steam reserves shall have their boats fitted exclusively with the Kynast on disengaging hook. This order effec tually excludes the Clifford boat-lowering system from being in future fitted to any boats in her Ma jesty's navy. Without any desire to decide upon the merits of rival inventions, we must take the liberty of saying that Mr. Clifford's boat-lowering system has rendered good service in too many in stances to be thus disposed of. The Lords of the Admiralty have sanctioned an exchange of divisions between Capt. E. G. M'Cal lum, of the Chatham division, serving on board the Doris, 32, 800-horse power, and Capt. J. Shute, of the Plymouth division, serving on board the Topaze, 51, 600-horse power. The Captain's good service pension, placed at the disposal of the Lords Commissioners of the Admi ralty, by the promotion of Capt. W. H. A. Morshead, C. 8., to the rank of Rear-Ad miral, has been given il• Glasse C. 8., c omman ding the t Bermuda. T to er e r a e p r t fl . eFat.inHg. battery, at The Captain's good service pension vacant by the recent promotion of Capt. It. Collinson, C. 8., to flag rank, has been give n to Ca pt. J. Willcox, C.B. The detachment of Royal Marines and Marine Artillery, numbering 112 men of all ranks, selected for service on board the line-of-battle screw steamer Meeanee, 81,400 -horse power, Capt. G.Wodehouse, fitting for s ervice in the Mediterranean, was in spected at he-idquarters, Chatham, on Saturday, by Lieut.-Colonel Rodney. The officers selected to em bark with the detachment are Capt. A. C. J. M'Meekan, First Lieutenant J. M. O'Connor, and Second Lieutenant B. A. S. Marshall. The augmentation of the force stationed at the camp at Colchester is not now expected to take place before the commencement of next year. An additional depot will be added to each battalion, and not another battalion, as was originally an nounced. Lieut. Chapman, of the 54th Regiment, has been granted leave of absence to Feb. 7. 51, recently lengthened 60 Dockyard, is ordered into Key ham-basin g t t on e pt receivee Constance,r her engines e ngines and machinery. The Controller-General of the Coastguard, Com modore Hastings R. Yelverton, C. 8., who is making a tour of inspection in the screw steam vessel Argus, left Fowey on Friday and in the evening arrived at Plymouth, where he continued until yesterday (Sunday) morning, when he left for a visit to Dart mouth and other eastern ports. The following appointments were made on Satur day at the Admiralty:—Lieut. Cavendish G. Har vey, to the Blenheim ; Lieut. the Hon. Fred. O'B. Fitzmaurice, Lieut. Augustus Tarbuteau, Lieut. John L. Way, and Lieut. Compton E. Domvile, to the Meeanee ; Sub-Lieut. Charles W. Talbot, to the Sutlej ; Sub-Lieut. J. W. Harvey, Sub-Lieut. F. K. Bromilaw, and Sub-Lieut. E. A. F. Baxter, to the Meeanee ; John E. Price, second master, to the Meeanee ; Arthur Wallis, master's assistant, to the Meeanee ; George Aiteheson, chief engineer, to the Meeanee ; J. J. Blundin, engineer, to the Meeanee ; D. Campbell, Ist class-assist.-engineer, to the Cum berland for the Carnation; W. C. Batty, acting Ist class assist.-engineer, to the Meeanee ; T Griffiths, acting 2d class assist.-engineer (for temporary ser vice), to the Meeanee, and H. Burstow, 2d class assist.-engineer, to the Meeanee. " The Austrian railways," says the Nord, " are going on badly. The receipts of the Northern line have been 585,100 florins (of 3f. 75c.) less than during the first ten months of last y ear , th a t i s 4% p e r cent. On the State Railway the difference is 12 per cent., or 2,200,000 florins. The Theiss line produced in the month of October 74,000 florins less than in the corresponding month of 1861; its total receipts during the first ten months of the year show a falling off in 1862 of 429,087 florins. The principal cause of this sad state of things is the almost complete stagnation in the export of corn." [A DVERTlSEMENT.] — liolloway's Ointment and Pills. — Chest Preservatives, —At all seasons of the year the rate of mortality from diseases of the lungs is very great. Hollo way's ointment well rubbed upon the chest, aided by his pills, arrests all mischief. These cleansing medicaments exercise the most salutary and restorative influence over the entire contents of the pectoral cavity. Air-tubes, nerves, bloodvessels, and all other tissues feel their wholesomely potent power, more particularly in their thoroughly purify ing both venous and arterial blood, by promoting the free circulation of air. Neither ointment nor pills contain any noxious ingredient whatsoever, but th n ourish rather than irrit a t e the system) and ls kindly subdue eir baamic natures all untoward symptoms till all is well once more. FEARFUL COLLIERY EXPLOSION. LOSS OF SIXTEEN LIVES. NEWCASTLE, SATtiRtIAY AFTERNOON. This morning, considerable excitement prevailed at Walker, a village on the Tyne, situated midway' between shields and Newcastle., on it becoming known that a serious accident had occurred at the colliery, by which the lives of several of the pitmen had been sacrificed. The collietyi which is the property of Messrs, Lambert and Co., consists of two pits, one the Ann pit, situated in the village of Walker, and the other the Jane pit.—the latter being about half a mile to the south of the former. The Ann pit is the down-cast, and the Jane the up-cast or furnace pit. About 2 o'clock this morn ing a party of 24 men went down the Ann pit to work, some of them had to attend to a " trouble" which had been come to in the workings. Between five and six o'clock, Chas. Robson, who was acting as banksman at the Ann pit, was startled by a rush of air taking place up the shaft, accompanied by some straw and dirt. He at once gave the alarm. In a few minutes afterwards Mr. Cole, the resident viewer, and Mr. Robinson, overman, together with a party of about 20 men, arrived at the colliery, and went down the pit, when they found that it had fired at the north part of the working. They like wise found that the stoppings, &c., connected with the ventilation of the pit had been carried away and destroyed by the force of the explosion, and also that there was considerable fire-damp in the work ings. Happily, a number of men in the pit at the time of the accident were some distance from the scene of the explosion, and near to the shaft of the Jane pit. These accordingly came up at once. They appeared to have suffered a good deal from the effects of the after-damp. . Further in the , workings, Vim. Burrell, a boy, James Haswell, pitman, arid John Holt, rolley-way man, were found to be dead. The bodies were re ported to be very much burned. The body of Holt was lying to the north of the shaft, and that of the boy Burrell to the west of the workings. Haswell and bolt are both married, and have each left a wife and family to lament their loss. _ _ _ It was also found that the stables had been on fire, and that the horses, ten in number, and the ponies, 24 in number, were dead. The animals were reported to be much burnt. At half-past 2 o'clock, when our report left, vigo rous exertions were continuing to be made to arrive at the unfortunate men who were still in the work ings. It was doubted that it would be some hours before they could be reached. No hopes of their being alive were entertained. SIX O'CLOCK P.M. The loss of life by this calamity, as far as can be ascertained to-night, is 16 men and boys. The names of the poor fellows are— John Holt, married, and leaves a family. Jas. Haswell, married, widow and four children William Burrell. Martin Facton, wife and two children. William Barnes. wife and two children. George Watson, widower. Joh❑ Moore, married man. John Miller, left a mother dependent upon him. John Hetherington, single. Joseph Forster, married man, but his family are grown up. John Mitcheson, wife and four children. George Barnes, unknown whether married or ngle. Four boys, whose names we have not yet ascer ,ained. Brought up alive.—John Wilson, George Mit ford, John Shields, Thomas Collins, Robert Barnes, John Knox, William Jobling, Giles, Thomas Holt, Henry Holt, James Chambers. Six of the bodies have been found and will be brought to bank in coffins sent down for the pur pose to .night ; and when the ventilation is a little further restored search will be made for the missing bodies. The accident occurred through Holt firing a shot while making a drift through e " trouble.' Had the pit been in full working the loss of life wculd have been terrible. CATHOLIC DEMONSTRATION A 7 BLACKHEATH. On Sunday, the 16th inst., printed notices were freely distributed at the doors of the various ca tholic places of worship in the metropolis to the effect " that on Sunday, the 23d (yesterday), the Ca tholics of London would unite with those residing in Deptford and Greenwich in holding a public de monstration of sympathy with the Holy Father on Blackheath." The notice especially invited the at tendance of Irishmen, and appointed Bermondsey square as the rendezvous of the London division. This notice had during the past week created con siderable excitement amongst the Catholic body, and the object was almost universally condemn ed by the clergy and respectable laymen as inopportune and unwise. So strong was the feeling amongst the higher Catholic clergy against the proposed demon stration, that special reference was ordered to be made on the subject at most of the Catholic chapels yesterday morning, cautioning the members of the church from attending. At 1 o'clock yesterday about 10,000 Irishmen, amongst whom were many respectably dressed men, assembled in Bermondsey square, where also a strong body of the M division of police, under Inspector Reed, had been previously posted. An attempt was at once made by the Irish men to organise themselves into a procession for the purpose of marching to Deptford, but this was frustrated by the police. About 2,000 persons, however, arrived at Blackheath, somewhat in the form of a procession at a few minutes before 4 o'clock, where from 8,000 to 10,000 people had been for some time assembled, among whom were a body of Irish labourers connected with Woolwich dock yard, and a large number of soldiers belonging to the Artillery and Marines, regiments largely re cruited from the sister country, but the great body evidently drawn together by curiosity, and, if sym pathisers at all, not with the Pope or his supporters. On the road immediately opposite the entrance to Greenwich-park the leaders took possession of a mound situated in the middle of a hollow , t heir followers closing round with great promptness, and effectually preventing any other person gaining a footing upon it had they been inclined to make the attempt. No bludgeons or sticks were carried in the procession. About 200 of the R division of police were drawn up on the heath, opposite the park gates, but they made no attempt to interfere with the proceedings. The business of the meeting commenced by a Mr. Looney coming forward and asking all Irishmen present to take off their hats and 'give three cheers for the Pope. This appeal was responded to amidst loud cheering by about one-fourth of the crowd, and was followed by loud hissing from another portion. Mr. O'Leary having been called on to preside, Mr. Mylie, of Deptford, came forward, and said he stood there as an Irish man and a Catholic to maintain the temporal power of the Holy Father against all assailants. He then went on to denounce the late attempt of Garibaldi to conquer Rome, and praised the conduct of those of his countrymen who had signalised their devo tion to the Pope in Hyde-park. He concluded by proposing a resolution in favour of the temporal power of, and sympathising with, the Pope in his present troubles. Looney seconded the resolution in a violent speech, in which he stigmatised Garibaldi as a tyrannical, heretical, buccaneering, unprincipled, and piratical filibuster, well deserving the fate he met with in his late unholy expedition. This opi nion was received with tremendous cheering from the Irishmen, and by loud hissing and laughter from the other portion of the crowd. Several other speakers having supported the resolution in speeches abusive of Garibaldi and his principles, the chair man declared th e reso l ut i on carr i e d unan i mous l y, andimmediately declared the meeting dissolved. The Irishmen then reformed into a procession and proceeded homewards. A NEGRO LYNCHED AND BURNED.—The Balti more American of the 3d of November has a letter from Dalton, Caroline county, giving an account of the lynching of a negro, under arrest for the outrage and murder of a little girl, daughter of Edgar Plummer. A large n umbs" of excited p eop l e came i nto town, surroun d e d the jail, forced open th e d oors, took the prisoner, and hange d him. While cut down, 15 bull e t s perforated his body. He w as and hi s th roa t cu t by th e infuriated mo b. The body was dragged through the streets, and finally taken in front of the negro church, where it was cut to pieces and burned. SHIPBUILDING ON THE MERSEY. On Saturday there were a number of ships launched from the Liverpool and Birkenhead sides of the Mersey—Mr. John Laird's yard turning out a splendid government troopship called the Orontes, and Messrs. Jones, Queggin and Co.'s yard two very fine ve2Nels for merchant service. Besides these launches, we may mention that a gunboat — one of the craft about which so much speculation relative to destination has been indulged in—toge ther with some keels of a less noticeable character, left the stocks, and kept the building yards in cOrn motion. The Birkenhead ironworks presents a busy scene. There are from 2,800 to 3,000 hands in daily employment; and between 16,000 and 17,000 tons of shipping, warlike and commercial, and machinery of about 1,500 horse power, in course of construc tion on the premises. Amongst the most prominent undertakings is the iron-cased screw frigate Agin court, which is intended for the royal navy. The Agincourt has so far progressed that the frames are all up and nearly plated to the armour-shelf, with the exception of the extreme ends of the vessel, which are kept back until the stem and stern posts are set up, The forging of these immense pieces of iron is progressing satisfactorily at Messrs. Hors fall's Mersey forge, where the armour plates of the Agincourt are also being constructed, and these plates are to be nearly 51in. thick, but they will taper off to 2Rin. at the extreme ends of the ship, which enables the builders to give a sharp model for speed, and it is hoped a ship that will not pitch in the same manner as the Warrior does. In another part of the yard the twe iron-plated rams, about which so many extraordinary rumours have been afloat, are rapidly getting into form, and to nautical men a very uncommon form it appears to be. With re gard to the Orontes, she is one of the improved class of troopships, of which the Government are build ing several, something after the style of the cele brated Himalaya, but from 25 to 30 feet shorter than that vessel ; her dimensions being :—Length, 300 ft. ; beam, 44ft. 4in. ; depth of hold, 23ft. 6in. ; measurement (old), 2,011 tons. The engines, some parts of which are already on board, will be of 500 horse-power, manufactured by Messrs. James Watt and Co., of Birmingham. They ate calculated to drive the ship at a high rate of speed, and the sail ing capacity of the Orontes will be that of a barque full rigged in proportion to her tonnage. From the foremast to the bow the deck is covered in, and forms the forecastle, on which the crew of the ship will be quartered. From the foremast aft the deck is quite flush. The 'tween decks on which troops will be accommodated, are fully 8 feet high in the clear, with square side ports, large deck skylights, and every provision for thorough ventilation, so im portant a requisite for the successful performance of transport service. The Orontes is calculated for the conveyance of 1,200 troops and 70 officers to any part of the world. She will carry two pivot guns for defensive purposes, but must not at all be considered as a fighting ship. It is expected that she will be completed and fit for service by the middle of Feb ruary. INSECURITY OF LIFE AND PROPERTY IN THE METROPOLIS. On Saturday, at the sitting of the Marylebone Representative Council, held at the Court-house, Mr. P. Matthews, churchwarden, in the chair, Mr. W. E. Greenwell, the vestry clerk, read a commu nication from the vestry of Paddington, together with the copy of a memorial that body had adopted to the Home Secretary upon the subject of the &arm in the public mind, arising from the numerous street robberies, with violence, which have recently taken place in the metropolis, and soliciting the co , operation of the anthorities of Marylebone on the subject.—Mr. Hodges said he felt it his duty to move that the consideration of this memorial be postponed, because, he said, if they agreed to it at once, without mature deliberation, they might find it made an excuse for saddling them with a very large increase of the police. The police rate in Marylebone already amounted to the enormous sum of £26,000 per annum ; from £lB,OOO to £20,000 in St. Pancras ; and from £14,000 to £16,000 in Pad dington ; and the sum total for the whole metropo lis was somewhere about £200,000. While, how ever, opposed to any further increase in the police rate, he quite agreed that it was highly necessary the efficiency of the police should be increased. Mr. Grange supported the immediate adoption of such a memorial. To the disgrace of the metropolis and the whole country, they had arrived at such a state of things that there was danger in going into the public streets after dark, of losing not only their property but their lives by the garotters. Mr. Abrahams said he was prepared to contend that, if the large bodies of police occupied at the public places of amusement were withdrawn and occupied in their legitimate duty, for which the public paid, and that if the commissionaires were sworn in as constables and appointed in their places, the public would be able to receive ample protection. Mr. Freeth considered the parish of Paddington had done themselves great honour in originating this movement, and he thought it was inculabent on that board, as a body elected by the ratepayers, to support it as being a step for the protection of their own lives and property, as well as of those they represented. Some steps ought to be taken by the Government to stop the fearful outrages that were , going on night after night in the metropolis. The other day a lady in St. John's-wood had occasion to send her servant for the police, and it took two hours and a half to find one, and then she had to go to a police-station some distance off. It then tran spired there were no policemen on day duty in St. John's-wood district. The consequence was, so bad was the state of things, that people there were much exposed to danger of being garotted in broad daylight as well as at night. A very daring at tempt was made upon himse' f (Mr. Freeth), as he was actually leaving a cab to enter his own house as early as six o'clock a few evenings ago. The fact was that the metropolis was infested with returned ticket-of-leave men, robbers, and garotters, and none more so Than St. John's-wood, and similarly situated outskirt districts. He had recently tra velled through some of the principal capitals of Europe., and could safely say that in no capital was there less protection, or so little care for life and pro perty, as in London. Sir Richard Mayne had sig nally failed to do his duty in this respect, and he therefore considered, as representing one of the largest and heaviest taxed districts for police, they were in duty bound to go to the Home Secretary and demand proper protection from the returned convict, the garotter, and the assassin. Mr. Overton said several applications had been made to Govern ment for police returns as to the' number of men employed, but they refused to furnish them. Ulti mately the memorial was adopted unanimously, and signed by the chairman on behalf of the board. Another assassination has just taken place at Warsaw on the person of a Jew attached to the secret police. He was found hanged at his own residence, and shamefully mutilated. EXTRAORDINARY SUICIDE ON THE RAILWAY,— Shortly after noon on Thursday, when the third-class Liverpool train arriving at Birmingbam at 1.30 p.m. was about three-quarters of a mile from the Edgbaston station, and was proceeding at the rate of about 20 miles an hour, the engine-driver saw a man get on the line about 50 yards in front of the train, and deliberately lay his head on one of the rails. The driver at once put on his break and shouted to the guard to do the same, but the train could not bo stopped until both the engine and all the carriages had passed over the unfortunate man. As soon as the train could be stopped the guard j um ped down from the van and found the m an l y ing with his body between the rails, and with the head, which had been laid on the left-hand rail, literally crushed to atoms. The brains and portions of the skull were scattered about the line and on the engine. Al though all the train had passed over it, the body, which lay between the rails, showed no marks of injury, T he guard called somo platelayers to his assistance, and placing the body and such fragments of the head as they could pick up ' bore it to a p ublic house at Springhill, where it now lies waiting an inquest. Under a bridge crossing a line near the spot where this pai nful occurren ce took place, were found overcoat, gloves, an a walking - stick, a pair of and a hat. i N s V t r h i toteonnliynosilduee t f h o e un h d at t w o a t s he theidneanmtifiecoaf identification P of a t ; h so e n d s e .' c ' ea T sd h e is , who was respectably dressed, at the time of writing. About half an hour before the train came up the foreman of some platelayers at work on the line, some distance below, saw the deceased walking on the li ne , an d warned him off. He then walked to the canal side, where he stood for a short time, and just before the train came up he was Been walk ing towards the line. STALE OF 7RADE. MANCHESTER, Nov. 21.—We have had a better demand for yarns, both from India mercl.' arils an d from the home trade, and descriptions suit able to these markets have been sold at an advance of ls. per lb. on the prices of yesterday. .This has been caused partly by the lightness of re.. cent shipments to India, and partly by the improve ment observable to-day in the Liverpool cotton market. The business has not been large, but much more cobsiderable than anything we have had to report for some tine past. The improve 9nt in the Liverpool markel: has also led to r ather n i more business in cloths. The inquiry for cloths has than has been been of a more gener al charaOfe: l a t e ly experienced, extendi n g to low shirtings, T-cloths, printing cloths, mulls, an, fabrics, some other fabrics, and has led to some rather considerable transactions in the aggregate. This busin;'ss, how ever, is not for consumption, but has been in laced by the comparative low rates to whic cloths h.'lve been gradually declining for the past h two months, and is altogether of a speculative character. Some kinds of cloths are from 4s. to ss. per piece lower than they were 10 or 11 weeks ago, and the im provement in cotton at Liverpool to-day has given to speculators the impression that we have .seen the lowest prices for some time to come, and they have seized the chance of making some heavy purcho eB at the turn of the market. There is exceedinglr little legitimate business except for goods of a spe cial character, or in cloths for which the makers have a reputation, and in such descriptions we hear of sales now and then, taken really for consumptio n, and at very full prices. CARDIFF, 20th.—The ironworks are actively env ployed, nearly all the men being on full time. A large mill is in course of erection at Rhymney, for the purpose of manufacturing iron plates, girders , &c. The average quotations for iron at the works are as follows :—Rails, £5 1 5 s. to £ 6 ; merchant bars, £5 12s. 6d, to £5 17s. 6d. The house coal trade continues brisk, and the men are fully em ployed at nearly all the collieries. There is par tial dullness in the steam coal trade, and many of the pits are working short time. Prices are firm al previous quotations, with an upward tendency for house and gas qualities. GOUN7RI 111441tA.L.46. ,►~--- NORWICH_SATURDAY. There was a slow sale for wheat to-day, and late pric s d e clined about is per qr. Barley remained witho cIC ut a lters ,- tion, both for malting and distilling. Flour 6d per sa cheaper. White wheat. 49s to 50s f Red wheat, . 43s to 47 1 Malting barley 34s to 37s Chevalier barioy 33s to 3 50 Distilling do . 28s to 308 I Oats.. "2- to 303 Flour, 30s 6d to —s ed per sack from the Willer. LE ICE ST ER—SAT unDAT. Old white wheat, 60s to 625; new, 48s to 52s pm . 3 ? stone. Old red, 54 s to 588 pe r 36 stone. Barley, maltitV n ew, 34s to 38s per qr.; grinding, 29s to 31s ; old oats' 28s to 325; new oats, 218 to 25s per 24 a tone. 13ea1195 new, —s to —8; old. 418 to 45s per 38 stone - NO RTHAMP T 0 N—SA.TURDAY. New wheat, 42s to 545; old, 48s to 565. Barley, 2 3 , 6 to 40s per qr. New oats q uoted at 24s to 28s ; old, 2°g° to 348 per 24 stone. Beans , old, 39s to 425; now, 32$ t° 38s. Peas, 36a to 44s per qr. NOTTINGHAM.—SATUR DAY. White wheat, from 498 to 64s ; red wheat, 44s to 59 °' Barley—malting, 35s to 43s .; grinding, 29s to 325. Oat ii f old, at 258 to 31s Od; new , 238 to 275. Beans sold at O to 45s per qr. Flour, 41s to 448. YORK—SATURDAY. Wheat, red 4 ss to 50 s Oats.... 2os to 24g White do .50s to 56s Beans 42 . to " 4 ... Bar l e y .308 to 38s Peas ....__s to na Malt, 64s to 66s per qr. ; rye, 39 s per qr.; flour, 4u to 428 per sack. ete Uß ss .obfr I L Dm I g N i i . 6, soaal A tema be f la u el l . la at full e i 1,11 a pe a r io n n ea c s, d. s. d. s. d. 8 :,, c1 r; Wheat, white 30 0 to 34 0 Bean s .. ..... 24 oto 2. 1 - 0 Do., red 27 0 t0 32 0 Bere 15 31 0 t A o `', Do., new Barley to 16 O a t s 3 6 6 0 to to 21 0 i 0., black l4 6 t0 16 6 Indian corn .. 1 35 -FRIDAY. rs. Irish wheat almost 11•11d -1 per barrel more money/ all CORK—Nov. 21. , a ged The following were the quo tations this morning : 4 wheat, 14s 6d to 25 a 9 d ; wh ite, 17s Od to 2080 d, barley', l v ,, 6d to 17s 6d:; oats, 7s 6 d to 13s 6d. ; new here, —s Od to —es Od. FOREIGN MAIL PACKET LIST. MAILS DUE. "cr • i • ' 15 Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton. ...... 4 , c ) i a, via Marseilles ...... . .. Dec Dec. 4 ,irazil and Cape Verds, by British packet. ....... • ~ Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena.. Dec' `' l 9, China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton. Nev• 01. .-- Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton vi . a . Marseil . le . s .. . .. .. N t e0 0 0 : . : 4 : 190. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton. •N ... o ' . via Marseilles...• ll° ' 0. India (Bombay), via Southampton ............ o/ ' 2 N oy , 0. N via Marseilles Lisbon Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton ...... O, via Marseilles ........ 0 , Newfoundland Oporto and Vigo U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet... • i'''' - by U.S. packet.. • • v . 2 1 ' by Canadian packet. No 10 , W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe .......... D ee ' 20 , Bahamas, via New York .Noll• 6 . ' ~ Mexico Nov. '— .... 2 6 ' All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, I Nov. California, and British Columbia. .1 PASS-WORDs.—I heard a story a propop to t pass-words, about the same time, which I think li fts i found its way into print. A certain noble lord tolu tinguished cavalry officer was proceeding on the ",,.g.Tri:tv round" one night, having the pass-words for the di' On posts all ready written on a slip of paper in his pocket' a to being required by a sentry to give the parole h erreferr er a memorandum, and gave the wrong one. " would not do; he was equally unsuccessful vir ll . o mouth ;" at last, after reading another name or and growled with characteristic impatience, " Devonporto re " Pass Devonport, and be eplied the sentry, happy in the glory of having ew°r/he the great man without the possibility of reproof.'" Ganges and the Seine. d° • 00 STOPPING A W EDDING.—The Board o f G uar of the Greenwich Union, at their meetingonnursd aY , ° ,„ c a e d lr ing, were engaged in an investigation of an extraore`b'ot character. For some time there has been a female/ 11 :,, 1 23 years of age, an inmate of the house, and whose 13/ ' : t5 O capacity, as certified by the surgeon of the u nion , '', s o childish that it is necessary she should be kept u nder °()., degree of surveillance. Towards the expense of hexerol,7; tenance the guardians received from an executor liio, father's will the interest of about £l3O, which O n— ha ve her nau..e in the public funds. This fact appears to ar , come to the knowledge of an inmate, employed se to gery-man, and contriving, in the discharge ()ibis dt l , t ' e „' - 'at• meet the young woman above alluded to, he arrange"r—wo ters so as to obtain the publication of the banns of 1211 ::d for between them at Charlton Church, and which resu we re lt the the third reading on Sunday next. The 000 guardians' deliberation was that the intended brideg r t el err was dismissed from the house, the master blicat being u to communicate with the rector of Charlton, of the banns being illegal, owing to neitherthe of the p ert having resided in the parish. s yl BIRTHS. o CONGREVE.—On the 20th inst. , at Chatham, th© Captain W. Congreve, of a eon. wet Dmuy.—On the 20th inst. a t Blythe Hall, Warivielco p i; the wife of J. D. W. Rigby, Esq., of a son. S togy , s THEOBALD.—On the 22d inst., at 3, Park-room Newington, Mrs. George Theobald, of a son. MARRIAGES. gad" L'ESTRA.NGE--MANDY,—On the 20th inst., at St• ,'e q,, of-the -Angels, Bayswater, Edward H. lEstrange,eoe9' M.D.,_ Cape Mounted Riflemen, to Mary IkebeccArdoo to Sarah, third daughter of th M House, A Tli A til a ti: r N_ jelnL Major-General a — 0 Sirn Et Bayswater. daughter of S. D. Mandy, B e er Esq., of 28, Stanley-83' 1 dhewelaarltdeBtLhi‘ileauicnta.s_rtt. Neill, of Barnweill and Swinridgemuir, AY" iiie. BR 7 T l l T ..ria o d, n Jo ti h i : Box, Esq., aged 73• h DEATHS. ‘,„ e 6°4' Box.—On the 21st inst., at 13, N o rthampton' s ' 9'r ' rl ~, Cla` e's 21st inst., at A inc more -i.'ll? Bract, aged 80. netto rcbt BURNELL.—On the 19th inst., at Cliffside, J 35 0- Isle of Wight, Thomas Burnell, Esq., aged s.Villiaal $' CORRIE.—On the 19th inst., at Cheltenham, I no Corrie, Esq., aged 51. rp,TU -1' FARQUITARSON.—On the 20th inst., at 15, ~. James Farquharson, Esq., of Invercauld, aged '', To ee 4 RIDGWAY.—On the 20th inst., atlValton•on-TWititon, L. Ridgway, Esq., of Piccadilly, London, a nd aged 61. wight , olortntefl,Cir,l3.s.: Elizabeth, wife of Major Smyth. SMYTH.—On the 21st inst., at Sandown, Isle 0f of /dark' ington, S., James Soper, Esq., formerly Air o ' SorEn.—On the 19th inst., at 11, CanterburY-°' 51seasCe; aged 81. d n Oe rt* WyLLIE.-021 the 17th haat agedat Hoddes o , Wyllie, Esq., of London, 69. Loismorr : Printed and Published by JOHN of No . 112, St rand, Printer, at THE SUN Office, I`;° O. l o f Strand, hi the Precinc t of the Savoy, in the (,off taiddleso.t.—Mohday, November 24, 1862.