The Sun. — London, England, 1860-10-10 00:00:00

711. E NAVY. The Algiers, 91, screw, Capt. G. D. O'Callaghan, is stripping to her lower masts alongside the dock yard at Portnmonth. She is to be fitted with anew set of lower wire rigging. The Edgar, 91, screw, Capt. J. Katon, is being fitted alongside the adjoining jetty to the Algiers. The Mersey, 40, screw, Capt. H. Caldwell, C. 8., and the Diadem, 32, screw, Capt. J. H. Cockburn, will, it s is expected, both have to be taken into the harbour to complete their repairs, some portions of which cannot be well got at while lying at Spit head. The defect of none of that portion of the Channel fleet now at Portsmouth are, however, of ' an extensive character, and every exertion is being used to bring the ships forward for service again as quickly as possible, as it is expected that a portion, if not the whole, of the fleet will shortly proceed again to sea, before finally laying up for the winter, for the purpose of meeting off the Western Islands the Hero, 91, screw, and the remaining vessels of the Royal squadron, on the return of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales to this country from his visit to Canada and the United States. The following ships of war are lying at Spithead —Trafalgar, 91, screw, Capt. Edward G. Fanshawe ; Mersey, 40, screw, Capt. H. Caldwell, C. 8., and Diadem, 32, screw, Capt. J. H. Cockburn, refitting for farther service ; the Tartar, 20, screw, Capt. J. M. Hayes, waiting orders, but expected to proceed to the Pacific ; Landrall, 4, screw, Commander Mar tin, and Foxhound, 4, screw, Commander Mitchell, both also waiting orders ; Spiteful, 6, paddle, Com mander C. W. F. Wilson, reported for the Coast of Africa, making good defects in her engine depart ment; and the Swedish corvette Lajerbjelk, Capt. Melander. The following is an extract of a letter from Com modore H. E. Edgell, C. 13., dated on board her Majesty's ship Retribution, Trincomalee, August 26th, 1860: We are at last off for home, after a short trip to Madras, and leave for England about the 15th of September, hoping to arr i ve at S p i thead b efore Christmas, as we only touch at the Cape. We have landed some of our heavy guns, as the ship is not too strong. I have no doubt we shall make a good pas sage home, the season being favourable for rounding the Cape. The Cyclops is surveying Galle harbour, and expects soon to be ordered home. The first stone of a new lighthouse has just been laid here, and I should not be surprised to see the Peninsular and Oriental Company make this their headquarters at some future time." TEE ARMY. The mounted batteries of Royal Artillery sta tioned at Hilsea Barracks, near Portsmouth, were officially inspected yesterday by Major-Gen. Lord W. Paulet, C. 8., commanding South-West District, and Col. Hugh Dunlop, C. 8., commanding the Royal Artillery in the South-West District. The route for the A troop of the Royal Engineer Train, under the eommand of Capt. Duff, has been received, and the men and horses will at once com mence their march from Aldershot Camp to Bromp ton Barracks, Chatham, to go into winter quarters. Lieut.-Col. Baker, of the 10th Hussars, three troops of which regiment are now lying at Norwich, has just returned from the scene of hostilities in Italy. Three other troops of the 10th Hussars are also lying at Ipswich; and on Friday both divisions were in spected by Major-Gen. Lawrenson, Inspector- General of Cavalry. Lieut.-Colonel James Spence, C. 8., late of her Majesty's 31st Regiment, who died at Bath on Monday last, entered the army at an early age, and had seen much sei vice. He was present with his regiment in the action of Stuola, near Genoa, on the 13th of April, 1814, and in the subse quent attacks upon the city of Genoa until its sur render, and also at the surrender of Corsica in the same year. In the year 1815 he served with the army in Naples. In 1825 he was present at the burning of the ship Kent, in the Bay of Biscay, on the Ist of March. He commanded the 31st Regi ment throughout the campaign on the Sutlej, for which he received the war medal and three clasps ; at the battles of Moodkee (soon after its commence ment), Ferozeshah (for which he was appointed a Companion of the Bath), Buddiwal, and Aliwal, and the Ist Brigade of Sir Harry Smith's division at the battle of Sobraon, and was one of only five officers out of 30 who escaped being wornded in all these actions. At Ferozeshah and at Sobraon he had his horse shot under him. The following General Order, relative to the granting of leave of absence to officers and fur loughs to feoldiers has just been issued from the Horse Guards by direction of the Duke of Cam bridge : " His Royal Highness the General Command ing-in -Chief is pleased to approve of general offi cers commanding districts and divisions in Great Britain, and officers commanding in garrisons not included in any military district, granting leave of absence ;to officers, and furloughs to non-commis sioned officers and soldiers, under the following re gulations and restrictions, viz.:— " 1. Leave of absence granted under this order to officers may commence as soon as the half-yearly inspection shall have :been made. Furloughs granted to non-commissioned officers and soldiers may commence from the Ist of the next month. "2. These indulgences are to terminate on the 10th of March next, when, agreeably to her Ma jesty's regulations, all officers and soldiers are to be present with their respective regiments and depots: " 3. One field officer, one half of the captains, and one half of the subaltern officers are always to be present. "4. No officer (except in the performance of duty, or for the purpose of joining his regiment) is to quit the United Kingdom with out having first re ceived her Majesty's special permission, according to the regulation on that head. " 5. Officers employed on the recruiting service or upon the staff of the army are not to be included in the number hereby fixed for the constant duty of the regiment or depot. " 6. The applications for leave for regimental paymasters and medical officers are to continue to be made in the mode prescribed in the regulations and orders for the army. " 7. In cases of short leave of absence being re quested by adjutants, ridingmasters,quarter masters, or veterinary surgeons of re giments it will be ne cessary that a special report be made as to the mode in which their duties are to be performed during their absence, and that the commanding officer is satisfied. "8. The proportion of non-commissioned officers, trumpeters, drummers, and private men to whom furloughs may be granted is not to exceed 20 per battery of Horse and Field Artillery, or 10 per troop battery of garrison Artillery or company. Commanding officers of regiments returning from India flay exercise a liberal discretion in granting furloughs to soldiers who come home with their corps. .When corps military dist are not stationed in garrisons or liberty to use their officers commanding are at of leave discretion in granting the in dulgencerestrietions to the of absence under the foregoing command, reporting officers and soldiers under their g the same to the Adjutant-Ge neral. His Royal Highnes expects that the general and other officers who aresm powered to g r ant l eave of absence under the provisions gar e o f t hi s or d er w i ll strictly confine tat officers herein specihfied. tit to the proportion of " By command of his Ro y al General Command ln Highness the Chief, "JAMES YORKE SCAR LET g T . , i A n djt.-Gen." The following Circular Memorandum to the army, dated " Oet. 2,1860," has been issued from the Horse Guards by order of the Duke of Cambridge : " His Roy al Highness the G2neral Commanding in-Chief notifies , for the informat ion of the army with reference to the exemption from the payment of toll, that it appears by a communi cation received from the War-office, that the Secre tary of State for the Home Department has b een requested to cause the magistrates generally to be informed that the meaning and intention of the words on duty,' introduced in the 71st clause of the Mutiny Act, are to exempt officers driving or riding, whether in private vehicles or not, if on duty. Also, that in considering the Mutiny Act for the ensuing year, steps will be taken to remove all ambiguity in the clause. " By command, " JAMES YORKE SCARLETT, Adjf.-Gen." The following revised regulations for the issue of allowances, &c., to men of the Royal Marines on their discharge from the service has just been issued from the Admiralty 1. Every Marin e on hi s di sc h arge f rom th e service sh all receiv e an allowance of ls. per day for 20 days from the date of his discharge, and in case j b e s h a ll b e ex titl ed t°% higher rate of pension than ls. per day he shall receive the difference added to his allowance. " 2. The discharged Marine shall be provided with conveyance to his home if not m e distant than his original place of enlistment Ly vessel or railway, or other suitable means as sh I be found at a cost not exceeding railway fare. If any part of the distance shall be necessarily travelled on foot, and the pension of the discharged man shall not exeeed Is. a day, he shall receive for every com plete 10 miles, and also for the proportion over, if not less than five miles of such part of the distance, an allowance of 6d., or, if his pension exceed ls. and be less than ls. 6d. a day, the'difference be tween those rates; but no allowance for distances travelled on foot shall be issued to a discharged ma rine whose pension amounts to ls, 6d. a day. And men who volunteer from the militia are entitled to the regulated allowances to themselves.and families to the place of their enrolment. " 3. The stoppage to be made from a discharged marine for his rations supplied at the public ex pense, when proceeding to his home on board a vessel otherwise, shall be 6d. a day. " 4. The discharged marine's wife and children shall be provided with conveyance in the same man ner as himself, and for any distances travelled by them (necessarily) on foot an allowance of lid. per mile shall be made to the wife, and ld. per mile for each child not above 14 years of age. " 5. When detained at any port waiting for pas sage by steam or other vessel, an allowance of 10d. a day for the period of such detention excepting the days of arrival and embarkation, shall be allowed to the wife, and 6d. a day for each child not above 14 years of age. Rations, when not supplied in kind on the passage, shall be allowed at the rate of 6d. a day t o the wife, and 3d. each child not above 14 years of age, for the probable period of the pas sage. 6. In order that a marine discharged with igno miny or for bad conduct shall not become burden some to the parish in which he is discharged, an allowance to convey him to his intended residence, or place of enlistment if not more distant, shall be issued not exceeding ld. a mile, but in no case shall the money be paid to the man himself when a conveyance for him can be provided. " 7. A recruit, if rejected on final examination, shall receive an allowance to carry him back to the place of his enlistment, viz., ls. for every 10 miles, and for a surplus of five miles or mile. . "8. If in any case the marine prefers to remain at the place of his discharge, he is not entitled to the allowances for travelling or passage. " 9. A marine who after discharge ro-enters the serNice is entitled when again discharged to allow ance to the place of his re-enlistment only." THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVEMNG, OCTOBER 10, /860. TEE VOLUNIEE_R MOVEMENT. A meeting of gentlemen interested in the forma tion of a Mounted Volunteer Corps for the west-end of London was held yesterday at Willis's-rooms, Major S. F. Richardson, C. 8., of the Bth Bengal Irregular Cavalry, in the chair. Among those present were Col. Seymour, Messrs. Bowen, May, E. Tattersall, W. Boyle, J. M. Garrard, Dy moke Green, &c. Letters were read from Colonel Douglas, Adjutant-General of Cavalry, regretting his inability to join the London Light Horse, as he held a commission in a Volunteer corps in his own county, but stating that he should recommend the corps to his friends; from Capt. Wedderburn ; and from Captain Alexander, Bengal Irregulars, offer ing to assist in the organisation of the corps in any way in his power. The chairman, having read the minutes of the last meeting, said that the immediate object of the present was to decide upon the uniform to be adopted. He did not consider that at present it would be necessary to have a full dress, as it would be found to be very expensive, and he wished to accommodate the outlay required to the means of the poorest man amongst them. He would sug gest, therefore, that the corps should first be orga nised, and then the question of the full dress could be decided. In answer to questions the chairman sad that the arms proposed were swords and pistols, but that he thought that it would be advisable, per haps, to have a few lances and carbines distributed among the non-commissioned cfllcers of the regi ment; the horses were to be from 15 to 16 hands high; hunting saddles were to be used, with wal lets and straps, and the bridles of Nolan's pattern, with silver-plated buckles. It was then agreed that the uniform should consist of a loose blue jac ket, with blue velvet facings and silver cord em broidery, pantaloon breeches of white Melton cloth, Napoleon riding boots of patent leather, plated hunting spurs, a blue forage cap with silver band and crown ornament, and without peak; and the sword should be the light cavalry sword with scroll hilt, and the belts end pouch of Russia leather, with silver-plated ornaments. It was also argeed that the subscription should be for effec tives two guineas par annum and ene guinea en trance, and that honorary members should sub ' scribe one gu;neaper annum, a donation of 10 guineas to constitute a life member. Thirty-six gentlemen have already enrolled themselves, and nearly 100 more have promised to join, and it was agreed to com municate with the Lord-Lieutenant (the Marquis of Salisbury) forthwith, offering their services to her Majesty. A vote of thanks to the chairman concluded the proceedings. The Workman's Volunteer Brigade, a newly raised corps, mustering nearly 1,000 strong, assem bled on Saturday evening in the Guildhall for drill - practice and parade, and attracted considerable notice. They nearly filled the spacious hall, and, considering the difficulties they have had to en counter' in obtaining suitable places for drill, their marching and general deportment reflected much credit on the body. In the course of the evening, Major Richards addressed the men and stated that Col. Sir - William De Bathe was present, and that that gallant officer had accepted the command of the Ist battalion, which announcement was received with great enthusiasm. Sir William then presented himself, and expresied his gratification at being selected to take charge of so fine a body of Volun - teers. It had been his lot to serve under the illus- rious Wellington in some of his glorious cam paigns, and he therefore thought that he might be in some way qualified for the important post to which they had appointed him. It would be his pride to render the corps all the aid he could, and he had no doubt, from the proficiency they had shown, they would become equal to any volunteer corps in the country. The gallant officer was loudly cheered during his address. The bat talion then formed in marching order, and, headed by their band, proceeded through the principal streets in the city to their head quarters. Last evening a public meeting of the inhabi tants of Upper Clapton and neighbourhood was held at the National School-room, Wood-street, Upper Clapton, in order to add to the strength of the Second Tower Hamlets Rifle Regiment, and to raise another company for the locality. Mr. Gibbs, of Springfield, occupied the chair. Resolutions were passed authorising the formation of another company. Th;rty gentlemen having enrolled their names, the meeting separated. The Uxbridge (24th Middlesex)Ril thei eCorps met on Saturday last, at Cowley-house, resi dence of the captain, to receive a setofdle cost o drums and fifes presented to the corps at the sole the Hon. Miss Georgina Irby, a , descendanttepre sent of the first Earl of Uxb r id ge , an d sister of h Lord Boston. The presentation was to have been made by Miss Irby in person, but to the great regret of all she was unavoidably absent, owing to the sudden death of a near relative. Mrs. Hilliard (the captain's wife) was deputed by Miss Irby to represent her, and in an appropriate address to the corps she presented the instruments, expressing the warm sympathy of the ladies generally in the move ment, and Miss Irby's hope that the baad might prove a source of enjoyment and encouragement in their loyal and patriotic undertaking. The meet ing was also made the occasion of the distribution of prizes for which the members of the corps had contended on Thursday and Friday. Each man fired five rounds at the four ranges-150, 200, 250, and 300 yards. Athallenge cup subscribed for by the corps was awarded to Private Rafferty, who riven b 3 y 2 points in th e 2 0 rounds. Other prizes, the officers, were awarded to Nicholson, 28 points; Sherwin, 27 points; and W. Rayner, 26 points; two other men, Hallowes and Youens, made each 26 points, but in shooting off the tie Rayner won. Prizes were also awarded for the best score at each separate range. Murray 8, at 300 yards ; Phillips 9, at 230; Hallowes 9, at 200; and Cor poral - Woodbridge 9. at 150. The ladies of Ux bridge also gave two handsome cups for the great est number of hits in the 20 rounds; these fell to % the lot of Rafferty, 19 hits, and Youens, 18 hits. Nicholson tied Youens for the 2d Ladies' prize, and nine other men made 17 hits each. RECONSTRUCTION OF THE NAVY. A writer in a contemporary says :—The contro versy which is going on concerning plated frigates, is one fraught with much instruction for English men, apart from the all-important point of national safety or jeopardy which it involves. There may still be persons who, without prejudices derived from ignorance or from their personal interests, en tertain doubts upon a question which was practi lcally settled during the Russian war, on the day when the French iron batteries took Kinburn, and received the heaviest shot at short ranges as if they had been so many snowballs. But Captain Halsted, in his admirable letters, only represents the convictions of many an intelli gent and disinterested officer in the navy to whose lot the grim business may some day fall of dealing with one of those plated ships from on board an English wood-built Mersey or Renown. How is it, then, that, notwithstanding this gene ral conviction on the part of the active members of the naval profession, the Admiralty are still ham mering away on every slip in every dockyard, lay ing down, launching, and then ever laying down again, new wooden men of war P How is it that, when France has left the half-finished wooden ships on the stocks in her dockyards to put every hand on her 10 iron frigates, we in England are content to hear that four such vessels are, indeed, ordered for our navy, and may some of them be ready per haps 15 months hence, but that our Admiralty have more faith in ships which half a dozen percussion shells will send to the bottom than in vessels which no shell yet made can penetrate at the closest quar ters, and no shot, except under conditions which the captain of an iron frigate would take care should never be possible ? How is it that, on so mo mentous a question, our Admiralty and our Govern ment should have permitted one moment to be lost in making such experiments and calling for such advice from naval arehitects as should not only set tle the question of the comparative, and therefore, practically speaking, complete invulnerability of these plated ships, but also that of the best form for their construction ? Can it be true that our naval authorities have refused to recognise the pa ramount importance of this matter, and now are only aroused to a reluctant and unenergetic action by the same voice that is awakening the people of England from their repose on their narcotic old laurels, the voice of anxiety which presently will be panic, sounding through the colums of a free-speak ing press ? There are institutions in this country besides those connected with or , . public buildings and works that might have been justly embraced in the memo rable sentence of Mr. Gladstone in the last session. Our Admiralty is one of these, and little short of a revolution will ever reform it. Eery one knows the story of the old Canepos. Captured at the Nile, she long—ay, for 40 years—led the van of the Bri tish naN f, led even ships built in England after her own lines. Then came the day whe a the Gomer steamed into Portsmouth harbor- with the King of the French on board. France may l oo k on th a t d ay ras one of her " glories." The E ng li s h dockyards mediately resounded with preparations for build g Gomers. Next came the Napoleon, the first ship of the line whose lines were drawn and whose keel was laid to meet the requirements of a fast screw sterrship. So our Agamemnons began to be. The American coi vettes came next, and our Meiseys and Orlandos were ere long racing over the measured mile ;n Stokes Bay. Each one of these improvements ought to have emanated from England, for each in order has been more and more of a character calculated to maintain in our hands our maritime preponderance. Every thing that makes a ship of war vast, expensive, ' complicated, dependent on machinery, and a con sumer of coal, makes more and more for our retain ing that preponderance. When our ships are panoplied in iron, are built of iron, invulnerable colossi of the deep, then more than ever will England be Queen of the seas. Why have not the instincts of the British Admiralty been keenly alive to all this ? And why has Franenl once more got the start—it may be this time a fatal start—of us ? To answer this question we may contrast the conditions under which, on the one hand, France has set aboat her Napoleons and her Gloires with those under which it has been possible for our Admiralty to ignore the march of ideas and of practical results, and to be blinded by prejudices founded on the personal interests of dockyard officials. A young Frenchman, M. Dupuis Delolme, came to England 'to study naval archi tecture, for naval architeCture, which, as a science, exists not in our dockyards, flourishes nowhere, not even in America, as it does in our private building yards. So M. Delolme became the ' pupil of a gentleman to whom this science owes much—Mr. Scott Russell. He went back to France. It is a rare virtue in Princes—would it were not ! to recognise real intellect and strength of purpose, and to discriminate between these and their coun terfeits. The Emperor Napoleon 111. possesses that gift. It matters little whether the invention of the iron panoply was an American "notion" or an ides Napoleonienne. It was the Emperor whose sagacity appreciated it. It was at his suggestion that our own unwieldy iron batteries were built for the Rus sian war, and he had the triumph of the success of his vessels of this class at Kinburn. He selected M. Dupuis Delolme to give to this idea a further ex- tension—to invest these panoplied ships with speed and all the qualities of a man-of-war, and the Gloire is the result. But that is not all. The Gloire is one only of a series ; for, so entire a faith in a scientific principle, worked out in a scientific way, had the Emperor and the talented engineer in whom he re posed his confidence, over whom he placed no supe rior but himself, and at whose command all the resources of the dockyards of France were placed, that not one only, but ten of these ships, have been silently, rapidly, efficiently, and simultaneously growing into completion. • People may listen to canards like that of the Nor mandie not having buoyancy to carry heavy guns. When the Normandie sits the water like a bird and steams at 13 knots with the heaviest guns France can make, Englishmen will perhaps abuse the stealthy movements with which aggression pre pares its spring, and throws dust in the eyes of an adversary, and the Emperor Napoleon will be exe crated as a conspirator against the repose of the world. Be it so—but he has achieved his end. Look now at our own dockyards and the means adopted in them for carrying out improvements. The Surveyor of the Navy, who is the responsible adviser of the Board, is as fine a sailor as ever stepped a quarterdeck. But why should so ad mirable a sailor be doomed to become a naval archi tect when his previous training has in about an equal degree qualified him to become a bishop ? The answer is simple, but not quite conclusive. It is not the custom to make anybody short of an Admiral Surveyor to the Navy, and until he is an Admiral it is not the custom for an officer to be sent into a dockyard to learn what is the business of a ship artificer. Therefore if an Admiral is to be made into a shipbuilder and surveyor, why not select a good sailor for the purpose ? Well, the result is that the whole of the designing for her Majesty's dockyards devolves on a subordinate, and perhaps indirectly on a few of the yet existing pupils of the old School of Naval Design. But that school itself has ceased to be, thanks to Sir James Graham, who knocked that admirable institution on the head just as it was beginning to beeorne a for- midable and a useful rival to the old system. What, then, are we to do when some improved class of ship is suggested by a foreign vessel of new pro portions, involving some principle new to our navy, has appeared perhaps at Spithead—a Gomer, a - - Niagara, a General, Admiral, or perhaps a Nor mandie ? Fortunately for England, she has her private building yards, and the naval architects of the Thames and the Clyde arc competent to under take the problem. The plans for the construction of fregates blindees, the very lines for them have, there is reason to believe, existed in the Admiralty, but not designed by Admiralty heads or hands, for these lour years ; and the Warrior and the Black Prince are to exemplify many of the most important features in those plans and lines. Why, it may be asked, have not the Admiralty long before this either acted on a principle which has been proved, and built these mailed frigates, or shown reasons why that principle is fallacious, and rejected it ? They have done neither the one nor the other. Sir J. Paking ton long ago ordered the building by con tract of the' iron frigates alluded to, and of two other smaller ones, and one or two of these may be ready by next Christmas twelvemonth. By doing this the Admiralty acquiesced in the conclusion, as a scientific result, that wooden ships are henceforth an anachronism, yet they go on spending the millions upon millions that the nation has so lavishly and cheerfully voted them in ever laying down new keels of fresh wooden war ships on every slip as it becomes vacant in our dock yards. What is the explanation of this ? What else can it be than this—that the dockyard officials know that their occupation will be gone the day that the Lords of the Admiralty are compelled by public opinion through the press and in Parlia ment to act on a principle, the truth of which at present they do not or will not see, It is no won der, therefore, that every dockyard receives the Lords of the Admiralty with a shake of the head over the failure of iron plates before British guns; it is no wonder that the dockyard of Chatham is to have the sop given it of building an iron ship which there are no appliances there for building, nor an official who is competent to superintend one single stage of the process I It is no wonder that no officer in the navy who is hoping for promotion will come forward with the morel courage to speak out what he thinks —nay, what he knows. It is left to civilians, to the few who look on these ques tions with something of the interest of a scientific problem, yet at the same time with the gravest ap prehensions of the results they may involve, to speak what they feel upon them, and to speak, therefore, necessarily in an imperfect way. They are, and the country will be, deeply indebted to the press for having taken up this matter, even though at the eleventh hour. It is an awful thing that the safety of our com merce and the honour of our flag—to say nothing of our pride as the leading maritime nation—should be subject to these constant recurrences of jeopardy, and be only rescued from humiliation by some happy chance, such, perhaps, as a newspaper editor becoming suddenly aware of the precipice that may be close at hand, and of which there may or may not be time to give due warning. We have one con solation. The faults of our Admiralty are not necessa rily bcrn of our representativeinstitutions, though a nation governed by an absolute Monarch with rare gifts may not be exposed to the disasters arising from such faults. An Admiralty like ours might be possible in Austria or Russia, but there is no free press in those countries to discuss its acts and to compel them. On the other hand, in each case in which the French marine has set our dockyards at work, we have improved on our model just in the ratio of the mechanical incsenuity involved in it. If we never beat the Canopus, we long ago beat the Gomer ; and 'the Warrior, whenever the company to which the building of her has been in cautiously intrusted can complete her, will assu redly be a nobler vessel than the Gloire. We have given the steam engine and the railroad, the tele graph, and a thousand arts of peace to France. She has improved on none of them. She has given us, it is true, the Jac qua rd loom. B u t h er o th er gifts have been only the implements of aggressive war —Minie rifles, rifled cannon, models, not of com mercial clippers, but of ships of war. Every one of these we have adopted, or we must adopt, and it is our own fault if we do not far sur pass each and all of them. IRON-PLATED SHIPS. A writer in a contemporary says :—Every Eng. lishman who has read your columns containing the interesting communications on iron-plated ships must have been struck with their vast import ance. No greater testimony of their value can be adduced than the instantaneous effect produced by them in the official regions of Whitehall. No sooner had your notices appeared than there was running and rushing too and fro at Whitehall, and now, as if by magic, the world is told that another steel-plated ve sse l is ordered to be laid down. It is to be 400 feet long, and calculated to carry an armament of surpassing destructive power, &c. If I am correctly informed, this vessel is to embrace all the defects as well as the advantages of the former iron plated vessels— that is to say, of the Black Prince and Warrior class. The new vessel is, in point of fact, to be nearly the exact copy of prior forms. To be pre cise, let me indicate the nature of these defects, premising that the question of the routine of the attack and defence of these kinds of vessels has been so ably discussed in your columns that fur ther comment at my hands is unnecessary. Permit me to specify certain grave defects of construction in iron clad ships as hitherto made —defects which it is the present intention of the Admiralty to repeat in the build of the new vessel. All the iron plates hitherto employed in defend- ing the sides of ships have been secured in position by a series of bolts and nuts fitting intcecorrespond ing perforations drilled through the iron plates as well as the wooden or iron hull of the ship itself. Some of the belts are as much as 20 to 24 inches long by 2 inches diameter, and have either a square or conical head at one end and double nuts at the other. On the impact of the shot—be it either of the 68-pounder round or any of the various kinds of elongated projectiles—if the plate, in a large number of instances, be not perforated the bolts are nevertheless driven inboard with very destruc tive effect. Having myself been present at many of these trials I can testify to the grave nature of the casualties to be apprehended unless the proper steps be taken to remedy this defect. At this particular stage I wish to point out in what manner the influence of the press might be brought to bear for the national advantage. As soon as this defect was duly ascertained and acknowledged by the authorities, thinking men were devising means to overcome the evil. To my own knowledge plans were submitted in the latter part of last year to the Admiralty Board—plans which, in the opinion of that Board, completely obviated the grave defects before mentioned. Of my own knowledge, too, I can state that the only reason urged why the ships then building should not be constructed was that the contracts, embrac ing old principles, were already made, and that my Lords could not then interfere with the execution of such contracts without great inconvenience to the public service. However difficult it may be for the public to credit the announcement, it is still a fact that notwithstanding the approval of the new plan by the Admiralty, and the evidence of their own committee, the old system is about to be repeated. _ The defects of the present method of fixing iron plating are these :-1. When struck by shot, the bolts arc either driven inboard or broken, or the plates are cracked from hole to hole; if the plate struck be not broken it curls up at the corners and edges. 2. In a seaway it is next to impossible, from the vast number of bolt holes passing through the hall and plates, to keep the vessel watertight. In spite of every precaution caulking does not per fectly keep out the water, and in anything like heavy weather the vessel leaks like a sieve. [ADvnirrisnmENT.]—The possibility of abandoning medicine altogether is shown by the numerous extraordinary cures without medicine of indigestion, (dyspepsia) flatu lency, constipation, nervous, bilious, and liver complai n t s , cough, asthma, consumption, and debility effected by Du Barry's delicious Health Restoring Revalenta Arabic Food ; the following are not the least remarkable :—Cure No. 46,270. 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The court was entirely an open one, a number of the surrounding villagers, consisting chiefly of women, being present. Mr. Theodore Hoyle, pm, accompanied by Mr. Shipley, appeared to watch the case on behalf of the widow and relatives of the deceased; but the prisoner, Lockey, being in custody under remand of the magistrates at Chester-le• street, was not brought forward. Mr. Squire, su perintendent of police, was in attendance. The coroner opened the proceedings by reading the depositions previously taken. Elizabeth Loekey having been sworn, deposed — I am the wife of Milner Lockey, and lived at Ur. peth Mill. He worked at the coal mines. On Saturday night, the 29th of September, about half past six o'clock, I was in the kitchen, and Thomas Harrison was in bed in the kit c h en . Milner Lockey came in and said, " Now, honey, how are you com ing on the night ?" I said, " What has brought you down here the night ?" He said, " You ---, you'll find it out before it's long." I said, " Don't you come here to make any kick-up, or I'll be forced to send fcr a policeman." Then he called me a " flaming --. I said, " Lockey, can you prove me a --- " He said, " No, I can't." I seal, " Where's your face, or where's your tongue, to call me that name ?" He sat down and put off his hat. He then came to me and worked with a knife about my breast and stomach. I knew afterwards it was a knife. He then stabbed me through the right thigh with a knife. It went in at the inside above the bone, and came out at the outside. I bled a great deal. My boy Samuel, who was in bed upstairs, came down and said, " Oh, Lackey, don't kill my mother, and I'll call you father-" Mr. Har rison spoke and said, " Oh, Lockey, don't kill your mistress." Mr. Harrison get up in the bed, and I gave my boy a wink to go for help. Harrison jumped up and put his arms round Lockey's waist and said, " Oh, mistress, take that knife out of the man's hand; he's run it through my heart." Harrison was bleeding from his breast. I worked on till I got the knife out of Lockey's hand, and popped it down into my breast. I put it in open. I could not shut it. I spoke to Mr. Harrison twice over, and he did not speak. "Lockey," I said, " thou's murdered that man ; ' and he said in reply, "Ay, you --, I'll murder ye before it's long. Harrison sat down on the chair and never moved, Lackey took hold of me, and brought me away from Harrison. He said, " Now, we'll have a cup of tea together, and it'll be the last cup of tea we'll get." Harrison was then leaning on his hand. His elbow was on the bed. He never moved to my knowledge. He said, " I'll gan' through the hale fleet this night, for I know I'll be hung for this job." He told me to put the kettle on ; so I took to the door, thinking I would make my escape, and he followed me for fear that I should get out. He in the meantime asked me for the key to lock the door. I said, " Lockey, there's neither lock nor key on my door." He then took me and put me on the chair. I asked him to spare my life on account of the fatherless bairns, and he said a second time, "I'll gan' through the hale fleet this night." I said, " Then let me go to the door for a few coals, honey," and he never spoke. I went to the door and saw Hart coming, and I flew to him directly I saw him. Another man was with him, but at a short distance from him. I told him as well as I could what had happened. I think I told him Lackey had murdered the man. When Lockey and Hart were talking I made away up the bank as far as ever I could. I could not run. When I got round the turn in the bank I heard Lackey coming. He had not a hat on his head. He shouted two or three times, " You --, take time." I called out several times, "I'll be amurdered woman this night." I shouted " Murder !" three or four times. I flew into Mr. Heslop's barley field, and the gate was open for' me. It is called the " Wheat-field," and is near the mill. I then got away from him, and I saw him no more. I think he went up the lane. Many a time I tumbled down on my knees that night. I went away to the colliery, and the first door I got to I went in. I gave the knife to a policeman. [The knife was here produced.] That's the knife Lockey struck me and Harrison with. I tried to shut it, but could not. Mr. Harrison was a decent and well behaved man from the time he came into my house. Lockey has ill-treated me before. I brought him before the magistrates at Chester for assaulting me; and many a time I would have been a murdered woman if it had not been for the neighbours. When he called on me a fortnight before he threatened what he would do. I never heard him use threats to Harrison. He asked him how long he was to " byde," but he said he could not tell, for he was looking for a letter every day to take him away home. By Mr. Hoyle—l could not see the knife moving about in the wound he inflicted on Harrison ; but when he ran it into my thigh he gave it two or three pushes. I believe Lackey had a little sup, bnt not a great deal of drink in him. He appeared to be sober. I was at that time living away from Lockey. The magistrates told him he had not to " fash" me any more. This is about 14 or 15 weeks ago. John Wright, the next witness said—l am a farm labourer with Mr. Heslop, and live at the Ridings. It is about half a mile from Urpeth corn mill. About half-past 7 o'clock on the evening of Sept. 29th Samuel Wilson came to the Ridings. He said his mother had sent him, and I was to come down. He said Lackey had com'd and killed the " bum" man, and .was going to kill him and his poor mother. We questioned him again, and he repeated the same thing. I and Hart then went down to the mill, and Mrs. Lackey came out. Lockey followed her, but never came outside the d oors t ea d . M rs. Lockey- saw Hart, and made to him. Seeing Lackey in the door at the same time, she said, " Oh, Ned, go in and help Lockey to bed." Hart turned to Lockey and said, "Do you want to go to bed, Lockey ?" He said, " No ; it isn't my bed time yet." Hart said, " Where's t'other man ?" Lackey said, " Oh, I'm the man." He said that twice. Hart turned away, and shouted on Mrs. Lockey to come back, as she was going up the bank. He said, " Betty, come here ;" and she shouted, " Yes." She came back, and Hart went to meet her. They spoke together,' but I did not hear what they said. Hart came to me ; and Mrs. Lackey went up the bank. I believe she was walking. Lockey was still at the door. I went to Mrs. Heslop's, and sent Richardson for a policeman. I left Hart with Lockey. By the Jury—l did not go into the house; and I never saw Harrison until they were laying him out. I was frightened of Lackey. By the Coroner—We each had a stick. Samuel Robinson, sergeant of police at Chester le-street, said—On Saturday evening, Sept. 29, I received information that Lockey had murdered the bailiff at Urpeth Mill, and had stabbed his wife. In company with another officer, I proceeded to Upton Mill. We searched a house or two on the road, and got there about ten o'clock. I found Harri son dead, and leaning on the bed. I found a large wound, about an inch and a half in length, under his left breast. His shirts were saturated with blood ; and there was a great quantity of blood on the floor and by the bedside. The shirts had holes in them corresponding with the one in his body. I got assistance and laid him down by the bedside. After searching for Lockey, I went to Urpeth Col liery and saw Mrs. Lockey in bed. She gave me the knife produced, which was bloody. Its point is a little turned. I have measured the blade. It is 4 inches long, or a little over. The blade and haft together are 91 inches long. It is a new knife, and catches back with a spring. It was bought at Mr. Forster's shop, in the Market-place, Durham. I have seen Mr. Forster, and he has identified the knife. The man, however, who sold it to Lockey is ill. I believe his name is Forster, but I am not sure. By a Juror—lt was sold on Saturday, the 29th, about 11 o'clock in the forenoon. By the Coroner—l continued searching for Lockey during the night ; and on Sunday morning the 30th I was present at his apprehension by police-constable Mallaby, in a pigsty behind Urpeth Mill. I said, " Lockey, I charge you with the wilful murder of Thomas Harrison at this place last night, by stab bing him with a knife, and also with attempting to murder your wife by stabbing her." He made no reply. After searching and handcuffing him, we brought him to Chester-le-street lock-up. He is now in custody there, under the remand of the ma gistrates.. He is not present, because the magis trates thought he had better not be brought, in order to keep down excitement. When we got to Chester le-street, and while his clothes were being taken off, Lockey said, " This would not have happened if my wife had not used me so badly." He made this statement voluntarily. David Mallaby—l am a police-officer, and I live at Kibblesworth. O❑ Sunday morning, the 30th of September, I received information that a murder had been committed at Urpeth Mill. I proceeded there, and saw Harrison lying dead on the floor. I then came to Pelton and joined the sergeant. We returned and searched the mill. About half past 9 o'clock I apprehended Milner Lockey in a pigsty at Urpeth Mill. I said, " Now, Lockey, you'll have to go with me ;" and I took him to Sergeant Robinson, by whom he was charged with the murder. I searched his pockets, and found £1 Bs. 6d. in money, a handkerchief, a watch, and a small clasp knife, which I produce. He then asked for his hat, as his head was cold, and I went into the kitchen for it, and gave it to him, and he put it on. I produce Lockey's shirt, which has blood on the left sleeve and left breast. His trousers have blood on both legs at the front, and on the left I^g at the back ; also on the left skirt of his coat, It was a wet night, and Lockey was as wet as could bp. He said he had stopped in a holly bush in the wood all night. John Mowbray Hudson said—l am a surgeon, and live at Chester-le-street. On Sunday morning the 30th Sept., about 6 o'clock, I was requested by Sergeant Robinson to got° Urpeth Mill, ari: a murder had been committed there. I went, and saw the body of a man lying on the floor in a cottage. I was told his name was Harrison. He was dead. On the left breast about an inch below the nipple was a punctured wound, penetrating the cavity of the chest, and aboat an inch and a half in length. I saw a great deal of blood upon the floor and on a quilt. He had on a flannel and an upper shirt. I made a post-mortem examination of the deceased on Monday afternoon, O c t. 1. I h a d the body stripped, and on the left elbow was a recent incised wound right across the joint, about an inch long ; also other two of the same description on the tide of the elbow. The woun lon the chest proceeded through the muscles between the fourth and fil:,11 rib. The heart was entire and its covering. The left lung had a large wound in it c orres p on ding with the wound in the chest, commencing a little beyond is s margin, towards the centre of the lung. A large quantity of coagulated blood was in the cavity of the chest. I examined the heart, which was quite empty in consequence of the loss of blood. The large blood-vessels were also empty. The pericardium contained its usual quantity of serails fluid, which proved that it was uninjured. The viscera was empty. A portion of half-digested food was in the stomach. Tile rest of the organs were perfectly healthy. I consider the cause of his death was from hemorrhage from the wound in his left lung. (Knife produced.) That knife is sufficient to inflict such a wound. Mrs. Lockey recalled—When Lockey came into the house, he took off his hat and put it on the table. (Hat produced.) I think that is his hat. My boy Samuel will bell years of age come January. Francis Oughton, miner, said—l live at Pity-me. I saw Milner Lockey a week gone last Saturday about a quarter or 20 minutes past nine o'clock in the forenoon. I met him at the end of Framwell gate. He had some clothes carrying. He said he was coming to work at Upworth. I carried his clothes about a quarter of a mile. He said to rue "Things are not pleasant at home," because there was a man named Harrison stopping with his wife, and if the one•eyed was there when he went home, he would put an end to them both. He said he would not be hanged for them, as he would put an end to his own existence at the same time. We walked together to Pity-me. I keep a publichouse there. He was in my house about two hours. He had one glass of whisky, but he was quite sober. He left between 12 and one o'clock. He went along the Newcastle-road. This constituted the whole of the evidence offered. The Coroner having summed up, The jury retired to another room, and after an absence of about five minutes, returned a verdict of " Wilful Murder" against Milner Lockey. In the neighbourhood the shocking affair con tinues to excite the most intense interest. On Sun day the lonely cottage, which was the scene of the dreadful tragedy, was visited by a number of curiously-disposed individuals ; Mrs. Lockey hav ing previously granted to the bailiff, now in posses sion of the mill, permission to show certain parties through the interior of the ill-fated building. The chair, on which Mr. Harrison leaned back after re ceiving the deadly blow, up to Monday retained its position at the bedside, and presented some marks of blood; similar indications of personal violence being observed upon some of the materials in the bed. Mrs. Lockey, however, having resolved to return no more to her old habitation, has taken a house at Urpeth Colliery for herself and children, and thither the furniture is being gradually re moved, She has now, to a great extent, recovered from the severe injuries inflicted by her cruel hus band, but still remains in a comparative state of weakness. The reports in circulation concerning the motives by which the prisonerwes actuated in the commission of the crime are numerous and varied. Somewhat singular it is, that up to a cer tain period, he seemed to ha ve s p o k e n o f his wife with great affection and respect. It appears that about eleven weeks ago he went to lodge with a woman named Jane Dowson, at a place called Leasingthorne, near Bishop Auckland. When there he is represented as having frequently talked of Mrs. Lockey in a eulogistic strain, and on his return from Urpeth, apout a fortnight previous to the murder, he told his landlady how well she had behaved towards him. He mentioned too that Harrison was staying with her, but never said that he suspected anything wrong be tween them. On leaving that he went to another house, where he seems to have indulged in a similtlx tone of conversation. There, however, he is stated to have received a letter informing him that his wife had been at Pelton with another man ; and by this communication lie appeared to be much put about. The police have not ceased from prosecuting their inquiries, with the view of rendering the evidence in support of the capital charge complete ; and at the investigation before the magistrates at Chester-le-Street, which is expected to take place this week, some fresh facts will probably be elicited. HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK. (From the Registrar-General's Weekly Return.) In the week that ended last Saturday 1,075 deaths were registered in London. This number shows but a very trifling increase on that of the previous week. If the deaths in the present return are com pared with the average mortality of the first week of October as obtained from the previous 10 rears 1850-59, it will be seen that the public health, as tested by the mortality, is in a not unfavourable condition. Small-pox carried off' six children, measles 52, scarlatina also 52, diphtheria 12. There were five deaths from scarlatina in Islington East. Two widows died, one at the age of 99 years, the other at 102 years, the latter at 6, Castle-alley, Whitechapel. A girl, aged three months, died of " erysipe las, a week after vaccination ;" a boy, aged six weeks, of" gastric irritation from impure milk." A sugar baker, aged 23 years, was suffocated in a charcoal cistern. And a labourer, aged 60 years, was destroyed by sulphuretted hydrogen gas when at work in a gaspipe. Last week the births of 982 boys and 834 girls, in all 1,816 children, were registered in London. In the 10 corresponding weeks of the years 1850-59 the average number was 1,465. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 30.088 in. The mean reading was above 30 in. on five days. . The highest point attained was 30.28 on Thurs day. The mean temperature of the air in the week was 51.9 deg., which is 1.3 deg. below the average of the same week in 43 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher). The mean temperature of the water of the Thames was 54.2 deg. The mean degree of humidity of the air was 85, complete saturation being represented by 100. The wind blew from the west and north-west; on the last three days from the south-west and west. No rain was measured in the week. In the 13 weeks that ended on Saturday, Sept. 29, 12,916 deaths were registered in London. That this mortality is relatively very low will be mani fest when it is added that last quarter fewer per sons died by 1,150 than in the same period of 1856, fewer by 1,343 than in 1857, fewer by 1,429 than in 1858, and fewer by 3,094 than in 1859. It will further be observed, that as the population has increased, the smallest number of deaths was obtained from the largest population. In consequence of the coldness of the summer, and the unusual quantity of rain, the diarrhoea that carries off many hundreds of young children at that season was comparatively idle. The mean temperature of the air in the quarter was 56.8 deg., which is five degrees less than the average of four corresponding quarters (1856-9), and six degrees less than it was in the same period of last year. In concurrence with this decrease of heat the deaths from diarrhoea and cholera, which were 2,920 in the same quarter of 1859, fell to 788 last quarter. Certain other epidemics visibly declined; for in the same periods smallpox numbered respectively 287 and 99; scarlatina, 778 :and 471; diphtheria, 190 and 71 ; typhus, 502 and 311; dysentery, 104 and 28; and remittent fever, 33 and 13. But several diseases in the same class (the zymotic) were more fatal • for comparing st ill the summer quarters of 1859-60 measles rose from 231 to 579 ! .• "oop t e g .. cough from 243 to 350 ; rheumatism and rheumatic fever from 58 to 76. Instead of 172 infants who died in the summer of last year from want of breast milk, only 100 died last quarter; and instead of 69 from thrush, only 30. The greater coldness of the wea ther increased the mortality of pulmonary com plaints ; the deaths from bronchitis, which in four co rresponding quarters ranged fr om 47 4 to 562,r thosewere inf thefrom pneumonia,quarter which g that just from377 to 581, were 606. Those from diseases of the heart also rose considerably, and were quarter From a re view of the above results o f the itwillbe e obvious that a great portion, not the whole, of total that improvement in th e h mortality has which , implied in a reducti on of public the fallen to children, and these chiefly of tender age. . [ADVERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway's Pills and Ointment. — Bilious Disorders. —In no organ of the body does disease present itself so frequently and in such varied forms as in the liver, and in no affections is it more important to apPIY immediate and saf e t reatment. 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A public meeting of the inhabitants of Highgate and liornsey was held last night at the Gate-house Tavern, Highgate, to con s ider the propriety of supporting a line of railway to connect the Eastern Counties, Great Northern, and _London, Chatham, and Dover Railways, and thus give railway ac commodation to Tottenham, Hormsey, Highgate, Hampstead, Kenti s h-t own, and the ent i re western . . districts of the Metropolis. Mr. T. Goulden was called to the chair. Mr. TINDALL, solicitor to the coanpany, said that the directors had called the present meeting for the purpose of ascertaining the feelings of the inhabi tants, landowners, and othe.l3, as to this under taking. It was proposed to connect b) a junction the Eastern Counties with the Great Northern Railway, which would give accommodation to a large district at present without railways. A por tion of the proposed line would pass through Kentish-town, and, although districts about tbere were laid out for building, yet little had been dove, from want of the impetus which this line would give. Mr. LIB WINTON, the engineer, said the line would commence by a double curve with the Cam bridge sect: m of the Eastern Counties Railway, cress High-street, Tottenham, near the Ship Inn, continuing through the open fields between Mount Pleasant and West-green, passing near Duckett's green, and joining the Great Northern Railway near the Hornsey station. Another line would be formed through Crouch-end, crossing the Arch way-road, Highgate.-hill-road, to Kentish-town road, and terminate hv a junction with the Hamp stead Junction Railway, with stations at Crouch end, Highgate-hill, and Kentish-town. Mr. POTTER said it a ppeared to him that the proposed station was too. far from Highgate. What they wanted was to have the station in the town, and then there would he a chance of it doing them some good. Mr. DE WINTON pledged himself that the com pany would consult the views of ti,:e meeting as far as was practicable by forming a line which would serve the majority of the inhabitants, and at the same time be remunerative to the shareholders. He might say that 19 out of every 20 of the land owners were favourable to this line. Mr. HAMMOND said the inhabitants of Finchley were most desirous of having tho benefits of rail way accommodation, and he suggested that the line should come from Hornsey through the valley, and so on to Willesden. Mr. BARRETT said that if the line were put half way between Upper Holloway and Hlighgate it would be a great mistake, for persons would then continue to go by omnibuses, as they did at pre sent. He believed that a much better line could be formed by crossing near Townsend's yard. Mr. DE WINTON said he would inspect the spot, and if it was practicable -to have a central station in Highgate they should have it. All they wanted was to carry a railway to a certain point, and at the same time to afford the fullest railway accommodation to the people of Highgate. They wanted also to make the line at the least possible cost, consistently with its affording the largest amount of accommodation. Mr. POTTER moved the adjournment of the meet ing to a future day to enable the engineer to pre pare an amended plan, which was put and agreed to unanimously. GREAT WESTERN OF CANADA. The traffic returns on this line for the week end ing September 21 amounted for passengers to 56,762 dols., for freight and live stock to 28,549 dols., and for mails and sundries to 1,346 dols.— total, 86,257 dols., against 43,425 dols. for the cor responding week of last year, showing an increase of 42,852 dols. COUNTRY MA RXETS. LIVERPOOL—Oar. 9. There was a fair attendance of both town and country dealers at this morning's market, with a very limited de-. mand for wheat and flour, which may be quoted at about 2d per cental decline on wheat, and 6d per sack and barrel on flour, with a retail business. In Indian corn there was rather Jess business doing at easier rates. Barley, beans, and peas in request, and brought fully late rates. New oats and oatmeal is to is 6d per load lower. BRISTOL —OcT. 2. Our market was fairly attended by miller:3, who expected to secure wheat at a reduction, but holders being firm at last Tuesday's prices, little business took place. NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYNE-Om. 8. At this corn market there was a rather better show of wheat for the season, but the demand was quiet, and prices were at 2s decline on late rates—white making 60s to 703, red 56s to 665. The samples of barley shown were few, and a fair demand. Oats in small supply, and the trade firm, from '2O. to 26s per 24 stone. Doane made ftom 46s to 508 per qr. LEEDS, OCT. 9. A limited business doing in the wheat trade to-day. Our arrivals are exceedingly small. Good descriptions of new and old wheat held for about former rates • inferior and damp sorts 2s to 3s lower on the week. Barley easier to buy. Beans and oats quite as dear. SLEAFORD-0 CT. S. The trade was rather slow to-day, with a limited show of wheat, at about last week's rates. The supply of barley short. Wheat ruled at 64s to 70s, red 62s to 678 per qr. Barley, 29s to 465; oats, 28s to 325; beans, 47s to 625; peas, —s to —s. NORWICH CATTLE—Oar. 6. The show of store cattle to-day was vory largo, many lots being of superior condition and quality. Buyers were tolerably numerous, and previous rates barely maintained. At the close more than ono-fourth of the beasts remained unsold. Scots, 4s to 4s 6d ; shorthorns, 3s 6d to 4s 6d ; Irish, 3s gaonodd keepingsu pply sheep sheep o in re to 4s 6d ; Devons, 4s Od to 4 s 6 d (estithated weight when fat). Fat beasts, 8s Od to 8 s 6cl per 141 b. t i h s o lo p w ens er, and sales slow.. of w Lambs, Sheep T breedingewes,herewas a Fat sheep, 8s 6d to 9s Od per stone; prime, Os to Os Pigs—A fair supply. Store pigs, 25s to 30s; fat pork, 8s Od to 8s Gd per stone. THE MA 1 L,S. MAILS DUE. Australia, Ceylon, and Mauritius (v la South ampton) .. Do. (via Marseilles) Oct: 13. Brazil and Cape Verds .. .. .. .. Nov. 5, Buenos Ayres, Monte Video &o. '.. .. Oct. —. Bahama s and Havana (via New York)" .. Oct. , Canada, &c. (via Galway) . • • • .. Oct. 20. Cape of Good Hope, &c • • • • • • Nov. 2. China, Penang, and Singapore (v i a S'ampton) Oct. 19. Do. (via Marseilles) Oct. 13. Gibraltar (via Southampton) .. .. Oct. 10. India (Calcutta), Ceylon, &c. (via Southampton) Oct. 19. Do. (via Marseilles) Oot. 13. India (Bombay), (via Southampton) .. .. Oct. 10. D o . (via Marseilles) .. .. Oct. 19. Lisbon .. • • • • • • .. .. Oct. 11. Cuba and Mexico .. .. .. .. .. Oct. 14. Ampton):.. Oct. 10. Ma l ta, E g ypt, and Aden (via South Do. (via Marseilles) .. O c t. 13 . Vigo, and Oporto .. .. • • .. .. O ct. 11. United States, California, &c. .. .. .. Oct. 17. Western Coast of .Arica, Madeira, Teneriffe .. Overdue. West Indies and Pacific, Carthagena, Cuba, &c. Oct. 15. pknvonvionstExp.J Pills and medicine invariably ag gravate and perpetuate diseases ; their annoyance, dis appointment, and expense may be avoided by persons i n indifferent health sending only their address to B S. Barry, Esq., 77, Regent-street, W., Londe'', and they will receive gratis and free by pest the " Dry-Amos' Owls GVIDE," er Natural Restorer, without medicine or ex pense, of perfect digestion, strong - nerves, sound lungs, and of indigestion refreshing sleep, to the most enfeebled, insuring the removal nausea, dysentery, epilepsy, paralysis, debility, nervousness, palpitation, ( dyspepsia), constipation, liver complaints, cough, asthma, consumption, dropsy, flatulency, diarrhoea, noises in the ears, rheumatism, gout, impurities, eruptions, Y, biliousness, fevers, sore throats, eatarrhs, colds hysteria, neuralgia, irritability, sleeplessness, acidity, palpe, tation, heartburn, headache, despondency, *ramps, spatial sinking, fits , ronchitis.—"Unqueetienably the safest Guide to health," B I R T,ll S. DAY.--On the Bth inst., at Brixton-hill, the wife of th e Rev. Ed w i n D a y, M.A., o f a son . J E b J a E y E , B L n a o d Y i a O m n s e t t h ie e e 3 j le ei t eh Aug., eboy, at Mazagon Castle, B oni . o f a son. PETRE.—On the 6th inst., at Shelton, co. Wicklow, Lady Catherine Petre, of a daughter. RUSSELL.—On the 6th iust., at 22 , Belgrave-figur e , L ady Hamilton Russell, of a daughter. MARRIAGES. gottl)tnh,LteoggSoe'phia the E G a e r o l r e g f e Bpaarrltan 4GGE-LEvETT.J6; the o t h inst., at Wichnor, Stafford es e h e i e r e n , d th e e e h H o e n f a t the e d ate . Frances Margaret, only daughter of the late J no. Levett, 'Esq., of Wichncr-park. Wicas—BunN.—On the 9th inst., at Epsom, Mr. James Wicks, jun., of Colchester, to Agnes Hamilton, eldest daughter of R. Burn, Esq., of Epsom. ATHS, CRACKNELL.—On the Bth inst., at Scarborough, Mr. Wi n . Willis Cracknell, aged 93. DUNCIL—On the 6th Thos. Wm. Punch, i Esq., aged7nst43, 6 Ebury-street, Pi mlico, GRovEs.—On the Gth inst.. Mr. John Thomas Groves, of 27, Richmond. terrace, Clapham- roa d , and 63, Mark lane., JI ODOSON.—On the Bth inst., at Brampton, Thomas Bick more Hodgson, formerly of Mayfair, aged 66. ROBERTS.—On the Bth inst., at Hitchin, Herts, the Rev. James Roberts, aged 66. SrENcE.—On the Bth inst., at Bath, Lieut.-Colonel Jas. Spence, C. 8.. late 31st Regt. WYNNIATT.—On the 7th inst., at Oaksey Rectory, Wilts, the Rev. Reginald Wynniatt, aged 74. LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNt • , of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun JtP.ce, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the icuitY if Kiddlosez,,Wetiesdsy, October 10 1 1560.