The Sun. — London, England, 1860-01-05 00:00:00

-- - TUE OPENING OF THE V1CT081..4 BRIDGE, CANADA. (rim the 21 - oniYet - el Herald,) On Saturday, the 17th or December, the Victoria Bridge, the greatest in the world, was finally opened for traffic. Holding in mind the formal opening by the company next spring, Mr. Hodges, the agent and representative of the contractors, did not intend to make the occasion a grand celebration. Yet he felt that he could not allow the opening of the bridge for traffic to pass without inviting his friends to ero::s it in the first train, and partake of a collation. Nearly a thousand Montreallers, members of the Govern ment, &c., wended their way to the Point St. Charles depot. A train of 14 carriages was made up for their accommodation. The engines were gaily decorated with flags and evergreens, as was the entrance to the bridge. Shortly after 1 o'clock the signal was given, and the train started. We noticed just ere entering the tube two cars laden with cotton, brought through from Cairo by this route for shipment, or for New England factories. In two or three minutes the bridge was reached, and we plunged into the twilight which reigns in the interior of the great tubes, rendering the light ing of lamps necessary within the carriages. Nine miuutes were consumed in crossing froni abutment to abutment. On arriving at the St. Lambert side the train paused, to allow people to examine the end of the structure, and enjoy the view of the city the embankment there affords, and again at the crossing over the Champlain Railway. Over the entrance to each abutment wall is engraved : ERECTED MDCCCLI.X. 2 • ROBERT STEPIIENSON AND A. McK. Ross, ENGINEERS. Over the entrance to each tube the names of the contractors and of Mr. Hodges find their appropri ate place. From the end of the bridge the train proceeded to Charrons, where the new line connects with the old leading to Longueuil. Thence after a short delay it returned, and the passengers being again landed on the north side, went thence to the mas sive stone entrance built above the abutment, which had been roofed in and prepared as a banquet hall for the occasion. Mr. Hodges presided here as representing the contractors, having on his right his lordship the Anglican bishop of the diocese, the Hon. J, Rose,. Mrs. Fulford, Mrs. Holland, Mrs. Hodges and seve-e ral other ladies ; on his left his Excellency the Com mander of the Forces, Mr. A. McK. Ross, the Hon. John Young, Mr. Bruce, C.F., Mr. Stikeman, C.E., the Hon. John Ross, president of the company, and several other ladies and gentlemen. The band of the Royal Canadian Rifles occupied the tempo rary orchestra. Due justice having been done to the edibles. Mr. HODGES, in rising to propose the first toast, was very warmly received. He said—l desire, before giving you a toast, to make one little ex planation. When I proposed to ask the presence of a few of my friends here to-day, I did not expect to meet so large a number as are now assembled. The number is so great that I am afraid this may be considered a public opening of the bridge. But it is no such thing, and anticipating something that will take place very much grander than this, I wish it to be understood that this is not the opening of the bridge, and I would like the yress to note the fact. (Hear, hear.) I have much pleasure in pro posing to you her Majesty's health, standing as we do in this tremendous structure, the strength of which has been tested by having to withstand the pressure of millions of tons of ice, such as no other structure in the world has had to resist. (Cheers.) The health of her Majesty has been drank in many an extraordinary place, but I question if it has ever been drunk before in a place like this, through which a locomotive has passed a few minutes ago, drawing a train with nearly a thousand souls in it. (Cheers.) Ladies and gentlemen, I ask you to drink the health of " The Queen." The toast was drunk with three rounds of loyal cheers, and the band played the Royal Anthem. Mr. Honues, in proposing the next toast, said he was sure it would be responded to as warmly by every loyal subject of her Majesty, as had been the toast which had just been honoured. He begged to give—" The Prince Consort, the Prince of Wales, and the Royal Family." (Cheers.) He might take this opportunity of mentioning that, in the antici pation of a visit from the, Prince of Wales at the time when the formal inauguration of the bridge wauld take place, one of the stones of this great work had been left unset, the stone which might be seen at the entrance, so that upon his Royal High ness might devolve the task of completing the work. (Cheers.) Baud—" Prince of Wales's Band March." Mr. HODGES next proposed " The Governor- General." Band—" Old English Gentleman." Mr. HODGES then gave " The Army." Mr. Hopoes, in giving the next toast, said he felt it quite unnecessary to accompany it with a single word of comment—" The Grand Trunk Rail way Company." Band—" Grand Trunk Celebration Polka." Hon. Jolts Ross responded. He said—Ladies and gentlemen, as President of the Grand Trunk Railway Company, I am very much obliged to you for the very kind manner in which you have been pleased to receive this toast. In replying to it, I feel that I shall best consult your comfort and wishes by saying as little as possible on this occa sion. Mr. !lodges has stated that this is not the formal opening of the Grand Trunk, that it is but a private meeting of his own friends whom he has called here to-day to celebrate this event—which is a most important event to the company which I have the honour to represent. It is a most impor tant event to the company because it enables us to send on the traffic which is crowding upon us in thousand of tons, and which we would have been unable to carry had not the bridge been completed just at the time when the cold of winter was closing the natural channel. And I accept your cheers as showing your conviction that it is not only a great event for the company, but a great event for this province, nay for the world—(cheers)—that so splendid a structure should in the short space of time which has been employed in its construction, be reared before us in all its magnitude and mag nificence. N o one can l oo k at it without being Fateful to the Almighty for the way in which it has been carried through by the skilful heads and able hands which have been entrusted with its exe cution —those of Mr. Hodges and the engineers who have acted with him. (Cheers.) I trust you will excuse me if Ido not trespass longer on your attention, and I conclude by again thanking you for the manner in which you have received this toast. Mr. HoDoes again rose and said—l have now a sad task to perform. I have to ask you to drink in silence the memory of the greatest man in the engineerin g profession that ever lived. (Hear, _hear.) . It i s scarcely more than six years since he visit e d thi s country, accompanied by my friend Ross, and standing- on the banks of this river, not a hundred yards from where we now stand, he saw in his vivid imagination the bridge as you see it now, and these two great men pro ceeded to plan the structure such as it now stands before you. Unhappily, only one of them is left to witness the realisation of those plans. lam sure you all join me in the deep regret that we can not drink the health of those two great men toge ther. But respect to the deceased requires that we should drink to his memory in silence; The way he was received, when he was himself amongst you, showed how much you respected him. I ask you to drink to the memory of Robert Stephenson, the greatest engineer the world ever saw. Drunk in solemn silence. Band—" Dead March in Saul." Mr. IIoDGEs—I give the next toast with great pleasure. The man whose health lam to propose is before you, You all know him well, for his works speak for h im —(cheers)—and it is unneces sary that I should pronounce upon him any eulogy. It is enough that I give you his name—Alexander Mackenzie Ross, the engineer who assisted in plan ning, and who has superintended the carrying out, of this mighty structure on which we stand. (Loud cheers.) Iland2—" Scots wha hae." Mr. A. M. Ross, on rising to respond, was loudly ejleerea, lie thanked the assemblage most cordially for the compliment raid to him in the way his health had becknro. a received on this most interesting rai eb occasion. ' retrospective view of the pa r t he had borne in thin work this expression of their approbation gave hi m time, having present to much ple asure . At th e same " Do unto others asgolden rule, mind l the tdhheave others do to you," y ou e he must say that, whit', co-operation he had had, his task had been an ea least as the duties pertaining to hissoy,v7e, so far at ing had been concerned. Yet it NV ouldSpllevialbcall tc3 much to have expected that a work lik e e this, conducted in the face of the more than ordiftl: 'conflicting elements of a rigorous climate, p a have been accomplished with ou t sonic diMeulties and drawbacks. x These difficulties, however, had only served to draw out into action otherwise latent energies, and he must say that the respected and talented agent of the contractors, who had b een in . vested with the responsibility of carrying out this great and important work to its present perfection, had never been found wanting►, (Cheers.) The le- sources of his mind were at all ti;nes equal to the exigiencies of the case, and so far frorn incur ring any reproach, the result had been such as to win for Mr. Hodges the unmingled approbation of all who were acquainted with what had been done. (Cheers.) He hoped the completion of the bridge would serve still more closely to cement that bond of union -which should exist between man and man. (Cheers.) Mr. Boss went on to refer to the oppo sition which the Grand Trunk had met with from various parties, and the charges which had been brought against those connected with its manage ment. If we understood the line of his argument correctly, he attempted to meet these charges by instancing the admirable qualities which had been displayed in carrying out the work, and quoted a remark which he remembered to have heard Mr. Hincks make some years ago—" Prudence, the first of virtues, never could be used in the cause of vice." He concluded by expressing a hope that this coun try had entered on a splendid career, in which the results that would flow from the event of this day, the opening of the Victoria-bridge, would play no unimportant part. (Cheers.) Mr. G. B. BRUCE said he had been asked to pro pose a toast, and it afforded him great pleasure to do so. The company already had the melancholy pleasure of drinking the memory of the late Robert Stephenson; and he must now congratulate the people of Canada on having among them so worthy a relic as the bridge of that great man's genius. He must also congratulate them on having enjoyed the services of his friend Mr. A. M. Ross, a name eminent from the cemmencement of railway enter prise, and one which was connected with this un dertaking from the beginning, It afforded him the greatest pleasure, as an old pupil of Mr. Stephen son, to be seated that day by the side of Mr. Ross, within the province of Canada. He remembered, when in India, reading the report of a speech de livered in this city by Mr. Stephenson, in which that gentleman spoke of a certain class of men whose exertions, :talents, and skill, left to the en gineers nothing but the " poetry of engi neering." The idea struck him as a beautiful one, ~and beautifully expressed ; and if ever there was a company who by their exertions, skill, capital, and enterprise, left to the engineers nothing but the "poetry of engineering," it was the firm of Pete, Brassey, and Co., who were so well represented here by Mr. Hodges. He only repeated what he had heard from Mr, Stephenson and Mr. Ross, that much of the success of this undertaking had been owing to the skill, energy, and unfailing resources in difficulty of Mr. Hodges. He had ex amined closely and critically every part of that work, the opening of which, whatever Mr. Hedges might say, they were met to celebrate. No iron tubas were ever put together over which passengers might more safely pass. No masonry was every heaped stone on stone with greater art, o r w ith more precaution to secure solidity and durability. He was, therefore, justified in proposing on this occasion the health of Messrs. Pete, Brassey, and Co., and in coupling with it that of Mr. Hodges. Before concluding, he would express his earnest hope that the future of Canada might be typified by the grandeur of this enterprise, and the rapidity of her improvement equal that which had distin guished the construction of the bridge. (Cheers.) Band—" For they are jolly good fellows." Mr. HODGES replied on behalf of the contractors. He said—lt gives me great pleasures to convey to you my appreciation of the feeling with which this toast was given and received by you. In carrying out this great work over which you have this day passed, we have had to encounter many difficulties which are net apparent to you ; the greatest of which, perhaps, has been caused by financial diffi culties consequent upon the period during which this great work has been carried on. But, owing to the skill and reputation of the contractors, the work, notwithstanding these financial diffiulties, has been brought to its present successful termina tion. And perhaps it would be well for me to say that this work will last as a monument of their ability to perform to the utmost whatever they may undertake. On their behalf I thank you most heartily and cordially for the way in which you have drunk this toast. His Lordship the Anglican Bishop of MONTREAL then rose and said—l wish to be very brief in what I have to say. Mr. Bruce has very properly joined in the health which you have just drunk to the honour of Messrs. Peto, Brassey, and Betts, the name of Mr. Hodges, but it should also be given separately, and I have claimed from him the right to propose the toast. Of course Ido not speak here as a politician, or take part in political controver sies, but in viewing the great and gigantic work this day inaugurated, whatever politicians may say of disunion, I cannot but think that this groat iron road is clasping the country closer together, and is a proof and pledge of the unity of the interests of this great country, whatever politicians in their party squabbles may say to the contrary. Mr. Hodges has laid out in this work at the rate of about a thousand pounds a day during the last seven years. Almost the whole of that money has come from other countries than Canada. And when we can show the great capitalists of Europe that as a people we can be depended upon as reliable and trustworthy, and as adequate to the erection of such lasting works as this, and when we look at the rate of interest in this country compared with what can be obtained in the old country, the capital of Europe must as necessarily flow into this country as the St. Lawrence flows into the sea. For the rest, I have only to say that I came here to-day, not merely because I have taken a great interest in watching this gigantic work of which you have heard, in watching each pier in its erection, or in watching the multitudinous rivets which have connected the vast tubes together—not merely because I wished to join with you in celebrating its opening, but be cause I wished to pay personal respect to Mr. Hodges, who in after years will be remembered with pride—remembered for his integrity, honesty, and ability, and the Christian principle with which he has endeavoured to provide for the education of the young and the spiritual supervision of all the people connected with the works in which he was engaged. I look upon that asa noble example that all employers of large numbers of men ought to follow, they having no business to congregate to gether large bodies of men and not provide for their spiritual welfare. And when the greatest works existing, of which this is one, shall have crumbled away—when, as our great English poet says, " The cloud-capped towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself, Yea, all which it inherits, shall dissolve," —the integrity of character, the honourable prin ciple, the Christian philanthropy which has actuated Mr. Hodges will remain. These things have their record through all eternity. I propose to you indi vidually, as he deserves, the " Health of Mr. This toast was drunk with the greatest enthusi asm and applause, and followed by music from the band. Mr. HODGES, in reply, said—l can only thank you—more I cannot say, and then resumed his seat. He then rose again and said—l seem by some means to have gained the esteem of most of you, and I have gained it at the expense of others. (Cries of " No, no.") The staff I have had under me have done the work—l have done nothing. I had hoped and intended to say a great deal in their behalf, but little time remains for me to do so, as I mean to ask the ladies to promenade in this tube, for the last time they will have the opportunity of doing so. But I wish to perform a duty to those to whom lam so much indebted. And I will say this, that whoever will engage any of the staff, whether en gineers, whether foremen, whether sub-contractors or mechanics, they may think themselves happy in having secured the services of honest and talented men, second to none in the world. I give you, with all my heart and soul, "The staff—engineers, foremen, sub-contractors, mechanics, and staff at Birkenhead." Drunk with the usual honours, and the band having played a march, Mr. DuNcaN, C.E., replied on behalf of the staff. Ho said that they would soon probhbly be dis persed, some of them moving to lands beyond the sea ; but they would never forget the pride and satisfaction with which they had worked under these contractors and Mr. Hodges. They would never forget the kindness and sympathy which had been shown them, the very kind way in which Mr. Hodges had proposed their health ;and the manner in which that large and distinguished assemblage of the people of Montreal had drunk it. Mr. HODGES then told the ladies he hoped they would promenade through the tube as this would be the last opportunity for them to do so. He then called upon all, previous to dispersing, to join with him in drinking the last toast, and concluded by giving " The Ladies." --- enthusiasm, after whic e The good old toast , b d a r n u d n s k t r with u n p o " l I I I c e k r e 9 s f a health to all good lasses.” con siderable After the collation and speeches walked guest distance down the tube, some of them as far as the aelkreedovfeorr, a some number of the centre tube. Here the opening to enable them to pass through,was large enough e to the Nuns Isle, upon the river rushing below. and to look down with its surface of broken ice, upwards on one s) Laprarie, &c., and on the other to St f . Lambert, St. Helen's Island, and the city, of thefront of which m this one gets perhaps' the best possible view f point. H ere , t oo , one ge t s th e b es t id e a o the im mense extent of the work, looking in either direc tion along a line of nearly a mile of iron tubes. Before closing this account of the virtual opening of the Victorial Bridge, it will not be out of place' to state that the bridge has been subjected by the Engli s h engineers, as we understand, to the most severe te s t s . Waggons loaded with stones to their 1 utmost capacity have been drawn over it by three locomotives attached together, and a strain produced equal to three or four times that which can be pro duced by ordinary freight trains. It is after such a test Mr. Bruce declares that no better or stronger work can be found anywhere. We feel we may congratulate Mr. 'lodges, the contractors, the en gineers, the company, the' city, or rather the whole country, that this truly gigantic undertaking is thus triumphantly completed—that tlg3 immense expenditure of money upon it has at last achieved a practical result, The immense importance of the Grand Trunk Railroad is beginning to be realised by the people of the United States. The Chicago Tribune com mences an able article on this subject with the fol lowing glowing introduction :—" The Jesuit mis sionaries, who first penetrated the central portions of the American continent, were possessek of indo mitable energy and magnificent conceptions. De riving their ideas from the grandeur of the lakes, and the rivers, and the prairies which they were the first to explore, they established a cordon of military posts between Quebec and New Orleans, and for years cherished the sublime scheme of grasping the entire continent. The commencement of the year 1860 will witness Quebec and New Orleans con nected by bands more powerful and enduring than were dreamed of by those old exploring heroes. In the comparison, military posts are but as cobwebs, and for all time to come commerce will bind, as by hooks of steel, Quebec and New Orleans to Chi cago, the great central city of the continent. The magnificent conception of the old Jesuits will soon be more than realised." The road is completed to Sarnia, and is now in good running order, with the exception of the Vic toria Bridge, which, however, will he ready for trains to pass over it in the early part of December. The Tribune says : " No man would dare to estimate the advantages which the opening of this road will confer upon the West. The first thing to be noticed is the esta blishment of a weekly mail between Chicago and Liverpool and London. A contract with our Go vernment has already been obtained, and the first mail between Chicago and London is to be made up on Wednesday evening, Nov. 23, and will leave this city on Thursday morning, Nov. 24,:at eight o'clock, connecting with the Royal Mail steamer which is to leave Portland on Saturday morning, the 26th. The European mail will leave this city thereafter every Thursday morning, connecting with Saturday morning's steamers from Portland. Passengers leaving with the mail on Thursday morning will be sure of the connection at Portland, as the steamer will be delayed till the mail train arrives. There will be but one change of cars, after the Victoria bridge is finished, between this city and Portland. In the above paragraph we have spoken only of Portland. In the summer cars will run to Quebec, and the ocean steamers will sail from that city. The distance from Chicago to Portland is 1,129 miles; time only 48 hours." Turning to the South, the editor says that only a small rail of 24 miles requires to be finished on the " Mississippi Central," and this is to be done before the Ist of January, when there will be all rail, via Chicago, between New Orleans, Quebec, and Portland : _ . " The locomotive will run from the mouth of the St. Lawrence to the mouth of the Mississippi, and the distance which it took the old Jesuits in their bark canoes weary months to accomplish will be made in logs than four days. Who can doubt that the opening of this great line from gulf to gulf will work a vast change in the business of the continent ? Who can doubt that Chicago, situated at the head of our magnificent inland seas, on the dividing ridge between the valleys of the Mississippi and the St. Lawrence, and near the centre of this great thorough fare, will reap immense advantages from its comple tion ? It will be interesting to put the distance and the time between Portland and New Orleans in tabular form : Miles. Hours. Portland to Chicago 1129 .. 48 Chicago to Cairo Cairo to Columbus 25 .. 1 Columbus to New Orleans 526 .. 26 Total 2045 931 It will be seen that the time between New Orleans and Chicago will be less than two days ; between New Orleans and Portland about four; and fourteen days will suffice for the passenger to pass from New Orleans, through the heart of the American conti nent, and across the Atlantic to the capital of the British empire. Was ever Arabian tale more truly strange and astounding ?" The Boston Transcript has also an article on the same road, from which we take the following extract : " Some few weeks ago, our readers may remem ber, in the telegraph despatch of the day, a state ment that representations had been forwarded to the State Department at Washington, in regard to the efforts being made at the - West, by the agents of the Canadian roads, to attract freight from our own roads, via Canada; and, judging by the quantity of freight brought by the Portland steamers, we doubt not the statement referred to was correct. The boats of the Portland Steam Company have landed at Central Wharf about 1,400 barrels of flour per day for the last few weeks, with immense quantities of ether merchandise. To ' day we saw landing • a lot of cotton, which had been shipped from Memphis to Boston via Mon treal and Portland, at a cost, as we learned, of about 4 dols. per bale. So large has been the increase of freight from the Grand Trunk road, that the Portland Steam Company have found it necessary to increase the number of boats • and also, we learn, they have leased another berth of the Central Wharf Company, and are now erecting a large warehouse to accommodate their increasing business. When the great bridge across the St. Lawrence at Mon treal shall have been finished, which will probably be accomplished during the present month, freight will then come from St. Louis to Portland with but two transhipments, and must, we think, prove a very popular route from the west to the east.' TILE GREAT ST. LAWRENCE VICTORIA BRIDG.E. A great event has just occurred in Canada. The Victoria-bridge, the greatest work of Robert Stephenson, has been opened for traffic. We be lieve that seven years and upwards have been con sumed in the construction of this wonderful bridge, and at. last a train has passed over it, and the St. Lawrence is no longer an obstacle to free communi cation between the Canadas and the United States. This bridge is the most magnificent work of the kind in existence; for, although within our own island we have the bridge across the Menai Straits, yet in every point the Victoria-bridge is far superior. 'The St. Lawrence, as may readily be seen by a reference to the map, together with the great chain of lakes, actually divides North America in two, from the Rocky Mountains to New Brunswick. There is, indeed, an admirably planned wooden bridge at Niagara, but it is not to be mentioned as a rival of the stupendous achievement at Montreal. The provinces of the North American Union are now so intimately connected by iron lines that all that was' wanting to bring the Union into close communication with Canada was to span the St. Lawrence, and this has now been done. It seems a prosaic test to apply to a work which appears to have been inspired by the very poetry of engineering, but to us there seems something very prophetic of the future in the simple statement of freight carried over the Victoria-bridge during five nights after it had been opened for traffic. We read tluit from west to east there passed 162 cars, containing 11,723 barrels of flour, 1,552 barrels of pork, 140 bales of cotton, and 110 tons of general goods. From east to west there passed 130 cars, containing 524 tons of genera l goods, 170 tons f iron, and 39,000 feet of lumber. Now, this looks very prosaic and commonplace, but let us see what it means. Here we have evidence that the corn-growers, the provision merchants, and the cotton-planters of the United States are ready and eager to avail themselves of this opening for traffic. On the other hand, and on the Canadian side, all persons engaged in the timber and iron trades, and, as we may presume, the general mer chants in this mother country, are nothing loth to meet the produ'3ers of the Union half. way. This simple register of commercial transactions, which at the first glance reads like a mere invoice, is more significant than any of the considerations which were urged with exuberant rhetorical power by the speakers at the opening banquet. It must be remembered that, independently of the engineering difficulties of this undertaking , the work had to be carried on in a climate whic h for many months of the year is almost Arctic in its severity. It is said, however, that no iron tubes, despite of these drawbacks, have ever been put to gether more scientifically or securely, and that rever has stone been heaped upon stone with greater care to insure durability than in the case of the Victoria-bridge. It is, indeed, to be doubted if ever a monument has been raised by human hands which can offer a - prouder memnrial of the race which reared it than the Victoria•bridge. To Robert Stephenson is due the merit of its concep tion ; to Messrs. Peto and Brassey the praise which belongs to the contractors for such a work when successfully executed. We believe that the great bulk of the money which has been etnployed upon the construction of the line and the bridge has cone from the pockets of British capitalists. Thethe Victoria-bridge will, a s we trust,all openi ng prove o f the commencement of a new era in the prosperity of the Canadas. An epoch of steady industry and an absence of political turmcil and squabbles are all that is needed to place the provinee!. , of British America in as favourable a States What a l s v tl h t a ei t r i m s os m tf a e inly rtuna i t .e e q i u l i v r a e l d s o is f t t h h e a U t United should inspi r e confidence in the honest manage ment of their finances and in the industrial deve lopment of their country, We confess, however, we cannot read of this opening of the Victoria bridge w ith ou t a p ang o f regret, Al as f or R o b er t Stephenson ! Alas for the great engineer who a few years bacl lookod down upon the ice-drift 91 ONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 5, 1860. THE ARMY PURCBASE SY LTEM. As the existing practice of buying and selling commissions in the army is likely to be considered during the coming parliamentary session, the fol lowing illustrations of its working are not without interest:— The Gazette of December 20 informed us of the following arrangement :—" Coldstream Guards— Lieutenant and Captain and Brevet-Major Lord Bingham to be captain and lieutenant-colonel, by purchase, vice Burdett, who retires." In Hart's Army List is told that "Lord Bingham served the Eastern campaign of 1854-5 as aide-de camp to the Earl of Lucan, including battles of Alma, Balaklava, and Inkermann," Lieut.-Colonel Burdett " served in the Crimea from December, 1854, and was at the fall of Sebastopol (medal and clasp)." This officer did not buy the grade which he has just sold. The London Gazette, of Nov. 29, announced : " Col istream Guards—Lieutenant and Captain and Brevet-Major Goodlake to be captain and lieute nant-colonel, by purchase, vice Newdigate, who re tires." Re-opening Bares Army list, we find that Good lake, the buyer, " served the Eastern campaign of 1854-5, and was present at the battles of Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, and Tchernaya," He is de corated with the Victoria Cross far his bravery. Newdigate, the seller, on the contrary, does not appear to have served against the enemy. It is cer tain, however, he did not purchase his lieutenant colonelcy—the step which he has disposed of to Goodlake, Here,tben, we have two recent instances of offi cers who have seen little or nothing of war selling what they did not buy to officers who have seen comparatively much of war. Such is the " chase" system. Gentlemen with " good luck-," who remain quietly at home, may put a few tnousand pounds into their pockets by selling what the pub lic has freely given them to soldiers n'no have risked their lives in the service of thei:e country. It would bo interesting tG know if the bargains were done at regulation par, or at the conventional premium, about which the Horse Guards prudes affect to know nothing. —Daily News. ME BOAT ACCIDENT AT LIVERPOOL. An inquest was held 'before the borough coroner of Liverpool on Monday on the body of Edward Butler, one of the unfortunate men who lost their lives by the boat accident on the Mersey on Friday afternoon. Wre..ArilHams deposed—l am a rigger, and re side . ir. Worfield-street. The deceased, whose name was Edward Butler, was also a rigger. He was 55 I — ears old. He and I were well acquainted ;we had been working together for years. Last Friday morn ing the deceased, I, and ten other riggers, and a lad, went over to the Birkenhead Dock to the ship Grand Trianon. We left the Birkenhead Dock about one o'clock, a little before high water. We took the ship abreast of Rock Ferry in the river, a n d came to an anch or . Between three and four o'clock we left the ship in Thomas Mackay's boat. He had been in attendance on the ship all slay. The wind was about southwest, blowing fresh, and the tide about an hour or an hour and a half's ebb. The boat came to the port side of the ship, and I think about 30 men got into her. Some of the men complained there were too many on board. I heard Thomas Mackay, the owner of the boat, say " She will carry 30 men." She is certainly a fine boat; there is no mistake about that. We were making for the Cockle Hole, between the Bruns w i c k D oc k an d the Coburg Dock. She went along very nicely until we got on the edge of Pluckington Bank, where there is always a ripple of sea at that state of the wind and tide. When we got there the boat shipped three seas right in over her bows. She filled with water, and sank right under us. We all jumped out of the boat into the water. I was picked up by a boat that put off to our assistance. The captain of the Grand Trianon, who was on the boat with us, was picked up by the same boat I was. I did not see the deceased again until I saw and recognised him lying dead in his own house in 10 Court, Gratton street, on Saturday. The boat was under her fore sail. There was no one pulling at the oars, because we had a fair wind. The back set of the river from the Brunswick Dock wall made a head sea as we got on the edge of the Pluckington Bank. The Coroner (to Williams)—How many do you think it was prudent to have in the boat ? The owner says she would carry as many au were in ; what is your opinion ? Williams—She would carry thirty well enough in smooth water. There was no danger till you came to Plucking ton Bank ?--No; there was no danger till we got there, where there is always a ripple of sea. I have heard that if you had all remained still all would have been safe ?—There was not a single man moved. Do you consider that the captain (of the Grand Trianon) was at all to blame in the matter ? Had he any control at all ? Could you have remained or go, as ycn chose, or were you under his control ? —lie was no more then than any:of ourselves. We could do what we pleased. Richard Miller, a shipwright, living at 67, Hill street, who witnessed the accident whilst standing on the Coburg Dock pier, deposed that the rebound of the water from the wall drove it over the boat, and she went floating down the river. The boat appeared to have been skilfully handled. He as sisted in saving one man with a life-buoy. Edward Varley, police-officer 431, deposed to finding the body of the deceased about half-past eight o'clock, on the sands of Pluckington Bank, where it had been left high and dry by the tide. A verdict of " Accidental death" was returned. STATIONS OF 7HE .ROYAL NAVY IN COHMISSION. With the dates of Commission of the Of f icers in Command. Aboukir, 90, sc., Capt. C. F. Schomberg, 1851, Channel Flt. Acorn, 12, Cora. R. B. Pearse, 1856, East Indies. Actaeon, 26, Corn. J. Ward (b), 1858, East Indies. Adventure, so. troop-ship, Com. E. Lacy, 1856, E. Indies. Agamemnon, 91, se., Capt. T. Hope, 1852, Mediterranean. Ajax, 60, sc., Capt. J. M‘Noil Boyd, 1846, Coast Guard. Alert, 17, se , Com. W. A. R. Pearse 1855, Pacific. Algerine, sc., gun-boat, Lieut.-Com. W. Arthur, 1854,;East Indies. Algiers, 91, BC, Capt. G. D. O'Callaghan, 1846, Chan. Flt. Amethyst, 26, Capt. S. Grenfell, 1853 Pacific. Amphion, 36, ac., C apt. T. Cochran, 1'857, Channel Fleet. Arachne, 18, Com. J. E. Montgomcrio, 1855, N. America and West Indies. Archer, 13, se., Capt. W, N. W. llewelt, V.C. (acting), Coast of Africa. Ardent, 3, st.-v., Com. J. E. Parish, 1857, Devonport. Argus, 6, st.-v., C om , H. F. F. Ingram, 1856, Mediter ranean. Ariadne, 2Q, t crew, Capt. E. W. Vansittart, 1856, Portsm. Arrogai: J ; ' 47, Sc. Capt. W. Edmonstone, 1853, Ascension. Asia 81, Capt. G. T. Gordon, 1846, Portsmouth, ikasiatance, screw store-ship, East Indies. Assurance, 4, se., Cora. C. M. Aynsley, 1856, Mediterranean. Atalanta, 10, Corn. T. M. S. Pasley, 1855, N. A. and W. I. Atholl, 4, Com. E. Wilson, 1845, Greenock. Banshee, 2, st.-v., Com. C. A. Campbell, 1858, Mediter ranean. Banterer, sc. gun-boat, Lieut.-Com. J. Jenkins, 1853, E. I. Basilisk, 6, at.-ves„ Com. G. A. Phayre, 1854, N. Amer and W. Indies. Beagle, 4, sc., Corn. E. Hays, 185 S, East Indies. fllsck Eagle, et.-yac., Mast.-Corn. J. E. Petley, 1844, par ticular service. Blenheim, GO, sc., Capt. F. Scott, C. 8., 1848, Ct.-Guard. Boseawen, 70, Rr-Ad. the Hon. Sir F. W. Grey, K.C.8., Capt. IL A. Powell, C. 8., 1555, Cape of Good Hope. Bouncer, 2, se. gun-boat, Lieut.-Com. A. R. Owen, 1852, Devonport. Brisk, ld, so., Capt. A. F. R. D'llorsey, 1857, C. of G. 11. Britannia, trainino•-ship, Capt. R. H. Harris, 1849, Ports. Brune, st. •yes., Lt.-Corn. E. P. Lodder, 1854, C. of Africa. Brunswick, 80, sc., Capt. E. Ommannay, 1846, Meditern. Buil4lo, sc., Mas.-Corn. A. Brown, 1854, partic u l ar serv i ce. Budtard, 2, sc. gun-boat, Lt.-Com. F. W. HaHowes, 1856, East Indies. Buzzard, 6, st.-v., Com. F. Peel, 1855, S. E. Coastof Ame, Cadmus, 21, sc., Capt. H. S. Hillyar, C. 8., 1854, Mediter. Caesar, 90, sc., Capt. T. H. Mason, 1849, Mediterranean, Calypso, 18, Capt. F, B. Montresor, 1851, Pacifi c. Cambrian, 40, Capt. J. J. M‘Cluverty, C. 8., 1848, E. Indies. Callbrid gunnery-ship, Capt. A. W. Jorningham, 1851, by Apo t. Camilla, 16, Cana. 0. 'l'. Colville, ISM, East Indies. Qi.g;adoc l Lt..-Cotn, 14. liucklo, 18 47, biedit. the St. Lawrence, and spanned the river in his thought! his presence at Montreal the other day was all that was needed to make the festival day of the St. Lawrence as brilliant in all its particu lars as it will, we trust, prove an augury of prospe rity and happiness to the Canadian dominions of the Crown. —Times. VOLUNTEER CORPS. THE QUEEN'S. Yesterday evening about 200 effective members of the above corps assembled at Westminster-hall, for the purpose of forming the corps into companies, in accordance with the resolution agreed upon at the meeting held on Tuesday at Pimlico —namely, that of sizing the volunteers. Earl Grosvenor, M.P., assisted by Mr. Russell, Mr. Swift, and two sergeants, conduct e d th e operation of sizing, the tallst members when sorted being made to form No. 1 company, and so on with the rest, until eight companies were formed, consisting of 60 members each, and all those who join the corps in future will, according to their size, be draughted into com panies. The volunteers, after the operation of sizing, were put through the usual drill, which they performed in a most creditable manner. The question of facings has not yet been decided by the committee appointed to decided upon the dress for volu- nteers. CUSTOMS CORPS. Several meetings have been h e ld a t th e C us t om• house within th e last fortnight for the formation of a corps of Rifle Volunteers, consisting of gen tlemen belonging to the Customs' Department. A desire having been expressed by the officers to do so, the commissioners deemed it to be their duty to communicate with her Majesty's Govern ment on the subject. In reply they were informed that the Lords of her Majesty's Treasury learned " with satisfaction the public spirit thus manifested" by the civil servants of the Crown, and could have no objection to the adoption of such a course by purely voluntary effort, without interfering with the indis pensable duties of the public service. At the first meeting the Treasury letter was com municated to the gentlemen present, who assembled in large numbers, but the Board of Customs re frained from any expression of their wishes on the subject, except by an intimation through the chair man of the meeting, to the effect that, in the event of a corps being voluntarily formed by the officers themselves, they would be happy to afford any faci lity to it in their power, and to give it their support. This meeting resulted in the enrolment of 127 honorary and effective members, who spontaneously came forward to record their names, 77 entering themselves as effectives. At a second meeting, on Thursday last, the rules for the government of the corps, prepared by a pro visional committee appointed for the purpose, were submitted to the members and approved. On this occasion the chairman read to the meeting a letter received by him from the commissioners, expressing their cordial approval of the course which the offi cers had pursued, and communicating their desire to subscribe—the chairman five guineas, and the other members of the board three guineas each, and to become members of the corps—Mr. Commissioner Grey declaring his readiness to join as an effective, and the other commissioners as honorary members. The Chairman, in reply to some inauiries as to the effect of the Treasury letter, pointed out that the great object of forming rifle corps throughout the country was to produce a powerful moral effect ; that the establishment of a competent volunteer force, though an instrument of war, was in fact the greatest safeguard of peace, but that it would be vain to boast tf several hundred thousand rifles to oppose to any enemy that might have the audacity to menace sir shores, unless we could add that they were in the hands of as many thousand men capable of using them with effect ; hence the import ance of making the rifle volunteers not merely no. minally effectives, but de factolefficient men. That movement was not designed as a menace to a n y particular country, but as a wise precaution in th e interests of peace, and if it produced that effect there would be no necessity for the civil servants of the Crown to desert their proper civil duties ; while, in their military character, they would be conduo ing, equally with the non-official volunteers, to the grand object in view. In time of war—in the event, that is, of ,invasion— our commercial and maritime operations would necessarily be to a serious esfcent paralysed, and the duties especially of the iustoms department would be materially le.Q.:,ened ; the ship ping interests, upon which th.c-ir avocations so much depended, would of course be seriously affected in proportion to the danger, as commercial enterprise must necessarily receive a check, and in that case the indispensable duties of the revenue department would be so much lessened that the honorary mem bers of the corps—the majority of whom almost of necessity consisted of the experienced seniors— would be able to conduct the indispensable duties of the Custom-house, while the young and effective men might be spared, without any inconvenience to the public service, to take up arms in defence of their country. Under these circumstances the aug ment ition of what in the highest sense of the word may be called the National Guard of a free and en lightened people . by the additi on of a Civil Service Brigade to thenfle volunteers of the country would n u s n unforeseen e en circumstances, aid, by swelling the number s , th e great preventive aggression,the Civili should Service fail demonstration, which Was the primary object ; and Brigade would no do u bt b e available to swell the ranks. t i o t;m preserve us This meeting resulted in the accession of about 133 more volunteers from the Customs. The num bers are hourly increasing, and it is confidently an ticipated that, when the rules of the corps—already transmitted to the Lord Lieutenant for approval— have received the necessary sanction, and have been promulgated, at least three full companies of effectives of 100 each, will be enrolled as " Her Ma jesty's Customs' Corps of Rifle Volunteers." The members of the c orps are an i mated by the most ardent desire to render themselves fully effi cient, and are urgent to commence their drill, for which purpose arrangements are being made. The numbers to January 4 stand thus-183 effective acid 131 honorary, giving a t o t a l of 314. FIRST SURREY. Last evening a meeting was held at the Naval School, New-cross, in order to promote the forma tion of companies for the districts of Hatcham and the Old Kent-road in connexion with the above corps. There was a very numerous attendance, the hall being crowded in every part, almost to suf focation. A considerable number of ladies were preient, and the volunteer band was also in atten dance. Mr. Alderman Wire presided. The CHAIRMAN, in opening the proceedings, said he was glad to see so many ladies present, evincing their interest in the movement. Some misappre hension had been caused by the meeting being held ; another corps which had been formed in the Boi ough having protested against it, as a corps for Deptford and New-cross had been formed so far back as the 26th of November; but he could not see why there should be any objection to their working harmoniously together. He then read a letter containing the protest referred to from the secretary of the West Kent Volunteers. Letters were then read from Mr. Roupell, M.P., and Mr. Angerstein, M.P., regretting their being prevented from attending the meeting. The CHAIRMAN went on to say that some months back there had arisen a feeling. that it was ne cessary to take some measures fo r the i nternal defence of the country, and it would be a great shame if the young men of Deptford did not come forward voluntarily in defence of their country. The bare possibility of an invasion was enough to stir the blood and rouse the energies of Englishmen, and it would be a lasting disgrace to them if they did not stand up and defend their birthright. They must remember it was not a war, but a preparation for war, and they could never b.) prepared to meet an enemy in the field with any prospect of advantage unless they had been pro perly trained and drilled. lie had heard military men say that 25 properly trained military men would put to flight a mob of 1,000 men, and he did not doubt that a properly trained rifle regiment would be able to put to flight an unlimited number oruntrained men. They might never be called upon to exercise the power they would acquire, but there was an old saying that prevention was better than cure. He adjured them not to forget the duties they owed to themselves and their country, and, as it was a volunteer movement, to come for. ward without any other compulsion than the love of their country and their brethren. The Rev. A. K. GIt.tNVILLE proposed the first resolution : " That this meeting, while earnestly trusting that friendly relations will continue to be maintained with foreign States, is at the same time impressed with the con viction that the truest way of averting. the dangers of war and continuing to our beloved land the blessings of peace and commercial prosperity, is a thorough and complete sys tern of national defence." He said the best way of averting war and main taining peace was by showing that every man in the country was prepared to defend it ; he did not believe there was any intention of invadin. this country. The Emperor of the Freneh know too well the spirit of tke country to attempt to carry into it fire and sword without a pretext. He con curred heartily with the words of the resolution he had proposed, and believed the best means of carrying out a complete system of national defence was by the organisation of rifle corps to serve as an aid to the regular army. He strongly urged upon employers and others the advantages of the early closing movement and the Saturday half holidab which would afford leisgre to t 1 o4c y(hopi they employed to pursue the necessary drill, and gain some insight into military details. Mr. HERMANN seconded the motion. Mr. MARCIIMONT (an ensign in the West Kent) then gave an explanation with reference to the misunderstanding between their corps and the ht Surrey. They had thought the latter corps in recruiting in the district of Dept ford for their own body had somewhat over stepped their own boundary, but the question had been treated on each side in a conciliatory and gen tlemanly spirit, and, while they hoped to maintain the ancient supremacy of Kent, they wou ld cor dially supp or t t h e Ist Surrey. The resolution was then carried unanimously. The Rev. Mr. MONEY, incumbent of St. John's, Deptford, proposed the second resolution : "That the organisation on an extensive scale of volun teer corps in aid of her Majesty's regular forces ought to be, earnestly promoted, and, as the lst Surrey, or South Lon don Rifle Battalion, is a thoroughly organised regiment, this meeting pledges itself to use every exertion to promote the formation of a company for Hatcham, New-cross, and the vicinity, in connexion with that regiment." The Rev. Mr. EVANS seconded the motion. Captain ROGERS supported the resolution, and explained the misconception which had arisen be tween their corps and the West Kent. The resolution, on being put from the chair, was carried by acclamation. Several other gentlemen afterwards delivered addresses, and the meeting, which had been an unusually enthusiastic one, separated after the usual compliment to the chair man. - e Centaur, 6, st.- v ., Cora. E. D'o, I:va, Aplin, 1853, E . In. - Centurion, 80, sc., Capt. C. G. R Patey, 1846, Devonport Chesapeake, 51, sc., Rear-Admiral J. Hope, C. 8., Capt. G. 0. Willis, 1856, East Indies. Clio, 21, screw, Capt. F. Miller. 1855, Pacific. Clown, sc. gunboat, Lieut,-Com. W. F. Lee, 1855, E. Indies. Cockchafer, 2, sc. gu n b oat, Lt. Com. H. L. Holder, 1854, Devonport. Conqueror, 101, sc., Capt. IV. J. C. Clifford, C. 8., 1847, Devonport. Coquette, 4, sc., Cora. the lion. P. A. Foley, 1855, Mediter. Cordelia, 11, sc., Com C. E. H. Vernon, 1855, Australia. Cormorant, 4, sc., Cora. A. Wodehouse, 1856, East Indies. Cornwallis, 60, sc., Capt. G. C. Randolph, C. 8., 1854, Coast Cuard. Cossack, 20, sc., Capt. R. Moorman, 1857, N. America and W. Indies. Cressy, 80, sc., Capt. the lion. C. G. J. B. Elliot, C. 8., 1841, Mediterranean, Crocodile, 8, rec. sh., Com. IV. Greet, 1854, off the Tower. Cruiser, 17, sc., Com. J. Bythesea, 1856, E. Indies. Cumberland, 70, Capt. E. B. Rice, 1855, Sheerness. Curacoa, 31, sc., Capt. A. Philthnere, 1855, S.E. Coast of America. Cyclops, 6, st.-v., Capt. W. J. S. Pullen, 1856, E. Indiee, Dasher, 2., st.-v., Cora. E. G. Here, 1854, particular serer. Dauntless, 31, sc., Capt. L. G. Heath, C. 1 3.7 1854 , Coast Guard. Dee, 4, tr.-sh., Mac-Com. T. C. Pullen, 1844, part. service. Diadem, 32, sc., Capt. J. H. Cockburn, 1850, Channel Fleet. Donegal, 122 sc., Capt. H. Broadhead, 1846, Channel Fit. Doris, 32, sc., Capt. E. Heathcote, 1852, Mediterranean. Drake, sc., gunboat, I - :eut.-Com. A. R. Blane, 1856, RI. Eagle, 50, Capt. E. Tatham, 1854, Coast Guard. Edgar, 91, sc., Rear-Adm. J. E. Erskine, Capt. J. E. Katon, 1856, Channel Fleet. Edinburgh, 58, sc., Capt. E. C. T. D'Eyncourt, 1859, Coast Guard, Elk, 12, Corn. H. Campion, 1855, Australia. Emerald, 51, sc., Capt. A. Cumming, 1854, Channel Fleet. Encounter, 14, sc., Capt. R. Dew, 1858, E.I. Esk, 20, sc., Capt. Sir R. J. Le M. M'Clure, 1850, E. I. Euryalus, 51, sc., Capt. J. IV. Tarleton, C. 8., 1852, Medi terranean. Excellent, 46, gunnery ship, Capt. R. S. Hewlett, C. 8., 1850, Portsmouth. Exmouth, 90, so., Capt. J. J. Stopford, 1841, Mediterran. Fairy, sc. yacht, tender to Victoria and Albert yacht,Ports. Falcon, 17, sc., Cora. A. G. Fitz Roy, 1857, Coast of Africa. Ferret, 8, Com. W. E. Fisher, 1856, particular service. Firebrand, 6, st. yes., Com, J. Dayman, 1858, particular service. Firefly, 4, st.-v., Master-Com. F. F. F. Taylor, 1846, Wol. Firm, sc., gu n -b oa t , Li eut.-Com. IV. R. 80u1t0n,1854,E.1. Fisgard, 42, Commod, Hon. J. R. Drummond, C. 8., Woolwich. Flamer ' sc. gunb oa t, Li eut.-Com. H. M. Bingham, 1851, East Indies. Flying Fish, 6, so., Corn. C. W. Hope, 1854, particular ser. Forester, 2, sc., gun-boat, Lieut.-Com. A. J. Innes, 1853. East Indies. Formidable, 84, R. B. Watson, 1842, Sheerness. Forward, 2, sc., Lieut.-Com. C. R. Ramon, 1851, South America. Furious, 16, st.-ves , Capt. 0. J. Jones, C. 8., 1355, East F , ary, 6, st.-von.., Cora. W. A. J. Heath, 1856, East Indies Ganges, 84, Rear -Ad. B. L. B a y nes , C. 8., Capt. J. Ful ford, 1848, Pacific. Gannett, 11, Cora. E. H. G. Lambert, 1854, Mediterranean. Gladiator, 6, st.-ves., Cora. H. D. Hickley, 1858, N. Ame rica and W. Indies. Gorgon, 6, st.-ves., Cora. B. C. T. Pym, 1858, N. America and West Indies. Graplor, 2, so., Lieut.-Com. A. P. H. Helby, 1849, Pacific. Grasshopper, sc. gun-beat, Lt.-Com. J. C. Tucker, 1855, East Indies. Growler,Greyhou 2 n, 17, sc., Corn. J. W. Sullivan, Devonport. Mediterra':• gunboat, Lieut.-Com. H. Crosier, 1854, Hannibal. 91, sc., Rear-Ad. G. R. Mundy, Capt. C ono lly, 1858. :siediterranean. Harry, 2, sc. gun-boat, Lt.-Com. A. G. Bogle, 1855, East Indies. Heating', 60, sc., Capt. IV. R. Mends, C. 8., 1852, Coast Guard. Haughty, 2, sc. gunboat, Lieut. -Cora. G. D. Broad, 1851, E. Indies. Havock, 2, se. guu-boat, Lieut.-Cora. C. Fairholme, 1851, East Indies. Hawke, 60, sc., Capt. W. Crispin, 1852, Coast Guard. Herald, 8, sur.-v., Capt. H. Denham, 1846, Feejee'lslands. Hermes 6, st.-v, Com. IV. E . A . Gordon, 1854, * Cape of Good ' Hope, Hero, 91, sc., Capt. G. H. Seymour, C.B„ 1844, Ch. Fleet. Hesper, Sc., sf.-ship, Master-Corn. J. Loane, 1846, E. Indies. Hiberni-a, rec.-ship, Rear-Admiral H. J. Codrington, C. 8., Crpt. F. Warden, C. 8., 184.5, Malta. Ffighflyer, 21, sc., Capt. C. F. A. Shadwell, C. 8., 1853, East Indies. Himalaya, sc. store-ship, Cora, J. Seccombe, 1855, particus lar service. Hogue, 60, sc., Capt. R. J. J. G. Macdonald, 1854, Coast Guard. Hydra, 6, at-v., Com. R. V. Hamilton, 1857, par. ser. Icarus, 11, sc., Corn. N. Salmon, 1858, Sheerness. Illustrious, 72, Cora. H. C. Harston, 1845, Portsmouth. Imaum, 72, Commod. H. Kellett, C. 8., Corn. H. J. Grant, 1855, rec.-ship, Jamaica. Impregnable, 104, Vice-Adm. Sir B. Reynolds, K.C.8., Capt. IV. H. Stewart, C. 8., 1854, Devonport. Imperieuse, 51, screw, Rear-Admiral L. T. Jones, C. 8., Capt. R. Maguire, 1854, East Indies. Indus, 78, Rear 'Admiral Sir 11. Stewart, K.C.8., Capt. W. R. Hall, 1853, North America and West Indies. Industry, st-v., 2, Mast-Com. G. J. Hodges, 1841, S. America. Inflexible, 6, st.-y., Cora. G. A. C. Brooker, 1856, East Indies. Intrepid, 6, so., Cosa. J. H. Marryat, 1855, Mediterranean. Iris, 26, Com. IV. Loring, C. 8., Australia. Jackal. 4, st.-v., Lieut.-Com. J. Simpson (6), 1845, par ticular service. James Watt, 91, sc. ' Capt. E. Codd, 1851, Mediterranean. Janus, sc. gunboat, Lieut.-Com. H. P. Knevitt, 1855, East Indies. Jasper, sc. gunboat, Lieut.-Com. IV. Ppm, 1849, West Indies. Kestrel, sc. gunboat, Lieut.-Com. G. D. Bevan, 1853, East Indies. Lapwing, 4, screw Corn. M. F. O'Reilly, 1856, Medittern. Lee, sc. gunboat, Lieut.-Com. , E. Indies. Leopard, 18, st.-v., Rear-Adm. Sir S. Lushingten, C. 8., Capt. J. F. B.;lVainwright, 1856, S. E. Coast of America Leven, 3, sc. gunboat, Lieut.-Com. J. S. Hudson, 1854, East Indies. Liffey, 51, sc., Capt. G. W. Preedy, C. 8., 1855, Mediter ranean. Locust, 3, st.-v., Lieut.-Cora. J. B. Field, 1846, particular service. London, 90, sc., Capt. H. Chula, 1848, Moditerannean. Lynx, 4, screw, Lieut.-Com. H. Berkeley, 1854, Coast of Africa. Lyra, 9, screw, Corn. R. B. Oldfield, 1855, Cape of Good Hope. Madagascar, store-ship,' Capt. R. D. White, 1866, Ric Janeiro. Alseander, Capt. Sir M. Macgregor, 1856, Ascension. Magicienne, 16, st.- v ., C a pt. J. E. Commerell (acting), East Indies. Marlborough, 131, screw, Vice-Admiral A. Fanshawe, C. 8., Capt. the Right Hon. Lord F. H. Kerr, 1854, Me diterranean. Mars, 80, screw, Capt. J. N. Strange, 1854, Portsmouth. Medina, 4, st.-v., Capt. T. A. B. Spratt, C. 8., 1855, Medi terranean. Medusa, 4, st.-v., Cora. IV. Bowden, 1854, Coast of Africa. Melpomene, 50, screw, Capt. C, J. F. Ewart, 1855, Channel Fleet, Mersey, 40, sere Capt. H. Caldwell, C. 8., 1853, Channel Fleet. Minotaur, Capt. E. P. Halsted, 1842, Sheerness. Mohawk, 4, sc., Cora. P. C. C. M'Dougall, 1856, Mediter. Monkey, st.-tug, Sec. Mase G. Syndercombe (act.), Wool wich. Matine, 17, s, Com. W. Graham, 1858, Ports. Naiad, 42, store-ship, Mas.-Com. W. IV. Dillon, 1843, Callao. Nautilus, 6, Lieut.-Com. W. B. Grant, 1852, :apprentice ship. Neptune, 91, sc., Capt. F. A. Campbell, 1857. Nereus, 42, store depot, Mas.-Com. C. J. Barlow, 1855, Valparaiso. • Niger, 14, sc., Capt. C. P. Mends, 1858, Australia. Nile, 90, sc., Capt. A. P. E. Wilmot, C. 8., 1854iDIenvnpet. Nimrod, 6, screw, Corn. R. J. Wynniatt (act s ), B. Indies. Oberon, 3, America. Odin, t.-v., Lieut.-Cona. FF.G. C. Paget, 185 2, 8. Co. Odin, 16, st.- v ., C apt. L or d J . H a y, C. 8., 1854, E. Indies. Opossum, 2, sc. g un b oa t, Lt.-Con. C. J. Balfour, 1853, East Indies. Orion, 91, sc ., C ap t . J . B. B. F rere , 1854, Mediterra nean. Osborn e , s t.- v., M ass -C om . G. H. K. Bower, 1842,parti cu l ar service. Osprey, 4, sc ., C om . H. I• 0r1 seC.B., 1852, East Indies Blomfield, 1855, Mediterranean • Pearl, 20, sc., J. 13 a . Pelorus, 21, Sc., Capt. F. B. P. Seymour, 1854 , A ustralia. Pembroke, 60, Capt. E. P. Charlewood, 1855, Coast Guard. Perseverance, 2, troop-ship, Com. E. R. Power, 1850, partici. service. Persian, 12, Corn. E. Hardinge, 1856, Cape of Good Hope. Pioneer, 6, se ., C o r n . H. A . R e i lly, 1858, East Indies. Plover,2, sc. gunboat, Lieut.-Com. N. B. Smith (acting) 1866, East Indies. Plumper, 9. sc., Capt. G. H. Richards, 1854, Pacific. Pluto, 4, st.-v., Li eu t . -C om. C. H. Simpson, 1848, Coast of Africa. Porcupine, 3, st.-v., Capt. H. C. Otter, 1854, Devonport. Princess Charlotte, 104, Mast.-Com. H. G. Thomsett, 1854, Hong Kong. Prometheus, 5, st.-v., Corn. G. Skipwith, 1842, Woolwich, Pylades, 21, sc., Capt., M. de Courcy, 1852, Pacific. , Quail, 2, sc. gunboat, Lieut.-Com. N. Osborn, 1856, Mediter, Queen., 116, sc., Capt. C. F. Hillyar, 1852, Portsmouth. Queen Charlotte, 104, Vice-Admiral E. Harvey, Capt. H. Harvey, 1852, Sheerness. Racer, ii, sc., Com. the Hon. T. A. Pakenham, 1856, North America and West Indies. Racoon, 21, sc., Capt. J. A, Paynter, 1854, 3lediter. Recruit, 6, st.• v., Corn. D. Spain, 1856, Mediterranean. Renard, 4, sc., Cora. J. G. Goodenough, 1858, E. Indies. Renown 91, sc., Capt. A. Forbes, 1846, Mediterranean. Retribution, 28, steam vessel, Commod. H. E. Edgell, East Indies. Ithadamanthus, 4, steam vessel, Master-Com. F. R. Stun dee, 1843, particular service. Ringdove, 4, sc., Corn. R. G. Craigie, 1856, Portsmouth. Roebuck, 6, sc., Corn. E. C. Symons (act).), East Indies, Rolla, 6, Lieut.-Com.. C. G. Nelson, 1854, Portsmouth. Royal Adelaide, 104, Roar-Admiral Sir T. S. Pasley, Bart., Capt. W. J. Williams, 1841, Davenport. Royal Albert, 121, screw, Rear-Admiral Sir C. H. Fre mantle, K.C.8., Capt. H. J. Lacon, 1856, Channel Fleet. Russell, 60, sc., Capt. G. Wodehouse, 1854, Coast Guard. St. Jean d rr'Acre, , 101, Sc,, C a pt . P . T. Thompson, 1847, Mediteanean St. 1853, Port Vincent, smouth. 102, Rear -Admi ra l G . Grey, Capt. T. Wilson, Sampson, 6, st.-v., Capt. G. S. Hand, 1852, East Indies. Saracen, 4, Master-Corn. IV. Stanton, 1852, East Indies. Satellite, sc., 21, C apt. J. C. Prevost, 1856, Pacific. Saturn, 72, Capt. G. Ramsay, C. 8., 1843, Pembroke. Scylla, s S cot u lt r , g 2e2,11,6,5,05.e,rew, Com. IV. G. Jones, 1854, Mediter. Seagull, Capt. J. Corbett, 1857, East Indies ee., Capt. R. Lambert, 1855, Mediterranean service / .B: ica boat, Lieut.-Corn. W. Chimmo, 1850, part. Sharpshooter, 8, screw, Lieut.-Com. C. Gibbons, 1848, cs,At.-ves , Capt. R. B. Crawford, 1856, Cape G.H. sc., dom. J. M. Cooke, 1852, part. service S SS lr ldcu e oo n °na° , ::2l l l . °2 6 ;B , Com., G. DT, Balfour, 1856, S. E. Coast of America. Skipjack, sc., gunboat, Lt.-Com. J. Murray, 1848, West Indies Sc. gunboat, Lieut.-Com. 11. R. Leet, 1855, East Indies. Snake, 4, sc., Com. 11. Harvey, 1857, East Indies Snap, se. gunboat, Lieut.-Com..W 0. Butler, 1855, E.I. Sparrowhawk, 4, so., Com. J. C. Byng, 1856, East Indies. Sphinx, 6, st.-vex, Com. G. F. Day, V.C,1855, Portsmouth Spitfire, 5, at.-ves., Lieut.-Com. W. C. Chapman, 1859, Cot* of Africa. Spy, 3, Lieut.-Com. J. llanmer, 1848, S. E. Coast of America. Starling, sc. gun-boat, Lieut.-Com. J. A. Whitshcd, 1854, East Indies. Staunch, 2, sc., gun-boat, Lt.-Com. E. J. Pollard, 1855, East Indies. Sty; 6, st.-ves., Com. C. Vesey, 1854, North America and West Indies. Supply, st.-sh., Mast.-Com. W. H. Ballistm, 1855, Wool wich Surprise, 4, sc., Com. Lord E. H. Cecil, 1857, Coast of Aftica Tartarus, 4, at., Com. A. L. Mansell, 1855, Mediterranean. Termagant, 25, so., Capt. R. Hall, 1855, S. E. Coast of America. Terrible, 21, st.-v., Capt. F. H. H. Glasse, C. 8., 1846, Mediterranean. Terror, 16, Capt. F. Hutton, 1844, Bermuda. Topaze, 51, sc., Capt. the Ilon. J. W. S. Spencer, 1854, Pacific Tortoise, 12, store ship, Capt. W. F. Burnet, C. 8., 1854, Ascension. Trafalgar, 91, sc., Capt. E. G. Fanshawe, 1845, Chan nel Fleet. Tribune, 30, screw, Capt. G. T. P. Hornby, 1846, Pacific. Triton, 3, steam-vessel, Lieut.-Com. R. H. Burton, 1849, Coast of Africa. 'Urgent, sc. troop-ship, Com. H. W. Hire, 1855, partcular service Valorous, 16, st. v., Capt. W. C. Aldham, C. 8., 1853, W. Indies. Vesuvius, 6, st.-v. Commod. C. Wi se , C oast of Afica. Victor Emmanuel, 91, sc., Capt. J. Willcox, C. 8., 1850, Mediterranean. Victoria and Albert, 2, steam-yacht, Capt. the Hon. J. Denman, 1841, Portsmouth. Victory, 101, Admiral W. Bowles, C. 8.; Capt. A. Far quhar, 1849, Portsmouth. Vigilant, 4, sc., Com. W. Armytage, 1855, Mediterranean. Viper, 4, screw, Com. Coast of Africa. Virago, 6, st.-v., Com. M. B. Dunn, 1856, particular ser. Vixen, 6, st.-v., Corn. L. Lambert, 1858, Pacific. Vulcan. 6, sc. troop-ship, Cora. A. C. Strode,lBsB, Ports. Vulture, 6, st.-v., Capt. G. Parker, 1854, Meditern. Wanderer, 4, sc., Com. M It. Pechell, 1854, Meditern. Watchful,,2, sc. gun-boat, East Indies. Weazel, 2, sc. gun-boat, Lieut.-Com. W. Haworth, 1856, East Indies. Wellesley, 72, Capt. Sup. G. Goldsmith; C. 8., 1842, Chat. Wellington, 72, Capt. R. S. Robinson, 1840, Devonport. Weser, 6, st.-ves., Corn. H. J. Raby, 1855, V.C., Wool wich Woodcock, sc. gun-boat, Lieut. -Com. G. S. Bosanquet, 1855, East Indies. Wrangler, 4, se., Lieut.-Com. R. J. Douglas, 1853, pantie. service. COUNTRY MABXBTS. NEWARK--JAN. 4. At the market this morning the attendance vas thin, and there was a small show of wheat. Trade fair. Best qualities obtained late prices. Malting barley a slow sale, and grinding also, at late rates. Oats came slowly to hand and in fair request, at late rates. Beans and peas met a steady request. White wheat, new, 49s to 54s Red do . 44s to 48s Old white 4' l s to 54s Red do. 44s to 48s Barley, malting... 408 to 438 Barley, grinding Oats, old, .. New do Beans... Beans, new .308 to 31s 22s to 25s —ll to —6 42s to 451 —s to —s HULL—Jsx. 3. The corn market was very thinly attended by farmers, and a slow business was done in English wheat at fully late rates. Foreign was at full prices, and very little business doing in that article. Malting barley fully as dear, and grinding barley in limited demand. Beans and peas had a slow sale. Oats without any noticeable change in price, but the demand inactive. Wheat.... Old white.... per qr ... 46s Od to 508 Od Old red ...... „ New white .. „ New red .... 3 , Dantzic, Konb , Ste. old white 48s Od to 558 0d . ,,, Dutch, Belgian, an d F rench 4ss Od to 471 ua, Baltic and Hamburg, red 44s Od t o 46 4 °" St. Petersbur g an d Ri ga, o ld 4os Od to 42s Od Barley.... English m a lti ng 32s Od to 38$ Grinding Od 308 Od to 32s 0 1 Saal and Oderbruck .. 36a Od to 38s Oa Holstein and Danish 3os Od to 31s Od Grinding .......... Oats English, old Archangel and Rig a' per st O s 10id to 111 Frieslan and Dutch Oslld to 081 Swedish and Danish o Blld to 0811 d Beans ....English, old, per qr. New pigeon 4os Od to 424 Oa New tick. 39s Od to 40s Od Egyptian Peas Foreign breakers Grinding- Tares ....Winter Indian Corn ....... Linseed, feeding ........ crushing ..... Linseed cakes (Hull) .............. £8 10 oto £ 3 15 : Foreign 715 oto 8 6 : Rape cakes 415 oto 6 0 Bones MELTON MOWBRAY-jkx. 3. There was a middling show of wheat to-day, with a stead/ business at the annexed prices :—White wheat, new, 4! Od to 45s Od ; red, 40s Od to 43s per 36 stone ; barley dull trade, at 40s to 43s malting, and 30s to 33. Od po qr. for grinding ; oats, 23s to 33s d per 24 stone ; bean* 43s to Os for old; new, —s per 38 rat. DUBLIN—JAN. 3. Our market was pretty well attended this morning, allel there was a moderate sopply. Every description oftrigii met a steady demand except oats, which hung heavily oil hand, and we repeat the quotations of last Friday. a. d. is. d. iii. cl. s. 1., Wheat, white.. 28 oto3o 0 l Do., new .lloto 12 Do., red .. 27 0 to 29 0 I Bere Do., new .... oto 0 I Rapeseed Barley Oats Do., black l2 oto 12 6 Indian corn .. 31 oto 33 COAL MART (Prices of Coal per Ton at :ET—Lui. 4. the close or the market.) Walls End. s. d. Burnhope 14 0 Davison's West Hart- g. d' Heugh Hall 18 0 South Durham ..... lB 6 Kelloe ls ' Hetton 19 Sheriff Hill Stewart's 19 66 South Hartlepool. 18 a TGrairmwdaoyn and p artlep u o ff o 7n i 1 18 ' A Powell'aDuffrynSteam22 ' Malting 22 ; Nixon's Duffry n 22 ' ley l5 6 Carr's Hartley ... 15 6 Tanfield Moor Butes ..14 9 Eden Main lB 3 Walls End. Cassop South Kelloe lB 6 Harton ** l7 3 Brandon Whitworth l6 0 Hartlepool.... l9 0 Ships at marks t, 42—Sold, 37. FOREIGN NAIL PACKET LIST. En the following table E signifies that letters are despatohei by evening mails from London, and M by morning mails• Next DESTINATIONS. Despatch Port of Mail of Mails. Despatch. due• A u stralia and Mauritius, vial --- --- Southampton /Jan. 12, M;Southamp. Jan. 10 Ditto, via Marseilles ,J un. is , E; Jan. 4 Bahamas and Havana vi a N ew t 1 York ;Jan. 20, E, Liverpool.. Jan.l9 Canada, &c. (by Canad n . pekt )J —an. , E i Liverpool.. Jan. 4 Cape of Good Hope, Ascen-j sion, and St. Helena ;Jan. 5, E l Devenport Feb. 1 China, Penang, and ginga-1 pore, via Southampton ... Jan. —, MiSouthamp. everdo 6 Ditto, via Mars e ill es Gibraltar, via South ampton .. , Jan. —, X Southamp . overdv ilonduras and Blewfields .... Dec. —, il Southamp. Dec. India (Calcutta) and Ceylon, via Southampton Ditto, via Marseill es J J a a n n . . 1 4 0: 3 E I Southamp. J oL i erd . 1 0 : India (Bombay), via South ampton Jan. 12, 11 Southamp. Jan. 1 0 Ditto, via Marseilles Jan. E Jan. 4 Lisbon, Brazils,Buenos Ayres, and F. Islands Jan. 9, 11 Southamp. • . 6 , Lisbon, Vigo, and Oporto J an . 7 , M euthamp. •l' Malta. Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Jan. --, M Southamp. over Ditto, via Marseilles J an . lo , E Jan. t, Mexico and Havana Jan. 17.31 ' outhamp. Jan. I' Newfoundland Jan. 6. E Liverpool.— United States and British N America (by Ifritish packet) Jan. 6, F Liverpool.. Jan. 1 1 Ditto (by U. S. packet) Jan. 11,E Southamp. West Coast of Africa, Ma deira, and Teneriffe Jan. 23 E 'Liverpool.. Jan. 1 0 West India, California, Vene zuela, Chili, Peru,- Grey town, New Granada, &e. Jan. 17, Id Southamp. Jan. 10 THE ROIFAL CHARTER.—A further parcel of gold, amounting to about £320, has been received in sous' reigns and dust, and one bar of gold, value not stated. 1$ is concluded that as only about eight bales of wool o$ board the vessels have been found, and very little loose, the majority of the staple is still with the wreck. BIRTHS. CAMPBELL. —On the 3d inst., at St. Ann's, Lewis, Sussex, the wife of Dr. John Campbell, R.N., of a daughter. COURT. —On the 3d inst., at Dover, the wife of Percy S. Court, Esq., of a son. O'SHEA.—On the 2d inst., et Cosham, Hants, the resident* of her father Admiral Sir Lucius Curti s , Bart. C.ll, the wif e of father, R. P. O'Shea, 2d Batt. 20th , Regt., of a daughter. MARRIAGES. HOPETOU N—REYNARDSON.—On tho 3d inst., the Earl of Hopetoun, to Etheldred Anne, eldest daughter of C. T• S. Birch Reynardson, Esq., of Holywell Hall, Lincoln shire. IMAGE—LAWRENCE.—On the 3d inst., at St. Nichola/ Church, Brighton, the Rev. John Image, M.A., to Sarah Blizard, second daughter of John Lawrence, Esq.? of Brighton. DEATHS. ADANIS.—On the 4th inst., at Pimlico, Mr. John Adams, of York-road, Lambeth, aged 62. BRETT.—On the 30th ult., at Wakes Colno-place, Essei t Mary, relict of Wm. Brett, Esq., aged 89. DULPORD.—On the 20th ult., at Dinan, France, John Bul ford, Commander R.N., aged 77. CLIIIK.—On the 2d inst., at 22, Argyle-square, Euston. road, Anna, relict of Thos. Clark, Esq., aged 91. CLEMENTS.—On the 2d inst., at Hammersmith, M r . Geo. Clements, aged 52. SCHOFIELD.—On the 2d inst., James Schofield, Esq., of Heybrook, Rochdale, aged 77. SCOTT.—At Cawston, Rugby, the Lord John Scott, aged 50. SCOTT.—On the Ist inst., at Whitfield, Northumberland, the Rev. T. 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