The Sun. — London, England, 1860-10-31 00:00:00

- - It affords,. us sincere pleasure to be enabled to state that the Witless of Admiral Sir C. Napier, h As talum a favourable turn and that there are sang , sine b.opes of the gallant Admiral's speedy recovery. Commander Thompson, the Queen's harbour maatet at Plymouth, is, by instructions from the Lords of the Admiralty, keeping a look-out for the possi'ble arrival of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wa i les in the Sound. The railway authorities have rec eived a communication on the subject. If not under direct orders to call at Plymouth it is con jectured that in the event of the Hero's arrival off the Eddystone in the evening she will proceed up channel to Portsmouth. On the other hand, if she happens to be short of fuel or if she encounters a strong easterly wind she will go into the Sound. The screw steam frigate Liverpool, 51, was safely launched from the Devonport dockyard yesterday, shortly after 4 o'clock. Her principal dimensions are—length between perpendiculars, 235 ft.; breadth extreme, 50ft. lin.; ditto for tonnage, 49ft. 7in. ; ditto moulded, 48ft. 9in. ; depth in hold, 18ft, Sin. ; burden in tons, 2,654 46.47 ; armament on the main deck, 30 8-inch guns, 65 cwt., 9ft. long; on the upper deck, 20 32-pounders, 58 cwt., 9ft. 6in. long ; light draught—afore, 13ft. bin. ; abaft, 18ft. 3in. ; load ditto, afore, 20ft. I lin. ; abaft, 22ft. The lines of the Liverpool are the same as those laid down by the Controller of the Navy for the Liffey, 51, and Topaze, 51, which answer well under both canvas and steam. She was constructed by Mr. J. Peake, the master builder at Devonport, under the super intendence of Mr. Win. Mitchell, acting foreman of the yard. Considerable activity has been evinced in bringing her forward. The Liffey was com menced in July, 1854, and launched May, 1856. The Topaze was commenced April, 185 6, and launched May, 1858. The ke e l o f t h e Liverpool was laid November 14, 1859. The two former were considered to have been built very expediti ously, but they each occupied a period of about two years, while the construction of the latter has oc• cupied 11 months only. It is stated that, taking into consideration the forward condition of her magazines, storerooms, and internal itments, no other ship of her class has been built with so much expedition; On the 10th of November the new steam-sloop Petrel, 11, 150-horse power, will be launched from the same yard, making four new ships in the present financial year, or from October last, six new ships—viz., the Narcissus, 51; Jason, 21; Gibraltar, 101; Pantaloon, 11; Liverpool, 51; and Petrel, 11. A mooring lighter will be added to the number on the 9th of November. The Liver pool is to be supplied with engines of 600-horse power from the manufactory of Messrs. Humphreys and Tennant. The Orpheus, 21, screw corvette, 400-horse power, fitting at Chatham for the second division of the steam reserve, was taken into the second dock yesterday for the purpose of being caulked and coppered. The Racehorse, 4, 200-horse e power, screw steam sloop, having completed some trifling repairs to her machinery, was undocked at Chatham yester day, and will join the steam reserve in the Med way under the command of Capt. C. F. Schomberg. The Tartar, 21, screw, Capt. C. 0. Hayes, sailed from Spithead at 430 p.m. yesterday, for the Pacific. The Prince of Wales, 131, screw, in the Ist class of the steam reserve at Portsmouth, yesterday went out of harbour to Spithead on her official trial of speed, The trial, however, was deferred until to day on account of the state of the tide. The ma chinery worked exceedingly well in every part. The Duke of Wellington, 131, screw, has been brought down from her moorings in Portsmouth harbour, and placed in the old ship basin for over 'haul and repairs. The Royal screw yacht Fairy has been placed in the steam basin for overhaul, &c. The Duke of Somerset, the First Lord of the Ad miralty, left his official residence at Whitehall yes terday for Mamhead, near Exeter. Vice-Admiral the Hon. Sir R. S. Dundas, K.C.8., left the Admi ralty yesterday for Melville Castle, near Edinburgh, on a visit to his brother, General Viscount Melville. Rear-Admiral Lord C. Paget, M.P., the First Sec retary of the Admiralty, arrived in town on Monday night from the Continent, and resumed his duties yesterday. Capt. C. Frederick has left town for Bolton-hall, Sussex. Mr. S. Whitbread, M.P., has left for Cobham-hall, Kent, on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Darnley. Rear-Admiral the Hon. F. T. Pelham, C. 8., and Capt. C. Eden, C. 8., are staying in town; also Mr. W. G. Romaine, C. 8., the Second Secretary. The following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty :—Commander J. P. Thur burn, to be Inspecting Commander of the Coast Guard; Commander Sir Malcolm MacGregor, Bart., to the Harrier, commissioned ; W. G. J. Ayre, surg., to the Harrier ; Dr. D. A. Moxsey, acting assist.-surg., to the James Watt ; W. F. C. Bart lett, assist.-surg., to the Asia ; W. A. Turner, assist.-surg., to the Harrier; R. Moore, confirmed to the rank of chief engineer, and appointed to the sia for charge of the machinery of the Tribune; P. Allan, first class assist.-engineer, to the Har rier; T. W. Sanders, acting second-class assistant engineer, to the Harrier ; John Dyson, third-class assist.-engineer, to the Harrier ; James Imrie, act ing third-class assist.-engineer, to the Asia, for ser vice in the Wellington ; W. T. Bray, acting third class assist.-engineer, to the Indus, as supernume rary ; E. Kearns; master's assist., to the Desperate ; E. J. T. Behenna, master's assist., to the Royal Albert; and H. G. U. Walsh, master's assist., to !the Conqueror. THE ARMY. The promotion of Col. R. J. Stotherd, R E., the commanding Royal Engineer at Dover, to the rank of Major-General will, according to the rules of the service, necessitate his going on the unemployed list of officers of the corps, but, in consequence of there being at the present time so few officers of the Engineers available for duty, the authorities at the Horse Guards ha ve d eeme d i t advisable to break through the rule and retain tha Major-General in his command at Dover until the whole of the im portant works of defence now in progress on that part of the coast have been completed. Major at the' Renee V. F. Forster, th e Milit ary S ecretary Guards, has issued the following me morandum ndidat ndum in reference to officers of Militi a w h o are caes for c ommission s in the army : " It having be en. 4S mr _ aIORANDUM regiments who ar© decidedcandidates that officers of Militia id . ates for commissions in the army should not be rear do to undergo the same examination as that l dated ' Horse Guards, Oct ow i n in the memorandum regulations will be adopted h' 1859,' the following seernceforth in the cases as s o u f c M h i f l o i r tia lB offi m c o e n rs th w s. ho have - served continuously " The Examining Board will consist of three field-officers. 114 ' 4 (if possible) " This Board is to report t o the Milita ry Secre tary, for the information of th e G eneral e g-in-Ch ief, that the candidates possessonailland the re quired qualifications as follows : " SUBJECTS OF EXAMINATIONS. " 1. English spelling and composition. The can didates proficiency in these respects will be esti mated from their written answers to the examina tion questions. " 2. Regimental accounts, and regimental say. ings-banks accounts. Candidates will be expected to be well acquainted with this subject, which is essential to qualification. " 3. The candidates must have a thorough know ledge, and must give an account, of the duties they have to perform as regimental orderly officers, as officers commanding guards, or as subaltern officers of guards under officers of superior rank. " 4. They must have a thorough knowledge of, and be able to put a company through the manual and platoon exercise, and be capable of exercising both a squad and company in the drill and evolu tions as prescribed in the first two parts of the re gulations for the field exercise of the infantry. " 5. They must know exactly the place of all the .company officers in every situation of the bane "; and be able to command a company in batta lion exercise, " 6 . They must be acquainted with such parts of the Queen's regulations and orders for th e army as relate to th e and conduct of a su b a ltern officer, and with ies the Mutiny Act and Articles of • War so far as is necessary for the performance of their duties as members of a court-martial. " 7. They must be acquainted with the Queen's regulations in regard to pay and messing of the troops, and the supply of necessaries. " 8. They must know the weight of the knapsack, the weight of the soldier's firelock, with and with out the bayonet ; of his pouch, with and without ammunition ; the quantity of ammunition it is cal culated to carry, and the weight of his accoutre ments. " The Board of Examiners will ascertain by prac tical experience, and not by the acceptance merely of verbal or written answers to questions, whether the officer is instructed in:the subjects specified in the above paragraphs 4 and 6. " The general or other officer commanding the districts or stations will forward the report of the Board (with the written questions and replies) to the Military Secretary, accompanied by his own observations thereon. THE VOLUNTEER MOVEMENT. THE LANCASHIRE RIFLE CONTEST AT HIGHTOWN. LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY. The active business of this important contest commenced at Hightown Rifle Range yesterday morning. It was expected that the opening would have been honoured by the presence of the Earl of Sefton, Lord-Lieutenant of the county, but in consequence of indisposition his lordship was unable to attend. Letters of apology for unavoid able absence were also received from the Earl of Ellesmere, Lord Stanley, Lord Elcho, and Lieut.- Colonel Wilson Patten, M.P. Probably on account of the unpromising aspect of the weather, the attendance of spectators was not very numerous, but among those present who evidently took a deep interest in the proceedings were —Earl Spencer, the Hon. Algernon Egerton, M.P., Col. the Hon. Arthur Egerton, Col. Wilbraham, C. 8., Sir Charles Bright, his Worship the Mayor of Liverpool, Lieut.- Colonel W. Brown, Major Walker, Inspector of Volunteers for Scotland, and several gentlemen of local note. The shooting of yesterday was not considered up to expectation, and, with the exception of the com petition for the prize given by Lieut.-Colonel Brown, it was rather under than over the average, although the numerous entries proved that the interest taken in the matter was extensive. The comparatively indifferent quality of the shooting was undoubtedly caused in some degree by the haziness of the atmosphere, and the unequal and boisterous state of the wind. The first prize competed for was the Hightown Stakes, value £5O ; second prize, £2O ; third prize, £lO. This prize was open to competition by the members of regiments of the Line quartered in the county, the Militia, and the Volunteers of Lanca shire—two from eaeh company; distances, 300. 500, and 600 yards ; long or short Enfield, Govern ment pattern ; five shots at each range ; entrance, ss. For these stakes there were 58 competitors, and notwithstanding this large number, there were no ties. Corporal Charles Ball, of the 11th depot battalion, was the winner of the first prize, for which he scored 12 points; the second prize was carried off by Capt. W. Bluett, of the 10th Foot, whose score was 11 points ; and the third fell to the lot of James Jervis, of the Ist Manchester Rifles, who made 10 points. At the 300 yards' range there were 6 fives, 6 fours, 12 threes, 9 twos, 14 ones, and 11 who scored nothing; at the 500 yards' range there were 1 eight, 1 six, 1 five, 3 fours, 11 threes, 6 twos, 9 ones, and 23 who scored nothing; at the 600 yards there were 1 five, two threes, 3 twos, 15 ones, and 37 who scored nothing. The total score was 256, giving an average of very nearly 4 to each competitor. The next prize was a purse of £25, presented by Lieut.-Col. Brown, with a second prize of £l5, and a third prize of £lO added by the committee. This match was for the Liverpool Artillery Volunteers, to be competed for with the regulation carbine at distances of 200 and 300 yards, five shots each range; entrance ss. The number of competitors in this case was 18. The first prize was won by Capt. Brabner, of the 20th Liverpool Artillery Volunteers, who made 10 points. For the second prize there were three ties—Lieut. C. B. Bean, Lieut. J. B. Stanley, and F. H. Michatowski, having made 8 points each. The shooting off was spirited, four rounds being fired before the victory was deter mined. The result was that the second prize was won by Mr. Michatowski, and the third fell to Lieut. Stanley. At the 200 yards range there were 3 sixes, 1 five, 3 fours, 4 threes, 1 two, 2 ones, and 2 who scored nothing. At the 300 yards range there were 1 six, 5 fours, 3 threes, 4 twos, 1 one, and 4 who scored nothing. The third and last match for the day was a silver cup, valued at 50 guineas, given by Mr. W. Preston, second prize, 12 guineas, presented by Messrs. Webb and Hunt, to be competed for by the Rifle Volunteers of Liverpool; distances 300 and 500 ykrds. Five shots at each range; entrance ss. In this match there was a tie between W. H. Richards, 39th Liverpool Rifle Volunteers, and C. C. Pule sth Liverpool Volunteers, each having made 11 points. The tie was shot off at 600 yards, one shot each. Richards made a centre against an outer by Pole, and consequently took the first prize, the second falling to C. C. Pole. At the 300 yards range there were 3 sevens, 3 sixes, 5 fives, 10 fours, 10 threes, 15 twos, 21 ones, and 12 who scored nothing. At the 500 yards there were 1 six, 5 fours, 9 threes, 11 twos, 23 ones, and 27 who scored nothing. In this match there were 81 competitors. The total score was 311, giving an average of rather better than 31, to each competitor. Col. Kennedy, the umpire, stated his opinion that the shooting was highly creditable to the skill and general proficiency of the competitors. ROYAL NATIONAL RIFLES. A public meeting was held last night in the Duke of Wellington's Riding School, Knights bridge, for the purpose of promoting the formation of the Royal National Rifles. The large building in which the meeting took place was crowded, and considerable enthusiasm prevailed throughout the proceedings. A large detachment of the corps, many of them attired in their new uniform, marched into the riding school, headed by drummers and fifers of the Grenadier Guards. Sir J. Shelley, M.P., Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant, took the chair amid loud cheers. Sir J. SHELLEY, in opening the proceedings, ob served that any cavil at the volunteer movement was best answered by the decided manner in which it had been taken up throughout the country, and which had shown to foreign countries that any attempt to invade Great Britain would be met by every man of whatever station., (Hear.) Th e movement was merely a popular movement, not receiving assistance from Parliament or the Go vernment, and therefore he thought it was certain to succeed. He felt that great honour was due to the Duke of Wellington, Lord Elcho, Lord Ranc lagh—(hear)—and others who had so cordially supported the volunteer movement. Honour was also due to the regular army, which, instead of manifesting jealousy, had rendered great assistance in bringing the movement into practical operation. (Cheers.) His hon. and gallant colleague, Sir De L. Evans, had taken great interest in the formation of the Royal National Rifles, and had consented to become its colonel. This corps had been started not in antagonism to existing corps, as had been at one time suggested, i est:d, but in order t o p erm it a ll c l asses to take this great national movement by re ducing the necessary expenses to the lowest possible scale. The difficulties which had prevented the Lord-Lieutenant from recommending the services of the Royal National Rifles for her Majesty's ac• ceptance had been removed, and in a very few days G h e o h e o r. n p H e t n d . a nyi they t; I c( t w uL o ex u aT l r m v r d: mre e e i .p" ve the sanctio n o f th e hear.) in Proposing a resolu tion, approvin g th e formation of the Royal National Rifles, warned the Volunteers against.being misled by the fluctuations of public opinion. 'lt might- be said, would the Emperor of the French (for it was no use disguising the fact that h e was the only S overeign who could) invade this country ? He had given us a liberal tariff, and entertain e d no hostile intentions towards England; but for what purpose was he building those great warlike hulls cased in armour ? (Hear, hear.) The Gloire could not be in tended for the defence of the foreign trade of France; rim SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDA.Y EVENING, OCTOBER 31, 1860. it could not be intended to overawe Spain and to put down the Pope. (A laugh.) If ever the Gloire and its sister crafts were intended to fight any enemy, that enemy would be found in the British Channel. (Hear, hear.) He did not approve, and had voted against, the Government scheme of laud fortification, as he had no faith in masonry, and he would rather trust first to our " wooden walls," and next to a wall composed of " bricks" such as he saw before him. (Laughter.) Our army, one of the smallest, but also the best in the world, could not in a time of pressure perform all the duties which the country would require, and therefore it ought to be aided and backed up by that best and most constitutional force, a volunteer army. (Hear, hear.) Colonel the Hon. S. VEREKER, of the South Middlesex Rifles, seconded the motion, and repu• diated all feeling of jealousy towards the formation of the Royal National Rifles. The value of the service of volunteers had been shown in repeated instances in the Aniterican war, by Garibaldi's troops, and by our own countrymen in the native war which had recently broken out in New Zealand. Mr. HUME WILLIAMS supported the resolution, and observed that all doubt of the success of the Volunteer Movement had now been set at rest, as it had been that day announced that there were ao less than 200,000 citizen soldiers within these realms. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Albany Fonblanque and Colonel Evelyn also supported the resolution, which was unanimously adopted amid loud and long-continued cheering. Thanks were voted to the Duke of Wellington and Sir J. Shelley, and the proceedings terminat-: d. The contest between the St. George's Rifles and the Victoria and Westminster for Mr. Twining's plate took place last week. The St, George's corps were the victors. The Airedale Rifles (35th West York) held their frst open-air drill on Saturday in the grounds ad joining Eastwood-house, near Keighley, the seat of Mr. I. G. Sugden. The men were addressed by Mr. Ferrand, of St. Ives, the captain elect, who complimented them upon the progress which they have made in drill during the short time they have been engaged in it. The corps already number more than 80 members, exclusive of the band, and there is no doubt before long there will be a suffi cient number of Volunteers to form two companies. The total amount of money subscribed up to the present time, including the building fund, is about £475, of which the Duke of Devonshire has put his name down for £5O. The services of the corps were formally accepted last Thursday, and the officers expect to receive their commissions during this week. The competition for the large number of valuable prizes offered to the members of the Leicestershire companies commenced on Monday at the Leicester rifle range. The first prize, value £5, 200 and 300 yards, was one by C. Billson (Leicester) ; 2d, £2, Private Leadbetter (Melton) ; 3d, £l, Private Bankart (Leicester). Second prize, value £7, 300 and 400 yards, was won by Private Whitehouse (Melton); 2d, £2, Private:Sturges (Melton.) Pri vate Hamel (Leicester) made the highest num ber of points (14), but was disqualified, having entered for a class in which he was not entitled to compete. For the third prize a tie has to be shot off. The competition for the all comers' prize, value £lO, was commenced to-day, but, owing to the large number of entries, it could not be con cluded, and it was decided to recommence the shooting the next morning (Tuesday). At the close of the day Lieut.-Colonel Crawford (Robin Hood Rifles) presented the prizes to the successful competitors. On Monday the 4th Warwickshire (Rugby) Company of Volunteers concluded a shooting for prizes which had been commenced on the previous Wednesday. The first prize was a handsome sil ver cup, offered by Captain Benn, for the greatest number of points ; the second prize, value £3105., was given by the other officers of the company for the greatest number of hits. These prizes were shot for by men in the second class at 200, 300, 400, and 500 yards, five rounds at each distance. The silver cup was won by Sergeant Haynes, who made 19 hits, sco"ing 22 points; the second prize was won by Private Kenning, who made 16 hits and 20 points. A prize of a silver tankard, shot for by men in the third class, was won by Private Clarke, who made 7 hits and 12 points, in 10 rounds, at 200 and 300 yards. Corporal Chater, in shooting for the first prize, made 15 hits and 21 points, and the shooting of the whole of the men was excellent, the score exceeding the Hythe average. The prizes were presented to the winners at a supper, presided over by Colonel Scott, late Lieut.-Colonel of the Scots Fusilier Guards, and now Colonel of the 2d Battalion of Warwickshire Volunteers. Many of the county gentry were present, and the Rev. H. Fox, the Hon. C. L. Butler, and Mr. C. M. Caldecot severally an nounced their intention to give prizes to be shot for by the company next summer. Mr. Edmund Edmunds, on behalf of the town and trade of Rugby, also guaranteed a prize for next season, so that RO doubt there will be keen competition and corre sponding excellence in shooting. The Rugby com pany now numbers upwards of 80 effective mem bers, and is rapidly improving in numbers and discipline, there being a steady determination on all hands to make this company second to none in any town of the same size in the kingdom. A second company of Rifles has been raised at Penrith, cons;sting. of 65 men, thus raising the total number of Volunteers to 142 members,--e large proportion for a small town of 7,000 or 8,000 inhabitants. The members have elected for cap tain Mr. L. Harrison ; for lieutenant, Mr. M Nicholson ; and for ensign, Mr. W. B. Arnison Since their enrolment they have made rapid pro• press in their drill, under the superintendence Sergeant Wolfe, of the 15th Regiment, drill in. structor to the first company (Inglewood Rangers NEW MODE OF RAISING FRENCH LOANS. The mode of raising loans by promising an ex ceedingly small interest with a certain amount of prizes each quarter, is strongly reprehended by the Sieele as tending to encourage a spirit of gambling among the public. The writer only slightly alluding to the operations of the same kind car ried out by the Credit Foncier Company and the City of Paris, attacks the scheme proposed lately by the towns of Roubaix and Tourcoing ; and with out using the offensive term of "swindle," seems to Imply that something of the kind is in contempla• tion. The following is a passage from the article : " The results of the financial combination proposed by the towns of Roubaix and Tourcoing, may be looked at in two different points of view, and both equally unfavourable. The public are asked to subscribe for 60,000 bonds at 45f. each, making a total of 2,700,000 f., which are to be paid immediately, that is to say, between this and Ist of January next. These 2,700,000 f., placed at interest at 5 per cent., would in 55 years produce a capital of 39,516,200 f. The 55 annuities, or, in other words, the whole ofthese lots which are displayed before the eyes of the public in such a dazzling manner, if placed at the same interest of 5 per cent., would only produce 28,634,400 E, being a difference of 10,881,800 f. The subscribers will therefore have lost that sum of 10,881,800 f. at the period of the total reimbursement. Let us now look at the combination under another aspect, and see whether it will be more favourable to the sub scribers. They commence by paying up 2,700,000 f. The 55 annuities, those tempting lots and enticing premiums brought to their real value with interest at 5 per cent., represent 1,863,000 f., making a difference of 837,000 E The subscribers therefore actually lose 837,000 E, or about one-third of their money. This is exactly as if the towns of Roubaix and Tourcoing were to say to the subscribers—Give me 15E, and then lend me 30f., at the same rate of interest. Let us now look at the real rate at which the sub scribers invest their money in this operation. It is on an average 3 per cent., but not for all. The immense majority will not receive 2 per cent., or evenl perwil be reimbursed ce n t . r ;since, ed out at of 5 the or 6ioa 5 , 0005 years, bond s 51,648 being a premium of sf. to be obtained for the whole period of the loan." The article concludes in these terms : " The City of Paris and the Credit Foncier were the first to set the example of those loans with lots and prizes, but at lea s t th e y save appearances i n Paying a low interest. The towns of Roubaix and Toitreoing suppress the interest, 'and establish a simple lottery. If care be not taken, and this plan be not put a stop to, how far shall we go It sand be b e tt er to at once re-establish the lottery (1 g ai ning -houses— a sa d a l ternat i ve certa i nly, but loans would then, perhaps, again become loans." CITY COMMISSION OF SEWERS. Yesterday the Commissioners of Sewers held a court for the transaction of business in Guildhall, Mr. Deputy Christie, their Cnairman, presiding. There was a large attendance of members. STREET RAILWAYS. Mr. G. F. Train, whose name is identified in the public mind with the recent adoption of street railways in Birkenhead, attended the Court, at the request of the Commissioners, to afford ex planations as to a p roposa l he has just made to them to introduce his system in all the principal thoroughfares in the city of London. He was accompanied by Mr. James Samuel and Mr. G. Bruce, engineers, and he produced a model of his plan o; a street railway and of an omnibus for traversing it, constructed to carry 48 passengers -24 inside and 24 out, and intended to be drawn by a couple of horses. It exhibits a single line of rails running right down the middle oc a street, with a gauge similar to an ordinary railway, of 4 feet 8k inches, and leaving a space on each side for the accommodation of other traffic, ne width of which spaces will always depend on the breadth of the street in which the project may be adopted. To use a homely expression, ap plicable to this case, Mr. Train " keeps the crown of the causeway." For about an hour and a half he and the two engineers who accompanied him were engaged in answering questions put by members of the Commission, and we shall now g.ve concisely all the more interesting facts and opinions brought out in the investigation, without adhering to the necessarily desultory process by which they were elicited. Mr. Train stated that he proposes to lay down in all the leading thoroughfares in the city his line of rails at his own cost, and in a manner to satisfy the surveyor to the Commissioners ; that he will undertake to do that within an interval pre scribed by the Commission, and that in Ihe event of the system, on a trial, being regarded by them as a public inconvenience, he will put an end to it, and reinstate the streets at his own cost. He showed that there was no groove in his lines, in which the wheels of ordinary carriages could stick ; but, on the contrary, a flat surface of metal, six or eight inches wide, which all might use free of charge, his patent rights being confined to the peculiar construction of tke carriage which he uses. At the outer edges of his lines there is a guiding flange, but it is only five-eighths of an inch high, and offers, as he submits, no obstruction to a carriage crossing the road or one leaving his beaten track to set down a passenger on the kerb or for any other purpose. The outside width of his carriages is 6 feet 8 inches, and the gauge of the rails 4 feet 81 inches. On the level metal plates many ordinary carriers of various kinds may travel with two and always with one wheel. The paved part of the road be tween the rails, as well as the rails themselves, will be maintained by him at his own expense. The leading idea which he seeks to inculcate is that the introduction of his system does not diminish by one inch the ordinary roadway avail able for the general traffic, and twat vale the road remains open to all, his plan affords facilities for conveying great numbers of people from point to point in great cities and towns, in a regular, noiseless, and expeditious manner, greatly calcu lated to promote the public conveniences and to re lieve the thoroughfares. The very narrowness of thestreets of London, and the consequent stoppage of the traffic, he contends, is one main reason why railways to relieve them should be introduced; and he points to rails laid down in the streets of New York, the Broadway, of course, excepted, where they are no wider than that of Cheapside, and also in Philadelphia with a population of 600,000 inha bitants. At the junction of crowded streets, where the principal obstructions take place, he says the most fruitful cause of those obstructions lies in the street vehicles havirg power to wander over thewhole breadth of the carriage way in any direction, and any one attentively observing the confusion at the south end of London-bridge and the Poultry can not but be struck with the fact that one-half the difficulties might be removed by a little organisa tion and order; and this the existence of railways, and the necessary confinement of at ; least one im portant class of vehicles to a definite track, would tend materially to promote. Besides confining the railway omnibuses to a given track, he submits that the great mass of other conveyances will fall into the same line, as a matter of convenience, and that the result of his observations in America will be found not less applicable to our own towns— namely, that the railway traffic and the ordinary traffic move on together, not only without mutual interference, but that the railway materially re lieves the other. The danger supposed to arise from the difficulty of stopping railway omnibuses and preventing their running into other vehicles, he contends, has no existence : inasmuch as the breaks on those omnibuses enable the coachman to stop them more quickly than an omnibus on an or dinary road. There is also, he says, the diminu tion of wear and tear in the roads, seeing that on a level railway one pair of horses will do the work of four pairs on an ordinary road, so that in stead of having four omnibuses scattered over the roadway we should have one moving steadily along, doing the work of four. Add to all this the great saving of money to the public by the introduction of a much cheaper mode of con veyance. He proposes to introduce the system into London at his own cost, and at a saving of from 20 to 30 per cent. to the public in paving rates. He looks for his profit to carrying passengers at prices not exceeding, if not less than the present omnibus fares, in vehicles more than twice their capacity. His object, as he further explains it, is to classify the city traffic, as that is now attempted to be done on London-bridge. Hi s s y s t em b ecomes , as it were, a self-constituted police. He goes on the faith that if his plan be a good thing, and is adopted by the Comilsission, they will allow it to remain ; if other wise, he will take it up. Permission has been ob tained fortesting it in Victoria-street, Westminster, and Southgate-road, Hackney. Nearly all the metro politan vestries have reported favourably on the project ; that of Lambeth having sent down a depu tation to Birkenhead to see it in practical operation. The omnibuses which he uses, besides their internal accommodation and luxury, have great facilities for passengers alighting in the streets; so much so that in Birkenhead men mostly alight when the vehicle is in motion, and it is only stopped for the convenience of ladies. He asks for no exclusive privilege as to the use of his rails; they will be free to all. He protects himself only against the in fringement of his patent rights with respect to the carriages he employs, and looks for a return for his outlay simply to competition with the existing class of public vehicles. He stated incidentally that, at Birkenhead the leading omnibus proprietor had become the superintendent of the new system there. He added that his solicitor was now preparing a permissive bill for introduction into Parliament next session, with the view to enable corporations and parishes to adopt his plan. He admitted there would be practical, but not insurmount able difficulties in carrying it into opera tion in such places as Holboru-hill and Ludgate hill. To avoid Holborn-hill he proposes to make a detour in going from Tottenham-court-road to the bank by Guildford -street, Northampton-square, and Aldersgate-street, into Cheapside ; and he contem plates a line along Cheapside for the traffic going in one direction, and another along Cannon-street for the returning tide. He was asked several times where he intended to begin and end, but his answers in that respect appeared somewhat vague, and to indicate that his project, as applicable to London, was as yet scarcely matured in his own mind. To one of those questions he replied he was in no hurry about the city; his object was to show the process in practical operation, and then to lea ve it to speak fo r it se lf. A s t o the freedom of his scheme from danger, he stated that out of 70,000,000 of people who had travelled along the street rail ways of New York, Philadelphia, and Boston only 16 had met with accidents. The members of the Court during the inquiry started several difficulties in the way of the prac tical working of the plan in the crowded thorough fares of the city ; but, upon the whole, they appeared to regard it with favour, many of the Commissioners with marked approbation ; and after a brief discussion, in which Dr. Ross, Deputies Lott, Pewtress, and Harrison, Mr. Lowman Taylor, Mr. De Jersey, and other members took part, the consideration of the question by the Court was ordered to stand adjourned for a month. The CHAIRMAN, on the part of the Commission, thanked Mr. Train for the ample explanations he had afforded them on a subject of great public im portance and for the frank ness an d courtesy w i th which he had done so. He also apprised him of the conclusion to which the Court had arrived, with which Mr. Train said he felt satisfied and withdrew. SANITARY CONDITION OF THE CITY. Dr. LETHEBY. the Medical Officer of Health, reported on the state of 220 houses that had been inspected during the week, and he submitted a list of 45 places for sanitary improvement. All the slaughterhouses have been inspected during the week, and the inspectors of meat and markets have furnished the medical officer with returns of the seizure of 104 cwt. 2qrs. 31b. of meat and 64 rabbits as unfit for human food. Most of this was seized in Newgate-market, and all of it has been destroyed. On Friday last some of the hides exposed for sale in Leadenhall-market were very stale, and the in spector reports that he was obliged to order the re moval of the most offensive of them. The morta lity returns for the week are just the average for the corresponding period of the last five years, and they are somewhat less than the returns of the week preceding. The total deaths were 49, and the births 77. 22, or nearly half, of the deaths were among children of less than five years of age, and ten were among old persons of 60 and upwards. The prin cipal causes of death were diseases of a chronic cha racter, but there were four deaths from pneumonia and eight from bronchitis, which, with four from phthisis, make 16 deaths from affections of the res piratory organs. Of the zymotic class of disease there were returns of seven deaths only—namely, two from measles, two from dysentery and diarrhoea, and one from each of the following—fever, whoop ingcough, and scarlet fever. Of the 77 births in the city during the week 45 were boys and 32 girls. The Court then adjourned. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—Oct. 30. SOUTHWARIC—ENORMOUS EMBEZZLEMENT, BY A COMMERCIAL TRAVELLER.—John M'Whinnie, a respectable-looking middte • aged marl, was brought before Mr. Combe for further examination, charged with converting to his own use enormous sums of money received by him for and on account of his employer, Mr. Samuel Kidd, miller and flour mer chant, Isleworth, and George Inn-yard, Borough. Mr. J. P. Murphy, instructed by Messrs. Hil leary, appeared again for the prosecution, and Mr. C. Marsden, for the prisoner. It appeared from the evidence given last week that the prisoner had been more than 10 years in Mr. Kidd's employ as traveller and collector. His duty was to receive orders and money from the cuss omers, and pay the latter into the Southwark Branch of the London and Westminster Bank, and enter the amounts so received in the customers' books and his own cash-book. A short time ago something occurred which induced Mr. Kidd to in - vestigate some of his accounts, when defalcations to a large amount were discovered, and the prisoner was taken into custody by Sergeant Raymond, and he was remanded for the attendance of the neces sary witnesses for the pm:sec - at:on. In addition to his former testimony, Mr. Samuel Kidd said that the prisoner entered his service as traveller and .collector, at a salary of £3OO a year and an allowance of £25 in addition. Mr. Weller, a baker at Peckham, was a customer, and witness perceived by his baker's book that on the 6th of February the prisoner received £lOO from hint on his account. It was the prisoner's duty to enter that amount into his cash-book and pay the same on that or the following day to his account into the Southwark Branch of the London and Westminster Bank. By the prisoner's cash book at the date of the 6th of February, there was an entry of only £BO received from Mr. Weller, and he had never accounted to witness for the remain ing £2O. On the 7th April there was an entry of the prisoner's in Mr. Weller's book of £BO received :or him. That sum the prisoner had never ac counted for in any way. Mr. Megson, a baker at Camberwell, also dealt with witness. By his baker's book, the prisoner received from him on the 21st of November last £4B los. He had never ac counted for these sums. In answer to Mr. Combe, witness said. that he had formerly been in partnership with Mr. Podger, but they dissolved more than eighteen months ago. All these and other defalcations which witness com plained of against the prisoner occurred since then. The prisoner continued with him on the same terms, and the same books were used. Mr. John Weller, baker, High -street, Peckham, said he dealt with Mr. Samuel Kidd, the prosecu tor, and the dealings were transacted through ae prisoner. On the 7th of February he paid the latter £lOO in the Corn-market, Mark-lane, and he entered the receipt of it in the book produced. On the 7th of April he paid him £4O, and that was entered also by the prisoner in the same book. Mr. Christopher Megson, baker, High-street, Camberwell, said he was a customer of the prose cutor's, and the prisoner had been in the habit of calling on him for orders and money. On the 21st of November witness paid him £l3 15s, and £45 for Mr. Kidd, which the prisoner entered in his book (produced). On the 30th of April witness paid him £46 55., which he also entered in that book. Mr. Murphy here said that he had a vast num ber of other cases of a similar nature against the prisoner, but he should not trouble his worship with more than two others to complete the case for the sessions. Mr. Combe asked what were the extent of the defalcations. Mr. Kidd replied that at present they were as certained to amount: to £1,200 within the last 18 months, but the books had not been examined fur ther back. He did not object to bail, provided that it was good and substantial. Mr. Combe agreed to accept two sureties in £5OO each, and the prisoner in £l,OOO, with 24 hours' notice, The prisoner was then removed by the gaoler. WIFE BEATING FOUR MONTHS AFTER MAR RIAGE.—Henry Parker, a horsekeeper, was charged with beating his wife, who exhibited black eyes. She said she had been married to the prisoner four months and ever since his temper had been very bad, but that he never beat her until Monday last, when she had occasion to go to her husband's mother's, where she partook of tea, at her request. After that they returned home together, and as soon as her husband entered he abused her and knocked ber down. Mr. Combe asked her if he had ever beaten her before. She replied in the negative, and she did not think he would do it again. In answer to the charge, the prisoner said that he was exasperated through his wife being out when he went home to tea, and he gave her a slight push. Mr. Combo told him he was a foolish fellow to quarrel about such a thing, when he knew that his wife was with his own mother. He should not commit him to prison this time, but make him find bail to keep the peace towards his wife for bix months. WORSHIP - STREET. CONCEALMENT OF BIRTH AND SINGULAR DISCOVERY OF THE BODY. Eliza Muttit, 22, a general servant in the family of Mr. Harris Ford, residing at 5, Milton-cottage, Bath-place, Balaton, was charged by Inspector Stacey, of the N division, with having concealed the birth of her illegitimate female infant. James Newberry, a gardener, said upon oath— About four o'clock yesterday afteraoon I and another man were in Mr. Ford's garden burying leaves and rubbish, when my mate struck his spade against something wrapped up in a rag. I got it out with a rake and found that the cloth contained the dead body of a child. I told the mistress and she came with the servant. I then showed them the arms and legs of the child. Mr. Safford, clerk—How many servants are there? Witness—l don't know. It was the prisoner who came with Mrs. Ford. They both expressed astonishment. I went to the station• house, and a constable who returned with me took the body away. Sergeant Luff, 7 N—From information received, I went last night to Mr. Ford's residence. The prisoner opened the street door, a n d sa id, i n answer to my inquiries, that her master and mistress were at home, and showed me into an apartment. Mr. Safford—Were you in uniform ? Witness—l was. I told Mr. Ford that the dead body of an infant had been found in his garden. He took me there. It is 130 feet in length, and beneath a laurel tree there was a very deep hole. He expressed surprise at the gardeners having dug there. I asked to see the prisoner. She was in the kitchen, and when I questioned her with the usual caution about it, she denied all knowledge of its having been put there, or whose it was. I asked if she had any objectioa to a medical examination. She said that she had, but on my repeating the question, consented, if her mistress was present. Mrs. Ford and the prisoner accompanied me to the station, and from there to the doctor's, but after waiting an hour I was informed that she had re fused medical examination, and then I took her into custody on this charge, again cautioning her that any statement she might make would, if requisite, be used in evidence against her. She made no reply at that time, but since I have been at this court she expressed a wish to speak with me. Again I cautioned her. Mr. Knox—Very proper ; quite right —go on. IVitness—She said, " I am the mother of the child. I laced my stays so tight that not any one noticed me. It was born .six weeks since. My mistress was in the room at the birth, but did not know it ; she knew I was not well. I afterwards got the shovel, dug a hole and put the child into it." She added, " I have been seduced," but did not say who was the father of the infant. Mr. Knox—Did she say whether the child was born alive ? Witness—She told me that it was born dead. Mr. Joseph James, physician and surgeon of Nel son-terrace, Stoke Newington, said—l have seen the body of a female child at Kingsland station house. It was partially decomposed; the umbilical cord had not been tied ; there was not any appear ance of ligature. I did not perceive any marks of violence, nor can I at present say if it was born alive. Inspector Stacey—The female searcher is present if you wish to hear her testimony, sir. Mr. Knox—lt is not necessary, as the young woman has made this confession, and of course there is ample evidence for a remand. The prisoner, who sat in the dock apparently greatly dejected, was at intervals supplied with light stimulants. She made no remark upon the depositions of the witnesses, and was removed to the cell. WESTMINSTER.—SINGULAR A.FFA IR.—James Heard, a respectable-looking man, holding a re sponsible situation, was further examined, charged with a brutal assault upon his wife. According to the statement of complainant, she went to take a dress home to a lady, whose house she left after 10 on Monday night, when she met a friend, and they went together to a place of amuse ment, and coming home met a youth, who claimed acquaintance with her friend, and all walked home together, arriving close by where she lived just after 12 o'clock. Her husband, to whom she had been married nine years, was frequently ill-treating her, and had caused her serious injuries, and meet ing him on this night she said, in answer to his in quiries, that the youth was a friend of one of her lodgers, when defendant took them to his house, and on the lodger saying she did not know the youth, he beat him, and then took her in-doors and knocked her down, and jumped upon her back. She did not go in all night, as he threatened to shoot her. She did so in the morning, and while wor ki ng i n her apartment he came in, struck her mother, dashed her (com plainant) to the giound, with a sleeve-board, stabbed her in the nose with a pair of scissors, and struck her across the mouth with a poker, also threatening in a most horrible manner, and other wise ill-using her. The second assault was corroborated in some particulars, and Mr. Ward, a disinterested witness, nroved finding complainant lying on her face bleed ing, while the defendant stood over her uttering dreadful threats, and endeavouring t o d as h h er down agai'n when witness raised her. He also threatened her mother, endeavoured to throw her down stairs, and drew a dagger upon her. Defendant denied the first assault, but said he hed been in the country, and returning unex pectedly, found his wife out. He walked about till half•past two, and then met her with a man. She gave such evasive answers to his questions that he suspected her of being unfaithful to him, and when he, after making inquiries in the morn ing, found she had told him a tissue of falsehoods, he did assault her, but not to the extent described; and it was also shown by the police that her husbard's account as to what time he met his w . .."e was true, and Mr. Arnold remanded the accused refusing to take bail, and directed sum monses to issue against several people who knew something of the case. Yesterday, Mr. Smyth appeared for the accused, and in answers to questions from both him and the magistrate, complainant, said she left Mrs. Fox's, where she took the dress, at 10 o'clock, and then went with a friend to the Railway Arch Dancing Rooms, Lambeth, but did not stay there long, as it was nearly over. She met the youth there, and not in the street, as she had said before. When her husband met her she said the youth was a lodger's son•in-law, and knew that was not true; she did not like to tell her husband he was a stranger, nor to say where she had met him. Martha Catlin, the friend spoken of, proved going to the dancing rooms with Mrs Heard, and stopping there four hours, during the whole of which time the complainant danced with the young man spoken of. They stayed there till half-past one, and she left the complainant and the young man together, close to the former's home, at a quarter to two. Mrs. Fox was then called to prove that com plaisant, after bringing her dress home, left at not later than 10 minutes past eight, and Miss Jane Fox, that in taking a message to Mrs. Heard next morn ing, she told her to tell her mother that if any one should make any inquiries about her, she shouldsay she left at a later hour the night before than was really the case. Mrs. Martin Long, a lodger at the accused's house, 5, Romney-street, Westminster, said that the husband w a lk e d a b ou t near l y four hours after his wife, and when they came in together she thought all would be quiet, but in a few minutes heard cries of murder, and saw Mr. Heard kneeling on his wife's back. She raised him from her. Com plainant went down stairs, and he told her if she came up again he would be the death of her. She slept in witness's room that night, and complained of pain in her back. Witness had heard them quar rel before, and seen bruises on her face. Frederick Rawsom, the young man spoken of, 20 years of age, proved dancing with the complainant the whole of the evening, and seeing her home after wards. She did not tell him she was married. James Oliver, 41 B, called with regard to the first assault, said it was after two o'clock when the wife came home, and shortly afterwards she wanted to charge her husband with an assault, but she ap peared in no pain, nor was there anything to warrant him in taking the accused into custody. Two more witnesses also were called, but their evidence was not material. Mr. Arnold then inquired whether there were any more witnesses Mr. Smyth wished to call. Mr. Smyth said there were, but having only just been instructed he did not know the nature of the evidence they could give. Mr. Arnold said he did not know that he had ever had a case before him which had required more investigation than this, and for that reason he had summoned every body who knew anything of the affair, and he would now adjourn the use again, in order that any more witnesses who k new any thing of it might be brought forward. The accused was then remanded for another week, Mr. Arnold offering to take two sureties in £4O each for his appearance. THE NEAPOLITAN AND SARDINIAIV TARIFF. (From the Gazette of last Evening.) BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, OCT. 29. The Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade have received, through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a despatch from her Majesty's Minister at Naples, inclosing a copy of a decree, published in the official journal of that city, assimilating the Neapolitan tariff to the tariff in force in the Sardinian States, with the exceptions specified in the subjoined table, and with the addition, as regards all imports and exports, of 10 per cent., to the amount of duty : TABLE REFERRED TO. Rates of English English Duty. weights. money. D.O. £ S. d. IMPORTS. Class ll.—Nitre (among chemi • cal produce, not specified) .. prohib. Class VIII. Yarn, of hemp or flax, raw or bleached, per cant. 8 0 19611b5. 1 6 8 Do dyed per cant. 10 0 „ 1 13 4 Class IX. Cotton wool per cant. 4 0 „ 0 13 4 Cotton wadding per cant. 5 0 „ 0 16 8 Cotton yarn, raw Cotton twist Cotton spun, bleached, dyed.. 10 0 1 13 4 Woven goods, cotton, and wool. 4 grave per rotolo are to be added to the duties specified in the general tariff. Class X. Yarn, woollen or of hair, any sort, per cant l2 0 „ 2 0 0 Yarn, woollen dyed, per cant l5 0 „ 210 0 Woven goods, of wool or hair, mixed or not with cotton or flax. 4 grace per rotolo to be added to the duties speci fied in the tariff. Class Xl.—Woven goods of silk, inpieces, scarfs, handkerchiefs, or shawls, or mixed with gold or silver, real or not, per rotolo 3 0 311 oz. 0 10 0 Floss silk or mixed with silk, per rot010 „ with other materials not silk, per rotolo 2 0 „ 0 6 0 Class XIV.— Paper for printing, pasteboard, blotting! paper, or packing paper, per cant Class XlX'.—Glass, panes, 4 0 196±lbs. 0 13 4 blown glass, coloured or not, per cant Class XX. Tobacco pro hib. prohib. EXPORTS. Class I. Olive oil ....per cant. Class XV. Rags of vegetable substances per cant. prohib. 2 20 ~ 0 7 4 8 0 7 , 1 6 8 [ADVERTISEMENT.]—We have read with much pleasure Du Barry's report of the cures without medicine by Du Barry's food. The following are a S . No. 47,121. few_ extracts which ap pear to merit the att e nti o n o f many Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of Nazing Vicarage, Waltham_ cross, Herts ; a cur e of extreme nervousness, indigestion gatherings, low spirits, and nervous f an near Liver 48,314.—" Mi ss Eli za beth Yeoman, Gateacre, • pool ; a cure of ten years dyspepsia and all the h orrors of nervous irritability." Cure No. 54,812 —Mis s Vi rg i nia Zeguers, cured of consumption, after medical eNdioc.alsla,dsvl4i7Brsahroand r s horriblecomplaint abandoned all hopes of recovery. li y v e er a de Polentz, Prefect of Langen a au o , b o s f tin m a a t n e Y sufferings of the nerves and n for which the German spas had been tried in vain for years. Cure No. 48,7_2 . 1, General Baron d e Z aluskowski, many years fearful disorders of the di gest i ve functions. of v void Pills and Medicines : they invariably aggravate and perpetuate diseases ; their annoyance, disappointment, and expense may be avoided by usi ng D u Barry's Food which, at a few pence per day, sa ves 50 times its cost in ether remedies, removing effectu a ll y, w i thout purging, constipation,. indigestion (dyspepsia) nervous, bilious and liver complaints and all their consequences. Certificate No. 36,418. We find it the safest remedy. Andrew Ure, MD., F.R.S., Dr Harvey, Dr. Wurzer, Dr. Shorland, Dr. Campell. Let invalids avoid the fearful dangers of spu rious and injurious imitations offered under a variety of false pretences. Nevin's imitations are prohibited by the high Court of Chancery under a pen a lt y o f £ 5,000 against Alfred Hnoper Nevill and Eonshi agents ; an d th e pretences that Nevill has a patent Arabi Food and that Du Barry's are connected with such patent are utterly fals.). No canister is genuin e w i t h out the name Barry Du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street, in full, on theseal and wrapper. Shopkeepers who attempt imposition i n one ar ti c l e must expect to be distrusted in all others. Packed in tins 11b. 2s. 9d.; 21b. 4s. 6d. ; 5113. 1 ls. ; 121 b. 225. ; 241 b. 40s. The 121 b. and 241 b. canisters are sent carriage free on receipt of Post -office order by Barry Du Barry and Co., 77, Re gent-street, London; Fortnum Mason, and Co.; 60, Gracechurch-street ;4, Cheapside ;63 and 150, Ox bard -stre e t ; 33 0 and 451, Strand ;49 and 60, Bishopsgate street ; Batty, 16, Finsbury Pavement ; Phillips and Ce, tea-dealers ; Petty, Wood, an d C o ., King William-street City; 12; High Holborn; and all grooors4 FROM TIE GAZETTE OF LAST EVENING. FOREIGN-OFFICE, OCT. 26. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. G. Kessler as Consul at Manchester for his Majesty the King of the Belgians. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, OCT. 30. Rifle Brigade — Major-General Sir George Buller, K.C.8., from the 88th Foot, to be Colonel-Commandant, vice Lieutenant-General Sir Henry G. W. Smith, Bart., G.C.8., deceased. 88th Regiment of Foot—Major -General John Cox to be Colonel, vice Major 'General Sir George Buller, K.C.8., transferred to the Rifle Brigade. BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. Alfred Sylvester, photographic artist, New Dorset-place, Clapham-road. BANKRUPTS. William Harman, outfitter, Emmett- s t ree t, P o pl ar . Wm. Strong, builder, Merton-road, Wandsworth. Frederick Sage and Peter Panter, builders, Hatton garden. Joseph Hulford, licensed victualler, Birmingham. Joseph Hartley, cloth manufacturer, Calverley, York shire. Joseph Hollings, cowkeeper, Charles street, Hampstead road. Robert Cradock Davies and John Nichols Troughton, bankers, Shoreditch. Henry Robert English, licensed victualler, Brierley-hill, Staffordshire. John Martin, innkeeper, Daisy Bank, Sedgley, Stafford shire. Giovanni Porpa, tailor, St. James's-street, Westminster. Henry Boreham, plumber, Wilmot-street, Russell square. George Wilkiason, grocer, Durham. George Frederick Larratt, lithographic printer, Camden Town. Elizabeth Lynn Moore, widow, and Joseph Lynn Moore, carpenters, Dorking, Surrey. SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. Robert Hay, miller, Roscobie, Forfarshire. Alexander Christie, merchant, Glasgow. James Couston, merchant, Leith. • Robert Findlay, provision curer, Aberdeen. Alexander Bryden, merchant, Glasgow. Thomas Dick Wilkie, grocer, Markinch, Fifeshire. Donald Munro, cattle dealer, Latheron, Caithness-shire. James Wood, upholsterer, Edinburgh. COUNTRY MARKETS. BRISTOL—OcT. 30. A large business doing in the wheat trade to-day, and a good attendance. Wheat brought full rates. Beans is to 2s, and peas 2s to 3s more money. Oats fetched 6d to is over former prices. LIVERPOOL—OcT. 30. There was a numerous attendance of country millers at this morning's market; we had a good consumptive de mand for wheat, which may be quoted at about id per per cental under Tuesday's rates. Flour was difficult to quit, and must be noted 6d per barrel lower ; sack flour was not materially lower. Oats in moderate inquiry, at ld per 451 b dearer, but oatmeal difficult to move at any advance. In Indian corn there was a good demand. Barley scarce, and ld to 2d over late rates. Beans sold readily at is per qr dearer. LEEDS—Ocr. 30. Our market to-day was fairly attended by millers, but trade ruled dull. Good descriptions of new and old wheat held for former rates. Inferior sorts are nearly unsaleable at moat irregular prices. Beans and oats rather higher. NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYNE—OcT. 28. At this corn market there was a pretty fair show of old and new wheat, but the demand was inactive, and prices were at about last week's rates—white making 60s to 745, red 568 to 695. The supply of barley shown was middling, with a firm demand. Oats in small supply, and the trade firm, from 24s ':to 34s per 24 stone. Beans made Luna 48s to 54s per qr. SLEAFORD-OCT. 29. The trade was rather better to-day, with a tolerable show of wheat, and sales to a fair extent were effected, at late values. Wheat wheat ruled at 58a to 70s, red 50s to 66 per qr. Barley a rather imited supply, Ms to 378 ; oats i small supply, with a better demand, at 24s to 34a; , bean 52s to i5B ; peas, —8 to —a. NORWICH CATTLE. The show of store cattle to-day was one of the largest this season, and as buyers were pretty numerous, a fair business was transacted, and previous rates were well maintained. At the close about one•fourth of the beasts remained unsold. Scots, 4sl6d to 5s 6d ; shorthorns, 4s to 5s Od ; Irish, 3a 6d to 48 6d ; Devons, 4s 6d to 5s (esti.nated weight when fat). Fat beasts, 8s Od to 8s 6d per 141 b. Sheep—There was a fair supply of sheep in the pens. Lambs, breeding ewes, and keeping sheep were a slow sale. Fat sheep, 8s Od to 8s 6d per stone; prime, Os to Os Pigs—A fair supply. Store pigs, 25s to 30s ; fat pork, 8s Od to 8s 6d per stone. COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—YisTEIDAT. Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam — 11 161 11 17 Antwerp Brussels — 25 27 25 32 Hamburgh Paris Ditto Marseilles — 25 35 25 40 Frankfort on Maine —117 k Vienna Trieste Petersburgh .— 34i 35 Berlin — Madrid Cadiz — Leghorn — Milan — Genoa — Naples Palermo Messina — Lisbon Oporto Rio Janeiro — New York — a• •• Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard)....per sz. $3 17 9 Mexican Dollars 0 0 0 Silver in Bars (Stand ar d) 921 f 0 0 0 South American Doublons 491 49f 491 491 26 621 25 67/ 25 45 25 47 25 45 25 47 39} 40 1201 121 k 121 121 3 / 4 521 63 63 53i THE 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. .. Oct. Bahamas and Havana (via New York) .. Nov. 22. Canada, &a. (via Galway) .. .. Oct. 31. 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. (via Southampton) Nov. 2. 1)o. (via Marseilles) Overdue. India (Bombay), (via Southampton) .. Nov. 10. Do. (via Marseilles) Nov. 4. Lisbon Nov. 1. Cuba and Mexico Oct. 29. Malta, Egypt, an d Ad en ( v i a S ou th amp t on ) .. Nov. 2. Do. (via M a rseilles) .. Overdue. Vigo, and Oporto .. • • • • Nov. 1 United States, California, &c. .. Oct. 31. Western Coast of Atrica, Madeira, Teneriffe .. Nov. 10. West Indies and Pacific, Carthagena, Cuba, &c. Nov. 13. TEMPLE GARDENS,--The chrysanthemum s ar daily progressing towards their greatest perfection ; one named Cassandra, a flower of marvellous beauty, wins the admiration of all. Visitors are respectfully solicited not to omit an inspection of the pompons, a dwarf variety (bear ing a minute blossom), of this charming autumn flower in the large circular beds of the Middle Temple Garden, near Esoex 7 street. The exhibition is free, without the trouble of obtaining tickets or orders, and is open daily from nine till dusk. [ADVERTISEMENT.] Pills and medicine invariably ag gravate and perpetuate diseases ; their annoyance, dis appointment, and expense may be avoided by persons in indifferent health sending only their address to E. S. Barry, Esq., 77, Regent-street, W., London, and they will receive gratis and free by post the "Ix+Araps' Own' GUIDE," or Natural Restorer, without medicine or ex p 'nee, of perfect digestion, strong nerves, sound lungs, and refreshing sleep, to the most enfeebled, insuring the removal of indigestion (dyspepsia), constipation, liver complaints, nausea, epilepsy, paralysis, debility, nervousness, palpitation, cough, asthma, consumption, dropsy, flatulency, diarrhoea, dysentery, biliousness, fevers, sore throats, catarrhs, colds noises in the ears, rheumatism, gout, impurities, eruptions, hysteria, neuralgia, irritability, sleeplessness, acidity, palpi- tation, heartburn, headache, despondency, cramps, spasms, si nking, fits, bronchitis.— "Unauestionably the safest Guide to health." BIRTHS. BALOITY.—On the 29th inst., at 20, Chester-square, the wife of John Balguy, Esq., of Duffield, near Derby, of a son. NORMAN.—On the 27th inst., at 2, Berkeley-plan , the wife of Lieutenant-Colonel H. W. Norman, C. 8., of a daughter. wilton-crescent, ToLLEmAcnn.—On the 28th inst., a t 12, Lady Emma Tollemache, of a son. MARRIAGES. CIIAPMAM—WESTROPE.--011 the 30th inst., at St. Paul* Covent-garden, Thomas, youngest son of Mr. Thomas Chapman, of Ashwell, Herta, to Victoria, eldest (laugh., ter of Mr. John Westrope, of Ashwell. L oci CURRIE—YOUNG.—On the 30th inst., at Chaddleworth Bertram Wodehou se C urr i e , Esq., to Caroline L ou the younger daught er o f th e l a t e Sir,William Lawrence Young, Bart. DEATHS. lime, BROWNE.—On the 2613. inst. a t Clifton House, Chelten ham, ham, Ellen, youn ges t d a ughter of Nevill B ro Marshall. CArrEL.—On the 23d inst Mr. Michael Ca ppel, of As sembly-row, Mile•end-road, aged 69 HART.—On the 27th inst., at 77, Gloucester -pl ace, Hyde park, Maurice Hart, Esq., at an advanced age. MixNito.—On the 26th inst., Mr. Gordon Monro, for many years of the Ordnance and War Departments, Pall • •mall aged 78. , MUMFORD.—On the 26th inst., at his reside nce , N o bl es 67. Farm, Great Munden, Herts, Mr. Suddy m ini: d o ,* aged STEERS.—On the 27th inst., at Great Malvern, Miss Fanny Steers, aged 63. LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUN' of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Afloe, No. 112, Strand, i n the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county iitclooext WeduwillY. October 31, 1860. "s. s . • .4 0 3 1 „ . 4 ", , ~.