The Sun. — London, England, 1860-11-01 00:00:00

Jai; AVE The Prince of \V' ales, 131, screw three-decker, yesterday again rte a; med orkt of Portsmouth harbour to Spithead to test hier speed at the measured mile in Stokes Bay. C krpt, G. T. Gordon, commanding the Steam Reserve at Portsmouth, had the ship in charge, while Mr. .-G. Murdoch, inspector of machi nery afloat, and - Mr. Miller, second chief of the dockyard steam .'factory, represented the Govern ment in the .trigineering department during the trial, Mr. Hal 1i day representing Messrs. Penn and Sons, the eq. , atractors for the machinery. The weather wars, for the time of the year, exceedingly favourable for the trial—a light breeze off shore and /mow' ti water. After making a stretch towards the Warier light vessel, the ship stood for the mea sured wile in the bay. Six runs were made, which resulted in giving a speed to the ship of 12.575 knots. ; pressure of steam, 211 b. ; vacuum, 271 mean ; revolutions of engines, mean, 571. The Griffiths' propeller was used on the trial, with a diameter of 19ft. Gin., and a pitch of 28ft. Her trial, on the whole, may be considered pre-eminently satisfactory, and especially so in taking into consideration the placing of such splendid machinery inside so ugly a craft, the Prince of Wales being a fine form of vessel as a sailing three-decker, but far from that as a screw steamship. The vacuum at the com mencement of the trial was as high as 291. The engines are a pair of 400 horse power, of the same pattern as the Duncan's, and by the same eminent firm. The Cygnet, 6, screw, was yesterday taken out of Portsmouth harbour to the trial ground in stokes Bay for the purpose of commencing a series of trials with the Griffiths' propeller, with a view to some very important improvements in th e prin ciple by the patentee. The Meteor, floating battery, has been brought down Portsmouth harbour and placed alongside the dockyard for the purpose of a thorough overhaul and repair. The Camperdown hulk has been removed from the harbour at Portsmouth to the old ship basin. The Duke of Wellington, 131, screw, will remain for the winter in the ship basin at Portsmouth, the room in the harbour for vessels of her class being very circumscribed, and the number of her class in the first-class reserve being beyond the average. The Board of Royal Commissioners assembled last year for the purpose of carrying out an inves tigation into the Universal Dockyard system, having failed in rendering a satisfactory issue, the exami nation is ordered to be renewed under a newly elected commission, which commenced its proceed ings yesterday at Woolwich. The members present yesterday were :—Admiral Robinson, Lord Gifford, Mr. Dalglish, M.P., Sir H. P. Willoughby, and 31r. A. Price, R.N., secretary. Mr. W. Y. Peel, the present Chairman of the Royai Commission, was not in attendance. The Royal Commissioners com menced their proceedings by inspecting the books and offices of the Commodore-Superintendent, and afterwards proceeded to a superficial examination of the exterior departments of the dockyard, through which they were accompanied by Commodore the lon. I. R. Drummond, C,B. (who had specially re turned from leave of absence on the preceding even ing), Mr. Crouch, his private secretary, and some of the department officials. The investigation will be resumed to-day. The new despatch screw steam sloop Serpent, to carry 4 guns, launched from Mare's yard at Mill wall, having been forwarded to Woolwich to be brought forward for the steam service at that port, was yesterday taken in charge by the officers of the steam reserve, and proceeded on a trial of her machinery. The new screw steam gun vessel Spar row, also built at Millwall, likewise went down the measured mile yesterday on trial of her engines, prior to being given over by the contractors Messrs. Napier. The trial of both vessels was satisfactory. I , The sailing transport Reward, the steamer Gib raltar, and the Philo, were yesterday taken up by Government to ship from the military store depart meat at Woolwich, for foreign stations. The following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty :—Thomas Radford, second class assist.-engineer, to the Diadem; John Staley, second-class assist.-engineer, to the Dauntless, from service in the Leveret ; Charles H. Thompson, third-class assist.-engineer, to the Dauntless; and Nathaniel F. Hockerston, acting third-class assist.- engineer, to the Indus, as supernumerary. TEE ARMY. On Monday last the whole of the sth Dragoon Guards stationed at Brighton were drawn up in parade order, in Preston Barracks, to witness the presentation of medals to several men of the above regiment. The following men were called to the front and the medals pinned on their breasts by Sir Thomas M'Mahon :—Sergeant Bryant,and privates Tagg, , Doherty, and Williams, the three latter being each in possession of the Crimean medal, three clasps, and the Turkish medal. • Mr. W. Hewitson, Commissariat-General to her Majesty's army, who died suddenly on the 28th ult. at Cambridge-terrace, Hyde-park, in the 72d year of his age, was, previously to his entering the Commissariat, in 1806, a midshipman in the East India Company's Marine, and was present, in 1804, on board the Earl Campden, Commodore Dance, in the memorable action and repulse by the China fleet of the French squadron, under Admiral Linois, offthe Straits of Singapore (grant from the Patriotic Fund). In 1806, at the taking of the Cape of Good Hope, he received a severe contusion when in command of a boat landing troops in Lospardo-bay, and subsequently present with a party of seamen at the battle of Blueberg. In 1811-12 he served on the frontier, in Commissariat charge, with the force under Colonel Graham, em ployed in expelling the Kaffirs from the Zeurfeldt. In 1814-15 he served in the American war with the army in North America, and, on the termination of hostilities, on a special mission into the United States. In 1815 he joined the army in France. TEE VOLUNTEER MOVEMENT. THE LANCASHIRE RIFLE CONTEST. WEDNESDAY. Today, like its !predecessor, was rather murky, and at the long rang es the centres were on ly di m ly visible. Notwithstanding this d r a w b ac k th e shoot ing exhibite d an improvement on th a t o f yester d ay, is ev ery and there probability th a t it w ill gradu ally beco me mo r e satisfactory. Thanks to the ex cellent arrangem ents 2d battalion made by the o ffi cers o f th e and K to the management of C o l. Cl ar k e butt the umpire and Major Walk er , I nspector themselves ver popo t i a tt u r d in sco ,. t of Volunteers , who have already ma d e y single hitch or unpleasanamong the rifleme n , no t a n tn o e n as has occur re d. Volun teer commissioned and from the various corp s are alew°lllmissi one d o ffi cersy c ommand of the firing squad, and at h an d to ta k e aa the men o f t h e Stirlingshire Militia mak e capital every range is shot off, roeun ..markers, After tea aides-de-camp $ off to the secretary's hut with scor es, which are carefully entered into a printed regisotrees, which final result is speedily made known by . .r, and the bein g Post d on an erection similar to a guillotine. Th e e ,. A unt Sallies" at 200, 300, and 600 yards make m oney, the electric one being most in request. The advantage of electricity so applied is conspicuous, but it has one drawback—it does not allow the rifleman the pleasure of hopeful uncertainty. Before the tinkle of the ball on the target is heard the result is re corded by the needles. At these targets, and also at the sweepstakes range, the Whitworth asserts its superiority over all other weapons. Next in repu-* tation come Turner's and Westley Riohards's rifles, but the long Enfield up to 600 yards has still many admirers. Impromptu sweepstakes attract the greatest number of the unemployed riflemen, and the shooting at them is rather above the average. Lord Spencer and Major Brougham were again on the ground today, and though the attend ance of visitors was not numerous, it was very select. Fortunately, owing to the excellent a angements made f or , their comf or t, a goo dl y num ber of lad ie s encouraged the riflemen by their pre sence. Next year , when the ground has been well drained a n d hardened oloy he expet,te, a , larger number of v i s it ors 4 I t in, however, plain that riflo contests do not enlist the ardent curiosity of the general public, although a parade, or Volunteers on the march with bands playing, still gathers multi tudes together. At one o'clock each day a signal gun is fired from a prominent position, all the danger flags are simultaneously struck, and the riflemen gather at a capacious and comfortable turf hut, known as Vesuvius Cottage, NI here excel lent hot and cold dinners, including a famous " hot pot," are served throughout the day. The follow ing events were decided to-day :—" The first prize was specified as follows :—" A Challenge Cup, value 50 gs., presented by the Etrl of Ellesmere. To be competed for by delegates, who must be effective Volunteers, from the Volunteer companies of the county. Three delegates from each company, to be chosen by the commanding officers of the company. The company *hose delegates shall obtain the highest aggregate score to be the win ner. The cup to be considered the property of the winning company for the year, and to become its permanent property when won either two years consecutively or three times in all. The cup, so long as it is a challenge cup, to revert to the donor, or his representatives, if not competed for each succeeding year, until another competition takes place. Distances 300, 500, and 600 yards." The first prize fell to Sergeant Sillem, R. Maxwell, and R. N. S wire, delegates from the Ist company sth division 2d battalion, who scored respectively 10,13, and 11, making a total of 34. The two next squads were the delegates from the 2d company of the 19th Rifles, who scored 24, and the delegates from the 2d company sth division 2d battalion, who scored 22. The total general score exhibited the following results :—one 21, one 20, one 19, one 15, two 13, and one 7. The following gentlemen repre sented three Manchester regiments which failed at the last moment to supply the requisite number of delegates :—J. Jervis, Ist company Ist Manchester; J. Yates, Ist company 2d Manchester ; Captain Brookes, 3d company 3d Manchester. A purse of £5O, presented by the Mayor of Liverpool (Mr. J. D. Anderson), in five prizes of £lO each, competed for by Volunteers of the town of Liverpool earning weekly wages, distance 200 yards, 10 rounds, was won, firstly, by Nicholas Murphy, 64th Rifles (2d battalion), with 16 points ; secondly, by Sergeant Holland, 25th Rifles, with 14 points ; the remainder, after a tie was shot off, were gained by J. Williams, 25th Rifles ; W. Burton and Richard Holt, all of whom scored 13 shots. The general score was as follows :—two elevens, five tens, three nines, five eights, three sevens, two sixes, three fives, and one four. Yesterday the commanding officers of the various Metropolitan Volunteer Rifle Corps received the following circular : " Immediate. " War-office, Oct. 29. " Sir,—lt having been represented to the Secretary of State for War that some companies or squads of Rifle Vo lunteers when drilling in Hyde-park, have caused consider able inconvenience to riders in Rotten-row by firing black cartridge close to and across the ride, I am directed by Mr. Secretary Herbert to request that you will direct the drill instructor of the corps under your command to avoid firing in the direction complained of. " It having also been brought to Mr. Secretary Her bert's notice that a volunteer corps lately made the pas sage of a suspension bridge, in the Regent's-park, as if in contact with an enemy, I am to take this opportunity of pointing out that the charge of a body of men along a bridge of such a construction imposes a greater strain than it is calculated to bear, and must therefore be attended with extreme danger to the volunteers,—l have the honour to be, sir, your obedient servant, " M. M'INIIIRDO. " The Officer Commanding Tclunteers." At the termination of the drill of the London Irish Volunteers on Tuesday night last a meeting of the members of the Ist company was held at the King's Arms Tavern, Palace-yard, for the nomina tion of a gentleman to be submitted for the approval of the Marquis of Donegal, the lieutenant-colonel, to fill the captaincy of that company, rendered vacant by the untimely fate of Capt. Richard De Frey ne Jones, who was drowned by the capzising of a small boat in Clew Bay, near Sligo, on the 2d ult. Mr. Dennis O'Connor was called to the chair. It was then proposed and agreed to that Lieut. Tully should be the successor to Capt. Jones. Three persons were proposed as successors to Lieut. Tully—Mr. M'Sweeny, formerly a lieutenant in the 29th Middlesex corps, but now in this corps ; Sir G. Bowyer, M.P., a member of the corps; and Mr. Coates, ensign of the Ist company. A very long and animated discussion ensued as to the merits of the various candidates, and on a division the chairman announced the election to have fallen upon Mr. M'Sweeny by one vote over Sir G. Bowyer, who was only two ahead of Ensign Coates. A committee was appointed to present the result to the Marquis of Donegal. _ _ The Stoke Newington Volunteer Corps, though little more than a month has elapsed since a public meeting of the inhabitants was convened with a view to its formation, numbers about 100 effective members. The ReV. Thomas Jackson, the rector, Mr. Felix Hamel, solicitor to the Customs, and many of the principal inhabitants identified them selves with the corps from the first, and continue to take a lively interest in its establishment and progress. The men are regularly drilled in the morning by an officer and a private in the London Rifle Brigade, and in the evening by two non-commissioned officers of the Cold stream Guards, and give promise of taking rank be fore long with the smartest of the metropolitan corps. A few evenings ago they marched out for the first time, headed by a company of the London Brigade as an advanced guard, and accompanied by the band of drums and fifes of the. Coldstream Guards. The men improvised a little change in dress for the occasion, consisting of a glazed forage cap and leather leggings, not being yet in uniform ; and the little military demonstration, which was partly made for recruiting purposes, occasioned for the moment a sensation among the suburban com munity. The Kirkcudbright Artillery were inspected on the 23d ult. by the Earl of Selkirk. Before pro ceeding to the battery the artillery corps were put through a variety of evolutions by Capt. M'Gilli vray, who was the field officer sent to inspect them. Shortly afterwards the inspecting officer, accom panied by the Lord-Lieutenant of the Stewartry, the Earl of Selkirk, arrived, and the hard work of gun drill was commenced. After their drill the ceremony of naming the battery was performed by Miss Hope, daughter of the Hon. Charles Hope, Governor of the Isle of Man, and niece of the Lord- Lieutenant. After luncheon the Earl of Selkirk addressed the Artillery Volunteers, told them what the inspecting officer had said, how he praised some portions and criticised other portions of their drill, and, after some further observations, his lordship, thanking the Rifle Corps for their attendance in keeping the ground, expressed his pleasure in having seen so many of the Volunteers present. [ADVERTISEMENT].—It is ever a pleasing duty of a journalist to introduce to his readers some new discovery calculated to benefit that vast portion of our fellow-crea tures, which has the strongest claims upon our sympathies. It is with this feeling that we call the attention of invalids to the following extracts from Du Barry's interesting report of Cures without medicine by Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food. Cure No. 52,422.—Bridgehouse, Frimley Surrey, 3d April 1854. 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The quarterly return just issued by authority of the Registrar-General comprises the births and deaths registered by 2,197 registrars in all the dis tricts of England during the summer quarter that ended September 30, 1860; and the marriages in 12,493 churches or chapels, about 4,307 registered places unconnected with the Established Church, and 631 superintendent registrars' ofaes in the quarter that ended on June 30th, 1860. The temperature during the past quarter has been unusually low, the sky cloudy, the earth often sunless, and the weather generally bad, in the lan• guage of meteorology ; nevertheless the progress of the phenomena the returns record is satisfactory. The mortality was much below the average, the births little differed from it; the marriages were increasing, Sanitary improvements have gone on, and the general result of the wet weather has been a better supply of water, the purification of the sewers, and the retardation of putrefaction, as well as of the zymotic changes which produce diar rhoea. Fruit has been abundant, and its consump tion has also had a salutary effect. Mr. Leigh, of Manchester, justly says, " the dependence of diar rhoea upon a high temperature seerns to be most marked, for fruit has been unusually plentiful, and it has been eaten most freely without ill effect." The ultimate results of the extraordinary season will be watched with interest as they are revealed in future returns. signs of improvement which cannot be entirely accounted for by the flooding of the sewers by the rains. The decrease in the mortality of Wolver hampton, Walsall, West Bromwich, and Dudley, where the water supply was imperfect, is enormous; and in nearly all of them certain sanitary arrange ments have bee n i n t ro d uce d . Th e d eaths in Bir mingham and Aston during the last three summer quarters have been 1,854, 1,815, and 1,244; the mortality has fallen one•third part. It is probable that the ordinary water supply of a place is bad when its mortality is greatly reduced by heavy rains. The north midland counties lost less by 1,013 lives in the last summer quarter (5,454) than they lost in the summer preceding. Diphtheria has nevertheless prevailed in parts of Lincolnshire, the inhabitants of which will do well to study the ex perience of Fiskcrton. There diphtheria was very prevalent, and killed 11 persons. The drainage of the parish was very defective, " there being open dikes close to some of the houses, containing water, &c., in a putrid and stinking state, without any fall to pass it away." It was reported to the board of guardians by the registrar, the defects of drain age were remedied, and there has been no fresh case during the last month. The district is healthy. In Belper vaccination is mach neglected ; small pox has made its appearance, and has been fatal in nine cases. Fever has been very fatal in Dronfield. In the north-western counties 13,959 deaths were registered, the deaths in the previous quarter hav ing been 15,609. The system of middens prevailed in Lancashire, and the dirt is there not washed away by rain as it is in sewers; which may account for the circumstance that the reduction of the mor tality is less in this county than it is elsewhere. The registrars of the West Derby district, a part of which is in the borough of Liverpool, call attention to the diminished rate of mortality. " Sanitary mea sures," one of them says, " under the Health Act have greatly improved this district." Scarlatina has been very prevalent in the Lancaster subdistrict ; it was fatal in 15 cases, and had it not been for the superior sanitary arrangements the registrar be lieves "it would have been four times as fatal, for in an ill-drained group of twenty houses a quarter of a mile from the town the disease was the cause of 3 deaths." The deaths in Yorkshire were 9,806, or less by 1,177 than the deaths in the summer quarter of the previous year. There is no reduction in the high mortality of the Leeds or of the Hunslet districts ; indeed, diarrhoea prevailed there, and the deaths were 1,481, or 170 more than in the summer quar ter of the precious year. The causes of the high mortality deserve the careful attention of the in telligent authorities of that important town. Hull and Sculcoats experienced a great reduc tion of mortality. The deaths in the northern counties amounted to 5,185, and were to some extent below the average number. Scarlatina and typhus have been preva lent in Durham and Tynemouth. The mortality in Alonmonthshire and Wales was below the average ; 5,500 deaths were registered. The weather of this quarter iiay be looked at as an experiment on the health of the people. Em ployment has been easily obtained by workmen, but the prices of provisions have been high. And this general survey seems to establish the fact, that the salubrity of the season is chiefly due to two cir cumstances ; the reduced temperature of summer, and the abundant supply of water by rain. The low temperature retarded the putrefaction of the town impurities ; and the water washed them away; so both the forces acting in the same direc tion, gave a great result. A careful study of the circumstances of each locality by which the result was produced, cannot fail to be instructive, and to confirm the faith of the authorities in the simple sanitary elements with which nature works. If Wolverhampton is, as the registrar conjectures, extraordinary healthy, " because the frequent rains have swilled away the impurities from which in hot summer weather noxious effluvia arise, thereby preventing the sickness, and diarrhoea more espe cially, caused by such vapours in the air, and im purities in the water supply," why should Wolver. hampton ever be again as unhealthy and as dan gerous to its inhabitants as it was before ? It is true the town has no command over the rain ; but it has unquestionably the power to wash away the impurities from its cesspools and its sewers. Its engineers can supply the town with sweet water in abundance for the use of the inhabitants. If the Birmingham and Aston district too loose only 1,244 inhabitants by death when the town is well washed, why should they ever die again at the rate of last summer when 1,815 of the people perished The remedy is too simple to obtain immediately all the attention it deserves from the municipal authorities. But they cannot do better than imi tate the great oriental dignitary suffering from leprosy, as our towns are now suffering from other diseases, who, although he was wroth when told to " wash and be clean," yet finally obeyed the in junction and was healed. PRUSSIAN POLICY. German newspapers are affecting surprise that the English people should allow themselves to be provoked by the incident on the Bonn Railway into finding fault with everything Prussian, and judging the acts of a first-rate Power and a friendly nation under the influence of petty resentment. As the same charge is made by a portion of our own press, it is worth while to contradict it, and to say that, though the insolence of the Prussian officials will not be easily forgotten here, it has in no way affected the judgment which we as a free people have passed on the political acts of the il l-used and If an Englishman has been and his country deliberately insulted by a judicial functionary in open court about the same time that a retrograde foreign policy has been avowed by the Regent's Cabinet, the concurrence of the two events must rather be looked upon as showing that they proceed from the same impulse, and that the antipathy to liberal institutions which is expressed decorously by the statesman takes the form of vulgar abuse in the mouth of the pro vincial pettifogger. We are, however, disposed still more to regret that he scandalous affair ever took place if it leads the GermaL.7 people to believe that the discontent which is felt at the policy of Prussia springs from no other source tha.' tempo rary pique. The fact is very different, as the winter in the National Zeitung plainly sees. For man, years there has been a smouldering dissatisfaction at I the manner in which Prussia has fulfilled her inter national duties, and in this crisis of European history the dissatisfaction has broken out into anger. We need not now dwell on the Russian War, and the parr which the Court of Berlin played during that time. We are now told by the apologists of the Regent's policy that Baron Man teuffel is no longer in power, and that, though his creatures still cling to the bureaux where he plac-,..d them, the spirit of the Government is wholly changed. It would give us much pleasure to be convinced of this. We would gladly learn that the Prussia of to-day was something different from the State which allowed itself to be reduced to insigni ficance six years ago. But no proof of this change is afforded us. Prussia is evidently as week in purpose and as wavering in counsel as when King Frederick William listened to every piece of pious sentimentality with which Russian agents plied his infirm mind. The policy of Berlin was then neutrality—it is neutrality now ; and yet the demands of a manly policy are much smaller now than then. In the late war Prussia was asked to fight; now she is called upon only to give her moral support to a people struggling for freedom. But she could not decide then, and she cannot decide now. In 1954 Prussia perfectly agreed with the Western Powers, and two years after she became a party to the Treaty of Paris. She was a steadfast opponent, on paper, of Russian aggression. She desired the indeptidence of Turkey, the freedom of the Danube—all, in fact, for which those who asked for her alliance con tended. But she would take no part in supporting what she approved and in carrying out what she desired. Her first appearance was when the victory had been won, and then she came unbidden to the Council-table to join in discussions when all had been practically decided. The present position of Prussia is scarcely less undignified. True, for the present, non-intervention is the order of the day, and no practical result follows, whether the views of the Court be for or against Italy. But no one can say how long this state of things will last, and Prussia has no right to count upon it, and to fancy that she can conciliate despotism and liberty by an equivocal note. She was asked by public opinion to give such a countenance to the efforts of Italy as should prove the sincerity of her alliance with Eng land, should discourage Austria from any military folly, should check the agitation of the German re aetionists, should take away from France all pre text for hostility to the Federation, and should secure the peace of the world by making it plain that at least one strong and wise Government ruled in Central Europe, a n d m i g ht b e d epen d e d upon to think with ability and act with vigour. The course taken by Baron Schleinitz or his deputy has dis appointed these hopes. Although Prussia was asked only to express an opinion, ',yet that opi n. io n is the test o f h er progress an d o f h er we i g ht Europe. We now know that in this Italian question, which looks so threatening to the general peace, Prussia may be drawn to either party. Austria need not despair of winning the Regent's support, for is not her enemy condemned as a violator of treaties and fosterer of revolutions ? Italy may expect that the decision will be on her own side, for she is fighting for nationality, a prin- ciple which Baron Schleinitz honours with his highest approval. It is this weakness and insin cerity which makes Prussia distrusted, and pro vokes the anger of Englishmen. And nothing, in deed, is more likely to produce fresh complications. The Prussian Court, no doubt, thinks that the Note addressed to Turin will be the beginning and end of its business in the matter, but such unsteadiness is often the cause of the greatest dangers. Let it be known beforehand how each Power will act, and a war is scarcely possible in Europe. It is Govern ments like that of Prussia which cause nations to drift into hostilities, by making it uncertain on which side the balance of strength will lie. The im potence of mind which will not allow the most libe ral Prussian to say at once that union under one crown is the only solution of the Italian question, and that Francis Joseph must be prevented at all costs from exposing his States and all Germany to danger by a war with France, may have conse quences the most serious to the general peace. We were therefore fully justified in complaining of the Prussian Note, and those are wholly in the wrong who regard it as merely a decent evasion of a question which did not require an answer. But, after all, this is only an outward sign of the inward spirit of Prussian statesmanship. No man can ob serve the course which the Monarchy has taken during these complications without feeling that Prussia is drawn in opposite directions by forces so nearly balanced that it is impossible to calculate her behaviour at any conjuncture. Sometimes the victory seems to be with the Liberals, and then our much-trusting countrymen congratulate themselves on having at least one sympathetic Power on the Continent. Then, again, the party which we fan cied had fallen with the King's retirement again makes its voice heard and its weight felt. The pen dulum seems nuw to oscillate towards a stricter alli ance with the two other Northern Powers. Let it be so. We may regret that a nation of promise should be unable to develope anything better than Prussia has yet produced, but that is the concern of the Germans themselves, and not of us. We would, however, warn them not to alienate too completely the only nation whose alliance can save them in time of need. If Prussia, following up the spirit of her late Note, attempts to play fast and loose in the event of any future struggle in Venetia ; if, in accordance with any fantastic dream about the Adriatic beirs , a German sea, the Court of Berlin takes upon itself to uphold Austrian domination in Italy, then the consequences to Germany will be serious indeed. Or if; in defiance of justice and the opinion of Europe, any attack be made on the little State of Denmark, Prussia must expect to be left alone to deal with an enemy who probably desires nothing better than a pretext for a quarrel. If Prussians be, as they assert, the Liberals of Ger many, let them, for their ow a sake, walk sincerely in the path they have chosen. They have work enough to do at home. If they want a nationality to help, let them look to that portion of the mangled carcass of Poland which was flung to them as a bribe by Russia. If they do otherwise it will matter very little to us, but a great deal to them selves. We can fight our battles, whether it be neeeasary to defend our own shores or to send 100,000 men to the other side of the earth to recon quer an insurgent province. Prussia unaided could not keep the Rhine or the Vistula for a month from her ambitious neighbours. England fought Re volutionary France for 20 years, defeating her enemies continually by land and sea; Prussia was overthrown by a war of three weeks. A good understanding between States so different in vigour and resources must be for the benefit of the weaker, and the Prussians should have great expectations from Warsaw when they deliberately condemn the policy to which this country is attached, or suffer their unmannerly underlings to insult British sub jects in their passage through their straggling country.— lames. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—Oct. 31. GUILDHALL.—David Evans, a bill-poster, in the employ of Mr. A. Scott, of Burleigh-street, Strand, was brought up before Alderman Hum phery, charged with stealing a quantity of posting bills belonging to the London, Brighton, and South Eastern Railway Company, under the following circumstances : Mr. Scott said he had been employed by Messrs. Waterlow, of London-wall, to post bills of the opening of the new railway station at Pimlico, and on the 30th Sept. he received 2,500 for that purpose. He and the prisoner, with the assistance of four others, posted them. The prisoner had 200 given to him to post, and if he could not find places suffi cient for them all, it was his duty to return the remainder to witness. Sergeant Spittle, of the detective force, said he accompanied Mr. W a t er l ow , Inspector Hamilton, and Sergeant Rickards to the warehouse belonging to a Mr. Soames, in Harper's-mews, Theobald's road. They found there two quarters and 7lbs. of paper, and among it a quantity of railway bills, announcing the opening of the Victoria-station at Pimlico, and the cheap Sunday excursions to Brighton and other places. Mr. Soames said he bought them off the prisoner, and produced an in voice to that effect, showing that he had paid the prisoner at the rate of 7s. per cwt. Witness then went to the New North-road, where he apprehended the prisoner, and took him at once to Mr. Waterlow. Mr. Sidney Hedley Waterlow said the prisoner was in the habit of coming for the bills to post for Mr. Scott, and when Spittle brought him to the warehouse he (witness) told him that the bills had been found at Mr. Soames's, and he admitted he. had sold them to Mr. Soames. He then gave him into custody... A person from the rail way company said this system of depredation had been carried on to such an extent that the company were determined to prosecute, and for that reason they wished the case to be remanded to enable them to make further inquiries. Mr. Soames was present, and explained that he bought the bills of the prisoner believing they were out of date. Alderman Humphery said any one could see that the bills were not out of date by the facts which they announced. Mr. Soames said he did not look at the date at all, but he supposed they were old, and therefore useless for the purpose for which they were origi nally issued. The prisoner said he thought he might keep any . bills he could not post, and if Mr. Soaves had in ti,:nated to him that it was not right he would have ta k e , them back to his employer, but Mr. Soames said he w asquite right in selli ng th em . M r. s wims denied saying anything of the kind. With regard to the last transaction, after he had seen the officer he told the prisoner he mi g ht l eave the 13;ils if he thought proper. He acted under the officer's instructions. Alderman Humphery said that was all very well, but Mr. Soames had bought other bills of the pri soner at half their value before he saw the officer, as some of them were found in his possession. Mr. Soames said he thought they were out of date bills, and after he had sold them he got them back as soon as he heard how the prisoner botained them, so as not to get another person into trouble, and those were the bills found at his warehouse. ♦lderman Humphery said it was all nonsense for Mr. Soames to pretend he did not know that the prisoner Ind no right to sell such bills. However, the railway company were resolved to prosecute, and he would have to take the consequence of his imprudence. Tie should remand the prisoner, and require Mr. Soames to enter into recognisances to appear, and recommended him to bring his books to show what amount of bills he had bought, and how he had disposed of them. WESTMINSTER.—IMPORTANT QUESTION RE• SPECTING VOLUNTEER RIFLEMEN.—George Nelson, toll collector at Vauxhall-bridge, was summoned for unlawfully demanding and taking twopence toll from Mr. Henry Francis Smith, a private in the Victoria Rifle Corps, he being exempt from the pay ment of such toll and claiming exemption. Mr. Metcalfe appeared in support of the com plaint, and Mr. Prendergast for the defence. Mr. Metcalfe said the present proceedings were taken under the 6th of Geo. IV., cap. 31, a statute passed to alter and amend the local acts relating to Vauxhall-bridge, the 18th section of which imposed a penalty of £lO upon any toll collector who should commit the offence with which the defendant stood charged. The learned barrister, after dilating upon the advantage conferred upon the country by the establishment of Volunteer Rifle Corps, urged the propriety and duty of acceding to them every ad vantage which the law allowed, adverted to the clauses giving exemption, and pointed out that the present question was one of considerable import ance to the whole of the volunteers. The question to ba tried in the present case was whether a gentle man in the Victoria Rifle Corps was exempt from toll while returning in his carriage from duty. It had been decided at that court in the case of Mayne v. Gould, that a volunteer was exempt from toll while on foot, and other cases had been tried con firming the decision, which could admit of no doubt. It could not be disputed that a cavalry volunteer would be entitled to the exemption, and therefore why not a volunteer riding in his carriage drawn by one horse. Mr. Arnold suggested (en passant)—Supposing the gentleman had chosen to have a carriage and six ? Mr. Metcalfe thought that putting an extreme case. He repeated, that every indulgence which the law allowed ought to be afforded to this valu able body of men, and urged that these movements were far from being disadvantageous to then who had an interest in tolls, as theymaterially increased the traffic upon roads. Mr. Smith was then ,called, and said that the corps to which he belonged reset at Kilburn on Saturday, the 13th, for a field day, in the course Gf which they proceeded a considerabi e distance. At the conclu sion of the day's exercie e his servant met him with the phaeton at Kilburn., and having occasion to pass over Vauxhall-bridge, he claimed exemption from the toll, which was, however, refused. He was at the time in the usual uni form, furnitures and accou trements of the corps, acid claimed exemption on that ground. Incross-examination by Mr. Prendergast, Complainant said he had on his regimental great coat and had a sword —not a rifle—the latter being left at the ground by regulation, Mr. Metcalfe observed that his client had not brought this matter forward with a view of press ing a penalty, but with a desire to have the magis trate's judgment upon a point so important to the body. The acts of Parliament •relating to Vauxhall bridge were carefully referred to by the magistrate and Mr. Metcalfe, and the result was, that both gentlemen were of opinion that the penalty was only recoverable by civil action, there being no clause to empower the magi:: trate to enforce it. Mr. Prendergast was ciui•te willing, on the part of those he represented, to take the magistrate's opinion upon the subject. Mr. Arnold declined to give an opinion upon a matter over which he had no jurisdiction. Mr. Metcalfe thought that, the best way to try the question would be for :riflemen to refuse pay ment, and it would then come up for decision in another form. Under the 97th section of the 49th of George 111., c. 142, a former act belonging to Vaux hall-bridge, any person unduly claiming exemption was subject to a penalty of £5, or a question of assault might arise out of th e detention and endea vour to obtain the toll. Mr. Arnold dismissed the summons, on the ground of want of jurisdiction, an d pointed out that the parties might bring an attic in for the penalty in the county court. CLERKENWELL.—Mary Williams and Ida Jameson, two fashionably-attired females, were charged on remand with picking the pockets of Susannah Hutchinson in an omnibus in the City road. Mr. Beard attended for the prosecution, instructed on behalf of the London General Omnibus Com pany ; and Mr. Metcalfe, barrister, appeared for the prisoners. The facts of the previous examination have al ready appeared in this journal, and the case was adjourned for the attendance of Mr. George Alfred, who stated that he was a farmer at Loose, in Kent, and was in the omnibus on the day in question. From the suspicious way in which the prisoners acted he watched them, and saw a lady get into the omnibus and sit beside the prisoner Jameson. She had no sooner done so than Jameson pulled her cape higher about her, and then began to pull the lady's dress towards her. She got the lady's pocket near her hand, and then the lady moved, and the prisoner appeared to be very uneasy. The prisoner then pretended to rub her foot, and then worked her hand up the lady's dress. He saw her move her hand suddenly away from the lady's dress, but she had nothing in it. During the whole of the time the prisoners were making signals to each other. When they got out he asked the ladies if they had missed anything, and frdm what he heard he informed the conductor, and Eaw the pri soners given into custody. Mr. Alfred Davis said he saw the prisoners get out of the omnibus, but before this he saw them signaling to each other. He saw the prisoners brought back, and heard one of them offer the con ductor a fiver (or £5 note) to square the matter, and not to give them into custody. Mr. Beard said he should be able to prove two former convictions for felony against the prisoners. Mr. Barker fully committed the prisoners to the sessions for trial. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. WORCESTER RACES—YESTERDAY. Handicap Plate of 25 sovs. Five furlongs. Mr. Copperthwaite's Zingari, 3 yrs, 7st 31b.. (Grimshaw) 1 Mr. Sadler's The Gift, 4 yrs, Bst 31b (Sadler) 2 Mr. Green's Vulture, 4 yrs, 7st 31b (Mitchell) 3 The following also ran :—Constance filly, Barege, Cha noine, f by Sweetmeat—Coquette, and Malvern Hill. Betting-5 to 2 agst The Gift, 4to 1 agst Chanoine, 6to 1 each agst Zingari and Vulture, 7 to 1 each agst Con stance filly and Barege. Won by a length, the same be tween the second and third; the Constance filly fourth, well up ; the Sweetmeat filly and Chanoine next. The Hurdle Race, a handicap of 5 soya each, with 30 added. Two miles, over six flights of hurdles. 27 subs. Mr. Rowan's Bucephalus, 5 yrs, 9st 101 b.. (Mr. Grillan) 1 Mr. Jacob's Waterford, 3 yrs, 9st 41b (Nightingale) 2 Mr. Swindell's Pactolus, 5 yrs, list (Palmer) 3 The following also ran :—Norma, Romeo, Magenta, Dia mant, Estella, Wee 'Willie, Victor Emmanuel, Cheery Chap, Arcanum, Birdbolt, Marwell, Irish Emigrant, fby Collingwood, Brine, Mayfield, and Queen Bess. Betting— 5 to 2 agst Brine, 5 to 1 agat Wee Willie, 7 to 1 agst Estella, 8 to 1 each agst Birdbolt and Queen Bess, 10 to 1 agst Pactolus, 12 to 1 each agst Emigrant, Buce _ phalus, and Cheery Chap. Won by two lengths, a head between the second and third, a good fourth. The Shores Selling Stakes of 5 sous each, with 30 added. Optional selling weights. T.Y.C. A straight half mile. 11 subs. Mr. Halford's Yafa filly, 2 yrs (30), sst 71b (J. Daley) 1 Mr. Copperthwaite's Zingari, 3 yrs (X3O), 6st 131 b (Adams) 2 Mr. Gulliver's Sloth, 2 yrs (£3O), sst 71b .... (Parsons) 3 Duplicity, Libellous, Forest Hind, Ellen, Pescatore, and c by Tempest also ran. Betting-3 to 1 agst Duplicity, 4to 1 agst Zingari, 6to 1 agst Sloth, 7 to 1 each agst Libellous, Yafa filly, and Ellen. Won by half a length, a neck between the second and third. The winner was purchased by Mr. Byrne for 50 guineas. The Autumn Flying Stakes, a Handicap of 5 sous each, with 40 added. The second saves his stake. Up wards of half a mile. 35 subs. Mr. Mellon's Sporting Life, 2 yrs, 7st 61b (inc. 71b ex.) _ (Charlton) 1 Capt. Christie's Miss Julia, 6 yrs, 9st 121 b (G. Fordham) 2 Mr. Thompson na Earl of Essex, 3 yrs, 7st 51b (Grimshaw) 3 The following also ran :—Dog Rose, Ripon, Von Stroom, Conqueror, Promotion, Miss Fanny, Miss Dunstable, Wee Polly, Camerino, and Sherborne. Betting-7 to 4 agst Earl of Essex, sto 1 agst Sporting Life and Miss Julia, 9 to 1 agst Sherborne, 10 to 1 agst any other offered. Won by a neck, a length between the second and third, a good fourth. The Worcestershire Grand Annual Steeplechase, a handi cap of 20 sovs each, h ft, and only 5 if declared, with 100 added. Winners extra. The second to save his stake About four miles of fair hunting country. 14 subs., 3of whom declared. Mr. T. Golby's Jerusalem, aged, 9st 101 b .. (G. Stevens) 1 Mr. Francis's Tumbler, aged, 9st 71b (Norwood) 2 Mr. Shoolbred's Shylock, aged, 9st ...... (Pcarcey) 3 The following also ran :—Tartar, Abd-el-Kader, Medora, Heads-or-Tails, and King William. Betting-7 to 4 agst Jerusalem, 3to 1 agst Abd-el-Kader, sto 1 agst Heads-or-Tails, 7to 1 agst any other. Won easily by three lengths ; the same between the second and third. Tartar a very bad fourth. The others did not pass the post. A. Free Handicap Steeplechase of 5 sous each, with 30 added. Two miles. 32 subs. Mr. B. Land's Red Rover (h b), 4 yra, gat 101 b (B. Land, jun.) 1 Mr. Barling's Curate, aged, list 61b (Eatwell) 2 Mr. Lewis's Alfred the Great, aged, lOst 81b.... (Oliver) 3 - • - The following also ran :—Hazard, Magenta, The Tattler, Gipsy King, Red Miner, Lottery, Sunbeam, and The Em peror. Betting-7to 4 agst Lottery, 4 to 1 agst Red Rover, 6 to 1 agst Sunbeam. Won by three lengths ; a bad third. BETTING AT MANCHESTER-YESIXRDAY. The racing at Worcester was the prihcipal feature to-day. Occasionally the Liverpool Cup was mentioned, and a little business was done upon it. Summerside was backed at 12 to 1, and Herne had a few friends at 100 to 7. At one time Petra appeared to be in force, but nothing of importanc e was done; nor do we anticipate much doling until nearer the end of the week. Closing prices : LIVERPOOL CUP. 12 to 1 agst Summerside (taken and offered) 12 to 1 agst Heiress (offered) 100 to 7 agst Herne (taken) 100 to 7 agst Killigrew (offered) 16 to 1 agst Petra (taken) 16 to 1 agst Golden Pippin (taken) 25 to 1 agst Highwayman (offered) LIVERPOOL CUP.—FIVE HUNDRED POUNDS.--- Gray's selection for th e a b ove event will win by aat t Wm. di s t an ce if required. The hor se won the trial easier tan Weatherbouni, his selection for the Cambridgeshire. 25 to 1 can be obtained, and £5OO can be won with a little outlay. Terms to the end of season, ss. ; one week, 2s. 6d. Subscribers are requested to send per centage on Weather bound, and Heiress for a place. Those omitting to do so will not receive advice for Liverpool. Address-15, Char ing-cross, London. [ADVERTISEMENT.J—HoIIoway's Ointment and Pills.— Scarlatina.—ln the whole category of human ailments none is more pregnant with mischief than this very formidable disease, most frequently attacking youth, but sometimes extending its ravages amongst the adult populatian. What anxiety would parents be spared, what trouble would rela tions avoid, how happy would still be the widowed home, if this fearful scourge had been driven out ere it made the lone heart sad, and the affections desolate. Holloway's Ointment possesses this power in a wonderful degree ; when rubbed outside the throat it assuages the fevered heat, Cools the inflamed membranes, relaxes the contracted muscles, and prevents the putrid sores from spreading; while the pills change the depraved state of blood through out the system. MARRIAGES. 87,666 persons married in the three months end ing in June last; and the rate of marriage was 1,662, exceeding the average by .058. Tne mar riages rose from 39,890 in the spring quarter of 1838 to 43,833 in the corresponding quarter of the present year. From this fact it may be inferred that the prospects of the working classes have been growing brighter, and that their real condi tion has improved. The increase of marriages has been greatest in Cheshire, Lancashire, and London, and generally in the manufacturing districts ; but an increase is observable in every division except the Eastern Counties. BIRTHS. 164,062 children were born and registered in the 92 days of July, August, and September. The num ber is less than the number in the last year, but exceeds largely the numbers registered in the corre sponding summer quarters of any previous year. The increase of births is most considerable in Lon don, Lancashire, Cheshire, and Yorkshire. The birth rate of the quarter was 3.250 ; the average of the season being 3.278. INCREASE OF POPULATION. The excess of births over the deaths in the quarter was 77,639; so the natural increase of the population of England and Wales was at the rate of 844 daily ; and if the rest of the population in creased equally fast the natural increase of the United Kingdom must have been at the rate of 1,266 daily. The increase exceeds any on record. About 10,874 emigrants of English origin sailed from the ports of the United Kingdom at which there are Government emigration agents ; 5,134 to the United States, 336 to the North American colonies, 4,155 to the Australian colonies, and 1,289 to other parts. 33,734 emigrants sailed from these ports, of whom about 1,433 were of foreign origin. Half of the Scotch and only about one-eighth of the Irish go to the Australian colonies. PRICES, THE WEATHER, AND PAUPERISM. The prices of provisions have been high during the thirteen weeks. Taking the corresponding weeks of 1859 as the starting point, the price of wheat rose 34 per cent., beef 7 per cent., mutton 11 per cent., potatoes 59 per cent. The average prices during the thirteen weeks were—Wheat, 595. ld. a quarter; beef 5 d., mutton 61,d. a pound by the carcase in the Leadenhall and Newgate markets ; York Regent potatoes, 1355. a ton at waterside market, Southwark. The prices of the lower quali ties of beef were stationary (4d.), and the prices of the higher qualities rose from 61d. to 7d. a pound. The prices of the lower and higher qualities of mut ton rose ,Id. and d, in the pound in the twelve month, and were respectively 51d. and 71d. a pound during the thirteen weeks. The mean temperature of the thirteen weeks at Greenwich was 56,2 deg.; which is less by 3.3 deg. than the mean temperature of the corresponding seasons of 89 preceding years. The temperatures of July, August, and September were all below the average to nearly an equal extent. There is no other instance on record of so low a mean tempera ture of the four months June, July, August, and September as 559• deg. By going back to 1771 Mr. Glaisher, however, finds a mean temperature of 56.0 deg. The fall of rain in the three months was 9.6 inches, which is 2.1 inches in excess of the average. The fall of rain has been 25.1 inches at Greenwich during nine months, and has varied at the several stations 1 . ...0m 16.8 inches at Scarborough to 42.6 inches at Lampeter in Cardiganshire. The excess of rain at Greenwich in the nine months is 6.0 inches. Upon this subject and others Mr. Glaisher in his valuable report gives some interest ing details; and among them may be mentioned the time at which the crops as well as some fruits ripened. According to his reports, the potato disease is not so bad in the south as it is in the north of England. Pauperism is declining; on an average 769,360 were in the receipt of relief, while the number in the corresponding weeks of the previous year was 783,449. STATE OP THE PUBLIC HEALTH. 16,423 deaths were registered in the three months ending in September, or less by 17,916 than the deaths (104,339) registered in the correspond ing quarter of last year. To every six deaths in the last there were only five in the present sum mer. The rate of mortality was 17, whereas the average of the season is 20 per 1,000. The reduction of the mortality is observable in the town and in the country districts; but it is by far the greatest in the town districts. The average number of deaths in the town dis tricts during the summers of 1850-9 was 52,861; whereas the deaths in the last summer were 45,495 ; in the country districts during the same periods the deaths were 43,697 and 40,928. The rate of mor tality in the town districts fell from 23 . 75 to 18 . 42 per 1,000 ; in the country and small town districts from 17 . 59 to 1587, or 5 . 33 degrees in the town and 1 . 72 in the country 'districts. This is exceedingly gratifying ; and if the supply of vegetables prove adequate through the year, it is not probable that the reaction will deprive the population of all its gains. The drainage of the banks of the Thames and of the other marshy dis tricts of the country would secure the inhabitants from the attacks of neuralgia, rheumatism, ague, and fever, which often follow rainy seasons. In London the mortality was low ; the prevailing diseases have been described in the quarterly sum mary of the weekly tables. The south-eastern division has been healthy ; the deaths much below the average in every county. Three deaths from diphtheria were registered at Leatherhead, and Woking is said to have suffered exceptionally, but in Chobham, Ripley, and Kings ston, the deaths were much below the average. The deaths in St. Peter's, Brighton, were 40 below the average, and the district has been unusually healthy. The sewers have been well flushed and cleansed by the constant rains. In Kent nearly every district was healthy ; but in Ashford scarlatina prevailed ; in Barham diphtheria. Portsmouth, generally an unhealthy place, has suffered less than usual ; 400 persons died in the district. In Southampton the mortality has been low ; none of the epidemic diarrhoea has appeared in Winchester, 5,358 deaths were registered in the south mid land counties, and in every county the mortality was below the average. In the parish of Kneb worth, Hertfordshire, with a population of 200, how ever, 12 children died of diphtheria, and several are suffering from it now. Small-pox is still epidemic in Northamptonshire ; Daventry and Peterborough are especially mentioned. Small-pox is also very prevalent in Newmarket. The eastern counties have been healthy ; the deaths, which were 6,153 in the previous summer quarter, amounted only to 4,565. Diphtheria caused 7 deaths in the South Walsham sub-district of Blowfield, but is mentioned in no other district of Norfolk, Essex, or Suffolk. In Watton,Wayland, two families were attacked by typhoid fever, brought, the registrar asserts, from London ; other wise the district was healthy. The sanitary arange meats have been a great benefit to this district. Colchester is now healthy, and there has been no death from diarrhoea. The south-western counties, out of a population of nearly two millions, lost 7,071 by death ; whereas the deaths in the previous summer quar ter were 8,486. Every county, Wilts, Dorset, Devon, Cornwall, Somerset, alike enjoyed this im munity. Out of a population of about six thousand in Wilton only one death occurred in 32 days. Small-pox bas attacked several children in Sum mercourt, Newlyn, where vaccination has been very generally neglected, In Clitton, Somerset shire, the reduced mortality is referred to improved sanitary arrangements, better dwellings, more pro vident habits, and fuller employment in the coal mines and hisbandry than is generally obtained in the neighbourhood. The deaths in Bath have fallen in three successive summer quarters from 406 to 370 and 286. In the Bridport district the deaths (75) were more numerous than they were in the previous summer (59) • and, as is evident from a l ai o ns e h a a l tbo inquiry, th e mortality of the town is so high itaandtms appear to. be t gr be great reduction ctitoo adopt.nb y sanitary arrangements; which the enlightened part of the The west mi dl and counties generally experience a mortality a bove the average; but there are A RESUSCITATED MURDERER. --~ The following strange story appears in an Ame rican paper :—" There is now no use in concealing the fact that Albert W. Hicks, who was ostensibly executed for piracy on liedloe's Island on the 12th of last July is still living, though in a dangerous state, but likely to recover the full use of his facul ties and limbs. The sight of his left eye is gone, and his left leg continues paralysed ; but, apart from these injuries, he would appear to have suffered nothing, and his residence at his sister's house in Poughkeepsie has proved every way beneficial. It will be remembered that much comment was ex- cited by the utterly fearless na;;lnerinwhichhiCis conducted himself previous to his execution. He laughed at the idea of the gallows, and was only anxious, as he repeatedly said, to have 'things con ducted according to agreement.' I n thi s agreeme nt it is now believed that a prominent Federal officer had a part, and it is on record, in the daily papers, that he was present at the execution, wearing his deputy-marshal's b a d ge , a lth oug h no longer in the marshal's force. It was also remarked at the time that Hicks was only pulled up a distance of 21 feet —utterly insufficient to break his neck—and that he was only allowed to remain 13 minutes hanging. He was then cut down and pronounced dead, after Which his body was immediately handed over to the care of Drs. J. T. Bell and H. D. O'Reilly, of Brooklyn. These gentlemen are responsible for his resuscitation, and the electro-chemical bath, in vented by Professor Vergues, was the immediate in strument. The body of the pirate was wrapped in warm blankets, and removed at once to the house of Dr. O'Reilly,in Brooklyn, where Drs. O'Reilly and Mellery, of this city, were in attendance. The pulse was found to b e w h o ll y qu i e t, b ut a f ter var i ous ex periments the medical men came to the conclusion that it was only a case of suspended animation, The body was therefore placed in the electroche mical bath, and while subjected to the charges of the battery and the action of the acids Dr. Crane commenced a series of experiments for the inflation of the lungs. In the course of about two hours these were partially s uccess f u l , the pirate beg i nn i ng to give faint indication s o f resp i rat i on ; an d t h ese cheering signs animated the medical men in at tendance to redoubled exertions. A cautery was applied to the right foot, and received answer in an immediate contraction of the leg; the same ex periment was repeated under the right ear, tak ing care not to injure the jugular vein, and the head at once commenced rolling in a manner in dicating acute feeling. Very slowly, but steadily, Albert W. Hicks regained consciousness, though for several days unable to speak, his throat being too severely injured. It was then found that his left eye—the side on which the noose had been— had lost all power of sight, and that his left arm and leg were utterly paralysed. In this condition he was conveyed to Poughkeepsie, where his sister, Mrs. Gavan, li ves; an d un d er h er roo f he is now sheltered, though the friends of the family do not desire to give too much publicity to the fact." — Express. COUNTRY MARKETS. SHEFFIELD-00T. 30. At to-day's market the supply of wheat was again large, but generally of very inferior quality. The best dry samples in request, and fully maintained late rates. Beans were in demand, and an advance of 6d per load was obtained. Peas 2s to 3s over former quotations; mealing oats somewhat higher in price. No change in flour. Red wheat, per load of 3 imperial bushels...24s Od to 26s Od If White ii ...24s Od to 2,5 s Od New red , ), ...22s Od to 24s 6d New white „ 71 ...248 Od to 266 Od Beans 7) 1 t ... 20s Od to 22s Od Peas, per qr Grinding barley, per qr 33s Od to 35s Od Malting ditto, „ Oats I , 2ss Od to 34s Od Millers' prices for flour-2s 4d, 2s 6d, and 2s 8d per 141 b. HULL-OCT. 30. There was a satisfactory attendance to-day, and a good supply of inferior wheat, but very little business transacted. Good old and dry new wheat met a firm sale at last week's quotations. Oats, barley, beans, and peas 18 to 2s per qr dearer. Linseed cake firm at previous rates. Wheat.... Old white... per qr. 66s Od to 72s Od Old red New white .. „ New red .... „ Dantzic, Konb , &c. old white 62s Od to 66s Od Dutch, Belgian, and French 6os Od to 62s Od Baltic and Hamburg, red 6os Od to 62s Cd • St. Petersburg and Riga, old s2s Od to 65s Od Barley.... English malting 4ls Od to 45s Od Grinding 34s Od to 368 Od Saal and Oderbruck Holstein and Danisk 3Bs Od to 40s Od Grinding Oats English, old Archangel and Riga, per st Os 14d to 14id Friesland and Dutch 051 4 3 / 4d to 0315 d Swedish and Danish oBl4d to 08141-d Beans ....English, old,per qr. :498 Od to 51s Od New pigeon 44s Od to 45s Od New tick Egyptian Peas Forei g n breakers P 43s Od to 46s Od Grinding Tares .... Spring. —s Od to —s Od Indian Corn Linseed, feeding crushing Linseed cakes (Hull) £lo 5 0 to £lO 15 0 Foreign BlO oto 9 0 0 Rape cakes Bones 5 0 oto 5 5 0 NEWARK►-Our. 31. To .day the show of wheat from the growers was about an average one, and for the best old sorts full prices were obtained. Barley was a better show, and in gocd demand. Oats sold without any material alteration. Beans in fair show, and trade firm. Peas quite as dear. White wheat, new, 62s to 74s ' Barley, grinding..33s to 36a Red do. s6s to 70s Oats, old, .. 34s to 38s Old white 62s to 74s New do 24s to 30s Red do. 62s to 70s Beans.. 52s to 66a Barley, malting.... 38s to 468 Beans, new 48s to 501 Peas, ....46s to 48s. COAL MARKET—OcT. 31. trrioes of Coal per Ton at the close of the market.) s. d. Walls End. Davison's West Hart- ley • • 17 0 liolvwell Lanibert's West Hart ley 16 3 Wylam • I'anfield Moor 15 0 ranfield Moor Butes-15 0 St. Cuthbert's Hartley 15 6 Walker Primrose 14 6 Bell's Primrose l4 6 Whitvrtlrth Hartley l6 6 s. South Hart1ep001......19 3 West Hetton .lB 9 Heugh Hall 19 0 Kelloe Harton lB 9 Byron ....19 0 Peases West .15 6 Hunwick l6 6 Woodhouse Close 17 3 Black Prince l4 0 Hetton 20 6 Cassop ..••••19 9 Tunstall .... 20 0 Tees 2O 6 38; sold, 37. Walls End. Whitworth.. 16 6 Ships at marks' THE MAILS. MAILS DUE. Australia, Ceylon, and Mauritius (via South ampton) .. • • • • • • • .. Nov. 18. Do. (via Marseill es ) N ov. 12. Brazil and Cape Verde Nov., 6. Buenos Ayres, Monte Video, &c. Oct. Bahamas and Havana (via New York) .. Nov. 22. Canada, &c. (via Galway) .4 .. Oct. 31. Cape of Good Hope , &9. Nov. 2. China, Penang, and Singapore (via S'ampton) Nov. 2. Do. (via Marseilles) Overdue. Gibraltar (via Southampton) Nov. 2. India (Calcutta), Ceylon, &c. (via Southampton) Nov. 2. Do. (via Marseilles) Overdue. India (Bombay), (via Southampton) .. Nov. 10. DO. (via Marseilles) .. Nov. 4. Lisbon • .. • • • • Nov. 1. Cuba and Mexi co ; • . Oct. 29. Malta, Egypt, and Men (via Southampton) .. Nov. 2. Do. (via Marseilles) .. Overdue. Vigo, and Opo r t o Nov. 1. United Stat es, California,. &c. Oct. 31. Western Coast o f Atrica Madeira, Teneriffe .. Nov. 10. West Indie s and Pacific, Carthagena, Cuba, &c. Nov. 13. - - -- The Moniteur of Monday quotes the following from the Gazette di Genova :—" We know positively that the English admiral, Mundy, has received orders from his Government to place a vessel of war at the disposal of Ffancis 11. and his family, for the purpose of conveying him away from the Italian States." BIRTHS. ERSKINE.—On the 31st ult., at Putney, the Zion. Mrs. Biber Erskine, of a daughter. MARTIN.—Gn the 29th ult., at Barden-park, Tunbridge, the wife of Edwin Martin, Esq., of a son and heir. MILDMAY.—On the 30th ult., at 68, Park-street, Grosve nor-square, the Hon. La•ly St. John MildmaY) of a son. MARRIAGES. CHETWYND—BLAATJW.—On the 30th ult., at Newick, the Hon. Charles Cornwallis Chetwynd, third son of Iri s _ count Chetwynd, to Emily Hannah, only daughter o f W. H. Blaauw ; Esq., of Beechlands, Susses. MACLEAN—BALLARD.-011 the 30th ult., at Highbury Church, John A. Maclean, Esq., of Park-terrace, High. bury, to Miss Ballard, of Farnham House, Ilighbu EN of New-park, only daughter of the late E. Ballard, , or Canonbury. DEATHS• BRADDY.—On the 30th Ult., at St. John's-hill , N ew Wandsworth, Sarah, the wife of the Rev. Charles Braddy, M.A. lIEWETSON.—On the 28th ult., suddenly, at Cambridge terrace Hyde-park, William Hewetson, Esq., commis sary-General to H.M.s Army, aged 72. at his residence, 3, Barrington MAcoNocuiE.—On the 25th ult., at Morden, Surrey, Cap tainaged 73, R wE . ILI a c l e n o n o h e e ll 2 i e 4, t ß h . u N it .., , Ii . H . , Cottages, East Brixton, Captain Henry— Nathl. Rowe, R.N., aged 78. WALYER.—n the 31st ult., at Portsmo u th , W illiam, eon of the late O J a mes Walter, 33, Gres ham -street, city. LONDON : Printed and published by MURDO YOUNG of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun _Mee, No. 112, Strand. i n the Precinct of the Savoy, in the ()Gouty of 112111.4835 NOlfenlber 10860. ♦'~ } 1;: -: I