The Sun. — London, England, 1858-10-27 00:00:00

ionII!!M IN S ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. MANCHESTER. Sir John Potter, one of the members for Man chester, died on Monday, and the contest for the vacancy may be said to have commenced immedi ately afterwards: The local papers yesterday morn ing published a circular, dated the previ ous da y , calling a meeting to be held yesterday afternoon at the Royal Exchange-rooms, ‘!for the purpose of con sidering the propriety of su bmitting to the electors the name of Mr. Bazley as a fit and proper person to represent them." The following names were ap pended :—W. B. Watkins, Thomas Ashton, E. R. Langworthy, Elkanah Armitage, John A. Nicholls, Henry Ashworth, Edmund Potter, B. Nicholls, R. N. Philips, Robert Rumney, Robert Stuart, James Kershaw, jun., John Slagg, and Henry Rawson. At the time appointed several hundred persons were assembled, including adherents of both parties who contested the city at the last election. Among those present were—Sir E. Armitage, Messrs. M. Ross, V. B. - Watkins, George Wilson (late Chair man of the Anti-Corn-Law League), R. Lang , worthy, B. Nicholls, J. A. Nicholls, R. A. Barlow, J. Slagg, T. Ashton, R. N. Philips, M.P., and T. Wrigley. On the motion of Mr. R. STUART, Mr. Alderman Watkins took the chair. The CHAIRMAN proceeded at once to move a reso lution expressing the gratitude of the constituency for the services rendered to the borough by the deceased member. This was seconded by Mr. R. STUART, and at once agreed to unanimously. Mr. T. ASHTON (in the absence of Mr. Philips, M.P., who entered subsequently) was then called upon by the chairman, and moved a resolution re commending Mr. Thomas Bazley as the most fit and proper person to fill the vacancy, on account of his well known and tried political opinions, varied business knowledge, and long-continued assistance in the cause of popular education. Mr. Ashton remarked that Mr. Bailey was a very stanch friend of Liberal politics, and therefore commanded , or ought to command, the support of the Radical party in Manchester. (Cheers.) Mr. LANGWORTHY (late M.P. for Salford) seconded the motion, believing that it was impossible to select any gentleman who could better serve the interests of the town than would Mr. Bailey. Mr. GEORGE WILSON then rose amidloud cheers from a section of the meeting, and a few hisses. He said nothing could afford him greater pleasure than to see Mr. Watkins in the chair on this occa sion—nothing could afford him, as a rule, greater pleasure than to follow his friends Mr. Ashton and Mr. Langworthy in their nomination of a candi date. (ear, hear.) He had acted with them for ninny years, always with pleasure, and had never 3 -et taken a step as to the representation of Man chester, or of the county, or of anything connected with that great free trade party which ha governed the country, and would vet govern the country— (hear, hear)—without consulting with those two gentlemen. And should he be asked whether he supported Mr. Bozley ? Why, there was not a single thing which he had done during the whole of his political career—even as to the abstract ques tion of the peace—in which Mr. Batley had not united with him in the most cordial sympathy. (Loud cheers.) And yet they would permit him to say that at this time he thought they were put ting the cart a little before the, horse. (Hear.) There was no denying that Manchester lost caste —lost ground at the last election. (Cheers, hisses, itud tumult.) He was not going to condemn the votes of any gentleman at the last election ; he would not introduce at this meeting his private sympathies, to disturb the harmony which was sought for in the return of a representative for Manchester, but it was patent to the whole world, judging from the published opinions of the press of England, and the opinions expressed by the leading statesmen in Parliament, that Manchester at pre sent did not stand so high in the opinion of the world as it had done at a former period. (Cheers and" Question.") There were many gentle men present who had uniformly opposed the nomi na'cion of Messrs. Gibson and Bright, and to them he would not say a word. He came, there, if pos sible, to promote union among the Liberal party — (cheers) —but he would distinguish for himself, and would stand or fall with those whom he for himself should denominate the Liberal party of Manchester. (Hear, hear.) There was no doubt Manchester lost a considerable amount of reputation when it cast out two of the most distinguished men in the House of Commons. (Loud cheers.) And for what ? Simply because they exercised the proper functions of Englishmen in the House of Commons, and with an eloquence which no one could say was excelled by any man on the face of the earth. (Cheers.) The electors voted at the, last election contrary to his (Mr. Wilson's) opinions, but they were not to infer that he had wavered in his opinions or prin ciples since then. (Hear, hear.) He might com plain, but he would not, of the mode of collecting this meeting •, but he meant to say this, that in an assembly of reformers, if those present were so, the name which he should men tion before he sat down, and for reasons which he would assign, ought to be held in respect if they had any gratitude for past services, and ought to be received in the way in which the name of a great Englishman had always been received in an Eng lish assembly. There was a man out of Parliament at the present time who in intellect, in the quali ties which made a statesman, and in the powers which enabled a man to grapple with enemies in the House of Common', had no superior,—who for _ _ past services rendered on behalf of the people at the present moment had no equal ; and the electors of Manchester could do no greater honour to them selves, and could not hoist themselves in the eyes of- the world to a greater elevation_ in the process than by electing Richard Cobden. (Cheers, groans. and cries of " lie won't come.) He knew Mr. Cobden had complained that. Manchester had " stoned the prophets," and he (Mr. Wilson) would not say he would come, ; hat' he submitted that in exer cising. a sense of duty, and to raise themselves again to the f;.ont. rank of the constituencies of England, they should return a man who would ex press their opinions as they wished them to be expressed in the House of Commons. He would not deny that private letters had been written to Mr. Cobden, but his (Mr. Wilson's) case was this, that if the electors of Manchester desired to clear themselves from the stain of base ingratitude— (loud cheers)—their first duty was to send a depu tation to Richard Cobden. He therefore moved an amendment, appointing the chairman, with Sir R. Armitage, Mr. Langworthy, and Mr. Ashton, as a deputation to invite Mr. Cobden to become a candidate. TILE ARMY STORE AND CONTRACT COMMISSION. Yesterday the Royal Commissioners (Mr. A• Turner, M.P., Colonel French, and Mr. Selfe) re sumed their inquiries at Woolwich Arsenal. Before proceeding to take evidence they made t a tour of inspection over the immense establishment. The total number of batteries in the garrison, it may be remarked, is now 18, of which eight are always kept ready for service. The attention of the commis sioners was chiefly directed to the tailoring depart ment. The number of soldiers who are employed in making up clothing is 142 ; in addition to whom there are, including apprentices and assistants, about 250 civilians. The commissioners were re quested to examine a tunic made on the establish ment and one supplied by the contractors. The cloth used by the latter is stated to be inferior to that used by the Government, and yet the price charged for the garment is ss. md. more than the cost incurred in the public workshop. It is esti mated that a saving of £15,000 has already accrued from the formation of this department during the nine months in which it has been in existence ; against which, however, must be set an expendi ture of £12,000 for new buildings, and a charge of £6OO for interest; but as these items will not occur next year, it is anticipated that there will be a net gain of £20,000 by the arrangement. It is calcu lated that the present staff can supply clothing for 30,000 in. the course of the year. The non-military tailors earn a guinea per week, and those in the service receive 7s. or Bs. per week in addition to their pay. At 2 o'clock the commissioners adjourned to one of the offices, and proceeded to examine the follow ing w itness—Mr. Selfe presiding. Mr. Thomas Howell—l am director of contracts, an office which was constituted in 1855. I adhere, with some trifling exceptions, to all I stated at Weedon. Our rule is to accept the lowest tender for contracts, unless I see reason to adopt another course, in which case I submit my reasons in writ ing to the Secretary of State. The exceptions to the rulg i of open competition have chiefly reference to cloth. I have sometimes thought it right to recom mend the acceptance of tenders made by persons of high manufacturing character in preference to lower tenders offered by persons whose names did not stand so high. Entrenchment tools, saltpetre, iron, copper, and timber have been bought through the intervention of brokers, and that for the reasons I gave at Weedon. I have also recommended the pur chase of cotton goods through Messrs. Henry and Co., who charge us one per cent. for their trouble. We depended entirely upon the character of the house; and we have had every reason to be satisfied with the result. The understanding we have with all our brokers is, that they shall make no profit out of the transactions in which they are employed beyond their commission. If any of them were found to have made any profit beyond that we should consider that they had been guilty of a breach of faith ; and they would never be employed by the government again. The brokers go into the market and see what stocks are available ; they then consult the heads of the departments, and the orders are finally given on the reports that are made concerning them. Mr. Selfe—But what security have you against possible dishonesty on the part of your brokers ? Witness—Our security must be in the character, reputation, and standing of our brokers. Of course, if you employ inferior people you will be liable to unpleasant consequences. At least four-fifths of the imports of the country are sold through the intervention of brokers ; and we take care to select men of the highest standing. The commission we pay varies with the article. That on timber is 1 per cent. By Mr. Turner—We do not generally buy piles of timber as they stand. We have of course to pay a higher price for the privilege of rejecting the in ferior deals. I consider that it would be desirable to buy the whole pile, and use the inferior portions for such purposes as they are fitted for ; or, indeed, to dispose of them. We have pain as much as £BO or £9O for what would only have cost in the market £4O. That was before we adopted the practice of purchasing through brokers. We have adopted that practice with respect to those articles only which are disposed of through brokers in the current mercantile transactions of the country. By Mr. Turner The cotton manufacturers would not submit for one moment to the regula tions of the Government with regard to inspection. I consider that we purchase timber cheaper under the new system than we did before. The amount purchased last year was only £46,000 worth. The letter put into my hands by the chairman is sub stantially genuine. It can only have been made public by a breach of confidence on the part of some person employed in the War Department, for it was a private communication from Colonel Tulloch to the heads of that department. I should observe, too, that when Colonel Tulloch heard of its publication in a handbill he was highly indig nant. The letter was sent to the department in. December, 1856. The letter was sent to the de partment in December, 1856. The War-office was not convinced by the gallant colonel's argument. Mr. Selfe—Though we hate the traitor we may love the treason ; and I am afraid that, as this document has come into our hands, we must examine you upon it. The document was then read : " Colonel Tulloch stated that he had had under his consideration the supply of foreign timber to the department during the present year, and it having occurred to him that it was not working satisfactorily he had given particular attention to the matter, and had directed Captain Farmer, an officer in his department, to enter fully into the question. The report of Captain Farmer he en closed, from which it appeared that their former system of competition exercised a control over the markets, and was less expensive to the country, and at the same time free from 'any system likely to involve patronage among the trade.. There were two points, he added, of great importance in procuring timber for the department—the first was quality and stability for manufacturing ; and, the second, price. As to the first, they were offered goods at sales effected by the broker, and took the whole of any particular timber on inspection as it stood in the pile at the docks. It was evident that only the outside of the pile could be seen, which always presented a good face, because the best of the timber was arranged for vision. Under the former system the timber was delivered at the department, and only the best selected. That perhaps increased the price of the tim ber, but it also gave such a superior choice as to more than compensate for the increase of price. With regard to price, Colonel Tulloch asked how the prices were ascertained by the broker. Were they such as had been offered to the broker by certain importers, or were they the prices of all in the market ? If only the former, then, he said, it was clear higher prices might be paid than ought to be, as the goods, instead of being forced on the market, which would bring down the price, had, as it were, a market arranged for them. Under their former system of competition there was a natural tendency to bring down the prices. Their contracts were submitted to the most respectable firms, and who ever held goods of the description required would tender at the lowest price, the lowest tender, if the party were known, being generally, as a rule, ac cepted, and no benefit could arise to any particular firm or trader by this course, and the goods at the same time took their proper position in the market. Captain Farmer's report showed that competition among the importers and merchants could always insure fair and reasonable prices, and would like wise be a course more satisfactory, both to the pub lic and to them, than the system of the broker. If, however, it should be considered necessary to con tinue to employ a broker, he would suggest that their supplies be thrown open to all respectable im porters and merchants, and the broker also and then take the lowe s t t en d er , t a ki ng i nto considera tion the commission to be paid to the broker." Witness—My opinion was invited on the subject. The matter was gone very fully into; and a special report was made by the brokers, Messrs. Churchill and Sims. Mr. Leary was not then employed as a broker; but he has been since. The advantage of buying through a broker is, that by that means you can get a wider range of competition than you could by inviting tenders ; because many of the first h i ouses do not care about government contracts. 'Brokers have, no doubt, often goods to sell as well as buy. The Chairman—ls it not an awkward thing to place a man in the position of being broker for the buyer and the seller ? Witness—lt does not follow that the broker has the article to sell which you may want him to buy for you. The commissioners had perhaps better, however, examine Mr. Sims on the point. By Mr. Turner—lf the broker could not find a better article in the market than one he might him self have to dispose of, he would probably mention the circumstance. In point of fact Mr. Sims has occasionally done so to. me. By the Chairman—We have lately beod. Theenbifying African te a k a t 10 gu i neas an d £lO p er 1 a money is always paid to the broker, but we always call upon him to state the name of the seller. By the current commercial law of the country we are discharged by the receipt of the broker, unless the seller gives us notice to pay the money to him. Mr. Turner —That is a very vexed question amongst us in Liverpool. Several accounts have been claimed after they had been paid to the agents, and I believe there have been some legal decisions on the point. Witness—l dare say we have paid as high as £l5 for African teak or oak. I have frequently had offers to supply timber at a higher pries than we were paying hr when srchmeg through A Mr. S. P. ROBINSON seconded the amendment. Mr. EDMUND POTTER entered into an explana tion of the circumstances which brought about the proposal of Mr. Bazley. It had been made in the hope of reuniting the votes of all the Liberal party in Manchester. Mr. Bazley had yielded to his (Mr. Potter's) solicitations to offer himself, only stipulating that he would never oppose Mr. Cob den ; and he read to the meeting, from a letter received by him from Mr. Cobden last July, a pas sage in which that gentleman said "under no cir cumstances would he consent to stand or sit for Manchester." He had previously told Mr. Cobden his candid opinion, when that gentleman was visit ing him—and he was a very old personal friend— that no candidate proposed by the League would find acceptance, and Mr. Cobden had assured him then, and since, that if he became a candidate at all it would be for Rochdale. (Hear, hear.) There fore the appointment of a deputation to him was now a simple absurdity, and he was convinced that Mr. Bazley would poll 3,000 more votes than Mr. Cobden, while every vote for Mr. Cobden would poll for Mr. Bazley. (Cheers. On the amendment being put to the vote it was negatived by a small majority, and the original reso lution was then adopted, with only five or six dis sentients. -------- Mr. MALCOLM Ross moved that the meeting Pledged itself, on obtaining Mr. Bazley's consent to be put in nomination, to return him by the free Votes of the electors, and free of all expense. Mr. JAMES KERSIIAW seconded the motion, which was ad9pted.unanimously. Su' E. ARMITAGE said, he congratulated the meeting on the result, and he hoped they should be more successful than they were at the last elec tion, (Laughter and applause.) He gladly ac cepted the office of treasurer on this occasion, as he had done when Messrs. Bright and Gibson last came forward. (Applause,) Mr. BAzLEY then came forward and thanked the meeting, adverting very briefly to his political sen timents, which he said were well known to the con stituency. He wished it to be understood that if returned he should stand alone and unassociated with any other person, though willing. to co-operate with any gentleman in forwarding their interests, whom they might at any time thi n k fi t to return Ba t ley was connexion with h im for th e City. Mr. was loudly cheered. The meeting concluded with the appointment of an election committee. [ADVERTISEMENT.]— Holloway's Ointment and Pills have been used freely by millions of human beings, of both sexes, and all ages, in every part of the world, and while the public press has teemed with authenticated cases of extraordinary cures in a vast variety of diseases (sueh as indigestion, scorbutic eruptions, and liver complaints), there is not on public record a single case in which their use has been attended with a bad effect. None when using Hollo way's Ointment and Pills need suffer the hope of cure to b 3 counterbalanced by the fear of injury. They are pecu liarly mild in their operation, and yet they never fail to give immediate relief, and sooner or later to effect a com plete and permanent cure, THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 27, 1858. broker ; but we have never had it offered at a lower price. I consider that the freedom of importation is not in the least affected by the present system of making government purchases of timber. Ido not agree with Colonel lulloch on that head. By Mr. Turner--We look sharp after our brokers, and I believe -they do us justice, By the Chairman—We have only departed from the general principle of purchase by competition with respect to those articles which it has always been the custom in the trade to purchase through the intervention of brokers. The following is a letter which I addressed to Messrs. Baring on this subject of purchasing. timber, and the answer I re ceived from those gentlemen : " Gentlemen,—Will you be pleased to state for the information of General Peel what means of purchase your firm would adopt if you were called upon to obtain and ship for a foreign correspondent 500 loads of teak and 1,000 deals, Archangel or Onega P—l am, gentlemen, your obedient servant, " THOMAS HOWELL." _ " War-office, July 2, 1858." _ (Answer.) " We should say that a commercial house would be guided their knowledge of the market as to the proper time, and to the most efficient broker to select, to effect the purpose for a foreign corres pondent. " BARING BROTHERS and Co." The Chairman—l should put many more ques tions to you, Mr. Howell, were it not for the five hundred you have already been asked at Weedon. The present is in point of fact a mere supplemen tary examination. But is there anything else you wish to state ? Mr. Howell—l find that on the 14th of March, 1854, there was a purchase of St. Petersburg deals from Mr. Roberts under the old system. These deals cost us £BO, £9O, and £lOO per double standard. That was just before the war broke out. In September, 1855, when the war was at its height, and before Sebastopol was taken, we bought the same description of timber through a broker for £46. It is quite true that there was a great rise of all Russian produce just before the war, and that prices afterwards -fell ; but the market price of deals in March, 1854, was £45 ss. I consider that if the plan of purchasing through the medium of a broker had been adopted in 1854 there would have been a saving of 30 per cent. At this stage of the proceedings the commis sioners adjourned till this day. CENT.RAL,CRIMINAL COURT.—Oct. 26. OLD COURT. (Before the Recorder.) John Laskey, 27, who was described as a private in the Guards, was charged with assaulting Eliza Wright, and causing her actual bodily injury. He was also charged with assaulting the prose cutrix, with intent to rob her. Mr. Cooper conducted the prosecution ; the pri soner was defended by Mr. Doyle. The prosecutor in this case was a respectable lady, living with her brother in Thanet-place, Strand. She was on her return home, about sixin the evening, near Essex-street, Strand, when the prisoner who was in an intoxicated state, accosted her, and forced his conversation upon her until she came near her own home, and upon her turning up Thanet-place, he followed her and asked her to let him kiss her. She indignantly refused, upon which he snatched her reticule and seized her round the waist, and finding that she resisted his proceedings, he at length either threw her or let her fall with great violence on the ground, and the consequence was that she received very severe injury upon the face and head. The prisoner then attempted to make his escape, but he was followed and taken into custody. Mr. Doyle, in his address to the jury, admitted that the prisoner hadbehaved in a most disgraceful manner, but he urged that there was no pretence for saying that he intended either to commit a rob bery or to do the prosecutrix any injury, and that , the fact was that being in a mad drunk state he had mistaken the prosecutrix for a woman of loose character, and it was under this impression that he had acted in the manner described. The jury, after some deliberation, found the pri soner guilty of a common assault, and he was sen tenced to two months' imprisonment. John Royston, 62, was indicted for receiving a quantity of leather knowing it to have been stolen. Mr. Metcalfe prosecuted ; Mr. Sleigh was counsel _ _ _ - for -the prisoner. The prosecutor of this indictment was Mr. Dale, li a saddler in Rupert-street, and the prisoner, it ap peared, also carried on the business of a saddler and saddlers' ironmonger, in Broad-street, Bloomsbury. The prosecutor, it seemed, suspected that a lad who was m his service, named Madden, was robbing him, and he was taken into custody, and in conse (pence of the statements he made a police-consta ble wentto theprisoner's shop, and inquired whether he had lately purchased leather of any person. He at first replied in the negative. Upon being pressed, however, he said that he had purchased some about six weeks before, and he showed it to the constable, but none of this leather it appeared belonged to the prosecutor. Subsequently, however, a search was made upon his premises, and then about .£l6 worth of different descriptions of leather was found, which was identified by the prosecutor as his pro perty. The principal witness against the priso ner was the boy Madden, and he stated that he commenced robbing his • master in February last, and that he first took • a small quantity of leather to the prisoner and sold it for ls. 6d. a pound, and he said that he continued to dispose of the leather he stole from his master to the prisoner, and that upon some occasions he sold leather to him foi which he received as much as 13s. This witness in cross examination admitted that the -transaction took place quite openly, in the prisoner's shop, and that he made inquiries how he became possessed of the property, and he said he- told him• that the leather was given out to -him to work up-at his own house, and that what he was disposing of was the remnant of that leather. Mr. Sleigh made a most able address to the jury on behalf of the prisoner, and he contended that there was no evidence to show that he was aware the leather was stolen, and that although it was per haps an imprudent proceeding on his part to haVe purchased such property from a lad like the witness Madden, yet there could be very little doubt that be had told him such a plausible story as to throw him off his guard, and thus induce him to purchase the property, but without the slightest knowledge that it was stolen. A number of respectable witnesses, some of whom had known the prisoner for so long a period as 40 years, gave him an excellent character for honour able conduct and integrity. The jury retired to consider their verdict, and were absent about half an hour. Upon their return into court they found the prisoner Guilty, but re commended him to mercy on account of his good character and his age.. In answer to a question put by the Court it was stated that some stirrup irons belonging to another saddler, that had been stolen, and from which the name had been erased, were also found upon the prisoner's premises. The Recorder said he- felt it his duty to order the prisoner to be kept in penal servitude for three years. told the gentleman that it was the defendant who had pulled the lady's bonnet. The gentleman took hold of the defendant and his companion, upon which they both struck him; and khoeked him down several times. Mr. J. Cox, a gentleman of independent fortune, living at 30, Osnaburgh-street, Regent's-park, who was passing at the time, fully-corroborated the evi dence of the last witness. In answer to the Lord Mayor, the constable who had charge of the case said that the gentleman who gave the defendant into custody was not in attendance. The defendant's companion escaped. Defendant—lt was my brother who was with me. The Lord Mayor—lt is well for yourbrother that he is not here. What have you to say in answer to this charge ? Defendant—l did not know I was doing any harm. The Lord Mayor—Such disgraceful conduct as this is not to be tolerated in the city. It is shame ful that respectable ladies cannot walk in Bishops gate-street at 3 o'clock in the day without being subjected to annoyance and insult of this descrip tion. I shall fine you 405., or in default you will be committed to Holloway gaol for 21 days. Urban A. Godtz, who has been remanded upon the charge of unlawfully . depositing a warrant for 16 bags of clover seed, with intent to defraud Mr. Jan Renier Meuwissen, a native of Echt, in Hol land, was brought up and further remanded. WESTMINSTER.—CharIes Montague, alias Calcraft, and Henry Martin, alias Saunders, were finally examined charged with being found at the door of Lady Lucan's house, Rutland-gate, with intent to commit a felony. At about a quarter past 7 on the evening of the 10th inst. a policeman observed the two prisoners near Rutland-gate, and suspecting them of some improper intention watched them. Montague then went up to the door of Lady Lucan's house, the other prisoner placinF himself a yard or two in front so as to screen his comrade from observation. Something apparently disturbed the accused, as Martin suddenly approached the other and spoke to him, upon which both walked away. The police man who had been watching examined Lady Lucan's door, and finding that the post had been cut near the latch followed the prisoners and took them into custody. On their being brought before the magistrate it was proved that Montague was well known to the police, and that he had acquired the un viable cognomen of " Calcraft" from the circum stance, as alleged, of his having robbed a man in the country and hanged him up in a tree. George Walker, a Hammersmith omnibus con ductor, proved finding a " jemmy" at 8 o'clock on the evening in question in the high-road, within 300 yards of Lady Lucan's house. Wm. Franklin, a police constable of the F divi sion, proved that Martin had passed by the name of Saunders, and that he had seen him with two prostitute thieves. Mr. Lewis, sen., solicitor, who defended the ac cused, submitted that if a man denominated a " suspected person" were to be punished every time he was found in the streets it would be unsafe for him to go out, for it seemed to be implied he was always everywhere for the purpose of committing a felony. He did not deny that the prisoners were at Knightsbridge, but contended that there was no thing to show that they were there with an inten tion to break into a house. He pointed out that the evidence against Martin proved next to nothing, save that he had met and conversed with Montague, who was described as the common associate of thieves. Mr. Arnold said there was ample evidenceito compel him to come to the conclusion that the ac cused were suspected persons, and that they were at the door of the house with intent to commit felony. He therefore committed them each for three months to hard labour in the House of Correction. WORSHIP-STREET.—Thomas Jordan, John O'Brien, and Henry Merritt, three well-dressed young fellows of 21, all well-known thieves, were charged before Mr. D'Eyncourt under somewhat peculiar circumstances. Deeble, a detective of the H division, said—l was on duty in plain clothes last night in Commercial street, Whitechapel, when I saw Merritt lift up the in to the of a gentleman's coat and thrust his hand the pocket : he withdrew his hand without stealing anything, though I distinctly saw the gentleman's handkerchief in his pocket; Jordan and O'Brien were " covering" Merritt while so acting. I knew them all to be regular thieves, and being too well acquainted with their character to attempt taking them alone, I followed them till I saw them enter a public house which is notoriously the resort of such customers, and I then got assistance and took the three. O'Brien (contemptuously)—Took the three ! Yes, and you brought five officers with you to do it. Why didn't you take us at once, we offered no resistance ? Deeble—No, you offered no resistance because you knew it would have been useless ; I knew, too, that the house was likely to have more of you in it, and when I got in I found I was right, for there were 12 of you there. Merritt—Why, sir, I have just come out of the hospital, and had not the slightest idea of such a thing. Jordan—Nor I neither, I'm sure; we were cer tainly together, but that was all. O'Brien (to the magistrate)—Now, sir, I ask you —and I ask you because you must know—is it at all feasible that we three should try to steal a paltry handkerchief ? It's a perfect insult to suppose so, and I am really ashamed to stand here charged with such an offence. _ Mr. D'Eyncourt—You mean because it is so paltry. O'Brien—Just so, it is paltry. As far as lam concerned myself I own that, for my part, I should not care if the charge was for anything worth while, but this is for a paltry handkerchief. Why, look now, sir, any one can always buy a silk one for ls. 6d., and this one was only cotton ; is it likely ? Mr. D'Eyncourt—Does any one else know the prisoners ? Sergeant 12 H—l do, your worship ; I know them all to be regular thieves. Deeble—And I know also that O'Brien has been charged before. O'Brien—Well, I own to that, certainly ; but I have been at work since , and I can prove it. Mr. D'Eyncourt—You will each of you go for three months' hard labour in the House of Correc tion. O'Brien—l am very much hurt to hear you say that, your worship. Am Ito understand that you send us for stealing this handkerchief ? Mr. D'Eyncourt—No, no, not for actual stealing; for the attempt to do so. O'Brien—Oh, ay, that's quite right ; thank your worship ; I'm sorry I troubled you. POLICE INTL'LLE;ENCE---Oct. 26. MANSION-HOUSE.—Thomas Robinson, col lecting clerk to Mr. J. V. Moore, tea-dealer, 'of 35, King - William-street, was brought before the Lord Mayor, charged with embezzling money belonging to his employer. Mr. Humphreys, jun., appeared for the prosecu tion, and Mr. Beard for the prisoner. Mrs. Mary Lockhart, a grocer, living at Wool wich, proved. that on the 28th of September lad she paid the prisoner £1 6s. 6d., and on the 19th inst., a further sum of £1 on account of the prosecutor, for which he gave her the receipts produced. Mr. J. V. Moore said—The prisoner was a col lecting clerk in my service. It was his duty to de liver goods and to receive money from the custo mers. He had then to enter the receipt of the moneys upon waybills with which he was fur nished, and to hand into the office at the end of the day or on the following morning the waybills, with the amount received during the day entered there on. It was his duty to hand the cash he received to Mr. Lawson. Cross-examined—The prisoner was to receive £1 ss. a-week. Some salary is due to him, but I can not s:y how much. Re-examined--He had no right to detain any moneys he had received for the purpose of paying off himself. Mr. T. Lawson, cashier to the prosecutor, said the prisoner had not accounted to him for either of the sums referred to by Mrs. Lockhart. The prisoner was remanded. Thomas Hills, a journeyman saddler, was charged with the following outrageous conduct : Mr. W. Woodward, of 160, New Bond-street, said—About 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon I was in Bishopsgate-street, when I saw the defendant and a man who was with him rudely pulling the dress of every woman who passed them. Before the women could look round the defendant and his companion passed on. I watched them from the Centenary-hall to St. Helep's-place. They• as saulted several ladies as they went along. A gen tleman and a lady were looking into a shopwindow when the defendant went up to them and gave the curtain of the lades bonnet a pull, and if it had not been tied tightly it would have been pulled off. X THE PUBLIC HEALTH. (From the Registrar-Generar s Report.) - - The total number of deaths registered in London in the week ending Saturday, Oct. 23, was 1,113, showing a small decrease on that of the previous week. In the ten years 1848-57 the average num ber of deaths in the weeks corresponding with last week was 1,019 ; but as the number returned for last week occurred in an increased population, it should be compared with the average when the latter is raised in proportion to the increase, a cor rection which will make it 1,126. The comparison shows that the mortality of last week is very nearly that which in the usually healthy month of Oc tober might be expected to preVail. If the rate of mortality in London last week had been the same as that which has, on an average of autumnal quarters, been found to prevail in the healthiest districts of England, the deaths would not have exceeded 770 ; therefore the actual excess, or 343, 'represents that contingent which is derived from acquired conditions of insa lubrity, and which it belongs to sanitary science to reduce. _ _ _ At the beginning of September the mortality , from scarlatina, which had been previously high, rose perceptibly, and during seven weeks showed a continuous increase. Last week the deaths from it were 156, a number which is not quite so high as that of the previous week. The corrected average for last week is 75. The north districts, comprising chiefly Marylebone, Pancras, and Islington, contri bute 43 out of the 156 deaths ; those which lie on the south side of the river return 49. Nine cases of scarlatina were fatal in Westminster, 13 in Mary lebone, 19 in Pancras, 8 in Islington, 13 in Lam beth. Last week the births of 849 boys and 846 girls, in all 1,695 children, were registered in Lond on . In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1848-57 the average number was 1,480. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29.694. The readings of the barometer varied from 29.48 in. to 29.93 in. The mean temperature of the week was 51.1 deg., which is 2.2 deg. above the average of the same week in 43 years (as deter mined by Mr. Glaisher). The highest point attained by the thermometer in the shade was 61.7 deg. on Sunday (the 17th inst.) ; the lowest was 43.2 deg. on the following day. The entire range of the week was therefore 18.5 deg. ; the mean dew-point temperature was 49.3 deg., and the difference between this and - the mean air tempera ture was only 1.8 deg. The mean degree of humi dity of the air was 92. The mean temperature of the cater of the Thames was 56.6 deg. The wind was gei(erally east or north-east. Rain fell to the =mat of 0.32, au of it on Monday and Tuesday, FROM THE GAZETTE OF YESTE.RDAI CROWN-OFFICE.. MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT PARLIAMENT. Borough of Leominster.—Captain the Honourable Charles Spencer Bateman Hanbury, of Shobdon Court, Hereford shire, in the room of John Pollard Willoughby, Esq., who has accepted the office of Member of the Council of India. . Borough of Reigate.—The Honourable William John Monson, of Gatton, in the county of Surrey, in the room of Sir Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, K.C.8., who has accepted the office of Member of the Council of India. Borough of Guildford.—Guildford Onslow, Esq., of Upton .House, Alresford, in the county of Southampton, in the room of Ross Donnelly Mangles, Esq., who has accepted the office of Member of the Council of India. ADMIRALTY, OCT. 25. With reference to the promotions which appeared in the London Gazette of 21st September, 1858, the following ad ditional promotions have been made, to date 17th Sept., 1858, in consequence of the successful operations in the Gulf of Pechili : Mr. John E. Scudamore to be Master. Mr. James B. McAvoy to be Paymaster. Mr. James Coade, Mr. James W. German, and Mr. James Roffey, to be Acting Chief Engineers. Mr. Joseph Jolliffe to be Acting First Class Assistant Engineer. . Mr. William Burgess to be Second Class Assistant Engi neer. _ . . . . . . _ Mr. Charles Hetherington to be Acting Second Class Assistant Engineer. Mr. Thomas Parker to be Second Class Assistant Engi neer. _ . Mr. Henry H. Skelton to be Acting Second Class As sistant Engineer. Mr. Thomas Turner to be Boatswain, First Class. Mr. James M'Laughlin to be Boatswain, Second Class. Mr. William Tipper to be Boatswain, Second Class. Mr. Thomas Boyd to be Acting Gunner. Mr. William Lockyer to be Acting Boatswain. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, Our. 26. _ _ _ Royal Regiment of Horse Guards—Digby Hanmer Richard Wingfield, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Bennet, promoted. - 2d Dragoon Guards—Howard James Barton, Gent., to be Cornet, without purchase, vice O'Beirne, promoted. 4th Dragoon Guards—Augustus Gladwyn Churchill Inge, Gent., to be Cornet, without purchase Ist Dragoons—George Herbert Woodard, Gent., to be Cor net, without purchase, vice Marriott, appointed to 4th Dragoon Guards. 2d Dragoons—Thomas Hunt, Gent., to be Cornet, without purchase. 4th Light Dragoons—David Henry Doherty, Gent., to be Cornet, without purchase, vice Franklyn, appointed to Bth Light Dragoons. sth Light Dragoons—Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class, Henry Huish, M.D., to be Surgeon, vice Barron, who exchanges. 13th Light Dragoons—George Croft Huddleston, Gent., to be Comet, by purchase, vice Bush, promoted. 16th Light Dragoons—Cornet Mowbray Skeates, from half-pay late Transport Corps, to be Cornet, without purchase ; Moreton Eagle Harmar Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Skeates, who retires ; Thomas Francis Agg, Gent., to be Cornet, without purchase, vice Thos. Brown, appointed Riding Master. Royal Artillery—Brevet-Colonel Arthur Joseph Taylor to be Colonel, vice Hardinge, removed as a General 0 fficer ; Captain Robert Parker Radcliffe to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Taylor ; Brevet-Major Edward Moubray, from the Supernumerary List, to be Captain, vice Radcliffe; Brevet- Colonel George Maclean to be Colonel, vice Willis, removed as a General Officer; Brevet-Major Thomas Knox to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Maclean ; Se cond Captain Thomas Picton Warlow (Supernumerary) to be Captain; Second Captain Philip Bedingfeld to be Captain ' vice Knox; Lieutenant Francis Lyon to be Second Captain, vice Bedingfeld ; Brevet-Colonel Wm. Harrison Askwith (Supernumerary) to be Colonel ; Brevet-Colonel Franklyn Dunlop, C. 8., to be Colonel, vice Anderson, removed las a General Officer ; Captain Charles Wright Younghusband to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Dunlop ; Second Captain Richard Paget Campbell Jones to be Captain, vice • Younghusband ; Lieutenant Markham le Fer Taylor to be Second Captain, vice Jones; Assistant-Surgeon John Robinson, from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Taylor, appointed to the Staff. Royal Engineers—Lieut. Jno. Clayton Cowell to be Second Captain, vice Lambert, deceased. The date of the pro motion of Second Captain W. D. Marsh to be altered to Aug. 13 the date of the promotion of Second Captain. W. J. Stuart to be altered to Aug. 20. Ist Regiment of Foot—Captain Wm. Newcomen Watts, from the Ist West India Regiment, to be Captain, vice Brown, who exchanges lEnsign Clement John Sncyd, from the 2d Stafford Militia , to be Ensign, without pur chase, vice Lovekin, promoted in the Bth Foot. 2d Foot—To! be Captains, by purchase—Lieutenant Wm. Webber Martin, vice Lord Charles Edward Hay, who retires ; Lieutenant John Charles Tyrwhitt Drake, vice Squire, who retires. sth Foot—John J. Troup, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Holt, promoted. 6th Foot—Paymaster Allan McDonald, from the Royal South Down Militia, to be Paymaster, vice - Timbrell, placed on half pay. 7th Foot—Captain Richard Barter, from the 24th Foot, to be Captain, vice Disney, who exchanges; the Commis sion of Lieutenant G. 0. Lewis, as Adjutant, to bear date 11th August, 1858, instead of Ist October, 1858. 12th Foot—Lieut, John Lunan Wilkie to be Captain, by . . purchase, vice Studdert, who retires ; Ensign Lambeit John Robert Disney, from the 2d Staford Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Oliver, promoted. 14th Foot—The appointment of Lieutenant Henry Geldart Metcalfe, from the Royal North Lincoln Militia, to an Ensigncy without purchase, on the sth Oct., has been cancelled ; Lieutenant Henry' Metcalfe,. from the Royal North Lincoln Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Jackson, appointed to 86th Foot. 18th Foot—Major Oliver Barker D'Arcey, from half-pay Unattached, to be Major, vice Radcliff, promoted, with out purchase, to an Unattached Lieutenant-Colonelcy ; Lieutenant Thomas Durand Baker to be Captain, by purchase, vice Lousada, who retires. 21st Foot—Ensign George Gilmour, from Ist Foot, to bo Lieutenant, without purchase. 22d Foot—Lieutenant E. W. Bishop, from the 2d West India Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Fogo, who ex changes. 23d Foot—To be Lieutenants, by purchase—Ensign Fre derick Gerard, vice Blane, promoted ; Ensign Lorenzo George Lysons, vice Lewis, who retires ; Captain George Wildes, from the East Kent Militia , to be Ensign, with out purchase, vice Richards, promoted. 24th Foot—Captain Edgar John Disney, from 7th Foot, to be Captain, vice Barter, who exchanges. 27th Foot—Lieut. Henry B. Patton to be Captain, by pur chase, vice Barnes, who retires • Ensign A. ay to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Patton. 32d Foot—Ensign Timothy Morris to be Lieutenant, with out purchase; Lieut. Henry Sparke Stabb to be Adju tant, vice Thomson, killed in action. 42d Foot—Major Edward Ramsden Priestley to be Lieu tenant-Colonel, without purchase, vice Cameron, de ceased; Brevet-Major John Drysdale to be Major, with out purchase, vice Priestley ; Lieutenant Wm. Lawson to be Captain, without purchase, vice Drysdale. 50th Foot -= Ensign William Henry Wilson to be Lieute nant, without purchase, vice Murphy, deceased. 60th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon John Alexander Lamb, from the Staff, to be Assisfant-Surgeon, vice Stretton, de ceased. 81st Foot—Sergeant-Major Thomas Roers to be Ensign, without purdiase, in - succession to Lieutenant Hunter, promoted in 24th Foot. 84th Foot—To be Captains, without purchase—Lieutenant John Penton, vice Chute, deceased ; Lieutenant R. Torrens Pratt, vice Penton, whose promotion on 24th August, 1858, has been cancelled ; Lieutenant Robert Barry, vice Pratt, whose promotion on 10th September, 1850, has been cancelled. To be Lieutenants, without purchase—Ensign H. S. Jones, vice Penton, promoted ; Ensign George Benjamin Wolseley, vice Pratt, promoted; Ensign Charles Thomas Horan, vice Wolseley, whose promotion on 7th September, 1358, has been cancelled ; Ensign William Charles Driberg, vice Barry, promoted ; Ensign and Adjutant George Lambert, to have the rank of Lieutenant ; Ensign Seaton Ralph Forster, vice Dri berg, whoie promotion on 17th September, 1858, has been cancelled. The promotion, without purchase, on the 24th August, 1858, of Ensign H. S. Jones, has beencancelled. The promotion, without purchase, on the 10th Septem ber, 1851, of Ensign Charles Thomas Horan, has been cancelled. • 93d Foot—The Commission of Lieut. Fitz Roy . McPherson, as Adjutant, to bear date 16th April, 1851, instead of 2d July, 1858, as previously stated. 99th Foot—,Ensign Edward Beevor Batcheler to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice ,Molson, promoted. Rifle Brigade = Ensign W. G. Swinhoe to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice P. L. C. Phillips,dece ased ; En sign A. B. G. S. Hill to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Swinhoe, whose promotion, without purchase, on 7th Sept.,BsB, has been cancelled ; Ensign Alb er t Divett Rickman to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hill, whose promotion, by purchase, on 7th Sept. 1858, has been cancelled ; James Dunlop, Gent., to be Ensigi, without purchase, vice Travers, promoted ; Leopold Richard Seymour, Gent., to be Ensign, without par chase, vice Swinhoe. Ist West India Regiment—Captain J. M. Brown, from the Ist Foot, to be Captain, vice Watts, who exchanges; J. Bourke, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Mawe, promoted. 2d West India Regiment—Ensign S. T. Corrie to be Lieu tenant, without purchase, vice .De Yancey, deceased; Lieut. T. M. Fogo, from 22d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Bishop, who exciianges ; C. D'Obree Bowers, Gent., to be Ensign without purchase, vice Pierson, resigned. Ceylon Rifle Regiment—W. P. Hodnett, Gent., to be En sign, without purchase, vice Pinchard, promoted. UNATTACHED —Major William Radcliff, from the 18th Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase, HOSPITAL STAFF.—Surgeon Luke Barron, M.D., from the sth Light,Dragoons, to be Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class, vice Huish, who exchanges ; Assistant-Surgeon Arthur Henry Taylor, from the Royal Artillery, to - be Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces, vice Holton, promoted on the Staff. BREVET. Lieut.-Colonel Charles James Buchanan . Riddell, C B of the Royal Artillery, having completed three years' ser vice in his present rank, to be Colo ne l i n th e A rm y, un d er the Royal Warrant of 3d November, 18.54. Brevet-Major Henry Hope Crealock, 90th Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army. Brevet-Major G. A. Schomberg, of the Royal Marines, to be Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army. TO BE MAJORS IN THE ARMY. Captain C. R. Wriford, Ist Bengal European Fusiliers. Captain Hon. B. R. Pellew, Rifle Brigade. Captain Godfrey Clerk, Rifle Brigade, late of the Military Train. Captain P. C. Penrose, Royal Moines. Captain T. V. Cooke, Royal Marines. Captain J. C. D. Morrison, Royal Marines, Captain C. J. Ellis, Royal Marines., Second Captain, J. C. Cowell, Royal Engineers, to be Major in the Army. Quartermaster G. Oliphant, retired from half-pay, Royal Artillery, to have the honorary rank of Captain, under the Royal Warrant of Dec. 17, 1855. The undermentioned promotion to take place, conse quent on the death of Major-General Lord C. Wellesley : Brevet-Colonel 8.. F. Dalton Wilson, from half-pay, Un attached, to be Major-General. BREVET. TO BE LIEUTENANT-GENERALS IN THE ARMY. The undermentioned promotions to take place in accord ance with the Royal Warraut of the 14th October, 1858 Major-General, Sir W. R. Clayton, Bart., on half-pay Un attached. Major-General John Spink, Colonel of 2d Foot. Major-General Sir James Jackson, K.O 8., Colonel of the Preginwi. Major-General R. C. Mansell, Colonel of the 68th Foot. Major-General John Drummond. Major-General James Freeth, Colonel of the 64th Foot. Major-General Sir C. R. O'Donnell. Major-General John Leslie, Colonel of the 35th Foot. Major-General Robert_B. Coles, Colonel of the 65th Foot. Major-General E. P. Buckley. Major-General Sir Richard Doherty, Colonel of the 11th Foot. TO BE MAJOR-GENERALS IN THE ARMY. Colonel Samuel Brandram Boileau, from half-pay Unat- tached. Colonel the Honourable George F. Upton, C. 8., from tho Coldstream Guards. . Colonel the Honourable Arthur Alexander Daizell, from half-pay, as Inspecting Field Officer of Militia. Colonel Thomas Simson Pratt, C. 8., from half-pay, 26th _ Foot. Colonel Orlando Felix, from half-pay Unattached. Colonel W. N. Hutchinson, from half-pay Unattached. Colonel H. F. Lockyer, C.B , from 95th Foot. Colonel Simcoe Baynes, from half-pay Unattached. Colonel Montague Cholmondeley Johnstone, from 87th Foot. Colonel Frederick Meade, upon half-pay Unattached. Colonel William Frederick Foster, from half-pay Unat tached, Deputy Adjutant-General. Colonel Frederick Johnston, from half-pay Unattached. Colonel Albert Goldsmid, upon half-pay Unattached. Colonel Edward Macarthur, C. 8., from half-pay Unat- tached. Colonel J. D. Macdowall, from half-pay Unattached. Colonel J. Price Hely, upon half-pay Unattached. Colonel C. R. Bowers, upon half-pay I nattached. Colonel J. Arnand, upon half-pay Unattached. Colonel Frederick Towers, upon half-pay Unattached. Colonel Sir Robert Garrett, K.C.8., from half-pay 46th Foot. Colonel Richard Connop, upon half-pay Unattached. Colonel Thomas Molyneux Williams, upon half-pay tin- attached. Colonel-W. Nepean, upon half-pay Unattached. Colonel A. H. Trevor, from Inspecting Field-Officer of a Recruiting District.' Colonel R. R. Wilford Brett, from half-pay Unattached. Colonel W. Homes Dutton, upon half-pay 'Unattached. Colonel G. T. Earl of Albemarle, upon half-pay Unat- tached. Colonel G. T. Colomb, from half-pay Unattached, Com mandant Royal Hibernian Military School. Colonel F. N. Marquis of Conyngnam, K.P., upon half-pay Unattached. Colonel Sir Sydney J. Cotton, 8.C.8., from 10th Foot. Colonel Maurice Barlow, from half-pay Unattached. Colonel J. Napier Jackson, from the 99th Foot. Colonel Botet Trydell, from the 83d Foot. Colonel. John Clark, from half-pay Unattached, Comman dant, Royal Military Asylum. Colonel Redmond W. Brough, half-pay 2d Foot. Colonel Edward H. D. Elers Napier, from half-pay Unat 7 tached. Colonel Edward Harvey, from half-pay Unattached. Colonel James Robert Young, from half-pay sth Foot. Colonel John Michel, C. 8., from half-pay 98th Foot. Colonel Robert Percy Douglas, from half-pay Unattached, Inspector of Militia. Colonel Charles Crawfurd Hay, from half-pay Unattached, Commandant of the School of Musketry. Colonel William Longworth Dames, from 37th Foot. Colonel Charles Warren, C. 8., from half-pay 5 5 th Foot. Colonel G. A, Malcolm, from half-pay Unattached. Colonel R. H. Wynward, C. 8., from the 58th Foot. TO BE COLONELS IN THE ARMY. Lieut.-Colonel Rawdon J. Popham Vassall, Major on half pay Unattached. Lieut.-Colonel W. IL Adams, half-pay Unattached. Lieut,-Colonel Alex. Houstoun, half-pay 4th Foot, Staff Officer of Pensioners. Lieut.-Colonel John De Lacy, half-pay Unattached. Lieut.-Colonel R. Chetwode, half-pay 3d Dragoon Guards. Lieut.-Colonel John P. We stropp, half-pay Unattached. Lieut.-Colonel George M. Reeves, 99th Foot. Lieut.-Colonel E. C. Fletcher, half-pay 3d Dragoon Guards. Lieut.-Colonel Burton Daveney, Ist Foot. Lieut.-Colonel Edward Bagot, half-pay Unattached. Lieut.-Colonel James Patience, 65th Foot. Lieut.-Colonel James Scargill, half-pay Unattached. Lieut.-Colonel Robert Lewis half-pay Unattached. Lieut.-Colonel Samuel Tryon, half-pay Unattached. Lieut.-Colonel Oliver D. Ainsworth, half-pay Unattached. Lieut.-Colonel Thomas Ogilvy, 2d Life Guards. Lieut. Colonel J. A. Udny, h:-p. 62d Foot. Lieut.-Colonel Graves C. Swan, half-pay Unattached. Lieut.-Colonel G. W. Fordyce-Buchan, h.-p. Unattached. Lieut.-Colonel J. H. E. Dalrymple Scots Fusilier Guards. Lieut.-Colonel Arthur Home, 13th Foot. Lieut.-Colonel John Armstrong, Cape Mounted Riflemen. Lieut.-Colonel Edward Alan Holdich, C. 8., 20th Foot. Lieut.-Colonel Walter D. P. Patton, 74th Foot. Lieut.-Colonel W. Bernard Ainslie, C. 8., half-pay, Un attached. Lieut.-Colonel S. T. Christie, 80th Foot. Lieut.-Colonel William Mark Wood, Coldstream Guards. Lieut.-Colonel Henry Percival De Bathe, Scots Fusilier Guards. Lieut.-Colonel Robert Sanders, C. 8., half-pay, 19th Foot. The following officers, who have been already promoted to the rank of Colonel, under the Royal Warrant of 6th October, 1854, to have their Commissions antedated to 28th November, 1854, in accordance with the 14th clause of the Royal Warrant, of 14th October, 1858 : Colonel John Garvock, half-pay Unattached, Assistant Quartermaster-General, Ceylon. Colonel E. W. W. Passy, half-pay Depot Battalion. Colonel Hon. Alexander Gordon, C. 8., half-pay Unat tached, Deputy Quartermaster-General. Colonel Corbet Cotton, half-pay Unattached, Assistant Ad jutant-General of Cavalry. Colonel Matthew Smith, 81st Foot. Colonel Henry Bates, 98th Foot. Colonel Augustus G. Blachford, 24th Foot. Colonel Charles Tyrwhitt, half-pay Unattached. Colonel F. Seymour, C.B. Scots Fusilier Guards. Colonel C. R. S. Lord West, C. 8., half-pay Depot Bat talion. Colonel F. P. Haines, half-pay Unattached. Colonel John A. Lambert, Grenadier Guards. Colonel Henry Phipps Raymond, Depot Battalion. Colonel the Hon. H. H. M. Percy, Grenadier Guards, Aide-de-Camp to the Queen. Colonel W. C. E. Napier ' Major and Superintendent of Studies, Royal Military College. Colonel Charles A. Arney, half-pay Unattached. Colonel T. M. Biddulph, half-pay Unattached. Colonel T. M. Steele, C. 8., Coldstream Guards, Aide-de- Camp to the Queen. Colonel V. Y. Donaldson, half-pay Unattached. Colonel John Macphail, half-pay 7th Light Dragoons. Colonel William Chambre, half-pay Unattached. Colonel Hon. A. C. Legge, half-pay Unattached. Colonel William Long s half-pay 9th Foot. Colonel Melville Dalyell, half-pay Unattached. Colonel John Birtwhistle, half-pay Unattached. Colonel James Algeo, half-pay - Unattached. Colonel James Creagh, 86th Foot. olonel Henry Sykes Stephens, half-pay Unattached. Colonel Charles Barry, half-pay Unattached. Colonel John M'Queen, half-pay Unattached. Colonel Samuel Weymouth, half-pay Unattached. Colonel Charles Smith, half-pay Unattached. Colonel Francis Westenra, half-pay Unattached. Colonel Edgar Gibson, half-pay unattached. Colonel Edward Last, 21st Foot. Colonel Leonard Morse Cooper, half-pay , Unattached. Colonel Charles Wise, half-pay Unattached. Colonel F. Plunkett Dunne, half-pay . Unattached. Colonel G. W. Francklyn, Depot Battalion. Colonel John Knight Jauncey, half-pay Unattached. Colonel Charles R. Raitt, half-pay Unattached. Colonel George H. Smith, 73d Foot. Colonel G. Clarke, half-pay Unattached. COlonel Robert Shafto Vicars, half-pay Unattached. Colonel William Cockell, 16th Foot. 'Colonel J. P. Sparks, C. 8., 38th Foot. Colonel R. H. Lowth, C. 8., 86th Foot. Colonel Thomas Williams, C. 8., 4th Foot. Colonel R. Wilbraham, _C.B. half-pay Unattached. Colonel William Irwin, Depot Battalion. Colonel N. M. Stack, Depot Battalion. Colonel Frank Adams, C. 8., 28th Foot. Colonel J. R. Brunker, half-pay Unattached. Colonel Henry D. Griffith, C. 8., 2d Dragoons, Aide-de- Camp to the Queen. Colonel Charles Edmund Doherty, 14th Light Dragoons. Colonel Andrew Spottiswoode, Ist Dragoon Guards. Colonel James W. Smith, C. 8., half-pay Unattached, Aide de-Camp to the Queen. Colonel C. Henry Somerset, C. 8., 72d Foot. Colonel Luke Smith O'Connor, Ist West India Regiment, Governor of the Gambia. Colonel John.. Yorke, C. 8., half-pay Unattached. Colonel F. Darley George, C. 8., half-pay Unattached. Colonel Henry Dunn O'Halloran, Ist West India Regi ment. Colonel Daniel Rainier, 98th Foot. Colonel John D. Dyson, 3d Dragoon Guards. Colonel H. H. Graham, C. 8., 59th Foot. Colonel 'Henry Benny, 81st Foot. Colonel Georga Campbell, C. 8 .2 52d Foot. Colonel Frederick George A. Pinckney, C. 8., 73d Foot. Colonel John J. Bissett, Cape Mounted Riflemen. Colonel W. F. Bedford, 60th Foot. Colonel R. Newton Phillips, Depot Battalion of Chatham. Colonel Alfred H. Horsford, C. 8., Rifle Brigade. Colonel G. J. Carey, Cape Mounted Riflemen. Colonel Hon. P. E. Herbert, C.B. 82d Foot,Aide-de-Camp to the Queen. Colonel Arthur Borton, C. 8., 9th FoOt. Colonel Stanhope W. Jephson, 2d Foot. Colonel George Monkland, 74th Foot. Colonel David E. Mackirdy, 69th Foot. Colonel :T. Studholme Brownrigg, C. 8., half-pay Unat tached, Deputy Quartermaster-General, Ireland. Colonel M'Murdo, C. 8., Commandant, Military Train, Aide-de-Camp to the Queen. Colonel William Munro, C. 8., 39th Foot. Colonel A. C. Errington, 51st Foot. Colonel C. A. Edwards, C. 8., 18th Foot. Colonel Benjamin Riky, 48th Foot. Colonel Henry Smyth, C. 8., 68th Foot. Colonel Lord Mark, C. 8., 13th Foot. Colonel Stephen John Hill, half-pay, 2d West India Regi ment, Captain-General and Governor-in-Chief of Sierra Leone. Colonel John H. Stewart, 29th Foot. Colonel H. W. Whitfeild, 2d West India Regiment. Colonel John Wilkie, 10th Light Dragoons. Colonel Richard Waddy t C.B., 50th Foot. Colonel Thomas H. Tidy,. half-pay 14th Foot, Deputy- Adjutant-General, Jamaica. Colonel R. H. R. Howard Vyse, Royal Horse Guards. Colonel Thomas W. E. Holdsworth, half-pay 2d Foot, Deputy Quartermaster -General, North America. Colonel Edmund Haythorne, Ist Foot. Colonel Thomas Brooke, 12th Foot. Colonel U. Williamson, 27th Foot. Colonel H. D. White, C. 8., half-pay Unattached. • The undermentioned officers of the Royal Artillery, to be Major-Generals, under the Royal Warrant of 14th October, 1858 : Colonel Richard Hardinge, vice Sir R. J. Dacres, placed OR the Supernumerary List. Colonel Browne Willis, vice Sir W. F. Williams, placed on the Supernumerary List. Colonel William Cochrane Anderson, vice J. E. Dupuis, placed on the Supernumerary List. The undermentioned officers, of the Royal Artillery and Royal Engineers, who held the ran k o f Li eutenant-Colonel prior to the 20th June, 1854, to be promoted to the rank of Colonel in the Army ; their Commissions to bear date 28th November, 1854, under the Royal Warrant of 14th Octo ber, 1854: Colonel Thomas Peters Flude, Royal Artillery. Colonel Charles William Wingfield Royal Artillery. Colonel Ale xan d er T ulloh, Royal Artillery. Colonel Henry Poole, Royal Artillery. Colonel Henry George Teesdale, Royal Artillery. C ,lonel Noel Thomai Lake, C. 8., Royal Artillery. Colonel Piercy Benn, Royal Artillery. C)lonel Ashton Ashton Shuttleworth, Royal Artillery. C )lonel John Hay, Royal Artillery. C ilonel Henry Josepb.lforris, Royal Artil lery. Colonel John McCoy, Royal Artillery. 049114 i9A Wray Xitchell, AtT4 &Worn Colonel Robert Fitzgerald Crawford, Royal 1 I.rtillery• Colonel John St. George, C. 8., Royal Arlin( ry. Colonel Wm. Robert Nedham, Royal Artille . y. Colonel Edward Charles Warde, C. 8., Royal t Artillery. Colonel John Wm. Ormsby, Royal Artillery. Colonel Montgomery Williams, Royal Engia eers. Colonel Alexander Gordon, Royal Engineers . Colonel Cowper Rose, Royal Engineers. Colonel William Biddlecomb Marlow, Royal Engineers' Colonel Benjamin Spicer Stehelin, Royal Engineers. Brevet-Colonel John Walpole, Royal Enginiciers. Brevet-Colonel Henry Servante, Royal Engineers. Brevet-Colonel Henry Owen Crawley, Royal Enginetre - Brevet-Colonel John Twiss, Royal Engineers. Lieut.-Colonel Edward Frome, Royal Engineers. Brevet-Colonel Chas. Edmund Wilkinson, Royal Engineer' Brevet-Colonel Wet. Turnbull Renwick, Royal Engineers' Brevet-Colonel Arthur Joseph Taylor, Royal Artillery. Brevet-Colonel George Maclean, Royal Artillery. COMMISSIONS BY LARDS LIEUTENANT. Royal Mid-Lothian Yeomanry Cai - alry.—Andre Inglis, Gent., to be Comet, vice Walker, re signed. t Kent Militia Regiment of Artillery.—Flrst Lieutenta l , Charles Beauclerk to be Captain, vice Malcolm, resigned' Second Lieutenant Charles Robert Flete,hilr Lutwidge 0 be First Lieutenant, vice Stannard, resigned . 6th Regiment of West York Militia—Charles Kill! Gent., to be Ensign. Bedfordshire Regiment of Militia—Lieut F. F. R. Morgan to be Captain, vice Newland, resigned. Oxfordshire Regiment of Militia—Lieutei cant Nicholas Gifford to be Captain, vice Dewar, resigned ,; Lieut. Thee- Frederick Bulkeley to be Captain, vice Holloway, appointe d Paymaster ; Ensign Edward Trevor Arney, to be Lieute nant, vice Gifford, promoted; Ensign Samuel Perry to be Lieutenant, vice Bulkeley, promoted. MEMORANDUM.—The appointment of Mr. Henry Hiffernan as Ensign in the 3d Regiment (Light InfantrY) of West York Militia, has been cancelled. Leicester Militia—Her Majesty has been pleased to o prove of resignation, by y n n t s iige n a tt o o v b e ert re : im urz enT , of tal BANKRUPTCIES ANNULLED. William Shaw, ironmonger, London-road, Liverpool. Mary Gowland and George G ow l an d, n a u ti ca l - install' ment makers, Liverpool. BANKRUPTS. Thomas Kemp, corn merchant, Loose, Kent, to surr etv, der, Nov. 5, at two, and Dec. 10, at twelve, at the Court , 01 Bankruptcy. Joshua Hill, builder, Fairfield, near Liverpool, Nov. ' and 30, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Edwin Collins, gardener, Old Kent-road, Nov. 5, at eleven, and Dec. 10, at half-past eleven, at the Court 411 Bankruptcy. William Gun Mahon, bill broker, 41, Upper Berkeley"' street West, Connaught-square, Nov. 6, at one, and Der. 10, at eleven at the Court of Bankruptcy. William Mills, watchmaker, Tamworth, Nov. 12 and,. Dec. 3, at half-past eleven, at th e Bi rm i ng h am Distri ct Court. Edward Himn Bunting, draper, Wells, Norfolk, Nov.- 6 ; at half-past twelve, and Dec. 7, at twelve, at the Court Bankruptc M y. Lydia cLellan, innkeeper, Llandudno, Carnarvonshire; Nov. 8, at twelve, and Nov. 29, at eleven, at-the Liverpoo District Court. John Boxell, commission agent, Hephzibah-terr see; Grange-road, Dalston, Nov. 4, at half-past twelve, an Dec. 9, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. George Holden, sen., and Geo. Holden, jun., pencil manufacturers, Manchester, Nov. 10, and Dec. 6, at ten, ir the Birmingham District Court. SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. Alexander Burns, grocer and spirit dealer, Airdrie. James Holm, sen., farmer, residing at Park, Kilmalcob* James Holm, jun., farmer, East Kilbride, Kilmalcolra. Kerr, Whitehead, and Company, merchants, Glasgow. John Blackie, spirit merchant, Edinburgh. Neil Campbell Duff, provision merchant, Edinburgh. William, Fraser, innkeeper, Houston and Kil Renfrewshire. COUNTR.Y MARKETS.- LIVERPOOL—OcT. 22. To-day there was a fair attendance of the town and country trade ; however, scarcely any disposition to bor wheat or flour was evinced, and except for the finest sortff prices were decidedly lower. Oats, with a slow sale, barell maintained their value, while oatmeal' was 3d to 6d per 100 lower on the week. Barley was without change in value, but peas, beans, and Indian corn must be quoted about le per qr. lower, and the sale very limited. SUNDERLA . TD-0 CT. 23. - - -- --- The market to-day continues much the same as -las t week, with a small supply, at the following prices : Wheat —4OB to 44s Oats.... 26s to 361 White .43s to 47s Beans 40s to 46 5 Barley .30s to 32s Peas .... 38s to 4 05 Flour, 30s to 32s Od per sack. LEEDS-OCT. 26. 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 beano in favour of the buyer Averages for the week : Wheat 3,255 qrs., at 43s 81d Oats 56 ~ 22s 3 R Bans 99 „ 4ls 10d Peas Arrivals this week : Wheat . Oats Barley Beans . . 5,234 qrs. 576 76 Rapeseed Linseed 1 355 352 BRIST 0 L-0 CT. 26. Wheat sold in retail at last week's prices. Barley wa s neglected, distillers refusing to pay within is of the rat of this day week. Oats were dull, and beans were 6d to cheaper. SHEFFIELD—Ocr. 26. There is a fair quantity of wheat on offer here to-daY: The wheat trade is dull; fine white maintains its price, but for other sorts the demand is very limited, and where sales are pressed lower prices must be taken. Barley, with the exception of a few very choice parcels, must be noted is per qr. cheaper. Beans, 6d lower. White wheat, new, 16s to 20s Barley, grinding.. 28s to 3 25 Red do. lss to 17s Oats, old, 24s to 30e Old white l6s to 21s New do —s to - -41 Red do.. 15s to 18s Beans. 4Ss to -- -8 I Barley, malting.... 33 s t o 36s Peas.. —s to - - ' ll Millers' prices for flour--Is sd, is 7d, and is 9d per 141 b. Hay, 80s to 90s ; wheat stra to 408; turnips, 14s to los per m, 28s to 38s ; oat straw, 35s ton. RICHMOND—OcT. 23. The following were the quotations this morning :—Red wheat, 5s Od to 5s 6d ; whit e , 5 s Od t o 5 8 6d ; b ar l ey 4 8 to 4s 6d; oats, 2s 9d to 4s Od. NORWICH CATTLE—OcT. 23. There was a large show of store beasts to-day, consisting of Scots, shorthorns, Irish, and Devons. Sales were veil dull. The selling price for Scots was 4s to 4s 6d ; short horns, 3s 6d to 4s 6d ; Irish, 3s to 3s 6d per stone of 14110. estimated weight when fat. Fat beasts firm at 7e to 7s 6d per stone. _ _ Sheep—Fat sheep, 8s to 8s 6d, prime lots 9s per stone. Pigs—Good store pigs, 18s to 25s per head. Fat pork, 6s to 6s 6d, prime 6s 9d per stone. LOCAL SHARE MARKETS. LtvEßroop-0 CT. 26. The market was flat all day. Rates of continuation rather higher. Eastern Counties, -12 7-16 Chester and Holyhead, 371 B—Caledonians, 84 5/ Lancashire and Yorkshire, 95 I—London and North-Westerns, 90 Sheffield, 351 i—ltlidlancb. .9.71 i—North British, 67 Berwicks, 91 I —York and North Midland, 77 i—Leeds Northern, 47 B—Dowers, 22 3-16 4—Dutch Rhenish, 4k 4 dis.—Grand Trunk of Canada, 9 7'16 9-16—Great Western of Canada, 18 k—Birkenheads, 661 7—Blackburns, Ilk Great Western, 551 i-_--East Lancashire, 93 4. MANCHESTER-OCT. 26. The market was dull; and prices rather easier. North British, 571—Londons, 901--Sheffield Preference, 1201-- Chester Guaranteed Five per Cent. P re f erence , 10•Dovers, 22 5-16 i—East Lancashire • Fifths, 51 9-16--Sheffield, £ 6 Preference, 9-16 p. '' • B/RMINGIiAM—Ocr. 26. The closing prices in this market to-day were—Midlands, 97I—Birmingham and Derbys, 70—Midland 6 per Cents., 140—Birmiugham and Stour Valleys, 7} --Birmingham Canals were dealt in at 9 4 ; and Birmingham Waterworks shares at 7 prem. • • • BIRTHS. BAKER.—On the 26th inat:, .the wife of Charl es J. B a ker, Esq., of 2, Bloomsbury-place, of a'daughter. BOUSTEAD.—On the 25th inst., .at 34, Craven-street, the wife of John Boustead, jun., Esq., of a son. BRASSEY.-0/1 the 25th inst., at Stoke Newington, Mrs. Frederic Brassey, of a daughter. OWEN.—On the 25th inst.; at Lansdowne-place, Brighton, the wife of the Rev. John Owen, of a son. MARRIAGES. COCKE LL.. -- NOYES.—On the 23d inst., at St. Philip's Church, Dalston ' William Cockell, Esq., of her Majesty's Inland Revenue Office, to Caroline Rogers, the youngest daughter of Thos. Noyes, Esq., of Dalston. MITCHELL.—GonDoN.-- 7 0n the 23d inst., at Tunbridge" wells, Alexander Oswald Mitchell, Esq., to Isabella Oswald Haldane, second surviving daughter of the late James F. Gordon, Esq D AT S, BREWStER.—On suddenly, Mr. Walker Brewster. of Stanley Villas, New Brompton, formerly of 48, New Bond-street, aged 74. Bmszow.—On the 25th inst., at Beddington, Surrey, IV- Bristow, Esq., aged 98. BOWDEN.—On the 23d inst., suddenly, John S. Bowden, Esq., of Marland, near Wellington, late of 66, Alderman bury, aged 73. BUTLER.—On the 20th inst., at Marseilles, the Hon. Sir Edward Butler, aged 46. COLLETTE.—On the 23d inst., at Nice, Major-General J. H. Collette, H.E.1.C.5., one of the last surviving officers present at the siege of Seringapatam and battle of Assaye, aged 78. REEVE.—On the 20th inst., at Bulby House, Lincolnshire, Frances Wilhelmina, wife of Lieut.• Col. John Reeve, late Grenadier Guards, aged 26. TOWGOOD.—On the 24th inst., Lieut.-Colonel Towgood, of Arborfield, near Reading, 35th Bengal Native In fantry. 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