The Sun. — London, England, 1862-12-01 00:00:00

AMERICA. 'he New York, Times of the 19th ult. contains th..:l following summary of intelligence:— " Our reports from the army of the Potomac are to the effect that all was quiet along the front— wherever that, may be. A rumour prevailed in Washington. last evening that our rear column had i had an engagement with the enemy, but it could not be corroborated." A special despatch from Warrenton, Nov. 17, to the Philadelphia Press, says:— The whole army will be in motion when this meets the eye of the reader. General Hooker was advancing by daybreak this morning. He will be followed to-day by the grand divisions of Sumner and Franklin. Jackson is retreating behind the Manassas Gap. He lingers in the valley to observe oar movements and try to entrap a train of stores occasionally. In this he has failed several times of late, and he is now falling back toward Charlotte- Tulle. Our army moves with renewed and buoyant spirits, and we may look for the happiest results whenever and wherever the enemy is found." The Wheeling Intelligeneer is of the opinion that the apprehension of a raid by " Stonewall " Jack son on Cumberland and Creek is without foundation. It says : " A highly intelligent gentleman with every faci lity for obtaining correct information, and who made it a part of his business to do so, has just come through from Baltimore to Hancock. lie has satisfied himself, from evidences obtained along the route, that Jackson's main army is ain s tationed at Ste phenson's depot, four miles north-east of. Winches ter, on the - Winchester and Potomac Railroad. His men are destitute of tents, and it is believed that he cannot possibly in their present situation even en tertain the idea of such an enterprise as the move ment apprehended. He certainly could not perform it unless the weather were remarkably mild, and he would hardly risk such a contingency. In connection with this the Harper's Ferry corres pondence of the Baltimore American is of interest : rising, and when the flow ,‘ The river is slowly from the mountains comes down, will be fordable only at the most favourable points. With the rivet in its present condition, and the likelihood of its soon being much higher, it is hardly probable that Jackson will cross into Maryland, unless he should get possession of the railroad bridge at North Branch, eight miles below Cumberland. It is to be presumed that point is so well guarded by this time as to render it safe. " The most stringent measures are to be adopted with regard to those officers of the army who per sistently remain absent from their commands with out adequate excuse, and proper means are to be adopted to reduce the number of absentees from the army generally." A despatch from Washington to an evening paper says : " It is believed here that an attack upon Charles ton will not be long postponed. The rebels have been making preparations for the attack for several weeks, and if they are to be believed, will not sur render the city, simply because it may be at the mercy of one of our ironclads. The inhabitants will be ordered to leave, and the town, if necessary, will be consigned to flames rather than be surrendered. So far as I can learn, both army and navy desire that the rebels should take precisely this course, feeling that it would be fit and proper that this trea sonable city should be destroyed: The preparations for attack are so perfect that there can be no doubt whatever that one or more ironclads will succeed in approaching the town, at least within shelling dis- tance." Gen. Morgan's Cumberland Gap army has been ordered into Kentucky from Western Virginia. The 6th Tennessee Regiment passed through Louisville on Friday, and the other two Tennessee regiments were en route. The friends of the admistration, in reply to the censures of General M'Clellan's partisans, confi dently assert that the Government is in possession of letters from that officer, written during his Penin sular campaign, admitting that the force under his command was ample for the objects he had in view. They also assert the existence of evidence, that while be was seemingly anxious to continue his operations against Richmond from that base he was actually intriguing to be recalled, and that he anxiously awaited those orders' to that effect against which he vehemently rem onstra ted when they were received, The New York Times says, in reference to the alleged complaints of foreign powers relative to the seizure of vessels attempting to run the blockade : " The sending of a commissioner to New Orleans, and the appreciation of his impartial report upon the subjects which he examined according to the strict principles of law, are regarded as an ear nest of the intentions of the administration to act with circumspection and justice regarding all matters in which diplomatic relations are involved. Probably the public will soon know that our own government has in turn complained about the Ala bama, and in other cases of violation of neutrality. The meeting of Congress will, as usual, bring out the correspondence, which cannot fail to acquaint the country with the true condition of our foreign relations. The New York Herald's summary contains the following : " The Union forces, consisting of over 700,000 men, are distributed and commanded as follows : Gen. Burnside, with the whole army of the Potomac, aided by Heintzelmann and Sigel,4s to take care of Richmond ; Gen. Cox is making a rapid march to wards the Virginia and Tenn essee Railroad; Gen. Peck and Gen. Foster are to look after the Southern communication of Richmond ; Gen. Banks and Gen. Hunter are to look in at some of the Southern ports now held by the rebels; General Rosencranz is moving through Central Tennessee, General Gran ger through Kentucky, General Grant into Mis sissippi ; General Schofield defends Missouri, and General Curtis is below him on the west side of the river ; and General M'Clernnnd will soon be on his way down the Mississippi river." The following is the latest intelligence from the seat of war : " WAshington, Nov. 17. " The army of the Potomac is again on the move, not toward Richmond by way of Gordonsville, but toward Richmond by way of Fredericksburg. In other words, the basis of operations has been changed to Acquia Creek, and the advance is to be made along the Richmond and Fredericksburg Railroad. Fredericksburg, is nearer to Richmond than Gordonsville, and will be occupied without a battle. This change in the programme was known in Richmond twelve hours before the Federal army commcn ce d t o move." General Burnside has officially informed the War department th at no resignations of officers in the old army of I \l`e , ellan have been tendered. and that everything i, going on as smoothly as could be ex peered. The Washington correspondent of the New York 7 imes observ es upon of .. tho the fact of the change in the imtiocvhemmoehndts:_ Federal army b e i ng known in 44 T o stop the leaks of intelligence in th e adminis. tra tive vessel see ms a i task. Not a day pas ses but some important Ve t t e c s i r e e l a o f the government, guarded with savage jealousy ag a i nst or it s agen t s . against inquisitive loyalty, comes to u s from Richmo n d fully d e - The latest was the I..roposed change on o perations of the Potomac. after It Ras ,tiof bas e i n th e t e rmined on 'Thursdayursday night, theon headquartersscttur the v i Bi o t f (generalof General Halleck to (general Burnside ; and e learned via Baltimore of the quaking night isaP l r .n e liension w hich this decision had inspiredP the minds of the citizens of Richmond. Thisis was twelve hours before the army had struck its tents end commenced it s new movement. like this si:ow Hilt the fatal defects " Incidtrits in the Admini2tration of our Wa r De p artment, so whether low , deplored , a re still i n existence, und they result from treachery or babblings of senility imbecility—tbe reve lations of official spie s or the —must be cured if we are in earnest in our work." Major-General Nl 4 Clellan is expected to visit New York in the latter part of the present or early next week, and measures are being taken by his friends to give him a public re ce p tion. The Common Council has already complimented the general by resolution, and it is more than likely that at the neat meeting of the aldermen, the committee on National Affairs will be authorised to tender him he hospitalities of the city, including 4 public dinner. It is rumoured that President Davis has offered a million bales of cotton for sale at 7 nts a pound payable in gold. lie agrees to give permission for its shipment, the buyers to arrange with the United States Government as to exemption from seizure on the high seas. The draft ordered for to-day (Nov. 19) in Con necticut has been postponed indefinitely, and the governor has called the General Assembly to con- vene on Dee. 9 to organise the militia. The National lntelligencer says:— "We learn that at the Navy-yard on Friday last an experiment was made with ale-inch Dahlgren (smooth bore) gun. A solid shot s weighing 1301b5., was thrown at an iron clad target at a distance of 500 yards, perforating the iron plating four inches thick, as also 10-inch oak planking, passing out the other side. The plating was torn into fragments, one piece flying backwards into the joiners' shop 200 yards in the rear of the gun and 700 from the target." The New York, Times says The statements that Gen. Fremont is to be as signed to the defence of Washington are emphati cally denied by his friends." The United States steamer Dacotah arrived at New York on the 17th inst,, from a craise in search of the steamer Alabama. She sailed on the sth inst., and has been cruising between the east end of Long Island and Cape Hatteras, in the track of our treasure ships, but so far without finding the rebel pirate. The New lark herald says : " It has been rumoured that, another rebel steamer sailed on a trial trip from Liverpool recently, which is ascertained to be the Columbia, late of the Gal- way line, which has been rebuilt by Mr. Laird, M.P., the constructor of the Alabama. Several vessels of known speed and drawing little water are being purchased in England by rebel agents. The St. Louis News of Nov. 14 says : " The movements on the river and on land in the West indicate that a movement of considerable im portance in the South-west is about to be made. It is not yet given out what the exact character of the movement is to be, but its object is pretty well un derstood and heartily approved throughout the West. The rebels themselves have had wind of it for at least 10 ten days past. They construe it as an intended expedition against Vicksburg, designed to reduce that place and re-open the Mississippi to New Orleans. They are, therefore, exerting them selves to the utmost to meet us there, and make a desperate resistance. It is reported that nearly all the rebel forces in Arkansas have been withdrawn east of the Mississippi, and stationed near Vicks burg, and the disappearance of the enemy recently in front of General Schofield, in North-western Arkansas, gives colour to this conjecture. It is probable also that they will abandon all northern Mississippi, and withdraw the larger portion of their army now in front of General Grant to reinforce their forces at Vicksburg. Should Vicksburg prove to be the point of con test, it will prove no child's play. The rebels have not less than 50,000 men massed to defend it, and it is certain they will defend it with desperation. What the strength of our forces will be we are not prepared to say ; but one thing is certain—if the object of the movement be to capture Vicksburg, it will be accomplished. The barque Clara Rosa Sutil, Captain Scandella, arrived at New York on the 18th inst., bringing ad- vices from Maracaibo to Oct. 23. The revolution in Maracaibo continued. The town and bar were being strongly fortified. A fleet of five schooners and a number of smaller craft were about the harbour. The Government of Caraccas had five war schooners outside the bar blockading. Capt. Scan della managed to get out his vessel through the French Consul, who had gone down to the bar to get in a French barque that was anchored outside. The barque Yeate was outside the bar. The New York Tribune says:— " All statements that there is any variance be. tween General Halleck end General Burnside are pronounced erroneous. They are in perfect accord with respect to the conduct of the war." The report of General Rosencranz on the battle of Corinth has been published. He summarises the results of the battle as follows : " We fought the combined rebel force of Missis sippi, commanded by Van Dorn, Price, Love!, Villi pigne, and Rust in person, numbering, according to their own authority, 38,000 men. We signally de feated them with little more than half their num- bers, and they fled, leaving their dead and wounded on the field. The enemy's loss in killed was 1,423 officers and men ; their loss in wounded, taking the general average, amounts to 5,692. We took 2,248 prisoners, among whom are 137 f eld officers, cap tains and subalterns, representing 43 regiments of infantry, 16 regiments of cavalry, 53 batteries of artillery, and 7 battalions, making 69 regiments, 7 battalions, and 13 batteries, besides separate com panies: We took also 14 stands of colours, 2 pieces of artillery, 3,300 stands of arms, 4,500 rounds of arms, and a large lot of accoutrements. The enemy blew up several waggons between Corinth and Chewaila, and beyond many ammunition waggons and carriages were destroyed, and the ground was strewn with tents, officers' mess chests, and small arms. We pursued them 40 miles in force and 60 miles with cavalry. Our loss was only 315 killed, 1,812 wounded, and 232 pri soners and missing. It is said the enemy were so de moralised and alarmed at our advance that they set fire to the stores at Tupello, but finding we were not close upon them, extinguished the fire and removed the public stores, except two car loads of bacon, which they destroyed. It is stated that the formidable iron-clad steamer Roanoke, now finishing at the Washington navy yard, and which is to be ready within a short time, has been definitively assigned by the Government to the defence of the harbour of New York. The Federal Navy Department has received vo luminous despatches from the Gulf, stating that the United States gunboat Sagamore, on Oct. 28, cap tured the English schooner Friar, of and from Nas sau, with a cargo of Ino bags of salt and miscella• neons articles. On the 23d the same gunboat cap tured the English schooner Francis, of and from Nassau, with salt, powder, gin, &c. The schooner Rachel Seaman, on Oct. 6, cap tured off Sabine Pass the English schooner Dart. The steamer Kensington recently captured the English schooner Adventurer attempting to run the blockade off the coast of Texas. On the alernoon of Oct. 30, the United States steamer Connecticut, Commander M. Haxton, cap tured the English "whitewashed', brig Hermosa. She is deeply laden with a full cargo, consisting of drugs, dry goods, army blankets, hardware, p ow d er shoes, wines, quinine, and a well assorted cargo ge nerally. When captured, she was close under the shore, say about two miles, and about 15 miles east ward of Sabine. Com. Haxton put a prize crew on board the brig, and sent her to Key West for legal adjudication. The trial trip of the Federal iron clad steamer Passaic took place on the 15th. The Nem ark Herald publishes the following account of the trip : The Passaic left the wharf at the foot of 13th street, between 10 and 11 o'clock in the morning, and steamed up the North River against n strong ebb tide and a heavy northerly wind. Her speed from the start averaged about seven knots through the water, and her screw only making 58 turns, which is 22 less than she has the power to give. But the boilers foamin g , it was no t d e emed advisable to drive her up to her maximum speed, the trial being more for the gun than the vessel. Her speed was remarked by all on board, many thinking she was going faster th...n she really was, but the log gave the true The air wa figure cold and th e b reeze very p i erc i ng, fi s . but the anxiety ast o o ok. On arriving the result of th e exper i men t kept everyon e on deck. On a poi n t opposite Fort Washing &us headedunder thein towardsthe western shore h o e f Pa th s e s Passaic w river or a Pallisades , when , selecting uninhabited spot, cliffs of the p was determined to see the Effect against the ot, it rocky b u lwarks of the noble Hudson. The steamer was stopPed, and the 15-inch gun was loaded with 20 TIIE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 1, 1862. pounds of powder and a hollow shot. After the gun was run out to the side of the turret and all was ready it was fired, the ball ricochetting along the water a few times, then striking the rocks, causing them to fly like so many chaff, followed by a terrible echo, which in its force resembled the explosion of a powder-mill. The noise outside of the turret was terrible while inside there was no concussion of any account, and the noise certainly did not exceed that which would have been produced by the firing of ma ordinary pistol. Every one was surprised, and unwilling at the trial to say much; all were anxious to see the effect of a full service charge of 34 lbs. of powder. The gun only recoiled 27 inches. The second time the gun was loaded with 35 lbs. of powder and a hollow shot. It was fired, recoiling three feet ten inches, producing no unpleasant concussion, and as before there was scarcely any smoke in the turret. Several of the spectators who were inside the turret at the first firing were outside this time to see the working of the shot, but the noise was so unpleasant that they preferred to be inside the next time the gun was fired, and accordingly they went in and re mained there during the remainder of the firing. " The third time the gun was fired it was charged with 351bs. of powder and a hollow shot. The recoil was only 2ft. Bin. The same results were obtained without trouble; in fact, it was much pleasanter inside than outside the turret. No noise was per ceptible tending to discomfort either on the berth deck or in the engine room. " The fourth and last time the gun was fired it was charged with 351bs of powder and a solid shot, the first one fired from a gun of this size with a full service charge. The result was precisely the same, the recoil being only 2ft. Bin., and no noise or smoke inside the turret. " Thus ended the experiment with the gun, which was in every respect satisfactory. _ _ _ "We refrain from giving our, foreign friends or the rebels the slightest cue as to how this matter has been accomplished, but suffice it to say that it is the plan of Capt. Ericsson, and it is now believed to be as near perfection as anything mortal man can make. "We will, however, give some of the general points in the workings of these new Monitors, showing their most prominent features. "In the first place their speed will be sufficient for the purposes for which they were designed. There is no dubt that they will go at the very least nine knots; secondly, at no time will the guns of the vessel be liable to any damage from the projectiles of the enemy—for the muzzles will not protrude outside of their shields ; thirdly, the number of men to work one of these enormous guns is less than to work an ordinary 11-inch gun on a Marsilly car riage. Three men will run out the 15-inch gun, weighing 42,0001b5. (nearly 21 tons), as easily as 19 men work an 11-inch pivot. The English in __ tended to put a 14-ton gun in a cupola, but Sir H. Douglas strenuously opposed such a step, as he be lieved they would not be able to get men enough inside to work it; therefore it never was attempted. One strong person can run out the 15-inch gun, while he runs out the 11-inch one with perfect ease. " In these new Monitor batteries we give not only protection to the men but to the guns, which, when the vessel has but two, it is very desirable should be protected. The appliance to carry off the con cussion and the smoke is simple and ingenious, and the government should take care not to let this secret get out, so as to be used by other Powers. It is a success only second to the conception of the original Monitor. Europe will again be astonished and int to thinking, while America not only has the work done, but will ere long test the working on her enemies. The success of firing a monster 15-inch gun inside of a turret adds another wreath of laurels already won by the genius of Ericsson. Our cdun try should be proud of his talents and his successes. "All who witnessed the trials yesterday were highly delighted." terms of the despatch, saying that as it related only to the guilty, the innocent could not be affected by it. The arrest was a measure of necessity, demanded by circumstances. The minister might, it had been said, have convoked Parliament at that time; he would to do it ; his interest commanded have b h e i e m n t v o e r d y o h i a t p ; phye would have been on the morrow of the events which had taken place more favourably judged ; but could the Chamber have Lumediately replied to his appeal, and should its decisions have been waited for P If the amnesty was not immediately accorded it was because he wished public opinion to declare in its favour. The speaker, postponing until the_following day the re mainder of his explanations, succinctly reviewed the acts of his administration, and begged that they should be judged without passion and without pre judice. " Let the interests of the country be consi dered above a►l things," he exclaimed, in conclusion. the exercise and drill had had such excellent sanitary results that the Volunteers were not only the finest' body of men in the kingdom, but were also the healthiest. (Cheers.) The hon. baronet then presented the vase to Sir J. Y. Scarlett, the honorary colonel of the regiment, who received the handsome gift amid the cheers of the battalion. Sir J. Y. SCARLETT, in the name of the corps, returned thanks. He said he concurred in every word that had fallen from Sir M. Peto, and could even say more than that gentle man had done in praise of the Volunteer movement. He ac cepted the handsome vase with pleasure, not only because of its beauty and intrinsic value, but because it would excite a wholesome emulation of the corps, and ho trusted that it would in turn be held by each company in the corps. The gift, however, was still more valuable as a substantial proof of the approbation with which their fellow citizens regarded the motives that had induced the members of the corps to enrol themselves in its ranks. (Hear.) There could be no mistake about those motives. There might be stern moralists or philanthropists so averse from war that they disliked the idea of placing weapons in the hands of any men ; but however objectionable might have been the con duct of some conquerors who were led on to war by an in ordinate love of glory the objection could not be imputad to the volunteers. They were actuated by a sacred motive, for when could they more confidently hope for the blessing of Providence upon their efforts than when those efforts were made in the defence of their liberties, their homes, their families and their country ? (Hear, hear.) He had not been of those who were apprehensive of invasion when strong suspicions of that danger prevailed in this country. He did not think a neighbouring potentate was so blind to his own interests as co wish to attack this country, but that potentate was in such a position that he might have been forced to do so against his will by a power which he could not resist. But the moment that suspicion arose, then there also arose, as it were, from the ground a large armed force of Volunteers. He remembered the astonishment evinced by foreigners upon the occasion of the Volunteer Review in Hyde-park, and also the im pression caused by the review in Edinburgh ; but that was only the beginning. Since those events the movement had been so rapid and well-sustained that those who once thought England might be invaded now held a different opinion. The gallant General then referred to the condi tion of the corps, which he said was remarkably satisfac tory. In barely two years the total strength of the bat talion had reached 650 members, and it could bring 450 effactives into the field at any time. Eighty recruits had joined in the present year. He had seen the corps reviewed at various times, and had heard the highest approbation be stowed upon it by the commanding officers upon those occa• sions. He therefore felt proud of filling the post of hono rary colonel of the 40th Middlesex Volunteers, as he did not believe there was a more efficient corps in London. (Hear, hear.) He then proceeded to distribute the regimental prizes to the several winners, and finally entrusted the In habitants' Challenge Cup to the keeping of Company C, the winners of this year. Thanks were voted to the donors of prizes, to Sir M. Peto, and to Sir J. Y. Scarlett, who, in returning thanks, said he hoped next year, in the name of Lady Scarlett, to induce the corps to accept another challenge cup ; and he also sug gested that a most acceptable prize would be one offered by unmarried ladies, to be contended for by bachelor members of the regiment, a suggestion that was received with loud applause. THE DEBATE IN THE ITALIAN PAR. LIAMEIVT. SIGNOR RATTAZZI'S DEFENCE. In the sitting of the Chamber of Deputies, which took place on the 26th inst., Signor Rattazzi de fended his policy in a speech of which the follow ing is a summary :- 4411. e stated in the first place that it was as much from principle as from a desire to reply to the accu sations directed against him that he had so warmly desired to explain his conduct. 'As for personali ties,' he added, disdain them.' Throwing a re trospective glance upon the events which had taken place, he showed, without blaming any previous ad ministration, how the different parties had been led to organise themselves. The present Cabinet,find ing those parties opposed to each other, endeavoured to reconcile them, and for that purpose introduced into its combinations men of advanced opinions. From the moment of its accession to power it an nounced its intentions by the fusion of the two armies ; and if it had been stopped in the path of conciliation, was that the fault of the Ministry—a Ministry which, despite the antagonistic elements of which it was composed, had never changed, and always maintained in its councils the utmost unani mity ? The conciliation inaugurated by the fusion of the two armies was, in the first place, disturbed by the Sarnico scandal; and afterwards at Aspro munte. Who was to blame? Supposing it even to be true that Aspromonte would not have occurred but for the want of authority of the Ministry, would not the responsibility fell upon the majority which refused its support to the Cabinet without having the moral courage to overthrow it ? Turning towards the right, Signor Rattazzi ex claimed, " Since we did not inspire you with con fidence, why did you not oppose us ?" He then energetically repelled the accusation brought against him by M. Nicotera. If the law had sometimes not been applied in all its strictness the fault must be attributed to those terrible moments in which the safety of the country was endangered by Gene ral Garibaldi. As to the reproaches of weakness, were they applicable to a Cabinet which had dis solved the Emancipation Society, prevented popu lar manifestations, resisted Garibaldi, and induced the recognitions of Russia and Prussia ? Referring to the questions of Signor Boncompagni, Signor Rattazzi declared that the Government had never' authorised clandestine armaments in Sicily or else where. Before the troubles at Palermo he had done all he could to hinder them, and if he had not suc ceeded better it was because he was fettered by the law. It was owing to this that he had recourse to the law respecting associations. Signor Rattezzi then showed from a legal point of view the diffe• rence that exists between the right of meeting re cognised by the law, and the right of association, the signification of which could not, he said, be misunderstood. Referring next to the nomination of the Marquis Pallavicini to the Prefecture of Palermo, he said that nomination, which took place before Sarnico and Aspromonte, was also a concilia- I tory act. The Government had never concealed its intentions from the Marquis Pallavicini ; and if it afterwards hesitated to accept his resignation, it was from prudential motives, and out of regard to i as t t h t e h S a t i c i G I i a i n r i s b , a t l h d a i t w i t o u ld give temporised, ive up is hoping m to h a d un d t er e . taking. As to the state of siege in the Southern provinces, the speaker maintained that, when the country is in danger, the Government - has always the right to suspend constitutional privileges, and that if the state of siege was not decreed until after Garibaldi had entered Catania, the rea son was that it became necessary to go beyond the law, in order to preserve the law. A less energetic measure might have failed to convince the people. If the state of siege was continued afterwards the brigandage and the camorra were the causes. The minister then referred to the exciting question—. the arrest of the deputies. It was, he said, in con dtehsrpeaetcdheptuotiGesel eizlrldAiallill:lcaarmivoinrao: sc stating ciu the ef t t a h oand GaribaldiFa bz r t , h h a a left td the p C r i efccAt r a oi fs w i n i N t o. h he a wp t laess e m bxe o pl ee d: vt o ee r dd d r e at his duty to arrest them . Nsples, w wereP ul i would cause sandig naft i ee t adr t it o nog t h i m ak e t h atap accompl ices sltahcehe arri val o f o of those Gargeneralibaldidid who hesitate to act as he had acted. " A despatch from the general to the cabinet was here read by Signor Rattazzi, in the midst of the utmost commotion of the Left. After much inter ruption, the speaker endeavoured to explain the TICKE7-OE-LEAVE CONVICTS. At a meeting held at Bristol a few days since on the sub ject of a charge in the treatment of criminals, Mr. Commis. sioner Hill, who presided, read a paper contrasting the ad ministration of the convict system in Ireland with that of England. He said—Not only is the law precisely the same in both islands, but the order issued by the executive Government for carrying the law into execution are also identical up to a certain point. In Ireland, however, one of the conditions enjoined on the discharged convict is that he shall report himself to the police of his district on the first day of each month; while in England it has been deemed a policy essential to giving the ticket-holder a chance for obtaining employment that his antecedents should be carefully concealed ; therefore, so far from his being enjoined to report himself to the police, they are kept as far as can be in ignorance of his existence. The re maining differences in the conduct of the two experiments result from the conflicting views of the Convict Board in Ireland with those of the Convict Board in England. In Ireland the directors, believing that the responsibility of Government for the demeanour of the convict extends up to the expiration of his sentence, whether he be in or out of prison, so administer their powers as to make every portion of that term as efficient as they can towards perfecting his reformation and making it per manent. They act under the firm persuasion that unless they can induce the prisoner to become the principal agent in working out his own reformation they accomplish nothing. In addition, therefore, that most powerful motive with which the law furnishes him, when it enables him to shorten his own imprisonment by his own effert, all other motives within the compass of their powers to set before him which may urge him to the fulfilment of his arduous task are brought into play. And with this view they have not shrunk from taking upon themselves the labour of treating their prisoners separately, making themselves acquainted with the springs of action likely to operate upon each mind, which it will be readily admitted differ very much in different individuals. This they call the principle of individualisation—a principle which stands in striking contrast with that adopted in England. Sir Joshua Jebb is of opinion that prisoners are best dealt with in masses and by routine; that is to say, by a system of training which treats every man as if he were the exact duplicate of his neighbour; so that whatever operated upon one would operate in the same measure of force upon the other, Another principle kept in view in Ireland (while very im perfectly applied, if at all, in England) is, that the power of self-action there considered as essential to work reforma tion is gradually to be enlarged in proportion to the im provement made by the prisoner in his aspirations and in his habits. The Irish directors believe that no person can acquire self-government who has not the opportunity of doing wrong as well as of doing right. For it is the exer cise of the faculty which enables us to abide by that which is right, and steadily reject that which is wrong,which con• stitutes self-government. It is obvious that at first the limits within which the prisoner may act as he likes must be narrow, because, while his old desires and habits are strong upon him, he will find the temptation to evil too potent for resistance. This gradual relaxation of his bends is carried in Ireland to such an extent that while in his first stage he is denied all comMunication with his fellow-pri soners, and is hemmed in by the strictest and most galling restraints, the last stage differs but little from perfect li berty. The gates are open, and there are no physical bonds to prevent his desertion. He is frequently despatched abroad on errands, or sent to agricultural employment or other la bours out of doors. For in this last, which is called the in termediate stage, meaning thereby intermediate between imprisonment and freedom, moral influences are alone ex erted to enforce the rules which, in addition to general good conduct, enjoin industry, abstinence from drink, and his return to the gaol at appointed hours. He knows, however, that the slightest breach of these rules would send him back to a lower stage, and he feels that in main taining his position he is earning a character. He knows that the facts of his case will be laid before any employer who may be minded to engage his services immediately on his discharge, and also that a character so earned will have far more weight than any general recommendation which the authorities of the prison could alone give to a man whose power of resisting the temptation which the world outside the prison gates must assuredly have in store for him has never been tested ; as it never can be tested on any plan in which he passes at once from perpe tual restraint to perfect liberty—where he is one day master of few or none of his actions, and the next day thrown on the world utterly without guidance, control, or responsibi lity. It is most instructive to contrast the result of these opposite courses of administering our convict system. The creature of a "training in masses," and by "routine" learns, it is true, a sort of moral drill, by which, under or dinary circumstances, he becomes obodient and conformable to prison rules. He is thus carried onward, with little exer cise of his own volition, towards the gates of his prison, and unless he act, as he sometimes does, with outrageous folly and wickedness, he is considered to have a claim for his ticket of leave at the earliest period when, in conformity with the scale, it can be granted to him. And even in the cases of gross misconduct to which I have adverted, the ticket is withheld only for a short period. Now, the great end and object of the ticket-of-leave system was, as might be expected, and as we learn from the Ministers of the Crown in their speeches on submitting the measure t 3 Par liament, to stimulate the convict to work out his own libe ration by energy and self-command. Yet the English ad ministration of the system deliberately destroys that stimu lus through a course of proceeding in which the prisoner receives a discharge obtained through the working of a sort of machinery. The English administration seems to imitate in sober earnest the scheme imagined in one of our nursery fables for transforming age into youth by grinding the candidates for rejuvenescence in a mill, But, alas I numerous and potent as the expedients of mechanical science have become in our day, none of them have hitherto been successfully applied to moral operations. In Ireland, on the eve of discharge, whether by ticket of leave or on the expiration of sentence, employers not seldom resort to the gaol with the view of making choice of such mon as may suit their purposes. Inquiries are also circulated among employers of labour, by direction of the board, so that no opportunity should be lost of consigning the discharged convict to the care and superintendence of some trust worthy person. Nor is this task so difficult as our English experience would lead us to suspect. The fact of the con vict having for a long period resisted all temptations to de sert is is itself encouraging, while the register of his con duct, which the prison books will supply, enables the em ployer to see that the man has evinced steadiness of charac • ter during a far longer period. He also knows that the con ditions endorsed upon the ticket-of-leave will be treated not as fictitious, but will be certainly enforced. Thus the em ployer feels that he has not only the experience of the con vict's behaviour during his prison life to rely upon, but that, Iby the supervision of the police, the servant will be held to a very strict responsibility for his future well -doing. The exult of all this toil and forethought oh the part of the di rectors is answerable to the excellence of the means. Gra dually public confidence has been created in the perecver• ance in good conduct of ticket of-leave men, and ouch con fidence is justified and strengthened by the experience of every succeeding year. While even as to convicts who have been unable to work themselves out of prison before the termination of their sentence, and who therefore have never enjoyed the privilege of a ticket-of-leave, they, with a few exceptions, are in a much better state as regards their desire to lead an honest life and their capacity for acting up to their resolutions than they would have been if their training had been confined to the mechanical pro cess which I have described. Let me add, that in Eng land patient submission to such a process would have gained them their license. And hence the risk incurred by benevolent persons in giving them shelter and setting them to work is far from being so great as it would be in England. With regard to the inefficient training of the English ticket-of-leave men, I have the authority of Sir G. G! ey in stating that the illusion should be dispelled that the holder of a ticket-of-leave is ascertained to be less likely to relapse into crime than any other discharged cri minal. But, although the Executive Government justly withheld its confidence in the reformation of discharged criminals, it was benevolently desirous that they should ob tain employment. Hence the determination to conceal their antecedents. But this policy was equally injurious to mas ters and servants. That a seeker for employment has been in prison is a fact pretty sure to be found out. Thus all criminals, whether reformed or unreformed, are of necessity placed by the public in the same category, and trust is in discriminately refused to earl; the inevitable consequence being that the greater pa) t have no alternative between re currence to crime on the one hand and starvation on the other. It is des; -able that such among us, if any large number there be, who object to supervision by police as being over-harsh, should remember that it is only the ill doer who provokes hostility, and while supervision is inimical to him, it is at the same time a shield of safety over his former co-mate who perseveres in his new life of honest industry. The relapses in Ireland are, including both from January, 1856, to January, 1862, ticket-of-leave men and convicts otherwise discharged, 10 per cent. And Sir W. Crofton has challenged, without response, the disclosure of the name of any convict under ticket-of-leave who has broken his conditions, and who has been suffered to remain at large. In England the conditions are a dead letter; the practice, notwithstanding the warning " that it is not neces sary that the convict should commit a new offence," being to refuse to take cognisance of any misconduct short of a new offence, while even, were that practice reformed, and were it now attempted to enforce the conditions, the Exe cutive Government has left itself but very inadequate means of identifying the ticket-of-leave men who are spread abroad through the land, and whose names and descriptions have been kept back from the police. Tables of English relapses are no doubt given, and in some of their aspects Ido not inpugn their accuracy. The numbers in these tables, amounting to 16 per cent., show that at least so many as are found there have relapsed, but they do not show that the list is complete. From observation, and inquiry con tinued for years, I have arrived at the conclusion that the number of English relapses must exceed 50 per cent. THE REV. DR. TEMPLE ON THE LAN- CASHIRE Din RMS. The Rev. Dr. Temple, of Rugby, in company with two other friends, lately visited Lancashire, and the former rev. gentleman publishes the impression produced on his mind. The friends visited, either jointly or separately, Man chester, Stockport, Preston, Blackburn, and Burnley, and made careful inquiries into the system of relief adopted over the whole county. "My first impression," says Dr. Temple, "was certainly surprise to find the distress much less than I had expected. I visited many of those who are now receiving relief—some accompanied by a relief committee's visitor; some quite alone. I only found one house without a tolerable fire. I saw signs of hunger, but none of starvation ; I saw no bare feet ; I saw nothing at all approaching to the misery of the Irish famine nor to that which was to be seen in Coventry two years age. A very little inquiry, however, revealed that this appearance was due, not to the smallness, of the distress, but to the thorough efficiency .of the system of relief. The people parted with everything that could be parted with of any value. Almost all their bedding, all extra clothing, all spare furniture, all past savings—all have been gradually absorbed. They are now standing on the edge of a precipice from which they are only held back by the strong arm of a more complete organisation to aid them than I believe any other county in England could have produced. The centre of this organi sation is the Executive Committee at Manchester; This committee meets every Monday, and obtains as full reports as it is possible to get, not only of the needs of each of the distressed towns, but of the supplies provided, either from local or other sources, to meet those needs, Upon these re ports the committee makes its grants, often accompanying them with suggestions or requirements. The grants are made in every instance to local committees who have under taken the duty of relieving the distressed in their own loca lity." To the county organisation, and, above all to the Executive Committee, it is due that the administration of relis is at once efficient and just, and that no one from one end of the county to the other is in real dr.nger of dying for lack of food. t‘ Most certainly anyone who wishes to give, and wishes that his money should be wisely and efficiently used, should send it to the Central Committee at Manchester." The poor people seemed to feel that all was being done for them that could be done. " Many of them were do jected, indeed almost prostrate. Many showed in their faces the terrible s' ruggle through which they had passed before consenting to accept relief. One, a decent shopkeeper, showed me his books to prove that his whole profits for a week had only been 6d., and asked if I thought he had done very wrong to come on the committee. Another spoke cheerfully, as he hoped that an Englishman might feel justified in accepting charity to save his family from star ving ; but while he spoke he turned pale, a spasm crossed his face, and he rose suddenly and left the room, while his wife burst into tears. Everywhere I met the marks of ter rible mental suffering. But nowhere did I find any com plaint against the upper classes, any sense of injustice, or of having been hardly used. Never was there seen a nobler simplicity of endurance. We cannot allow these people to starve. We must continue to send them help. Though the money now subscribed is well in front of the immediate need it must not be forgotten that it flows rapidly out ; as to leave the relief committees without money for a week would in evitably starve hundreds. To leave them without money for a month would renew the horrors of the Irish famine." Dr. Temple believes it would be ruin to the smaller ratepayers to strain the rates much farther. The mill owners, as a body, are doing as much as ever could be expected of them, but the landowners have not appreciated the greatness of the need. "If the riches of the millowner are liable to the demand of the operatives, much more are those of the landowner ; and this terrible crisis has seriously damaged the former; while it had left the latter almost unscathed. If every landowner in Lancashire would calculate what he would have to pay if a rate of 2s. 6d. were levied, not on occupiers, but on owners throughout the county, and make that sum his con tribution, Lancashire would have no need to talk of a grant from the consolidated fund. That the property of the county is well able to bear the burden . there cannot be th e slightest doubt. If Parliament is to interfere, the interfe rence should consist in putting the burden on the right shoulders, not in transferring it to the shoulders of the na tion: But I feel tolerably confident that the meeting next week will render interference needless. A county which has shown such admirable skill in administering funds entrusted to its management is not likely to be unwilling to make the needful sacrifices towards raising its share of such funds ; and more than its share England will not ask to it do." THE LANCASHIRE DISTRESS MEDICAL FUND. (From the Lancet.) The dire and widespread distress in Lancashire has called forth a living stream of sympathy and aid from pvpry corner of the land. Such a demonstration of fellow-feeling has proved, in the most convincing manner, not only how active is the principle of charity in England, but still more how strong is the tie that binds all Englishmen together as members of one family. Firstly, every individual looks upon the cry from the cotton districts as a direct appeal to himself. In the nest place, every c unty, every town, every village, every congregation, every public body, links together its constituents, and in its corporate capacity helps again. In one way or another, we are too well assured that our medical brethren, the never-failing friends of the poor, have added their contributions, in money and in labour, towards the alleviation of the appalling sufferings that wring the heart of the nation. But the winter advances, and the American strife still rages in insensate fury, withholding the material of industry. For some months to come the effort must be sustained. The occasion calls for medical men row to act in a body as a profession. We invite them, knowing their liberality, and the depth of the distress wait ing for relief, to institute a " Medical Fund." Every medical practitioner knows how sadly want of the necessaries of life causes and aggravates disease, and augments the difficul ties of treatment. None so well as the medical practi tioners in the distressed districts know how the distress is to be met most effectually. It would afford most material aid if the medical practitioners throughout the country would strengthen the hands of their colleagues in Lanca , shire, by supplying them with means of affording medical comforts and food to the patients. First of all rtmodies for diseases that spring from starvation are food, fit ing, an d clothing. We should eernestly desire to organise a system of mutual aid of this kind—medical m en way re_ mains Irahyi h lightening the burden that falla wit h such Over whelming pressure upon the medical p rof ession in Stock mport, s open. o nd e e before l s t e h w a h nn e r ei e x n any h . t w l e n e k o to receive such we ye think more hi m ore goodcould be done p in formation from our brethren in Lancashire as • will give a determinate direction to the funds We my be enabled from time to time to collect. As a b eg i nnin tion of the Medical Fund--- b. • e subjoin g —as an inaugura w su bscriptions : Pia the following list of The Proprietors of The Lanet .. . . Ernest Hart, Esq. .. £lOO 0 0 .. Dr. Barnes .. .. 20 0 0 .. .. . .. 0 J. F. Clarke Esq.. . .. .. 2 .. .. .. 2 2 0 0 J . , ZT. 4t4dcliffei Esi, ~ • ~, I, .• 1 1 0 LAW IN7ELLIG'ENCE, Nov. 29. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. (Sittings at Nisi Prius after Term, at Westmincterf before Mr- Baren Martin and a Common Jury.) ROBERTS V. ORCHARD-FALSE IMPRISONMENT . This action was brought by a salesman formerly in the employ of the defendant, a draper in Regen t " street, to recover compensation in damages for having been given by him into custody on a cha r g e of steaing a florin, the property of his master. The defendant pleaded not guilty, and that when he gave the plaintiff into custody he bona fide believed that he had taken the money. Mr. Sergeant Parry and Mr. Loxton were NO' eel for the plaintiff, and Mr. Sergeant Ballantine sad Mr. D. Keane for the defendant. It appeared that on the Bth of February last the plaintiff had received change from ono of the cashiers, and finding afterwards that it was short went back and received the additional sum requ ired. Mr. Orchard, the defendant, then called him int° the counting-house, and having made him take ou t all the money from his pocket, denlared that he h ad a florin which he had previously marked, and g ave him into custody for embezzlement. lie was tak en before Mr. Yardley, the magistrate, at Marlboroug h " street, who upon hearing the evidence dismisse d th ! case. The plaintiff was a silk salesman, and had been 20 years in the trade, and he alleged that in consequence of this occurrence he had been unabl e to obtain any employment. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine, on the part of the de' fendant, submitted that the action could not he, maintained, as a month's notice of bringing it h ad not been given to the defendant under 24th and 2 5 t h Vict., c. 96, the object of which, he said, was, th at in cases of this kind the person who had given th e , party into custody should have an opportunity offering a fair compensation. Mr. Baron Martin held that the notice was ne t required. The defendant, Mr. Orchard, was called for the defence, and he said that in consequence of CO plaints having been made to him by his cashie r ; as to the plaintiff having said he received alle, r : change, he marked some silver money on t"" Bth February, and afterwards he found one of t he , marked florins, which he identified, in possession 01 ' the plaintiff. Mr. Sergeant Parry said the object of this evidence was to prove a felony, and objected to it on the ground of there being no plea of justification. ,„ Mr. Sergeant Ballantine said his object vv3e ,`"„, prove the bona fi des of the defendant in giving tw" plaintiff into custody. Mr. Baron Martin said the bona fides of the d e i ; fendant had nothing to do with the verdict, thong it might affect the damages. A lad named Mills, a cashier in the defenda nt employ, was next examined. He said he vit ae ,: the defendant's service in November, 1861, and fn . that time up to the Bth of February the plaintiff b il e , 50 times complained of short change. In the P r sence of Giffard, another cashier, he gave the chae.g a, containing the florin in question, to the plaintwe (It should be stated that the plaintiff in his evidece said he had only once complained of short change)* Giffard corroborated Mills's evidence. mee t Mr. Baron Martin asked if the defendant !ne e to prove a felony, because that was the tend on° of this evidence. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine said he did not. 1 !: relied entirely upon the perfect bona fides of t" defendant in giving the plaintiff into custody. t Mr. Sergeant Parry said he must then (M ee to the evidence. Mr. Baron Martin then summed up. He told ti! jury they must assume that the plaintiff was 10 0 '4 cent, and the only question would be the amou nt " damages. The Jury returned a verdict for the plaintift Damages £2OO. e d A bill of exceptions was tendered to the lea r n d judge's ruling as to the reception of evidence ll summing up. COUNTRY 11141iii.t41 , ,4., Wheat genera N ny Oß m W ade lC l H ate — p S r A ie T e ur te tir da . gonie instances is per qr more money was demanded. For bale also more money was demanded. There was a slow e for oats, beans, and peas. to 47: White wheat. 49s to 50i 1 Red wh e at ........43s 35 Malting barley 34s to 37s 1 Chevalier barley.. • ° " 8 Distilling do . 28s to 30s I Oats.. . . Flour, 30s 6d to —s Od per sack from the miller' to LEICE STER—SATURDAY. 36 Old white wheat, 59s to GOs ; new, 48s to 52s p er stone. Old red, 54s to 578 per 36 stone. Barley, new, 34s to 38s per qr.; grindi n g, 29s to 31s; old ea% 28s to 325; new oats, 21s to 25s per 24 stone. Beams new, —s to —s ; old, 40s to 43s per 38 stone. new, NORTHAMPTON —•SA.TURDAT• 2 90 New wheat, 42s to 525:; old, 508 to 665. Barley, ,80 to 38s per qr. New oats quoted at 24s to 28s ; 016,,,,b 't0 to 328 per 24 stone. Beans, old, 39s to 42 5; new, 3-b 38s. Peas, 36s to 44s per qr. NOTTINGHAM —SATURDAY. 90. White wheat, from 45s to 63 s ; re d w h ea t, 42s to A - o to Barley — malting, 34s to 44s ; grinding, 28 s to 30s. v q o old, at 25s to 31s Od ; new, 23s to 275. Beans sold at to 45s per qr. Flour, 41s to 445. YORK— SATURDAY. to 24° Wheat, red 44s to 48 s O a t s .... 229 ~,, 42a White do .50s to 56s Beans 40e 1 ",...0 .___... to Barley .30s to 36s Peas ......._. 4 06 Malt, 64§ to 66s per qr.; rye, 398 per qr. ; gem' to 42s per sack. DUBLIN—FRIDAY. s.d. s.d. Wheat, white 30 0 to 34 0 Do., red 27 0 to 32 0 Do., new - 0 Barley Oats Do., black l4 6 to 16 6 13 s. d. ;i; Beans.. Bere Rapeseed 0 to 1 6 6 Oatmeal l5 0 to , 7 ) . 6 Bakers' flour 16 6t o 0 Indian corn CORK• ov. 28. Re d The following were the quotations this morning', 100 wheat, 17 s ' Od t o 24 s 9d ; w hi te, 22s Od to 27s Od, b a riel od ' to Od to 18s Od ; oats, 8s 6d to 138 6d. ; new bere, —s Od. 211 E NAVY. The paddle steamer Vivid, tender to the flagship Fisgard, returned to Woolwich on Saturday from Dover. On the arrival of the Vivid off the dock yard she was immediately ordered to fill up her coal bunkers and leave Woolwich at 5 o'clock yesterday morning to be in readiness to embark his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales on his return to Eng land. The screw gun vessel Flying Fish, Commander Anderson, was on Saturday paid out of commission at Woolwich, and will be placed in the hands of the shipwrights for repairs. The whole of the new ships commenced during the last two years in Woolwich dockyard, some of which are in a forward state, are now delayed in consequence of the various improved systems under the consideration of the Admiralty. The shed from which the Caledonia was launched remains unoccu pied, from the indecision regarding the system to be adopted as to the future style of shipbuilding ; consequently a temporary reduction in the present establishment is spoken of. The following appointments were made on Satur day at the Admiralty :—Lieut. C. B. Boder to the Megmra ; Lieut. F. S. Vander Meulen to the Hima laya ; J. A. Chalice, midshipman, to Meeanee ; S. Madden, chief engineer, to the Indus, for the Pelorus, on the latter being paid off; and W. H. Houghton, acting chief engineer, to the Asia, as supernumerary. 7HE ARMY. The following circular has been issued from the War-office by direction of Sir G. C. Lewis, Secre tary of State for War, and addressed to all com manding officers of Volunteers:— " The attention of the Secretary of State for War has been called to certain fatal or serious accidents which have lately occurred at rifle ranges belonging to Volunteer corps, and he regrets to learn from the reports which he has re ceived that in several cases those accidents arose from ne glect of the precautions prescribed by the regulations for the instruction and practice of musketry by the officers and non-commissioned officers whose duty it was to enforce them. Sir G. Lewis therefore requests that you will im press upon the adjutants and the sergeant-instructors under your command the necessity of observing strict regularity and discipline when in charge of firing parties ; and that you will point out to them that they will in future be held seriously responsible for any deviation from the regulation of the service in which they may be concerned. lam also to inform you that, while Sir G. Lewis desires that every facility should be afforded to.persons of all classes to acquire a knowledge of the use of the rifle, he is of opinion that the safety of the public requires that indiscriminate practice at Volunteer rifle ranges should not be permitted ; and he therefore requests that you will take steps to regulate the practice at the ranges under your control, so as to insure the presence of an officer or n on-commissioned officer on al occasions when firing is going on. lam further to observe that the practice of employing boys as markers at butts is highly dangerous and improper, and to request that you will take care that none but non-commissioned officers or experienced Volunteers act in that capacity at the ranges belonging to the corps under your command. DE GREY AND RIPON." In consequence of instances having occurred of members of Volunteer corps having been enrolled in a second corps before they have legally quitted the first, instructions have been issued from the War-office to all commanding officers of Volunteer cotupttnieb directiug that no member of a Volunteer corps should be enrolled in another corps until he has fulfilled the requirements a the 44th George 111., cap.-54, sec. 30 31, and has therefore legally ceased to be a member of the corps in which he was originally enrolled. Persons dismissed from a Volunteer corps can in no case be permitted to enrol themselves in another corps without the special sanction of t he Secretary of State for War. By direction of Field Marshal the Duke of Cam bridge, the Ist oivision of the Depot Brigade,Royal Artillery, is to be at once put through an entire and systematic course of instruction in musketry, which, in consequence of the annual practice with garrison and field artillery, has hitherto been much e t i n c t e ha v year,i ng however, practice every effort nneeagrielyetteedrininTahteedarftoirilet hrye is to be made to give effect to the directions of the Commander-in-Chief. In the absence of a trained musketry instructor from Ilythe, the duty has been intrusted to Sergeant-Major M'Bride, an effi cient and painstaking non-commissioned officer. On account of the large number of invalids and time-expired men discharged from the Royal Artil lery during the past year, orders have been issued from the Commander -in-Chief to the various head quarters of the regiment to give instructions for increased diligence at all the recruiting stations in the metropolis and throughout the whole of the provincial towns in England. The standard for young men to be entered as gunners from 16 to 18 years of age is sft. 6in., and over 18 sft. 7in. The numbers discharged during the past year at Wool wich have averaged about 80 per month. Lieut.-Col. Knox, C. 8., of the 67th Regiment, has been appointed to the command of the 9th depot battalion at the camp at Colchester, in the room of Col. Dixon, C. 8., who has retired. THE VOLUNTEE.I2S. The distribution of prizes competed for by the members of the 40th Middlesex Volunteers (Central London Rifle Rangers) took place on Friday evening at the Music-hall, Store-street, in the presence of a numerous and enthusiastic Pete,antsof the district was read, stating that -ALP., presided. The report of a com mauidttieene c o e f . n S h i r e A b l i t . subscriptions of sufficient amount had been received to en able them to present a silver challenge vase, and they hoped next year to be in a position to offer additional prizes. The Cirainma.N then rose to present the vase to the corps, which, he said, he did with the greatest plea sure, and he was sure that the offering would be valued by the recipients, not only for its intrinsic value, but as an evidence of approval and esteem on the part of their friends and neighbours towards the Central London Rifle Rangers. (Hear, hear.) He could not but feel astonished at the rapid progress of the volunteers towards efficiency, which was highly honourable to themselves and gratifying to the country. The results at Wimbledon in the last year, as compared with the preceding year, showed a wonderful advance, and whereas upon the first occasion some foreign marksmen exhibited a superiority over the volunteers, yet this year our countrymen had held th 3 proud position of superiority. (Hear.) That improvement was the result of practice and determination, and it was still further to sti mulate the 40th Middlesex that their friends had offered this magnificent challenge vase, The volunteers would, he was sure, receive the gift with pride and pleasure, for. how ever much they might be influenced by a sense of duty towards their country in enrolling themselves as Volun teers, they could not fail to prize the admiration and affec tion of their countrymen as their highest reward. (Hear.) Whatever objections might be raised against standing armies they did not apply to the Volunteers. We had not and we did not desire to have,like some Continental nations, an overpowering number of regular soldiers—an incubus upon the country—but we had an army which, when called upon, had never failed to do its duty in a manner that made the memory of its glorious deeds a precious treasure of the nation. (Hear.) But while we did not desire to maintain so overpowering a standing army as some continental State s, we could not allow the cou n t ry t o b e i nsu ffi c i en tly defended, and therefore the Volunt eers h ad r i sen up as an a djunct to the regular army, whi c h not only was not j ea l ous of them but felt proud of their rapid progress. (Hear, hear.) The inhabitants of London took a deep interest in the success of the Volunteer movement, and they hoped that the gift he now tendered would tend to stimulate the members of the corps to even more active practice and still greater suc cess. When the Volunteer movement was first set on foot many propesied its failure, and declared that it was but an evanescent excitement ; but what had taken place ? The Volunteer movement had grown in strength and efficiency beyond all expectation, and it had reached a point beyond a ll apprehensions of decay, (Hear, hear.) It was gratify ing to find that while the Volunteers had been conferring a benefit upon the country they had also derived advantage for themselves, as medical testimony showed that FOREIGN MAIL PACKET LIST. MAILS DUE. . rue 1 9 ' AuKralia and Mauritius, via Southampton. ..... .„-•-• 0 : 43. via Marseilles .... ~,"', 4. Arazil and Cape Verds, by British packet. ....... , s v e , - : /. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena. , v e '' /. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton.Pn i D via Marseilles ...r 4° ' . 4. e' Falkland Islands Gibraltar, vi a S out h ampton pee. % i , India (Calcutta), and C e yl on , via Southampton ; 2i . via Marseilles... •. 0 °' . ll , India (Bombay), via S ou th am pt on De o. 6. via Marseilles . • pee. Lisbon. 2. ; 21. Nov . Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southa m pt on Dee via Marseilles .. Newfoundland Oporto and Vigo .. _ n 4. U. S. and British N. A mer i ca , b y Brit. packet.. • • Dec''" by T.J.S. packet.. • • v , 2°' by Canadian packet.N e 10. W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriff e De e ' 28. Bahamas, via N ew Y or k .... DI DT :v I : : 6 8: Mexico All parts of West Indies, includi ng Chili, Peru, I NO' California, and British Columbia.. [ADVERTISEMENT.]— Holloway's Pills --- 14er r ilill ness—Weakness.—Th ese D ill e exert th o moat:l' o°ll .' l3 3 tte r ' V .' a o l u u s t aIY derangement. ee etsmall T cas he e y s o a f et em pec ac u ia li t a i r o l n y , debilitY, a o f the blood, promoters of the digestion and str i eTag P l r e i n er:° gi t sr nerves. As alteratives or gentle correctives of any slug lo ve obstructed, or disordered organ, HollowaY'. gained universal repute and earned for their inventor s for largo and well-merited fortune. They are specific . ion, lowness of spirits and that depression caused by indige st o i. which so frequently render the studious and sedentary ~ pills precinct: serable. The balsamic composition of these the possibility of their ever doing harm to the feeblest 0°74 8 PilAintOr f) stitution, or acting in any other way than as assistants unerring nature. -.••• BIRTHS. DUNCALFE.—On the 29th ult., at Holyrood House, - f i t John's-wocd-road, the wife of J. T. Duncalfe, Esq., son, GRIFFITH,—On the 27th ult., at Richmond-green, the • oofoED.OII the 27th u., a .—L.C4 rithEeql;oft L as i o t n tl W eten, the wife of 1 5 j °1' General Wood, of a son. MARRIAGES. —On the 27th u l t., at St. Peter's Ch a dMl P ß ee ß b A lZram AY. James Wolfe Murray, Esq., of Cringletti e !las , Henderland, to Louisa Grace, third daughter of Sir I" Hay, Bart., of llaystoune. t trY' g : II SARMAN—CIIARLTON.-011 the 27th ult., at D 1 ,... ivr oP; Bryanston'Bqua re , M r. Warren Sharman, Mowbray, to Mary, ;second daughter of Mr. - of Charltreit"' et Oxford-str eet, Asinanomnr.— On tho D 2 E 6t A h T u i lt i . S ..at her house, ill "" C•fit° o ll : square, Charlotte, Dowager Countess of Ashburn B:BfeCccilethBN:i.,—EOn cb th a e ge 2 d Bt 6 h B. ult., at Tunbridge-wells, CitALLls.—On the 27th lt a t Ex mou th, J. 11. Challis u Esq., aged 82. hert, CUTHBERT.—On the 27th ult John Smith Cu',-„dge Esq., of 146, Fenchurch-street, and 1, Cambr id g e ' " Villa, Hackney, aged 65. GRAY.---On the 27th ult., at 123, Kingsland-readf Wl* Gray, Esq., aged 60. kfiela WITHERS.—On the 27th ult., su ddenly, at Brn i od Millbrook, F. H. Withers, Esq., solicit or, of Pox terrace, Southampton. - - LONDON: Printed and Published by JOHN CHAFJJ:ii of No. 112, Strand, I'rin ter, at THE SiN Office, Sc h 0 1 Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the CountY Middloort—AlouditY, December 1, 1862. J 1 x , a ti r y a