The Sun. — London, England, 1858-11-08 00:00:00

THE NAVY. ROYAL CO STORES A to indulge in any lavish schemes for the army and navy, but to endeavour, as far as in me lies, to support what I believe is e ssential to the welfare and the best interests of this country. Colonel SMYTH, M.P.,next rose, and was also received with cheers. e said—My Lord Mayor Mr. Chaplain, and gentlemen , I, o n ' m y own behalf, thank you for the manner in which my health has been proposed and received as one . of the city mem bers. We are met here to-day to celebrate a great event—an event which you have, in my opinion, most properly taken this opportunity of celebrating. (Applause.) We desire to do so, not, as was said by my noble friend (the Earl of Carlisle), if he will allow me to call him so, in any vindictive or boast ful spirit; we wish not to revive - any of the pains or the heartburnings which occurred at the time of the Crimean war ; hitt we are met to-day, and I don't hesitate to say so publicly, to celebrate a great victory—a victory which would not have been wor thy of the fame it has obtained if our foes had that day been less gallant, our enemies been less per severing than they were. We desire, in this city of York, to expreSs our admiration of the gallant deeds that were performed at Inkermann, our com miseration and our mourning for those who fell on that bloody field where over-matched and surprised British soldiers held their ground against countless numbers, whom the timely arrival of our French allies enabled us successfully to resist. (Cheers.) Yorkshireman as I am, proud of my country, and deeply interested in all that concerns this city, I rejoice—and I say so again—that you have deter mined to celebrate this anniversary. (Applause.) Colonel Smyth then read a letter which he received from his brother, who went through the whole of the Crimean war, and which was written on the day and after the battle of Inkermann. He de scribed that they had a hard day's work, stated thrt his horse was shot under him, and that there was no doubt they all did their duty. I believe (remarked Col. Smyth) the officer of every regi ment in the Crimea might have said the same. These, gentlemen, are the men who are the life and soul of the British army. (Hear.) The British officer and the British soldier will endure every privation, every discomfort, rather than disgrace his country. In my opinion we do not take as much care as we ought to do of the British soldier. (Cheers.) Many will tell you that a three or four years' soldier is of a value which we hardly appre ciate. We drill, we humanise, we interest the raw recruit until he becomes a skilful and accomplished soldier and well-disposed man, and then we give him little encouragement, but bad barracks, and food which is sometimes distasteful to him. Doubt less we find some who come from the dregs of the population, while there are others who join the army from a desire for adventure or from a love of glory. To those the words of the poet will apply: "Tor gold the merchant ploughs the main, 'The farmer ploughs the manor; But glory is the soldier's praise, The soldier's wealth and honour." (Cheers.) It is not. too much to say that of such men as these we ought to take more care ; we ought to make their time less monotonous, to teach each soldier a trade, and give him more employment in his leisure hours, lire shall then make him more civilised and more comfortable, and not make him less gallant or less persevering. (Cheers.) Among the other toasts were " the Lord Mayor," " the Dean and Chapter of York," " Earl de Grey and the Yorkshire Hussars," and " Miss Nightin gale and the Ladies who assisted her in the Crimea." The Hon. W. E. BUNCOMBE responded on behalf of Earl de Grey, and in doing so he observed, he believed that in engaging with the war in Russia they were only fulfilling the high destinies of this country. (Cheers.) The "Health of Miss Nightingale" was proposed by the Hon. aad Rev. S. W. LAWLEY, who said, after the battle of Inkermann the wounds of the soldiers were stanched by the hands of women. While they therefore remembered the glory of the soldiers they ought not to forget the tenderness and the services of woman. No Russian cannon spoke with more clear-toned voice—no British gun answered with clearer defiance—than that love, spoken in clear tones, by the noble sacrifice and devotion of our countrywomen. (Cheers.) There was no manual labour ever performed by man, and no duties more distasteful, which these women did not perform. In fact, the glory of the British arms secured its brightest lustre from the tenderness and the love of woman. (Cheers.) On the same evening about 70 of the men resi dent in York who in arms served their country in the Crimea, sat down to a dinner which had been provided by public subscription, when the valuable services of the army -were duly acknowledged. ON ARMY TOTHING. NUMEROUS FIRES AND GREAT D ESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY. • Saturday and yesterday were peculiarly and un fortunately prolific in fires, there being during a period of little more than 12 hours several in diffe rent parts of what is called the metropolitan dis trict, which extends a circle of 15 miles from TilE SON; LONDON, Niolibi * A.'l 7- EVENING, NOVEMBER 8, 1858. those supplied by the colonels, but he could not say so much for the trousers. By the Chairman—There could be no doubt that the greatest benefit would result to the soldiers and the public if the clothing . of the regiments of the line was made on a plln similar to that of the ar tillery, supposing that a depot with a staff of mili tary tailors could be formed for the different regi ments. The line regiments had depots at different places, but that was not the case with the artillery, whose head-quarters had been at Woolwich for a century or more. Mr. Turner asked the witness what his pay was. 'Witness replied 7s. 10d. a-day, with 2s. addi tional for lodging money. That, he added, was his pay as a quartermaster. He was not paid any thing additional in respect of the services he ren dered in the clothing establishment, and there were no perquisites connected with his duties there. The cuttings in the tailoring department were sold by Quartermaster Grant, who rendered an account of them, and the proceeds went to defray incidental expenses connected with the establishment. Mr. Turner, at a subsequent part of the day, ad dressing the witness, said—l have heard, among other things, that you keep racehorses here, but I confess I cannot believe it Quartermaster Taylor—l have none in training at the present time. • This answer produced a considerable sensation among the Commissioners and the people in the MR. BRICUIT'S PEACE PRINCIPLES. The new screw steamship Hero, 91 guns, at Sheerness, Proceeded on Saturday on a final trial of her machinery, preparatory to the Admiralty authorities receiving it from the contractors, MeSsrs. Maudslay, Sons, and Field. Captain. E. P. Halsted, of the Cressy, guardship of steam reserve ; Mr. G. Flatland, Engineer of the Dockyard; and Mr. J. H. Langley, Inspector of -Machinery for the Steam Squadron of Reserve, superintended on the part of - the Admiralty, Mr. T. Field and Mr. H. Warrener, _of the firm of Maudslay, Sons, and Field, with their staff, conducted the machinery depart ment. The ship left at 8.30 a.m., and proceeded down the Swin to the measured mile beacons. She continued her trials until 2 p.m., and returned into : harbour at 3.30 p.m. Her mean speed was 11.75 knots per hour, her mean number of re volutions was 65 per minute, her vacuum 26, her steam pressure 191 b. per square inch. Her draught of water forward was 16 feet 3 inches, and after 21 feet: The temperature in the engine room and stoke hole was, in consequence of the funnels fitted under the•directions of Mr. G. Blaxiand, reduced. consi derably, the stoke hole being only 65 deg., and the engine room only 58 deg. on the average, although 20 fires were being kept constantly fed by the body of stokers. The Admiralty authorities expressed themselves in the highest terms in regard to her machinery, which worked admirably and without a fault. The new screw steam frigate Forte, 51 guns, is ordered to be received at Sheerness to-day from Woolwich. Her engineS are by Messrs. Maudslay and Co. The Locust steamvessel, Lieut.-Commander J. B. Field, embarked at Sheerness Ordnance-wharf Cap • tain Wolf's company: of Artillery, Lieuts. Ellis and 133 g, ruiners and artillerymen, with eight women and. 10 children, on Saturday last, and pro ceeded with them to Woolwich, for the steamship Melbourne, bound for Barbadoes. There was also a detitchment ibr Jamaica, from Sheerness, left in the Locust. The Virago, 6, paddle sloop, arrived at Spithead yesterday, &ma Havre, where she had been to land the funeral car, of Napoleon I. The Hannibal, 91,, screw depot ship of the steam reserve, Captain G. T. Gordon, was taken out of Portsmouth harbour on Saturday to exercise her engines, after which she returned to her moorings. On the water leaving the dock in which the Ur gent, 6, iron' steam troopship, is docked at Ports mouth, an examination of her bottom exhibited no signs of any damage having been done by her grounding off Chichester on Monday. She has con sequently been ordered to again prepare for the em barkation of troops in about ten days. The Meteor, 14 gun steam battery, 150-horse power, was taken up on Saturday from Portsmouth dockyard, and moored in Porchester Lake in the line of fire from her Majesty's ship Excellent, one of whose gunboat tenders will commence firing at her forthwith, to test the difference of the effects pro duCed by solid shot upon an iron battery lined with wood and one built of iron entirely, as the Erebus. A new description of screw propeller, the inven tion of Mr. Phillips, C.E., is ordered to be tried at Portsmouth on Wednesday in the Bullfinch gun bpat. The blades arc curved inwards, which the patentee imagines will do away with the " broken water." Should it do so there will be great power gained. and less slip. The Vulcan, iron steam troopship, in No. 9 dock at Portsmouth, is ordered to be fitted with new engines of 400-horse power by Maudslay. The Mersey, 40, experimental heavy class of frigate, is being brought forward for service with all despatch. Tjie Royal Sovereign, 131, new screw three decker, and the Algiers, 91, screw two-decker, at Portsmouth, are having their engines disconnected. A letter, received - from the Shannon, 50, dated River Hooghly, Sept. 19, states she left Calcutta on Sept. 15 for Hong Kong; and on reaching the Saridheads met the China mail, bringing orders froM Rear-Admiral Sir M. Seymour for the frigate to return to England. She returned to Diamond Harbour, and was at the above date taking on board invalids, and was to sail for Spithead on Sept. 21, toughing at Trincomalee and the Cape of Good Hope. The paddlewheel steam frigate Centaur, 6, Capt. Clifford, from Portsmouth, arrived at Plymouth on Saturday. She will be paid off and. placed in the third class steam reserve. The gunboat Forward, from Bermuda, Scilly, and Falmouth, arrived at Plymouth. She will be put out of commission and. placed in the third class steam reserve. The Royal mail steamship Athens sailed from Plymouth on Saturday for the Cape of Good Hope. The screw steamship Royal Albert, 121, Captain E. B. Rice, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir C. Fremantle, K.C.B. ; the Renown, 91, Captain A. Forbes ; the Orion, 90, • Captain D'Eyncourt; the Brunswick, 80, Captain E. Om mannev ; and the gun-boat Skipjack,-tender to the Admiral, left Plymouth Sound under canvass on Saturday morning for Bantry Bay. The following appointments were made on Saturday at the Admiralty :—Lieut. Tweeddale to be agent of mails ; Charles R. P. Forbes and. Samuel Winnecott, masters additional to the Ex mouth; Mr. Archdeacon to be naval instructor of the Brunswick, Tice Needham, superseded ; Mr. Rae to be inspector of lunatics, Haslar Hospital, vice. Stuart, deceased. THE .2101 Y. 1 The Duke of Cambridge, as General Command in g-in-Chicf, Major-General Lord Rokeby, attached to the Foot Guards, and a full staff, were present at an inspection of the Ist battalion of the Cold stream Guards on Saturday morning in Hyde-park, when the battalion went through a new drill of field evolutions, -contemplated to be introduced into the army, and which they have been engaged in practising during the last six weeks. Last week draughts of the 42d, 71st, 72d, and 93d -Highlanders left the quarters of their respec tive tdepots in Scotland to join their regiments in India, embarking at Gravesend. The following reinforcements embarked at Gravesend, on Saturday, on board the East India ship - Bombay, 1,400 tons, for service in the Bombay Presidency :—Ensign C. H. Atkinson, and 11 men of the 61st Regiment, and 43 men of the 91th Re giment, from Chatham; 1 subaltern and 3l men of the '7th (Princess Royal's) Dragoon Guards, 61 men-of the Bth Hussars, Captain C. Steel and 32 men•of the 17th Lancers, and Ensign A. S. Gilbert . and 13 men of the 70th Regiment, from Canter bury; Ensign W. S. Brown and 12 men of the Ist battalion 4th (King's Own), from Walmer ; 2 men of the 33d (Duke'of Wellington's) Reoiment, from Fermoy ; 16 men of the 71 st Highland Light In fantry, from Stirling ; 10 men of the 72d High landers, from Aberdeen ; and 57 gunners of the Royal Artillery, from Woolwich. The Bombay is also ordered to proceed to Cork to embark the fol lowing troops for India :—Major H. It. C. Godley and 12 men of the 28th Regiment, Ensign R. A. Cox and 42 men of the 57th Regiment; 27 men of the 89th Regiment, and 34 men of the 97th Regi ment, from the East India depots at Fermoy ; 10 men of the 86th (Royal County Down) Regiment, from Buttevant ; and 72 men of the 91st Regiment, from Pembroke. Orders were on Saturday received by Colonel B. Sandham, comman di ng the Royal Engineers a t Chatham, directi ng the 31st company of Royal Sappers and Aliners, under the command of Capt. Amelius B. Eve rs, this day to the to proceed from head-quarters Sedley's) urrah Camp. The 3d (Major C. H. orders compan yto-proceto Gi braltar, Royal Engineers, under are expected to em bark-in a few day s . A detachment of the 41s t Foot consisting of 3 offieevs and 50 men, from Je rsey , are ordered to em bark 'at Portsmouth thi s da) u board the steam transport Melbourne, to join the regiment in Jamaica. On Thursday and Friday 3 office rs and 154 men, drawn from various re giments,left Asm th a e llt e t a a m rt p y at f Colchester for service in India. invalid soldiers has been for warded from to the military h os p ital at Gre at Yarmouth. c camp In. accordance with the sentence of a district court-martial, which recently assembled at Chat ham Garrison for the trial of Sergeant GAL Hale, pay -sergeant of the 4th grand division of the Chatham division of Royal Marines, on a charge o f making , away with the sum of £42 whioh had been intrusted to him for the payment of the men,. and himself from _barra_cks without also for absenting to the rank • leave; the prisoner has been reduced b t .consideratio u in n and pay of a private. The Court also adjudged him to be Imprisoned for 42 days, of thtistate of his health, 4 0 days of the imprison ment were remitted. The who le of the sum made_ away with by the prlsoner made good. [AnvERTIST.MENT-----I?arey - 7 .1 Horse and Cat tle Improv --- lug Food is equally a dapted to improlecthaievesst,anosinholopo,f ainild eonditioned Horses, Cows, Bullock Pigs. It causes no extra expense, as i t contains far s ure and better nourishment than i ts cost of l id. per feed plies in corn and hay; hence ensures an actual impr savingove in the keep. But its principal advant a g es area eneral ment in the dic restive functions, the stamina and g ore great_ condition of hon-,es enabling them to perf orm far m labour without getting distressed. It imparts new vigour to sick, debilitated, or old apparently - worn-ont horses, and it puts rapidly the finest flesh on cattle generally, and ire prorcErthe milk in cows, as it enables them to extract the entire nourishment out of everything they feed on. Rare)? and Co., .77, Regent's Quadrant, Piccadilly, London. Packed in tins of about 90 feeds, 11s. ; in casks of about 450 feeds, 505.; of about 1,000 feeds, £5, being about lid. feed.per Lord Panmure, while connected with the late Government, presented to the citizens of York two of the gur.s which had been captured on the fall of Sebastopol. These guns were inaugurated on Fri day afternoon last, and they were carried in pro cession through the principal streets of - the city, prior to their being deposited in their final resting place, which is within a few hundred yards of the Castle. The military would have joined the pro cession had not a countermanding order been re- 1 ceived from the Duke of Cambridge, who gave as his reason for making the order that if the soldiers were allowed to take part in the procession, it might be looked upon as an unfriendly act towards a now friendly Power. This order had also the effect of preventing the officers belonging to the Bth Hussars from attending the grand banquet in the Guildhall in the evening, at which there were present among the guests—the Earl of Carlisle, the Hon. and Very Rev. the Dean of York, the Hon. and Rev. S. W. Lawley, the Hon. W. E. Dun combe, and the city members, Mr. Westhead and Colonel Smyth. The Lord Mayor presided. After several toasts bad been drunk, The LORD MAYOR proposed the " Health of the Earl of Carlisle," which was received with enthu siastic cheering. The Earl of CARLISLE rose, and after the cheer ing had subsided, he said,—My Lord Mayor and Gentlemen, —I return you my very best thanks for the manner in which, after my health has b ee n so obligingly proposed, it has been re ceived by yourselves. (Applause.) I feel I am grea tly indebted to the Lord Mayor and corpora tion of this ancient city for having given me the opportunity of being present on an occasion so truly interesting. (Cheers.) You have thiS day, my lord, with your fellow-citizens, planted in a conspicuous position, within this venerable town, some of those cannon which formerly frowned—aye, and spoke, too, in most destructive accents from the walls of Sebastopol. (Cheers.) If they were merely to serve as the memorials of national strife and continued ill-will—(hear)—l could scarcely have congratu lated you upon the grant you had obtained. (Cheers.) We only know the Russians as those whom we found brave and skilful foes, and whom we are now glad to look upon as friends. Nay, more, we trace with anxious i nterest and sympathy the course of the young Emperor—(hear, hear) — who did not begin, but who ended the war with us ---(cheers)—and who seems now intent on develop ing the pacific resources of his mighty empire, and striking off the yoke and fetters of the serf. (Cheers.) I wish we may have reason to say quite as much of all our allies in the late war. (Cheers.) But those guns, however, may be justly considered as the mo nnment of deeds nobly done by all classes of our fellow-subjects—of the brightest achievement and no less heroic endurance of the officers and soldiers of the United Kingdom—of the just renown of that army which seemed to come out of its sharp and fiery ordeal with more freshness, and . glow, and vigour even than marked them at its opening. (Cheers.) No doubt the pluck was at all times the same ; but, in point of health, of equipment, and of general efficiency, they kept advancing with every strain of the conflict, and the greater the wear and tear grew the toughness of their fibre, and the brightness of their polish. (Much cheering.) Most suitably,then, will th ese old Russian guns,transferred from their past theatre of strife and bloodshed, be come the spot where you, my lord, this day have placed them, close to the circuit of these ancient walls whose mounds formed the encampment of old Roman Emperors, which witnessed many an embat tled array of feudal England, andlooked down on the widest plain of a peaceful land, and where, I trust, their ministry of death and destruction being now accomplished, they will have found their undisturbed and final resting place. (Cheers.) My lord and gen tlemen, our military friends have not been able to join us on this occasion from a feeling, if not an ex cesss, of delicacy, which we must respect, although we must' still regret. But they will know that, whether present or absent, all our hearts bound to our brave defenders—(cheers) —to whom we owe it that we can meet together in splendid civic halls and quaff the peaceful and friendly goblet. (Cheers.) And, as an expression of our feelings towards the military service generally, and an especial recogni tion of the memories of this heroic anniversary, henceforth only to' be happily associated with the glories of an united patriotism, I beg to give to you —" The brave men who perilled their lives in the Crimea in defence of the liberty of nations." Captain 'MARSHALL, of the 2d Life Guards, re turned thanks. The LORD MAYOR then proposed " Our City Members, with the honours to which they are en titled." (Three times three cheers.) Mr. J. P. B. WESTHEAD, M.P., rose amid loud cheering. He said—My Lord Mayor and gentle men, I assure you I feel extremely grateful for the honour which you have been pleased to do to your city members, and although it does not become me to appropriate to myself an undue share of that honour, yet, if you will allow me to speak, simply on my own behalf, I cannot but deem it a source of high gratification to myself that, after going through two eventful sessions and endeavouring to perform my duty as your representative, I am on the present occasion greeted with so much kindness. (Applause.) . I have felt it my duty to appear among you to-day in answer to the invitation of the cor poration, and I cannot but confess, notwithstanding the strange views which at this day, and in certain influential quarters, are expressed on the subject of peace, that there arc times when war seems a positive , duty. And for my own part, in regard to all that re lates to the cause of the Crimean war, I consider that there was an unavoidable necessity for our country men to place themselves in battle array, and to step forward in defence of the liberty of nations. (Cheers.) I have therefore felt pleasure in coming to-day to assist in the ceremony which has been in augurated, and I trust the city of York, which has manifested its enthusiasm and its sympathy with our brave army and navy, will continue to give its support to its representatives in every effort fairly to maintain the honour of the country and to sup port a force adequate to the exigencies of the times. (Cheers.) For my part, and in my observation of men, I have not found that the men who were the most courageous, and on great occasions the most deter mined to support their rights, have been the most meddlesome and the most quarrelsome. On the other hand, I have generally found that the men who have been conscious of their power have been indisposed to littleness and meanness—(applause)— and I trust that our country, whieh ought to hold its own on all occasions, and ought to be able to look the world in the face and to.main.tain its rights —(clicers)—will never, from any paltry considera tions of economy, descend from that high position. (Applause.) I should be sorry for one moment to appear to attack on this occasion any person who may differ from me in regard to this question of war and peace, but I think that that talented man, Mr. Bright, the other day at Birmingham, admitted quite as much as it is necessary for me or any other Englishman to contend for - upon this question. I took an extract from the speech of Mr. Bright, which, with your permission, I will now read. He said— " I have not, as you have observed, pleaded that this country should remain without adequate and scientific means of defence. I acknowledge it to be the duty of your statesmen, at all times, with all possible moderation ' but with all possible efficiency, to take steps which shall pre serve order within and on the confines of your kingdom." Well, I shall be content with that, and there will be no diffefence between myself and Mr. Bright on that subject, except on the question of degree. (Hear.) I assure you I cannot but feel a sympathy for those brave men who went forth and perilled their lives in the Crimea, main taining, as they did most gallantly, the honour and fame of our country. An orator, to whom I alluded, said that - he supposed many of those brave men who fell were forgotten by all but their mothers. Not so. (Hear, and cheers.) It is, indeed, but natu ral that mothers should weep over their sons, though they cannot but feel the glory that attaches to their name, falling as they did in the cause of their country. Only yesterday I came down in the railway train with a lady, of whom I have no per sonal knowledge, but in the course of conversation, as she was travelling to this part of the country, I referred to the fact that I was coming o this t and and on this occasion. In speaking of the Crimea and of some occurrences there, she • said, " I have never dared to read those accounts, for I lost a darling son in one of those actions before Sebastopol." A little further inquiry led me to the name of the lady, but of course I pressed my . questions no further. T o -d ay I ha d an opportunity of speak ing to m y son the ni g ht-I re een:ed:my wound with him and four ' (Major Westhead) of that officer so whose m o th er • lamented him, and he said, " On others of his attack, regimentanasoonaft I shook hands before the wound," e r he entered the Quarries he received a fatal (continued Mr. Westhead Happily for myself ) wounded, has survived, and he son, who got severely had the pleasure of meetinr, he regrets he has not , much honour to those who ° foughtyou egg have done so on that occasion. (Cheers.) lut in the Crimea 3u forgotten th ose heroes , and their names , .o whichhave not understand are recorded in connexion with t h e I Cere mony of the day , are placed on the stoney the pedestal on the site which you have selected f or these monuments of British fame ; and I qu it e par _ ticipate in the view of the noble lord, who has s o discoursed to you t hat I seem but a dia .: e loquently cord on this occasi his strain. (Cheers.) evidence of your zeal in on after the full harmony of and navy, and I trust that 1 end I thank you for all the connexion with our army 'n m humble capa avouring not city I shall have your oupport in en e , 1112111S'i Charing-cross.. One fire happened in the premises belonging to Mr. J. Reihie, situate at No. 57, Richmond-street, Caledonian-road, Islington. The fire commenced in the front room first floor, and speedily extended to the drawers and furniture in the first floor. The engines of the London brigade were soon in at tendance, but, owing to the exertions of the in -1 mates and police, the fire was subdued. The damage, however, is considerable. The suffer was insured in the Royal Fire-office. Another fire took place in the premises belonging to Mr. George Page, hairdresser, situate at No. 34, Pail-mall. The discovery was made by smoke issuing from the flooring on the first floor. Several engines of the London Brigade and parish were soon in attendance, but the flames were quickly extinguished. The loss will fall upon the Royal Exchange and Hand-in-Hand offices. A third- fire broke out in the beer-shop belonging to Mr. J. Heath, carrying on business at No. 20, William-street, Green-street, Bethnal-green. The cause of this fire could not be gleaned ; but when the fire was first seen it was rushing up the parti tions on the ground floor, and in the course of a few minutes it had extended up the landing to the first floor. The engines of the London Brigade were remarkably fast in their attendance, but owing to the timely arrival of the police and strangers the flames were got out during the interval. The sufferer was uninsured. A fire likewise took place in the private house of Mr. R. Buckland, No. 10, Redmonds-row, Mile end. The _flames commenced in a cupboard from sonic unexplained cause in the second floor, the furniture becoming ignited, and the window glass breaking, it was feared that the whole building would have been consumed; but owing to the com bined exertions of all present the fire was subdued. but the damage done was considerable. Unfortu nately the sufferer was not insured. A fifth fire broke out in the premises occupied by Mr. R. Rtimbill, a tailor, &c., No. 3, Pleasant place, Holloway-road. The disaster was occasioned by the light of the gas burner in the shop . coming in contact with the stock in trade therein. The engines of the London Brigade and parish, toge ther with the Royal Society's escapes, were re markably early in arriving, but the greater portion of the stock in trade was destroyed before the fire could be extinguished. Unfortunately the occupier of the premises was not insured. A sixth fire broke out in the tesidence of Mr. W. Lawson, No. 23, Doughty-street, near the Found ling Hospital. It was caused from a spark flying from a lighted candle, which set in flames the con tents of the third floor front. The engines of the parish and London Bridge, as well as the Royal Society's escapes, were quickly in attendance, and owing to the exertions of the police and inmates the fire was got out, but the damage done was con siderable, and it is to be regretted that the sufferer was uninsured. In addition to the above fires, r another one took place in the premises belonging to Mr. Lawrence, the well-known clothier, carrying on business facing the Royal Botanical Gardens, in the Jew's row, Chelsea, and within a few yards of the Royal Asylum. The fire was discovered by a pensioner as he was proceeding to the College, by noticing smoke pouring from the lower part of the estab lishment. This convinced the man at a glance that the premises were on fire, and forthwith he sounded the necessary alarm, and sent off for proper assist ance. It was at one time feared that the whole of the inmates were in their beds, and that they would fall -victims to the fury of the flames, but it subsequently transpired that the whole of the resi dents had left some time previously for the purpose of attending Divine service at their regular place of worship. The engines of the parish, Lon don brigade, and that belonging to the Grosvenor estate having been sent for, they promptly attended, and .a good supply of the Chelsea Company's water having been pro cured, the firemen went to work under the direc tion of Mr. Staples, chief officer of the C district, but the flames could not be conquered until the whole of the stock in trade was nearly destroyed. The' origin of the disaster is unknown. Owing to the absence of all parties connected with the pre mises, it was i m p oss ible to tell Whether the loss was covered by insurance or otherwise. of assistance h P aN l il; l)lace * , About the same time as the above fire happened, another one took place on the premises of Mr. Cole, extinguished, but t h e No. 13, Brid in the City-road. PI mty the flames were quickly able. damage done was consider- On Saturday morning the Royal Commissioners for inquiring into the State of the Depots for Mili tary Clothing and Stores met again at the Arsenal, Woolwich. Accompanied by Captain Clark and Captain Farmer, the principal officers next to Colonel Tulloch in the Royal carriage department ; Colonel Wilmot, the s uperintendent of the gun factory; Captain Boxer, at the head of the labora tory ; and Captain Orr, they made a tour of the more remarkable parts of the Arsenal, in which they were occupied more than two hours, and saw much to excite their interest and admiration in the various processes and appliances which came under observation. Of the gigantic proportions to which this great national establishment has grown, espe cially since the outbrea k of the Russian war, and of the extent to which machinery of marvellous in genuity has of late years been applied to all the different operations connected .with the manufac ture of the impleMents and munitions of war, the general public has but little conception ; and no thing like justice could be done to a subject so re plete with interest and importance in the space in -which a report of the proceedings of the Commis sioners must of necessity be limited. The manner in which the several departments are conducted, so Tar as that has come within the cognisance of the commission, is such as to impress the visitor with the idea of efficiency, carried almost to perfection, in the several branches, united with a careful re gard for the public interests in the use and adoption of materials. Reference is now made to the inter nal economy of the establishment, irrespective of the mode of supplying the raw materials from with out, under the auspices of the War-office, which is a question on which considerable difference of opi nion prevails. Since the Crimean war the Arsenal appears to have been conducted to a great extent on a new principle. The object is not now so much to accumulate enormous quantities of the materials and instruments of war against a time of war, which may become obsolete or suffer decay during a long interval of peace, but rather to develope the capa city of the establishment for producing them as they are wanted, with far more rapidity and effici ency than was ever known before, and with all the improvements which ingenuity can from time to time sun,est. By the introduction of machinery equal, it is said, in the aggregate, to the united labour of 12,000 men, the handicraft of skilled artisans has, to a large extent, been dispensed with, and by far the greater part of this machinery, 'which performs alike the most deli cate and the most ponderous operations with unerring accuracy and effect, can be set in motion and tended at any time by young men and boys brought from the streets or the plough tail, and submitted to a slight amount of preliminary training. It will be seen that the commissioners during their sitting on Saturday had for the first time with anything like directness, and suddenly and in the most incidental way, evidence adduced before them, both in a positive and negative shape, of a practice having the semblance of systematic corruption, and it gave an unwonted interest to their proceedings, which was enhanced by another incident, curious enough in its way, and as unexpectedly elicited by a question put by Mr. Commissioner Turner in the course of the inquiry. After the Commissioners had completed their perambulation of the Arsenal they repaired, at 1 o'clock, to the head-quarters of the Royal Carriage Department, and took additional evidence, Mr. Selfe acting as chairman. Captain Milward, of the Royal Artillery, com manding a field-battery at Woolwich, was recalled, and explained that before the establishment of the clothing and tailoring depot at Woolwich, which was begun about 18 months age, under the direct auspices of the War-office, for supplying the whole of the Artillery and Engineers with clothing, each captain of a troop could obtain his " necessaries" for the use of the men under his command where he liked, and those necessaries were generally ob tained from tradesmen on the recommendation of the pay-sergeants. Those pay-sergeants used to get a regular allowarice--often as much as 10 per cent.—from the tradesmen they patronised on the amount of the bills sent in to the captain for neces saries from time to time. He (Captain Milward) knew this to be true from circumstances which came within his own knowledge. After their return from the Crimea a pay-sergeant in the battery which wit ness commanded, and who was now in India, got as much as 10 per cent. from the tradesmen on the necessaries supplied to the men during the war, and which amounted to a considerable sum. The officers in the Artillery never knew that such a practice had been going on; and he himself happened only to find it out by a paymaster, who was an honest fellow, telling him about it. He (Captain Milward) believed the practice was carried on to an immense extent until the recent change in the system of supplying clothing to the Artillery, for the more the things that were ordered the more the pay-sergeants got; but all that had now been put a stop to by the new arrangement. The Chairman asked Mr. Dolan, of St. Martin's lane, a partner in one of the oldest and largest firms in London as contractors for army clothing, and who was in th e room while Ca p tain Milward was'examined, if he had given any douceur, or made any allowance or present, such as had been men tioned by Captain -Milward ? Mr. Dolan—l must decline to answer the ques- tion. The Chairman Mice, ; I hate had great expe rience in coutts of justice, and I must say I never knew a refusal to answer a question such as I have just put which did not do a great deal more harm to the interests of the party declining to answer than any amount of frankness on his part. Mr. Turner—l would advise you to be candid, Mr. Dolan. Arc we to understand that you abso lutely decline to answer that question ? Mr. Dolan—Yes. Mr. Turner —Very well. The Chairman —I can hardly conceive any - thing more damaging, 'in the opinion of the Commis sioners, to the interests you have at heart, Mr. Dolan. your refusal to answer the Mr. Turner — By Com bemyf question put to you b y Mr. Selfe we now come to understand why it i s that some of the brother main objects c mn o ei n vs t scir e o m ini p ae l rN a ,se t eabdned myself iennt ablehis i t n o q hg u a ei:tey been any y sort of tangible enrustrated. We in formation with regard to douceurs from any one. Neither the recipient nor the giver of the doueeur i t n o q d u o iry so. That being on which you can will give us any i nformation ; an d when we a r r ive at any essential row lig part u t of refusethe inquiry so, the Commissioners in this case are left to draw their own inference s . Mr. Dolan—l have never given an allowance in any ease in which the public has had to pay. The Chairman asked what_ was Irma by that. Mr. Dolan—l mean to say I have never given any ; allowance to any one for winch the public has had to pay. The Chairman—That is an evasion of the ques tion, Mr. Dolan. The question is, whether you paid it ; if you did, it.was worth your while to do so for other considerations. There was a pause here, in which the Commis sioners waited for an answer. Mr. Turner—You adhere to your refusal ? Mr. Dolan—l do. At a subsequent part of the sitting Mr. Dolan gave a reason why he had refused to answer the question, but it was not deemed satisfactory by the Commissioners, and they ordered it to be struck off their minutes. Quartermaster and Commissary Grant, who has charge of the Government clothing establishment at Woolwich for the artillery, under Colonel Bing ham, was called by Colonel French, and expressed a wish to withdraw an observation made inciden tally in his previous examination, and construed as unduly reflecting on others, in connexion with the former system of supplying clothing to the artillery. The Chairman told-Quartermaster Grant that he bad taken a manly, straightforward, and soldierly course ; and :he wished civilians would show the same readiness to withdraw charges they were not in a condition to proVe. Quartermaster Taylor next tendered himself as a witness. He said he was an Inspector of Artillery cloth, and sUperintendent of the military tailors in the Government establishment at Woolwich ; and the evidence "lie gave Went to show that the clothing - 'now supplied to the artillery batta lions was very much better, both in quality and workmanship, than it was under the old sys tem, when they were supplied by contractors; but that furnished to the Horse Artillery was no better. Under the old system there was a rigid inspection by a board of field officers of the clothing supplied Ter the artillery service by the contractors; who Were Messrs. Stephens and Clarke. Now the cloth was first inspected at Weedon before being made up, and the clothing, when made up, was subject to an inspection by a board of field officers, as formerly. The old inspection always secured clothing as good as the sealed pattern. The improVement which had since taken place was in the pattern, and in bringing the clothing up to that pattern. The cavalry now made up their own clothing ; and he thought the cavalry were not so well clothed now, either in point of quality or work manship, as under the old system, arising, as he thought, from the patterns not being so good. The cloth for some of the cavalry came from the estab lishment at Weedon, which was not the case before. The tunics in the line were now much superior to lON 013 TAINT room. Mr. Turner—ls there any foundation for the statement that you have kept racehorses ? Quartermaster Taylor—Yes. Quartermaster Grant—He has an independent fortune' Quartermaster Tailor —But I hope it will not be supposed that I can keep them out of my regimen tal pay. I positively assert before everybody that I have no advantage, direct or indirect, from any thing in the establishment. Quartermaster Grant—lt is right that it should be known that Quartermaster Taylor has on his own side an independent fortune, and that his wife has also an allowance, so that he is in circumstances to keep racehorses if he wishes to do so. Mr. Turner said he had felt it his duty to ask the question of Quartermaster Taylor from infor mation that had been given him, and it was also but fair to give the Quartermaster an opportunity of explanation. Quartermaster Grant was recalled, and, in reply to questions put by Mr. Turner, said the tailors ' cuttings in the Artillery clothing establishment were disposed of to a contractor named Wolfe, who came from London from time to time and, took them away. An account was kept of the whole of the proceeds of those cuttings, and the money w ent to defray petty cash expenses in the establishment , such as postage, carriage of parcels, and many other small charges. The proceeds from the cuttings — but he spoke only from memory—might be from £lOO to £125 a-year. The balance, after paying incidental expenses, remained as cash in hand, and he had the custody of it. At present it might amount to £9O. Witness afterwards produced the book containing an account of the cuttings, which showed that the proceeds of them for a year from July, 1857, to the end of June last, amounted to £2BO, and that he had now a balance in hand of £l7l. He wished it, he said, to be understood that the establishment he conducted, which had been in operation about 18 months, was a large regimental tailor's shop, and that in ordi nary, circumstances the cuttings would be the per quisites of the person who had charge of it. The Chairman—ln fact, you have no " cabbage ;" that's the English of it ? (A laugh.) Witness said that was so. Quartermaster Mutch, who was next called, said he was Commissary of Clothing for the Royal En gineers. The clothing wee mad. in the same estab lishment at Woolwich as that of the Royal Artil lery, but the duties and accounts of each corps were kept entirely distinct. He had filled his present office of Commissary of Clothing since April, 1856, and was previously senior clerk in the Adjutant- General's office of the Royal Engineers. The sys tem of providing the clothing for the engineers was precisely the same as that of the Artillery. There was a difference in the colour of the clothing—the men's jackets in the Engineers being scarlet and their trousers of Oxford mixture. The cloth came from Weedon, and at first was not good ; but it had improved latterly, and he expected that before long it would be up to the mark. He had no voice in te quality of the clothing. By Col. French—The corps of Engineers had always had better clothing than the Line. Witness handed in a statement, showil* the com parative cost of the several articles of clothing for the Royal Engineers under the late contract system with that now being carried on at the clothing establishment, Woolwich, and the saving on each. The Chairman said the paper put in by the Quar termaster was the most startling thing he had seen for a long time. For instance, the present cost of the rank and file tunic was 17s, as compared with £1 1 ls. 6d., under the contract system. Witness said the total saving on a year's supply of clothing, after deducting establishment expenses, was £3,731 14s. The corps of Royal Engineers was close upon 4,000 in number, and the men had each two suits in the year—a uniform suit and a workino. suit. The' number 'of garments to be furnished annually might be taken as 16,696—viz., 4,180 tunics (uniform), 4,180 trousers (uniform,) 4,168 working jackets, and 4,168 working trouser s . He explained that the clothing for the Engineers being made in the same building as that of the Artillery, the cost of gas, coals, and the like, was not taken into account in the above calculation ; but the Artilley had got the saving on the Engineers' clothing to set against those expenses. The total expenditure of 'tb e establishment, so far as Engi neers were concerned, £269 for salaries and wages, and about £4O for incidental expenses. The cut tings in the Engineers' tailoring department were accounted for in precisely the same way as those of the Artillery as described by Quartermaster Grant. He (witness) was virtually the storekeeper as well as the Commissary of Clothing, and was account able to Colonel Stanton. By the Chairman—There was no security taken from him (witness). For the value of the stores under his charge it would be hardly worth while risking his commission. Mr. Dolan, army clothing contractor, was called at his own request, and stated that the contract with which the comparison had been instituted by Quartermasters Grant and Mutch was made just before or after the war, when everybody connected with the business of army clothing was busily engaged and all parties contracting got large prices. Stephens and Clarke, the contractors for the Artillery under the old system, got much larger prices than they had ever done before, owing to an alteration in the pattern of the tunic after the con tract had been entered into. He submitted that the question at issue was not what the clothing of the Artillery was supplied for in a time of war, but what it could be supplied for now if it were again put lift to contract. He was sure the Govern ment could get the clothing for the Artillery now made by contract quite as cheaply as it was now made at their own establishment by Quartermaster Grant. Again, the standard of the men had been reduced considerably since the change in the mode of supplying clothing, and a saving in the cost of the garments had been the result. He admitted the prices of Stephens and Clarke were very high, and if Government were now to contract they could get the clothing made much cheape r. The Chairman 'asked what was to hinder equally high prices being paid again in a state of war ? Witness said the clothing they supplied in 1854, during the war, was about the same price as that which they furnished a year or , two before when there was no war. The Chairman asked if the witnesss had not within the last 12 months given any douceurs ? Mr. Dolan said he declined to answer that question. Quartermaster Grant stated, in reply to a remark made by Mr. Dolan, that the contract of Stephe and Clarke, with which the prices of making cloth' ing for the Artillery at the Government establish ment bad been compared by him (Mr. Grant), was taken a considerable time before the war, and be fore any influence connected with a time of war could have affected the market prices. Mr. Dolan said he did not defend Stephens and Clarke's prices, and he would supply clothing equal in quality in every way for both the Horse Artil lery and the battalions, at the same prices at which they were now made in the Government establish ment, and to any extent the Government might re quire. The Commissioners then adjourned. EXTRAORDINARY RUN BY A SAILING SHIP. — The Mersey line clipper Black Eagle, which sailed from Liverpool for Melbourne, on the 28th tilt, ' Taft the steam g, tu at three the following morning off Holyhead, and was off Queenstown at three p.m. on the 29th —making the run from the Bell Buoy to abreast of Queenstown in 24 hours, and from Holyhead (where she left the steamer) in llt hours. The distance between Holyhead and Queens town being 164 miles, the speed obtained was l 4 knot per hour, and it is believed to be the quickest run on record, either by sailing vessel or steamer. [AnvEnTisEmENT.I--Holloway's Pills. —Liverpool corn plaints and General D e bility.—These Pills have an influ ence upon the human frame, which is more like enchant ment than the ordinary effect of any other medicine ever heard of. They turn a sick man into a sound one. with a rapidity that reminds us of the sudden changes in a panto mimic show under the stroke of the wand of harlequin. People bedrideen for years, gbastly and woebegone a few days before, after taking these pills, have emerged gaily into the streets or fields, to the utter astonishment of their old acquaintances. In cases of general debility they are a mar vellous restorative, and in liver complaints the action of these inestimable pills is equally safe ; speedy, and duca -1 Ging. NG SUGAR BY FRAUD. On Friday Henry Bell, who formerly carried on the business of a grocer in the Borough, and who had been remanded but admitted to bail upon the charge of obtaining ten bags of sugar from Messrs. Whistler, Dawson. and Co., agents for the sale of sugar, Fenchurch-street, appeared before the Lord Mayor, at the Mansion-house, for further examina- tion. The court was densely crowded during the in vestigation by wholesale grocers and others who had charges against the defendant. Mr. Brand again appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. C. Lewis for the defendant. H. Bell, metropolitan detective officer, M 13, who apprehended the defendant, said—From informa tion I received I proceeded to the house of Mr. Langtree, a grocer, in Salmon-lane, Lim house. I there found five or six bags of rice at, the back of the shop. I saw no barrels or bags containing sugar. I afterwards went to a carman named Wm. Keene, and from what he said I returned to Mr. Lang tree's, where I obtained further information. W. Keene said—The defendant employed me to cart some goods from him, and towards the latter end of Sept. I received a paper from him. I think it was on Monday. He told me to get ten barrels of sugar from the London Docks. I did so, and took them to his shop. By his directions I pulled one or two out of the van, and he broke the heads off. He said, " These sugars are very wet; I don't know what to do with them." By his direction I afterwards placed them all in the shop. He sent for me to conic to his shop next morning between 8 and 9. He then gave me another order, andl brought home 10 bags from the West India Docks. He then or dered me to take 10 brls of sugar to Mr. Langtree's. Mr. Brand—Did you take these barrels to Mr. Langtree's before the bags came ? Witness—No • after I brought them home. Mr. Brand—Have you always stated as you are telling me now—have you told a different story to the detective officer ? Witness--I told him that I brought the bags and barrels home. Mr. Brand—How was it that you did not take the barrels and bags together to Mr. Langtree's shop ? Witness—l don't know. Mr. Brand—Did you tell the detective officer that some of the barrels were not taken oat of the cart at all ? Witness—l might have done so. The Lord Mayor—This is a most important com mercial inquiry, and I am determined to go through it most thoroughly, and to sift it, if I possibly can, to the very bottom. No one can conceal from him self the fact that this man is giving his evidence with great reluctance. He does not give his evi dence as a respectable man would. Mr. Brand—Upon your oath were all the barrels taken out of the cart at all ? Witness—One or two were first taken out, and then the others. Mr. Brand--And you swear that they remained in the defendant's possession for • a night at least ? Witness—Yes. Mr. Brand—lf you ever said that some of the barrels never left the cart you said what was false ? Witness—Yes, if I said that ; I might have said so. Mr. Brand—Did you say that—you must know, Witness—Well, I say that I did say so. When I met the detective officer on Monday I was agitated. Mr. Brand—Did you say to Mr. Bell that two or three days after you had delivered the barrels on the prosecutor's delivery order you took ten bags of sugar straight to Langtree's shop. Witness—l unloaded them into the defendant's shop first. Mr. Brand—Did you not state that they never left. the cart ? Witness—l did say so then. I unloaded them and put them into the van, and took them away an hour or so afterwards. I was employed for this job. I was not in the service of the defendant. I had only two transactions with him. I removed his fur niture to a furniture warehouse in the New-cut. I swear that I did not remove for him any other goods than those of which I have spoken, but there were plenty of carts at work there in addition to my van. Mr. James Langtree—l am a grocer, and live at 9, Salmon-lane, Limehouse. I never had any trans actions with the defendant. About Sept. 27th or 28th last, or it might be later, a waggon driven by the last witness came to my shop with ten barrels of sugar. I did not deny this to Bell. I had no in voice with the sugar. I showed Mr. Dawson the in voice of the ten barrels, but that invoice did not come with the barrels. It was delivered to me by person I bought them of. I bought them of a person named Jones, who called upon me with a sample of sugar, and on the next day, or the same day, or within a very short period at all events, the sugar came. Jones himself brought the invoice about a week after the sugars were delivered. The invoice is dated Oct. 1. I intended to have brought it with me, but accidentally left it behind on my counter. The sugars were not equal to the sample, and were useless to me. They were very footy. The Lord Mayor—Where does Jones live? Witness—l don't know his residence, although I have known him for some time. He has been selling goods of this description for the last two or three years. I did not tell Bell that I had bought these sugars in a publichouse. I alluded in that con versation to rice. When I complained to Jones of the sugars being footy, he said, " I'll find you something to work them off with," and I would not consent to them unless he made me some allow ance for their inferior quality. I cannot tell where Jones is to be found. Some time ago he lodged at the Railway , Hotel. I gave 445. per cwt. for the sugars. The Lord Mayor—ls it usual with you to deal with a man who does not give you his address ? Witness—He is a man that dresses well. He was in my shop two hours on Monday last, and just left previous to Bell's calling. The invoice I showed to Mr. Dawson related to 11 bags of rice, 10 barrels of sugar, and five boxes of Valencias. Mr. Brand—The testimony of those witnesses would not justify me in asking your lordship to commit the defendant for trial. This is a case of very great importance to the commercial community, and I ask for a further remand, in order that Jones may be produced. The whole evidence has disclosed a series of frauds, and the perpetrators of them ought to be brought to justice. The Lord Mayor—lf you had Jones here, per haps he could not do you much good. Mr. Brand—Very likely not. The Lord Mayor—There cannot be two opinions as to the character of the whole transaction. You see the evidence which these witnesses have given, and they are witnesses for the prosecution. Mr. Lan gtree—Every word I have stated is truth. I do not buy goods of every person who comes into my shop. I missed Jones for four or five months till very recently. He has left samples with me, and nine times out of ten I have not bought his goods. There are hundreds of persons in London who get their living in the same way. The Lord Mayor—l cannot detain the defendant upon the present charge, but if YOU get further evidence against him you can apprehend him again. The charge against defendant was then dismissed. Mr. Brand—l now prefer another charge against the defendant. On the 15th of September last he called at the warehouse of Messrs. William and Russell Jupp and ordered It bags of rice, two for himself, and nine for a friend in the - country. The 11 bags were delivered to him and taken direct to Langtree's shop. Mr. Langtree—l bought the rice for more than it was worth, and shall lose a cwt. by it. _ This charge was not entertained for want of suffi cient evidence. Several other persons stood forward, and said that the defendant had obtained chests of tea, cani sters, &c., from them. These cases were not gone into, awing to the want of evidence to show that the goods had been obtained under false pretences. ms --___7 - -- -- --- --- - ---------- - - - - GAMBLING IN BELGIUM. —The compny which farms out the gambling-rooms at Spa, in Belgium, and whose lease expires at the end of 1861, has just obtained a prolongation of it from the municipality for nineteen years, that is, to the 31st Dec., 1880. The conditions are these : After deducting the expenses from the gross receipts, 5 per cent. on what remains are, as heretofore, to be taken for the hospital and the bureau de bienfaisance ; 4 per cent. instead of 7 are then to be taken for payment of the director up to 1861, after which he is to receive a fixed salary; and on the sum which may then remain 50 per cent. will go to the Government, 20 per cent. to the town of Spa, and 30 per cent. to the company. The renewed lease is now under consideration of the Minister of the Interior, whose consent is necessary for its ratification. TIIE WOOLLEN TRADE IN BELGIUM.--The fol. lowing account of the woollen trade in Belgium is given by the Amides dr; Commerce Extericur. The principal seat of that branch of commerce is Verviers, in the province of L s e n g p e t . i n Duringo fw00l in Belgiumlast sOO O tiarkh ileos rr i o x eg iw t t e mho e mo n a nml y e d e a ne so r ur s boi t l h ei dd e c lBi o sn n l6in - : p lB o; s 4 s e , d th i e nt q a ua ß n e t l i gi ty am of c w lo a t s h 29,530 ; and in 1857, 34,000. These impo r t s f or the most part consist of a description of articles which are not manufactured in the country. The export of cloth and other woollen goods made in Belgium amounted in 1855 to 20,210,094 fr., the value being calculated at 18fr. the kilo. ; in 1856 to 22,164,660 fr., and in 1857 to 20,065,600 fr. The commercial crisis which prevailed in the United States and in the principal commercial centres of Europe during the last three months of 1857 caused a fall ing of in the exports of that period of 10,000 pieces or 120,224 kilog. The import of woollen yarn into Belgium in 1855 was 150,E63 kilos. ; in 1856, 148,321 ; and in 1857, 174,891 ; the exports in 1856 were 344,083 kil os ., and i n 1857 450,455. The exports of woollen woven goods, exclusive of cloths, were, in the year 1855, 106,709 kilos. ; in 1856, 118,593 ; and in 1857, 108,484. These exports like that of cloths fell off materially during the last three months of 1857. Flannel is now a very material branch of Belgian manufacture, and in many markets that article enjoys a complete monopoly, !ATION OF T. THE RESEW ST. MARTI, TOWN. TIE DEAD AT 21 7 , CAMDEN Yesterday, in consequence of the publicity which had been given by the press to the re volting desecration of the dead in St. Martin's Cemetery at Camden-town, during the earlier por tion of the preceding week, the scene of this shameful violation of public decency was visited by thousands, anxious to testify by ocular demonstra tion the truth or falsehood of the statements which have been put forth upon the subject. As early as eight o'clock in the morning, in ad dition to a large number of the S Division of police, under the orders of Mr. Superintendent Loon and Inspector Plage ' a numerous detachment of the reserve of the A Division also arrived, and was sta- tioned in the vicinity and over various parts of the ground. A communication, it is understood, had been made by the Commissioners of Police to the authorities of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, that in tho present excited state of the public mind the only security for the preservation of the peace and for their property was in allowing free access to the public, not only over that portion of the ground where the excavations had been made, and the .• bodies and remains continue exposed, but over the entire cemetery. The result proves that the course adopted was the correct one, and it is the opinion of the police authorities themselves that had any attempt been made to prevent the public from wit nessing what they had come to see, and giving vent to their feelings thereon, the railings of the ceme tery would have been forced, and a riot the con sequence. • It is computed that at least from 30,000 to 40,000 persons visited the burial-ground throughout the day, and whilst they might be h 'yard in every direction and at every moment giving vent to their feelings, disgust aud indignation at; the perpetra tion of such a wanton and shameful desecration of the dead, and to the effect that it w: Ls much worse than they expected to find it, no sin gle case of dis order or confusion occurred. During Saturday night it apper trs that some of the more offensive specimens of de Bayed mortality had been removed from public gaz(2, and in other parts the boards of the hoarding, , wh's'i had been dashed into the ground by the in furiated populace on Thursday evening, were cow :red over the re mains ; but they were soon remoN red, and the evi dences of the atrocious violation , )1 public decency which had been indulged in for fhe sake of filthy lucre were exposed to view. It must not be sup posed either that the thousands who visited the scene of desecration were mer'Ay the working and humble classes of society. 149ien Divine service was over at St. Stephen's, and adjacent places of worship, elegantly dressed ladies and gentlemen, with their families, with fi le i r prayer books in their hands , might bibles and ; be seen wending their way in hundreds to the spot, and leaving with ex pressions of sympathy an a l horror depicted in their faces at the sickening Might they had witnessed, and the same feeling appeared topervade the minds of every one, no matter to what class they belonged. To add to the excitement, the walls of the cemetery were covered with placards announcing a public meeting of the inhabitants in the following terms : " APPALLING DESECRATION OF THE GRAVE YARD IN CAMDEN-STREET, CAMDEN-TOWN.—A public meeting, of the inhabitants of St. Pancras will he held in the Vestry-hall, King's-road, on Tuesday, November 9, to receive the opinions of those interested in the matter, and to take such measures as may by them be deemed expedient. The Rev. J. Fitzgerald, incumbent of St. Stephen's, Camden-town, will take the chair at seven o'clock p.m. precisely.—By order of the committee, G. Kingcombe, Hon. Sec." The committee of inhabitants have prepared a memorial, to be submitted to the meeting for adop tion, to the Bishop of London, praying him to revoke the faculty, which, like the act of Parlia ment empowering them to build, they believe to have been obtained by false representations: A subscription has also been opened to carry the matter, should such a course be necessary, into the Ecclesiastical Court. In the meantime, the autho rities of St. Pancras are determined to protect the public health, as well as decency, by pursuing their summonses to the fullest extent under the Public Health and Removal of Nuisances Act, against the churchwardens, &c., of St. Martia's, and to carry the case, by injunction, into the Court Chancery. COUNTRY MARKRTS. LIVERPOOL—Nov. 6. Our coin market was again dull to-day, but without any change in prices. STAMFORD—Nov. 6. There was a fair supply of wheat from the farmers to day, and transactions were limited at a decline of is to 2e per qr. Not much doing in other sorts. Wheat 42s to 45s 1 Oats.. 26s to 32s White do 45s to 49s I Beans, new 42s to 46s Barley. .......30s to 32s I Ditto, old .4Bs to 50s CAMBRIDG: E—Nov. 6. The market continues quiet, but prices are about sup. ported in the few transactions recorded this week. Wheat ...40s to 42s I Oats.... 24s to 30s White .44s to 48s Beans 488 to 50 s 13ar1ey.... ....... .30s to 44s Peas ....448 to —s OXFORD—Nov. 6. We quote no alteration in the value of wheat, but the trade continues in a lifeless state. Fine barleys maintain their value, other sorts quite unsaleable. Oats and beaus in favour of the buyer. Wheat, white A2s to 48s Beans, Mazagan..—s to —s I red 40s to 44s Middle & small 42s to 48s Barley 32s to —s W hite peas —s t$ —s I Oats 22s to 3 0 s Grey.. —s to —s Flour, 32s to —s ad per sack. NOTTINGH. ,M—Nov. 6. - - -- We have to — report a small supply of wheat at market, and prices ruled about the same as last week. White wheat, now, 44s to 50s Barley, grinding .. 285 to 328 Red do. 4os to 45s Oats, old, .. 3os to 34s Old white 338 to 49s New do 26s to 29s Red do.. 43s to 495 Beans. 50s to 54s Barley, malting— . 38s to 428 Malt.. —5 to —5 ROCHESTER—Nov. 6. At the corn exchange this morning the trade in wheat was flat, and on the few lots which changed hands a decline of is per qr. was noted. Malting barley taken off rather more freely. Oats and beans a heavy sale, and the former were rather lower. CHELMSFORD—Nov. 6. A fair supply of wheat, which sold slowly, at la per qr. under the currency of last week. Fine malting barley in request, other sorts are bad to quit, at irregular prices. Beans and peas the same as before. Wheat, white 36s to 47s Peas, Partridge ..44s to 46s red 32s to 44s 'W hite 41s to 43s Barley 34s to 41s Boiling 42s to 48s Chevalier ....37s to 45s Dun 44s to 46s Grinding 27s to 33s Beans, Tick ....38s to 408 Malt 70s to 738 Harrow Ticks 33s to 42s Chevalier 728 to 73s Mazagan 36s to 39s Oats 25s to 35a LEICESTER—Nov. 6. We are well supplied with wheat ; there was more activity in the trade, and wheat was is to 2s per qr. higher than on the last market day. In other sorts no material alteration in price. DUBLIN—Nov. 6. Market steady, and wheats barely maintained last week's prices. Spring corn of all descriptions was dull ; malting barley same as last week ; inferior qualities reduced is por quarter. s. d. s. d. Wheat, whits 22 6 to 24 6 Do., red 2l 6 to 22 6 Do., new 21 6 to 24 6 Barley Oats Do., black ll 0 to 12 0 a. d. e. d. Do., new ll 6 to 13 0 Bere . ll 6 to 12 6 Rapeseed 26 0 to 29 0 Oatmeal l2 6 to 14 6 Bakers' flour Indian corn' 30 oto3l 6 BIRTHS. BOWLES.—On the sth inst., at Woking, Surrey, the wife of the ReT. Charles Bradshaw Bowles, of a daughter. COOK.—On the sth inst., at 17, Gloucester-crescent, Re gent's-park, Mrs. Arthur C. Cook, of a daughter. FITZHERBERT.—On the sth inst., at Somersal Herbert, the wife of Sir W. Fitz Herbert, Bart., of a daughter. WINN.—On the 3d inst., at Wilton-street, Belgrave-square, the Hon. Mrs. Rowland Winn, of a daughter. MARRIAGES. MORRIS—DELANE.—On, the 6th inst a t St. Michael', . 7 Chester-square, by the Rev. J. H. Hamilton, M.A., in cumbent, Mowbray Morris, Esq., barrister-at-law, to Emily, youngest daughter of the late W. F. A. Delane, Esq. HALES—WARREN.—On the 4th inst., at Hitchin Church, Clarke Hales, Esq., of the Manor House, Bassingbourne, Cambs., to Anne, second daughter of John Warren, Esq., of Hitchin, Herts. DEATHS. Bincit.—On the 4th inst., at Woodhall, Essex, Mary, the wife of the Rev. William Birch, rector of Hardwick, Cambridgeshire. CuEnur.—On the sth inst., William George Cherry, Esq., of Buckland, ,Herefordshire, formerly Captain Royal Horse Guards Blue, raged 82. _ NEWIIY.—On the 3d inst., at 4, Highbury-crescent, Miss Mary Newby, aged 73. PINE.—On the sth inst., at 8, Brighton-terrace, New cross, Peter Pyne, Esq., aged 54. REEVP..—On the sth inst., Henry Selby Reeve, the secon d son of the late Mr. Joh Reeve, of Coddenham, Suffolk, aged 64. SAY WELL.--On the 6th ihst., at Myddelton Cottage, Now River-head, Jenny, the widow of the late Richard Say well, Esq., aged 78. LONDON : Printed and Published by MUItDO YOUNG , of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 1 12 / Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county of Middlesex, Monday, November 8 1 1858. btit th e the ~ I ra