The Sun. — London, England, 1859-11-19 00:00:00

COLONEL WILFORD ON RIFLES AND RIFLE PRACTICE. Last night Colonel Wilford, Assistant Command ant and Chief Instructor of the Governnent School Of Musketry 'at Hythe, delivered an interesting lecture in the Theatre of the United Service Insti tution, Whitehall-yard, on rifles and rifle practice. tord Elcho, M.P., presided. The lecture was nu merously attended. Among the visitors were the Earl of Lichfield, Lord West, Colonel Leftoy, Sir John Anson, Mr. Alcock, M.P., Hon. Augustus Vernon, MrHastings Russell, MT., Col. Alcock, Captain Adam Gladstone, &c. Colonel 'WILFORD, who was warmly -received, introduced the subject of his lecture by a brief glance at the history and construction of firearms. Rifles were first mentioned at a target practice at Hamburg,' in 1498. They were described as muskets with a grooved inner surface ; and from that day to the present rifle-matches had existed in Germany. The rifle was first employed by the Jagers, who carried them for the destruction of game that required to be shot by ball, while in England and France gamekeepers had no such game to bring down. The Austrians did not at first train riflemen, for they found them ready made to their hands among the Jagers. Frederick the Great, in order to meet the Austrian aamy on equal terms, was obliged to employ riflemen. They re mained unknown among English troops until the necessity for them was called forth by the war of American independence. The rifle was necessary to the existence of the backwoodsmen, and when they had the advantage of cover our troops could not stand before them. England was at first obliged to go to Hesse, to Hanover , and to Denmark for riflemen to bring against the Americans ; and in 1794 the Government established the 60th battalion of Rifles, which was called the Royal American Regiment. Our first riflemen carried a mallet, with which to hammer down the ball ; and the rifleman was so long in loading that it was ne cessary the red coats should be near that he might take refuge behind them while he loaded. The Duke of Richmond once said that in the Peninsular war our riflemen were supplied with tight-fitting bullets -that would kill and plenty of small ones that would miss, in order that they might have the pleasure of shooting off. (A laugh.) It was at length discovered that the musket supplied to the English infantry .was the worst in Europe—the heaviest, the shortest, requiring the largest ball, the greatest charge of powder, having the greatest windage, the shortest range, and the least accuracy. (Laughter.) It showed what the English soldier must be when he could gain such splendid victories with Brown Bess. (Applause.) The Caffre war was irksome and in glorious, and public attention became attracted to _the shortcomings of our firearms. Gen. Cathcart was sent out to the Cape with a carte blanche, and what did he ask for P He said to the Government at home, " Send me out 4,030 Swiss." He wanted sol diers who could hit small objects at long ranges. Brown Bess was clearly unable to bring the war to a close, for it was upon record that one morning 80,000 rounds of ball cartridge were fired, and only 25 Caffres were bagged. George IV. was very anxi ous that the cuirass should be adopted in the British army, and that experiments should be tried to show whether it would resist a bullet. A cuirass was ac cordingly fixed upon a pole and Brown Bess was set to work at it, with the advantage of a " rest." The experiment would have been very satisfactory, only none of the balls could be persuaded to hit the cuirass. (A laugh.) At last an officer put a mus ket to his shoulder, and by great good luck hit the cuirass, when the ball, of course, went through it. He believed that a man might sit in a chair, at 200 yards, and let a man blaze away at him all day with Brown Bess, with one condition only, that the shooter should be bound upon his honour to aim at the mark. (A laugh.) A general officer told him that in Spain, being charged with the defence of a breastwork thrown up in a hurry, with a very few soldiers, the order was given to them to fire as rapidly as possible, not in the hope or intention of hitting anybody, but to make the enemy think they were stronger than they actually were. Fir ing to " make the enemy think ! " Contrast this with what took place during the mutiny at Cawn pore. An officer in command of his company was attacked by some sowars (irregular native cavalry). He formed his men into two lines, made both kneel, and at the word " Fire! " 69 dragoons fell to the ground like a wall. (Applause.) One man alone escaped the fire, seeing which a soldier came to the front, fired, and brought the sowar from his horse at a distance of 300 yards. That was the way to " make an enemy think." (Applause.) Our troops were now all armed with the Enfield rifle, which was the best rifle made which, in similar numbers, had been placed in the hands of any army. By contrast and comparison with Brown Bess it was a weapon of transcendant value and superiority. Upon the beach ati / Hythe one day, when Sir John Burgoyne was present, a target was put up, Sit. by 61%., upon which was outlined the figure of a man on horsebask. A detachment of 32 men were formed in line at 600 yards distance, who lodged three balls in the horse and two in the man before an officer could gst a glass to his eye. Sir John Burgoyne, when he saw this, exclaimed " No dra goon cau stand before you, and no artillery can stand before you unless it is protected." But a new gun required a new man. Men must be taught to shoot as they were trained in any other skilled call ing. What was wanted was that all the men in a regiment should be taught to shoot as all the dra goons in a regiment were taught to ride. In the Government School of Musketry shooting was taught as a drill, without ball at all. The gallant colonel then entered into a technical description of " aiming drill" and "position drill," and strongly insisted upon the necessity of commencing rifle practice by snapping caps and firing blank cartridge. To begin with firing ball cartridge was fatal. The volun teer who did so would never become a good shot, for he would only perpetuate his errors. If there were any sportsmen who wanted to improve their shoot ing, let them go through a course of "position drill," then let them fire blank cartridges at swallows or other small birds, and he would promise them that when the Ist of September came round they would fire half as well again. (Applause.) He had never fired a ball until he was 56 years of age, and for a long time he could not get into the first class. He used to miss 18 shots out of 20, but he persevered, and one day he got 19 points iu the first class (650 to 900 yards). The next drill was " aiming drill." The eye might be strengthened by exercise, and it was desirable to shoot at smaller objects than a rifle man would ordinarily require to hit. " Aiming drill" at 800 yards with blank cartridge was excellent training. The ball cartridge merely gave you the power to find out if you could shoot, and what pro gress you were making. With this exception marksmen learned nothing with ball cartridge. An important part of a rifleman's training was the abi lity to judge distances. It was not at first easy, but it could be learnt. There were certain distances at which horses seemed to have no ears—when flesh could not be discerned, when men seemed to have no necks, when cannon-wheels had no spokes, and when all horses seemed to be of one colour. Savages could judge of distances with great accuracy, and the fa culty only required to be cultivated. The gallant colonel then proceeded to explain by means of dia grams the line of sight, the line of fire, and the tra 4ectory of the Enfield rifle. The whole difficulty in firing bullets was that they were always travel ling through the air at a curve, so that at long ranges it was necessary literally to drop them on a man's head. (A laugh.) Armed with the Enfield rifle, no infantry soldiers ever need form a square to resist cavalry, unless surprised. The cavalry might come down upon them, but not a man would escape the aim of their rifles. They talked of the " common soldier," but we did net want the " com mon soldier" in these days. What was wanted was a taught, educated, and trained man. (Applause) Some persons said that a range of 400 yards was long enough for the bulk of our troops, but if one soldier had a gun that would kill at 1,000 yards the man whose rifle would only carry 400 yards would not be abl.e to get a single shot at his enemy. The only limit to the range of a gun was the power of the human eye. You might get a longer range by increasing the charge of powder and the weight of the gun, but the rifle then kicked, and where the recoil was great there was an end of accurate shoot ing. The weight of the gun was also an important consideration, for an infantry soldier required a weapon that he could carry in a 25 miles' march and fight with afterwards. How, then, was a long range to be obtained i ) The resistance of the air to any object in motion was in proportion to the mag nitude of its surface. In artillery th e 681 b. b a ll, with a ch arge of 10 . 1 b. of powder, was at present the most accurate of aim, but in firearms the whole secret of e x t en di ng the range was in narrowing the hore. The 'Whitworth riffwas constructed on thi s principle, and at 900 yards range the bullet from this rifle was going. three times as fast as the Enfield. The greater the elevation a rifle required the more skill was wanted to drop the bullet down just where it would hit. It followed that the worse a soldier was the better his gun ought to be, and that the best guns ought to be given to the worst shots. Firing with the Enfield rifle at 800 or 900 yards he often missed the target twice out of five, and some times four times out of five, but with the Whitworth rifle he could hit it directly. Mr. Whitworth's rifle possessed the very great advantage of having a low trajectory, and the Enfield - rifle the disadvantage of having a very high one. Now, it might be laid down as a rule in rifle shooting that the certainty of hit ting was just in proportion to the lowness of the angle of elevation. Lord Eeeito begged pardon for interrupting the [pliant colonel, but he should be glad to know the difference in the trajectory of the Whitworth and Enfield rifles. Col. WILFORD was sorry he could not answer the question. He had heard that the trajectory in the Swiss Federal rifle was very low. Perhaps it would be more correct to say that the improvements made of late years in the rifle was not so much in the barrel as in the ball. He came there to assure them that accurate shooting could be acquired after a little drill, in a pleasureable manner, if they would only go to work in the same painstaking way as the volunteers who had recently been at Hythe. (Applause.) Had England as a nation nothing to defend ? Had we not an excellent Sovereign, a glorious Constitution, an open Bible, free thoughts, and a free press ? (Applause.) Was it not a coun try in which no passports were required, and in which every man's cottage was his castle ? With such liberties and wealth to defend, the Volunteer Rifle Corps must become a national institution. It was not a thing of to-day or to-morrow, and he would have nothing to do with the movement if he did not think that our grandchildren would main tain it. Our soil had been unpolluted by the foot of an invader for 800 years, and in the words of Lord Brougham he would make it an impossibility for an enemy to invade us. (Applause.) If they made the attempt and succeeded in landing, the riflemen in our hedges would, under the blessing of God, prove the salvation of our land. (Applause.) Let the men of England rally round the Queen, that she might remain the monarch of a free and united people, a " terror to evildoers, and the praise of them that do well." Most heartily did he say to the volunteers ofEngland, the members of the true Peace League, " I wish you good luck in the name of the Lord." (The gallant colonel resumed his seat amid a loud and long-continued burst of applause.) Lord Emil°, having borne testimony to the great attention which Major-General Hay and every offi cer of the Staff at Hythe had shown to the Volun. teers, passed a high encomium upon Col. Wilford for the pleasing and agreeable manner in which he had discharged the duty of instructing the volun teers in the theory of rifle shooting. He wished to express the thanks which he was sure every one present must desire to tender to Col. Wilford for his most interesting and instructive lecture. (Ap plause.) On some future occasion he trusted that the gallant colonel would consent to address a larger audience in a more capacious building on the same subject. Col. WILFORD, in acknowledging the compli ment, said that nothing could be better than the eonduct of the volunteers who hod just gone through their course of instruction at Hythe The manly conduct of Lord Elcho had procured for him the esteem of every one there. (Applause.) The meeting then broke up. GO,SSIP FROM BONE. A letter from Rome dated Nov. 8, says,—The stormy weather which has displayed itself with such violence in the northern seas has visited the Mediterranean also, and will, I fear, have delayed the arrival of my letter of the 29th ult., as the French postal steamer Philippe Auguste, which should have called at Civita Vecchia on the follow ing morning for the mails and passengers, continued her course direct for Marseilles without venturing to encounter the somewhat dangerous entrance of the port. Two English sailing vessels, however, whose captains were probably made of " sterner stuff" than the French commander, entered the harbour boldly and successfully the same morning with cargoes of salt cod for the recreation of the more scrupulous observers of fasts among his Holi ness's subjects. The Philippe Auguste gained no thing by her caution, as after beating about from Sunday to Wednesday, the 2dNov., she was obliged to put into Leghorn, whence, on the following day, she pursued her voyage, coastwise, to Marseilles, resolved to avoid the further fury of the open seas. The Durance, French screw-steamer, was indeed kept in durance at Leghorn by stress of weather, having made several fruitless attempts on the same day to continue her course towards Civita Vecchia. This vessel having been struck by a heavy sea which injured her machinery and swept overboard two unfortunate deck passengers, was obliged to return into the port of Leghorn. 'We are still in the inidstof contradictory rumours with regard to the Pope's intentionsrespecting the future rate of his dominions, but the last version is that he is disposed to accept the conditions hinted at in Napoleon's letter to Victor Emmanuel, per haps anticipating that difficulties will be raised this time by Victor Emmanuel himself, whose obli gations contracted towards the people of Italy counterbalance those contracted by Napoleon at Villafranca._ At any rate, propositions pending have the effect of preventing any immediate effu sion of blood in the Legations ; and it is to be hoped that the supplies of lint, bandages, medi cines surgeons, and sisters of charity, recently for warded to the head-quarters of the Papal army in expectation of an immediate exgagement, will not be required by the foreign or indigenous supporters of the Papal throne. Apropos of supporters of the Papal throne, the recently augmented palatine guard, consisting of Roman shopkeepers . and masters of tratles, selected from the most zealous partisans of the present Go vernment, made its first public appearance on the festival of San Carlo, when his Holiness repaired in state to the chuch dedicated to that saint, in grand gala. His reception by the people was an entirely silent one—so much so, indeed, as appa rently to confirm the previous report that a silent and chilling demonstration had been contemplated; but there were few spectators to make any demon- utration either of one kind or another. The same varying reports which alternately affirm and deny the Pope's pliability to the wishes and suggestions of the French Emperor alternately state and contradict the proximate departure from Rome of the French garrison. On this head I can merely repeat to you the conviction ofseveral French officers of high standing here—namely, that there is no probability of the French troops being with drawn for the present ; and that there is every pro bability of their occupying the same position a year hence that they do at the present moment. Mr. A. IL Layard, who is upon intimate terms with Cardinal Antonelli, is stated, before his de parture for Florence, to have given valuable advice to his Eminence with regard to the most judicious course to be steered by the oft-mentioned " mystic barque" in the present emergency ; but his Emi nence's political opinions are of so decided a calibre that they will hardly be influenced by any con trary counsels. In the present state of the Italian difficulty every delay is looked upon as a gain by the partisans of the old reynne, who affirm that with the mere condition of a little time everything will return to its former state; and that the riffino. of Austrian cannon is synonymous with the restora tion of Italian legitimacy. Nor is it supposed by politicians of the same class that the forces of Ro magna will hold together so long as to be able to resist some not very distant onslaught of his Holi ness's cosmopolitan warriors at the. Cattolica, aided by the disembarkation, at Rimini, of the Neapoli tan army, now collected for that purpose in the province of Aquilla, and a simultaneous invasion of his hereditary States by the Duke of Modena with his Austro-Estense army, concerning the existence or non-existence of which so much has been said. I do not put forward those contingencies as likely to happen, but merely in elucidation of th e means proposed by the partisans of a vi et armis restoration of Papal and Ducal despotism in the Italian peninsula, Meanwhile the trading and artistical portions of the Roman community are dismayed at the slowness of arrivals in the Eternal City. The hesitation displayed by wealthy fo reigners in venturing to fix their winter residence in this city occasions serious loss to the numerous classes who have looked forward to the winter sea son for the acquisition of their usual annual re sources, and they are the more mortified because the perfect tranquillity of Rome, where the decision of political events is looked for from abroad, and the presence of the French army, itself a guarantee of public tranquillity, might well suffice to inspire the most timid with confidence. The Duke do Grammont is still anxious for the recovery of his eldest child, a fine boy eight or nine years old, and fond of active games, during the prosecution of which in the duke's presence he had a very severe fall, in the grounds of their villa at Frascati, some days ago, which fractured his arm at the elbow in a manner which has hitherto proved beyond the skill of the surgeons to reduce, especially as inflammation has set in during the period neces sary to convey the child from Frascati to Rome. COUNT CAVOUR'S OPINION OF GREAT BRITAIN. —Not long since, M. do Cavour said to a personal friend : " England's supremacy is a necessity for the world ; Eng land represents the one great principle of abstract freedom ; it it were possible that she could be worsted in a struggle with France, no freeborn man would anylonger be in safety on the entire continent of Europe." 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The Ointment rubbed in the part affected enters the pores just as salt enters meat, and not only gets rid of the local evil, but penetrates to the source of it, and drives it from the system, THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 19, 1859. BRIBERY A.T NORWICIL-EXTRAOR. DINARY PROCEEDINGS. NORWICH, Nov. 18. Proceedings of great importance have com menced here in reference to an alleged attempt to corrupt- a town councillor (Mr. Joel Fox) on the 9th of November last, by the offer to him of £5OO to induce him to vote for eight Tory aldermen. A charge has been preferred against Mr. Albert J. Collins, a solicitor in the town, of conspiring with Mr. Henry Croxford and others to corrupt Mr. Fox as stated. The case has already been part heard ; and on the resumption of the inquiry Mr. Power, Q.C., appeared on the part of the prosecution, and Mr. Sergeant Ballantine for the defence. Mr. Fox was recalled, with a view to a cross examination. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine objected to his stating anything said to him by Mr. Croxford in the ab sence of Mr. Collins, as anything uttered under such circumstances could not be evidence against his client. The magistrates, after deliberating in private, decided that questions only should be put bringing out the alleged act done. Mr. Fox then proceeded to state that on the 9th of Novdmber he met Mr. Croxford at the Hop-Pole Gardens, and after having some conversation with him he proceeded to his house, where he was offered £5OO, in three £lOO and four £5O Bank of Eng land notes, to vote for eight Tory aldermen. He said to Mr. Croxford that he must have the halves of the three £lOO notes and the numbers of the four 50's. Mr. Croxford left the house and was absent about seven minutes ; when he returned he said, " I have consulted Mr. Collins"-- Mr. Sergeant Ballantine—No ; hold your tongue, Mr. Joel. (Laughter.) MP. Power—l am afraid that is what my friend has come down for. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine—He will wish to hold his tongue before I have done with him. (Great laughter.) Witness—After he said something to me he gave me three halves of the £lOO notes, and I took the numbers of the other four. They were given me to vote for eight Tory aldermen. Mr. Hitchman, chief constable of Norwich, pro duced a sealed packet containing halves of three £lOO notes, and also a memorandum purporting to be the numbers of others. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine objected to the reception of evidence in reference to the numbers of the notes. Secondary evidence was inadmissible as long as primary evidence could be obtained. The magistrates decided by a majority of ten to nine to receive evidence on the subject. Mr. Power said Mr. Croxfoid had absconded, and although photographic portraits of him had been circulated all over the kingdom, he could not be found. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine said if his learned friend had mentioned this before he probably should not have made the objection. (Laughter.) Mr. Fox having been handed the memorandum, said it contained the number of the notes which he had taken down. They were 2,759, 27,588, 27,587, and 27,589. Mr. Power—lt seems to me that yon have left an 0 out as regards the first note. Witness—After I had received the three halves and taken the numbers I went home and cleaned myself, and then went to the Council Chamber. I took Ely seat on the Liberal side of the of the cil, and produced the three £lOO notes, mak ing also a statement with reference to the £5O notes. I did not vote for the eight Conservative aldermen, but for eight Liberals. _ _By Mr. Sergeant Ballantine—l am a true Liberal. My name is Joel Fox. I never had any other names. By trade I am a farrier. I am a native of Germany, but I have lived in England nearly 30 years. I have not been unfortunate in Norwich. I shall not answer the question. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine—You must answer a good many things before I have done. Have you been in difficulties ? Witness—l shall not answer the question. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine—Have you been: a bankrupt ? Witness—Never. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine—Have you compounded with your creditors ? Witness—No, sir. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine—•Never ? Witness—l shall not answer the question. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine—Three or four times ? Witness—No, sir; not once according to my belief. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine—Do . you mean you don't know ? Witness—Yes, I do know. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine—You didn't do all this of your own accord, did you? Witness—No, sir. Mr. Sergeant' Ballantine—Who arranged with you this plant upon Croxford? Witness—There was no arrangement made. I named it to a certain party—Mr. Wilde. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine—What Mr. Wilde is that? Mr. Wilde " No. 1 ? William the First ? (Laughter.) Witness—Yes. I believe him to be a very re spectable man. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine—What is ho besides being respectable? Witness—l can't say what he is. I cay he is a respectable man. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine—What is he besides being respectable ? Witness—Well, he is an auctioneer, of my poli tics, pure Whig. I named this matter to him first on the Sunday morning before the 9th of Novem ber. I went to Mr. Wilde at his own house, and told him the temptation which was held out. I said to him, " I believe they are trying all they can do to do something." Mr. Sergeant Ballantine—And it was agreed that you should take the money, with the view of taking in Croxford. Joel Fox out with it. It must come. (Laughter.) Witness—l did what I thought best. They did all they could to spoil the election of Lord Bury and Mr. Schneider at the general election, and I did all I could to trap them now. They were guilty, but only one side was prosecuted before the committee of the House of Commons. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine—There was not a pin to choose between them ? Witness—No, not a pin to choose between them. (Laughter.) Mr. Sergeant Ballantine—You speak as a Liberal, and know it ? Witness—One sido was as bad as another. (Laughter.) Mr. Sergeant Ballantine—You as a Liberal town councillor say ono side was as bad as another? You know it? Witness—Yes. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine—And so inasmuch as your side was caught out at the late election you determined— Witness—l was determined to show that the others were not pure. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine—What you want to do, Joel, is to purify Norwich ? Witness—lf I can. (Loud laughter.) Mr. Sergeant Ballantine—And Wilde, who is likewise " William the First," wants also to purify Norwich. Didn't he say so. You and he were to act together in this matter ? Witness—Wilde would not have been guilty of bribery if the other side hadn't begun first. (Laughter.) Mr. Sergeant Ballantine—There is such a thing as a conspiracy to make a person commit a crime. You and Wilde were to act together ? Witness—Not exactly ; there was no partnership. I thought they ought to be served out. I am friendly with Mr. Wilde, and he knew everything I knew. I don't know whether he was at the council meeting at which I produced the notes. He does not sit as a councillor. He wont with me, but I really don't know whether he was in the room when I produced the notes. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine—When you gut up and did the patriot with these halves, didn't you see him beside you ? Witness—l don't remember. Suppose I did, I really can't recollect now. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine—You are charging my client with a conspi rac y. N ow , I am trying to make out a conspiracy against you. Did you com municate to anybody else what was going on be tween you and Croxford ? less—l will swear I did not. Mr. Wilde might ; I did not. I don't believe I did. I can't remember. Mr. Foster Moore was with Mr. Wilde when I told him about the matter. lle might have heard it. To the best of my belief I did not name it to any one. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine—Can you tell me where Mr. Wilde is? Have you seen him to-day ? Witness—No; I have not spoken to him to-day. I saw him last night. By Mr. Power—Croxford came to me on Sa.tur .. day night and . mado a purchase ; and, in conse quence of something he said to me, I went to him on the Sunday. I never said anything to Mr. Wilde till after that. A cashier and clerk from Messrs. lio.nkcy's, the town agents or Messes. Harvey and Hudson, bankers of Norw:ch, proved that, on the ith of November, 5 £lOO and 2 £5O Bank of England notes were sent down to that firm in a registered letter. Mr. R. Y. H. Harvey, of the firm of - Alessi's. Har vey and Hudson, was then sworn, and asked by Mr. Power whether he was a banker at Norwich. • Mr. Harvey—l am. Mr. Power—Allow me to call your attention to this letter of the sth of November. Mr. Harvey—l decline to answer any questions for fear I should, by my answer, be implicated in this charge. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine said it was the privilege of a witness to take this course. -Mr. Power pronounced it insulting to the admi nistration of justice for any gentleman to refuse to give evidence. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine said his learned friend had no business to insult the witness in such a man ner, and he trusted the bench would protect Mr. Harvey in his legal rights. Mr. Power contended that no witness was privi- leged to decline to give information to a court of justice. He must ask the witness with reference to a letter of the- sth November, whether this (pointing to a particular part of the paper) was his handwriting ? Mr. Harvey—l decline to answer any questions in this case, for fear by my answer I should be im plicated in this charge. Mr. Power said the Court must compel Mr. Harvey to answer the question, unless they be lieved it had a tendency to implicate that gentle man. It was not considered that Mr. Harvey was implicated, but the Court would surely not allow the ends of justice to be frustrated. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine said it was a most cruel thing, in a fishing inquiry like the present, to get hold of a gentleman's books and mem.3randa, which, with the malignant feeling existing in the town, might afterwards be distorted into something like a charge against him. After the manner in which the case had been conducted, Mr. Harvey had no reason to reproach himself for the course he had adopted. Mr. Power believed that Mr. Harvey was inno cent, and that he was merely the channel through whose hands the notes passed. The inquiry, how ever, was one of national importance, and the Court must not permit the ends of justice to be frus trated. The magistrates decided by 14 to 6 that Mr. Harvey ought to answer the question. Mr. Harvey—l am the best judge of what will implicate me, and I decline to answer. Mr. Power said he must ask the Court to commit the witness. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine contended that the bench had not the power of doing so. The court was cleared, and the proceedings ad jourded for an hour. On the re-admission of the publ;c, The Mayor said the magistrates wished, before any final decision was come to with regard to Mr. Harvey's refusal to answer the question addressed to him, that the counsel for the prosecution should proceed with his case. Mr. Power—l wish to ask you, Mr. Harvey, whether you found Mr. Colins, the defendant, and Sir Samuel Bignold together at your bank when you reached it on Wednesday, the 9th of November. Mr. Harvey—l give you exactly the same answer as before. Mr. S. Hill was next called, and examined by Mr. Power. He said—l am a clerk in Messrs. Harvey's bank, and acted as a cashier on Wednes day, the 9th of November. lam not aware, of my own knowledge, of the £lOO notes transferred from Hankey's being received. No £lOO notes or £5O notes were delivered to me by Mr. Harvey. I did not pay over any £lOO or £5O notes on the 9th of November. It is the cashier's duty to pay them over. It is the habit of the bank to balance the books every evening. If £5OO leaves the bank, there is means of knowing whether £5OO has been paid. I must here ask whether I ought to answer these questions. It was not my duty to balance the books. A Mr. Iloddy makes up the books. The amour t received from London and the payments made would be shown. I saw Mr. Collins at the bank. Sir Samuel Bignold was with him. Mr. Harvey was not there when they came in. I saw them first when they came into the room where I was—Mr. Harvey's room. They remained there nearly an hour before Mr. Harvey came. When Mr. Harvey came I left. I left Mr. Harvey, Sir Samuel Bignold, and Mr. Collins together. They remained together not more than five minutes at the outside. lam not aware of my own knowledge of Mr. Collins receiving any money through our bank. It was the cashier's duty to pay money. I saw Mr. Collins leave. Mr. Harvey opens our letters sometimes. I cannot say who opened the letters on Nov. 8. Four of the clerks are privileged to open business and registered letters. By Mr. Sergeant Ballantine—Mr. Collins is a solicitor, and is occasionally consulted by Mr. Har vey, professionally. I have seen him frequently at the bank. Sir Samuel Bignold is occasionally, but not frequently there. By Mr. Power—l don't remember ever seeing Sir Samuel Bignold and Mr. Collins there together before. Mr. W. C. Lound examined by Mr. Power—l am a cashier in Messrs. Harvey's bank. I produce several of the books. Mr. Power applied to look at one of them. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine objected. The book w2s but a memorandum, and could only be used to refresh the witness's memory. Mr. Power said he only wanted to see whether there was an entry in the book which dealt with this £3OO. Mr. Serg eant Ballantine re pli e d th a t hi s l earne d friend had no right to make the present tribunal a court of inquisition. It would be a monstrous act of tranny to compel Messrs. Harvey to give up their books ; and unless force was used, the book at pre sent applied for would not be taken from them. He protested against his learned friend looking at pri vate memoranda and private books, with the view of getting up a case of which he knew nothing at all. Mr. Power asked the witness whether the book contained entries of the payments made on the 9th of November. Witness—l decline to answer the question, as it may possibly implicate myself. Mr. Power—Upon that day did you pay over .C5OO to Mr. Collins ? Witness—l object to the question on the former ground. Mr. Power—That it tends to criminate you ? Witness—Yes. The Mayor repeated the question. Witness—l decline to answer it. The Mayor—Will you please to state on what ground Witness—As I fear I may be implieated by such answer in the present case. Mr. Sultzer, one of the magistrates, said there appeared to be a most determined:effort to frustrate the ends of justice. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine asked whether this was the opinion of the bench generally ? Several magistrates (Conservatives) replied in the negative. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine—lt is not decent, then, for an individual magistrate to express an opinion. The Mayor said it was the opinion of the magi strates that the witness should answer the question. Witness—l must decline to answer it. The Mayor—l believe it is the unanimous opinion of the magistrates that you should answer it. We shall take the advice of the law officers of the Crown, and adjourn the case. Mr. Sergeant Ballantin e sa id h e mus t a pply t o the bench to hear a case in which a summons had been granted against William Wilde, William Wilde the younger, 'William George Wilde, James Stowes, and Sir William Foster, Bart., for a con spiracy to bribe at the last election for the city of Norwich. Mr. Power—Sufficient for the day is the evil thereof. , Mr. Sergeant Ballantine—l must trust to my own wisdom. I prefer it to my learned friend's. The Mayor intimated that the magistrates would go into the case. The inquiry was then adjourned, the bail of Mr. Collins, the present defendant, being enlarged for his reappearance. It will be seen that political matters are coming to a crisis in Norwich. The parties summoned in the second case referred to by Mr. Sergeant Bal lantine are all Liberals, and further reprisals are threatened by their friend 3 against fresh Conserva tives. Unless matters can be hushed up, it is diffi cult to see where the proceedings will end. Sir Samuel Bignold, who is referred to in the course of the evidence already given, has several times contested Norwich in the Conservative interest, and at present claims one of the vacant seats. [AuvEnTISEMENT.].—We have read with much pleasure Du Barry's Report on the cure of Indigestion (Dyspepsia), Flatulency, Constipation, Nervous, Bilious, and Liver Complaints, Cough, Asthma, Consumption, and Debility, without medicine, by Du Barry's Food. The following are a few extracts which appear to merit the attention a many :—Cure No. 47,121.—Mi5s Elizabeth Jacobs, of Naziug Vicarage, Waltham -cross, Herts : a cure of ex treme nervousness, indigestion, gatherings, law spirits, and nervous fancies. Cure No. 48,314.—Mi5s Elizabeth Yeo man, Geteacre near Liverpool : a cure of ten years' dyspepsia and all the horrors of nervous irritability. Cure No. 54,81 9 .—Mi5s Virginia Zeguers, cured of consumption, after her medical advisers had abandoned all hopes of re covery. - Cure No. 51,511.—8ar0n de Polentz, Prefect. of Langenau, of.. corny years' horrible_ sufferings of the nerves, and of an obstinate liver complaint, fbr which the ernian spas had been tried in vain for years. Cure No. 48,721.—General Baron de Zaluskowski, of many years fearful disorders of the digestive functions. In tins, at Is. 6d. ; 11b., 3s. ; 21b., Ss. 9d. ; 61b., 125.; 121 b., 265. The 101 b. and 121 b. tins carriage free, on receipt of post oflice order. Du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street, London' Fortnum, Mason, and Co., 182, Piccadilly; Abbis, 60, Gracechureli-street ; 4, Cheapside ; 63, and 160, Oxford street; 330 and 451, St ran d ; 4 9 and GO, Bishopsgate street ; 85, Tottenham-court -road. Also at Dublin, Bewley and Draper ; at Edinburgh, Rubrics and Co. ,• at Liverpool, Nix on an d Th ew; at Manchester, Sharp and Scott; at York, Rsunos, Blanchard, and C.). • at South onvton, ind Soy, • POLICE INTELLIGENCE, Nov. 18. GUILDHALL.—James Aloysiusllert Perry, described as a medical agent, of 77, Newman-street, Oxford-street, who was remanded on bail, upon a charge of obtaining £3O under false pretences, ap peared before Alderman Humphery, having been brought up from the Queen's Prison upon a habeas. The facts of this case, which have already ap peared, are briefly as follows :—About three or four years ago a Mr. Chas. Tapling became acquainted with defendant,who was at that time connected with the management of Drury-lane Theatre, of which a Mr. Jarrett, or Gerratt,wasthelessee. A few weeks after the acquaintance the defendant applied, on the strength of certain privileges, consisting of a pri vate box and admission behind the scenes, granted to Mr. Tapling, for an advance of £3O, stating that he required the money to enable the lessee to keep open the theatre. Mr. Tapling advanced the money, which he understood was to be applied in paying the ballet girls' salaries, and accepted as security a cheque drawn on the London and Westminster Bank by Jarrett, which he agreed to hold over for a few days in order that funds might be lodged to meet it. When it was presented, however, it was returned dishonoured, and endorsed, " No account —no effects." Shortly after that Mr. Tapling met defendant, and on telling him that the cheque had been dishonoured, he said he would make it all right in a few days. Mr. Tapling neither saw nor heard anything of the defendant until he gave him into custody about a fortnight ago. At the end of the first examination the defendant was remanded, and arrested by the sheriff's officer on leaving the court upon a civil process. _ _ _ Mr. Beard, for the prosecution, intimated that Mr. Tapling was unavoidably detained at Man chester, and that a further remand for a week was therefore desirable. Mr. Levi, for the defendant, said it was quite clear that Mr. Tapling felt there was no case against the defendant, as the money was advanced upon Jar rett's cheque and for Jarrett's use, and the privilege ho enjoyed of going behind the scenes was the mo tive which induced him to oblige Jarrett. Alderman Humphery said he understood the case. It amounted to this, that Mr. Tapling had a stall or private box at the theatre, and wishing to go be hind the scenes to see the ballet girls, he was wil ling to pay for the privilege. (Laughter.) Mr. Levi said that was the fact to a certain ex tent, but he relied upon the circumstance that the money was advanced to Jarrett, and not to the de fendant, for his answer to this charge. Alderman llumphery said it was evident that Mr. Tapling being, like many young men, flush with money, was willing to pay £3O for the entree of the theatre, including th e privilege of going be hind the scenes among the ballet girls—(laughter) —and that he took the cheque to secure his £3O in the event of his privilege being restricted. Mr. Levi said that was the real state of the case. The theatre was not kept open long after the cheque was given, and Jarrett subsequently had to seek the protection of the Insolvent Court, and Mr. Tapling thercfcre sought to get the amount of the cheque from the defendant. Alderman Humphery said he supposed the theatre closed too soon for Mr. Tapling, and that he consi dered his privileges too much abridged for the amount he had paid—(laughter)—and felt disap pointed accordingly. Mr. Levi said there was no doubt it was that feel ing which had actuated him in these proceedings. It was a simple matter of debt, and his object in making a criminal charge was to procure-his arrest upon a civil process. Alderman Humphery said he should like to have Mr. Tapling present before he disposed of the case. Mr. Levi said he must object to any remand, as the defendant was put to the expense of £4 or £5 for a habeas every time he was brought up ; but if Mr. Tapling would pay that expense, he would ac cede to a remand. Alderman liumphery said he thought it was only fair that Mr. Tapling should bring the defendant up at his own expense. Mr. Levi said he had not attempted to quash the arrest until he knew how this case would terminate; but if the defendant were discharged from his re cognisances, he would undertake that he should ap pear if Mr. Tapling would go to the expense of a habeas, and he would further promise that for two days the defendant should not be removed from the Queen's Prison. Alderman Humphery upon this undertaking dis- Cargod the defendant, at the same time stating that Mr. Tapling might give him into custody again whenever he felt in a position to establish the charge. Mr. Levi said he had no fear of Mr. Tapling doing anything of the kind. The defendant was then discharged. LA MBETH.—SERtous COMPLAINT AGAINST A CLERGYMAN.--Inspector Bent, of the A division of police, and who is employed on the South-Western Railway, attended before the Hon. G. C. Norton, with a young lady who had been a passenger by that line of railway, and who had a charge of a serious, if not a highly culpable character, to prefer against a clergyman, who is the incumbent of a large and influential parish in the metropolis. The lady, who appeared to be about 19 or 20 years of age, and of prepossessing appearance, on enter ing the witness-box said that on the night before she got into a second-class carriage of an up train at Kingston, and at Wandsworth the person of whom she had to complain got into the same car riage, took a seat right opposite to her, and soon commenced the conduct of which she had to com plain to his worship. He placed his leg, unper ceived by her, in the first instance under her dress and between both hers, and acted in a manner to convince her his intention was to insult her, and the instant she discovered this she moved away to another part of the carriage. She was, however, followed by the same person, who renewed his in sults. Mr. Norton—How often did he act in the manner you ha"e described after you removed ? Applicant—Only once, but he did it several times on the first occasion, and tried to repeat it, when a gentleman in the carriage saw that I appeared very ranch annoyed by him, spoke to him about it, and said if I did not give him in charge he should. He also ordered him to sit on the other side of the car riage, the side I was on, but some distance from me. Mr. Norton—Did the person move voluntarily at the gentleman's request ? Applicant—Yes, sir. Mr. Norton—Did he say anything on his doing so ! Applicant—Yes. He said he did not think he had offended any one, and that if ho hut done any thing to offend me he hoped I would excuse it. 11er. Norton—Did you make any complaint to the gentleman you have mentioned before he inter fered ? Applicant—No, sir, but I endeavoured to get out of the person's way as far as I could by sitting back, and I suppose the gentleman observed me, for he at once said to the person, " You are very much annoying that lady." Mr. Norton—The person's willingness to move, and his expressions would lead to the belief that he was unconscious of offending, or doing so inten tionally. Applicant—He must have been quite well aware of it, and had there not been a third person in the carriage I do not know the extent of insult which I might have been subjected. Mr. Norton—The second-class carriages are not very wide, and may it not happen, particularly to a lady of sensitive mind and feeling that an acci dental touch may be taken for an intentional in sult. Now, I wish to ask you whether the act of which you complain was deliberate and intentional, or whether it may not have been the result of ac cident ? Applicant (emphatically)—l am quite certain it was intentionally done, and that he meant to insult me. Mr. Norton—Can you state whereabout this mis conduct took place P Applicant—During the journey from Wands worth, and not many miles from the Waterloo station. Mr. Norton—What is the person complained of ? Mr. Bent—He is a clergyman, sir, whose name I have got, and I have attended here with this young lady, by direction of Mr. Young, the station manager at Waterloo-station,to take out a s ummons, or take such other roceeclings as your wors hi p may determine on, as it is Mr. Young's and the Company's determination to protect all p assengers, and more particularly ladies travelling on_ the line. I beg to call your worship's attention to the fifth rule in the Company's bye laws, which may meet this case, and which states that," Any person found in a carriage or station, in a state of intoxication, or committing any nuisance, or otherwise wilfully interfering with the comfort of other passengers, is hereby subject to a penalty of 403. Mr. Norton directed that a summons be taken out for this rule, and the necessary instructions having been taken, the summons was issued. It appears, though the fact did not transpire before the magpstrate, that the clerical offender has already suffered pretty dearly for his conduct, for it so happened that the gentleman who is paying his attentions to the insulted lady was waiting her arrival at the Waterloo stat ion , and on being made acquainted with thecircumstance, he " slipped into" the reverenddivine, and ga ve hi m a severe pummelling. GLASGOW W ATER 4missioN.—At a meeting of this body on Thursday i C t o was agreed to go to Parliament for additional ?wen to the aruotult of ,t3)0,000. - - FROM TILE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT WHITEHALL, Nov. 16. The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. Charles Avery Moore, 8.C.L., to the vicarage of Sutterton, in the county and diocese of Lincoln, void by the death of the Rev. William George Nott. FOREIGN-OFFICE, Nov. 17. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. August Carl Gumpert as Consul at Bombay for the Free Hanseatic City of Hamburgh. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, Nov. 18. Royal Engineers—Lieutenant-General John Oldfield to be Colonel Commandant, vice Lewis, deceased. 3d Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant John Charles Boucher to be Captain, by purchase, vice Still, who re tires; Cornet Henry Mapleton Hockin to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Boucher. Bth Light Dragoons—Cornet Michael Clarke to be Adju tant, vice Lieutenant Harding, deceased. 11th Light Dragoons— Lieutenant Charles Philip Viscount Royston, from the 7th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice Yates, promoted, with ou t purchase, to an Unat tached Company. 14th Light Dragoons—Cornet James White has been per mitted to retire from the service by the sale of his com mission. Royal Artillery—Sergeant Major-George Alexander Shep herd to be Quartermaster, vice Elliott, promoted to be a Captain, in the Coast Brigade. Royal Engineers—Brevet -Major William Collier Menzies to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Fenwick, deceased ; Capt. . Douglas Galton, from the Seconded List, to be Captain, vice Menzies. 2d Regiment of Foot—Ensign John Mackie Laurant to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Page, who retires. 3d Foot—Lieutenant William Pitt Butts, from the Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Mer rett, who exchanges. 6th Foot—Lieutenant Henry John Lawrell to be Captain, by purchase, vice Mill, who retires. 10th Foot—Ensign Ernest Archibald Berger to be Lieute nant, by purchase, vice Kenny, who retires ; Assistant- Surgeon William Langworthy Baker, from the Staff, to bo Assistant-Surgeon, vice Rennie, promoted on the Staff. 15th Foot—Lieutenant William George Herbert Taylor Fairfax, from the 31st Foot, to be Captain, by purchase, vice John Smyth, who retires. 22d Foot—Ensign William S Ward to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Henry B. Chichester, who retires. 27th Foot—William H err i ng , Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice COffey, promoted. 32d Foot—Brevet-Major Richard Henry Magenis, from the 90th Foot, to be Captain, vice Knox, who exchanges. 54th Foot—Ensign Si r Ch ar l es W en t wort h Burdett, Bart., to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Parr, deceased. 57th Foot—Ensign Charles Mansfield Clarke to be Lieute nant, by purchase, vice Slade, promoted. 60th Foot—Ensign George Hewitt Trotman to be Lieute nant, without purchase, vice Steel, deceased. 77th Foot—Ensign Randle Jackson to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Peach, who retires. 90th Foot—Captain Robert Trotter Knox, from the 32d Foot, to be Captain, vice Brevet-Major Magenis, who ex changes. 96th Foot—Lieutenant Wm. Osborne Barnard to be Cap thin, by purchase, vice Nugent, promoted to an Unat tached majority; Ensign John Leslie Toke to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Barnard ; Augustus Frederick Arthur hill, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Toke. 98th Foot—Ensign Thomas Francis Swinford to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice 'Woodward, whose promotion, by purchase, on the 11th March, 1859, has been cancelled. Rifle Brigade—Lieutenant Frederic Carl Playne to be Cap tain, by purchase, vice RoWles, who retires ; Ensign Cecil G. A. Drummond to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Playne ; Ensign Rowland Egerton to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Evans, who retires ; Ensign the Hon. T. J. Wynn, from the 86th Foot, to be Ensign, without purchase ; Richard Winstanley Ormerod, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase; The Hon. Charles North to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Drummond ; Frederick W. Duncombe, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Egerton. Ist West India Regiment—Sergeant-Major Patrick Molo ney to be Quartermaster, vice Thomson, appointed Pay master. Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment—Lieutenant Thomas Merrett, from the 3d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Butts, who exchanges. UNATTACHED. Captain St. George Mervyn Nugent, from tho 96th Foot, to be Major, by purchase. Brevet-Colonel Thomas Holmes Tidy, Major on half-pay 14th Foot, late Deputy Adjutant-General in Jamaica, to be Lieut.-Colonel, without purchase. HOSPITAL STAFF. Surgeon-Major Edward Hugh Blakeney, who retires on half-pay, to have the honorary rank of Deputy Inspector- General of llospitals, in accordance with the Royal War rant of Ist October, 1858. Assist.-Surgeon Duncan Robertson Rennie, from the 10th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Thornton Marshall, placed upon half-pay. Assist.-Surgeon St. John Killery, from the 29th Foot, to be Assist.-Surgeon to th e F orces, v i ce B a k er, appo i nte d to the 10th Foot. BREVET. Major and Brevet-Lieut.-Colonel George Durnford, re tired full-pay 70th Foot, to be Colonel in the Army, the rank being honorary only. Brevet-Major 11. B. Lumsdon, 59th Bengal Native In fantry, to be Lieut. •Colonel in the Army. Major William Henry Cobbs Lye, 13th Bombay Native Infantry, to be Lieut.-Colonel in the Army. Captain Alfred William Lucas, 7th Bombay Native In fantry, to be Major in the Army. Captain Edward Armitage Hardy, Ist Bombay Cavalry, to be Major in the Army. Captain John Gordon Petrie, Bombay Artillery, to be Major in the Army. Captain George Gleig Brown, Bombay Artillery, to be Major in the Army. Second Captain - lienry Wm. Gullwor, Bengal Engineers, to be Major in the Army. MEmortArinum.—Major Edward Cartor Giffard has re paid the difference which he received on exchanging to half pay Unattached in 1847, and been permitted to retire from the service by the sale of an Unattached Majority, he being about to become a settler in Canada. ADMIRALTY, Nov. 15. Corps of Royal Marines—First Lieutenant Edward Fitz gerald Pritchard to be Captain, vice Pengelley, retired on full pay; Second Lieutenant Henry Harford Strong to be First Lieutenant, vice Pritchard, promoted. COMMISSION SIGNED BY THE QUEEN. Royal Bucks King's Own Militia—John Cross, Gent., to be Quartermaster. COMMISSIONS BY LORDS-LIEUTENANT. 2d Regiment Royal Bucks Yeomanry Cavalry—Cornet William Maberly to be Lieutenant, vice Fitzgerald, re signed. - County of Stafford—Lieut -Colonel Francis William Newdigate, to be Deputy-Li eu t enan t ; H enry Ell we ll , Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant. Ist Regiment of King's Own Staffordshire Militia— William Henry Armitage, Gent., to be Ensign. Renfrewshire Volunteer Rifles-sth Company—James Anderson, Gent., late Captain Prince of Wales Royal Re giment of Renfrew Militia, to bo Captain ; John Birkmyro, Gent., to bo Lieutenant; James Dunbar, Gent., to be Ensign. Warwickshire Rifle Volunteers-2d Company—Josiah Yeomans Robins, Gent., to be Lieutenant. City of Edinburgh Artillery Militia—John Boulton, Gent., Adjutant of that Regiment, to serve with the rank of Captain from Gth September, 18.59. Brecknock Volunteer Rifles—James 'Williams, Esq., to be Honorary Surgeon to the Ist C om p an y. Royal Gloucester Regiment of Hussar Yeomanry—John Edward Dorington, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Dickenson, resigned.i City of Bristol Rifle Volunteer Corps—Captain Arthur Mowbray Jones, to be Adjutant, with the rank of Captain. Ist Company of Derbyshire Volunteer Rifles—John John son, Esq., M.D., to be Honorary Surgeon. Robin Hoed Rifle Volunteer Corps—Thomas Rawstono Storey, Gent., to be Captain ; Anthony John Mundella, Gent., to be Lieutenant ; Robert Evans, Gent., to be En ' sign ; Richard Birkin, jun., Gent., to be Captain; Richard Robert Patterson, Gent , to be Lieutenant ; Bernard Brad ley, Gent., to be Ensign ; Thomas Isaac Birkin, Gent., to be Captain; John Patterson, Gent., to be Lieutenant; Francis Bryan Baker, Gent., to be Ensign ; Frederick Wi.liam Parsons, Gent., to be Captain ; John Smith Wright, Gent., to be Ensign ; Henry Smith, Gent., to be Captain ; William Lambert, Gent., to be Lieutenant ; William Walter Miller, Gent., to be Ensign. Royal Monmouthshire Militia—Arthur Edward Benson, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Dowling, resigned. The London Scottish Rifle Volunteer Corps—George Mackenzie, Esq , to be Captain. Dorset Regiment of Militia—Captain Edward Atkyns Wood to be Major, vice liming, resigned. 2d Worcestershire Rifle Volunteers—Colonel Arthur Charles Lows to be Captain ; William Norris, Esq., to be Lieutenant; William McLaughlin, Esq., to be Ensign. Reigate, or sth Surrey Company of Volunteer Rifle Corps —The Hon. William John Monson to ba Captain ; Francis Henry Beaumont, Esq., to be Lieutenant; Henry Lain- . son, Esq., to be Ensign. BANK OF ENGLAND. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 32, for the week ending on Wednesday, the 16th day of November, 1859 : ISSUE DEPA.RTMENT. Notes issued £30,711,170 Government Debt £11,015,100 Other Securities .. 8,459,900 Gold Coin & Bullion 16,236,170 Silver Bullion .... AL30,711,170; £30,711,170 BANKING D Proprietors' Capi n tal £14,553,003 Rest Public Deposits (in cluding _Excite . EPARTURNT. Government Secu rities (including Dead Weight A nnuity) £10,925,157 Other Securities 18,870/85 Notes Gold and Silver Coin 021,500 quer, - Savings' Banks, Commis missioners of Na tional Debt, and Dividend Ac- counts Other Deposits 14,612,617,066 Seven Day and other Bills X 39,683,592 M. Dated Nov. 17,1859. X 39,663,592 .RSIIALL, Chief Cashier. AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR. he Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com puted from Returns made in the week ending the 15th day of Nov., 1859, exclusive of the duties of Customs paid or payable thereon, on the importation thereof into Great Britain:— Per cwt. From the British possessions in America 23s o(1 Muscovado, the produce of the Mauritius lss 11d Average price of the foregoing 22s 41d BANKRUPTS. Eugene Duval, milliner ' New Bond-street, to surrender Nov. 30, at t we l ve , and Dec. 30, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. William Holmes Wakelin, builder, Ealing, Dec. 2 and Jan. 3, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. James Louson Anderson, linen factor, Cannon-street west, city, Nov. 30, at half-past one, and Jan. 2, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. William Henry Elliott, clothier, Cheapside, city, Dec. 1, at oleven, and Dec. 26, at one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Thomas Foreman and Thomas Johnson, carpenters, Faversham, Kent, Dec. 2, at half .past two, and Jan. 3, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy., Thomas Pratt, farrier, Dean-street, Soho, Nov. 30, at one, and Dec. 26, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Andrew Wigdahl, ship broker, Lower Thames-street, city, Dec. 1, at eleven, and Dec. 29, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. James Price, builder, Maidenlicifid, Berke, Nov, 30, at - _ half-past one, and Dec. 30, at twelve, at the Court ° Bankruptcy. David Alleand John Smith, warehousemen, Manchester, n. Nov. 30 and Dec. 21, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Samuel Johns Back, tailor, Kingston-upon-Hull, Nov.' 30 and Jan. 11, at the Townhall, Kingston-upon-110' SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. W. B. Weatherman, brewer, Greenock. J. Robertson, merchant, Broomhead, Banffshire. A. Craig, carrier, Glasgow. J. Blain, farmer, Kirkcowan, Wigtownshire. COUNTRY MARKBTS. LIEROOL—Nov. I. We are tolerably supplied w ith wheat, which nice ts quiet sale; but we make no alteration from th e quotatio.n. of last week. Fine heavy barley in request ; scriptions are more saleable. Beans and other articles* altered. Indian corn more freely offered, and buyers n the advantage in price, inferior de. AKE. 18. . 0 0. a The arrivals o f wheat F are IELD—Nov very fair, and there f b F e ri f d s ay firm demand, prices were at is to 2e over thos e o last for new reds, and is per qr on all other deseriptiot% Fine heavy barley in request, at fully late rates, inferior qualities were a slow sale. Oats, beans, ato- 4 - ling were rather dearer. Wheat, per qr. of 8 bushels 601 b ., Essex, Kent, white, old, 48s to 51s ; new, 48s to 51s ; ditto, Yor k' old, 42e to 445; new, 42s to 445; .incolnshire and IC°r shire white, new, 45s to 50s ; red, 41, to 445. Averages for the week : Wheat 4,618 qrs., at........ 445 8/d Peas OA -• • ty ........ Beans Barley 1,470 ........38s Odd • )9 Oats ........--3 nul Ryelf ........ Suffolk, sa EXETER—Nov. 18. The business to-day was at the following prices 31 Wheat, white Gs Gd to Gs 3d Barley.. ...... Ditto red 5s Gd to 5s 9d I Oats ....... 38 Od to? Flour, fine, 33s to 34s ; seconds, 31s to 32s per socii* CATTLE. d tho The market was poorly, supplied with stock, an fair 9 tendance was not numerous. Pork carcase s iu ply. to Ca Fat beef, p score, 10s to llsOd Ewes, per lb .• • • 6 g a ta to 0. 1 Pork carcases,do 8s Gd to 9s6d Wethers,i d 0... •• • " 61 , dto 01 Sheep, per lb. Rough fat, 4d per lb. 4 s Od to is s a ') l BRISTOL SUGAR--NoT. 13. We l There is a better demand for raw sugars, but the ° little of the brokers are so ill supplied with samples that t Dot business has been done. Prices remain the setae as former market. Refined goods meet with a steady sa le, at a rates. Rums aro still neglected. . RAILWAY INTELLIGENT • TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR. 1222:_-- -----Es* Rece ipt& Miles Opened. ----,--;,.-- Railways. ,________A-_, e -- ;i7 59. 1 ...... 8 : 1859. 1858. ~..____.,.....' 4 £ --' Ballymena and Portrush... 35 35 Bedale and Leyburn lO Belfast and. Ballymena 65 Belfast and County Down 2O 161570 2 1 , - 0 1-3 : II: 8 3151 ; 3f t Birkd., Lane., & Ches. June 32 32 1, 360 54 64 Blyth and Tyne 2O 20 6, 343 . 4 4 71 Bristol and Exeter 125 119 1 - 4, 461 I', -- Caledonian - -- o Ches.&Holyhead(withMold) 94 9 -- 31 Cockermouth& Workington 8 s 36 3 06 Cork and Bandon 2O 20 22 1 230 Cork, Blackrock, & Passage 6} 64 21 7 3,41 0 Deeside l7 17 1 , 622 ,6 50 Dublin & Belfast Junction 63 56 1631 1, 01 Dublin and Drogheda 63 63 g , 548, 671 Dub. & Wicklow (in.Kingst ) 40} 40} 745 01 Dundalk and Enniskillen Dundee and Arbroath l7} 17} 939 175 Dundee, Perth, & Aber. Jun 3l 31 94 9 782 East Anglian 674 674 174 23, ._. E.Counties,Nrfk.,&E.Union 499 489 2 5 ' 290 East Kent l9l - - 6,7 43 E.Lancashire(in.Blackburn) 111 105 6,164 , t 446 Edinburgh and Glasgow 142 142 3 , 575 • 2 95 Edinburgh, Perth,33 Dundee 78 782 ,07 Forth & Clyde Junction Furness Glasgow & South-Western 1834 1834 2 7.320 1 , 401 Great Northern 283 283 1,773 0 ,710 Great North of Scotland .. 58 58 6, 901 0 F636 rit.Soutlin. & Westn.(lrind.) . 226 2131 2 9 , 690 . 223 Great Western 466 466 22 1 72 1 Hull and Holderness "nverness & Aberdeen June 55 b 5 22 3 486 Irish South-Eastern 2s} 25} 403 Killarney Junction Lancaster and Carlisle (in -- e;4 6 Kendal and Windermere) 100 100 32, 860 . "'139 Lane. & Yrks.(in.Blackburn) 289 289 04 534 Limerick and Foynes 2 26 43 2 4 6 93 6 , Llanel:y 46 46 74, 617 ~ 266 London & North-Western London and Blackwall 5 . 54 1 5,70 43.1 London & South-Western _... Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast 2231 1904 ' - 1, 952 L'derry and Enniskillen .. 60 60 917 9,0 Loud., Tilbury, & Southend: 46 45 1 0 , 550 ot Man.,Sheffield,& Linc,olnsh. 1731 1731 930 01 Manch. S.Jun.& Altrincham 94 9 4 113 1 , 34,1 0 Mar port and Carlisle Midland Midland Gt. Westn. of Irind 177 177 1,59 4 4,36 2 Monkland 52 52 2,461 11,202 Monmouthsh. Rail. & Canal 44 4 4 3,452 1,304 Newcastle and Carlisle 7B 78 1,4 5 0 6,0 37 Newport,Aberg.,& Hereford 50 50 5, 756 422 North British (in. Dalkeith) 154 149 429 t ool North Devon 35 3 5 3,377 1 , 2 9 North-Eastern 746 7354 2,464 6 161 North London 9 9 7,56 2 '--- North Staffordshire 233 233 -- _- North-Western 46 l - N. Yorkshire and Cleveland 104 464 - 4,826 4 '1 2 05 Oxford, Wore., & Wolver lO2 94 186 1 , 760 , Peebles lB4 184 1,913 011 St. Helen's Canal & Railway 30 30 3, 898 3,7 86 Scottish Central Scottish' North-Eastern ll5 115 1,902 g, 708 Shrewsbury & Birmingham 291 294 2,995 1, 569 Shrewsbury and Chester Shrewsbury & Hereford Shropshire Union 291 29 4 2,73 9 17,00 South Devon South-Eastern 306 302 6, 444 2,63 3 South Wales 1714 17 1 1 3,312 7 , 051 S. Yorkshire and River Dun 108 108 7,378 4, 2711 Stockton and Darlington Taff Vale 54 5 4 1, 713 06 Ulster Ulverstone and Lancaster Vale of Neath 2s} 25 4 .-- 41 1 Warrington and Stockport l2 12 315 1, 191 Waterford and Kilkenny 3l 31 1 , 216 5 14 Waterford and Limerick West Cornwall 274 2 7 4 3,783 616 W. II artlepool II arbr. & Rail 39 39 6 50 46 6 Whitehaven Junction l2 12 61 1 20 Whitehaven & Furness Jun 35 35 322 W'haven,Cleator,&Egrmnt 7 7 SO FOREIGN AND COLONIAL B C4 vOl Antwerp and Rotterdam 52 52 3 6538 --'3Ol Austrian B2B 673 , ' 336 1, 771 Belgian Eastern Junction 264 26 i 1,813 2, 134 Buffalo and Lake Huron Detroit and Milwaukie 1854. 140 3,529 __. Dutch Rhenish Grand Trunk of Canada 879 849 2,202 1,460 Great Indian Peninsula l3O 3 8 8 84 2, 17 ! 10, 0 Great Luxembourg 122 9, 93 v Great Western of Canada 3-15 283 - 4, 641 Lombardo-Venetian 285 285 , 4,690 9,261Ly0ns and Genera 142 10, 100.9 -- Madrid, Saragossa &Alicaut 284 224 ,-- -- Maria Antonia* 2l 21 - 71 6 Northern of France 574 5 74 725 /00 Norwegian Trunk 44 . 94,27 6 49,60 2 Paris, Lyons, & Mediterrn B4l 78 ' /3,625 46, 521 Paris and Orleans 922 87 41,1 58 5 51 Paris and Strasburg 979 8 38 636 1.442 Royal Danish 69 69 1, 347 15, 05/ Sambre and Meuse 6B 68 17 026 06 Southern of France 777 7 , 7 ., ' 861 3 2,196 West Flanders „ a , - 39,229/ W. and N.W. of France..., 716 sv___:]___.---- FOREIGN MAIL PACKET LlB.l' mb In the following table E signifies that letters are esPlect by evening mails from London, and M b y mornin d g rag' 1 by evening mailsfrorn London, and 31 bY is° oat , r ge l __________,DeaPstch* DESTINATIONS. Despatc h Port (3 dtle•_ Australia and Mauritius, via Deo. 1° thalnP• . of Mails. ------ So u th am pt on Dec. 12 , 11 Sou peo . 8 Ditto, via Marseilles NOV. —, E ........ .. Bahamas and Havana via New O. 1101. • 5 r 3 York N0v.25, E LiverP— , NO. Canada, ko. (by Canadn. pckt ) Nov. 22, II Liverpoo"' China, Penang„ and Singe- Cape of Good Hope, Ascen- DO' 2 sion, and St. Helena pore, via Southampton Ditto, via Marseilles N ee ' U Gibraltar, via Southampton Nov.l9, 31 SouthanW• oyerd Honduras and Blewfields India (Calcutta) and Ceylon, Dee' 2 8 via Southampton Dec. 5, E DevOnport Nov. 19, 31 SouthalnP• . N o y. 2 Ditto, via Marseilles India (Bombay), vla South- pie. 2 4 : ampton Liasnbdonl,.. v l i s g l o a , n a d n s Nov.26, 31 Southararh pt. .- Ditto, via Marseilles Nov.:— X .... . ....... 1 Lisbon, Brazils,Buenos Ayres, 25 Malts, Egypt, and Aden, via Sof' ig Southampton Nov. 19, 31 South araP• Nov. Ditto, via Marseilles.... LA 1 Nov.— . E ........ D 31exico and Havana Dec. 2. 31 SouthanlP • Newfoundland Nov. 19, E GalWaY • • " United States and British N d Oporto Nov. Dee. — O , 3131 gguutlithainanipP: goe:. 21 ri, /.. No-- 2 4 America U. British packet) Nov. 19, E Li"' r °°• Ditto (by U. S. packet) West Coast of frica, Ma- 1. • DO' 1° A deira, and Teneri ff e Nov. 23 E LiVerPQ° West India, California, Vene zuela, Chili, Peru, Grey- over" ' town, New Granada, &c De______LLl 521.---11 ban Jee2, MlSoutbselP• ...... COW 11 11' 1 e r T . H S. A I t ß e s L s I E o . f — A o i r n i i t he e 0 f i t ? t d h a ß l u ß g l S t , at Cortachy Castle, the HAY.—On R A .B o yr n o. —xo Brooke, —,aoOfan the the l7th i t t Edin burgh,Lady ~ a son.l7th inst. , at 33, Cadogan-place; the 11°11. Mrs. Hay, of a daughter. a n alite r ' ROPER —On the 17th inst., Lady Roper, of a' " 1 " - GrOad STONOR.—On the 17th inst., at 5, Chapel-stre et, a s' _ll. venor-squaro, the Hon. Mrs. Francis Stator, of WA , X e WORTLEY.—On th; 15th inst , at Overton t r • field, the Hon. Francis Stuart . Wortley, of a daugb e DICKIN foier point, Major-General Dickinson to Mary relict el ifur ste ' . tfi t., ines, Middlesex, le O d n s Weekes, Esq., F. LS ,F s A 'of Norton,lionee; 1` , pierpoit, Sussex. . . . • web/ P UNE— . ._ rINCII.—On the 17th inst ,at the parish ~ to SON_wEEMKEAs. RRIAGES. o f Stcii:ol, 11 , n Barbara, youngest daughter of J. Waring Esq., of Staines. Paine , Esq., at Ilartso. DEATHS. Mart CARNEGIE Dorset, John Carnegie, M.D. .—On the 15th inst., at Wiraborne o." u hann GARNAULT.—On tLe 17th inst., at Park, near Tottesacir Middlesex, Robert Shaft° Garnault, ' Esq.) of VI. street, Bcdford-square. V(l. , CiuNis - .—On the 14th inst., at Lisbon, Robert Gnu!La, on HARRISON. On proprietor of the "North British Daily Magi" 11— ea* the 16th, at Glasgow, John George, aged eleven I his yo t — es O s n on the 6th inst., at Vigo, ill 8 1 33114 * Michael Harrison, Esq., of 2, G street, aged 39. Lora pU LONDON : Printed and Published by %moo It z„ • llh of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The SO Oat of Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the CO'lll • Middlesex, Saturday,_ November 19, 1869.