The Sun. — London, England, 1860-11-12 00:00:00

211. E NAVY TILE ARMY. The crews of her Majesty's ships on the home station have started a subscription, which is to extend throughout the navy, for the purpose of erecting a monument to the memory of the late Sir Charles Napier. The movement originated on board the Excellent and the Cambridge, the gunnery ships at Portsmouth and Devonport, on the receipt of the news of Sir Charles's decease, and has since been warmly taken up by the other vessels in port, under the sanction of the respective commanding officers. It is, however, quite a spontaneous offer ing on the part of the men, and was simultaneously agreed to on board the Excellent and Cambridge, without any previous consultation or understand ing. A committee has been formed temporarily on board the Excellent, composed of the petty officers and non-commissioned officers of the Royal Ma rine Artillery and Marines, who will forward sub scription lists to every ship in commission, whether at home or abroad. In their circular accompany ing the lists they state that— " The seamen, Marine Artillery, and Marines of her Majesty's navy, having heard with deep regret of the decease of Admiral Sir Charles Napier, and bearing in mind his untiring energy in promoting their welfare, both on shore and afloat, are there fore desirous of raising a subscription to enable them to erect a public monument at Portsmouth in testimony of their gratitude for the many benefits his able advocacy has been the means of obtaining for them." His Royal Highness the General Commanding in-Chief is shortly expected to visit Harwich for the purpose of inspecting the fortifications at that port and at Landguard Fort. The Local Volunteer Artillery corps will attend his Royal Highness as a guard of honour on the •ccasion. One of the artisans employed in the wheelers branch, Royal carriage department of Woolwich' Arsenal, has published an exceedingly commend able work, under the title of " Chips from the Block," being a summary of intelligent and useful information to working men of his class. Although closely engaged at his daily employment from six in the morning to six in the evening, he has succeeded in writing and bringing through the press a book which cannot fail in being exten sively circulated among those for whose benefit and instruction it was compelled. The work is dedicated to Col. Tulloh, superintendent of the department, who, having consented to forward a copy for the inspection and:approval of the:Queen, last week re ceived the following reply : " Windsor Castle, Oct. 28. " My dear Tulloh,—l have had the honour to present to her Majesty the Queen Mr. Knell's book , which seems to be written in an excellent spirit, and to be full of practical good sense. I have re ceived, her Majesty's commands to request that you will present him with the enclosed cheque for £lO, in token of her Majesty's approbation of his praise worthy occupation of his time.—Sincerely yours, " C. B. PHIPPS." The paymasters of the different ships are respect fully requested to forward the amount of the sums subscribed to Messrs. Grants and Co., bankers, High-street, Portsmouth, who have kindly con sented to act as treasurers to the " Napier Testi monial Fund." The Board of Admiralty having decided on effect ing several important improvements at Chatham dockyard, and making considerable additions to that establishment, application will be made to Parliament early in the ensuing session for powers to make the extensions and improvements•contem plated, the usual official notices of which have already been given. The chief improvements intended in clude the taking in of a considerable portion of land on the eastern side of the dockyard at St. Mary's island, the whole of which will be embanked, and the extensive area thus gained converted into docks and basins for the reception of the steam reserve. The navigable branch •ef the Medway known as St. Mary's creek, being found to interfere with the con templated improvements, powers will be sought to stop up the channel at both ends thereof, by which means additional space will be gained. The ferries across the Medway from Princes-bridge will be abolished, and the several wharves on the banks of the river which will interfere with the proposed dockyard extension will be taken possession of by the Admiralty. It has also been determined to ex tend the dockyard on the Brampton side, which will necessitate the removal of a great deal of private property, and certain of the roads being diverted. The Act conferring extensive powers upon the city of Rochester (2 George 11., cap. 19), so far as the management of the river Medway is concerned, will be altered and amended, in order to enable the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to carry out the improvements intended. The works, from their great magnitude, are likely to occupy several years, but a considerable portion will be undertaken by convicts, of whom there are upwards of 1,000 always employed upon the public works at Chatham. As soon as the whole of the alterations and improve ments intended have been completed the dockyard at Chatham will be the most commodious of any of the Royal naval establishments. The Osborne Admiralty yacht, Master Comman der G. K. Bower, is expected to leave Portsmouth or. Wednesday next, for Antwerp, where she will be placed at the disposal of the Empress of Austria. The Geyser arrived at Portsmouth on Saturday from Sheerness, and proceeded into harbour to fill up with coal. It is reported that the division of the Channel fleet now at Portsmouth, under the command of Rear-Admiral Erskine, will remain at that port until about the 7th of Sanitary next. The Government commission re-appointed in re lation to the expenditure of the national arsenals commence duty to-day, in the office of the Admiral• Superintendent of the Devoaport Dockyard. Spe cial attention will, it is understood, be directed to the cost of maintaining the machinery and engine department of the steamyard at Keyhom. A letter received at Plymouth from the screw steamship Ctesat, 90, Capt. T. 11. Mason, dated Malta. October 19, states that the Coesar, the St. Jean d'Acre, and the James Watt were preparing to sail for Corfu, whore they will remain for three or four months, and then proceed to the Roman States. The screw steamship Euryalus, 51, Capt. Tarle ton, Cal., from the Cape of Good Hope and the coast of Africa, which landed his Royal Highness Prince Alfred at Plymouth on Friday, left the Sound under steam on Saturday afternoon for Portsmouth, where her crew will be paid off. In the Channel she used her canvas only. When the Euryalus left the Cape her dates of arrival at the various points of call were planned, and by consi derable exertion they were maintained. She reached Plymouth on the day indicated, the 9th of Novem ber. The frigate will require considerable repair. The screw steam sloop Petrel, 11, christened by Miss Jane Alice Brown, daughter of the Master Attendant, was launched on Saturday afternoon from the Devonport Dockyard. Her dimensions are—Length between the perpendiculars, 160 feet; length of keel for tonnage, 139 feet 10 inches; breadth extreme, 30 feet 31 inches ; breadth for tonnage, 29 feet 11 1 ; inches ; breadth moulded, 29 feet 51 inches ; depth in hold, 15 feet 11 inches ; burden in tons, 669 33-94 ; horses' power, 150. The Petrel was constructed under the directions of Mr. Peake, master builder, by Mr. Carter, foreman of the yard. She is sister ship to the Pataloon, re cently launched at Devonport. This (Monday) afternoon, Miss Nelly Brown will christen the mooring lighter Nelly, No. 8. Her slips run into the mast pond, which is too limited in size to admit of her being launched in the ordinary way. Round the Nelly slings of 15in. rope are fastened, having Inside them, on the most prominent parts, fenders to protect the sides from injury. To these slings will be fitted, one on each bow, two treble block t eakles fastened in the masthouse tohollards, which have been strengthened for the occasion. Nine inch rope s are run through the blocks, and by them the l i ghter, whiff burdens about 160 tons, will be gently lowered in the pond. The screw steamship Desperate, 8, Commander T. F. Ross, at Plymouth, Captain Lord F, was inspected on Saturday Kerr, of the flagship Impreg nable. The crew were paid down the same day, pre paratory to her sailing West Indies. ing for her destination—the The screw steam frigate Emerald, 51, Captain A. Cumming, having emb arke( i . men m left behind from the squadron, sailed from Plymouth Tagus. The on Fri day afternoon under canvas f or the aus . The paddlewheel steam sloopGordobn, 6, Com mander B. C. Pim, from Portsmouth , which as al ready stated in .7 he Sun, arri ve d i n Plymo, h on Friday for the purpo se of to w i ng the mooring br' Swift to the Cape of Good Hope, was, inconsequence of the continued strong winds from the eastward, despatched immediately into the Channel to look out for the screw steamship Hero, 91, Commander G. H. Seymour, C.R., which left New York on the 20th ult., with ILR.H. the Prince of Wales, f or England. The contract-built gun-vessel Speedy, 1, at Ply rnoath, is to he Mastel and fitted for the first divi sion of the steam ordinary. The undermentioned communication was like wise received, on Saturday, from the War Depart ment, on the same subject War-office, Pall-Mall, S.W., Nov. 9. "Dear Col. Tulloh,—Sir Benjamin Hawes desires me to send you the accompanying parcel, and to ask you to be so kind as to present to Knell the books which it contains.—Yours faithfully, " Col. Tulloh, &c. " J. W. COOPER." The parcel contained Dr. Andrew Ure's sth edi tion of the "Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, Bcc." elegantly bound in three quarto volumes, and illus trated with 2,000 engravings. The fly leaf bears the subjoined testimonial, written by Sir Benjamin Hawes, Under Secretary of State for War : " The gift of Sir Benjamin Hawes to Henry Thomas Knell, in acknowledgment of the pleasure he has received from reading his essay on social science.—Nov. 9, 1860." Assistant-Surgeon Scott having reported his arrival at the camp at Colchester, has been attached to the 10th Battalion. Assistant-Commissary- General Ward has taken charge of that department of the camp, Assistant-Commissary-General Marsh having proceeded to the Curragh. The Northamptonshire and Rutland regiments of militia are to be amalgamated, and will hence ' forth form one battalion. It will consist of the usual number of officers and 1,083 privates. 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On Saturday a shooting match between the members of the Hampstead (3d Middlesex) Volun teer Rifles came off at the practice-ground belong ing to the corps at Childs-hill, Hampstead. The prizes to be shot for consisted cf a Whitworth rifle given by Mr. Hoare, and a silver challenge medal given by the officer commanding ; the medal to be held until the conclusion of the class shooting next year, when it will pass to the member who has made the highest score in such shooting, and if gained by the same member for two years succes sively it will become the property of such member. The last prize was a Lancaster rifle given by En sign Holford and a sum of money to the next best shots. The first prize (the Whitworth rifle) was won by Private Donne, who made 14 points ; Cor poral Alexander also scored 14. The tie, on being shot off, resulted in favour of Donne ; Alexander, as the next best shot, was presented with three guineas. The second prize was won by Private Field, who scored 15. This prize was also tied for by Private Field, Corporal Alexander, and Private G. Scott. Alexander, who scored 13, was presented with three guineas. The third prize was won by Private G. Scott. The money prize of three guineas was tied for by Corporal Poller and Private Sharp, Poller king the winner. On Friday evening, at a general parade of the 27th Corps (Deptford Dock and Victualling Yards), Kent Rifle Volunteers, the following newly-ap pointed officers read their commissions—viz., Cap tain Fincham, Lieutenant Stubbin g, Ensign Brown, and Ensign. Sturgess. Captain Fincham (Master Shipwright of the dockyard) congratulated the corps on the reputation it had acquired for efficiency in the battalion drill, and expressed the sense of honour he felt in taking command of a company. He said that the artisans composing the corps might well feel proud of the patriotic cause they had taken in hand, and he thought it highly creditable to them that after the fatigue of a hard day's work they should be content during the evening to go through a laborious drill, with a view of becoming efficient defenders of their country, should any dare to invade it. On Friday next the following corps of the Ist Battalion Kent Rifle Volunteers, 7th, 13th, 21st, 25th, 27th, 28th, and 34th, will assemble on the Parade, at the Royal Victoria-yard, Deptford, for inspection by Colonel Luard, Assistant•luspector of Volunteers. The Wtst Middlesex Rifles mustered in consider able force on Saturday afternoon at Portman barracks, Oxford-street, and proceeded thence to Hyde Park, where they were inspected by Colonel M'Murdo, who complimented them upon the state of efficiency to which they had attained. The ground was kept during the inspection by the South Mid dlesex Volunteers. The 22d Surrey Rifles made their first appearance in public on Saturday, under the command of Captain Hinxman, M.D. Having assembled at head-quarters (55, Westminster-bridge-road), they marched to Clapham-common. Afrer being put through various evolutions they returned, highly satisfied with the day's proceedings. The 22d Surrey is composed chiefly of workmen, and has been accepted by Government. The cost of uniform being moderate, and the subscription merely nominal, a large increase in their numbers may be expected. The Earl of Hardwicke, Lord-Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire; reviewed the Cambridgeshire or Ely Rifle Volunteers on Wednesday last, in a large field near the Littleport-road. The corps having gone through an hour's manceuvres and concluded with skirmishing and firing three volleys, his Lord ship addressed it in complimentary terms, remark ing that the universal feeling in respect to this movement was one of great encouragement to the Volunteers. That feeling was one of thankfulness, and by the step which they had been pleased to take they had given a sense of security to the fire sides of the country which did not exist 12 months ago. At a dinner which took place after the review the noble earl, in acknowledging the toast of his health, said of what he had seen that day, and what he had seen in other places in the country, he would only remark that such was the character of the various corps that they were eminently worthy of the imitation of any corps in the united kingdom. They must next turn their minds, not only to dis cipline and duty, but as to the mode in which, if called upon, they were equipped to take the field. If such a calamity were to arise it would be a sudden call; there would be little or no notice. The re soured; of other nations in Europe were such that no notice would be given in the event of a descent upon these shores. Should this occur, they would be at once called upon to rush to the railways, and What comforts were they supplied with ? T hey had no k napsacks, no greatcoats, and without th ese t h eir position would b e extremely miserable ind ee d. They linen, combs, brushes, and wo other e l q i tutilee a a a change fa rts ; of a greatcoat was an absolute necessity, and he should recommend it, with a knapsack, a ian • ckintosh cloth coat, which, if properly cut, would well wrap them round, and in which they could sleep on the ground in defiance of cold and rheumatism. The Volun teers had undertaken a noble duty, and nothing connected with it should be half done. Their to the present time were next t o equipments up useless. He should take en early opportunity of adopting the prope r steps for making her Majesty had seen, and be should acquainted with what he likewise take advantage of the position in which he was placed of putting all the county corps into one battalion under the command of an adjutant and paid offieer of the Crown. In the course of the day a silver bugle, subscribed for by the ladies of Ely, was presented to the corps. The volunteer movement is spreading in the borough of Leeds. A good number of riflemen and artillerymen have been enrolled, including all classes , of the people, and efforts are being made to increase the number, especially by enrolling persons in the suburban parts of the borough. In furtherance of this object a well-attended public meeting was held at Kirkstall, on Thursday evening last, Mr. G. S. B M.P., in the chair, who, in the course of his ee speechrof in opening the proceedings said—" I ven turec to think that English patriotism, so far from retrograding, outshines even that of our heroic forefathers. It was the sublime motto of yoffmerasn h t i o m d s e o lf h w is il d li u n t g y l . y " folrVthh e e n service the valiant and immortal Nelson that " England c sh o me u v n aen t r ry there is no longer room for this ex eEoxfnphgeilcsits pectation. We are not conscripts, but Volunteers (Cheers.) We are prepared for contingencies and the march of events, able and resolved to take care of oureelves and hold our own, and if any rash adventurer should dare to pop the question of an nexation we are ready primed to pop the answer, and with our rifles to our shoulders once more to prove before the world that Britons never will be slaves.' " (Cheers.) The following resolution, on the motion of Dr. Whittaker, seconded by Captain Chamberlain, of the Ist West York (Leeds) Volun teer Artillery, was adopted unanimously : "In the present agitated state of Europe it is requisite that we should employ all available means for resisting any aggression upon our trade, our commerce, or our native shores ; and the most cer tain, and at the same time most economical rceans of securing peace, is the encouragement of the Vo lunteer movement, and in furtherance of that ob ject—namely, the extension and encouragement of the Yolunteer movement—we pledge ourselves to use our utmost endeavours to promote the forma tion of a Volunteer corps for Kirkstall and the sur rounding district." A committee was appointed to carry this resolution into effect. It was resolved that the company to be formed should be artillery, and upwards of 50 " good men and true" gave in their names as Volun teers before the meeting broke up. Notwithstanding the lateness of the season a good deal of activity continues to be displayed in connexion with the movement in Suffolk. Ano ther shooting match has taken place at Finba rough-park, near Stowmarket, among the members of the 6th Suffolk corps, the first prize (a rifle given by Sergeant-Armourer Colson) having been won by Private Oxer, who scored 19 points; ~the second by Sergeant Matthew, 16 points; and the third by Corporal Matthew, 14 points. The ranges were 200,300, and 400 yards, and the shoot ing was, on the whole, very creditable. A public meeting has been held in the Bungay Corn Ex change to increase the interest felt in the movement in that neighbourhood, and 25 additional men have been obtained for the local corps. Colonel Shafto Adair has offered £lOO towards the cost of equip ping an extra number of men, and a committee have decided to pay half the cost of clothing for those who cannot afford to purchase the whole. On Saturday afternoon a meeting was held at Norwich—Colonel Brett, commandant of the Nor wich battalion, in the chair—to consider the pro priety of organising a mounted corps in Norfolk. Captain Hay Gurney stated that he had ascertained that the opinion of the Government on the subject of mounted Volunteers was that they should be treated, not as cavalry, but as mounted infantry. It was considered that cavalry were of no use unless there were large and very highly-trained bodies of them ; it was not likely that Volunteers would be come thus highly trained, but it was thought that if expert riflemen could be moved quickly from place to Place they might become extremely serviceable. Thus mounted Volunteers would not be required to fire from their horses, but they would have to dismount and skirmish on foot. It was suggested that the most suitable weapon would be a Westly Richards' breech-loading carbine, cost ing £8 89., and the whole expense of the outfit was estimated at £l5 per man, exclusive of a cloak, which would be 30s. to .50s. more. Captain Gur ney stated that he thought from what had been said by the Deputy-Assistant•Adjutant-General that the Government would allow sabres. A committee of five gentlemen was appointed to make the neces sary arrangements for the organisation of the pro posed corps, if the project receives sufficient sup. port. The members for King's Lynn—Lord Stanley and Mr. S. IL Gurney—having offered three cups for competition among the Volunteers of the town, a contest took place in the course of last week. The value of the first cup was £2O, the second £lO, and third £5 ; and the successful competitors were Privates Agger, Potter, and Elliot. The ranges were two shots at 200 yards, two at 300 yards, three at 500 yards, and three at 000 yards ; and the highest number of points made by any of the 40 competitors was 11. On Thursday afternoon the Ist Company of Worcester Volunteers was inspected at Worcester by Lieutenant-Colonel Scobell, colonel of the bat talion. The colonel on arriving on the ground was received by the officers and men presenting arms. He then made ascareful inspection of the company, after which the men were put through various evo lutions by Captain M'Leod, the whole of which were executed in a manner which showed how much attention had been given to their exercises. At the close of the evolutions Colonel Scobell ad dressed the company, complimenting them on their manly and soldierlike bearing, and expressing a hope that they would all meet next spring for firing practice. TILE DIPLOMATIC DISPUTE IVITII PARAGUAY. The Paris journal Le Pays, of Nov. 5, contains a long article on the differences existing between this country and the Republic of Paraguay, in which, after recapitulating the opinions lately expressed by the leading English jour nals, it expresses a hope that Senor Calve, the Paraguayan Minister, will be permitted to plead his cause personally, a favour which the English Government, up to this moment, has refused him, thereby presenting a rnarked contrast to his recognition, with so much empressement, at the Court of tho Tuileries. It doubts not that the English Cabinet will follow some such precedent as that adopted by the United States in a somewhat similar matter, namely, the claim of Mr. Hopkinson, the American consul at Ascension, against the Paraguayan Government. A mixed commission was appointed, which carefully investigated the claims, and de cided in favour of Paraguay, the demands of Hopkinson and his associates having been shown to be entirely without foundation. That decision, continues Le Pays, affords a gratifying instance of a strong Government protecting one of loss strength, and it lays stress on the notable fact, that in the difference between Paraguay and the United States the parties were of each nation, whilst in the differ ence between England and Paraguay the claimant, Santiago Coustall, is only the son of a pretended English or Belgian subject, though a naturalised Monte Videan, and has un doubtedly conspired against the life of the Paraguay Presi dent. These views of the justice of the Paraguayan cause are, it is observed, endorsed and affirmed by an eminent English jurisconsult, Dr.Phillimore, of the Admiralty Court, whose opinion being opposed to the view taken by the Eng • lish Government, must be regarded as strictly impartial. The French writer notices the great interest which both countries have in a peaceful solution of the difference, and is confident that the present misunderstanding will not be of long continuance. Reference is made to the recent an p7ara.nce of a volume, containing all the official documents relating to the mediation of Paraguay between Buenos Ayres and the Argentine Confederation, the success of which was mainly owing to the efforts made by General Lopez (sea of the Paraguayan President), a man of energy and of enlarged discernment, as well as of the strongeet patriotic impulses. The Parisian journalist is impressed with the rapid growth of Paraguay, which has sprung into national existence within a comparatively recent period, and now holds an honourable place in the hierarchy of nations. As his excuse for calling the atten tion of the French public to the suisject, ha remarks the flourishing condition of Paraguay, and considers it a mate rial guarantee for a prosperous future throughout that re gion, and for increasing commercial relations between France and all the States of La Flat The writer concludes with . ,e. a strong encomium on the capacity and conciliatory de meanour of Senor Don C. Calvo, the Paraguayan plenipo tentiary. who appears to have created a most favourable im pression in all French circles, and to have begotten an earnest hope that his mission to Europe, especially to Eng land, may be crowned by the results which he was so well warranted in anticipating. A DEMOCR. TICULTIES. The city of Edinburgh is, as the world knows, vexed with a direct tax for the support of the Esta blished clergy. Last session an act was passed which reduced the tax one-half, slightly altered its incidence, laid a ld. rate on the suburban districts, and imposed pretty stringent conditions for raising the tax and securing the payment of the stipends. Forgetful of the great point gained in the modifica tion of the tax, and looking only to the ma chinery for collecting the tax, and the strict terms of the bonds, which transfer the city's whole available property to the Ecclesiastical Commis sion as security for the clergy, the Radical party have raised an outcry against the tax, quite as violent as any with which the unfortune rate has been received during its existence of 200 years. Ratepayers by the hundred came forward and pro fessed their determination not to pay, and a party in the council have just failed in a bold attempt to prevent the council from executing the bonds re quired by the statute. • The propriety of obedience or disobedience to the law has actually been made a public question, and the most revolutionary doc trines have been broached as to the rights of citi zens to resist the taxgatherer. At the municipal elections last week one of the wards returned a councillor knowing he would not act, and in the expectation that, by preventing the council from being in time completed, the bonds, which the statute required should be executed before the 11th of November, could not be signed. The mere at tempt created no little sensation in the town, for, had it succeeded, the character of the municipality would have been once more compromised by the repudiation of statutory obligations. The question of the signing of the bonds tame before the Town Council at its meeting on Friday, and a few ex tracts from its proceedings may serve to illustrate the extraordinary controversy which now disturbs the Scotch metropolis. The Lord Provost presided, and all the existing councillors were present, num bering 39, there being two vacancies, owing to the sham election by one ward and the return of a disqualified candidate by another. The small por tion of the chamber allotted to the public was crowded to excess, and chiefly by malcontent rate payers. The opinion was read of Mr. George Young, advocate, who advised the Lord Provost and coun cil that they might lawfully proceed to business, although the council might not be completed in consequence of parties elected declining to accept, and that the council was never for a day disqualified for the performance of the duties. The LORD PROVOST accordingly moved—That the council proceed to.business ; and Bailie GEORGE RUSSELL - moved—That the council not being full, was ille gally called, and no business could be legally transacted. The amendment was lost by 21 to 14. Bailie JOHNSTON, in a lengthened speech pro posed the adoption of a protest against the Act, which, " though clothed with the sanction of law, is a violation of the rights which by the constitu tion belong to all corporate and private property ;" but at the same time moved " That the Lord Provost, treasurer, and clerk be authorized to execute the bonds in terms of the statute," holding that the case did not involve a question of conscience, nor justify resort to a revolutionary resistance to the law. Bailie FORIIESTER contended that they were bound as dutiful and loyal subjects to give obedience to the Act of Parliament. (" Oh, oh !" and hisses from the audience.) He therefore moved simply " That the bonds be executed in terms of the statute." The Dean of GUILD pointed out the fact that the arrangement embodied in the Act, which reduced the number of clergy from 18 to 13, and guaranteed them £6OO a-year, had not been objected to in the discussions on the bill ; yet now, when it was ne cessary to sign these bonds in order to carry the arrangement into effect, all this agitation and dis turbance was got up, which he thought was both inconsistent and uncalled for. (" Oh !" and a laugh.) It was known that a former dereliction of duty on the part of the council had brought on them vet y heavy penalties They attempted to divert some money from its proper object; they atempted to misappropriate the money of Trinity College Church, which was the cause of their losing the patronage of the University. (" Oh ! oh !") He was satisfied, if this excitement were continued, and if this attempt to subvert the laws of the land were insisted on, they would meet with the same reward again. They would lose the patronage of the city churches, and even their municipal institutions would be at stake. Were the supporters of this Act, he asked, to be browbeaten by men at every corner, and treated as if they were robbers ? (Hisses, and a voice, "So you are !") He altogether condemned this agita tion and those who pt it up. (Hisses, and a voice, Oh yes, we'll keep it up.") Mr. FORD moved "That the council do not au thorize the signing of the bonds." He was as loyal a subject as Bailie Forrester; but when he found a law crammed down his throat in the way this had been, then he took a leaf out of history, and would take every means to resist it. (Applause outside.) They had had a good many quotations from learned men. He was not much acquainted with the classics. He did not know very much about the history of his own country ; the more shame to him. But he thought he had read that there was once a law instituted called " ship money." It was only a penny, he believed, but there was a man in Eng land who resisted it. He did not protest against it, but he would not pay. (Applause outside the bar.) , Mr. MaeKNIGHT—It was not an Act of Parlia ment. Mr. FORD—What was it then ? It was an act of some kind at any rate. (Laughter.) Bailie JOIINSTON—Oh ! you're out of history. Mr. FORD—It was a very common-sense way he took, at any rate, to get quit of a very unjust law. Mr. MACKNIGHT—It was not a law. Mr. FORD—What was it, then ? Mr. MACKNIGHT—It was a Royal ordinance. Mr. FORD—WeII, this is a Parliamentary ordi nance, and we protest against it—almost the whole citizens protest against it. (Cries of "No," and cheers outside.) Professor DICK (Veterinary College) pointed out that there was no penalty for non-signature, and asked why should they needlessly put their neck into the noose? Mr. HILL said the securities would be inopera tive so long as the stipends were paid. The bonds were required by Parliament to be delivered ; the order for this was absolute and imperative, and nothing but an act of perverse rebellion and dis obedience could stand in the way of their compli ance, which, if they were guilty of, they might rest assured, would be visited by a just and righteous retribution. (" Oh !" " Hear !" and hissing outside.) If they refused to do their duty they brought upon themselves the very evil they conjured up—the con fiscation of the city's property—and exhibited them selves to Parliament and the public as disobedient and disloyal subjects, and very unworthy to hold their places there. There was a duty incum bent on every one here, and more especially on every magistrate, to obey the law himself, and to see that it was obeyed by others in its spirit and integrity, even though it might not be in conso nance with his own ideas of equity and justice. (Hissing outside.) Mr. MACICNIGNT said it had been asked what was the penalty of disobedience in this case ? Now, he said distinctly that the man who refused to obey a statutory duty might be found liable in the highest penalty. (Oh ! and a voice, " Hanging !") It might be that the community, or the town coun cillors individually, might bo found liable for a pecuniary amount far exceeding the amount of the tax. (Cheers, and a laugh.) That might not be the opinion of some gentlemen, but any one who looked into the law of the case must see that the property of the city might be as effectively confiscated by the Court of Session as damages for disobedience of the statute, as they could possibly be by their signing the bonds. (" Oh," and "Hear.") Treasurer GREIG complained of the degrading conditions of the act in its dealing with the civic property, and said, though he would comply with the statute, the constitution enabled them to agi tate, and he hoped they would nevercease to agitate until these degrading conditions were removed. Mr. AUCHIE said, had this been a national and not a local grievance, the legislature would have dealt with it in a very different way. Mr. CURROR said if they did not sign they would just have to pay the expenses of an action and judgment against them in the Court of Session, which would have the effect of taking the manage ment of the town's funds out of their hands. The LORD PRovosT said they were under a sta tutory obligation to sign the bonds, and if they did not fulfil that obligation it could be enforced in a court of law. Nov, he was just as much disposed to give obedience to a clause in a statute as to a judg ment of the court, and he did. not think it neces- sary to wait for a judgment of the court to compel him to do what the clause of the statute required him to do. (Hear.) He was asked to disobey the law, but he could not encourage any on e to di so b e y the law. He had 11 is opinion of the legislature pass ing a local act which obliged them to consider the propriely of obedience or disobedience, but be had no scruple in obeying, 40 in advising others to obey the law while it was law. But it must be re membered that law in this country was founded on opinion, not on force; and no law could be safe or prudently put in execution which was opposed 4 4s he believed this local act was, to the feelings of the great mass of the community. He did not authorise any one to refuse to pay the tax. He thought it was for the interest of the town that every one should pay. (Cries of "No" outside.) He himself had set the example of paying the tax, and he hoped for the sake of the peace of the city that the tax would be paid. (Renewed cries of " No.") Bailie JOHNSTON, in reply, complain of the Dean of Guild using such language as " misappropriating the Trinity College money," contending that no man had ever sought to appropriate it to any other than Trinity College purposes, whether in connec tion with the churchor the hospital. He could have wished that Mr. Ford had really taken his leaf out of history. Hampden was a great man and fought a great and glorious battle; but it was a battle of law against tyranny. It was a battle against the tyranny of the King, who was trampling on law, and who in doing so was defeated by his noble sub jects. Mr. FORD (with animation and dramatic gesture) —And we will win it too, if we stick to it. (Loud cheers outside.) The Council then divided. The motion of Mr. Ford to refuse to sign was lost by 20 to 10, 9 mem bers declining to vote, and the motion to sign slnz pliciter was carried, against the motion to sign under protest, by 15 to 12 ; those opposed to signing de clining to vote. The bonds were accordingly signed by the Lord Provost, treasurer, and town-clerk be fore these officials left the chamber. THE GAOL OF NETVGATE. The Rev. John Davis, the Ordinary of Newgate has presented to the Lord Mayor and the Coint o Aldermen a report on the moral condition of the great city prison during the civic year just termi nated. Of this document, which has considerable public interest, we condense the material portions. At the outset he expresses his satisfaction at seeing the demolition of the women's side of the gaol, pre paratory to its reconstruction on the separate system of imprisonment. They had now had, in the male wing of the prison, full two years' experience of the effects of that system both on great offenders and on those charged with minor offences ; and that experience, after many years of indiscriminate admixture of prisoners, had resulted in decided ad vantage in many respects. The fears of suicide and lunacy, he says, had vanished; careful superinten dence had prevented any attempt at the one from being successful, and not allowed the other to ad vance so far as to injure the intellect. The great benefit derived from the change has been the pro tection of the youthful criminal from further pol lution. The refractory apprentice or dishonest errandboy, he says, can now be sent to prison without being irretrievably ruined, and punished without being defiled and corrupted. Besides, he suggests the separate system enables a careful ob server to distinguish very nearly what can and what cannot be done with crime. He compares crime with cholera. For crime, ho says, there is no known effectual cure in all cases, but a vast deal may be done to prevent its inroad. Vain is the hope to ex pect its entire extinction. Every session reveals such lamentable instances of moral degeneracy, that if it were not checked by the criminal law so ciety would hardly be secure. He thinks it would not be advisable to lessen to any extent the punish ments inflicted on this class of offenders, lest crime shouldincrease, and the tenure of property be made less secure; but he should wish to see the magis trates of the different counties, metropolitan and others, treat prisoners confined in the Houses of Correction in the same way the Government deals with prisoners sentenced to penal servitude, so far as respects the measures taken for the reformation of their minds, the judicious em ployment of their time, and the making the impri sonment a punishment. Men, he says, under penal servitude have a severe period of separate confine ment to pass through for 12 or 16 months, and that, with the daily religious instruction given them, is enough to bring them to serious thoughts of their folly and wickedness, if anything will. Mr. Davis continues to say that it presents a monstrous con trast that so much reformatory care should be taken where. in many instances, the cases are hopeless, from the long-continued habit of crime; and so little to the same effect carried out when the hopes of benefit are so much greater. Convicts and men under penal servitude have made great progress in demoralising habits. They are not thought unworthy of rational and humane treatment, with hopes of reformation and being restored to society: Why not, he asks, begin with such a system ? When the convicts have completed their day's work they have a separate sleeping apartment, and opportunity given for retirement and meditation. Large num bers reform under such treatment. He does not know the proportion, but it is v,ery large. Seven out of eight of all their prisoners never return to New gate ; and the ticket-of-leave men who are sent back do not reach anything like that proportion. The relapses of these men make a great noise and they are, generally speaking, men of deep depravity ; but that, he submits, is only an argument to give such persons longer sentences ; it does not reach the mass of liberated convicts. Were such a system adopted with regard to first offenders and men out of respect able families, a very large proportion would be re stored to society, and every one be benefited. There are a few prisons where much that is done by the Government is done by the magistrates. Reading gaol, Aylesbury, Northampton, Leicester, Wakefield, Holloway, and others adopt a similar system, but without variety of labour or regular payment for their work. With regard to men habitually addicted to crime, who make a trade of it, and who are lost to shame, all light punishments are nonsensical. The heavier and longer the punishment the better for all parties. There is a tedium about long sentences that wears upon the patience of that class of offenders, and often deters them from pursuing a course of crime when better and higher motives are wanting. Mercy in punishment, he says, should be mercy to first offenders, or it is no mercy at all ; and, as an additional reason for urging long sen tences on habitual criminals, he states there are among them some who seem equally incapable of reformation, whether treated strictly or mildly. The mixture of these persons with others, even in the advanced stages of their servitude, is always dangerous. Led by the advice of such, less expe rienced men on their liberation by ticket of leave have fallen into such new associations as have speedily drawn them back again into crime, and made them forfeit the privilege of being again among the free. The liberation of men after a number of years' imprisonment by ticket of leave is on the whole a system that answers well; but where offenders belong to the class of incorrigible delinquents they are formidable and dangerous to mix with others, and as a measure of precaution they should be kept by themselves, and never set free till there are moderately sound hopes of their reformation and purpose of amendment. He next adverts to the beneficial effect of religious instruc tion on men in separate confinement, and then offers some suggestions with respect to liberated prisoners. Too many of these, he says, leave prison in a much better state of mind than they continue long to possess. The loss of character sometimes makes the day of liberty the darkest in their lives. 'llhey come back to their desolate 'wives and families only to add to the burdens which already press them to the earth. Some of them do not return again to labour, but become permanent mendicants. There is much of this in the metropolis, and the kind and humane feeling of the day fosters it. But a little help just to set these persons going is v er y service able where the purpose is good, and there is a 'mo derate hope of success. Among the young very much may be done; separating children from de praved, vicious, and dishonest parents has a hopeful tendency, and reformatories answer so long as the purpose of the protege is good, but there are many, very many, relapses into crime among them that have been so helped. The sooner and steadier a liberated prisoner gets into regular work and keeps to it, the greater the hope ; too much nursing does not suit these men. They have made their difficulties by ) their crimes, and in the providence of God they must be prepared to meet them; no good is to be done to these men, except where their purpose of mind is to do right. The rev. gentleman remarks, in conclusion, upon the unabated perseverance in post-office delinquencies. Remedies, he observes, against this species of dishonesty are not to be looked for in the prison, for no better behaved men than convicted postmen can be found in any of the gaols. He suggests that much good might be done if the Post-of ce either positively refused to convey coin in a letter or made the price of a post office order for sums not exceeding 10s. one pen n y. Wh et h er, he adds, assistant-p os t men are paid sufficiently (11s. or 12s. a we©k is a small sum), or the needlessly excluding old servants from receiving Christmas boxes is wise or not may be questioned. But there cannot be less than 100 servants of the Post-office at this time under penal servitude; and let benevo lent persons just think of the homes, families, friends, and hearts of these men. Theirs in shame and punishment is the happier condition, for neces saries are provided; while their wives and children are in wretchedness or poverty, in the hospital or workhouse, as the unavoidable result of their crime. [ADVETITISEMENT.]—IIoIIoway's London and all large cities, when from the multitudes congregated together malaria and fogs are breathed over and over again because the coldness of the higher regions prevents its ris ing far above their heads, the blood at this season becomes more or less impure. The strongest and healthiest lungs are incapaide of producing pure arterial blood from suffo cating fogs ; hence the sluggishness, mental and corporeal, the weariness and irritability of trihny persons at this season of the year. Holloway's pills remove all these impurities, relieve the pulmonary irritation, lessen the spasmodic ing in the i hroat, restore quietude to the proycked lungs, renew their elasticity, and permit more oxygen to be oh sorbed, rendering r9suirgion free and bealfig i • . RETIREMEN7 OF GARIBALDI FROM NAPLES. Everybody will feel it to be a matter of course —though with it half the interest of the drama passes away—that Garibaldi should retire. His vocation is too noble, his spirit too unworldly, to allow him to take a place among ordinary politi cians doing the every-day work of human afft.irs. He only follows the example of Washington, and every other honest Dictator, in leaving others to share both the spoils and the responsibilities of civil government. We know too well what that mean: in this instance. The alternate anarchy and mis government of 1,000 years have produced their natural fruits on the various races of Sicily and Southern Italy, preventing' them from coales cing into one free people, and rendering them at once bad subjects and worse rulers, neither peaceful nor warlike, short-sighted both in their policy and their passions, and only dexterous at one weapon—the universal poinard. The battle is over. Most likely while we write Gaeta, which Napoleon pronounced indefen , Bible, has admitted the King of Italy, and, as far as concerns public allegiance and the open field, Italy is one. But the vendetta will still rage ; conspiracy will proscribe its victims ; there will be a hundred candidates for one office in a country where to thousands office is the only escape from starvation; factions will contend for power; the Mazzinists will seek to mar what they cannot make their own ; and in the remote Calabria and the mountainous Abruzzi brigandage, on the plea of loyalty, will defy and baffle Victor Emmanuel, as it did Napoleon and Joseph Bonaparte. It is vain to expecta quiet time when 80,000 armed men have been disbanded and an army of needy employes turned adrift. The strong hands now at work will not be at a loss for the only effective remedies. They will follow up outrage with prompt retribu tion, and teach by " examples." This is not the work for the man who could scarcely bring himself to bombard Capua with its garrison of 9,000 sol diers. Garibaldi will not be a policeman or an exe cutioneer. There are plenty of men only too glad of these employments, when gilded with splendid names and sweetened with comfortable pay. Even to keep the peace of a country, to reform the crimi nal law, and to substitute prisons for dungeons are not the tasks for the Italian Liberator. Nor would he find it a work to his taste, to extract from the proverbial selfishness of the Neapolitan proprietors that revenue which the service of the country really requires, and the proper expenditure of which adds to the wealth of all classes. The Piedmontese finan ciers and the Piedmontese army will know how to do this, and Italy requires it as much as England and France do their high rate of taxation. But Garibaldi would rather leave this work to others. It i 3 not to be imagined, however, that the ruling spirit of the cause can contemplate its future struggles without the wish to be doing something. By the time Garibaldi has rested from the fatigues of this unexampled campaign he will find the world ripe for more work such as he can best do. His little island, with its surrounding islets and rocks, between Corsica and Sardinia, his farm and primi tive homestead, his simple labourers and his live stock, will no more satisfy him than they dill the warriors and statesmen and poets of Rome who sought such retirement. Soon or late, in one form or another, the struggle between constitutional and despotic institutions, between the will of many and of one, will be renewed, and Garibaldi has shown that his love of liberty is not confined to one name, to one soil, or one people. Already more than once, and not the least on this occasion, he has avowed ideas and hopes that are not fulfilled even in the establishment of a united nation under a Constitutional Government and a liberal dynasty. We cannot think ourselves that he will ever live to find a better refuge for liberty. But it is evident that if Garibaldi could have carved the future as he wished it would not have been what we see. Such visions, however, do not sleep. A man may sleep on a throne, in a palace, in a bureau, and even in a command ; but not so the enthusiast who has de voted his whole life to a sacred principle. That fire keeps him always awake. If' there should be else where such a conflict as that which we may call terminated in Southern Italy, we venture to say that Garibaldi will give the aid which he has him self received. It is needless to anticipate the place or the shape of such a possible struggle, or to assume it free from error; but whatever may be said of the other actors in it, the part of Garibaldi, we cannot doubt, will be heroic and singleminded. At first sight it might seem a waste of power that the man who almost singlehanded has delivered half Italy from its foreign rulers, and who has never shown himself but to conquer, should suddenly quit the scene in which so much remains to be done. But he does not quit it, any more than the com mander who for days and weeks is not seen by his army, or the statesman who, out of office, and per haps out of sight, still sways the opinions of his country. Garibaldi is there, almost within sight of Italy. His enterprise, his daring, his success, his abnegation, all tell the tale on ,the quick and susceptible nature of his countrymen. For one Garibaldi, no doubt, hundreds are tracing out for themselves a like path to the skies. It is the vulgar sequel that too often darkens a glorious beginning, and deprives it of its charm with the young and the generous. For what is the career that chiefly takes with the young, that kindles them to great deeds, and inspires them with a romantic devotion? It is not the life of a Marlborough or a Wellington, however useful and glorious. It is the life of the man who does a great deed, and then either dies or withdraws. , But, it the retirement of Garibaldi taught nothing else than disinterestedness, that would be worth many political services. Such a lesson is pre-eminently required. It must be felt that the part taken by sor e of the leading actors befo re us i s most ques tisonab-ie. The alloy of baser motives and sinister methods is so serious as to amount to a politico. scandal, and to close the lips of many who `'could otherwise be glad to hail free Italy. There are blots in this great cause that we would be able to wipe away, and, as this cannot be done by argument, it is some thing that we can point to a man of unquestioned integrity and purity of motives. Let Victor Em manuel's be the ordinary case of a man Rho wishes to add to his territory, his subjects, his cities, his palaces, and his reveumes—though this would not be a fair account of him ; let Cavour be a statesman who treats the foe with no more mercy or truth than they deserve ; let the Emperor of the French be nothing more than. an Emperor—still we can take refuge under the spotless shield of the Italian t l i ., v i b e s e r o a r t o t r h . e sacredness Nobody 0 1 itbt. hists 1 word,i e c chivalry a . ‘ l v r y e N s o i r ii hiz l m lo ow where he leads, even though we may share some of his own feelings as to his colleagues, and some of his misgivings as to the incidental results. A CRIMINAL 3142V1A:. On October 26 was buried at EL P --,------- less a person th an Patrick Wal,,isi, 'gar Hospital no 1 in the list o f man i acs ' who figures N o . givr,n in "The Sketches of Bedlam." "This wretel ed man, to use the w or d s o f that publication, wP,,,s a ' ringleader of th e mu ti nous and murde ro ,,. '.., crew of his Majesty's frigate Her mione, Capt. Pigott, who, with his officers, was massacred by the crew in 1797. This lamen table catastrophe took place in the West Jndies on September 22, when Captain Pigott and all his offi cers (excepting the surgeon and master's mate), with most of the marines, were murdered. The mutineers carried the frigate into Laguayra, and the greater numb er o f th em ( a f terwards) suffered the punishment dun to their crimes. Walsh, however, escaped that fate. By his own account he has mur dered with his own hand nine or ten persons. He acknowledges to have been a ringleader in the mutiny on board the Hermione ; and, being asked his motives, says the treatment by his officers was so tyrannical that he and his shipmates could stand it no longer. From the first time since his con finement in Bethlehem Hospital it has been found necessary to keep him always strongly ironed; notwithstanding which he found means to kill two persons. He is naturally a man of p owerful strength. He had put on him at first a p a i r of handcuffs of extraordinary strength, made Purposely for him, which he broke in a very short time. It was then found necessary to contrive other means for his rest r i c tion, consisting of an i ron c i ncture that surrounds his waist , with strong handcuffs attached to it. At night it is found necessary to fasten him by one hand and leg to his bedstead, with strong locks and chains. He is n ever pe mitted to associate with any other p erson. He isra brutal,d strong, hardy fellow; his aspect wild, presents ahid The above a escr, terrific beyond description. He and appalling specimen of the human e a :a s d salra7 4 e de prived of reason." Patrick when " The Sketches" is ptlon of Were :Ira wn. He was then in Bethlehem. For ra4/" has been an inmate o f R asiatY years since he and appearance h ave b een where his conduct . even prepossessin g , D, remarkably mild, and might have been of mak;li g b alls of,vn to the last two y ears h e other inmates theseen quietly m i ng li ng w i t h t h e of k l a d s y o l r u m, worsted,bnsy in t o h n e eor occupation o t. which ho was ever o ready t o b es t ow upon t h e chap lain's children, r any others who cam e t o see hi m. He was an altered man. A link to c onnec t w ith the pre sent an age of cruelty in the treatment of the man-of-war's man, he is also a link to connect ,the present age of mildness i n th e t reatment o f t h e lunatic with age of the most deplorable ignor ance of mental disease. It is rumoured in military circles that the French Government intend having a medal given for the Chinese campaign, like those emmernorating the war in the CriatQa, and in Italy. CITY POLICE TEL; SIR It will probably be in the recollection of many that, about two months ago, the Court of Common Council agreed to a vote of a sum not exceeding £6OO for the purpose of erecting a telegraphic com munication between the police-stations of the City of London, and we are very glad to be able to report that the work is rapidly progress ing, and it is confidently expected to be com pleted by the end of this year. This very desirable object has required continued perseverance on the part of its promoter, and the method of erection must be regarded as a novelty in telegraphic corn , munication. It is now more than three years since the propo sition for telegraphic communication between City police-stations was submitted to the Police Commit tee by Mr. S. H. Waterlow, to whom the public are indebted for the first practical illustration of a cheap, simple, and efficient overhouse telegraph in England. At that time, although the passage of the wires over the housetops was not unfrequent both on the continent and in America, it was an entire novelty in this country, and the police authorities, doubting its practicability, decided against the pro position. Nothing daunted, however, by this failure and confident of the practicability and economy of his scheme, Mr. Waterlow determined to construct an overhouse telegraph between the City and the West-end, for the purpose of connecting the busi ness premises of his firm in London wall and Par liament-street. The accomplishment of this tele graphic line in July, 1858, failed, however, to alter the decision of the police authorities, and the matter stood over until the spring of this year. During this interval the perfect success of this private line, and the sight of its wires crossing the river and several of the main thoroughfares, had gradually wrought a change in the public mind. The London District Telegraph started into exist ence, and commenced at once to carry the electric wire over the housetops throughout the metropolis and its suburbs. A precedent (that support without which public bodies can rarely be moved) having been fairly established, the Police Committee were both will ing and anxious to reconsider the proposition and bring the matter before the Court of Common Coun cil, who, finding the amount required so small, readily agreed to it, and referred the matter back for execution. Notwithstanding the holidays had commenced, the committee, feeling now the great importance of the matter, held a special sit ting, at which it was agreed that the erection of the wires should be entrusted to Messrs. Reid Brothers, telegraph engineers, of University. street and Gresham-house, but not deciding the kind of instruments to be fixed at the several sta tions. The committee, feeling, perhaps, some diffi culty in determining this point, arranged with Captain Hodgson, the police superintendent (who has taken up the subject very warmly, and la boured at it most diligently), that before purchasing the instruments the inspectors who are to work the line should practise on three different instruments selected for approval—viz., the single or double needle instrument, Morse's recording instrument, and Professor Wheatstone's alphabetical dial. Each of these instruments has its peculiar advantages. The first is the cheapest, and has been used for many years at almost all railway stations, and by the telegraph companies ; the second is used almost universally throughout the Continent, and has the great advantage of recording every message that is transmitted, but both these can only be worked with accuracy by practised manipulators ; the third and the most expensive (being a recent patent of Professor Wheatstone's) is so simple in its con struction that a message may be sent or received by any person who can spell and read distinctly the letters of the alphabet, and it is not intended to go to the expense of retaining either boys or women to work the instruments at the police sta tions, but to rely upon the chief officers in charge of the several stations communicating correctly with each other, it is probable that Wheatstone's instru ment will be the one selected. In order to keep the wires as far ont of sight. arid as free from injury as possible, it was suggested that they should be attache _I to the steeples of the churches. The consent of the churchwardens having been obtained, the following was determined on as the route for the wires : From Chief-office to Fleet-street-station, via St. Olave, Old Jewry, St. Vedast, Foster-lane, Christchurch, St. Mar tin, Ludgate, St. Bride, Fleet-street, and thence to station. From Chief-office to Smithfield station, via St. Olave, Old. Jewry, St. Lawrence Jewry, St. Vedast, Foster-lane, Christchurch, St. Sepulchre, and thence to station. From Chief-office to Moor-;ane station, via St. Olare, Old Jewry, St. Lawrence Jewry, St. Michael, Bassishaw, St. Bartholomew, Moor-lane, and theme to station. From Chief-office to Bow-lane station. vsa St. Olave, Old Jewry, St. Mary Aldermary, and thence to station. From Chief-office to Bishopsgate station, via St. Olave, Old Jewry, St. Margaret's, Lothbury, Dutch Church, Austinfriars, Allhallows, London-wall, St. Botolph, Bishops gate, and thence to station. From Chief-office to Seething-lane station, via St. Olave, Old Jewry, St. Mildred s, Poultry, St. Mary Woolnoth, Lombard-street, Allhallows, Lombard-street, St. Margaret Pattens, Allhallows, Seethi ng -l ane, an d thence to station, uniting thus the City benefices in a manner little contem plated by act of Parliament. No one probably feels much doubt that many great advantages will result from the police telegraph; but the one which most readily occur; ; to us is the desirability of rapid communieatibn in case of fire, the immense destruction of tnoperty, and the me lancholy sacrifice of huir_ an - life by this dreadful scourge, the po ver t : - y hich deserve our mos t and distress consequent thereon are subi'..cts w ous considers!: ion. The existence of such a ready and inst ti113 ` . ..:3 of danger as the e l ec t r i c t e l e graph affords, P ..ntaneous means of procuring assistance in will, we trust, impart a new feeling of security to the inhabitants of our large and densely populated city. COUNTRY MARKETS. NORWICH—Nov. 10. To-day there was a fair trade in wheat for all dry quali ties, at former rates, but inferior sorts rather lower. The same may be said of barley. White wheat Gis to 68s I Red wheat 54s to 655 Malting barley....4os to 43s I Chevalier barley 335 to 355 Distilling do.. ....25s to 27s I Oats.. 305 to 325 Flour, 46s to 4Gs 6d per sack from the miller. STAMFORD—Noy. 10. A very good supply of wheat at market yesterday, for which the farmers asked lower prices. The demand was good for barley, and last week's prices were supported. Wheat 50s to 62s I Oats.. 26s to 34s White do .. 66s to 72s I Beans sos to 56s Barley 36s to 46s I Ditto, old ...,,....50s to—, YORK— Nov. 10. The supply of wheat was good to-day, with a fair attend ance of factors and farmers. The trade was firm, and the currencies were at fully previous rates for old wheat. Oats as before. A middling demand for beans, and without any material alteration in price. Wheat, red .50 . to 60e 1 oats.. • . ........ 245 to 285 White do .60s to 65 s i Beans ........... 32s to —s Barley .35s to 4.bs f Peas ......... .. to --e Malt, 705 to 72s 'per qr. ; rye, 42s per qr.; flour, 48s to 52s per sack. LEICESTER—N ov. 10 . The supply of wheat was pretty fair to-day, in tolerable condition, and prices as before. White wheat, 65s to 68s —red, 52s to 61s per 36 stone; a healthy sale for fine barley, grinding, 36 s t o 38 s ; malting, 40s to 44s per qr. ; oats, 25s to 36s per 24 stone. Beans—old, 52s to 54s new 50s to 52s per 38 stone. Fine flour, 48s I Seconds, 44s I Thirds, ---s per 20 stone. CAMBRIDGE—Nov. 10. There was a moderate supply of wheat, both old and new, and, with a fair trade, white moved off at 56s to 60s; red, 48s to 565 per 36 stone. There was a good supply of barley ; malting, 34s to 46s ; grinding, 30s to 33s per 30 stone. Oats at 22e to 28s for new ; old oats, 21s to 28s. Beans in scarce supply, and the turn lower —new, 32s to 36s ; old, 54s to 56s per 38 stone ; peas, 48s to 50s per 36 stone. White cloverseed, 86s to 89s ; red, 46s to 50s per qr. ; tares, 14s to 1.5 s per bushel. BIRTHS. BALDRY.—On the Bth inst., at Torquay, the wife of Alfred Baldry, Esq., of a daughter. HOPKINS.—On the 9th inst., at 34, Montagu•square, Mrs, Thomas Hopkins, of a son. Smrrn.—On the Bth inst., the wife of Mr. Edward Hart Smith, of element's-inn, and Brixton, solicitor, of a son. MARRIAGES. BOWRING—CISTLE.—On the Bth inst., at Lewin's Mead Chapel, Eristol, Sir John Bowring, LL.D., F.R.S., late Her Majesty's Plenipotenti ar y i n Chi na , to Deborah, deur,;hter of the late Thomas Castle, Esq., of Clifton. WAYMOUTII CARPENTER.—On the 13th Sept., at Secun derabad, Deccan, Charles Weymouth, Captain 17th Lan cers, to Annie Frances, eldest daughter of Major-Gen. Carpenter, Madras Army. DEATHS. Peace DAwsoN.—On the 7th inst., at Hastings, Johß W . J ames Dawson, of 33, Bedford-square. the Peace for DE w liA ch S .. .-- co O m n m t o h n e o 7 n tl e l .3, T l ll ., o s m j a u s st D ic e e s s 'a o s f , Esq. of Dui. of H the county of :Surrey, aged 57. GAGE.—On the Bth inst., at Firle-place, the residence of Viscount Gage, the Hon. Mrs. Edward Gage. LASCELLES.—On the Bth inst., Colonel Charles Francis Rowley Lascelles, late of the Grenadier Guards, of 35 Upper Grosvenor-street, aged 64. , PARKER. of West—OStrandn the age Cth i4lnst., John "William Parker, jun., , d . SALONIANS.—On the 9th inst., at 3, Upper Hyde-park stree d t, Reuben Saiornons, Esq. of Old Change, L on d on , age 49. IVEnGwoon.—On the 7th inst., at Tenby, Lieut.-Colonel. `Wedgwood, late Scots Fusilier Guards, aged 62. ::.ONVON : Printed and Published by Idi E.T RD 0 YO CIW of No. 112, Strand, Printer. :it The kS'un Jtrc Strand, in Prwillnt of tliP Sh.vc 7 , p:1 7, in the e, or aOf Ni d di eeex, 11Ienday, November 12, 1560. .~~' ,