The Sun. — London, England, 1859-11-12 00:00:00

IHB NAVY. The whole of the preparations for the launch of the Victoria three-decker this day at Portsmouth and for the accommodation of her Majesty and the public on the occasion were nearly completed yes terday. The final measures preparatory to the latinch were taken at three a.m. yesterday, when a body of shipwrights, labourers, &c., were ordered to be in attendance for the purpose of (under the superintendence of the master builder, Mr. Abethell) " setting up" the ship on her "ways," knocking away the shores, &c. The staging erected at the ship's bows represents the half of an octagon, with a raised platform in the centre for the use of the Queen and the Royal family during the cerempny. Raised tiers of standing places afford room for 1,000 persons ; seats have been dispensed with on this occasion, both as a mark of re spect to Royalty and as a means of affording room for as large a number of spectators as pos sible, at the point of greatest interest. The Royal entrance is in the centre of the building, opening into a small reception room suitably fur nished and decorated, thence an easy ascent of 12 steps leads on to the platform at the bows of the vessel, which will be covered with a rich carpet and the necessary drapery and other ornaments. From this platform the ship will be named. The Queen, with his Royal Highness the Prince Consort and the members of the Royal family, will arrive in the dockyard in the Royal train, entering by the eastern gate, as stated in The Sun of Thursday, and will alight on a temporary platform erected for the pur pose opposite the new foundry, and alongside the dock in which is the Bacchante, 51, screw. Car riages will be in attendance, and the Royal party will at once proceed across the caisson of No. 7 Dock, past the steam factory, and along the north wall to the entrance of the building. At the con clusion of the launch her Majesty and suite will proceed to the Admiralty house, the residence of the Commander-in-Chief, Admiral W. Bowles, C. 8., where, after partaking of luncheon, the aug ust party will proceed to the train, retu r ning by the same route by which they arrived. Some uncer tainty prevailed as to the precise time of the ar rival of her Majesty, and a rumour was current in the town last evening, which, however, had nsit been confirmed in any official way at the time our parcel left, that her Majesty would not after all be present on the occasion, but that the Princess Fre derick William would be delegated to represent her Majesty. The Lords of the Admiralty were to ar rive in Portsmouth last evening, and the necessary accommodation had been prepared for their lord ships on board the Osborne, which has been moored off the King's Stairs for the purpose. The Royal servants and carriages arrived in the town by rail yesterday. The mayor and corporation will be pre sent. In addition to the space provided for the public at the bows of the ship ample room has been made for the accommodation of some thousands of people on each side of the ship, as also in galleries erected on the port side of the Duncan, building in the adjoining shed. The ships reraaining in Portland harbour are—the Royal Albert, 131 ; the Hero, 91; the Aboukir, 91 ; the Mars, 81 ; the Blenheim, 61 ; the Mersey, 40 the Emerald,sl • and the Melpomene, 51. - The screw steamship Trafalgar, 91, from Port land, arrived in Plymouth Sound yesterday morn ing. The Algiers, 91, screw, Capt. G. D. O'Callaghan, arrived at Spithead from Portland yesterday. The Sprightly paddle steamer, Master-Com mander Allen, arrived at Portsmouth yesterday from Cherbourg. The Prussian man-of-war schooner Frauenlob arrived at Spithead yesterday from Dantsic for China and Japan. The Lancashire Witch, with the families of sol diers in the East, left Plymouth Sound mi Thurs day for Bombay. The transport Dartmouth, with 'military, from London for Calcutta, was off Plymouth on Thurs day morning. All well. Capt. Glanville, of the screw steamship Donegal, 101, in Hamoaze, Plymouth, was sufficiently re covered from his severe illness to be landed on Wed nesday. Capt. Broadhead has succeeded to the command, and on Thursday sent up lower yards and topmasts. The screw steamship Diadem, 32, Capt. Cock. burn, left Plymouth on Thursday, under canvas, for Portland. While in the Sound John Bottin, able seaman, belonging to the foretop, dropped from the futtock rigging, and, cutting his head while falling, went overboard. Mr. Curtis, the boat swain, and another man immediately jumped in and saved their comrade. Mr. Stoddart, recently appointed Assist.-Snrg. to the apprentices' brig Nautilus, at Plymouth, died suddenly on Wednesday evening last while proceed ing from the mess-room in the Royal Naval Hos pital, Stenehouse, to his lodgings. The screw steamsloop Jason, 21, having been christened by Lady Parker, the youngest daughter of the Earl of Morley, was launched at Devonport on Thursday. A deputation, introduced by Mr. Crawford, M.P. composed of Messrs. F. P. Stringer, Willi am De Watts and W. H. Challis, had an -interview with the First Lord of the Admiralty and Lord C. Paget yesterday, with reference to the supply of coals to the Royal Navy being made by public tender. In all the departments at Chatham Dockyard the utmost activity now prevails, the mechanics em ployed in the smithery, metal-mills, and saw-mills working extra hours in order to complete the works ordered in connection with the several ships of war now building at Chatham, and to furnish the other dockyards with the necessary articles that may be required. The ship-building department is also exceedingly active, there being three line of-battle ships and two 51-gun frigates, besides other smaller vessels, now in hand, in addition to which two large first-class ships are ordered to be commenced as soon as there are vacant slips on which they can be laid down. Seve ral extra shipwrights are still required to complete the additional number ordered to be entered at the establishment, and yesterday a number of addi tional convicts arrived by railway from London, at an early hour, for the purpose of being employed in Chatham Dockyard with the convicts who are already engaged in forced labour at that establish ment. Mr. Ward, patentee of the Ocean Marine Tele graph, yesterday returnzd. to Woolwich from Paris, having succeeded in exhibiting his apparatus to the satistiction of -the Marine authorities in France. Three sets of his signal flags, adjusted to the pre sent codes, have been received from America by the Commodore Superintendent for making experi ments at sea, by order of the Lords of the Admi ralty. Lieut. T. Ward, of the gunnery ship Ex cellent, and Mr. Spry, master gunner of the Cam bridge, in charge of 15 seamen gunners, yesterday returned to Woolwich from Shoeburyness, having terminated a course of experimental firing with the 80 and 40 pound Armstrong guns, intended for ser vice on board her Majesty's screw steamvessel Wrangler. Her Majesty's paddlewheel steamsloop Ardent, Commander Parish, yesterday left Woolwich for Green hithe, to adjust compasses, in readiness for departure on service on the West Coast of Africa. The gunboat Ruby, of 60 orse-power, sailed yesterday likewise, to be swung at Greenhithe, in preparation for sea. The following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty :—Thomas Hamilton, acting assistant-surgeon, to the T r afal gar ; Robert J. 11 , 1‘Morris, acting assistant-surgeon, to the Donegal; George Kent, chief engineer, to the Hydra; Wm. Holland, first-class assistant-engineer, to the En counter, on promotion ; John W. Smith, acting first-class assistant-engineer, to the Cumberland, from the Wrangler; Robert Bacon, second-class assistant-engineer, to the Inflexible; Ed war d Brown, second-class assistant-engineer, to the Partridge ; Donald Sinclair, acting third-class assis tant-engineer, to the Hydra; Charles Ware, third class assistant-engineer, to the Partridge. THE ARMY. The Commander-in- Chief has ordered that a 2d battalion fo r the 25th Regiment (the King's Own Borderers) is to be formed immediately. On Thursday after noon 243 men, b e l ong i ng to her M a j esty ' s Indian forces, arrived at Tilbary Fort from Warley b arracks. t They embarked on board the chartered troo pship Gloriana, at Gravesend, for Calcutta. and s k c y onsisted of Indian ' ar tillery, infantry, •, they g o (!inntiltoenjgoainl. the service companies of their d cor ps The ship left the Thames yest er d ay. The following general orders er were ay r ?r t esterday re ceived at Woolwich from the Admiralt y, R. Wesley, Deputy Adjt.-Gen. of the a Royal Ma rines :—The following appointments have t a k en place in the Corps of Royal Marines, dated the Ist inst., consequent on the formation of the Artillery division of the corps mentioned in her. Majesty's order in Council of the 22d ult :—Brevet-Major Joseph Edward Wilson Lawrence to be Paymaster of the Artillery division; Capt. Thos. Quin Mende to be Barrack-Master of the Artillery division. The above mentioned officers have been placed on the half-pay list of their rank accordingly. First Lieut. Edward: Confzreve Langley Durnford to be Adjt. of the Artillery division. A commission dated the Ist Nov. will be laid before the Queen appointing the undermentioned Sergeant-Major to. be Quartermas ter in the corps of Royal Marines—viz., Ser geant-Major Wm. Healey, of the Artillery eompa nies, to be Quartermaster,aud appointed to the Artil- ' lery division, under the order in Council of the 22d ult. The following promotions and appointments have likewise taken place according to orders dated the Bth of November. namely :—Capt. John...Poore, of the Plymouth division, appointed to the Artillery division, vice Lawrence, appointed to half-pay ; Capt. Henry Hewett of the Plymouth division, ap pointed to the Artillery division, vice Meade, ap pointed to half-pay; First Lieut. William Taylor, of the Chatham division, to be Captain, and ap pointed to the Plymouth division, vice Poore; First Lent. Horatio Nelson Charles Blankley, of the Plymouth division, to be Captain, and appointed to the Portsmouth division, vice Hewett ; Second Lieut. Jacob Mortimer Wier Silver, of the Ply mouth division, to be First Limit., and appointed to the Chatham division, vice Taylor, promoted ; Second Lieut. James Weir Inglis, of the Woolwich division, to be First Lieut., and appointed to the Plymouth division, vice Blankley, promoted ; Second Lieut. Corry Beverley Smith, of the Artillery divi sion, to be First Lent. of the Artillery division, and appointed to that division, vice Durnford, ap pointed Adjutant. Brevet -Major William C. P. Elliott, recently invalided home from service in the Renown, is appointed on the recruiting staff at Pontefract, to relieve Capt. A. Ellis, first on the list for service afloat. The Tower Hamlets or King's Own Light In fantry Militia disembarked from the Urgent screw troopship yesterday, at Portsmoath, and proceeded by special train for Aldershott. THE VOLUNTEERS AT THE SC !IOOL OF MUSKETRY. Yesterday the members of the various Volunteer Corps now at the School of Musketry, Hythe, as sembled to show the final result of their individual practice. The Earl of Ripon, Under Secretary for War, who has devoted great attention to the prin ciples and details connected with the organisation of the Volunteer Rifle Corps, came down from Lon don to witness the practice, accompanied by Major-General Douglas, Inspector-General of Militia. The result of the practice was most satis factory, and the Volunteers throughout the king dom may derive great encouragement from the suc cess of the first detachments which have placed themselves under the skilful and admirable course of instruction carried out at the School of Instruc tion under the vigilant superintendence of Major- General Hay. The Volunteers commenced target practice at about 9 o'clock. The day was fine, but was in some respects unfavourable for the firing. The wind which swept across the shingle was not only cold enough to benumb the marksmen, but was high enough to divert the course of the bullet's and to render accuracy of aim extremely difficult at long distances with tke weapon employed—the Enfield rifle. The Volunteers are divided into three classes, and the present was the third or last period of indi vidual shooting which was to determine their merit in this branch of instruction. The third class, com prising only six members, fired at distances between 150 and 300 yards at a target Oft. by 4ft. The second class, 41 in number, comprising among them Earl Cowper, Lord Radstock, Lord Elcho, &c., fired at distances of 400 and 600 yards at a target 6ft. by Bft. The first class, numbering 20, fired at distances between 650 and 900 yards at a target Eft. by.l2ft. The interest of the practice mainly centred in the first class, who are the best marksmen and who competed for three prizes. Some excellent shots were made, but at 800 yards the force of the wind was so great that the marksmen were obliged to aim at a point from 16 to 20 ft. distant from the bull's-eye. The first prize was won by Mr. Field er, of the South Middlesex Volunteers, who exhibited remarkable skill with his rifle, and scored the large number of 13 points out of 20 shots. The competi tion for the second prize was well kept up until dusk, when victory declared fer Capt. Mackenzie, of the London Scots Volunteers, who made 7 points The third prize was gained by Lieut. Wilbraham, sth Cheshire, who also made 7 points. The first prize. a Whitworth rifle with case, and all the ap pliances for cleaning and keeping it in order, was subscribed for by the members, and shows the esti mation in which Mr. Whitworth's invention is held by the members of the volunteer corps now at Hythe. Mr. Whitworth, who was present at the firing, was invited to attend some experimental - trials with his rifle at distances of 1,200 yards and upwards, which it was proposed to commence this morning. It is worthy of remark that the winner of the first prize, although accustomed to shooting, has not been in the habit of firing at distances exceeding 100 yards. One gentleman in the first class, who has attained a high degree of proficiency, never fired a ' ball cartridge before coming to Hythe. These and other instances of progress seem to show that if our English volunteers bring to their target-practice the same steadiness, perseverance, and intelligence which have distinguished the gen tlemen who have at their own exp-inse sought instruction at the School of Musketry, they will form a most efficient force for the defence of the country against invasion. As the volunteers only remain about 10 days at Hythe it is doubtful whether they w ill be qualified to impart instruction to their respective corps on their return home ; but they will at least be enabled to assure their comrades that accuracy of aim at distances of 500 to 700 yards is attainable by almost every man who will give a little time and patience to the work. If England possessed 100,000 drilled volunteers, who could fire with the precision of the gentlemen as sembled at Hythe yesterday, she might laugh to scorn the threat of an invasion. The volunteers presented a somewhat motley ap pearance from the diversity in the colour of their uniforms and facings. As each corps decides upon its own tubiform, and pays for it, a large margin is left for taste and caprice. Thus, while one regiment selects dark green, another hits upon a light gray, and a third throws in a few scarlet trimmings, or a profusion of black braid, to gratify the aesthetic tastes of its members. Perhaps the most hopeful feature about the display yesterday was that the ma jority of the volunteers wore no uniform at all, the corps to which they have attached themselves not having yet determined upon the colour and pattern of their clothing. The present, therefore, seems a suitable moment for suggesting that the fittest colour for volunteer rifle corps has yet to be recognised and decided u pan. Major-General Hay, in order to bring the question to the test of experiment, re quested Lord Elcho and Lord Radstock, who wore gray uniforms, and three or four volunteers who wore dark green, to form in line and march 300 or 400 yards upon the shingle in a westerly direction. They complied, and the superiority of the gray uni form was immediately observable. While the green uniform stood out as a sharply-defined black object against the horizon, the gray dress of Lord Elcho was scarcely distinguishable, and seemed to fade away in space. His lordship's uniform appeared to be not only the most useful and serviceable of any upon the ground, but also the most economical. The tunic or blouse, upon the pattern of that adopted in lieu of the shell-jacket for the regular army, per mits the most unconstrained motion of the arms. The trousers are of peg-top shape, confined at the knees by waterproof gaiters. The greatcoat, which like the blouse and trousers is of gray serge, has a hood, which may either protect the head against cold or do duty as a cape upon the shoulders. Lord Radstock's uniform was admitted to be next in merit to Lord Elcho's. It is gray, but is disfigured rather than ornamented by a profusion of black braid, which offers a mark for an enemy's rifle. The question of the best col air for a rifle uniform would appear to be one which ought not to be left to the inexperience of volunteers, but upon which they have a right to expect the counsel of great military authorities. One thing appeared clear from the ex periment made yesterday, that if volunteer corps clad in gray and green respectively are ever bri gaded together, the green uniforms will attract the whole of an enemy's fire, whether from artillery or rifles, from the greater distinctness of the mark they will present for his aim. Volunteer corps will also do well to take care not to purchase an inferior Enfield rifle instend of the Government regulation rifle, which is being rapidly supplied to them. There is reason to believe that some gunmakers are supplying an inferior rifle to private order, and that workmen find it more lucra tive to turn out an article which escapes the severe tests and careful examination of a Government viewer. The caution is not misplaced when volun teer corps have been supplied with guns, portions of which bear the mark of having been condemned by the Government inspectors ! It is stated that the authorities at the Horse Guards and the War-offie agree in thi n ki ng th a t e ff ec ti ve militia artillery and volunteer artillery corps are capable of rendering the most important assistance in averting or defeating invasion. Her Majesty's Government are prepared to assist artille • corps both with cannon an d ammunition and these volun teers will, theref ore , b e f reed from' a considerable source of expense, which is incurred by the rifle corps. In the event of an invasion a portion of the Royal Artillery would be required abroad to defend our distant possessions, while the rest would be at tached to the regular army in the field. The de fence of the coast in their absence could be to a great extent supplied by local artillery corps, who could easily be taught to serve the guns, and who by fre quent practice could learn the range of their pieces and the exact distance of objects from the coast. Much damage from privateers might be averted by these corps, and it is to be hoped that the exertions of Mr. Sidney Herbert and Lord Ripon for the con stitution and organisation of volunteer artillery corps will be reapon ded to with spirit and patriotism by her Majesty's subjects living upon the seaboard of her realm. rHE SUN, LONDON SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 12, 1859. POLICE INTELLIGENCE, Nov. 11. MANSION-HOUSE.—G. Mason and William Silway were charged, on remand, with stealing two £lO Bank of England notes, a quantity of four penny and. threepenny pieces, some tobacco, and some cigars, from the Queen's Head public-house, Upper Thames-street, and burglariously breaking out of the said house. When originally charged it was deposed against them that they had beed in and put of the Queen's Head till just before its being closed at night; that about two hours after a policeman found the door standing open, with every indication of its having been unfastened from the inside, while a search about the place led to the discovery that two £lO notes had been taken from a pocket-book in a coat which had been left hang ing in the bar parlour, and other articles above enumerated from the bar itself. Suspicion falling on the prisoners, they were apprehended, and some foot-marks imprinted upon sawdust on the floor of the cellar, where the thief or thieves had evidently secreted themselves before the house was closed, were found to correspond exactly with Silway's boots, which were of a somewhat peculiar construc tion about the sole. The notes were not found or traced, but some tobacco found upon the prisoner resembled the prosecutor's stock, and a threepenny piece found on Silway, being part of a sum of £3 18s. 9d. stolen from his pockets, the prosecutor was strongly inclined to swear to as being his property; but there was nothing in the shape of positive proof actually to connect either prisoner with the robbery. The Lord Mayor, after being made acquainted with these facts, inquired whether there was any additional evidence ? The officer said, none at all with regard to the present case, but if the prisoners were remanded for a week he thought he could prove another case against them. Mr. Goodman (Chief Clerk)—Have you any evi dence upon that case now ? Officzr—No ; we only heard about it this morn ing. Mr. Goodman—Well, we cannot remand prisoners upon a new charge without some evidence being offered. Officer—Silway refused to account for the £3 18s. found upon him, and it is a very large sum for him to have unless it was the produce of the notes. Mr. Goodman—However that may be, you cannot compel him to account for the money being in his possession unless he pleases. You have not traced the notes. Prosecutor—l feel quite sure about that three penny piece with a hole in it. ,The Lord Mayor—lt is a common thing for three penny and foarpenny pieces to have holes in them. I must have stronger evidence before I send them to a jury. The case is one of very great suspicion, but the proof is altogether deficient ; therefore they must be discharged, and, with regard to the new case you alluded to, officer, if you get any evidence you can apprehend them again. The prisoners were then discharged. • William Ward, a tall, well-dressed, gentlemanly looking man, whose deportment and appearance generally were well calculated to disarm suspicion, was brought up for further examination on a charge of having stolen a coat, value £2, from the luncheon rooms at the Commercial Sale Rooms, Mincing lane. Hanging about the place in the middle of the day in a desultory way, he at length fixed him self near a chair on which a coat was hanging, and ordered a steak, but before his order could be exe cuted he walked off with the coat, after placing it on his arm under his own, but being observed, he was followed and given into custody. There were grave suspicions that he had dishonestly come by several other articles which were found at his lodg• ing, and he was remanded for inquiry. His defence, through his solicitor, Mr. Wontner, was that he was shortsighted, and had taken up the coat by mis take with his own. There was no other evidence against him now, but it was stated that he had been previously con victed; and the prisoner then, by the advice of Mr. Wontner, pleaded guilty, in order that he might be summarily dealt with. • Police-constable 33 A deposed that he was on duty at the House of Commons in April, 1858, and had the prisoner (whom he had previously sus pected) in custody for stealing a coat and an um brella from the lobby there, and on searching him found in his pockets nine pairs of gloves and three cigar cases. The prisoner, on being taken to the Westminster Police-court, pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to four months' imprisonment. At that time he gave the name of Robert Thompson, but witness had previously known him by the name of Robertson. Henry Carpenter, inspector at the London-bridge Railway-station, deposed that he had twice seen the prisoner in the refreshment-rooms there, and kept his eye upon him ; but that, having been called away for a few minutes on each occasion, he found the prisoner gone, and a coat, which had been hanging there previously, gone too. The Lord 'Mayor (with whom sat Mr. Alderman Abbiss) told the prisoner his conduct was atrocious, since he appeared to make robbery a system, g and to live upon other people's coats and umbrellas. In the present instance want, at all events, could not be pleaded in extenuation, for when he was taken into custody a sum exceeding £l4 was found in his pocket. The C curt felt they would not be justified unless they inflicted the utmost amount a punishment in their power, and therefore he must be imprisoned, with hard labour, for six months. WORSHIP-STREET.—Yesterday week three separate complaints were made to Mr. Hammill, one by a young woman whose father was a Dane or Swede and her mother a Piedmontese, her father having been drowned at sea, the second by a young woman who had recently had the smallpox and was manifestly not in health, and the third by a wretched-looking little girl, who was charged by the police with squatting about and sleeping at all hours upon doorsteps; and a I lof these complained that, though admitted into Shoreditch workhouse, they were turned out with a piece of bread in the morning with no place to go to or means of help ing themselves. Mr. Hammill, whose feelings were evidently touched by the distressing statements then made to him, made some strong and pertinent observations upon the treatment the applicants weke alleged to have received, and yesterday Mr. Howes, chairman of the Board of Guardians, ac companied by several other gentlemen of the board and Mr. Painter, the master of the workhouse, at tended to offer an explanation and justification. Mr. Howes said—l have no complaint whatever to make, sir, with respect to the report of the cases on which we are here, but am extremely desirous to explain the circumstances attached to them. As soon as the facts came to my knowledge I and others of the board attended here, but your colleague, Mr. D'Eyncourt, suggested, that as the mat t er had come before yourself, we should attend before you with our explanation. Mr. Hammill—Yes, one of these complainants was a young child, whose face as she stood at the bar, I could scarcely see, from her low stature. She was manifestly feeble also—in fact, could scarcely articulate, and her whole appearance was indeed. wretched. The child has a very dfferent appear ance now. A constable of the G division stated that he had seen her late at night sitting on a doorstep in Shoreditch, shivering with cold, that she ate voraciously when he took her to the station, and that he had a night or two before found her under similar circumstances in the sameneighbour 'hood, and that upon his then taking her to the workhouse he was asked by some person, whom he believed to be the master, for his number. Mr. Howes—l should state that a journal of all such admissions is kept, and Mr. Painter would be lax in his duty if he could not furnish an account of every. such case. Here is the journal. (Mr. Howes produced it.) Mr. Hammill—But, as I well - recollect, the officer expressed himself in such a manner as to show he considered he had been rebuked by his questioner. - Mr. Howes--I have not questioned the shild, sir ; the neighbours give the father an excellent charac ter as a parent. Father - of the Child (apparently much distressed) —I am a labourer in the docks, have lost my wife, and my two children are left unprotected at hom e during my absence. But what can Ido ? This girl was once intrusted by me with half-a-crown, stopped away from home for some time, and then returned and said she had lost it, but I don't know whether she did so or not. She took out her younger brother several times, and kept him out all night. Mr. Hammill—And they have no protection while you are away at work ? Ah I there it is. Mr. Howes—lt is sad, sir, but can you suggest anything we can do under the circumstances ? Mr. Hammill—Nothing, except that the greatest care should always be taken, when children are brought to your house, to see that they do not leave without being delivered into the hands of their parents. Mr. Howes—We are always particularly careful in such cases, sir. Casuals having been she:tt red and relieved, in the morning, as a matter of course, go on their way. The two other girls—she who had the smallpox and the foreigner —were casuals, and so was this child. The former, whose name is Sarah Nokes, has cost us altogether as a casual up wards of £3. We sent her to the Smallpo* Hos pital in our own covered carriage, and on her re covering she was received as a casual again. Really, if we tried to effect more than we accomplish we should require a house as large as the parish itself. Mr. Hammill—Now, Mr. Chairman, I have had another complaint made against your workhouse—. that of an elderly woman, who states that she had been in your house, but had left it, and, although quite usable to work, was only allowed one shilling and a loaf. Now, this -is very clearly not relief, under such circumstances; nominally it may be so, but practically it is an absolute mockery. A woman, about fifty, here got into the witness box, and stated that she had worked at the army clothing, but that she was quite incapable of work now, having on the forefinger of her right hand a black gathering and abscesses, and that she was now receiving only ls. and a loaf from the work house. She had been previously in the house, but she could not support herself upon the allowance now made her. Mr. Painter—This woman is ashamed to say why she left the house ; she committed a theft, and Was discharged. Mr. Safford, the clerk—Yes, she was charged before Mr. D'Eyncourt with stealing stockings, and I believe it transpired that she was induced to take the things to wear herself instead of flannel, which she had been accustomed to ; at any rate, she was discharged from this court. Mr. Howes—l must be allowed to say that a woman like this is not the most desirable person to have, in a workhouse. Mr. flammill—Why, she is absolved from the charge of robbery ; Mr. D'Eyncourt was clearly satisfied with her account of her possession of the things, or he would not have discharged her. She cannot work, you hear, and it is impossible that any one can conceive that a shilling and a loaf are suffi cient to keep her. As I have observed before, it is a mero mockery. I think that this is clearly a case for admission io the house. Woman—The relieving-officer told me that the house was too full, and that some more of the in mates must be got rid of. Mr. Painter—The workhouse is under repair in one of its wings, and we cannot accommodate all that we should otherwise be enabled to do. The woman shall be taken in, sir, when it is completed, and meanwhile a lodging shall be procured for her. Mr. Hammill—And something given her, I hope, that will keep her soul and body together. I hate a thousand cases in which the shilling-and-loaf relief is all that is ordered, and so frequently is this told to _me that I have almost surmised it is a set rule to allow no more. Fairall, the warrant officer—Here is a woman who complains of St. Luke's. She says that she slept in Shoreditch workhouse, and that they told her the next day to get a lodgiug in St. Luke's, which I be lieve is her own parish ; and, when she applied there, they sent her back to Shoreditch, to be passed in the usual IN ay. Mr. Hammill—Ay, there again is a great deal of suffering endured by these poor creatures being bandied about from one workhouse to another, starv ing, while they can scarcely crawl, and calling in at the police-court on their way. Ultimately this case was disposed of, and th 2 gentlemen left. LAMBETH.—Among the persons who applied for relief from the poor-box was the wife of a labourer on the " strike," who said that in consequence of the long duration of the turn-out and the small pittance allowed by the society she and her family were re duced to the greatest possible distress._ Mr. Norton observed, that it was quite lament able to find such a state of things as persons allow ing themselves and their families to be on the brink of starvation while they had plenty of work to go to at remunerative wages, such as would provide a proper maintenance. It had always been his wish to afford every assistance to the distressed, and par ticularly thOse whose distresses were brought on without any fault of their own, but he did not con ceive he should be justified in ordering assistance from the poor-box in cases where, as in the one be• fore him, the distress was occasioned by persons obstinately refusing to go to work when they could get abundance of employment, and earn the means to support themselves and families. He should re commend the applicant to go home and persuade her husband to go to work immediately, and and if after doing so she came to him and applied for some assistance, he should have no objection to do what he could for her. The applicant said she was afraid she would not succeed in this, as her husband was about to go on the tramp, but she would do her best to act on his worship's suggestion. THE STRIKE IN THE .BUILDING TRADES. ABANDONMENT OF THE NINE HOURS' CLAIM. The conference of the building trades, finding from the feeling which pervaded the meeting of the delegates held. at Shaftesbury-hall, on Tuesday evening last, that the other trade societies were disposed to support them in opposition to the docu ment or declaration as required by the employers, but did not look with much regard upon the demand made by them for the reduction of the time of la: bour to nine hours a day, came yesterday, after two days' deliberation, to the resolution to abandon their claims in that respect, but still to hold out against signing the document. The strike at Messrs. Trollope's has been accordingly abandoned, and tha men employed by those gentlemen waited on them yesterday evening to announce their willingness to return to work on the same terms as formerly. They were very favourably received, but the Messrs. Trollope declined to accept their labour until they had consulted the Committee of Master Builders upon the subject. Should the masters now withdraw the document as the men have re tired from their ,demand of short time, both the strike and the " lock out" will be at an end. It is likely that the masters will take this course, as the negotiations for the settlement of this dispute, promoted by Mr. Ayrtou, M.P., failed by reason of the men refusing to abandon the strike at Messrs. Trollope's. Witll respect to the rules of the six trades' socie ties, they have been printed by the Master Builders' Association, as proof of the alleged illegality of the laws and regulations by which them) societies are governed. The operatives on the other hand have submitted these rules to Mr. Edwin James, Q.C., and Mr. Gordon Allan, for their opinion, together with the rules of the Amalgamated Engineers, which the Builders' Societies offered to adopt. The conduct of the ;mailers in combining to lock out their work men has also been submitted to the learned counsel, the case for opinion having been drawn up by Mr. W. P. Roberts, solicitor, of Manchester, and the following is the opinion of these two learned gen tlemen on the case so submitted : OPINION. Ist, We have carefully perused the rules and by-laws of the six societies which are contained in the pamphlet circulated by the executive commit tee of the Central Association of Master Builders, and, with the exception of one rule amongst those regulating the Metropolitan Society of Operative Bricklayers—viz., the rule 20 (a), headed Members' objection to work with a ' black,'" we are of opinion that the rules are legal, and do not contravene the statute law or com mon law of England. We are not prepared to say that the rule referred to is in itself positively illegal, but as an attempt on the part of a number of workmen to carry into execution its spirit might lead to injurious consequences, we would recom mend that it should be either erased, or at least modified. 2d. We are of opinion that the rules of the Amal gamated Society of Engineers, which have been proposed to be substituted for the rules of the six societies before referred to, are strictly legal. They do not, in our opinion, infringe the provisions of any Act of Parliament, nor can any danger result from their adoption. We are confirmed in this view by the opinion of Sir Alex. Cockburn, the Attor ney-General, alluded to in the case now - submitted is us, and also by the provisions of the Act passed during the last session, which clearly indicates the policy of the Legislature to mitigate the severity of the statutes against combination, and to protect workmen in the exercise of their right to meet and act in union for th• purpose of fixing the rate of wages at which, and the hours of labour they should work, and peaceably and in a reasonable manner persuading others to cease or abstain from work, in order to obtain the rate of wages agreed upon, so long as no threats or intimidation be resorted to. 3d. The law relating to conspiracy is so vague and unsettled that we feel reluctant to offer a de cided opinion on this question ; but we are inclined to think that the conduct of the masters, in corn. bining and agreeing to lock out from their several yards the workmen employed, and who had taken no part in what had occurred at Messrs. Trol• lope's factory, until the workmen who had struck there had returned to their employ, was such a combination by the employers as amounted to a conspiracy at common law, and might be made the subject of an indictment. Every master has a perfect right, individually, to discharge any or all of the workmen whom ho may have employed, as every workman has the right to refuse to work for any particular master ; but the combination of masters to dismiss and deprive of their labour and means of subsistence a number of workmen, for the purpose of compelling or inducing those workmen to effect an object which it may not be in their power to accomplish —appears to us to come properly within the definition given in the cases, and to amount to a criminal offence. EDWIN jAMES. . Temple, Nov. 10, 1859. GORDON ALLAN. Fortified by the - se opinion.q, the Conference have resolved that a memorial to her Moje. ty, which had been previously prepared, shall new be completed; and if the employers persist in a course which amounts to a " criminal offence," they will ask that her Majesty instruct the law officers of the Crown to institute a prosecution for illegal conspiracy. It is to be hoped, however, that the surrender by the men of the original caase of the dispute will pre vent the farther continuance of this deplorable contest. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. LIVERPOOL AUTUMM MEETING.-TIIURSDAYS RACES CONCLUDED. The Helier Skelter Stakes.—As was stated yesterday, all the horses, except Irish Emigrant and Miss Eleanor started for this race, Bourgeois coming in first easily by about a length. The judge was not in the box when the horses passed the winning chair, ar:l declared that he never saw the horses, and therefore that he could not tell which had won. Mr. Gill, the owner of Bourgeois, entered a protest against Miss Eleanor and Irish Emigrant starting, "be cause they had not run the first heat." Bath horses ran, however, and Miss Eleanor won in a canter. Capt. Little, one of the Stewards, refused to act in the matter, and it was arranged on Friday that the objection should be withdrawn. Tho stakes and bets therefore go with Miss Eleanor. The Scurry Corinthian Handicap of 5 soya each, with 25 added. One mile. Mr. Howard's Donizetti, 3 yrs, 9st 81b (Mr. Thomasi) 1 Mr. Blanton's Broadlands, 4 yrs, list llb (inc 71b ext) (Mr. Blake) 2 Mr. Merry's Riseber, 5 yrs, lOst 71b (Mr. Roberts) 3 The following also ran :—Malton Messenger, Sobersides Lady reel, Adelaide, and Helwith. Betting—Even on Broadlands, 4 to 1 agst Riseber, 6 to 1 eaeli agst lielwith and Donizetti. Won by a head ; a bad third. FRIDAY. A Handicap Plate of 30 sovs. Straight half mile. 16 subs. Mr. Locke's Fractious, 6 yrs 6st 101 b (Bray) 1 Mr. Williams's Norton, 2 yrs, 4st Slb Mr. Thornton's Topaz, 2 yrs, sst 101 b (Edwards) 3 The following also ran :—Adelaide, Emerald, Nessus, and Polly Peachum. Betting-2 to 1 each agst Fractious and Topaz, sto 1 each agst any other offered. Won by half a length ; the same between second and third ; bad fourth. The Grand Stand Nursery of 30 sovs, added to a Handicap of 3 sovs, Ift to the fund, for two-yr-olds. Winner to bo sold for 80 sovs in the usual way ; if for 100, 71b extra. Ono mile. 7 subs. Mr. Phillips's Rattlesnake, ist 101 b (£Bo)..(Moorhouse) 1 Mr. R. Ten Br3eek's Pomona, Bst 71b (£80)(G Fordham) 2 Mr. T. Cliff's Creeper, 7st 81 b (£ 80 ) (Gardner) 3 Mr. Balton's Jim, 7st (£80) (Challoner) 4 _ _ Betting-6 to 4 agst Pomona, ,5 to 2 agst Jim, sto 1 agst Creeper. Won by a length ; half a length between second and third ; and a neck between third and fourth. A Handicap Plate of 40 sous. One mile. 12 subs. Mr. M. Dawson's Bourgeois, aged, Bst .. (G. Fordham) 1 Mr. T. Hunt's Master Begot, 5 yrs, Bst 71b.... (Marlow) 2 Mr. J. Merry's Apollyon, 2 yrs, sst 101 b (Daley) 3 The following also ran :—Sobersides, Riga, Woodnaite, Bucephalus, Melton Messenger, Tomboy, and Doeskin. Betting-7 to 4 agst Doeskin, 3to 1 agst Master Bagot, .5 to 1 agst Apollyon. Won by two lengths ; same between second and third ; bad fourth. Bucephalus and Woodmite were beaten off early in the race and came in a long way behind. The Great Autumn Cup, value 200 sovs, given by the Lessee, added to a Handicap Sweepstakes of 25 sovs each 10 ft ; second to receive 50 sovs out of the stakes ; extra weights for winners, &c. One mile and three quarters. 91 subs, 51 of whom declared, and pay 3 sovs forfeit, to go to the fund.. Mr. J. Merry's Meg Merrilies, 3 yrs, 4st 101 b.... (Buck) 1 Mr. E. Gill's The Squire, 3 yrs, sst 51b (H. Grimehaw) 2 Mr. Shelley's Lifeboat, 4 yrs, Bst 51b.... (L. Snowden) 3 The following also ran :—Timandra, Underhand, Sam Spode, York, Polestar, Winkfleld, Prince of Denmark, Julia, Souvenir, Mutineer, Rara Avis, and Fly-by-Day. Betting-6 to 1 agst Meg Merriles, 9to 1 aget Rara Avis, 10 to 1 agst Julia, 100 to 8 agst Timandra, 12 to 1 each agst Underhand, Winkfleld, and Mutineer, 14 to 1 agst Sam Spode, 100 to 6 each agst Lifeboat and the Squire, and 20 to 1 each aget York and Prince of Denmark. Winkfleld and Fly-by-Day were very fractious before the start, and they occasioned much delay at the post ; David Hughes, however, eventually went to Wiskfield's head and kept him under control until the starter dropped the flag, when he narrowly escaped being knocked down. Un derhand got off in front, but on passing the Stand he was pulled back, and Rara Avis took the lead, with Prince of Denmark and Polestar. They rounded the top turn wide, Prince of Denmark only hug ging the rails. Along the far side of the course, Rara Avis, Meg Merrilies, Mutineer, and Polestar alternately led, and on rounding the last turn, Meg Merrilies, Pole star, and Timandra were in front ; in their wake were The Squire and Sam Spode. Lifeboat creeping up next the rails. Before reaching the distance The Squire took close order with Meg Merrilies, and the two came home together, the filly coming out at the half distance and winning by a length. Three lengths off Lifeboat was third, with Timan dra at his quarters. The others pulling up were preceded by Polestar, York, Sam Spode, and Rara Avis ; Prince of Denmark and Winkfield beaten a long way. The Hooton Nursery Handicap of 60 soya, added to a Sweepstakes of 3 sous each, for two. yr-olds ; the second to receive 10 soya out of the stakes. 5 fur. 10 subs. Mr. Richmond's Stockton, 7st 81b (Charlton)t 1 Mr. Stevenson's Springwe11, 7st Mr. Copeland's Lady Grosvenor ' 7st 71b (Fordham) 3 Mr. R. C. Naylor's Chirper, 7st 121 b .... (Smethurst) 4 Betting-6 to 4 agst Stockton, 7to 4 agst Lady Gros venor, 6 to 1 agst Spring well. Dead heat ; Lady Grosvenor being two lengths from the first two, with Chirper close up. Deciding Host-5 to 4on Stockton, who won by half a length, A Selling Stakes of 5 sous each, with 20 added. 5 fur, 5 subs. Mr. Wintringham's Malachito, 3 yrs (£2O), 7st 61b (J. Snowden) 1 Mr. T. Hunt's Cumberland, 5 yrs (£2O), Bst 81b (Fordharn) 2 Mr. R. Ten Broeck's Pomona, 2 yrs (£2O), 6st 21b(Bottem) 3 Mr. Ewbank's Tom Granby, 3 yrs (£2)), 7st llb (Challoner) 4 Mr, S. Ilemford's Miss Eleanor, 3 yrs (20), 7st Gib Edwards) 5 Betting—G to 4on Cumberland, 4to 1 agst Pomona, G to 1 agt Malachite. Won by a neck ; same distance between second and third. Miss Eleanor got badly off, and the winner was bought in for 40 guineas. RACING FIXTURES FOR 1859. NOVEMBER. • Middleham l4 I Shrewsbury Autumn RACING FIXTURES FOR 1860. The Jockey Club meetings at Newmarket, Epsom, and Ascot in 1850 having been fixed, we have endeavoured to determine the period of other principal meetings, and shall be obliged for any corrections and additions. FEBRUARY. Lincoln Spring 15 I Nottingham Spring ....21 Liverpool Spring 6 Derby Spring l5 Warwick Spring 20 Coventry 22 Northampton 2B Newmarket C 9 Thirsk l2 York Spring l7 .RIL. Epsom Spring 20 I Newmarket F S 23 Chester Doncaster Spring 8 Salisbury lO Bath Harpenden lB Epsom Manchester 3O Ascot 5 Hampton Newton 13 Odiham ..19 Bibury Citib 2O NE. Stockbridge 21 Wincheitor 22 Chelmsford 26 Newcastle 26 -Ju Newmarket J. 3 Worcester 5 Liverpool Nottingham 17 Brighton Brighton Club .. 3 Wolverhampton ' 6 Reading 8 York SEPTI Warwick Doncaster ll Leicester Stamford l9 Marlborough 2O Goodwood 24 Egham Oxford Stockton 23 Derby 31BER. Monmouth 2O Manchester Autumn.. 2l Newmarket F.O. 25 OCTOBER. Bedford 3 I Newmarket H 22 Newmarket S 0 NOVEMBER. 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Also at , Bewley and Draper ; at Edinburet, Raimes and Co.; at Liverpool, Nixon and Thew; at Manchester, Sharp and Scott; at York. Raimes, Blanchard ? and Ca. South ampton, Randal; and Son. UST. THE VICTORIA CROSS. (Ftons the Gazette of last evening.) WAR OFFICE, Nov. 11. The Queen has been graciously pleased to signify her in tention to confer the decoration of the Victoria Cross on the undermentioned officers, non-commissioned ofacers, and private soldiers of her Majesty's army, whose claims to the same have been submitted for her Majesty's approval, on account of acts of bravery performed by them in India, as recorded against their several names, viz. : Captain (now Brevet-Major) Henry Edward Jerome, 88th Regiment (now of the 19th Regiment)—For conspicuous gallantry at Jhansi, on the 3d of April, 1858, in having, with the assistance of Private Byrne, removed, under a very heavy fire, Lieutenant Sewell, of the 86th Regiment, who was severely wounded, at a very exposed point of the attack upon the fort ; also, for gallant conduct at the capture of the fort of Chandairee, the storming of Jhansi, and in action with a superior rebel force on the Jumna, on the 28th of May, 1858, when he was severely wounded. Lieutenant Aylmer Spicer Cameron, 72d Regiment—For conspicuous bravery on the 30th of March, 1858, at Kotah, in having headed a small party of men, and attacked a body of armed fanatic rebels, strongly posted in a loop-holed house, with one narrow entrance. Lieutenant Cameron stormed the house and killed three rebels in single combat. He was severely wounded, having lost half of one hand by a stroke from a tulwar. Corporal Michael Stevens, Royal Engineers~—For deter mined bravery at the attack of the Fort of Jhansi, on the 3d of April, 1818, in maintaining his position at the head of a sap, and continuing the work under a heavy fire, with a cool and steady determination worthy of the highest praise. Bombardier Joseph Brennan, Royal Artillery—For marked gallantry at the assault of Jhansi, on the 3d of April, 1858, in bringing up two guns of the Hyderabad Contingent, manned by natives, lying each under a heavy fire from the walls, and directing them so accurately as to compel the enemy to abandon his battery. Private George Richardson, 34th Regiment—At Kewanie Trans-Gogra, on the 27th April, 1859, for determined cou rage in having, although severely wounded—one arm being disabled—closed with and secured a rebel Sepoy armed with a loaded revolver. Private Bernard M'Quirt, 95th Regiment—For gallant conduct on the 6th January, 1858, at the capture of the entrenched town of Rowa, when he was severely and dan gerously wounded in a hand-to-hand fight with three men, of whom he killed one and wounded another. He received five sabre cuts and a musket shot in this service. Private James Byrne, 86th Regiment—For gallant con duct on the 3d April, 1858, at the attack of the Fort of Jhansi, in carrying Lieut. Sewell, who was lying badly wounnded, to a place of safety, under a very heavy fire, assisted by Capt. Jerome, in the performance of which act he was wounded by a sword cut. Private George Rodgers, 71st Regiment—For daring conduct at Marar, Gwalior, on the 16th June, 1858, in attacking by himself a party of seven rebels, one of whom he killed. This mas remarked as avaluable service, the party of rebels being well armed and strongly posted in the line of advance of a detachment of the 71st Regiment. FROM TTIE GAZETTE OF LA - T NIGHT BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, Nov. 10. The Right Hon the Lor6 of the Committee oi Privy Coun cil for Trade and Plantations have received information from the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, that the export duty levied at the port of Ceara, on cotton, coffee, sugar, hides, and all other produce has been reduced to 10 per cent. FOREIGN-OFFICE, Nov. 9. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Mathias Levy, as Vice-Consul at Belize for his Majesty the King of the Belgians. ADMIRALTY, Nov. 9. Corps of Royal Marines—Lieutenant Edward Conneve Langley Durnford to be Adjutant; Sergeant-Major b Wil• Liam Healey to be Quartermaster; First Lientenant Wil- Earn Taylor to be Captain, vice Lawrence, to half-pay ; First Lieutenant Horatio elson Charles Blanckley to be Captain, vice Meade, to half-pay ; Second Lieutenant Jacob Mortimer Wier Silver to be First Lieutenant, vice Taylor; Second Lieutenant James Weir Inglis to be First Lieute nant, vice Blanckley ; Second Lieutenant Corry Beverley Smith to be First Lieutenant, vice Durnford. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, Nov. 11. COMMISSARIAT DEPARTMENT. To bo Deputy Commissary-Generals—Assistant-Cora missary-Generals William Henry Maturin, and Randolph Routh. To be Assistant-Commissary-Generals—Deputy-Assis tant-Commissary-Uenerals Robert Baker, Charles Wil liam Eichbaum, George Alexander Skinner, Arthur Ful ford Adams, and James Hardy Tubby. To be Deputy-Assistant-Commissary-Generals—Com missariat Clerks Thomas Sutton Marshall, Augustus Mor ton Festing, Edward Charles Saunder, Frederick Casolani, John Fitzmaurice Manning, Edward Cattell, Sidney Rey nett Brown, Thomas Butterworth Prissick, John Manley Rattle, Wellesley Gordon Walker, Henry John Wild, Charles D' Oyly Forbes, Francis Innes, William Worthington Moore, Robert Stanes, Edward Frede rick George Greenwood, and John Philip Wilkinson. Robert Edward Hunter, Edward Courtney, Ashley Cowper Ryland, Henry William Hackman, William Ogilvy, Wm. Oakley Chislett, George Rawstorne Gibson, Frederic Bas set Wingfield, John Draper, Alexander Ewing, John Leslie Robertson, John Henry Randall, Robert Lee Matthews, Thomas Augustus Le Mesurier, George William White Ingram, Horace Neville Tharp, Henry Boucher Arthur Middleton, Arthur Lawrence Haliburton, William Roger Snow, William Henry Sutton, Edward I s t r id ge , I van R an ken linens Cunningham Graham, Edwin Dunn, Charles Walter Penrice, and Nathaniel Taylor. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, Nov. 11. MEMORANDUNI.—The next annual examination of the Senior and Junior Division of the Students of the Staff College, will take place on Ist December, 1859, and follow ing days. COMMISSIONS BY LORDS-LIEUTENANT. King's Own Light Infantry Regiment of Militia—Ensign Henry Marsden to be Lieutenant, vice Walmisley, pro moted. West Kent Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—James Scott Ogle, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Nicholson, promoted. Kent Volunteer Rifles, Ist Company—Frederick Fry, Esq., to be honorary Surgeon. Kent Artillery Volunteers, 3d Company—Gilbert Kenni cott, Esq., to be Captain; Francis Samuel Daniel Tyssen, Esq., to be First Lieutenant; George Miller Schorley, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant. Kent Volunteer Rifles, 3d Company—Henry Burrard Farnell, Esq., to be Captain ; Henry Drury, Gent.; to be Lieutenant; William Harrold Lordiston Barnett, Gent., to be Ensign. sth Company of Lancashire Rifle Volunteers—Charles Edward Crosbie, Gent., to be Ensign. Forfarshire Artillery Volunteers—Lieutenant Henry Lindsay Carnegie to be Captain in the Ist Company ; John Farquhar Dickson, Esq., to be First Lieutenant in the Ist Company; James Addison, Esq., to be Second Lieutenant in the Ist Company; Francis Balfour Paton, Esq., to be First Lieutenant in the 2d Company ; William Mitchell, Esq., to be Second Lieutenant in the 2d Company. 4th or Royal South Middlesex Regiment of Militia— Griffin Nicholas, late Captain sth Fusiliers, to be Captain, vice Elliot, resigned. 12th 'Middlesex Rifle Volunteers—Charles Addington Hanbury, Gent., to be Lieutenant. MEMORANDUM.—The Victoria Rifles—The following is substituted for what appeared in the "Gazette's of the 28th Oct. last, with reference to the appointmer4 of Second Lieu tenant Bonser :—Wm. James Bonser, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, vice Collins, promoted. Ist Company of Merionethshire Rifle Volunteers—Henry Thomas Richardson, Esq., to be Captain; Wm. Basket.. vylle, Gent., to be Lieutenant ; Hugh Jones, Gent., to be Ensign. 90th Regiment of British Militia (Stirlingshire, Dumbar tonshire, &c.)—Alexander Thomas Ewens, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Wm. J. B. Jjinor, resigned. sth Company of Essex Volunteers—Wm. Michael Tuf nell, Esq., to be Captain ; John Henry Bringhurst, Esq., to be •Lieutenant ; Joseph Alfred Hardcastle, Esq., to be Ensign. The following appointment is substituted for that which appeared in the " Gazette" of Oct. 24 :- 4th Company of Essex Rifle Volunteers—Joslin Bulwer, Esq., to be Ensign. BANK OF ENGLAND. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria . cap. 32, for the week ending on Wednesday, the 9th day of November, 1859:-- ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Notes issued £30,692,905 Government Debt £11,015,100 Other Securities .. 3,459,900 Gold Coin & Bullion 16,217,905 Silver Bullion .... - £30,692,9051 /30,692 M 5 BANKING D Proprietors' Capi tal • £14,553,000 Rest Public Deposits (in ducting Exche quer, Savings' Banks, Commis - inis stoners of Na- .EPARTMENT. Government_ Secu- rities (including Dead Weight A nnuity) X10,875,157 Other Securities 18,018'373 Notes Gold and Silver Coin 012,283 tional Debt, and Dividend counts) 6,997,259 Other Deposits 14,571,619 Seven Day and other Bills 888,494 X 39,025,223 M. / £39,025,223 .RSEIALL, Chief Cashier. Dated Nov. 10, 1859. AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR. be Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com puted from Returns made in the week ending the Bth day of Nov., 1859, exclusive bf the duties of Customs paid or payable thereon, on the importation thereof into Grea Britain Per cwt. From the British possessions in America 24s 51(1 Muscovado, the produce of the Mauritius l 6s 5 1d Average price of the foregoing 24s lid BANKRUPTS. William Cullingford, woollen draper, Gerrard-street, Sohol to surrender Nov. 24, at eleven, and Dec. 22, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edward Gibson, livery stable keeper, Brook's-mews, park-gardens,Hydt Nov. 25, at twelve, and Dec. 23 , attwo, at the Court of Bankruptcy. • John Jeyes seedsman, Northampton, Nov. 23 , at one, and Dec. 21, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Robert Oakley .Wilkins,corn dealer, Appledam, Surrey, Nov. 25, at one, and Dec. 20, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Mathew George White, and John Hector Munro, picture dealers, Strand, Nov. 22, at half-past two, and Dec. 20, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Ames Wycherley, maltster, Adderbury, Oxfordshire, Nov. 25, at two, and Dec. 17, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Thomas Allen, corn factor, Newport, Monmouthshi t e Nov. 22 and Dec. 20, at eleven , at the Bristol Di str i ct ' Court. William Knapton, iron founder, York, Dec. 2 and 23, at eleven, at the Commercial-buildings, Leeds. George Henry Edwards, victualler, Birmingham, Nov. 23 and Dec. 19, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. cOUNTRY 111A.R.KETS. LIL—Nov. 11. The arrivals from ERPO lreland O and coastwise since Tuesdg r. have been light. From foreign ports we have receive(' only 2,068 qrs of Indian corn and 1,280 barrels of fle u The exports in the same time comprise 455 qrs of Whe,.! 270 qrs of oats, 820 qrs of Indian corn, 108 to ofoabd meal, 620 sacks and 231 barrels of flour. We have ha • hard frost during the past two days, but it is now g° 7le i . ° Ar d We had a fair attendance of millers and dealers. corn exchange this morning, and they were more Inc „d to do business. Wheat was rather more dealt in, 1", sales were at 2d to 3d per cental advance T p a tc Flour had a good sale at rather more moneY• turn dearer. Oatmeal 6d to is over pr evious prices. P 1! 3 :„ peas, and barley at 6d per qr higher. The et business dian corn was fair at about the rates of last mark' WAKEFIELD—Nov. 11. being very The arrivals of wheat are good, and there,-.d more demand, prices were at Ist r o Yse 2s over tho of last. Fine heavy barley in request, at late rates, oats, beans, and shelling were rather dearer. Wheat, qr. of bushels 601 b , Essex, s il o—, _ d Kent, white, per old, 48s 8 to 51s; new, .48s to 51s; ditto,,_ry, old, 42s to 44s ; new, 42s to 44s ; Lincolnshire and lu shire white, new, 45s to 50s ; red, 41s to 445. Averages for the week : Wheat 4,585 qrs. at ........ 46s Oa 0/ Peas .• • • %, ........ 4 1 8 Si Beans 37s l lia •••••••._;........(341 Rye „ ........ °d EXETER—Nov. 11. The business to-day was at the following Wheat, white 5s 9d to Gs Od I Barley.. ..... 4 0 °e l 0, od • • oat• Ditto red 5s 6d to 5s 9d I Oats . ...... - 6 ~acg• Flour, fine, 32s to 33s ; seconds, 30 --s to 31s per CATTLE. ile The market market was largely supplied with firstock,.ol our tendance was not numerous. Pork carcases 11 l ply. , 0 0 1 601 bid Fat beef, p score, 10s to llsOd Ewes, per lb •.• • dto 6 1 oa Pork eareases,do Ss Od to 9sod Wethers, do. ..... 6d to Sheep, per lb. Rough fat, 41d per lb. priceo . to 40 6a The market l3 s ß ti l ll ST m O a L int S ai U n G s SUGAR —Noy R— firm N b o: t . g l ui L e t toos s es . fi t'd current qualities suitable for pan or scale PuT, O ra ther, buyers at former rates, but the lower descriptionsfolr, preseab dull of sale. Refiners' produce sells freely, bot h Ito and forward forward delivery, and prices are unaltered. tinues dull, and is rather lower in value. , NC; , _P3; --- • • ilee_en" RA ILWA INTELLIG. ,NS FOR TRB Miles Opened. TRAFFIC RETIJR Railways. Ballymena and Portrush Bedale and Leyburn Belfast and Ballymena Belfast and County Down Birkd., Lane., & Ches. Junc Blyth and Tyne Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Ches. &Holyhead(withMold)l Cockermouth & Workington Cork and Bandon Cork, Blackrock, & Passage Deeside Dublin & Belfast Junction Dublin and Drogheda Dub. & Wicklow (in. Kingst ) Dundalk and Enniskillen Dundee and Arbroath Dundee, Perth, & Aber. Jun East Anglian E.Counties,Nrik.,&E.Union East Kent E. L ancashire(in. Blackburn) Edinburgh and Glasgow Edinburgh, Perth,& Dundee Forth & Clyde Junction Furness Glasgow & South-Western Great Northern Great North of Scotland irt.Southn. & Westn.(lrind ) ;Teat Western lull and Holderness knverness & Aberdeen Junc. Irish South-Eastern Killarney Junction Lancaster and Carlisle (in. Kendal and Windermere) Lanc. & Yrks.(in.Blackburn) Limerick and Foynes Llanelly London & North-Western London and Blackwall London & South-Western 1 Lond. Brighton, & S. Coast I L'derry and Enniskillen Lond., Tilbury, & Southend 1 Man.,Sheffield, & Lincolnsh Manch. S.Jun.& Altrincham Maryport and Carlisle Midland Midland Gt.Westn. of Irinel. Monkland Monmouthsh. Rail. & Canal Newcastle and Carlisle Newport,Aberg.,& ifjieford North British (in. Dalkeith) North Devon North-Eastern North London North Staffordshire North-Western N. Yorkshire and Cleveland) Oxford, Wore., & Wolver Peebles St. Helen's Canal & Railway. Scottish Central Scottish North-Eastern Shrewsbury & Birmingham Skrewsbury and Chester Shrewsbury & Hereford Shropshire Union South Devon South-Eastern South Wales S. Yorkshire and River Dun Stockton and Darlington Taff Vale Ulster Ulverstone and Lancaster Vale of Neath Warrington and Stockport Waterford and Kilkenny Waterford and Limerick West Cornwall W. llart lepool Harbr. &Rail Whitehaven Junction Whitehaven & Furness Jun W'haven,Cleator,&Egrmnt FOREIGN AND COLONIAL Antwerp and Rotterdam Austrian Belgian Eastern Junction Buffalo and Lake Huron .. Detroit and Milwaukie Dutch Rhenish Grand Trunk of Canada Great Indian Peninsula Great Luxembourg Great Western of Canada Lombardo-Venetian Lyons and Geneva Madrid, Saragossa &Alicant Maria Antonia' Northern of France Norwegian Trunk Paris, Lyons, & Mediterrn Paris and Orleans Paris and Strasburg Royal Danish Sambre and Meuse Southern of France West Flanders W. and N.W. of France FOREIGN MA In the following table E signi by evening - mails from Lon DESTINATIONS. Lustralia and Mauritius, via Southampton Ditto, via Marseilles Bahamas and Havana via New York Canada, &c. (by Canadn. pckt , Cape of Good. Hope, Ascen sion, and St. Helena China, Penang, and Singa pore, via Southampton Ditto, via Marseilles Gibraltar, via Southampton Honduras and Blewilelds India (Calcutta) and Ceylon, via Southampton Ditto, via Marseilles Enci,f.a (Bombay), via South ampton Ditto, via Marseilles Lisbon, Brazils,Buenos Ayres, and F. Islands Lisbon, Vigo, and Oporto Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Ditto, via Marseilles Mexico and Havana Newfoundland United States and British N America (by British packet) Ditto (by U. S. packet) "• • West Coast of Africa, Ma deira, and Tenerife .. . West India, California, Vene zuela, Chili, Peru, Grey. town, New Granada, &a. Bury, of a daughter.........—______ wife of the oi l BIRTHS. i-v ocoootell BURY. —On the 9th inst., at Ratland-gate, the DASENT.—On the 10th inst at 68, Onildford'stree ' t i lie tßheevl.oCth. Uptll2st, fi f° LEWI inst., at , 1 t, of Spencer H. Lewin, of a daughter. -Af of C 43 KEY.--On the 9th inst., 'at Nte hill the ~ - -e A. Cooper Key, o g- y Woodbine Parish:l:X l A C 1: R.N., C. 8., of a daughter, B•msp.oie-street, of a son. tio . . (1 , 0 .0 1 : CRIPES AltiTeSitH.7ll tmhoarlOtethn inscrithast, Sit; Sea, — til l e Yeldham, Essex, to Mary Ann third daug hter 0 -a- 1011°/1 CHRIST pa • lE—PLATT.—On the 10th inst., at St. Itirilliaoi strnsesth, caYnrch, Robert Muhl.° Christie, of King to G t o r i trude t hir d c- and Albert-square Clapham:l!) 4. , pg., the daughter of the late ' Samuel riaol Western Circuit. DEATH S. f t po BODDY.—On w reck f ) . J. Ci 3r u l I P : Royal the 26th ult., drowned, eldesttb.e o 1 lus. Charter, John Myers Boddy, son M. Boddy, bookseller, Woolwich, aged 14. be r g CARTER.—On the sth •t at Orc hard -terrace, por n grove, Hackney,Henry ins " N__.loonrithtehe2sltohthulitn.s, tatatthue .jtpcle:l'tDrg; CHURCH.— O n Carter, aged • ,loviertol/' J. S. Church, aged 61. gr . 141. Ke es, Chapman,. , aged 83. 01 t CORD Cordiiig, ING.—On the 11th inst., Mr. J. C. Strand, aged 50. • reg il ' D'OYLT —oiti3C:ilWl,4lll' .". Di -- , .j., _ . n Ihe 10th Sept. last, at Tonngb,oo, ra IN , (leo. Fendall D'O I Captain 67th Ret. 13en teeple second son Sir yy, . —+ o ,' of John Hadley D'Oyly..Dar'''' ton Hou se, 00 Doreotshire, aged 35. GARB go Virilliora . On the 9th inst , the Rev. Ge org e rector of Llanwenarth, aged 66. .141 Ya 1 12, LONDON •. l'rinted and Publishe d b y M j. " ,.. 0 of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The S' Office, t he 00 to y Co Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in Middlesex, Saturday,:Noveznber 12,11869. 673 28.1 16 1 1081 849 88i 59 ~i$T' CKE~ L A ate l"i taro are urs2,oo. '..b-ynaornitig gm' due' 1 0 sof. Dec' t of Por .ph DeePa"' I go utbamP• ..••••• 04 s°Y. cllle ove r De 6 *l°a' 26 Nof• 0 goit• 0 Sof' Y er P oh. LiferP o _e__vunport South 4°P :. SouthlP• la' 16 6 i(o'b gof• i o g sof. - isoutio P3P. -. ..... Isouthow - 00000 • Soutbarnp. southaroP. 50 , • jg NO. I Pet. IsouthaoP.: .... 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