The Sun. — London, England, 1860-11-29 00:00:00

ME NAVY. Yesterday the Earl of Gifford, M,P., Sir H. P. Willoughby, M.P., Mr. Dalglish, M.P., Rear-Ad miral Spencer, Robinson, and Mr. Arthur Price, RN., the Royal Commissioners for inquiring into the control and management of her Majesty's naval establishments, arrived at Chatham dockyard for the purpose of prosecuting their investigations at that establishment. Immediately on their arrival the Royal Commissioners proceeded to the office of the superintendent :of the dockyard, where they will conduct their investigations during the period they are occupied at Chatham. Capt. G. Gold smith, C. 8., superintendent of the establishment, was in communication with the Commissioners during the day, and the other officials were in at tendance in case their presence should be required. From the great variety of subjects investigated by the Royal Commissioners, and the extent of the dockyard at Chatham, the investigation at that establishment is expected to occupy several days. Letters from the paddlewheel steam sloop Hydra, 6, Commander Richard V. -Hamilton, dated at Halifax, were received at Plymouth on Monday. They state that the officers and crew have been severely and fatally afflicted with fever, and that two of the former and 14 of the latter have, unhap pily, died. No' names are given. The Hydra some three years since was employed in the sup pression of the slave trade on the West Coast of Africa, where the condition of the crew became so bad—there being 40 sick in a complement of 150— that she was ordered to the Isle of Ascension, from which she returned to England. Although she had only been about 12 months in commission her crew were paid off. Very extensive repairs and alterations, occupying three or four months, were made at that time with a view to her being made seaworthy and to correct the unhealthy character of the ship. She was then sent on the North America and West India station, and while to windward was free from sickness. She sailed to Port Royal and Grey town, and, shortly after arrival at the latter place, fever broke out as bad as on board the screw steamship Icarus, 11, on the same duty. Commander Hamilton determined, it is presumed on his own responsibility, to leave the South, and he went accordingly to Halifax. Those officers and men not afflicted, but almost worn out, have had a painful and difficult task to work the ship amidst the sick, the dying, and the dead. It is to be hoped that this second and serious proof of the impropriety of sending such a ship as the Hydra on duty in a hot climate will for ever pre vent her being again employed in tropical latitudes. Commander Hamilton's commission is dated Stine 4, 1858. A letter from a petty officer states that the two officers referred to above are the master's assistant and the mate, a son of the late Admiral Austen ; both died in Halifax Hospital. Mr. Poor, the boatswain, has been doing duty as Second Lieut. The ship is cleared out, and the crew are expecting orders from Admiral Sir A. Milne to proceed home. The screw steam corvette Charybdis, 21, Captain the Hon. G. D. Keane, has been towed from Key ham steamyard, and placed alongside the hulk Endymion in Hamoaze. The screw steam frigate Ariadne, 26, Captain E. W. Vansittart, put into No. 3 dock in Keyham steamyard on Tuesday evening. Yesterday morning she was shored up and the water pumped out of the dock, in order that she may be cleaned and over hauled. When she vacates the dock the Hero, 91, will be admitted. The screw steam gunboats Doterel and Heron were hauled out yesterday from the north basin in Keyham steamyard into the south basin, prepara tory to being placed at their moorings in the stream in Hamoaze. The screw steam troopship rmalaya, Captain J. Seccombe, got up steam yeeerday, and proceeded from Plymouth Sound into Hamoaze, preparatory to her going into dock in Keyham steamyard, to have defects made trona. Me riggiag Las bcert placed over the foremast of the screw steam • frigate Narcissus, 51, at Devon port, and her topmasts are ready for pointing. She is kept under the shears for the purpose of ship ping and unshipping her propeller. The screw steam frigate Liverpool, 51, in the north basin at Keyham st9amyard, is receiving her machinery. The followi2g appeCllillialts were made yesterday at the Aen“ralty:-I;cat. the Hon. I. T. Fitzmau rice, to the Edinburgh; and R. Green, acting third• class assistvnt-ongineer, to the Asia, as supernume rat .7. TEE ARMY. The 27th (Capt. Durnford's) company of Royal Engineers, which has been held in readiness to proceed on foreign service, has received orders to embark on Saturday next for Gibraltar, where it relieves the 2d company, whose term of foreign service has expired. The 27th company consists almost exclusively of the most experienced artizans and mechanics iin the corps of Royal Engineers, the men having been employed on various Govern ment works, the last occasion being one in which their services were instantly required to complete the gun factory at Woolwich on the occasion of the late strike, when the men of the company finished the building in such an excellent manner as to elicit the commendation of the Commanding Royal Engineer, the architf:et, and contractors. A sergeant belonging to the Chatham division of Royal Marines, named Thomas Preston, who died in an awfully sudden manner a few days ago as he was in the act of proceeding to his duty, was buried yesterday at Chatham with full military honours, a special divisional order to that effect having been issued by Col. Rea. In eivance of the procession walked a firing party, the hearse being preceded by the divisional band playing the" Dead March" in Saul, the battalion of Royal Marines and a num ber of non-commissioned officers of the garrison closing the procession. After the coffin had been deposited in the grave, the volleys were fired by the Marines over the deceased non commissioned officer. 271 E VOLUNTEER MOVEMEN2. The 4th Company of the Queen's Westminster Rifle Volunteer corps, under the command of Capt. Charles Vacher, met on Tuesday at Wormwood Scrubs to compete for a valuable rifle, given by the captain, and two money prizes, given by Sergeant White and Mr. C. Stephenson, for second. and third prizes. Captain Vacher, in addressing the company previous to shooting, said he should compete with them for the sake of good fellowship, and to prove to the company that their captain was competent to instruct them in osition and aiming drill ; and. that should he besot ortunate as to gain a sufficient number of points to entitle him to one of the prizes he did not intend to accept it, but leave it for the number who gained the next highest score. Mr. C. Stephenson acted as umpire. The ranges were gained Mr. Taylor l3 200, 3C03 and 400 yards, four shots at each ran ge . Sergeant Ray, 12 ; Sergeant A, 1 1 P i nts ; C aptain Vacher, 13; White, 10 ; Mr. Morton, 9 ; Mr. Wo ods tock , 8 ; 'Mr. Stephenson, 7. Captain Vacher declared Mr. Taylor the win ner o f the first prize, and Sergeant Ray th e second. Ser won the third, hi s own- • geant A. White having prize, the four next highest on the score competed, when it was gained by Mr. Woodcock. Then Captain Vacher and Mr. Taylor shot off their ties for honour, which was won by Captain Vacher. Monday last being the day appointed to shoot for the prizes of Capt. Collard's company (No. 5) 20th Middlesex—namely, a Whitworth rifle, given by the commissioned officers, and a valuable short Enfield pattern rifle, given by the non-commissioned officers, 22 of the most carefully selected shots proceeded to Hornsey.woed House. Hardly had they got there before the rain commenced falling in torrents, and continued incessantly throughout the day ; nevertheless some excellent practice was made — Sergeants—Garnett, 12 points ; Osborn, 23 (winner of the first prize) ; Williams, 10. Corporals - - Bowerman, 15 ; Wendlinger, 3. Privates— Young, 18 (winner of the second prize) ; Wells, 18 ; Love, 15; W. Hutchinson, 10 ; Shields, 16; Little john, 8 ; B. Hutchinson, 7 ; Win kworth, 12 ; Cham berlain, 17 ; Page, 10 ; Davison, 11 ; J. Williams, 16 ; Saunders, 12 ; Westeott, 12 ; Etheridge, 13 ; Evans, 12; Binnington, 13. Total points, 283. Five shots at each range only. Sergeant W. F. Osborn gained 23 points and won the first prize. Privates Thomas Young and J. Wells tied, and on shooting off T. Young became the winner of the second prize. A meeting was held in the Grand Stand, at Ascot, on Tuesday, to receive from the com mittee a report of the names of gentlemen dis posed to act as officers of the corps now being raised in the Ascot division of the county of Berks. Sir W. G. Hayter, tookthe chair, and among those present were the Belgian Minister, Major- Gen. Seymour, Major Scott, and others. Resolu tions were passed, appointinWMajor Scott captain commandant; Victor Van de Weyer (son of the Belgian Minister), lieutenant ; and Mr. Franklyn, ensign. Major Scott stated that he was willing to do all in his power to promote the efficiency of the corps, and Major-Gen. Seymour remarked that, with the view of aiding the corps in drill practice, he would arrange for their being allowed to use the butts in Windsor Great Park. The proceedings of the meeting were satisfactory, and a vote of thanks to the chairman terminated the business. Sir W. G. Hayter acknowledged the compliment. The Hon. Lady Middleton, widow of the late Sir W. F. Middleton, has presented a silver bugle to the Needham Market or 12th Suffolk corps. The members of the corps have commenced ball practice, a butt having been erected at Coddenham. Mr. H. Bidden has been appointed ensign of the Wilford Volunteers, another Suffolk corps, the captaincy of which is, however, still vacant. Mr. H. A. Baring, M.P., has been appointed ensign of the Thetford corps. The members of the Brandon corps, another neighbouring force,. have held a meeting and ap pointed their commanding officers as follows : Major-Gen. Angerstein, commander of the battalion; Lord W. Powlett, colonel ; the Baron de Bliss, lieu tenant-colonel; and Capt. Tyssen, captain. Arrangements have been made for some prize shooting in, connection with the Wakefield Rifle Volunteers, to come off next month. On the 3d there will be a match open to all the members of the corps, the prizes to consist of a medal for the best shot of each comany, presented by a friend of the corps ; and on the 12th two prizes, consisting of cups of the value of £lO and £5 respectively, given by Major Holdsworth, will be competed for. ELE C.710N INTELLIGEA CE. SOUTHWARK. Yesterday Mr. Layard's canvass was prosecuted in St. Saviour's and Christchurch parishes, and with a result which is stated to be highly favour able. Mr. Layard has the benefit of a volunteer organisation in conducting his part of the contest, a corps of unpaid canvassers having offered him the aid of their services; and they apparently pursue their labours with all the untiring zeal and assi duity of men whose hearts are in the cause which they have so spontaneously taken up. His friends seem fully determined that the strung% shall be an inexpensive one, for in eve r y dist r i c t of The borough he has also had more committee-rooms than he can well make use of gratuitously placed at his disposal. The shop windows throughout Southwark are pretty thickly studded with squibs and hand bills, headed " The Nineveh Bull," " Bass's Bottling of Parliamentary Talkers," and the like; but of this species of light warfare Mr. Layard's supporters appear to leave their anta gonists the exclusive monopoly. While his enthu siastic friends are working thus hard in his behalf Mr. Layard himself does not fail to second and give effect to their exertions. He is perpetually address ing crowded meetings in suffocating halls, and one assemblage has hardly dispersed before he is in the midst of another several miles distant, and haranguing it with unflagging vigour and vivac'ty. At a numerous meeting, convened by his corn nai'.,tee at the Temperance Institution, Fair-street, Horsleydown, last night, and presided over by Mr. Newman, Mr. LAYARD, in the course of his speech, said that if he continued to add to his friends in the same rapid ratio as he had done within the last few days he should really 'oegin to think th at a supporter of Mr. Scovell would soon become so rare a curiosity that he ought to be put into a glass case and sent to the British Museam. (Laughter and cheers.) He had read with surprise that last evening both of the other candidates had thought fit to attack him. He could certainly not understand why Mr. Fawcett should have deemed it necessary to make the remarks against him which he was reported to have done. All who had been present at his meet • ings could bear witnes'il that he had uniformly ' expressed the sincerest respect for Mr. Fawcett— (cheers)—and he should be extremely sorry if in any of his speeches he had let drop a single word disrespectful of that gentleman or that could cause him the slightest pain. His desire was to fight a fair battle with him, and, their respective claims being before the constituency, it would not become him to make any further observations with regard to him except to say that Mr. Fawcett was a gen tleman for whom he entertained the greatest admiration, as, indeed, must every man who had heard him. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Fawcett, however. seemed to have been misinformed as to what he had said about their late esteemed member Sir C. Napier. Mr. Fawcett appeared to imagine that he had accused the present Government of sending Sir C. Napier to his grave. Now, no such thought had ever entered his head. What he bad really said was this :—Mr. Scovell having stated that he had withdrawn at a former election because he did not wish to divide the Liberal interest, and also because Sir C. Napier, his competitor, had a griev ance, he had said that Mr. Scovell might very fitly pursue the same course on this occasion, for he too, l i had a grievance ; and he thereupon added that the individual to whom Sir C. Napier owed his grievance was not a member of the present Govern ment, hut of a past Government—viz., Sir James Graham; that he went to his grave with that grievance still weighing him down, as everybody who knew the gallant admiral must be aware. (Heir, hear.) Now, turning to his own other antagonist, Mr. Scovell, that gentleman appeared to be exceedingly hard upon him, for he charged him with seeking the suffrages of the people of Southwark because, by getting into Parliament, he, of all men in the world, hoped to be able to obtain a place. He could only say that if any man in the House of Commons had ever gone the very worst way to work for obtaining a place he was that man. (Cheers and a laugh.) He did not mean to speak boastfully, but it was a fact, which anybody who turned to the files of the newspapers could ascertain for himself, that on more than one occa sion Lord Palmerston had offered him office, and that he had declined it because he had thought that by accepting it he would have forfeited his own independence and the confidence of the public. (Cheers.) It might indeed be insinuated that he had now learnt to play his cards better, and that he would rot allow a similar chance to escape him. To that he would answer that be was not ready to abate a jot of his previous outspokenness or inde pendence, and that it must be a very big place indeed that would tempt him to suffer his tongue to be tied. He saw that Mr. Scovell still continued to pepper him with petty squibs that were designed to be offensive. All he would say about these silly handbills was, that if he were a smoker he should light his pipe with them. (Laughter, and a voice, " You called Mr. Scovell a' dummy.' '') He begged, pardon, but it was Mr. Scovell who first gave him self that designation. (Cheers and interruption.) If those who interrup..d were Mr. Scovell's friends they were really doing their own favourite candidate a very great disservice, because nothing could have contributed to spread greater disgust among the thinking portion of the constituency than the unseemly tempt made on Saturday last to put him down by clamour. (Hear, hear.) More over, the calumnies and misrepreseataCons to which he had been exposed were daily swelling the number of his friends, and hourly thinning the ranks of Mr. Scovell's. The other day the Messrs. Bevington had given each of the candi dates the opportunity of addressing their assembled workmen, and when the sense of the body was taken there appeared 13 only in favour of Mr. Scovell, 52 for Mr. Fawcett, and 183 for himself. (Cheers.) It was plain, then, that Mr. Scovell's best chance lay in every candidate receiving fair rlienall.attlhvaehdat playl ;teotvhenhands of the employes. (Interruption.) was, reported to have said that Mr. ()Ti Mr e away and left his "tail" behind to know. had got Mr. Pel e la AU h. Pellatt's tail was he was at a loss t c t luld say was that as long as he s e head and body he was quite content that Mr. (Cheers and laughter.) should have his tail. having been to Nineveh, as been taunted with , at least e s th it that fact were in itself a crime. He had for no idle pur pose; and if, as he believed, hisesroejourn there had upon that the cause of circumstance, if n i s f ti i . t . been of some small service at all events, not tobe cast in his religion an g d av e e iv h il i i m sat n io o n claim certainly an y disqualification. (Hear, hear.) In another respect . his opponents had given him t t e u e e t n h eY a ' s "g t.' justice. Strange to say, ono of t v i c ie r m y hsacdanacttually accused him of " buttering" the Government, while the other had preferred against THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 29, 1860. him the very opposite charged of abusing the Go vernment. (Laughter.) Was not the fair inference from all this that he really took a middle course, and was disposed to treat the Government with moderation and impartiality ? (Cheers.) Adverting to the subject of foreign policy, Mr. Laydrd said he hoped the days of secret diplomacy, when England was sold backwards and forwards, nobely xrew how or why, were past and gone. Lord J. Russell had lately proclaimed to the world that our external policy must henceforth be in accordance with our own free and enlightened institutions. And what had been the result ? Why, that Eng land, as the known friend of liberty and indepen dence, now wielded such a moral influence in Europe as all her past wars and her enormous expenditure had failed to secure for her. (Hear.) He was for aiding by our sympathies and example every nation that was struggling for its emancipation from foreign tomination ; but to none would he extend the intervention of our arms. We had conquered our own liberties, and Italy had now, happily, done the same. It was by achieving their own indepen dence for themselves that nations best showed their fitness for freedom. (Hear, hear.) Ac ter explain ing his views upon Parliamentary Reform, Mr. Layareconcluded by earnestly exhorting the elec tors to exercise an unbiassed and conscientious judgment on the merits of the different candidates before them, and, above all things, to show them selves superior to the degrading influence of money bags. In reply to questions put to him, Mr. Layard promised to support any well-digested measure that would prevent the separation of aged husbands and wives in union workhouses. He would also vote for the amendment of the game laws. With respect to the proposal to open the Crystal Palace on Sun days, the question, he thought, was one which must be determined in accordance with the sentiments and feelings of the great body of the English people. A resolution approving Mr. Layard's political principles was then unanimously agreed to. Mr. Layard the same evening addressed a large concourse at the Green Man Tavern, Old Kent road, where the chair was taken by Mr. Birt, vestry-clerk of St. George's, Southwark. On enter ing the meeting he was received with enthusiastic applause. Here he again enlarged on domestic and foreign politics, supporting the French treaty, and eulogising the patriotism and disinterestedness of Mr. Cobden. He said he looked to the extension of free trade and the cultivation of friendly alliances with nations rather than with Govern ments as a means of enabling us to dispense with colossal standing armaments, and to rely for oar defence mainly on our noble Volunteers. Referring to the threats of an intended lavish expenditure of money to win that election, he emphatically declared that he would not disburse a single shilling beyond the unavoidable legitimate expenses, and remaPked that as he did not believe Mr. Fawcett or Mr. Meller would bring to bear the influence of the long purse upon the constituency, he had a shrewd suspicion that if such a thing were done at all it must proceed from Mr. Scovell's side. With regard to Mr. Fawcett's proposal that they should both convene a public meeting. of the electors, and a-ik its opinion which of the two can didates should retire, he observed that he could not consent to such an irregular expedient. No room in the borough was large enough i o hold one-half of the entire body of voce s, and a-iy decision which such an assemblage might pronounce would be no test of the real feeling of the aggregate constituency. He could not therefore entertain Mr. Fawcett's suggestion consistently with the respect due both to the candidates themselves and their respective supporters. Mr. Layard's speech was very warmly received, and at its close a resolution, recognising his claims to the strenuous support of the electors, was unanimously adopted. TAPAN.-THE ASCENT OF FUSIJAMA Mr. E. B.De Fonblanque, A.C.G., of the British Consulate, Kanagawa, Japan, writes :—For the first time in the history of Japan has the foot of the European profaned the sacred heights - of Fusi-jama, and the event may probably be of sufficient interest to entitle it to a short record in your columns. Mr. Alcock, our envoy in Jeddo, desirous of visit ing the interior of the country, and curious to ascer tain the truth of all the wonderful tales related by the Japanese of their beloved and venerated moun taia, having successfully disposed of the numerous insuperable obstacles moat pertinaeinusly suggested by the Government, left Jeddo for Fusi-jama on the 3d inst. I was fortunate enough to receive an invitation to join his party, which was further composed of Mr. Eusden, Vice-Consul at Jeddo, Messrs. Gower and Macdonald, Attaches ; Lieut. Robinson, Indian Navy ; Mr. S. Gower, and Mr. Volta., a botanist. One of the Vice-Governors of Jeddo, Matabe, the interpreter to the Legation, and several Yacomins formed our escort, and norriman bearers, bettos, coolies, servants, and followers, together with a troop of packhorses, swelled our cortege to the dimensions of a small invading army. Mr. Alcock, although he had necessarily asked the Japanese Government to make arrangements for our comfort and security en route, had stipulated that he should be as little as possible embarrassed by the presence of officials, as he wished to travel as a private person. There was none of the State, accordingly, with which a Japanese functionary of any rank would have surrounded himself in his progress; and instead of being borne in norrimans, the only conveyance used by Japanese gentlemen, we bestrode our horses like freeborn Britons, a sacrifice of dignity to comfort which, however much it astonished the natives, we made without the slightest scruple. As may be imagined, our projected pilgrimage excited no small interest among the Japanese, who, as they crowded the streets of Kanagawa to watch our departure, seemed puzzled whether most to ad mire our temerity or marvel at our impudence. Some of the older men shook their heads ominously, de claring that no good could come to their country from such a desecration of their gods ; but the majority of the people were simply amused. They have seen and learnt so much within the last year that nothing can surprise them. Our route, as far as Odawara, a distance from Jeddo of about 45 miles, was by the great highway to Nagasaki skirting the sea. This is an admirable, broad, well-paved road, flanked on either side with giga,atic cedars and vines, affording- a most grate ful shade from the still powerful sun. Tne effect of many miles of these avenues, formed of trees averaging from 150 to 180 feet in height, is very striking. At Odawara we turned into the interior, and commenced to cross the Hahoni Mountains, a range lying between the sea and Fusi-jama. Arrived at the summit after an eight hours' march, we found ourselves, at a height which we computed about 6,000 feet above the sea level, on the borders of a glassy lake, six miles in length and one and a quar ter in width. Wonderful tales are related by the Japanese of this lake, which they state to be bot tomless in the centre and inhabited by an evil spirit, very much given to drag unwary mortals below. It was probably from fears of our safety that ro persuasion could induce our officers to pro cure us a boat to explore these waters. On the following morning we commenced our descent from Hahoni, and on the evening of the next day, the sixth from our departure, reached Muri-jama, a village lying at the foot of the moun tain, and about 100 miles distant from Jeddo. Here the authority of the Tycoon ceases, and spiritual government begins, the Holy Mountain being under the sole jurisdiction of the priesthood, two of which respectable body now attached themselves to our party, and never left us till we returned in safety to the foot of the mountain. On the next day we rode about six miles to a place called Hashi-Mondo, where the steep event commences, and here, leaving our horses and equipping [ourselves with pilgrims' staves, which the priests dispose of for the sum of ld. each, we girded up our loins and climbed manfully up the rugged and precipitous path, our light baggage and commissariat stores being carried by Goliks, or " men of great vigour," a description which the ap pearance of these poor creatures, who earn their livelihood as beasts of burden to the pilgrims, did not by any means justify. At every half mile en route a hut is erected, where pilgrims repose and are refreshed with tiny cups of tea. During our six hours' assent we passed nine of these resting places, and darkness coming on we took up our abode in the ninth, ate a modest dinner, and stretching our wear, limbs upon straw mats, slept as well as the cold and the fleas would allow us. We had now accomplished over two-thirds of the assent, but the worst was yet to come. Hitherto the path, though steep and rugged, had afforded a tole rably firm foothold ; the rest of the way was over loose pieces of lava, scoria, and cinders, and at every few yards the ascent became more precipitous. It was eurious to remark how some of our party, who had before shown themselves somewhat insensible to the beauties of nature, would now stop every few minutes to admire the scenery, generally seating themselves to do so; but some allowance must be made in consideration of the rarified state of the atmosphere, which rendered violent exercise somewhat difficult, and made some of us gasp very painfully. At first we met with little snow, but as we advanced we found large patches here and there, and on reaching the summit, after four hours' toil, the tubs of water near the temple were frozen into a compact mass. Still the cold was not anything like what we had been led to suppose it would be, the thermometer at midday showing only 58 degrees in the shade, and boiling at 182. The temple of Fusi-jama is a most modest, unpre tending little hut, adorned with a few gods in lava and some common tinsel ornaments. Here the devout lay their offerings upon the altar, and in return have their garments stamped with strange figures and devices in token of their having accom plished their pilgrimage. Great virtue is attached to these stamps, particularly for the cure of cutaneous diseases, and their number is only limited by the size of the garment and the extent of the fee. I invested an entire uzeboo (Is. 6d), and received the impress of all the gods, and (unless likenesses are very deceptive) of all the devils too, of Fusi•jama. Having visited the temple we proceeded to the highest pint of the crater ; here Mr. Alcock's standard bearer unfurled the British flag, while we fired a Royal salue in its honour, his Excellency setting the example by discharging the five barrels of his revolver into the crater, and the rest follow ing till 21 guns bad been fired. We then gave three cheers, sang " God save the Queen," and finished by drinking " the health of Her Gracious Majesty" in champagne iced in the snows of Fusi jama, to the utter amazement of the Japanese, who had never before seen such startling religious cere monies. The crater of Fusi-jama is between two and three miles in circumference, and about 600 yards in depth, and it resulted from observations made by Mr. Robinson that the highest point is some thing more than 14,000 feet above the sea. The Japanese have generally allowed 17,000. There has been no eruption for three centuries. We were fortunate enough to have a fine, "clear, sunny day for the ascent, and, as we looked below and around us, there lay the fair land of Japan like a highly coloured map, the points of its headlands jutting sharply into the blue sea; range upon range of mountains stretching across the full length of the island as far as the eye could reach, and rivers winding through green valleys, gradually increas ing insize till they empty themselves into the sea. Had our journey been as disagreeable as it was the reverse that one view would have richly repaid us for our toil. Well may the Japanese be proud of their beautiful Fusi-jama. The descent was comparatively easy, and of course every one of us said at least once, Facillis descensus, &c., as we turned homewards, though by a new and, if possible, finer route, till on the 15th we reached Etame, a picturesque village . on the seashore, clebrated for its sulphur springs, whence I returned to Kanagawa by water, leaving Mr. Alcock and some of his party to take the baths. So far I have confined myself to a bare descrip tion'of our progress; I cannot conclude, however, without endeavouring to give some idea of the beauty of this country. As a tolerably old travel ler through all quarters of the globe I can speak with some authority, and I do not hesitate to say that the scenery which gladdened our eyes and hearts during our journey to and from Fusi-jama cannot be equalled within the same compass in any part of the world. Its great charm probably lies less in its intrinsic beauty than in its continually varying character. The eye has never time to weary. Now you are in a noble avenue of majestic trees (and no tree is finer than the cedar of Japan —Crgptomeria Japonica) ; suddenly you emerge into an open country,.among cornfields and flower ing shrabs ; then you plunge into a deep forest ; then again you find yourself in a perfectly English green lane, with honeysuckle on the hedges and daisies on the banks, and in the distance, embo somed in trees and shrubs of the brightest foliage, groups of the most picturesque little white cot tages in the world. Before you have time to dream of home you are once more transported into a rugged mountain path, with torrents roaring at your feet, and as you reach its height there lies the broad blue sea on one side, while on the other Fusi-jama rises majestically from its broad base. I doubt whether, if all the most grand, lovely, rich, magnificent views in the world could be collected and formed into a group, they would produce a finer picture. Throughout the vegetation is most luxuriant. From the deepest valley to the mountain tops you behold one dense mass of flowering shrubs and trees, in the foliage of which there is as great a variety as in the scenery. The land is generally well cultivated, rice and millet forming the principal• crops in the districts through which we passed. We came across small patches of cotton and tobacco here and there. Of tea we saw very little. Vegetables and fruits of all kinds grow in abundance. I was particularly struck with the almost entire absence of animal life during our progress. With the exception of the poultry and dogs in the villages, and a few pack horses on the road, we hardly met a single specimen of the brute creation. No cattle, no sheep, no singing -birds, and, though we promised ourselves some shooting, not a symptom of game of any description. The Japanese assured us, how ever, that the mountains beyond Fusi•jama were full of wild ponies, deer, and boar. The arrangements made by the Japanese Go vernment for our accommodation en route left us nothing to wish for. Our halting places had been arranged beforehand, and everything was ready prepared for cur reception when we arrived. It was not considered becoming to allow the British Envoy to occupy a common tea-house—which is the ordinary hotel of the country—and we were accordingly put up in the houses specially reserved for the IDaimios when on their travels. These were scrupulously clean, and provided always with bath-rooms and ample supplies of water. As Mr. Alcock did not travel in his official capacity, the authorities did not formally receive him at the different towns ; but on our entrance we were invariably met by an escort of officers, who accompanied us to the full extent of their pre cincts, and at Odaware the prince of that nam e , a powerful Daimio, sent a deputation to welcome the English Minister to his dominions. and to wish him a pleasant journey. The conduct of the people was excellent. The sight of eight mounted Englishmen must have ap peared wonderful to them, who had never before beheld an European ; but they never once allowed their curiosity to become offensive, far less were they ever guilty of the slightest disrespect. As we entered their towns or villages (and these con sist of one long street, sometimes three miles in length) men, women, and children, flocking out of their doors, appeared to present a dense impervi ous wall to check our progress. But there is a quiet elderly gentleman in long petticoats and a straw hat, tied under his chin, who precedes our cortege armed with a fan, and before a wave of this fluttering emblem of authority the enormous crowd falls back with far more alacrity and readiness than an English mob under like circumstances could be got to do through the agency of Sir Richard Mayne and his legions, backed by a troop of Life Guards. Nor do they, like other mobs, close in our rear; but, remaining squatted at their doors, they watch us out of sight. In no case, whether escorted or alone, did we meet with a single instance of rudeness or incivility on the part of the people ; nor did we, during the whole course of our journey, meet either a beggar or a drunkard. The general appearance of the populace is one of great prospe rity and contentment; their houses are remarkably clean and in good repair ; their patches of garden well cultivated, and never without regard to orna ment ; and, if they were not overburdened with clothing, it is evident that their will and not their poverty consented to forego this luxury. Would to Heaven we might travel as far in European countries—nay, even in our own favoured land, without meeting more misery. We believe that the Japanese Government is an oppressive one, yet it is difficult to reconcile that belief with the evident prosperity of the people. No' eastern people is so free from the stamp of the slave as the Japanese. Let them bow their heads in the dust before a Yacomis as they may, it is less an act of servile submission than a courtesy exacted by usage, and a duty owing to superior authority. Those well•built, muscular men, who stand erect at their doors, holding their little children by the hand, have a sense of freedom and self-respect never to be seen in a race of slaves or cowards; those laughing women beside them know and enjoy the happiness of the domestic hearth ; even the little children (and nowhere do you meet this true indication of material prosperity —troops of merry, rosy-cheeked children—to a greater extent), even they did not crouch before the foreigner, though, doubtless for many a day they will, in their naughty moods, be threatened with the terrible Tojins. Never did a party more enjoy themselves than the eight Englishmen who were the first to make the ascent of Fusi-jama, and we returned to our posts more than ever impressed with the marvellous beauty of this land, and the kindliness and happiness of its people. [ADVERTISEMENT.] Pills and medicine invariably ag gravate and perpetuate diseases ; their annoyance, dis appointment, and expense may be avoided by persons in indifferent health sending only their address to E. S. 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The largest attendance ever known at this court, with the exception of the Royal British Bank meetings, was to-day at the elrtificate meeting in the case of Laurence, Streatfeild, and Mortimore. The court and passages leading to it were literally " mobbed" with creditors and others interested in the proceedings. The bankrupts' London place of business was in St. Mary-axe, and there was also a concern in Liverpool, which was carried on by Francis Benjamin Schrader. The failure of this house brought dawn a large number of others, which have since either become hankrapt, or their affairs are in course of inspection or arrangement. Mr. Karslake, counsel, and Mr Murray, solicitor, appeared for the assignees. Mr. Watkin Williams and Mr. Linklater opposed. Mr. Lawrance and Mr. Lewis appeared for the bankrupts. Mr. Hart acted as accountant for creditors. The claims of unsecured creditors are £258,334 ; ditto secured, but leaving a balance procurable against the estate, £20,361 ; liabilities, £417,237 ; liabilities not expected to come against the estate, £92,631; profits, £149,030 ; drawings, &c., £32,407. On the credit side are the following items :—Balance at banker's clear, £1,330; bills receivable clear, £7,012 ; good debts, £38,792 ; doubtful, £66,666 ; property clear, £43,238 ; trade charges, £25,305 • losses on bad debts, £66,475 ; other losses, £271,357. The above figures apply t® a period of trading between Jannary 1857, and July 21, 1860, the date of the stoppage. The counsel for the assignees did not, as usual, make any opening statement, but the proceedings were opened by Mr. Karslake, who proceeded to examine the senior bankrupt, Thomas Laurence, who was at least three hours under examination. Mr. Linklater, at the close, declined to cross examine him until other witnesses were examined. The examination of Mr. Laurence on this occasion was conducted on behalf of the assignees, and by Mr. Williams on behalf of the London Join t-Stock Bank. Mr. Laurence, having• made the usual declara tion, deposed in substance as follows :—We were leather and hide factors. We bought hides on commission, and sold leather after it had been tanned. There were eleven firms at the time of the bankruptcy who did business with us. Witness stated the names oe the eleven firms, including. Smith, Patient, and Co., and Mr. Gibson, of Godal ming. They had been our correspondents for a great many years, some of them for 20 years. Mr. Baker was the oldest. Mr. Ryder, the last of the eleven; Mr. Mundy was also a correspondent; Mr. Smith (Smith, Patient, and Co.) was brother to Mrs. Mortimore. We bought hides and sold leather for the eleven persons I have named. The hides were generally paid for by their acceptances at four months. Mundy, one of the correspondents, at the time of the bankruptcy was indebted to me. The witness narrated the nature of his transactions with Mundy, going into a detail of figures of no public interest. Mindy accepted .bills which I drew for such portions of the price of the goods as he could not meet by sales of leather. Mundy, I should think, met bills to a considerable extent out of his own resources, but it is impossible for me at present to say to what extent. I ad vanced to Mundy £36,900 in 1.&37 to meet bills. Some acceptances which he could not meet when they became due. Our names were on the bills as drawers. The practice is a common prac tice in the trade. I cannot say off-hand what por tion he met out of his own resources. To Mr. ,Lawrance (solicitor)—The gross accept ances of Mundy were £70,800, of which I advanced £36,900. Mr. Karslake—Did Mundy, in point of fact, find a single shilling to meet those acceptances ? Bankrupt—Yes, many thousands. The tanners used to send me goods for sale. In 1857 1. sold only £6O worth of goods for Mundy, who sold his gods himself, being a merchant as well as a tanner. As a general rule, he sold his own goods himself. We never required more than Mundy's paper for any advance, and held no other. We never discounted bills with Mundy. In 1858 there may have been acceptances running of Mundy's £32,614. Mr. Karslake—But were there net ? Bankrupt—Recollect you are now examining me concerning £8,000,000 or £9,000,000 of money, and I cannot carry it all in my head. The balance over drawn by Mundy at the beginning of 1858 was between £7,000 and £B,OOO. In 1858 I advanced Mundy £63,492 for the same purpose in the same way as in 1857, in order to enable him to meet his acceptances. Bills were given him (£2,450) in place of cash ; 13,779 hides, sold leather, £12,885. Balance overdrawn at the end of 1558 was between £lO,OOO and £ll,OOO. Ile sent us no leather that year—we had only his acceptance, his name. In 1859 we advanced to him £90,259; we only sold £7O worth of goods for him that year (1859). Mundy had money whenever he wanted it. If Mundy wanted £1,500, his custom was, if he had £l,OOO in bills, to have such bills discounted and to come to us for the odd £5OO. Between January and June, 1860, there were acceptances of his running, £47,000, and we advanced to him £59,000. The balance overdrawn at the end of 1859 was £18,353, and Mr. Mundy failed in July last, but is not a bankrupt. The bill of Mundy were drawn upon us without reference to his indebtedness. Mr. Gibson, of Godalming, tan ner, who dealt with us, became a bankrupt in July last. 'We first became connected with him in business about twenty years ago. I was the executor of the late Mr. Nicholls, of Godal ming, and I sold him the tan-yard, letting him have the stock upon credit—he paying interest on the debt at the rate of four per cent. The bankrupt was then examined at great length touching a rather singular transaction. He admitted that in the books of his firm there had been made a transfer of £50,000 from one account to another account—in technical language, from the G to the D account (that is, general and discount accounts). 'Tice bankrupt, Mr. Laurence, further admitted that this had been done to conceal from the knowledge of the clerks of the firm the largeness of the amount of Smith, Patient, and Co.'s account, which was then about £70,000. Witness did not suggest the alteration, but the clerk who had it made. Witness was, however, cognisant of it. Smith, Patient, and Co. consigned very little leather to me. Tne eleven houses I have mentioned as having had transactions all have failed; some are bankrupt; some of their estates are being wound up under inspection. Ryder, one of them, was originally a clerk of mine at £lOO a year. He left me in 1856, and went to Paris, and started as a leather factor with a capi tal of £l,OOO advanced by me on a policy of insur ance on his life. Ho started in Paris in 1856. Ryder, at the bankruptcy, was indebted to us £10,197. There were bills running, besides £25,000 or £3o,ooo—bills drawn by Ryder, and accepted by us. In a single quarter (the first) he consigned to us £12,000 worth of French leather. He purchased leather with our. acceptances, and sent the leather to us for sale. Messrs. Rothschild introduced him to some large American houses. In the first quarter in the year 1856 the balance against him was £3,000 ; in 1857 the balance had increased against him to between £4,000 and £5,000. We had leather from him as against this balance. I can't say how much, for our stock was worth then £200,000, and I cannot remember comparatively small matters. The balance against Ryder was £10,197, against which we held some leather. There have been acceptances between ourselves and Ryder which did not represent value, but which were extin guished by remittances. That was and is the case with most tanners. Ho .drew upon us for amounts which were to be supplied by goods or cash. When acceptances were discounted by Ryder he sent us a portion of the proceeds now and then. I was the finarteial partner. When such moneys were received from Ryder they were placed to Ryder's credit. I should say in every instance—certainly there is no recent instance to the contrary. As to the Liverpool firm, Mr. Schrader was a partner there. Duplicate books were kept, but I have not looked at them for twelve months. Most things were paid for at Liverpool. Mr. Schrader had a brother George at Glasgow, a leather factor. Between March, 1858, and the bankruptcy, the Liverpool firm accepted bills for the Glasgow firm, but I am not aware that it was to the extent of £112,000. There were £13,000 of the bills remaining at the time of the bankruptcy. George Schrader set up business as a leather merchant, I believe, in 1854, having been formerly in the employment of Herbert Smith and Co. George Smith stopped payment, but has started in business again. I knew that accommo dation bills went on between the Liverpool house and the house of George Schrader of Glasgow, who did the same sort of business as we did. When Schrader of Liverpool bought leather of us he paid by acceptances. The accommodation acceptances commenced about the time of the panic. Accom modation was given to George Schrader at my suggestion. We discounted his bills which we gave to parties dealing with us in order to meet their engagements. The course was this. George Schrader drew bills; the Liverpool house accepted, and they were paid away to Mundy and others. This was to the extent of £12,000 and £13,000. We have discounted largely during the last few years 'with the eleven firms which I have yenned. The Bank or I , ,ngianti discounted for us, discoi-!nt houses applied to rs, and we obliged them with bills—(a laugh)—so with the London Discount Company, the City Bank, Currie and Co., Curteis and Co., London Joint Stock Bank„ Bank of Lon don, Overend and Co., 8:e. We .discounted with those houses the paper of the eleven firms I have named. None of the discount houses had more of the bills for discount than I thought they would wish. The Warwick Ban k also asked for our bills to discount. The rate of discount was generally 3 or 31 per cent. We charged 5 per cent. The difference of the bills were paid us over profit. Some of the first houses ins the kingdom which have not failed have paid us large sums for the accommodation. The London •tanners did not consign much to us, but chiefly the cc , untry tanners ; they kept travellers. The names of the eleven houses were Messrs. Baker, Clarke, Gibson, Draper, Mortimore, Mundy, Waring, Ryder, and three others. I principally banked at the London Joint Stock Bank. We were partly its founders. Mr. Mortimore now holds 500 shares in the London Joint Stock Bank. The bills discounted there were the ordinary trade bills. Customers' bills some times turned out bad, but we took them up at once. Up to the last moment we were in the highest credit in the City of London. The bills were given for value. Many of those bills were drawn to raise money in order to meet prior liabilities. We looked upon those as ordinary trade bills. During the last 15 years we have been cEscounting such bills at the London Joint Stock Bank. Many of the houses must have stopped but for our help ; but they would have had ample stock to pay for everything—so I once thought. Had they stopped we might have been called upon to take up their acceptances. The fact is, some of those firms have turned oat as not able to meet their liabilities, but we did not know it. Since the panic Ido not know that the amount of paper was increasing, whilst the transactions for actual value was diminished. That might have been the case with some houses. I was present at a meeting of creditors in July, to discuss the state• of our affairs. The representatives of the London Joint Stock Bank, the National Discount Bank, &c., were there. I do not know whether the assistance I gave to other houses was discussed. I beiieve it was discussed. I asked for assistance to the amount of £300,000. lam not aware that I said for many years that but for the assistance I gave to other houses they muot have come down. I do not recollect I said that but for my financial inge nuity my house must have fallen down. Ido not recollect having said so of mf house. I might have said so as to other houses: 1 gave them to under stand that I had assisted those other houses, and that but for such assistance they .must have fallen. I had some conversation with Mr. 11.1‘Tienna, of the National Bank, and I told him I believed our house was solvent. I believe that was on the Wed- nesday or Thursday before our stoppage. I have no recollection that I told Mr. Nl.Kenna, Smith and Patient's bills were accommodation bills. I believe I did not say so. I would not have told an untruth. To the best of my belief I did not say so. As to discount, I was never told I had left too many bills with any one discount house. I have avoided leaving too many bills for discount at the same house, but I have had bills discounted with a discount house to-day, though there were other bills of that same house falling due on the morrow. No discount house ever complained of a glut of bills. I do not know that I was too much of a financier not to manage better. I had no trouble whatever, for the discount houses were glad to get the bills. The examination of this witness here terminated, his cross•examination being reserved by Mr. Link later. Mr. Thomas examined—l was bookkeeper to the bankrupts about ten years—about three years in Liverpool and seven in London. Schrader managed the Liverpool house, of which I know nothin g beyond the duplicate books, which were sent up from time to time: My duties were confined to the books. I gave directions regarding the entry of Smith, Patient, and Co., I believe on the day in which it was made. It was not made at a later date than appears in the books. I directed one of the clerks to make the entry. I should say I gave him instructions to make the entry on the day it bears date. The entry takes its origin from a little book called " the transfer book." The transfer book, generally speaking, bears no dates. Ido not call this a fictitious entry, but it was an exceptional case. I suggested to Mr. Laurence to make the entry before it was made. The entry was made to divide the account. The balance was very large of Smith and Patient, £70,000, and we opened another account. to make it appear less. The new account v, as opened as for the executors of I. H. Smith, £50,000. The £50,000 had no existence whatever as regards the executors of Smith. The £50,000 was to the debit of the executors. A clerk not knowing how the matter stood would suppose £50,000 had been wiped off. It was done because the balance looked so large, £73,ooo—it was done to liquidate balance on the face of the books. By this the balance of Smith would appear to be only £23,000 instead of £73,000. The suggestion as to the transfer of the accounts was made by me. This witness was cross-examined at considerable length. Believed it was within 18 months that Mr. Laurence spoke to him of the largeness of Messrs. Smith and Patient's account. I mentioned to him that it was increasing and that we ought to have more control over it. He said that account was in a manner locked up with book-debts and stock, which could not be sold or realised. Mr. Laurence said there was no prospect of immediate reduction. I thought the result of the account would be doubtful, but my doubts did not increase since January, 1859. I understood they were get ting rid of their liabilities in other quarters, and then I thought that Messrs. Smith, Patient, and Smith would address themselves to the reduction of our account. I believe I recommended Mr. Laurence to look into Messrs. Smith and Patient's account about January, 1859, and frequently since. Mr. Laurence said he had had an interview with them, but he did not tell me that he looked into their affairs. I understood that he took Messrs. Smith and Patient's version of the matter. He said he endeavoured to persuade them to reduce their account. He did not say he thought there would be a loss of £30,000 or £40,000; but I came to the conclusion in this year there would be a loss by this account of £40,000. In January, 1859, I thought there would be a loss of £15,000 or £20,000. Probably I told Mr. Laurence I thought there would be a loss by Messrs. Smith, Patient, and Co., but I have doubts that I did so. Mr. Henry Smith, of the firm of Smith, Patient, and Co., died in 1859. I then recommended Mr. Laurence to diminish the account, and Messrs. Laurence and Mortimore might have told me that if they did not assist them Messrs. Smith, Patient, and Smith must have stopped. Their stoppage would have affected a house of our standing. Their stoppage would have probably brought us down. I always, however, understood the private property of the firm, and £30,000 or £40,000 a year profits, would fill up any gap and prevent our stoppage. I may have had a conversation with Laurence about the state of Gibson's account, but only a passing observation. As to Smith and Patient's account, I only did my duty by mentioning the largeness of their account. Mr. Laurence made the arrange ments for meeting engagements in which he was constantly engaged. I arranged with Laurence in what channels the bills should go for discount. I said it would not do to send certain bills to certain houses which had a good many of the same. The bills were divided by us among the discount houses and banks. We had apprehensions about June, 1860, as to Gibson's position. Mr. Laurence told me we must try to get Gibson's account reduced. I did not in June estimate the loss by Gibson, but as a creditor of Gibson's • insisted upon getting Measrs. Laurence and Co.'ii note of hand for £lO,OOO as security for Gibson's debt, my suspicions were excited as to them. We paid money three or four times into Jones Loyd to Gibson's account, but not in Gibson's name. I cannot say in what name, in any name. It was a fictitious name, The name of Henderson was used, I cannot call to mind any other. There were only three or four such trans actions. I paid in one sum to Messrs. Jones Loyd for Gibson in a fictitious name. I believe I did it without directions. Mr. Laurence suggested it would be better to pay in the money by some other name. The reason we did so was because we did not wish Messrs. Mellersh, Gibson's bankers at Godalming, to know that the money for Gibson's help came from us. Mr.Le Mark, another clerk,might the storm. : have paid in such money. I am, of course, aware " the manner of keeping the ball rollin g." I do not know of any mode resorted to b y M essrs. Lau rence and Co. of raising the w ind or q uel ling h storm. (Laughter.) Messrs. Cobb and C o . o f Lime-street, hide merchants, dealt with our house, In December, 1856, Messrs. Cobb and Co. were debtors to Messrs. Laurence, Streatfeild, and Co. to the amount of £16,600, including acceptances of Streatfeild and outstanding.Coiv.eni.:ltoo,Coooobbanaco. on aeee T e h n e t acce pt an ces were g of the purchase of hides. We accepted bills for Messrs. Cobb and Co. during the year 1857, so that the balance was £28,000. Cobb and Co. are now creditors to a large amount. I do not think bills were accepted by Cobb and Co., drawn by Streat feild and Co., for the purpose of handing the pro ceeds of the discount to Streatfeild and Co. As to Herbert Smith, Mr. Laurence always told me that he was a solvent man, that there was a mine of his worth £16,000, Smith used to arrange with Lau rence where to get his paper discounted. an cross-e xamination anadou o r f n t m h e i n s t w o i r t d n e e r s e s d w . as here discontinued, The d An expression was given by the Commissioner to a wish that thepresent examination of Mr. Laurence must be taken as ex parte. Me. Law-ranee (solicitor) said hie el:t nt aveaid be able to give satisfactory explanations of every matter that appeared in the least degree doubtful. Adjourned accordingly. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. NEW RAILWAY BILLS. The notices •of application to Parliament for Rail way Bills in thie ensuing session are very numerous. Up to the present time notices for about 260 Rail way Bills have been given. The proposed lines are comparatively short, and chiefly for the purpose of shortening through routes, improving communica tions between existing railways, and for affording accommodation to local traffic in places much in want of railway communication. Powers to enlarge station accommodation, and for entering into traffic and other arrangements with other companies, are announced in a great number of the notices. There are three or four notices of application for bills to authorise amalgamation, the principal ones being for the amalgamation of the Caledonian, the Edin burgh and Glasgow, and the Scottish Central Rail way Companies ; and the North Eastern and the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway Companies. There is also a bill for authorising traffic arrangements between the London and North Western, the Great Northern, and the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lin colnshire, for the mutual benefit of those companies. The metropolis comes in for more than its usual share of proposed railway accommodation. The application for the Thames Embankment and Rail. way, between Westminster and Blackfriars bridges, has been renewed. The Metropolitan line is pro posed to be extended to Finsbury-circus on the east, and from Paddington to Bayswater, Notting-hill, Kensington, and Hammersmith on the west. The North London Railway is proposed to be extended from Kingsland to Liverpool-street, in the city ; and thence, via Houndsditch and the Minories, to the Haydon-square depot, and to the Thames near St. Katharine's Doc'ks. The Eastern Counties Railway , is proposed to be extended from Shoreditch to Fins bury-circus or London-wall. It is also proposed in the notices to form a line of railway from Cannon street, city, to the Charing-cross Railway in South wark. The Regent's Canal Company propose to have a railway constructed along the side of their canal from Camden-town to Limehouse, with branches to the Lone.on and North Western, the North London, the Metropolitan, and the Eastern Counties Railways. Notices of application for bills have been given for proposed lines from the Eastern Counties Railway at Tottenham to the Great Northern at Horrisey, and to the Hampstead Junc tion line in the parish of St. Pancras; also for a line from the Eastern Counties Railway, near where it passes over the river Lea, to the Great Northern Railway at Wood-green, with a probable intention of extending it in the same direction to accommo date the traffic of Muswell-hill and Finchley. Lines of railway are also proposed from Edgware to Highgate, and to the Great Northern at Hornsey, and from Willesden to Finchley and Barnet. The desire for railway accommodation in the suburban districts of the metropolis is now, perhaps, greater than ever ; but it is a question for Parliament to decide whether the projects now proposed are the bes't that can be devised for the districts intended to be served. COUNTRY MARKETS. SHEFFIELD—Nov. 27. Owing to the annual fair being held the amount of busi ness done was small. The best dry samples realised late prices. Inferior a slow sale, at 6d to is per load decline on last week's quotations. Barley plentiful, and rather easier. In other articles no change. Red wheat, per load. of 3 imperial bushels 24s Od to 28s Od White I , t) 2ss Od to 28 s Si New red , )1 , 2os Od to 25 s Od New white ~ ft 24s Od to 26s Od Beans lf If 2os Od to ~.,9 2 s Od Peas, per qr 54s Od t0'558 Od Grinding barley, per qr. 33s Od to 35s Od Malting ditto, „ 3ss Od to 43s Od Oats t, 2ss 6d to 34s Od Millers' prices for flour-2s 3d, 2s sd, and 2s 7d per 141 b. . HULL—Nov. 28. At to-day's market the attendance was again thin, and the business doing in wheat was at 2s to 3s below late currencies. The English wheat was of inferior quality. Malting and grinding barley 6d to is cheaper. Oats, peas, and beaus were in slow request. Linseed cake and other feeding stuffs easier to buy. Wheat.... Old white per qr. . (Gs ed to 71s Od Old red II New whito .. 77 New red .... „ Dantzic, Konb , &c. old white 62s Od to 66s Od Dutch, Belgian, and French., 60s Od to 62s Od Baltic and Hamburg, red 6os Od to 62s Od St. Petersburg and Riga, ol s2s Od to 55s Od Barley.... English malting 4ls Od to 43s Od Grinding 34s Od to 36s Od Saal and Oderbruck . _ . _ _ Holstein and Danish 3Bs Od to iofi Od Grinding Oats English, old Archangel and Riga, per st Os 14d to 141 d Friesland and Dutch OsHid to oslsd Swedish and Danish oBl4d to osl4fd Beans ....English, old, per qr. 749 s Od to 51s Od New pigeon 44s Od to 45s Od New tick. 43s Od to 44s 0(1 Egyptian Peas .. Foreign breakers Grinding Tares .... Spring. —s Od to —s Od Indian Corn Linseed, feeding crushing Linseed cakes (Hull) £lo 10 0 to £lO 15 0 Foreign BlO oto 9 0 0 Rape cakes 5lO oto 6 0 0 Bones NEWARK—Nov. 28. To -day the show of wheat from the growers was an average one, and for the best dry sorts late prices were obtained, but business was flat. Barley' was a fair show, at late rates. Old oats steady, and new cheaper. Beans in good request, at full prices. Peas unaltered. White wheat, new, 58s to 75s Barley, grinding.. 32s to 36s Red do. s2s to 68s Oats, old, .. 33s to 38s Old white s7s to 75s New do 24s to 27s Red do.. 52s to 65s 1 Beans. 54a to 58s Barley, malting.... 38s to 44s I Beans, new 50a to 52s Peas, .... 43s to 60s. ET—Nov. 28. ; the close of the market,. Walls End. COAL MAR frrices of Coal per Ton a' d. Walker Primrose 17 0 a. Bate's West Hartley 18 0 I Hough Hall 21 6 Carway and :Duffryn. Malting 23 6 Walls End. Hedley 20 0I Ships at marke ;t, 14; sold, 14. TILE MAILS. MAILS DUE. Australia, Ceylen, and. Mauritius (via. South ampton) ..• Dec. 19. Do. (via Marseilles) Dec. 13. Brazil and Cape Verds • . Dec- 5 . Buenos Ayres, Monte Video, &c. Nov. —. Bahamas and Havana (via New York).. .. Nov Canada, &c. (via Galway) " Overdue. Cape of Good Hope. &c. .. Dec. 2. China, Penang, and Singapore (via S'anipton) Dec. 2. Do. (via. Marseilles) Nov. 26. . Gibraltar (via Southampton) Overdue. India (Calcutta), Ceylon, &c. (via Southampton) Dec. 2. Do. (via Marseilles) Nov. 26. India (Bombay), (via Southampton) • . • . Nov. 25. . Do. (via Marseilles) .• • . Dec. 5. Lisbon .. .. • • • • • • .. Dec. Cuba and Mexico :: •• • • • • • • Nov. 28. (via Marseilles) .. N ov. 26. Malta, Egybt o ,.and Aden (via Southampton) .. O ver d ue. Vigo, and Oporto • • . • • • • .. .. Dec. L United States, California, &C. .. .. .. Nov. 28. Western Coast of AtFlea , Madeira, Teneriffe .. Dec. 10. West Indies and Pacific, Cartbagena, Cuba, &c. Nov. 28. (ADVERTISE MENT. ) — HoIIoway's Ointment.—Diseases of Children.—Scarlatina, diptheria, hooping-cough, hoarse ness, and enlarged gland s may bo certainly and perma nently cured by rubbing in Holloway's inestimable oint ment without the administration of any medicine inter nally. In childhood this is a matter of moment, as the vexation and irritation produced by forcing medicine upon a perverse child has a most injurious effect ; sometimes the dread causes convulsions, it always increases the fever and restlessness. Holloway's ointment, on the contrary, may be rubbed with impunity over the affected part without annoying the most sensitive child. This ointment is, in deed, a boon to mothers and nurses for safely conducting their dangerous infantile disorders which frequently en feeble the frame if they do not destroy it. BIRTHS. AD E..—On the 23d Oct., at Madras, the wife of Lieut.- Col. Adye, C. 8., of a daughter. ANSTRUTHER.—On the 27th inst., at 2t, Onslow-square, the wife of Captain R. Anstruther, Grenadier Guards, of a son. OCHTERLONY.—On the 22d inst., at St. Andrew's, N. 8., the wife of Sir Charles M. Ochterlony, Bart., of a son, stillborn. MARRIAGES. DUKE —AIEDLYcoTT.---On. the 27th inst., at Milborne Port, Somerset, the Rev. Edward Duke. of Lake House, Wiltshire, to Jane Mervyn, third daughter of Sir W. C. Medlycott, Bart., of Ven, Somerset. JERMYN—FREEMAN.—On the 27th inst., at St. Maryle bone, Rowland F. Jermyn, Esq., to Ann Bates, young. est daughter of the late J. F. Freeman, Esq., of Stow market, Suffolk. DEATHS. BAYLY.—On the 26th inst., the Rev. William Goodenough Bayly, D.C.L., vicar of Fittleworth, aged 55. BRIGENSHAW.—On the 27th inst., at Untercombe Cot tage, Burnham, Bucks, Mr. W. Davis Brigenshaw, late of Amerden Farm, aged 70. TRIMLESTCYWN.—On the 25th inst., at Stanton Lacy Houso. Ludlow, Alicia, Dowager Lady Trimlestown, aged 87. URQUHART.—On the 24th 4nst., at Edinburgh, Adam Urquhart, Esq., advocate, Sheriff of the county of Wig ton. 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