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

771 E NAVY. The Algiers, 91, screw, Capt. G. D. O'Callaghan, is stripping to her lower masts alongside the dock yard at Portsmouth. She is to be fitted with anew set of lower wire rigging. The Edgar, 91, screw, Capt. J. Raton, is being fitted alongside the adjoining jetty to the Algiers. The :Mersey, 40, screw, Capt. H. Caldwell, C. 8., and the Diadem, 32, screw, Capt. J. H. Cockburn, will, it is expected, both have to be taken into the barbour to complete their repairs, some portions of which cannot be well got at while lying at Spit head. The defect of none of that portion of the Channel fleet now at Portsmouth are, however, of an extensive character, and every exertion is being used to bring the ships forward for service aga i n as quickly as possible, as it is expected th a t a port i on, if not the whole, of the fleet will shortly proceed again to sea, before finally laying up for the winter, for the purpose of meeting off the Western Islands the Hero, 91, screw, and the remaining vessels of th e Royal squadron, on the return of his Royal Highness the Prince of %Vales to this country from his visit to Canada and the United States. The following ships of war are lying at Spithcad —Trafalgar, 91, screw, C'apt. Edward G. Fanshavve ; Mersey, 40, screw, Capt. H. Caldwell, C. 8., and Diadem, 32, screw, Capt. J. H. Cockburn, refitting for further service; the Tartar, 20, serew, Capt. 3 . M. Hayes, waiting orders, but expected to proceed to the Pacific; LandralL, 4, screw, Commander Mar tin, and foxhound, 4, stcrew, Commander Mitchell, both also waiting orders ; Spiteful, 6, paddle, Com mander C. W. F. Wilsom, reported for the Coast of Africa, making good &affects in her engine depart ment; and the Swedish corvette Lajerbjelk, Capt. Melander. The following is an mxtract of a letter from Com modore 11. E. Edgell, C. 8., dated on board her Majesty's ship Retribrution, Trincomalee, August 26th, 1860 : ~ We are at last off for home, after a short trip to Madras, and leave for England about the 15th of September, hoping to arrive at Spithead before Christmas, as we only touch at the Cape. We have landed some of our heavy guns, as the ship is not too strong. I have no dombt we shall make a good pas sage home, the season, being favourable for rounding the Cape. The Cyclops is surveying Galle harbour, and expects soon to. be ordered home. The first stone of a new lighthouse has just been laid here, and I should not be surprised to see the Peninsular and Oriental Company make this their headquarters at some future time." TILE ARMY. The mounted batteries of Royal Artillery sta tioned at Hilsea Barracks, near Portsmouth, were officially inspected yesterday by Major-Gen. Lord W. Paniet, C. 8,, commanding South -West District, and Col. Hugh Dunlop, C. 8., commanding the Royal Artillery in the South-West District. The route for the A troop of the Royal Engineer Train, under the command of Capt. Duff, has been received, and the men and horses will at once com mence their march from Aldershot Camp to Bromp ton Barracks, Chatham, to go into winter quarters. Lieut.-Col. Baker, of the 10th Hussars, three troops of which regiment are now lying at Norwich, has just returned from the scene of hostilities in Italy. Three other troops of the 10th Hussars are also lying at Ipswich ; and on Friday both divisions were in spected by Major-Gen. Lawienson, Inspector- General of Cavalry. Lieut.-Colonel James Spence, C. 8., late of her Majesty's 31st Regiment, who died at Bath on Monday last, entered the army at an early age, and had seen much service. He was present with his regiment in the action of Stuola, near Genoa, on the 13th of April, 1814, and in the subse quent attacks upon the city of Genoa until its sur render, and also at the surrender of Corsica in the same year. In the year 1815 he served with the army in Naples. In 1825 he was present at the burning of the ship Kent, in the Bay of Biscay, on the Ist of March. He commanded the 31st Regi ment throughout the campaign on the Sutlej, for which he received the war medal and three clasps ; at the battles of Moodkee (soon after its commence ment), Ferozcshah (for which he was appointed a Companion of the Bath), Buddiwal, and Aliwal, and the Ist Brigade of Sir Harry Smith's division at the battle of Sobraon, and was one of only five officers out of 30 who escaped being wounded in all these actions. At Ferozeshah and at Sobra,on he had his horse shot under him. The following General Order, relative to the granting of leave of absence to officers and fur loughs tosoldiers has just been issued from the Horse Guards by direction of the Duke of Cam bridge : " His Royal Highness the General Command ing-in-Chief is pleased to approve of general offi cers commanding districts and divisions in Great Britain, and officers commanding in garrisons not included in any military district, granting leave of absence to officers, and furloughs to non-commis sioned officers and soldiers, under the following re gulations and restrictions, viz.:— " 1. Lea . Ve,bf absence granted under this order to officers may commence as soon as the half-yearly inspection shall have .been made. Furloughs. granted to non-commissioned officers and soldiers may commence from the Ist of the next month. " 2. These indulgences are to terminate on the 10th of March next, when, agreeably to her Ma jesty's regulations, all officers and soldiers are to be present with their respective regiments and depots. " 3. One field officer, one half of the captains, and one half of the subaltern officers are always to be present. " 4. No officer (except in the performance of duty, or for the purpose of joining his regiment) is to quit the United Kingdom without having first re ceived her Majesty's special permission, according to the regulation on that head. " 5. Officers employed on the recruiting service or upon the staff of the army are not to be included in the number hereby fixed for the constant duty of the regiment or depot. "6. The applications for leave for regimental paymasters and medical officers are to continue to be made in the mode prescribed in the regulations and orders for the army. " 7. In cases of short leave of absence being re- quested by adjutants, ridingmasters,quartermaiters, or veterinary surgeons of regiments it will be ne cessary that a sp ec i a l re p or t b e m ade as to the mode in which their duties are t o b e performed during their absence, and that the commanding officer is satisfied. "8. The proportion of non-commissioned officers, trumpeters, drummers, and private men to whom furloughs may be granted is not to exceed 20 per battery of Horse and Field Artillery, or 10 per troop battery of garrison Artillery or company. Commanding officers of regiments returning from India may exercise a liberal discretion in granting furloughs to soldiers who come home with their corps._ military r districts the officers commanding are a t of e ti leave di scre ti on i n grant i ng the in dulgence restrictions to the of absence und er th e foregoing officers and soldiers unde r their g the same to t h e Adjutant-Ge ncoemraml.and, reportin g "His Royal }Lo me . expects that the gen.eral and other officers wh o : pr e o epapowered to grant leave of absence under the gritvilistions of this order will strictly confine that officers herein specified to the proportion of " By command of hi s Royal Highness th e General Commanding-in -Chief, " JAMES YORKE SCARLET ; Adj t.-Gen." The following Circular Mem °l.an dura to the army, dated " Oct. 2, 1860," has been issued from the Hors Guards by order of the Duke of Camb r id ge : e " His Royal Highness the General Commanding in-Chief e. in-Chief notifies, for the information and guidance of the army with reference to the exemption f rom the payment of toll , that it a ppears by a communi cation received from the War-office, that the Secre tary of State for the Home Department has bee n requested to cause the magistrates generally to be informed that the meaning and intention of the words 'on duty,' introduced in the 71st clause of 1 the Mutiny Act, are to exempt officers driving or riding, whether in private vehicles or not, if on duty. Also, that in considering the Mutiny Act for the ensuing year, steps will be taken to remove all ambiguity in the clause. " By command, " JAMES YORKE SCARLETT, AClit.-Gen. " The following revised regulations for the issue of allowances, &c., to men of the Royal Marines on their discharge from the service has just been issued from the Admiralty : " 1 ' ` te rY Marine on his discharge f rom th e recei ve service shallr allowance of ls. per day f o r 20 days from th e . e of his di sc h arge , an d i n case i he shall be emitted t o a higher rate of pension than •, s is. per day he shall receive the difference added to his allowance. " 2. The discharged M ar i ne s h a ll b e prov id ed with conveyance to his home if not more distant thAn his original place of enlistment by vessel or railway, or other suitable means as sh .11 be found at a cost not exceeding rail way f are. If any part of the distance shall be necessarily travelled on foot, and the pension of the discharged man shall not exceed Is. a day, he sh a ll receive = for every com plete 10 miles, and also for the proportion over, if not less than five miles of such part of the distance, an allowance of 6d., or, if his pension exceed ls. and be less than is. 6d. a day, the difference be tween those rates ; but no allowance for distances travelled on foot shall be issued to a discharged ma rine whose pension amounts to ls. 6d. a day. And men who volunteer from the militia are entitled to the regulated allo wances t o th emse l ves an d families to the place of their enrolment. " 3. The stoppage to be made from a discharged marine for his rations supplied at the publieex pense, when proceeding to his home on board a vessel or otherwise, shall be 6d. a day. " 4. The discharged marine's wife and children shall be provided with conveyance in the same man ner as himself, and for any distances travel led by them (necessarily) on foot an allewance of lid. per mile shall be made to the wife, and id. per mile for each child not above 14 years of age. " 5. When detained at any port waiting for pas sage by steam or other vessel, an allo wance o f 10d. a d a y for the period of such detention excepting the days of arrival and embarkation, shall be allowed to the wife, and 6d. a day for each child not above 14 years of age. Rations, when not supplied in kind on the passage, shall be allowed at the rate of 6d. a day to the wife, and 3d. each child not above 14 years of age, for the probable period of the pas sage. _ .RECONSTRUCTION OF THE NAVY. A writer in a contemporary says :—The contro versy which is going on concerning plated frigates, is one fraught with much instruction for English men, apart from the all-important point of national safety or jeopardy which it involves. There may still be persons who, without prejudices derived from ignorance or from their personal interests, en tertain doubts upon a question which was practi cally settled during the Rassian war, on the day when the French iron batteries took Kinburn, and received the heaviest shot at short ranges as if they had been so many snowballs. !' 6. In order that a marine discharged with igno miny or for bad conduct shall not become burden some to the parish in which he is discharged, an allowance to convey him to his intended residence, or place of enlistment if not more distant, shall be issued not exceeding ld. a mile, but in no case shall the money be paid to the man himself when a conveyance for him can be provided. " 7. A recruit, if rejected on final examination, shall receive an allowance to carry him back to the place of his enlistment, viz., ls. for every 10 miles, and for a surplus of five miles or mile. " 8. If in any case the marine prefers to remain at the place of his discharge, he is not entitled to the allowances for travelling or passage. " 9. A marine who after discharge re-enters the service is entitled when again discharged to allow ance to the place of his re-enlistment only." TILE VOLUNTEER MOVEMENT. But Captain Halsted, in his admirable letters, only represents the convictions of many an intelli gent and disinterested officer in the navy to whose lot the grim business may some day fall of dealing with one of these plated ships from on board an English wood-built Mersey or Renown. How is it, them, that, notwithstanding this gene ral conviction on the part of the active members of the naval profession, the Admiralty are still ham mering away on every slip in every dockyard, lay ing down, launching, and then ever laying down again, new wooden men of war? How is it that, when France has left the half-finished wooden ships on the stocks in her dockyards to put every hand on her• 10 iron frigates, we in England are content to hear that four such vessels are, indeed, ordered for our navy, and may some of them be ready per haps 15 months hence, but that our Admiralty have more faith in ships which half a dozen percussion shells will send to tie bottom than in vessels which no shell yet made can penetrate at the closest quar ters, and no shot, except under conditions which the captain of an iron frigate would take care should never be possible ? How is it that, on so mo mentous a question, our Admiralty and our Govern ment should have permitted one moment to be lost in making such experiments and calling for such advice from naval arehitects as should not only set tle the question of the comparative, and therefore, practically speaking, complete invulnerability of these plated ships, but also that of the best form for their construction ? Can it be true that our naval authorities have refused to recognise the pa ramount importance of this matter, and now are only aroused to a reluctant and unenergetic action by the same voice that is awakening the people of England from their repose on their narcotic old laurels, the voice of anxiety which presently will be panic, sounding through the colums of a free-speak ing press ? There are institutions in this country besides those connected with our public buildings and works that might have been justly embraced in the memo rable sentence of Mr. Gladstone in the last session. Our Admiralty is one of these, and little short of a revolution will ever reform it. Every one knows the story of the old Canopus. Captured at the Nile, she long—ay, for 40 years—Jed the van of the Bri tish navy, led even ships built in England after her own lines. Then came the day when the Gomer steamed into Portsmouth harbour with the King of the French on board. France may look on that day as one of her " glories." The English dockyards itnmediately resounded with preparations for build 'yng Gomers. Next came the Napoleon, the first ship of the line whose lines were drawn and whose keel was laid to meet the requirements of a fast screw steamship. So our Agamemnons began to be. A meeting of gentlemen interested in the forma tion of a Mounted Volunteer Corps for the west-end of London was held yesterday at Willis's-rooms, Major J.F.. Richardson, C. 8., of the Bth B/ i ngal Irregular Cavalry, in the chair. Among those present were Col. Seymour, Messrs. Bowen, May, E. Tattersall, W. Boyle, J. M. Garrard, Dy moke Green, &c. Letters were read from Colones Douglas, Adjutant-General of Cavalry, regretting his inability to join the London Light Horse, as he held a commission in a Volunteer corps in his own county, but stating that he should recommend the corps to his friends ; from Capt. Wedderburn ; and from Captain Alexander, Bengal Irregulars, offer ing to assist in the organisation of the corps in any way in his power. The chairman, having read the minutes of the last meeting, said that the immediate object of the present was to decide upon the uniform to be adopted. He did not consider that at present it would be necessary to have a full dress, as it would be found to he very expensive, and he wished to accommodate the outlay required to the means of the poorest man amongst them. He would sug gest, therefore, that the carps should first be orga• nised, and then the question of the full dress could be decided. In answer to questions the chairman said that the arms proposed were swords and pistols, but that he thought that it would he advisable, per haps, to have a few lances and carbines distributed among the non-commissioned officers of the regi ment; the horses were to be from 15 to 10 hands high; hunting saddles were to be used, with wal lets and straps, and the bridles of Nolan's pattern, with silver-plated buckles. It was then agreed that the uniform should consist of a loose blue jac ket, with blue velvet facings and silver cord em broidery, pantaloon breeches of white Melton cloth, Napoleon riding boots of patent leather, plated hunting spurs, a blue forage cap with silver band. and crown ornament, and without peak ; and the sword should be the light cavalry sword with scroll hilt, and the belts and pouch of Russia leather, with silver-plated ornaments. It was also argeed that the subscription should be for effec tives two guineas par annum and one guinea en trance, and that honorary members should sub scribe one guin ea per annum, a donation of 10 guineas to constitute a life member. Thirty-six gentlemen have already enrolled themselves, and nearly 100 more have promised to join, and it was agreed to com municate with the Lord-Lieutenant (the Marquis of Salisbury) forthwith, offering their services to her Majesty. A vote of thanks to the chairman concluded the proceedings. The Workman's Volunteer Brigade, a newly raised corps, mustering nearly 1,000 strong, assem bled on Saturday evening in the Guildhall for drill practice and. parade, and attracted considerable notice. 'They nearly filled th© spacious hall, and, considering the difficulties they have had to en counter in obtaining, suitable places for drill, their marching and general deportment reflected much credit on the body. In the course of the evening, Major Richards addressed the men and stated that Col. Sir William De Bathe was present, and that that gallant officer had accepted the command of the Ist battalion, which announcement was received with great enthusiasm. Sir William then presented himself, and expressed his gratification at being selected to take charge of so fine a body of Volun teers. It had been his let to serve under the illus trious Wellington in some of his glorious cam ' paigns, and he therefore thought that he might be in some way qualified for the important post to which they had appointed him. It would be iris pride to render the corps all the aid he could, and he had no doubt, from the proficiency they had shown,, they would become equal to any volunteer corps in the country. The gallant officer was loudly cheered during his address. The bat talion then formed in marching order, and, headed by their band, proceeded through the principal streets in the city to their head- quarters. Last evening a public m eet i ng of the inhabi tants of Upper Clapton and neighbourhood was held at the National School-room, Wood-street, Upper Clapton, in ferder to add to the strength of the Second Tower Hamlets Rifle Regim en t, an d to I raise another company for the locality. Mr. Gibbs, of Springfield, occupied the chair. Resolutions were passed authorising the formation of another company. Thirty gentlemen haling enrolled their names, the meeting separated. The American corvettes came next, and our Merseys and Orlandos were ere long racing over the measured mile in Stokes Bay, Each one of these improvements ought to have emanated from England, for each in order has been more and more of a character calculated to maintain in our hands our maritime preponderance. Every thing that makes a ship of war vast, expensive, complicated, dependent on machinery, and a con sumer of coal, makes more and more for our retain ing that preponderance. When our ships arc panoplied in iron, arc built of iron, invulnerable colossi of the deep, then more than ever will England be Queen of the seas. Why have not the instincts of the British Admiralty been keenly alive to all this 1' And why has France once more got the start—it may be this time a fatal start—of us ? "Fo answer this question we may contrast the conditions under which, on the one hand, France ' has set about her Napoleons and her Gloires with those under which it has been possible for our Admiralty to ignore the march of ideas and of practical results, and•to be blinded by prejudices founded on the personal interests of dockyard officials. A young Frenchman, M. Dapiiis Delolme, came to England to study naval archi tecture, for naval architecture, which, as a science, exists not in our dockyards, flourishes nowhere, not even in America, as it does in our private building yards. So M. Delolme became the pupil of a gentleman to whom this science owes much—Mr. Scott Russell. He went back to France. It is a rare virtue in Princes—would it were not ! to recognise real intellect and strength of purpose, and to discriminate between these and their coun terfeits. The Emperor Napoleon 111. possesses that gift. It matters little whether the invention of the iron panoply was an American "notion" or an idea :Napoleonienne. It was the Emperor whose sagacity appreciated it. It was at his suggestion that our own unwieldy iron batteries were built for the Rus sian war, and he had the triumph of the success of his vessels of this class at Kinburn. He selected M. Dupuis Delolme to give to this idea a further ex tension—to invest these panoplied ships with speed and all the qualities of a man-of-war, and the Gloire is the result. But that is not all. The Gloire is one only of a series; for, so entire a faith in a scientific principle, worked out in a scientific way, had the Emperor and the talented engineer in whom he re posed his confidence, over whom he placed no supe rior but himself, and at whose command all the resources of the dockyards of France were placed, that not one only, but ten of these ships, have been silently, rapidly, efficiently, and simultaneously growing into completion. The Uxbridge (24th Middlesex) Rifle Corps met on Saturday last, at Cowley-house, the resi dence of the captain, to receive a set of drums and fifes presented to the corps at the sole cost of the Hon. Miss Georgina Irby, a descendant of the first Earl of Uxbridge, and sister of the pre sent Lord Boston. The presentation was to have been made by Miss Irby in person, but to the great regret of all she was unavoidably absent, owing to the sudden death of a near relative. Mrs. HilliP.rd (the captain's wife) was deputed by Miss Ir' o y to represent her, and in an appropriate address to the corps she presented the instruments, expressing the vrarm sympathy of the ladies generally in the more raent, and Miss Irby's hope that, the band might 'prove a source of enjoyment and, encouragement in their loyal and patriotic undertaking. The meet ing was also made the occasie of the distribution of prizes for which the members of the corps had contended on Th ursday and Friday. Each ms:n i fired five rounds at the four ranges-150, 200, 250 stubscribea for ': y and 300 yards. A. challenge cup made 32 points in the 20 round a e the corps was awarded to Priv Raff,..rty , who prizes, given by the o ffi cers, were awarded s. Gt.he.:r points ; Sherwin, 27 points ; a n ,.; / ..:? ..N .tcholson, 28 points; two other men, Hallo- -- o r . Rayner, 26 1 J._ lirowTeurr,ay each 26 points, but in she , was and Youens, made won. Prizes were also a- Jting off the tie Rayner at each separate range e l arded for the best score 8, at 300 yards ; Phillips 9, at 250 ; 6 two handsome cus f theg U. at 200 ; and C or _ p oral Woodbridp,v3 9. at i lr 8 00. The ladies f U e b s r t id n g u e m a b ls e o r ogfayhits in the a t t. P hits, and Youens„ 18 hits ° . the lot of Ra f ferty, Y m rj ad lie e n l s 7 f h o its each. the 2d Ladies' prize, and . J 4/ i n c e h o e t l b s 0 0 n r Iltiedg,,.,l A writer in a contemporary says :—Every Eng• lishman who has read your columns containing the interesting communications on iron-plated ships must have been struck with their vast import. ance. No greater testimony of their value can be adduced than the instantaneous effect produced by them in the official regions of Whitehall. No sooner had your notices appeared than there was running and rushing too and fro at Whitehall, and now, as if by magic, the world is told that another steel-plated vessel is ordered to be laid down. It is to be 400 feet long, and calculated to carry an armament of surpassing destructive power, &c. It I am correctly informed, this vessel is to embrace all the defects as well as the advantages of the former iron plated vessels— that is to say, of the Black Prince and Warrior class. The new vessel is, in point of fact, to be nearly the exact copy of prior forms. To be pre cise, let me indicate the nature of these defects, premising that the question of the routine of the attack and defence of these kinds of vessels has been so ably discussed in your columns that fur ther comment at my hands is unnecessary. Permit me to specify certain grave defects of construction in iron clad shins as hitherto made —defects which it is the present intention of the Admiralty to repeat in the build of the new vessel. All the iron plates hitherto employed in defend ing the sides of ships have been secured in position by a series of bolts and nuts fitting into correspond ing perforations drilled through the iron plates as well as the wooden or iron hull of the ship itself. Some of the belts are as much as 20 to 24 inches long by 2 inches diameter, and have either a square or conical head at one end and double nuts at the other. On the impact of the shot—be it either of the 68-pounder round or any of the various kinds of elongated paojectiles—if the plate, in a large number of instances, be not perforated the bolts are nevertheless driven inboard with very destruc• tive effect. Having myself been present at many of these trials I can testify to the grave nature of the casualties to be apprehended unless the proper steps be taken to remedy this defect. At this particular stage I wish to point out in what manner the influence of the press might be brought to bear for the national advantage. As soon as this defect was duly ascertained and acknowledged by the authorities, thinking men were devising means to overcome the evil. To my own knowledge plans were submitted in the latter part of last year to the Admiralty Board—plans which, in the opinion of that Board, completely obviated the grave defects before mentioned. Of my own knowledge, too, I can state that the only reason urged why the ships then building should not be constructed was that the contracts, embrac ing old principles, were already made, and that my Lords could not then interfere with the execution of such contracts without great inconvenience to the public service. However difficult it may be for the public to credit the announcement, it is still a fact that notwithstanding the approval of the new plan by the Admiralty, and the evidence of their own committee, the old system is about to be repeated. People may listen to canards like that of the Nor mandie not having buoyancy to carry heavy guns. When the Normandie sits the water like a bird and steams at 13 knots with the heaviest guns France can make, Englishmen will perhaps abuse the stealthy movements with which aggression pre pares its spring, and throws dust in the eyes of an adversary, and the Emperor Napoleon will be exe crated as a conspirator against the repose of the world. Be it so—but he has achieved his end. Look now at our own dockyards and the means adopted in them for carrying out improvements. The Surveyor of the Navy, who is the responsible adviser of the Board, is as fine a sailor as ever stepped a quarterdeck. Bat why should so ad- , archi tect when his previous training has in about an EADYBIL,TI" 4 , mirable a sailor be doomed to become a naval ssibility of abandoning The answer is sie, 3 o % equal degree medicine aitogether . is shown indigestion, the e i t i i . o tinicr ( cr extraordinary aiatal clUttliflet him to become a bishop P inv . r,i—The possibility but not elite conclusive. It i 4 cures wit n li s o t i i it a T io e n dic n i e n r e vo o us, nd, bilious s and liver complaints, to make anybody short ' of an not the cuetone, Admiral S s d n elicions Health Restoring Revalenta Arabic "Arveyor to the Navy, and until he is an Food ; the following are not the lettst remarkable :—Cure stn custom a dockyard to learn what is tbe . business AdmirPL it is iß ee e e y 3l :7ll, s e st o 1: constipations consumption, and debility effected by Du not the custom for an officer to be t n. 0V , 70. Mr. tames Roberts, tamper inzt3bant of Frim of thirty years diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver be made into a shipbuilder and surveyor VI• `Jf a ship artificer. Therefore if an Admiral is to Holze, aged 107 years, of dyspepsia (indigestion) debility, derangement, partial deafness.—Cure No. 5 . 8,816. 11 . I . .rs. seventy years,—Cure f No. result is that the whole of the designing for , here Lekester,'kwy-flove select a good sailor for the purpose 0 surveyors n0t th 46,814. d.h Mr._ S e am ro uel N Laxt i o B t o t, irritability and nervousness whicn had tormented her for Majesty's dockyards devolves on 0, ritborainate pupils of the old Sehbol of Naval Design. But that 13 1 erhaps indirectly oa k paw of the existing gestion, and debility, from which I haVe suffered Iwos ye i a i r e s rvolis la n r W a. cons u tipation e ,. indi- ' and great misery, and which no medicine could remove or.re yet lievo, have been effectually cured by Du Barry's Food in a as ceased to be, thanks to Sir James 18 , Fleet-street, London.' school itself I) . very short time. IV, B. Reeves, 1 p il e v4i e d ti al t s a a iLd Medicines ' otirthaonynoinyvaaariceablcylzpgrpoaivnattmo disappointment, Graham., 'who knocked that admirable institution nu and expense may be avoided by using annoyance, Barry's Fcod the head just as it was beginning to become a for-saves % c9 ' l 1 w o li e c r h, re at po a d i f i e e w pens t. em ov r u e r day, effectually, 7 didable And a useful rival to the taa system. What, Constipation, indigestion (dyspepsia) ervous, n bilfo n u r s gl a n n g e liver complaint! and all their consequences. Certificate then, are we to do when some improved class of `:nip is suggested by a foreign vessel of new pro portions, involving some principle new to our navy, Citinp ' ell. Let in t val a id v s e ti ' v ' oid the fearful dangers of spu 7 111, ) 5%, , , 1 • g h l y :i . And it thte r afest urA rTed i j r .. s tn i lr a o ß w d, U t r 3r o . , has appeared perhaps at Spithead—a Gomer, a f ri a 7 s ll o s p a r n e the c t l ea injurioces. i l i is e g , t s aio . n ta s ti o:f it e i red e un r ci o t t il i Niagara, a General, Admiral, or perhaps a Nor- high Court of Chancery under a pen l aTty P of £5,000 against ted vari b e y ty of mandie ? Fortunately for England, she has her Shopk e epers7 7 expect to be d ßw il l t go r private building yards, and the naval architects of Barry's 'v are consitaepeta:ediatfors with u lt ch rab p ie aten F t o a e re utterly n I'd's , . ill a fr 4 Hooper Neill and his agents ; and tho d p t ria i t a e t ne u s the Thames and the Clyde are competent to under take the problem. The plans for the construction of article must a llo d ristor is genuine without the name Barry d Du Barry gent-street, an ; fregates blindees, the very lines for them have, there Regent-street a t , 1. r i n ci:i f oh u se lk rsi o e . n e trh inae is reason to believe, existed in the Admiralty, but 24. 1t ?d. ax ; 2db 2 . 4 k. 6d. slb. lls. 121 b. 22. 2 , f 4 r l e b e. 4 o o ns .re c Te i h v et notr designed by Admiralty heads or hands, for these of Post-ofice orderßarryand Co., 77, Re , a o r u e r t years ; and the Warrior and the Black Prince canisters b y Barry Fro sen tl 1 carriage Fortnum Mason, and an C d o.A o Ab o bt : features to .exemplify many of the most important ford-street ; 330 -street 4 E; tr C a h n e d a . ps 4 i 9 cle ; and 63 60, Bishopsgate- C o l/ t one a n i n ties in th street ; Batty, 16, Finsbw:y Pavement.; Phillips . and Co, ose plans and lines. Why, it may be asked, hay® not the Admiralty long before this ea-dealers; Petty, Wood and Co,,King lirilliam-streeta t City ;at 127 ii - ') IA Hoo, orn ;po all grocerrl The defEcts of the present method of fixing iron plating are these :-1. When struck by shot, the bolts are either driven inboard or broken, or the plates are cracked from hole to hole • if the plate struck be not broken it curls up at the corners and edges. 2. In a seaway it is next to impossible, from the -vast number of bolt holes passing through the hull and plates, to keep the vessel watertight. In spite of every precaution caulking does not per fectly keep out the water, and in anything like heavy weather the vessel leaks like s sieve. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 10, /860, either acted on a principle which has been proved, and built these mailed frigates, or shown reasons why that principle is fallacious, and rejected it ? They have done neither the one ror the other. Sir J. Pakington long ago ordered the building by con tract of the iron frigates alluded to, and of two other smaller ones, and one or two of these may be ready by next Christmas twelvemonth. By doing this the Admiralty acquiesced in the conclusion, as a scientific result, that wooden ships are henceforth an anaehronism, yet they go on spending the millions upon millions that the nation has so lavishly and cheerfully voted them in ever laying down new keels of fresh wooden war ships on every slip as it becomes vacant in our dock yards. What is the explanation of this ? What else can it be than this—that the dookyard officials know that their occupation will be gone the day that the Lords of the Admiralty are compelled by public opinion through the press and in Parlia ment to act on a principle, the truth of which at present they do not or will not see. It is no won der, therefore, that every dockyard receives the Lords of the Admiralty with a shake of the head over the failure of iron plates before British guns; it is no wonder that the dockyard of Chatham is to have the sop given it of building an iron ship which there are no appliances there for building, nor an official who is competent to superintend one single stage of the process ! It is no wonder that no officer in the navy who is hoping for promotion will come forward with the moral courage to speak out what he thinks —nay, what he knows. It is left to civilians, to the few who look on these ques tions with something of the interest of a scientific problem, yet at the same time with the gravest ap prehensions of the results they may involve, to speak what they feel upon them, and to speak, therefore, necessarily in an imperfect way. They are, and the country will be, deeply indebted to the press for having taken up this matter, even though at the eleventh hour. It is an awful thing that the safety of our com merce and the honour of our flag—to say nothing of our pride as the leading maritime nation—should be subject to these constant recurrences of jeopardy, and be only rescued from humiliation by some happy chance, such, perhaps, as a newspaper editor becoming suddenly aware of the precipice that may be close at hand, and of which there may or may not be time to give due warning. We havd one con solation. The faults of our Admiralty are not necessa rily born of our representative institutions, though a nation governed by an absolute Monarch with rare gifts may not be exposed to the disasters arising from such faults. An Admiralty like ours might be possible in Austria or Russia, but there is no free press in those countries to discuss its acts and to compel them. On the other hand, in each case in which the French marine has set our dockyards at work, we have improved on our model just in the ratio of the mechanical ingenuity involved in it. If we never beat the Canopus, we long ago beat the Gomer ; and the Warrior, whenever the company to which the building of her has been in cautiously intrusted can complete her, will assu redly be a nobler vessel than the Gloire. We have given the steam engine and the railroad, the tele graph, and a thousand arts of peace to France. She has improved on none of them. She has given us, it is true, the Jacquard loom. But her other gifts have been only the implements of aggressive war —lllinie rifles, rifled cannon, models, not of com mercial clippers, but of ships of war. Every one of these we have adopted, or we must adopt, and it is our own fault if we do not far sur pass each and all of them. IRON-PLATED SHIPS. THE .211URDER NEAR NEWCAS4 On Monday morning the inquiry into the circum stances of the death of Thomas Harrison was re- sunaed by the coroner, J. M. Favell, Esq., in the Ship Inn, kept by Mr. Thomas Kinnaird, at Pel ton. The court was entirely an open one, a number of the surrounding villagers, consisting chiefly of women, being present. Mr. Theodore Hoyle, Jura, accompanied by Mr. Shipley, appeared to watch the case on behalf of the widow and relatives of the deceased; but the prisoner, Lockey, being in custody under remand of the magistrates at Chester-le• street, was not brought forward. Mr. Squire, su perintendent of police, was in attendance. The coroner opened the proceedings by reading the depositions previously taken. Elizabeth Loekey having been sworn, deposed — I am the wife of Milner Lockey, and lived at Ur peth Mill. He worked at the coal mines. On Saturday night, the 29th of September, about half past six o'clock, I was in the kitchen, and Thomas Harrison was in bed in the kitchen. Milner Lockey came in and said, " Now, honey, how are you com ing on the night ?" I said, " What has brought you down here the night ?" He said, " You ---, you'll find it out before it's long." I said, " Don't you come here to make any kick-up, or I'll be forced to send for a policeman." Then he called me a " flaming I said, " Lockey, can you prove me a " He said, " No, I can't." I said, " Where's your face, or where's your tongue, to call me that name P" He sat down and put off his hat. He then came to me and worked with a knife about my breast and stomach. I knew afterwards it was a knife. He then stabbed me through the right thigh with a knife. It went in at the inside above the bone, and came out at the outside. I bled a great deal. My boy Samuel, who was in bed upstairs, came down and said, " Oh, Lackey, don't kill my mother, and I'll call you father," Mr. Har rison spoke and said, " Oh, Lockey, don't kill your mistress." Mr. Harrison get up in the bed, and I gave my boy a wink to go f or h e l p . H arr i son j um ped up and put his arms round Lockey's waist and said, " Oh, mistress, take that knife out of the man's hand; he's run it through my heart." Harrison was bleeding from his breast. I worked on till I got the knife out of Lockey's hand, and popped it down into my breast. I put it in open. I could not shut it. I spoke to Mr. Harrison twice over, and he did not speak. "Lockey," I said, " thou's murdered that man ;" and he said in reply, "Ay, you --, I'll murder ye before it's l ong ." H arr i son sa t d own on the chair and never moved, Lockey took hold of me, and brought me away from Harrison. He said, " Now, we'll have a cup of tea together, and it'll be the last cup of tea we'll get." Harrison was then leaning on his hand. His elbow was on the bed. ' He never moved to my knowledge. He said, " I'll gan' through the hale fleet this night, for I know be hung for this job." He told me to put the kettle on ; so I took to the door, thinking I would make my escape, and he followed me for fear that I should get out. He in the meantime asked me for ' the key to lock the door. I said, " Lockey, there's ' neither lock nor key on my door." He then took . me and put me on the chair. I asked him to spare my life on account of the fatherless bairns, and he said a second ti me , " I'll gan ' t h roug h th e h a l e fl ee t this night." I said, " Then let me go to the door for a few coals, honey," and he never spoke. I went to the door and saw Hart coming, and I flew to him' ' directly I saw him. Another man was with him, but at a short distance from him. I told him as well as I could what had happened. I think I told him Lockey had murdered the man. When Lockey and Hart were talking I made away up the bank as far as ever I could. I could not run. When I got round the turn in the bank I heard Lockey coming. He had not a hat on his head. He shouted two or three times, " You --, take time." I called out several times, " I'll be a murdered woman this night." I shouted " Murder !" three or four times. I flew into Mr. Heslop's barley field, and the gate was open for me. It is called the " Wheat-field," and is near the mill. I then got away from him, and I saw him no more. I think be went up the lane. Many a time I tumbled down on my knees that night. I went away to the colliery, and the first door I got to I went in. I gave the knife to a policeman. [The knife was here produced.] That's the knife Lockey struck me and Harrison with. I tried to shut it, but could not. Mr. Harrison was a decent and well behaved man from the time he came into my house. Lockey has ill-treated rime before. I brought him before the magistrates at Chester for assaulting me; and many a time I would have been a murdered woman if it had not been for the neighbours. When he called on me a fortnight before he threatened what he would do. I never heard him use threats to Harrison. He asked him how long he was to " byde," but he said he could not tell, for he was looking fora letter every day to take him away home. By Mr. Hoyle—l could not see the knife moving about in the wound ho inflicted on Harrison ; but when he ran it into my thigh he gave it two or three pushes. I believe Lockey had a little sup, but not a great deal of drink in him. He appeared to be sober. I was at that time living away from Lockey. The magistrates told him he had not to " fash" me any more. This is about 14 or 15 weeks ago. John Wright, the next witness said—l am a farm labourer with Mr. Heslop, and live at the Ridings. It is about half a mile from Urpeth corn mill. About half-past 7 o'clock on the evening of Sept. 29th Samuel Wilson came,* to the Ridings. He said his mother had sent him, and I was to come down. He said Lockey had coni'd and killed the " bum" man, and was going to kill him and his poor mother. We questioned him again, and he repeated the same thing. I and Hart then went down to the mill, and Mrs. Lockey came out. Lockey followed her, but never came outside the doorstead. Mrs. Lockey saw Hart, and made to him. Seeing Loekey in the door at the same time, she said, " Oh, Ned, go in and help Lockey to bed." Hart turned to Lockey and said, "Do you want to go to bed, Luckey ?" He said, " No ; it isn't my bed time yet." Hart said, " Where's t'ot her man ?" Lockey said, " Oh; I'm the man." He said that twice. Hart turned away, and shouted on Mrs. Lockey to come back, as she was going up the bank. He said, " Betty, come here ;" and she shouted, " Yes." She came back, and Hart went to meet her. They spoke together, but I did not hear what they said. Hart carne to me ; and Mrs. Lockey went up the bank. I believe she was walking. Lockey was still at the door. I went to Mrs. Heslop's, and sent Richardson for a policeman. I left Hart with Lockey. By the Jury—l did not go into the house; and I never saw Harrison until they were laying him oat. I was frightened of Lockey. By the Coroner—We each had a stick. Samuel Robinson, sergeant of police at Chester le-street, said—On Saturday evening, Sept. 29, I received information that Lockey had murdered the bailiff at Urpeth Mill, and had, Atabbed his wife. In company with another officer, f proceeded to Upton Mill. We searched a house or' two on the road, and got there about ten o'clock. I founei Harri son dead, and leaning on the bed. I found a large wound, about an inch and a half in length, under his left breast. His shirts were saturated with blood ; and there was a great quantity of blood on the floor and by the bedside. The shirts had holes in them corresponding with the one in his body. I got assistance and laid him down by the bedside. After searching for Lockey, I went to Urpeth Col liery and saw Mrs. Lockey in bed. She gave me the knife produced, which was bloody. Its point is a little turned. I have measured the blade. It is 44 inches long, or a little over. The blade and haft together are 91 inches long. It is a new knife, and catches back with a spring. It was bought at Mr. Forster's shop, in the Market-place, Durham. I have seen Mr. Forster, and he has identified the knife. The man, however, who sold it to Lockey is ill. I believe his name is Forster, but I am not sure. By a Juror—lt was sold on Saturday, the 29th, about 11 o'clock in the forenoon. By the Coroner—l continued searching for Lockey during the night ; and on Sunday morning the 30th I was present at his apprehension by police-constable Mallaby, in a pigsty behind Urpeth Mill. I said, " Lackey, I charge you with the wilful murder of Thomas Harrison at this place last night, by stab bing him with a knife, and also with attempting to murder your wife by stabbing her." He made no reply. After searching and handcuffing him, we brou ;_ht him to Chester-le-street lock-up. H e i s now in custi - ,? dy there, under the remand of the ma gistrates. He is not present, because the magis trates thought he td :?!itter not be brought, in order to keep down excitemen:. When we got t o Chester le-street, and while his clod. es were being taken off, Lackey said, " This would no: have happened if my wife had not used me so badly." He made this statement voluntarily. David Mallaby—l am a police-officer, and 11:7'e at Kibblesworth. On Sunday morning, the 30th of September, I received information that a murder had been cetilmitfed at Urpeth Mill. I proceeded there, and saw Harrisch Iyine, dead on the floor. I then came to Pelton and joined the !sergeant. We returned and searched the mill. About half past 9 o'clock I apprehended Milner Locke) , in a pigsty at Urpeth Mill. I said, " Now, Lockey, you'll have to go with me ;" and I took him to Sergeant Robinson, by whom he was charged with the murder. I searched his pockets, and found £1 Bs. 6d. in money, a handkerchief, a watch, and a small clasp knife, which I produce. He then asked for his hat, as his head was cold, and I went into the kitchen for it, and gave it to him, and he put it on. I produce Lackey's shirt, which has blood on the left sleeve and left breast. His trousers have bl ood on both legs at the front, and on the left leg at the back ; also on the left skirt of his coat, It was lie tt saidw t night, and Lockey was as wet US could. be. he had stopped in a holly bush in the wood all night. Bohn Mowbray Hudson said—l ara a surgeon, and F '~... live at Chester-le-street. On Sunday morning the 30th Sept., about 6 o'clock, I was requested by Sergeant Robinson to goto Urpeth Mill, as a murder had been committed there. I went, and saw the body of a man lying en the floor in a cottage. 1 was told his name was Harrison. He was dead. On the left breast about an inch below the nipple was a punctured wound, penetrating the cavity of the chest, and about an inch and a half in length. I saw a great deal of blood upon the floor and on a quilt. He had on a flannel and an upper shirt. I made - a post-mortem examination of the deceased on. Monday afternoon, Oct. I. I had the body stripped, and on the left elbow was a recent incised I wound right across the joint, about an inch long ; also other two of the same description on the side of the elbow. The wounl on the chest proceeded through the muscles between the fourth and fifth rib. The heart was entire and its cov ering. - The left lung had a large wound in it corresponding with the wound in the chest, commencing a little beyond its margin, towards the centre of the lung. A large quantity of coagulated blood was in the cavity of the chest. I examined the heart, which was quite empty in consequence of the loss of blood. The large blood-vessels were also empty. The pericardium contained its usual quantity of serous fluid, which proved that it was uninjured. The viscera was empty. A portion of half-digested food was in the stomach. The rest of the organs were perfectly healthy, I consider the cause of his death was from hemorrhage from the wound in his left lung. (Knife produced.) That knife is sufficient to inflict such a wound. Mrs. Lockey recalled—When Lockey came into the house, he took off his hat and put i t on the table. (Hat produced.) I think that is his hat. My boy Samuel will be 11 years of age come January. Francis Oughton, miner, said—l live at Pity-me. I saw Milner Lockey a week gone last Saturday about a quarter or 20 minutes past nine o'clock in the forenoon. I met him at the end of Framwell gate. He had some clothes carrying. He said he was coming to work at Upworth. I carried his clothes about a quarter of a mile. He said to me "Things are not pleasant at • home," because there was a man named Harrison stopping with his wife, and if the one-eyed was there when he went home, he would put an end to them both. He said he would not be hanged for them, as he would put an end to his own existence at the same time. We walked together to Pity-me. I keep a publichouse there. He was in my house about two hours. He had one glass of whisky, but he was quite sober. He left between 12 and one o'clock. He went alone. the Newcastle-road. This constituted the whole of the evidence offered. The Coroner having summed up, The jury retired to another room, and after an absence of about five minutes, returned a verdict of " Wilful Murder" against Milner Lockey. In the neighbourhood the shocking affair con tinues to excite the most intense interest. On Sun day the lonely cottage, which was the scene of the dreadful tragedy, was visited by a number of curiously-disposed individuals ; Mrs. Lockey hav ing previously granted to the bailiff, now in posses sion of the mill, permission to sisow certain parties through the interior of the ill-fated building. The chair, on which Mr. Harrison leaned back after re ceiving the deadly blow, up to Monday - retained its position at the bedside, and presented some marks of blood; similar indications of personal violence being observed upon some of the materials in the bed. Mrs. Lockey, however, having resolved to return no more to her old habitation, has taken house at Urpeth Colliery for herself and children, and thither the furniture is being gradually re moved. She has now, to a great extent, recovered from the severe injuries inflicted by her cruel hus band, but still remains in a comparative state of weakness. The reports in circulation concerning the motives by which the prisoner was actuated in the commission of the crime are numerous and. varied. Somewhat singular it is, that up to a cer tain period, he seemed to have spoken of his wife with great affection and respect. It appears that about eleven weeks ago he went to lodge with a woman named Jane Dowson, at a place called Leasingthorne, near Bishop Auckland. When there he is represented as having frequently talked of Mrs. Lockey in a eulogistic strain, and on his return from Urpeth, apout a fortnight previous to the murder, he told his landlady how well sbe had behaved towards him. He mentioned too that Harrison was staying with her, but never said that he suspected anything wrong be tween them. On leaving that he went to another house., where he seems to have indulged in a similar tone of conversation. There, however, he is stated to have received a letter informing him that his wife had been at Pelton with another man ; and by this communication he appeared to be much put about. The police have not ceased from prosecuting their inquiries, with the view of rendering the evidence in support of the capital charge complete ; and at the investigation before the magistrates at Chester-le-Street, which is expected to take place this week, some fresh facts will probably be elicited. _HEALTH" OF LONDON DURING T.IEF" WEEK. (E.on the Registrar-General's IVeckly Return.) In the week that ended last Saturday 1,075 deathS were registered iu London, This number shows but a very trifling increase on that of the previous week. If the deaths in the present return are com pared with the average mortality of the first week of October as obtained from the previous 10 years 1850-59, it will be seen that the public health, as tested by the mortality, is in a not unfavourable condition. Small-pox carried off six children, measles 52, scarlatina also 52, diphtheria 12. There were five deaths from scarlatina in Islington East. Two widows died, one at the age of 99 years, the other at 102 years, the latter at 6, Castle-alley, Whitechapel. A girl, aged three months, died of " erysipe las, a week after vaccination ; " a boy, aged six weeks, of " gastric irritation from impure milk." A sugar baker, aged 23 years, was suffocated in a charcoal cistern. And a labourer, aged 60 years, was destroyed by sulphuretted hydrogen gas when at work in a gaspipe. Last week the births of 982 boys and 834 girls in all 1,816 children, were registered in London. In the 10 corresponding weeks of the years 1850-59 the average number was 1,465. _ _ At the 'Royal. Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 30.088 in. The mean reading was above 30 in. on five days. The highest point attained was 30.28 in. on Thurs day. The mean temperature of the air in the week was 51.9 deg., which is 1.3 deg. below the average of the same week in 43 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher). The mean temperature of the water of the Thames was 54.2 deg. The mean degree of humidity of the air was 85, complete saturation being represented by 100. The wind blew from the west and north-west ; on the last three days from the south-west and west. No rain was measured in the week. In the 13 weeks that ended on Saturday, Sept. 29, 12,916 deaths were registered in London. That this mortality is relatively very low will be mani fest when it is added that last quarter fewer per sons died by 1,150 than in the same period of 1856, fewer by 1,343 than in 1857, fewer by 1,429 than in 1858, and fewer by 3,094 than in 1859. It will further be observed, that as the population has increased, the smallest number of deaths was obtained from the largest population. In consequence of the coldness of the summer, and the unusual quantity of rain, the diarrhoea that carries off many hundreds of young children at that season was comparatively idle. Th e mean temperature of the air in the quarter was 56.8 deg., which is five degrees less than the average of four corresponding quarters (1856-9), and six degrees less than it was in the same period of last . ye d ur- 1 concurrence with this decrease of heat the eath n s from diarrhoea and cholera, which were 2 ,920 t in the same quarter of 1859, fell to 788 Certain other epidemics visibly declined; f last _ e q r u i a n r t e h r e . tivel 287 same periods smallpox numbered re 104 and and 71; typhus, 502 and 311; dysentery, and 99; scarlatina, 778 :and 471 ; d' s p P h e theria Y 190 But several 28 ; and remittent fever, 33 and 13. diseases in the same clas s (the zymotic) were more fatal ; for comparing still the summer quarters of 1859-60 measles rose from 231 to 579 ; whooping cough r h e umatism and rheumati c f I ns tead of 172 infants w h o c ev u e g r h fr te'rmoms2B4t3et7o6. 350 died in the summer of last year fr an om wt of breast milk, only 100 died last quarter ; and instead of 69 from thrush, only 30. The greater coldness of the weather increased the mortality of pulmonary coin , which in f our correspon ding quarters ranged from 474 to 562, plaints ; the deat hs from bronchitis pneu monia, which rang e d f rom 377 to ware in the qua rter that has j ust passed 66 7, and 606. Those from diseases o f th e h eart i t 3a h lss o lo s , e rwo f Iseve co nsiderably, and were 610. F rom a re view that o s f a r m e ttet a bove results of th e quarter it will be obvious a great portion, if not the whole, of i m provement in the public h ea l t h , w hi ch i s imjffied in a reduction of the total mortality, fallen to children, and these chiefl of has ytender age. [A.Dvilwrisuutii.l4—golloway's Pills and Ointment. — Bilious yso organ of the body does disease present itself so frequently And in such varied forms as in the liver, and in no affections' is it more important to apply immediate and safe treatment. Holloway's remedies hap pily places the moans of cure withhi the reach of all; his pills, aided by energetic friction with his ointment on the right side, will soon relieve the troublesome dyspeptic symptoms, and perseverance with these preparations will insure perfect recovery, without any great restrictions in habit or diet. This treatmeu4 safely rcclkees the enlarged liver, so often indicative of too great indulgence is the pleasures of the table; nor is it less efficient in promoting perfect digeatin. RAIL 1V Y INTELLIGENCE. NORTH MET.ROPOLIT AN JUNCTION. A public meeting- of the inhabitants of Highgate and Hornsey was he,ld last night at the Gate-house Tavern, Highgate, to consider the propriety of supporting a line of railway to connect the Eastern Counties, Great Northern, and London, Chatham, and Dover Railways, and thus give railway ac commodation to Tottenit am, Hornsey, Highgate, Hampstead, Kentish-town, and the entire western districts of the metropolh 4. Mr. T. Goulden was called to the chair. Mr. TINDALL, solicitor to i . he company, said that the directors had called the present meeting for the purpose of ascertaining the feelings of the inhabi tants, landowners, and others, as to this under taking. It was proposed to connect by a junction the Eastern Counties with the Great Northern Railway, which would give accommodation to a bzrge district at present without railways. A por tiov of the proposed line would pass through Kentish-town, and, although districts about there were laid out for building, yet little had been done, from want of the impetus which this line would give. Mr. DE WINTON, the engineer, said the line would commence by a double curve with the Cam bridge section of the Eastern Counties Railway, cross High-street, Tottenham, near the Ship Inn, continuing through the open fields between Mount Pleasant and West-green, passing near Duckett's green, and joining the Great Northern Railway near the Hornsey station. Another line would be formed through Crouch-end, crossing the' Arch way-road, Highgate-hill-road, to Kentish-town road, and terminate by a junction with the Hamp stead Junction Railway, with stations at Crouch end, Highgate-hill, and Kentish-town. Mr. POTTER said it appeared to him that the proposed station was too far from Highgate. What they wanted was to have the station in the town, and then there would be a chance of it doing them some good. Mr. DE WINTON pledged himself that the Com pany would consult the views of the meeting as far as was practicable by forming a line which would serve the majority of the inhabitants, and at the same time be remunerative to the shareholders. lie might say that 19 out of every 20 of the land owners were favourable to this line. Mr. HAMMOND said the inhabitants of Finchley were most desirous of having the benefits of rail way accommodation, and he suggested that the line should come from Hornsey through the valley, and so on to Willesden. Mr. BARRETT acid that if the line were put half way between Upper Holloway and Highgate it would be a great mistake, for persons would then continue to go by omnibuses, as they did at pre sent. He believed that a much better line could be formed by crossing near Townsend's yard. Mr. DE WINTON said he would inspect the spot, and if it was practicable to have a central station in Highgate they should have it. All they wanted was to carry a railway to a certain point, and at the same time to afford the fullest railway accommodation to the people of Highgate. They wanted also to make the line at the least possible cost, consistently with its affording the largest amount of accommodation. Mr. POTTER moved the adjournment of the meet ing to a future day to enable the engineer to pre pare an amended plan, which was put and agreed 1 to unanimously. a GREAT WESTERN OF CANADA. The traffic returns on this line for the week end ing September 21 amounted for passengers to 56,762 dols., for freight and live stock to 28 , 549 dols., and or mails and sundries to 1,346 dols.— total, 86,257 dols., against 43,425 dole. for the cor responding week of last year, showing an increase of 42,852 dole. COUNTRY 111414,K.E7'5. LIVERPOOL—OcT, 9. There was a fair attendance of both town and country dealers at this morning's market, with a very limited de mand for wheat and flour, which may be quoted at about 2d per cental decline on wheat, and 6d per sack and barrel on flour, with a retail business. In Indian corn there was rather less business doing at easier rates. Barley, beans, and peas in request, and brought fully late rates. New oats and oatmeal is to is 6d per load lower. BRISTOL—Ocr. 2. Our market was fairly attended by millers, who expected to secure wheat at a reduction, but holders being firm at last Tuesday's prices, little business took place. NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYNE—Ocr. 8. At this corn market there was a rather better show of wheat for the season, but the demand was quiet, and prices were at 2s decline on late rates—white making 60s to 70s, red 56s to 665. The samples of barley shown were few, and a fair demand. Oats in small supply, and the trade firm, from 29s to 36s per 24 atone. Beans made float 46s to Ns per qr. LEEDS, OCT. 9. A limited business doing in the wheat trade to-day. Our arrivals are exceedingly small. Good descriptions of new and old wheat held for about former rates; inferior and damp sorts 2s to 3s lower on the week. Barley easier to buy. Beans and oats quite as dear. SLEAFORD—OcT. 8. The trade was rather slow to-day, with a limited shoe of wheat, at about last week's rates. The supply of barley short. Wheat ruled at 64s to 70s, red 62s to 67s per qr. Barley, 298 to 465; oats, 28s to 325; beans, 47s to 525; peas, ts —s. NORWICH CATTLE—OcT. 6. The show of store cattle to-day was very large, many lots being of superior condition end quality. Buyers were tolerably numerous, and previous rates barely maintained. At the close more than one-fourth of the beasts remained unsold. Scots, 4s to 4a 6d ; shorthorns, 3s 6d to 4s 6d Irish, 31 to 4s 6d ; Devons, 4s Od to 4s d (estimated weight when fat). Fat boasts, 8s Od to 8s 6d per 141 b. Sheep—There was a good supply of sheep in the pens. Lambs, breeding ewes, and keeping sheep were is lower, and sales slow. Fat sheep, 8 s 6 d to O s Od p er stone; prime, Os to Os. Pigs—A fair supply. Store pigs, 258 to 30s; fat pork, 8s Od to 85 6d per stozie. THE MA.IL-.- MALLS DUE. Australia, Ceylon, and Mat,iritius (via South ampton) ..•• •• Oct. 19. Brazil and D C o a: (via Marseilles) pe Verds Nov.O N c o c.. 1 2.35 Buenos Ayres, M on t e Vid eo , & c . Oct. —. Cape ßahamas of Good G a o n o d d IlHaopvaen, ece a(Tia .. New Y . ork) .. Oct. Canada, &c. ( v i a G a l way ) .. Oct. 20. China, Penang, and Singapore (via S:a.m• pton..) Oct. 10. 1 1 9 0 .. Southampton) Do. (via Marseilles) Oct. 13. Gibraltar (via India (Calcutta), Ceylon, &c. (via 'Southampton) Oct. 19. (via Marseilles) Oct. 13. 10. I 1 n 1 e India (Bo D m o D b . a o y), ( (via Southampton) .. 0 00 c ce t tt ... via Marseilles) • • .... 0 0 c o t t . . , 19 5 .. Lisbon .. • • • • • • 11. Cuba and Mexie9 .. Oct. 1 Southampton);., Oct. 10. 3 .. Oct. 11. California,.. Aden ((.•;71:0 Marseilles) a e 17. Western Coast Africa,of c ll a l r a t d h e a ir ge a na , T,ecneur▪ iffba7B,.o.. Oct. 15. Vigo, and Oporto West Indies and Pacific, United Malta States, pDto.an [AnYER ISEDIENT.] Pills and medicine invariably Tag gravate and perpetuate diseases ; their annoyance, dig. and expense may ho avoided b. , , , persons • in indiffe r ent their address to E s f e r n ee di b n :po Oa st ly th e .. INVALIDS' Own' Es q•, 77, Re7,ent-street, W., London, and they GUIDE," or Natural Restorer, vriaiout medicine or ex pense, of perfect digestion, strong nerves, sound lungs, and will P . i IPlai receive n r nl y, eil q , hea l gratis and A refreshing sleep, to the most enfeebled, insuring the removal of indigestion (dyspepsia), constipation, liver complaints, nausea, epilepsy, paralysis, debility, nervousness, palpitation, cough, asthma, consumption, dropsy, flatulency, diarrhoea , dysentery, bilious ness, fevers, sore throats, catarrhs, colds noises in the e ars, rheumatism, gout, impurities, eruptions, hysteria, neural g i a, irritability, sleeplessness, acidity, palps, tation, heartb urn, headache, despondency, cramps, BPasmi sinking, fit s , ronchitis.— " to health," Unquestionably the safest Guide BIRTHS. Dj--On the Bth inst., at Brixton-hill, the wife of the Rev. Edwin Day, M.A., of a son. JEJEEBIRM—On the 31st Aug., at Mazagon. Castle, Bout. bay, Lady Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy, of a son. PETRE.—On the 6th inst., at Shelton, co. Wicklow, Lady Catherine Petre, of a daughter. EussELL.—On the 6th lust., at 22, Belgravia-square, Lady Hamilton Russell, of a slaughter. MARkZIAGES. LEGGE—LEVETT.—On the gat inst., at Wichnor, Stafford shire the Hon. and Rev. Georg e Barrington Legge, the second son of the late Earl of Dartmouth, to Sophia Frances Margaret, only daughter of the late J no. Levett, Esq., of Wichncs-park. WICKS—BURN.--On the 9th inst., at Epsom, Mr. James Wicks, jun.. of Colchester, to Agnes Hamilton, eldest daughter of R. Burn, Esq., of Epsom. DEATHS. CukcimELL.—On the Bth inst., at Scarborough, Mr. Wm. Willis Cracknoll, aged 93. DuNcn.—On the Gth inst., at 43, Ebury-street, Pimlico, Thos. Wm. Dunch, Esq., aged 76. GROVES.—On tho 6th inst., Mr. John Thomas Groves, of 27, Richmond. terrace, Clapham-road, and 63, Mark lane. ODOSON.—On the Bth inst. , at Brompton, Thomas Bick more Hodgson, formerly of Mayfair, aged 66. at Bath, Li eu t.-C o l one l Jas. ROBERTS.—On the Bth inst., at Hitchin, Herts, the Rev. JamesNc . — R o oh n er th ts e , s a t g h e di inst., .. , Spence, C. 8.. late 31st Regt. WYNNIATT.—On the ith inst SPEE inst., at Oaksey Rectory, Wilts, the Rev. Reginald Wynniatt, aged 74. LorTnox : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Aka, No. 112, &rand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the oonnty of Midc lloo o 2 ci,WedileSd% October 10, 18601