The Sun. — London, England, 1860-09-19 00:00:00

211 - E VOLnYTEER MOVEMENT. ROYAL NATIONAL RIFLES.--The members of the first battalion of this corps of artisans and others are making rapid Progress in their drill, which takes place every morning and evening at the 'Wellington Barracks, the hours being for the present 6 till half past 7 a.m., and 6 till 8 p.m. We are informed that for the winter evening drills the authorities will allow them a part of Westminster Hall. The drills are under the superintendence of the acting adjutant and others of the officers elect, and are ably conducted by Drill-sergeant Reynolds and Sergeant Tiered of the Coldstream Guards. In order to evince the interest which Lord Palmerston takes in this noble movement, and the high opinion which he has formed of the Royal National Rifles, we have much pleasure in publishing two letters - which Mr. Walmesley (major elect) has just re ceived from his lordship : _ _ "Downing-street, Sept. 6. " Sir,—l am directed to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 3d, proposing to Lord Palmerston to become the patron of the Royal National Rifles, and to inform you in reply that Lord Palmerston wishes success to all volun teer corps formed or forming. "He fully appreciates the patriotic feeling which impels the members of such corps to enrol themselves, and he esti mates at its full value this important national movement; but in his official position Lord Palmerston does not think t himself as patron with any ono particu lar local oranisation ; ""u present instance it seem s the less neces s a r y th a t any such extrinsic aio ..hould be required, because any corps which is to be organised under so able and efficient a chief as Sir De Lacy Evans is sure to be prosperous and efficient.--I remain, sir, your obedient servant, " C. G. BARRINGTON, "J. Wahnesley, Esq." " Downing-street, Sept. 17, 1860, " Sir, —Lord Palmerston desires me to inform you that he has no objection to your making public the contents of the letter which I wrote to you on the 6th inst.—l remain, sir, your obedient servant, "C. G. BARRINGTON. " J. Walmesley, Esq." A prize meeting of the volunteers of the Ist Berks (Reading) Volunteer Corps took place on the prac tice ground at Reading, yesterday afternoon. The prizes offered were a valuable Enfield rifle, the gift of Sir F. Goldstnid, Bart., ALP. ; a silver cup, of the value of £lO, given by Mr. H. A. Simonds, Mayor of Reading; and a very chaste silver cup value £5, .the gift of Lady llunter, wife of Sir Paul Hunter, Bart., high sheriff of the county, and captain-com• ;ancient of the Reading corps. The competitio s great, and excited much interest. The visitors •re numerous, among whom were Sir Paul and uly Hunter, Captain Lang, Mr. G. Montagu, Mr. Alderman Darter, &c. At the close of the shooting Sir Paul Hunter declared the following to be the successful competitors :—Mr. Turner, musketry instructor to the corps, the rifle given by Sir F. Goldsmid, M.P.; Corporal Soyer the £lO silver cup, and Private Stevens the £5 silver cup. A number of money prizes were also won. Mr. Tur ner, the winner of the first prize, was a successful ompetitor at the late meeting of the National As 'elation at Wimbledon, having gained the prize Tered by the Duke of Cambridge. On Monday last the 2d Cornwall Artillery Vo inteers-were inspected at Looe by Lieut.-Colonel ilbert. The men having acquitted themselves ith great credit on their parade ground, in corn any and battalion drills, were then marched to the ittery on the hill, where they were exercised with ie 24 pounders sent for their accommodation. At e conclusion the gallant inspector briefly assured em that the ability which they had that day dis led had far surpassed his expectations ; and, al- Jugh on a recent occasion, when firing a royal lute in honour of the Duke of Cornwall, on his parture for Canada, he had witnessed the steadi ss and order with which they worked, he had t calculated on finding them so well trained in minor details of artillery practice. That their :alous instructor, Sergeant Anderson, had faith. /oily discharged his duty towards them was mani fest, but their movements had been characterised `)y a degree of confidence and smartness which it is impossible for any teacher to inculcate, and rich was rarely to be met with among regular cruits of equal standing. • The Liverpool Borough Guard, or 66th Lancashire ,ifle Volunteers, on Saturday afternoon last em irked on board the Rock Ferry steamer, and on rriving at the other side of the Mersey marched with their new brass band at their head to the re- sidence of their commander, Capt. Mayar, whence they marched into a field adjoining the Bebington railway station, where two largo tents had been erected for their accommodation. Tables were laid for 120 persons, and were well loaded with good substantial English dishes. Ample justice havin,s , been done to a most princely feast, the Chair man gave the toast of " the Queen," " the Prince Consort," " the Prince of Wales, and the Rest of the Itoyal Family," which were severally responded to with the greatest enthusiasm. The toast of the evening, " Captain Mayer," was received with an amount of enthusiasm rarely equalled. Yesterday a grand review of upwards of 6,000 Rifle Volunteers took place on the Maisemore Ham, at Gloucester, by Lieut.-Col. Hutchinson, command ing officer of the western district, in the presence of an immense concourse of spectators from the ad joining counties, and many of the nobility and gentry. A spacious gallery, capable of holding 2,000 persons was filled to overflowing, and every available spot whence a view could be obtained covered with human beings. Among the nobility on the ground were Earl Ducie, Lord-Lieutenant of Gloucestershire ; Lord Lyttleton, the Lord-Lieu- tenant of Brecknockshire ; Colonel Watkin, Lord- Lieutenant of Glamorganshire ; Lord Dynevor, Mr. an d Lady Charlotte Screiber, Mr. Talbot, &c. The Volunteers began to march on to the Maisemore early in the morning, and took up their respective positions, 450 Cavalry, Lieut.-Col. Milne, and 380 Artillery, commanded by Major Saville, being placed on either wing. The Rifle Corps were formed into brigades. The first, under the command of Col. Pevorell, consisting of the Bristol, Gloucestershire, and Worcester battalions, numbered 2,155 rank and file. The second, under Lieut.-Col. the Hon. C. Scott, composed of Welsh and Worcestershire Vo lunteers, mustered 1,240 ; and the third, commanded by Lieut.-Col. G. Vouse, formed of corps from Staf ford, Somerset, Monmouth, Hereford, Pembroke, Carmarthen, and Radnorshire, was 1,768 strong, giving a total strength in the field, including officers, of 6,300. As Lieut.-Col. Hutchinson, attended by his Staff, rode on to the INfaisemore, the Volunteers formed line, officers in front and bands in rear, and gave a general salute. Col. Hutchinson rode slowly through the ranks, minutely inspecting the uniform, arms, and accoutrements of each corps, and having returned to the front and taken up his position at the flagstaff, the brigades formed columns of companies, and, headed by their bands, deployed past at the slow and double-quick. This display was followed by all the evolutions of a sham fight, skirmishing, retreating, re-forming, charging, forming square to receive cavalry, &c., each arm of the entire force performing the particular duty allotted with extra ordinary steadiness, rapidity, and precision, the re view concluding with the entire force again forming line and giving the general salute, the bands jointly Playing the National Anthem. Col. Hutchinson, having ordered the commanding officers to the front, expressed his high gratification at all he had witnessed, and complimented both officers and men on the soldierlike manner in which the different manoeuvres had been performed. After the review the great balk of the Volunteers marched into Gloucester, and partook of abundant re freshments provided for them at the different hotels. The greatest excitement seemed to pervade all classes, and it is long tine° th e town of Gloces ter witnessed such a display. An interesting competition for a silver cup, valued at 50 guineas, given by the High Sheriff of Norfolk (Mr. H. Birkbeck), and three prize s of .C 25, .£l5, and £lO, offered by Mr. J. Middleton, a gen tleman living at Haynford, near Norwich, took place on Monday afternoon on Mousepold-heath. Tho competitors were 36 in number, and were selected f rom t h e Volunteers forme d in Norwich, Y , lr . mouth, Harlesten, Holkharn, Lynn, Aylsham, Diss, Loddon, Fakenham, Eynesford, Statham, and East Derehara. Each competitor fired 12 shots — three at 300 yards, three at 400 yards, three at 500 yards, and three at 600 yards ; the first three rounds being fired from the shoulder, and the rest from the knee. The target for the short range was 6 ft. in height and 4 ft. in width, with a entre of 2 ft., and an S-inch bull's-eye. In the longer ranges the firing was at another target 0 ft. square, with a centre of 2 ft. The highest score was obtained by Private Read, who made 13 points ; Private Bus sey came next, with 11 points ; Private Burrell, of Fakenham, made 10 points ; and Captain Middleton, Private Gunn, Sergeant Fox, and Sergeant Burton made nine points each. These four ties were afterwards shot off, the result being that Private Gunn made a centre, while his competitors added nothing to their scores. The cup was, therefore, awarded to Private Read ; the £25 prize to Private Bussey, the £l5 prize to Private Burrell, and the £lO prize to Private Gunn. The presentations were made in an ad joining tent, and hearty cheers were given for the donors and recipients of the prizes. Captain L'Estrange, adjutant to the West Norfolk Militia, acted as umpire. 'Yesterday afternoon a review of the Norfolk Volunteers took place on the heath, Major-General Wood, commandant of the camp at Colchester, attending as inspecting officer. From 1,100 to 12,000 volunteers were collected on the occasion: The following circular has been sent by Sir John Fife, Lieutenant-Colonel of the Ist Newcastle Rifle Volunteers, to the commanders of the northern corps. Having received intimation that, in the opinion of the staff officers appointed to give efficiency to the Volunteer movement, great advantage has been gained by district re news, and that a district review for the Volunteers of Northumberland, Cumberland, Durham, Westmoreland, and Newcastle-upon• Tyne might bo held with much bene fit to the aause up on th e Town-moor of Newcastle-upon- Tyne towards the end of October, I beg to know your opi nion upon the subject, and, if favourable to the project, to request you may state whether your corps can be present, and with what number of officers, non-commissioned officers, and privates." The feeling, both among volunteers and others in the north of England, is highly in favour of the proposed review, and it is fully expected that it will take place at the time appointed. It:was recently mentioned in The Sun that Mr. M. Stocks, of Catherine-house, near Halifax, was taking steps for establishing a corps of Rifle Vo lunteers in the district of Queenshead, West Rid ing of Yorkshire, to be called the Shibbendale Rifles. The corps, 100 strong, is now completely formed, and has been fully equipped at the charge 1 of Mr. Stocks. ui METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS. The annual report of the Metropolitan Board of Works has been just published in the form of a Parliamentary paper, pursuant to the statute under which they are organised. The document is a voluminous one, and we cannot do more than give the principal portions of it. With reference to the main drainage works, during the year which has elapsed, the board have directed their continued and anxious atten tion to the prosecution of those important works, and, notwithstanding the strike of the workmen, the great increase in the price of building materials, the long continuance of heavy rains, and the ope ration of other causes calculated to impede the exe cution of extensive public works, their progress upon the whole has been of a decidedly satisfactory character. The Northern High Level Sewer is fast approach ing completion. The line, as will be remembered, will extend from the Mansfield-road, near the foot of Hampstead-hill to a point on the river Lea, near Old Ford, being, with its branches, about eight miles in length, When finished, it will complete the interception of the waters descending from the high grounds of Highgate and Hampstead, and whilst effecting a general improvement in the local drainage throughout its entire length, it will relieve Hackney and the adjacent districts from the evils arising from the foul open watercourse by which they were intersected, viz., the Hackney Brook. The length of sewer in connection with this portion of the works executed between the 25th March, 1859, and the same date in 18G0, was 23,407 feet, making the total length completed up to the last mentioned period 24,130 feet, extending from Old Ford, on the River Lee, to Stoke Newington. The works in connection with this line of sewer were, at the same time, actively proceeding at vari ous other points between Stoke Newington and the Junction-road, Kentish-town, and in some parts of the line were considerably advanced. The extreme character of these works will be understood when it is stated that the dimensions of a portion of the outfall sewers are nine feet by nine feet in the clear, and that the overflow chamber is 138 feet long, and at its upper end 40 feet 6 inches wide. The whole of the works between the River Lea and Gospel Oak Fields are nearly completed, and they include the formation of the retaining wall along the western bank of the river Lea. At Hol loway the sewer had to be carried under the Great Northern Railway, an operation which, from the continuous and heavy traffic on the line, required the exercise of great care and attention. The line of sewer will pass under the North London Rail way, of which the sleepers supporting the rails are nearly on a level with the top of the sewer, in volving the necessary arrangements for supporting the line, and effecting a temporary diversion of the traffic. The tunnel between Maiden-lane and the Kentish-town-road, 40 feet below the surface, and for a length of about 2,000 feet, is nearly completed. Another part of the main drainage works north of the Thames, viz., the Acton branch of the wes tern sewerage, has been contracted for since the board made their last report. This length of sewer commences by a junction with the Counter's Creek, in the Uxbridge-road, and proceeding along that road, terminates by a junction with the east branch of the Stamford Brook. The contract for this work was signed Aug. 5, 1859, and on March 25th last the length executed was 3,698 feet. The high-level sewer south of the Thames was commenced on Dec. 26, 1859. This work will ex tend from High-street, Clapham, to Deptford Creek, a length of about nine miles 2,940 feet, traversing in its course Stockwell, Camberwell, Peckham, and New-cross. On March 25th last there had been executed of this work 5,510 feet, or thereabouts. The course which will be ultimated selected for the low level sewer, north of the Thames, will depend upon the decision at which Parliament may arrive with respect to the embankment of that river. Tho board have on former occasions expressed the opi nion that it would, on various grounds, be most im portant to construct the sewer in conjunction with a Thames embankment ; but whether that can be accomplished or not depends on the provision which may eventually be made by Parliament for defray ing the cost of the embankment. This board will, as they have stated in former reports, be prepared to contribute out of the funds at their disposal to wards the cost of that work such a sum as will be a fair equivalent for the ad van t age o f carr yi ng th e i r sewer in the line of the embankment ; but the general cost of the last-named work must necessa rily be defrayed from other sources. Though the providing of funds for this great work is not an obligation imposed by law on this board, they mill be quite prepared to carry it out whenever Parliament may be pleased to furnish them with means to meet the cost of the works ; but the large demands upon them for the public improvements contemplated by the acts of I'arlia ment defining their duties awl the entire inade quacy of their present resources are fully explained in the chairman's letter to members of Parliament representing metropolitan constituencies, dated the 18th April, 1859, which is appended to the last re port of the board. As the period within which the main drainage works are to be finished is fixed by act of Parliament, namely, Dec. 31, 1863, it be comes of extreme urgency that an early solution of this important question should be arrived at. Among the works of the board, other than those of main drainage, which were completed or in pro gress, on the 25th of March last, may be mentioned the wrought iron tubular bridge over the Liuiehouse Cut of the River Lea navigation, in connection with the improvement known as the Victoria-park Approach. In the execution of this work the water was pumped out of the canal for a portion of its length, and the traffic on the canal was, by permis sion of the trustees of the navigation, stopped for a certain period, to enable the foundation of the bridge to be laid. Works are also in course of execution at the out let of tho Earl Sewer at Rotherhithe for the purpose of relieving certain low level districts south of the Thames from the floodings to which they are now subject, arrangements being adopted for producing a continual discharge from the sewers. This involves an extension of the outlet of the Earl Sewer at Durand's wharf, and the erection of a large high pressure engine, capable of working 100-horse power, with two sets of pumps. The uuderpinning of 2,,347 feet of sewer in the Fulham-road has also been effected, and the outlet of the Smith-street sewer at Chelsea has been covered. The board have resolved on constructing a line of sewe r f or rece i v i ng th e s t orm over fl ow of the Ranela g h , which will commence by a junction with that sewer near Albert-gate, and proceeding thence across Hyd e - par k and Kensington-gardens, will form a junction with the itanelagh main sewer in the Uxbridge-road. A mongs t o th er o bj ec t s which will be accomplished by this work, it will effec tually prevent any sowage matter from passing into tho Serpentine. The total expenditure on Tlult sewers and drainage- works, including the clewing of 166 miles of main-sewers and works of deodori sation during the year, was .-f-',200,698 10s. 51. The application of lime to the deodorisation of the Thames, which was in progress at the date of the last report of the board, was continued up . to the 3d September last. The total quantity of disin fecting material used during the summer (includ ing tat mentioned in last year's report) was 4,281 tons of chalk lime, 478 tons of chloride of lime, and 56 tons of carbonic acid, at a cost of £17,733. Shortly before the date of their last report, the board had directed their attention to the general question of the deodorisation and disinfection of sewage matter, and for the purpose of aiding them in their investigations, they had called in the assist ance of two eminent chemists, Dr. Hofmann and Dr. Frankland, who, at their request, examined the se veral schemes and proposals submitted to the board in relation to this matter. At a subsequent period, the board also consulted Dr. Miller on this subject. Drs. Hofmann and Frankland made an elaborate report on the subject referred to them, The deodo rising and disinfecting agent which they recom mend is described as a concentrated solution of perchloride of iron. In arriving at this conclusion they submitted the agent in question to a series of comparative trials with limo and chloride of lime. In conducting these experiments, which were car ried on at the mouth of the King's Scholars' Pond Sewer, above Vauxhall-bridge, they had reference to the plan of drainage adopted by the board, and the actual and prospective quantity of sewage to be discharged at the outfalls. In directing their first attention to the perform ance of the duty imposed upon them by the statute, namely, the purification of the Thames, the board have been fully sensible of the importance of pro secuting the other branch of the same subject, namely, the disposal and utilization of sewage matter, and have for that purpose, by numerous _advertisements, publicly expressed their readiness to afford opportunities to any company or indivi dual for testing and developing any well-consi dered scheme for the useful application of the metropolitan sewage. The board have the whole question under consi deration, and though nothing has been submitted to them which enables them to speak with any de finitiveness upon the subject, they are wiDing to hope that the period may not be far distant when some satisfactory results may be arrived at, which may augment • the means at present available of adding to the fertility of the soil, and at the same time become a source of revenue to the ratepayers. As regards.the .Southwark and Westminster com munication, the beard have proceeded with as much expedition as was practicable, under the circum stances, with the necessary steps for obtaining pos session of the property required for this improve ment. The sum paid or agreed to be paid for the property in the locality in question, during the year ending 25th March, for the purposes of the street, was £110,374175., making the total expen diture under this head, up to the same date £222,230 115.8 d., the claims amounting to £305,512 Bs. ld. These included 102 freehold and copyhold estates, and 71 leasehold interests and goodwills. The committee to whom the board delegated the requisite powers for obtaining possession of the pro perty devoted unwearied attention to the perform ance of this duty. The extent of their labours will be easily understood by those who have had experience of the difficulties attending the acquisition of property in populous parts of the metropolis, from the numerous interests to be dealt with (six or seven claims having fre quently been made in respect of one property), the settlement of the heavy trade compensations, and the investigation of titles. The board hope to be in possession of the whole of the property before the middle of next year. The greater portion of it has been purchased by negotiation, and only in three instances did it become necessary to resort to a jury to assess the compensation. The ground for the Covent-garden approach has, with one exception, been entirely cleared. Some extensive premises which were interfered with at one end of the street have been rebuilt, with a considerable frontage towards the new street, and the line of thoroughfare will shortly be thrown open. The board have directed their atten tion to the adoption of some means for obviating the expense and inconvenience attending the break ing up of the pavement for the repair of mains and pipes, sewers, and other underground works. With this view, and in the hope of obtaining valuable data for their guidance in carrying out future im provements they are about to form a subway under this street for the reception of gas and water mains, electric telegraph conductors, &c. For this purpose they propose to construct under this street an arched subway seven feet six inches in height by 12 feet in width, and also to form 14 arched side 'passages for house service pipes, together with pro per cellarage on either side of the street. In con junction with the works proper sewers will be built, and convenient arrangements made fir drainage. The board have settled the greater part of the claims for property required for the Victoria-park approach. During the year the board contributed to the cost of improvements promoted by the Commissioners of Sewers for the City of London, and the West minster district board, by the purchase of property for widening and otherwise improving the follow ing localities :-Upper and Lower Thames-street, Fetter-lane, Budge-row, Leadenhall-street, Little Knight Rider-street, corner of Size-lane and Budge row, corner of Bread-street and Old Fish-street, corner of Lawrence lane and Cheapside Primrose street, corner of Queen-street and Maiden-lane, Rochester-row, Westminster. During the year there were 66 applications for the alteration of names of streets and numbering of houses, of which 26 were granted and six refused, 26 being still pending. Plans for the formation of new streets were submitted to the board under their bye-law in 79 cases, of which 59 were approved and eight disapproved. Of the 12 others, some were abandoned, or are still pending. Toward the end of this year the new offices for the board, which were begun in the autumn of 1859, will be finished, and the improved passage into St. James's Park, from Spring Gardens, completed. In consequence of the strike among the workmen the building operations were much impeded. The receipts of the board during the year ending 25th March, 1860, amounted to £670,193 14s. 7d.; that is to say, 'on the general account £202,243 10s. 9d. ; Covent-garden approach, £105,980 12s. Bd. ; Southwark and Westminster communication, £99,038 16s. 11d. ; Victoria Park approach; £943 17s. ld. ; metropolis main drainage, £250,108 13s. ls. ; main drainage rate collection, £11,872 4s. ld. Total, £670,193 14s, 7d. The payments of the board during the same period amounted to £594,828 14s. 8d ,:that is to say, on the general account, £226,535 6s. ld.; Covent garden approach, £38,182 4s. ; Southwark and Westminster communication, £143,491 Bs. 7d.; Victoria-park approach, £6,850 2s. 10d. ; metropolis main drainage, £179,623 ss. Bd. ; main drainage rate collection, £146 7s. 6d. ; total, £594,828 14s. Bd. The balance in hand on the 25th March, 1859, was £312,779 13s. ; and at the same date in 1860, £338,144 12s. 1 ld. The sums owing to the board at the last mentioned date in respect of assessments on vestries and district boards, improvement rates, &c., amounted to £43,706 12s. 10d., and the amount invested in New Three per Cents. for the repay ment of mortgage debts was £38,794 Bs. Bd. The mortgage debts and outstanding liabilities of the board, on the 25th March last, amounted to £1,740,494 3s. 9d. This does not include the moneys borrowed on the security of the main drainage rate, the proceeds of which aro paid into the public account at the Bank of England, and periodically applied in ex tinction of the main drainage bonds. The board held meetings on 50 different days, and the committee meetings amounted to 114. The board conrists of 45 members, and the average number of members present at each board meeting during the year was 32. The attention of the board was engaged for seve ral months in the investigation of a claim upon them by the War Department of the sum of £24,212 17s. 3d., for the expenses incurred by the Ordnance Department in the survey of London, ordered by the late Metropolitan Commissioners of Sewers. It was ultimately arranged that the board should pay £lO,OOO out of the main drainage rate, in satisfac tion of the claim, the War Department retaining the plates and copyright of the survey, but under taking from time to time to supply this board, the Commissioners of Sewers of the City of London, and the several vestries and district boards of the metropolis, with as many copies as they should re quire, at the rate of ls. per sheet. In their report of last year, the board referred to the difficulties which they experienced, in conse quence of the dissatisfaction of several of the ves tries and district boards with the apportionment of the debts of the Metropolitan Commissioners of Sewers made by the act of 1855, and to the conse quent steps taken by the board for effecting such an adjustment of those debts as they deemed equitable and just. After prolonged communications with the vestries and district boards, they reapportioned the debt in respect of the Rock loan, and introduced a bill into Parliament for the purpose of giving effect to the proposed reapportionment shortly before the termination of the session of 1859. That bill having been necessarily discontinued, by the close of the session, the board, in October last, resolved upon extending the provisions of the measure to be intro duce& into Parliament, and embracing within it en actments having reference as well to the powers and duties of vestries and district boards as to those of this board. For that purpose they placed them selves in communication with the whole of those %%ALDO /- SEPTAMBER ID IMO , THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAV bodies, in order to aseertaifi_,their Views upon the matter: The board receiifed from them n um e rou s suggestions upon the.subj ect, whi c h th ey re f erre d toac of time ilrtnittee a of ud a l b . or their body, who expended a la rg e amount . considering them and in framing provisions .adapted for supplying the deficiencies of the existing l aw . Th ey eventually prepared a bill containing 109 cla uses . Th e c hi e f provisions in the bill were those relating to the apportionment and payment of the mortgage debts of the Metropolitan Sewers Commission for regu lating the assessments of the hoard, and insuring their collection and payment, for en forcing the obli gations of private parties as regards the construction of sewers and the paving new streets, for the repres sion of various nuisances, and the introduction of numerous amendments in matters of administrative detail. Only a limited portion of the bill was directed to objects exclusively affecting this board, and by far the larger part of it related to matters appertaining to vestries and district boards. Considerable mis apprehension seems to have prevailed as to the scope and objects of this measure, but a perusal of its pro visions will at once show that it in very few in stances asked for new powers for this board, but merely sought to render those given by the original act effectual. Indeed, the chief feature in the hill, the apportionment of the debts of the Sewers Com missions, was one which almost exclusively con cerned the interests of vestries and district boards This laborious, and at the same time thankless in vestigation, ought never to have been imposed upon this board at all, but acting upon a sense of duty, the board did not shrink from the responsibility which had devolved upon them, and in determining the incidence of these burthens they strictly acted upon such considerations as they deemed consonant to justice and equity. In a redistribution of debts, which in the nature of things could only give relief to one parish by add ing to the burthens of another, it was obviously im poasible to secure the acquiescence of all. But the board gave a fair and attentive consideration to all the representations made to them, and in the result had the satisfaction of finding that the apportion ment which they recommended was ratified by the approval of the great majority of the metropolitan parishes and districts. The board cannot conclude this account of their labours during the preceding year without again adverting to the magnitude and cost of the works required for the improvement of the metropolis, to the total inadequacy of the funds at their disposal for meeting those demands, and to the urgent ne cessity of providing them with additional sources of revenue, and they entertain the earnest hope that at an early period their repeated representations upon this subject may receive attention in the proper quarter, and result in practical measures, by which they may be enabled effectually to carry out the public improvements so urgently required. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—Sept. 13. WORSHIP-STREET.—PoIice-sergeant 23 K applied to Mr. Knox, the sitting magistrate, with the information that a man, named I ,Vm. Smith, had been conveyed to the London Hospital so fear fully injured in a public-house quarrel that the surgeon considered it advisable to have his evidence taken as soon as possible, as he was in imminent danger of death. The magistrate therefore went to the hospital, attended by Mr. Stafford, the clerk, and Mr. M'Bride, the chief usher of the court. The unfortunate patient, who Wag suffering acutely, expressed his conviction that he had but a short time to live, and, being sworn, stated in effect that on Monday night he was at the White Horse publichouse, at Stepney, where he saw a man named Carter, who, being irritated at being joked about some female, talked about fighting, and kicked the deponent violently in the most tender part of his person, injuring him so terribly that he was carried by two men to the hospital, and had suffered so much that he had had no sleep since the occurrence. He did not strike the man who so injured him. He had no more to say, but at the conclusion of his depo sition he added, " I shall not be here many hours." The attendant surgeon seemed to apprehend that mortification would ensue, and although the mau might possibly recover, he was altogether in a most 1 critical state. The deposition was of course filed for production in any future proceeding, there being at present no one in custody. SOUTHWARK.—Elizabeth Fowler, a middle aged dark-complexioned female, far advanced in pregnancy, was charged with obtaining money under pretence of telling fortunes. Frances Garrett, a respectable-looking young woman, the wife of Robert Garrett, residing in Queen-street, Southwark-bridge-road, said that about 10 o'clock that morning she went to the pri soner's house in Bond-street, Borough-road, with another female, and on being introduced to the pri soner she asked her if she told fortunes, and what she charged. The prisoner told her she could tell her fortune, and the charge was 6d. each time. The prisoner then produced a pack of cards, and asked her to shuffle them. Witness did so and handed them back to her. The prisoner then counted the cards over, and after a little consideration she told her she would marry a dark man, and have three children by him, and that afterwards she would marry a fair man. Mr. Combe—But you are a married woman, are you not ? Witness—Yes, sir; and I have three children. Mytusband is a fair man. Of course the prisoner did not know that I was married. Mr. Combe—Then the prisoner is out of her reck oning about the dark man ? (Laughter.) Witness—Oh, yes, sir. Before she handed me the cards I paid her sixpence. Sarah Stafford was then sworn—She said—l went with the last witness. Mr. Combe—Are you a single woman ? Witness—No, sir ; I am a widow. Mr. Combe—Did you go to have your fortune told ? _ _ Witness—Yes, I did, sir; and when the door was opened we were shown into a dark room, where the prisoner was seated at a table smoking a pipe. (Laughter.) The last witness asked whether she told fortunes, and on her replying in the affirmative we paid her sixpence each. She told my friend's fortune first, and then she told mine. Mr. Combe—What did she tell you ? Witness—She told me that I had been married, and was a widow. Mr. Combo—Well, that's true, is it not ? Witness—Yes, sir. She also told mo I had a son at sea. Mr. Combe—ls that true P Witness—Well, I have a son somewhere abroad, but I don't know where he is. The prisoner also told me that he would come home in twelve months time, with lots of riches. (Laughter.) Mr. Combe—Very likely he may. You can't tell what may happen. Is anything known of the prisoner ? Mr. Nokes, the second clerk, informed his wor ship that on Monday a respectable looking man called at the court and complained of the prisoner's conduct towards his wife, whom she had made a dupe of, and in consequence of that the prisoner was detected and apprehended. The man in question here came forward, and said that unfortunately for him his wife had known the prisoner for some time, and she had so worked on her feelings within the last few months that she had driven his wife nearly mad. The latter in consequence had got into drunken habits, and pledged and sold everything she could lay her hands on to purchase drink and supply money to the prisoner. The latter had caused great unhap piness between them, as the prisoner had told his wife he was unfaithful to her with his servant. The prisoner said that Was not true. She should like his wife to come and say that. The witness informed his worship that his wife was in such a dreadful state, and so afraid of the prisoner, that he could not bring her forward. The prisoner had given her a charm in a small bottle, and told her to place it between her stocking and her leg. lie actually found it there. The constable who apprehended the prisoner said that she told him that she had told fortunes for forty years, and had frequently been visited by the first ladies in the land. The prisoner did not deny receiving sixpence each from the females, but they gave it her voluntarily. As for smoking her pipe, she had done that for forty years. Mr. Combe considered it a very nasty practice for a female to be guilty of, but that had nothing to do with the charge before him. It was clearly proved that she was one of those crafty impostors who succeeded in deluding weak minded women, and ho should not bo doing his duty unless he im posed the highest penalty the law authorised him. He, therefore, sentenced her to three months' hard labour in Wandsworth House of Correction. GUILDHALL.—Mr. Walter Charles Stewart, for many years cashier in the establishment of the Daily News and Express newspapers, was brought up before Alderman Hale, charged with embezzling various sums of money, amounting in the whole to nearly £6OO. Mr. Morgan, of the firm of Humphreys and Mor gan, conducted the prosecution. Henry Whitehead, clerk at the City office of the Daily Aews, at 4, Royal Exchange-buildin,s, pro duced a book i n w hi c h was th e prisoner's signature as receipt for a s um o f £2l 145., which witness paid to him on the oth o f J u ly la s t. The entry in the book was in Mr. Dunham's handwriting, the sig nature in that of the prisoner. 'Witness did not see him write it. Thomas Dodwell Kingsford, clerk to the sul.- marine Electric Telegraph Company, said on the 11th of May last he enclosed a cheque for £29 to the prisoner in payment of an account of £27 l 2:5., and the balance had been returned to the secretary. The cheque had since been paid. Mr. George Frederick Smith said the prisoner had been about twelve years in his employ as cashier. His duties were to send out the accounts and re ceive monies, entering the different sums in the cash-book and ledger at the time of receipt, and accounting for the amounts by paying the money into the proprietors' hankers to their account. On or about the 23d of July last • they discovered that the prisoner was a defaulter, and witness told him, in consequence, that he had a public duty to per form, and that he should perform it. After that interview the prisoner absconded, and two days afterwards witness received a list, in the prisoner's handwriting, of sums which he had not accounted for, to the amount of £350, and among them was that referred to by the first witness. The prisoner had not accounted for either of the amounts received from Mr. Dunham or the Electric Telegraph Com pany, neither had they been entered in any of the books. Independent of the amount admitted by the prisoner, there was a further sum of £2OO, which he had rendered no account of whatever. Alderman Hale asked if the prisoner - had been lost sight of, that he had not been brought up earlier ? Mr. Morgan said that was the case, and the man ner in which the prisoner was taken was rather singular. A warrant was obtained at this court some time back, and placed in the hands of Wat kins, a detective officer, who was, however, unable to discover the prisoner's residence, and it was only when brought to the police-station charged by a cabman with not paying him his fare that the war rant could be executed. The prisoner, who declined to cross-examine the witnesses, was then committed for trial. THE FIRE AT WEST KENT WHARF. This fire is probably the most remarkable that has taken place in the metropolis for many years ; and although four weeks and four days have elapsed it is not yet entirely extinguished. During Sunday, and also on Monday night the flames broke forth with great vehemence, to the evident alarm of the inhabitants living near, many being appre hensive that the property o f Mr. Alderman Hum- , phrey (Hibernia Wharf) would also become enveloped in flames. Mr. Henderson, the chief officer of , the D district, and engineer Metcalf have, therefore, been obliged to have the water repeatedly scattered over the burning mass of some thousand quarters of oats, wheat, barley, &c., to stop the pro gress of the fire. Mr. Hodsell, and his son William with Mr. Charles White, of the County Fire-office, and Mr. Bennett, the head warehouseman to Messrs. Hartley and Co., and Mr. Seaward, the superin tendent of the wool department, have rescued an enormous amount of property from the ruins since our last notice of this tremendous fire. Among the property got out, under the superintendence of the above-named officials, were 800 bags of seeds, of various descriptions, consisting of fine rib grass, &c., 120 bags of canary seeds, 100 qrs. of tares, 90 bales of feathers have likewise been safely housed. Mr. Bennett has also got out from among the debris seven tons weight of other description of seeds. 2,000 firkins of butter have been rescued from the ruins. Four days have been spent in getting the bacon, lard, and hams out. From 400 to 500 bales of bacon have also been taken out of the ruins ; 60 casks of ham, 150 sacks of flour over the 200 pre viously reported a few days ago ; 707 bales of jute have likewise been extricated, but only 16 have yet been delivered. In addition to the canary seed above alluded .to 120 qrs. have been since got out. Men are still employed in a most dangerous descrip tion of work—viz., in pumping water outof the well, in order to get out 800 bundles of hides. The stench from this place is so great that ss. per hour is ob liged to be paid to the men for this work. Another 18 qrs. of wheat have been saved, but there still re main 300 qrs. to be delivered ; 80,000 qrs. of barley and 21,000 qrs. of oats have up to this time been saved, but 800 to 900 bags of rye grass have been destroyed, as well as an immense quantity of wheat seed. A large quantity of clover seed has likewise been consumed. £4OO worth of furniture has been saved belonging to Mr. Wright, and 1,400 pieces of valuable blankets; 50 or 60 chests of tea, and other valuable descriptions of merchandise have likewise been recovered, and safely housed in different ware houses in the metropolis. A very unfortunate ac cident took place in connexion with the fire ; a man named Edward Large, while employed erecting the great scaffolding for the use of the men to pull down the external walls, fell to the ground, and was ob liged to be removed to Guy's Hospital, where he remains in a very precarious state, and he has a wife and seven children at home in a state of utter destitution. In the old warehouse a tremendous quantity of oats, barley, and wheat have been re scued. In the West Kent Wharf, ground floor, wheat and oats have been saved to the number of some thousand quarters. In the back warehouse have been saved a vast quantity of maize, wheat, and oats. In the second floor a great deal of fine wheat has been recovered, as well as some hundred quarters of oats. In the same part of the building eight sacks of red clover seeds were packed away and sold on Monday by Mr. Hodsell, and 24 sacks of grass seeds ; 48 sacks of red clover seeds were also taken from the first floor. In Montague-close o 4 bales of rye grass were taken out and 40 sacks of tares. AN UNCLE ANL BIS NIECES. A scene of a most remarkable nature, partaking as much of the serious as of the ludicrous, and not a little of both, occurred at Granton on Saturday evening last, some short time before the departure of the 7.20 train to Edinburgh. In the course of the evening two well-dressed and respectable look • ing ladies arrived at Granton in company with a gentleman who was evidently considerably the worse of drink. They entered a house together, where it is said they had some stimulants. They conducted themselves, however, with the utmost propriety, no suspicion being attached to the con duct or motives of either; they were, in fact, about to leave, when it was discovered that the gentleman had a considerably well-filled pocket of bank-notes, and that the elder of the young ladies appeared to be particularly solicitous as to how she could got " her uncle to the train safely with so much money in his possession." Doubts were immediately in the minds of some present as to whether " the uncle" might not be in this case, as in many others, a vic tim to the over-zealous attention of his " nieces." These doubts were at once resolved by the appear ance of a Herculean-looking carter or porter, who seemed to know the gentleman and those in his charge, the former well, as was evidenced by im mediate and undoubted recognition ; the latter in such a way as to justify him in at once ordering them to move off. The " nieces" insisted on their right to look after their " uncle," and charged the carter, as he may be called, with five or six other men who had just come up, with an intention to rob him. The carter, on the other band, with those in his com pany, all of whom seemed to know him, insisted that the nieces were females of questionable character be longing to Leith or Edinburgh, and that their object was to deprive " the uncle" of his pocket book. In a few minutes a considerable crowd col lected, and a desperate scuffle took place as to who should have charge of the gentleman. While the battle raged " fast and furious," it became all the more clear that the porters and people were right, and "the nieces" wrong; nevertheless, the ladies fought like heroines, again and again secured their victim, and probably would not have left him, had not a huge porter or dock labourer-0 horror of horrors ! how shall it be stated, or how can it be believed ? finding all ordinary efforts of pushing back and driving forward the most obstreperous of the females utterly unavailing, laid her as coolly and easily over his knee as he would do a four-year old child, and there and then, amid roars of laughter and " Serve her right," administered a castigation such as only the naughtiest children are accustomed to receive. The effect was marvel lous. The fiendish excitement of the brain seemed all at once to be transferred to another department of Vie system ; the outraged female ran off in hot haste to the police barracks to secure the assistance of which she stood in need ; and her sister, or associate, under threats that if she did not move off as quickly, she would be " skelped too," followed her as rapidly as she could. On their return with the police, they gave in charge several persons, who were not taken up, and finding the train in waiting, they bolted off, leaving the gentleman with the parcel of bank notes in the safe keeping of his friends.— Z:aledonian Mercury. [ADVERTISEMENT.) Pills and medicine invariably ag gravate and perpetuate diseases ; their annoyance , dis appointment, and expense may be avoided by persons in indifferent health sending only their address to E. S. Barry, Esq., 77, Regent-street, W., London , and t he y will receive gratis and free by post the " INVALIDS' OWN GUIDE," or Natural Restorer, without medicine or ex pense, of perfect digestion, strong nerves, sound lungs, and refreshing sleep, to the most enfeebled, insuring the removal of indigestion (dyspepsia), constipation, liver complaints, nausea, epilepsy, paralysis, debility, nervousness, palpitation, cough, asthma, consumption, dropsy, flatulency, diarrhoea, dysentery, biliousness, fevers, sore throats, catarrhs, colds noises in the ears, rheumatism, gout, impurities, eruptions, hysteria, neuralgia, irritability, sleeplessness, acidity, palps, tation, heartburn, headache, despondency, cramps, spasmi sinking, fits, renchitis,—" Unquestionably the oafgat Guide, to health.'? TEE CIIAMPIeNSEIP OF 2 WE THAMBS. An event of much interest to the admirers of aquatic sports came off yesterday. A grand scull ing mulch for the championship of the Thames took plixe between t experienced boatmen llama]. Chambers and White. Chambers, a Newcastle upon-Tyne man, about a twelvemonth ago success fully contested the championship of the Thames with Henry Kelly, one of the best men on the river. Since then he has enjoyed his proud pre eminence on the usual condition that he should hold himself open to accept the challenge of all corners who may think that by their superior strength and dexterity they can assert a better title to it. It was felt to be only due to the repu tation of London that the stranger who had thus carried off the distinction so much coveted by its watermen should at least not be suffered by them to wear his laurels uncontested. Hence the com petition of yesterday, on which was staked in addi tion to the honorary guerdon which may be termed the blue riband of the river, the more substantial prize of £4OO in hard cash. A reward so great and so tempting might well provoke a keen struggle and stout rivalry; and those who had handsomely subscribed to offer it naturally looked for a splen did exhibition of aquatic prowess and skill. How far this anticipation was realized will presently be seen. The men were to test each other's prowess in the handling of those fragile wager boats which excite the wonderment of unsophisticated country cousins on their first voyage above Westminster-bridge ; and the race was to extend from a point near Put ney-bridge to the " Ship" at Mortlake, a distance of some 41 miles. The match was fixed for 4 o'clock, long before which hour, notwithstanding the very unfavourable state of the weather, the banks of the Thames in the vicinityof the starting place swarmed with eager spectators of both sexes, while the river itself was almoit literally alive with steamboats and every description of smaller craft. Putney bridge, too, was covered with a dense concourse, which gave much additional animation to the scene, and made even that most hideous and unsightly of structures look picturesque. Expectation was at its height when at 4 o'clock the competitors presented themselves in their wager boats, stripped, as it is termed, "to the buff," i.e., from head to waist, and their appearance was the signal for enthusiastic cheers from their respective supporters. The men looked fine, healthy, and muscular fellows, pretty equally matched in point of age and weight. Each competitor had an eight-oared galley in attendance upon him, besides a river steamboat to accompany him throughout the race. Before the race began the betting . was 6 to 4 (and during the contest 3 and 4 to 1) in favour of Cham bers. At the appointed signal, it being then near high water, the men started in gallant style, and all was indescribable bustle and excitement. At the outset White seemed to use his sculls more swiftly than his opponent, and gained a trifling and mo mentary advantage. Up to the end of the first quar ter of a mile there was hardly any perceptible dif-, ference between them. Soon, however, the superior ease and vigour of Chambers's rowing sent him ahead of his antagonist, and the strength and neat ness of his strokes were the theme of general com mendation. At a distance of 400 yards from the starting post the Newcastle man had the decided advantage, which he managed steadily to increase, and though White evidently laboured hard to con tinue the struggle, and put on an occasional " spurt," his backers began to have serious misgivings." All this while a fleet of river steamboats, filled with the excited partisans of the rival oarsmen, was following close upon their track, warmly urging them to keep up the contest, and encourag ing them by their cheers. Indeed, so hotly was this chase pursued that the steamboats, now ahead and now abreast of each other, again and again came into rude collision, and at one time it seemed as if some fearful accident must iaevitably ensue. Strange to say, however, by dint of app aren t m i r acles of sea manship, nothing worse occurred than those dull bumps against each other's sides which Thames steamboats are as much made to receive as to carry their passengers. At this time Chambers, having taken the lead in the race, never for one moment allowed his opponent visibly to diminish his advan tage. After the first half mile had been completed the match was virtually at an end. Chambers was about a dozen boats' length ahead when he passed Hammersmith-bridge, where he was lustily cheered by the assembled thousands. The relative position of the two rowers was maintained with little or no variation through the remainder of the struggle, and when the gun announcing the arrival of the twice victorious Chambers at the goal was fired White was manfully but vainly labouring a dozen to 15 boats' length behind. The contest did not occupy more than 25 minutes. All Mortlake had turned out to see the termination of the match, and the weather having by this time cleared the spec tacle at this point was a brilliant one. The winner was vociferously applauded. Of course, the scene was not without its ludicrous incidents. The tide was unusually high, and many adventurous youths, in their eagerness to perch themselves on some " coigne of 'vantage," had nothing for it but to wade nearly up to their arm pits, with no inconsiderable chance of a worse fate in their endeavours to regain terra firma. While the main event of the day was proceeding, too, the equestrians, who lined the river's edge in great numbers, seemed to he running a companion race on their own account, their racecourse being neither exactly on the dry land nor in the water ; and their eccentric feats, inspired by an unhappy desire to emulate the speed of crack oarsmen •on their own element, in not a few instances brought the ambitious riders and unlucky bystanders to mani fest grief. FROM THE GAZETTE OF LAST EVENING, TREASURY CHAMBERS, WHITEHALL, AuG. 17. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal appointing the Right Hon. Edward John. Stanley, Baron Stanley of Alderley, to be Postmaster-General. FOREIGN-OFFICE, AUG. 31. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Reinhard Francksen, as Consul at Brisbane, New South Wales, for his Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Oldenburgh. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, SErr. 18. Royal Regiment of Horse Guards—Assistant-Surgeon John Crown Aguis, from the 3d Light Dragoons, to be Assistant-Surgeon,..vice Merin, promoted in the 2d Life Guards. let Dragoon Guards—Thomas Albert Quin, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Gore, promoted. 3d Light Dragoons—Peter Hubert Daly, Gent., to be Cor net, by purchase, vice Gore, promoted ; Assistant-Sur geon James Parr, from the Staff, to be Assistant-Sur geon, vice Agnis, appointed to the Royal Horse Guards. Gth Dragoons—Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas R. Crawley, frem the 15th Light Dragoons, to beLieutenant-Colonel, vice Wygram, who exchanges. 7th Light Dragoons—Francis Massy Drew, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice the Hon. A. W. E. M. Her bert, promoted ; John Lawrence, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Scrope, promoted. 11th Light Dragoons—John Cecil Russell, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Saunderson, promoted. 12th Light Dragoons—James Stevenson, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, in succe. , sion to Lieutenant James Henry Bourdieux Vaughan, who retires. 13th Light Dragoons—James Alexander Ford, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Bagenal, promoted. 15th Light Dragoons—Lieut.-Col. Frederick Wellington John FitaWygram, from the 6th Dragoons, to be Lieu tenant-Colonel, vice Crawley, who exchanges ; David Maxwell, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Ricardo, promoted. 18th Light Dragoons—William Owen Whiteside, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Filgate, promoted • Assis tant-Surgeon Robert Brown Forsyth-Brown, from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Collins, appointed to the Staff. Grenadier Guards—Lieutenant and Captain Wm. Earle to be Adjutant, vice Robert Anstruther, who resigns that appointment. 4th Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant Charles Thos. Wilson to be Captain, by purchase, vice Boehmer, who retires; Ensign Wm. Paul Bridson to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Wilson. 11th Foot—Lieutenant Francis W. Osborne to be Adju tant, vice Henry Joseph Webb, who resigns that ap pointment. 13th Foot—Ensign Dudley Thomas Presse to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Ruck, who retires ; Stephen Flower, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Presso. 22d Foot—Assistant- Surgeon Wm. Lige rt wood, M.D., from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Adriot, ap pointed to the Staff. 23d Foot—Louis James Wainwright Haddon, Gent., to be Ensign, Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Assian n ol— bypur s e t ha t-S eo purchase, u v r ie g eß n l aco lnry n e prouioted. 25th Thomas Sylvester, M.D., from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Beaufoy, placed upon half-pay. 40th Foot—Ensign Henry Swanson, from the 78th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Whelan, promoted. GOth Foot—Major Peter Burton Roe to be Lieutenant aofru t Clarke purchase T ybßoieTovey; yh Ensign,, Richardson vice n Colenel, by purchase, vice Brevet - Colonel Maurice G r iffin Dennis, C. 8., who retires , Captain and Bre ve t- Major Charles Alexander B. Gordon to be Major, by p ur • chase, vice Roe; Lieutenant William F. Carleton to be Captain, by purchase, vice Gordon; Ensign John Gus tavus Crosbie, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Carle ton; Robert Dalrymple E l phinstone, Gent., to be En sign, by purchase, vice Beadon, promoted ; Cecil J o h n Shepherd, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, v i ce Mar shall, promoted ; Thomas Henry Duncombe, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Crosbie; Lieutenant Wm. Grier Turlo to be Instructor of Musketry, vi ce N orthey, promoted. 64th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Edwin Parsonage, M.D., from tho Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeo n , v i ce Lundy, al)- o Harvey two t Lambertbh Jackson,eou tideceasede Lieutenant, purchase,e Man ning nant 79th Foot—Lieutenant Alexander Chas. Hughes Tovey to h rl St s ht we b: C s n i a t g e p a d t a t C i o n ha , t witho ß ut ay p e n n r h ch il, aiseG,envitce., t vice Richardson. UNATTACIII3D.—Major Thomas Wright Hudson, from the 39th Foot, to be L ieutenant-Colonel, without p u rchase. MED ICAL DEPARTMENT. Assistant-Surgeon John Joseph Adrien, from the 22 d Foot, to be Staff Assistant-Surge-on, vice L'i ger t wo od, ap pointed to the 22d Foot. Assistant-Surgeon Francis Collins, M.D., from the 18 th Light Dragoons, t o b e S taff Assis tant-Surgeon, vice For syth-Brown appointed to the 18th Light Dragoons. 4 . 1.5§3§t0411rge o.4Wikrd LOlll3 Lundy, from the 64th Foot, to be Staff' Assistant-Surgeon, vice Parsonage, ap pointed to the Glth Foot. be Staff- Staff Assistant-Surgeon Thomas William Fox, M. 8., to surgeon. BREVET. Brevet-Major Garnet Man, retired upon full-pay, from Captain of Companies of Gentlemen Cadets, Royal Military College, to be Li eutenant -Colonel in the Army, the rank being honorary only. Captain David 'Mortimer Murray, 64th Foot, to be Major in the Army. Captain John Palmer Caulfield, 4th Bengal European Regiment. Captain Henry Le Peer Trench, 35th Bengal Native In fantry. BANKRUPTS. Saving Lnelrcuck, livery-stable keeper, Liverpool-road, Ihlington, to surrender, Oct. 2, at two, and 30, at twelve, at the Court of Benkruptcy. Edward Clarke Walker, drysalter, Brewhouse-yard, St. John-street, Clerkenwell, Sept. 29, at eleven, and Nov. 1, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. William Pickford, merchant, Fenchurch-street, City, Oct. 2, at eleven, and 30, at one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. - Edward Morris Watson, linen draper, Tottenham-court road, Middlesex, Oct. 1, at two, and 26, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. George Haden Hickman and Alfred Hickman, Bilston, iron manufacturers, Oct. 12 and Nov. 2, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. William Tait, jeweller, Nottingham, Oct. 4 and 23, at eleven, at the Nottingham District Court. George Huntington, shoemaker, Suffolk-street, Borough, Oct. 1 and 29, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. George Brooke, ironmonger, Newport, - Oct. 1 and 26, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. John Nicholson, currier, Liverpool, Oct. 1 and 22, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Jurgen Moos shipbroker, Swansea, Glamorganshire, Oct. 1 and 22, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Joseph Edward Bloch, shipbroker, Liverpool, Oct. 1 and 22, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Thomas Pitcher, builder, South-street, Whitechapel road, Oct. 1, at one, and Nov. 5, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. William Reading, coach builder, Mortimer-street, Ca vendish-square, Oct. 1, at half-past one, and Nov. 5, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. SCOTCH BANkRUPTS. Rev. George Gordon, minister and farmer, Glenrinnes, Banffshire. _ John Comm, mason and builder, Kilsyth, Lanarkshire• Robert Gordon, farmer, Mains. Rhynie, Aberdeenshire. Robert M'Leod, jeweller, Glasgow. John Hamilton, baker, Kilbirnie, Ayrshire. COUNTRY MARXETB. LIVERPOOL-SEPT. 18. Thero was a large attendance of both millers and dealers at this morning's market, with an extensive consumptive de mand for wheat, which may be quoted at an advance of 2d to 3d per 1001bs on the week. Flour was at about late rates• Oats in moderate request, at lower prices. Oatmeal was at Friday's rates. Beans, peas, and barley remain without alteration. In Indian corn there was a good business done at fully is up in price. BRISTOL-SEpT. 18. A much better business passing in wheat to-day, with a fair attendance, and sales of foreign is per qr dearer. In oats no change. Barley 6d per qr higher. - LEEDS, SEI‘T. 18. An active business doing in the wheat trade to-day. Old wheats 2s higher on the week. New held for frlly former rates. Beans, oats, and other articles in favoia of the seller. NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYNE-SEPT. 17. At this corn market there was but a limited show •f wheat for the season, but the demand was butter, and prices were at fully late rates—white making 60s to 645, and red 59s to 625. The samples of barley shown were few, and prices irregular. Oats in small supply, and the turn dearer, from 29s to 34s per 24 stone. Beans made fiona 46s to 50s per qr. NORWICH CATTLE-SEPT. 15. The show of store cattle to-day was excellent, many lots being of superior condition and quality. Business on the whole was rather dull at lOs per head reduction on all 'breeds. At the close a large portion of the beasts remained unsold. Scots, 4s to 4s 6d ; shorthorns, 3s 6d to 4s 6d ; Irish, 31 to 4s 6d ; Devons, 4s Od to 4s el (estimated weight when fat). Fat beasts a small show, and sales consequently good, at 8s 6d to 9s Gdlper 141 b. Sheep—There was a good supply of sheep in the pent. Lambs, breeding ewes, and keeping sheep were It lower, and sales slow. _ _ _ Fat sheep, 8s 6d to 9s 6d per stone ; prime, Os to Os. Pigs—A fair supply. Store pigs, 25s to 30s ; fat pork 8s Od to 8s 6d per stone. THE MAILS. MAILS DUE. Australia, Ceylon, and Mauritius (via South ampton) .. .. Sept. H. Do. (via Marseilles) Oct. 13. Brazil and Cape Verds .. Oct. 5. Buenos Ayres, Monte Video, &c. .. Oct. 5. Bahamas and Havana (via New York).. .. Canada, &c. (via Galway) .. .. Sept. 22. Cape of Good Hope, &c. . .. Oct. 1. China, Penang, and Singapore . (via S'ampton) Sept. 18. Do. (via Marseilles) Sept. 26. Gibraltar (via Southampton) .. .. Sept. 18. India (Calcutta), Ceylon, &e. (via Southampton) Sept. 18. Do. (via Marseilles) Sept. 26. India (Bombay), (via Southampton) .. Sept. 25. Do. (via Marseilles) .. .. Sept. 19. Lisbon .. .. Sept. 21. Cuba and Mexic) .. Sept. 28. Malta, Egypt, and Aden (via Southampton).. Sept. 18. Do. (via Marseilles) .. Sept. 19. Vigo, and Oporto .. Sept. 21. United States, California, &a. .. Sept. 27. Western Coast of Atrica , Madeira, Teneriffe .. Overdue. West Indies and Pacific, Carthagena, Cuba, &o. Sept. 28. A HINT TO BORROWERS.—The following curious anecdote lately appeared in the Christian Mirror If the gentleman who borrowed the 4th volume of Macaulay'l ' History of England' for a fortnight, some two years since, is determined not to return it, he had better apply to ' J. R. T.,' Mirror office, for the three remaining volumes, which will render his set complete I"—Philadelphia .Pres byterian. Greyness, baldness, and other diseases of the Hair, their cause and remedy ;with " Hints on the Hair, its Care and Cul ture," by F. 31. 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Nevill's imitations are prohibited by . the high Court of Chancery under a penalty, of £5,000 against Alfred Hooper Nevill and his agents ' • and the pretences that Nevill has a patent for Arabica Food and that Du Barry's are connected with such patent are utterly false. No canister is genuine without the name Barry Du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street, in full, on theseal and wrapper. Shopkeepers who attempt imposition in one article must expect to be distrusted in all others. Packed in tins 11b. 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, Re.. gent-street, London; Fortnum Mason, and Co.; Abbas, 60, Gracechurch-street ; 4, Cheapside ; 63 and 160, Oz• ford-street ; 330 and 451, Strand ; 49 and 60, Bishopsgate• street ; Batty, 16, Finsbury Pavement ; Phillips and Co, tea.dealers ; Petty, Weed, and C o., King William-street, City ; at 127, High Holborn ; an d all grocers. BIRTHS. BASTARD.—On the 16th inst,, at Buckland Court, burton, Devon, the wife of the Rev. Wm. P. Bastard, of a daughter. HARRISON.—On the 17th inst., at Lawrie•park, Syden ham, the wif e o f C . Harri son,Esq., of a 8011. HIGGINS.—On the 16th inst., at Riverdale, Hampton, the wife of Warner C. Higgins, Esq., of a son. MARRIAGES. CECIL - -SCOTT.-6; the 18th inst., at St. George's, Han over square, Captain Lord Eustace Gascoyne Cecil, Cold stream Guards, third son of the M a rq uis of Salisbury, to Lady G er t ru d e Louisa Scott, fourth daughter of the late and sister of the present Earl of Eldon. RADCLIFFE—PICKFORD.—On the 13th inst., at Hag worthingharn, Lincolnshire, Arthur R. St. C. R a d c liff e , third son of Sir Joseph Radcliffe, Bart., of Rudding park, to Goorgiana, third daughter of the Roy. F. Pick ford, rector of Hagworthingbam. DEATHS. ANDERSON.—On the 16th inst., at St. Germaine, East Lo thian, David Murray Anderson, the eldest son of David Anderson, Esq . , aged 26. DAviEs.—On the 16th inst., at Deptf or d, Mi ss J. D av ies, aged 73. -GARDNER —On the 14 th inst., at Str a thp e ff er , Inverness shire, Captain W. Gardner, only child of Wm. Gardner, Esq. , o f 11, Sussex-gard ene, H yde-park, London, aged 32. KILNEn.—On the 16th inst., Richard Kilner, formerly of York, aged 91. MoNsLow.—On the 15th hist at 130, Cheapside, Mr. J. Munslovr, aged 75, Rica.—On the 17th inst., at Bath, the Rev. Henry Rice, rector of Great Holland, Essex, aged 34. TURNER.—At Ohudleigh, Devon, Margaret, eldest daugh ter of Lieut.-General_Turner, R.A. LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Aloe, No. 112, #* Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the oounti of iiiitl4lo6o, Wednesday, September 19, 1860. • ~..