The Sun. — London, England, 1858-11-08 00:00:00

TILE NAVY. ..• ,The new screw steamship Hero, 91 guns, at Sheerness, proceeded on Saturday on a final trial of her . machinery, reparatory to the Admiralty authorities receiving it from the contractors, Messrs. Maudslay, Sons, and Field. Captain E. P. Halsted, of the Cressy, guardship o f steam reserve ; Mt: - . G. Blaxlancl, Engineer of the Dockyard ; and Mr. J. H. Langley, Inspector of Machinery for the Steam Squadron of Reserve, superintended on the part of the Admiralty, Mr. T. Field and Mr. H. lirarrener, of the firm of Maudslay, Sons, and Field, with their staff, Conducted the machinery depart• ment. The ship left at 8.30 a.m., and proceeded do - wn the Swin to the measured mile beacons. She continued her trials until 2 p.m., and returned into harbour at 3.30 p.m. Her mean speed was 11.75 knots per hour, her mean number of re volutions was 65 per minute, her vacuum 26, her steam pressure 191 b. per square inch. Her draught of water forward was 16 feet 3 inches, and after 21 feet. The temperature in the engine room and stoke hole was, in consequence of the funnels fitted under the directions of Mr. G. Blaxland, reduced consi derably, the stoke hole being only 65 deg., and the engine room only 58 deg. on the average, although 20 tires were being kept constantly fed by the body of stokers. The Admiralty authorities expressed themselves in the highest terms in regard to her macliiiiery, which worked admirably and without a fault. ' The new screw steam frigate Forte, 51 guns, is ordered to be received at Sheerness to-day from Woolwich. Her engines are by Messrs. Maudslay and Co. The Locust steamvessel, Lieut.-Commander J. B. Field, embarked at Sheerness Ordnance-wharf Captain Wolf's company of Artillery, Lieuts. Ellis and 133 gunners and . artillerymen, with eight women and 10 children, on Saturday last, and pro ceeded with them to Woolwich, for the steamship Melbourne, bound for Barbadoes. There was also a detachment for Jamaica, from Sheerness, left in the . Locust. `The Virago, 6, paddle sloop, arrived at Spithead yesterday, from Havre, where she had been to land the funeral car of Napoleon I. The Hannibal, 91, screw depot ship of the steam reserve, Captain G. T. Gordon, was taken out of Portsmovth harbour on Saturday to exercise her engines, after which she - returned to her moorings. - On the water leaving the dock in which the Ur gent, 6, iron steam troopship, is docked at Ports mouth, an examination of her bottom exhibited no signs of any damage laving been done by her grounding off Chichester on Monday. She has con sequently been ordered to again prepare for the em barkation of troops in about ten days. The Meteor, 14 gun steam battery, 150-horse power, was taken up on Saturday from Portsmouth dockyard, and moored in Porchester Lake in the line of fire from her Majesty's ship Excellent, one of whose gunboat tenders will commence firing at her forthwith, to test the difference of the effects pro duced by solid shot upon an iron battery lined with wood and.one built of iron entirely, as the Erebus. A new description of screw propeller, the inven tion of Mr. Phillips, C.E., is ordered to be tried at Porismouth on Wednesday in the Bullfinch gun boat. The blades are curved inwards, which the patentee imagines will do away with the " broken water." Should it do so there will be great power gained and less slip. The Vulcan, iron steam troopship, in No. 9 dock at , Portsmouth, is ordered to be fitted with new engines of 400-horse power by Maudslay. The Mersey, 40, experimental heavy class of frigate, is being brought forward for service with all despatch. The Royal Sovereign, 131, new screw three decker, and the Algiers, 91, screw two-decker, at Portsmouth, are having their engines disconnected. A letter, received from the Shannon, 50, dated River Hooghly, Sept. 19, states she left Calcutta. on Sept. 15 for Hong Kong, and on reaching the Sandhcads met the China mail, bringing orders from Rear-Admiral Sir M. Seymour for the frigate to return to England. She returned to Diamond Harbour, and was at the above date taking on board invalids, and was to sail for Spithead on Sept. 21, touching at Trincomalee and the Cape of Good Hope. The paddle Wheel steam frigate Centaur, 6, Capt. Clifford, from Portsmouth, arrived at Plymouth on Saturday. She will be paid off and placed in the third class steam reserve. The gunboat Forward, from Bermuda, Scilly, and Falmouth, arrived at Plymouth. She will be put out of commission and placed in the third class steam reserve. The Royal mail steamship Athens sailed from Plymouth on Saturday for the Cape of Good Hope. The screw steamship Royal Albert, 121, Captain E. B. Rice, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir C. Fremantle, K.C.B. • the Renown, 91, Captain A. Forbes ' ; the Orion, 90, Captain D'Eyncourt; the Brunswick, 80, Captain E. Om manney ; and the gun-boat Skipjack, tender to the Admiral, left Plymouth Sound under canvass on Saturday morniiig for Bantry Bay. The following appointments were made on Saturday at the Admiralty :—Lieut. Tweeddale to be agent of mails ; Charles R. P. Forbes and Samuel Winnecott, masters additional to the Ex- mouth; Mr. Archdeacon to be naval instructor of the Brunswick, vice Needham, superseded ; Mr. Rae to be inspector of lunatics, Haslar Hospital, vice Stuart, deceased. THE AB3i Y. 1 file Duke of Cambridge, as General Command ing-in-Chief, Major-General Lord Itokeby, attached to the Foot Guards, and a full staff, were present at an inspection of the Ist battalion of the Cold stream Guards on Saturday morning in Hyde-park, when the battalion went through a new drill of field evolutions, contemplated to be introduced into the .army, and which they have been engaged in practising during the last six weeks. Last week draughts of the 42d, 71st, 72d, and 93d Highlanders left the quarters of their respec tive depots in Scotland to join their regiments in India, embarking at Gravesend. The following reinforcements embarked at GraVesend, on Saturday, on board the East India ship Bombay, 1,400 tons, for service in the Bombay Presidency :---Ensign C. 11. Atkinson, and 11 men of the Gist Regiment, and 43 men of the 94th Re giment, from Chatham; 1 'Subaltern. and 34 men of the 7th (Princess Royal's) Dragoon Guards, 64 men of the Bth Hussars, Captain C. Steel and 32 men of the 17th Lancers, and Ensign A. S. Gilbert. and 13 men of the 70th Regiment, from Canter bury ; Ensign W. S. Brown and 12 men of the Ist battalion 4th (King's Own), from Widmer ; 2 men of the 33d (I)nke of Wellington's) Regiment, from Fermoy ; 16 men of the 71st Highland Light In fantry, from Stirling ; .10 men of the 72d High landers, from Aberdeen ; and 57 , gunners of the Royal' Artillery, from Woolwich. The Bombay is also ordered to proceed to Cork to embark the fol loWing troops for India :—Major IL R.. C. Godley _and 12 men. of the 28th Regiment, Ensign It. A. Cox and 42 men of the 57th Regiment, 27 men of the 890:Regiment, and 34 men of the 97th Regi ment, from the East India depots at Fermoy ; 10 men of,the 86th (Royal County Down) Regiment, from Buttevant; and 72 men of the 91st Regiment, - front Pembroke. _ _ _ . _ or- ders were on Saturday received by Colonel H. Sandham, commanding the Royal Engineers at Chatham, directing the 31st company of Royal Sappers and Miners, under tha command of Capt. Aurelius B. Fvers, to proceed from head-quarters this day to the Curragh Camp. The 3d (Major C. K. Sedley's) company of Royal Engineers, under orders to proceed to Gibraltar, are expected to em bark in a few days. A detachment of the 41st Foot consisting of 3 officers and 50 men, from Jersey, arc ordered to em-• bark at Portsmouth this dav ou board the steam transport M e lb ourne, to join - the regiment in Jamaica. On Thursday and and Frid ay 3 o ffi cers an d 154 men , drawn from carious regiments, left the camp at Colchester for service in India. A small party of invalid soldiers has been ital forward e d f rom th e camp to the military hospital at Yarmouth. In accordance with sentence of a district court-martial, which rec- assembled at Chat ham Garrison for the tri al en o t f ly Sergealit . G. 11. Hale, pay-sergeant of the 4th Chatham division of Royal 'l t a a rl l . i i n c, es, on . a charge of division of the making away with the sum of pavment i - , o a f rr t a l n ie k men, and whieh had been intrusted. to him for the tlivithout aho for absenting himself leave, the prisoner has been reduced' t o s and pay - of a private. The Court also adjud: e e d r V k to be. impri:soned. for 42 days, but in consideration of the state of his health, 40 clays of the imp r i son l : l meat were remitted. . The whole of the sum ma d e away with by the pre;oner has. been made good. ----------- [AnvincrtsEmENT.l—Rarey's Horse and Cattle Improv ing rood is equally adapted to improve the stamina of ill conditioned Horses, Cows, Bullocks, Calves, Sheep, and Pigs. It causes no extra expense, as it contains far more aid better nourishment than its cost of lid. per feed sup plies in corn and hay; hence ensures an actual saving in the keep. But its principal advantages a re a great improve ment in the digestive fiuictions, the ,stamina and general condition of homes enabling them to perform far more labour without getting distressed: It imparts new vigour to siek.,,,debilitated, or old apparently worn-out horses, and it puts rapidly the finest flesh on cattle generally:and im proves the milk in cows,_as it enables them to extract the e p nqrv.liourishment out of everything they feed on. Rarey Packed in 77, Regent's Quadrant, _Piccadilly, - London. ee z tins of about 90 feeds, 11s. ; in casks of about 450 us . . ; 'of about 1,000 feeds t £5, being about lid. per MR. BRIGHT'S PEACE PRINCIPLES. Lord Panmure, while connected with the late Government, presented to the citizens of York two of the guns which had been captured on the fall of Sebastopol. These guns were inaugurated on Fri day afternoon last, and they were carried in pro cession through the principal streets of the city, prior to their being deposited in their final resting place, which is within a few hundred yards of the Castle. The military would have joined the pro cession had not a countermanding order been re ceived from the Duke of Cambridge, who gave as his reason for making the order that if the soldiers were allowed to take part in the procession, it might be looked upon as an unfriendly act towards a now friendly Power. This order had also the effect of preventing the officers belonging to the Bth Hussars from attending the grand banquet in the Guildhall in the evening, at which there were present among the guests—the Earl of Carlisle, the Hon. and Very Rev. the Dean of York, the Hon. and Rev. S. W. Lawley, -the Hon. W. E. Dun combe, and the city members, Mr. Westhead and Colonel Smyth. The Lord Mayor presided. After several toasts had been drunk, The LORD MAYOR proposed the " Health of the Earl of Carlisle," which was received with enthu siastic cheering. The Earl of CARLISLE rose, and after the cheer- ing had subsided, he said,—My Lord Mayor and Gentlemen, —I return you my very best thanks for the manner in which, after my , health has been so obligingly proposed, it has been re ceived by yourselves. (Applause.) I feel I am greatly indebted to the Lord Mayor a n d corpora tion of this ancient city for having given me the opportunity of being present on an occasion so truly interesting. (Cheers.) You have this day, my lord, with your fellow-citizens, planted in a conspicuous position, within this venerable town, some of those cannon which formerly frowned—aye, and spoke, too, in most destructive accents from the walls of Sebastopol. (Cheers.) If they were merely to serve as the memorials of national strife and continued ill-will--(hear)---I could scarcely have congratu lated you upon the grant you had obtained. (Cheers.) We only know the Russians as those whom we found brave and skilful foes, and whom we are now • glad to look upon as friends. Nay, more, we trace with anxious interest and sympathy the course of the young Emperor—(hear, hear) — who did not begin, but who ended the war with us —(cheers)---and who seems now intent on develop ing the'pacific resources of his mighty empire, and striking off the yoke and fetters of the serf. (Cheers.) I wish we may have reason to say quite as much of all our allies in the late war. (Cheers.) But those guns, however, may be justly considered as the mo nument of deeds nobly done by all classes of our fellow-subjects—of the brightest achievement and no less heroic endurance - of the officers and soldiers of the United Kingdom—of the just renown of that army which seemed to come out of its sharp and fiery ordeal with more freshness, and glow,. and vigour even than marked them at its opening. (Cheers.) No doubt the pluck was at all times the same ; but, in point of health, of equipment, and of general efficiency, they kept advancing with every strain of the conflict, and the greater the wear and tear grew the toughness of their fibre, and the brightness of their polish. (Much cheering.) Most suitablY,then, Will these old Russian gu us,transfer re d from their past. theatre of strife, and bloodshed, be come the -spot where you, my lord, this day have placed them, close 'to the circuit of these • ancient walls whose mounds formed the encampment of old Roman.EmperOrs which witnessed many an embat tled array of feudal England, and looked down on the widest plain of a peaceful land, and where, I trust, their ministry of death and destruction being now accomplished, they will have found their undisturbed and final resting place. (Cheers.) My lord and gen tlemen, our military friends have not been able to join us on this occasion from a feeling, if not an ex cesss, of delicacy, which we must respect, although we must still regret. But they will know that, whether present or absent, all our hearts bound to our brave defenders—(cheers . ) —to whom we owe it that we can meet together in splendid civic halls and quaff the peaceful and friendly goblet. (Cheers.) And, as an expression of our feelings towards the military service generally, and an especial recogni tion of the memories of this heroic anniversary, henceforth only to be happily associated with the glories of an united patriotism, I beg to give to you —" The brave men who perilled their lives in the Crimea in defence of the liberty of nations." Captain MARSHALL, of the 2d Life Guards, re. turned thanks. The LORD MAYOR then proposed " Our City Members, with the honours to which they are en. , • . titled." (Three times three cheers.) Mr. J. P. B. WESTHEAD, M.P., rose amid loud cheering. 'He said—My Lord Mayor and gentle men, I assure you I feel extremely grateful for the honour which you have been pleased to do to your city members, and although it does not become me to appropriate to myself an undue share of that honour, yet, if you will allow me to speak, simply, on my own behalf, I cannot but deem it a source of high gratification to myself that, after going through two eventful sessions and endeavouring to perform my duty as your representative, I am on the present occasion greeted with so much kindness. (Applause.) I have felt it my duty to appear among you to-day in answer to the invitation of the cor poration, and I cannot but confess, notwithstanding the strange views which at this day, and in certain influential quarters, are expressed on the subject of peace, that there are times when war seems a positive duty. And for my own part, in regard to all that re lates to the cause of the Crimean war, I consider that there was an unavoidable necessity for our country men to place themselves in battle array, and to step forward in defence of the liberty of nations. (Cheers.) I have therefore felt pleasure in coming to-day to assist in the ceremony which has been in augurated, and I trust the city , of York, Which has manifested its' enthuSiasm anti its sympathy , with our brave army and navy, will continue to give its support to its representatives in every effort fairly to maintain the honour of the country and to sup port a force adequate to the exigencies - of the times. (Cheers.) For my part, and in my observation of men, I have not found that the amen who were-the most courageouS, and on great oceasious the most deter mined to support their rights, have been the most meddlesome and . the most -quarrelsome. On the ether hand, I ,have generally found that the men who have b:'en conscious of their power have been indisposed to littleness and meanness—(applause)— and I trust that our country, which aught.to hold its own on all occasions, and ought to be able to look the world in the faceand to maintain its rights —(cheers)—will never, 'from any paltry 'considera tions of economy, descend. froni that high position. (Applause.) I should be .sorry for one moment to appear to attack on this occasion any person who may differ from me in regard to this question of war and peace, but I think that that talented man, Mr. Bright, the other day at Birmingham, admitted quite as much as it is necessary for. me or any other Englishman to contend for upon this question. I took an extract from the speech of Mr. Bright, which,.with your permission, I will now read. He said— " I have not, as you have observed, pleaded that this country should remain without adequate and scientific means of defence. I acknowledge it to be the duty of your statesmen, at all times, with all possible moderation, but with all possible efficiency, to take steps which shall pre serve order within and on the confines of your kingdom." Well, I shall be content with that, and there will be no _difference between myself and Mr. Bright on that subject, except on the question of degree; tHear.) ..,I assure you 'I cannot :IKit feel a sympathy for 'those brave men who Went forth and perilled their lives in the Crimea, main taining, as they did most gallantly, the honour and' fame of our country. An orator, to whom I alluded, said that he supposed many of those brave men who fell were forgotten by all but their mothers. Not so. (Hear, and cheers.) It is,. indeed, but natu ral that mothers should weep aver their sons, though they cannot but feel the glory that attaches to their name, 'falling as they did 'in . the 'cause of their country. Only yesterday I came down in the railway train with a lady, of whom I have no per=. sonal knowledge, but in the course of conversation, as she was travelling to this part of the country, I referred to the fact that I was coming to this place and' on this occasion. In speaking of the Crimea and of some.occurrenCes there, she said, " I have never dared to read :those accounts, for I lost a darling son in one of those actions before Sebastopol." A. little further inquiry led me to the name of the lady, but of course I pressed' my questions no further. To-day I had an opportunity of speak ing to my son (Major Westhead) of that officer whose mother so lamented him, and he said, " On the night I received:my wound with him and four others of his regiMent I Shook hands . before the received (continued attack, and soon after he entered the Quarries he i f r a . t l al v elvst6ltuenadacmy Isoanp, who pily got severely mysel wounded, has survived,and b he regrets he has not had the pleasure of meeting you who have done so much ho nour to those (ch wh o fought in the Crimea on that occas i on. forgotten those But you have not understand ar e heroes,andreconicd in• their names, whi c h .I ceremony of the day,. arc placed connexion with the the pedestal on the site which you On the stones of these monuments of British fameyou have selected f or ; and par ticipate in the view of the noble lord, I quite • wh eloquently discoursed to you th a t I seem o has so but a dis cord on this occasion after the full harmony of strain: - (Che ers. ) I th ank you for all the evidence of your zeal in connexion with our army and navy, and I trus t that in m y h umble capa city I shall haN our support in endeavouring no t ..... T Yr THE. SUN, LONDON; MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 8, 1858. to indulge in any lavish schemes for the army ' and navy, but to endeavour, as far as in me lies to support what I believe is essential to the welfare and the best interests of this country. Colonel SMYTH, M.P., next rose, and was also received with cheers. He said—My Lord Mayor, Mr. Chaplain, and gentlemen, I, on my own behalf, thank you for the manner in which my health has been proposed and received as one of the city mem bers. We are met here to-day to celebrate a great event—an event which you have, in my opinion, most properly taken this opportunity of celebrating. (Applause.) We desire to do so, not, as was said by my noble friend (the Earl of Carlisle), if he - will allow me to call him so, in any vindictive or boast ful spirit; we wish not to revive any of the pains or the heartburnings which occurred at the time of the Crimean war ; but we are met to-day, and I don't hesitate to say so publicly, to celebrate a great victory—a victory which would not have been wor thy of the fame it has obtained if our foes had that day been less gallant, our enemies been less per severing than they were. We desire, in this city of York, to express our admiration of the gallant deeds that were performed at Inkermann, our com miseration and our mourning for those who fell on that bloody field where over-matched and surprised British soldiers held their ground against countless numbers, whom the timely arrival of our French allies enabled us successfully to resist. (Cheers.) Yorkshireman as I am, proud of my country, and deeply interested in all that concerns this city, I rejoice—and I say so again—that you have deter mined to celebrate this anniversary. (Applause.) Colonel Smyth then read a letter which he received from his brother, who went through the whole of the Crimean war, and which was written on the day and after the battle of Inkermann. He de scribed that they had a hard day's work, stated thrt his horse was shot under him, and that there was no doubt they all did their duty. I believe (remarked Col. Smyth) the officer of every regi ment in the Crimea might have said the same. These, gentlemen, are the men who are the life and soul of the British army. (Hear.) The British officer and the British soldier will endure every privation, every discomfort, rather than disgrace his country. In my opinion we do not take as much care as we ought to do of the British soldier. (Cheers.) Many will tell you that a three or four years' soldier is of a value which we hardly appre ciate. We drill, we humanise, we interest the raw recruit until he becomes a skilful and accomplished soldier and well-disposed man, and then we give him little encouragement, but bad barracks, and food which is sometimes distasteful to him. Doubt less we find some who come from the dregs of the population, while there are others who join the army from a desire for adventure or from a love of glory. To those the words of the poet will apply : "For gold the merchant ploughs the main, The farmer ploughs the manor; But glory is the soldier's praise, The soldier's wealth and honour." (Cheers.) It is not too much to say that of such men as these we ought to take more care ; lye ought to make their time less monotonous, to teach each soldier a trade, arid give him more employment in his leisure hours. We shall then make him more civilised and more comfortable, and not make him less gallant or less persevering. (Cheers.) Among the other toasts were " the Lord Mayor," " the Dean and Chapter of York," " Earl de Grey and the Yorkshire Hussars," and " Miss Nightin gale and the Ladies who assisted her in the Crimea." The Hon. W. E. DLINCOMBE responded on behalf of Earl de Grey, and in doing so he observed, he believed that in engaging with the war in Russia they were only fulfilling the high destinies of this country. (Cheers.) • The " Health of Miss Nightingale" was proposed by the Hon. aad Rev. S. W. LAWLEY, who said, after the battle of Inkermann the wounds of the soldiers were stanched by the hands of women. While they therefore remembered the glory of the soldiers they ought not to forget the tenderness and the services of woman. No Russian cannon spoke with more clear-toned voice—no British gun answered with clearer defiance—than that love, spoken in clear tones, by the noble sacrifice and devotion of our countrywomen. (Cheers.) There was no manual labour ever performed by man, and no duties more distasteful, which these women did not perform. In fact, the glory of the British arms secured its brightest lustre from the tenderness and the love of woman. (Cheers.) On the same evening about 70 of the men resi dent in York who in arms served their country in the Crimea, sat down to a dinner which had been provided by public subscription, when the valuable services of the army were duly acknowledged. NUMEROUS FIRES AND GREAT DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY. Saturday and yesterday were peculiarly and un fortunately prolific in fires, there being during a period of little more than 12 hours several in diffe rent parts of what is called the metropolitan dis trict, which extends a circle of 15 allies from Charing-cross. One fire happened in the premises belonging to Mr. J. Reihie, situate at No. 57, Richmond-street, Caledonian-road, Islington. The fire commenced in the front room first floor, and speedily extended to the drawers and furniture in the first floor. The engines of the London brigade were soon in at tendance, bUt, owing to the exertions of the in mates and police, the fire was subdued. The damage, however, is considerable. The suffer was insured in the Royal Fire-office. Another fire took place in the premises belonging to Mr. George Page, hairdresser, situate at No. 34, Pall-mall. The discovery was made by smoke issuing from the flooring on the first floor. Several engines of the London Brigade and parish were soon in attendance, but the flames were quickly extinct ished. The loss will fall u p on th e R oya l Exchange ° and Hand-in-Hand offices. --- A third fire broke out in the beer-shop belonging to Mr. J. Heath, carrying on business at No. 20, William-street, Green-street, Bethnal-green. The cause of this fire could not be gleaned; but when the fire was first seen it was rushing up the parti tions on the ground floor, and in the course of a few minutes it had extended up the lanc:ing to the first floor. The engines of the London Brigade were remarkably fast in their attendance, but owing to the timely arrival of the police and strangers the flames were got out during the interval. The sufferer was uninsured. A fire likewise took place in the private house of Mr. R. Buckland, No. 10, Redmonds-row, Mile end. The flames commenced in a cupboard from some unexplained cause in the second floor, the furniture becoming ignited, and the window glass breaking, it was feared that the whole building would have been consumed ; but owing to the com bined exertions of all present the fire was subdued. but the damage done was considerable. Unfortu nately the sufferer was not insured. A fifth fire broke out in the premises occupied by Mr. R. Rumbill, a tailor, &c., No. 3, Pleasant place, Holloway-road. The disaster was occasioned by the light of gas burner in the shop coming in contact with the stock in trade therein. The engines of the London Brigade and parish, toge ther with the Royal Society's escapes, were re markably early in arriving, but the greater portion of the stock in trade was destroyed before the fire could be extinguished. Unfortunately the occupier of the premises was not insured. A sith fire broke out in the residence of Mr. W. Lawson, No. 23, Doughty-street, near tha Found ling Hospital. It was caused from a spark flying from a lighted candle, which set in flames the con tents of the third floor front. The engines of the parish and London Bridge, as well as the Royal Society's escapes, were quickly in attendance, and owing to the exertions of the police and inmates the fire was got out, but the damage done was con siderable, and it is to be regretted that the sufferer was uninsured. In addition to the above fires, another one took place in the premises belonging to Mr. Lawrence, the well-known clothier, carrying on business facing the Royal Botanical Gardens, in the Jew's row, Chelsea, and within a few yards of the Royal Asylum. The fire was discovered by a pensioner as he was proceeding to the College, by noticing smoke pouring from the lower part of the estab lishment. This convinced the man at a glance that the premises were on fire, and forthwith he sounded the necessary alarm, and sent off for proper assist: ante. It was at one time feared that the whole of the inmates were in their beds, and that they would fall victims to the fury of the flames, but it subsequently transpired that the whole of the resi dents had left some time previously for the purpose of attending Divine service at their regular place of worship. The engines of the parish, Lon don brigade, and that belonging to the Grosvenor estate having been sent for, they promptly attended, and a good supply of the Chelsea company's water having been pro cured, the ,firemen went to work under the direc tion of Mr. Staples, chief officer of the C district, but the flames could not be conquered until the whole of the stock in trade was nearly destroyed. The origin of the disaster is unknown. Owing to the absence of all parties connected with the pre mises, it waS impossible to tell whether the,loss :was covered by insurance or otherwise. About the same time as the above fire happened, another one took place on the premises of Mr. Cole, No. 13, Bridport-place, in the City-road. Fl?nty o e fassistan ce h a Vi ng arr i ve d, th e flames were quickly xt . ab , l e nguished, 1)/4 - the damage done was consider ' I. ROYAL COMMISSION ON ARMY STORES AND CLOTHING. On Saturday morning the Royal Commissioners for inquiring into the State of the Depots for Mili tary Clothing and Stores met again at the Arsenal, Woolwich. Accompanied by Captain Clark and Captain Farmer, the principal officers next to Colonel Tulloch in the Royal carriage department ; Colonel Wilmot, the superintendent of the gun factory.; Captain Boxer, at the head of the labora tory ; and Captain Orr, they made a tour of the more remarkable parts of the Arsenal, in which they were occupied more than two hours, and saw much to excite their interest and admiration in the various processes and appliances which came under observation. Of the gigantic proportions to which this great national establishment has grown, espe cially since the outbreak of the Russian war, and of the extent to which machinery of marvellous in genuity has of late years been applied to all the different operations connected with the manufac ture of the implements and munitions of war, the general public has but little conception ; and no thing like justice could be done to a subject so re plete with interest and importance in the space in which a report of the proceedings of the Commis sioners must of necessity be limited. The manner in which the several departments are conducted, so far as that has come within the cognisance of the commission, is such as to impress the visitor with the idea of efficiency, carried almost to perfection, in the several branches, united with a careful re gard for the public interests in the use and adoption of materials. Reference is now made to the inter nal economy of the establishment, irrespective of the mode of s upplying the raw materials from with out, under the auspices of the War-office, which is a question on which considerable difference of opi nion prevails. Since the Crimean war the Arsenal appears .to have been conducted to a great extent on a new principle. The object is not now so much to accumulate enormous quantities of the materials and instruments of war against a time of war, which may become obsolete or suffer decay during a long interval of peace, but rather to develope the capa city of the establishment for producing them as they are wanted, with far more rapidity and effici ency than was ever known before, and with all the improvements which ingenuity can from time to time suggest. By the introduction of machinery equal, it said, in the aggregate, to the united labour of 12,000 men, the handicraft of skilled artisans has, to a large extent, been dispensed with, and by far the greater part of this machinery, which performs alike the most deli cate and the most ponderous operations with unerring accuracy and effect, can be set in motion and tended at any time by young men and boys brought from the streets or the plough tail, and submitted to a slight amount of preliminary training. It will be seen that the commissioners during their sitting on Saturday had for the first time with anything like directness, and suddenly and in the most incidental way, evidence adduced before them, both in a positive and negatite shape, of a practice having the semblance of systematic corruption, and it gave an unwonted interest to their proceedings, which was enhanced by another incident, curious enough in its way, and as unexpectedly elicited by a question put by Mr. Commissioner Turner in the course of the inquiry. After the Commissioners had completed their perambulation of the Arsenal they repaired, at 1 o'clock, to the head-quarters of the Royal Carriage Department, and took additional evidence, Mr. Selfe acting as chairman. Captain Milward, of the Royal Artillery, com manding a field-battery at Woolwich, was recalled, and explained that before the establishment of the clothing and tailoring depot at Woolwich, which was begun about 18 months ago, under the direct auspices of the War2office,for supplying the whole of the Artillery and Engineers w ith clothing, each captain of a troop could obtain his " necessaries" for the use of the men under his command where he liked, and those necessaries were generally ob tained from tradesmen on the recommendation of the pay-Aergeants. Those pay-sergeants used to get Crpgular allowance—often as much as 10 per cent.—from the tradesmen they patronised on the amount of the bills sent in to the captain for neces saries from time to time. He (Captain Milward) knew this to be true from circumstances which came within his own knowledge. After their return from the Crimea a pay-sergeant in the battery which wit ness commanded, and who was now in India, got as much as 10 per cent. from the tradesmen on the necessaries supplied to the men during the war, and which amounted to a considerable sum. The officers in the Artillery never knew that such a practice had been going on; and he himself happened only to find it out by a paymaster, who was an honest fellow, telling him about it. He (Captain Mihvard) believed the practice was carped on to an immense extent until the recent change in the system of supplying clothing to the Artillery, for the more the things that were ordered the more the pay-sergeants got; but all that had now been put a stop to by the new arrangement. The Chairman asked Mr. Dolan, of St. Martin'S lane, a partner in one of the oldest and largest firms in London as contractors for army clothing, and who was in the room while Captain Milward was:examined, if he had given any douc e ur, or made any allowance or present, such as had been men tioned by Captain Milward ? Mr. Dolan—l must decline to answer the ques tion. The Chairman—Well ; I have had great expe rience in courts of justice, and I must say I never knew a refusal to - answer a question such as I have just put which did not do a great deal more harm to the interests of the party declining to answer than any amount of frankness on his part. Mr. Turner—l would advise you to be candid, Mr. Dolan. Are we to understand that you abso lutely decline to answer that question ? Mr. Dolan—Yes. Mr. Turner—Very well. The Chairman —I can hardly- conceive anythi ng more damaging, the opinion of the Commis sioners, to the interests you have at heart, Mr. Dolan. Mr. Turner—By your refusal to answer the question put to you by Mr. Selfe we now come to understand why it is that some of the main objects contemplated in this inquiry by my brother Com missioners and Myself have been frustrated. We p of on o you eur can t never have been able to get any sort of tangible in formation with regard to douceurs from any one. Neither e, give I su i e e s e ia c l part t f nor the the inquiry giver of of the which due iip any in formation ; and when we arr i ve atany essential light you refuse to do so. That being so, the Commissioners in this case are left to draw their own inferences. Mr. Dolan—l have . never given an allowance in any case in which the public has had to pay. The Chairman asked what was meant by that. : Mr. Dolan—l mean to say I have never given any allowance to any one for which the public has had to pa. The y Chairman—That is an evasion of the ques tion, Mr. Dolan. The question is, whether you paid it ; if you did, it was worth your while to do so for other considerations. There was a pause here, in which the Commis sioners waited for an answer. Mr. Turner—You adhere to your refusal ? Mr. Dolan—l do. At a subsequent part of the sitting Mr. Dolan gave a reason why he had refused to answer the question, but it was not domed satisfactory by the- Commissloners, and they ordered it to' be struck off their minutes. Quartermaster and Commissary Grant, who has charge of the Government clothing establishment at Woolwich for the artillery, under Colonel Bing ham, was called by Colonel French, and expressed a wish to withdraw an observation made inciden tally in his previous examination, and construed as unduly reflecting on others, in connexion with the former system of supplying clothing to the artillery. The Chairman told Quartermaster Grant that he had taken a manly, straightforward, and soldierly course ; and he wished civilians would show the same readiness to withdraw charges they were not in a condition to prove. • Quartermaster Taylor next tendered himself as a witness. He said be was an Inspector of Artillery cloth, and superintendent of the military tailors in the Government establishment at Woolwich ; and the evidence he gave went to show that the clothing now supplied to the artillery batta lions was very much better, both in quality and workmanship, than it was under the old sys tem, when they were supplied by contractors; but that furnished to the Horse Artillery was no better. Under the old system there was a rigid inspection by a board of field officers of the clothing supplied for the artillery service by the contractors, who were Iklesrs. Stephens and Clarke. Now the cloth was first inSpected at Weedon before being made up, and the clothing, when made up, was subject to an inspection by a board of field officers, as formerly. The old inspection always secured elothing as good as the sealed pattern. The improvement which had since taken place was in the pattern, and in bringing the clothing up to that pattern. The • cavalry now made up their own clothing ; and he thought the cavalry were not so well clothed now, either in point of quality or work manship, as under the old system, arising, as he thought, film the patterns not being so good. The cloth for some of the cavalry came from- the estab lishment at Weedon which was not the case before. The tunics in the line 'were UQW much superior tO , those supplied by the colonels, but he could not say so much for the trousers. By the Chairman—There could be no doubt that the greatest benefit would result to the soldiers and the public if the clothing of the regiments of the line was made on a plan similar to that of the ar tillery, supposing that a depot with a staff of mili tary tailors could be formed for the different regi ments. The line regiments had depots at different places; but that was not the case with the artillery, whose head-quarters had been at Woolwich for a century or more. Mr. Turner asked tho witness what his pay was. Witness replied 7s. 10d. a-day, with 2s. addi tional for lodging money. That, he added, was his pay as a quartermaster. lie was not paid any thing additional in respect of the services he ren dered in the clothing establishment, and there were no perquisites connected with his duties there. The cuttings in the tailoring department were sold by Quartermaster Grant, who rendered an account of them, and the proceeds went to defray incidental expenses connected with the establishment. Mr. Turner, at a subsequent part of the day, ad dressing the witness, said—l have heard, among other things, that you keep racehorses here, but I confess I cannot believe it ? . . _ Quartermaster Taylor—l have none in training at the present time. This answer produced a considerable sensation among the Commissioners and the people in the room. Mr. Turner—ls there any foundation for the statement that you have kept racehorses ? Quartermaster Taylor—Yes. Quartermaster Grant—He has an independent fortune Quartermaster Taylor—But I hope it will not be supposed that I can keep them out of my regimen tal pay. I positively assert before everybody that I have no advantage, direct or indirect, from any thing in the establishment. Quartermaster Grant—lt is right that it should be known that Quartermaster Taylor has on his own side an independent fortune, and that his wife has also an allowance, so that he is in circumstances to keep racehorses if he wishes to do so. Mr. Turner said he had felt it his duty to ask the question of Quartermaster Taylor from infor mation that had been given him, and it was also lint fair to give the Quartermaster an opportunity of explanation. Quartermaster Grant was recalled, and, in reply to.questions put by Mr. Turner, said the tailors' cuttings in the Artillery clothing establishment were disposed of to a contractor named Wolfe, who came from London from time to time and took them away. An account was kept of the whole of the proceeds of those cuttings, and the money went to defray petty cash expenses in the establishment, such as postage, carriage of parcels, and many other small charges. The proceeds from the cuttings—. but he spoke only from memory—might be from £lOO to £125 a-year. The balance, after paying incidental expenses, remained as cash in hand, and he had the custody of it. At present it might I amount to £9O. Witness afterwards produced the book containing an account of the cuttings, which showed that the proceeds of them for a year from July, 1857, to the end of June last, amounted to £2BO, and that he had now a balance in hand of £l7l. He wished it, he said, to be understood that the establishment he conducted, which had been in operation about 18 months, was a large regimental tailor's shop, and that in ordi nary circumstances the cuttings would be the per quisites of the person who had charge of it. The Chairman—ln fact, you have no " cabbage ;" that's the English of it ? (A laugh.) Witness said that was so: Quartermaster Mutch, who was next called, said he was Commissary of Clothing for the Royal En gineers. The clothing was made in the same estab lishment at Woolwich as that of the Royal Artil lery,-but the duties and accounts of each corps were kept entirely distinct. He had filled his present office of Commissary of Clothing since April, 1856, and was previously senior clerk in the Adjutant- General's office of the Royal Engineers. The sys tem of providing the clothing for the engineers was precisely the same as that of the Artillery. There was a difference in the colour of the clothing—the men's jackets in the Engineers being scarlet and their trousers of Oxford mixture. The cloth came from Weedon, and at first was not good ; but it had improved latterly, and he expected that before long it would be up to the mark. He had no voice in the quality of the clothing. By Col. French--The corps of Engineers had always had better clothing than the Line. Witness handed in a statement, showing the com parative cost of the several articles of clothing for the Royal Engineers under the late contract system with' that now being carried on at the clothing establishment, Woolwich, and the saving on each. The Chairman said the paper put in by the Quar termaster was the most startling thing he had seen for a long time. For instance, the present cost of the rank and file tunic was 17s, 81d., as compared with £1 1 ls. 6d., under the contract system. Witness said the total saving on a year's supply of clothing, after deducting establishment expenses, was £3,731 14s. The corps of Royal Engineers was close upon 4,000 in number, and the men had each two suits in the year—a uniform suit and a working suit. The number of garments to be furnished annually might be taken as 16,696—viz., 4,180 tunics (uniform), 4,180 trousers (uniform,) 4,168 working jackets, and 4,168 working trousers. He explained that the clothing for the Engineers being made in the same building as that of the Artillery; the cost of gas, coals, and the like, was not taken into account in the above calculation ; but the Artilley had got the saving on the Engineers' clothing to set against those expenses. The total expenditure of the establishment, so far as Engi neers were concerned, £269 for salaries and wages, and about £4O for incidental expenses. The cut tings in the Engineers' • tailoring department were accounted for in precisely the same way as thos,e of the Artiller as described by Quartermaster Grant. He (witness) was virtually the .storekeeper as well as the Commissary of Clothing, and was account able to Colonel Stanton. By the Chairman—There was no security taken from him (witness). For the value of the stores under his charge it would be hardly worth while risking his commission. Mr. Dolan, army _clothing contractor, was called at his own request, and stated that the contract with which the comparison had been instituted by Quartermasters Grant and Mutch was made just before or after the war, when everybody connected with the business of army , clothing was busily engaged and all parties contracting got large prices. Stephens and Clarke, the contractors for the Artillery, under the old system, got much larger prices than they had ever done before, owing to an alteration in the pattern of the tunic after the con - tract had been entered into. He submitted ' that the question at issue was not what the clothing of the Artillery was supplied for in a time of war, but what it could be 'supplied for now if it were again put up to. contract. He was sure the Govern ment could get the clothing for the Artillery now made. by contract 'quite as cheaply as it was now made at their own establishment by Quartermaster Grant. Again, the standard of the men had been reduced considerably since the change in the mode of supplying clothing, and a saving in the cost of the garments had been the result. He admitted the prices of Stephens and Clarke were very high, and if Government were now to contract they could get the clothing made much cheaper. The Chairman asked what was to hinder equally high prices being paid again in a state of war ? Witness said the clothing they supplied in 1854, during the war, was about the same price as that which they furnished a year or two before when there was no war. The Chairman asked if the witnesss had not within the last 12 months given any douceurs ? Mr. Dolan said he declined to answer that question. Quartermaster Grant stated, in reply to a remark made by Mr. Dolan that the contract of Stephens and Clarke, with which the prices of making cloth ing for the Artillery at the Government establish ment had been compared by him (Mr. Grant), was taken a considerable time before the war, and be fore any influence connected with a time of war could have affected the market prices. Mr. Dolan said he did not defend Stephens and Clarke's prices, and he would supply clothing equal in quality in every way for both the Horse Artil lery and the battalions, at the same prices at which they were now made in the Government establish ment, and to any extent the Government might re quire. The Commissioners then adjourned. EXTRAORDINARY RUN BY A SAILING SHIP. — The Mersey line clipper Black Eagle, which sailed from Liverpool for Melbourne, on the 28th ult., loft the steam tug at three the following• mo rning off Holyhead, and was off Queenstown at thee p.m. on the 29th —making the run from the Bell Buoy to abreast of Queenstown in 24 hours, and from Holyhead (where she left the steamer) in HI hours. The distance between Holyhead and Queens townbeing 164 miles, the speed _obtained was 141 knot per hour, and it is believed to be the quickest run on record, either by sailing vessel or steamer. [AnvEßTmEmENT.] L —Holloway's Pills. — L iver p ool com plaints and General Debility.—These pills have an influ ence upon the human frame, which is more like enchant ment than the ordinary effect of any other medicine ever heard of. They turn a sick man into a sound one. with a rapidity that reminds us of the sudden changes in a panto mimic show under the stroke of the wand of harlequin. People bedrideen for years, gbastly and woebegone a few days before, after taking these pills, have emerged gaily into the streets or fields, to the utter astonishment of their old acquaintances. In cases of general debility they are a mar vellous restorative, and in liver complaints the fiction of these inestinaahleTills is equally - safe,. speedy, and effica cion4 OBTAINING SUGAR BY FRAUD. On Friday Henry Bell, who formerly carriea on the business of a grocer in the Borough, and "It vho had been remanded but admitted to bail upon the charge of obtaining ten bags of sugar from Me ssrs. Whistler, Dawson. and Co., agents for the as le of sugar, Fenchurch-street, appeared before tit -; Lord Mayor, at the Mansion-house, for further ex mina tion. The court was densely crowded during tl le in vestigation by wholesale grocers and others who had charges against the defendant.' Mr. Brand again appeared for the prosec and Mr. C. Lewis for the defendant. It. Bell, metropolitan detective officer, M 1 3, who apprehended the defendant, said—From in forma tion I received I proceeded to the house ( )f Mr. Langtrce, a grocer, in Salmon-lane, Lim: hen ise. I there found five or six bags of rice at the t lack of the shop. I saw no barrels or bags containing, sugar. I afterwards went to a carman named Wm. Keene, and from what he said I returned to Mr. Lang tree's, where I obtained further information. W. Keene said—The defendant employ - tA me to cart some goods from him, and towards die latter end of Sept. I received a paper from him. I think it was on Monday. He told me to get ten be. rrels of sugar from the London Docks. I did so, a:ad took them to his shop. By his directions I pulled one or two out of the van, and he broke the heads . .pff. He said, " These sugars are very wet ; I don'tknow what to do with them." By his direction I afterwards placed them all in the shop. He sent for me to conic to his shop next morning between 8 and 9. He then gave me another order, andl brought home 10 bags from the West India Docks. He then or dered me to take 10 brls of sugar to Mr. Langtree's. Mr. Brand—Did you take these barrels to Mr. Langtree's before the bags came ? Witness—No ; after I brought them home. Mr. Brand—Have you always stated as you are telling me now—have you told a different story to the detective officer ? Witness—l told him that I brought the bags and barrels home. Mr. Brand—How was it that you did not take the barrels and bags together to Mr. Langtree's shop ? Witness—l don't know. Mr. Brand—Did you tell the detective officer that some of the barrels were not taken ott of the cart at all ? Witness—l might have done so. The Lord Mayor—This is a most important com mercial inquiry, and I am determined to go through it'most thoroughly, and to sift it, if I possibly can, to the very bottom. No one can conceal from him self the fact that this man is giving his evidence with great reluctance. He does not give his evi dence as a respectable man would. Mr. Brand—Upon your oath were all the barrels taken out of the cart at all ? Witness—One or two were first taken out, and then the others. Mr. Brand—And you swear that they remained in the defendant's possession for a night at least ? Witness—Yes. Mr. Brand—lf you ever said that some of the barrels never left the cart you said what was false ? witness—Yes, if I §aid that ; I might have said so. Mr. Brand—Did you say that —you must know. Witness—Well, I say that I did say so. When I met the detective officer on Monday I was agitated. Mr. Brand—Did you say to Mr. Bell that two or three days after you had delivered the barrels on the prosecutor's delivery order you took ten bags of sugar straight to Langtree's shop. Witness—l unloaded them into the defendant's shop first. Mr. Brand—Did you not state that they never left the cart ? Witness—l did say so then. I unloaded them and put them into the van, and took them away . an hour or so afterwards, I was employed for this job. I was not in the service of the defendant. I had only two transactions with him. I removed his fur niture to a furniture warehouse in the New-cut. I swear that I did not remove for him any other goods than those of which I have spoken, but there were plenty of carts at work there in addition to my van. Mr. James Langtree—l am a grocer, and live at 9, Salmon-lane, Limehouse. I never had any trans actions with the defendant. About Sept. 27th or 28th last, or it might be later, a waggon driven by the last witness came to my shop with ten barrels of sugar. I did not deny this to Bell. I had no in voice with the sugar. I showed Mr. Dawson the in voice of the ten barrels, but that invoice did not come with the barrels. It was delivered to me by person I bought them of. I bought them of a person named Jones, who called upon me with a sample of sugar, and on the next day, or the same day, or within a very short period at all events, the sugar came. Jones himself brought the invoice about a week after the sugars were delivered. The invoice is dated Oct. 1. I intended to have brought it with me, but accidentally left it behind on my counter. The sugars were not equal to the sample, and were useless to me. They were very footy. The Lord Mayor—Where does Jones live ? Witness—l don't know his residence, although I have known him for some time. He has been selling goods of this description for the last two or three years. I did not tell Bell that I had bought these sugars in a publichouse. I alluded in that con versation to rice. When I complained to Jones of the sugars being footy, he said, " I'll find you something to work them off with," and I would not consent to them unless he made me some allow ance for their inferior quality. I cannot tell where Jones is to be found. Some time ago he lodged at the Railway Hotel. I gave 445. per cwt. for the sugars. The Lord Mayor—ls it usual with you to deal with a man who does not give you his address ? Witness—He is a man that dresses well. He was in my shop two hours on Monday last, and just left previous to Bell's calling. The invoice I showed to Mr. Dawson related to 11 bags of rice, 10 barrels of sugar, and five, boxes of Valencias. Mr. Brand—The testimony of those witnesses would not justify me in asking your lordship to commit the defendant for trial. This is a case of very great importance to the commercial community, and I ask for a further remand, in order that Jones may be produced. The whole evidence has disclosed a series of frauds, and the perpetrators of them ought to be brought to justice. The Lord Mayor—lf you had Jones here, per haps he could not do you much good. Mr. Brand—Very likely not. The Lord Mayor—There cannot be two opinions as to the character of the whole transaction. You see the evidence which these witnesses have given, and they are witnesses for the prosecution. Mr. Langtree—Every word I have stated is truth. I do not buy goods of every person who comes into my shop. I missed Jones for tour or five months till very recently. He has left samples with me, and nine times out of ten I have not bought his goods. There are hundreds of persons in London who get their living in the same way. The Lord Mayor—l cannot detain the defendant upon the present charge, but if you get further evidence against him you can apprehend him again. The charge against defendant was then dismissed. Mr. Brand—l now prefer another charge against the defendant. On the 15th of September last he called at the warehouse of Messrs. William and Russell Jupp and ordered II bags of rice, two for himself, and nine for a friend in the country. The 11 bags were delivered to him and taken direct to Langtree's shop. Mr. Langtree—l bought . the rice for more than it was worth, and, shall lose- a cwt. by it; This charge was not entertained for want of suffi cient evidence. Several other persons stood forward, and said that the defendant had obtained chests of tea, cani sters, Sze., from them. These cases were not gone into, owing to the want of evidence to show that the goods had been obtained under false pretences. GAMBLING IN BELGIUM.—The company which farms out the gambling-rooms at Spa, in Belgium, and whose lease expires at the end of 1861, has just obtainei a prolongation of it from the municipality for nineteen years, that is, to the 31st Dec., 1880. The conditions are these : After deducting the expenses from the gross receipts, 5 per cent. on what remains are, as heretofore, to be taken for the hospital and the bureau de bienfaisance ; 4 per cent. instead of 7 aro then to be taken for payment of the director up to 1861, after which he is to receive a fixed salary ; and on the sum which may then remain 50 per cent. will go to the Government, 20 per cent. to the town of Spa, and 30 per cent. to the company. The renewed lease is now under consideration of the Minister of the Interior, whose consent is necessary for its ratification. THE WOOLLEN TRADE IN BELGIUM. 2 --The fol- lowing account of the woollen trade in Belgium is given by the Annalee die Commerce Exterieur. The principal seat of that branch of commerce is Verviers, in the province of Liege. During the last fift een or sixteen years the con sumption of wool in Belgium has more than doubled. In 1855, the quantity of cloth and other woollen goods im ported into Belgium was 28,510 kilogrammes ; in 1856, 29,530 ; and in 1857, 34;000. These imports for the most, part consist of a de scr i p ti on of articles wh i ch are no t manufactured in the country. The export of cloth and other woollen goods made in Belgium amounted in 185.5 to 20,210,094 fr ., the value being calculated at 18fr. the kilo. ; in 1856 to 22,164,660 fr., and in 1857 to 20,065,600 fr. The commercial crisis which prevailed in the United States and in the principal commercial centres of Europe during the last three months of 1857 caused a fall ing of in the exports of that period of 10,000 pieces or 120,221 kilog. The import of woollen yarn into Belgium in 1855 was 150,E63 kilos. ; in 1856 , 148,321; and in 1857, 174,891; the exports in 1856 were 344,088 kilo s ., an d in 1857 450,455. The . exports of ' woollen *ove n goods, exclusive of cloths, were, m. the year 1855, 106,709 kil os. ; in 1856, 118,593 ; and in 185 7, 108,484.. These exports like that of cloths fell off materially during the last three months of 1857. Flannel is now a very material branch of Belgian manufacture, and in many markets that article enjoyS a complete monopoly, THE DESECRATION OF THE DEAD AT ST. MARTIN'S CEMETERY, CAMDEN TO WN. Yesterday, in consequence of the publicity' which had been given by the press to the re , volting desecration of the dead in St. Martin's Cemetery at Camden-town, during the earlier por tion of the preceding week, the scene of this shameful violation of public decency was visited by thousands, anxious to testify by ocular demonstra tion the truth or falsehood of the staten cents which have been put forth upon the subject. As early as eight o'clock in the morning, in ad dition to a large number of the S Division of police, under the orders of Mr. Superintende=nt Loxon and Inspector Fidge, a numerous detachment of the reserve of the A Division also arrived, and was sta tioned in the vicinity and over vari pus parts of the ground. A communication, it is understood, had been made by the Commissioners of Police to the authorities of St. Martin's-in-thri-Fields, that in the present excited state of the public mind the only security for the preservation of the peace and for their property was in allowing free access to the public, not only over that portion of the ground where the excavations had been made, and the bodies and remains continu e exposed, but over the entire cemetery. The resin t proves that the course adopted was the correct One.. and it is the opinion of the police authorities th emselves that had any attempt been made to prevcn t the public from wit nessing what they had come .to see, and giving vent to their feelings thereon, the rui 4 lings of the ceme tery would have been forced, at id a riot the con sequence. It is computed that at least fron.i 30,000 to 40,000 persons visited the burial-ground thinoughout the day, and whilst they might be he lard in every direction and at every moment giving vent to their feelings, disgust awl indignation at ,the perpetra tion of such a wanton and shameful d esecration of the dead, and to the effect that it was much worse than they expected to find it, no single case of dis order or confusion occurred. During Saturday night it appears that some of the more offensive specimens of decay ed mortality had been removed from public gaze, land in other parts the boards of the hoarding, w f l'o'i had been dashed into the ground by the infer; s ded populace on Thursday evening, were covered over the re mains ; but. they were soon removed, znd the evi denCes of the atrocious violation of 1 =Mk decency which had been indulged in for the la ake of filthy lucre were exposed to view. It mua t not be sup posed either that the thousands win ) visited the scene of desecration were merely the, working and humble classes of society. When Divine service was over at St. Stephen's, and adj; went places of worship, elegantly dressed ladies a md gentlemen, with their families, with their bibl Ges and prayer books in their hands, might be seen wending their way in hundreds to the spot, and lea ving with ex pressions of sympathy and horror do' pitted in their faces at the sickening sight they la ad witnessed, and the same feeling appeared tope] r vade the minds of every one, no matter to what clan a they belonged. To add to the excitement, the walls of the cemetery were covered with placards annoy racing a public meeting of the inhabitants in the fol 1 owing terms " APPALLING DESECRATION 0 f THE GRAPE YARD IN CAMDEN-STREET, CAT II DEN-TOWN.—A public meeting of the inhabitant . 4 s of St. Pancras will he held in the Vestry-hall, King's-road, on Tuesday, November 9, to receive the opinions of those interested in the matter, rc nd to take such measures as may by them be de E :med expedient. The Rev. J. Fitzgerald, incumbent of St. Stephen's, Camden-town, will take the chafe at seven o'clock p.m. precisely.—By order of tin) committee, G. Kingcombe, Hon. Sec." The committee of inhabitants have prepared a memorial, to be submitted to the meeting for adop tion, to the Bishop of London, praying him to revoke the faculty, which, like i he act of Parlia ment empowering them to buil d ~ they believe to have been obtained by , false re.; presentations. A subscription has also been open ed to carry the matter, should such a course be is ecessary, into the Ecclesiastical Court. In the metuatime, the autho rities of St. Pancras are determin ed to protect the public health, as well as decent by pursuing their summonses to the fullest o xtent under the Public Health and Removal o Nuisances Act , . against the churchwardens, &c. , of St. Martin's , and to carry the case, by injunct ;ion, into the Court *of Chancery. COUNTRY MA'RKETS. LIVERPOOLr—Nc or. 6. Our cora market was again dull tc.-day, but without an) change in prices. STAMFORD—Nov. 6. There was a fair supply of wheat from the fanners to day, and transactions were limited at a decline of la to 2d. per qr. Not much doing in other, sorts. Wheat .42s to 45s 1 Oat s.. 26s to 3 23 White do 45s to 49s I Bea.ns, new 42s to 4 60 Earley. ....30s to 32s 1 Ditto, old .48s to 60s CAMBRIDGE—Nov. 6. The market continues quiet, but prices are about sup ported in the few transactions recorded this week. Wheat ...40s to 42s 0at5...... 2 White .44s to 48s Beans ..... 8 Barley .30s to 44s Peas 4 454 s t tt - — 63 g OXFORD—Nov. 6. We quote no alteration in the value of wheat, but the trade continues in a lifeless state. Fine barleys maintain their value, other sorts quite unsaleable. Oats and beta' in favour of the buyer. Wheat, white A2s to 48s Beans, Mazigan..—s to --s I red 40s to 44s Middle & small 42s to 48$ Barley 32s to —s I White peas —s to — 0 Oats 22s to 30s Grey.. --s to -- 1 Flour, 32s to —s Od per sack. NOTTINGH. M—Nov. 6. We have to report a small supply of wheat at market, and prices ruled about the same as last week. White wheat, new, 44s to 50s Barley, grinding.. 28s to 32s Red do. 4os to 45s Oats, old, .. 3os to 348 Old white 33s to 49s New do 26s to 293 Red do. 43s to 49s Beans.. 50s to 541 Barley, malting... .38s to 42s I Malt.. —s to —$ ROCHESTER—Nov. 6. At the corn exchange this morning the trade in wheat was flat, and on the few lots which changed hands a decline of is per qr. was noted. Malting barley taken off rather more freely. Oats and beans a heavy sale, and the former were rather lower. CHELMSFORD—Nov. 6. A fair supply of wheat, which sold slowly, at is per qr. under the currency of last week. Fine Inalting barley in request, other sorts are bad to quit, at irregular prices. Beans and peas the same as before. Wheat, white....36s to 47s red 32s to 44s Barley 34s to 41s Chevalier 37s to 45s Grinding 27s to 33s Malt 70s to 73s Chevalier 72s to 738 Oats 25s to 35s Peas, Partridge —44 s to 46$ White 4ls to 433 Boiling 42s to 48s Dun 44s to 46s Beans, Tick 3Bs to 405 Harrow Ticks 38s to 425 Mazagan 36s to 39s ER--;sroy. 6. ith wheat; there was more !at was is to 2s per qr. higher In other sorts no material LEICEST We are well supplied w activity in the trade, and whi than on the last market day. alteration in price. DUBLIN—Nov. 6. Market steady, and wheats barely maintained last week's prices. Spring corn of all descriptions was dull; malting barley same as last week ; inferior qualities reduced is per quarter. s.d. s.d. Po., new 11 6 to 13 0, Bere Rapeseed Oatmeal l2 6 to 14 6 Bakers' flour 13 otolB 6 Indian corn s. d. s. d. Wheat, white 22 6 to 24 6 Do., red.:: 21 6 to - 22 6 Do., new 2l 6 to 24 6 Barley Oats .. Do., black ll oto 12 0 BIRTHS. BowLEs.—On the sth inst., at Woking, Surrey, the Ns:fa of the Rev. Charles Bradshaw Bowles, of a daughter. COOK.—On the sth inst., at 17, Gloucester•crescent, Re gent's-park, Mrs. Arthur C. Cook, of a daughter. FITZHERBERT.—On the sth inst., at Somersal Herbert, the wife of Sir W. FitzHerbei t, Bart., of a daughter. WINN.—On the 3d inst., at Wilton-street, Belgrave-square f the Hon. Mrs. Rowland Winn, of a daughter. MARRIAGES. MORRIS—DELANE.—On the 6th inst., at St. Michael's, Chester-square, by the Rev. J. H. Hamilton, M.A., in cumbent, Mowbray Morris, Esq., barrister-at-law, to Emily, youngegt daughter of the late W. F. A. Delano, Esq. HALES — WARREN.--On the 4th inst., at Hitchin Church, Clarke Hales, Esq., of the Manor House, Bassingbourne, Cambs., to Anne, second daughter of Jobn. Warren, Esq., of Hitchin , Herts. DEATHS. EIRCII.—On the 4th inst., at Woodhall, Essex, Mary, the wife of the Rev. William Birch, rector of Hardwick, Cambridgeshire. CHERILY.—On the sth inst., William George Cherry, Esq., of Bfteldand, Herefordshire, formerly Captain Royal Horse Guards Blue, aged 82. NEWEY.—On the 3d inst., at 4, Highbury-crescent, Miss Mary Newby, aged 73. PYNE.—On the sth inst., at 8, Brighton-terrace, Now cross, Peter Pyne, Esq., aged 51. REEvE.—On the sth inst., Henry Selby Reeve, the second son of the late Mr. John Reeve, of Coddenham, Suffolk, aged 64. SAYWELL.—On the 6th inst., at Myddelton Cottage, NOW River-head, Jenny, th e w id ow of the late Richard Say well, Esq., aged 78. LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand; in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the cou nty of Niddleiex, lqoaay, November 8, 1858. S