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

LORD PALMERSTON ON INDIAN AFFAIRS. Oa Thursday a deputation from the Manchester Chamber of Commerce, consisting of Mr. H. Ash- worth, the president, Mr. T. Bazley, M.P., Mr. A. Cassels, Mr. John Slagg, and Mr. Hugh Fleming, the secretary, waited upon Lord Palmerston, at Cambridge-house, for the purpose of presenting a memorial on Indian affairs. Mr. IL FLEMING read the following memorial:- 0 To the Right Hon. the Lord Viscount Palmerston, K.G., G.C.8., &c., First Lord of her Majesty's Treasury. " The Memorial of the Directors of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce, by their chairman, humbly showeth, that for many years past your memorialists have made re peated representations to the Government of this country on the subject of the measures and course of policy which should be adopted in the government of India, in order to improve the condition of its people, to develop its enor- mous resources, and to extend the commercial intercourse of the two countries for their mutual at vantage. That, for these purposes, it has long been evident that the direct ap-• plication of European enterprise and capital, not only to the cultivation of the land, but for the creation of the means of conveyance of the produce of that country, and the esta- blishment of the necessary agency for its collection and transport, was absolutely essential. That the chief obstacles to the settlement of Europeans in India, and to the many efforts that have been made by mercantile firms resident in India to establish local agencies in the interior of the country, for the purpose of introducing direct commercial relations with the producers of raw materials of every kind, have chiefly arisen from two causes, viz. :—The refusal of tha Indian Government to grant a secure and permanent tenure of land, upon definite and equitable terms, to any proposed purchaser; and the absence of any effective law for the enforcement of contracts, on the faith of which large sums are often advanced on the security of a stipu lated crop, and for the evasion or violation of which no re dress can be obtained under the existing law. That it is superflou.s to adluce any arguments or instances in sup port of this assertion, as the facts are notorious and uni versally admitted. That remedial measures have been pro posed against both of these defects by able and experienced officers of the Indian Government, and have been adopted and recommended by the Governor-General in Council, and even in one case acted upon for a considerable time, but have failed to receive confirmation by the Home Govern ment. That, by a minute of Lord Canning, in accordance - with a plan previously approved by Lord Stanley, as Secre tary of State for India, the Government of India did, in 1861, adopt and promulgate a detailed scheme for the dis- posal of the waste or unoccupied lands in India, upon such terms as would secure an adequate return to the Govern- anent, would afford a great iniutement to bona fide pur- chasers of land to settle in the country, and would sufft- ciently protect the interests of any native occupants or claimants of rights over such lands as might be sold under that authority. That the said minute was received with general satisfaction, and that your memorialists had an opportunity, in an interview with the Secretary of State for India, of expressing their entire and warm approba tion of the measure, then, as they supposed, finally adopted, and were ailowed to depart with the distinct . . understanding that it had the approbation of the Govern ment of this country, and that it did in fact remain in force—and contracts for the sale of land were made in accordance therewith daring a period of not less than nine months. That the said minute was, notwithstanding suspended and practically rescinded by the Secretary for India, and the said contracts have been, as your memo- rialists are informed and believe, repudiated by an arbitrary construction of the law ; and the prospect thus opened for the introduction of European energy and capital has been again closed. That your memorialists have never received or beard any valid or reasonable explanation for the rejec- tion of that measure, and they are fully convinced that the terms and conditions laid down for the disposal of waste lands by the subsequent despatch of the Secretary of State for India (which require a preliminary survey at the expense of the intending purchaser, and a sale by auction after adve tisement, &c.) will prove entirely ineffectual and illusory. That your memorialists altogether disapprove of the condi tions in clause 98, which provides that the purchaser of lands "shall be liable to any claim, whether of the Govern ment or otherwise, that may have been or may hereafter be established in any court of competent jurisdiction." That within the last two years several proposals have been made and discussed by the Council in India for the amendment of the law of contracts and their practical enforcement, with- cut which it is vain to expect that any local European agencies can be established to the displacement of the ruinous system under which the ryot is oppressed and plundered by the native dealers or middlemen ; but all such proposed measures have been stifled or disallowed by the express disapprobation of the Home Government ; and that no measure for that purpose is now, so far as your memo rialists are informed, under the consideration of the Govern ment. That your memorialists cannot omit to point to the discredit thrown upon the Indian Government, not only by the eases shove-mentioned, but by the re , rersel of their re peated decisions, after mature deliberation, on the claims of the 'My so re princes ; by the refusal to sanction the expendi • Lure on public works, as well as the increased educational grant as proposed in the Indian budget ; and by the public and premature, and, as your memorialists are firmly con- vinced, utterly unmerited reproof of an able and successful public officer, without affording him time or opportunity for explanation in his own defence. That the vexatious interference thus exercised by the Secretary of State for India in Council is calculated to produce, and has, in fact given rise to much annoyance and complaint in India as well as at home, and weakens the public reliance upon the power of the Indian Government to carry out its own policy, and even on the honour and good faith of Great Britain. That on the whole, therefore, experience has shown the impolicy of conducting or controlling the details of administration in India by a board or council sitting in this country, acting frequently on imperfect information, and probably influenced by old habits and prejudices arising from former experience, in op position to the views and measures of those who, being on the spot, are more capable of comprehending their whole bearing, and of legislating with a more exclusive regard to the advantage of India and its inhabitants: That for these reasons your memorialists pray your lordship to take into your early and most serious consideration the defects of the present system of government for India, and to bring the whole subjact in the ensuing session again before the houses of parliament, with such r ecommendations as to your lord ship shall seem expedien t for the adoption of a bolder and more liberal policy towards India, and especially for limit ing to the broad and general principles of government the control and interference now injuriously exercised by the home government over the Governor-General and Council in India." Mr. H. ASHWORTH, having stated that the depu tation had sought an interview with his lordship in consequence of the urgent and alarming pressure of the distress in the cotton manufacturing districts of Lancashire, owing to what might fairly be called the " cotton famine," enlarged on the various points contained in the memorial. Other members of the deputation having spoken on the same subject, Lord PALMERSTON said that there could be no doubt that both the memorial which had been read to him and the speeches he had heard were neither more nor less than a bill of indictment against Sir C. Wood. He must, however, say, not withstanding what he had heard, that he had every confidence in Sir Charles. He would not enter into any discussion as to the several cases of alleged grievances which had been quoted to him, as he was not acquainted with the details; but he felt assured that Sir C. Wood would be enabled to give a satisfactory answer to the statements which had been made. He (Lord Palmerston) could not be expected to give any opinion, as he should like to hear what could be said on the other side. As to the governmentt the of India, the deputation appeared to wi s h h eofficials in that country should be left entirely to themselves, and that the home Go vernment should way. Ho mightay s not interfere with them in any that if such was the opinion of the chamber, it had never at any time been s hared, so far as ho was aware, by parliament or the country ge nerally, Mr. BAZLEY said he begged to di sa b use hi s lord ship's mind of the erroneous impression he had formed as to the wishes or : us o u ggestions of the depu tation on this p o int, their nly d b esire being th a t th ee man agement of details should confided to the o fficials resident in Innis, the exer c i se of the govern ing power in all matters of state policy being still retained in Eng land. Lord PALMERSTON said he admitted thata the old •resii in e The management of petty details con- under riv eted with the aclminiAration of r ff.s had b ee n Si tende d with he g reatest possible inconve' onc e and dis dvantantage ; but, of course, th at ay ::: in a great degree from the fact of the East I n di a Company being a commercial body, and conducting their business on mercantile piinciplcs. These een sou rces so urces of complaint had, however, b iurther muc c nished, and he had no doubt that h hange in the same direction would be attended with ad vantage. He confessed that it appeared strange to him, that although in Ma nchester they were calling out for supplies of cotton f rom India, the spinners would not use that cotton when it arrived, but allowed it to be exported to France and other countries. Mr. BAZLEY, in reply, showed his lordship that, owing to the war in America, England had become, for the time being, the cotton market of the world, and the competition thus . created had enhanced prices to the cotton producer. Lord PALMERSTON inquired in what lay the dif ference in quality between the American nd Indian cotton, and why it was that the one eculd not be substituted for the other. Mr. BAZLEY fully explained the matter to his lord- ship. Lord PALMERSTON assured the deputation that he would show the memorial to Sir C. Wood, and confer with him on the various matters contained ,herein. Mr. BAZLEY thanked his lordship for the cour teous attention with which he had listened to the statements of the deputation, who then took their leave, the interview having occupied an hour and a quarter. MR. FO.RSTER, M.P., AT BRADFORD. On Friday evening, Mr. W. E, Forster, M.P., addressed a crowded meeting of his constituents in St. George's Hall, Bradford. Mr. Alderman Brown occupied the chair, and introduced the hon. gentle man. Mr. FORSTER, who was received with hearty cheers, said he would not give the history of the past session, but take counsel with his constituents on the present state of home and foreign politics. With regard to himself, he bad judged each ques ' tion upon its owh merits, independently of its effect upon parties, and he hoped that his constituents would not take offence at his having voted some times contrary to their opinions. But politics were not in a healthy state when a man who wished to do what was right could take an independent course. As parties were at present there was no thing so much more attractive in Palmerston's Li beralism than in Lord Derby's Conservatism as to cause an independent member to be influenced by the chance of his vote depriving Lord Palmerston of power. (Hear, hear.) The present Ministry had as thoroughly shelved reform, and taxed the people fully as much as any Ministry that could be devised. In fact our professed leaders were either with our enemies or pulling us back. (Hear, hear.) The Night Poaching Act was an instance in point; for the Home Secretary denounced it, while the Itish Secretary supported it, and Lord Palmer ston gave it an opposition which was tantamount to support. Therefore, he was not surprised that some Liberals would prefer to see the Tories in power, for then they would know with whom they had to deal. (Hear, hear.) Still ho was not prepared to endorse Mr. Cobden and assist in turning out Lord Palmer ston with the avowed intention of putting Mr. Dis raeli in, for two reasons. First, we had no reform, and we spent much money in guarding against ima ginary dangers, not because Lord Palmerston was premier, but because the country had been careless of reform and reckless of expenditure. (Hear, hear.) The best way to create a heaithier public opinion would be to deal with every question on its own merits, irrespective of party intrigue. Secondly, because, in the main, he did not disapprove of the ministerial policy in foreign affairs, about which the country just now cared a great deal more than it did about reform. In this respect he had more confi dence in Russell and Palmerston than in Disraeli and Derby. (Hear, hear.) The Ministry had con sistently carried out the principle of non-inter vention, while Mr. Disraeli had found excuses for the French occupation of Rome, and leading mem bers of his party and the Tory press had urged in tervention in American affairs. As he had said, he approved the ministerial foreign policy, with one exception ; for he looked with the greatest possible suspicion on what was going on in China, where, by lending troops to the Imperialists, the Government was violating the non-intervention principle. To turn to Italy, he regarded the question of the French occupation of Rome as purely political. There would not have been much heard of the religious aspect of the question if it had not been for the temporali ties possessed by Antonelli and others of the Pope's courtiers. His duty, as a member of the House of Commons was, he considered, to support Lord Russell when he upheld the principle of non intervention, and protested in the councils of Europe—which was every day becoming more and more a vast commonwealth—against the Emperor of the French, by his soldiers, compelling the Romans to submit to a Government of which they they did not approve. (Applause.) The contrast between Italy and America was sad—in the former liberty was impelling to union, in the latter country slavery had driven the people to disunion. He thanked the Government for keeping us clear of the American imbroglio, and would support them in their continuance of the same policy, (Applause.) The abstinence of the Government from interference had not been an easy matter, against the ingenious efforts of a party in the House of Commons to in volve us in that war. There had been attempts to force us to a premature recognition of the Confederate States, which would have been a breach of international law, and therefore he opposed them. The next attempt was to induce us to break the blockade, on the contradictory ground that it was inefficient, and that it was so efficient as to be caus ing great distress. He had not studied the question of blockades sufficiently to commit himself, yet it appeared to him that there was much truth in what Mr. Cobden had said on the subject. It would have been a great breach of international law for Eng land to have broken the blockade. The next attempt was Mr. Lindsay's motion to offer mediation, which soundedvery plausible, but concealed a threat which America would surely have resented. The next was the French overture of joint mediati'n. But we had no reason to suppose that exhortation and entreaty would be of any avail. If they were of any avail the public opinion of Europe would have stopped the war long since. But the French offer was intended to go further, and to insist on the cessation of hos tilities. The argument was that we must forget ab stract principles in the practical good that would be achieved for the Americans and ourselves. Such an argument was fallacious, because it was by no means certain that such an interference would not involve us in war with the United States (which would be the most costly and extravagant mode of relieving our present distress), because it would raise the war like zeal of the Northerners until it equalled that of the Southerners, which it did not at present, and because he thought it was undesirable that our fo reign policy should be inextricably involved in the wishes and plans of Louis Napoleon. Before consi dering whether they would like the responsibility of forcing an end to the war, they must ask why the men of Lancashire were suffering. It was because certain men in the United States had rebelled, rather than relinquish their determination to spread slavery over the vast territories of the United States. What ever might have been the hearers' opinion as to whether the Northern States should have let the rebels or seceders go, there could be no doubt that every Government would, from a mere feeling of self-preservation, have done as did the United States, and would have attempted to put down such a rebellion. In saying this, he did not deny the courage and endurance of Southerners iu their bad cause, nor would he conceal his abhorrence of Gen. Butler's tyranny. But it was curious, that considering the feeling which existed in England against slavery, every idea of interven tion had been in favour of the slaveholder. His sympathy for his suffering fellow countrymen in Lancashire would never lead him to consent to an intervention which would result in the perpetuation and extension of slavery. (Applause.)There were three ways by North and S ou th m i g h t remainwit separate, II liberty ed. The to act a s th ey d eeme d expedient; they might have separatio n or re-union, with slavery predomnetit. But none o f t h ese courses would bring permanent i peace to that vast country,or progress to her indus try, nor could he assent to the doctrines expressed by Mr. Gladstone when ho said that to recognise the South as a distinct people would ensure the abo • lition of slavery. In conclusion, he referred to the ) distress in Llncmhire. If it should be found ne ; cessary he would gladly vote a portion of the public 3 money for the sup port of the unemployed operatives but he would much p refer that the distress should be relieved by private means, which could be done if every one would do all in his power. The tines- , on of the best meansofmeetpinagtahme Parliament. distress Th m e u r s e re sult of the might of rli t b consideration crisisbe to make them p oorer i n ti e the first Mr. Baxter, M.P., addressed his constituents at Brechin and Forfar, on Thursday. His speeches at both places were substantially alike, and were chiefly devoted to a review of the national expenditure. The hon. gentleman said—l am happy to think that in this country there is none of that venality and corruption so lamentably pre valent elsewhere—for example, among the officials of the Russian despotism, as well as in the govern ment of countries democratically ruled like the United States and Canada ; but the more the esti. mates and public accounts are examined not in a cheese-paring spirit—for I have no sympathy with grudging a man a few pounds more silary, but in the interest of a wise economy—the more it will be found that we by no means in all cases get value received, or need be at a loss to place our finger on items susceptible of reduction. Apart altogether from the number of men in the army and navy, and the great question of the extent of our armaments, were an able, earnest, and courageous financial re former permitted to prune the charges for the arsenals, the gun-factories, the dockyards, the whole establishments in fact for military purposes, he might effect a very large saving in their cost. One fact, which I mentioned in the house in the debate on Mr. Stansfeld's motion, and which was not contradicted, will bear repetition as illustrative of this statement. A gentleman well informed on such subjects told me in May that there were at that time in Woolwich as many shells and cannon balls as would be sufficient for an arwy in the field for three years, even if engaged every day ; and that this enormous store was now totally useless in consequence of the recent improvements in artillery, which necessitated that all these projectiles should be recast. Now, it is very difficult, if not impos sible, for any member of parliament, however care fully he examines the estimates, to prevent abuses of this kind. You really want a sort of censor of the departments whose business it should be to visit all the public departments, keep down the extrava gance of their heads, and do in detail with the esti mates, which are made up about October, what the Chancellor of the Exchequer is supposed to do with them in gross, put a curb and limit on the expendi ture. First Lords of the Admiralty and Secretaries of State for War are apt to magnify the importance, and consequently the cost of their departments, and they necessarily must take a great deal on trust from subordinates, whose only aim is to lay out in their several branches as much money as possible. I am persuaded that a greater check than ai presents on their proceedings is required,and that man will perform a public service who can point out an efficient remedy. As for the civil service esti mates I never look through them without wishing ' the power for one year of applying the scissors, subject to no hindrance from the influence of poli tical party or official red tape. There are so many items that ought, in the opinion of disinterested men, to be omitted altogether, and so many more that ought to be much reduced, that not far from a million sterling might be saved, not only without injury, but with positive advantage to the nation, This, however, cannot be effected by motions when the house in committee, the power of the Govern ment being nearly always sufficient to inflict igno minious defeat on any member who calls in question a particular item, because in a few cases :,,above one or two others in the house are in possession of the requisite information to back him. The only good effected by watching the estimates in detail is that it prevents flagrant jobs and abuses, and serves as a warning to those who have new plots on the public purse. Mr. Baxter then referred to the part he had taken in reference to the expenditure on the defence of the colonies, to the mail subsidies, and Alderney harbours, and then gave the following history of Mr. Stansfeld's resolution :—ln June, Mr. Stalls feld brought forward his resolution for a reduction of the national expenditure, and I had the honour of seconding his motion, which, although sneered at at the time as coming too late as a party move, and as too indefinite in terms,l believe did produce an effect and may have a sensible influence on the esti mates for 1863. The noble lord at the head of the Government, who scarcely seems to know the value of money—at all events defends every scheme for spending it without stint—did not venture to meet that resolution with a negative, but contented him self with an amendment modifying the original proposal. With regard to this movement on the part of the advanced reformers, all sorts of erroneous and exaggerated estimates were current at the time. Because Mr. Disraeli, who had probably heard of our design, expressed his opinion in favour of a re duction, we were accused of lending ourselves to a hostile demonstration on the part of the opposition —because our resolution did not take the shape of want of confidence in the ministry we were accused, on the other hand, of playing their game. Now, the simple fact is, that a few independent members of Parliament, quite irrespective of party aims or consequences, conceiving that it would be their duty next session, should circumstances remain unaltered, to oppose such excessive estimates as had been brought in for several years past, thought it only right, before the season of 1862 closed, to give natice, both to the Government and their constitu ents, of this intention. In our opinion, the time for retrenchment had come ; and as honest men, we wished publicly to staee our views, previous to new estimates being prepared. Nor do we intend to shrink from carrying them into practical effect in 1863. After speaking in severe terms against the " excessive armaments" lately in vogue, and particularly against the fortifications, and after giving some statistics of the increase of the war establishment, Mr. Baxter said—for several reasons I am very willing to take part in any motion which would have the effect of upsetting the ministry ; but should they be inconsiderate enough to propose esti mates for 1863 on a scale as vast as for the last few years, I shall feel it to be my duty, as a faithful repre sentative, to give them every opposition in my power without regard to the consequences. But I trope that there will be no necessity for taking that course; indeed, it is scarcely possible to believe that a states man so influential and conscientious as Mr. Gladstone who, no doubt, has gven an unwilling consent to cer tain parts of the policy of the Government, for the sake of obtaining measures so beneficial as the com mercial treaty with France, and the repeal of the paper duty, will not now insist upon that amount of retrenchment which the welfare of the country requires. There is no man more desirous of reduc ing taxation than he, and although it was wise and politic for him to remain in office to accomplish great objects, even while exposed to annoyance and mis representation, there is a point beyond which men of high principle and honour cannot be dragged at f t a h i e th ch th ar a iot the w a h n els of a party d e other; and members ofthe l c h a a b v in e great et will be successful in securing that considerable reduction of an unnecessary expenditure which so many of their supporters desire_ There is nothing in the world to prevent a diminution of at least five million in the estimates, in which case the Chancellor of the Exchequer might take 2d. a pound off the income tax, remit two millions of the duties on tea and sugar; nod have a million to spare for the unem ployed operatives of Lancashire, should a grant of public money unfortunately be required to relieve sufferings which have been so nobly and heroically borne. And here, gentlemen, permit me to say that every Briton must be proud of the demeanour of the working men in the cotton districts, in this the season of their calamity. It has already gone far to neutralise the unpleasant impression produced Mal observers of the a b n y d t o h n e g t i y it r t a o n o n o ic n a v l in p e r i o , c li e t e l d i i m ng p s a of the trades unions, progress which has been made in education, right feeling, and good sense among the labouring classes of late years. Mr. Baxter proceeded to advocate an extension therofoliey in suffrage. He advisedto be in a hurry to become possessed of Rome and Venice, a n d co nclud e d by ex p ress ing his approval of li e condemned the Italians l i a the s notn Go vernment the policy of non-intervention in the affairs of America. „ Votes of tha n k s t o Mr Baxter were given both at nre c hi r , and Forfar. . The Sutlej, screw frigate, Capt. M. Connolly, fitting out at Portsmouth as the flagship of Rear- Admiral J. Kingscombe, for the Pacific, has been removed from the steam basin to alongside the dock yard to complete her poop and receive stores. She will shortly be ready to sail, and will probably call in Plymouth Sound to embark the Admiral on her way down Channel. The Hero, 89, line-of-battle screw steamship 600-horse power, Capt. Alfred P. Ryder, recently from the North American and West Indies station, was paid off in No. 3 dock in Sheerness yard on Saturday last, under the superintendence of Captain Charles Wise, A.C.Q., captain superin tendent of the yards. The Hero is to be examined in order to discover the nature of the leakage and the necessary repairs, when she will be placed at moorings in the harbour, and entered in the 3d division of the Sheerness steam reserve. The Geyser, 5, paddlewheel steam sloop, 280 horse power, Commander Colin A. Campbell, left Sheer ness for Plymouth with the portion of the officers, crew, and marines of the Hero, belonging to that port. The Medusa, tender to the Cumberland, also left at the same time for Portsmouth, with the por tion belonging to that neighbourhood, and the Lizard conveyed the Chatham and Woolwich divi sion to Chatham and Strood station, on the North Kent Railway, for Woolwich. The Arethusa, 51, screw steam frigate, 3,141 tons, 500 horse power, has been removed from her moor ings in Standgate-creek, and placed in the basin in Sheerness yard, to be fitted for the Ist division of the steam reserve, She will take the place of the Leander, 51, which is ordered to be commissioned. Admiralty instructions were on Saturday received at Woolwich, ordering the transfer of Ist and 2d class lads from the flagship Fisgard, Commander Lysaght, to be made in future in the Wellesley training ship, in ordinary at Chatham, instead of to the Implacable, at Devonport, as heretofore. The number is not to exceed 30 per weep. Sir Fred. Nicolson, C. 8., senior officer at Wool wich and superintendent of the Dockyard, went down to Oreenhithe on Saturday, and mustered the crew of the Spitfire, under orders to sail that day for Portsmouth, on her way to Bermuda. The Dromedary, Master Commander Brown, re turned to Woolwich on Saturday from an engineer ing trial trip down the river. The trial was suc cessful. During the prevalence, however, of the fog, she sustained some slight damage from a collision. Considerable surprise is expressed by many naval officers at the tenour of a recent order issued from the Controller's department of the navy, directing that in future all new ships of war and to the steam reserves shall have their boats fitted exclusively with the Kynaston disengaging hook. This order effec tually excludes the Clifford boat-lowering system from being in future fitted to any boats in her Ma jesty's navy. Without any desire to decide upon the merits of rival inventions, we must take the liberty of saying that Mr. Clifford's boat-lowering system has rendered good service in too many in stances to be thus disposed of. The Lords of the Admiralty have sanctioned an exchange of divisions between Capt. E. G. M'Cal lum, of the Chatham division, serving on board the Doris, 32, 800-horse power, and Capt. S. Shute, of the Plymouth division, serving on board the Topaze, 51, 600-horse power. The C apta i n 's good service pension, placed at the disposal of the Lords Commissioners of the Admi ralty, by the promotion of Capt. W. H. A. Morshead, C. 8., to the rank of Rear-Admiral, bas been given to Capt. F. H. H. Glasse, C. 8., commanding the Terror floating battery, at Bermuda. e f n ea t P o t. C it ap . t. J. 'Will cox , C.B. The Captain's good service e p o e i n ii s i i l o s n o za c c . a ß n . t , t b o y fi t a h g e rank, recenthasp ro m o beenti o g n i v o The detachment of Royal Marines and Marine Artillery, numbering 112 men of all ranks, selected for service on board the line-of -battle screw steamer Meeanee, 81, 400-horse power, Capt. G.Wodehouse, fitting for service in the Mediterranean, was in spected at headquarters, Chatham, on Saturday, by Lieut.-Colonel Rodney. The officers selected to em bark with the detachment are C-ipt. A. C. J. M'Meekan, First Lieutenant J. M. O'Connor, and Second Lieutenant B. A. S. Marshall. The augmentation of the for ce s t a ti one d at t h e camp at Colchester is not now expected to take place before the commencement of next year. An additional depot will be added to each battalion, and not another battalion, as was originally an nounced.of the 54th Regiment, has ben granted i absence to Feb. 7. ieu t. leave Chapman,of The frigate Constance, 5 1, recently lengthened 60 feet in Devonport Dockyard, i s or d ere d i n t o Key ham• basin to receive her engines and machinery. The Controller-General of the Coastguard, Com modore Hastings R. Yelverton, C.B , who is making a tour et inspection in the screw steam vessel Argus, left Fowey on Friday and in the evening arrived at Plymouth, where he continued until yesterday (Sunday) morning, when he left for a visit to Dart mouth and other eastern ports. The following appointments were made on Satur- day at the Admiralty:—Lieut. Cavendish G. Har vey, to the Blenheim ; Lieut. the Hon. Fred. O'B. Fitzmaurice, Lieut. Augustus Tarbuteau, Lieut. John L. Way, and Lieut. Compton E. Domvile, to the Meeanee; Sub-Lieut. Charles W. Talbot, to the Sutlej ; Sub-Lieut. J. W. Harvey, Sub• Lieut; F. R. Bromilaw, and Sub-Lieut. E. A. F. Baxter, to the Meeanee ; John E. Price, second master, to the Meeanee ; Arthur Wallis, master's assistant, to the Meeanee; George Aiteheson, chief engineer, to the Meeanee ; J. J. Blundin, engineer, to the Meeanee ; D. Campbell, Ist class-assist.-engineer, to the Cum berland for the Carnation; W. C. Batty, acting Ist class assist.-engineer, to the Meeanee; T Griffiths, acting 2d class assist.-engineer (for temporary ser vice), to the Meeanee, and H. Barstow, 2d class assist.-engineer, to the Meeanee. 44 The Austrian railways," says the Nord, " are going on badly. The receipts of the Northern line have been 58:5,100 florins (of 31. 75c.) less than during the first ten months of last year, that is 41 per cent. On the State Railway the difference is 12 per cent., or 2,200,000 florins. The Theiss line produced in the month of October 74,000 florins less than in the corresponding month of 1861; its total receipts during the first ten months of the year show a falling off in 1862 of 429,087 fl or i ns. The principal cause o f this sad state of things is the almost complete stagnation in the export of corn." [ AD VERTISEMENT.]-1 - lolloway's Ointment and Pills. — Chest Preservatives. —At all seasons of the year the rate of mortality from diseases of the lungs is very great. Hollo way's ointment well rubbed upon the chest, aided by his pills, arrests all mischief. These cleansing medicaments exercise the most salutary and restorative influence over the entire contents of the pectoral cavity. Air-tubes, nerves, bloodvessels, and all other tissues feel their wholesomely potent power, more particularly in their thoroughly purify ing both venous and arterial blood, by promoting the free circulation of air. Neither ointment nor pills contain any n oxious ingredient what soever, b u t their balsamic natures no urish rather than irrit ate t h e sys tem, and kindly subdue all untoward symptoms till all is well once more. This morning, considerable excitement prevailed I at Walker, a village on the Tyne, situated midway between Shields and Newcastle, on it becoming known that a serious accident had occurred at the colliery, by which the lives of several of the pitmen had been sacrificed. The colliery, which is the property of Messrs. Lambert and Co., consists of two pits, one the Ann pit, situated in the village of Walker, and the other the Jane pit—the latter being about half a mile to the south of the former. The Ann pit is the down-cast, and the Jane the up-cast or furnace pit. About 2 o'clock this morn ing a party of 24 men went down the Ann pit to work, some of them had to attend to a " trouble" which had been come to in the workings. Between five and six o'clock, Chas. Robson, who was acting as banksman at the Ann pit, was startled by a rush of air taking place up the shaft, accompanied by some straw and dirt. He at once gave the alarm. In a few minutes afterwards Mr. Cole, the resident viewer, and Mr. Robinson, overman, together with a party of about 20 men, arrived at the colliery, and went down the pit, when they found that it had fired at the north part of the working. They like wise found that the stoppings, &c., connected with the ventilation of the pit had been carried away and destroyed by the force of the explosion, and also that there was considerable fire-damp in the work ings. Happily, a number of men in the pit at the time of the accident were some distance from the scene of the explosion, and near to the shaft of the Jane pit. These accordingly came up at once. They appeared to have suffered a good deal from the effects of the after-damp. Further in the workings, Wm. Burrell, a boy, James Haswell, pitman, and John Holt, rolley-way man, were found to be dead. The bodies were re ported to be very much burned. The body of Holt was lying to the north of the shaft, and that of the boy Burrell to the west of the workings. Haswell and Holt are both married, and have each lett a wife and family to lament their loss. It was also found that the stables had been on fire, and that the horses, ten in number, and the ponies, 24 in number, were dead. The animals were reported to be much burnt. At half-past 2 o'clock, when our report left, vigo rous exertions were continuing to ba made to arrive at the unfortunate men who were still in the work ings. It was doubted that it would be some hours before they could be reached. No hopes of their being alive were entertained. SIX O'CLOCK P.M. The loss of life by this calamity, as far as can be ascertained to-night, is 16 men andboys. The names of the poor fellows are— John Holt, married, and leaves a family. Jas. Haswell, married, widow and four children. William Burrell. Martin Facton, wife and two children. William Barnes. wife and two children. George Watson, widower. John Moore, married man. John Miller, left a mother dependent upon him. John Hetherington, single. Joseph Forster, married man, but his family are grown up. John Mitcheson, wife and four children. George Barnes, unknown whether married or single. Four boys, whose names we have not yet aster tained. Brought up alive.—John Wilson, George Mit ford, John Shields, Thomas Collins, Robert Barnes, John Knox, William Jobling, Giles, Thomas Holt, Henry Holt, James Chambers. Six of the bodies have been found and will be brought to bank in coffins sent down for the pur pose to .night ; and when the ventilation is a little further restored search will be made for the missing bodies. The accident occurred through Holt firing a shot while making a drift through a " trouble.' Had the pit been in full working the Joss of life wculd have been terrible. CA7HOLIC DEMON .N TR A TION A 7 BLACKHEATH. On Sunday, the 16th inst., printed notices were freely distributed at the doors of the various ca tholic places of worship in the metropolis to the effect " that on Sunday, the 23d (yesterday), the Ca tholics of London would unite with those residing in Deptford and Greenwich in holding a public de monstration of sympathy with the Holy Father on Blackheath." The notice especially invited the at tendance of Irishmen, and appointed ,Bsrmondsey square as the rendezvous of the London division. This notice had during the past week created con siderable excitement amongst the Catholic body, and the object was almost universally condemn ed by the clergy and respectable laymen as inopportune and unwise. So strong was the feeling amongst the higher Catholic clergy against the proposed demon stration, that special reference was ordered to be made on the subject at most of the Catholic chapels yesterday morning, cautioning the members of the church from attending. At 1 o'clock yesterday about 10,000 Irishmen, amongst whom were many respectably dressed men, assembled in Bermondsey square, where also a strong body of the M division of police, under Inspector Reed, bad been previously posted. An attempt was at once made by the Irish men to organise themselves into a procession for the purpose of marching to Deptford, but this was frustrated by the police. About 2,000 persons, however, arrived at Blackheath, somewhat in the form of a procession at a few minutes before 4 o'clock, where from 8,000 to 10,000 people had been for some time assembled, among whom were a body of Irish labourers connected with Woolwich dock yard, and a large number of soldiers belonging to the Artillery and Marines, regiments largely re cruited from the sister country, but the great body evidently drawn together by curiosity, and, if sym pathisers at all, not with the Pope or his supporters. On the road immediately opposite the entrance to Greenwich-park the leaders took possession of a mound situated in the middle of a hollow, their followers closing round with great promptness, and effectually preventing any other person gaining a footing upon it bad they been inclined to make the attempt. No bludgeons or sticks were carried in the procession. About 200 of the R division of police were drawn up on the heath, opposite the park gates, but they made no attempt to interfere with the proceedings. The business of the meeting commenced by a Mr. Looney coming forward and asking all Irishmen present to take off their hats and give three cheers for the Pope. This appeal was responded to amidst loud cheering by about one-fourth of the crowd, and was followed by loud hissing from another portion. Mr. O'Leary having been called on to preside, Mr. Mylie, of Deptford, came forward, and said he stood there as an Irish man and a Catholic to maintain the temporal power of the Holy Father against all assailants. H e th en went on to denounce the late attempt of Garibaldi to conquer Rome, and praised the conduct of those of his countrymen who had signalised their devo tion to the Pope in Hyde•park. He concluded by proposing a resolution in favour of the temporal power of, and sympathising with, the Pope in his present troubles. Looney seconded the resolution in a violent speech, in which ho stigmatised Garibaldi as a tyrannical, heretical, buccaneering, unprincipled, and piratical filibuster, well deserving the fate he met with in his late unholy expedition. This opi nion was received with tremendous cheering from the Irishmen, and by loud hissing and laughter from the other portion of the crowd. Several other speakers having supported the resolution in speeches abusive of Garibaldi and his principles, the chair man declared the resolution carried unanimously, and immediately declared the meeting dissolved. The Irishmen then reformed into a procession and proceeded homewards. A NEGRO LYNCHED AND BURNED.—The Balti more American of the 3d o f N ovem b er h as a l e tt er f ro m Dalton, Caroline county, giving an account of the lynching of a negro, under arrest for the outrage and murder of a little girl, daughter of Edgar Plummer. A large number of excited people came into town, surrounded the jail, forced open the doors, took the prisoner, and hanged him. While suspended, 13 bull e t s perforated his body. He was cut body was and hi s th roa t cu t by th e i n f ur iated mob. The front y Was dragged th roug h th e s treets, and finally tak en in of the negro church, where it was cut to pieces and burned. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 24, 1862. material wealth ; but if the principles hitherto acted upon were maintained, they would come out of the difficulty richer in everything that could elevate them as a people. (Applause.) A vote of thanks to Mr. Forster, for his conduct in Parliament, and for his speech, was passed with acclamation, and the meeting separated. MB. BAX7EI4.IILP., UN PUBLIC AFFAIRS. 7HE NAVE. The Spitfire, paddlewheel steamsloop, Com mander Bowden, from Woolwich for Bermuda, with supernumeraries on board for the West Indian squadron, arrived at Spithead yesterday en route for her destination. A naval court-martial assembled on Saturday on board her Majesty's ship Victory, at Portsmouth, for the trial of James Kent, a private in the Royal Marines, formerly serving on board her Majesty's gunboat Janus, in China, on a charge of having on or about the 20th day of Feb., 1861, deserted from the Janus. Capt. Cooke, of the Victory, was Presi dent, and Mr. E. Hoskins, Deputy-Judge-Advo cate. Evidence was adduced to show that the pri soner had absented himself from his vessel at the date named, when granted leave to go on shore. When the attack was made upon Tsing-poo by the Allies the prisoner was found there, and taken pri soner, and proclaimed himself to be z n English man. He was afterwards sent to England for trial, on the charge of desertion. In defence the prisoner alleged that he got tipsy when on shore Lt Shang hai on leave, and on recovering his senses found himself on board a junk, about 30 miles from the town. To save his life he was compelled afterwards to fight in the ranks of the Taepings or rebel army. The Court found the charge of desertion not proved, but was of opinion that the prisoner was absent without leave, and sentenced him to six weeks' im prisonment with hard labour and to forfeit two days' pay. _ _ FEARFUL COLLIERY EXPLOSION. LOSS OF SIXTEEN LIVES. NEWCASTLE, SATURDAY AFTERNOON. SHIPBUILDING ON THE MERSEY. On Saturday there were a number of ships launched from the Liverpool and Birkenhead sides of the Mersey—Mr. John L3ird's yard turning out a splendid government troopship called the Orontes, and Messrs. Jones, Queggin and Co.'s yard two very fine vessels for merchant service. Besides these launches, we may mention that a gunboat— one of the craft about which so much speculation relative to destination has been indulged in—toge ther with some keels of a less noticeable character, left the stocks, and kept the building yards in com motion. The Birkenhead ironworks presents a busy scene. There are from 2,800 to 3,000 hands in daily employment; and between 16,000 and 17,000 tons of shipping, warlike and commercial, and machinery of about 1,500 horse power, in course of construc tion on the premises. Amongst the most prominent undertakings is the iron-cased screw frigate Agin court, which is intended for the royal navy. The Agincourt has so far progressed that the frames are all up and nearly plated to the armour-shelf, with the exception of the extreme ends of the vessel, which are kept back until the stem and stern posts are set up. The forging of these immense pieces of iron is progressing satisfactorily at Messrs. Hors fall's Mersey forge, where the armour plates of the Agincourt are also being constructed, and these plates are to be nearly Sin. thick, but they will taper off to 22in. at the extreme ends of the ship, which enables the builders to give a sharp model for speed, and it is hoped a ship that will not pitch in the same manner as the Warrior does. In another part of the yard the twe iron-plated rams, about which so many extraordinary rumours have been afloat, are rapidly getting into form, and to nautical men a very uncommon form it appears to be. With re gard to the Orontes, she is one of the improved class of troopships, of which the Government are build ing several, something after the style of the cele• brated Hiumlaya, but from 25 to 30 feet shorter than that vessel ; her dimensions being :—Length, 300 ft. ; beam, 44ft. 4in. ; depth of hold, 23ft. 6in. ; measurement (old), 2,011 tons. The engines, some parts of which are already on board, will be of 500 horse-power, manufactured by Messrs. James Watt and Co,, of Birmingham. They are calculated to drive the ship at a high rate of speed, and the sail ing capacity of the Orontes will be that of a barque full rigged in proportion to her tonnage. From the foremast to the bow the deck is covered in, and forms the forecastle, on which the crew of the ship will be quartered. From the foremast aft the deck is quite flush. The 'tween decks on which troops will be accommodated, are fully 8 feet high in the clear, with square side ports, large deck skylights, and every provision for thorough ventilation, so im portant a requisite for the successful performance of transport service. The Orontes is calculated for the conveyance of 1,200 troops and 70 officers to any part of the world. She will carry two pivot guns for defensive purposes, but must not at all be considered as a fighting ship. It is expected that she will be completed and fit for service by the middle of Feb ruary. INSECURITY OF LIFE AND PROPERTY IN THE METROPOLIS. On Saturday, at the sitting of the Marylebone Representative Council, held at the Court-house, Mr. P. Matthews, churchwarden, in the chair, Mr. W. E. Greenwell, the vestry clerk, read a commu nication from the vestry of Paddington, together with the copy of a memorial that body had adopted to the Home Secretary upon the subject of the alarm in the public mind, arising from the numerous street robbe►ies, with violence, which have recently taken place in the metropolis, and soliciting the co operation of the authorities of Marylebone on the subject.—Mr. Hodges said he felt it his duty to move that the consideration of this memorial be postponed, because, he said, if they agreed to it at once, without mature deliberation, they might find it made an excuse for saddling them with a very large increase of the police. The police rate in Marylebone already amounted to the enormous sum of £26,000 per annum ; from £lB,OOO to £20,000 in St. Pancras ; and from £14,000 to £15,000 in Pad dington ; and the sum total for the whole metropo lis was somewhere about £200,000. While, how ever, opposed to any further increase in the police rate, he quite agreed that it was highly necessary the efficiency of the police should be increased. Mr. Grange supported the immediate adoption of such a memorial. To the disgrace of the metropolis and the whole country, they had arrived at such a state of things that there was danger in going into the publie streets after dark, of losing not only their property but their lives by the garotters. Mr. Abrahams said he was prepared to contend that, if the large bodies of police occupied at the public places of amusement were withdrawn and occupied in their legitimate duty, for which the public paid, and that if the commissionaires were sworn in as constables and appointed in their places, the public would be able to receive ample protection. Mr. Freeth considered the parish of Paddington had done themselves great honour in originating this movement, and he thought it was incu nbent on that board, as a body elected by the ratepayers, to support it as being a step for the protection of their own lives and property, as well as of those they represented. Some steps ought to be taken by the Government to stop the fearful outrages that were going on night after night in the metropolis. The other day a lady in St. John's-wood had occasion to send her servant for the police, and it took two hours and a half to find one, and•then she had to go to a police-station some distance off. It then tran spired there were no policemen on day duty in St. John's-wood district. The consequence was, so bad was the state of things, that people there were much exposed to danger of being garotted in broad daylight as well as at night. A very daring at tempt was made upon himse f (Mr. Freeth), as he was actually leaving a cab to enter his own house as early as six o'clock a few evenings ago. The fact was that the metropolis was infested with returned ticket-of-leave men, robbers, and garotters, and none more so Lhan St. John's-wood, and similarly situated outskirt districts. He had recently tra velled through some of the principal capitals of Europe, and could safely say that in no capital was there less protection, or so little care for life and pro perty, as in London. Sir Richard Mayne had sig nally failed to do his duty in this respect, and he therefore considered, as representing one of the largest and heaviest taxed districts for police, they were in duty bound to go to the Home Secretary and demand proper protection from the returned convict, the garotter, and the assassin. Mr. Overton said several applications bad been made to Govern ment for police returns as to the number of men employed, but they refused to furnish them. Ulti mately the memorial was adopted unanimously, and signed by the chairman on behalf of the board. Another assassination has just taken place at Warsaw on the person of a Jow attached to the secret police. He was found hanged at his own residence, and shamefully mutilated. EXTRAORDINARY SUICIDE ON THE RAILWAY, — Shortly after noon on Thursday, when the third-class Liverpool train arriving at Birmingbam at 1.30 p.m. was about three-quarters of a mile from the Edgbaston station, and was proceeding at the rate of about 20 miles an hour, the engine-driver saw a man get on the line about 50 yards in front of the train, and deliberately lay his head on one of the rails. The driver at once put on his break and shouted to the guard to do the same, but the train could not be stopped until both the engine and all the carriages had passed over tne unfortunate man. As soon as the train could be stopped the guard jumped down from the van and found the man lying with his body between the rails, and v ith the head, which had been laid on the left-hand rail, literally crushed to atoms. The brains and portions of the skull were scattered about the line and on the engine. Al though all the train had passed over it, the body, which lay between the rails, showed no marks ofin W ju h r e y r . eli The guard called some platelay ers to his assistance, and pl ac i ng the plc body and such f ra g ments of the head as they could now lie se up, rltihes waitingbor e w i t he to ar ne a public hniqsu painfulo st . houseu Under oc a rut arrbridgeeu Springhill,ce crossings took place, we re f oun d spot parsons." This an o vercoat, a walking - s t ick, a pair of gloves, coaiOJ. Pn of the d ecease d , and a hat. i lV t r h i t o t o en nl i y ns o i l d u e o t f h o e un h d at t w o a t s h t e h ei identification f t who was respectably dressed, at the time of writing. About half an hour before the train Caine up the foreman of some some distance below, saw th walkingonl natli' platelayers at work on the line, line ' and up warned the e n d d ewalke dcease ca to thewah seen wal l k ie , side, where h e s t oo d for a short time, and just before th e train came hre was d him o ing towards the liao, STA7E OF 714A.DE. MANCHESTER, NOV. 21.—We have had a better demand for yarns, both from India merchants and from the home trade, and descriptions suitable to these markets have been sold at an advance of ls. per lb. on the prices of yesterday. This has been caused partly by the lightness of re cent shipments to India, and partly by the improve ment observable to-day in the Liverpool cotton market. The business has not been large, bat much more considerable than anything we have had to report for some time past. The improve ment in the Liverpool market has also led to rather more business in cloths. The inquiry for cioths has been of a more general character than has been lately experienced, extending to low shirtingsf T-cloths, printing cloths, mulls, and some other fabrics, and has led to soma rather considerable transactions in the aggregate. This business, how ever, is not for consumption, but- has been induced by the comparative low rates to which cloths have been gradually declining for the past two months, and is altogether of a speculative character. Some kinds of cloths are from 4s. to ss. per piece lower than they were 10 or 11 weeks ago, and the im provement in cotton at Liverpool to-day has given to speculators the impression that we have seen the lowest prices for some time to come, and they have seized the chance of making some heavy purchases at the turn of the market. There is exceedingly little legitimate business except for goods of a spe cial character, or in cloths for which the makers have a reputation, and in such descriptions we hear of sales now and then, taken really for consumption , and at very full prices. CARDIFF, 20th.--The ironworks are actively en ployed, nearly all the men being on full time. A large mill is in course of erection at Rhymney, for the purpose of manufacturing iron plates, girders , &o. The average quotations for iron at the worko are as follows :—Rails, £5 15s. to £6 ; merchant bars, £5 12s. ed. to £5 17s. 6d. The house coal trade continues brisk, and the men are fully em ployed at nearly all the collieries. There is a par.. tial dullness in the steam Goal trade, and many et the pits are working short time. Prices are firm at previous quotations, with an upward tendency for house and gas qualities. COUNTRY 211ARlil..iio5. .b.. NORWICH—SATURDAY. There was a slow sale for wheat to-day, and late prices declined about is per qr. Barley remained without altcra• tion, both for malting and distilling. Flour 6d per sack cheaper. White wheat. 49s to 509 Red wheat 43s to 47 0 Malting barley ...34s to 37s I Chevalier barley 33s to 35° Distilling do . 28s to 30s I Oats.. 25. to 3 0 i Flour, 30s 6d to —s Od per sack from the miller. LEICESTER—SATURDAY. Old white wheat, 60s to 62s ; new, 48s to 52s per 38 stone. Old red, 54s to 58s per 36 stone. Barley, malting/ new, 34s to 38s per qr.; grinding, 29s to 318; old oat s ' 28s to 325; new oats, 21s to 25s per 24 stone. Bo lls ' new, —s to —s ; old, 41s to 45s per 38 stone. NORTHAMPTON—SATURDAY. New wheat, 42s to 54s ; old, 48s to 565. Barley, 286 to 40s per qr. New oats quoted at 24s to 28.. ; o ld, 28 0 to 34s per 24 stone. Beans, old, 39s to 425; new, 3 28 t° 38s. Peas, 36s to 44s per qr. NOTTINGHAM—SATURDAY. White wheat, from 49s to 648; red wheat, 44s to 59i t t Barley—malting, 35s to 43s .; grinding, 29s to 325. old, at 25s to 31s Od ; new, 23s to 275. Beans sold at 3 1 " to 45s per qr. Flour, 41s to 445. YORK— SITU RDAY. to 24 ' Wheat, red 45s to 50s i Oats.... 2o s44s 1 White do Ns to 56s 1 Beans ..42z i° . ... 0 Barley .30s to 388 Peas to •• • "" s Malt, 64s to 66s per qr.; rye, 39 s p er qr . ; floUrl 403 to 42s per sack. DUBLIN— A full attendance of mill, saleable. Prime oats bring 6( oatmeal at full prices. -FRIDAY. Ts. Irish wheat almost and 1 per barrel nore money, en s. d. s. d. Wheat, white 30 0 to 34 0 Do., red 27 0 to 32 0 Do., new Barley Oats 0., black l4 6 to 16 6 s. d. s• I; t' Beans.. 24 0 to 27 Bere '''' 15 3 to 16 fi Rapeseed ..•• 0 to --- v Oatm ea l l5 0 to 16 9, Bakers' flour Indian corn CORK—Nov. 21. 11 ,0 The following were the quotations this morning ,no wheat, 14s 6d to 25s 93; white, 17s Od to 20s Od, barley/ 6d to 17s dd.; oats, 7s 6d to 13s 6d. ; new bore, —s Od l" —5 Od. FOREIGN HAIL PACKET MST. MAILS DUE. A.uKralla and Mauritius, via ... Southam ton. Dec.l3, Nov . 18 p via Marseilles Brazil and Cape Verde, by British packet De c. 9 . Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena Dec' lg. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton No v ' 2 7, via Marseilles N"' A Falkland Islands Tue. -,.... tcr W. Gibraltar, via Southampton No v . -,Z., 19. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton. •i-'..,° ‘ , - * V . . via Marseilles ..• • .L' ° ' • 25. India (Bombay), via Southampton Nov. Nov. 2° ' via Marseilles Lisbon ... • No 18 ' Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton ...... ~ v . v. . 20. via Marseilles ........ I ' 4° 26 , ov. Newfoundland ..N Oporto and Vigo U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet.. • • Nov. by U.S. packet... • ~,,. v . 2 1 .' by Canadian packet. . 0 .., 0 „ . 10. W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe .......... P e ' 20. Bahamas, via New York Nov. Nov. , '- Mexico ... . 28. All parts of West Indies, includin g Chili, Peru, 1 Nov'. California, and British Columbia.. • PASS-WORDS.—I heard a story aproP%ot pass-words, about the same time, which I think • - found its way into print. A certain noble lord a nd ;c1 tinguished cavalry officer was proceeding on the ",g r :t round" one night, having the pass-words for the cl iff ps posts all ready written on a slip of paper in his pock et ' d to being required by a sentry to give the parole he refe rs t his memorandum, and gave the wrong one. "Ily would not do ; he was equally unsuccessful wi th - 11; mouth ;" at last, after reading another name or two, growled with characteristic impatience, "Devonport, sve be ---to you." , c pass Devonpo r t, an d be ---- to s°l l ,t replied the sentry, happy in the glory of having aW°l.llO the great man without the possibility of reproo f. ' " Ganges and the Seine. STOPPING A EDDING.—The Board of Guards n° of the Greenwich Union, at their meeting on Thursdai sc , tr 9 lr. ing, were engaged in, an investigation of an extrao rd t character. For some time there has been a female , a „ t il l 23 years of age, an inmate of the house, and whose las eo - capacity, as certified by the surge on o f the union, is 0 childish that it is necessary she should be kept undo degree of surveillance. Towards the expense of he r " --- I T; tenance the guardians received from an executor under; -e• n 0 father's will the interest of about £l3O, which e-a - bl oo her nau_e in the public funds. This fact appea rs t° „. come to the knowledge of an i nma te, employed as e : to gery.man, and contriving, in the discharge of h ie el e- u d ti w 'at.• meet the young woman above alluded to, he arrang tern so as to obtain the publication of the banns of fsarr ;age d - for between them at Charlton Church, an d which were ftl ° t he the third reading on Sunday next. The result doo guardians' deliberation was that the intended brideg r te cl was dismissed from the house, the master being i nstrne t to communicate with the rector of Charlton , the publicale; of the banns being illegal, owing to neither of the par t having resided in the parish. BIRT II S. f e Of CONGREVE.—On the 20th inst. , at Chat ham, the Captain W. Congreve, of a son. hire , DiGity.—On the 20th inst., at Blythe Hall, Wary/Wks the wife of J. D. W. Dighy, Esq., of a son. CU/lie THEOBALD.—On the 22d inst., at 3, Park-road , Newington, Mrs. George J, Theobald, of a son. MARRIAGES. ' c f Ita . L'ESTRINGE—MANDY.—On the 20th inst., at ..,-• 1% yet of-the-Angels, Bayswater, Edward H. L'Estranget Ideal. m.D., Cape Mounted Riflemen, to Mary gebec eß %- e den°' daughter of S. D. Nandy, Esq., M ß ac a A y n sw YH at g : ;—NElLL.—On the 18th ' ins, 13 of 28 Stanley-ga' at Cdr' House, Major-General Sir Edward Macarthur, 1' .. , iv, S. BB B IJ O a x i , t e N . l - I E . :lan dtih j e 0 2 h 1 n s t ß i n o x s t, E, I ) as E tci A . 1, 3 19, to Sarah, third daughter of the late Lieut.-Colonel Neill, of Barnweill and Swinridgemuir, Ayrshire. GO' g ore, harie ° RATT.—On the 21st inst at Winchmore-hill, '.., Brett, aged 80. ~ nglitiBl:et7rmpton-s Isle of Wight, Thomas Burnell, Esq., aged s `', l iianl 13. On the 19th inst., at Cliffaide,. flauchtireb' CORRIE.---On the 19th inst., at Cheltenham, WI Corrie, Esq., aged 51. vark -1311e' FARQUHARSON.—On the 20th inst. , at 15, ~, James Farquharson, Esq., o f I n vercauld, aged ''', Jad es w the 20th inst., at Walton•on-Taierw;itoat L. Ridgway-, Esq., of Piccadilly , London, n aged 61. li 0 of 117i5 t' SMYTIL—On the 21st inst., at Sandown, Isl Elizabeth, wife of Major Smyth. Ne ssi ' NiT O ' So i p n E g u to . n7 O s n , thjeaml9etshsion;etz a E t sq l . 1 , , f C o r a n i n t e e r r l yb row, it; . 110 e , aged 81. don, Wyllie, Esq., of London, aged 69. __--- WYLLIE.—On the 17th inst , at Hoddes cL ji f by JOTIN CITA iv, LONDON: Printed and Published ~ ... 0. at THE SUN Office/ ' L ‘' tv of of No. 112, Strand, Printer, i n the CoW 2 . 1 Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, 18 Number 24,_1801 ILerts, ~,,,