The Sun. — London, England, 1859-10-13 00:00:00

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL SCIENCE. BRADFORD, WEDNESDAY. The attendance at St. George's Hall to-day, when Mr. Adderley, M.P., delivered an address on edu cation, was not so numerous as yesterday, but on the platform there was a large muster of the friends of education. Yesterday there was an excursion to Saltaire, to visit the extensive works of Mr. T. Salt, M.P., and to-day there was another excursion to the same place, besides a party who had gone to inspect the great ironworks at Low Moor. These excursions are attractive to the ladies and to a considerable number of visitors who do not choose to undergo the suffocating atmosphere of the section rooms. In the communication of yesterday it was stated that Vice-Chancellor Sir W. P. Wood had delivered a statement on Jurisprudence, which was followed by the meetings of the departments. A brief notice of tbese is here inserted. Vice-Chancellor Sir W. P. WOOD, in his address yesterday on Jurisprudence, observed that he took it for granted that the principles of morals, of right and wrong, had been in these days ascertained and established so far as human infirmity was able to do so. Taking, this for granted, the science of jurisprudence might be described as that which de liberated on those portions of right and duty with reference to the social position of man which it was requisite to protect by legislation. The question was, where was the proper line of separation which distinguished between what was moral and indivi dual duty, and whai they were called on to enforce by law ? This was the great difficulty of the ques tion, and could only be well discussed by taking up the past history of our jurisprudence. He combated the popular idea that lawyers were, as a body, op posed to the reform of the law, and contended that from the earliest times the judges of the land had been ahead of the public at large in their efforts to remedy the defects of our jurisprudence. The feudal law respecting the tenure of land had been reformed chiefly by the efforts of the judges, and it was through Lord Mansfield that our mercantile law had been improved, in opposition to the opinions of the people themselves. After referring to the cele brated speech of Lord Brougham on law reform, more than 30 years ago, and the vast improvements which had taken place since that period, the learned Vice-Chancellor next took up the subject of inter national law, which was intimately connected , he said, with t he civilisation of mankind. Our com mercial and international relations embraced a wide Meld—the question of decimal coins, weights and measures, a uniform copyright, the delivering up of cr i m inals, and the respect due to the religious opi nions of foreign countries, besides the great and important questions relating to the rights of neu trals in time of war. Next came our national and domestic legislation. He would not touch Parlia mentary Reform, as he thought they should adhere closely to their plan as a scientific institution, and not introduce subjects on which party passion and feelings were likely to be brought to bear ; other wise the society would be shipwrecked. He de fended the Statute Law Commissioners, and ob served that that learned body could not be expected to do more than indicate a course to be pursued, not to complete a work. They had, however, made a digest of all the statutes from 1760 downward; pointing out which of them had been repealed or altered, a labour of very great importance indeed in connection with the consolidation of the law. He next pointed out the necessity that exists for reforms in reference to private bill legislation. After referring to _ various law reforms that had taken place of late years, the learned Vice-Chancellor spoke of that portion of the law which affects our rights and duties as citizens. This part of the sub ject included corporations, and he reminded his audience that had such institutions existed in France or Rissia, those sweeping changes which had taken place without a single public meeting of the people taking place, could not have occurred in the way they had done, The next point was the private rights and duties of citizens ; and under this head he dwelt on the important relations of husband and wife, guardian and child, &c., and observed that the association would do well to turn its attention to improvements of the law in these respects, espe cially to the condition of wards in Chancery. Then there was the law affecting real property, which was in a very complicated state, and requiring much change. He specified the law affecting the property of bankrupts, and pressed on the association the propriety of agitating for a measure to legalise the registration of land, so as to facilitate its transfer. This would open the way for working men to invest their savings in small plots of land, and thus greatly conduce to the stability and welfare of the nation ; while it would be highly advantageous to the pre sent landowners. The learned judge pointed out some of the late improvements in the Court of Chancery, as well as in the Common Law Courts, and enforced the propriety of a change in the law affecting bankruptcy and insolvency. He also spoke of the importance of establishing a Depart ment of Justice, recommending the appointment of a board similar to those now existing on trade and education, to be presided over by the Lord Chan cellor, with a vice-president having a seat in the House of Commons. A higher standard of legal education was also called for, accompanied with examinations in the Inns of Courts. The learned judge concluded his address amid loud applause. In the departments which met immediately after wards there were read a great variety of papers. In the first section, that of Jurisprudence, presided over by Sir W. P. Wood, the papers were of a very technical nature. In the department relating to Punishment and Reformation there was a large attendance. A paper by Mr. Dawson gave some interesting details as to the state of crime in Liverpool, and took occasion to point out the errors usually committed in draw in.- up statistical returns. A. paper was read in this section from the London Temperance League on the causes and incentives to crime. The document contained the usual state ments relative to the evils of intemperance and an elaborate description of the state of things in the metropolis with reference to drunkenness, A large map of London was exhibited, on which were marked the number and position of publichouses, beer Shops, &c., in each district, giving also the po pulation, the schools, and other means of instruc tion'in these districts. This, of course, brought out a very lamentable state of things. The paper also gave a full account of the various measures resorted to by the Temperance League to abate the evil. Two other papers were read on intemperance ; one, - by the Rev. Dr. Arnot, of Glasgow, was chiefly directed to this point—that we should punish people for the sin of drunkenness rather than for the crimes which arise out of it. An animated discussion-took place on some of the facts adduced. In the department of Public Health, presided over by the Hon. W. Cowper, a paper was read by Mr. -Hudson, the town-clerk of Bradford, on the state of the general health of Bradford, and some of the causes which have influenced its condition. Mr. Hudson, by a series of statistics, showed that, in spite of the deficient drainage of the town, Brad ford was more healthy than many of the large towns in the kingdom. The mortality of Bradford was 22i in 1,000, while in various other towns he men tioned it ranged as high as 25, 26, and 27 in 1,000. He described the mortality of children under five years of age, however, as very great. Two other papers were read, one by Alderman Beaumont and the other by Dr. Macturk. They both related to the social condition of Bradford. The latter gentleman's paper gave some interesting information on the increase of epilepsy in Bradford. He stated that epilepsy and St. Vities's dance had more than doubled during the last ten years. In the section of Social Economy, presided over by Sir J. Kay Shattleworth, papers were read by Mr. S. Cope, M.P., on the West India Labour Question ; by Mr. H. Fawcett, on the Protection of Labour against Immigration, the Chinese and Coolie Traffic, &c. These papers gave rise to a good deal of discussion. In the evening there was a grand dress pro menade in the great hall, which was rather too crowded for comfort ; and in the adjacent rooms were several meetings for social purposes. In the Council-room Miss Carpenter called the attention of &large audience to the difficulties that lay in the way of carrying out the provisions of the Act on reformatory schools. In the Ladies' Drawing -room the subject of the occupation of women was talked over, under the presidency of Lord Shaftesbury. The conversation was desultory and informal, and a good deal was said as to the propriety of paying more attention to the education of females with a view to useful employment in life. A Meeting took place in the Saloon on the subject of financial reform, presided over; ,y Lord Brougham; and the papers and discussion introduced attracted much attention. Mr. J. R. Jeffreys read a long and elaborate report from the Liverpool Financial Re form Association, in which all the arguments in favour of direct taxation were set forth with great force and clearness. This was followed by a paper on direct taxation, read by Mr. Julius Partridge, of Birmingham. The writer dwelt much on the inequalities and injustice of the income-tax, and recom mended a tax fairly levied on wealth. The effect of such a tax would, he contended, ensure a close supervision of our expenditure on the part of the influential classes and c heck extravagance. Mr. INEIRE.YS moved ares olution to the effect that the principles laid down in the report he had road were sound and ought to _be adopted by the Le, Mature at t he earliest possible period. Vhis resolution,lowever, w--ng d e c l are d informal at a meeting of a single department, and was not pressed. A conversation followed, in the course of which Mr. D. M'Laren, of Edinburgh, expressed himself favourable to a modified form of direct taxation. Mr. L. Heyworth spoke to a similar effect. Several gentlemen from Liverpool supported the views of the Financial Reform Association, and the meeting did not break up till 11 o'clock. To-day, as already stated, Mr. Adderley, M.P., delivered an address on education in the great hall, Lord Shaftesbury in the chair. Mr. ADDERLEY began by dividing education into three branches or stages—that of boys, which prepared for manhood ; that of youth, which pre pared for the bnsiness of life ; and that of adults, which included the business of life, and. fitted them fer the life to come. Leaving the third stage, which was not within his province, he alluded only to the first and second, which he distin guished by the terms " general education" and " apprenticeship" for the business of life. General education bore a triple division. It extended to 21 years. The first or rudimentary stage reached to the age of 10 ; the second, the education of boy hood, to 18 ; and the third from 18 to 21. Up to 10 years of age all classes were enjoying the same instruction. After that age those who lived by the profits of trade sent their children to com• mercial or proprietary schools, while the poor made use of the National schools. The richer classes sent their children at this stage to large private schools, or to such establishments as Eton, Harrow, and Rugby. In the third stage, from 18 to 21, the richer classes enjoyed the Universities, and then their apprenticeship for life commenced. The middle classes, when they had finished their second stage, usually began their " apprenticeship" of life by entering on the business of their fathers, be ; coming merchants or farmers, or devoting them selves to some art or profession. The poorer classes habitually left off their general education at the end of the first stage. He described general edu cation as tending to make a man—the apprentice ship as making a man of business. When general education ended the business of self-education com menced, and this he was happy . to say was greatly facilitated by libraries, mechanics' institutes, and a cheap, sound, healthy literature. The question for the Association to consider was, whether legis-4 lation was called for in connexion with any of these classes of education; and, if so, where? At what point was the pressure of legislation required ? It was not required in the case of the Universities. Legislation had lately taken place in the way of leading to an improvement of the internal govern ment of the Universities, and giving them the power to reform abuses and extend their powers of usefulness, and they had so far shown symptoms of extending their sphere of usefulness by those middle-class examinations by which they tested the progress and raised the standard of education in our middle-class schools. He would only say that he thought one of the first and most practical forms of extending the usefulness of the Universities would be by their cheapening the pro cess of education, by reducing the expenditure, both collegiate and private, of students, so as to admit persons of moderate means, to obtain the advantages of a university education. (Cheers.) Then, again, legislation was not required in the schools of the upper classes. With regard to the great public schools, they ought also to cheapen the process of education, and indeed the country was already teaching them to do so, for they would have to cheapen their process in order to hold their own against public schools, now being carried on at a much less cost, and he would mention as instances the school of Marlborough and the High School of Edinburgh, of the excellence of which Lord Brougham was the highest illustration. In the case of endowed and commercial schools used by the middle classes he would say legislation was neces sary. On this point he appealed to Lord Brougham. He hoped they would see him there as their per manent president for many years to come ; but he would appeal to him not to lose one of those pre cious years that remained of his -valuable life with out rendering the valuable endowments which we had in this country for the education of the middle classes more available than they now were. (Cheers.) He appealed to him that he should be ready, even at the commencement of the ensuing session of Par liament, to set about the completion of the great work which he had begun on this subject. (Cheers.) Let greater power be given to the Charitable Trusts Commission to deal with those schools—power to introduce easy, inexpensive remedies, to take mea sures in non-contentious cases to introduce re forms without application being necessary to the Judges or the Attorney-General. (Hear.) These schools were of great advantage to the middle classes. The upper classes had both the means and the pride that would lead them to thoroughly edu cute their children. The lower middle class, as he might term them, had been deprived of the means of education intended for them. The upper classes were sure to look to their children ; the poorer were provided for out of the public Treasury •, and he hoped, therefore, the funds connected with the schools to which ho referred would be made avail able for the middle classes. (Hear.) With regard to the case of the humbler classes educated at the National schools, he would use no coercion ; lie would not violently induce parents to keep their children at school when they found they were fit. to earn wages. At ten years of age their general education usually ended, and then they were left to the short intermitting education of the night schools and of institutions of various kinds. Night schools, so far as they were bona fide schools for the poor, had legitimate claims on the funds of the country ; but he would not give encouragement to schools for the higher class of artisans obtaining State support. (Hear.) They had lived to see the evils of physical pauperisation in this country ; let them not run the risk of encouraging the still worse moral pauperisation of the people. (Hear.) The most important point for their consideration in the programme he had laid down was the educa tion subsidised by the Treasury. We had been 20 years subsidising education. The sums granted had reached £800,000., and it was increasing at the rate of about £lOO,OOO annually. Yet there had been no reluctance on the part of Parliament to vote these sums, and he believed it would be ready to give double the sum if a way could be found rightly to spend it. (Cheers.) The present system had, no doubt, its defects as well as its advantages, and an exceedingly clear and succint statement both of the advantages and defects of the system was given by Mr. R. Lowe in the very admirable speech which he delivered on moving the educa tion estimates for this year in the House of Commons. Was it possible to remedy any of those defects by legislation P On this subject something might be learnt from the free States of America and the Continent, though he thought nothing could be learnt from the autocratic States of Europe. (Hear.) It was not to France or Aus tria, or even to Prussia, that they were to look. In those countries they were labouring to prop up old systems and seeking to stereotype the past ; but we were looking to the future. We saw that the great mass of the people were passing into power. We saw it not only without dismay, but with pleasure, as a development of the greatness of this nation. (Cheers.) We said to those masses, " So far as you are prepared for power, have it at once; and so far as you are not, we will facilitate your preparation for it." (Cheers.) The autocratic Powers may develope best the machinery of edu cation, but freedom developes best the spirit of education. (Cheers.) England is the only civilised country in which the system of education has no element of compUlsion. Even in the New England States the State Legislatures look into the affairs of the townships,, and compel the initiative to tie taken by any township which is found deficient in education. Now, he thought we might take this hint, and so far supplant the system of subsidising as to provide that, when the inspectors reported a want of education in any part of England, the board in London should have the power to send to that locality, and to require them to make provision for the education of the people. Let them have time— twelve months, say—to elicit voluntary action, but if that was not done, then let the central power direct that the ratepayers should provide a school, and decide among themselves what kind of a school it should be. (Hear.) Many were afraid of too much centralisation, but it was, in truth, impossible to succeed without a mixture of the central and local influence. (Hear, hear.) In the United States they had eliminated religious instruction from their schools, and there was a preva lent notion that they conducted it cheaper in con sequence, but the fact was that the cost of educa tion in New England was very nearly the same as in England, where the religious toachinc , was be lieved to cause an enormous cost. (Hear.) He hoped they would go on for ever discouraging them selves by disparaging what was going on in Eng land and exaggerating what was going on in fo reign countries. (Rear.) In preparing for this occasion he had been astounded at the exaggera tions of which the description of education in fo reign countries mainly consisted. (Hear.) In the case of the United States he found from their own writers that there were great defects in their mode of teaching ; and in Canada loud complaints were heard of the inferiority of the school commissions in point of education. Looking to the continent of Europe, they found the strongest symptoms of im perfect education. They heard of the grossest su perstitions, and in times of constitutional trial of violent agitation. In England it was found that the social struggles which were inseparable from a free community, and even expressed its health, were conducted without violence. They had seen a great strugglebetweeni n e m th p a l t o s y tr e andr u s ggi e: employed, and and be asked whether been an aisTeal to right reason or to mere passion ? They had, at all .events, vindicated the dignity of scientific princip les, and had not exhibited the mere blind impetutos:tty of ignorance, (Cheers.) The people of this country had for many years, slowly and patiently, bu t surely, obtained many great re forms—as many great reforms as a neighbouring country had had •evolutions—(hear)—and even the classes in this cov mtry who, by their position, had to make the concession of these reforms had made them, if slowly, at all events with a good grace. (Cheers.) If a tree must be judged of by its fruit, these were not the fvuits of an uneducated nation. (Great cheering.) The Association then separated. THE GLOCESIER ELECTION Calif- missioN. C.LOCESTER, OCT. 12. The Commission 'Met again in the Shire-hall this morning, and proceeded with their investigation. It being understood that Sir R. W. Carden, the de feated Conservative candidate at the last election, would be examined, the court was unusually full of spectators. Sir R. W. Carden, sworn —Was a candidate for e s H t e a r d . att n h o a l t o c c i a t l y or c t o h m e m l a s e r t e e i a l e l c t e i o o n n n , s e t n t d i o a n l s ‘ o v i i n th l o3 Bs lo 7 c . First became a candidate because a deputation of Glocester gentlemen waited upon him in London to request him to do so. That must have been several months before the election in 1857. Had not been applied to before that by Mr. Cooke to become a candidate. Had no recollection of having had any conversation or communication with Mr. Cooke on the subject of his becoming a candidate. Never heard that Mr. Cooke was an agent of the Carlton Club. The first deputation consisted of about four or five gentlemen, among whom were Mr. Mathews, Mr. Lovegrove, and Mr. R. T. Smith. Thought Mr Whithorn might also have been one of the mem bers. Received a second deputation, composed of pretty much the same parties as the first, with a few additions, the names of whom he did, not re member. Asked the deputation to furnish him with information as to the nature of the constituency and his chances of success. His first question to them, as there had been two Liberal members for Gloces ter for many years, was as to what led them to be lieve there was an opening and a fair chance for a Conservative. In answer to this they showed him the register of voters, and stated, in reply to further questions, that a very great change had taken place in the constituency—that formerly the whole cor poration, with one or two exceptions, were Liberals, whereas at that time nearly the entire corporation were Conservatives. On these representations he concluded that he had a fair prospect of success. Nothing was said to him with respect to the venal character of any portion of the constituency. Did not make any inquiry of the deputation whether it would be necessary to resort to corrupt practices to ensure his return. He did not contemplate such a thing. In fact he might say he believed Gloucester to be so pure that it would be an honour and dis tinction to represent it in Parliament. He then agreed to become a candidate when a vacancy oc curred. Something wassaid. as to the sum of money that would be required for the 1857 election. Was very particular in his desire, after being assured_ of his prospects of success, to know what the cost of his return would be. Was told by Mr. Helps, one of the deputation, on witness stating the difficulty he fancied must be encountered in opposing a man like Admiral Berkeley, that he was morally per suaded witness had as good a chance of success as any candidate who might stand, and that, too, at a smaller cost than was usual. Was not satisfie d with that answer, but asked that gentleman, " What is your idea of a smaller cost ?" and his reply was, " I should say between £5OO and £600." That was the total amount which he was told he would be required to expend from the commencement of the canvass till the close of the election. Presumed that that would be its total cost, supposing the contest to be conducted on pure principles. Answered that he did not at all object to that expenditure. Came down to Gloucester on the day after the dis solution in 1857; met the constituency at the Bell Inn, where he was very favourably received, every thing he had previously heard being fully confirmed by the approval of that meeting, and started on his canvass next morning. Was thus occupied 10 hours a-day for 10 days, and in fact tired out all his can vassers, who were obliged to go home and get re lays. Believed he called on every constituent in Gloucester. Never learnt from any one during his canvass that it would be requisite at all to resort to bribery; and there was nothing whatever to inti mate to him that such a course would be necessary. Was returned for Gloucester in 1857, and after that cross petitions were presented and tried before a committee of the House of Commons. Before the petitions came on he had not received any state ment from Mr. Lovegrove of the expenditure for his election in 1857. Had never had a state ment up to the present time. Had the fullest confi dence in his agent, and never asked him for any ac count. The whole sum he had paid to Mr. Love grove in respect to the 1857 election was £4,115 13s. That was the gross total both for the election and for the cross petition in 1857. Paid that money at different times. The first payment was made on the 26th March, and amounted to £3OO. That was for the preliminary expenses, and he re garded it as a portion of the £5OO or £6OO which the election was to cost him. The first payment was not asked from him ; he volunteered it at the Bell to Mr. Lovegrove, not wishing that gentleman to be out of pocket. The next payments were £2OO 0 0l nn from t to h ho e eho 1 his boo k t h oht oh kooe of Augu s t . OA5 May t hhuhHeagovuceie cheque At ebh l . quea 3 eugd O enTu O hnswa t This £2OO cheque shaibedn t eq2r h eduoan e c iewx awnn2 2 :o s hi law t ni 1 re i of mehfaaopohvrpfeoe appeared favour auhrar that , dtoef c to irc A u f m r. s te n r c n e a . rd. T Mr. Bernard. The other payments were Aug. 20, £924 13s; Ist October, £4O 155.; and some time in December, another £1,150 These various sums made up the aggregate of £4,115 13s. Made the payments to Mr. Lovegrove as he required them. Never asked him what they were for. Imagined they were payments on account. Never asked him for any bill of costs, and never received one. Never asked him for any cash account. Never asked him to distinguish between the moneys required for the election proper and those required for the petitions. If Mr, Loveg rove had asked him for further sums in regard to th 1857 election witness had no doubt lie would have paid them in the same manner without inquiry, unless, indeed, that gentleman had called for some excessive amount, in which case he would have requested some information about it. Was really not aware that he had paid the £2OO cheque to Mr. Bernard till he* was looking over his cheque-book the other day. Supposed that Mr. Bernard must have told him before the cheque was drawn that he had paid £2OO for him, but that gentleman would be able to explain it. Mr. Barnard was a friend of his, and he accom panied witness to Gloucester at the 1857 election. The dates of his various payments for the election in 1859 were, —April 25, £5OO to Mr. Lovegrove ; in the early part of May, £5OO to Mr. Bernard ; May 11, £675 to Mr. Lovegrove, and to the same gentleman, £7O 15s. 6d. on the Ist of July ; £4OO on the 13th of July; and £4OO on the 4th of Au gust ; making a total of 82,545 15s. 6d. No in formation was given to him by Mr. Lovegrove as to how these sums were to be or had been expended. For what he knew they might have all been for the election or all for the petition. His impression, however, was, that the last two sums of £4OO each were for the petition. Expostulated with Mr. Lovegrove when he paid him the £675 on the large ness of the amount expended at the election. Thought there must have been most suspicious and unwarrantable expenditure, taking into considera tion Mr. Bernard's unauthorised advance. Mr. Lovegrove said the election had been very expen sive, and a great many people were employed. Be lieved every professional man in Glocester was en gaged in one way or another. Refused at first to repay Mr. Bernard's advance. Had read in Mr. Lovegrove's evidence that all the bills were net paid, and was sorry to hear it. It would surprise him much to hear that the election would cost him about £l,OOO more than he had paid. After the disclosures made in the court he was no longer of ,opinion that his last election was a pure one. (A laugh.) He had no doubt now that money must have been expended in bribery, but could not say that one man in particular was bribed. Commissioner Vaughan—lf you did doubt it you would be the only person in this court who does. (A laugh.) Sir It. Carden—l am afraid these are too many recipients of the money now in this court. I have been a great deal too good-natured. I only wish I l ah m ac cl da c an didate been aidaactee a o w iunB antt:osf. l of what was done in 1857, and then you m a y depend upon it . I should not have been Nevixspheilidhiatudre f n :t or ha l d Bs s 7 u . eh ße im plicit confidence in 9 t A i l le r. Lovegrove , and that I had it keyed no t b t e b e e n l ast for t election iie im p impression that l t i h a a v t epurer .s d deter mined a be c e a n ndtdate was coming down on the other side who w as m tu i r n e c . d to carry e tt a t i e l r t o l ni le is c e le l et i,:na o btaine d t whatev er a tleB7 had be,,, kept in 1859 'should have had the majority The witness added, in reply to quesilionsYeth'a'ettehse. was not aware that many of his promises in 1837 were secured by bribery. Had seen the gave the total at £1,021.) Hoped Mr. Lovegro ve would honestly account for the whole of the money, and had no doubt that he would. Repeated that he had had implicit confidence in his agent. Would never have come to Glocester first or last, if he had thought corruption necessary to secure his return. A member of Parliament had hard enough work to do without paying for his seat. The man who had sacrificed his time by sitting every morning till two o'clock to do his duty ought to be paid himself, in stead of paying others for it ; and any constituency ought to be glad to get a hard-working honest man to see after their interests. Was ignorant of the election bills still outstanding, and if they were never sent in should never inquire. Hoped the gen tlemen intending to send in accounts would. con sider the state of the case and refrain from asking for money. (Laughter.) Was once a candidate for St. Alban's. The re9uisition to him to stand for that borough on purity principles was signed by gentlemen who afterwards went against Lira. Thought he had done a public service in helping to get St. Alban's disfranchised. Had fancied, after the part he had taken in connexion with St. Alban's, that no constituency would have applied to hint in which bribery prevailed. St. Alban's was probably the most debased constituency in England; but be had thought that when things were at their worse they would, perhaps, gat better : and believed he had been sought because the constituency wanted a pure and honest member to serve them. He had been the victim of duplicity at St. Alban's. Commissioner Fitzgerald—Was not the experi ence of St. Alban's lost to you when you came to Glocester ? Witness—How could my experience of a place notoriously venal guide me as to a place which I be lieved to be totally different ? I have now, how ever, gained a little experience, and will act a little differently another time. (A laugh.) Commissioner Fitzgerald—You made a speech in favour of purity principles at Gloucester. Did you not therefore feel bound to inquire into this large expenditure ? Witness—"% by inquire respecting the character of those about whom you have no doubt ? You must presume a man to be of good character till you find him to be different. I thought the people to whom I was introduced were highly respectable, and I put faith in everything they told me. Commissioner Welford—Did not the facility with which you allowed money to be drawn from you in 1857 encourage the corruption in 1859 ? Witness—They found, perhaps, that I had been goodnatured, and thought I would do the same again. Commissioner Welford—Was not that which you call your good nature the cause of all this corrup tion ? Witness—You must draw your own conclusion. Commissioner Ilrelford—Don't you think it was something like wilful blindness for you not to ask for any accounts ? Witness—lt was certainly not so intended. I appointed my agent, and expected that he would direct everything according to the Act of Parlia ment. Must say Mr. Lovegrove has shown no backwardness to give me accounts. Think he may have offered to refer them to some indifferent person. Don't recollect receiving any letter after the election of 1857 impu 4 .;ing bribery. Should not have heeded it if I had. Always should expect such accusations, however ill-founded, to be made from the defeated side. Having been purged by a committee of the House of Commons, I preferred to respect their decision rather than attend to the allegations of any private letter. Though rewards had been offered for evidence against him, not a scintilla to fix him with bribery had been adduced ; and even Mr. Roebuck, an independent member of opposite politics, had declared the petition against him frivalous and vexatious. The witness added —Mr. Lovegrove had asked him to contribute to the expenses of the municipal elections, and wit ness had told him to pay for him what was usual. Never imagined this money went for bribery at the municipal contests. Had paid in "lump" sums, but should never do it again. Had always thought when a man had a long lawyer's bill sent to him, whether for elections or otherwise, the best thing for his peace of mind was to look only at the total, and pay it at once. (Laughter.) Had not ab stained from inquiring . into the items because it would be more convenient or more prudent. It d'd not look as if he had been over prudent. (A laugh.) Should look rather sharply at the out standing bills which might be sent in to him, but every honourable engagement he should recognise. Commissioner Welford—What if some of the, claims are illegal ? Witness—l - should fancy all the corrupt business was done for ready money, and the legal expenses were left till the last. (Laughter.) Think I have been imposed upon; bu: believe those who have acted improperly, and contrary to every wish of my own, had the best intentions. Don't believe a farthing would have been spent in bribery but for the lavish offers of money on the other side. And if the Commission will only make it one of their reco:nmendations that there should be no canvass ing, it will be a great improvement. Mr. Lovegrove and Mr. Whithorn were then examined at length as to the 1857 election, and the former gentleman said he had repeatedly offered accounts to Sir R. Carden, and was ready to ac count to the Commission for every shilling intrusted to him. The inquiry was then adjourned. IV E! K OF THE STEAMER EXPRESS. SOUTHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY. The Board of Trade inquiry into the ei_-cum stances connected with the wreck of the South- Western Company's steamer Express, which occur red off Jersey on the morning of the 20th ultimo, commenced this morning at the Town-hall. The court consisted of Mr. J. Bernard and Captain J. R. Engledue, borough magistrates, and Captain Harris, nautical assessor to the Board of Trade. Mr: Cum berland attended as solicitor for the Board of Trade, Mr. Crambie for the company, and Mr. Coxwell for the captain (Mabb). Mr. Cumberland having opened the case, pro ceeded to call witnesses. The first examined was George Cooper, chief mate of the Express, who stated that the steamer left St. Helier's, Jersey, between six and seven o'clock on the morning of the occurrence, Captain 141abb being in command, with between 150 and 160 passengers. The vessel was in perfect order when she left, and the morning fine and clear. Abeut five minutes to seven, off the Aiquillan, witness went below, at which time the captain was in charge on the bridge and the second mate at the wheel. He went on deck again about ten minutes past seven, in consequence of hearing the ship strike, and found the captain and second mate in the same positions. The wind was light from the N.E., and the weather still Blear; the sea smooth, with a ground swell. He did not look at the ship's position, but went to see if she had sustained any daniage. He went to the engine-room and sent the carpenter to the after-hold. The engines had just been stopped and the fore-cabin was nearly full of water. The . Express was built in three watertight compartments The fore compartment was filled with bsssrp w aitulogia a Nntryti t . ti b e i:et: r o:dehat ira t e i ttran n eodesri d ith: b, he captain, en.taei o n:pei t eat h , sibrali e ssoeui other ocosit kaa , snwnsw w :dwh o bt ooi u w ttenhtshe e aetdne r hi e odreßtne p hcheoo e oiefct i nahcw f tsg e ohit hn c ooo t ignuTfc . hgjot ahiewWirhretueseiprehnatyosendorweo. would ao s tsorhileend tffs side the Rocco Tower, extending about a mile from the land, and the ship might have been about a mile Pram the reef. The tide had been flowing about a couple of hours, consequently the reef was not covered. The reef was on the starboard quarter, and lies to the south of the Rocco Tower. Witness knew the Frouquis-rock, which is double-headod, but did not see it at the time. It was sometimes covered with the tide. Should think the ship was about half-a-mile from this rock. He did not see all the rock called Bon. The engines were stopped, and the captain ordered them to go on again and the ship's course to be altered. Witness told the captain he thought they might get her back to St. Helier's or St. Brelade's Bay. The helm was ac cordingly starboarded, and she returned over the course she had previously travelled. The ship was tgen run ashore on the other sida of the Corbiere, on account of the water making so fast in her en gine-room. The . fore compartment was full of water and the ship down by the head. Boats were lowered and passengers, mails, and three horses landed about eight o'clock. He heard that two passengers were drowned, but did not see the oc currence. The ship was run ashore about 100 yards from land, and the passengers landed on the rocks. After the ship took the ground the starboard anchor was let go under foot, and the ship heeled towards the shore with her stem to the eastward. A warp was carried out to the shore and the . ship drove in as the tide flowed. A line was run ashore to draw the boats to and fro. Witness had made many passages in the Jersey packets and passed Many times between the Corbiere and Bon rocks. Had run through that channel from an hour-a:id-a-half flood to high water. Should not think it prudent to attempt it at low water.. Tke Express drew about seven feet. Witness did not know the width of the passage between the . Corbiere and ' . Bon rocks. He would have navigated thA channel, if he had been in conna4nd of the Express, with a flawing tide and weather similar to what it was at the time of the occurrence. They- passed to the westward of the Fi onquis rock when they took that passage. At low-water psi.toaresi kskaeg . te \s,ie e sp ring tides a small rock is visible be tween the Pron qu i s an d B on roc k s . There is' no outside im t t h h e together,l o n qu i a s s. if W sheit Witness es s was felt g o i the n g over ship night. The ship was abandon e d a t da r k th e same `Oharlei Neel, second mate, gave similar evidence as to the accident. He was at the helm, and took his steering course from the captain's hand. He had only been twice or three times through that passage. He had been in the company's employ 20 years. Had been 10 years with Capt. Babot. Never went through it with him. Went through once with Captain Harvey Ind once or twice with Cap tain Alabb. When the vessel first struck it seemed to be on her port bow. Thomas ltOse, chief steward, had been 18 years in the service of the company, and made a great many voyages to and from the Channel Islands. Had been through that channel several times—he might say 50 times—and on such occasions had generally been about half a ship's length from the Fronquis. Saw one boat lowered by one of the pas sengers, who was drowned; he was in the stern sheets of the boat, letting go the fall. Witness had already given evidence respecting this matter be fore a court of inquiry at Jersey. George Sangster, chief engineer of the Express, stated that the steamer was going at full speed, from 12 to 13 knots. The first shock was like a rumbling noise, and the second, about two or three minutes after, somewhat heavier. He received orders to stop the engines, which was done; and three or four minutes afterwards he was ordered to go on again at full speed. After being at full speed five or ten minueA he was ordered again to stop, and then on .again. Was then under steam 20 or 25 minutes. The water was making very fast in the engine room, by which the fires of the four boilers were put out. The engines were then eased and timately stopped. Everything was in perfect order. Both pumps were at work and both the bilge in jections, but they did not keep her free. The inquiry was then adjourned till Thursday. HEALTH OF LONDON DURING 2HE MEEK. (From the Registrar-General's Report.) October is a healthy month in London. In the week that ended last Saturday the deaths were 996, having been above 1,000 weekly, in some instances much above that point during the previous three months. After reducing the mortality in corres ponding weeks of the last 10 year, 1849-58, to the extent of the deaths from epidemic cholera in two outbreaks, it will be found that the deaths returned for last week are less by nearly 100 than the num ber that would arise under the average rate of mor tality. _ _ Tile deaths from diarrhoea continue to decline ; they were last week 34. But scarlatina is still fatal ; 95 cases being referred to this complaint, and 11 to diphtheria. Twenty-two children, and six persons beyond childhood died of small-pox. Five deaths from scarlatina cccurred in St. John, Westminster, six in Islington West, five in St. Mary, St. George in-the-East, and four in St. Paul, part of the same district. A boy, aged 14 months, died after a week's illness of inflammation of the lungs and bronchitis, from a piece of nut getting inside the windpipe ; a woman, aged 22 years, died at 5 St. Patrick's-ter race, Newington, of " English cholera (48 hours) ;" a girl, 12 years old, died from the " bite of a dog (six weeks), cerebellitis (three weeks) ;" and a plane maker is stated to have died on the Ist inst., in the workhouse, Whitechapel, at the great age of 103 years. - Last week the births of 917 boys and 840 girls, in all 1,757 children, were registered in London. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1848-49 the average number was 1,407. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29.836 in. The readings fell from 30.07 in. on Sunday, being the highest, to 2967 in. on Friday, the lowest in the week. The mean temperature of the air was 62.1 deg., which is as much as 9.4 deg. above the average. On Tuesday the thermometer in the shade rose to 81 deg., and the mean temperature of that day exceeded the average of the sane day by nearly 14 deg. The mean temperature was considerably above the average on every day. The humidity of the air was 95 on Saturday. which approximates to the point of saturation. The wind blew from the south-east chiefly. In the thirteen weeks that ended Oct. Ist the mortality in London was high ; it was at the an nual rate of 23 out of 1,000 persons living. The total number of deaths was 16,010, of which so large a proportion as 9,056 occurred to persons in the first 20 years of life. In the corresponding quar ters of four years, 1855-58—the deaths ranged from 13,042 to 14,345. The mean temperature of the quarter was high, 62 9 deg., though not so high as that of 1857 ; and in part of July the heat was ex cessive, on two days having reached 93 deg. in the shade (the mean more than 12 den% above the ave rage), and 115 deg. in the sun. The consequence was an unusual amount of diarrhcea, which however gradually fell during the last two months, being checked by the fall of temperature, and also by the rain, seven inches of which, or about the average quantity, were measured during the quarter. The number of deaths from diarrhoea registered during the whole period was 2,743, whilst only about half that number occurred in the same season of last year ' • and in the warm season of 1857 the number was 2,343. The disease committed its ravages almost entirely amongst young children. It is im portant to observe that it was fatal in 768 eases in the east districts, considerably more than in those on the south side of the river, which contain a larger population. In Haggerstone West sub-district 48 cases were returned, in Bethnal Green Town 50, in Poplar 57. In Greenwich East there were 44. Scarlatina was also very fatal, though in a less de gree than it was in the summer of last year ; and like diarrhcea it appears to have prevailed much in the eastern division. In all parts scarlatina carriedlof 778 persons, diphtheria 100, small-pox 287. The largest contribution of deaths from smallpox (91) is also made by the eastern portion of the metropolis, although the hospital appro priated to this disease is not situated within its bounds. Six persons died in the quarter from want of food, 172 infants from want of breast-milk and inanition, 18 persons from purpura and scurvy, 50 from intemperance and delirium tremens, 20 by murder or manslaughter, 54 by suicide. THE MURDER IN STAFFORDSHIRE. The inquest on the body of the unfortunate man John Reynolds, who was murdered by a companion named Wilkes, on Sunday morning, at Coseley, a mining village in South Staffordshire, particulars of which have already appeared in our columns, was opened on Monday, before Mr. Phillips, district coroner. The police have found a knife in the prisoner's house, with which it is supposed he committed the fatal act. The prisoner stoutly denies, however, that he used a knife; but the wound is such a one as could only have been inflicted by a stab from some sharp instrument. The prisoner was not pre sent during the inqui r y ; he- will, however, be brought up at Bilston P o li ce - court to' -day. Several witnesses were examined, who exhibited an amount of stupidity and ignorance not often seen in South Staffordshire. The following witnesses gave pretty clear statements of the facts : Thomas Harper (alias Cann), a miner, said—On Saturday night last, about 9 o'clock, I was at this house, in the tap room, drinking with the deceased and about seven others. Deceased was then sober. I afterwards went with the deceased to another publichouse, and had some more ale there. We all left at 12 o'clock, and went into the road. They then subscribed sixpence each towards some beer. The deceased and Wilkes, however, quarrelled about paying the sixpence; and after a good deal of " chaffing," Wilkes raised his hand and struck him a violent blow upon the left side of his chest. The deceased exclaimed, " What have you struck me with ?" and Wilkes, in reply, said, " Nothing." The deceased then said, " Thee beest a liar ;" and whilst attempting to go towards him, he rolled sideways, and fell across two gas pipes that lay in the road. Wilkes then raised his right arm, as I believe, to strike again, just at the time that deceased fell. I assisted to carry him home, but he was quite dead when he got there. The next witness was John Smart, a miner, li7ing at Coseley, who deposed to having been drinking in the publichouse kept by Rudge, iu which deceased and Wilkes were also drinking. He stayed there drinking until they were all turned out, and they then went into the road, with several others, and it was proposed to pay 6d. each towards a quantity of ale. They all paid except the de ceased and Wilkes. 1 ,did not hear any quarrel ling, beyond Wilkes asking Reynolds (the deceased) for his 6d towards the ale. Deceased refused to pay and made use of some obscene language to Wilkes, upon which Wilkes struck him and he fell. He (witness) did not see any knife in Wilkes' hand, nor hear any threat used to stab him. Deceased was dead directly after the blow was struck. When Reynolds fell, Wilkes ran away down the lane. James Naylor, a miner, deposed to seeing deceased fall after Wilkes struck him. Just as he fell he said " W hat have you struck me with ? " and Wilkes said " Nothing but my fist." Deceased then said " You are a liar, you did." He then fell, and when we carried him into the house he was dead. He (witness) did not think that the wound in the chest could be caused by a fall. Thomas Hindley and Henry Young gave similar evidence to the above witnesses. The clothes worn by deceased were produced by police-constable Mack. • The waistcoat (a thick moltskin)-was cut straight through in the direction of the wound. James Fellows, a parish constable, deposed to taking the prisoner into custody. He said "What could you be thinking of to stab a man like that ?" and prisoner answered "If Ihad had an axe I would have cut his - head off." The inquest was here adjourned for the purpose of a post mortem examination being made, The inquiry was resumed on Tuesday, when John Wick deposed—l am a policeman, stationed at Cosely. About a quarter past three on Sunday morning constable James Fellows brought the pri soner, Thomas Wilkes, to the station, and charged him with stabbing John Reynolds. He denied stabbing him, and said, " If I did do it, A was with a cinder I threw at him." I then came up to where the deceased lay, and stayed while the clothes were taken off him. I observed the wound on the left chest. I found a cut in his linen shirt, flannel shirt, and waistcoast, about the part where the wound was. The flannel and linen shirts were stained with blood. I then left the deceased's house for the purpose of finding the knife. I searched in Mrs. Hobdy's garden, but before that went to the place where the deceased had been stabbed. I did not find it, nor see any cinders about the spot. I went back to the station, and told him that a wound of that kind oould never have been inflicted by a cinder, I told him that deceased was dead. He did not tell me anything about the knife. In the course of ten minutes after he told me he had had a knife, but had " swoped" it away to a person h e ca ll e d Peg Leg, on the pre vious night. He said the knife he had exchanged was a little two-bladed one, and said that he had thrown the one he received on the top of the cupboard in his mother's house. I then went to Peg Leg, and he got up to the room win dow, and he said he knew Wilkes, and had been in company with him on the Saturday night, about ten o'clock, and had (‘ Swopped" a knife with him. He threw the kn fel now prod uce through the window. H e said thath e had given a LOSS OF A TROOP SHIP. The loss of the ship Neptune, while on her voyage from Calcutta to Bambay in July last, with troops, is thus reported by Capt. Fillan : "On the 16th ult. we left the pilot. Up to the 19th had fine weather (too fine for the season) •, on 10th commencement of bad weather, and no obser vations for 10 days. 26—Sprung mainmast, in the most terrific squall I have ever seen or felt. 27 Mainmast broke short off by the eyes of the rig ging, taking main and foreyards with it. 28—A terrific storm, with constant rain. 29—Got ajury foreyard up, and bore away for Akyab ; after this the weather got better, but still blowing hard. 31, 8.45 a.m., sighted high land south of Akyab, and at 3 p.m. got disabled again by the loss of the foreyard. As we could not in this state fetch Akyab, we turned the ship out to the westward ; the wind at the time being easterly, enabled us to clear a dangerous oyster reef, which was under our lee, and we were in hopes of being able to get sea room to get another foreyard up, but it was not to be, for the current carried us fast to the northward, and on the same night we anchored off Coast Reef. Next morning (Aug. 1), about noon, the cable parted, and we headed the ship for the reef, and could do nothing else. The fourth time s h e s t ruc k th e rudder broke, and she continued driving and strik ing bard until two a.m. of the 2d, and that, too, without making more water than we could easily keep free, when she stopped in less water than her own draught. Next morning (2d), with the flood tide, a large sea set in, bursting the lower cabin windows in ; mate, carpenter, and captain, trying to barricade them, got washed away frequently ; was therefore compelled to give it up, and the ship very spun filled, she lying stern-on to sea. As the tide made more the sea bcame higher, and it broke over the stern (speaking within bounds) 30 feet high ; ultimately the upper cabin windows got burst in, and the sea made a clean sweep through the cuddy. About this time a steamer hove in sight, and the cry that came from the troops and seamen was enough to waken the dead. A steam ship ! a steamship! we're saved ! we're saved!' We were at the moment endeavouring to construct a raft ; it would have been of no use, even if it had been practicable._ We hurried on to the poop deck, and sure enough it was a steamer skirting the outer edge of the reef, and looking for a place to get as close to us as possible. She anchored within 11 mile of tic, and despatched her boats. In the first boat we put the wife of Major Swat:field (a little heroine) ; next, her female attendant ; after which, all of the sick, and as each boat came uo we caused the men singly to get into tilem, and ac cording to to their rank • seamen in a like manner; and ere the last boat left the ship the sea was not on l y gut ting the cuddy, but was sweeping in large and up over the poop-deck, on to the main deck , a nu P n but to the forecastle head, and over the bows; d through God's mercy we were all saved, and that too, without a scratch. More signal a deliverance d could not be. Great praise is due t o the troops ,fficers for their steadiness during the many trying h mrs to which they were ex posed—in fact, they were a band of heroes, and the major's wife at their head. From the time of getting disabled the se cond time, we kept firing guns until Tuesday morn. ing (three days), wnen our powder became ex pended, and, strange to say, that although our guns were heard in Akyab on Sunday and on Monday, the steamer was not sent to our aid until Tuesday 'naming., and she was but in time, for a few minutes a fter we left the ship it would have been impossible for any one to have remained alive." THE WRECK OF THE fIUKE OP _RICHMOND STEAMER. The Aberdeen correspondent of the Scotsman , —" This v esse l, w hi c h writing on Monday, says : run ashore a few miles northwards of Aberdeen, (d early on Saturday morning, has now (Monday afternoon) become so much of a wreck that ay nohope is entertained of her being got off the beach in state for sea again. She left Wick on Friday fore noon, and reached Aberdeen about three o'clock on Saturday morning. Here the fog making was very the very thick, and it was resolved not to attempt har bour till daylight should come in. Thinking the ship was all safe by the soundings, and the morn , ing being calm, the gentleman in temporary eem mand, Capt. Geddes (the regular master, Campbell, had neon unable from illness t obe with th e s t eamer ) it is said, went to bed, having had a long stretch on deck, and left the steamer in charge . :' o f the mate' All seems to have gone smoothly, danger, for a couple of. with no antici e of. hmirs or so , w h en suddenly white -crested bieakers were discovered on each side of th e vesse l , ' was given to baci: her.and an immediate order the steamer was so It was too late, however ; the en • gines were powerless,firmly fixed in the sand that still to a great extent '•all in veiled amongst the . gloom, no little alarm pre more numerous than t passengers, who were much being;, including childr,en, the first accounts stated, there No disorder or 114 persons OIL board. panic, however,happily took place, and a number of the gentlemen, e gentlemen, making out from the poSition of the vessel and the strength of the breakers that the land could not be many yards off, resolved to venture to reach it by wading. This they fortunately—th oug h not without considerable danger, as not a few of them 'volunteered to carry c hildren — accomplished; and soon after by aid of the bolas and the gallant exertions of the crew, every person was got safely ashore. A message having been sent to Aberdeen for assistance, two tugs im mediately steamed from that port, while 100 car penters from the building-yard of the Messrs. Hall also started for the scene orthe accident. The life and other boats were likewise sent round, and exer tions were forthwith made to lighten the vessel by taking off the sheep on board, 200, and a portion of the cargo, a great quantity of which was fish of various kinds, destined for Edinburgh, Glasgow, &c. The cattle, in number about 40, were between decks. • These it was found impossible to remove, and the consequence is. that between 20 and 30 of them have perished. High-water occurred at half past 10 on Saturday forenoon, and it was confi dently expected the steamer would be then got off; but, as was stated yesterday, all efforts to effect this were fruitless, and though constant endeavours were made with the same view all day, and 100 additional carpenters were sent in the same even ing by the Messrs. Hall, the steamer remains a hopeless wreck in the sands. Most of the goods will, it is stated, be saved; the greatest loss in this respect being the cattle which. had been drowned The Duke of Richmond—which belongs to the Aberdeen, Leith, and Clyde Shipping Company — though an old vessel, having been built in 1838, underwent so thorough a repair last year that she was looked u pen as comparatively a new ship . ; £6,000 was then expended on lier,"and her value is said to be about £9,000. She is insured, it is understood, to two-thirds of this latter sum. 'rhe foreign brig that drove ashore 10 or 12 miles to the southward of Aberdeen, also en Saturday morning, shortly went to pieces; having struck on a rock. All hands were saved. Endeavoui s - were making to rescue as much of her cargo (flax) as possible." TIIE LATE SIR JOIE( FRANKLIN.—Steps are being taken to promote the erection of e. monument to the late Sir Tohn Franklin at Spilsby, Lincolnshire, where the gallant Arctic hero was born. [A_DVERTISEMENT.] Mr. Benson, Ludgate-hill, has just published a new illustrated pamphlet on watches (free by post for two stamps). It should be read by all who are about buying a watch, as it Contains prices and important information as to—What watch to buy I where to buy it I and. how to use ill [An VE irrisEMENT.I--Holloway's Ointnient and Pills.— Gout. and Rheumatism. —These most painful disorders speedily yield to Holloway's remqies. It is commonly supp , sea that gout and rheumatism are different diseases, but, in fact, they are identical—not distinct diseases, but different forms of the same disease, though some extreme cases may seem to disprove this assertion. The cause and seat of both is depraved blood ; and he who would contend with : either must point his remedies to this vital fluid. Holloway's admirable ointment affords local relief, diminish ing the pain, throbbing, and heat. It must be most effectu ally rubbed into the complaining parts at least twice a-day, while taking Holloway's wonderful Pills, which, acti n g on the blood, eradicate both diseases. penknife for it. I went from there to the prisoner's mother's house, and searched on the cupboard, and found, under some herbs on the top, the knife. On opening the large blade, I found one speck of blood on the end, dry. John M'Nab Ballender, surgeon, of Sedgley, de posed—l made a post-mortem examination on the 11th of October inst., by direction of the coroner. Tho body externally was that of a strong and well developed man. On the left side of the chest, between the third and fourth ribs, there was a clean cut of about an inch in width, penetrating the walls of the chest and through the pericardium into the heart. The wound in the heart was seven eighths of an inch in length. The pericardium was filled with black congelated blood. Every other organ was perfectly sound. The wound of the heart was the cause of death, which must have been almost instantaneous. The wound could not be made by a cinder, but by a sharp instru ment. I consider the knife produced would with force cause that wound. The coroner briefly addressed the jury, showing the distinction between murder and manslaughter. The room having . been cleared, the jury con ferred for a few minutes, and returned a verdict of " Wilful murder" against Thomas Wilkes, the prisoner. Numerous were the cries that greeted the pri soner on his way back to the station of "Good bye, Tom," " Good night, Tom," " God bless you, Tom," and several hundreds followed the convey ance containing him for a long distance. COUNTRY MARKETitif. NEWARK—OcT. 12. There was a good tone in the wheat trade to-day, with a tolerable supply, and prices as on last market day; in some instances is higher. BOSTON—OcT. 12. We had a tolerable attendance, and a limited sh ow of a ll kinds of grain. I n w h ea t to-day prices were at is per qr advance for fine samples of both old and new, but low and damp qualities were unaltered, with a, dull market. In barley the sales were ready. Oats moved oft' slowly, at former prices. Beans a limited show, with no change in value. White wheat, new, 45s to 50s Red do. Ms to 42s Old white 46s to 50s Red do. 43s to 46s Barley, malting 37s to 44s Barley, grinding 26s to 27s Oats, old, . —a to --s New do 23s to 26. Beans. 488 to 51a Beans, new.. ... „ 40s to 43. MARKET HARBOROUGH—OcT. 11. There was a fair supply of wheat, which met a rather active demand, at former rates. White wheat, old, 404 to 47s ; new, 38. to 40s per 36 stone. Barley in limited quan tities at a slight advance on former terms—old, 36s to 40s ; new, 25s to 335. Oats were a fair show, from 26s to 32s per 24 stone. Beans (old), at 45s to 503 ; new, 38s to 404 per 38 stone. HULL—OcT. 11. At our market to-day we had a moderate supply of Eng lish wheat, which was taken off by local millers at fully last week's prices for both new and old ; foreign of fine quality held for late rates. The weather during the week has been in every way suited for wheat sowing, which is progressing rapidly. Wheat.... Old white.... per qr 46s Od to 48s Od Old red PI New white „ New red „ Dantzic, Konb , &c. old white 48s Od to 555 Od Dutch, Belgian, and French 4ss Od to 47s Od Baltic and Hamburg, red... 44s Od to 46s Od St. Petersburg and Riga, old. 40s Od to 42s Od Barley.... English malting Grinding Saal and Oderbruck Holstein and Danish 305 Od to 31s Od Grinding Oats English, old Archangel and Riga, per st Os 101 d to lld Friesland and Dutch Oslld to °M id Swedish and Danish Oslld to Oslld Beans ....English, old, per qr. .. 47s Od to 495 Od New pigeon 4os Od to 42s Od N - k .i ew tick. 398 Od to 408 Od Egyptian 378 Od to 388 Od Peas Foreign breakers Grinding Tares —.Winter Indian Corn Linseed, feeding . crushing Linseed cakes (Hull) £8 12 6to £8 17 6 Foreign 715 oto 8 0 0 Rape cakes 412 6to 417 6 Bones CORK—Ovr. 11. The following were the quotations this morning :—Red wheat, 20s Od to 22s 61; white, 21s Od to 24s 6d; barley 1041 6d to 16s 6d; oats, 10s Od to 12s 10d. DUBLIN—OcT. 11. The market was fairly supplied. Wheat of all qualities was 6d dearer. Barley for malting 3d to 6d and grinding Gd to le cheaper. The oat trade was > teady, and fully supported late rates. Indian corn is held for some advance, which, however, has not been paid. s. d. s. d. Wheat, white 22 6 to 26 0 Do., red 2l 0 to 24 6 lio., new 21 0 to 24 0 Barley Oats Do., black l4 0 to 15 0 N. d. a. 41. Do., new 11 0 to 12 6 1 Bore . l3 0 to 14 0 Rapeseed 20 0 to 22 6 Oatmeal l2 6 to 14 6 Bakers' flour Indian corn FOREIGN MAIL PACKET LIST. In the following- table E sig,nifies that letters are despatched by evening mails from London, and II by morning mails. DE NextSTINATI ONS. Despatch Port of Mail of Mails. Despatch. d,.e. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton Nov. 12, M Southamp. overd Ditto, via Marseilles Bahamas and Havana via New York • Oct. 28, E Li verpool.. Oct. 27 Canada, &c. (by Canadn. pckt ) Oct. 18, E Liverpool.. Oct. 12 Cape of Good Hope, Ascen sion, and St. Helena Nov 5, E Devonport No v . 1 China, Penang, and Singa wre, via Southampton . Oct. 20, E South amp. O ct. 19 Ditto, via Marseill es .. .. . . Oct. 28, E Oct Gibraltar, via South ampton .. Oct. M Southam. ove , rd l3 ue Honduras and Blewfi e ld s .... Oct. 17, if Southam p. Oct. 14 India (Calcutta) and Ceylon, via Southampton .......... Oct. 20, M Southam Oct. 19 Ditto, via Marseilles ... . . Oct p. . 26, E Oct. 13 India (Bombay), via gouth ampton Oct. —, Southamp. overdue Ditto, via Marseilles . Oct 18, X Oct. 19 Lisbon, Brazils,Buenos Ayres, and F. Islands ...... . .... Nov. 9, AI Southamp. Nov. 5 Lisbon, Vigo, and dporto.... Oct. 17, M Southamp. Oct. 21 Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton .............. Oct. —, Southamp. overdue Ditto, via Marseilles ...... Oct. 18, E Oct. 13 Mexico and Havana ........ Nov. 2, 31 Southamp. Nov. 1 Newfoundland .. . . United States and. iritish America (by British packet) Oct. 14, E Liverpool Oct. 19 Ditto (by U. S. packet) Oct. E S outhamp. West Coast of Africa, Ms.- deira, and T ener i ffe .. .... Oct. 24, E Liverpool over d ue West India, California, Vene zuela, Chili, Peru, Grey town, New Granada, &c, .. Oct. 17, II Southamp. Oct. 16 [ADVE RTISEMENT. ing interesting information from Du Barry's report on cures of indigestion (dyspepsia), flatulency, constipation., nervous, bilious, and liver complaints, cough, asthma, con sumption, and debility, without medicine, by Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food ::—Eight years ' dyspepsia, ner vousness, debility, with cramps, spasms, and nausea, for which my servant had consulted the advice of many, have Fbeen effectually removed by Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica in a very short time. I shall be happy to answer any inquiries. —Rev John W. Pleven, Ridlington Rectory, Norfolk. Cure 18,216. Dr. Andrew Ure of constiatiost dyspepsia, nervous irritability. Cure 36,212. Captain Allan of epileptic fits. Cure 42,116. Major Edie, of en largement of the liver and total prostration of strength. Cure No. 1,609. —Three years of excessive nervousness, with pains in my neck and marbl e and general debiliq, which rendered my life very, has been radically removed by Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food. Alexander Stuart, -Archdeacon of Ross, Sibbereen. In tins, at is. 6d. ; 11b., 3s. ; 21b., ss. 9d. ; 51b., 12b.; 121 b., 265. The 101 b. and 121 b. tins carriage free, on receipt of post office order. Du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street, London' Fortnum, Mason, and Co., 182, Piccadilly A.bbis, 60, G racechurch-street ; 4, Cheapside ; 63, and 150, Oxford street ; 330 and 451, Strand - • 49 and 60, Bishopsgate street ; 85, Tottenham-cour t-road. Also at Dublin, Bewley and Draper ; at Edinburgs., halter and Co. at Liver pool : Nixon and Thew;_ at Manehester, Sharp and Scott"; at York, Raimes,- Blanchard, and Co. ; at South ampton, Randall and Son. BIRTHS. BALL. —On the 9th inst., at Thavies-inn, the wife of the Rev. T. Hanly Ball, curate of St. Andrew's, Holborn, of a daughter. TIANBURY.—On the 11th inst., at Upminster, the wife of Osgood Hanbury, jun., Esq., of a daughter. PUCKLE.—On the 12th inst., at Ca mberwell-grove, Mrs. Henry John Puckle, of a son. Racicktioc. —On the 10th of M inst., at Wid mer, Kent, the wife ajor R ickman, of a son. MARRIAGES. DRYDEN—MARDER.—On the 11th itlat, at Burlescombe, Devon, T. C. J. Dryd en , Esq., R.N., H.M.'s ship For midable, to Eliza, third (laughter of J. W. Marder, Esq., of Eaatbrook Cottage. LEWIS—COTTON.--0 11 Ba the 11 th inst., a t th e C at h e d ral, An nengor, younger the Rev. Evan Lewis, Curate of Ll an ll eo hid , to , daughter of the V ery R ev. J. H. Cotton, Doan of Bangor. DE ATWOOD.—On the sth instA. TH S. Atwood. aged 61. , at 6, Pa r k-l ane, M r. Ri chard BARER. —On the Bth inst., Robert, youngest son of Josh. Baker, of Manor House, Kilburn, aged 33. BARRY.—On the 12th inst., at "Westwood, Sydenham, Elizabeth, eldest daughter of the late Frederick Barry, Esq., of 7, Birchin-lane, aged 41. CILEIGRTON.—On the 22d Aug., at Cawnpore, Lieutenant Rodext Creighton, 8.N.1., aged 31. M A CKENZIE.—On the 15th Aug., at Simla, Brigadier J as . Mackenzie, sth European Light Infantry. .MILLER. —On the 10th inst., in Leicester, Thomas Miller, Esq., aged 57. STEPRENSON.—On the 12th inst., at Gloucester-square, H yde-park, R o b ert Stephenson, Esq., F.R.S., M.P., D.C.L., &c., ag e d 56 . S KIPPER.-- On the 12th i nst., Robert Skipper, Esq., of Carnarvon Lodge, Forest -gate, Essex, aged 65. .-._..—...____ t • •obrooir : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, "Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 112, strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy,. in the county of M iddlesex, Thursday, October 13, 1859. 'Y HI SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENINCt, OCTOBER 13, 1859