The Sun. — London, England, 1862-10-20 00:00:00

AMERICA. LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY. The Royal Mail steamship Scotia, Capt. C. H. E. Judkins, which sailed from New York on the Bth inst., arrived in the Mersey ahout eight o'clock this morning, via Qneenstown, where she called to land mails and passengers. A telegraphic summary of her news has already been published. The New I ork, Herald of the Bth give s th e fol lowing as the " situation of affairs" at that date :- 4 , Some activity is *manifested by our army on the Upper Potomac, which in all probability precedes a vigorous movement and an approaching battle. " Advices from Frederick state that recent re connaissances have established the fact then Gen. Lee is rapidly falling back towards Richmond. A detachment from Gen. Sumner's corps drove in the rebel pickets at Charlestown on Sunday, and it is evident that the retreating enemy is to be closely followed up. " A deserter from the 2d Virginia Cavalry (Mum ford's brigade), captured near Fairfax Court-house, states that Gen. Joe Johnston is to supersede Gen- Bragg in Kentucky. He says that he heard rebel officers admit the loss of the rebels at Antietam to 16,000 killed and wounded, and 4,000 prisoners. According to his statement the rebel army is lo cated thus :—Mumford's brigade, of from 900 to 1,000 cavalry, is between Warrenton and the Springs. The force at Culpepper Court-house, now commanded by Gen. Joe Johnston, consists of three divisions, one of them commanded by Gen. Gustavus W. Smith, another by Gen. Horton ; the name of the other division commander he did not know. The force under Lee, at Winchester, he says numbers 180,000 men, and is being reinforced; but this is evidently too high an estimate. We learn from Cumberland, by way of Baltimore, that the rebel chief, Imbaden's, entire waggon train of supplies, together with two pieces of artillery, 50 prisoners, and a quantity of small arms, were captured yester day by our troops, and that Gen. M'Reynolds was purrsuing the enemy up the great Cacopan River. The grand victory at Corinth ieceives confirma tion daily. Further despatches from Gen. Grant, dated at noon on Monday, states that Gens. Hurl but and Ord came up with the flying enemy on Sun day, and drove them 5 miles back across the Hatchie River towards Corinth, thus completely cutting them off. They captured in this attack two rebel batteries, 300 prisoners, and a quantity of small arms. Upon General Grant informing General Rosencranz of these facts, he received a despatch from the latter, at Chevalla, in these characteristic and satisfactory terms :—' The enemy are totally routed, throwing everything away. We are fol lowing sharply.' So much for the battle of Corinth. The results that are certain to follow it will not only be felt with wholesome effect in Mississippi, but in Kentucky and Virginia. Despatches from Cairo received last night say that the rebels lost in this battle 800 killed, and from 1,500 to 1,800 wounded, We lost only 300 killed and 1,000 wounded. We took 1,500 prisoners at Corinth and 300 on the Hatchie River. Colonel Ogleby is re ported to have died of his wounds. The rebels lost two generals—Martin and Rogers. " The rebels in Missouri appear to be faring no better than their comrades in Mississippi. General Schofield made an attack upon them at Newtonia, a town 54 miles south of Springfield, on Saturday last, and thoroughly routed them after a fight of two hours. From this point he pursued them, and was expected to provoke another battle next day, but no further accounts of his movements have reached us, The rebels were said to be 15,000 strong." The New York Herald of the 7th says : " Scouts from Gen. Sigel ' s army made a reconais sance to Thoroughfare Gap yesterday, and brought in some prisoners, who report that the rebel army is falling back on Richmond, and that Gen. Long street has already gone there. There was another expedition of our scouts to Newmarket and Gaines ville, at which latter place they captured a rebel scouting party of Mississippians, under Lieut. Roberts. " Advices received frcrm Greenville,Missouri, statel that the Texan rebel forces under Gen. M'Bride, 2,000 strong, have been ordered back to Texas in consequence of the Union victories gained at Mar shal, Texas, and Shreveport, Louisiana. These victories were probably won by the Union troops who were reported as having gone up the Red River from Helena some time since. " The rebels in Kentucky seem to be breaking down. They evacuated Frankfort on Saturday, after inaugurating Mr. Richard Hawse governor. They left their wounded and sick behind them. On Sun day the Union pickets were at Hardinsville, advanc ing on Frankfort:' The following are the official Federal despatches in regard to the battle of Corinth : " Grant's Headquarters, Jackson, Tennessee, Oct. 5, 8 a.m. " TO MAJOR-GENERAL H. W. HALLECR, GENERAL. IN-CHIEF, UNITED STATES ARMY. " Yesterday the rebels under Price, Van Dorn, and Lovell, were repulsed from their attack on Co rinth with great slaughter. " The enemy are in full retreat, leaving their dead and wounded on the field. " Rosencranz telegraphs that the loss is serious on our side, particularly in officers, but bears no com parison with that of the enemy. Gen. Hackleman fell gallantly leading his brigade. Gen. Aglesby is dangerously wounded. Gen. M'Pherson, with his command, reached Corinth yesterday. Gen. Rosencranz pursued the retreating enemy this morning, and should they attempt to move towards Bolivar, will follow to that place. Gen. Hurlbut is at the Hatchie River with 5,000 or 6,000 men, and is no doubt with the pur suing column. From 700 to 1,000 prisoners, besides the wounded, are left in our hands. U. S. GRANT, Major .General Commanding." Second Despatch. "TO MAJOR-GEN. HALLECR, GENERAL-IN-CHIEF, U. S. ARMY. " Gen. Ord, who followed Gen. Hurlbut, met the enemy to-day on the south side of the Hatchie, as I understand from a despatch, and drove them across the stream, and got possession of the heights with our troops. Gen. Ord took two batteries and about 200 prisoners. A large portion of Gen. Rosencranz's forces were at Chevalla. " At this distance everything looks most favour able, and I cannot see how the enemy are to escape -without losing everything but their small arms. I have strained everything to take into the pur suit an adequate force, and to get them to the right place. "U. S. GRANT, Major General commanding." Third Dispatch. " Jackson Tenn., Oct. 6, 12.20 p.m. " TO MAJOR GENERAL HALLECK, GENERAL IN g , CHIEF. Generals Ord and Hurlbut came u p on th e enemy yesterday, and General Hurlbut having dri ven in small bodies of the rebels the day before after se ven hours' hard fi ghting, dr ove the enemy many five miles back, across the Hatchie towards Corinth, capturing two batteri es, about 300 prisoners, and I immediately apprised General Rosencranz of these facts, and directed hi m to urge on the good work. the following dispatch has just bees received from Lim:— Chevalla, Oct. 6, 1862. '‘ ' To Major General Grant. " 6 The enemy are totally routed, throwing every thing away. We are following sharply. W. S. ROSENCRANZ, Major General.' " Under previous instructions General Hurlbut is also following. General M'Pherson is in the lead of General Rosoncranz's column. " The rebel General, Martin, is said to be killed. " U. S. GRANT, Major General Commanding." A Cairo dispatch, dated the 7th, says : " As yet we can only state the general results of the fighting at'Corinth. Skirmishing commenced on Sunday last, and there has been more or less fighting every day since. The rebel loss is about 800 killed and from 1,500 to 1,800 wounded. We have at 1 . „500 prisoners at Co r i n th, an d 300 on the ch River, and more constantly coming in. We have take n several thousand They arestand of arms thrown away by th e re b els in. their fli ght, mostly ti new, and of English make. Our loss, it is believed, will be 300 killed and 1,000 wounded. Many houses in the town were badly shattered by shot gild shell. On Sunday General Ord drove the enem y five miles over hills and through woods and valleys, the rebels taking advantage of every wood for t', it infantry and every hill for their artillery. The fight lasted seven hours. The rebel general, Rogers, was killed. General Ogleby has died of his wounds. General Ord is slightly wounded. Prisoners taken say their effective force in the vicinity is 65,000 men. This is, probably, an over estimate, but it is certain that they have outnumbered us two to one." A St. Louis despatch of Oct. 7, says: — "Despatches received at head-quarters bring in telligence to the effect that on Saturday morning General Schofield advanced upon the rebels at New tonia, a small town about 54 miles south of Spring field, and after a two hours' engagement the rebels I broke and fled in all directions. The force of the enemy is estimated at 15,000 men. Our loss is 1 trifling. Despatches intercepted after the fight acquainted General Schofield of the intention of the enemy to concentrate their whole force at a point twelve miles distant from Newtonia, to which point he was pushing rapidly, with the expectation of renewing the battle on Sunday. No further particulars have been received." The following general order relative to the emancipation proclamation has been issued by General M'Clellan to the army of the Potomac : " Head -quarters, Army of the Potomac, Camp, near Sharpsburg, Maryland, Oct. 7, 1862. "The attention of the officers and soldiers of the No. i 3 army 0 9, f the Potomac is called to General Orders, War Department, Sept. 24, 1862, pub lishing to the army the President's proclamation of Sept. 22. A proclamation of such grave mo ment to the nation, officially communicated to the army, affords to the General commanding an opportunity of defining specifically to the offi cers and soldiers under his command the relation borne by all persons in the military service of the United States towards the civil authorities of the Government. The constitution confides to the civil authorities, legislative, judicial, and executive, the power and duty of making, expounding, and exe cuting the Federal laws. Armed forces are raised and supported simply to sustain the civil authori ties, and are to - be held in strict subordination thereto in all respects. This fundamental rule of our political system is essential to the security of our republican institutions, and should be tho roughly understood and observed by every soldier. The principle upon which, and the objects for which, armies shall be employed in suppressing the rebellion, must be determined and declared by the civil authorities, and the chief executive, who is charged with the administration of national affairs, is the proper and the only source through which the views and orders of the Government can be made known to the armies of the nation. "Discussion by officers and soldiers concerning measures determined upon and declared by the Go vernment, when carried at all beyond the ordinary temperate and respectful expression of opinion, tends greatly to impair and destroy the discipline and efficiency of troops, by substituting the spirit of,political faction for that firm, steady, and earnest support of the authority of the Government which is the highest duty of the American soldier. The remedy for political errors, if they are committed, is to be found only in the action of the people at the poll. "In thus calling the attention of this army to the true relation between the soldier and the Go vernment the general commanding merely adverts to an evil against which it has been thought advisable during our whole history to guard the armies of the republic, and in so doing he will not be considered by any right-minded person as casting any reflec tion upon that loyalty and good conduct which has been so fully illustrated upon so many battle-fields. In carrying out all measures of public policy this army will, of course, be guided by the same rules of mercy and Christianity that have ever controlled its conduct towards the defenceless. " By command of " Major-General M'CLELLAN. " James A. Hurdle, Lieut. Col., Aide de Camp and Acting Assistant Adjutant General." THE MARCH OF GENERAL MORGAN FROM CUMBERLAND GAP. CINCINNATI, OCT. 4. M. C. Garber, quartermaster in General Morgan's division, telegraphs the following to the Madison's (lnd.) Courier : " The advance brigade of Gen. G. W. Morgan's command from Cumberland Gap arrived at Greens burg, Ky., on the 3d inst., after an exhausting march of 16 days, having roads to make in many places. " The men are shoeless, hatless, and naked, and for days were without rations. They had to gather subsistence from the corn standing in the fields, - which they grated to made bread after the fatigues of the day- "The men bore their hardships and privations and the fatigues of the march with the greatest for titude. They marched 24 hours a day, skirmishing in the woods on each side of the road, and repelling the attempts of the rebel cavalry in their front and rear to capture them. " The enemy blockaded the way all along the march, and at every suitable plan harassed our column as much as possible. " Our force is 10,000 strong, with a magnificent park of artillery, consisting of 28 pieces, six of them being 20-pounders. " We had 400 waggons, all of which were brought off safely. The works at Cumberland Cap were left in ruins." In the Confederate Senate on the Ist inst., Mr. Semmes, of Louisiana, from the judiciary commit tee, to whom was referred the resolutions relative to Lincoln's emancipation proclamation, stated that a majority of the committee favoured the following bill : ‘, Whereas these states, exercising a right conse ' crated by the blood of our revolutionary forefathers, and recognised as fundamental in the American system of government, which is based on the con sent of the governed, dissolved the compact which united them to the Northern states and withdrew from the Union created by the Federal constitu tion ; and whereas the government of the United States repudiates the principles on which its foun ders, in their solemn appeal to the civilised world, justified the American revolution, commenced the present war to subjugate and enslave these states under the pretext of repressing rebellion and re storing the Union ; and whereas, in the prosecution of the war for the past 17 months, the rights ac corded to belligerents by the usages of civilised na tions have been studiously denied to the citizens of these states, except in cases where the same have been extorted by the apprehension of retaliation or by the adverse fortune of the war; and whereas from the commencement of this unholy invasion to the present moment the invaders have inflicted in human miseries on the people of these states, ex acting of them treasonable oaths, subjecting un armed citizens, women and children, to confisca tion, banishment, imprisonment ; burning their dwelling-houses, ravaging the land, plundering pri vate property, murdering men for pretended offen ces, organising the abduction of slaves by govern ment officials and at government expense, pro moting servile insurrection by tampering with slaves, and protecting them in resisting their mas.• tars; libr a ries; s t e a nr li e n n g eo wo a r g k i s n o g f art, and destroying public y to co mm i t ontra ge a s nd on in w v o it m in e g n a by br t u h t e al un s r o e t dier baked orders of milit ary commanders, and attempt ing to r u i n c i t i es by filling the entrances to their harbours 'with atone ; a up ad whereas, in the same spirit of barbarous ferocity the G overnment of the United Statesenacted suppress insurrection a law, entitled An act to lion, to seize and confi tsoe prevent treason an d rebel the and for other p urp oses"' te a property of re b e l s, proclamation, issued by Pre- Abraha m announced b y a sident thereof, that i n t h e Lincoln, the pursuanceof Ist of January, 1863, all persons said, on th e held a s s l aves Par within any State, or designated t of state, the people whereof shall be in rebellion against the United States, shall be thenceforward and for ever free, and has thereby made manifest that this conflict has ceased to be a war as recognised among civilised nations, but on the part of the enemy has become an invasion of an organised horde of mur derers and plunderers, breathing hatred and revenge for the numerous defeats sustained on legitimate battle-fields, and determined, if possible, to exter minate the loyal population of those States, to trans fer their property to their enemies, and to emanci pate their slaves with the atrocious design of adding servile insurrection and the massacre of families to the calamities of war; and whereas jus tice and humanity require this Government to endeavour e t o e n r e e m p y r e b s s y t i h n e fl a c t wle i ng s B severe p r ac t i r c e e t s r i a b nd ut i d o n e therefore the Confederate States of America do enact— " 1. That on and after the Ist of January, 1863, all commissioned and non-commissioned officers of the enemy, except as hereinafter mentioned, when captured, shall be imprisoned at hard labour, or otherwise put at hard labour, until the termination of the war, or until the repeal of the act of the Con gress of the United States hereinbefore recited, or until otherwise determined by the President. " 2. Every white person who shall act as a com missioned or non-commissioned officer, commanding negroes or mulattoes against the Confederate States, or who shall arm, organise, train, or prepare ne groes or mulattoes for military service, or aid them in any military enterprise against the Confederate States, shall, if captured, suffer death. "3. Every commissioned or non-commissioned officer of the enemy who shall incite slaves to rebel lion, or pretend to give them freedom, under the aforementioned act of Congress and proclamation, by abducting, or causing them to be abducted, or inducing them to abscond, shall, if captured, suffer death. " 4. That every person charged with an offence under this act shall be tried by such military courts as the President shall direct; and, after conviction, the President may commute the punishment, or pardon unconditionally, or on such terms as he may see fit. "6. That the President is hereby authorised to resort to such other retaliatory measures as in his judgment may be best calculated to repress the atrocities of the enemy." Mr. Phelan, of Mississippi, submitted a minority report from the same committee, in the form of a lengthy preamble and the following resolution:— "Be it resolved, &c., that from this day forth all rules of civilised warfare shall be discarded in the future defence of our country, our liberties, and our lives, against the fell design now openly avowed by the Government of the United States to annihilate or enslave us ; and that a war of extermination shall henceforth be waged against every invader whose hostile foot shall cross the boundaries of these Con federate States." Other resolutions were also offered, suggesting that all prisoners taken shall be treated and tried as criminals, and on conviction should suffer death. The resolutions were ordered to be printed, and to be made the order of the day for the 2d inst. In the Confederate House of Representatives Mr. Lyons introduced a series of resolutions proclaiming the infamous character of Lincoln's late proclama tion, exhorting the people of the Confederacy to kill every officer, soldier, and sailor of the enemy found within their borders, unless a regular prisoner of war, declaring:that after the Ist of January, 1863, no officer of the enemy ought to be captured alive, or if recaptured, should be immediately hung, and offering a bounty of 20 dollars and an annuity of 20 dollars for life to every slave and free negro who shall after the Ist of January 1863, kill one of the enemy. Referred to committee on foreign affairs. Mr. Foote reported resolutions, which were re ferred to committee on foreign affairs, to appoint a joint committee to address the people of California, Oregon, and the various territories beyond the Rocky Mountains, on the expediency of hereafter establishing a league, offensive and defensive, be tween such states and the territories of the Con federate States. A Washington telegram says:— " It is ascertained that large supplies of cotton for different parts of Europe are obtained on the Rio Grande. Mexican vessels are engaged in supply ing foreign ships. It is suspected that the Texan planters convey their cotton to Brownsville, Texas whence the article is clandestinely conveyed to the Mexican borders. On the Bth of September there were twenty vessels there waiting for cargoes, in cluding an English steamer, which had sixty thousand pounds sterling, with which to purchase cotton." The Count de Paris has addressed the following letter to General Sickles : " Claremont, Sept. 11, 1862. "My dear General,—l have just read the letter you wrote to the .New York, Times in answer to the misrepresentations circulated about a departure from America, and I hasten to thank you for having taken up the pen under these circumstances. "Although we are accustomed to calumny, and despise it, nevertheless it is very gratifying to see the facts put in their true light, and our situation so well understood and so clearly explained, espe cially by a member of the army with whose desti nies we were associated during nearly a year. We shall always remember that campaign with the army of the Potomac as one of the best and most interesting epochs of our youth. It is with regret that we left our companions in arms, and nothing can be more valuable to us than such testimonies of remembrance and esteem. I need not add that our hearty wishes still accompany them ; that the dis tance has only strengthened the interest we take in the success of the great cause for which we fought together. "Depend upon it, however ignorant and prejudi cial my be the public at large, there are still on this side of the Atlantic some hearts who follow with emotion the struggle of a great and free nation for her institutions, and who cannot believe in the ulti mate success of the efforts of a deluded minority to establish a new community, whose corner-stone shall be so odious, so dangerous, and precarious an institution as that of slavery. " Before ending this letter (for the bad English of which I must apologise), let me still tell you, my dear general, how glad I should be to shake hands again with you, and to talk once with you of your winter quarters in that wild corner of Maryland, or of the summer days when your tent was pitched on the field of battle of ' Fair Oaks.' " I beg you,my dear general, to believe me always very truly yours, "Louis PHILIPPE D'ORLEANS, Count de Paris." LATEST. As the Scotia did not leave New York till late in the day we receive by her New York journals of the evening of the Bth, from which we make the following extracts : A telegram of the Bth, from Louisville, says— " The enemy are said to he endeavouring to reach Cumberland Gap. One portion of their army is still at Lisington. Our troops are close upon both of their commands. Skirmishing is constantly going on. No particulars have reached here to-day which can be transmitted, though military men hint at important movements soon to occur. They seem very busy this evening," The New York Commercial Advertiser says— if Ever since the day when the order of conscrip tion was issued there has been a class of indi v id ua l s in this city who have puzz!ed themselves not a little in trying to invent some ruse or another by which to escape the draft. Some of them have undoubtedly left for parts unknown, while others, though re maining here, have almost lost their identity with the people, as they appear to have neither local habitations nor names ; they float about from one lodging-house to another, believing that that would be an excellent ' dodge' for them to play on the en rolling officer. "But these would-be evaders and skedaddlers discover, if the draft is enforced, that their names have been enrolled ; that in spite of their ingenious efforts to give the enrolling officers the ' slip,' Gen. Anthon has had his eye upon all their movements. " At the General Enrolment Office, at 82, Broad way, there is a list of names, which, after the re bellion shall ha ve b een e ffe c t ua lly crus hed, should be f ound on exhibiti on a t B arnum ' s . This list comprises over 2,000 names , and there are those of THE sum LOND]►ON, MONDAY Fivtl**,T, OCTOBER 20, 1862. all those nervous gentlemen (!) in our midst who have aspired to win the highest distinction as ske daddiers. These names were obtained by General Anthon with no little trouble, but his mode of operations in procuring them worked so well and thoroughly that he is confident no man in the city has escaped the notice of the enrolment officer. Among the curiosities of the war this list of ske daddlers must rank among the greatest. " The enforcement of the draft was commenced at Cleveland, Ohio, on Saturday 'last, by filling up the quota of the 6th ward of that city by conscrip tion. Some 680 names were placed in a ballot-box and 64 drawn therefrom. Nine persons were arrested for riotous conduct during the progress of the draft, and locked up in the city gaol." The New York Stock Market on the Bth con tinued active, and prices generally showed a further advance. The latest prices were :—United States Sixes, 841 ; Panama Shares, 146 ; Erie Shares, 581 ; Reading Shares, 79 ; Michigan Central, 87,1 ; New York Central, 1042 ; ditto, Sixes, 108; Illinois Central Bonds, 106. Money was active, but abundant,at 4 to 5 per cent. Sterling exchange sold at 137 to 1371 but at the close was held for 138. Gold 241 prem. WE NAVY. The Agamemnon, 86, screw, Capt. Thos. Hope, was paid out of commission at Portsmouth on Satur day, and hauled down her pennant at sunset. The Royal Sovereign shield ship, at Portsmouth, has had the number of hands employed upon her conversion increased,and consequently a correspond ing advance in the work is daily visible. All her short beams,which give the form to her sloping upper deck from the crowns of the towers, are now in their places, and several of the iron knees, which hold them internally to the ship's side, are also fixed. The massive timber beds on which her revolving towers will work are nearly complete in the adjoin ing mast shed, and will shortly be removed and fixed to the ship's deck in readiness to receive the towers, gun carriages, and shield armour. The delay at pre sent existing is owing entirely to the non-comple tion of the erection of the workshops and machinery for preparing the side armour-plates, and the non delivery of the iron plating for the sloping deck and other iron work which is being supplied by contract from private firms. No delay of this kind has, however, occurred in the deliver y of the side armour-plates from the Atlas Works, Sheffield, plenty of which are waiting to be prepared for affix ing to the ship's side. This armour will be 5-4-in. in thickness, and will have a backing of 2ft. llin. of timber. The armour-plating here will be about 12ft. in depth, being four rows of plates fixed longitudi nally, and the ship is estimated to carry them sft. below and 7ft. above the water line. From the upper edge of this plating the sloping upper deck extends to the crowns of her towers, with a rise of abort 2ft in 20ft. The contract for the plates for her shield armour has been given by the Admiralty to Mr. Cheney, at the rate of £5O per ton. The shields in rear of the guns will be protected by single plates, but in front of the shields—i.e. in the vicinity of the port-holes—the thickness of the protecting •plates will be 10in. This armour all round the shields will be supported by 19in. of timber and 10-inch I shaped iron ribs. Armstrong 150-pounders, such as the one tested against the famous Warrior target, will, according to existing arrangements, form the ship's armament. Her four towers are not of equal dimensions. The Admiralty had decided upon giving her four towers of a less diameter than was thought by Capt. Coles to be advisable when consideration is taken of the steady and continuous increase being made in the weight and calibre of artillery, and he ac cordingly laid his views on the subject before their Lordships, who so far acquiesced in them as to order the construction of one tower of the dimensions sug gested by Capt. Coles, but retaining the original dimensions of the remaining three. The Royal Sovereign is a complete innovation upon our hither to conceived notions of what a war steamship really should be.‘-She has been constructedwith the special purpose of carrying and working ordnance at sea such as could not be carried or worked under any circumstance by any other form of vessel. The ob ject is so important that no time should be lost in getting her afloat, so as to fully ascertain what her capabilities really are on every possible point con nected with her efficiency as a man-of-war. The repairs of the iron troopship Adventure, at Woolwich, were on Saturday ordered to be com pleted by working overtime, in order to her being taken out of dock by the high tide this morning. The workmen engaged in recoating the interior, now thoroughly repaired with Day's cement, were ac cordingly employed throughout the whole of Satur day night. Upon examining the bottom plates and rivet heads the cement was found as good as when first laid on, notwithstanding the force with which the Adventure had struck on the rocks, carrying away no less than six tons of metal from her stem. As stated in the official report to the Board of Ad miralty, " not a single crack was seen, and, conse quently, no rust or corrosion was found in any part of the vessel." The Adventure is again ready for sea, and will go down to Greenhithe in a few days, to be swung for deviation of her compasses, prepa ratory to her departure on the Ist proximo for the West Indies with Royal Artillery troops. The Megmra, screw troopship, Commander Hen derson, arrived at Spithead on Saturday morning from Q uebec, with the sth battery 7th brigade of Royal Artillery on board, under the command of Lieut.-Col. D. W. Paynter,C.B., and about 40 time expired men and invalids, and 70 women and chil dren belonging to various regiments serving in Canada. The Megmra arrived at St. John's, New foundland, on the sth inst. from Quebec, and sailed again for England on the 7th. She had strong but generally fair winds throughout the remainder of the voyage home. After communicating with the office of Vice-Admiral Sir H. W. Bruce, the Port- Admiral at Portsmouth, the Megsera proceeded from Spithead for Woolwich to disembark the troops, and afterwards will, most probably, return to Portsmouth to refit for further service. Two hundred artisans and labourers, who had re ceived a week's notice of dismissal, were on Satur day discharged from the gun factories at Wool wich, and about the same number from the Royal laboratories ; and a similar number, it is stated, will be dismissed next Saturday. An important and what promises to be a most valuable invention for economising both time and labour in the plating iron and armour-cased vessels, the invention of Mr. Matherson, of Devonport dock yard,tme d i t t n e p d t o n A t i h r e . Admiralty Hutchens, and most one of h hf e aavvoiunrg assistant-master-shipbuilders eyenr epsuorb at Chatham dockyard, who superintended the construction of the Warrior, has been ordered to proceed to Devonport for the purpose of examining it, in order to ascertain whether it should be generally adopted in the Royal dockyards. The machine, when screwed up to the ship's bottom or side, takes an exact impress of the mould for the armour plate. Another machine, also invented by Mr. Matherson, bends the plates to exact shape of the mould, within the fraction of an inch—a degree of accuracy impossible to be obtained under the present plan of shaping and bending the armour plates. The Leander, 51, 500-horse power, fitting for sea, is ordered, when completed, to be place in the first division of the Chatham steam reserve on the Med way. Several hundred shipwrights and other me chanics are employed on her in order that she may be completed by the earliest possible date. Her topmasts are on end, and she will be out of the hands of the riggers during the present week. A complete squadron of line-of-battle and other steamers are now being brought forward at Chat ham and Sheerness for the steam reserve on the Medway. The ships include the Conqueror (late the Waterloo), 101, 800-horse power; the Anson, 89, 8 00-horse power ; the Leander, 51, 500-horse power; the Terrible, 21, 800-horse power, paddle wheel steamer ; the Pylades, 21, 350-horse power ; the Jaseur, 5, 250-horse power; and the Carnation, 2, 80-horse power. The whole of the above will be fully equipped for sea, and placed in the first.elass steam reserve, in readiness to proceed to sea within a few days after receiving their respective crews. The following appointments were made on Satur day at the Admiralty :—Gordon Jackson, assist.- , surg., to the Cornwallis; William P. Clapp, acting assist.-surg., to the Tribune; George Edwards, acting second-class assist.-engineer, to the Trin culo ; Bertram E. W. Gwynne, master's assist., to the Psyche ; Herbert G. Garbett, midshipman, to the Trafalgar ; Wm. F. Karslake, Herbert C. Sayce, and Henry J. Oldfield, naval cadet,s to the Leopard; Henry P. T. Skinner, naval cadet, to the Marlborough. _ _ The following appointments have been made in the Royal Naval Reserve :—To be Honorary Lieut., John Rigby ; and to be Sub.-Lieuts, Edward Ben jamin Bullen and John Thackweil Clayton. 7HE ARMY. On Saturday morning an inspection of the troops of the Household Brigade and the 3d Regiment of Buffs tool place in Hyde-park before the Duke of Cambridge and staff. Shortly after 9 o'clock the Fusiliers, Grenadiers, Coldstreams, and the 3d Buffs from the Tower arrived in Hyde-park. At 10 o'clock his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, the Commander-in-Chief, attended by Sir James Yorke Scarlett, Sir James Macdonald, General Crawford, and a brilliant staff of officers, appeared on the ground, and, although the weather was unfavour able, some hundreds of persons were present. The troops having formed into line and open column, his Royal Highness minutely inspected them, when the various regiments went past in slow and quick time. After various other movements, his Royal Highness left the park with an expression of his satisfaction. Major.-Gen. J. Bloomfield, the Inspector-General of Royal Artillery, who is making his half-yearly tour of inspection of the armaments, magazines, stores, artillery, materiel, and Royal Artillery troops in the Chatham district, completed his in spection of the first division of the Depot Brigade, Royal Artillery, on Saturday. The Inspector-Gen., who was accompanied by his aide-de-camp, Major C. C. Teesdale, C. 8., V.C., was received on his ar rival by Col. Nedham, commanding the Royal Ar tillery, in the Chatham district, and at once repaired to the parade ground, where the officers and men of the Ist division, to the number of 700, were drawn up in line, at open order, under the command of Lieut.-Col. Talbot. After receiving the general salute, Major-Gen. Bloomfield instituted a minute inspection of both ranks, particular attention being paid to the arms and accoutrements of the non-com missioned officers and gunners. At the termination of this portion of the inspection the line broke into open column, right in front, and marched past in slow and quick time with marked regularity, the wheeling distance being preserved with exactness. Owing to the high wind and heavy rain the customary battalion movements had to be dispensed with. Notwithstanding the unpropitious state of the weather Major-Gen. Bloomfield determined on testing the efficiency of the brigade shot and shell practice. Accordingly the Armstrong and other guns mounted on No. 1 bastion sea defences at the entrance to the Medway were manned by a number of gunners selected from the brigade. In addition to the ordinary exercise with the 68-pounder and other smooth-bore cast iron guns, practice was also car ried on with common and segment shell and solid conical shot from the 110-pounder Armstrongs• Notwithstanding the indistinctness of the range, from the hazy state of the atmosphere and the un steadiness of the target, which on this occasion was moored about one mile and a half to seaward, both shot and shell were delivered with remarkable ac curacy. Major-Gen. Bloomfield next inspected the non-commissioned officers and gunners at gyp drill, mounting and dismounting sheers, and the nume rous methods of handling heavy ordnance. An exa mination next followed of the armaments of the various batteries, as also the magazines and store rooms in charge of the Colonel commanding, all of which were found to be in unexceptionable order. The Inspector-General expressed himself highly gratified with everything he had witnessed. Major- Gen. Bloomfield remarked that he was aware the Duke of Cambridge, on the occasion of his inspec tion of the Ist division in the spring of the present year, had called attention to the necessity of prac tising the recruits in " setting up" and " position" drill, the military carriage of the men at that time being much below the standard of smartness and neatness. He (Major-Gen. Bloomfield) was very glad to find that every attention had been paid by Lieut.-Col. Talbot to remedy the cause of com plaint. He considered the men now, for smart ness and soldierlike bearing, equal to any in the army. Six batteries of 40• pounder Armstrong guns are in course of removal to Aldershot from Woolwich, for the service of the Coast Brigade Royal Artillery- The first battery arrived about a fortnight since ; the second at a late hour on Thursday night, the heavy state of the roads having retarded progress considerably. The guns are conveyed as far as Guildford by detachments of the Royal Horse Artillery and Depot Brigade, whence they are taken by a party under the command of Capt. Gore, de spatched from Aldershott to meet them. Each bat tery consists of four guns of the following dimen sions :—Length over all, lift. 3in.; length of bar rel, Bft. 10in. ; diameter of bore, 4.75 in. ; weight, 34cwt. ; shot, 401 b. On the shafts of the limbers is ironwork adapted to ordinary farm horse har ness, so that in cases of emergency the horses of farmers on the route of march may be used to draw the gun. Each battery is supplied with 152 rounds of ammunition, together with a platform and four ammunition waggons; and the trar sport of these, together with the guns, required the service of 84 draught horses. THE VOLUNTEERS. VOLUNTEER FIELD-DAY AT HARWICH. HARWICH, SATURDAY. To-day was fixed for a grand muster of volun teers here, but unfortunately the weather prevented the arrangements being carried out, although up wards of 1,000 volunteers had arrived. The idea of the movement was a good one, and originated, we believe, with Captain Jervis, one of the mem bers of the borough. It was to prove at once the ease with which a number of men could be brought, together at a given point, and then have their efficiency tested by their being put through a series of difficult manoeuvres of which they had no previous intimation. An enemy would not communicate his inten tions beforehand, and the supposed enemy in this case did not communicate his, nor did the com manding officer of the day, Colonel Grey, com mandant of Colchester camp, for his orders were to have been spontaneous, and the ability of the several corps, who had never met one another before, would have been submitted to a severe test. Colonel Grey and Lieut.-Col. Ibbetson, government inspec tor- of volunteers for the eastern district, were both present to-day, and the following corps arrived by train and steam boat. The 12th Essex, Ist Essex (Engineers), Felstead (Grammar School), 13th Essex (Stour Valley), 41st Middlesex, 39th Middle sex, 4th Tower Hamlets, 6th Tower Hamlets, 2d Middlesex Artillery, the Braintree, Hadleigh, Col chester, and Chelmsford companies; the Ist Suffolk (Ipswich), 2d Suffolk (Framlingham); and Needham Market, and Sudbury companies. The day's pro ceedings would have proved a good test for the volunteers, and even as it was they showed that having undertaken a duty they were not anxious to shirk it. The Harwich committee had been told that the London men at this time of the year would not go to a distance, and that the local vol unteers, as they had been so pampered with lunch eons and entertainments, would not go out for a hard day's work with no entertainment at the back of it. It was, therefore, decided that w hil s t the place select e d s h ou ld b e a strateg i ca l po int of im portance, it should also be a good distance from London, and as inconvenient as possible to the local men. No better place than Harwich could have been selected. The place, which was a fort which would have been stormed had the weather been pro pitious, is a sort of Land's End, and somewhat diffi cult of access. Moreover, the day was about the most inconvenient which could have been fixed, and that in itself would test the patriotism of the men. The result proved that the volunteers know what their duty is, aui are determined to do it. The response to the committee's circular exceeded all expectation. London alone would have sent 2,000 or 3,000 . men had they been asked for; and it is gratifying to know that the local districts, as far as Chelmsford and Maldon on the one hand, and down to Framlingham in Suffolk on the other, were well represented. In addition to the riflemen, six guns were sent from the West Essex Yeomanry Artillery, and had the weather rroved at all fine a brilliant spectacle would have been afforded. It was intended to have had a mimic attack on the circular redoubt, which has ten guns, two 8-inch and eight 68 pounders; the fort would have been defended by from 500 to 600 men, be sides the Harwich and 2d Middlesex Artillery, and attacked by 800. Colonel Schuster and Major Tuf nell would have commanded the former, an d Colonel Money and Colonel Penton the latter. But the best concerted schemes are not wholly independent of the weather. Harwich was literally packed with volunteers and spectators, and the streets were apparently covered in by a succession of umbrellas. The rain began to fail about 12 o'clock, and long before the great bulk of the volunteers arrived— three o'clock—the day had settled down into a "regular soaker." Colonel Grey patiently waited to see if the weather would change. Old " salts" thought it would as the wind was veering a bit, but so far from that being the case it did but rain the faster ; and at last—there was no help for it— all hope of a field-day was given up, not more to the disappointment of the spectators than to the volunteers. The result was so far unfortunate that the men were put to trouble and expense for nothing, but their presence on such a day, and their subsequent steady, soldierlike endurance of the pitiless shower, did but commend them to the warmer sympathies of the public. So far the affair was a test ; and so far, too, it will not have been in vain. Indeed, it will long be remembered as the great volunteer review whioh was to have been, but was not. Alas !- 66 The best laid schemes o' mice and men Gang aft agee." QUEEN'S (WESTMINSTER).— CADET FETE AT THE CRYSTAL PALACE.—Saturday was appointed for the annual cadet fete and field sports at the Crystal Palace, but in consequence of the unpropitious state of the weather the out-door entertainments were compelled to be abandoned. The cadets of the Queen's, however, mustered to the number of be t ween 60 and 70, and, accompanied by the cadet drum and five band and the brass band of the regi ment, reached the Crystal Palace shortly after two o'clock. The original programme was, that the sports should have taken place in the cricket-ground; but the youthful volunteers of the Queen's were not to be disappointed ; and arrangements were there fore made by Capt. Morris, the adjutant, Capt. Styan, and other members of the committee, that the various races for prizes should come off in the south wing of the Palace, which appeared to afford ample accom modation. The band of the regiment, under the direction of Mr. James Truelove, the bandmaster, was stationed at one end of the wing, and in the in tervals between the various sports performed a va riety of excellent music and attracted a vast con course of sr ectators, who, unheeding weather, had visited the Palace. The sports were classified under six heads, and the members who intended to com pete were formed into squads for each race or game, viz., first division, for cadets 11 years old and under ; second, 14 and over 11; and the third, above 14 years old. The first was a flat race, 50 yards, first division ; first prize 55., second prize 3s. 100 yards for second and third divisions; first prize 7s. 6d., second prize ss. The races were admirably run by all the divisions, in the first division Foster win ning first and Buchanan second prize ; second divi sion, Harris first, and Middleton second prize ; third division, Slough first and Taylor second prize. In the second competition, high jump, three squads were sized, and a prize of ss. awarded to the winner in each squad. In the first two Hunt and Taylor were the winners, and in the third, Tripp and Briham having tied, were awarded a prize each. Third, a hurdle race, distance same as No. 1, four hurdles for first division, and six for second and third divisions, the prizes for first and second in each division being 7s. 6d. and 58. In the first division Heming was first and Foster second ; in the second division, Long street first and Harris second ; and in the third division, Slough first and Hart second. Fourth, jumping in sacks : In this amusing game the first prize was 55., and the second 2s. 6d.; 30 yards for first division, and 60 yards for the second and third divisions. In the first division, Hemming and Sandam were the winners ; second division, Longstreet and Edwards ; and third division, Palmer and Shute. Fifth, picking up eggs, for two squads, irrespective of age : Twenty eggs were placed one yard apart, and each egg had to be picked up separately, and placed in a basket at the starting point. A broken egg was to be adisqua lification for the prize ; 7s. 6d. to the winner in each squad. In the first squad, Dowie and Foster were No. 1 and 2, and in the second squad A. Ship wright and Part were the winners. The sports terminated with a consolation fiat race, with prizes of ss. and 2s. 6d. to the winners in each division. The whole was conducted in an admirable manner, and afforded much amusement. At the conclusion the cadets and the bands were marched off to the terrace dining rooms, where a dinner was provided for them, and they afterwards returned by train to town. RIFLE CONTEST.—On Thursday last a most inte resting trial of skill took place at the butts of the Vale of Aylesbury corps, between 12 men of the &h Oxon (Theme) and the like number of the 4th Bucks (Vale of Aylesbury) corps. A silver cup, purchased jointly by the two corps, was provided as a sub stantial memento of the occasion, to be carried off by the victorious side. The ranges were 200, 300, and 400 yards, five shots of each range, The shoot ing was very respectable on both sides, that of Capt. Sell and some others of the 4th Bucks and Privates Clark and Walker of the Bth Oxon being remark ably good. The equality of the shooting on each side excited considerable interest. At the 200 yards range the score stood-4th Bucks 130, Bth Oxon 135, being a majority of five in favour of the latter. At 300 yards the figures made were re spectively 90 and 91, being an addition of one to the surplus of the Thame men. It was, however, at 400 yards that the men of the Vale made their successful stand. There their shooting was very accurate, bull's eyes and centres being the rule, and ending in a sore of 146. The Bth Oxon men were ut first a little puzzled at this range, but improving as they proceeded, they made the very respectable score of 129, which, how ever, left a clear total on the whole figures of 11 in favour of the 4th Bucks corps. The totals being— Aylesbury, 366; Theme, 355. The most cordial and mutual good feeling existed between the con tending parties, and at the close of the shooting the cup was filled on the ground and the wine quaffed enthusiastically by the men of the 4th Bucks to the health and prosperity of their opponents and Capt. Wykham, their commanding officer, who was pre sent, the compliment being as heartily returned by them for Capt. Self and the Vale of Aylesbury corps. THE BIBLE WOMAN IN LONDON.—A new feature has lately appeared in the exertions of benevolent persons among the distressed poor, and on the lower strata of London life. The bible woman is not Merely a distri butor of the Bible, as the name seems to indicate, but a dis tributor of all sorts of good things among the families of the poor. She is selected from the better-informed and Chris tian women of the lower middle class. Sometimes she has risen from the very depth of St. Giles's parish by the instru mentality of the city missionary, or the Scripture reader, or the district visitor. She receives 12s. 6d. a week for her services. She sets out every day to visit the sisterhood of sorrow, suffering, and poverty, ostensibly and directly to introduce the Bible, additionally and practically to see what can be done to help the helpless, and to say what can be said to comfort the downcast. Since the institution of this g new class of labourers in th e service of sorrow and sufferin g, ca l l eci soup can be bo ug ht ; w h er e fuel can be had at a reasonable price ; ge—sh ows th e about three years ago, 27,000 Bibles have b een sold amo nan the very poorest. A d iscreet and s y m p athi sing Eible wom erson e a c l on kn om o i w poor -- we mother where wr jt the e f from best ni3 and how easily good soup can be made at a reasonable cost; and the room kept clean, dry , and sweet at no great expenditure of labour. She offers a blanket early i n the season, as soon as half the price of it is paid in weekly pennies petticoats for the children, cast off iayther rich, and frocks and presents and rewards for tidine ss. The effect , are of persiste n t treatment of phis sort is soon a p pa rent.—Old Jonathan, TERRIBLE PIT ACCID2 NT,-FOUR MEN KILLED. A very melancholy accident happened on Friday afternoon last at the New Priesvfields Colliery, Wil lenhall, about three miles from Wolverhampton, which resulted in the instantaneous and frightful death of four men. The colliery is the property .of Mr. Henry Ward, ironmaster, by whom it is being. worked. At about half-past four on the day named f i ve men, named respectively Forshaw, aged 32, Michael Curty, aged 27, Thos. Lewis, aged 38, John Ginty, aged 26, and a young man named Edward Evans, were all ascending to the surface of the, ridingear th, up in the a n s a h r a r c a t g o e: locally f astone pit. They were all termed a "tackle," which was attached to t ii.e g chain. Over this cage was a temporary roof or 66 bonnet" formed of plate iron, and used as a protedion to the men when they go down or come up a pit, fro:n any accident through the falling upon them of anything from above. This shaft was about 80 yards weep, and the men had reached to about the centre when there came upon them with fearful force a imassive skip, constructed principally of iron, and ust'd to convey the minerals to the surface. The skip ha d suddenly fallen from the brink of the shaft, and bac,' acquired an immense momentum from the distance it had fallen. It would seem to have continued it 3 course against the side of the shaft, inasmuch as it did not alight upon the roof of the tackle. The men, however, who were beneath the roof, were not removed from danger, for the " skip" came u pon them, and that, too, with such terrible violence l'hat four of the five were mutilated corpses instanta neous upon the concussion, and the sides of the shaft were disfigured with sickening evidences of the ter rible reality. The fifth man (Evans), who was on the opposite side of the cage to that occupied by his companions, happily escaped with only a slight bruise on the temple, but he had to cling to a por tion of the machinery of the " tackle" to save him self from being precipitated with his even then life-- less companions to the bottom of the shaft. Men descended to the bottom as speedily as possible, and. performed the distressing duty of collecting together the scattered and quivering remains of their deceased comrades, and sending them to the surface in as decent a manner as the circumstances would permit of. By this accident three women have been made widows and ten children orphans. The colliery is usually tt well regulated one, no expense being spared to work it without accidents happening. On the surface th,e skips and other similar machinery are under the care of the bankstoan. In this case the bankeman says that by the Wind, which was blowing a stiff breeze at the time, tho skip was im pelled over the mouth of the shaft. On Saturday an inquest was formally opened be fore Mr. T. M, Phillips, the coroner for Wolver hampton. When sufficient evidence had been given to justify the interment of the corpses the inquiry was adjourned until Thursday next. TWO MORE CHILD MURDERS. On Saturday Mr. John Humphreys, one of the Middlesex coroners, held an investigation at the Black Horse, Kingsland-road, with respect to the deaths of two children, under the following shock ing circumstances : In the first case, _ _ E. Skally said that on Wednesday morning last be picked up a parcel in King's-road, which con tained the body of a child. It was wrapped in a Belfast Weekly News of Oct. 4. He handed it over to the police. Dr. Clarke said that the deceased was a full grown male child. It was wrapped (inside the paper) in a fine muslin apron, about 18 inches square. The apron was white and brown, and was not such as people of the poorer sort wear. The muscles of the deceased's face were contorted, and the lips and cheeks were livid. The child died from suffocation. The head and face of the child had been washed. Deceased had not been born more than 12 hours. The Jury returned a verdict of " Wilful murder against some person or persons unknown." In the second case, Wm. Judkin, a lad, said that as he was playing at ball in Chart-street, Holton, he found a brown paper parcel containing a chid, which was falling to pieces, but was prevented doing so by a cord binding the head and legs together. Dr. Clarke said that deceased was in such a horrible state of decomposition that the bowies of the fingers were disintegrated, and it was utterly im possible to tell how death had been caused, or even what the sex was. The legs had been forcibly trussed up to the face, and retained in that position by means of a string. The Jury returned a verdict, " That owing to the decomposed state of the body, it was impossible to say how death had been caused." GOUN2.RI MARRLIAS. ..- NORWICH-SATURDAY. Wheat was in fair supply to-day, and the prices of this day se'nnight were fully supported. There was a great quantity of barley offering, and for the best malting sorts is per qr more money was made. In oats, beans, and peas not much doing. Flour easier to buy. White wheat. 4os to 50- j Red wheat 428 to 49s Malting barley ...34s to 378 Chevalier barley 33s to 35s Distilling d 0..... 28s io 30s I Oats.. 25s to 30a. Flour, 30s 6d to —8 Od per sack from the miller. LEICESTER—SATuEDAT. Old white wheat, 60s to 63s ; new, 66s to 59s per 36 stone. Old red, 67s to 61s per 36 stone. Barley, malting, new, 38s to 42s per qr.; grinding, 30s to 32s ; old oats, 28s to 32s ; new oats, 22s to 26s per 24 stone. Beans, new, 40s to —s ; old, 42s to 44s per 38 stone. NORTHAMPTON-SATURDAY. New wheat, 50s to 555; old, 53s to 575. Barley, 36s to 38s per qr. New oats quoted at 24s to 28s • old, 2 to 32s per 24 stone. Beans, 34s to 425; seconds, —s to —s. Peas, 38s to 44s per qr. NOTTINGHAM-SATURDAY. White wheat, from 50s to 62a ; red wheat, 46a to 60s. Barley—malting, 36s to 43s ; grinding, 29s to 325. Oats old, at 25s to 31s Od ; new, 23s to 275. Beans sold at 41s to 45s per qr. Flour, 41s to 445. YORK-- SATURDAY. - - --- - - The supply of wheat was fully an average, but many of the samples were in poor condition. Wheat, red 48s to 508 1 oats • 22s to 26 . 4 White do .50s to 56s Beans ..40- to 42g , Barley .32s to 36s I Peas ....--ti to —s per qr.; flour, 40, , to 42s per sack. DUBLIN—OcT. 17 s. d. s. d. Wheat, white 30 0 to 34 0 Do., red 27 0 to 32 0 Do., new Barley Oats Do., black l4 6to 16 6 s. d. s. d. Beans.. 24 0 to 27 0 B ere Rapeseed Oatmeal l5 0 to 17 0 Bakers' flour Indian corn 31 0 to 36 0 CORK—Ocr. 17. The following were the quotations this morning :—Red wheat, 18s Od to 25s Od ; white, 20s Od to 26s Od, barley lls Od to 17s Od ; oats, 7s 9d to lOs 6d. ; 'new bere, —s Od to —s Od. [ADVERTISEMENT.I—HoIIoway's Pills.—The Right Road to Happiness.—ln selecting the most appropriate medicine for a particular ailment, there may be some diffi culty, unless one can be found to purify, regulate, and strengthen. 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CODRINGTON—ALLEN.--On the 16th inst., at Frees, the Rev. Richard Gibson Codrington, B.A. Chaplain to H.M.'s Forces, on l y sou of Major-General' Codrington, to Catharine Gertrude, second daughter of Archdeacon Allen. WALKER—KNox.—On. the 15th inst., at St. Mary's, Bryanst on - square, Major -General Edwd. Walker, C. 8., commanding the Forces in NJrth Britain, to the Lady Juliana Caroline Frances Knox, the fourth daughter of Thomas, second Earl of Ranfurly. ' 'DEATHS. GIIINAND.—On the 17th inst., at 15, Myddleton-square, Celestin Guinand, Esq., aged 48. HARRISON.—On the 16th inst., at Uxbridge, J. Harrison Esq., M.D., F.R.S., of her Majesty's Bengal Medical Service, aged 42. _ _ LISTER.—On the 16th inst., at Somers-place, Hyde park, the residence of his brother, N. Lister, Esq., M.D., aged 60. MASTER.—On the 12th inst., at 17, York-street, Portman square, Major Whalley Master, late 7th Bengal Light Cavalry. SMITH.— On the 11th inst., at Milton-next-Gravesend , tient, John Smith, Esq., aged 74. STEWART.—At Clyder House, Roseneath, N. 8., James Stewart, Esq., formerly of Boogla, Tarrudpore, Cal cutta. LONDON: Printed and Published by JOHN CHAPLIN, o f N o . 112, Strand, Printer, at THE SUN Office, No. 112, Strand, : in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the County, o Ididdicsess,—Monclay, October 20, 1864.