The Sun. — London, England, 1860-10-16 00:00:00

OPENLYG 03' TILE FIRST RAILWAY 1N TURKEY. KUSTENDJIE, OCT, 4. The clay:1111g of the first railway in Turkey - was celebrated this day. In 1557 certain gentlemen obtained the concession by virtue of which the Danube and Black Sea Railway has been called into existence. Tchernavoda, or, as the Turks call it, Boghaskeui, on the Danube, and Kustendjie, on the coast of the Black Sea, are names probably un known to the majority of your readers. A glance at the map will suffice to show the advantages of a line of railway between these two termini. From Tchernavoda, where the Danube makes a great de tour to the north in order to discharge its waters by the mouths which have formed the subject of so much discussion, to Kustendjie, on the coast some 90 miles northward of Varna, is a distance of about 40 miles. From Tchernavoda to Kustendjie by the Sulina mouth it is fully 300 miles. It follows, there fore, that a person coming down the Danube to Con stantinople or the Levant would save something like 260 miles by availing himself of the railway. This is not the only advantage. The navigation of the Lower Danube is uncertain, and delays constantly occur owing to want of water on the bar. This consideration applies with tenfold force to the conveyance of grain. The cap tain of any vessel who has once received a cargo of grain in the Danube for conveyance to Western Europe will bear testimony to the dangers and delays involved in the passage of the Sulina mouth. Could he but:receive his cargo in a safe port in the Black Sea, he would be content to make a great re duction from the amount of his freight. Shipper and shipowner would alike benefit by the change. It was to effect this object that the Danube and Black Sea Railway was designed. Ifitherto I have made mention of the railway alone. The construc tion of this would, however, not suffice. The port of lading must be safe, and the western shores of the Black Sea offer but few places of refuge from a storm. The bay at the northern entrance to which the village of Kustendjie is situate affords no shelter from north-easterly, and bat little from south easterly gales. It was ascertained, however, that a mole, 600 yards in length, projected from the nocthern shore of the bay in the direction of the opposite headland, would form an efficient guarantee against every contingency. As the depth of water in which such a work would have to be constructed was not considerable, and as the operations would be subjectecrto but little hindrance in a tideless sea, the formation of a port was determined upon, and a sepaYtitii7Foivssion was obtained from the Turkish ClOv - atarnent' for that purpose. A small portion onlyoltlits ' . - mole has up to this moment been constuct94:;. • bittslready there is a safe anchor age for seleratbieSels l 2:Fifteen acres of land, along a portion of whiettte railway runs, have also been reclaimed from the sea. Now that the railway is opened, the works of the port will be pushed on with additional vigour, and there ,seems every reason to believe that iti,a Nery short tinte'vessels of a large size will be able to receive their goes, which will be shot into them ere'ctly from the railway car riages, in perfect security. The construction of the line of railway presented one difficulty, which many pronounced serious, some insurmountable. In order to avoid a great deal of heavy and expensive cutting it was necessary to carry the line through a valley which extends from Tchernavoda for some 25 miles in the direction of Kustendjie. This valley, which averages a mile in breadth, was subject to inundation in the spring, when the waters of the Danube attain their highest level. During the greater part of the year the whole extent of country thus situate was little better than a mere morass. At certain seasons it presented the appearance of a series of lakes, many of which extended over several miles, and varied from 10 to 12 feet in depth, The engineers of the company had, however, seen their way out of the difficulty. Not withstanding the doubts expressed on every side, they never wavered, and two years ago they threw up a dam on the bank of the Danube at Tcherna voda, across the ravine through which the floods made their way into the valley. This year the water in the river has been unusually high, testing the effi cacy of the means adopted to the utmost only to prove their complete success, The result we all witnessed yesterday as we all ran merrily over 25 miles of ground which appears to be as firm as a rock and as level as the surface of a lake. A strong detachment of the directors of the com pany arrived here in the course of last wee k. Their chairman, Sir Samuel Cunard, was unable to come, but his place was efficiently supplied by Mr. Price, the vice-chairman, accompanied by the following members of the Board -,--Messrs. Beale, M.P., Bar well, Gordon, Kenrick, and Moxon. Mr. Liddell, one of the engineers, and Mr. Parkes, the secretary of the company, were also in attendance. On their way out to this country the directors concluded ar rangements with the Danube Steam Navigation Company, the Austrian Lloyd Company, and the vain ay companies on the route, by virtue of which after the beginning of next year the voyage from Constantinople to London may be performed in six days, in lieu of nine, which is the time occupied in travelling by the present routes. One cannot too much admire the spirit and energy displayed by these gentlemen, in thus giving up so much of their time to the inauguration of a work commenced and carried on under many difficulties, and so far from the circle of their ordinary avocations. While com mercial prospects have not been lost sight of, I know that both directors and shareholders of this company have regarded their undertaking also from another point of view. They have looked upon it as the fore most of the pioneers of civilization, which will not fail in time to confer an immense blessing on the peo ple of European Turkey. To Messrs. Liddell and Gordon, the engineers of the company, the credit of the conception and prosecution of the scheme is mainly due. But for these gentlemen the capital never would have been raised, as proved by the fact that nearly all of the few persons among whom the shares are placed are their perSonal friends, who, but for this, would never have embarked their capital in the undertaking. Nor should the resident e ngineers, th e M essrs . B ar kl ey, b e f orgotten . The ie ficultics of conducting any wor k s i n thi s cou ntry o a large scale can only be known to those who have had an opportunity of witnessing them. In no other hands, I believe, would matters have pro gressed so well, No contractor has been employed by the com pany. The resident engineers themselves I have carried on every foot of the works, and have brought the line to the verge of completion for the I which is all th a t hes been hitherto expended in the works of the railway and port. Notwithstanding this, the work has been so exe• cuted as to elicit from Mr. Price, the vice-chairman and every one who has seen it, expressions of sur prise, no less than of satisfaction. Doubtless part of their success should be attributed to the fact VI conduced the h i eeoal min ing- the Messrs. Barkley having operations at Heraclia for th e tng Govern ment during the war, and to th e i r having then ac quired a knowledge of the language, a n d • of th e pr i ce of material and labour in Turkey. At ten o'clock this morning Ethem Pasha, the Commissioner sent to represent his Majesty the Sul tan on the occasion, arrived at the station, wh ere there was a train in readiness to convey his Excel lency and suite and all invited to be present at the opening of the line from Kustendjie to Tchernavoda. Before getting into the carriage the Imperial Com missioner addressed the crowd assembled to witness the departure of the train. He stated that he had, in conjunction with the Council of Public Works, inspected the line on the previous day ; that, although the stations and other necessary buildings were not yet finished, the work had, nevertheless, been so well and satisfactorily executed as to war rant the declaration, which he had much pleasure in making, that the line was now formally placed at the disposition of the public. A prayer was then offer e d up by an imaum in attendance for the pur pose, at,,the conclusion of which a general rush was made for the carriages. Par froth displaying any reluctance to intrust their lives to the discretion of the snorting and apparently restless monster about to convey us Over 40 ;lines of country at an unheard of pace, and with whose nature and instincts they were so little acquaint e d , the people were with difficulty restrained from taking forcible possession l • of the train7 e A part of the ceremony yet remained • to be performed. Before the engine started two luckless sheep were dragged forward, and under went the process of having their throats cat, (,_ac on each of the rails over which the engine would p2_ss. The blood of thebe firA vlctlins to rapid lt corn otion had an ugly appearance as it 1.. y sprinkled over the line. It tended, nevertheless, to reas_urc some of the Pasha's attendants, who did not seem to partake of the general eagerness to possess themselves of their seats. On the strength of this propitiatory offering they composed their countenances and hoped for the best, though one might see that their faith was sorely tried by the effort. We stopped for some minutes at Medjidieh, a large village, rather more than half way along the line, which the recent Tartar immigration has increased, in appearance, at least, to the proportions of a town. Here large numbers of p eo p le were assembled to witness our arrival, and a strange and motley assemblage it looked. The distinctive features and costumes of the different races—Turks, Greeks, Albanians, Bulgarians, and several varieties of Tartars, among - iohom many of the women wore large rings in their noses—might be noted at a glance ; nor did the discharging of the carriages de tract from the effect. There were naval, military, consular, and other uniforms of almost every nation of Europe to be seen on the platform. What struck me, too, at first sight, was the number of English men wearing the uniforms of officers in the army. One could almost have imagined the Crimean war had broken out anew. J took to inquiring, and the illusion vanished. The gentlemen were no more officers in her Majesty's army than I am. With the exception of Major Stokes, of the Engineers, one of our Danubian Commissioners, not one of the martial-looking personages who had caught my eye was, as far as I could ascertain, entitled to the uni form he wore. The conceit is a harmless one in Turkey, and, no doubt, the gentlemen in question would. manifest tao much respect for their charac ters to sport their red coats and striped trousers on the platform of the Paddington or Euston-square station. On arriving at Tchernavoda we found a luncheon prepared in one of the corn warehouses newly built by the company on the bank of the Danube. These warehouses, handsomely built of stone, are three in number, of which one alone is as yet nearly finished. They are of uniform size and contain three floors apiece. When completed they will be capable of containing altogether 80,000 quarters of wheat, the greater portion of which may be shot directly into the company's trucks in a very short space of time. This desideratum is, of course, effected by means of trams, on which the trucks run right under the centres of the various compartments of the granary. Luncheon over, the party immediately returned to Kustendjie, where an excellent dinner was pro vided by Mr. Missirie, of the Hotel d'Angleterre, Pera, at the New Railway Hotel, in the garden of which a shed had been erected, and decorated for the purpose. More than 100 persons sat down to table without the slightest crowding or.inconve nience..--The",health of his Imperial,Majesty the Sulta'n was proposed by Mr. Pie, -and that Of her Majesty the Queen by EthemPasha. After a num• ber of other toasts usual on such occasions the com pany separated, all highly pleased with the events of the day. Ethem Pasha over and over again ex pressed his gratification at what he had seen, and his hope that ere long undertakings of a similar nature would be similarly commenced and con ducted in the Turkish empire. 711 E ArAVY. THE A.F.M. The large range of buildings erected by the Go vernmeNt a,t Brompton Barracks, Chatham, to be used as messrooms for the officers of the Royal and Indian Engineers, has been completed by Mr. Stump, the contractor for military works, and will be opened on the 26th inst. The entire suite of rooms are of the most commodious character, and include a handsome mess-room of lofty proportions, together with coffee, smoking, retiring, and other rooms for the officers. The large mess•room is a noble apartment, and has been fitted up with ex quisite taste and at considerable expense. The interior is so arranged that it can be used either as a ball-room or banqueting-hall, its large size en abling as many as 250 persons to dine in it. At the extreme end is an elevated gallery for the Royal Engineer band. On the occasion of the opening of the new buildings on the 26th inst. all the heads of departments in the garrison will be entertained by the officers at a grand banquet, to be followed by a theatrical entertainment. Major-General Eyre has directed Colonel Har• ness, C. 8., Director of the Royal Engineer establish ment, to make known to the officers and men under his command the gratification experienced by the Major-General at the satisfactory appearance of the corps on the recent occasion of the half-yearly in spection at Chatham. The following vessels are refitting for service, and receiving their outfit for the steam reserve, &c., in Portsmouth harbour and dockyard :—Megmra, screw troopship. Commander Henderson, at sailing moorings in harbour ; complete and ready for ser vice. Edgar, 91, screw, Capt. J. Katon, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral J. E. Erskine ; refitting alongside Pitch-house Jetty. Algiers, 91, screw, Capt. Geo. D. O'Callaghan ; refitting alongside sheer-jetty. Eagle, 50, training frigate, Comman der Strode, fitting alongside Victorious hulk. Gor gon, 6, paddle, Commander B. C. Pim, completing her refit in the steam-basin ; Prince of Wales, 131, screw; Frederick William, 91, screw; Sutlej, 51, screw; Tribune, 32, screw; Pelican, 17, screw, and Stromboli and Rosamond, 6, paddles—all in the steam basin, fitting for the second-class reserve. The Prince of Wales, in official phraseology, will be out of the hands of the dockyard on the 31st inst. Alongside the north wall of the yard, the Philomel, 6, screw, Cygnet, 6, screw (sister vessels) and two gunboats are fitting for the reserve. The Stork gunboat, tender to the Excellent gunnery ship, is also:here, completing her repairs for further service. In the ship basin are berthed the Volcano, 6, paddle, and the Harrier, 17, screw, both fitting out for the reserve, the first named as a floating steam factory. The Foxhound, 6, screw, Comman der Mitchell, in No. 1 dock, has been examining copper, Kingston valves, &c., and comes out to day's tide. At Spithead are the Trafalgar, 91, screw. Capt. Fanshawe, refitting as a part of the Channel Fleet; the Tartar, 21, screw, Capt. Hayes ; the Spiteful, 6, paddle, Commander Wilson; and the Landrail, 5, screw, Commander Martin. The Tartar will sail in two or three days for the Pacific. The Spiteful and the Landrail are completing re pairs to sundry slight defects, and awaiting sailing orders, expected for the West Coast of Africa. The paddlewheel steam storeship Dee, Thomas C. Pullon master-commanding, from Woolwich, with boilers and engine gear for the Liverpool, arrived at Plymouth on Saturday; and was placed in the north basin af Keyham steamyard to unload. She brought some , supernumerary artisans for the guardship Royal Adelaide. The artisans in Keyham steamyard are reducing the corners of the propeller of the screw steamship Aboukir, 91, now under repair there. The 2(1 battalion of the 11th (North Devon) Regimert were inspected on Southsea-Common, Portsmouth, on Saturday. Owing to the state of the weather the proceedings were of a very limited character. The screw steamship Donegal, 101, Capt. Henry Broadhead, left Hamoaze en Friday under steam, and went into Plymouth Sound, where, on Satur day, site received her powder. The screw steam sloop Curlew, 9, Commander Shaw, left Plymouth Sound on Friday, under steam, for Rio Janeiro. The water was yesterday admitted into the old sh:p basin in Portsmouth dockyard on the comple tion of the work of lengthening Nos. 3 and 4 docks by the stern. The Harrier, 17, screw, from No. 2, and the Volcano, 6, paddle, .from No. 4, have been unlocked and berthed in the basin to fit out for the steam reserve. The resumption of the use of this basin for the outfit of small class vessels will greatly relieve the pressure in the steam basin and at other parts of the dockyard. The Excellent gunnery-ship, at Portsmouth, Capt. R. S, Hewlett, C. 8., having completed her outfit and shipped her stores and armament in the steam basin, has moved out and taken up her moorings off the north part of the dockyard. The Gorgon, 6, paddle, Commander B. C. Pim, got up steam yesterday in the steam basin at Ports mouth to test machinery, &c. She has received a thorough overhaul in both hull and machinery, and her upper deck has received new planking through out. She was built from designs by the late Sir W. Symonds at Deptford in 1837, is 1,111 tons burden, and 320-horse power. The weather at Portsmouth during the past three days has been very wild and unsettled, with copi ousfalls of rain. Y es t er d ay th e w i n d i ncrease d itg force from W.S.W., and th e d anger flag was hoisted from her. Majesty's ship Victory, and the shipping in the harbour. atth The thehe followin g appointments were made yesterday Formidable; Admiralty R. —.S. Harding,li. Ca r ruth actinge rs a , aest s si u ins ! a e g an o st i s- i is , sut t r. o : I s g u e r o g n e , o t n o , t t h o s tlle :Miranda Victory ; I ; V C . .J n o h . n Rayon,stos, assis tant-surgeon, to the Nile • Arthur Jones, actingsecretary to Admiral Sir H. Stewart ; and Henry Perry, se cretary to Vice-Admiral .ohnstone. ____ [AD VERTlSL3msT.]—liolloway's Ointment and Pills.— J remedies the of, palm for Experience teacheth Wisdom 11, .—'2_..o . corn mankind has awarded to Holloway's re ec r a l e . curing' most complaints, whether external or e p or ing the past quarter of a century, thousands have ß w illi n g testimony to their efficiency in alleviating the sufferings of mankind, and in expelling from the human. body the first causes of disease. No other means can ex tract from the blood and solids any existing impurities' with the same unerring Certainty as Holloway's prepara tions, which fairly filter out all morbid matters. Number less testimonials from clergymen, and others :humanely watching over the welfare of the poor, attest the it merits, which are gratefully acknowledged throughout t he whole civilised world, bein selected by wisclow and VT' arience, TRH SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 16, MO. Mr. E. Penrhyn, one of the donors, in the presence of the corps and of many ladies and gentlemen, who had assembled to witness the proceedings. On Sunday the 20th Surrey (Norwood) Rifle Corps paraded at their head-quarters, the Working Men's Institute, and were marched by their com manding officer, Major Oachterlony, to Upper Norwood Church, where a sermon was preached to a crowded congregation, on the subject of the Volunteer Movement, by the Rev. R. M. Browne, M,A., the honorary chaplain of the c o r p s . Th e 20th Surrey, whi c h is composed almost exclusively of working men, including many of the persons employed by the Crystal Palace Company, now musters in considerable strength, and has at tained a highly creditable degree of skill and steadiness in drill and musketry practice. The 2d London (Captain-Commandant G. A. Spottiswoode) assembled on Saturday last at the drill-ground, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars, and proceeded to Gray's-inn-square, where it was in spected by Major Nelson. The corps subsequently marched down Holborn and Fetter-lane, to the head-quarters, No. 10, Little New-street, preceded by its own band, composed entirely of Volunteers- The 4th Middlesex North London Rifle Volun teers marched out on Saturday evening, com manded by Lord Truro, and headed by the drums and fifes of the Foot Guards. Notwithstanding the unsettled state of the weather they proceeded along Islington, Stoke Newington, Kingsland, Stamford': hill to the Tottenham turnpike, returning by the Seven Sisters-road, through Highbury , to head quarters, where his lordship, who appeared much pleased, complimented the men on their behaviour And soldierly performance. The 4th Middlesex now number about 260 men, and their strength is daily increasing. _ The shooting for prizes offered by the Devon County Volunteer Association, which extended over four days of last week, closed on Saturday at Newton Abbot. The great prize of £lOO was shot for on Friday, and attracted considerable interest. It was open to all Volunteers from the western countigt—Devon, Somerset, Gloucester, Wilts, and Dorset—or any regular Militia regiment within these counties. There were no less than 63 com petitors. The range was 700 yards, five rounds ; and 900 yards, five rounds. Colour-Sergeant Gul ston, of the 12th Regiment of Foot, made seven points at 700 yards, and three at 900, yards and was declared the winner of the prize. Next to the winner the highest scores were made by Lieut. J. B. Richardson, R.A. ; Sergeant-Major W. Park, 12th Regiment; Private Hounsell, of the Ist Dorset Volunteer Rifles ; and Private Thomas, of the City of Bristol Volunteer Rifles, each of whom made six points. Mr. Hounsell made the largest score at the long range, obtaining five points out of his five rounds. A challenge cup, worth 20 guineas (together with £5 given by Earl Fortescue) presented by Viscount Ebrington to the Devonshire Volunteer who made the highest aggregate number of points in shooting in three classes, was won by Sergeant Hook, of the 3d De. von Volunteer Rifles, who scored 26 points and 20 hits. A prize of £lO was awarded to Ensign Mac donald, of the 12th Regiment. Sergeant Hern, of the Ashburton Rifles, won a prize of eight guineas, given by Mr. Harvey, gun and rifle maker, Exeter. Sergeant Hook won the first prize in Class A, at 150 and 200 yards; Captain F. D. Bewes, 2d Ply mouth Volunteers, the second; Private N. Clarke, Stonehouse Volunteers, the third ; and Corporal J. S. Short, Exeter Volunteers, the fourth. In Class B, at 400 and 600 yards, Sergeant Collard, 14th Devon Volunteer Rifles; Private Tacker, Ist batta lion of Devon Rifles; Corporal Heath, 13th Devon Rifles; Private Rossiter, 14th Devon Rifles ; and Private Algar, 2d Devon Rifles, made the highest scores, but there were four ties, and the prizes were awarded to Collard, Algar, and Rossiter.. There were several other minor prizes awarded. On Fri day there was a grand banquet in the Globe Assem bly Rooms, at which the Earl of Devon presided. Among those present were Sir S. Duckworth, Mr. T. D. Acland, Brigade-Major Kirk (who was de puted to the command of the Volunteers assembled at Newton by Major-Gen. Hutchinson, commander of the western district), Capt. Hawley and Capt. Richards, Royal Marines ; Rev. H. Huleatt, chap lain to the forces at Plymouth, &c. A grand rifle fete of the 3d Cinque Ports Rifles is to come off at Rye on the 29th inst., when prizes will be offered to all Volunteers of the 4th, 10th, 26th, and 35th Regiments. The review of the Dorsetshire Rifles will take place on the 24th inst. The Yeomanry Cavalry, Ar tillery, and Rifles (about 1,100 of all ranks) will attend. The Lord-Lieutenant (Lord Shaftesbury) will review the force. The Wilton (14th Wilts) Corps of Rifle - Volunteer were inspected by Major Hume on. Friday after noon last in Compton-park, !t ti • 'residence of the commanding officer, Captain Penruddocke. At the conclusion of the ivarious movements the inspecting officer expressed his satisfaction 4t what he had witnessed, and the members . of the company afterwards sat down to a_handsome colla tion provided by the captain. A project is on foot for the establishment of a volunteer artillery company at Etruria, Stafford shire Potteries. The scheme, which was started about a fortnight since, has received the approval of the inhabitants generally of this village, and as the result of by no means a complete canvass 65- young men enrolled themselves as members of the proposed company. A deputation from the projec tors waited upon Mr. W. S. Roden, of Etruria-hall, and solicited that gentleman to accept the captaincy, to which after some hesitation Mr. Roden consented. A grand review of the volunteers of North Staf fordshire and neighbouring towns will take place at Leek next Monday. More than 1,000 rifle volun teers, besides a number of yeomanry cavalry, are expected to be present. An interesting ceremony, in connection with the Queen's Cadet Rifle Corps was witnessed at Carlton Ride on Saturday evening by a numerous assem blage, when prizes to the value of £2O were distri buted. The winners were the successful competi tors in various athletic games, instituted to promote the health, strength, and enjoyment of the juveniles. The contests took place in the Crystal Palace some weeks since. Mrs. Cross, of New-street, Spring gardens, who has taken the greatest interest in the formation of this corps, now numbering nearly 90 effective members, gave out the prizes with a short address to each lad. ~~ TILE BRIGADE REQUIEIifiSPIECII 01% DR. CULLL'A: Something was to be done, and Dr. Cullen has done it. It is not a time for the Catholic Church to show herself ungrateful even for very small ser vices. The most awful fiasco, the most bitter and biting satire upon the Papal Church militant, has just passed before the eyes of the world. Arch bishops and Bishops whose titles are a sham have been recruiting warriors whose courage has turned out a hoax. At vast expense they have sent out to the Holy Father troops of defenders who were more like locusts than lions so long as there was no enemy near, and more like hares than lions as soon as an enemy appeared. They were not even an ob stacle to the liberating army of Italy. They had not even the pluck to run away. Other bodies of troops have retreated in the face of an advancing foe when outnumbered, or have even cut their way through their lines and concentrated their little bands until they could form a respectable force for further resistance. Garibaldi did this with signal heroism when Rome became untenable, and with still greater success in Lombardy when followed by Uriban and his flying columns. Even the much contemned Neapolitans have fought a good fight when hemmed in by two armies. But Dr. Cullen's Irish Brigade stood still, and cowered and surren dered. The shameful hare-heartedness of this brawling band is only equalled by their impudence in boasting. Falstaff ceases to be humorous in comparison with these braggarts, and Parolles is a modest man beside Dr. Cullen's mercenaries. The disgust of all Europe was patent, Spoleto was get ting to be a word of shame, it might become a new watchword for the Orangemen. Something must be done. It was a case for a miracle. Dr. Cullen hag the intrepidity which his levies lacked. He was equal to the occasion, and has wrought that miracle. The miracles recorded in the Sacred Volume are all of a beneficent kind. The Prophets and the Apostles—we do not dare be so profane as to cite a nolier name—when they worked miracles re stored the sick to health and the dead to life. The modern Catholic miracle is of an easier and a less healing character. It consists only of counting live men as corpses and in making hale men limp with wounds. It does not make the dead alive, but it makes those alive dead. Dr. Cullen argues that if the Irish Brigade had been heroes there would have been it great many dead out of them, and there would also be a great many wounded among them. He assumes that what ought to be has been, and prepares to put in action all the sensual magnificence of his Church in honour of the great dead who never died and the heroic lame whose skins are quite unbroken. He does not even hesitate to pray for souls who, as far as we can learn, have never been disembodied, and to call out of purgatory those who are suffering no other pur gatory than the sco r n of this world. He clothes his church and hi s news papers in mourning for fictitious victim s , an d h e ma kes a speech in which he has the aud ac it y t o d ec lare that the " men in buckram" for wh om h e You3hes have "purpled the fields of Italy With their blood." No metropolitan theatre could produce a finer spectacle to do honour to a beautifully-conceived fiction. We are told that the Cathedral had been specially decorated with gauze and draperies, with antependia of rich black (hrom theJnverness Courier.) silk, bearing a white ems ; and the altar candle sticks were wreathed with mourning . emblems ; that the whole Catholic hierarchy et Ireland knelt around ; that the sarcophagus, lit up with tapers, was adorned with inscriptions in the Latin language, from which " Rebeta non hone parmula" seems by mischance to have been omitted ; that military insignia were ostentatiously displayed on the lid.; and that a great inscription invited the faithful of their charity to pray for the souls of their brave countrymen, who are discreetly left unnamed, and. of a French General who alone is mentioned. I n the midst of all this magnificent counterfeit of grief Dr. Cullen rises and makes such a eulogy over the imagined dead as an actor in a great theatre might make over the prostrate. comedians who play the part of dead men after a scenic battle. He has the face to tell the assembly around him that the men for whom they had come together to offer their prayers and their sacrifices had " written less Niolence, but with more rain than during the previous gale, to the great detriment of the corn stocks, which had been ail blown dawn." MOIDART.-1110 heaviest gale ever remembered here was felt on the morning of the 3d inst. During the previous day and evening there were no indica tions. Though the wind was high about 11 p.m., yet the barometer was at 29.8, having fallen two degrees since the previous night. After 12 at night it gradually increased, and seems to have been at its height between three and five o'clock in the morning. It seemed to be from north-west, but was not steady. Between three and six in the morning the barometer stood at 28.8. Great damage has been done. The gale being accom panied by a high tide, a number of fishing boats have been smashed ; and reports reach us of loss of life at sea. The natural wood and plantation have been greatly damaged. Two•of the fine old plane trees in the Prince's-walk, at Kinlochmoidart are down, and others injured. The houses generally have suffered, and the roads are blocked up by fallen trees. We hear of similar damage in the adjoining districts of Sunart and Ardnamurchan. LocHAwE.—The storm of Wednesday morning blew with hurricane fury in this quarter, doing much damage amongst the hay ricks and unsecured grain crops, and to the timber on the banks of the lake. It has been often said by travellers that the timber on the banks of Lochawe is of a larger and heavier character than that on the sides of any of the other lochs of Scotland; but whether that be the case or not, the late storm has shown that no branch, however large, and no root, however ex tended, has been able to withstand the force of the late gale. On the estate of Inistrynich alone, 500 trees have fallen to the blast, of almost every kind of timber peculiar to the north •, and amongst them an aged elder, its extended boughs still full of foliage and berry, measured close upon seven feet round the stem; also an aged birch measuring 8 feet in cir cumference near the ground, whilst some of the old larch measured, just above the ground when cut, upwards of ten feet in circumference. These old giants of the forest must have stood many a hard blast for 80 or 100 years, but they had to yield at last to the wild fury of the storm, as it raged on the morning of the 3d inst. in their blood a noble page in the annals of Christian warfare which shall never be oblite rated." He lavished such encomiums upon the valour of these Christian warriors that the world must stand eager to know the names of these Irish heroes whose fame is to be so deathless. Here, however, we are doomed to remain unsatis fied. Not a Murphy, nor an O'Shaughnessy, not even an O'Brien, can make any portion of this eulo gium his own, or is written in that " noble page in the annals of Christian warfare." When he seeks a name he can find no other than that of General Pimodan, a Frenchman, whose fate deserves all sympathy, and whose conduct was that of a soldier, but whom we never heard of as having anything to do with the Irish Brigade. " Who, ' asks Dr. Cullen, " can describe the valorous exploits that were performed on the side of justice and truth ?" By "justice and truth" the speaker, of course, meant the Pope, and echo seems to have answered, " Who ?" Some poet or novelist might have done it, but Dr. Cullen's miraculous gifts seem to be con fined to the upholstery and scene-shifting depart ment. He paused before the tremendous effort of imagination required for such a description. With a modest but rather general declamation that " the heroic struggle was a spectacle rather worthy of God, men, and angels," he passes on to the easier task of recounting the deeds of Garibaldi and Vic toC Emmanuel, and abusing them with a good hearty malediction worthy of the Pope himself. A scolding priest is too trite and vulgar an exhibition to de serve attention, unless indeed he should happen to be a Pope. What Dr. Cullen may choose to say of those men of his own faith who hold the heretical dogma that civil freedom is not incompatible with the faith of Rome, will not much disturb our English minds, but there is something which even to our Protestant sensibilities is almost awful in this pro stitution of a high ceremonial of an ancient Church to a political falsehood and gigantic farce. If we had any right to speak in the name of the scandalised Catholics of Europe, we would ask this bold burlesquer of his Church's holiest rites to men tion the names of those Irishmen who " purpled the fields of Italy with their blood," and for whose souls' sake he has sung this requiem. Are there hundreds of these victims—are there scores of these heroes, can he count them by tens, can he even name them by units, can he produce any credible account whatever that the struggles he talks of ever really took place ? We published some days ago a letter written in mock heroics, which talked of some fierce struggle in Spoleto, and how the Irish there had declared that they were there to die, and not to surrender. But this men dacious stuff could 'not deceive a child ; for every one knows the fact to be that the Irishmen at Spoleto did not die, and did surrender. Moreover, we have Colonel 'Reilly's own report, in which that officer only claims his loss to have been three dead and sixteen hors de combat. Whether Colonel O'Reilly followed the example of a shrewd post captain, who, after a naval battle in which he was not able to take the part he could have wished, is said to have obtained some share of the credit of the victory by the returning his dead and sick from natural causes as killed and wounded in the action, we will not inquire. We will make Dr. Cullen a present of these three dead men as actual killed Irishmen, slain in battle. We now ask him whether he means that this great religious ceremony was held for the repose of these three men ? We ask hie), moreover, whether he intended that the world should know this, and, if so, why did he not pub licly proclaim it ?—whether, when he speaks of thbse whose courage and devotedness have added lustre to Ireland, ho means only those three name less men P If he had said this openly we could have no fault to find with any amount of ceremonial with which it might have pleased the Roman Catholic Church to reward the devotion of three, or even of one mercenary. But no such number as this would satisfy the language used by Dr. Cullen, and we shall wait to see what the Catholic world will think of what appears to Protestant eyes as sminething very like a profanation of holy things. VIE GREAT STORM IN SCOTLAND, Our local list of disasters by the storm of Oct. 3 might, unfortunately, be increased to a vast extent if we were to chronicle all the losses in farm and wood. We subjoin some details from correspon dents : STRATIISPEY.—NearIy a half of the corn here is still uncut, and scarcely a sheaf is in stack, so that a great deal of the best grain is irrecoverably lost by the wind. But the most perceptible injury is that done to the w ods ; many th ousan d s o f t rees , i representing thous nds of pounds in value, have been levelled with le ground, some torn up by the roots, and others broken and splintered half way up, with the upper portion blown away to a grea t distance. In the vicinity of Castle Grant the storm was terrific, judging from its effects. Many of the fine old trees which had stood the storms for hun dreds of years succumbed beneath the fury of the gale. We observed limes, oaks, sycamores, elms, and beeches huddled together in interminable con fusion, with large circular masses of earth attached, in some instances 20ft. in diameter. In exposed situations the wood was entirely blown down, stone dykes were smashed by the falling of the trees, iron fences and wooden palings were to be seen in all directions. The roads about Grantown were en tirely blocked up ; and the Speyside coach, while passing through a wood in the immediate vicinity, was almost grazed by a large tree which fell across the road close behind it. A young man in Duthie was lifted fairly off his legs and blown over a fence, breaking his leg in the fall. Hay stacks were over turned, and in some instances entirely blown away ; 14 stacks of barley in one corn yard were blown down, and it will require a very nice discrimination to make a proper distinction between meum and tltlinl in some cases. Altogether the storm has made sad havoc here, and it will be many years ere the beautiful grounds about Castle Grant will re cover from its effects. Lori Moray's estates of Petty and Darnaway have suffered greatly from the storm of the 3d. The Forres Gazette states that in Petty there are about 10,000 trees, larch and fir, blown down. The value of the wood cannot of course be correctly estimated, but at a very moderate calculation it may reach betwixt £3,000 and £4,000. In Darnaway it is reported that some 12,000 trees have been blown down, chiefly oak, larch, and fir. On the green at the front of the castle there are six large trees down. One, the celebrated poplar—the finest spe cimen of this tree in the north. It measured 108 feet high, and girthed 16 feet 4 inches at the root. The others are ash and elm, and measured from 10 to 17 feet in circumference. Sir A. Gordon Cum ming's fine trees at Altyre have also suffered great damage. _ BROADFORD.—The gale of Tuesday night and Wednesday morning last spread general terror and dismay in the neighbourhood. The early part of Tuesday night being fine, about 150 boats went to sea at the Sound of Scalpa. About nine o'clock the wind commenced to blow pretty hard, and gradually increased in severity until all the boats had to run for the shore, many of them leaving their entire train of nets behind. The wind was now so strong that the boats could do nothing but run beforli it; two or three were swamped, the crews being picked up by passing boats, but all the rest got safe to land. Towards five o'clock in the morning the wind came suddenly round to the north, and blew with such terrific fury, that the boats which had got safe ashore were many. of them broken and smashed on the shore ; others, the crews in them, broke adrift, and all that could be done was to steer the boat to the most conve nient beach where escape was possible. One boat belonging to Applecross, with three of a crew, un- I fortunately struck on a rock in the Sound of Scalpa, when the boat filled and went down, and the three men were drowned. This sad accident occurred within 12 yards of the shore, and people looking on who could render no assistance. As far as can be ascertained no more lives were lost in this locality. A great many fishing vessels riding in the Sound of Scalpa drove from their anchors, and went ashore, some receiving considerable damage. At Broadford Bay a smack loaded with lime went down at:her anchors and has since become a total wreck; crew saved. A small yacht was driven ashore at Kyleakin and broken to pieces. Some boats received damage there also. Indeed, the damage to boats and vessels all along the coast is very great. The fishermen must fee the loss of boats and nets severely, more especially as it comes after a very poor fishing. GAIRLOCU.—This coast was visited this (Wed nesday) morning by one of the most terrific gales experienced here for the last eighteen years. It commenced about six o'clock, and continued to in crease in violence for some hours, tearing up trees by the roots, unroofing houses, scattering the stooks of corn far and wide, carrying away and breaking boats, and destroying exposed property in such a manner as a tropical hurricane only is capable of doing. At Poolewe, on Friday night, some twenty boats had shot their nets at the head of Lochewe, quite close to land, and returned to their homes to rest for some hours. Between six and seven o'clock this morning, as they were proceeding to take up their nets, one of the boats, with four of a crew, capsized, and, sad to relate, three of them were drowned—two being brothers. In another boat a fine young lad met with a watery grave at the same time, and within about an oar's-length of land. So near was he to shore that he made sure:of being able to leap from the boat safely; but, alas ! it was or dained otherwise. His body was found at ebb-tide in the very part at which he had sunk. It adds mus.h to the distress of the relatives of the crew of the first-named boat that the same families lost a son each in one of the holes of the Australian gold fields some 18 months ago. Two of the missing men were married, and have left widows and or phans totally unprovided for. Their names are William (married) and Donald, sons of Robert Urquhart; Colin Mackenzie (married), Inverasdale; and Alexander Mackenzie, Braes, of .Inverasdale. The event has cast a melancholy gloom over the whole district. ULLAPOOL.—Never in the recollection of the oldest inhabitant has there been such a hurricane as we had on the morning of Wednesday last, re sulting in the wreck of two sloops, a number of boats, great loss of crops, uprooting trees, and in jury to houses. After one of the sloops wrecked parted from her moorings, she was upset, and floated away, keel uppermost, until one of her an chors grappled with the ground tackling of the Marquis of Stafford's yacht, which rode out the storm bravely and prevented the sloop from being a total wreck. STORNOWAY, Oct. 3.—We regret to mention that this locality has been visited during last night and this morning by a dreadful gale, resulting in a loss of human life, and much damage to property and the crops. Towards the end of last week we had a few beautiful days, and a continuance of such the high state of the barometer led us to expect, but it fell rapidly yesterday afternoon, and by midnight it not only blew terribly from the south-west, but the wind was accompanied by torrents of gale. Th e gale, however, did not attain its height till between five and six a.m. to-day, when the wind changed to the north-west, in its fury causing the most sub stantial of our buildings to vibrate perceptibly, to the great discomfort of the inmates, who were alarmed lest they should, in a moment, be buried in the ruins of their dwellings. Chimney-cans, slates, and glass actually seemed td• have taken wings to themselves, and were knocking about in showers, rendering the streets too dangerous to be frequented ; and small rivulets had become braw ling and impassable rivers. The schooner Mercury, belonging to Mr. Wm. Robertson, laden with coals, and lying at anchor off the esplanade, parted her cable, and appeared disposed to take a cruise on her own account, but fortunately was not successful, having gone ashore in the vicinity of the Arnish Lighthouse, where she now lies, and it is feared will become a total wreck, entailing a heavy loss on Mr. Robertson, who had an insurance over her. Two other boats, one a pretty large wherry, newly repaired, and the other a handsome four-oared gig, were swept out to sea. The corn in stooks was scattered all over the fields, many stacks werecom pletely overturned, an d th e corn u ncut suffered s_ verely. But the saddest occurrence was thedi ess ee three a boat containing four fi s hermen, a father sons, belonging to the Aird of Taig, who c - havingo e leaves since, come little a had gone out to fish in the Broad Bay before the gale com menced. end pieces nce d. of a They a boat have resembling e n m o n e been n heardtheirs a ashore on the opposite side of wthebap , doubt they have met with were Macleods to name, and a w ell te - conducted, indus y grave. GLE - NELG.—The effects of the tornado is described by a correspondent of the Daily Courant as the most violent experienced for the last 55 years : " The roads were strewn with large limbs torn from fullgrown trees, chiefly ash and poplar; hun dreds of larches have been prostrated in the woods on both . sides of the glen, and several fishi ng -b oats were whirled in the air to great distances, and of course dashed to pieces on their fall. The tide rose about three yards perpendicular above its due height, and the sea in the sound which divides Glenelg from Skye raged with extraordinary fury. The schooner, Medora, of Plockton, which was lying on the beach laden with timber, though se cured with three anchors, was driven on shore at the head of the bay, where she sustained so much damage that it is doubtful whether she will be worth repairing; and the ferry-boat of the steamers was destroyed, in spite of the most strenuous at tempts of the men in charge to save her. The minister's small mission yacht, the Enigma, which was moored in the bay, and which was at times almost concealed from sight by the drift and spray, rode out the gale in safety. There is reason to fear that the tempest was not confined to this quar ter; for the barometer, the movements of which usually indicate an extensive prevalence of the same atmospherical changes, and which stood on Tuesday evening at 30 inches, fell by midnight to 29k, and by daylight on Wednesday to 29 inches. Tidings o 1 serious losses may therefore be anticipated among shipping ; and the numerous boats engaged in the herring fishing cannot all have escaped. Some of these Indeed are reported to have been cast away and their crews drowned ; while the loss of nets must be considerable. It has long been observed in this quarter Oat 411 heavy gales of wina eriginge, like this one , at S., and come round by the W. to N.--a course which, according to the received theory of insular storms, would indicate a motion of the centre of the cyclone from S.W. to N.E. Friday morning.—lt has blown hard during the night from the S.W., With trious men. entered In Moray Firth there were 11 wrecks and 10 lives lost. Some of these we reported last week, an d the Banffshire Journal supplied further details all evincing the fierceness of the hurricane : A 1, 4 . -- ...0U I. 12 o'clock the sloop Rose, of Inverness, On Macduff harbour when the sea was running very high. The Rose was bound from Bo'ness to A v with a cargo of coals, and left the form er Troup port_ "h ' Sunday morning. About 2 o'clock 5 o'clock reached Spey n on Wedn on an . aged to morning, when the gale began, she Was off esday Head, and by this time the the !nester, Mr. Alexander MacgrAerloray, Where keep . his vessel until 8 o'clock, appearance ho at once d little smack gale greatly increased in strengthT,haeo resolved. to run for Mitedeff, helm well, and she a w P a l3 s taken behaved admirably, obeyed the did not once ship a sea until at the On the mouth of Mac of the vessel in d ß u a ff n ff ha ß r a b y ouz% the 1 persons volunteered to ma n i t -en out, and various , alth would have been a hazardous — 0119 21 the service however, took the hari. on e. The little sloop, oldest inhal-r,.tant does lour beautifully, and the entering Macduff in not recollect of a vessel Indeed the escape madea storm of equal violence. miraculous. by those on board is some thingtoss the sloop so The heavy waves continued to than an hour much that in the course of less spars. The she was literally broken up into man, and a .crew , consisting of the master, one by ropes. Aboy , had before this been taken ash.) considerable portion of the cargo was carted ashore in th the tide, and _ e . afternoon on the receding of I l ui Wag the s a ils and some other stores have , been saved, and were sold. by auction atu on Srday. The Rose was about 25 tons burthen, and was the property of the mast , r, Mr. Macgregor. She was not insured. The cargo belonged to Mr. M'Kenzie, Avcch. Considerable anxiety was felt in Macduff for two youths who on Tuesday left that port in a small open boat, intending to sail to Leith. It was learned, however, on Thursday that they had put into Fraserburgh before the storm began. About half a dozen sailing vesse l s and a steamer were visible in Spey Bay until obscured by the heavy vapour which arose on the increase of the storm at 9 o'clock. Just about th a t h our, the Jean and Mary, of Lossiemouth, Captain Sudding, drove ashore at Nory's Scalp, a little to the east of Speymouth. The tide was then back, though advancing, and she grounded so far from the beach as to render it im possible for the men to escape to shore. They be took themselves to the rigging for safety, no doubt expecting that the ship would keep together until high water, when, being driven close to the beach, they would get safe to land as the water receded. As soon as the condition of the vessel was known in Garmouth, a number of men went with all despatch to the scene of distress, but as considerable detention occurred crossing Spey—the severe gale rendering it almost impossible to row a boat across the river—the fate of the sufferers, five in number, was sealed before they could reach them. In little more than an hour after the vessel grounded, the crew were all buried beneath the surf; and the hull, masts, rigging, and provisions, scattered along the beach, We have never seen or heard of a wreck so completely smashed in so short a time. Those who were first on the spot saw the sailors clinging to the rigging and waving for aid. As they approached nearer, tfie ship upset, and they were seen upon the hull ; but the succeeding wave overturned her, and the unfortunate men were seen no more. The hull was shattered in a thousand pieces. The Jean and Mary was the property of the master, and was built a considerable time ago by Mr. John Duncan, Kingston. The owner leaves a widow in Lossie mouth, whose anguish is greatly deepened by the loss of her youngest son, aged about 14, who shared his father's fate. The body of the captain was got on Thursday, near Portgordon, and also that of one of the men, James Ross, who belonged to port gordon, and leaves a wife and three children. The mate, Alexander 'Taylor, belonging to Brander burgh, leaves a wife • and seven children. The re maining one of the five persons on board was Thomas Robertson, from Hartlepool. COUNTRY .MAREETS. COLCHESTER—Ocr. 13. A fair supply of wheat was brought into atarket to day, with a ready trade, and prices were at fully late currencies. Barley in good demand, and sold at full rates. Beans very few at market. New peas were selling readily. Wheat, white s4s to 68s Beans, Mazagan..4os to 42s red 44s to 60s Middle & small 44s to 508 Barley 4os to 44s White peas 44s to 48s Oats 26s to 28s Grey.. 40s to 44s TEE VOLUNTEER MOVEMENT. Last evening a crowded meeting was held in the Whittington Club, Arundel-street, Strand, " to pro mote the success of the Royal National Rifles." Sir John Shelley, M..P., occupied the chair. Several in fluential gentlemen were present. This corps has been formed for the purpose of affording increased facilities to those who are desirous of contributing their personal assistance to the patriotic Volunteer movement; and it is to be hoped that by reducing the expense of membership to the lowest possible cost, and by introducing a system of weekly pay ments, those numerous and intelligent classes who have hitherto been precluded from joining the movement will avail themselves of the opportunity thus afforded to them of assisting in the defence of their country. These battalions, as forming part of one brigade raised throughout the metropo lis, offer peculiar advantages to the industrial classes, who by pressure of business occasioually, change their residences, as, with the consent of the com manding officers, a member may be transferred from one battalion to another without expense or altera• tion of uniform. The CHAIRMAN, in opening the proceedings, said the meeting had been called for business, aid it would be a waste of time if he were to dilate on the advantages of the great Volunteer movement to this country. Formerly it would have been the duty of a chairman at a rifle meeting to dilate on the move ment, but at the present time it was an established fact, and in every part of the country men were seen ready to defend their homes and families. The Vo lunteer movement had had at'least one effect—we. heard no more of the bluster and bombast of certain French colonels. We had been called a nation of shopkeepers, and now we were rapidly becoming a military nation—(cheers)—and foreigners were commencing to look upon us in the light of a Scotch thistle—better let alone than touched. His only object in coming there that evening was to ask for support to the Royal National Rifles. As an owner of property in a seaboard county, he had taken part in the great Volunteer movement there, and it was his conviction that if the movement were to be suc cessful and to become permanent every class of her Majesty's subjects ought to be represented, and in his own county he made it a rule . that the expenses ought to be kept in a limit, so as to enable every one to join. A correspondence had been going on between himself and Lord Elcho on the subject of artisan corps. Lord Elcho had a fear of the jarring of classes. He (the chairman) had no such fear, but if they wished to make the movement popular they must not have expensive uniforms, as gentle men might get tired of them when the novelty 'had worn off, and refuse to renew them when worn out. As for special artisan corps, he himself would not join a corps where any distinction was kept up be tween the members. A 'large sum of money had been voted for national defences, but London would remain defenceless. Therefore it behoved every one to support the movement, and thus contribute to wards our national defences. Up to the present time the Lord-Lieutenant of the county had not recom mended the Royal National Rifles to the Govern ment, giving as a reason that the Queen's West minster Rifles had not completed their complement; but he had every reason to believe that Lord Sails blry would soon recommend them to Government. He was gratified to see the way in which the corps had been supported in the metropolis, and, although Lord Elcho found fault with the way in which the corps was established, that noble lord had already formed a metropolitan company on the very same principle, thus showing that he approved it. After some further observations he concluded by impress ing upon the meeting the necessity for the forma tion of Volunteer corps, and recommending the Royal National Rifles to their support. The Hon. Mr. BERKELEY, M.P., next addressed the meeting, and, after a few preliminary observa tions, said he knew of no circumstance in the annals of history like the springing to arms so spontane ously of a whole body of Englishmen. The move ment stood alone, and would be recounted as one of the most remarkable instances of the age. It was extraordinary that the words of the great Duke of Wellington should fall to the ground when he re commended us to be prepared for a foreign foe. But the state of Europe at last made the people of England reflect that a large force might at any moment be thrown on our shores. They also re flected, however strong, brave, willing, and hardy the Saxon race might be, that a large force of unorganised men was no match for a weak body of disciplined men. Seeing the attitude of France the English people had resolved not to give up without a blow their wives and families to foreign ravishers. (Cheers.) He had hoped that the Government would have treated the Volunteer movement in a different man. nor ; they ought to have found the arms and uniform. Had that been the case there would have been no breeches-pocket reasoning. But it did not please the Government to do it, and they threw cold water on the movement. The spirit would not be quenched, and thousands of men provided them selves with the' uniform and arms. It was a mat ter of regret that the Government would not sup port the working classes in their wish to defend their country. He was a working man's member, and there was not a more loyal class in the country. The Queen might walk in the most dangerous parts of the country with no better protection than the 'corking man. He trusted the movement would go forward, and the Royal National Rifles succeed. He concluded by moving the following resolution : "That this meeting considers it desirable to encourage the formation of Rifle Corps throughout the kingdom, and views the Volunteer' movement as one which should be in every respect national, And is of opinion that it should em brace every class of her Majesty's subjects." _ Mr. IV - ALTER seconded the motion, which was carried. Mr. BERTOLACCI moved, And Mr. BRADFORD seconded the next resolution, as follows : " That this meeting is of opinion that the Royal National Rifles afford peculiar advantages to all classes, and therefore pledges itself to support tuNi further the objects of the said corps, and is of opinion that it is the duty of every patriotic Englishman to co-operate by every means in his power." The motion was then agreed to. Mr. WALMISLEY moved the third resolution : " That the committee be requested to continuo to collect subscriptions and enrol members." uniform and many He stated that the annual subscription fo r an. f effective Duke of Cam bride member was 10 s., and th e e eop e r o pu s sk t possessed of u a a d c c v o a u n t t r a e g m e e s n or , £ d 3 r ; the aranted them the use of the Wellington Barracks , the Lord Mayor the Guildhall , Lord Combermere the Tower, and the First Commissioner of Works Westminster-hall. The resolution was also agreed to. A great many names having been enrolled, th e meeting separated with a vote of thanks to the chairman. The 9th Surrey (Richmond) Rifle Corps finished on Saturday a contest for a medal and silver chal lenge cup on their range on East Sheen-common. The distances fired were 300, 500, and 600 yards, but owing to the blowing weather during the week the scores were but small ; one of the unsuccessful competitors had made in private practice the pre ceding week 19 points in the same ranges, but for the cup the highest score was only 11, made by Captain Ommanney, Private Ifertslet scoring 10 points for the second place. This corps sent two competitors to Wimbledon for the Queen's prize, one of whom was in the 40 and the other among ti4tieis making the points which entitle some of 91em to rank in the 40, but both these gentlemen 'were beaten on the present occasion. The cup is 'of silver, handsomely chased, of nearly £25 value, bearing the names of the donors, who are honorary members, and it i s t o b e annually shot for by . the effective members of the corps, a medal being given each year. Aft e r the firingwas concluded the cup and medal were presented to Captain Ommanney by CHELMSFORD- OCT. 13. A larger supply of wheat to-day, a good deal out of condition. Prices ruled at former rates. Inferior samples Is lower. Spring corn firm, at late prices. Wheat. white 50s to 68s Peas Partridge ..43s to 445 red 59s to 66s White 43s to 46s Barley 35s to 41s Boiling 435 to 47s Chevalier ....Ws to 41s Dun 39s to 42s Grinding 32s to 36s Beans, Tick ....40s to 46s Malt 618 to 67s Harrow Ticks 41s to 49s Chevalier ....61s to 69s lllazagan 38s to 43s Oats 26s to 31s NORTHAMPTON—OcT. 13. At this corn-market wheat was in fair average sup ply, with a' firm demand, prices ranging from 64s to 68s for white, and 52s to 64s for red. In barley a fair business, malting 38s to 435, grinding 33s to 36s per qr. Oats in small supply, and prices maintained, quoted at 34s to 38s per 24 stone. Beans, old, 52s to 54s ; peas, 44s to 50s. Itye, 40s to 428; malt ; 68s to 728 ; flour, 33s to 37s per sack. KIRICALDY-0 CT. 13. 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We extract a few out of 50,000 testimonials of cures, which had resisted all medi cine. Cure No. 4,208. " Eight years' dye • pepsia, nervousness, debility, with cramps, spasms,.r, and nausea, have been effectually removed by Du Barry's delicious food in a very short time.--Rev. W. Flavell, Ridlington Rectory, Norfolk." u S . —Dr. A. lire ofconstipation, d y s p e p sia ' inervo debilit F 46 r , i 2 m 7 i o e . y, —Cure No, 34,210. Dr. Shorland, of dropsy and y.- fits.—Cure No . Cure N ev .. 18,216 Cure No. 36,212. Captain Allen, of epileptic , timber merchant, of years' diseased lungs, spit. M S Surrey, partial deafness. ting of blood, liver derangem ent, , they invariably aggravate and Avoid Pills and Medicines : ey J , am of es th ß irt o y berts their annoyance, disappo intment, perpetuate diseases ; voided by using Du Barry's Food and expense may be a r day, saves 60 tim es it s cost i n other remedies, rem which, at a few pence re v i ng effectually, without purging constipation i n digesti on ( dyspepsia) ! o nervous, bilious and , and all their consequences. Certificate liver comphunt s Wefi dit the safest remedy. Andrew Ure, No. 36,418. -- n Dr. W er Dr. Sh 1d D MD., F S, Dr Harvey, urs , oran , r. - li ii " L et invalids avoid the fearful dangers of spu- CamPe , -• --• • imitations offered under a var ie ty of and injurious rious false pretene es Nevill's imitati ons are prohibited by the . hi g h Court of Chancery under a penalty of £5,000 against Alfred openH Nevill and his agents; and the pretences that ils a patent for Arabica Food and that Du Barry's are connected with such patent aro utterly falai.). No canister is genuine without the name Barry Du Barry an d Co., 77, Regent-street, in full, ontheseal and wrapper. Shopkeepers who attempt imposition in one article must expect to be distrusted in all others. Packed in tins llb. 2s. 9d.; 21b. 4s, 6d. ; 51b. lls. •; 121 b. 225. ; 241 b. 40s. The 121 b. and 241 b. canisters are sent carriage free on receipt of Post-office order by Barry Du Barry and Co., 77, Ree gent-street, London; Fortnum Mason, and Co.; Abbis, 60, Graceehureh-street ; 4, Cheapsids ; 63 and 150, Ox ford-street ; 330 and 451, Strand ;49 and GO, Bishopsgate street ; Batty, 16, Finsbury Pavement ; Phillips and Co, tea-dealers; Petty, Wood, and ing William-street City ; at 127 , High Holborn ; and Co.,'all grocers : ___ GLiy/f.-•• BIRTH S. .1... e.• • I 4, Lowndes-street, Mrs. St. On the 14th inst at ber Glyn, of a daughter. NORTII.—O n the 13th inst., at 14, Arlington-street, the Hen. Mrs. North, of a son and heir. IVIIATAINN.—On the 14thinst., at 3, Upper Harley-efrerr, the wife of G. W. Whatman, Esq., of a son. MARRIAGES• l EIBIRRARDT—FO I N LER.—OR the 13 th inet., at Neiwied, August Ehrhardt, M.D., of Gotha, to Elizabeth,third daughter of Henry Fowler, Esq., of Dorchest er . uare, Hyde-park. MAYNARD—FITZ •ROY.-0.11 the 13th inst., at Jartwell the Hon. Tr Church, Northamptonshire, -.enryCharles Maynard, only son of Viscount Maynard, t Blanche Adeliza, second daughter of Henry Fit z i toy c EB4., of Salcoy Lawn, Northamptonshire. DEATHS. ABIES.—On the 10 th inst., at St. Zohn' s - wo ,i, Edward Aimes, Esq., ag ed 82. BnAcEBRIDGIL—On the Bth inst., at Belle vita, tar, Edward Bracebridge, Esq., age d 77. Bunnow.—On the Bth in:st., at Ventnor, Is) of Wight, William Thomas Hoirne Burrow, Ear, sur -on, of Settle, 1.1 Yorkshire, aged 34. Gibral- CIIAMBERLIN.-011 the 13th inst., at Hanirsorsmith, Mr. Chamberlin, aged 80. FENIVICK.—On the 14th in s t., wick, Esq., of 43, Tavist oc k -square, and St. Dunstaxes hill, aged 62. Very suddenly, Joseph Fen- LLOYD,—On the 13th inst., at Camberwell-grove, John Duplan Lloyd, Esq., aged 67. Esq., of 12, Sc. Georre's illas, LINDSAY.—On t. h e 13th inst., at Taunton, Chas. Lindsay, bury, and 11, Wood-bstreet, Cheapside. Compton.road, Canon- LONDON : Printed and Published by IefURDO YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Bun Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy. is; the county ° MiddlegosiTKc~c~aYaQctQbor 16, 1880. i