The Sun. — London, England, 1860-10-11 00:00:00

BRITISH C O 3 DIERCE IN THE INDIAN &Ras, Capt. S. Osl )c rn, in a letter or the Times, says : I am glad to F AY 3 in t. /7,0 sane number of your jour nal which col Et line. 4 Capt. Halsted's final letter and your second ' 0 1 `,:ter upcm steel-clad ships of war that the Governr Atilt are really about to construct such a vessel. I Setter late than never, and all I hope is that shipw right and engineer will work together to producr a really serviceable vessel of war. If they do, I have little doubt our steel-clad batteries will be /as perfect and formidable of their class as our gero.l Joats and despatch vessels now are superior to thou of all other nations. But I have taken pen in hay d to say a word, not upon iron batteries, but upon a point quite as vitally important to the in ter'?" Sts of this great commercial country. They, it is 'true, may defend the shores of this England of ou rs, the heart of this vast empire of Britain, bat yc .0 know that in a war against a nation such as of ,rs the heart may be paralysed by wounds in flicted upon our colonies or commerce in remote and dit dant quarters of the globe. That fact is fully app oreciated by European Powers, and of all our foreign commerce the one which would be most im perilled 'al the event of a great European war, espieciall.y of a coalition of France and Spain or France and Russia against us, would be the trade with. China. Its magnitude and importance are so well 'known and acknowledged that I will net dwell upon the figures, the millions involved to the mer chant, the planter, the manufacturer, shipowner, and, above all, the exchequers of Britain and India. T.'he particular risk to which this trade is sub jmted arises from the following causes :—Between the Indian Ocean and the harbours of China oar merchant vessels are obliged, by coral reefs, narrow seas, straits, and channels to confine their tracks for thousands of miles to certain highways, to sight .certain points or islands, and in some cases to wait tv,ctually for daylight to pass certain dangers. Now, quite apart from risks of navigation of which Lloyd's wil d our insurance companies may tell, all these nasrrow channels, points, reefs, &c., are places at which will lurk the enemy's enterprising cruisers, with a certainty that our rich argosies must collie to .their trap, and the neutral ports of Batavia and Borneo, those of Manilla, those of Cochin China and Siam will be most convenient to place their prizes in until disposed of for the benefit of the belligerent captor. The best remedy for this evil was suggested some years ago by a man whose genius will one day be better appreciated by even official Barnacles—by Rajah Brooke. He urged the establishment of military posts in those eastern seas as places of security for our passing shipping; but what he with his eloquence and energy failed in impressing upon the official intellect it would be folly 111 me to attempt. I shall not waste time in such 'efforts. Let me try to point out how some of that vast trade may be diverted to a safer channel, and one far less liable to capture in time of war; and I am the more hopeful upon this point as I observe that your able City Intelligence correspon dent dwells upon the subject on purely commercial grounds. It is to give every facility and every encouragement to the development of trade with Western China direct from the Bay of Bengal. I called attention to the point at a meeting of the Royal Geographical Society towards the close of last session, and intend to do so still more formally during the ensuing winter. My remarks have been copied into most of the Indian papers, and attracted more attention there than here, But it is a question for this country as much as for India. I can vouch for one fact in China, that the farther you go westward, and towards the Bay of Bengal, the more the teas improve, and at Han-kow, in the heart of China, the teas in greatest repute were - those from Yun-nan Province, a province close to our Burmese frontier, and between which and Bhamoo I have reason to believe there is, although the Foreign-office seems ignorant of it, a consider able trade with British subjects. I have not my notes by me, but I think my memory is sufficiently good to say that half a million sterling annually is about the figure. I will state another fact for Mr. Hammond's information, and if he will look at the treaty of Tien-tsin, the clause of which we are paying six millions sterling to enforce— and not, I trust, to surrender—he will find that all British subjects have a right to pass to and from every town or village in China for pur poses of trade—Esmok, wherever it may be, comes under that head, I fancy—and, furthermore, that sitels traders shall have the privilege of buying or selling, and of carrying out of China, any produce or manufacture, paying lawful tolls and fiscal dues uyon the same. I presume the Chamber :of Com n ierce of Leeds was ignorant of this fact, but I am glitd they took the step they did, because it may be that Mr. Hammond, or his superior, was aware of the clause in the treaty to which I allude, but that it may be contemplated by nervous old parties, who fancy that Great Britain's commercial and political greatness has culminated, that it would be prudent to forego that important clause of our treaty with China. Let me, however, having called attention to these points, revert to the nautical and „strategical advantages involved in this direct inter course between India and China. A fleet of mer elitist ships leaving Rangoon laden with Yun-nan teas, or silks, will have the high seas open for them to select a track upon all the way from the Irra waddy to the Scilly Isles; and whenever they ap proach such points as the Cape, Isle of France, or St- 13,:elona, a British fortress stands ready to pro tect them and keep off privateer and man-of-war. Then look at a map,' and mark the track from Shanghai either down the China Sea to Singapore ox east of Borneo and Lusonia, fo - e the outlets on either side of Java, and say if you or I, sir, had cur property on board the ship that had to run such a gnuntlef in war-time would our feelings be parti cularly Christianlike towards those statesmen of to-day who for:; et to secure the highways of corn mcerce, through which circulates the lifeblood of this country, whether it be in war or peace. Our fathers, who held that one Englishman was worth three Frenchmen, did not fail in taking such pre cautious. We, who are nervous about French inva sions, Cherbourgs, and steel-clad Gloires, are despe rately reckless on the very points to which our forefathers paid the closest attention. Of course it will be said—" Oh ! we have men-of-war ; we cay. convey our trade downthose reef-girdled seas." I was going to say fiddle-de-dee, but will not. Believe me, effectual blockades and effectual convoy are at an end in these days of steam ships of war, and I'll back a French sailor of very ordinary ability to evade the one and disperse the other. I should like to see a French convoy at night time in the Palawan Passage, and half-a dozen desp a t c h vessels attack i t with a view to burn, sink, and destroy, in the face of as many protectors. That convoy would have to disperse and run for sweet life, to be picked u must pass; or , i f the p hereafter at p o i n t s th ey y crowded t oge th er, one half would be flames, and a wail be heard on the Paris Bourse which even the destruction of the attacking force would not connterbalance. What would happen to this French convoy may happen, I would suggest, to the English ones. Th e fact is in these days there is only one chance for a commerce such as ours dur ing war time; it is to hav e e i t h er strictly military posts at certain strategical points, so that our ship ping may, in narrow seas, run from one to the other; or otherwise to place our emporiums and commercial depots at points whence our traders may have the wide ocean to range upon, and where the fleetness of our clippers and the skill and seaman. ship of our captains and officers of the mercantile marine may have fair scope. Give them that, and I have little fear for the issue. On that ground and for that reason I urge that as east of Singapor e we have no Malta, no Gibraltar, and it appears to be decided that we shall not have, it is oar duty to do all in our power to encourage a trade with China through our India possessions on the east side of the Bay of Bengal. Prize-money, the capture of rich barracks, the boarding of plate-laden galleons, the sack and ransom of fat little colonic", stimu lated ourselves in past times to trounce Powers like Holland and Spain. I cannot help thinking that that feeling has much more weight with those who now curl their whiskers at us than any especial de sire to sun their heads against our wooden or stone walls. Will it not be wise, now that we have re (Weed lwhp charoe or the 2me Zouaves looting the Bank of England, to take precautionary measures with respect to the floating millions which the Jean Barts of Dunkirk or Brest may be calculating upon as theirs if they be only bold enough to try ? Would it not be a kindness to Napoleon 111. to put the temptation as much as possible out of the reach of Auguste and Antoine ? 2HE NAVY. Sir C. Fremantle, K.C.8., Commander-in-Chief of the Channel Fleet, who left the Royal Albert, 121, Captain H. Lacon, a few days since at Port. land, to have an interview with the Lords of the Admiralty in London, rejoined his ship in Plymouth Sound on Tuesday. While on shore Sir Charles has been promoted from Rear Admiral to Vice Admi ral, and his new flag, blue at the fore, hoisted on Tuesday, was duly honoured by a salute of 15 guns, which was responded to by the flagship Impreg nable, 104." Captain the Hon. F. Kerr, in Hamoaze. It is understood at Plymouth that Sir Charles will shortly strike his flag again. The Royal Albert is completing with fuel ; her capstan has been sent to the Devonport Dockyard to be repaired. A portion of the Channel Fleet will, it is expected, be de spatched to meet the Prince of Wales on his return from the United States. His Royal Highness will not, as first intended, visit the Island of Bermuda, but sail for England direct from New York. The 17th of November has been named as the day of departure. Lieut. Eugene C. Batty, who ruptured a blood vessel in the execution of his duty, and was obliged to go into the Naval Hospital at Plymouth, is suffi ciently recovered to resume the command of the gun boat Violet (tender to the Blenheim, 60), which is now in the Gloucester Canal engaged in raising men and boys for her Majesty's service. The Geyser, 6, paddle steam sloop, 280 horse power, Commander George M. Jackson, arrived at Sheerness on Tuesday, having the Philomel brig in tow, which is to be converted into a Coastguard station at Sheerness. The Geyser subsequently sailed for Devonport. The steam storeship Rhadamanthus, 4, Master- Commander F. R. Sturdee, "was appointed to sail to-day from Plymouth for Woolwich. The gunboats Spider and Delight, which were hauled into the lock at Keyham steam-yard on Wednesday, were appointed to be put into the basin yesterday to be repaired. The screw steamship Aboukir, 90, Capt. Douglas Curry, was appointed to be removed yesterday from Hamoaze into Keyham steam-yard to be repai-ed. The War Department screw steamer Lord Pan mure, Mr. H. T. Moore commander, yesterday com menced shipping a heavy Cargo of Armstrong shot and shell from Woolwich Arsenal. Mr. J. Dunn, one of the staff of draughtsmen at Chatham dockyard, has proceeded to the Admiralty for the purpose of being employed in the depart ment of the Controller of the Navy in assisting in preparing the drawings and plans for the new steel plated large iron steamer about being constructed at Chatham. The second dock, in which the new vessel is to be built, is now undergoing the neces sary preparation ; but, as the dock has to be tempc - rarily lengthened by the removal of the present entrance, and the construction of a dam in its place, some little time must necessarily elapse before the large ship can be commenced. This, however, is being taken advantage of by the heads of depart ments to whom the superintendence of the construc tion of thC vessel will be intrusted, in order that the whole of the preliminary arrangements connected with the laying down of an iron vessel of such gigantic proportions, the first of the kind attempted at any of the royal dockyards, may be finished be fore the ship is commenced, the Government being desirous that nothingshouldbe allowed to intervene to delay the complction of the first of this descrip tion of vessel after the work has once been taken in hand. An officer selected from each of the royal dock yards has been ordered to proceed to Portsmouth in order to observe the method adopted in the fitting and equipment of the different classes of vessels of war at that dockyard, with the view of its being carried out at the other naval establishments. The Orpheus, 21, screw corvette, 400-herse power, and the gunboats Linnet and Pigeon, fitting at Chatham for the steam reserve, are still in the hands of the contract engineers, being fitted with their engines, but are expected to be completed in the course of a fortnight. A naval court-martial assembled yesteiday on board the Victory in Portsmouth harbour, for the trial of George Ballard, a private Royal Marine, serving on board her Majesty's ship Trafalgar, on a charge of having, on the 21st ult., refused to obey the orders of Commander Reed, of that ship, to at tend at gun drill. The Court was composed of Rear Admiral J. E. Erskine, president; Captains G. T. Gordon, G. D. O'Callaghan, R. Harris, R. S. Hew lett, C. 8., T. Wilson, R. Cook, J. M. Hayes, and J. Baton. Mr. W. J. Hellyer officiated as Deputy Judge-Advocate. The evidence for the prosecution having been adduced, the prisoner was called upon for his defence, which was to the effect that he had refused to attend the gun drill in order that he might obtain a little rest before going on guard at 4 o'clock, having already been on guard during the forenoon, and received extra drill in the afternoon. The Conrt, after some consideration of the evidence adduced for the prosecution, and also what the prisoner had to say in his defence, adjudged the prisoner to be reduced to the second class, to receive 50 lashes on board her Majesty's ship Trafalgar, and afterwards to be imprisoned three months with hard labour in Winchester gaol. The following appointments have been made at the Admiralty :—Lieut. J. B. Crisp, additional, to the Royal Albert ; Lieut. S. W. H. Thompson, to the Diadem ; Lieut. H. Dunlop to the Trafalgar ; A. J. W. Musgrave, midshipman, to the Miranda ; Dr. L. C. Urquhart, surgeon, to the Conqueror ; Snell, first-class assist-engineer, to the Asia, for service in the Blazer; J. Ross, first-class assist engineer, to the Indus, as supernumerary; A. M'Leod, first-class assist-engineer, to the Curlew ; T. Brown, second-class assist-engineer, to the Co lossus ; E. NV. M. Millman, paymaster, to the Doris ; NV. H. Hill, paymaster, additional, to the St. Vin cent ;G. R. Johnson, assist-clerk, to the Victory. THE ARMY. lOrders have been issued from the Horse Guards, by direction of the Duke of Cambridge, that all regiments which have not their proper strength of pioneers, in accordance with the Queen's regula tions, are to have them at once made up to their re quired complement. No. 5 Battery, Depot Brigade, o f th e R oyal Artillery, Capt. R. R. Jones, arrived at Sheerness from Woolwich yesterday (Wednesday) for garri son duty. The battery consists of one captain, two lieutenants, 11 sergeants, 201 rank and file, two trumpeters, 104 horses, 6 guns, and 11 carriages, and will relieve Capt. Sargent's company of the Tipperary Militia Artillery, consisting of 100 non commissioned officers and men, which has left Sheerness for Purfleet, and Capt. Shepherd's com pany, also consisting of 100 non-commissioned offi cers and men, which has left Sheerness for Tilbury. A squadron of the 4th Brigade, Military Train, commanded by Col. O'Brien, yesterday arrived at Woolwich, in command of Capt. Fuller, from Alder shott. Major H. D. Nevill, late of her Majesty's 22d Regiment, who died at Oxford-terrace, Hyde-park, on Monday last, at the age of 46, entered the ser vice at the age of 19, and had seen much service. He served in Canada during the rebellion of 1837- 38, and was engaged with the rebels at St. Charles' and at St. Eustache. Ile served also in the Eastern campaign of 184, and up to the 16th of June, 1853, when he was appointed to the coannand of Russian prisoners on the Bosphorus. He was pre- sent at the battles of Alma and Inkerman, and the siege of Sebastopol, and received the Crimean medal and three clasps, and fifth class of the Medjidie. A number of the 100-pounder Armstrong guns, at present under construction in the Royal gun fac- 1 tories, Woolwich, are about to be subjected to a new system suggested by Sir William as affording addi tional durability to the breech-piece —namely, forg ing that portion of the heavy guns entire, instead of the usual method of separate coils welded together, .~,_ . but which will be employed in the remaining parts of the guns as heretofore, the manufacture of the breech-piece only undergoing the above-named alteration, and it is expected the change will prove of great advantage. The South Durham Militia will assemble at Barnard Castle on the 16th of this month for 27 days' training. The North Durham Militia will meet in the city of Durham in the same week for their 27 days' training. THE VOLUNIEER MOVEMENT. At the ordinary muster for parade, at West minster-hall, on Tuesday evening, of the London Irish Rifle Volunteers, the following regimental order relative to the melancholy death of Captain Jones was read by the Adjutant, Capt. Daubney : "Lieutenant-Colonel the Marquis of Donegal cannot re frain from again expressing his deep and sincere regret —a feeling which he is confident is shared by every individual in the regiment—at the loss they have sustained in the death of Captain Jones, an officer who took so deep an interest in the prosperity of the corns, whose every exertion was used to promote its welfare and efficiency, who set an example to all others by endeavouring to make his com pany superior to all, and whose vacancy it will be most difficult, if not impossible, to fill up." The reading of the order excited strong feelings of sorrow. It has already been decided on by the members of the corps to erect a suitable testimonial to his memory. The meeting of the various Volunteer Rifle Corps in the western division of the county of Surrey took place yesterday (Wednesday). at Denbies, the seat of Mr. W. Cubitt, M.P. for the division. The com petitors had been selected by local contests, and comprised the 6th, Esher (Capt. Sir H. Fletcher) ; Bth, Epsom (Capt. Hastie) ; 13th, Guildford (Major Gill) ; 14th, Dorking (Capt. Kerrick); 15th, Chert sey (Lieut. Dowling); 16th, Egham (Lieut. Booth); and 18th, Farnham (Capt. Ward). The conditions were five rounds at 200, 300, and 400 yards, for various prizes, and the marksmen making most points in the aggregate to be entitled to contend for a handsome cup, challengb medal, and other prizes. The prizes and winners' names were as follows :—At 600 yards.—tat prize, a silver cup of £l5 value and a challenge mr ial, to be held for one year, Smith, of Chertsey ; 2d pi :7,e, a cup, value 10 guineas, Alexander, of Epsom, who beat Moon, of Guildford, in the tie, and to him (Moon) was allotted the third prize, a cup, valve £5. 400 yards.—A silver tray, value £3 10s., won by Bon wick, after a tie witn Vintner. 300 yards.—A very elegant silver cup and tray, value £7 10s., Lieut. Higginbotham, of Esher; 2d prize, a cup, value £3105., won by Keelirg, of Epsom, who shot off the ties successfully against seven competitors. 200 yards.—A £5 cup, won by Randall, of Epsom. Messrs. Alexander and Moon won the 400 and 200 yards prizes respectively, but could only take one prize, and hence the above result. A highly influential meeting of county gentlemen was held at the Council•house in the city of Salis bury on the afternoon of Tuesday last—Lieutenant- General Buckley, M.P,, in the chair. Tee object of the meeting was the establishment of a County Rifle Association for Wiltshire, under the presi dency of the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, M.P., Secretary for War ; and rules which had previously been prepared were unanimously adopted, after an emendation securing the holding of the annual shooting match and general meeting alternately in South and North Wilts. On Monday afternoon the 2d Northumberland, or Hexham, Volunteer Rifles were inspected by Major Harman on the spacious drill-ground in that town. The men underwent a most satisfactory in spection, and at the conclusion were complimented by their commanding officer. The Volunteers of Hertfordshire have been in vited by Lady Marian Alford to compete for priz'is for rifle shooting at Ashridge-park, Berkhampstead, on Friday. Her Ladyship will afterwards enter tain the Volunteers at a banquet. The review at Flixton-park, Suffolk, on Monday, to which a brief allusion was made in The "Sun of Tuesday, passed off very satisfactorily. The total number of Volunteers assembled was 258, exclusive of bands—viz., the Beccles corps, 58 ; Halesvvcrth, 65; Harleston, 65; and Bungay, 70. Among the visitors were Lord Henniker, M.P., Lord Hunt ingfield, Lady Radstock, Admiral Eden, Colonel Blois, Colonel and Mrs. Wilson, the Hon. Miss Waldegrave, Mr. Howes, M.P., &c. The proceed ings were chiefly signalised by a practical speech from Colonel Adair, who said that a distinguished officer who had founded the present musketry school of England entertained an opinion, shared in by all officers of experience, that a very great proportion of what was necessary for proficiency in rifle practice could be learnt without burning powder." But in its time that•burning would come, and we hoped to see their emulation rewarded by prizes given to good marksmen in the district. But the fact that their particular duty in the first instance was to acquire a familiarity with the practice of the rifle did not in any way prevent their being accustomed to manteuvre, which would enable them to act in concert with regular troops —cavalry and artillery, especially the latter. They must always be competent to take their place in line, to act in small bodies in skirmishing, and be prepared for situations which would require all that intelligence and all that confidence in their comrades which more than anything else distin guished the well-trained soldier. In addition to the review at Flixton, several other matters of in terest have transpired in Suffolk in connexion with the movement. A shooting-match took place on Monday at Stowmarket. Private Marriott, of the 6% Suffolk, and Sergeant-Armourer Colson, of the same corps, made the highest number of points, scoring 16 each. Private Chapman, Ist Suffolk, and Private Stearn, 6th Suffolk, each made 14. After the ties had been shot off, the score stocd thus :—First prize (a silver cup, value £10), Pri vate Marriott, 6th Suffolk ; second prize (silver cup, value £7), Sergeant-Armourer Colson, 6th Suffolk ; third prize (silver cup, value £5), Private Chapman, Ist 'Suffolk. The ranges were at 300, 500, and 600 yards, five rounds being fired at each distance. The services of a corps in course of for mation at Wickhambrook have been officially ac cepted. A foot company formed at Newmarket is increasing in strength and efficiency. The Bury St. Edmund's, cr 13th Suffolk corps, is about to commence ball practice; and Lieutenant Partridge has offered prizes to the extent of £lO, to be divi ded among the best shots. The Newport company of the Isle of Wight Rifle Volunteers have lately completed their course of musketry instruction under Sergeant Welling. A silver cup, presented by Major Sir John Simeon to the gentlemen who should make the greatest num ber of points in the course, was won by Mr. Ben jamin Arnold. Subsequently there were five prizes given, which were won as follows :-1. A silver cup, given by Captain Estcourt and Lieutenant Tooke, won by Mr. R. Cole ; 2. A silver inkstand, given by Ensign Pitts, won by Mr. Kelleway; 3. The sergeants' prize, a gold pencil and pencase, won by Dr. Castle ; 4. The corporals' prize, a scarf pin, won by Mr. Hall ; 5. A plated cup, the gift of the Hon. Assistant-Surgeon, E. P. Wilkins, was won by Mr. Arnell. This company is steadily increasing iu numbers, and has already 100 effective men. A full muster of the 7th Stirlingshire (Lennox Mill) Rifle Corps took place at Lennoxtown on Saturday afternoon. The corps was established in January last, and equipped at the expense of their employers, Mr. Dalglish, M.P., and Mr. James Hertz, of Sedgewick-park, near Manchester. The company consists of 80 effective members, and an instrumental band numbering 20, the whole being in the employment of the firm of Dalglish, Falconer, and Co., Glasgow. After they had performed vari ous evolutions, Mr. Dalglish complimented the men on the marked proficiency to which they had at tained. The Volunteer movement, he remarked, had now reached such a magnitude and become of such importance that the Government of the country must recognis e it more th an th ey h a d hi t h erto d one. The 7th, or Cheltenham Company, under the com mand of C ap t . Gib ney, assembled to the number of 50 on Monday, on their practice ground at Southam for the purpose of shooting for five prizes, consist ing of three very massive and handsome silver goblets, presented by a lady ; a Nuthall rifle, pre sented by the com man di ng off i cer, and a gold pen and pencilcase, by Mrs. R. Gibney ; distance-100, 200, 300, and 400 yards ; four rounds at each dis tance. The sho o ti ng was good, and the number of hits marked proved the utility of position-drill and continued practice, A t t h e conclusion, after shoot ing off ties, the score stood thus—Private Bond, 23 points, first prize ; Sergeant Wakefield, 22 points, second prize ; Sergeant Bryant, 21 points, third prize ; Corporal Page, 20 p o i n t s , N uthall rifle ; Private Bennett, 20 points, gold pencilcase. Among the company present were the Earl of Ell en b orough, Sir John Hope, General Fiddes, &c. As each cup was presented to the fortunate winner the com• mending officer offered a few remark s , usua ll y urg 114, - • the necessity of posit ion and aiming -d r ill, an d of avoiding carelessness in firing. A review of the whole corps of the Glamorgan shire Volunteers took place at Margarn-park, the seat of Mr. C. R M. Talbot, M.P., Lord-Lieutenant of the county, on Monday. The inspecting officer on the occasion was Col. Raymond, commanding Bth depot battalion at Pembroke Dock, Col. Bruce commanding the brigade, with Capt. Bennett, Ad jutant of the Glamorgan Light Infantry as Brigade- Major. The various Volunteer corps commenced arriving a little after 12 o'clock. and among the first on the field was Major Hewitt's company, of Cardiff Artillery. The other corps arrived in quick succession, and were marched off to a distance from the parade-ground for the purpose of forming them into battalions. At about half-past 2 o'clock the arrangements were completed, and the various bat talions moved into position in an open piece of ground of about 15 acres in extent, at the east end of the park. They were divided into four battalions, —viz., one of artillery, under the command of Lieut.-Col. E. Morgan, of the Royal Glamorgan Artillery, and three of infantry, respectively com manded by Lieut.-Col. E. R. Wood, Royal Glamor gan Light Infantry; Major J. P. Traherne, of the same corps, and Major Hume, Deputy Inspector of Volunteers. The battalions were formed in con tiguous quarter distance columns, right in front, after which the order was given for " officers com manding battalions and companies to the front." After getting their instructions they rejoined their respective corps. On the whole, considering that the Glamorgan companies of Volunteers never have an opportunity of drilling together, the review went off well. The ground was kept by parties of the county militia. A meeting, signalised by its being the first meet ing at which any attempt has been made to extend the Volunteer movement to purely rural districts, was held yesterday (Wednesday) at the Grand Stand, Ascot, Sir William Hay ter, M.P., in the chair. Present, Major-General Seymour, Colo nel Loyd Lindsay (Colonel Commandant for Berks), Hon. Colonel A. N. Hood, Mr. J. Arbuth not, Mr. C. C. Ferard, Major Scott, &c. The chair man, in his address, stated the object of the meeting was with a view of establishing rifle corps in the parishes of Sanninghill, Winkfield, Warfield, Bin field, East Hampstead, and places in the neighbour hood thereof, who had not already taken part in the Volunteer Rifle movement. He observed that the movement had already taken root as far as the towns might be considered ; he seed not go beyond the boundaries of this county to adduce ample proof of that ; at the same time it must be remembered that, although their particular movement might be deemed late, it was to the best of his knowledge the first effort made to extend this important object, as far es the purely rural districts were regarded, they had no doubt that all the districts would second their efforts, which would unquestionably be at tended with success. It had been ascertained that the effective male population numbered upwards of 400, aud if a moderate percentage of those joined the numbers would meet their ant;cipations. After the meeting was addressed by Major-General Sey mour, the Hon. Colonel Hood, Major Scott, Colonel Loyd Lindsay, Mr. J. Arbuthnot, and Mr. C. C. Ferard ie favour of the movement, resolutions were passed appointing a committee to cellect subscrip tions and to confer with the future commanding officer in reference to finances, dress, regulations, and general movement of the corps. The subscrip tion for an effective member was fixed at 10s. a-year, and for an honorary member a donaticri of £lO with £1 vunua"y. Several subscriptions risom both classes were received before the meeting separated. A vote of thanks fo the chairman, proposed by the Hon. Colonel A. N. Hood, ard seconded by Mr. C. C. Ferard, brought the proceedings to a close. The i",fle competi" ion at Yo7k terminated yester day moving, which was occupied with shooting off the "ties" made during the six shooting, commencing on TucFclP,y week. The first "tie" was that made by seven competitors for Lady Mary Thompson's challenge cup. The distance to be shot was 900 yards, at which, in consequence of the mist and heavy rain which fell at that time, it was with some difficulty that the targ&c, could be distinguished. The competitors all missed the tar get the first round. In the second, however, Pri vate Bell made the best centre of the meeting, and won the handsome trophy given by Lady M. Thompson. The next tie, for Lieu Tenant-Colonel Briggs' silver cup, between Sergeant Gibson and Private J. Thorpe, was won by the former, who, in accordance with the condition upon which the prize was given, became disqualified to win Capt. Meek's cup and the subalterns' (2d Company's) CUD, for the former of which he had succeeded in making a tie, and for the latter the largest number of points. Capt. Meek's cup consequently became the property of Private William Robinson, while the subalterns' cup was shot for by Sergeant Pearson and Private Oglesby, and won by the former. With this the whole of the contest had been de cided; and in the afternoon the corps mustered strongly at the Guildhall, when the several prizes were distributed to the successful competitors—viz., Sergeant Gibson, Sergeant Pearson, Corporal J. Cooper, and Privates F. Bell, W. Robinson, H. Anderson, Bainbridge, R. Anderson, and G. Whit well. The inauguration of the Ist battalion of the Somersetshire Rifles (consisting of the Bath, Bath wick, Widcombe, Walcot, Keynsham, and Avon dale companies), took place at „Bath on Monday last. The proceedings commenced with a review on the racecourse on Lansdown in the presence of Colonel Inigo Jones, the lieutenant-colonel of the battalion, just appointed; Sir William Miles, M.P., colonel of tho North Somerset Yeomanry; and several other officers, the Volunteers being under the command of Captain Randle Ford, the senior eaptain of the regiment ; Mr. A irey, for merly a subaltern in his company, but now of the 21st Foot, act;ng as his aide-de-camp. The corps executed the ordinary evolutions of a field day in a highly creditable manncr, the volley firirg and light infantry movements calling forth especial commendation from the military men present. In the evening the Volunteers, with their fellow.- citizens, to the number of near 500, sat down to a banquet at the Guildhall, under the presidency of Colonel Jones, who was supported by Mr. Tire, M.P., the rector of Bath (Mr. Kemble), Dr. Fal coner, Admiral Saumarez, and many other persons of note in the district. The usual toasts were given in pithy terms and duly honoured, the Hon. Mr. Byng, the veteran Volunteer of 1803, now re enrolled in the Queen's Westminsters, responding for the Volunteers of England. In the account of the match with the Ist (Hast ings) company Cinque Port Rifles and the 3d com pany (Rye) it was stated that the men fired " ten shots at each distance," whereas they only fired five shots at each distance. IRON-CASED SHIPS OF WAR. Mr, J. Scott Russell, in a letter to the Times, says :—I should not have ventured to join in a dis cussion on a subject in which I have been too long and deeply interested to give the evidence of a neu tral party, except for the accident of finding my name mixed up with that of my distinguished friend M. Dupuis de Lome. Your very able corre spondent of yesterday, "N. S. M.," calls him my " pupil." Now, as M. Dupuis de Lome and myself are nearly of the same age and standing in our pro fession as naval architects, it is unfair to him to call him my " pupil," our whole professional intercourse having been one of perfect equality. Some 20 years ago, when I was engaged in my experiments on the theory and practical construction of vessels, which led to the establishment of the wave princi ple As a scientific method of construction, and subsequently to its general adoption as the best mode of obtaining high speed in union with great capacity and power, M. Dupuis de Lome visited me at Greenock, and threw him self with all the enthusiasm of a young man into this new region of science, and from that day to this we have been on terms of free and open pro fessional intercourse. But in this intercourse I frankly confess that I have received at least as much benefit as I have given, for M. Dupuis de Lome has also carried out original scientific re searches on a large scale with the ample means placed at his disposal by the wise liberality of the French Admiralty. These researches have led him to important practical results, which are by me reckoned quite as valuable as anything I may ever have communicated to him. Thus much justice requires me to state on a per. sonal question. In regard to the Gloiro herself, I may take this opportunity of correcting some of the information which has been given to the public respecting that vessel. We have been told that the Gloire is steel plated. She is not. Her plating, like that used in this country, is merely good hammered from 4 inches thick. The plates are of similar dimen sions to those of the Trusty, and, like those of the Trusty, have been penetrated by steel bolts ; and I can entirely bear out the testimony of your cor respondents, Captain Halstead and Captain Sherard Osborne, by stating that the experiments made in France, as well as those made on the Trusty, the results of which I have carefully examined, prove that the plates are penetrable, but penetrable under rare and exceptional circumstances, so as to be practically shot-proof, and I believe in all cases perfectly shell-proof, which, after all, as your third naval correspondent says, is the important point. Another of your correspondents, Mr. Whitworth, after stating the ability of hi's shot and gun to penetrate such plates—a fact which no one who knows both can doubt—proceeds to say that "ships hampered by the weight of enor mom; plates must be unfit to carry a broadside of guns heavy enough," and also " cannot be driven at the high speed which must hereafter give the superiority in naval warfare." On both points allow me to give an opposite opinion. Tho Gloire has been built. by M. Dupuis de Lome after a most exact calculation of the effect of such plates both upon the weight and speed of the vessel ; she is perfectly fit to carry a broadside of guns of as heavy a calibre as any that can be carried and worked in our own wooden ships; and she is driven at as least as high a speed as any vessel of similar dimen sions in our own service. She has, therefore, proved that an exact scientific calculation can be made beforehand of the power of a ship to carry such a load, and of the velocity at which a given power I will propel her. I have yet to learn that either aI, great weight or a powerful battery is such an 1 enemy to speed and carrying power as not to be overcome by the judicious application of well-known principles of naval architecture. I may further add, in justice to M. Dupuis de Lome, that the Gloire, although a great success, must not be considered her builder's chef d'oeuvre. She was built to meet the peculiarities of the cir cumstances in which a builder in Prance at that date inevitably found hirneelf placed. Had he lived in an iron country like England he would probably have adopted an entirely different construction, but like a wise man, he made the best of the materials he had at hand, and has been rewarded with cor responding success. I say this much because I have heard the question mooted of our proceeding to make imitations of the Gloire. In conclusion, allow me to say that I am one of those who highly app rec i a t e th e i m p or t a nt service you have rendered to the country by opening up this discussion, and admire the daring of those officers in the navy who have had the courage to engage in it. THE LEA-BRIDGE CHILD MURDER. FINAL EXAMINATION AND COMMITTAL OF THE ACCUSED, Ann Padfield was brought before Mr. Knox, at Worship-street Police -court, for final examination an a charge of having wilfully . murdered her illegi timate male child, Augustus Padfield. All the witnesses were now in attendance, and the following important testimony was adduced : Mr. John Gay, surgeon, of 10, Finsbury-place, South, said—l was called upon to make a post mortem examination on the 22d of September last of the body of a male child, lying at Homerton Workhouse ; it was a well-grown and fine child, well nourished, evidently having been dead some few weeks. It was discoloured, in some parts livid, in others of a yellow or greenish hue. It was also bloated, as though it had been in water some time. The entire cuticle or scarf had been removed, with the hair. It had a peculiarly offensive smell, and in parts decomposition had set in. The body was flaccid throughout. The hand was clenched, and retained that form, but without rigidity. The eyes were not, as usual, sunken. The eye-balls were decomposed. The nose, as well as the two ears, flattened, especially the left one. The lips ap peared as though they had been compressed—the mouth was half open, and the tongue swollen and very livid. The inside of the mouth was far gone in decomposition. [At this point of the evidence the prisoner fainted away in the dock, and by order of the magistrate was removed into the yard, where Dr. Gay attended her, and by his directions restora tives were applied. At intervals convulsive se-earns were uttered by her, and when she was again brought into court, it was found requisite to clear it of all no connected with the proceedings. The prisoner was then placed in a seat near an open door, but sufficiently close to the witnesses, to hear their depositions.] Dr. Gay then continued— On cutting through the scalp I found that the perieranium had separated from the boles to a considerable extent along the upper and central part of the skull. At the back paxt of the head there was a little blood infiltrated in the tissues of the scalp, but this was undergoing decomposition. The bones of the skull had separated at the sutures, and the two parietal bones overlap ped each other considerably; the brain had been reduced by decomposition to a pulp, as well as the upper part of the spinal cord; the dura mater was entire. I believe that the unnatural condition of the brain and the skull was owing to decomposi tion, and that the position of the bones might have been owing to the weight of their pulpy contents. I found that the left arm had been amputated about an inch below the shoulder joint. [Here the prise,- er again fainted, and the business was delayed until her recovery.] The wound was jagged, but had apparently been made by a tolerably sharp instrument. There were two distinct cuts through the skin, close to the edge of the wound, and parallel with it, just above and behind, another such cut through the skin, and ex aeJy opposite it, also parallel to the edge of the skin. These wounds were five-eighths of an inch in length, and slightly gaped. There was another wound, about an equal distance between these two, but not through the skin ; this wound was only three-eighths of an inch in length. The surface of the stump was much decomposed and worm eaten ; the bone was broken through and• splintered about an inch below the joint. I examined the large artery of the limb, and found the orifice very slightly con tused and without any clotted blood. The surface of the wound was coxical ; the skin an inch below the bone. I then proceeded to examine the chest, and found in the left side of it some bloody fluid, and the second rib on that side with the intercostal tissue cut through at the angle with some mode rately sharp instrument. Both lungs were some what collapsed, and intensely congested ; they did not contain any appreciable quantity of air. The left one just floated, the right sank rapidly in the water. The mucus membrane of the bronchi was examined, and their small rami fications contained a little frothy matter ; the heart was empty; the stomach was of a dark livid colour, and contained a small quantity of mucus: In the upper bowels I foand, by microscopic examination, an appearance of milk; and in the lower bowels chyle and ordinary greenish faecal matter ; the liver was of a deep livid colour, and collapsed ; the other organs were healthy. I could not at first dis tinguish anything on the skin, from the discoloura tion to which I have referred ; but on steeping the skin some time in " distilled" water, the greater part of the lividity disappeared, and I was enabled to observe on the abdomen a mark, shaped as a sugar•loaf, about one inch and three-quarters in length, and about half an inch wide at the base; the apex of the cone was about an inch to the right of the naval ; and from this point the mark took its course down towards the outer part of the thigh. I also observed in front of the left ear slight marks of bruises, and parts of the body were stained yel low, in all probability by sewage. I proceeded to examine the jaw, the lower one contained ten milk teeth, but they hal not arrived at that period of growth at which they come through the gum. I could not detect any rudiments of a permanent set of teeth, but the gums had been separated by de composition, and the teeth loosened ; the rudiments of the teeth might have been destroyed by decom position. I infer from these appearances that the child could not have been seven or eight months old, and I am inclined to believe, from the appear ances of the jaw, that it could not have been more than three or four months old. There were not any traces of natural disease to account for death, and from the condition of the lungs I believe the child to have died from asphyxia or suffocation—it was impossible to decide satisfactorily whether the limb was removed before or after death, but I am in clined to believe that it was immediately before or immediately after death. My opinion of this is based on the fact that, there was not any blood in the heart and vessels, but any clot of blood in the vessels might have been removed by decom position or by the water in which the body was im mersed. I believe that the stain on the body near the navel was a mother's mark, and existed at the birth. A little frock was given to me to examine. I steeped it in distilled water for two or three days, and then found blood globules on it by aid of a microscope; the frock had been evidently washed and ironed. I cannot take on myself to say whether the blood was that of a human being. I had also another article for examination, and found on it clotted blood. lam not acquained with any mortal natural disease which would produce the appear ances I have observed upon the child. I had a jar containing the intestines of the child, and produce it with the contents. The prisoner was carefully kept from the s i g ht of this vessel and that part of the abdomen spoken to as bearing the " mother's mark" was taken from it and shown to the witnesses, Mrs. Mead and Hannah Williams, who spoke to its being, in their opinion, the same mark seen by them on the pri soner's child. These persons, in reply to questions by Mr. Vann, for the prisoner, answered that she bad always in their presence appeared fond of and treated her infant as a mother would do. Dr. Gay also stated that he had not found any irritant or poisonous matter in the body of the child. Ellen Webster, a married woman, dQpcsed to hav ing met the prisoner, whom she well knew, on the 19th of September last, in Back-lane, Clapton. Pri soner asked her how Mrs. Mead was, and witness replied that she was in a sad way at having dis covered a child with its left arm off down a closet in her house. Prisoner then observed that she was going to meet her mistress at half-past five o'clock, and return to Brighton, from whence she had rot long arrived. She went away in the direction of Clapton. Ann Preston, a servant to Miss Alexander, in Park-street, Islington, said that prisoner called on her the same afternoon as she believed the prisoner was apprehended on this charge, and after remark ing that she was going to leave Notting-hill for Brighton, asked for an address that she had . given her to the f ormer pl ace t o b e returned. tness' did so and the prisoner left. Inspector Bowler, of the N division, prpduced d a child's frock and pinafore, with other articles fou n in the prisoner's box at Notting-hill. Dr. Brooks; whose evidence was given _at the first examination, and which duly appeared, now added, when I delivered the prisoner of a inale child I did not see any congenital marks oni I did not make any special examination. Congenital marks frequently are not observable till sometime after birth. Mr. Shorter, clerk to the vestry clerk of Hs.ck. ney, said this was the completion of the eviden:e in the case, in having brought forward which tht,.."e was not the slightest desire to introduce aught that might press severely against her. Mr. Vann expressed his assurance of this being so. The prisoner was friendless in London, and had at this court met with every consistent kindness and attention. The depositions having been completed by Mr. Hurlston, the chief clerk, and the witnesses bound over to prosecute, the prisoner was fully committed for trial on a charge of wilful murder to the ensu ing Old Bailey Sessions. SPORTING; INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET SECOND OCTOBER MEETING. THE SUBSCRIPTION ROOM, TUESDAY NIGHT. Scarcely a dozen persons were present at any one time in the course of the evening, and no attempts were made to renew speculation. An offer was made to take 6 to 4 that the winner of the Cambridgeshire is in William Day's, Mr. Ten Broeck's, or John Osborne's stable. WEDNESDAY. Handicap Sweepstakes of 15 sous each, 10 ft, for 2-yr-olds. Last half of Ab. M. (three furlongs 217 yards). 13 subs. Mr. Smith's Miss Fanny, Est 121 b (11. Grimshaw) 1 Mr. Etwall's Sister to Jessie Brown, 7st 41b (Challoner) 2 Colonel Towneley's Ladybird, 6st 121 b.... (J. Snowden) 3 The following also ran :—Queen of the Vale, Shillelagh, Confidence, Southport, Lady Louisa filly, Letty West, Rosary filly, and May Bell filly. Betting-4 to 1 agst Letty West, sto 1 each agst May Bell filly, the Rosary filly, Miss Fanny, and Sister to Jessie Brown; 7 to 1 agst Confidence, 10 to 1 each agst Queen of the Vale, Southport, and Ladybird. Confidence was first off, waited upon by Letty West and Miss Fanny, the latter coming out, nearing the cords, and winning by a length ; a neck separating the second from the third ; Queen of the Vale was a very good fourth, and May Bell, fifth, well up ; Shillelagh and the Lady Louisa filly were beaten off a long way. Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each, for three-yr-olds • and upwards. The winner to be sold for 100 sovs, &o. First half of Ab. M. (three furlongs 215 yards.) 3 subs. Lord Slradbroke's Doubloon, 4 yrs, Bst ..(G. Fordham) 1 Mr. Savile's Golden Rule, 3 yrs, st 41b (Charlton) 2 Betting-6 to son Golden Rule. They ran together till within the cords, where the non favourite came out, and won by half a length. The Bedford Stakes—A sweepstakes of 50 sovs each, hft ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 41b ; certain winners extra. Last five furlongs of A.F. 12 subs. Mr. Merry's Phemy colt, Bst 101 b (in. 31b ex.) (Custance) 1 Mr. Henry's Dr. Nichol, Bst 71b (G. Fordham) 2 Sir J. Hawley's Polyolbion, Bst 51b Betting-2 to 1 agst the Phenay colt, 3to 1 agst Polyol bion, 4 to 1 agst Dr. Nichol. The favourite came through, and won by 15 lengths. Match-100, h ft. T.Y.C. Duke of Bedford's Plumb, 2 yrs, 7st 71b (G. Fordham) 1 Mr. Newland's Philomela, 3 yrs, Bst 71b ....(Aldcroft) 2 Betting-6 to son Philomela. Won by two lengths. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each ; for two-yr-olds, 7st 31b ; and three-yr-olds, Ost. Fillies allowed 31b. The winner to be sold for 80 sovs, &c. T.Y.C. (five furlongs MO yds. • 9 subs. Mr. Baker's Wee Polly, 2 yrs, 7st (A. Edwards) 1 Mr. R. Ten Broeck's Pedlar, 3 yrs, 9st (Fordham) 2 Mr. Eastwood's Ruby, 2 yrs, 7st (L. Snowden) 3 The following also ran : Tony Lumpkin's dam filly, Lady Love colt, Jessie Brown, Queen of the May, and Duke. Betting-7 to 4 agst Ruby, 3to 1 agst Jessie Brown, 7to 1 agst Pedlar, Bto 1 agst Wee Polly. • The front lot kept close order throughout, Wee Polly having a trifle the best of it all the way, and winning a slashing race by a head ; a neck between the second and third ; Jessie Brown was fourth ; and Tony Lumpkin's dam filly and Duke, fifth and sixth; the Lady Lave colt last. The Town Plate of 50 sovs, for three-yr-olds, 7st 711) ; four Bst 71b : five, six, and aged, Bst 121 b ; the winner to be sold for 200 sovs, &c. T.M.M. (one mile seven furlongs 158 yards). Mr. Fuller's Ambush, 4 yrs, Bst 71b.... • (Hughes) 1 Lord Stradbroke's Guilder, 3 yrs, 7st 71b.. (J Snowden) 2 Mr. Knight's Newstead, 4 yrs, Bst 71b .. (Wells) 3 The following also ran :—Neopt - Olemus, Ochiltree, and Vicar of Bray. Betting-5 to 2 agst Ochiltree, sto 1 agst Vicar of Bray, Bto 1 agst Newstead, 10 to 1 agst Ambush. When they came in sight, after emerging from the ditch gap, Ambush showed in front, with Guilder and Newstead in close pur suit, and this order was maintained to the finish, Ambush winning by two lengths, a head between the second and third, the others finishing in a cluster close up. Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 soya each. D.M. (seven fur longs 210 yards.) Mr. Henry's Niger, 3 yrs, 7st 11b (Grimshaw) 1 Mr. Wyndham's Sparta, 3 yrs, sst 131 b (J. Adams) 2 Air. Hodgman's Doeskin, 4 yrs, 6st 21b (Johnson) 3 The following also ran :—Amy Scott, Twilight, Magnum, Catawba, The Don, Philomela, and Narcissus. Betting-4 to 1 agst Amy Scott, 6to 1 each agst Niger, Narcissus, and Doeskin. The first two cinglod themselves out somo distance from home, Niger winning a good race by a neck; a bad third. After passing the post Doeskin (who had previously in the morning broken away and run ten miles) bolted and ran at a racing pace for upwards of 20 minutes, all over the heath. Little Johnson, the jockey, was unable to stop her, in consequence of being numbed by the cold wind. It was not until a groom on horseback rode up and seized the reins that the mare was stopped, her rider, who had shown great gameness, being much exhausted. A Maiden Plate of 50 sovs, for two-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b ; and fillies, Bst 41b ; if entered to be sold for 100 sovs allowed 71b. Last half of R.M. Mr. Merry's cby Oulston—Burlesque, Bst 71b (Custance) 1 Baron Rothschild's f by King Tom—Molly, Bst 41b (Charlton) 2 Mr. Rogers' Conundrum (£100), Bst (L. Snowden) 3 The following also ran :—Keepsake, Rapture, Nuthatch, Little Nell, Fisherman, and Khadidjah colt. Betting-5 to 4on Burlesque colt, sto 4 agst the Molly filly. Won by two lengths, a length separating the second from the third. The Select Stakes of 50 sovs each, h ft, for 3-yr-olds ; colts, Sst 71b ; fillies, Bst 41b. Certain winners extra. R.M., one mile and 17 yards. 16 subs. Mr. Alexander's Thunderbolt, Bst 71b Lord Portsmouth's Buccaneer, Bst 71b (J. Goa' er) 2 Baron Rothschild's King of Diamonds, Bst 71b (Wells) 3 Betting-2 to lon Buccaneer, 3to 1 agst the King of Diamonds. Thunderbolt made the running on the whip hand, with King of Diamonds in the centre, Buccaneer last on the Stand sido. Entering the cords Buccaneer made his effort, passing King of Diamonds, but failed to catch Thunderbolt, who won by three lengths ; a bad third. The Oatlands Plate (handicap) of 50 sovs. Cambridgeshire • Course, 1 mile 240 yards. Mr. Martin's Zaretan, 4 yrs, 6st 121 b (Martin) 1 Sir J. Hawley's Courier, 5 yr s, 7st (Par) 2 Mr. Fuller's Ambush, 4 yrs , 7st 21b (H. Grimsha w ) 3 The following also ran : — M. Philippe, Joskin, Ochiltree, Sneer filly, Clovernook, Zingari, and Tomboy. Betting-4 to 1 agst Ambush, 6to 1 each agst Zaretan and Courier, 100 to 15 agst M. Philippe. Previous to the race, Zingari broke away and ran almost to tho Cambridgeshire Course before being stopped. Clover nook made play, followed by Ambush, Zaretan, and the Courier, the next lot being headed by Ochiltree and Zingari. In this order they ran to the site of the old Duke's Stand, where Clovernook was beaten, and Zaretan, Courier, and Ambush came on together, Zaretan quitting his opponents within 100 yards of the chair and winning by four lengths ; a length and a half be . .ween the second and third ; Zingari was fourth, close up. The next lot beaten some distance. were headed by Clovernook, Ochiltree, and M. Philippe. Joskin and Tomboy were the last two, beaten a long way. A more miserable day was never experienced on New market heath even at an October meeting. From early morning the rain fell incessantly, and the air, sharpened by a brisk wind, was bitterly cold. The spectators, huddled in flies and in the scanty booths, seemed almost indifferent to the racing. Indeed, many returned to the town, and made the best of their way to hotels and lodgings before half the items on the card had been run off. The only event requir ing especial comment was the Select Stakes, for which Buc caneer, King of Diamonds, and Thunderbolt were brought out. On the strength of the "form" displayed by L or d Portsmouth's horse at Doncaster, odds of 2 to 1 were betted on him, but the Newmarket horse Thuttderbolt "ran the fastest" throughout, and won in a cantor by three length s , Immediately alter the race 15 "fifties" were taken about the winner for the Cambridgeshire, for which his weight is 7st 41b. 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Rusin ess ruled dull. Old wheat and the better sam 'des c ,: now maintained late rates; inferior less in price. New o.'ts AbIL Idance, but showed great difference in con d of 3 imperial bushels...2U Od to 26s Od Red wheat, l ''er lea White 1, ...25s Od to 28s Od New red Od to 25s Od New white Beans ...23s Od to 273 Od ...198 6d to 21s 6d 48s Od to 52s Od Peas, per qr .... 1 . 7 ...... • Grinding barley, per qr..• . 33s Od to 35s Od Malting ditto, , 2 3ss Od to 44a Od Oats 2ss Od to Sd 34s Od Millers' prices for flo . ur • 4d, 2s 6d, and 2s per 141 b. BULL-O 0 • 9. Trade to-day was very firm aCh ‘st week's prices, both with respect to old and good new B.lglish wheat, and few transactions took place. Grinding bai 'toy in good demand, at full rates. Oais in moderate inquiry.• Beans and peas scarce, and an improvement of is took pl,Neie in the price of both. Linseed cake in good demand. Wheat.... Old white.... per qr 6(M Od to 7 2 s Odo Old red Od to 70s Od New white .. ~ New red .... ~ Dantzic. Konb , &c. old white 62s Od 1 o 66s Od Dutch, Belgian, and French 6oa Od to 628 Od • Baltic and Hamburg, red .. . 60s Od to 1. 1 28 Od St. Petersburg and ltiga, old. 52s Od to it's Od Barley.... English malting 4OB Od to 441's Od Grinding 34s Od to 368 Od Saal and Oderbruck Holstein and Danish 3Bs Oil to 40s 0.4 Grinding Oats English, cld Archangel and Riga, per et Os 14d to 141 d Friesland and Dutch' OBl4O to 08154 Swedish and Danish 01514d to 08140 Beans ....English, old, per qr. 4SB Od to 508 Od New pigs OL I New tick... • 438 Od to 448 Od Egyptian ... • Peas Foreign breake.rs Grinding Tares ....Spring Indian Corn Linseed, feeding crushing Linseed cakes (Hull) . ...Li° 5 0 to £lO 10 0 , Foreign BlO oto 9 0 0 Rape cakes .5 10 oto 515 0 Bones LYNN-OCT. 9. A large supply of new wheat to-day, most of which was in small lots trade slow, at 18 to 2s decline on last week. Barley scarce, and local brewers paid 44s to. 46s for 531 b to 541 b quality. Beans and peas is per qr dearcr. Old white 63s to 678 Old red —s2B to 63s New white 54s to 61s New red............ 505 to 565 DUBLIN—OcT. 9. At our market to-day there was a moderate attemlancet and a very good supply of new grain. In the beginnilig a small advance was realised for wheat, and the currenciaa, of Friday for other articles; but towards the close wheat re'- ceded to late rates. Oats, bere, and barley declined fully is In Indian corn more business doing. Rapeseed held for former quotations, and in some instances improved la for seed. COAL MARKET—Our. 10. (rrtoes of Coal per Ton at the close of the market.) 8. d. I Walls End. Davison's West Hart- ley ....16 3 Tanlield Moor Butes..l3 9 Howard's West Hart- ley 16 0 Wylam l6 6 Lambert's West Hart- ley l6 0 Byass's &Wide West Hartley 17 3 Craghead Hartley .15 0 Holywell 16 3 Hastings Hartley l6 3 St. Cm,hbert's Hartley 15 3 Bower's West Hartley.l6 6 Eden Main l9 0 Tanfield Moor 13 9 Cowpen Hartley ..16 3 s. d. Kelloe ... ......1 9 6 Hetton • • 2O 6 Haswell ..... 20 6 South Durham 19 0 South Hetton ...20 6 South Hart1ep001......19 0 Auckland Park.. ....17 3 Thorpe l9 6 Woodhouse Close 17 0 Russel's Hetton .. 19 3 Halley l9 0 Whitworthl6 6 North Hart1ep001.....16 9 Framwellgate ....19 0 Hough Hall ...19 0 Acorn Close ..19 0 Hunwick .16 8 SLewart's 20 6 Lyon's Stone 2B 0 Carway and :Buffryn Malting :t, 831; soli, 78. Walla End. BrT ddyll's Hetton 19 6 Eden 19 0 Cassop 19 6 . Ships at market THE MAILS. MAILS DUE. Australia, Ceylon, and Mauritius (via South ampton) .. Oct. 19. Do. (via Marseilles) Oct. 13. Brazil and Cape Verds Nov. 6. Buenos Ayres, Monte Video, &c. Oct. --. Bahamas and Havana (via New York) .. Oct. —. Canada, &c. (via Galway) .. Oct. 20. Cape of Good Hope, &c. Nov. 2. China, Penang, and Singapore (via S'auipton) Oct. 19. Do. (via Marseilles) Oct. 13. Gibraltar (via Southampton) Oct. 10. India (Calcutta), Ceylon, &c. (via Southampton) Oct. 19. Do. (via Marseilles) Oct 13. India (Bombay), (via Southampton) Oct, 10. Do. (via Marseilles) .. .. Oct. 19. Lisbon .. • • • • • • . • .. Oct. 11. Cuba and Maxie') .. .. Oct. 15. Malta, Egypt, and Aden (via Southampton):.. Oct. 10. Do. (via Marseilles) .. Oot. 13. Vigo, and Oporto .. Oct. 11. United States, California, &c. .. Oct. 17. Western Coast of Atrica Madeira, Teneriffe Overdue. West Indies and Pacific;Carthagena, Cuba, &c. Oct. 15. BAD WEATHER AND MURDERS.—PeopIe have said that the long continuance of bad weather, the eternal gloom, the perennial rain of the last 12 months has inspired a certain degree of moroseness and acrimony into the minds of our countrymen, thereby preparing them for deeds of violence and blood. It seems, however, not a little diffi cult to believe in the connection between murder and the hygrometer. Are our homicidal tendencies kept in check by greatcoats and umbrellas ? Has the occurrence of a wet n d summerte nd e ncy to acts of c o mmonly produced yiolenoo ? If that werereallycrime,or so, inc w increased sedthe t(lshould expectths lake isthat district n Lancashire, such Cumberland,an o ne, for example, West moreland, a that there the returns of murder would stand the highest. Kendal is said to be the wettest spot in England. By this time eevelrYitte everybody y w s n , houoldr, assuming omiht murdered suicide.—Once a Week. i n . that t u one surs ivor, he in all probability would have committed famous [Anv.eirrisnsinsa.] — All medicines aggravate, but Du. Barry's delicious Revalenta Arabica Food effectually cures indigestion (dyspepsia), flatulency, constipation, nervous, bilious, and liver complaint, cough, asthma, consumption, and debility, without medicine, is admirably displayed by the following letters :—Ridinglon R3c . ,,ory, Norfolk, June 10, 1850. No. 4,2oB.—Eight years' dyspepsia, nervousness, debility with cramps, spasms, and nausea, for which my servant had consulied the advice of m ny, have been effec tually removed by Du Barry's health -restoring Food. I Flavell. Cure, shall he happy t o answer any i nqu i r i es. —R ev . J. W. No. 48 311.—Bury, Lancashire, Aug. 17 1851.—Gentl emen , F or a cons id era bl e ti me I have suff ere d ~ severely from a violent pain in my left side, extreme flatu lency, accompanied by an intolerable sensation of heartburn, and other disagreeable symptoms of dyspepsia. Various remedies, alleged infallible, were tried in vain, and for a long time I was never twenty four hours without violent pain; indeed, I was unfit for the performance of m y daily duties. Y our f oo d has perfectly restored my health. —D. Thomas. Avoid Pills and Medicines : they invariably aggravate and perpetua t e diseases ; their annoyan ce , di sappo i n t men t , be avoided by u s i ng D u B arry ' s F oo d which, per day, s aves 50 ti mes it s cost i s other h, expansere medies,at s may fe d w removing effectually, without purging, constipation,. indigestion (dyspepsia) nervous, bilious and liver complaints and all their consequences. Certificate Ne. 36,418. We find it the safest remedy. Andrew Ure, MD., F.R.S.. Dr Harvey, Dr. Wurxer, Dr. Sherland, Dr. Canepell. Let invalids avoid the fearful dangers of spu rious and injurious imitations offered under a 'variety of false pretences. Nevill's imitatieas are prohibited by the high Court of Chancery under a p ena lt y of £5,000 against Alfrelc Hooper Nevill and his agents ; and the pretences that •ilevill has a patent for Arabica Food and that Du Barry's are connected with such patent are utterly fals:4 No eanister is genuine without the name Barry Du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street, in full, ontheseal and wrapper. Shopkeepers who attempt imposition in one article mud expect to be distrusted in all others. Packed in tins lib. 2s. 9d.; 21b. 4s. 6d. ; 51b. lls • 121 b. 225. ; 241 b. 40s. The 121 b. and 241 b. canisters are ;mat carriage free en receipt of Post-Ace order by Barry Du Barry and Co., 77, Re gent-street, London; Fortnum Mason, and Co. ; Abbis, 60, Gr a 2 echurch-street • 4, Cheamide ; 63 and 150, Ox ford-street ; 33 0 and 45'1, Strand ; and 60, Bishopsgate- Str eet Batty, 16, Finsbury Pavement; Phillips and Co, tea dealers; Petty, Wood, and Co., King William-street. City ; at 127, High Holborn ; and all grocers• BIRTHS. MATHESON.—On the 9th inst., at 62, Dorchester-terrace, the wife of John Matheson, Esq., of a daughter. MAtiND —On the 9th inst., at Brooke-place, Ashford Bent, Mrs. Henry Maund, of a son. TRAFFORD.—On the Bth inst., at Trafford-park, Lady An. nette de Trafford, of a daughter. Wrartam.—On the 7th inst., at Albion House, Brighton, the Hon. Mrs. W. Knox Wigram, of a son. MARRIAGES. FITZMAURICE—HERBERT.—On the 4th inst., at Wimble don, 'the Lady Mary Fitzmatuice, to Colonel the lion. Pe-ey Herbert. HAZLITT—FOULKES.—On the Nth inst., at the Cathedral, Wrexham William Carew llazlitt, of the I nner T emp l e, to Henrietta, daughter of John Foulkes, Esq., of Ann field Hal!, near Wrexham. DEATHS. ADEY.—On the 9th inst., at 11, llarewood-square, Stephen Adey, Esq., aged SO. ATKINSON. — On the 6th inst., Mr. Edmund Atkinson, of Gutter-lane, Cheapside, aged 56. HARGOOD. — On the 10th inst. , Charles Benjamin Hargood, M.R.C.S., L.S.A., late of Battle, Sussex, thi r d son of He zekiah llargood, Esq., Hi ghbury-pl ace, Islington. HuanEs.—On the 9th inst., at 6, Guildford-road, Lam beth, Robert Hughes, Esq., of the Admiralty, London, aged 59. MACDONILLD.—On the 7th inst., at Bright on , J ane, w if e of the Hon. Archibald Macdonad, and daughter of the late Duncan Campbell, Esq., of Ardneave, Argyllshire, aged 80. ROBERTS.—On the 6th inst., at Hazeldine House, Red marley, Major-General Sir Henry Gee Roberts, K.C.8., of H.M 's Bombay Army, aged 60. Lox - now : . 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