The Sun. — London, England, 1860-10-29 00:00:00

IRE NAVY. The Firebrand, 6, paddle, Commander Bruce, went into Portsmouth harbour on Saturday from Spithead. The Himalaya, screw, Capt. John Seccombe, it is reported, will again proceed to the Mediterranean. The Dee steam-vessel, Master -Commanding Pul len, left Woolwich on Saturday with a full cargo of machinery for new vessels completing at Ports mouth and the western yards. The Dee, paddle, Master Commander Pullen, arrived at Portsmouth yesterday, with a cargo of machinery for ships fitting at the port. The Rosario screw sloop, recently launched at Deptford, is being fitted with her engines and machinery by engineers from the Greenock Iron works. evolutions of a sham fight on a small scale were gone through. At dusk the lime light was lighted, so as to illuminate the whole of the grounds. This light by the aid of reflectors can be thrown at 400 yards' distance upon the targets, so as to enable the Volunteers to fire at night. The b. nd of the Engineers and of the London Scottish during the afternoon played several airs with great effect. One of the members of the corps was buried the same afternoon at the Brompton Cemetery with full military honours. Mr. Bussey's volunteer canteen, admirably adapted for riflemen, was ex hibited on the grounds. The whole of the experi ments passed off well, and at the conclusion Lord Ranelagh and the officers dined together. The 7th Surrey Volunteers assembled at the Ses sions -house, Newington-causeway, on Saturday last, for the purpose of marching out. Thereeivas a strong muster of the members, to whom were added, for the first time, a new company of 80, formed and commanded by Capt. W. Clowes, and wholly con• sisting of men in his employ. This eompany has been but a short time formed, but they have at tained a state of proficiency equal to any other company in the corps to which they now belong. The corps again assembled yesterday morning, and were marched to church (St. Mary's, Newington) by Major Beresford, where they listened with great attention to a very appropriate sermon preached by the officiating minister (their own chaplain being absent). The Civil Service Regiment (21st Middlesex), Hon. Col. his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, Lieut.-Col. Lord Bury, will proceed to Wimbledon for target practice on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thurs day, and Saturday. The ranges will be from 150 to 600 yards. Undress uniforms with cross belts to be worn, There will be a full dress parade of the regiment on the 9thlof November, to commemorate the anniversary of the birthday of his Royal High ness the Prince of Wales, colonel of the regiment. On Thursday the shooting match of the 6th Sus sex Rifles took place at Petworth-park, the seat of Lord Lesonfield. The corps fell in at their armoury, under the command of Capt. the Earl of Winterton and Lieut. Viscount Tumour, at 0 a.m., and marched to their butts in the above park to compete for the prizes. The shooting lasted the whole day, and, in fact, till quite dusk. The first prize, a rifle pre sented by the officers of the corps, was won by Pri vate Aylwin, with £3 for the second, won by Sergt. Sherwin ; £2 for the third, won by Bugler Souther ton ; and £1 for the fourth, won by Private H, Ellis. The second prize, a Whitworth rifle, given by the Hon. H. Wyndham, was won by Sergeant Sherwin, with £3 for the second, won by Private Aylwin ; and £1 for the third, won by Private W. Sherwin. The third prize, a Jacob Enfield rifle, given by Major Barttelot, to be shot for by members of the 3d battalion of Sussex Rifles, was won by Ensign Padwick, of the Horsham corps ; £3 for the second, won by Thomson, of the Crawley corps; £2 for the third, by Bishopp, of the Hurstperpoint corps ; £1 for the fourth, by Corporal Phillips, of the Petworth corps. The last prize, a handsome silver challenge cup, presented by Mr. W. T. Mit ford, M.P., to the 6th Sussex, was won by Private Aylwin. A rifle corps has been formed in Lowestoft, num bering nearly 100 members, all of whom, with a very few exceptions, are employed in the establish ment (at that place) of Messrs. Lucas Brothers, the builders and contractors of Belvedere-road, Lam beth. These gentlemen have borne the expense of entirely equipping the great majority of the mem bers, and have also provided at their own cost handsome uniforms and a complete set of new in struments. A weekly subscription is paid by each member of the corps, in order to provide a fund to replace the uniforms, &c., when necessary. On Wednesday last the Ist East Riding of York shire Artillery Volunteers, under the command of Major Haworth, assembled in their " Three Gun Battery" for exercise with blank cartridge, prepara tory to their inspection, which is appointed to take place on the 7th of November. This battery, the first of its class in Great Britain, mounting three 32-pounders, has been recently constructed by these Volunteers, at considerable expense, according to plans designed by Lieutenant-Colonel Hamley, of the Royal Engineers. T'ne weather, often so frown -0 ing on the Volunteers, was most favourable. A highly influential and niuneroas assemblage wit nessed the proceedings. The Archbishop of York and Miss Longley, Archdeacon Long, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Strickland, Mr. and Mrs. Yarburgh, the Rev, and Mrs. Lloyd, Capt. Palmer, R.N., Mrs. Palmer, Captain and Mrs. Prickett, Mr. and Mrs. Clayton, Mrs. Morris ; M rs. Haworth, Mrs. Legard, the Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Baines, Capt. Pitts, Capt. Crowe, and others were among those present within the battery. We are requested to mention that the Bth Hampshire Rifle Corps was present at the Volun teer review on Compton-down, near Winchester, on Wednesday last, although omitted in the enumera tion of the companies present on that occasion, which appeared in The Sun of the following day. The Bitterne . and I3otley Companies (Bth Hants) On Saturday the grounds adja c ent t o Beaufort- were in the right wing of, and. led, the second bri house, Futham,the headquarters of the South Mid- gade under Major Wombwell. In the absence of dlesex Rifles, were thronged with visitors assembled Capt. R. Richardson, who was on Col. Leard's staff to witness a variety of interesting experiments cal- as aide-de-camp to the commanding officer at the culated to improve the efficiency of the Volunteers, review,:the corps was led by Capt. Warner. Among those present were Lord Ranelagh, the coin- The whole of the Volunteers of Dorsetshire an mandant of the South Middlesex, the Hon. Mr. derwent review on Wednesday lay t, in the presence Curzon, Lord and Lady Radnor, Col. Farquharson, of the Earl of Shaftesbury, Lord Lieutenant of the Col. Bales, Col. Vereker, Mr. Napier Short, M.P., county, at Maiden Castle, about two miles from Dor- Capt. Cartwright, Capt. Hawkins, Capt. Wyld, chester. The different forces consisted of the Queen's Capt. Napier, Professor Wheatstone, M r . Chevalier, Own Regiment of Yeomanry, about 250 strong, un- Mr. Henley, Re. The proceedings were commenced der the command of Col. Lord Rivers ; three com panies of Volunteer Artillery, about 250 strong, un with experiments upon project iles made by Capt. Norton, which were followed by a trial of breech- der the command of Major Steward ; and 10 corn loading rifles, several specimens of breech-loading panics of Rifle Volunteers, under Col. Mansel, rifles being exhibited on the ground. To avoid numbering about 600. The reviewing officer was Lieut.-Col. Moore, of the 11th Foot; and there were trouble and danger when a hit w as made a t the target the shot was recorded by telegraph at the also present with the Staff Lord Portman, as Lord firing post. To do this the universal: and military Lieutenant of Somersetshire ; Col. the Hon. W. H. telegraph of Professor Wheatstone was put into B. Portman, M.P., West Somerset Yeomanry ; Lord requisition. Professor Wheatstone's apparatus is Ashley, M.P., of the Antrim Rifles; Col. Tapp, so arranged as to afford a safe, speedy, and accu- C. 8., late of the Ist Poonah Horse ; Col. Sir W. rate communication between the target and gun, L. Freestun, K.C.T. ; Col. Bingham, Dorset Militia; both at long and short ranges, or whenever distance Major Arbuthnot, Royal Artillery, &e. A large in the performance of military evolutions, either in number of spectators had assembled to witness the the camp or field, renders the receipt and despatch proceedings, including many of the leading county of intelligence necessary. The communication be- families, and the weather continued exceedingly tween the target and gun is maintained by the use fine throughout the day. After going :through a of the ordinary alphabet, so as to enable any person variety of evolutions in a highly creditable manner, who can read and write, without any previous in- the thee appearance and steadiness of the Bridport struction, to work the instrument. The target is Artillery corps, exciting especial admiration, the formed into devisLens, marked with 10 letters, a officers were called forward and addressed by Lord similar target b • mug in the marker's box. The ball on strikin g the tar- Shaftesbury, who expressed his gratifieation in position of th e being able to communicate to them the high get is telegr ap h ed up to the firing post opinion. which the reviewing officer had formed of by the letters indicated by the space cut on the target, and read off at the gun ties manifested by the whole of the corps that the efficiency and military bearing and capabili upon the duplicate. Thi s apparatus is about to be adopted at the police station. A nother telegraphic had a ssembled on this occasion. His lordship also ap paratus was also exhibited, viz,, that said he, felt really proud of what he had seen, and ~ vof Mr. Che- he should be enabled to report to her Majesty that c aller, of the Ist West India Regiment. This tele graph is different in its construction from that of if—which God forbid !—any daring man with his t myrmi dons should venture to set foot on the sacred of Professor Wheatstone. It consists wo galvano- soil of England there would not be, under the meters, in appearance like the double needle tn in . stru- blessing of God, a more true, a more gallant, a meats now in use at the stations of th e Electric instrument and more worthy, and, by God's blessing, a more sue at:llll7l El cessful body of men than the yeomanry, artillery. at the firing post is connected with the tar and trifle corps of Dorset. After e, round of hearty target is divided into divisions, and when hit the cheer rs for the Earl of Shaftesbury his lordship ad shot presses against a pin, which completes the vanced towards the lines and said, " Thank God! e lectric current and deflects the needle of the galeas Garile ddi is in Capua," which announcement was nome ter right or left, thus indicating without the receivied with renewed applause. The whole pro assistance of any one the position of the hit. Mr. ceedin gs passed off very successfully, Henley, with one of the Maynard breech-loading The grounds of Tonbridge Castle were the scene self-priming guns—an American invention—at- of an. interesting ceremony last Wednesday after tracted a considerable share of attention from the neent—the presentation of a silver bugle to the simplicity and utility of this destructive weapon. Tonheidge Rifle Corps. The corps, about 50 in One of the features consists of the perc ussion ca p s numb er, having been drawn up in a , square, under being wound on a riband and so arranged that the the command of Capt. Streatfeild, Lady Hare I l ge operation of merely cocking the gun at t he same said-- I have b een requested to present "n -time puts a cap on. By this apparatus 15 rounds a the ;part of the ladies of Tunbridge, 1 4 - • so you, on minute are easily accomplished. At the conclusion tokei iof their good wishes for t, its bugle, as a of the firing a party of the South Middlesex of 25 effice mcy of your co r p s . I e ate prosperity and men, and 100 men of the South Kensington Engi- doing' so, because "e kr, eave much pleasure in _ow you will appreciate the neers, threw up a sandbag battery, in order to show interest they lue .ee te . ..AnS shown in its welfare, and am the practicability of defending a road or street. sur e that thii s e s ~ acognition on their part of the zeal The battery, 100 feet long and four high, was evil 1 1 w hie' il you have come forward will stimulate thrown up in 27 minutes. The assembly was then , you to - zeriewed exertions, with the view of increas sounded, and the men drawn behind the battery to ing 'your numbers and effic;ency, and adding your defend it against another detachment, who were ' cor itribution t o th e d e f ences o f drawn up a other side with a the , a vi • sment when such exertions are lout.2lYew of m( the country, at a called for. turning the b attery, and for some time the tI: sm proud of being the me di u m of presNnting to The new gunboats Snipe, Lee, Sparrow, Mullett, Cockatrice, Britomart, and Dart, built at private yards, and forwarded to Woolwich for completion, are being prepared for service, and have been care fully inspected by competent officers. Mr. W. Baskcombe, of Woolwich dockyard, who is at present engaged in superintending the build ing of the Warrior, iron cased steam-ram vessel, at the Orchard-yard, Blackwall, has been appointed to the office of acting foreman at Chatham dockyard, in order to assist the officers of that establishment in the construction of the iron-cased frigate now being laid down. The Racehorse, 4, screw despatch gunvessel, being fitted at Chatham for the steam reserve, was taken into No. 2 dock on Saturday to have some defects in her machinery made good. The hired transports Camillus and Index went alongside the Royal Arsenal pier, at Woolwich, on Saturday, to embark shot aid shell. The following veseels have likewise been chartered by Government to ship from the military store department at Wool wich, namely, the steamers Peninsula, Veloz, Bos worth, Thames, India, Admiral, and the Harkaway. The Swedish national corvette Lagerbeilke, Capt, Milander, which had remained windbound some days at Falmouth, sailed from that port for Lisbon en Thursday. The following appointments were made on Satur day at the Admiralty :—Lieut. Alfred J. Cheek, to the Desperate, Edwin Last, acting third class assist.-. ant engineer, to the Himalaya ; Edward H. Willey, acting third-class assistant-engineer, to the Indus, for service in the Revenge ; John Dingle, acting third-class assistant-engineer, to the Asia, for ser vice in the Princess Royal ; Silas W. Parker, pay master, to the Harrier ; and Charles H. Wells, assistant -paymaster, to the Majestic. you this mark of approbation, and I trust that this corps may long flourish, confident as I am that the zeal and patriotism of its members will never be found wanting, whatever services it may be called upon to perform." Capt. Streatfeild, in replying, said "he was sure, if ever the bugle should sound the assembly of the corps in defence of their coun try, there was not a man connected with it who would not come forward. Its presentation by a lady who bore a name dear to every soldier, and herself a gal lant soldier's daughter,would render it still more dear to the corps." Three cheers were given for " the ladies;" and after some skirmishing practice, the men marched back to Tonbridge. A rifle association, to be called the County of Lancaster Rifle Association, is in course of forma tion, which will include among its supporters the leading men—noblemen and gentlemen—of the county, with the Earl of Sefton, Lord Lieutenant of the county, as president of the society. The object will be to provide if possible a practice ground in the centre of the county, to be open to all volunteers belonging to Lancashire ; to have an annual meeting, at which prizes will be given for the best shooting, and in every way to encou rage volunteers to acquire and become proficient in ttie use of the rifle. A rifle corps has been established at Wantage, which now numbers 86 effective members. This little town has therefore distinguished itself by raising a larger corps in proportion to the number of its inhabitants than any other town in Berkshire. The members have elected for captain Mr. E. M. Atkins, of Kingston Lisle-park ; for lieutenant, Mr. E. R. Hayward, of Charlton-house; and for ensign, Mr. P. Parr, of Benham's-house. The ceremony of enrolment took place on Monday last before Mr. C. J. Eyston and the Rev. J. F. Collins. After the enrolment the members of the corps, preceded by their band, marched to Lockinge-park, the seat of the gallant colonel of the Berkshire Regiment (Col. Loyd Lindsay, V.C.), and upon their return sat down to an excellent dinner, provided at the expense of the officers of the company, at the Town Hall. Col. Lindsay and several of the neighbour ing clergy and gentry honoured the corps with their presence at dinner, and in the course of the evening the gallant colonel complimented the members upon their soldierlike appearance, and expressed his trust that the Wantage company would prove itself second to none in the county for attention to its duties and general efficiency. TEE ARMY. The Herefordshire sailed from Spithead with the troops already enumerated in The 6241 Z on Saturday morning. Lieut.-Col. Crawley and family embarked on board, as private passengers, prior to the Here fordshire sailing. A considerable augmentation will, it is under stood, be shortly made in the corps of Royal En gineers, the demands made upon the authorities for officers and men, more especially the former, being incessant, and greatly on the increase. An interesting ceremony took place at Pembroke Dock on Wednesday, when Col. Henry Phipps Raymond, commanding the Bth Depot Battalion, in presence of a great number of officers and others, presented 71 men of the 61st Foot with the Indian war medal Col. Raymond addressed the men in suitable terms about the medals, and then continued on several topics important to the soldier's welfare. The depot of the 61st are a fine, soidierlike body of men, many of whom wore three and four medals already. Brevet Major Welman has joined the Bth Depot Battalion at Pembroke Dock, as second in command, in succession to Brevet Lieut.-Col. Nugent, appointed to command the 22d Depot Battalion, at Stirling. We read in the Athen(runa :—"lf our informa tion prove correct, the Armstrong gun has been surpassed in cheapness and range—not by the Whitworth piece, but by an entirely new gian. A year ago we described for our readers, as a scientific speculation, a new weapon of artillery designed by Mr. Lynall Thomas, which was supposed to pro mise a superior range to either the Whitworth or Armstrong pieces, and to be producible at a far inferior cost of money and time. The new gun has now been made and proved. Experiments, which have been conducted by government officials at Shoeburyness within the last few days, are said to have given a surprising table of results. The shot attained a range of 10,000 yards, the weight of it 1701 b. The Armstrong guns, we believe, have never carried a ball of more than 1001 b. weight. Messrs. Hersfall, of Liverpool, are the makers, and we hear that they have offered to supply the Government with fifty Lynall Thomas guns per month, if they should be required. THE VOLUIVTEER MOVEMENT. lIMOINeWIee IRON-CASED SHIPS. The course of the discussions upon iron-cased ships has confirmed in every material particular the conclusions which we submitted to the public respecting the new invention. The Gloire is neither more nor less of a success than we conjectured, nor will the discovery, as far as we can see at present, impose upon us the obligation of "reconstructing our navy," although it will give a new character to future line-of-battle ships. An iron-sheathed fri gate is not absolutely invulnerable, but it would be practically so in any ordinary conflict with a wooden one. It will not cost quite half a million, but it will surpass in expensiveness any model yet known. In short, iron plates will be brought into use against the effects of artillery, and probably on land as well as at sea, but what particular forms the inven t tion may take must for some time be a matter of uncertainty. At present we have one great point fully established, and one left in obscurity still. We know that for all practical purposes a ship can be e►fectually protected by iron plating, but we do not yet know how far this ponderous armour may be compatible with the sailing or steaming qualities of the vessel. The first of these points has now been admitted by almost all our correspondents, and acknowledged by every statesman who has introduced the subject into his vacation speeches. We may leave it, in fact, as conclusively settled and proceed at once to the consideration of the second point, which in. wolves far greater difficulties. Since the publica tion of our last remarks upon the question, it has been reported that the Gloire herself, all perfect as she was thought, has proved a failure as aseagoing vessel. We cannot vouch for the accuracy of the statement, but, even if it should be true, it would not rgfiect any discredit upon the architect. The Gloire was never intended to go to sea. The de scription given of her by the French themselves represented her in express terms as designed for home service only. " Her rig and equipment," said the Moniteur de la _Nate, " indicate that the vessel is not intended to go to a distance from our ports, but that she is made for operations in the seas where henceforth the great diffe rence of European policy will be settled." In other words, she was meant for Channel fighting, and, if such vessels were wanted in the Mediterranean, they could, of course, be launched from Mediterranean ports. The Gloire, therefore, though far more moveable than the old floating battery, was, as we remarked, very like a battery still. It seems doabtful whether her speed was not over-estimated when she Vras credited with 13 knots an hour, bat she could spin along far more nimbly than the Trusty, and be mai.aged with far greater case. The only question is whether she cannot be improved upon. We must build Gloires, beyond doubt, if we can build nothing better, but cannot we outstrip our rivals ? The French have certainly earned the credit of a first invention, and have turned out a respectable iron-cased frigate before we could show any such fabric ; but it will only be in accordance with precedent if we improve upon the pattern, and such, we think, seems a pro bable event. Indeed, if our neighbours had laid down ten Gloires at once with the conviction that the model could never be mended, they have acted on British rather than French principles of naval administration, and it will be our turn to take ad vantage of their experiments. The Gloire is a straight-sided vessel like an ordi nary frigate, whereas in the form to be given to the sides of these craft is involved a preliminary ques tion of the highest importance. The armour now known as Jones's angular plating slopes away from the water's edge at such an angle that no shot could:strike it perpendicularly, except from a ves sel of lofty build lying close alongside. By this expedient for evading as well as resisting the im pact of a projectile it has been found possible to dis pense with a certain proportion of strength, and consequently of weight in the metal of the armour, so that the vessel escapes so much of the encum brance. The masts, again, and tophamper are materially reduced from the ordinary scale in the construction of the Gloire; but it seems to be doubted whether in more improved models for the new vessels such appendages need be employed at all. Wherever there are masts they may be shot overboard, and whenever they are shot overboard the screw may be fouled, and the vessel rendered helpless. A steam frigate on Jones's model would be all but invisible on the water, and would not only present no vulnerable point to a hostile shot, but would scarcely offer any mark at all. She ought to blow a Gloire into chips as certainly as a Gloire would demolish an old Fisgard or Arethusa. On the other hand, it is said that she would herself be exposed to a singular species of peril. Our readers have seen what Admiral Sartorius could say for his steam-ram. We will not enter upon that controversy at present, but we have heard it surmised that, whatever a steam-ram might do in ordinary cases, she could hardly fail of running down one of these angularly-decked vessels, but would go over her slopes as smoothly as boys down a slide. Another point concerns the dimensions to be given to the new vessels, We are building four, or, including the specimen just ordered to be laid down at Chatham, Ave. Three of these are of enormous magnitude, and the one last bespoken will be the largest of all. We are proceeding there fore on the same principles which determined our construction of the old line-of-battle ships, and per haps not unreasonably. Still, there will always be the question whether a small vessel, presenting only a small mark, and requiring only a small crew, may not be preferable to a vessel offering a larger surface to shot and locking up some 800 men. To be sure, when all vessels are invulnerable or invi sible alike this point of comparison may disappear, but we have not reached that consummation yet. However, what we wish to remark is, that the Gloire is neither the one thing nor the other. If the prize is to be won by strength and size, neither she nor any one of her nine sisters could show against the Warrior ; if it is to be decided by invi sibilitynimblgeunnehsse,asths.e would be no match for s fo a un p d ar s r- t e ial l ttle iron-plated and application re m ay e further r theth e r n ew observe inventionth a t m pe a r y h b a e p v strongi c e a ser viceable. ea.n and ponderous seems to. be plates admittedare requiredtl tho be . h resist very heavy shot from rifled guns , a shell might be re pelled destructive that s shells sa are much infinitely weaker the plate . m o `' Ye e are also im plements assured be kept o out of a ship f modern he dm t and a thatdamage done by ift they an but shot would be comparatively insignificant. Putting tt a oo t thes ethat f t a o g v e e t s h s e e r l , biet nots e e ms rendered natural to s p h ot r - e p s r u o m o roof she th mis m i i g g h h t t b a e t l d e o a n s t e b w e t m h a o d u et much shell - p i r m o o p f e , her her e s o e s at seagoing qualities, It is isp a er li f t e i e e t s iy orey evident e n t t g h r a e t a , t according add iadmnitdei °n"itth to THE SON, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 29, 1860. the present state of the am, iron-cased ships will be calculated for home service only ; indeed, our largest line-of-battle ships as it is, have seldom been sent to any great diance from home. No three-decker ever yet went round the Cape, and no iron-sided Colossus is likely to take that voyage. It follows, therefore, that our foreign and colonial service must still be periormed by old-fashioned vessels, but it does not ffflow that those vessels may not be rendered less vulnerable than they are by a judicious application )f iron-plating. Perhaps, as the lightest craft carry a heavy gun, so the most nimble cruiser may have aer cuirass to suit. We can only repeat, in conclusion, that what we suggested in the way of reassurance has been en tirely borne out by the 7eTelations of the contro versy. The new ships are .ikely to be more expensive than was originally supposed, and the richest nation will therefore have an advantage in constructing them. On this point we can add some authentic information. We belince the actual cost of the largest class of iron-ctsed ships will be about £350,000, or, according to the old method of reckon ing, 110,000 a gun. Tais is a prodigious charge— in fact, it is double that, of our finest three-deckers. Iron, however, will 'tat decay like wood, and — what is of far greater importance-36 guns can be worked with less than half the crew required for 130. An element, again, of the greatest conse quence in the question is hat of speed, and it is be yond any doubt that we can manufacture the best engines, and that we possess the most valuable fuel. To be brief, we must needs conclude that our old naval superiority has been kept absolutely within our grasp' by a discovery which gives us every point in our favour. The new invention offers the sovereignty of the seas to the nation which can work best in iron, provide the best en gineers, and supply the largest funds for keeping batteries afloat. If any nation can beat us in ti race so regulated we shall richly deserve our defeat. Times. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. CEYLON. The report of the directors of this company states that the result of the proceedings at the extraordi nary general meeting of the 23d of July last had been communicated to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, and by him forwarded to Ceylon. Mr. Hawkshaw's report had been received in Cey lon, and presented to the Legislative Council by the Lieutenant- Governor, with an intimation that no action would be taken upon it until the arrival of the new Governor, Sir C. M'Carthy, who before his departure from this country, it was understood, had made himself completely master of the snbject, and would, no doubt, be prepared to deal with it impartially in the interests of the colony and the company. It would, in all probability, be the end of the year before the views of the Ceylon Govern ment could be ascertained, when they would be communicated to the proprietors. In consequence of the uncertainty attending the future proceedings of the company, the operations of the past year had necessarily been limited. By last advices from Ceylon, the directors were informed that with the concurrence of the Government, all the works, except those on the Lake road, had been stopped ; that considerable reductions in the police and medical establishments had been effected, and that the staff were employed on surveys. At the last audit the Ceyloa accounts could not be passed owing to the absence of vouchers ; and, at the re peated representations of the directors, the local Government had consented to audit the accounts on the spot from the beginning, The Auditor- General was engaged upon them, and the directors had hoped to present them to the meeting officially verified ; but, at the date of the last advices, the accounts for 1859 only were then under inves tigation. Mr. G. L. Molesworth, the acting chief resident engineer, stated in his report that he had agreed with the Government controlling engineer to con tinue the works during the past year with a force of only about 1,500 men. During the spring he had applied to Government to increase that num ber, in order that those works might be executed during the dry season which lay in districts flooded during the greater part of the year. The quantity of earthwork done during the year amounted to 295,173 cubic yards, the cost varying from 111;d. per cubic yard in high embankments formed from side cutting, where the lead had been long and the baling of surface water expensive, to 3d. per cubic yard where the cost of each cubic yard had been divided by embankment having been formed from cutting by means of earth-waggons. The earth works from Colombo to Gallihitiavo, 13 miles from Colombo, were far advanced, and the worst portions of the flooded district had been success fully crossed. The amount of work done in sur veys during the year was, 48 miles of traverse sur veys, 57 miles of sections, 71- miles of line set cut permanently, 43 miles of estimates, and 942 cross sections. The capital account to the 30th of June showed that £294,221 had bean received in London, and ;06,377 expended, leaving a balance unex pended of 1;191,144. EDINBURGH AND DUNFERMLINE. A meeting was held at DunSermline oh Thursday for the purpose of adopting preliminary measures for the formation of a railway. from Edinburgh to Dunfermline—Provost Robert:i,on in the chair. The report of Mr. Bouch, engineer, showed that the proposed line would:be 15 miles in• length, with a ferry across the Firth. of Forth at Queens ferry of three-quarters of a mile, and the capital proposed to he raised was £130,000, of which the North British Railway Conx:pany were to take £30,000. The line would join the Edinburgh and Glasgow at Haymarket, and communicate with the North Vritish, which was to - work the proposed line. At Dunfermline it would also connect with the existing railway commtinication. Stations would be opened at points facing the route, and a new low-water pier would - ,b() formed at North Queensferry, corresponding to the pier of Port ' Edgar on the south side of the , Forth. On the motion of Mr. WEI.IWOOD, the meeting approved generally of the propnsed scheme; a com mittee was appointed to carry out the objects of the meeting, and the sum of £5OO was subscribed towards the preliminary expenses, besides other subscriptions. From the suppoLrt which the project received, it was expected that it would be carried out. NORTHERN OF FRANCE. The traffic receipts on this company's line for the meek ending the 20th in; t. amounted, on 602 miles, for passengers to .£16,,569, and for luggage and merchandise to £34,711; total, £51,280. The receipts for the corresponding week of last year on the same mileage amounted to £52,390, showing an increase of £l,llO, or 2.11 per cent. The total receipts, from Jan. 1 to Oct, 20, amounted to £1,919,788, and for the corresponding period of 1859 to £1,820,086, showing an. increase of £99,702, or 5.47 per cent. GRAND TRUNK OF CANADA. The capital account of this company, ending June 30, showed that £2,774,597 had been received on shares consolidated into stock, £4,450 not yet con solidated, £3,500,939 on debentures , £ 2,996,900 o n preference debenture capital, and £3,111,500 on provincial debentures, making %total of £12,388,386. The expenditure, including £319,425 during the half year, amounted toXll,7S2,27 2 , l eaving a balance to credit of capital of £606,114. The revenue account for the half year ending 30th June last showed that £314,811 had be en received, and £268,811 expended, leaving a balance of £43,000. MARGATE.—FRIDAY. —The barquo Nemesis, of London, struck, on Monday night, on the Girdler Sand, near Margate. As soon as her signals of distress were ob served the Margate lifeboat, which the National Lifeboat Institution had just sent to that station, was manned and launched. Immediately the vessel was reached the lifeboat crew boarded her, and after assisting to lighten her she, with her crew of 17 hands, proceeded on her voyage, with a general cargo, to Bombay. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —Among the numerous extraor dinary cures without medicine effected by Du Barry's deli cious Health Restoring Revalenta Arabica Food, the following deserve notice :—Cure No. 54,318—Mr. James Chapman, of Clunbury, Shropshire, Dec. 22, 18,56, of many years sufferings of chronic rheumatism, and complication of nervous diseases. Cure No. 3 , 906— Mr. J. Porter, of Athol-street, Perth, May 2, 1848, of thirteen years cough, indigestion, and general debility. Cure No. 24,814 —The Rev. Thomas Minster, cure of five years nervousness, with spasms and daily vomitings. Cure No. 32,836—0 f the Venerable Archdeacon Alex. 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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.; Abbik, 60, Gracechurch-street ; 4, Cheapside ; 63 and 150, Ox bard-street ; 330 and 451, Strand ; 49 and 60, Bishopsgate street ; Batty, 16, Finsbury Pavement ; Phillips and Co, r tea-dealers; Petty, Wood, and Co., King William-street City ; at 127, High Holborn; and all grocery, It is rather a curious fact that the prisoner enter tained, or pretended to do so, a conviction that he would surely be acquitted of the charge, and that it was at his own urgent request that the trial took place at-the recent session, as he said he was tired of being in prison, and wanted to get out . His learned counsel, Mr. Best, was extremely desirous that the trial should be postponed to the next ses sion, as it would have given an opportunity for the excitement that had been created in the public mind to cool down, and there is no doubt, if an application Lto that effect had been made to the judges, that it would have been complied with, and, indeed, it is generally the rule in all these serious cases, not to try the prisoner at the E4ame sessions that the bill is found by the grand jury. Mr. Wood, Mullins's solicitor, it seems, suggested to the prisoner that this course should be taken, but he objected to it, and it was at his own earnest desire that the trial was brought on. For a short time a.fter the conclusion of the trial, the prisoner exhibited a good deal of excitement, and asserted that he was innocent of the crime of which he had been convicted, but since then he has become quite calm, and apparently resigned, and evidently feels the fearful position in which he is placed. The pri soner and all his family are Roman Catholics, but it appears that before his trial he made no objec tion to attend Divine service in the chapel of the prison, and listened with apparent attention to the exhortations of the Rev. Mr. Davis,,the ordinary. On Saturday, however, he expressed. to Mr. Jonas, the governor of Newgate, a desire to see a priest of his own communion, and that gentleman imme diately sent a communication to the Moorfields Catholic Chapel to that effect; and since then the prisoner has been visited by a Roman Catholic priest, and he will be permitted to have access to him whenever he pleases, during the interval that will elapse before his execution, which will take place on Monday, the 12th of November. It is not likely, even if the prisoner should make a confession, that the real circumstances under which poor Sold Mrs. Emsley was brutally murdered, will ever be fully made known to the public, as a statement of such a nature made to a Roman Catholic priest is considered as given under the seal of confession, and therefore sacred, and would not, under any circumstances, be divulged by the party ,o whom it was made. THE CONVICT MULLINS. The career of this nefarious villain, who has been justly convicted by a jury of his country of the crime of wilful murder, hds been most extraordinary. He was mixed up with the prosecution of Ribbon men in Ireland while he was attached to the Irish Constabulary, and acted the part of spy, informer, and witness on several occasions. Twice he nar rowly. escaped assassination by Ribbon conspirators. While he was in the K division of the metropolitan police, he was constantly intriguing and getting other constables and sergeants into trouble, and was a very mischievous fellow. While he was officiat ing as sergeant he was very unpopular with the men under his control, and was very officious and very arrogant. For several years after the opening of the Black wall Railway the metropolitan police did duty on that line, and Mullins, who was then a sergeant, was appointed to look after the police-constables selected to do duty at the various stations between Blackwall and Fenchurch-street, and apartments were assigned to him in a house belonging to the railway corn pony in London-street, Fenchureb street. In the same house lived another Irishman, named Dempsey, a constable in the K division, and a railway guard named Rutherford. At that time the carriages on the Blackwall Railway were pro pelled by means of wire ropes attached to enormous wheels set in motion by stationary engines at each end of the line. A carriage for each station was attached to this wire rope, and cast off from it while the train was in motion on nearing the sta tion to which it belonged, and where it was to stop. It happened that the guard (Rutherford) had 'made a complaint to the secretary of the com pany of the dirty habits of Mullins and his family, and their general disorderly conduct. This came to the knowledge of Mullins, and he declared that he would have a word or two with Ruther ford the first time he met with him ; in other words, Mullins, who was a person of very quarrel some disposition when offended, determined to have a row with him. For that purpose he got upon a Poplar carriage one Wednesday afternoon when the full train started from Fenchurch-street. Ruther ford was on the West India-dock station carriage, and after the train had passed Limehouse Church, he took off the coupling irons to detach the carriage he was upon from the hers. The carriage had no I sooner been detached from the others than Mullins discovered the mistake he had committed. He was upon the wrong carriage, and made an attempt to step from the Poplar to the West India-dock car riage. In doing so he fell upon the line. The wheels of the carriage Rutherford was upon went over his knee. He was severely injured, and when assistance was obtained he was insensible. He was taken to the London Hospital, where he remained under medical treatment for three months; On his recovery he again joined the police force, and re sumed his old position on the Blackwall railway. One night he presented himself at the station-house of the sub-division in Shadwell, with his clothes torn, marks of violence on his person, and apparently exhausted } and stated that as he was walking down the railway after the trains had ceased running, he saw three burglars attempting to break into the rear of a house in Brunswick-terrace, Stepney, and that he went down stairs at the station, took the burglars by surprise, and attempted to capture them, on which. they attacked him, and after beat ing him in a brutal manner, disabled him. This story obtained credence from his superiors, and was not contradicted by those who knew it to be a fabrication, because they were glad to relieve the force of Mullins at any price, and soon after wards he was superannuated upon a pension of £35 a year. He obtained employment through the influence of one of his countrymen on the South- Eastern line, and immediately commenced a system of plunder which terminated in his con viction and a sentence of six years' penal servitude. On his discharge as a ticket-of-leave convict he ob tained employment from Mrs. Emsley as bricklayer and plasterer, and was almost constantly engaged in executing repairs in one or other of her nume rous houses until he committed the barbarous mur der for which he is doomed to forfeit his life. ANTECEDENTS OF MULLINS IN IRELAND. Mullins is about fifty years of age, 5 ft. 9 in. high, with carroty hair and whiskers; a thin-faced, pale man, of gentlemanly appearance and good address. Ile was never known, it is said, to form an intimate acquaintance, but always led a solitary kind of ex istence. He is a bricklayer and plasterer by trade, is descended of Irish parents, but speaks with an English accent. Soon after the establishment of the London metropolitan police he joined that body, and was promoted to the rank of sergeant in the K Division, in which he remained until a metropoli tan police force was established in Dublin twenty four years ago. He was then promoted to the rank of inspector. Ireland was then overrun by a con spiracy under different names, but all belonging to the same body. They were exclusively Roman Catho lic, sworn to aid and assist each other, and to keep the secrets of their society. They had branch lodges in all the manufacturing towns of England and Scotland. The Government entered into a eorres • pondence with the late Dr. Murray, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin, who succeeded in obtaining a bull from the Pope, excommunicating all the mem bers of the secret society ; and a Catholic priest in duced a Ribbonman to give secret information respecting the society to the Lord-Lieutenant. He obtained a warrant from Sir James Graham, the then Home Secretary, for opening letters passing through the Post Office. The letters of sus pected persons in one postmaster's district were ordered to be forwarded back to the General Post office. In a short period a number of letters were accordingly sent marked to Dublin by a post mistress in the north of Ireland, and by this means the authorities learned that a meeting of delegates from all parts of the United Kingdom was to be held to alter the signs and pass-words of the society. A letter of invitation to the delegates for Man chester was detained, and Mullins was despatched to Manchester to make himself acquainted with the appearance, habits, employment, &c., of the Manchester delegates. This he faithfully did, and then, armed with forged letters from England, pro ceeded to the north of Ireland, delivered his ere dentials, and was heartily welcomed. He spent money lavishly, and was what they termed "a regular trump." The authorities, receiving from him due notice of his movements, kept a large force of police in motion. The police, in great force, secretly arrived in the town where the meeting was to be held, in plain clothes, and were concealed in the barracks. Mullins, the night before, lodged in a public-house in Ballyconnell, kept by one of the members of the club, and the beds being p.ll occupied, the landlord sent his wife to sleep with his two daughters, and shared his own bed with his new friend, after drinking long a nd deep, a 1 vowing eternal friendship. The .next morning they proceeded together to 13allinamore, where they met many of the delegates in a public-house. Only a part of the delegates had arrived, and com menced business, when one young man, more acute than the rest, put questions to Mullins, and found that he had never been a member of the society. This young man acquainted two I others, and preparations were instantl y made for the despatch of Mullins, the rest of the gang THE STEPNEY 'RD ER. having no suspicion of what was going to occur. Mullins was invited to go out into the back yard. He rose to do so, but when he got as far as the door, a suspicion of what was intended flashed on his mind Returning for his hat he suddenly closed the door and shouted " Police !" Several policemen, armed with pistols, were in the house in . plain clothes ; and the men in uniform, with fixed bayo nets, surrounded and entered the house, when they captured all the conspirators that had then arrived. Only one, who fought desperately, and displayed great courage and presence of mind, effected his escape. The rest were indicted for simply meeting to unlawfully conspire, as the Government failed to get an informer, and Mullins was discovered before he learned any of the secrets of the society. His pale face and calm bearing, besides his adven turous daring, ma de him a wonderful object of s interest. The prisoners were convicted, and sen tenced to two years' imprisonment. Mullins returned to Dublin, and resumed his duty but he had a wholesome fear of being attacke4 by e had betraye . d, and applied to be transferred t o b to the London polic . e. He used to complain bit of how badly his services in Ireland were terly re quited, and how the authorities reduced him in rank when transferring him from Dublin. He said his wife wanted him to betray the Government to the conspirators, and was so affected by• the thoughts of her husband having betrayed her co untrymen (she being a Tipperary woman) that for years after she laboured under the delusion that he was haunted by an evil spirit in the night time, and for this reason wou l d not sleep with him. While in the police force he succeeded in reco. vering a large amount of property stolen from Mr. Emsley, the husband of the deceased, and in conse quence of this he was s t rong ly recommended by him . to the authorities at Scotland-yard for promotion, was presented with a ring,, and received many other marks of respect from Emsley. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET HOUGHTON MEETING SATURDAY. Free Handicap Sweepstakes of 20 sovs each, h ft. T.M.M. 1 mile 7 furlongs 158 yards. 5 subs. Major Hibberd's Pitman, 3 yrs, 7st 31b (Charlton) 1 Mr. Jaques's Peodorowna, 3 yrs, 7st 121 b ..(Challoner) 2 Count B,atthyany's Neoptolemus, 3 yrs, 6st G 111 b (H. rimshaw) 3 Claire 0,250 ran. Betting--- 5 to 4 agst Claire, sto 2 against Neoptolemus, 4 to 1 each agst Feodorowna and Pitman. • Won easily by a length ; three-quarters of a length be tween second and third, a head between the third and fourth. Sweepstakes of 10 .sous each, for two-yr-olds, Gst 71b ; three-yr-olds, Bst 7th ; four-yr-olds, five-yr-olds, and up wards, 9st 41b. The winner to be sold for 200 soya, demanded; if for 100 soya, allowed 71b. T.Y.C. 5 fur, 140 yards. 7 subs. Mr, Jackson's Duchess, 2 yrs (L 100), 6st . . (Buck) 1 Mr. T. Hughes's Man Friday, aged (L 100) Bst 111 b • (D. Hughes) 2 Mr. Ten Broeck's Pomona, 3 yrs (£100), Bst.. (Fordham) 3 Neophyte and Raspberry also ran. Betting - 7 to 4 agst Pomona, 3to 1 ahrst Man Friday, 5 to 1 each agst Duchess and Raspberry, 8 to 1 agst Neophyte. Duchess led all the way, closely waited upon by Man Friday, Mr. Jackson's filly winning an interesting race by a neck, the others some lengths in the rear. The winner was claimed by Mr. T. Hughes. Handicap Plate of 50 sovs, for two-yr-olds. First half o' Ab. M. 3 furlongs 215 yards. Mr. Payne's Copernicus , Bst ... (L. Snowden) 1 Mr. Riddell's Brilliant , 7 s t 41b Mr. S. Thellusson's For ester, 7.t 101 b .... (Woodhouse) 3 The following also ran :—Pounce, lona colt, Longshot, Carbine, Rupert, Atropia, Mountebank, Lopcatcher, Fox head, Calpe, Jingling Johnny, Astarte, Amy Robsart, Mermaid, Strike, Addy colt, and Lady Louisa filly. Betting-5 to 1 each agst the Lady Louisa filly and Astarte, 6 to 1 agst Copernicus, 10 to 1 agst Atropia, 100 to 8 agst any other offered. Drewe weighed for Mr. Payne's colt by Woolwich—ln tegrity, and on going to the post he ran against Mounte bank. The jockeys were thrown, Grimshaw being, although somewhat stunned, enabled to ride his mount. Drew, how ever, was so much hurt that it was found necessary tb send him to the town in Lord Stamford's carriage. The Integ rity colt ran along the ditch bank, far up the Beacon Course, before he could be recovered. Mermaid and Astarte were restive at the post, and delayed the start for some time. Brilliant led to the cords, where Copernicus came out and won by a length and a half ; three-quarters of a length be tween the second and third ; Jingling Johnny and Astarte close toget,ber next; the last three were Rupert, Pounce, and Lcingsha- Sweepstakes of .100 sovs each, h ft, for 2-yr-Olds; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 41b. T.Y.C. Five furlongs 140 yards. 4 subs. Mr. H. Saville's Lady Blanche, Bst 41b... (G. Fordham) 1 Mr. Locke's Robinson Crusoe, Bst 71b (D. Hughes) 2 Duke of Bedford's Heaver, Bet 71b Betting—Even on Hearer, 5 to 4 agst Lady Blanche. Won by three-quarters of a length; a head between the second and third. The Houghton Handicap of 10 sovs each ; for 2-yr-olds, 7st ; 3_yr-olds, Bst 71b. The winner to'be sold for 300 soya, if demanded. First half of Ab. 3 furlongs 215 yards. Capt. Little's Man-at-Arms, 3 yrs, Est 111b(H. Grimsh man) aw) 2 1 Mr. Payne's Rockley , 3 y rs, 6st .... (Chap Mr. W. S. arawfurd's Winton, 3 yrs, 7st 41b (W. Bottom) 3 The following also ran :—Gallus, Cantine, Cramond, An • gelo, Nicholas, Mowbray, General Hess, Enfield, Roesia, Professor, Jeddah, and Lucy. Betting-5 to 2 agst Jeddah, sto 1 agst Man-at-Arms, 6 to 1 agst Roesia, 6 to I agst Professor, 10 to 1 each agst Winton, Gallus, and general Hess. Jeddah broke away, running nearly into the town, when he threw Buck and did not return to the starting post. Man-at-Arms was in front throughout, winning by three lengths ; three-quarters of a length between the second and the third. Angelo and Nicholas were next. Professor, Lucy, and Mowbray the last three. Sweepstakes of 10 Boys, each, for 2-yr-olds ; colts, Bst: 71b ; fillies, Bst 41b. The winner to be sold for 50 soya., if de manded, First half of Ab. M., s furlongs 215 yards. 6 subs. Lord Stamford's Sacerdos, Bst 71b (Aldcroft) 1 Mr. Gilby's Stitch in Time, Bst 41b .(Challoner) 2 Captain Little's Julio, Bst 71b Betting-4 to lon Sacerdos, who made all the running, and won by a length ; a bad third. The winner was claimed by Mr. Gilby. Sweepstakes of 5 soya each.; 2-yr-olds, 7st ; 3-yr-olds, Bst 71b; 4-yr-olds, Bst 121 b; 5-yr-olds and upwards, 9st. The winner to be sold for 25 soya if demanded, &c. 'Last half of Ab. M. 3 furlongs 215 yards. 19 subs. Mr. T. Hughes's Juliet, 4 yrs, Bst 121 b.... (D. Hughes) 1 Mr. Ten Broeck's Bayard, 2 yrs, 7st .... (H. Grimshaw) 2 Lord Stamford's Leontes, 5 yrs, 9st (A. French) 3 The following also ran :—Ladybird, Bayonet, Apollo, Woman in Red, Opera Dancer, Keepsake, Buttercup, British Grenadier, Longhope, Integrity colt, Chantress, and Queen of the May. Betting sto 4 agst Juliet, 5 to 1 each Leontes and Wo man in Red, 6 to 1 agst The Gentle. Won by three lengths . ; the same between the second and third. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each ; 3-yr-olds, 7st 91b ; 4-yr-olds, Bst 71b ; 5-yr-olds, Bst 121 b ; 6-yr-olds and aged, 9st. The winner to be sold for 120 sovs if demanded, &c. R.M. 1 mile 17 yards. Three subs. Mr. Thellusson's Lady Peel, 4 yrs, Bst 7l (G.Fordham) 1 Mr. Merry's Trovatore, 3 yrs, 7st 91b .. (Custance) 2 Betting--4 to lon Trovatore. Won after a good race by half a length. The winner was claimed. ------- A Handicap.Sweeptakes of 15 sovs each, 10 ft., for 2-yr olds. R.M. 1 mile 17 yards. 8 subs. Baron di Niviere's Isabella, 7st 101 b (G. Fordham) 1 Mr. Payne's Auricula, 6st 131 b (J. Snowden) 2 Mr. Jackson's Bel'aisle, B st 21 b .............. (Bullock) 3 The following also ran : — Paul Clifford, Lb:Deflower, Ericthonius, Cross Stitch, and Mantrap. Betting-2 to 1 agst Limeflower, sto 1 agst Mantrap, 6 to 1 each agst Auricular, Paul Clifford, and Isabella. Won easily by six lengths, a leng th between the second and third. Handicap Sweepstakes of 1 5 sov s, 10 ft, for y a t r h d r s e . er s r u - h ol s ds and upwards. A.F., 1 mile 2 furlongs 73 Mr: Gilby'sFlash-in.the-Pan, 4 yrs, Bstiimlbb (Chayoner) Mr. Gulliver's Miss Eleanor, 4 yrs, 7st (A. Sadler) 2 Mr. H. Savile's Guilder, 3 yrs, 6st 71b (Phillips) 3 Betting-6 to 4 agst Miss Eleanor, 7to 4 agst Flash-in.. the-Pan, 2 to 1 agst Guilder. Won by three lengths. Guilder beaten off. Selling Handicap Sweepstakes of 15 sovs each, 5 ft, if de clared, for two-yr-olds and upwards. Thewinnertob; sold for 120 sovs , if demanded, &c. A.E.c„ 1 mile furlongs 56 yards. 7 subs, one of whom declared. Mr. Jackson's Weatherproof, 2yrs, 7st 71b (Bullock) 1 Mr. C. Peck's Miss Emma, 2 yrs, 7st 41b.. (W . B ottom) 2 Mr. jaqUeS' S Weatherwitch, 2 yrs, Bst (Challoner) 3 Ellen, Veracity, and Lady Love colt also ran. Betting-6 to 4 agst Miss Emma, 2to 1 agst Weather proof, 5 to 1 agst any other. Won by half a length ; three-quarters of a length b e ,. tween the second and third ; a bad fourth. The winner was claimed by Mr. Peck, and Miss Emma by Mr. Jaques. [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. 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O'Connor's letter, given in the'Limerick Chronicle,. tells of terrific charges made with the bayonet without loss, of the destruction of two Piedmontese ships, hitherto kept secret by the crafty Sardinians, besides several direct interpositions from Heaven. John also adds his testimony to that of previous witnesses to the fact that the Pope's own subjects in his army would sooner fight against him than for him. He says :—" The town was garrisoned by 5,000 troops, 3,000 of whicii we could not rely on, as they were Italians and gw.iss, and would soontsr help the enemy than us, but wo had to watch them. So you see we had very few loy,al men-400 Irish, the rest Austrians, who behaved 'bravely, and were like brothers to us. We were attacked by sea by 12 men-of-war and two steamers. We destroyed. two of their vessels and injured others, without ' being much injured ourselves. However, on the ninth day the Piedmontese came by land in. great force, about 40,000, and planted their guns within range of our fortress, and began to fire like dove is ; they also opened fire by sea, and kept it up night and day for six days. At last they made an atte nipt to enter the fort which we defended, but 1 were forced to retreat after losing nearly a thou sand men. We thank God we did not lose a single i nan, though we charged them with fixed bayonets. They then attacked two small forts defended by .Aus trians,.which they took after 'a terrible struggle, in which our party lest a hundred men, while the enemy's loss amounts to several hundreds. They then hoisted the flag of truce to bury their d ead, and sent an offer to our general to give up, w hick he refused. While the truce lasted they were mounting their guns nearer to us, so that 'when they commenced again they had a greater advan tage, as their cannon balls and shells both by - sea and land were flying round us and bursting up‘ by our sides; but God saved the Irish, as not one was killed, and only about forty wounded, one of titles:a having his leg shot o ff, while Austrians, stand Ling by our sides, were killed in great numbers. One Irishman was saved by having a blessed medal on his heart ; the ball hit the medal, and knocked him down, but he was not hurt ; the sign of the m edal remained on his breast." LAW INTELLIGENCE—Oct. 25. SURREY SHERIFFS' COURT. (Before Mr. Under-Sheriff Abbott and a Special Jury.) SCARTH V. THE LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. In this case Mr. Welsby and Mr. Needham ap peared for the claimant (Mr. Scarth), and Mr. J. B. X. ersley attended on behalf of the London and South-Western Railway Company. The case was brought wider the Land Clauses Consolidation Act of 1845, for the purpose of deter mining the amount of purchase-money and compen sation to which Mr. Scarth is entitled, as owner of certain copyhold lands at Barnes, in the county of Surrey, required by the company for the purposes of their railway. From the opening statement of counsel it appeared that Mr. Scarth had purchased some plots of land, of considerable extent, or Barnes Common and its immediate neighbourhood, portions of which were required for his own use, and other portions~ were sub-let or sold to various speculating gentlemen living in the same locality. One part was to a tradesman named Fisher, who had purchased about two acres of the land, for which he had paid, as far as he could recollect, £l4O per acre. The en fran chisement of the two acres cost about £l5O. Mr. John Humphreys, a carpenter, and Mr. liver Carpenter, also by trade a carpenter, had made purchases of the land from a Mr. Monk, who had likewise bought portions of the land in the first instance from Mr. Scarth, but who had subsequently sold or sub-let plots of ground to these persons. Mr. Humphreys paid £24 a year for 120 feet of land in one direction and over 200 feet in the other. This person had also two other pieces of land at £l2 a year each. Upon some of these plots of land holises were building, and it was proposed that new roads should be formed. The foundations of some cottages had been commenced, two houses had been finished, and one was at present occupied. The plaintiff claimed for the loss of his property, if taken by the railway company, the sum of £2,300. After the examination and cross-examination of a great number of witnesses, and the inspection by both sides of the plans of the property, the learned counsel were about to call competent authorities to certify as to the value of the land, but it was agreed on both sides that such a course would be inexpe dient, and The Jury returned a verdict of £9OO for Mr. Scarth ; thereby saving the railway company the sum of £1,400 by the investigation. COUNTRY MARKETS. YORK- OCT. 27. The supply of wheat was good to-day, but the principal qualities were new. The trade was firm, and the crarren cies were at fully previous rates for old ; new difficult to dispose of. A middling demand for barley. Wheat, red .52s to 60s I Oats.... 2Be to 30s White do.. .60s to 64s -1 Beans 485 to 50s Barley .318 to 42s 1 Peas .... —3 to --A Malt, 68s to 70s per qr. ; rye,, 40s per qr.; flour, 475 to 505 per sack. LEICESTER—Ocr. 27. The supply of wheat was pretty fair to-day, in tolerable condition, and prices no dearer. White wheat, 65s to 68s —red, 52s to 61s per 36 stone; a healthy sale for fine barley, grinding, 36s to 38s ; 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-OCT. 20. There was a tolerable supply of wheat, both old and new, and, with a slow trade, white moved off at 56s' - to 60s, red, 52s to 56s per 36 stone. There was a firm inquiry for barley ; malting, 38s to 46s grinding, 30s to 34s per 30 stone. Oats at 22 s to 28 s ?or new; old oats, 28s Li —s. Beans in limited supply, and extreme rates—new, 40s to 49s ; old, :48s to 54s per 38 stone •, peas, 48s to 50s per 36 gone. White cloverseed, 86s to 89s; red, 463 to 50s per qr. ; tares, 14s to 15s per bushel. NORWICH—OcT. 27. To-day there was a fair trade in wheat for all dry quali ties, at former rates, but inferior sorts difficult of sale, and little business doing. White wheat 64s to 68s I Red wheat 54s tio 651 Malting barley.. —4os to 43s I Chevalier barley.• • 3381 to 358 Distilling d0......25s to 27s Oats.. Flour, 46s to 46s 6d per sack from the miller. STAMFORD—Om. 27. A tolerable show of wheat at market yesterday, for which the farmers asked high prices. The demand was good, and last week's prices were supported. Wheat sBs to 62s Oats.. .......... 24 s t o 26 8 I White do 60s to 68s Beans ........465.. to 50s Barley ... .. 33 s to 42s I Ditto, old ........628 to TILE MAILS, MAILS DUE. A C e ylon, and Mauritiu s ( v i a South ampton)stralia, • • • • .. Nov. 18. 1)0. (via Marseilles) Nov. 12. A u stralia, Brazil and Cape Verde Nov. 5. Buenos Ayres, Monte Video, &c. Oct. —. Bahamas and Havana (via New York).. .. Nov. 22. Canada, &c. (via Galway) ••.. Oct. 31. Cape of Good Hope, &c. Nov. 2. China, Penang, and Singapore (via S'ampton) Nev. 2. Do. (via Marseilles) Oct. 27. Gibraltar (via Southampton) .. Nov. 2. India (Calcutta), Ceylon, &c. (via Southampton) Nov. 2. Do. (via Marseilles) Oct. 27. India (Bombay), (via Southampton) Nov. 10. Do. (via Marseilles) .. Nov. 4. Lisbon Nov. 1. Cuba and M . e . xico .. Oct. 29. Malta, Egypt, and Aden (via Southampton) .. Oct. 27. Do. (via Marseilles) Nov. 2. Vigo, and Oporto .. Nov. 1. United States, California, &c. Western Coast of Africa ' Madeira, Teneriffe Nov. 10. West Indies and Pacific,Carthagena, Cuba, &o. Oct. 31. Nov. 22. BIRTHS. CLiNzoN.—On the 21st inst., the Lady Charles Pelham Clinton, of a son. CLowEs.—On the 25th inst., at Torworth, Notts, the Hon. Mrs. Clowes, of a son. Bowes of a daughter. Manor, South ga t e, SIDNEY.—On the 27th inst., at E B sci o . Y: the wife of Thomas Sidney, MARRIAGE'S• of the Rev. H enry J . DANVES—LARDNER.—On the 2 5 th inst., at G illingham, Kent, Spencer Dawes, Esq. ,son Dawes, to Jane, daughter of Jason Lardner, Stag Sur goon R.N. WRIGHT—BRAND.—On the 25th inst., at W estminster Chapel, Joseph Wright, Es q ., of Great Marlow, to Mary Anne, relict of the late T . W. Brand, Esq., o f London. D B A rrii s. CULLEN.—On the 24th inst., Mr. R. 11. Cullen, of Sussex terrace, Alpha. road, New-cross, and late of ll.M.'s Cus toms, aged 33. JACKSON.—On the 24th inst., at 2, Marlborough-road, Islington, Charles Frederick Ji•ckson, aged one year and nine months. K NI GHT.—On the 25th inst., at Runweek House, near Farnham, Surrey, Charles Knight, Esq., aged 60. OTTERS.—On the 25th inst., at Deal, George Myers, Esq 9 aged 53. ROWED. —On the 25th inst., at 8 , Upper Ranolagh-street, Pi m li c o, John Rowed, Esq., aged 83. LONDON- : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Tits ,Sun DiNce, No. 112, stran d, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the ocant7 of siddlesex, Monday, October 29, 1860. I