The Sun. — London, England, 1862-10-07 00:00:00

21IE NAVY. The instructions for the launch of the iron-cased ship Caledonia, to take place on the 24th inst., hav ing been ordered to be urged on the attention of the authorities at Woolwich, the back of the build ing shed and the bilge ways were yesterday re moved, and arrangements for the launch and the ac commodation of a large number of visitors will be carried out en an extensive and commodious scale. The breaking up of the Sirius target frigate hav ing been completed in No, 9 dock at Portsmouth, the Java target frigate is now ordered to be placed in the same dock for breaking up. The official trial of Mr. Lumley's patent rudder, by order of the Admiralty, commenced at Ports mouth yesterday with the Bullfinch gunboat. The trials will not be concluded, however, before to. morrow or Thursday, to which time we defer our detailed report. The Agamemnon, 86, screw, Capt. Thomas Hope, was yesterday officially inspected at Spithead by Vice-Admiral Sir H. W. Bruce, Naval Commander in-Chief at Portsmouth. She is ordered to be taken into Portsmouth Harbour to dismantle and clear out for paying out of commission The Falcon, 17, screw, Commander Heneage, was paid out of commission at Portsmouth yesterday. under the inspection of Capt. H. Broadhead, com manding the reserve at Portsmouth. The Revenge, 86, screw, Capt. C. Fellowes, flag ship of Rear-Admiral R. Smart, ICU., command ing-in•chief the Channel Fleet, was undocked at Portsmouth yesterday on the completion of her repairs to her false keel. The Chanticleer, 17, screw, Commander Charles Stirling, and the Galatea, 26, screw, Capt. R. Ma guire, lying at Spithead, are reported for service in the Mediterranean. The iron-floating steam factory Chasseur, attached to the Chatham steam reserve in the Medway, has baen placed in dock in order to have a thorough overhaul and repair. The paddlewheel steamer Terrible, 21, 800 horse power, is undergoing some very extensive repairs at sheerness, the estimated cost of which is about £13,000. Her engines are being repaired at the steam factory. A plan for covering the bottom of iron ships with metal to prevent the fouling of iron vessels, which now occurs to a most considerable extent, has been submitted to the Admiralty by Mr. J. Reman, one of the metal testers and assayers at Chatham dock yard, the invention having been previously favour ably reported upon by the leading officials of the dockyard. The Board of Admiralty have, how ever, declined to adopt the invention. 7HE AliMI. The 20th company of Royal Engineers, under the command of Capt. E. C. Sim and Lieut. R. G. Tho rold, arrived at head-quarters, Chatham, yesterday, from Western Australia, after an absence from Eng land of nearly 12 years. The company left England in 1851, its strength being then 120 men of all ranks. During the time it was stationed in Western Australia it was employed in opening up the public roads and in the erection of the various Government buildings, including the large convict establishment at Fremantle, which was built almost entirely by the Sappers aid Miners. Owing to the length of time the company has been absent from England, its strength has been so reduced that it now only numbers 37 men of all ranks, together with 29 women and 84 children, the numbers which joined head-quarters. The company will be raised to its proper strength from the depot companies at bead-quarters. It is expected that most of the non commissioned officers and men will either claim or purchase their discharge, most of them returning to England in possession of large sums of money accu mulated by them in the colony, where they reeeived extra pay and other emoluments. The 7th company of Royal Engineers, under the command of Capt. F. E. B. Beaumont, arrived at , Gravesend yesterday, from Halifax, Nova Scotia, and joined head-quarters at Brompton Barracks, Chatham. The 7th company, which numbers 70 men of all ranks, with 50 women and children, has been absent from England several years. The half-yearly inspections of the troops in garri son at Edinburgh were made at the end of last week , by Major-Gen. Walker, commanding in the north ern district. At the inspections Major-Gen. Stoli pine, one of the aides-de-camp to the Emperor of Russia, was present, and took great interest in ob serving the efficiency of the troops. Col. Eardley Wilmot, head-quarters, and two bat teries of the 7th Brigade, Royal Artillery, arrived in garrison at Woolwich yesterday from Canada. They came to Gravesend in the Himalaya steam troopship, Capt. Lacy, and thence to Woolwich in steamtugs from the dockyard. The Himalaya has likewise brought on freight a large amount of naval stores from the dockyards of Halifax, Quebec, &c., which will be discharged in barges and lighters, and landed at Woolwich. Mr. Trickett, chief engineer of Woolwich factory, was yesterday ordered to Gravesend by telegram from the Ad miralty, in order to inspect the machinery of the Himalaya, the shaft having been found " out of truth." The Himalaya was yesterday ordered to be supplied with 100 tons of coals from Woolwich. The annual inspection of the Royal Marine Ar tillery at Portsmouth was made by Major-Gen. Stransham, C. 8., Deputy Adjt.-Gen. of the Royal Marine forces, during the end of last week and yes terday. On Wednesday the men, 750 in number, including non-commissioned officers, were drawn up across the parade ground of Fort Cumberland to receive the General, who made a most minute in spection in line. The cook-house, infirmary, barrack rooms, &c., were next inspected; 14 gunners were brought before the General as being incompetent to learn artillery duties, clearly showing the bad sys tem of selecting men from the divisions, or rather receiving the volunteers offered from them for the Artillery. The men having dined at noon, the as sembly again sounded at 1 o'clock, when the inspec tion was resumed. In the laboratorythe usual course was gone through, but the lecturer on gunnery showed the want of a superior class of men for Ar tillerymen in these days, when changes in the whole system are constantly taking place, generally of a very complicated character. The system of drill now carried out in this corps has for its objects to enable the men, first, to perform what is required accord ing to the Ordnance book; secondly, to carry out suggestions on field exercise book, regarding, Ist, bringing men on progressively, and making them fully comprehend one subject before entering upon another; 2d, creating emulation ; 3d, mutual instruc tion; 4th, dividing the squads into drill classes ; sth, practising the giving of words of command. Cate chism is introduced in all the instructions. Number ing drill is abolished except for teaching sponging and loading ; heavy work avo id ed as far as possible, and time saved. Where any intricacy exiats in the drill it is made plain by movi n g one or two num bers at a time. The work going on in the l a b ora t or y during the General's inspection consisted of driving fuzes, making tubes, rockets, handlights, longlights, bluelights, portfires, light and smoke balls, carcases, pulverising saltpetre, and extracting saltpetre from damaged po w d er . Th e you ng soldiers were next inspected at ordinary garrison guns, stand ing carriages, dwarf and traversing carriages, and mortars, the classification of the men being at the same time strictly attended to. Practice was next made from the 110 pounder and 40 pounder Arm strongs at 1,500 yards' range ; 12 pounder Arm strongs at 900 and 1,300 yards ; shell firing from the smooth-bore guns on the works at different ranges ; broadside smooth-bore firing at 600 yards; 100 inch mortars at 650 yard s ; and 13 inch sea ser vice mortars at 3,000 yards, th e Whole of t he prac tice b e ing excellent. The rocket practice, owin g to a strong wind, was not so effective as it would other- Wise have been had the weather been more favour able. The rifle practice was very good: The in spection was of an unuinally minute and s earc hi ng character. Yesterday the division was paraded on Southsea-common. The Artillery mustered eight companies, under the command of Coi.-Commandant Tate, and the Light Infantry mustered 12 com panies, under the command of Col.-Commandant A. G. Ayles. The whole farce was drawn up in line position on the common by 3 p.m., and after being napected thus by Gem, Stransham marched past the saluting point in single companies and grand divisions. After marching past was brought to a termination a series of battalion mancenv► es were gone through, the proceedings closing at 5 p.m., when the divisions returned to their res, ective bar racks, the Light Infantry to Forton aad the Artil lery to Fort Cumberland. THE BATTLE OF ANTIETAM. General Kimball's official report of the battle of Antietam, as the recent great fight near Sharps burg is now called, has been published: — " Head-quarters Kimball's Brigade, French's Division, Sumner's Corps, Army of the Potomac, on the field of battle near Sharpsburg, Md. " General,—On the morning of the 17th inst., in obedi ence to your order, my brigade crossed Antietam Creek, and was formed into line of battle on the left of Gen. Sedgwick's divison, and in the third line, Generals Weber and Morris forming the first and second lines. In this position I moved directly forward about three-fourths of a mile, when Gen. Weber encountered the enemy's pickets and drove them back, and soon came upon the enemy in force, posted in a strong position in an orchard, corn field, ditches, and upon the hill sides. "At this moment, in obedience to your command, I moved my brigade forward and formed my line in front, on the left of General Weber. My right wing, consisting of the 14th Regiment Indiana Volunteers, Colonel Harrow, and the Bth Regiment Ohio Volunteers, Lieut.-Colonel Sawyer commanding, was posted on the hillside in front of the orchard, their left resting on a lane running in the di rection of Sharpsburg. My left wing, consisting of the 7th Virginia Volunteers, Colonel Snyder, and the 132 d Regi ment Pennsylvania Volunteers, Colonel Oakford com manding, resting on an extension of the same line, their right resting on the lane running towards Sharpsburg, and their left extending towards the creek. Directly on my front, in a narrow road, running parallel with my line, and being washed by water, forming a natural rifle-pit between my line and a large cornfield, I found the enemy in great force, as also in the cornfield in rear of the ditch. " As my line advanced to the crest of the hill a mur derous fire was opened upon it from the entire force in front. My advance further was checked, and for three hours and 30 minutes the battle raged incessantly, without either party giving way. The enemy having been rein forced made an attempt to turn my left flank, by throwing three regiments forward entirely to the left of my line, which I met and repulsed with loss by extending my left wing —the 7th Virginia and 132 d Pennsylvania Volunteers —in that direction. Being foiled in this he made a heavy charge on my centre, thinking to break my line, but was met by my command, and repulsed with great slaughter. I then in turn ordered a charge, which was promptly re sponded to, and which resulted in driving the enemy re tirely from the ditches, and some distance into the corn field beyond. In this charge my command captured about 300 prisoners, and the enemy in his flight left on the field seve ral stands of colours, which were taken by some parties out side of my brigade while pursuing them. At this time a brigade of Gen. Richardson's Division advanced to my relief on the left of my line, securing that flank from further assaults. " In the meantime, the line on my left having been aban doned, the enemy made an attempt to turn that flank, and by that, to gain my rear, and succeeded in gaining a corn field directly on my right. To repulse them a change of front was made by the 14th Indiana Volunteers and Bth Ohio, which resulted in driving the enemy from my right and restored the line, which was afterwards occupied by Smith's division of Gen. Franklin's corps, " For four hours and a half my command was under a most galling fire, and not a man faltered or left the ranks until the field was left by the rebels in our possession, those who were sent with wounded to the rear quickly returning to their places in line. For three and a half hours of this time we were upon the field and maintained our position without any support whatever. My men having exhausted all their ammunition, the fight was maintained for some time with the supplies stripped from the bodies of their dead and wounded comrades. " Every man of my command behaved in the most exem plary manner, and as men who had determined to save their country or die. The 14th Indiana and Bth Ohio Volunteers, in the change of front which saved our right, executed it as veterans and as only brave men could. The battle was fought under your eye, General, and I need not tell you how terrible was the conflict. The loss in my command is a lasting testimony of the sanguinary nature of the conflict, and a glance at the position held by the rebels tells how terrible was the punishment inflicted on them. The corn fields in the front are strewn with their dead and wounded, and in the ditch first occupied by them the bodies are so numerous that they seem to have fallen dead in line of battle, for there is a battalion of dead rebels. We maintained our ground and drove the enemy from his. " After the firing had ceased on my front the foe seemed to have concentrated his force on Gen. Richardson's com mand. Cot Brooks, commanding a brigade, sent to me for assistance. You having previously ordered Col. Morris, commanding Second Brigade, to take orders from me, I ordered him to Col. Brooks's assistance. " The loss in my command is as follows : " 14th Indiana Volunteers.—Killed, 30; wounded, 151. " Bth Ohio.—Killed, 32; wounded, 129. " 7th Virginia—Killed, 29 ; wounded, 116. " 132 d Pennsylvania—Killed, 30; wounded 114. " Missing, 8 ; total killed, 121; total wounded, 510. "This number embraces officers and men. Lists from the several regiments, with name and rank, together, with the reports of Colonel Harrow, Colonel Snyder, Lieut- Col. Sawyer, and Lieut.-Col. Wilcock, are forwarded herewith. " Among the killed and wounded are many brave and gallant officers, Colonel It. A. Oakford, 103 d Pennsylvania, was killed while leading his regiment. He was a brave officer, and died like a hero. Captain Coon, Acting Lieut tenant-Colonel, and Captain Cavins, Acting Major, 14th Indiana, were wounded while gallantry leading their com mands. Where every officer and man behaved with such signal bravery and coolness, it would be invidious to make distinction by mentioning names of a part only. " I cannot speak in too high praise of the officers of my staff, to which I am indebted for valuable services rendered to me on the field. My Adjutant-General, Captain E, D. Mason, behaved with great coolness, and received a very painful wound during the engagement. The conduct of Lieuts. Swigart, Marshall, and Burrell throughout the whole engagement was highly commendable, and exhibited a high degree of gallantry, efficiency, and personal bravery. They were proved by a test such as it is seldom the lot even of veterans to encounter, and the result has been highly honourable to them. I recommend them to the considera tion of the Commanding-General. "I have the honour, General, to be, "Very respectfully, your obedient servant, " NATHAN KIMBALL, Brigadier-General.° The total loss in General Sumner's corps, killed, wounded, and missing, is 5,208. It is stated that the Confederates in their hasty retreat from Mary land left between 1,100 and 1,200 wounded between Sharpsburg and the river. A despatch from the headquarters of the Army of the Potomac states that 26 stand of colours had been received,taken from the enemy, beside seven known to have been cap tured and in possession of different regiments. The following despatch has been published : To MAJOR-GENERAL a W. HALLECK, GENERAL-IN- CHIEF. " luka, Miss., Sept. 20. "General Rosecrans, with Stanley's and Hamilton's divi sions and Misener's cavalry, attacked Price south of this village, about two hours before dark yesterday, and had a sharp fight until night closed in. General Ord was to the north, with an armed force of about 5,000 men, and had founderai Rosecrans, who was that the enemy h a d some skirmishing with the rebel p i ckets. This morning nearest re fi s g t h t t o w was the town, ene w b e u it was dt by Gen been evacuating during the night, goi ng south. Gene rals Hamilton and Stanley, with cavalry, are in full pursuit. This will, no doubt, break up the enemy, and possibly force them to abandon much of their artillery. The loss on either side in killed and wounded is from 400 to 600. The enemy's loss in arms, t ents, will be large. We have about 250 prisoners. I have reli able intelligence that it was Price's intention to move over ea: t of the Tennessee. In this he has been thwarted. Among the enemy's loss are Gen. Little, killed, and G et . Whifford, wounded. I cannot speak too highly of the energy and skill displayed by Gen. Rosecrans in the attack, and of the endurance of the troops. Gen. Ord's command showed untiring seal, but the direction taken by the enemy prevented them from taking the active part they desired. Price's force was about 18,000. " U. S. GRANT, IVlajor General." The latest despatch from the head-quarters of the army is as follows : " Information received to-day from a servant who de; serted from th e re b e l s yes t er d ay s h ows their loss in general officers in the late battle was greater than urs. General Wright, of Georgia, was wounded in two places. General Branch, of North Carolina, was killed; General Songstreet was wounded ; Major-General Anderson, commanding a division, was wounded; General Colquit, of Georgia, was killed. The rebels admit their loss to be 20,000 at the battle of Antietam, and 30,000 since they entered Maryland. The Alabama brigade, commanded by Colonel Corning, acting brigadier-general, h„ not been able to muster 50 men sine() the battle. " The residents of this section of Maryland have suffered terribly since its occupation by the two armies. In many eases families which a few days ago were in comfortable circumstances are now wanting the ne cessaries of life. All forage an d f ue l , an d a l so subsistence used by the army, by a responsible officer or whether taken in a regular way taken indiscriminately by those in want, is promptly paid for by General. Ingo, Chief Quartermaster of the army, and Colonel Clark, Chief of Subsistence, upon the proper affidavits being made. The claims of those whose farm s have been laid waste and buildings destroyed during the battle are referred to the authorities at Washington for set tlement. A people SO loyal, and who have sacrificed so much for the Union as these in this section of the State are not only deserving of the sympathy of every lover of the THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 7, 1862. -• Union, but the Government should take the matter in hand and instantly relieve their wants. " The movements of the rebels are mysterious. The military authorities here feel satisfied that the whole rebel army is still on the opposite aide of the Potomac, informa tion to that effect having been received to-day. General Lee is also there. Their intentions are not yet developed. An a ttempt to re-occupy Maryland must be considered impracticable. Without tents, and in many cases without shoes or blankets, the present position of the rebel army would be very uncomfortable if a cold rain should occur. With the present weather overcoats and blankets are almost indispensable at night." Armstrong 110 pounder 68 - pounder smooth bore Whitworth 70-pounder' Whitworth 120 pounder ,1 200 yds. 1200 yds. !200 yds. 1 ,600 yds. 110 lbs. solid. 68 lbs. I solid. ;701bs. shot ,and shell. I 130 lbs. shell. 14 lbs. 111 to 2 inches. 10 lbs. 24 to 3 inches. Through plate and backing. Through plate 25 lbs. , and backing. 16 lbs. The first two results show that the Armstrong rifled gun is a worse compromise than the old gun it was intended to supersede. It is worthy of notice that the velocity of the Whitworth heavy projectile after traversing 600 yards (a good fighting range) was 1,260 feet, being 50 feet greater than the initial velocity of the Armstrong projectile, which is 1,210 feet at the muzzle of the gun. The total results in respect of penetration being so decidedly in favour of Whitworth, it follows that he has adopted the best compromise, by combining all three necessary conditions of proper form and material of projectile and sufficient velocity. That the velocity, though perhaps at the muzzle of the gun slightly below that of the smooth-bore, is sufficient when combined with proper form and material of projectile, is shown by the penetration result, which in the case of the Whitworth is through and through both armour plate and backing, in the case of the smooth-bore is barely through half the armour-plate, and in the Armstrong is not half through. The form of pro jectiles, both shot and shell, employed by Mr.Whit worth for penetrating armour-plates were then de scribed. The material of which the projectile is composed is what is termed homogeneous iron, combining the toughness of copper with the hard t ness of steel. It undergoes a carefully regulated process of annealing. The same metal is used for the Whitworth field guns, and practical improve ments eit to be worked in masses of any m requisiteents size,e whosequality may be henceforth de pended upon with certainty. Mr. Whitworth is therefore now making his heavy ordnance with both interior tubes and outer hoops of homogeneous metal improved ma nu f acture, of the so that the guns will be constructed throughout of one uniform metal, without any welding at all. Experience justifies the expectation that they will be free from the ob jections which it and s be well fti l lkyn ableow n tare resistinherent the severe e a r l e l and we inldseedargeuhn9g' strain that is sure s ooner or later to disable a gun built up of forged coiled tubes if i t b e called upon to do its heavy prejectiles at efficient velocities. Mr. JAMES NASMYTH, F.R.A,S., said the steam ram was an old subject with him. A plan was pro posed by him to the Admiralty so long ago as 1845. He thought the more destructive you can make the attack on your adversary the better. It was not right to b e t or t ur i ng your enemy by drilling nume rous small holes in him ; it was like taking a whole day to draw a tooth. (A laugh.) His idea was to make one large hole and oink the ship at once with the enemy. (Cheers.) It was a question of mo mentum. The first practical ram was the Merri mac, but the Southerners made a mistake in giving her a sharp end—it should be blunt, and such was the original plan of the author, nor had he seen any reason to alter his views. The vessel must present as low an angle as possible to turn shot, but she must also have strength in the direction of her length, and use the utmost possible amount of steam ; and, to meet the objection that the impact might destroy the engines, which he did anticipate, he would place the engines on a slide, with buffer arrangements. With such a vessel he would dash into the Warrior as into a bandbox. (A laugh.) The plates would be crushed at once. He hoped the Admiralty would devote a thousand pounds or two to try the effect of a ram against an old hulk, the ship Trusty, and afterwards at the Warrior herself. (Cheers.) Mr. T. WEBSTER hoped that the discussion would not omit the question, brought before the section by Mr. Atherton, of unsinkable ships. It was quite clear from the late experiments that ships could not withstand the attack of guns, and there was a reason why we should give some attention to other matters of ship architecture than the mere attempt ing to defend them by armour-plates against shot. Admiral Sir E. BELCHER observed that in 1818 he had urged a plan of unsinkable ships to Sir Robert Seppings, by shutting down the hatches and using the pumps to pump in air; but this was objected to, on the ground that it was necessary to have an opening to keep the timbers sound. He advised water-tanks as a backing to the sides of ships, believing that such an arrangement would withstand even Mr. Nasmyth's ram. Mr. R. W. WooLLCOMBE explained the nature of his projectile, by means of which he got rid of the friction caused by rifling, with no more windage, the projectile being a disk travelling in a direction perpendicular to its axii of rotation. Mr. G. P. BIDDER, jun., observed that with a smooth-bore the balls go accurately for a short dis tance, but afterwards they diverge in uncertain directions, and this he showed must be the case as well with Mr. Woollcombe's shot as with an ordi nary smooth-bore shot. Captain BLAKELEY said that Mr. Aston had told them that Mr. Whitworth was beginning to use homogeneous metal for the inside and outside of his guns, and he (Captain Blakeley) would encourage him to use this, as he had for several years past used it with great aavantage. He had made guns, in use abroad, of large size, which would throw rifle 6001bs. shot with 801bs. of powder. The Spaniards had such guns, and he thought the English Govern ment ought to give some encouragement for trials of every kind of gun as well as rams. (Hear.) Mr. J. SCOTT RUSSELL, F.R.S., said at the last meeting it was ascertained that 41-inch plates and 18 inches of wood would beat the gun, but the late experiments had shown that we have no navy if you keep wooden ships with iron plates. Sir W. Armstrong fired our wooden ships, and Mr. Whit worth had proved that he can do the same if the ship be plated. No ship of ordinary size was even big enough to carry indestructible plates. Why could not a good fighting ship be made which should keep out a shell ? He believed that Whit worth's shell would be stopped by double armour plates, one in front and the other behind it; but a larger one, it was said, would be made which would destroy any thickness of double plates, and he believed it would be done. But this was not the critical point. There was one way of carrying increased thickness—namely, by the increased size of vessel. There was, however, another way without increasing the size—to build the ship up to the water's edge, cover her below the water line as far as was necessary to prevent penetration, then diminish the battery on the deck, and then they would have a vessel somewhat like the Monitor, absolutely shot proof. Captain Coles's ship was on that principle, Dr. ROBINSON had lived long enough to learn that such prefixes as " im" and " un" were very unsafe syllables to deal with. He thought, how ever, that the materials for unsinkable ships would have no power of resistance. He wished to know as to the expansion of a gun of the homogeneous metal as compared with one on the Armstrong principle. Mr. ASTON said that the price of the homoge neous metal was gradually being lowered, and that the Whitworth gun could be produced at a lower price than the Armstrong. Dr. ROBINSON, in continuation, observed that such was the arrangement of the Whitworth gun that the friction in the barrel was reduced to a minimum. The shot would fall from the barrel with a very small inclination. He thought in some respects that Mr. Woollcombe's shot promised ad vantages, but he pointed out disadvantages. Mr: ASTON asked what would be the condition of Mr. Scott Russell's ship with shells which would penetrate 3011. below the water line; and this Dr. Robinson had told them was possible. As to the the partially-defended ship, would any captain ask his men, some to stay in the undefended part, while others were comfortably ensconced behind eight inches of armour plate ? He (Mr. Aston) consi dered that guns built up of rings could never stand. The PRESIDENT said the great difficulty about homogeneous iron was its liability to be of unequal quality. Mr. Whitworth took very great pains in the manufacture, and the great danger in the case of the coils is that they are apt to elongate. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE, OPENING OF THE METROPOLITAN EXTEN SION TO THE ELEPHANT AND CASTLE. Some two months since we noticed the opening of the first section of the London, Chatham, and Dover company's metropolitan extension from Bat tersea to Herne-hill, Dulwich. We have to-day to draw attention to the completion of the line from Herne hill to the Elephant and Castle, which was thrown open for public traffic yesterday morning. These lines form part of a system of railways which was authorised in 1860 after one of the most pro tracted Parliamentary contests on record, and by them an independent access to both the City and West end was secured to the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Company. A short description of the whole may not be uninteresting. In 1853 the original East Kent Railway, as it was then called, received the sanction of the legis lature. This line was laid out to accommodate the district lying between Strood and Canterbury. In 1855 the Dover Extension was passed, by which a direct route to Dover was secured. The first section of the line from Strood to Faversham was opened to the public at the end of 1857, and soon after this it became apparent that the South-Eastern Railway Company, having the means, would very naturally not lose the opportu nity of securing, as far as they could, the traffic of the competing line, the only access to the metro polis being over the North Kent Railway. The Western Extension line was, therefore, applied for, and, after being defeated in one session, a renewed application to Parliament met with success. The Western Extension running from Strood, where it forms a junction with the line previously opened, passed by Cobham, Darenth, and St. Mary Cray and Bickley, at which point it joins the Mid- Kent Railway and St. Mary Cray line, and the traffic was proposed to be taken via Beckenham and the Crystal Palace to the Victoria station. In the session of 1859 a short line was applied for from Beckenham to the Brighton Company's line at Sydenham, but the latter company declining to forward the traffic to London-bridge, on account of the already crowded state of their line, the London, Chatham, and Dover Company in the autumn of 1859 deposited, and in 1860 obtained, the Metropolitan Extension Act for railways extending from Beckenham, under Sydenham-hill, to Dal wich, where the line bifurcates, one branch taking the route of Brixton and Clapham, joining the Brighton line near the bridge over the Thames at Battersea, and the other, passing through Camber well and Walworth, crosses the river a few yards below Blackfriars-bridge, and terminates at Far ringdon-street, throwing out a spur line which, passing under Skinner-street and Snow-hill, forms a junction with the Metropolitan Railway, near Victoria-street, and by it gets access to the Great Northern and Great Western Railways. As stated above the portion opened yesterday ex tends from Herne-hill to the Elephant and Castle, a distance of 2 miles, of which nearly 4,000 yards are on a viaduct, consisting of 347 arches and 25 girder bridges. The first brick of the viaduct was laid on the 28th January, 1861, and from that date to the present no exertion has been spared to expedite the work, some notion of the extent of which may be obtained from the fact that 26,000,000 of bricks and 850 tons of wrought iron have been used in its construction. The station at Camberwell New-road is complete, and is of pleasing design and convenient arrange ment. At Walworth only a temporary station is pro• vided while the permanent one, which will be 01 considerable extent, is erecting. _ _ . From the Elephant and Castle the works are being rapidly carried on towards the Thames, and the bridge over the river at Blackfriars is being con structed. A delay of 18 months has occurred in this latter work from the indisposition evinced by the City authorities to decide upon a design for the re building of Blackfriars-bridge, on which the gene ral details of the railway bridge must necessa rily depend, and it was only a few weeks since that the company received permission to proceed. In this time, however, progress has been made in the cofferdams on either side of the river. The bridge, when complete, will consist of five spane, ranging between 159 and 183 feet, and will be for four lines of railway, the whole being carried on lattice girders; it is expected that it will be finished in about 18 ninths from this date. The line from Walworth to Blackfriars, where a large goods depot will' be erected, will be opened nest summer. On the line between Beckenham and Herne-hill the works are considerable, comprising a tunnel of upwards of 2,000 yards in length, through the Lon don clay; many cuttings and bridges, and a viaduct of a quarter of a mile long. Of these the tunnel, which forms the measure of the time for opening, will be finished by the tatter end of next summer, so that we hope to have to report the completion of the entire route, both to the Victoria station and Blaekfriars-bridge, by September next. An inspection of the line yesterday convinced us of the substantial manner in which the whole of the works have been carried out, reflecting great credit on all concerned. Messrs. Peto, Betts, and Crampton are the con tractors for the entire line, and the works have been executed under the directions of Messrs. J. Cubitt and F. T. Turner, the joint engineers of the under taking, under the immediate superintendence of Mr. W. H. Thorn, the resident engineer. The company run 26 trains each way daily, and we have no doubt that when developed the traffic will quite equal that on the North London Rail way. THE PROPOSED GARiBALDI MEETING IN 211 IE CI7Y. A meeting of the committee of gentlemen who have interested themselves in getting up the City requisition to the Lord Mayor for convening a pub lic meeting of the citizens of London, at Guildhall, to express sympathy with Garibaldi, and to protest against the French occupation of Rome,washeld last evening at the Guildhall Coffee-house, King-street, Cheapside. Amongst the gentlemen present were the Rev. Dr. Lester, Messrs.Riohardson and Bennett, common councilmen ; and Messrs. Barker, Law rence, Lloyd Jones, Bennett, T. Malleson, Morris, Stapleton, S. R. Taylor, Sex, Moir, Straker, Lant ley, Steele, Braby, Bolgin, R. Smith, &c. Mr. J. H. PARRY, Q.C., was called to the chair. He said the meeting had been called together not for speechmaking but for business. The hon. sec tary (Mr. Richardson) would commence the business by reporting the proceedings, as far as they had gone. Mr. RICHARDSON read letters approving the ob ject of the meeting, several containing subscriptions, from a large number of gentlemen, including Mr. Western Wood, MY.; Mr. Locke, M.P. ; Rev. Dr. Spence, Mr. Montagu Chambers, Dr. Ross, Mr. S. Morley, Dr. Epps, and several members of the com mon council. He said the Lord Mayor had con sented, on the receipt of a numerously signed requi sition, to grant the use of the Guildhall for the meeting, the object of which ho approved. A draft of the resolutions to be submitted to the meeting had been shown to his lordship, and he quite coin cided with them. He had no doubt the Lord Mayor would take the chair at the meeting if requested to do so by a deputation from the committee. Several gentlemen having expressed an opinion that it would add greatly to the weight of the meet ing if the Lord Mayor would preside, it was resolved, on the motion of Mr. Morris, seconded by Mr. Law rence, that the committee wait upon the Lord Mayor to request him to do so. It was also resolved, on the motion of Mr. Bar ker, seconded by Mr. Bennett, that the meeting be held at the Guildhall of the City at two o'clock on Tuesday, the 14th instant, subject to the approval of the Lord Mayor. Messrs. Bennett, Lawrence, Moir,•Malleson, Bar ker, the Rev. Dr. Lester, with the chairman and the hon. secretaries, Messrs. Taylor and Richardson, were then appointed as a sub-committee to arrange the resolutions and the other details of the meeting. It was mentioned by Mr. Moir previous to the adjournment, that Messrs. Taylor, Stansfeld, and Ashurst would return from Spezzia before the end of the week, and would be able to communicate Kane interesting facts to the public meeting• A. MODERN PUBLIC COMPANY. STRANGE DISCLOSURES. John Jennings, Esq., F.S.S., director, secretary, and shareholder of the North Carrock Mining Com pany, was summoned before Mr. Alderman Gabriel at the Guildhall Police-court, for unlawfully, and by means of false pretences, obtaining tWo dividend warrants for the respective sums of £ll5 9s. and £l9 55,, and four bankers' cheques for the re spective sums of £l2 108., £l7 Bs. 3d., £l3 Ile., and £24 4s. 9d., from Messrs. Newton, Keates, and Co., of Liverpool; and the summons further alleged that the defendant had not accounted for any por tion of the value of the said securities, Mr. Lewis, jun., conducted the defence. Mr. Metcalfe, for the prosecution, said he was in structed on the part of the directors of the North Carrock Mining Company to place this case before the Court. The company was originally formed for the purpose of working a particular, mine, and the defendant was, some ten months ago, appointed sec retary. He also held some shares, and had been a director. His salary as secretary was £5 per month. In August last it was proposed to purchase some property in connection with the mine already the property of the company, but as the funds would not admit of it the speculation was abandoned, to the great annoyance of defendant, who had sug gested it. He therefore refused to produce the books in his care, and other circumstances transpired which led to his dismissal from the secretaryship. He ac quiesced in that dismissal until Sept. 11, when he obtained access to the office and took possession of the books and a letter containing the securities men tioned in the information upon which the summons was granted. The amo'int of those securities was £199 ; and although they had failed in tracing some of them, they had ascertained that others had been actually cashed and no account ren dered of the money. Under these circumstances the present charge was preferred. If the defen dant was no longer secretary the charge would be one of stealing the letter and securities; if he were still secretary the offence would be that of embezzlement. Mr. Jessie John Tustin said—l live at Bar net, in Hertfordshire, and carry on business as a chemical colour manufacturer at 83, Upper Thames street. lam one of the directors of the North Carrock Mining Company, Limited, which has been in operation about two years. The defendant was appointed secretary pro tem, on the 6th of February last. Mr. Lewis—Secretary pro tem., and by the same resolution he was appointed director also. Mr. Alderman Gabriel—This was not the first meeting of the directors ? Mr. Tustin—No, sir. We were filling up the vacancies according to the rules. There was no subsequent appointments with regard to the secre taryship, and nothing was mentioned in the resolu tion of the directors about salary, but an arrange ment was afterwards made by which the defendant received £5 per month. I acted as chairman of the company. The defendant acted as secretary before he was appointed, and the last payment made to him as salary was on the 11th of August last. On the 13th of the same month there was a board meet ing, which was adjourned to the 14th and the de fendant was present on both days, and ultimately, after refusing to produce his books, 'aft the meeting in consequence of the directors declining a proposal of his in connection with an additional purchase which he wanted the board to make. I did not feel , inclined to find the money for that purchase and the company had no funds. I have not seen him since, but I have been informed by a clerk that on the 11th of September the defendent called at the office at No. 7, Tokenhouse-yard, and abstracted from a box certain books, and also took away with him a letter from Messrs. Keates, and Co. On the 21st of August, in consequence of defendant's absence, a letter was addressed to him requiring him to place all the company's books, papers, and documents then in his possession under the control of the directors, and upon his not complying with that requisition they, on the 25th of August, took possession of the box, and then ascertained that some of the books had been abstracted. The books, &c., missing were the bankers' pass-book and cheque-book, the petty cash-book, the articles of as sociation, and the key of the common seal of the company. On the 28th of August a resolution was passed dismissing defendant from the secretaryship, but no notice of such resolution or dismissal was forwarded to the defendant. I knew the defendant was about, and I also knew where to find him. The defendant sent a reply to the letter of the 21st of August, requiring him to give up the company's books, &c., in which he explained the reason of his continued absence to be that the offices were to un- dergo repairs, and to be repainted, and as soon as the work was done he would return to his duties. On the 14th of August a firm of the name of Newton, Keates, and Co., of Liverpool, were indebted to the company in the amount of £199 Bs. 11d., for lead supplied, and the letter acknowledging the receipt of securities to that amount and the receipt are in the handwriting of and signed by the defendant. The endorsement on the cheque, which has been cashed, is also in defendant's handwriting. It has pissed through the London and Westminster Bank. Mr. Lewis—l am quite willing to admit the re ceipt of the cheques and cashing them also. My client claims a certain sum, and has only secured himself by what he has done, so as to enable him to litigate the question, if necessary. Mr. Tustin—While the defendant was secretary it was his duty to have handed over these securities to the London and County Bank. He has not done so, neither has he handed any of them, or the cash for them, to the company. Cross-examined—l became aware of what the de fendant had done on the 12th of September. One of our clerks told me, and said defendant left a message to that effect. No answer was returned to the defendant's letter of the 23d of August, and on the 27th of the same month another letter was received from the defendant from Clitheroe, in Lancashire, in which he assumed that he had the tacit consent of the directors for his continued absence from his duties as secretary. On the 28th his dismissal was entered on the minutes, but no notice sent to him, and on the same day he was removed from his office as director. Mr. Lewis—Was that at the meeting of directors or shareholders ? Witness—lt was an extradinary meeting. So it seems (laughter) ? but it was a meeting of the board, was it not ! No, sir ; it was a meeting of the shareholders. He was dismissed from the secretaryship at a meeting of the board of directors, and from the directory by a meeting of shareholders. He was not summoned to the board meetings, as we always met on a Thursday ; neither was any notice given to him that his dismissal would be brought before the board. He was a shareholder to the value of £2OO, and he held other shares in trust to the value of £5OO, every director having a similar amount entrusted to him to dispose of. They were transferred to him, but he paid nothing for them, on the understanding that he was to return them or their value in money when milled upon. The mines belonging to the company were the Dry Gill and the Roughten Gill Mines. The Dry Gill Mine was not a speculative undertaking, because it was at work on the 14th August, although but slightly productive. The Roughten Gill Mine was more productive. They both belonged to me before the company started. The company agreed to purchase the Dry Gill Mine for £4,000 but they did not carry out the purchase. I was to have £l,OOO in cash, and shares for the other £3,000. The Roughten Gill was to be transferred to the company at its actual cost price. That was the more productive mine, and I wished to get it retransferred to me. Now at the meeting of the 14th of August did not the defendant say he would not sit at the board to permit such a deception to be practised on the shareholders as to take away the best mine P—No, sia, not in those words. Did he not say that he would withdraw his at tendance from the board rather than see the share holders plundered ?—No, sir. Did he not say that he would not attend if such a matter were allowed to go on ?—He did, sir. I do not admit that he said that he would not attend ; I only recollect there was some noise and a good deal of bluster. Who were the directors left after you removed defendant and Mr. Hodgson ?—Myself, my son, and my intimate friend Mr. W. Bayley Bray. (Laughter.) And after removing the defendant and the other gentleman, you got the whole matter into your own hands ?—Yes, sir; but I did not get rid of Mr. Hodgson, for I have his letter which will show the reason of his leaving. Mr. Metcalfe here put in the letter t o show that the writer h a d tendered his resignation. Mr. Lewis—Mr. Metcalfe might have read the letter correctly. Mr. Hodgson had acted like a well-bred dog, he walked out to avoid being kicked out. He was, however, dismissed on the 28th of August with the defenda nt, and his letter of resig i nation is dated the 30 th of Au g ust. Witness—His resignation he e had was b e en dismissed. I t rans f err ed shares to my son accepted to quality on the 4th o f September, qualify him as a director. I also transferred shares to Mr. Bray to make him a director. So you pretty well got the whole matter into your own hands ?—Yes ; and I also transferred shares to the defendant and to Mr, Hodgson for the same purpose. Then it was all your own company ?—You may say so. (Laughter.) Are you not aware that the defendant has a large claim against the company for secretary's salary and diroqt4r's Avis /4" salary was paid regu-1 larly, £lss. per week ; but there was no money to pay any of the directors their fees. Mr. Alderman Gabriel —How much money ha s been paid up on these shares ? Witness—The banker's book will tell you. Mr. Alderman Gabriel-1 am satisfied you have the information in your head, if you feel inclined to tell me. I,l r itness — The deposit of ss. per share has been , paid up on some shares. Mr. Alderman Urabriel—Upon ho w many shares ? Only a few, sir. W Ha tess- - yon allotted the shares upon which you re ceived deposits ?—No, sir. Mr. Alderman Gabriel—That is a very extra ordinary proceeding. Your prospectus states your capital to be £20,000, in 4,000 shares of 15 each, deposit ss. per share and 15s. on allotment. As there has been no allotment of shares upon which deposits have been paid, who were the shareholders who dismissed the defendant from the board at directors ? Mr. Lewis—How many shareholders were pre sent at this extraordinary meeting ? Witness—Three sir. (Great laughter.) Mr. Alderman Gabriel—Who were those ? Witness —Myself, my son, and Mr. Bray. (Re newed laughter and cheering.) Mr. Lew 9—That is what you call an extraor dinary meeting. (Laughter.) Mr. Alderman Gabriel—Or perhaps you would call it "an influent: al meeting of shareholders.' (Laughter.) Mr. Lewis—Those were persons who had re ceived transfers of shares from you to qualify them as directors. Was any one pre .sent at that meeting who had paid one shilling on his shares ? Witness—Yes. There was a ?Arty there who had paid thousands of pounds. Who was that ?—Myself. (Roars of laughter.) Mr. Alderman Gabriel—l see by the articles or association that there are a number of gentlemen's names put forward as directors in 1860. What became of those names ? Witness—They resigned in February, 1862. Had they held any shares P—No, sir. Then putting their names in this prospectus was all a sham P—No, sir, for they were to have taken shares. But you sent out a prospectus to the public an— nouncing these persons as properly qualified direc tors. Would not the public be justified in coming to the conclusion that all those p, entlemen held. shares in the undertaking ?—Certainly they would. Mr. Alderman Gabriel—Then do you not think It is a sham and a fraud upon the public to put forth such an announcement ? Ido not hesitate to say that it is a sham and a fraud on your part towards the public, to send out a book like this with a list of directors totally unqualified according to the articles of your association. Mr. Lewis—My client was not connected with the company at that time. Mr. Alderman Gabriel—My observations do not apply to your client, Mr. Lewis. The whole thing upon the face of it is a fraud upon the public ; and. I should advise you, Mr. Tustin, to have a little more thought in future before you place yourself again in such an equivocal position. Really the public ought to be obliged to you—(tremendous cheering and laughter)—for bringing this matter forward, as a flagrant instance of the manner in which companies are got up by persons for the puter pose of putting money into their own pockets. You have placed yourself in a most disgraceful position, and I do net think it necessary to go any further into the case. I therefore dismiss the summons. Mr. Alderman Finnis—l quite concur in the whole of Alderman Gabriel's remarks, and I may add that if any money has been paid to the company under the circumstances divulged there will be very good grounds for a charge of obtainingmoney under false pretences. The decision and the concluding remarks of the worthy aldermen were received by a crowded court with such a burst of cheering and derisive laughter as is seldom heard within the precincts of a court of justice, amidst which the defendant and his counsel quitted the court. COUNTRY MARK.L2S. ....b , COLCHESTER—OcT. 4. The supply of wheat to-day at market showed a great falling off, farmers being very careless sellers at the low prices current lately. Good qualities of wheat were no cheaper, and sold steadily ; prices were about the same as last week : inferior descriptions dull, and lower. Barley in fair request at late rates. Wheat, white ..48s 555 Beans, Mazagan..3ss 400 red 47s 52s middle & small.3Bo 44s Barley Oats GLOUCESTER—OcT. 4. To-day there was an increased supply of English wheat af market, and the demand was fair, in buyers' favour. Foreign in slow demand. Barley rather cheaper. Oats and beans dull at former prices. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. (From the New York Journal of Commerce, of Sept. 24.) The market is less buoyant to-day, and the tone in finan cial circles, for obvious reasons, is less encouraging. Gold advanced to 118, fell back to 1171 but closed at 1181. Silver sold at 114 to 115. Old demand notes went up to 1154, and are in great demand. Foreign exchange was firmer, and 1291 to 130 was paid for bankers' sterling. The following are the closing prices : Bills at 60 days on London; 1281 to 129 for documentary ; 129 to 1294 for commercial ; 130 to 1301 for bankers ; do. at short sight, 1301 to 131; Paris at 60 days, 4.40 to 4.30; do at short sight, 4.321 to 4.271 ; Antwerp, 4.361 to 4.321; Swiss, 4.321; Hamburg, 421 to 434; Amsterdam, 481 to 491; Frankfort, 491 to 491; Bremen, 921 to 931 ; Prussian thalers, 851 to 861. The stock market showed a further advance in part of the list, and there was a fair business done at the morning sit ting. Other parts of the list were heavy, and there was a downward turn in the afternoon. The closing prices at the First Board show the following changes as compared with the latest previous sales :—Ad vanced—American gold, ; United States' Sixes Certifi cates, 3 / 4 ; United States Demand-notes, 1 3 / 4 ; Pacific Mail, ; Erie Preferred, 4 ; Hudson River, ; Harlem Preferred, 1; Michigan Southern, a ; Cleve and Pitts, 3 / 4 ; Galena and Chicago, ; Cleve and Toledo, 1. Declined—United States Fives, of 1874, coupons, ; Missouri Sixes, 3; Michigan Central, I; Michigan Southern, guaranteed, 4 ; Illinois Central scrip, I. PENETRATION OF PROJECTILES. At a meeting of the British Association held yesterday, Mr. T. Aston, M.A., read a paper on "Rifled Guns and Projectiles adapted for attacking Armour-plates." After alluding to the interest with which the contest between artillery and armour plates has been watched by the country, he ex plained what was the actual condition of this im portant question so late as May last by quoting a statement made by Sir W. Armstrong at a meeting of the United Service Institution on the 20th May last, as follows :—" It certainly may be said that shells are of no avail against iron-plated ships ; but on the other hand, I may say that neither 68- pounder nor 110-pounder guns, with solid round shot, are effective against such iron vessels. The fact is, what we want is a gun, in addition to our 110-pounder rifled gun, especially adapted for breaking through iron plates. That is what we are in want of now." This candid confession is start ling when it is considered that long ago France armed her Gloires and Normandies with rifled 90- pounders proved to,be efficient against iron-plates, and it caused the country serious anxiety to hear her Majesty's Ministers state, as they did in Parlia ment last Session (of course on the authority of their scientific advisers), that after all the vast expendi ture upon our new artillery the navy of England is compelled to arm her navy with the old smooth-bore, and that is the best gun the navy actually possess, though declared by Sir W. Armstrong to be so inefficient. Such being the state of the question a few months ago, Mr. Aston proceeded to consider, first, the reason why the artillery hitherto employed in the service (including rifled guns and smooth bores) has always failed to make any impression on the plated defences at ordinary fighting range, and, secondly, by what means artillery science has lately reconquered its lost ground. Three conditions were laid down as necessary to enable artillery to attack successfully armour-plate defences—lst, the projec tile must be of the proper form ; 2d, of the proper material; and 3d,be propelled from a gun able to give it the necessary velocity. The artillery of the Ord nance committee failed because theyutterlyneglected the first two conditions and had recourse to the brute force of the smooth-bore for the third. The expression accepted as representing the penetrating power of shot was " velocity squared multiplied by weight," but the form of the shot and the material were conditions altogether omitted from the expres sion, and the importance of the omission will be obvious at once if an analogous case, say a punch ing machine employed to perforate wrought-iron plates, be taken. What would be the result if the punch which is made of suitable shape and material were removed, and a round-headed poker of bril liant cast-iron or soft wrought-iron were substituted in its place ? The great importance of velocity was conceded at once, it is a sine qua non condition, but there has been great misconception in supposing that the old smooth-bore gives a greater initial velocity than the rifled gun, as the results obtained will show. The average initial velocity of the 68- pounder is, in round numbers, 1,600 feet per second, with a charge of powder one-third the weight of the shot, the length of the shot being, of course, one calibre. Sir W. Armstrong stated that, with a charge of powder one quarter the weight of the shot, he obtained with his rifled gun an initial velocity of 1,740 feet per second. He did not state the length of his projectile. Mr. Whitworth, with a projectile two calibres long, obtains an initial velo city of 1,900 feet per second, and with a projectile one calibre long, like that of the smooth-bore, an initial velocity of 2,300 feet per secon d, being greater than that of the smooth-bore in the proportion of ,owing table shows the actual various guns : 23 to 16. The foil results obtained by Gun. Range. Projectile. Powder t Penetrationinto Charge. Armour Plates. TIIE MIDDLE LEVEL DAM. Mr. THOROLD remarked that, since another dis aster had just occurred of which the facts were not fully or accurately ascertained, he should not now proceed with his paper. Mr. WEBSTER remarked on the magnitude of the scheme of applying syphons in this case. He asked Mr. Appold why, in the application of the syphons, one central valve had not been used instead of two, one at each end. He also suggested that the improvements made in the Ouse outfall below Lynn might considerably have affected the the level of the sluices. Dr. SPENCER COBBOLD said he had that morning come from Lynn, and as some unfounded rumours might have been afloat he might be allowed to state the facts. Those who were acquainted with this particular locality knew that there were two small drains from the middle level near Lynn. It was between the two drains, though further from Lynn, that on the preceding day the waters burst through and carried away 10 yards of the embankment, through which the water rushed most violently. Multitudes of people assembled to witness the de vastation. He might take the liberty to state that the following evening (Tuesday), at 7 30, being the time of high spring tide, was the period at which the greatest injury could take place. The tide, too, would be then almost as high as the following morning at B'clock. Mr. WILKINSON, who had also that morning come from the neighbourhood of the sluice, was happy to say that only a few acres were covered by the water, and the consequences were not likely to be so serious as the last speaker had hinted. It was even hoped that before the time mentioned to-morrow evening the waters would be nearly if not entirely cleared off. Several questions were asked of Mr. Appold and Mr. Thorold as to the system on which the syphons were constructed, which were answered. The discussion, however, did not last more than half an hour. A WOMAN BURNT TO DEATH AT CHELSEA. — Yesterday the wife of a labouring man, named Ann Streetly, was discovered frightfully burnt and unconscious in a room of her residence, at 6, George-street, Chelsea. The unfortu nate creature was promptly removed to St. George's Hos pital, where, although she received prompt medical attend ance, she gradually sank, and died between two and three hours afterwards. A short time before the discovery was made she was observed, when last seen alive, to be appa rently in a state of intoxication, [ADVERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway's Ointtnent and Pills. Continuous Suffering.—Year after year do invalids bear bodily infirmities which could be immensely relieved, if not entirely removed, by H o llo wa y' s potent and purifying re medies. Bad legs, wounds, sores, sprains, stiff joints, con tracted sinews, and erysipelas, all lie within the ran ge o f ftheeeisethainctr without t e medicaments. All and youth a re li ttle All sufferers who h our l y worth, should re ad Holloway's directions for using his remedi es and they will speedily re joice to find make trial of themnd their improvement perceptible, and their ail ments less burdensome. Many whose health through life was never very good, having casually resorted to Hollo way's remedies for removing some local disorder, found while Curing it they strengthened the whole fIA r 3 ell CHELMSFORD—OcT. 3. A good supply of wheat to-day, but buyers would not submit to prices offered, and consequently prices were is to 2s per qr lower. The trade was dull. Spring corn was much the same as last week, except barley, which declined about is per qr. Wheat, old white...39s 56s new ns 54s old red....44s 52s new 43s 51s Barley 30s 39s Chevalier ..30s 42s Grinding 24s 32s Malt.... 61s 67s Chevalier ... 64s 69s Oats 22s 29s Peas, Partridge 37s 410 White 39s 40a Boiling 4os 430 Dun 35s 380 Ditto new .. —a Beans, Tick, old 34s 39s new —s Harrow Ticks 3ss 400 new —s --s Mazagan ..... 348 380 KIRKCALDY GRAIN—OcT. 4. We had very trifling supplies of grain to-day, both 01d and new. The new wheat weighed from 511 b to 6111 b per bushel. Barley is down in price. Wheat. Barley. Oats. • First....32s Od I 21s 6d I 27s Od Second ..52s 6d 26s Od 28s Od Third ....—s Od 30s Od —s Od COAL 111 (Prices of Coal per Ton at s. d. Wylam ..16 0 Carway and Duffryn Malting 23 6 Do. Anthracite 21 6 Holywell .. 15 9 Lambert's West Hart -1 l5 6 ley Eden Main 16 6 Cowpen Hartley 15 9 Bower's West Hartleyls 9 Byass's Bebside West Hartley 15 9 Craighead Steam 13 6 Davison's West Hart- ley 15 9 Hastings Hartley l5 9 w alker Primrose l2 6 Tanfield Moor 12 6 Tanfield Moor Butes 12 6 Walls End. Haugh Hall 16 6 Ships at marks' !IRKET. the olose of the market. Walls End. 8. d. Haswell Braddyll's Hetton 17 0 Hedley l6 0 Stewart's 17 6 Russel's Hetton 16 9 Hetton • • lB 0 Thorpe South Hetton 18 0 Hartlepool 17 6, South Hartlepool„ , 16 ‘,, Trimdon Ha r tl e p oo l l7 v Tunstall K elloe South Kelloe.. 17 0 Riddell..... l6 0 Belmont 16 16 0 , Framwellgate Trimdon Thornley 1 6 ri Whitworth 15 u 17 0 Cassop .1 Eden .... 1 6 lt, 233 ; sold, 177. FOREIGN MAIL _PACKET LIST. MAILS DUE. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton .. Oct. 19. via Marseilles 13razil and Cape Verds, by British packet. Oct. 4. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena.. Nov 1 . China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton. Oct. 2 : via Marseilles ...Oct. lo• Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton • Oct. 2. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Oct. 2. via Marseilles O ct. 13. India (Bombay), via Southampton Oct. 15. via Marseilles Oct . 9. Lisbon Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampto n Oct. 2. via Marseilles Oct. 9. Newfoundland O ct. 15. Oporto and Vigo U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet... Oct. 9. by U.S. Packet.... • by Canadian p ac k et. O ct. 3. W.C. of Africa, Made i ra , a nd Teneriffe ......... Bahamas, via New York .... Oct. 23. Mexico. ................. .......... .. . ........... All parts of West Indi . es. in l l d . C g hili ' Peru) 1 Oct. 14 ' .......... __......01 California. and British Co umbia.. BIRTHS. G Yrt the 3d inst., at Ewell, S urrey, the w if e o f the Rev.. ---0 Sir George L. Glyn, Bart., o f a son. L noLDER .—On the Gth inst., at 23. Charles-street, Berke ley-square, the wife of Lieut.-Colonel Holder, of daughter. THEARLE.—On the sth inst., at 198, Fleet-street, M rs. 1. M. Thearle, of a son. IV A AL . n s th . e 4th inst., s in on st . ., at B r i x t on , th e wife of s u vir• L W En al ° l — er, Esq., LAo nantlhAeGE2dS. HENWOOD—WAT TS . Apostolic Church, Harrow •road, m Hy. g cns -ra Esq., naval architect, eldest son of Wm. Honwoo,l, late of H.M.'s Dockyard, Sheerness, to Emmeline Le Ad eldest daughter of Isaac Watts, Esq C. 8., of the .1 miralty. John s LLOYD—RDWARDS.—On the 4th inst., at Saint J . Church, Windsor, Mr. Charles Abraham Lloyd, a - 1 -y tto don, to Eliza Emily, the only surviving child of inst , at the Catholciio the John Edwards, Esq., of Dorchester. DEATHS. ALLPORT.—On the 6th inst., at Camberwell, Miss Clara Allport, aged 73. Dixorr.—On the 4th inst., W. H. Dixon, of Newingt°l" causeway, aged 30. lq bort LEES. On the 3d inst., at Ashton-under-Lyne , Lees, Esq., aged 31. LOMBE.—On the 3d inst., at Bylaugh Hall, Norfolk, the Rev. Edward Lombe, aged 72. - T ROLLOP S.—On the 29th ult ,at 29, Gloucester-o°e' Fiances, wife of Major-General Trollope, C sr L O NDON: Printed and Publi s h e d by JOHN CHAf f " u 12 ° of N 0.112, Stra, Prinat THE Sow Strand, in the Precinct of Savothe Savoy, ill tbe Office, " 14 " ef Aliddlestai—Lasciay, 90tOtr 7, 18" Ce th e we rati cel( Eve ()pi rele Cor gird be I Fst Adr TT TA/s PY11( J. R Ti teig AI 11E1 Celei C. TI TF Air. O Af III t ®ton Fo mir. 4 To ......„...... T L./ Ilya 111111 Tr( R. and ~~ %.. T1 tea A • Marc eh al widc TIT Ivieg F Aid \Veg. Ai Int e , MI" RAq ~9di eco ?r, ten evE , i IY) VUB/ i....... ,_____ T] V Ma y Th e 1 the 'With tll.l l they and ~' 1* S 1 1) at" 4 ot t , $4lO