The Sun. — London, England, 1862-03-03 00:00:00

THE NAVY. The experimenta l from Captain Cowper P. Cole's cupola was resumed at Portsmouth on Satur day, under the direction of Captain R. S. Hewlet.t,l .8., commanding H.M.S. Ex c e ll ent , and was agon attended with highly i satisfactory results. Every thing was carried as n action, even to the hanging of the fighting lanterns, lit up, in their places in side the cupola. The target was placed at 3,600 yards' distance, and the practice made was exceed ingly good, the second shot fired passing through it. The two 100 pounders were fired singly and together, and in quick firing six rounds were fired in as many minutes. The concussion from the dis charge of the gun was but trifling, and was, in fact, found to be greater outside the shield than within it. The smoke cleared off as effectually as on the last day's experiments, and the guns, with their carriages, worked with the greatest facility. The shield ship which it is proposed to build on this plan will have no masts, and when afloat will show to the view above her deck merely her funnel and the tops if her shields. Cleared for action, the ship's bulwfArks are thrown down all round her level with the upper deck, along the centre of which are ranged her cupola shields, resembling gigantic in verted tea saucers, each containing twoloo-pounder Armstrongs of 88 cwt. These shields rest upon towers, which are sunk through the upper deck, and are fixed on a turn table on the deck below, which revolves, with the guns, shield, and men, as may be required. The height of the shield from the upper deck will be about sft, which will be but a small object for an enemy to fire at ; shot can only strike it an angle of 45 deg. The muzzle of the guns will be 9ft. bin. from the water. The sides of the vessel will be covered with armour plating, the form and arrangement of which may most pro bably be a subject for future consideration, as the experiments that will be commenced at Shoebury ness to-morrow, and others that will be carried out both at Portsmouth and Shoeburyness, with cellular and other plates, will be certain to effect a great change in our present mode of at taeaing the armour plates to our iron ships. The alield ship will be 2,500 tons measurement, and her estimated cost is, as far as can be ascertained at present, £lBO,OOO. Her draught of water is to be only 20ft., and her speed 121 knots. The Defence, selecting her by way of comparison, is 3,668 tons, draws 25ft. 4in. of water, has made a speed of 11.357 knots (she will probably add another half knot on her next trial, which is arranged to take place within a few days), and her cost has been nearly twice that estimated for the shield ship. Many other important advantages will also be pos sessed by the shield ship over the Defence class. On a broadside the latter can only fight seven guns, protected by her iron plates, whereas the shield ship can bring her whole 12 to bear at one time upon any point desired, with virtually no limit to their training, whereas the Defence is confined with her seven guns to some 29 deg. of training. In clos ing, the shield ship, by taking a slightly oblique course, can bring the whole of her guns to bear upon the enemy, while the latter can only reply with two or three guns from the bow or stern, as the case may be. It is evident that, in any contest 'with another vessel, should the shield ship be the faster of the two, she would be enabled to keep this position as long as she chose, and destroy the ves sel opposed to her at leisure, and with almost abso lute impunity. Capt. Coles has arranged sets of tables applicable to the cupolas at each end of the ship for ascertaining the exact distance of an ob ject. This is done, on the order "prove distance" be ing given, by taking the degrees of training given to the cupola in directing it upon the object, and referring to the table of angles. The distance is thus ascertained in the time merely required to train the cupola and without the use of any instrument, and if the object fired at be a moving one the distance can be corrected and word passed along to the other cupola each time the guns are fired. It may be ne cessary to state here that the top of the shield itself is sighted like a rifle, independently of the gun it contains, and it is the cupola, therefore, which is di rected upon the object, the guns revolving with the tower. The guns are placed parallel to each other, and the sights are immediately over them. The duty of directing the shield is given to one man, who is termed the " director," and who occupies an elevated position in rear of the two guns, from which he can look over the edge of the shield when bringing its guns to bear upon the object to be fired at. To protect his head while in this posi tion, the front upper edge of the shield is fitted with two stout iron mantlets, with sufficient space for a line of sight between them. We trust that the midship sections of our finished iron ships will not be repeated in the construction of the shield ship. The Sidon, paddle frigate, Capt. R. B. Crawford, was paid out of commission at Portsmouth on Sa turday, and afterwards placed in the third class steam reserve. The Black Prince, 40, iron frigate, in dock at Portsmouth, is having the lower portion of her rudder considerably enlarged, for experimental purposes. Another ship at Portsmouth has been selected to test a proposed method of steering with the power applied below the water line. MAdmiralty instructions have been received at Chatham directing that in future all fourth-rate ships—comprising all frigates of which the comple ments are 600 and not less than 410 men—are in future to bear a commander and four lieutenants when commissioned. The necessary cabin accommo dation is accordingly to be provided in the above class of sea-going ships by the dockyard officials. Rear-Admiral Sir Thomas Pasley, Superintendent of Devonport Dockyard, paid off the gunnery ship Cambridge, Capt. Arthur Jerningham, in Hamoaze on Friday, when medals were given, with a suitable address by Mrs. Jerningham, to John Brown and William Vixen, chief gunner's mates ; R. Michell, boatswain's mate ; W. Fox, master-at-arms ; W. Ferris, armeurer ; and James Gardener, ship's steward, for merit and long service. The four first named received also £l5 gratuity each, the last two £lO. In order to complete his time for the flag, Capt. Jerningham retains command until the Ist of April, when he will be succeeded by Capt. L. G. Heath, C.B. Commander the Hon. W. J. Ward has been ap to the Styx. The following appointments were made on Satur day at the Admiralty :—C. H. Hayes, Sub.-Lieut., to the Styx ; E. H. H. Stephen and W. F. A. H. Russell, midshipmen, to the Styx ; Henry T. Paulin, midshipman, to the Defence ; Charles P. Turner, chief engineer, to the Styx ; James Duffield, first class assist.-engineer, to the Shannon, vice Webber; IV h W. Webber, first class assist.-engineer, to the i a. as supernumerary, for hospital treatment; Frederick T. Pendleton and James Scott, first class B " L 'engineers, t o th e Sty x ; William Lawson, second class assist.- engineer, to the Styx; the Rev." J, W. Banifield, chaplain, to the Cambridge ; John T. Bremner surg., to the Britannia; Thomas Seccornbe, Elnd H. F. b to the Cambridge ; Will. H. Clarke Nathan, assist.-sures., to the Cambridge ; Geo. J. Tomlin, master, 'to the Grappler; David F. Clow, pay seco n d :17,11:ter, to the Cambridge ; H. F. Alldrich, assist, -pay ma ster , master to the Dauntless • IL H. Burniston ' assist.-pa master to the Cam bridge ; Robert Bone, assist, ayinaster, to the Cambridge; W. A. R. Hall, :eaters' assistant, to the Styx; Marshall Littl e and Richa r d R. B. Ho ley, masters' assistant', to the Nile , as supernume raries. TILE ARMY, Orders have been received by the authorities at Portsmouth to furnish ,all thmosilitary of the 60th (Rifle) Regiment who may vii,e3l,fo men th o rn with furloughs to enable:them to visit their friends. The regiment only arrived at Portsmouth from China a few days since, and, as most of the men have large sums in their possession, this grant ing of furloughs will ho a great boon to them. Some further trials were made at Chatham on Friday with Capt. Bolton's newly-invented tele graphic lime light signals, in order to put the inven tion to a more extended test than on the occasion of r the previous trial. On this occasi on three p arties 0 telegraphists were engaged, each provided with the lime -n • lht together with the small port able ap paratus ented by Capt. Bolton for generating the oxygen and hydrogen gases which produce the light. One party was stationed on the commanding elevation known as Blue Bell-hill, Maidstone; a second being placed on the banks of the Thames, nearly opposite Southend, at a distance of 12 miles in a straight line from the first party ; Capt. Bol ton again occupied the Spur battery, 'rem which, with a party of Royal Engineers, he superintended the signals, The night was clear. Notwithstanding the great distances the light shone out with remark able brilliancy, enabling the three parties to keep up an uninterrupted communication with each other. The most valuable part of Capt. Bolton's in vention is that a hazy or thick atmosphere does not interfere with the working of the signals, as, by a modification of the lenses used, a light sufficiently powerful to pierce through a thick fog can be pro duced. During the present week the invention will be tested at still greater distances, the parties being stationed 20 miles from each other. A general order, issued by direction of the Duke of Cambridge, has been received at Chatham garri son, from the Horse Guards, directing that in future the parchment certificate, given to all men dis charged from the army. shall contain on the back a full description of the age. height, &c., of each man to whom it is given, similar in all respects to that drawn up when a man enlists into the service. This regulation is to be adopted to prevent the improper Ines that have lately been made of discharged cer tificates by men of bad character obtaining posses sion of good certificates and then fraudulently re enlisting under an assumed name and description. A number of the most clever modellers belonging to the Royal Engineers are actively employed at headquarters, Chatham, in the preparation of a model of Preston Barracks—one of the most perfect bar rack-buildings in the kingdom —to be placed in the Great International Exhibition. The model, which has been several months in hand, has been con structed under the immediate superintendence of Lieut.-Col. Collinson, R.E., and is one of the finest specimens of that description of work ever produced by the Royal Engineers. It is upwards of 20 feet in length. In a general regimental order of the Royal Ar tillery, dated the 26th ult., issued by the Colonel, Charles Bingham, Deputy-Adjutant-General at the Horse Guards, are the following items of informa tion :—His Royal Highness the General Command ing-in -Chief has been pleased to make the following appointments,—viz., Lieut. A. Ford to the Horse Brigade, vice the Hon. A. Stewart; Lieut. V. A. Tufnell to the Horse Brigade, vice Strau benzee, posted to the 14th Brigade; Lieut. E. V. Boyle to the Horse Brigade, vice Wilson, who resigns his appointment therein and is posted to the 6th Brigade; Lieut. T. Van Straubenzee to be aide-de-camp to Major-,Gen. Sir T. Van Strau benzee, K.C.B. ; Lieut. R. S. M. Mackenzie to be aide-de-camp to Major-Gen. M. C. John stone. The following transfers have been ordered, viz. :—Lieut. R. S. M. Mackenzie, from G battery, 9th Brigade, to the 12th Brigade ; Lieut. A. E. Turner, from the Depot Brigade, to the G battery, 9th Brigade ; Lieut. C. D. Chalmers, from No. 4 battery, 14th Brigade, to No. 1 battery, lst Brigade ; Assist. Surg. A. Lewer, from the 9th to the 14th Brigade ; Assist. Surg. G. A. Grant, from the 9th to the 14th Brigade ; Assist. Surg.W. Tan ner, from the 14th to the 9th Brigade ; Assist. Surg. G. D. Milnes, M.D., from the 14th to the 9th Bri gade ; Assist. Surg. J. J. C. R ogers , f rom 6th to the _ . 15th Brigade. An exchange of batteries has been sanctioned between Capt. and Brevet Lieut.-Col. J. F. Pennycuick, of the 14th Brigade, and Capt. L. A. Bradshaw, of the 13th Brigade, and the former officers has proceeded from China to Bombay; also between Lieut. Smith-Neill, of No. 2, and Lieut. Mulreenan, of No. 8 battery, 2d Brigade; also be tween Lieut. Nicholson, of No. 1, and Lieut. Cros- thwaite, of No. 7 battery, sth Brigade. Captain Farmer is posted to the 15th Brigade. Serg. W. Ross, of the Depot Brigade, has been appointed master gunner at Stallingborough, vice Elliott. Much inconvenience having been occasioned upon men being brought before the Commissioners of Chelsea Hospital for discharge as unfit for further service through injuries received, in consequence of there being no documents in proof of the men's statements and medical cases, the attention of the officers commanding brigades is requested to the necessity that exists of complying strictly with the provisions of the 87th Article of War immediately men receive injuries, in order that the facts may be at once recorded. The proceedings of the court of inquiry should accompany the individuals upon their transfer from one brigade to another, thus placing the Commissioners of the Royal Hospital eventually in possession of the information essential to them in determining satisfactorily the rates of pensions to be awarded. The batteries of artillery at Worley barracks, near Brentwood, have been drilled in anticipation of a visit from his Royal Highness the General Com manding-in-Chief. With reference to the new cavalry barracks at Colchester, it appears that a shipload of materials, implements, &e., has arrived from Lowestoft, while the carting of bricks to the site is proceeded with, bat the actual works will not be commenced for three weeks. The following promotions and appointments iu the corps of Royal Marines, consequent on the re tirement of Colonel Commandant F. A. Campbell, of the Woolwich Division, were promulgated at head quarters, Cliatham, yesterday :—Col. J. Mit chell, Second Commandant of the Portsmouth Division, to be Col.-Commandant of the Woolwich Division ; Lieut.-Col, and Brevet Col. J. G. Ayles, of the Plymouth Division, to be Col. Second Com mandant of the Portsmouth Division ; Capt. and Brevet Lieut—Cel. W. S. Aslett, of the Portsmouth Division, to be Lieut.-Col., and appointed to the Plymouth ; First Lieut. and Quartermaster J. S. Mould, of the Chatham Division, to be Capt. and appointed to the Portsmouth Division ; Second Lieutenant H. S. Bourchier, of the Woolwich Division, to be First Lieutenant, and appointed to a division to be specially notified; Second Lieu tenant C. C. King, of the Chatham Division, to be appointed to the Artillery Division at Ports mouth. ?'HE VOLUNTEERS. On Saturday last the London Rifle Brigade pro ceeded from Guildhall to the regimental parade ground, Old Kent-road, for battalion drill. Before commencing the manoeuvres Major Rose, who was in command, addressed the men, saying that he took this opportunity of informing them that, it having come to his knowledge that certain statements had' been made which placed him in a false position with the brigade, he now begged leave to assure those present that, under no circumstances what ever, would he take command of either the Ist or -2d battalion of the corps. He considered that the post of commanding officer should be filled by tho roughly qualified military men, in obtaining whom he would use his best efforts and cheerfully assist the regimental committee. The Major also stated, with regard to the review at Brighton, that Lieut.- Colonel Close had left the matter to him, and that if a successor to Lieutenant-Colonel Hicks was not appointed by that time he would write to the War-office asking them to appoint a military officer to take command on that day. Three cheers were then given for Major Rose, after which the batta lion commence d their drill. On Thursday evening an " assault of arms" by several members of the 37th Middlesex Rifles took place at the Music-hall, Store-street, Bedford-square, in the presence of a large number of the members, including several officers. Lieutenant-Colonel Jeakes, the commandant, desirous of promoting the efficiency of the corps, has offered prizes to the value of £35 to be competed for in the summer by mem bers who had gained the greatest number of " at tendances" at parade dur i ng the w i nter mon th s . Lieutenants Day and Gardiner have also presented moneyA prize s t o b e competed for on the same terms. last at Wormwood-sci very intere s ti ng match took place on Thurs dayt he 2d Inla n d Revenue Company, ten of the St. J ames + s ranges, 300, 5 00, and 600 yards ; five shots each range. lubbs between ten men of ,: Civil Service, and -, Q ueen ' s (W es t- The 'weath er was mos t un mpany favourable for shooting, there being a bitter cold east wind blowing across the range all day. After a very keen competition throughout the whole of the COLItCA there having been several ties, it was found THE SIR*, tioNDON, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 3, ISM at the conclusion of the match that each side had registered a total score of 102 points ; but, on veri fying the targets, two ricochets had to be deducted from the store of the Queen's, and three from tbat of the Civil Service, thus giving the victory to the Queen's by one point. The Colchester Volunteers were entertained on Wednesday at an " oyster luncheon" by Lieut. Col. Sir Claude de Crespigny, having been previously inspected by the gallant officer and the adjutant of the administrative battalion to which the corps is attached. The new and spacious drill-room of the sth Essex, or Plaistow Corps, in the Broadway, Plaistow, has been inaugurated with a grand con cert. The committee of the Romford Corps has just published its financial statement for the past year. It appears that the total income has been £152, and that a balance of £8 remains in hand. A butt is about to be erected, at a cost of £l5O. In Lincolnshire, the Boston Artillery Volunteers mill commence small-arm practice at the range on Wyberton-marsh to-day (Monday). The Earl of Yarborough, colonel of the Lindsay Battalion, is expected to review the Lincoln corps towards the end of the month. The Rev. J. T. Barker, M.A., an honorary mem ber of the Whitby Artillery Volunteers, has given the sum of £6 to be shot for with 32 pounders at 1,300 yards range. Captain Symons, the adjutant, is to be the referee. The Lord-Lieutenant of the West Riding has given permission for the 3d West York Artillery Volunteers to join the Ist East York Brigade for administrative purposes, on account of the:adjutant Capt. Symons, residing at Scarborough. The Driffield Volunteers gave a concert, and the Catterick Volunteers a ball, during last week. The officers of the Cumberland Battalion of Rifle Volunteers had a meeting last week, at which they drew up the programme of This season's shooting and battalion inspection. Upon the subject of clothing they came to the following resolution : " That when the renewal of clothing is neces sary, it is most desirable that one uniform colour be adopted throughout the battalion, and that scarlet, being the national and traditional colour of the British soldier, and that worn by the Volunteers in 1800, be selected." An opinion was expressed by the meeting that now was the time for the country at large to adopt the Volunteer movement as an in stitution instrumental to its security and dignity, and therefore towards which it should extend such pecuniary assistance as shall place the force on a firm footing. Her Majesty has accepted the services of 34 Artillery Volunteers at Harrington, as a sub division. be done towards making the meeting as agreeable and as convenient as it is possible under the cir- cumstances. (Cheers.) In conclusion, his royal high ness thanked the members of the association for the support which they had given him during his year of office as president, and in laying down that office he trusted that! the finances and general state of the association were as satisfactory as on the day upon which he had assumed office. (Cheers.) Lord ELMO said, before any steps were taken in reference to a president, he begged to state that his royal highness, at the request of the council, had kindly consented, with the approbation of that meeting, to hold the office for another year. The Duke of CAMBRIDGE said that after that ex pression of feeling he could have no hesitation in accepting the honour. (Cheers.) When the council requested him to fill the post another year, how ever much he felt the compliment, yet he would rather have retired to have made way for some other gentleman of distinction, but when the fact was brought under his notice of their being at pre sent without a patron, he was induced to consent again to accept the office. Lord FIELDING moved the adoption of the report, which had been printed and circulated, and in do- ing so, expressed his gratification at the satisfac tory statement made by his royal highness. Sir D. MWOUGALL seconded the resolution. He found that last year the working members of the National Rifle Association were 1, [o7—now there were 955, a diminution of 152, and he did not look on that as very satisfactory. Indeed, not only was that association not properly supported by those who had the means, but the volunteers generally were ill supported. (Hear, hear.) When he re- collected how patriotic the volunteers were in not merely giving up their time to their country's service, but in paying for their own uniforms, and other expenses, he felt that this country did not deal as liberally with them as they ought to do. (Hear.) He would contend that, from the prince down to the peasant, every one had a right to con tribute their fair share to the national defence either in his person or by his purse, in accordance with his means. (Hear, hear.) If this were done, the volunteers would not be obliged to get up balls and concerts to maintain bands and other neces series. (Hear, hear.) He would maintain that no volunteer ought to be called upon to expend a single farthing of money upon his duties, except providing his uniform, and giving his time to his country's service. Hear.) Capt. FENTON (West Middlesex) said there were one or to points in the report which he differed with, and upon which there was a strong feeling amongst the volunteers, namely, the abolition of the practice of competitors for prizes of the association being prohibited from firing from the shoulder beyond 200 yards. He believed that 300 yards was a much more efficient and real test of the excellence of a man's shooting from the shoulder. He admitted that sometimes bullseyes might be made at 300 yards by what was called a "fluke"—(hear, hear, from Lord Elcho)—but in contests in which his own corps had been engaged he had known an average of 6 points made at 300 yards throughout, some scoring 9, 10, and 11 points. He moved an amendment to go back to the original principle of shooting from the shoulder at 300 yards. Captain TEMPLAR (Harrow Rifles) seconded the amendment. Lord ELCHO explained, and defended the posi tion which the council of the association had taken in respect to the point at issue. He observed that they began at 300 yards in the first year, allowing shooting from I the shoulder ; and the reason they discontinued it was, that they thought it unfair that three points for bullseyes should be carried to scores at longer ranges, when, as was admitted, such bullseyes were frequently scored as " flukes ;" when it was known that Mr. Edward Ross could almost invariably command bullseyes at 200 yards; and when they were assured that Captain Collins, of the Victoria Rifles, had been known to make 14 bullseyes out of 16 shots, they thought that at that point the scores of bullseyes should stop. (Hear.) The amendment was then put and negatived, and the original motion carried by a large majority. Captain TEMPLAR said he had now to complain of another and much more important point con tained in the report than the preceding one, and that was the compelling volunteers to compete for Queen's Prize with a weapon they were unaccus tomed to. He contended that the Queen's Prize should be shot for with the Queen's national wea pon, and no other. That weapon, the long Enfield, was now in the hands of upwards of 100,000 of our volunteers, and yet when they came to compete for the Queen's prize they had put into their hands a small-bore rifle, the character of which they knew nothing about. Let it be borne in mind that he was advocating the poor man's view of this question, and they felt that they did not go into competition on equal terms with the rich man, for whilst the rich man could have continual practice with a small bore of the description with which the Queen's Prize was to be shot for, the poor man's only practice was with the national weapon, the long Enfield, and at the eleventh hour he had a weapon put into his hand, the character of which he knew nothing about. He moved an amendment, that the Queen's prize should be shot for with the long Enfield rifle. Sir J. SHELLEY seconded this amendment. Lord Emu° explained that the reason a superior rifle to the long Enfield was required, was that the latter could not be fired with any accuracy beyond the range of 600 yards, up to which it was used even in competition for the Queen's prize. It being felt that so noble a prize as that placed at the dis posal of the association by her Majesty was worthy of being competed for at 800, 900, and 1,000 yards, it became necessary to find a weapon capable of shooting with accuracy at such ranges, upon which a really good marksman could depend. Now, as to injustice to individuals, he (Lord Elcho) was prepared to deny that position. What they did was to place into the hands of all who had been successful at the first stage, which was with the " Queen's weapon," or long Enfield, and who were thus duly qualified to compete at the longer ranges, a rifle precisely similar in every respect, with the exception that the gauge of the bore was different. These rifles were of the same weight, they were sighted, and the pull of the trigger was exactly the same, and no man, unless he looked down the barrel of the Whitworth or the Henry rifle put into his hands, instead of at the target, could tell but that he was firing at 800, 900, or 1,000 yards with the long Enfield. (Hear, and dissent.) He could, how ever, tell that he had something different in his hand when he pulled the trigger if he kept himself steady, for he would find he had made a centre, whereas with the other he would have been nowhere. When they fired at Hythe—as their friend General Hay, who was present, would corroborate—and saw that first-class men who were firing at long ranges with the Government Enfield only hit the target twice out of ninety shots, they thought, it would be an injustice to the Volunteers to put such weapons into their hands to shoot at the long ranges for the Queen's prize. (Hear.) As to the point about the disadvantage the poorer classes of volunteers had in competing with the rich with the Whitworth and other rifles h e wou ld re f er th e meeting to the let ters in their r e p or t f rom th e three most successful competitors for the Q u een's prize last year, Mr. Joplin g, Lord Bu r y, and Mr. Bingham. Mr. Jop ling, who w on th e Q ueen ' s p r ize, in reply to the question, said until the Wimbledon meeting of that year he bad never shot with a Whitworth or any other small bore rifle. Lord Bury replied, " I may almost say that I never had a Whitworth or any other small bore (except a sporting double-barreled rifle) in my bands before Wimbledon, last year ;" and Mr. Bingham said, " I had previously fired about 25 rounds with a Whitworth rifle, but the range did not exceed 300 yards." So here was the testimony of the three best shots last year for the Queen's prize, and, see i ng th a t eve ry one of the 40 who were selected to fire at the long ranges had allowed them for practice, and to get their Whitworth rifles p roper l y s i g ht e d, he could not see two days the unfairness or injustice. Indeed, he looked upon this arrangement as the vital principle of the whole thing, and therefore hoped that the arrangement of the council in this respect would not be disturbed. Major HUGHES contended that the council had made a mistake in this matter, and that the prin ciple they had laid down was opposed to common sense; for the principle of the volunteer movement was not to make the volunteers good hots with the small bore, v. hieh they were never allowed to use except for these prize meetings, but to perfect them with the Government rifle, which was placed in their hands. General HAY said it appeared to him the question was whether they should stand still or go forward; whether they should in rifle shooting advance with the science of the day, or be content with the wea pon in use one hundred years since. The gallant general then supported the views of Lord Elcho and the association, which he said he was prepared to admit were made at his suggestion, and expressed his contiction that the permanence of the volunteer movement mainly depended on the continued im provement of weapons, and the ability to test their efficacy at ranges of 1,000 yards, and even upwards. After some discussion, Captain TEMPLAR and Sir S. SIIELLEY expressed their willingness to withdraw the amendment. Lord ELM° said they could not allow this amend ment to be withdiawn, as it affected the principle which the council were most desirous of having a public opinion upon. The CHAIRMAN, interposing, said he thought he had a right to exercise his discretion in this matter, and as he believed the most desirable thing was un animity, he should permit the amendment to be withdrawn, and put the resolution. (Applause.) The original resolution, adopting the report, was then put and carried. Lord ELCHO said he of course bowed to the deci sion of his royal highness as chairman Abut this was a subject of so much importance to be settled that he should claim the privilege of addressing the volunteers at Wimbledon on the subject when they were assembled from all parts of the country. (Hear, hear.) He could say for himself that he was only desirous of consulting that which was best for the volunteers generally, and whatever was their deci sion he should most cheerfully bow to it. (Hear.) Resolutions electing vice-presidents and members of the council, and making some alterations in the rules, having been adopted, another resolution was passed in favour of holding the prize meeting of 1862 at Wimbledon. A vote of thanks to his royal highness the presi dent closed the proceedings. NATIONAL RIFLE _ASSOCIATION.- OFFICIAL TRIAL OF .RIFLES. The competition between Messrs. Whitworth, Henry, Terry, Turner, Ingrain, and Rigby, to ascertain the most efficient rifle to be used for shoot ing at the next Wimbledon prize meeting of the National Rifle Association, was resumed on Satur day afternoon last, at the royal laboratory practice range, Woolwich Arsenal. In consequence of the annual meeting of the National Association occur ring at the same time, the attendance of the council and other volunteer officers was not so numerous as on former days of the contest, but the proceedings, as usual, excited the utmost interest, and the strong north-east winds, which generally prevailed during the week, having considerably abated, an important advantage was thus obtained by the competitors. The firing commenced at a late hour, and was con fined entirely to the 500 yards range, the only com petitors being Messrs. Rigby and Terry. Two rifles manufactured by each of these gentlemen were tried, twenty shots being fired from each of the four weapons at a double target, and the Govern ment regulation-rest being used as on previous occasions. The result may be briefly described, and certainly proved that both makers had pro duced most efficient rifles, but the state of the target would tend to show that Mr. Rigby especially had gained a great success, and should he be equally fortunate at the 1,000 yards range next week, he will prove a formidable competitor with Mr. Whit worth at the final issue of the proceedings. The forty shots fired with the two rifles of Mr. Rigby reached their destination with such precision that the target presented an appearance of numerous indentations joining each other, and the whole number of marks was contained in a remarkably small space. The result of Mr. Terry's firing, al though good, was not so fortunate, as the diagrams showed that the marks extended over a larger space. The proceedings were adjourned about six o'clock until Monday (this day), when firing will be resumed at the 1,000 yards range, and if is ex pected that the contest will finally close on Tuesday evening. On Saturday some conversation as to the use of machine rests took place between the gentlemen named and Lord Elcho, when Mr. Henry stated that he would, with ordinary rests, undertake to re gulate six rifles as soon as Mr. Whitworth would regulate two with machine rests ; and when each party had six rifles regulated he would test the question of the rival rests by shooting his rifles against Mr. Whitworth's for a large wager. POWER OF RAILWAY COMPANIES 70 PURCHASE AND WORK ITEAMBOATS. The Board of Trade have just reported on this subject. Referring to the general subject of ♦esting in railway companies power to work steam vessels over sea, their lordships observe that the objection formerly entertained to giving to a corporate body powers to carry on a trade in which, by reason of the liability of the shareholders being limited, and of the facility thereby afforded of forming a large capital, such body might compete at an undue ad vantage with private persons or companies not en joying the privilege of limited liability, appears to have lost much of its force now that any number of persons exceeding six may, for a trading pur pose obtain limited liability under the Joint Stock Companies Acts. The board believe that the combined working of a railway with steam vessels may promote permanency and regularity in the sea service, and afford the convenience of through rates for land and sea transit ; but it is not to be over looked that the powers in question, if given to a railway company possessed of a large capital, and having the control of all the railways leading to the port at which the powers are to be exercised, might have the effect of extinguishing all competition by other parties in the lines of sea service in which railway companies engage, and the result might be that the cost of the sea service to the public would be increased, and possibly the frequency of the passages and the public accommodation diminished. It would also seem that as regards the conveyance of oversea traffic by vessels a railway company would not be subject to the provisions of the Rail way and Canal Traffic Act for enforcing the im partial and expeditions transmission of traffic. As regards the application of the London and Brighton Railway Company to provide an I work steam vessels on the southern coast and France and the Channel Islands, the board are of opinion that if the proposed powers be conceded it may deserve consi deration whether provision should not be made for securing equal treatment to all passengers whether using the railway or not, the tickets specifying how much is charged for the railway fare and how much for the vessel, together with publication of bye laws, with provisions similar to those inserted in the case of the London and North Western Railway Com pany's Act, providing steamboats between Holy head and Ireland. PRINCELY LIBERALITY OF MR. PEABODY.—In our last number we alluded somewhat vaguely to the benefit Mr. Peabody, the celebrated American banker, intended to confer en a certain number of our poor community before finally quitting this country. When Mr. Peabody first heard of the national memorial to the memory of the late Prince Consort, he authorised Sir Emerson Tennent to state that, should that memorial be a charitable institution, he would give £lOO,OOO towards it ; and his disappointment was great on learning that the money would not be expended in that way. However, when a man is determined on doing a good deed, he overcomes all obstacles; and Mr. Peabody, still resolved on carrying out his charitable scheme—as a token, he says, of gratitude to the English nation for the many kind acts he has received from them, and also in memory of his long and prosperous career in this country—has decided on erecting a number of houses for the working class, who, through the numerous improve ments in the metropolis, have been rendered almost home less. For this purpose he gives £lOO,OOO, and also under takes to pay the first year's interest of the money—Ls,ooo. Sir Emerson Tennent is appointed one of three trustees ; Lord Stanley, M.P., it is hopod, will be the second ; the third has not yet been nominated. Mr. Peabody has rea- Hied in this country, it is said, an annual in Some of £70, 000, —Court Journal, NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION. The annual general meeting of this association took place on Saturday afternoon at Willis's Rooms. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, the president, took the chair at half-past 2 o'clock. A printed balance-sheet was circulated, which showed the gross receipts for the past year to have been £31,158 10s. 5d., and that after paying all expenses and investing a sum of £1,521 in Exchequer Bills, there remained a balance in favour of the associa tion of £658. The Duke of CAMBRIDGE, , after alluding to the loss which the association had sustained by the deaths of the Prince Consort and Lord Herbert, said—l am happy to tell you that the position of the association is as favourable as we could expect. Although on one point it may not have met with all that success which we could have desired, yet the success has been extraordinary and beyond all expectation. I allude to the very much larger num ber of entries for competition subscribed for last year as compared with what they were the year before. In 1860, whilst the entries for prizes only amounted to £585 165., the entries for prizes in 1861 amounted to £1,892 18s. If we go on at the same ratio, at the competition of the present year we ought to treble what they were last year. On the other hand, I am sorry to say that last year the attendance of visitors was not satisfactory, except on the last day, when there was a volunteer review. No doubt, however, that at the ensuing competition there would be a very much larger attendance, for the National Exhibition, bringing, as it will, fo reigners from every part of the world, and from our own colonial possessions, will create a vast influx to Wimbledon, and will no doubt greatly contri bute to assist the association in its praiseworthy efforts. I have alluded to the fact of there having been a meeting of the volunteer corps on the last day of the shootitig at Wimbledon. That was an experiment which was tried, and which, I am happy to say, has been eminently successful. (Cheers.) I believe it is the wish of many of the gentlemen who sit around me that another meeting of this descrip tion should take place, if possible. So far as I am concerned, I certainly respond to that sentiment, and if it is the wish of the volunteers and of the associa tion in general that such a meeting should take place, I have no doubt it will be held, for I am con fident that a more interesting or useful meeting could not be, nor one better calculated to promote our success than such assemblages. (Cheers.) I wish, in passing, to remark that this is another evi dence that the military authorities are not so ad verse to the volunteer movement as it has been said they are. I rarely have opportunities of expressing this sentiment that I do not do so, and I am at a loss to account for the fact that, when an opportu nity occurs, something is said to the effect that we throw obstacles in the way of the volunteer move ment. All I can say is, I invariably endeavour, so far as I am concerned, to show that I have no feeling or desire of that sort, and I defy any body of men to bring forward a single act of mine which has the slightest tendency to throw obstacles in the way of the movement. (Cheers.) Returning to the report, I will next call your attehtion to the fact that at the last meeting at Wimbledon " pool shooting" amounted almost to a mania, and the result was that it produced in the aggregate a sum of £2,542 175., and if you consider that that sum was made up of shillings paid for each shot, you will see that it was a very large sum to have been collected in that way. No doubt, being so popular and so genera], every facility will be given to the continuance of pool shooting as before. (Cheers.) Last year we had also the competition of public schools. That was also very successful. (Cheers.) We are glad to find that the young men of the rising generation are devoting so much time to, and show ing so much interest in, rifle shooting. I think we may look forward to that circumstance as a satisfactory proof that rifle shooting, which has been so generally entertained in the country, will progress, as being one of the most acceptable and useful movements to which the people of this coun try can devote their time and attention. (Cheers.) In regard to our finances, I believe that we have £1,500 invested in Exchequer Bills, and that, at all events, is so far satisfactory as to enable us to go on with the various arrangements which have already been commenced, and which will, I believe, be pro ceeded with in as satisfactory a manner as they were last year. I may state here, happening as I do to have some property in the neighbourhood, that last meeting was conducted in a manner so satisfac tory, and with so much order and regularity, that the residents in the neighbourhood have not now the slightest objection to the meeting being held at Wimbledon. If the meeting can be held there it will be a great advantage, because of its excellent ranges and its easy distance from London. I re peat what I alluded to last year, that if a little more support was given to the Central Association it would certainly be a very great advantage. Various prizes will be shot for next year. The Prince of Wales's Prize will be open to the holders of the bronze and silver medals from the colonies, as well as the country associations. The matches between Eton, Harrow, Rugby, and other schools, and between the universities, will also take place. It is intended also, if it can be so arranged, for the ac commodation of volunteers, and if considered accept able and desirable, that there should be facilities af forded for volunteers who visit Wimbledon from the country, and who find some difficulty in procuring accommodation. It is intended that there should be facilities afforded as in a camp—at least, there will be the means of camping out for the volunteers who arrive from a distance, and who, perhaps, in consequence of the Exhibition and other matters, may have some difficulty in obtaining lodgings. So far as the association is concerned, everything will THE _INSURRECTION IN GREECE. " Private letters from Athens," says the Moniteur, "give more circumstantial details relative to the events at Nauplia. Argos is said to have been occupied by the Royal troops without firing a shot. Nine soldiers and one officer were made prisoners. General Hahn is said to have completely invested Nauplia, and the fort will be also blockaded on the sea side. The insurgents attempted a sortie on the 19th of February, in order to procure water by taking possession of the springs of Glykia, near Tirynthus, but they were repulsed. The town is in great want of water and provisions, which will lead to numerous desertions. Gen. Colocotroni, who commands the Peloponnesus, has also attacked and defeated two companies of infantry who wera going to Nauplia to join the insurgents. The bag gage and ammunition of this detachment fell into the hands of the Royal troops, who made many prisoners." Other adviccs from Athens, dated Feb. 22, by no means gives so favourable an account. They state that Nauplia is difficult to be taken, and in any case impossible for the troops which the Government has at is disposal. It is occupied by 1,500 regular troops, or one quarter of the Greek army—by a large number of volunteers from diffe rent points in the Peloponnesus and Arcadia, and by a population of 5,000, who have ranged them selves on the side of the insurrection. The town has provisions for several months, order reigns in it, and it is governed by a committee, composed of the most influential persons of the population. The de mands made in a proclamation addressed to the Hellenic people by this committee are as follows : " 1. The removal of the system followed with so much perseverance by the Government until now, and the establishment of a new one which shalloffer guarantees for the liberty of the people and for the application of really liberal principles. 2. The dis solution of tha Chamber of Deputies, which was elected by violent means. 3. The convocation of a National Assembly, which shall promise to recover the national liberties that have trampled under foot, and to attain accomplishment of all our noble and patriotic desires. Raise your suppliant hands, fellow. citizens, towards the Almighty for the sue- cess of our cause, and further with all your means the re-establishment of your liberties, and the establishment of good faith and salutary principles for our country." The King, as is known, at the first news of the insurrection, hastened to Corinth, and thence addressed to the troops the following allocution : " It is with profound grief that I have learnt that men to whom I will no longer give the noble title of soldiers, which you bear, have by insurrection tarnished the honour of the army. These men have rendered themselves unfaithful to the Constitution and the laws, which impose, for the welfare of the country, as a first duty on every soldier, fidelity and submission to the King, chief of the army. In call ing on you to put down the revolt, I have confided to you the honour of the Greek army. By your fidelity and courage you will wipe out the stain which they have attempted to cast on your honour. I announce to you that all my faithful people offer themselves with good will to co operate with you in the maintenance of the existing state of things, which they consider as the surest guarantee for their present welfare and their glory in the future." ROYAL INSTITUTION. " SLEEPING AND DREAMING." There was a crowded meeting of the members of the Royal Institution and their friends on Friday evening, on which occasion Mr. A. E. Durham de livered a lecture " On Sleeping and Dreaming." In his preliminary observation on the beneficial effects of sleep as a restorer of the exhausted energies of the brain and nerves, Mr. Durham said that the daily average duration of sleep required by an adult is eight hours ; that persons advanced in life re quire more, and that for younger persons a still longer proportion of sound slumber is necessary. Many persons, he said, can do with less sleep than others, but that generally a healthy state cf body cannot be maintained with a less proportion of sleep than eight hours in the 24. He did not think it very material whether the necessary quantity of sleep be taken in the night or during the day, though it is desirable that the mind when in an active state should be invigorated by the oxygenis ing rays of the sun. He mentioned many facts showing the necessity of sleep to sustain life, and among others the sentence of death inflicted on a murderer in China of being kept awake till he died. The torture of such a death is extreme, and on the eighth day the convict implored the attendants to kill him. After the eighth day he became partially insensible, and died on the 16th. Mr. Durham took a material view of the action of sleep, re garding it as a chemical process during which the brain tissue regains from the .blood the power that had been exhausted during the activity of the mind. He said that to enable him to ascertain the condition of the brain in the states of sleep, of dreaming, and of complete activity, he administered chloroform to a dog, and when the animal was insensible he removed a por tion of the skull and substituted for it a piece of glass, by which means he could see the differe: conditions of the brain. He found that when the dog was asleep the blood vessels were comparatively empty ; the arteries lost their bright red colour, and assumed in some degree the blue colour of the veins; whilst the brain-tissue collapsed, leaving a space within the skull which was filled with eerebrous spinal fluid. When the dog was roused from slum ber the blood-vessels resumed their functions, and the brain filled the - whole cavity of the skull; and when rendered partially insensible 1)3 chloroform, a modified ccillapse of the brain occurred. For the purpose of showing the action of the capillary ves sels, through the agency of which the oxygen of the arterial blood is distributed throughout the body and the carbon is removed, the foot of a frog was shown, magnified on a screen by the electric lamp, by which means the circulation of the blood was made visible to the whole audience. There were also exhibited for illustration numeroue models and diagrams of the brain, showing the ramifications of minute blood-vessels in every part ; and it is, he said, on the state in 'which those vessels are with respect to the activity of the heart that the condi tions of sleep and of dreaming depend. The subject of dreaming, however, Mr. Durham was obliged to pass over almost unnoticed, in consequence of his having occupied too much time in the preliminary observations on the nature and effects of sleep. 7HE REVISED CODE OF EDUCA.7IOII 7 THE HOUSE OF LORDS. On Tuesday the Bishop of Oxford will present petitions to the House of Lords against the revised code of education, and call the attention of the house to the proposed alterations. On Friday next Lord Lyttelton will move the following resolutions in the chamber of the Lords: "1. That certificated teachers and Queen's scholars have an equitable claim upon the Govern ment for the undiminished payment of the allow ances hitherto granted to them on certain conditions as long as those conditions are fulfilled. " 2. That this house approves of the principle of public aid being given to elementary schools accord ing to their success in performing their work, and also of the principle of paid assistants in schools being engaged according to the market value of their services from time to time ; but that it considers that the manner in which it is proposed in the revised code to give effect to those principles is in some respects objectionable. " 3. That the provisions of the Article 40, accord ing to which the proposed capitation grant is to be paid .in respect of the attainments of the children in reading, writing, and arithmetic, are not satis factory. "4. That any system of public aid to schools ought to include some specific advantage to schools in which the branches of instruction above the ele ments are successfully taught. --- if 5. That the provision is section (A) Article 41, is not satisfactory. «6. That the diary and log book described in Articles 50 57, if required at all, ought to be more s imply and fully explained. " 7, That in the event of the Government aban doning the direct connexion which it has hitherto maintained with pupil-teachers and other assistant teachers in schools, it ought to be left without pre judice to the managers of schools to decide whether or not they aseitstanto," will have such pupil-teachers or SPRING ASSIZES. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—NEWCASTLE ON-TYNE, March 1. (Before Mr. Justice Mellor.) THE THREEPWOOD HALL CASE. During the whole of yesterday, until seven o'clock this evening, the Northumberland Assize-court, au the Moot Hall, was densely crowded with r ersons from all pa' is of the county, assembled to listen to a most extraordinary charge of perj try prepared against three bailiffs' followers, belonging to Hex ham. The persons charged were John Dodd, Wil liam Hutchinson, and John Daglish, and the offence alleged against them was that on t he 11th January, 1831, they caused William Bewick, of Threepwood Hall, to be accused of having shot at Hutchinson and Daglish. Mr. Sergeant Shee, with Mr. Blackwell and Mr. Hopwood, appeared for the prosecution ; Mr. Campbell Foster and Mr. Maule for the defence. The facts in this extraordinary case were these : —Mr. William Bewick was a magistrate and county gentleman, residing at Threepwood Hall, in this county. He was a person of somewhat. excitable temperament, and in consequence of having locked up one of his labourer's wives on a charge of larceny, and violated the strict rule of justice, his name was removed from the list of magistrates, and the husband of the woman brought an action for false imprisonment. Mr. Bewick was cast in damages and costs. Those he refused to pay ; and on the day in question a sheriff's officer, named Stainthorpe, with the prisoners, prodeeded to Threepwood to levy for the amount. Mr. Bewick being aware that they were coming, barricaded himself in; and the three pri soners were left in charge of the effects outside the house; they taking up their quarters amongst some hay in a cart shed. The accusation of perjury arose out of an occurrence that took place that night. Last Spring Assizes Mr. Bewick was sentenced to four years' penal servitude, and he was so convicted and sentenced upon the oaths of the prisoners. About nine o'clock of the night in question they swore, upon Mr. Bewick's trial for unlawfully shooting, Daglish and Hutchinson were lying in the cart shed upon the hay, when Mr. Bewick opened the window of a water-closet, and having shouted out, " Where are you I am going to fire ;" and that he deliberately fired five bullets out of a re volver into the shed where they were. Dodd the next morning picked up a bullet from amongst the hay in the cart shed, which he alleged upon oath was one of those fired by Mr. Bewick at them on the previous night. Yesterday and to-day, Mr. Bewick, who had been brought down from Millbank , in custody, was examined, and he swore that be never fired into the cart shed, but as he wanted his housekeeper to clean his gun, and it was loaded, he fired the charges, five of them, the gun being a re volver, into a tree opposite. This evidence was confirmed by his housekeeper, Mrs. Lodge, and the evidence of musketry inspectors was taken, to shoal that it was impossible that Mr. Bewick could have fired into the cart shed from the water-closet window. And additional evidence was pro- duced to show, from conversations that bad been overheard among the prisoners, that they bad conspired together to get up this horrible charge of unlawful shooting in the hopes of getting money from Mr. Bewick, and that Dodd himself placed the bullet he pretended to find in the cart-shed himself. The proceedings of the trial were extremely in teresting and exciting, and great sympathy was expressed with Mr. Bewick, who has not only suf fered twelve months' imprisonment on this false accusation, but has had all his personal effects taken away by Greenwich Hospital. Dodd and Hutchinson were tried separately , their trials, as already stated, occupying two day s• They were found guilty. Daglish then pleaded guilty. Dodd was sentenced to two years' im prisonment ; Hutchinson to four years' penal servi tude; Daglish to twelve months' imprisonment. CO UW7RY 111ABAL.1 05. ...1. , NOTTINGHAM—MAINR 1. There was rather a small show of wheat to-day, and, the trade ruled rather quiet—prices being for mo st sorts at last week's rates—white, from 47s to 63 s ; red , 44s to 618. Barley in dull demand—malting, 348 to 398 ; grinding, 298 to 31s. Oats were slow, at 26s to 355. Beans were sold at 39s to 50s per qr, Flour, 38s to 448. YORK— MARCH 1. We had again a limited supply of wheat to-day from the glowers. Trade dull, and at about previous rates. / 8 - 11 inactive business was doing in barley, and, with at es former s ormer sup ply, prices were unaltered. Oats a fair show, currencies. Beans dull, at a reduction of 6d per qr. Wheat, red 58s to 608 Oa ts .... ........ 22s 48g to t o 24g White do .60s to 640 Be ans ........... 42 Barley . 30 s to 36 s Peas ~..--s tO -- 8 Malt, oGe to 08s per qr. ; rye, 36s per qr. ; lour, 403 to 488 per sack. LEICESTER—MARCH 1. The supply of wheat to• day at market was moderate. Trade quiet, but late prices supported. White, 64s to 68s —red, 53s to 64s per 36 stone. Barley was in fair re quest, grinding, 30s to 325; malting, 34s to 38s per qr.; oats, 24s to 35s per 24 stone. Beans at former rates• new, 40s to 42s ; old, 43s to 48s per 38 stone. Fine flour, 46s I Seconds, 44s I Thirds, 42s per 20 stone• NORTHAMPT Olg—MAßcu 1. The tone of the trade to-day was improved, and price% for best samples as before; inferior difficult to quit :-485 to 60s old, and 56s to 62s new. A steady business in barley.'" malting 32s to 365, grinding 29s to 31s per qr. Oats moderate show, at previous prices—quoted at 20s to 340 per 24 stone. Beans, old, 38s to 455; peas, 36s to 45 8 . Rye, 37s to 425; malt, —s to —s ; flour, 40s to —s Per sack. NORWICH—MARCH 1. Wheat to-day was in short supply, and the prices of last„ week advaLced is per qr. The quantity of barle y still falling off, and prices were at more money. Flour steady. White wheat.. 1....61s to 63s I Red wheat........ 57s to 600 Malting barley....3Bs to 39s I Chevalier barley...37s to 3 9 14 New do.. .... 37s io 39s I Oats.. ............ —s to --- Flour, 42s Od to —s Od per sack from the miller. FOREIGN MAIL PACKET LIST. MAILS DUE. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton. Mar 21., via Marseilles Brazil and Cape Verds, by British packet. March & 6 - Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helen a. March, China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton. Mar. 4- via Marseilles _Feb. 21 r .: Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton .... Mar 4. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampiton Mar. 4 4 via Marseilles Feb. 27- India (Bombay), via Southampton Mar. 13. via Marseilles ........ Mar. Lisbon Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Mar. 4. via Marseilles F eb. 27 Newfoundland .. Mar. 5 Oporto and Vigo Mar. 1. U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet.. M ar. 6 - - by U.S. packet W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe b M a r. 10. Bahamas, via New York ' Mexico ....Feb. 28 ' by Canadian packet.Feb. 26 ; All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, 1 Feb. 0 ' C a lifornia, and British Columbia.. [ADVERTISEMENT.] — Holloway ' s Ointment and Diseases of the Glands.—When the glands about the neck or elsewhere are inflamed or enlarged, Holloway's Oint ment may be rubbed in with the most implicit confidence of its arresting the disease and preventing disfigurement. The affected part should be fomented with warm water before friction with the Ointment, which thus more read il y enters through the cutaneous pores, and acts more directly on the blood, lymphatics and glands both in an d beneath the skin, and roots out the m alady without irritating or annoying the tenderest skin. Holloway's Pills should be taken while this treatment is pursued ; they are remedies , which acting through the medium of the constitution) exercise a most beneficial influence over the local disease. BIRTHS. Cox.—On the 28th ult., at Dalston, Mrs. Alfred Cox, of a son, prematurely. CROFT.—On the 26th ult., at 13, Camden-road Villas/ N.W., the wife of Dr. Robert Charles Croft, of a dangly' ter. MARSUALL.—On the 24th ult., at Pyrton Vicarage, th ° wife of the Rev. G. Marshall, of a daughter. PETRE.—On the 28th ult., at Lillystone, Essex, the LadY Catherine Petre, of a daughter. MARRIAGES. COCK—GODFREY.—On the Ist inst., at St. Mary .A.bbot.tst Kensington, Frederick K. H. Cock, Esq., M.A., barris ter-at-law, to Annie Elizabeth, second daughter of Polo Godfrey, Esq., of Kensington. LATHAM —M‘DIARmiD.—On tho 2 7th ult. , at Dumfo9ries. Peter W. Latham, Esq., M. 8., Fellow of Dow nin g o ' l7 e lege, Cambridge, to Jamima Burns, second daug hter the late Mr. John M'Diarmid, Dumfries, DEATHS. COTTLE.—On the 25th ult., at Bath, Francis Cottle, Esq . aged 68. CARROLL.—On the 26th ult., at Brighton, Barcroft 11' Carroll, Esq., of Cork. CRAVEN.—On the 26th ult., at Clifton, 'William Cravat Esq., aged 61. CLowEs.—On the 27th ult., at the Vicarage, Ashbockillro near Ipswich, the Rev. Thomas Clowes, vicar of A ,511- booking, aged 61. HOLLADAY.—On the 27th ult., at Watford, Herts, Joh° Holleday, Esq., aged 94. HINE.—On the 25th ult., at Nottingham, Jonathan iii ll° ' Esq , aged 82. THURSTON.—On the Ist inst., Mr. James Thurston, of the Pindar of Wakefield, Gray's-inn-road, aged 48. LONDON : Printed and Published by AIURDO YOVNG' of No. 1 12 , Stran d, Printer, at THE SUN Office, No. 112; St ra nd, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the CountY c". aiddloom — Monday, March 3, 1864 of co ev4 the k -Z' of • 11 et its alf in!