The Sun. — London, England, 1862-10-31 00:00:00

THE , SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 31, 1862. ZORD C. PAGE? AND GENERAL SIR SMITH, AT CHATHAM. CHATHAM, TatitSDAY. Last night Lord C. Paget, M.P., the Secretary to the Admiralty, and Lieut.-General Sir F. Smith, • M.P., together with some other distinguished visi tors, the principal officers of the army and navy, I and leading inhabitants of this town, were enter tained at a public dinner given by Mr. Jas. Budden, the high constable, at the close of his year of office. The banquet took place at the Sun Hotel, where covers were laid for 200 guests. The CHAIRMAN, after giving the customary loyal toasts, proposed The Army, Navy, and Volun teers," and in doing so highly eulogised the deeds • of the two services, and he had no doubt that when- I ever occasion required it the volunteers would not he backward in upholding the honour and consti tution of England. (Cheers.) Lord CLARENCE PAGET, in rising to return thanks for the navy, was received with loud cheers. Re said he begged to return them his sincere and ( heartfelt thanks for the honour they had conferred on the navy, and also for coupling his name with the toast of prosperity to that branch of the service to which it was his honour to be long. The chairman had alluded, in proposing the health of the Queen, to the heavy affliction which had befallen her Majesty. (Hear, hear.) The year just passed had, indeed, been a year of mourn ing for every man, woman, and child in the country, It would not become him to allude further to that event, and he would, therefore, content himself with deploring—as every one in England did—the great loss which her Majesty had sustained. Turn ing, however, to a much more congenial and cheer. ing subject—that of the state of our army, na v y, and volunteers—he would not attempt to make any comparison between the three services, being per. suaded of this, that whether it was the army, the navy, or the volunteers, the members of each asked no better favour than to be called on to serve. Before making any observation with regard to that 'branch of the service to which it was his great honour to belong he must commence by apologising for being at Chatham at all. (Laughter.) No doubt they were aware he had the honour to represent another part of their county, the different constitu encies of which, he might remark, were like fami lies—somewhat jealous of each other. (Laughter.) Such being the case, it was possible that his family at the other end of the country might ask, " Why does our member go to Chatham to make a speech ; why does he not rather come here 9" In that case he thought they would have an incident similar to to that which, they would recollect, occurred some what early in the evening, and a voice would be heard to exclaim, " Paget you are wanted." (Great laughter.) The excuse, however, that he must make to his constituents must be that there were many important reasons why an individual connected as he was with the Admiralty should entertain a regard for Chatham, and therefore that it was his duty to accept the invitation given him by their high constable to be present at that dinner. (Ap plause.) Chatham, he had no hesitation in saying, - was about to become one of the most important of their naval stations, and therefore he felt it his duty to pay his respects to the inhabitants of that town. At Chatham they were about to possess the most magnificent arsenal that England, or in fact, all the world together ever possessed. (Cheers.) The basin accommodation at Chatham, for provid ing which the greatest anxiety had been expressed by the House of Commons, would, after the whole of the works in progress were completed, surpass 'the whole of the boasted accommodation of France put together. (Loud cheers.) Chatham had been selected by the Admiralty for the honour of con structing one of their iron ships, and most excel lently had Chatham performed the task. (Cheers.) It was, therefore, with no inconsiderable amount of pleasure that he had the privilege of making the acquaintance of the inhabitants of the town. With regard to the present state and condition of their naval forces, it was with the utmost pleasure and gratification he could assure them that the British navy was never in a more satisfactory condition than it was at the present moment. (Loud cheer ing.) He had no intention of making that asser tion in a mere boastful spirit, but he made it after full deliberation. Looking, then, at the improved feeling throughout the service, at the increased facilities for manning the navy, and also at the ex cellent feeling which now pervaded the of f icers and men of the merchant service, he was justified in saying that if the day came—and God forbid that it should come—we were never in a better position to enter into war, and there was never a time when the navy of England was in a more efficient state. (Loud applause.) It was impossible for him to re frain alluding, on that occasion, to the large body of naval volunteers. The most distinguished officers In the merchant service had formerly entertained almost a horror of the navy, but at this moment they had a magnificent naval reserve of seamen, and the choice of the best officers in the merchant serviee. (Cheers.) In order to make themselves thoroughly efficient in their gun drill the officers of the reserve were working day by day, and he therefore felt justified in saying that if at any time England should be called upon to defend her liber ties the navy, thank God, would be supported by a powerful reserve. (Cheers.) In the several dis cussions which had taken place in the House of Commons respecting the construction of iron ships, it was asserted that some other countries had sur passed us in that description of vessel. Thanks, however, to the great exertions made in our dock yards, our iron-cased fleet was in such a position as to render us safe from any attack, and before next spring England would assume her proper place in that respect. (Cheers.) He thought it only right that the pub!ic should be assured of the highly satis factory state in which everything connected with the naval department was. On the part of the officers of the navy he begged to return them his most sincere thanks. (Cheers.) Lieut. General Sir F. SMITH said he felt some difficulty in acknowledged the toast on behalf of the army, and in following the noble lord, whose elo quenee had so charmed them that evening. The 1 noble and gallant lord had not said one word too much in favour of maintaining the navy of England in its most efficient state, for he (the gallant general) had always maintained that England's first line of defence was her navy, and woe betide that government which allowed the navy to fall below that of any other nation. (Hear, hear.) Hu had often voted with his gallant friend for main taining the efficiency of the navy and for car rying out those reforms that were needed, and as long as he persevered in that course he should continue to do so. (Hear, hear.) From what they had heard that evening there could be no doubt that Chatham was about to become a great naval arsenal, the scheme now intended to be carried out having been urged upon the attention of the House of Commons by him many years ago. (Annlause). They arq also indcbted to his noble trietd. nod, for the creati on o f th e nava l reserve force, altho ug h hisgallant friend was too mod es t t o t e t m e it r , , t d i r t ek t h , e could not refrain from givi ng hi m Eery° force, r the formation of that important re be had no h„ ( it lae ." B .) With regard to the army, a better positier,'"• in saying that it was never in bridge and the se ,:flianks to the D u k e o f Cam dier was now bette:tearY of Stat e f or W ar , th e sol ,nd in the field, eared for, b o th i n t h e b arrac k addition to the re ga l ar v " he was before. In a rmy espots.tx) of volunteers Sod the militia, they also had a f orce bered 160,000 men. which num teers cotnposing this (chrgreat for If the volun eudea vo ur to learn the duties vvotould only l i e saw no reason to fear that F, soldiers Would ever be invaded, or if invaded, that the ,post "'CI Over rir y would he driven into the sea. (Cheers.) i t vra.: to this reeeon he had never advo cate ., shut ting up our troops in forts, although there was one place which he had al ways insisted on should be strongly fortified, and that was Chatham. (Cheers.) For years he had advocated the importance of making Chatham a central arsenal, and he was glad to find that his views were likely to be adopted. At Chatham they had the necessary space' for the formation of the best basins but no thing had been done until his nobie in the world; d gallant friend, had taken the matter up. (Cheers.) O f alt , the counties in En gland Kent was the one most important for an enemy to take, became there would be found the most cherrie% to pluck. There they had Chatham, Sheerness, Wool wich, and Deptford dockyards, at d Wool wich Arsenal, although the latter wa, totally un fitted for an arsenal. The volunteers of Kent should, therefore, render themselves as efficient as it was possible for them to be made, Kent being so admi rably adapted for defence, there being the garrisons of Chatham, Sheerness, and Dover to fall back upon. Volunteers, however, must make themselves as per fect as possible, remembering that from their intel ligence they required but one-tenth of the training of the common soldier. They must not think they were not regarded, for his gallant friend them of the great infl u ence the force ie hadcould already t e tell had upon Europe. (Cheers.) The British army wherever had it won for itself golden opinions, and might yet be employed there they might depend upon it it would do its duty. They must not imagine that because they heard of large armies they were efficient. In America they found the army numbering 700,000 men, but yet they failed to discover any remarkable strategy or ability. (Hear.) That army had yet to learn the art of strategy, which could only be acquired by time. Armies could not be got together on the spur of the moment; their skill and organisation must be a work of time. The Duke of Wellington, at the termination of the war in which he was engaged, boasted that he had 45,000 efficient troops, and with that number he would march from one end of Europe to the other. (Hear, hear.) He believed the British army was now in an equally efficient state, and that if required they could do so in de fiance of all opposition. (Loud cheers.) Captain Magnus briefly returned thanks on behalf of the volunteers, expressing the obligation that force was under to the regular forces. After some further toasts the proceedings ter minated. THE NATIONAL= OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND. THE RIGHT HON. B. DISRAELI, HIGH WYCOMBE, THURSDAY. The annual meeting of the Society for Augment ing Small Benefices in the diocese of Oxford was held this afternoon, the Bishop of Oxford in the chair. There were present the Right Hon. B. Dis raeli, M.P., the Right Hon. S. H. Walpole, M.P., Mr. Hubbard, M.P., the High Sheriff, Sir C. Young, Archdeacon Bickersteth, the Rev. C. Lloyd, Rev. T. Watts (rural dean), Mr. W. Lowndes, &c. The Right Rev. CHAIRMAN opened the proceed ings by explaining the nature and objects of the society, stating that in the diocese there were 72 livings with incomes under £lOO a-year, 85 livings with incomes under £l5O, and 66 livings with in comes under £2OO. This out of 613 benefices alto gether showed a very large proportion of poverty as set against, generally speaking, a great moderation of endowment in the other parishes. An adequate provision could not be made for the poor livings by means of a division of the existing endowments. As far as this object could be accomplished it was ac complished by parliamentary enactment, under which a common fund was divided•to meet the case of the most necessitous districts, grants from which were made in proportion to the sums raised by local contribution. Archdeacon BICKERSTETH moved the first resolu tion—" That the poverty of a large number of the livings in this diocese is a subject which demands the careful consideration of all those who are inte rested in the welfare of the National Church," and in so doing entered into a variety of details for the purpose of showing the necessity for increased ex tions on behalf of the society. The Right Hon. B. DIsRAELI, in seconding the resolution, after some introductory remarks, pro ceeded to say—But it is not at all surprising that the Church of England should be a poor Church. Although in the aggregate its income may be very considerable, still if yon look to its distribu tion, as is now well known, you will perceive that it offers to the great body of the clergy a very small stipend each. (Hear, hear.) It is not at all surprising that the Church of England should not be a rich Church, because the Church of England has been despoiled. (Hear, hear.) That is not a fate peculiar to the Church of England; other 1 Churches have been despoiled. But there is this peculiarity with regard to the Church of England in this matter, that in other countries when the pro perty of the Church has been taken from it, whether the plea was right or whether it was wrong—and I am not now, of course, entering into any controversy on the subject—but in other coon- tries, when the church has been deprived of its pro perty by the State, that property has at least been applied to public and national purposes. That has not been so in the case of the Church of England. The property of the Church of England has been granted by despots and tyrants to their minions, and has been in this country, fortunately now many centuries ago, the foundation of the estab lishment of powerful, families, which, by virtue of the possession of that property, and not from any public services, have had for generations a great portion of the Government of this country under its power and its patronage. (Hear.) Well, I find in these circumstances of aggravation in the case of the spoliation of the Church in this country, compared with the spoliation of Churches in other countries, circumstances of consolation and of hope, because we live in an age when communities are governed by the influence of opinion, and when individuals are regulated in their conduct to a great degree by the influenee of conscience ; and I cannot for a moment believe that the estimable descendants of these original appropriators of Church property, when they learn—and in a country of free discus sion like the present they must all of them be well informed upon the subject—when they know that men of the highest education are, from a sense of duty and devotion, dedicating their lives to the comforting of the people, and receiving for their labour stipends which even the meanest would refuse. (Hear.) I cannot but believe that the 1 estimable descendants of the original proprie tors, in the satiety of their splendour, must feel an impulse that will make them apply a portion of that property which they ages ago unjustly obtained to purposes of a character which society will recog nise, and by its approbation reward. (Hear, hear.) The society of this country is established upon the principle of civil and religious liberty, and in my opinion it is impossible, and certainly it is not de sirable, to resist the complete development of that principle. (Hear.) At the same time you have a Church established by law—that is to say, a national Church—and there is an apparent inconsistency in the principle which yeu have adopted as the foun dation of your social system and the existence of that Established Church, because the principle of civil and religious liberty has placed legislative power in the hands of great bodies of the people who are not in communion with that Church, and they have used that power during the last 25 years, with caution at first, with great deliberation at first, but as time advanced with greater boldness and greater energy, until within the last few years they have made an avowed attack upon that Church, conducted with great ability and great courage. (Hear.) That being the case, you have what has occurred within the last quarter of a century. You have an apparent want of sympathy between that which by our constitution is the national Church and a7great body of the nation, and that is a state of af fairs which is no doubt to he highly deprecated. Twenty years ago, when the inconvenience was first very generally felt, ardent Churchmen, sincere Churchmen, thought they had found a solution of this difficulty by terminating the connection between Church and state, They said " Terminate the union between Church and State, as the whole of t p li , e nation is no longer in communion with the ' / gestion \ t . la Ze t il, and you will put an end to the dissatisfac- ' that Prevails;" . Partially and to a considerable degree antoliat no doubt is a very plausible sug . will be found oranuuls. , ()us and able that has been accepted by ingenu- But, if it is looked into it pated by the individuals who 1 results very diff?„tehat will lead, in my opinion, to these which are antici unswatho_ are favourable to it, and prove I think to the country. (H ear.) Be La u tr i y t cattnudnotinbjeursiuopus_ posed fora moment that the civil power in this age will tolerate an imperium in imperio, and that it will allow a great corporation in possession of large property—for the property is considerable, although if distributed it may not offer adequate compensa tion to those who are labouring in its service—the civil power in this age will not permit a great cor poration in possession of this vast property to act in independence of the State. (Cheers.) And therefore there is no concealing it from ourselves, that it would soon end in further spoliation, and the Church would be left without the endowment and status which it at present possesses. (Hear.) The prin ciples of Divine truth, I admit, do not depend upon property, but the human machinery by which the circulation of the principles of Divine truth is effected depends upon property for its organisation ; and no one can deny for a moment that the Church, deprived of the means by which the Divine instruc tion which it is its duty to afford to the people is secured—the Church deprived of these means would of course lose immensely in its efficiency. But in the case of the Church of England it is not merely a question of the loss of its property, but it is also a question of the peculiar character of that property, because the property of the Church of England is territorial property—it is a property so distributed throughout the country that it makes it from the very nature of its tenure a National Church ; and the power of the Church of England does not de pend merely on the amount of the property which it possesses, but in a great degree on the kind and character of that properly. (Hear.) Then I say the result will be that, the Church of England deprived of its status would become merely an episcopal sect in this country, and in time in this country it is not improbable that it might hecome an insignificant one. But that is not perhaps the whole of the great evil that might arise from the dissolution of the connection between the Church and the State ; be eanse, in the present age, the art of government becomes every day more difficult, and no Go vernment will allow a principle so powerful as the religious principle to be divorced from the influence by which it regulates the affairs of a country. (Hear, hear.) Then what would happen? Why it is very obvious what would happen. The State of England would take care, after the Church was spoiled, to enlist in its service what are called the ministers of all religions. The ministers of all religions would be salaried by the State, and the consequence of the dissolution of the alliance be tween Church and State would be equally disastrous to the Churchman and the Nonconformist. (Hear.) It would place the ministers of all spiritual influences under the control and the influence of the civil power; and in this country it would effect in reality a revolution in the national character. (Hear, hear.) It would, in my opinion, even have an in jurious effect upon the liberties of the country ; and I cannot believe that after the thought and discus sion that have been devoted to the subject for the last 20 years, there can be amongst those who have well-considered the subject any great difference of opinion ; but that all men—l would say the Churchman, the Dissenter, the philosopher, would all shrink from a solution of the difficulty which we feel with regard to the present state of the Church —a solution effected by means so injurious as the one to which I have referred. (Hear, hear.) Well, then, what would you do ? I maintain that you have only one alternative—that if you do not favour a dis solution between Church and State, you must as sert the nationality of the Church of England. (Hear.) I know it will be said, " Assert the na tionality of the Church in a nation where there are millions not in communion with that Church !" The right hon. gentleman proceeded to consider this question at some length, and contended that many not now in communion with the Church were not adverse to the Church, and might be brought within its pale, and the nationality of the Church proved and asserted. He looked, as a means to this end, to the influence of the Church in education, to a moderate and well considered extension of the episcopacy, to a complete development of the lay element in the administration of the non-spiritual affairs of the Church, and the maintenance of the parochial sys tem. Unfortunately in this country, continued the right hon. gentleman, so far as the church is con cerned, great errors exist on the subject of parochial constitution. In consequence of the great changes that have taken place of late years with regard to parochial administration, there is an idea too gene ral that the parochial constitution has been sub verted ; but as far as the Church is concerned, the parochial constitution is complete and inviolate,and the right of visiting both by parishioners and the parish priest remains intact, and which properly acted upon is a source of immense and increasing in fluence, especially in those great towns of which we hear so much, and where that right is not even in existence. The fifth means by which I think the na tionality of the Church may be asserted brings me clearly to the resolution, I mention it last, not be cause I think it inferior to any of the others. You must render the clergy more efficient. Whether in the great towns you increase that staff of curates, which perhaps is more advantageous than building churches without making preparations for their maintenance, still less for their endowment, or whether you avail yourself of those means which other societies in the diocese afford for the in crease of spiritual assistance, or whether, lastly and chiefly, you take the great subject in hand which has brought us together to-day, and make an effort throughout the country for putting an end to those low stipends which are almost in mockery now appended to the discharge of laborious paro chial duty. (Hear.) These are five great practical means by which the nationality of the Church can be asserted. But they are only means and machi nery, and they must be inspired by that spirit of devotion which only brings success, and which only deserves success. But in the present state of the country I think that a great corporation like the Church of England may look forward, by means of machinery such as I have mentioned under these five heads, to great, triumphant, and final success. (Cheers.) These five measures, with the exception of the increase of the episcopate, can be adopted without any appeal to the nation. We must not shut our eyes to the fact that the time has gone by when we could ask for new powers and privileges from Parliament to establish the position of the church. (Hear.) I myself do not undervalue the public recognition of the Church by the legislature of the country. I think its importance cannot be overstated. I believe that in its action it gives an authority in many minds which, without that posi tion, it would not possess or exercise. It is because I believe a public recognition of the nationality of the Church by the Constitution is of that great value, that I and those who have acted with me re sisted all the attempts which have been made dur ing the last few years in Parliament, and which have aimed at damaging the public status of the Church. We have done that because we believe that the public status of the Church gives it an im mense advantage when the opportunity occurs of asserting its nationality. If we had not believed that to be the consequence of its position,we should have declined the contest for privileges which might otherwise be considered merely obsolete, for a venture e lic status to hopethat tbat tbi this was e barren. eting I y be a would nd of some use—that an effort will be made in this diocese, and that it will not be confined to this diocese. I hope we shall no longer be appalled and paralysed by indefinite estimates of the hos tility and obstacles that we have to encounter. I hope, above all, that the faint-hearted among our brethren who, of late years, seem to be only considering how they can decorously relinquish a post of great responsibility, will learn that the wisest course with respect to the Church of Eng land, as with regard to all other eases in which great duties are involved, is to he courageous and to attempt to perform our duty, and then I am con fident that the Church of England will show to the world that it has powers of renovation that have not been suspected by some. (Cheers.) For my own part, I uphold it not merely because it is the sanctuary of Divine truth, but because I verily believe it i s our best security for that civil and religious liberty of which we hear so much, and which :we are told is opposed to its institution. (Loud cheers.) Tho resolution was then agreed to, and addresses in support of the institution were delivered by Mr. Walpole, Mr, truhbard. and other gentlemen' IHE NAVY. The Grand Puke of Saxe-Coburg and suite paid a visit to Chatham Dockyard on Wednesday, and in spected the various departments connected with that establishment. After spending a short time in the inspection of a variety of moulds and drawings in the office of Mr. Lang, master shipbuilder, the dis tinguished visitors, accompanied by Capt. Fanshawe and the other officials, made the tour of the dock yard, visiting in the first instance the iron frigate Achilles, in the examination of the works of which they spent some time. They next proceeded to No. 3 dock, occupied by the iron-cased frigate Royal Oak, over which they were conducted, and the in terior of which was very minutely inspected, his Serene Highness descending into the engine-room and examining the machinery. Leaving the Royal Oak the party was conducted to the end of the yard, where the Duke and attendants witnessed the ope rations connected with the preparation of the slabs of iron for forming the armour-plates for the Royal Oak. Before quitting the dockyard, the visitors went over the factory, and examined the Salamis paddlewheel steamer, building on the first slip. The Resistance, 16, iron screw ram, Capt. Cham berlain, went into Portsmouth harbour on Wednes day, and was hauled alongside the dockyard, in order to have certain repairs made good to her iron capstan, damaged on weighing anchor at Spithead. The Revenge, Capt. C. Fellowes, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Smart, and the Defence, Capt. Phillimore, got up steam yesterday afternoon at Spithead, in obedience to a signal from the Victory flagship, and were expected to proceed direct to Gibraltar yesterday evening or early this morning. Admiral Kingcome has arrived at Portsmouth Dockyard, and is expected to hoist his flag on board the Sutlej, Capt. M. Connolly, on Monday or Tues day, for the Pacific, to relieve the Bacchante, flag ship of Rear-Admiral Sir Thos. Maitland. Orders were yesterday received at Chatham for 70 non-commissioned officers and men of the 83d Regiment to proceed from the garrison to join head quarters of that regiment. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT,—Oct. 30, OLD COURT. (Before the Lord Chief Baron.) THE MURDER IN THE CITY. (Continued from the Sun of yesterday.) Samuel Gardner, aged 38, described as a sweep, and Elizabeth Humbler, 19, a married woman, were jointly charged upon an indictment, and also by the coroner's inquisition, with the wilful murder of Elizabeth Gardner, the wife of the first men tioned prisoner. Elizabeth Humbler was then brought from the gaol and examined as a witness. She said—l am the wife of John Humbler, and I am 19 years old. I have known the prisoner since I was eleven years of age, and I used to live in his house with the de ceased. There was an intimacy between me and the prisoner of an improper kind ever since I was 15 years old. My mother took me away from the prisoner's house, and 12 months ago I married my present husband, and I left my husband and went again to live in the prisoner's house. This was about three mouths before this occurrence happened. Mrs. Gardner was agreeable to my going to live there. I acted as servant, and did all that there was to do. While I was living in the house on this second occasion I renewed my intimacy with the prisoner. I did not know that I was going to leave on the Monday the affair happened till the prisoner told me so after the murder, and he had accused me of it. On the Sunday before the murder I went to bed at seven o'clock at night, and wished the deceased good night. I got up on the following morning at half past seven o'clock, and between those hours I never left my bedroom. I went to a room on the ground floor to light the fire, but I had only one Lucifer match, and it did not seem to catch, and I went up to the de ceased's bedroom to get some matches, and saw her lying on the floor, and the child was lying by her feet. I had taken up the box of lucifers before I saw the body, snd the moment I did so I dropped them on the ground. I had heard the child cry while I was dress ing. The child was between two and three years l i old. I took her out of the room. Soon after this Mr. Gardner came home. I had not seen him before on this morning. When I saw him come in I said, " Good God, Sam, come upstairs," and when he saw his wife lying dead he said to me, " You wretch, you have done this ; if you don't move from here I will give you in charge." When he said this I dropped on my knees and said, " Good God, show mercy on my innocence." Mrs. Gardner was in very good health when I saw her on Sunday, th e 14th of September. The police went into my room and searched my clothes and everything I had. The prisoner said I should not stop in his house, and I went to a person named Spenser, who lives in Northumberland-alley, and I never went back to the prisoner's house again ; but I asked the prisoner to give me some money to enable me to go to my mother at Gravesend, and he said he would give me anything in reason, and he gave me 3s. When I came downstairs on Monday morning the street door was shut, and no one could get in without knocking. I left the door open when I went to fetch the doctor, and the prisoner came in while I was away. I went with the prisoner to the last Epsom races. Mr_ Poland (to the witness)—Had you anything to do with this murder ? The Lord Chief Baron said that that was not a question that should be put. What they wanted to ascertain was what the witness did, and not what she did not do. Cross-examined — l only lived with my husband six weeks after I was married, and I then went again to live with the e prisoner. My usual time for going to bed was nine or ten o'clock, but on this Sunday night I went to bed two hours earlier than usual. I went to bed on account of the prisoner being angry and ill-tempered to me. I did not go to bed immediately, but sat up for an hour, thinking of the sufferings that Mr. Gardner bad caused me. I got up at my usual time on the Monday morning. I went downstairs with my stockings only on, and I put on my boots downstairs. There was only one match in the lower room. I found out that I had trodden in blood on the Monday morning. I gave the stockings I was wearing at the time to the police sergeant, but I did not look at them to see if they were bloody. By the Court—My stockings were of a dark brown colour. Cross-examination continued—l felt something cold and wet to my feet through my stockings as I went into the deceased's room. The deceased had received a good many letters, such as valentines, for some time before she died. She could not read or write. I never sharpened a knife except upon one occasion, when Mrs. Gardner asked me to do so at dinner time. I did tell the constable who took me into custody that Mr. Gardner might have seen me sharpening a knife on the door-step. I swear that I did not know I was to leave the house on the Monday until the prisoner told me I was to do so. Re-examined-1 never saw the knife that has been produced to-day until the Sunday before Mrs. Gardner's death, and she said it had been brought there with a fork and a plate by some strangers. Mr. Ribton asked the witness whether she had not frequently sharpened a knife at eleven o'clock at night and taken it into her bedroom, where the prisoner took the knife from her ? "Witness—Before God, he never took a knife from me in my bedroom. Mr. Ribton—Did you never say that, if Mr. Gardner were not more sociable with you, you w. uld stick him with a knife ? Witness—Never. He has threatened ma repeat edly. Mary Spencer said—l live in Northumberland alley, and on the morning of the 15th of September I saw the prisoner. He had a child with him and he asked me to go to his house, and I did so, and saw the body of the deceased. Before I went I asked him what was the matter several times, and he made no answer. The last witness was in the deceased's room, and she said, " Oh, Mrs. Spencer, Mrs. Gardner has cut her throat, and he says I have done it." The prisoner then said, "Fetch a police man," and I did so, and the prisoner refused to allow Elizabeth Humbler to leave the room. She was crying, and she said she knew Mr. Gardner to be a bad man, but she did not think he was capable of accusing her of such a thing., After Humbler's clothes had been examined by the police, the pri soner said she should not stop in the house any longer. and I took her to my house. Before she went the prisoner gave her 3s. to enable her to go to her friends at Gravesend. Sergeant Molsbs, of the City police, said—On Monday morning, the 15th of September, in conse quence of some information I received, I went to the prisoner's house, and saw the dead body of the prisoner' s w if e on th e groun d. D r . S eq ueira, the prisoner, and Humbler were present, and t i ' e doc tor handed the knife to me. When the prisoner made the obs erva ti on t o H um bl er , that ``she had done it," I advised him to be cautious, and inquired what grounds he had for making such a charge. He replied that he had been in the habit of having intercourse with the g irl, and she was to leave that day. I examined all her cl othes and found no marls of blood. Her hands and face were begrimed with dirt, as if they bad not been ' I washed for a eonsiderable time. There were geMe ' valentines on the chair. (They were of a very offen sive character, and had reference to the connection that existed between the prisoner and fumbler.) examined the room carefully, and could not find any marks of blood on the wall. There were two windows in the room, and one of them had no blind and the blind to the other was drawn down. There were no marks of blood on the bed, and I did not observe any upon the person of the prisoner. After the first inquiry before the coroner the prisoner told me he was sure his pour wife bad been murdered. I asked him why he thought so, and he said because the girl Humbler was to have left his house on the same day, and he added that he had gone to Hum bler's bedroom one morning before she was up, and saw a knife sticking in her door, and when he asked her what that meant, she said she did not intend that he should have found her alive, and he had also frequently seen her sharpening knives on the sink stone, and when he asked her what she was doing that for, she sometimes said they were for herself, and sometimes for him. He had told me before this that an improper intimacy had existed between him and Humbler. On the Friday after the death the prisoner told me that he had seen several marks of blood on the wall upstairs and by the side of the bed, and he showed them to me, but I am positive these marks were not there when I examined the place before. He also showed me a mark on the rail of the bed, as though a wet cloth had been drawn across it, and some other marks which I am sure were not there when we searched before. I told the prisoner so, and he said they might perhaps have been done in washing the body. The prisoner then took me to a downstairs room and pointed out a mark of blood on the curtain and on the shutter, and he said at the same time that Humbler had opened that window on the morning of the 15th. I told the pri soner upon this that I had examined the curtain and the shutter several times previously, and I was quite certain that the marks he had pointed out were not there, and he made no reply. A detective officer named Monger was with me when all this took place. I subsequently apprehended the girl Humbler at Gravesend, where she was staying with her friends. I examined her stockings and they were very dirty, but no trace of blood was discovered upon them, and the stockings were re turned to her. Cross-examined—l examined the girl Humbler's clothes on the Monday, but I did not observe any traces of blood upon her stockings. She did not say anything to me about having trodden in blood, but the stockings were carefully examined by the coroner's jury, in consequence of her having after wards said that she had trodden in blood. Thomas Tallett, the ward beadle of the district in which Northumberland-alley is situate, deposed that he went to the prisoner's house on Monday, the 15th of September, and he corroborated the evi dence of the last witness as to what took place on that occasion. Anthony Wilson Monger, a detective officer who was with the witness Mobbs when he went to the prisoner's house, deposed that he went with the prisoner to look at the body of the deceased after she ly:.d been placed in the coffin, and he began to cry, and said he was sure that his poor wife had been murdered. Witness asked him why he thought so, and who he suspected, and he replied "Elizabeth Humbler." After this the prisoner repeated the same statement he had made to the other constable, and said that Humbler had several times threatened that she would kill him and afterwards destroy herself. He also said that Humbler had met him one day and had said that she thought he never meant to speak to her again, and she drew a large knife from her mantle and said, " I intended this for you, and afterwards for myself." Cross-examined—Witness was quite sure that the prisoner said that Humbler pulled out a large knife from her mantle. Eleanor Buxton said that she went tothe prisoner's house on the 15th of September, and saw the body of the deceased, and the prisoner said he was sure she did not do it herself; she was too weak nerved. Witness assisted to wash the body, and she did it carefully, and no blood was splashed upon the walls of the room. James Gardner, a young man, the son of the de ceased by a former husband, was then examined, and he proved that she was a right-minded woman. In cross-examination this witness said he had frequently heard the girl Humbler jeering his mother and annoying her, and that he heard his mother give her express instructions to leave on Monday, the 15th, which was the day she died. Mr. Ribton here proposed to ask this witness whether he had not heard Elizabeth Humbler say on one occasion, shortly before his mother died, that now she had got once more into the prisoner's house, she was determined never to leave it again. The Lord Chief Baron said he was of opinion that this question could not be put. The witness Hum bler had not been asked in cross-examination whether she had ever made such a statement ; and, besides this, he really did not see that the fact was of any importance one way or the other. Mr. Ribton said he considered it of very great importance to the prisoner. He should ask the jury to say that it was just as probable that, if there was any murder at all committed, this girl was as guilty as the prisoner, and her conduct, and any expres sions made use of by her which tended to support such a hypothesis, were, as it appeared to him, very important. The Lord Chief Baron said he was of opinion that the question certainly could not be put until the witness Humbler had first been asked whether she had ever made any such statement, and he would allow her to be re-called for that purpose at the close of the case for the prosecution, if the learned counsel wished that this should be done. Mr. Payne, the deputy coroner for the city of London, was then called as a witness, and he proved that at the first inquiry before him, which took place on the 17th of September, the prisoner came forward and offered to give evidence, and that he cautioned him, and told him he was not bound to make any statement, and that any thing he did say might be used as evidence against him. After he had given him this caution the prisoner was sworn and gave his evidence, which witness took down in writing, and the prisoner signed it. The deposition of the prisoner was then put in aad read. It was to the effect that he was willing to tell all he knew, that he had been married to the deceased for seven years, and that they lived hap pity together until the girl Humoler came to live in their house, about five years ago, and that after this period his wife was very disagreeable about her, and wished her to go away, and that she left and got married. She however only lived with her husband a short time, and came hack to live with them again; after this the deceased seemed to complain of her more than ever, and frequently said that she thought her conduct was worse since her marriage than it was before. The prisoner went on to say that on the Sunday evening before his wife died, the girl Humbler was annoying and insulting his wife, and he was determined that she should leave on the fol lowing day. He said that he and his wife slept together on the Sunday night, and they were very friendly, and he got up as usual, and went to his work in the morning, and when be left his wife was in bed, with the child. He then enumerated the places where he went to work on the Monday morn ing, and said that he returned home about 8 o'clock and then found that his wife was dead, and he said that the reason he charged Humbler with the mur der was, that he thought it probable that she had insulted his wife and quarrelled with her after he lett, and that this had led to the act. He also said that the deceased was not left-handed. This closed the case for the prosecution. The witness Elizabeth Humbler was then re called at the request of Mr. Ribton, and he asked her whether she had not stated upon one occasion that now she had got into the prisoner's house she was determined not to leave it. The witness, in reply, declared that she had never made any such statement, but, on the contrary, she said that about three weeks before Mrs. Gardner died she offered of her own accord to leave the pri soner's house. She went on to state that one night the prisoner came home late, and he appear e d t o be very ang r y, an d sa id that both his wife and wit ness should go, and that he would have the house to himself. Witness, in reply to this, said that she would rather go herself than that Mrs. Gardner should go, and the prisoner told her to mind her own business, and that he was the master of the house and he should do what he liked. James Gardner, the son of the d ecease d, was th en again placed in the witness box, and he declared positively that he heard the gi r l H um bl er ma k e use of the expression imputed to her upon more than one occasion. In a nswer to a question put by Mr. Poland this witness said that he heard Humbler say this about three or four weeks before his mother died. This closed the case for the Crown. Mr. Ribton then addressed the learned judge, and said that the usual hour for the adjournment of the court had nearly arrived, and he inquired of his lordship whether he proposed to finish the trial that night. The Lord Chief Baron said that the inquiry was one of a most important character, and the atten tion of the jury had already been directed to it for several hGurs, and he therefore thought it would be better to adjourn the case to the follow ing morning. He also thought it would only be fair to Mr. Ribton, after the course that had been taken of ca lli ng the young woman Humbley as ti for witnsss, that he should have an opportun it y considering the effect of her evilence. The trial was consequently postpotle n d an ca ses of row (Friday) morning, the jury, a t ill to-mor felony, b e in g taken to the Londons Coffee-house in 'ch4rge of the officers of the court. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. DEMERARA. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held yes terday; at the London Tavern, Mr. J. A. Tiruie in the chair. The report stated that the working of the railway during 30 last had been carried on with the half-year ending much success, and that the : , laying of tee existing line had been completed with the exceptio.7 of about two miles, the rails for which were now in coarse 0: shipment. On the subject of the light engines, the manager stated that the working of the trains continued most satisfaet )ry ; and that the two tank engines more than maintained their chiTacter for economy in working and regularity in running. The accounts to June 30 last were made up in Liverpool by pub lic accountants of eminence, and had been carefully audited; the traffic receipts for the past half. year amounted to £9,510, being £773 less than for the corresponding period of 1861; the working expenses, however, had been so much dimi nished that the net revenue showed an increase, notwith standing the falling off in the receipts, of £9BO, and amounted to £2,000. In addition to this, more than half of the 4307 expended under the head of maintenance of way was an ex traordinary outlay for the reconstruction of the old line. Means for completing the railway to Mahaica had been pro - vided, and the liberal concession offered to the company by the Colonial ordnance of November, 1859, would thus be secured. The directors anticipated from the extension a material addition to the traffic receipts, without a propor tionate increase of working expenses, and they had taken measures to carry out the extension with all prudent de spatch. The conversion of all claims upon the company into new preference stock was proceeding in the most satis factory manner, and there was no reason to doubt that the line would be completed at a cost to the shareholders within the original estimate. In forming the present Board it was thought desirable that the shareholders both in Lon don and Liverpool should be represented—an arrangement which the directors hoped would be regarded with general satisfaction. The capital account showed that £292,891 had been received and £284,847 expended, leaving a balance in stores and cash of £8,044. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, stated that since the 30th of June last they continued to receive the same satisfactory accounts of a reduction in the expenditure. This had been effected by the renewal of the parmanent way and the employment of a lighter class of engines to work the traffic. The crippled state of the com pany's finances had long retarded those improvements. It was only by great care and economy and the liberality of the colony that they had been enabled to get the two light engines which were now working so satisfactorily. They expected an increase in the net revenue from a reduction of expenses in working the line, and from an increase of traffic on opening the extension line to Mahaica. The extension would be proceeded with and completed as soon as possible. They would all work for the good of the concern, and en deavour to obtain a better result than had ever been attained by their predecessors. Sir J. CARMICHAEL seconded the motion for the adop tion of the report, and it was carried unanimously. The Liverpool auditors, Messrs. Gordon and Waterhouse, resigned on the removal of the offices to London, and Messrs. Bankhart and Randell were elected auditors for the ensuing year. Thanks were voted to Messrs. Gordon and Waterhouse for their past services, and the proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to the chairman and directors. SP 0.117 ING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET HOUGHTON MEETING THuItSDAY. The chief business of the morning seemed to be the sale of horses in training belonging to the great French stable now at Newmarket, which divided people's attention with the adjustment of accounts on Wednesday's racing. The intention of the sellers is explained by the fact that five lots only were sold, and the Derby favourite bought in, although 4,000 guineas were offered for him. A slight mist suc ceeded a white frost at 12 o'clock, but it soon cleared off, and a fine autumnal afternoon followed. The racing was very good, several races producing large fields. A slight confu sion occurred in putting up the number of the winner of the third race, and a very long delay took place in a half-mile handicap, when a two-yr-old ran away with its tiny jockey and galloped fire miles. Much time was thus lost, but a walk-over for a free handicap enabled the last two races to be expedited—and a subscription plate, which closed the proceedings, was run within a few minutes of the prescribed time. The winner of this race ran out at the finish, and knocked down Mr. H. May, the trainer. Lord Stamford at once galloped into the town, and sent Mr. Faircloth, the eurgeon, to the _spot on his hack ; in a few minutes the sufferer beclme sensible, and was pronounced to have had no bone broken. No betting on future events came under our notice during the day. Match. Last half mile of R.M., 1 mile 17 yards. 300 sous, 10 ft. Capt. Lamb's King of the Forest, aged, 7st 71b (A. Edwards) 1 Mr. C. Alexander's Thunderbolt, 5 yrs, 9st (E. Sharpe) 2 Betting-6 to 4on Thunderbolt. King of the Forest jumped off with the lead, was never after reached, and won in a canter by three lengths. Handicap Sweepstakes of 15 soya each, 10 ft, for 3-yr-olds and upwards. First half of Ab. M., 3 furlongs, 245 yds. 15 subs. Mr. Bruce's Peignoir, 3 yrs, 6st 71b .... (J. Grimshaw) 1 Lord Stamford's Tisiphone, 3 yrs, 6st 101 b.... (C. Gray) 2 Lord Uxbridge's Keane, 3 yrs, 6st 21b .. (S. Adams) 3 The following also ran :—Hetty, Tolurno, Southport, Confectioner, Annette, Sporting Life, and Fannie colt. Betting-3, to 1 agst Peignoir, 6to 1 each agst Southport and Keane, 6 to 1 agst Sporting Life, and 8 to 1 agst Tisi phone. - In consequence of Annette resolutely refusing to face the flag, upwards of half an hour was lost at the post before Mr. M'George could get them away. When the flag was lowered the favourite, in company with Hetty, Tisiphone, and Keane, was the first to show in advance, with the others following at wide intervals. On entering the cords Hetty dropped back, and Tisiphone and Keane joined Peig noir, the three running home together, the favourite win ning easily by two lengths, a length between the second and third, Southport was fourth, Hetty fifth, Confectioner sixth, and Sporting Life next, Handicap Sweepstakes of 15 soya each, 10 ft, for 3-yr-olds and upwards. T.Y,C., five furlongs 140 yards. 20 subs. Mr. Jackson's Lady Louisa, 4 yrs, Est 101 b, car 6st 121 b (Doyle) 1 Lord Stamford's Blackcock, 3 yrs, Est 51b .... (C. Gray) 2 Mr. Lapel's Warminster, 3 yrs, Est 71b .... (J. Plumb) 3 The following also ran :—Cowley, Caliban, Zora, Lord of the Manor, V ltella, The Prophet, Introduce, Watch fire, Remunerator, Silkstone, and Walpole. Betting-100 to 30 agst Blackcock, 5 to 1 each agst Silk stone and Remunerator, 10 to 1 each agst Zora, Lord of the Manor, and Watchfire, and 100 to 8 each agst Lady Louisa and Walpole. Warminster cut out the work, closely attended by Lord of the Manor, Blackcock, Lady Louisa, and Zora, with the others lying close up to the cords, where Zora went to the front, and carried on the running to half way up, when she dropped back, and was immediately headed by Blackcock, Warminster, and Lady Louisa in the order we have given them, who ran locked together to within a dozen strides of the chair, when Doyle brought up Lady Louisa with a rush, and won an interesting race by half a length, a head between the second and third ; Zora was fourth, Remu nerator fifth, The Prophet sixth, Voltella and Watch fire, close together, were the next two, Cowley being the last. Sweepstakes of 10 sova each. for 2.yr-olds, 7st ; and 3-yr olds, Sat 121 b ; f allowed 21b. The winner to bo sold for 80 sovs, if demanded, &c. T.Y.C. 4 subs. Mr. Payne's Antidote, Est 121 (J. Grimshaw) 1 Mr. Ashworth's Peneus, Bst 101 b (Custance) 2 Sir W. Booth's Languish filly, 6st 121 b (A. Woodhouse) 3 Betting—Even on Antidote, who waited upon Peneus to the cords, then headed her and won easily by three lengths; bad third. Mr. Ashworth claimed the winner. Sweepstakes of 50 sous each, h ft, for 2-yr-old colts, Bsl 101 b ; fillies, Bst 10113. Ab. M. 7 furlongs 212 yards 11 subs. Mr. T. Valentine's Queen Bertha, Bst 51b .... (Alderoft) 1 Capt. D. Lane's Blue Mantle, Bst 101 b.... (G. Fordham) 2 Mr. G. Bryan's Falcon, Bst 101 b (Lynch) 3 Betting-11 to 10 agst Queen Bertha, and 12 to 10 agst Blue Mantle. Queen Bertha made play, was never approached, and won in a canter by eight lengths, four lengths separating the second and third. Selling Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 Boys each, for 2-yr olds and upwards. The winner to be sold for 100 sovs, if demanded, &c. Last half of Ab. M. 3 furlongs 217 yards. 21 subs. Mr. Lincoln's Estrelda, 3 yrs, 7st 31b (H. Taylor) 1 Mr. Mundy's Bolero, 3 yrs, Bst Mr. Newland's Palmeriu, 3 yrs , 7 st 71 b (Bullock) 2 ... Mr. T. Stephenson's Vigil, 3 yrs , T at 91b . (T. French) 3 (Perry) 4 The following also ran:—Grisette, Sheerness, Lachesis, Churchman, Dutch Sam, Currie, Princess Charlotte colt, Lady Harriet colt, The Herald, Ery this, The Flower Safety, and Buck. Betting-4 to 1 agst Erythia, 7to 1 agst Grisette, to 1 each agst Bolero and Dutch Sam, 12 to 1 agst Pal e, 100 to 7 agst Churchman, 100 to 6 ag st tho Lady Harriet colt, and 20 to 1 agst Estrelda. 11' the horses breaking away. The Flower Safety, overpu mg Another tedious delay took place at the post, several of S. Adams, bolted with him, and ran nearly the Cambridge shire Course before he could stop her, but on reaching the Bushes hill on his return she again jumped round, and ran the same distance, when she was stopped. F. Adams, an man ner. Estrelda, with Palmerin, Bolero s e l t d a r e t r . brother,wliet, rtohdee ha flag her s a c l k o w t e o r e d the e p l o o s t t e b f u t t she t h ep o d s i t d not in separating the very straggling a lead of some lengths, and c ame on b y g, aeenletnhgeththird aendrufrionurinthg., i andly b a y h a e a n d e b e e k t , w themselves , the former making the whole of th VonAdvinuanidntghterdas, Erythia was fifth, close up, the Princess Charlotte colt s ixth, Buck seventh, and Herald next, S w eepstakes of 10 sovs each,'for 2 fillies Bst 7113. The - yr-old colts Bst 101 b, and winner to half of Ab M. 8 sub s , be sold for 40 sow. Last Mr. Jackson's Antar, Bst 101 b (Bullock) 1 Mr. Marshall's Presnmption, Bet 101 b, (Clement) 2 ttotard, Sst 101 b doodle, Bst 101 b.... ----". Mr. Crave " r7na IT ---".---- Mr. Flutter's Flap (H. Gt imshaw) 3 'us, Bst 101 b.... Lord Wilton's Lady (S. Rogers) 4 Mr. Payne's Amygda. Evelyn colt, Bst 101 b (C ustance) 5 (J. Goater) 6 Mr. Savile's Intrigue, b2st 71b (A..lder oft) 7 Betting-2 to 1 agst A, 'tar, and 4to 1 each agst Pre sumpton and Intrigue. The favourite made the rt tuning, followed by Fla doodle, Presumption, and the Lady I tivelyn colt, to the Bushes hill, where Presumption obtainedi he second plate, and halfway down was joined by Intrigue, • the three fini.thing the race home, Antar winning by a lent Ith, a bad third. Flapdoodle was fourth. Mr. Marshall clan ned the winne r. Free Handicap S wee p stakes of 100 soya each, h ft, f o r 3- yr-olds. Winners extra. A.F., 1 mile 2 furlongs 73 yards. 11 subs. Lord Glasgow's An on y ma, 6st 121 b. (Doyle) w.o. Optional Selling Plate of 50 soya, ft , r 2-yr-olds and up wards. Weight for age , with Baia, g allowances. R.M. 1 mile 17 yards. Mr. R. Ten Broeck's Maggiore, 5 yrs,_ 9st, (E5O) (G. Fordham) r Mr. G. Bryan's Douch e, 2 yrs, sst 121 b, (.250). , (W ynne ) 2 Mr. T. Wadlow's Olive Branch, 3 ynt, 7st 121 b (1•50) (H. Grimshaw) 3 The following also ran :—Peru, Bril.lian's dam filly, Antidote, Glance colt, The Principal, Hat opton Court, The Maltater, Devotee, Wild Duck colt, Nawadt \ha, Peneus. and Fois de Gras. Betting-5 to 2 agst the Glance colt, 3to I agst Douche, 5 to I agst Hampton Court, and 10 to 1 agst any other. MAltster made play, closely followed by Peru, Olive Branch, and Douche, the others lying up, with the excep tion of laaggiore, who laid off until they reached tl.te Abing don mile bottom, when he gradvally improved his position, and half-war up he joined the lee , ders, and won on the post by a neck; a bad third. Subscription Handicap Plate of 50 soya, for 3-yr-olds and upwards. D.I. Two miles 119 yards. Mr. Richardson's Cock itobin, 3 yrs, sst 71b ..(Mordan) 1 Mr. Barne's Oberon, 4 yrs, 7st 81b... (J. Daley) 2 Mr. Savile's Conundrum, 4 yrs, sst 111 b .... (S. Adams) 3 The following also ran :—Schism, Turn of Luck, Hen ham Lass, and St. Lawrence. Betting-7 to 4 agst Conundrum, sto 1 agst Schism, 6 to 1 agst Turn of Luck, 8 to 1 agst Henitam Lass, and 10 to 1 any other. " Henham Lass mule the running at a strong pace, and ) came across the fiat w ith a lead of 20 lengths, followed by Schism, Cock Robin, Oberon, and Conundrun 1, to the turn of the lands, where she gt we way, and the leatA was taken by Cock Robin, on the lower side, having Schism , ' Oberon, r and Conundrum in attendtmice to half-way up the hill, b where Schism was beaten, leaving the race with the three: ' Cock Robin, although tiring at e very stride, maintained his r lead, and won by a neck ; half a 2eogth between the s econd L and third; Turn of Luck was foural, St. Lawrence .tub , L Schism sixth, and Henham Lass last. LIVERPOOL AUTUMN MEETING. FRIDAY, Nov. 14. Acceptances for the Great Autumn Cup, value 200 sous, added to a handicap sweepstakes of 25 soya each. One mile and three-quarters. Age at lb Age st lb Fairwater - Brilliant Oldminster .. 48 3 Physician Camerino Schism I aulcibella Chere Amie ...... 5 7 121 The Prophet D onca ster Doefoot Tattoo .... Oph e li a ll ar ti ng t on Master George .... 3 7 3 1 Highflyer . 4 6 4 Corona .... 5 7 21 Grace Darling (h b) 3 6 1 Balham 4 7 2 1 Lady Evelyn colt.. 3 6 1 1 Tommy Jones Canary .... ..... 4 7 1 Misfortune Johnny Armstrong 3 7 1 Drumstick 3 6 1 Queen of Spain.... 3 7 0 Venerat or Haddington .. 36 13 Earl of Surrey .... 36 1 Master Begot a 6 12 New Year's Day .. 3 6 /. Leonora 3 6 12 The highest weight accepting being under Bst 121 b, it is raised to that, and the others in proportion. COUNTRY ASI . --------- MANCHESTER-OCT. 30. --- This morning our market was well attended. English wheat was held for an advance of is per qr, and American 2d per 1001bs, but the business transacted was only limited. Flour less active. Oats and oatmeal were in steady de mand, at about former prices. Beans unchanged. Indian corn the turn dearer. BIRMINGHAM—OcT. 30. At this day's market there was a scarce supply of English wheat, which sold at sls to 61s for white, - and 41s to 56s per 36 stone for red. Barley, 26s to 42s per qr• Oats, 26s to 30s per 30 stone. Beans, 41s to 44s per 36 St. Peas, 40s to 48s per 36 stone. PLYMOUTH—Ocr. 28. White, 56s to 60s ; red, Ms to 56 s per q r ; Dantzic, 570 to 58s ; American, 51s to 558; Spa.nish, —s to —8 ; fins" sian, —s to Barley at previous rates-34s to 38s per qr for malting ; grinding, 27s to 28s ; pats, 23s to27s ; and beans, —s to —s ; flour, 38s to 41s Od. CORK—OcT. 29. - - -- - The following were the quotations this moi*ning :--Red wheat, 14s Od to 24s 6cl;;white, 26s Od to 28s 6d; barley, 11 1 Od to 16s 6d ; oats, 88 Od to 13s 4d. ; new bere t —s Od to —s Od. EDINBURGH GRAIN—OcT. 29. A fair supply of farmers' wheat to-day, which brough! fully the prices of this day week. Barley in good derMal." and is higher. Oats brisk. Beans a slow sale. Wheat on the top lOs Od up ...average 2s id up. Barley on the top is Od up.... average is 7d up. Oats on the top Os 6d up average Os 6d up, Beans on the top Os 6d down. average is 7d up. Total Supply and Sales. Wheat ... 941 qrs Sold 294 qrs Barley... 1422 qrs Sold 1237 qrs Oats Beans.. 52 qrs Sold 20 qrs Flour sells as follows :—Whites, 46s Od ; extras, 448 Oa; superfine, 42s Od ; fine, 40s Od. DERBY SMITHFIELD—Ocr. 28. Beet 6d to 61c1 Veal 7d to 70 Mutton .. 6ld to 71d Pork Lamb Bd to 801 Rough fat, 4s 3d per s tole' Hides, 3d to 41d; calf skins, 5d to 6d. FOREIGN MAIL PACKET LIST. MAILS DUE. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton. . . N0v. 9. . i q via Marseilles Nov. ',3• brazil and Cape Verds, by British packet. Nov. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena. , Nov. 1 ,; China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton. No v. ,X via Marseilles Oct. ''' Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton .. / ....Oct. 26 " India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton..Nelq --via Marseilles .... Oct. India (Bombay), via Southampton via Marseilles Oct. 2 ,6' Lisbon Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Oct. 26 ' via Marseilles Newfoundland -v.. Oporto and Vigo23. U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet O ct. w by U.S. packet , 2 4, by Canadian packet O e ' 10. W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe .. Nos'. Oct. Bahamas, via New Y or k .. Oct. 2 23 ' Mexico.. . t 2 All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, I Oct. 29 * California, and British Columbia. , inter [ADvEßTisEmENT.]—Holloway's Pills are tne . te r gentle, yet most effective aperients, and therefore ir,bey calculated for a family medicine than any other drug . ,-"„ the always set the stomach right, rouse the liver, st imul 7 o llo" kidneys, and thoroughly cleanse the whole system. _ f t he way's Pills are most useful in the chronic weakneas_s.o., 0 . stomach, induced by luxurious living, scdeniatTery IL , l9 it a health other causes. They have restored the enig ey after every other means had failed, whilethey are increasing they are strengthing, while regulating are purifying nervous and muscular power. nee they are especial/9 any violent action in the body, rose constitutions may 1 0 T h es e Pills do not excite suited to the young and feeble, O v we rful medicines. more p irretrievably injured by -- BIRTH S. Wm. Addison , Esq., of a son. the wile 01 Annisox.—On t h e 28th ins t., at South M yms, e a r t s, Cl l i a ft t o e n- B p 6 l t a h ee n Exeltepegtht: BARCLAY.—On the 29th inst., at 3, Blessington-road, Le e, Kent, Mrs. George Barclay, of a son. Royal of a daughter. M V () R o s t: MARRIAGES. Colonel-C ° o 2 l 9 o t n h el n :l t a . y ' DICBEIsINETT.—On the 30th inst.Mary's'ls at St. . lington, Sir James Duke, Bart., we lls, o ldest daughter of the late 111.p., to Jane A of Aberdeen park, 1-1 - --ighbury, "William Bennett, Eficil FLETCRER—PUSSEY. opot's, Knightsbridge, Captainn the 30th inst., at Saint 6th Francis Ch - Fletcher, be Rifles, second son f arteris to Clara, second °A. Fletcher, Esq., of Saltoutq., my., _daughter of the late Phiip Pusey, ve of rusey. Co r, o_mi c: Fi'rzucHAil'3f .E .. 1q 0 . , n a t g h e e d 2 6 , l t . h i ' BARNES, -- On DEATHS. bert Barnes, Esq the a 29th inst., at Winchmore-hilly 11°- -___On the ' l e d i ‘ ns . t. at the Abbey, Cambridge, John of 203, Adelaide-road 1 ns ". George , N.W. M ontalto,REß the t Fineharn, 'Es(l/ .—On the 27th inst , at Ballynahinoll9, Hon. Mrs. Ker, wife Of David Stuart Tier, Esq., I ‘ l4l near - y:orgy KAYE.—OR the 28th inst., at Huntington, Jessie Louisa, wife of Lieut.-Colonel George L• i'M re ' aged 40. John LEy,—On the 27th inst.. atNewton Abbot, Devon', ,s.. Ley, Esq . , late Survey or of Exports, her Majesty sx 4 else, aged 91. u 1 WriAi t, WRIGHT.—On the 29th inst., Mr. Wm. Tura.° a Wardour-street, Soho -square, aged 6=l____, __________--- L ONDO N : Printed and Published by JOHN CHAPLIN, of N 0. 11 2, S trand, Printer, at HE SUN Office, N 0.112 °, T Strand,' in .the Precin ct of the Savo y , in the CountY rawdi„es,-Iridsy, October 31, 186 J.