The Sun. — London, England, 1860-11-02 00:00:00

A better from Malta, dated Valetta, October 26, says :--" Her Majesty's gunboat Assurance, Com mander Aynsley, arrived here on the 21st inst. from Alexandria (9 days), and from Suda Bay (2 days). Admiral Martin, with the line-of-battle ships that were on the coast of Syria, was quitting Suda Bay for Corfu when the Assurance left. It is now re ported that 10 line-of-battle ships are to remain at Corfu during the winter, and that constant com munication is to be maintained between the Com mander-in-Chief and the naval authorities here by means of three gunboats told off for the service. Her Majesty's despatch boat Banshee left Malta on Saturday last for Constantinople. This vessel was to have conveyed Lieut. Smith, of the Royal Engi neers, and Lieut. Porcher, of the Royal Navy, to the coast of Africa, on an antiquarian expedition to Cyrene, as stated in my last letter ; but according to new arrangements, the Boxer gunboat has been substituted for her. The Boxer went round on Tuesday from Sliema Creek to the dockyard to have her boilers, which have been undergoing repair, replaced. The crew of the St. Jean d'Acre line-of battle ship are still on board the receiving ship Hibernia, and since their removal I understand the health of the men has much improved, nor do I hear of any new cases of sickness having occurred. Accounts have just been received from her Majesty's gunboat Recruit, in the Danube, stating that the crew had been suffering severely from low fever. Six working hands were at one time all that were left to carry on the work of the ship. Two or three deaths had occurred among the men, and two in valids have arrived at Malta. I have accounts, re• ceived this morning, of her Majesty's surveying vessel Medina. She was at Smyrna on the 21st of October. The Dutch war steamer Cycloop, Capt. Taewater, left Malta for Constantinople on the 20th inst., and the frigate Van Wassenaer, Capt. Van Voss, of the same nation, on the following day, for Holland. The Dutch transport barque Helder arrived here from Alexandria on the 23d inst., also bound for Holland. The Prussian gunboat Lorely, Capt. H. Kusm (the same which some time back conveyed despatches from the King of Naples, at Gaeta, to the Neapolitan commander of the citadel of Messina, ordering him on no account to surrender, unless he received an order to such effect from the King), left port on the 21st inst. for Constantinople. The French corvette, Colbert, Capt. Boisguil renneud, arrived on the 21st inst. from Toulon, and left on the following day for Beyrout. She has on board stores and 52 supernumeraries for the French fleet." The screw corvette Orpheus, 21, 400-horse power, w as yesterday commenced being coppered in No. 2 basin at Chatham Dockyard, preparatory to join ing the second division of the steam reserve, for which service she is expected to be ready by the 10th inst. The Arethusa, 51, converting at Chatham Dock yard to a screw steamer, is in a very forward state, and every effort is being made to complete her with all despatch. Only a portion of the dock in which she is lying being covered in, advantage is being taken of the present fine weather to hasten forward the work. Letters received at Plymouth from the paddle wheel steam sloop Hydra, 6, Commander Richard V. Hamilton, state that on the 7th of October she was at Port Royal, Jamaica, eight days from Grenada, and that she was preparing to leave for Greytown, where she would remain some time. The utmost activity now prevails in all depart ments of Pembroke Dockyard. The following are the names of the vessels already in progress—viz., the Defiance, 91 ; the Triumph, 91 ; the Zealous, 1 ; the Tweed, 51; the Aurora, 51 ; the Perseus, 17 ; the Shearwater, 11 ; the Pandora, 5; the Nassau, 4 ; the Tartarus,4 ; and the Newport, 5. Of these the Pandora, the Nassau, the Tartarus, and the New port are to be wholly armed with the Armstrong guns. The following are also preparing to be laid down without delay—viz., the Blake, 91 ; the Ra leigh, 51 (to replace the one lost in Macao Roads in April, 1857, when Sir H. Keppel saluted the French Admiral's fiat while his ship was ; the Trent, 17 ; the Humber, 6 ; the Rye, 5 ; besides two large paddlewheel steamers. The Landrail, 5, screw, Commander Martin, went out of Portsmouth harbour yesterday to Spithead on the completion of her repairs. She is expected to proceed to the West Indies, calling in at Ply mouth Sound on her way down Channel. The Euryalus, 51, screw, Captain Tarleton, C. 8., is hourly expected at Spithead from the Cape. The Fire Queen, paddle, Master-Commander Paul, has received orders to proceed to Spithead immediately on the frigate's arrival, for the purpose of disem barking H.R.H. Prince Alfred and suite. The Cygnet, 5, screw, at Portsmouth, shifted the pitch of her Griffiths' propeller yesterday, and re sumed her experimental trialsto• day. The Strom boli, 6, paddle, in the steam reserve at the same port, will also test her boilers and machinery to-day in Stokes Bay, on the completion of her repairs. The Diadem, 32, screw, Captain Cockburn, has been removed from No. 8 dock at Portsmouth, and placed in the steam basin to complete her rest. The Royal screw yacht Fairy was afterwards placed in the same dock. The harbour men-of-war at Portsmouth yester day struck their summer spars and sent up their winter ones. The Eagle, 50, sailing frigate, Commander Strode, has nearly completed her outfit at Portsmouth as a training ship for Southampton water. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty :—Lieut. H. M. Miller, flag lieut., to the Impregnable; Lieut. A. A. Hanson, to the Centurion ; Lieut. Wm. H. Childers and Lieut. H. Salmond to the Charybdis; Lieut. A. `Williams to the Firebrand; G. Giles, master, to the Charybdis ; M. L. Bridger is nominated to a naval cadetship ; E. L, Trafford, midshipman, to the Royal Albert R. A. Smith, A. R. Hewett, and V. E. J. B. von Donop, midshipmen, to the Charybdis; F. Fore man, chief engineer, to the Cumberland, for charge of the machinery of the Anson ; J. Churcher, chief engineer, to the Emerald ; J. Hood, promoted to the rank of chief engineer, and appointed to the Asia, for charge of the Medea ; E. J. Giles, paymaster, to the Charybdis ; and J. Hay, assistant-paymaster in charge, to the Porcupine. FLAG PROMOTIONS. By the death of Admiral the Right Hon. Thomas, Earl of l)undonald, G.C.8., the appointment of Rear-Admiral of the United Kingdom, salary £342 Sh., and an admiral's good service pension, value 1300 Per annum, become vacant, and the following promotions will take place : Admiral of the White Sir Lucius Curtis, Bart., C. 8., to be Admiral of the Red. Admiral of the Blue William Bowles, C. 8., to be Admiral of the White. Vice Admiral of the Red Sir Barrington Rey nolds, K.C.8., to be Admiral of the Blue. Vice Admiral of the White Sir Arthur Fan phawe, K.C.8., to be Ni ice Admiral of the Red. Vice Admiral of the Blue William Fanshawe Martin, the commander-in -chief in the Mediter ranean, to be Vice Admiral of the White. Rear Admiral of the Red Sir Michael Seymour, G.C.8., to be Vice Admiral of the Blue. Rear Admiral of the White Christopher Wy T in , to be Rear Admiral of the Red. Rear Admiral of the Blue Frederick Bullock, to be Rear Admiral of the White. Captain Thomas Matthew Charles Symonds, C. 8., to be Rear Admiral of the Blue. The following promotion takes place on the re served half-pay list, the undermentioned officer being senior to the vice admiral promoted on the active list : Vice Admiral the Hon. Alexander Jones, to be Admiral. The following officers on the retired list are also entitled to promotion, in pursuance of her Majesty's Order in Council of May 7,1858 : Vice Admirals to be Admirals—George Hender son and Robert Worcan George Festing, C.B. The senior vice admiral a now is Sir Augustus W. J. Clifford, Bart., C. 8.; the senior rear admiral is Sir Henry Byam Martin, K.C.8.; and the senior captain next for promotion to flag rank is Thomas teeke Massie. p„.T. I the promotion of Capt a i n S ymon d s to flag a captain's good service pension reverts to the f 4 " 41 4t 4 t of the .leirat Lord of the Admiralty. !' ~~ ~ VEMENT. LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY. At the Lancashire rifle contest yesterday, not withstanding the prevalence of a dense November fog all over the county, the attendance of riflemen and spectators was more numerous than on the pre vious days. The great object of attraction was doubtless the shooting for the Lord-Lieutenant's 100-guinea cup, but the large number of entries for the Benson and Mallett cup, valued at £l2 10s., is a healthy sign that the volunteers do not regard the money value of a prize only, the desire to make a good score being evidently the paramount incen tive. The shooting commenced under very un favourable circumstances. A dense fog hung over the ground, and the glimpses of the targets were only spectral. " Bull's-eyes" were seldom or never visible at a distance of 300 yards. Later on in the day the fog became still more dense, and beyond 100 yards objects were very undistinguishable. This state of the atmosphere necessitated the postponement of the contest for the Lord-Lieutenant's prize, of which only the first range was shot off, until the following morning. The contest for the Benson and Mallett cup was, however, decided. The remainder of the day was occupied in shooting for sweepstakes, for which a large number of riflemen entered, and ex hibited superior practice. The "Aunt Sallies" were, so long as they could be distinguished, in full ope ration, one gentleman, said to be an Indian officer, making beautiful practice with a Turner rifle. His firing position was somewhat peculiar, but it pos sesses the virtue of perfect steadiness. You sit down on the ground, support the barrel of the rifle on the left arm, lay the left hand on the right arm, and drawing up the legs towards the chin, rest the butt of the rifle against the middle of the right arm, supporting the toe of the butt, on the right knee. This position is somewhat acrobatic, and the performer appears to be carefully hushing his weapon to sleep ; but when the rifle was brought level with the object not a tremor could be noticed. " Bull's-eyes" or " Centres" generally rewarded the rifleman's steadiness. Volunteers with " big round bellies," it is advisable to say, need not at tempt this feat. In the course of the morning two of the competing great guns were placed on the shore ready for the contest on Saturday. The closing proceedings of the day were painfully marred by an accident from which Col. Gladstone suffered severely. He had just leaped his horse over a drain when the animal got its foot into a rabbit hole, turned a somersault, and threw the Colonel. In regaining its footing it placed one of its hoofs on the Colonel's neck, inflicting a fearful gash from the ear downwards. The Colonel was as sisted off the field, and a surgeon attached to a Cheshire Volunteer Corps being present, the wound was stitched up. The Colonel, who was much stunned and shaken, bore his sufferings with great fortitude. A carriage being kindly placed at his disposal by Major Blundell, of Crosby-hall, he was conveyed in it to the station, and thence to Liverpool by train. Great sympathy has been ex pressed for the sufferer, as he has always been highly respected. Fortunately, Colonel Gladstone is a very healthy " subject," or such an injury might go hard with him. His absence from the ground will be a source of regret to all the riflemen engaged in the contest. The following was the result of the day's work, which included only two events—first, a cup or purse, value 100 guineas, presented by the Lord Lieutenant of the county ; and the bronze medal of the National Rifle Association, presented by that body. Second Prize—A silver vase, value £2O, presented by Mr. Henry Greenwood (being the pro ceeds of his Penny Programme and Plan of the Reviews held at Aintree and Knowsley respectively). Third Pi ize—A rifle, presented by Mr. Thomas Turner, of Birmingham, to be competed for by Vo lunteers of the county. Distances, 300, 600, and 800 yards. Five shots at each range. Entrance, ss. As has been already stated, only the short range was shot off, when, on account of the fog, it was found impossible to proceed with the contest, which was adjourned till 10 o'clock this morning. The other event was a cup, value 12 guineas, presented by Messrs. Benson and Mallett, being the proceeds of the sale of the " official card" at Knowsley; to be competed for by any Volunteer whose corps was present at the Knowsley Review. Distances, 200 and 300 yards. Five shots at each range. Entrance, ss. For this there were 130 entries and 110 com petitors entered the lists. It was won by Thomas Casson, 39th Lancashire Rifle Volunteers, who made a total score of 17, making 8 at the 200 and '9 at the 300 yards' range. The competition could scarcely be said to be keen, as the next highest score was 13. At the short range there were 1 ten, 2 nines, 5 eights, 12 sevens, 10 sixes, 22 fives, 23 fours, 13 threes, 6 twos, 9 ones, and 2 nothings. At the 300 yards' range there were 1 nine, 4 sevens, 6 sixes, 10 fives, 18 fours, 16 threes, 19 twos, 14 ones, and 15 nothings. The total score was 810, giving an average of nearly 74, to each competitor. Much emulation has been excited among the Cambridge University Rifles during the past fort night, in consequence of the Vice-Chancellor of the University, the Hon. and Rev. L. Neville, Master of Magdalen College, having intimated his inten tion of presenting a silver cup to the member of the corps proving himself the best marksman at vari ous distances. About 100 competitors presented themselves, and arrangements for the competition were made and carried out under the supervision of Col.-Commandant Baker, Capt. Burn, and Rev. J. F. Hardy, 8.D., of Sidney College, secretary. In accordance with these regulations a trial match was determined on, to decide the competency of members to shoot for the cup, such competition to be confined to those scoring 15 points in the preli minary trial. The result was the reduction of the list to the following :-Ist Section—Shuttleworth, Caius ; Piper, Trinity ; Hall, St. Peter's ; Great heed, Corpus; Pemell, Emmanuel ; Snowden, John's; Gurdon, Trinity; Bros, John's; Heath, Trinity Hall ; Hughes, Trinity Hall; King, Tri nity : Lee, Emmanuel ; Clowes, Trinity ; Clay, do. ; Wilson, P. W., do. ; Tarratt, do. 2d Section—Page, John's ; M'Neile, Trinity ; Washington, do.; Shep herd, do. ; Vy vyan, Gains ; Godfrey, John's ; Storer, Trinity Hall; Steward, A. H., John's; Taylor, Queen's; Peterkin, Emmanuel; French, Trinity; Dyson, do.; Buxton, do. ; Steward, P. F., do. ; Leatham, do. The actual contest took place on the rifle ground on the Mill-road, on Wednesday and Thursday (yesterday), concluding between 4 and 5 in the evening on the latter day. There were four distances, five rounds each, and the score for target shots was one for the outer circle, two for the cen tre, and three for the bull's eye. The Vice-Chan cellor was present during the whole of the compe tition, and the general interest excited was evinced by the attendance of numbers of the principal mem bers of the University, and the principal persons of the neighbourhood, including a due proportion of the fair sex. On Wednesday the firing was at the two shorter, and on Thursday at the longer dis tances. The following are the eight principal scores: Shuttleworth, Caius, 32 ; Hall, St. Peters, 32 ; Gurdon, Trinity, 27; Heath, Trinity Hall, 28; Lee, Emmanuel, 27 ; Storer, Trinity Hall, 27 ; Peterkin, Emmanuel, 37 ; Buxton, Trinity, 33. Mr. Peterkin was thus the winner. At the con clusion the competitors were paraded in front of the Magazine, and the Vice-Chancellor proceeded to the presentation of the cup, which was a chastely elegant one, of the reputed value of 20 guineas. The Vice-Chancellor said—" I wish to express the great pleasure I have had in witnessing the late trial of your merits which has resulted in the suc cess of your friend, and I have more pleasure in doing this when I recollect the manner in which the University Rifle Corps has been conducted from its form a ti on, and the readiness evinced by 1 1 every member of it to concur in the wishes of the authorities of the university • and I cannot let this opportunity pass without doing justice to the merits of one whom you all highly esteem, Col. Baker, inasmuch as to the pains he has taken is due the proficiency you have shown this day. To you, Mr. Peterkin, I have much pleasure in presenting this cup as a testi mony of my own goodwill, and I hope that in looking upon it in future years it will i nc ite you to perseverance in every honourable and manly course." Mr. Peterkin, having bowed his acknowledgments, received the cup and retired into the ranks. The assembly then disp erse d a f ter t h ree \ ziteilatlA THE VOLUNTEER MO THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 2, 1860. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. LONDON, CHATHAM, AND DOVER.—THE WESTERN EXTENSION. At the invitation of Sir M. Peto and Messrs. Betts and Crampton, the contractors, the directors and their friends passed over on Wednesdayifor the first time that important link in their railway which fills up the gap hitherto existing between Strood and Bickley, and thus gives them an access both to the City and West-end of London independent of the South -Eastern Railway Company. A special train was provided at the Victoria Station, and at about 40 minutes to 12 o'clock a large party proceeded over the Crystal Palace line to the commencement of the Western Extension works. The works passed over between Bickleyand Strood com prise a distance of 22 miles. At present the traffic will be carried from the Victoria Station, the extensions of which are rapidly approaching completion, over the West-end and Crystal Palace line, belonging to the Brighton Company. Beyond this the traffic is managed by the Mid Kent Com pany; but hereafter the metropolitan extension of the Lon don, Chatham, and Dover Railway, commencing at Becken ham, passing under the north side of the Crystal Palace by a tunnel, will give the latter -mentioned company a direct through communication to the Borough, and crossing the Thames and Ludgate-hill, run into Farringdon -street,where it will shortly be connected with the Metropolitan Railway and the northern lines. A western branch, commencing in the neighbourhood of Cold Harbour-lane, at Brixton, and passing over the Brixton, Clapham, and Wandsworth roads, and thence under the South-Western line, near the present Crystal Palace line, will effect a junction with the existing Brighton Railway over Battersea-road, and run into Vic toria Station. The 22 miles between Biokley and Strood pre sent scarcely a mile of surface, nearly the whole length con sisting of cuttings and embankments, some of which are of considerable length and of a heavy character. There is not any tunnel throughout. The whole of the line, which will be ready for the use of the public next month, is most sub stantially laid ; the cuttings have evidently been made with great care, the whole of the embankments appear to be of chalk and are exceedingly well constructed, and the brick work, which was examined on several portions of the line by the guests, is of great solidity. Not a single portion of timber has been used in the construction of the bridges, the whole of them being built of brick or brick and iron. For the two first miles the new works are not of a heavy descrip tion. The first cutting worth notice is through Orpington Wood, where some of the finest ferns in the country are to be found—it is the only clay one on the line, and is some what of a slippery nature. The length of this cutting is a little more than half a mile, and the extreme height of it is 25 feet, and it is spanned by a very handsome bridge of three arches. A short distance beyond this work we come to the Crays station, immediately beyond which there is a viaduct of nine arches of about 45 feet high. From this spot a very fine view is had of the valley of Crays, and a-head, in the distance, is seen a very beautiful bridge, 53 feet in height, connecting the two banks of a ye , y heavy cutting. At this point the "passengers" left the train and inspected the works, with which they expressed themselves exceed ingly satisfied. The next cutting is heavy, and nearly a mile long. After passing some works of an average charac ter the line appronhes the place whence a branch, of about seven miles long, to Sevenoake, and now in the course of construction, will effect a junction with the London, Chat ham, and Dover line. A little further on the train passed under a long bridge which carries the old Maidstone and London turnpike .road. For the next three or four miles the line runs through some very pleasant scenery. Over this, portion of the works there are some very well executed bridges. Several cuttings and embankments succeed, and Farningham station is reached, where ample space has been secured for goods sidings. There is another fine view at this part of the railway. Here the rails are carried across the valley of the Dart by an embankment of 80 feet high and a viaduct of 10 arches. The company again left the line here and walked over the works, many of them admiring the old church of Horton Kirby on the left. The line until it approaches to Strood is very much of the same character as that already described. For a considerable length of this portion of the country evidence is seen, in the long line of wheat-stacks, of the results of the labours of the farmers, whose neat end picturesque dwellings present themselves in many a happy-lo2king nook and corner. On approaching the Medway, after passing the Meopham and Sole-street stations, the river Medway is seen on the right with the ruins of Rochester Castle in the distance. On approaching the river the guests found, at a place called Cuxton, a very excellent luncheon prepared for them in a tent erected for the occasion, and we are not dcing injustice to them in stating that they ate and drank the whole of the good things provided for them. There was "just enough and no more." On arrising at this spot the directors and their friends were met w ith a very cordial reception, gees saluting them and flags flying amidst the hearty cheering of a con siderable number of people. The repast having delayed the passengers for some half-hour, they re-entered the train and proceeded to Chatham. Between Cuxton and Strood the works hay 3 been considerable, including a wrought-iron bridge 150 feet in length, which has been thrown over the Strood and Maidstone Railway. At Chatham the director s were also most cordially received. After a short stoppage at Chatham the return journey commenced at about half past three o'clock, and at five the train reached the Crystal Palace, where a sumptuous dinner had been provided. Before proceeding to give a repent of what took plane at the banquet, the manner in which the works have been executed demands a short notice in reference to those who have materially assisted in the design and construcion of them. We have stated that the earthworks are exceedingly heavy, and that very little indeed of the line is on the sur face; and when it is stated that the line has been brought nearly to completion within two years, it will be under stood that great energy has been evinced, and, looking at the fact that the whole structure of the undertaking ha been solidly carried out, that faith has been kept by th contractors towards the company. The works have been carried out (Mr. J. Cubitt being the engineer in chief) by Mr. M. Turner, who originally laid out the line. This is the same gentleman who so successfully selected the metropolitan extension and the Ludgate-hill station, which in the August of this year received the sanction of the Le gislature. And no less praise than that due to Mr Turner is to be accorded to Mr. C. Watson, who, as the agent of the contractors, has been their chief inspector of the con struction of the works. This gentleman has superintended the formation of upwards of 500 miles in the United King dom, and we believe that in no instance has he made a " mistake." About 300 gentlemen sat down at table at the Crystal Palace. Sir Morton Pete occupied the chair, supported by Lord Sondes (the chairman of the London, Chatham, and Dover Company), Lord Harris, the Earl of Shelburne (the chairman of the Groat Western Company), the Lord Mayor, Mr. Alderman Rose, Sir J. Tylden, Mr. Crawford, M.P., Mr. White, M.P., Sir R. Carden, &c. Among thoseleresent we observed Sir C. Fox, Sir C. P. Roney, Mr. Smith, M.P., Mr. W. Lee, M.P., Sir Charles Rich, Admiral Burney, Sir J. Lubbock, Sir J. Paxton, M.P., Lieut.-Colonel Fladgate, Lieut.-Colonel Evelyn, Captain Hankey, Mr. M. A. Redo conachi, Mr. Bisschoffacheim, Mr.' Charles M'Gorel, Mr. Burke (one of the company's counsel), Mr. C. A. Saunders (the secretary of the Great 'Western Railway), Mr. L. Simpson, Mr. Parker (of the Great Northern line), Mr. H. Tootal, Mr. W. Burchell. jun., Mr. Valentine Knight, Mr. Laming, Mr. M. Lane (the resident engineer of the Great Western), Mr. Bellamy, Mr. Churchward, Mr. England (one of the directors of the Crystal Palace), Mr. L. S. Magnus (the chairman of the Sittingbourne and Sheerness line), Mr. Turner (the engineer of the line), Mr. Lavinga, Mr. Betts, Mr. T. Crampton, Mr. J. Grant, Mr. Collins, Mr. Cobb, Mr. Lubbock, Mr. R. Till (a director of the Norfolk Railway), Mr. Finnigan (the general manager of the London, Chatham, and Dover), Mr. Freshfield (the so licitor of the company), Mr. Granville Somerset, Mr. Chas. Capper, Mr. C. Hilton. Mr. W. Baynes, Mr. W. Wagstaff, Mr. Crossthwaite, Mr. Medley, Mr. Sydney Lawrence, Mr. Charles Manby, and a large number of other gentle men well known in the raP.way and commercial worlds. The cloth having been removed, The CHAIRMAN said, My lords and gentlemen—l have the pleasure of asking you to show the love and loyalty which, I am sure, we all feel towards her Most Gracious Majesty, by drinking the toast of " The Queen." The toast was drunk with much cheering, followed by the National Anthem, which the whole of the company joined. The CHAIRMAN then proposed " The Prince Consort, the Prince of Wales, and the rest of the Royal Family" (cheers). He said there was no necessity on that occasion for a Thackeray to illustrate the history of the four Georges, or point out the failings of former Royal families. They had a much pleasanter task before them at the present moment, which was to contemplate the events now passing in the world. They saw that the Prince of Wales had been inau gurating a large and important public work in Canada. (Hoar, hear.) The Prince Alfred had been doing something of the same sort at tho Cape of Good Hope. (Cheers.) They had the happiness to know that the Royal family was being trained in a way that every Englishman was proud to see, and which afforded a strong contrast between the Royal family of England and that of almost every other European State. (Cheers.) The toast was enthusiastically drunk. and followed by a glee, "I love my love in the morning," very nicely sung. The CHAIRMAN—My lords and gentlemen, the next toast I have to propose is " The Army and Navy, and the Volun teers." Gentlemen, we live in remarkable times. Once upon a time the toast I have proposed would have had re ference to the far-famed wooden walls of Old England ; but now we are all talking of frigates sheathed with iron aid steel. However, we must all feel that if talent and engi neering skill are to be brought into practical utility, and we are in possession of all the elements of strength, it is our own fault if we are behind in the race. (Cheers.) At the same time, upon all occasions of this kind we must have a care that we do not create the very feeling which we desire to repress. By all means let England be prepared, and prepared to cope with the world, but let us not assume for a moment the fear that would show we have a doubt about our own position. (Hear, hear.) One disadvantage, gentlemen, is, that we are too often apt to look at foreign affairs only from our own stand-point. Were we to mix a little more with foreign communities, and make ourselves acquainted with their fee'ings and passion s, there would not be half the differences that now arise. (Hear.) As far as England ie concerned, I believe wo have but one dads sod I one position, which is non-intervention. (Hear.) We desire to see the world prosper, and obtain the same liberties which we enjoy, and in the enjoyment of which we are de termined that none shall disturb us. (Cheers.) Song, "England's Young Riflemen," by Mr. Lockey. Col. EVELYN acknowledged the toast on the part of the army. He said the term " Army " might now more pro perly be understood to mean the land forces of the country, which included not only the regular troops, but the militia and the volunteers. (Cheers.) As he happened to belong to all three, he begged to return thanks, not for any one par ticular body, but for the whole of her Majesty' s land forces. (Cheers.) He could not, when referring to that subject, but reflect upon the value of the new communication that would be afforded between the metropolis and the impor tant port of Dover by the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway. (Hear.) It was not only valuable in a commer cial point of view, but in a military point of view; and when they saw a line which established a safe and easy communication between the metropolis, the great arsenals, and the chief outport of the kingdcm, the advantages it offered were too obvious to require further comment. (Hear.) Admiral BURNEY returned thanks for the navy, and said that body had always hitherto done its duty, and he had no doubt would do it again if called upon. He had heard a good deal about the iron-cased ships, but he had not yet lost all his admiration of old British oak, which he believed would take a good deal of hammering before it was beaten out of the water. Glee, " Here in cool grot." The CHAIRMAN, after announcing that special trains to Brighton and London would be prepared for the visitors, proposed the toast of the evening, "Prosperity to the London Chatham, and Dover Railway." (Cheers.) The hen. gentle man said—My lords and gentlemen, upon this subject there is very little that I need say to you; you have yourselves gone over to-day the Western Extension, which joins us with the Brighton Railway, and gives access to the London-bridge and the Victoria stations. (Applause.) In railway language, a railway, in order to achieve anything like success, must have what is technically termed "a great pull" at both ends. (Hear, hear.) In London there are three millions of inhabitants, in Paris (within the circle of the fortifica tions) one million and a half, and I believe the greatest ser vice which the South -Eastern could do to the London Chatham, and Dover, would be to insist upon your having a system of low fares for the first year and a half. (Hear.) The English public as a body, after all, know little or no thing of the Continent, and the very best means of render ing the British nation better acquainted with their foreign neighbours will be this London, Chatham, and Dover Rail way. (Cheers.) Upon this subject I will tell you one little fact within my own knowledge. When the Caledonian Railway was first opened the Edinburgh and Glasgow Company put down the fares from Edinburgh to Glasgow from 75. 6d. to 2s. 6d., and then to Is. That soon brought the two companies to a friendly meeting. They went through their accounts, and they found that the half-crown fares brought more productive results than the seven-and sixpenny. (Hear.) I believe that if you brought London and Paris together by cheap fares it would have the like effect. (Applause.) I want to see the millions who have never seen the Continent enjoy the advantage in that respect now known only to the upper classes. (Applause.) That ad vantage must be known to be appreciated, and when appre ciated it will maintain its profits for the future. (Hear.) With respect to the London, Chatham, and Dover Com pany, we are resolved to pursue the onward course which we have already pursued. (Hear, hear.) We have no hos tility towards the South-Eastern. (Hear, hear.) We have no desire to dept:ve them of the advantage of running special trains by which gentlemen cen breakfast in London and dine at Paris, and have time to answer their letters the same night; and be assured the London, Chatham, and Dover will not be backward in that respect, but will always hold its own. (Applause.) I believe its position to be perfectly inviolable, and that the future of this railway can only be predicated by the amount of accommodation which it may give the public. (Hear, hear.) We have now ac cess to every important point, and I can only say, connected as I have been with. Mr. Betts and Mr. Crampton, my part nerslin the execution of the western division of your line, that we all share the sentiment I have expressed with re gard to its future success. It is not desired, lam sure, to attain that success by the depreciation of any ether property; but I believe that with a liberal and popular management the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway will produce not only to itself, but also to those who may be for the mo ment in antagonism to it, an amount of success which at this time can neither be known nor appreciated. I there fore give you " Prosperity to the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway," coupling it with the health of Lord Sondes, chairman of the company. Drunk with long and continued cheering. Lord SONDES, in returning thanks, said—My lords and gentlemen, on the part of myself and the directors of the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Company, I beg to thank you most sincerely for the kind manner in which you have received this toast. (Hear, hear.) Sir Morton Peto has been kind enough to make some suggestions, and I am sure we shall be truly grateful for them, and attend to them. (Hear, hear.) It is not my intention now to enter into the history of the East Kent Company ; you all know what it was. (Hear, hear.) Myself and my colleagues were de termined to do their bust to secure a first-rate railway, and for that enterprise I trust we shall receive the liberal sup port of the public at large. It is not for our own benefit alone that we have made this line; but for the public, whose interests, I can fearlessly say, we have always had present to our mind in every step we have taken. (Hear, hear.) What we desire is to see an independent line open through East Kent, and so on to Dover ? and I am sure we shall have our line in a very short time open all the way. (Ap - plause.) I look to that as the first step towards carrying out the suggestion made by Sir Morton Peto. (Applause.) I agree with Sir Norton Pete that if we can give a cheap transit to Fran -e we shall be conferring a great boon upon the country. (Hear, hear.) In these days of progress I hell our , company will not be behindhand on that point. (Applause.) I consider that by attending to the interests of 'the public, by having as low prices as we possibly can, by due punctuality for our trade, and civility on the part of our officials and attendants, the London, Chatham, and Dover will become one of the first and best lines in the kingdom. (Applause.) Song—" Kathleen Mavourneen," by Mrs. Lockey. Lord SONDES rose again and said—l have the permission of the chairman to propose a toast, which I am sure will be received in an enthusiastic manner, when I tell you that it is~" The Health of Sir Morton Peto and the contractors of this line." (Applause.) In the first place, I think we ought to return our thanks to those gentlemen for the most hospitable manner in which they have received us this day. (Hear, hear.) On the part of the London, Chatham, and Dover Company, I beg leave to return them our grateful thanks for the very efficient manner in which they have carried out the works on this line. (Hear, hear.) I am now in the presence of a great number of persons thoroughly conversant with railway matters, who have seen railways not only in England but all over the world, and when we consider that the bill for this line was passed only two years ago, and the kind of coun tfy through which the line has passel, I say that the work does the greatest credit to the contractors. (Applause.) I trust- and hope that their exertions and great zeal will meet their reward. I heartily wish them success in all their undertakings, and on this oc casion in particular I believe I may venture to say that the same contractors have undertaken one of the most impor tant works attempted in England for a long time—that is, the metropolitan extension of our line. (Applause.) I hope I am not divulging the secrets of our board, but if I am I must be pardoned, for I have the greatest gratifica tion in saying that the contract has been signed by these worthy contractors to carry this line to Farringdon.-street. (Applause.) We had a most tremendous contest las year in Parliament, but I think this is a most gratifying finish. (Hear, hear.) I propose " The Health of Sir Morton Peto and the Contractors." Sir M. PETO,—My lords and gentlemen, in rising to return thanks far the kind way in which my Lord Sondes has proposed - the health, of Messrs. Betts and Crampton and myself, and the flattering manner in which you have received it, I will ask your kind indulgence for only a few mements. We have had the pleasure of entering into an engagment for the execution of the western extension. lam sorry to preface my remarks with an apology, but we regret to have taken you over the line in the incomplete state in which it is to-day. But when you reflect that during the last sum mer we have had such a season of unprecedented wet wea ther I am sure you will sympathise with my partners and myself in our endeavours to keep faith with you, by taking you over the line within the month of October. We felt that we must get you through before November, and we have done our best. (Hear.) But, gentlemen, we feel that any amount of success which we may have attained is not due to ourselves merely. We cannot in the path of life walk alone. We have the happiness to be associated with gentlemen who are identified with us in feeling. (Hear.) The construction of the line has been in the charge of our friend and agent, Mr. Watson, who has been with us some what like 43 years. (Applause.) It makes us look like old men to say so, but he himself began his career with the construction of a bridge over the Regent's Canal, in the City-road, and now with the spirit—not of an old man, but of one who wishes to bring the spirit of his youth into la's maturer age without the change being noticed—(laughter) —he is ambitious of crowning his career by building a bridge across the Thames. (Loud applause.) My partners and myself feel the most entire and perfect confidence with regard to the metropolitan extension in Mr. Watson's hands. (Applause.) - And now, gentlemen, let me make one or two observations of a business character. We have read in certain newspapers that the property placed in the hands of the directors of the London, Chatham, and Dover Company is in no safe keeping, and that if the subscrip- tions are made by the B's, the A's will never be forthcom ing to the full amount, and so on. Well, to-day, instead of joining you at the Victoria Station, I thought I would go through the City and make an inquiry at the bankers'. I said, "Have the A's paid up as well as the B's ?" The answer was that there was £206,520 to the credit of the A shares, and to the credit of B's £206,520, and £200,000 in excess of the call. (Applause.) So you see the Metropolitan Extension begins with a credit of three-quarters of a mil- lion at its bankers'. (Hear.) I can only say that my partners and myself will do our best to draw that out upon certifi cates. You may rely upon it it will not remain there any Inger than we eon help• (A laugh.) IT" meY , however, cheers for Mr. Peterkin, three for Col. Baker, and three for the Vice-Chancellor. Yesterday evening the grounds belonging to the Ist Surrey (South London Rifle Battalion) at Hanover-park, Peckham, were crowded with re spectable inhabitants of the neighbourhood, to wit ness the interesting ceremony of presenting a sword of honour to Capt. E. D. Rogers. The members of the corps assembled in the large covered drillground attached to the club-house, and, having been put through a variety of evolutions, were formed into a square, Capt. Rogers and Lieut.-Col. Macdonald being in the centre. Lieut.-Col. Macdonald, address ing Capt. Rogers and the assembled spectators, said at the last annual meeting of the Ist Surrey Rifles it was decided by the members of the corps that a sum of 50 guineas should be set aside for the pur pose of providing a testimonial for Capt. Rogers, as a mark of respect for his character as a soldier and a gentleman, and also for his services in con nection with the corps. Capt. Rogers had wisely chosen to receive that testimonial in the shape of a sword—it was a soldier's wish, and he honoured him for it. (Cheers.) In the event of the Ist Surrey being called into the field, he was quite sure, from what he had seen of Capt. Rogers's character, that he would maintain the honour of the corps. The sword would spring forth from its scabbard in de fence of our wives, families, and of all who were dear to us, and would never be sheathed until the last of the daring invaders had been driven into the sea. (Cheers.) He then presented the sword, which is a very handsome one, to Captain Rogers, the in scription on the sword being as follows :—" This sword forms part of a testimonial of 50 guineas, pre sented to Capt. E. Dresser Rogers by the members of the Ist Surrey Rifle Volunteer Battalion, in tes timony of their high sense of his great energy and ability in the service of this corps as hon. secretary during the first year of its existence." The balance of the 50 guineas, after paying for the sviord, was expended in a service of plate for Capt. Rogers, which bore the same inscription as the sword. Capt. Rogers returned thanks for the honour con ferred upon him, and assured the assembled spec tators that the sword which had just been presented to him would always be ready to maintain the honour of the corps and the integrity of his native land. (Cheers.) During the evening the band of the regiment played several stirring compositions with good effect. The members of the 13th Surrey Volunteers, numbering nearly 100, were regaled at Worples don-lodge by Mr. Bovill, Q.C., M.P., on Wednes day last. The corps, preceded by their band, and under the command of Captain Gill, Lieutenant Mangles, and Ensign Molyneux. marched from Guildford, and, on arriving at the lodge, were drawn up in line and afterwards went through a series of evolutions in a most satisfactory manner, in the presence of Lord Eversley and the Misses Shaw Lefevre, Mr. and Mrs. Bovill, General Luxmore, Captain Chaplin, and a large party of ladies and gentlemen. Shortly after two o'clock the Volunteers marched into a booth erected on the ground. The cloth having been removed, and " The Health of the Queen" drank, Mr. Bovill proceeded to propose " The Health of Captain Gill, the Officers, Non-commissioned 'Officers, and Pri vates of the 13th Surrey Rifle Corps." He charac terised the Volunteer Movement as one in which the best interests of this country were bound up. Nothing he said, could be so ridiculous as the sup position that these corps wereformed for aggres sive purposes, or that they were raised and fostered by the Government and the aristocracy of the country in order to detract the attention of the people from Reform, as had been stated by one of the speakers at a political meeting the other day. The remarks of the hon. member were received with much enthusiasm. On Wednesday last the 7th company of the 19th Surrey Rifles, under the command of Captain Wat kins, met at the Streatham-butts for ball practice, when several prizes were awarded to the men ob taining the highest number of points. The first prize was gained by Sergeant J. Tammadge, the second by Private Embery, the third by Private Lever, the fourth by Private Garrard, the fifth by Sergeant W. Tammadge, the sixth by Private N. Shaw, the seventh by Corporal Davis, and the eighth by Private Briggs. The ranges were 150 and 200 yards. This regiment now consists of nine companies. Lord Enfield, M.P., has accepted the command 48 Lieutenant-Colonel of the 29th North Middlesex On Friday the 6th Northumberland Volunteer Rifles met for inspection at Bellingham, a village near to the junction of two rivers famous in Bor der warfare, the Reedwater and the North Tyne, and upon the edge of the debateable ground where during many generations very little else than hard knocks were exchanged between the Northumbrians and Borderers. It is many years since so great a number of armed men were gathered together in that neighbourhood, and the happy change in the habits of the people and the patriotic object of the meeting on Friday gave an interest to the review exceeding ordinary gatherings of this kind. There was a large attendance of country gentry, and at o'clock the men underwent a most satisfactory inspection by Major Harman. The ground was kept by the Ist and 2d compinies of the 2d Nor thumberland Rifles, and all were substantially en tertained by Captain Charlton, of Hesleyside, who commands the 6th. On Wednesday afternoon a general holyday was celebrated at Congleton on the occasion of the pre sentation of a handsome silver bugle by the ladies of that town and neighbourhood, to the sth com pany of the sth Cheshire battalion. There was also a battalion review in Somerford-park, the seat of Sir C. W. Shakerley, at which the following companies were present :-Ist Staffordshire bat talion, Burslem, K idsgrove, and Leek ; Ist Cheshire battalion, Congleton, Sandbach, and Macclesfield (2). There were on the ground about 400 men, under the command of Lieut.-Colonel Wilbraham, C. 8., Assistant-Adjutant -General of the Manches ter district; Captain Buchanan, adjutant of the Ist Staffordshire, officiating as major, Sir C. W. Shakerley, Major Buchanan (Government inspec tor), and other officers were also upon the ground. The afternoon, though rather hazy, was fine, and the event drew itogether many thousands of per sons, including the principal families of the district. Sir C. Shakerley, who until lately was captain of the corps, accepted the bugle, and made appropri ate acknowledgments. It is contemplated to form a Volunteer Rifle Corps to be composed of Wel s h men . L or d Llan- over, Lord Stanley, Lord Sudeley, Lord Boston, Sir Richard Bulkeley, Mr. Pugh, M.P., Sir John Hanmer, Mr. W. Hemans, and other gentlemen are interested in the formation of the corps. RED HOT Gum —There is no doubt whatever that cast iron, long submerged in the sea, will, on being exposed to atmosnherie air, become hot even to redness, and sometimes fall to pieces. Such was the case with some i.-on guns which formed part of the armament of one of the vessels of the Armadal, sunk off the Islend of Mull; and the cast iron balls with which some of the guns of the Mary Rose, sunk off Shithead temp. Henry VIII., were loaded. Mr. Wilkinson, in his "Engines of War," remarks, p. 242: —" It is also an extremely curious fact that the cast iron gratings which have long been immersed in the porter backs or vats of large London breweries possess the same property of becoming hot on exposure to tne atmosphere when the porter is drawn off for the purpose of cleaning them."— Aretes and Queries. A MONSTER SALMON.--The Carlisle Patriot says, that Wednesday, the IGth inst., being the last day of the season for :fishing salmon in the river Derwent, the lessee, Mr. Glover, of Salmon Hill, in v it e d a few friends from Carlisle, to have a day's sport, which proved most excellent. One of the party, Mr. Robinson, fishmo nger , Castle-street, with salmon rod, single gut andi hook, after' an exciting struggle of 35 minutes, landed a beautiful fish, weighing 42,11 b., perhaps the largest caught in the neigh bourhood with a fly line. The tackle was manufactured by Mr. Perkins, of Carlisle, and the hook dressed with what is commonly called salmon tail gled. [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 K S. Barry, Esq., 77, Regent-street, W., London, and they will receive gratis and free by post the " ItivAtins' OWN jUIDE," or Natural Restorer, without medicine or ex p , nse, of perfect digestion, strong nerves, sound lungs, and refreshing sleep, to the most enfeebled, insuring the removal of indigestion (dyspepsia), constipation, liver complaints. nausea, epilepsy, paralysis, debility, nervousness, palpitatiot , cough, asthma, consumption, dropsy, flatulency, diarrhma, dysentery, biliousness, fevers, sore throats, catarrhs, colds, noises in the ears, rheumatism, gout, impurities, eruptions, hysteria, neuralgia, irritability, sleeplessness, acidity, palpi tation, heartburn, headache, despondency, cramps, spasms, ILO°biking,b, fits, hronchltie.— "Unauestionably the safest Qui& r heilt'! depend that we shall not ask either from Mr. Taylor or Mr. Cubitt a certificate for a single iota beyond the cubic con tents of the work done. AU this means, gentlemen, that large works of this kind are not done by legerdemain, bit are only brought about by downright straightforward .deal ing: We as contractors can no more afford to place our good names in jeopardy than you can the funds which you invest for your children in the future. If we did anything wrong we should peril our good name for straightforward dealing, and what, let me ask you, is fortune obtained in any other way ? (Cheers.) Before closing I must say I think you are much indebted to Mr. Ilolroyd, your secretary, fur this Metropolitan Extension. I threw cold water on it at first, but he went to Mr. Newman and Messrs. Freshfield (and no more able men he could have gone to), and 'sided by the talents of Mr. Burke, than which none could be better for the purpose, they succeeded in obtaining from a perfectly fair committee privileges which must soon make the London, Chatham, and Dover one of the most success ful railwayo yet made. (Mean) And why ? Because there is no metropolitan railway of this extent which touches so many important points of traffic. Take the line from Vic toria Station to Wandsworth-road, Camberwell-green, the Elephant and Castle, Blackfriars, Denmark• hill, Crystal Palace, and so on, and I ask you whether the undertaking is not obviously self-sustaining ? (Cheers.) Why, gen tlemen, 15 miles of such a line for traffic was never yet known. (Hear.) I have gone through the estimates of Mr. Cubitt and Mr. Turner with my partners, and I believe that you will have the line executed for the amount stated. We thank our friends for the faith they have in us, but we ask not their faith or their good opinion except upon the basis of that confidence which Englishmen should always show towards one another—a confidence founded upon an open, upright course of dealing, aided by an extensive knowledge of the world. I trust, gentlemen, that the time is not far distant when we shall have to meet you here again to celebrate the inauguration of the Metropolitan Extension, and I have only to thank you for my partners and myself for the honour you have done us. (Cheers.) Song---" Ye Bayliffo's Daughter of Islington." Miss Banks. The LORD MAYOR then proposed "The House of Com. mons." Mr. R. W. CRAWFORD, M.P., said he supposed he had been selected to respond to the toast because amongst others present he represented that great city which would be chiefly affected by the London, Chatham, and Dover Rail way. He had not the honour to be a member of the com mittee when it sat in the House of Commons, but he had watched the proceedings with great interest, and could tes tify to the great energy and industry of his friend Mr. Burke and other legal gentlemen he saw present. Ho hoped the puhlic would long continue to respect the City . of London for the services it had rendered to the commu nity, and show that they did not consider it the much de spised body which in some quarters it was assumed to be. The CHAIRMAN then propOsed " The Health of the Lord Mayor, and Prosperity to the City of London." He thought the best way to promote the welfare and comfort of the City was to relieve its thoroughfares of some of the traffic by railways. (Hear, hear.) He believed his friend Mr. C. Pearson never proposed a wiser measure than his plan for connecting the great railways, and he hoped to have the pleasure of seeing the undertaking prosper. The toast of " The City of London" was acknowledged in handsome terms by the Lord Mayor. " The Bar of England," coupled with the name of Mr. Burke," was proposed by Lord Harris, and responded to by Mr. Burke. " The Great Western and Great Northern," coupled with the names of Lord Shelburne and Mr. Parker, was then drunk. Lord SHELBURNE responded. The healths of the Secretary, Mr. Holroyd, and the en gineers, Mr. Cubitt and Mr. Turner, were then drank and duly acknowledged. The concluding toast, " The Ladies of En gland," was responded to by Sir C. P. Roney, after which the company broke up at about eleven o'clock. The duties of toastmaster were very efficiently performed by Mr. Harker, and the splendid dinner was provided by Mr. Strange, the well-known palace purveyor. THE .RIGHT HalV. E. P, BOUVE.RIB ON PUBLIC AFPAIRS. On Monday evening, Mr. Bouverie addressed the electors of Kilmarnock in the George Inn Hall ; Provost •Finnie in the chair. There was a large attendance. After a few remarks from the Chairman, Mr. BOUVERIE said it was 18 months ago since he had the pleasure of addressing the electors. It was on the occasion of the general election, and he was not now going to open up matters which probably had more or less become matters of history. The interest in them had comparatively ceased, and therefore it was not needful he should detain them on this point. The im mediate result of the general election was a change of the Government of this country. The country was asked to pronounce as to the merits of the administration which then conducted the domestic and foreign affairs of the United Kingdom. The administration of public affairs was transferred from the hands of Lord Derby and what is called the Conservative, party, into the hands of Lord Palmerston and Lord John Russell, and what is known as the Liberal party. He was one of those who considered that a government of the Conservative party was well nigh impossible in these days and in our country (A Voice—" Not in this country.") They dared not administer the affairs of the country on their ancient principles, and they could not long administer the affairs of the country on the principles of their opponents; and he thought this much could be gathered at any rate from the experiment that had been made on two occasions during thelast few years— in 1852 and again in 1858—namely, that it was practically at variance with the great mass of the people of the coun try that a Tory administration should conduct their affairs at home and abroad. They bad heard something of late, and he had heard something said in other places, of a Con servative reaction in the minds of the people of this country. He did not believe in anything of the kind. It appeared to him to be an entire delusion to imagine that there was any thing of the kind in the sense in which the words were used. If it was meant that there was a strong tendency on the part of the people of this country to go back to Tory tradi tions, and to confide in Tory principles, as the sound ones on which the affairs of this country should be conducted, the notion of a Conservative reaction was altogether a de lusion and hallucination. But if it was meant by a Con servative reaction that the changes which had taken place during the last generation had conduced so much to the welfare, the prosperity, and advantage of this country that they were disposed to be more satisfied with their con dition, that they were more contented and more prosperous than they were 30 years ago, and were therefore to that extent less disposed to change, then a Conservative reac tion was in that sense a necessary consequence of all the improvement and advancement which had taken place during the period to which he had referred. (Applause.) It stood to reason. Suppose an impossible case, and just for the sake of argument —suppose that all our institutions and laws were of such a kind that it would be impossible to devise any improvement in them—that as far as the welfare and pros perity of all portions of the community depended upon laws and law-making at all, the utmost welfare and prosperity had been attained—if such a state of things could be ima gined—and if all classes were contented, prosperous, and well-to-do, why then everybody would be disposed to have no change upon such a satisfactory state of things, and thee they would be thoroughly Conservative in every respect. But it was because there was always some further good to be obtained, some improvement to be effected in the •march and progress of time, that the Liberal party and Liberal politics in this country were the proper ones by end upon which the administration of the countryshould be conducted; and so it was too, he believed, that the bulk of the intelligent and thinking portion of the community believed that the affairs of this country should be conducted. Now, with reference to the Government which succeeded Lord Derby, composed of some of the most distinguished statesmen of the day, he had thought it his duty to give it his:independent, and unwavering, and unhesitating support. It was part of the cant of the present day to say that party was at an end, and that the state of things was greatly improved compared with the times when party feeling ran high. He admitted that party distinctions were not quite so broadly marked as used to be, and it would be an evil day for a country governed like ours—and it would be the commencement of bad times if they were to see party combinations and party divisions thoroughly disappear from the frame of Government. There was a time in the history of this country, and not many years ago, when there was an attempt to govern the country irrespective of party, by personal influences, by combining men of different shades of opinion, of different views and principles. In the first 20 years of the reign of Geo. 111. —lOO years ago—such an attempt was made, and the result was most disastrous for the Government of the country. A feeble Government, a factious populace, eluded laws, luxu rious nobles—these were the result, and he believed the expe rience which was reaped at that time of the disadvantages of that attempt would recur again if an attempt were made in this country to govern without reference to party combi nations. (Applause.) To travel out of the sphere of gene ral politics, h e m i g ht remark that they h a d seen in the last 18 months events take place on the Continent of Europe of the utmost and grandest importance to the civilised world. There could have been no change in the state of Europe contemplated by any statesman of greater importance than the fact that the whole of the people of the great southern peninsula of Italy should be united under one sovereign, should be an independent people, having free institutions, and prepared to enjoy the blessings which the people of this country believed were sure, sooner or later, to flow from the enjoyment of those blessings. (Cheers.) If this state of thisngs in that country but a few months ago was compared with what it was now, the change almost startled one. The Governments of the country, with the exception of the corner of Italy where nestled the free insti tutions which were now spreading, or were likely to spread throughout the peninsula—with the exception of Piedmont, the governments of thecountry were simply and purely go vernments of force. They were not governments conduct ed for the interests of the people over whom they presided they were governments of brute force ; and the people in those different countries were kept down by the iron hand, by the inquisition of secret police, by a tyranny which, in lOW parts 9f it, almost surpassed cenoeptioA, After refer- ring to the relations of the several States of Italy before the recent war, and characterising the Government of Naples as an infernal one, he continued, in reference to the present revolution—They had all watched the career of the extraordinary man who seemed to have been raised up ex pressly for the purpose of liberating his countrymen from the grinding oppression under which they groaned. (Ap plause.) He would not have supposed, looking at the chances of things—what cool man sitting in his study, what statesman reflecting over the ordinary chances of hu man affairs, could have supposed that Garibaldi, with a few hundrds or little more of irregular volunteer troops, would have been sufficient to have revolutionised the whole of the south of Italy, to have practically destroyed the do minion of a powerful Sovereign, and t 9 have asserted those great principles of liberty which, though they had been long quenched in the breast of the Italian people, would burn as brightly in the course of a few years as they burned in the breasts of the people of this country ? It was curi ous what a practical refutation that which had been going on in Italy afforded of an axiom which he believed Dr. Johnson was the father of, and which many people believed. to be true. It was in Goldsmith's poems, but he believed Dr. Johnson was the father of the lines. He said— ' "Of all the ills that human kind endure, How small the part that kings can cause or cure." After alluding to the past freedom of Italy and the decline of its commerce, he said he believed that before many gene rations had passed away the same results as had already been witnessed in the history of Italy would ensue, and that the great Italian people, numbering something like 20 or 22 millions would stand amongst the foremost in all that die tinguishes the human race. Merely personal and commer cial advantages were not to be raised in the same breath with the general results of such a change ; but instead of Italy being the battle-field of the Germans or the French, as it had been for three centuries and a half. if the Italians became ono united people under one powerful government, nobody would venture to attack them. They had a climate the finest in Europe, a soil much of it the finest in Europe, a people ingenious, industrious, and economical, and com mercial in their habits; and who could tell how great might be the results in the course of a few years if they had the bless ings of a free and stable government, and free development of the resources of their industry? Who could tell what amount of intercourse might take place betwixt this country and Italy. After remarking on the advantages of having the foreign affairs of this country administered in this crisis by Lord Palmerston and Lord J. Russell, he said, in reference to the Reform Bill of last session, that if another of a similar nature were introduced he would support it. He did not expect that anybody would introduce 'such a bill next ses sion. He alluded to the harm that had been done by the speeches of Mr. Bright and by the strike which had taken place, and which had frightened many people from consent ing to give the franchise to whose who managed their own personal affairs in such a way. Alluding to the army esti.• mates of last session, under which a sum of 234,000,000 was voted, he said that ten years ago the expenditure un der that branch was only £15,392,000, and that if the latter sum only had been voted this year, it would hay. enabled government to take off the duties on tea, sugar, coffee, currants, and raisins. The necessity of such a large vote was attributable to France, and he contended that the only way of securing peace between France and England was by making them a commercial nation like ourselves, when it would be their interest equally with our own to maintain peace. COUNTRY MARKETS. BIRMINGHAM—Noy. 1. An inactive business was done in wheat to-day, with an increased supply. English old and new wheat must be quoted at late rates; foreign the same. Barley, oats, and beans fully as dear. Peas at is to 2s more money. MANCHESTER—Noy. 1. There was a fair attendance to-day. New and old Eng lish wheats taken at fully former rates, and foreign the turn dearer. Flour, French and American sorts, in demand, but no cheaper in price. Oats and oatmeal ld per 451 b and 6d per load over former prices. Beans is per qr dearer. Indian corn was sold at is advance on former quotations. Peas were the turn higher. MELTON MOWBRAY—OcT. 30. There was an improved show of wheat to-day, which went at about late rates for all good sorts, with a very firm trade. Inferior sorts a dull sale. Beans and oats a quiet demand, and our quotations sustained Prices :—White wheat, 64s Od to 68s Od; red, 60s Od to 63s per 36 stone; barley in fair supply, at 36s to 42s for malting, and 32s to 34s per qr. for grinding; oats, 29s to 38s Od per 24 stone; beans, 50s to 55s for old ; new, 50s per 38 st. PLYMOUTH—OcT. 30. The market was again steady, and prices were at the full currencies of last week for wheat, namely :—English white wheat, 68s to 71s ; red, 64. to 66s per qr ; French do., 61s to 63. ; American, 68s to 718; Spanish, 70s to 71s ; Rus sian, 608 to 625. Grinding barley scarce, at 358 to 36s per qr ; malting, 36s to 40s; oats, 24s to 275; and beans, —s to —s ; flour, 45s to 498. CORK-Orr. 30. The following were the quotations this morning :—Red wheat, 27s Od to 32s 0 , 1; white, 28s Od to 32s 6d; barley 168 Od to 19s 6d ; oats, 12s Od to 15s 6d. EDINBURGH GRAIN—Ocr. 31. Wheat on the top 18 Od up average la 3d down. Barley on the top Os 6d up... average Os 4d up. Oats on the top Os 2d up.... average Os Id up. Beans on the top 2s Od down average Os 4d down. Averages per Imperial quarter. Wheat.... New wheat -12ths Barley 1 19 6 7-12ths Oats 1 11 2 6-12ths Beans Total Supply and Sales. Wheat .1105 qrs Sold 812 qrs 8ar1ey........ 3154 qrs Sold 2701 qrs Oats .1179 qrs Sold 1054 qrs Beans 5 qrs Sold 5 qrs DERBY SMITHFIELD—OcT. There was an average supply of beasts to-day, and high prices still asked. Most of the animals were disposed of. The supply of sheep was short, but the demand proved better. Fat and store calves were more numerous. Pigs were a good show, and well sold. Bed 6d to 61d 1 Veal . 7ld to 8d Mutton ... 61d to 71d Pork Lamb —d to —d 11.ousb. fat, 6s 6d per stone, Hides, 31d to 4id ; calf skins, 5d to 6d. TILE MAILS. MAILS DUE. Australia, Ceylon, and Mauritius (via South ampton) .. Nov. 18. Do. (via Marseilles) Nov. 12. Brazil and Cape Verds .. Nov. 5. Buenos Ayres, Monte Video, &c. Nov. —. Bahamas and Havana (via New York) .. Nov. 22. Canada, &c. (via Gal wa y) .. Nov. —. Cape of Good Hope, &c. .. Nov. 2. China, Penang, and Singapore (via 'S'ampton) Nev. 2. Do. (via Marseilles) Overdue. Gibraltar (via Southampton) • Nov. 2. India (Calcutta), Ceylon, &c. 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