The Sun. — London, England, 1866-10-04 00:00:00

VENETIA. (From the Times Military Correspondent.) VENICE, Sept. 23. Special constables in Venice ! Who would have believed it a short time ago ? Yet it is a fait ac compli, for the civilians who have been organised by the Municipal Council, and whose influence was sufficient to disperse the foolish people of Cana rebbio two days ago, can hardly be called anything else. The Commandant's proclamation given in my letter of yesterday has been followed by one from the civil authorities, which runs thus : "LA CONGREGAZIONE MITICICIPALE DELLA B. CITTA DI VENEZIA. " Citizens !—ln order that the fame, which your good sense and dignity displayed in other times have won for you, may not be stained, it is necessary that now also tran quillity and order shall be your role. "To maintain quietness the Municipality has given power to certain honourable citizens, who, impelled by patriotic sentiments, have spontaneously offered themselves to give assistance by word and counsel. " Give ear to their suggestions, await with calm the events the accomplishment of which is near, and think that the regards of all Italy are turned upon this Venice, from which is expected a behaviour corresponding to the dispo sition of her people, moderate, wise, and patriotic. " Frow the Municipal Assembly, Venice, Sept. 22, 1866." General Revel did not return yesterday as ex pected, but sent his aide-de-camp to transfer his baggage to another hotel. It is said that he, Gen. Moring, and the Italian Commissioner have not succeeded in arriving at a good understanding, and the same air does not appear to suit them. While Austria and Italy are disputing about the amount to be paid for guns and stores of various kinds, they cannot settle down, nor disarm to the ex tent that seems vitally necessary to both ; and, indeed, though the wars are over, the rumours of wars" are likely to keep them both on the qui wive for some time to come. The demon strations of friendship betweenßussia and the United States, and the troubled state of relations between Greece and Turkey excite mnch attention here, and it is of no use concealing the fact that the Italians are so dissatisfied with the doings of their army and navy in the war that a considerable party would hail with joy a rupture of the negotiations, and take the chance of another campaign, if they could only per suade Prussia to declare that Austria had not ful filled her engagements towards Italy, and reopen the campaign. This would, of course, be suicidal folly, and end, like an old Chancery suit, in the ruin of both sides. If the Government do not suc ceed in gaining a slice at least of the Trentino, and in cheapening the price of the war material, they will have a hard time of it when Parliament meets. The Neues Freunden Blatt of Vienna of the 17th inst. has reached us here, containing two pages of intelligence of a nature to make Austria's hair stand on end, if it be true, as asserted in that paper that they have actually received the list of army dispositions contained in it from Prussian sources. Is it possible that on June 11th the whole ordre de battaile was carefully made out and traitorously de livered to the Prussians, information only in the hands of the highest members of the staff, and utterly unknown to the rest of the army ? If so, all Bene dek's attempts at concealment only served to blind his friends, and his plans, if built upon secrecy, were founded on a quicksand. No wonder the Prussians advanced boldly and rapidly, no wonder the Austrians succumbed, for the whole standing ground was cut from under their feet. As Benedek kept the details from the junior officers of his own staff, it is probable that a transfer of his headquarters would have given him a follow ing, knowing more about the Austrian army than his own officers, whom he, kept strictly in the dark on all such matters. The garrison of Venice is becoming quietly re duced ; the troops steal away by companies, and while I write a battalion of Grentzers is passing the hotel, probably on their way to the steamer. I defy any one with the instincts of a soldier to do other wise than admire this Austrian army, so quiet, so temperate, so gentle in peace and so gallant in war. We all wished Italy to have Venetia, and shall be glad when the white coats are cleared away ; but it is most illogical and unjust to confound, as so many writers do, the Government with its Exocutive, the diplomats with the soldiers. Conceive for a moment the case as it exists. In the minds of the :soldiers, who are well acquainted with the feeling of the I people, Venetia must have been to all intents and purposes a conquered country, held down by force of arms; furthermore these conquered people are perpetually insulting the victors, and letting slip no opportunity of irritating th3m. Ask any colonel of a French or English regiment whether he would like to guarantee the peace being kept by his men under such circumstances. Yet the Italians never even pretend that they are badly treated. Among all the charges that pour from their voluble throats one never hears of personal violence, though the provo cation is very great. Women walk freely among the troops without the slightest fear of insult by day or in the shades of evening, and the Italian men shrug their shoulders and turn their backs upon the Aus trians without the slightest fear of consequences. Quiet, discipline, and obedience to orders of the troops are most . remarkable, and if the expected in coming army behave as well as those who, with sad faces, are leaving Venice, the people will have great reason to congratulate themselves. The idea of an affiance with Austria finds little favour Ns ith the Italian journals. The Persereranza of the 20th has a long article on the subject, in which the feelings of the people generally are very well expressed. It says that more persons are de ceived at Vienna than in Italy, that the relations between the two nations have hitherto been those of master and slave, and that a safe friendship can not take the place of such a position all at once. It can only wonder and grieve at the opinion of the Presse of Vienna, when the latter declares it is time to forget old rivalry and enmity, because the inte rests of Austria and Italy are identical. But the wonder is less when it is remembered that the jour nals of Florence and other parts of Italy begin to speak of Austria with so much dolcezza simply be cause they have never had her stern rule really brought home to them. They imagine too easily that " the treasure of hatred which has accumulated in our breasts can be dissipated as if by magic at sight of a treaty." Though so long enemies, under ordinary circumstances they might little by little lose the impressions made by so long a servitude and make friends with Austria as with any other Power; but it is well for Austrian politicians to understand that Custozza and Lissa, which have rendered the abandonment of the provinces easier to Austria,will weigh heavily on the spirit of the Italians, and the latter battle more than the former. And further remains between Italy and Austria the questions of the Tyrol and Istria—the first a principle of national right, and the second still more, " for Istria gives to Austria the entire dominion of the Adriatic, and this is not natural, nor is it possible that the province can remain long in her hands." Well crowed Perseveran,.a- ! After quoting the Presse to show that Austria would have the greater part of the commerce flowing through the Adriatic, it goes on to ask if it can be expected l of Italy Pa to content herself w ith a low . so rich a table, and winds up by saying thatce at it well for strangers to talk a b ou t Italy being pru all very dent and developing her internal resources, that she will never have the energy t o d o so if her legitimate ambition has no play. All the above may be stated thus W e h ate Austria because she has first ruled us ag a i nst our wills and then beaten us, and we cannot be peace able and attend to our own affairs till we have de prived her of everything that could be of any use t us." I wrote a few days ago that I had heard on very good authority that the debt was not the only question difficult of arrangement in the treaty, and a Trieste paper now says that peace will not be sealed, signed, and delivered for a month yet. This is perhaps rather too much to say, but if the Italian Government are influenced by such wild notions as those stated by the Perseveranza, the words of a distinguished politician were right when he said lately, " You will see that it is impossible to satisfy Italy i when she has got Venetia she will want 'the Tyroq if we gave her that she would not be satisfied without Trieste, then Istria and Dalmatia." But while people outside - .are doing their best or worst to delay the settlement, and to keep Venice still in thraldom, the citizens have made a great advance. The municipal guard now patrols the streets at night, arresting suspicious characters, while the police and military patrols remain behind to be called in only in case of necessity. This is satisfactory for all parties, as there are some great scoundrels about and robberies are frequent ; but if the Austrians were to arrest any considerable number of persons there would be an instant cry of tyranny and military violence. According to Italian journals the Cavaliere Trombetta has brought from Ancona a huge pile of papers all condemnatory of Persano, being the depositions of officers of all grades. The latter seem to have confirmed on oath the statements which they made in conversation, and which you had in my letter from Ancona, and to have rather increased than decreased their numbers and virulence. It is said that while at Taranto the Admiral did nothing towards improving the organization and discipline ; that at Ancona he did nothing but oppose the orders of Government ; that he attempted to take Lissa without the slightest plan of any sort, and without sufficient knowledge of the batteries, &c., of the island ; that never once during the war were the chiefs of squadrons and superior officers called into council ; that never were instructions, either written or verbal, given on matters of real moment, but only on punctilios and frivolous trifles ; that the manoeuvres of the fleet on its way from Taranto to Ancona were always executed with the greatest con fusion ; that the enemy knew all this by the reports of their cruisers ; that the evening before the battle Persano allowed the attack upon Lissa to be con tinued without any order, each ship doing what seemed best in its own eyes ; that no useful disposi tion was made for receiving the enemy, although the Admiral was well aware that he was coming— that no other officers were called in to give their views or to take those of Persano, and that no order of battle was regularly given, though there was plenty of time after the enemy appeared; that the change of ships was made by Persano when the Austrians were close at hand, and in "such a precipitous man ner" that the launch of the Re d'ltalia, in which Persano went on board the Affondatore, had not time to return to its own ship, the latter being already in motion, and the fire already commenced ; that the commanders of most of the ships were ignorant of the change during the greater part of the battle ; that the Admiral and those in the Affondatore were, for their parts, ignorant of the subsequent loss of the Re d'ltalia, a signal being, in fact, hoisted on board the Affondatore at 12 30 p.m., after the fire had ceased, asking where she was, which was answered by Vacca and Ribotti. Here is a list of military crimes enough to sink any commander, and there appear few friends bold enough to defend Persano. The few who whisper hints in his favour say that the ships were so badly manned and the crews so untrained that he could do nothing with them ; but, if so, why did he not devote all his energies, as Tegethoff did, to put them in order. It was true that their artillery practice was excessively bad, but they had not been spending their days and nights in practice, as the Austrians did at first. They were beaten because they had undervalued their enemy, and thought that good ships and bigguns would necessarily achieve victory; and it was a good lesson for them to learn, and one that may be of the greatest use to them hereafter. General Revel has just arrived, and immediately set out to call on G enera l poring ; an enthusiastic crowd welcomed him, and pursued the gondola, which was driven along by men in red shirts striped with blue and white truisers. A Venetian crowd, as far as I have seen it, is chiefly composed of boys, while the few older men present catch the infection, dance, and clap their hands like the veriest children. Poor people! they are just now indulging a good deal in the pleasures of imagination. The cholera seems to have quite disappeared, and many say that the only real case was that of an offi cer who arrived from Trieste already ill. We hear from Vienna that in round numbers there have been 40,000 cases in Austria, out of which more than 20,000 have died. Naval and Military Intellijence. VALETTA, Sept. 29.—Her Majesty's gun vessel Assurance, 6, Commander Pym, returned from the Commander-in-Chief on the morning of the 25th inst. with despatches, and left the following clay to rejoin the squadron, which left Sicily on the 24th, on their way to Port Mahon. The only other move ments are the departure of the Resistance, 16, iron clad frigate, on the 21th inst., for a 10 days' cruise, to run out her quarantine, and the departure of the Racer, 11, on the 25th, to relieve the Cossack, 20, at Beyrout, and order her to Malta. The Cruiser, 5, from England and Gibraltar, the hydra, surveying vessel, from Sicily, and the Caradoc, despatch ves sel, from Constantinople, expected at Malta, have not yet arrived. The 24thRegme Pennsylvanian t s a expectedabout th e I h 2 e t r h e in the hired troopship prox., to relieve the 100th Royal Canadians, which regiment will embark in the same ship for Quebec. Preparations are being made to receive the 24th Regiment in quarantine at Fort Manoel, where they will find very comfortable quarters. Some more places have been put into quarantine during the week. In consequence of official information having been received that cases of cholera had occurred among the troops at Palermo arrived from Naples, a quarantine of 15 days has been established here on arrivals from Marsala, Trapani, Palermo, and termini, as well as the islands in their vicinities. Arrivals from the rest of the ports in Sicily continue, however, to be received in free pratique. Norway has also been included among the countries against which' 15 days' quarantine is enforced. The last news from Alexandria, of yesterday's date, is re assuring. The cholera seems to have made no further progress. The issue of clean bills of health had been resumed, and the telegraph states that the sanitary condition of the country is excellent. The quaran tine which Tunis had imposed on arrivals from Malta had been abolished. The sanitary authorities of that regency have doubtless seen the absurdity of esta blishing a quarantine on vessels arriving from Malta, where the state of the public health is excellent, and where the sanitary measures with regard to arrivals from infected countries are being carried out with great rigour. The following is a list of the ports arrivals from which are at present put in quarantine at Malta, and the terms of quarantine enforced : Constantinople, 5 days ; ports of the Black Sea, Smyrna, and the coasts of Turkey in Asia Minor as far as Alexandretta, including the islands belong ing to Turkey, Austrian ports in the Adriatic, ports of France, ports of Great Britain, ports of Cronstadt, the Netherlands, Stockholm, and in ; Algiers, Brindisi, Tarant o , G enoa, N ap l es, a par•ilslands ; Marsara, T ra p an i , P a l ermo, Stettin tt u Termini, and the islands in their 15 days. Leghorn and p or t s i n Italy neighbour hood 3Norway, not seven pateh - d v a e y s s s e ; A will e i x ll a u leave clra 30 days. The Psyche , , the Island of Sardinia), des to night for Cagliari and Port Maho n w ith despatches for the Commander - in-Chief, after the arrival of the overland mail from Ma r s eilles. The followin g Government notice was promulgated yesterday : 'The o ffi cer a d m i n istering the Government is hereby pleased to publish for general information that it has been officially reported that no fre sh case of farcy has appeared since the public a tion of the Go vernment notice of the 3d of July, 1866, and the promulgation of Ordinance No. V. of 1 8 66 , and that, according to the opinion of a medical commis sion, the disease h R. C. as now entirely ceased.- - By com mand,LEGH, Acting Chief Secretary to Go verntneut." Her M a j es t y ' s screw sloop Rosario, 11, 673 tons, 1 50-horse p ower, Commander Louis 11. Versturme, from the N or th- American and West Indian squad ron, arrived at the Nore on Tuesday evening from the West Indies, and saluted the flag of Vice-Ad miral Sir Baldwin W. Walker. She afterwards steamed into the harbour to be dismantled and paid out of commission. The Rosario has been in com mission about four years, and has been attached to the North-American and West Indian station nearly the whole of that time. Her Majesty's steam store-ship Dee, Master-Com mander Raymond, has shipped a cargo of stores at Woolwich for Portsmouth and Plymouth, including a couple of boilers and steam machinery for the new screw 4-gun sloop Daphne, built recently at Pem broke. The Fraser cheap guns, made at Woolwich, having been subjected to the most severe tests, both at Wool wich and Shoeburyness, with results very favour able to the system, the authorities of the War De partment have ordered a supply of various calibres on that system for land and sea service to be got ready as early as maybe. Col. Campbell, Superin tendent of the Royal Gun Factories, has received orders for the manufacture of 200 68-pounders, 25 9-inch guns, and a couple of heavy guns to carry a 6001 b. cylinder, each gun to be denominated Fraser gun." Deputy Inspector-General James Salmon, M.D., Superintendent of the Royal Marine Infirmary at Woolwich, has been granted six weeks' leave of absence. The following divisional order was yesterday issued to the troops in the Chatham district by Major-Gen. Sir Robert Walpole, K.C.B. "The Major-General Commanding has great pleasure in making known to the troops serving at Chatham that the Field-Marshal Commanding-in Chief has desired him to communicate to them his entire satisfaction of the appear ance, manceuvring, and general efficiency of the troops which his Royal Highnessinspected yesterday. The Major- General takes this opportunity of thanking the command ing officers, the officers generally, and the non-commis sioned officers and private soldiers for their general atten tion to their duties, which has produced such satisfactory results.—By order of the Major-General Commanding. "H. JACKSON, Lieut.-Col." Major-Gen. Warde, C. 8., commanding the gar rison of Woolwich, on Tuesday proceeded to Erith and Warley, in continuation of his half-yearly visi tation of the district in his command. Staff-Assist.-Burg. W. Orr has been ordered to join the garrison at Colchester for duty. Lieut. Holford, North Durham Militia, is to be attached to the Bth depot battalion for a course of drill in struction. Serg. Barnes, of the 35th Regiment, has been transferred to the permanent staff of the 3d Surrey Militia. Serg.-Major J. Prendergast, with the depot 22d battalion 18th Regiment, and late Serg.-Major of the St. Helena Corps, is under orders to join the head-quarters of his regiment. The chartered troopship Akbar embarked at Go vernment-quay, Gravesend, yesterday, for Colombo, Ceylon, 71 non-commissioned officers and men, seven soldiers' wives, and seven children of the 2d battalion 25th (King's Own Borderers) Regiment, from Preston ; eight non-commissioned officers and men of the 3d division Depot Brigade, Royal Ar tillery, from Warley ; and one armour-sergeant, wife, and four children from the Royal Small Arms Factory, at Pimlico. The following officers pro ceed in charge of the above troops :—Capt. Horace William Scriven, in command ; Ensign John Leith Ross and Ensign Francis Welch, 2d battalion 25th Regiment; and Staff Assist.-Surg. Robert Nelson Malley, in medical charge. The embarcation of the troops was effected under the superintendence of Brigade-Major W. W. Lynch and the officials of the staff from Chatham garrison. The Akbar will take her departure from the Thames to-day. The officers of the 68th Regiment, the Durham Light Infantry, gave their first regimental ball since the return of the regiment to England from foreign service, on the Governor's-green, Portsmouth, on Tuesday. The ball, which was carried out in a most superb manner, was given in the head-quarters' rooms of the 3d Hants Artillery Volunteers, placed at the disposal of the 68th for the occasion. The dancing salon was 100 ft. in length by 50ft. in breadth, and presented a magnificent appearance when filled with the guests. Figures in the armour of knights of olden time stood at intervals round the walls of the salon, relieved by trophies of flags, flowers, sculpture, and arms. Over the entrance of the salon hung the colours of the regiment with the Queen's Colours, the former bearing the honourable emblazonments of " Salamanca," "Pyrenees," " Orthes," " Vittoria," " Nivelle," " Alma," " Inkerman," and " Sevastopol." At the opposite end of the salon was a trophy of New Zea land weapons and chiefs' insignia, mounted on a chief's magnificent state robe, comprising long and short steel-headed tomahawks, daughs, akaakas, bone char, chiefs' spears in wood, canoe paddles, feather cloaks, &c. Upwards of 400 guests were present, among them being Rear-Admiral L. M. Colds borough, United States' Navy and officers of the United States steamer Frolic ; Captain Karves zcwski and officers of the Imperial cinaen, and V ice-Admiral Sir Thomas Sabine Pasley, K.C.8., Port Admiral and Naval Com mander-in-Chief at Portsmouth. The following appointments have been made at the Admiralty :—Lieut. George Blakeley to the Endy-- mion ; Lieut. George S. Brown to the Resistance ; W. 11. Bradley, master, to the Indus, additional, for service in the Galatea ; Stopford C. Tracey, master, to the Racoon ; George E. G. Jackson, master, to the Vixen ; Dr. W. R. Bennett, surgeon, additional, to the Duke of Wellington; Henry C. Madder, assist.-paymaster in charge of the Vixen ; William Rhodes, assistant, to the Indus ; David W. Wise, assist-paymaster, to the Cambridge; Henry Cope, chief engineer, to the Indus, additional, for service in the Daphne ; Thomas Edgar engineer, to the Indus, additional, for service in the Clinker, and Henry A. Malaker, assist-clerk, to the Vixen. THE SUN, LONLON, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 4, 1866. Grand Review of Troops at Dover. A review of troops on a much grander scale than has ever before been attempted in the neigbourhood of this garrison took place, yesterday, at a point be tween Dover and Shorncliffe, in presence of his Royal Highness the Commander in Chief and a brilliant staff. For some years past there has been annually a field-day of the Dover and Shorncliffe garrisons somewhere midway between Folkestone, and Dover, the Commander in Chief visiting Dover for the purpose of making the inspection. On the last occasion of such a display taking place, the Duke of Cambridge expressed his opinion that the review might another year be with advan tage so extended as to embrace also the troops forming the Walmer Dapot Battalion, and the cavalry quartered in the neighbouring city of Can terbury, and yesterday the suggestion was carried out with the utmost success. His Royal Highness the Commander-in-Chief arrived at Dover on Tuesday night by the London,. Chatham, and Dover Railway, accom p an ied by Lord William Paulet, K.C.8., adjutant-general ; Colonel Gloucester Gambier, deputy- adjutant- - general of artillery ; and Colonel Clifton, aide-de camp to his royal highness. The Duke of Cam bridge was met at the station of the London and Chatham Railway by General Ellice, C. 8., com mandant of the Dover garrison ; Captain Gaskell, aide-de-camp ; and Captain Battersby, brigade major. His royal highness, together with his staff, proceeded to the Lord Warden Hotel, and from thence to General Ellice's, who had the honour of entertaining his royal highness at dinner. Yesterday morning was in every way adapted for such a spectacle as these unusual preparations heralded. The local rank and fashion turned out in great force. Every four-wheeled vehicle which the town contained was brought into requisition, and long before ten o'clock the high road to Folk .stone, as far as the Royal Oak, was one continued stream of carriages, flanked with troops of eques trians, ladies and gentlemen, cantering to the place of rendezvous. Among the more distinguished visitors was Earl Granville, the Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, who is now staying at 'Palmer Castle, the favourite resort of the commander.in chief of a past age, the late Duke of Wellington. His lordship was attired in the blue and silver uni form of a lord-lieutenant, over which he wore the blue ribbon symbolising the Order of the Garter. Highness was u No less than 8 , 00 0 or 10 ,000 persons were pre se nt. His Royal Highness the Commander-i n -Chi e f rode upon the ground shortly after 11 o'clock, his arrival being announced by a salvo of artillery from two field batteries of 12- pounders which were drawn 1 . 1 inar o g f i r n a o il f w t a h y. ecli h ff i s ts Ro over y lo c oking the South accompanied by Lord W. Paulet, Colonel Gambier cpol. Eastern on Clifton,th line e Col. Chapman, R.E., Col. Elwyn, C. 8., IRA., and by Sir R. Garrett, K.C.8., commanding the South Eastern division ; Capt. R. Williamson, aide-de-camp; Col. Cox, Assist.-Adjt.-General ; Gen. Ellice, Capt.,Gaskell, and Captain Battersby. The troops were drawn up in a field belonging to Mr. Bromley, called Abbot's Land, a spacious pla. teau some 40 acres in extent, and comprised Light and Heavy Dragoons, Royal Engineers, Royal Horse Artillery, Royal Artillery, and infantry. The contingent from Dover embraced three companies of Engineers, under Capt. Harvey ; the 13th Brigade Royal Artillery, under the command of Lieut.-Col. Childs ; the 44th Regt., under the command of Col. MacMahon, C. 8., and the 70th Regt., under Lieut. Col. Mulock. The troops from Shorncliffe comprised the 18th Royal Irish, the 3d Buffs, the 87th Regt., besides cavalry and artillery ; and the depots from Walmer represented the sth, 7th, 23d, 101st, and 104th. Altogether some 6,000 or 7,000 meii were under arms. Upon the Commander-in-Chief, with his staff, riding on the ground, the whole of the troops which were drawn up in open column saluted, the bands playing " God Save the Queen." His Royal Highness then rode up and down the lines, after which there was a "march past" in slow and quick time, which formed the preliminary to the more interesting evolutions of the day. As soon as the last companies had filed by the review com menced in good earnest. The plan of the operations was an advance upon an imaginary enemy having possession of the approach to Dover, which is com manded on either side by high ranges of hills. For the purpose of the attack the troops were divided into brigades, the regiments of the Dover garri son with the Royal Artillery forming the left, and the Shorncliffe with the Walmer contingent the right brigade. Field batteries of artillery and troops of cavalry were thrown out on either side. The in fantry advanced in line, throwing out skirmishers, and being followed up by reliefs for about three quarters of a mile, along which a ceasless rattle of musketry, varied by the more deafening reports of the field pieces, was kept up. The imaginary enemy having been hemmed in in the gorge of the valley, the right and left wings of the respective brigades converged, descending the hills with loud cheers, and the enemy's flank being supposed to have been turned by this movement, a dashing charge of cavalry brought the evolutions to a conclusion. The troops then bivouacked ; his Royal Highness the Commander-in-Chief and the officers of the staff followed their example, and the proceedings termi nated. The whole of the manoeuvres were watched with great interest by the spectators, and in justice to the troops engaged it should be stated that the Commander-in-Chief expressed his great satisfac tion with the way in which the movements were per formed. General Seymour and the Windsor Great Park Volunteers. Yesterday the members of the Windsor Great Park Volunteers concluded their shooting at the butts, near the extremity of Queen Anne's Ride, for prizes given by her Majesty, and by Major-General Seymour and other officers. At 5 o'clock in the evening a banquet was given to the corps, at the expense of the funds, in the Prince Consort's workshops, which are situated in the midst of the park. The saw-mill was gaily de corated with flowers and flags, the table being graced with venison, from a fine buck ordered to be killed for the occasion by her Majesty. Major-General Seymour presided, the company including Major Erskine, Lieut. Menzies, Sergeant Morris, Mr. Perkins, &c. After the removal of the cloth, General SEYMOUR proposed " The health of herMajesty,"ancl in doing so, observed that it was by her Majesty's gracious permission they were together as a body of volunteers in the park. Her Majesty had permitted him to form the corps, and their conduct had enabled him to tell the Queen the good effects that had arisen from that formation. They knew that it was from her Majesty's privy purse that the funds for their uniforms (with the exception of the officers') were provided, therefore they ought to drink her Ma jesty's health with every honour. He gave the toast, " Her Majesty —may she be happy, and enjoy all the happiness her children's children can give her— the Queen, God bless her." The CHAIRMAN said it would ill become them, sitting as they all were in a place named after the Prince Consort, not to pay all respect to his revered name. Ile would ask theni all to drink in solemn silence to his memory. They well understood that it was the wish of her Majesty that all the works that had been executed in the park during the Prince la L— .. f to r gsw7 they who knew him so well should never forget his name. Their children, too, if not reminded, might forget what a good man he had been, and how those in the park had been benefited by his goodness. It was his royal highness's care that he should do good to his fellow creatures, and if it had not been for the prince they never could have carried out such excel lent works to perfection. They should never forget that each one of them was acting for the Queen, who would be satisfied by their doing their work as if he was looking at them. That sentiment, he believed, animated every man in the park, and he honed it might long remain so. He therefore asked them to drink in silence to the revered memory of the Prince Consort. In proposing the toast of " The Prince and Prin cess of Wales and the rest of the Royal Family," the CHAIRMAN remarked that, a short time since, the Queen had had the unhappiness of seeing her sons and daughters arrayed in war against each other. That state of things had happily passed away. Princess Christian would soon come to live among them at Frogmore, and, as Prince Christian was a good shot, he trusted they would give him good sport. After some other toasts, the general distributed the prizes which had been shot for a t 300 , 5 00, and 800 yards, the winners being as follow b 3• shSemr iIL je s s e t n y . : a fi n r d st x p l ri l z s e, s. a chain • Private Lloyd, Private presented C h ba Charles Points. second, £ 2 lOs 30 Private J. Benstead, third, £1 Sergeant Gravatt, f o urth, 10s. • " • 29 There were also some consolation prizes. After t a h n e u r n o l o b m er . of toasts General Seymour reti r ed from The Loss of the Bhima. The Bombay and Bengal Steamship Company's steamer Bhima, when on her way from Bombay to Suez, came in collision with the steamer Nada, pro ceeding from Suez to Bombay, at 11 o'clock on the night of the 11th September, at a distance of about 180 miles from Suez, which port, it was expected, would be reached on the following day. The night was fine and starlight, but a fresh breeze blowing. Out of the 101 persons on board, only 22 have been saved—of these eight are Europeans. The Europeans are Shipmasters Mann and Cheverton, and Mr. Na zaxethe, who were pas sen gers. The others are the third officer of the Bhi m a, Mr. C. J. Cuthbert, the steward and three of the quartermasters, two of whom are Portuguese, and the third an Englishman named Sandy. Both vessels were pursuing their ordinary course at full speed, their signal lights were distinctly made out an hour before they came near to each other. The captains of both the steamers were on the look out on their respective bridges, yet from some unaccountable cause the two steamers came into collision with such fatal conse quences. It is thought the Nada kept a port helm and the Bhima must have suddenly turned her side towards the Nada's bow. The shock was terrific. All the passengers, who had retired to rest an hour their feet, ezerrueshiendstfaonrwtlyardartoo s ee what had happened.used, and, springing to How great.their dismay to find the vessel already sinking—the damage she bad sustained from the Nada's bow crushing the starboard, and penetrating nearly to the mainmast, was of such a nature to cause her to founder immediately. There was no time either to take down any of the boats from the stocks, or even to cut off the lifebuoys which were lashed to the sides of the steamer. The scene was one of the most appalling character ; for a few seconds there was a frantic rushing from one part of the vessel to another, but it was too evident that there was no hope of escape. Shrieks and pitiful cries for help now filled the air. As the Bhima was sinking a terrible explosion took place, which is supposed to have been occa sioned by the water running into the fires and com ing in contact with the boilers. The captain of the Bhima and those who were with him on the bridge, excepting Mr. Cuthbert, must have been either killed in the explosion or so severely injured as to be un able to save themselves. The stern of the vessel was the first to go under water. The forecastle, therefore, remained longest in sight. When Capt. Hanscome, in command of the Nada, saw the terrible nature of the collision, he at once sent out three boats in order to save as many lives as possible, and succeeded in saving 22 persons. The Nada's boats continued the search for five hours, but of 79 nothing could be discovered. The following are the names of the 16 Europeans who perished under these heartrending circum stances :—Mrs. Miller and child, Capt. Brown (late of the Zenobia), Mr. W. A. Keene, Mr. Theodore Falke, Capt. Sprowle (in command of the Bhima), Mr. G. Jones (chief officer), Mr. Gallow (third engineer), Mr. Macknight (fourth engineer), the gunner, the sailmaker, and two European quarter masters whose names are not known. . The New Law School at King's College, London. It has often been remarked that in England there is very little facility for the study of the law. If a young man desires to embrace either branch of the law as a profession, there are courses of lectures for him to attend. The Inns of Court provide readers to instruct those studying for the bar, while the In corporated Law Society appoint lectures for the articled clerks of solicitors. The instruction thus given is admirable as far as it goes, but to profit by it the student must have learnt the A B C of law ; and for this he has to rely entirely upon himself. Now law, like many a language, is not easily mastered as to its earlier details. Put a young man fresh from college down to go through " Blackstone" unaided, and ten to one but he will be unable to understand a great deal that he reads. Here, then, we have one manifest defect. Legal students can get no prepara tory training to fit them to understand and appreciate the remarks of the readers or lecturers. Again, the University of London has recently put forth an amended scheme of examinations for degrees in law, -whereby a man proceeds to the degree of Doctor of Law, though that of LL.B., independent of any degree in arts. To do this he has to get through several severe examinations; but how is he to obtain the instruction requisite to enable him to pass the ordeal ? Interna tional law, too, is a subject of almost daily increasing interest and importance. Not only have the candi dates for the diplomatic and Ceylon services to pre pare themselves therein, but members of Parliament, politicians, and merchants, ought to understand it. Yet at present there are no regular lectures on in ternational law delivered in London. Then, too, there is a great deal of law interwoven with every day life, of which most persons (without going in for the Utopian idea of every man his own lawyer) ought to have some idea. A little insight into the law of evidence would prevent many a man from compromising himself or prejudicing his interests. A knowledge of the common rules as to contracts would save commercial men entering, as they often do at present, into engagements the full extent of which they only learn by the expensive teaching of a lawsuit. Every one ought to know the laws re lating to landlord and tenant, mister and servant, and the like. But how are private individuals to attain this knowledge unless they go to shilling handbooks, which are probably inaccurate, and which, when perused, leave the reader little wiser than before? The Scotch universities provide law classes open to the whole world. Even the Univer sity of Athens has several hundred law students. Yet we have hitherto had nothing of the kind in London, or, indeed, in the whole of England. True, we have heard a good deal about a legal university; but as yet it has been all words and no deeds. The credit of being first , in the field to supply these de fects belongs to King's College. The authorities determined upon the establishment of a complete legal school in connection with the college, under the management of Professor John Cutler, to to whom they entrusted the task of arranging all the details necessary for carrying out the scheme. A prospectus has accordingly been issued, which states that four course of law lectures will be com menced on Monday, Oct. 8, and will be continued during the academical year. The first course is in preparation for the law degrees of the University of London; the second in preparation for the instruc tion at the Inns of Court and the Incorporated Law Society; the third consists of lectures on interna tional law; the Warta is a akalua iootures on law in connection with the evening classes. Of course other subjects, such as ecclesiastical law, will be added as the scheme grows. The outlines of the scheme have been submitted to and received the ap proval of the Lord Chancellor, the Attorney-Gene ral, and other eminent lawyers. The details also ap pear to have been carefully worked out. The times of the lecturesare convenient and will suit everybody. The fees are very reasonable. Examinations will take place, and certificates of proficiency be given at the close of each term. The professor will, of course, be assisted by a staff of labourers, who, however, are wisely put under his control, he being responsi ble for the proper management of the legal section to the council. There can be little doubt of the suc cess of the movement, as it remedies an evil of long standing, and every precaution seems to have been taken to render it complete in all its branches. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. -4- TIMES.—The speech of Lord Stanley at the Liver pool banquet was calculated, and perhaps designed, to satisfy us that our relation with the United States are safe in his hands. Those who may have been inclined to distrust the friendly disposition of a Con servative Foreign Secretary towards the American people must have been reassured by the cordial and respectful tone in which he spoke of them, and the earnestness with which he deprecated the " hasty, partial, and passionate criticism " of their institu tions which Americans attribute to English Conser vatives. Lord Stanley is entitled to full credit for sincerity in the expression of these sentiments, for, whatever may be said of his party, no man weighs his words more carefully or betrays less of aris tocratic or national prejudice in his comments on foreign affairs. It is with some confidence, there fore, that we invite his attention, as well as that of the public, to a difference of long standing between England and the United States, which, intractable as it seems, may, we are persuaded, be set at rest if the necessary temper and judgment be brought to bear upon it. A year has now almost elapsed since the correspondence between Lord Russell and Mr. Adams respecting the so-called old " Alabama claims" was laid before the public. It was continued by Lord Clarendon, but soon closed by mutual consent, and the two Governments have tacitly agreed to differ about a point which does not admit of being settled by any established principles of international law. Great Britain having declined to refer to arbitration her alleged liability for captures made by the Ala bama and other Confederate cruisers, and the United States having rejected the counter propos a l o f a joint Commission for the adjustment of other out standing claims on both sides, the matter remains in abeyance. Th e American Government has not withdrawn its demand, the British Government has not receded from its position, yet the friendly inter course between them has not been interrupted. When the Fenians menaced the Canadian frontier, the neutrality laws were enforced against them with a vigour which does President Johnson the highest honour, and if the prosecutions then instituted against some of the leaders have since been aban doned, we have been quite content to assume that good reasons could be given for his forbearance. On the other hand, it is vain to indulge the belief that our supposed infractions of neutrality during the war have been condoned by the American public. They may or may not support the President in put ting down an open defiance of their Foreign Englist went Act, but they still cherish a sense of injury which found expression in the bill for modifying the provisions of this act, and would make it very diffi cult to check lawless reprisals on our commerce if Great Britain were unhappily involved in a war. While this state of feeling exists among the Ameri can people diplomatic entente cordiale may be im perilled at any moment. The exigencies of party warfare have always influenced the foreign policy of the United States. They are just now peculiarly urgent ; the " Irish vote" will probably turn the autumn elections, and the same motives which have apparently led Mr. Seward to wink at the transport of warlike stores to Mexico may possibly tempt and almost force him on some future occasion to revive the dormant Alabama claims. In the meantime, it is admitted on all hands that the obligations of neutral Powers in respect of breaches of neutrality which they may have failed to prevent have never been clearly ascertained, while no one ventures to maintain that either our own or the American Foreign Enlist ment Act is in all respects satisfactory. Is it, then, inconsistent with our national dignity, or rather is it not at once the most dignified and the nwot politic course, to reconsider dispassionately the question arising out of the Alabama case, and the best means of providing against their recur rence ? Would such a course be the less honour able or statesmanlike because it might tend to conciliate public opinion in America, and to remove incidentally any grudge which may still be enter tained against this country ? We venture to submit that it would not, and to suggest, moreover, that no better time could be seleeted for this attempt than the present, when the grievances of which Mr. Adams complained are neither obsolete nor too recent, when no other source of misunderstanding exists to disturb the fair discussion of them, and when the foreign affairs of this country have lately passed into the hands of a new minister. The con troversy conducted by Lord Russell and Mr. Adams on behalf of their respective Governments really turned on a very few and very simple issues. The latter contended that a neutral State is not only bound to prohibit the participation of its own sub jects in acts of hostility against either of the belligerents, but responsible for any damage which may result from its neglect or inability to do so. He took his stand on the fact that certain ves sels of war in the Confederate service had been con structed in British dockyards, equipped from, if not iii, the same ports, manned chiefly by British sailors, and commissioned at sea without having acquired any new character by entering a Confederate port. Hence he argued either that our laws were inade quate to restrain abuses of our neutrality, or that they were not properly enforced ; and,. in either case, he insisted that Great Britain was liable for the consequences. Lord Russell virtually, if not expressly, denied that a neutral State has any duty towards a belligerent except the strict and honest execution of its own municipal laws. He main tained, however, that our Foreign Enlistment Act is sufficient for its purpose, and had been enforced with due diligence as well as in perfect good faith by our Government, attributing the unfortunate escape of the Alabama to the want of evidence to justify , her detention. To Mr. Adams' tender of arbitra tion Lord Russell replied that an arbitrator's de cision must be founded on a consideration of two questions, neither of which Great Britain could sub mit to any independent tribunal—the question whe ther the Law Officers of the Crown had correctly interpreted a British statute, and the question whether the British Government bad bona fide availed themselves of the powers therein intrusted to them. On these grounds he objected to any judicial investigation of the Alabama claims, either by an arbitrator or even by a joint commission, though he expressed his readiness to concur in the appointment of such commission to deal with com pensation cases of a different class. The United. States were naturally unwilling to accept an ar ratgementwhich would have left open the very point in dispute, and so the controversy ended. Now, without going further into the argument than this, or criticising any one of the historical precedents so copiously adduced in support of either conclusion, we see no insuperable obstacle to a solution which has something in common with Mr. Adams' pro posal, and a something with that of Lord Russell. Let a joint commission be appointed, not to adju dicate upon the claims preferred against Great Bri tain by American shipowners, or to review the trans actions connected with the equipment of the Ala bama and her consorts, but to deliberate on the rights and duties of neutrals in time of war, as hitherto determined by international law or usage, and to devise, if possible, a set of rules which all maritime nations should be invited to adopt, and to carry out by legislative measures. A commission of this kind should not be exclusively composed of British and American subjects, but should include eminent Continental jurists, and should be invested with the amplest possible liberty of recommenda tion. If upon a perusal of their report her Ma jesty's Government shall be of opinion that, under the cil•cumstances, some reparation is due, either in international law or in international equity, to the United States in respect of the ravages of the Ala bama, it will not be too late to make it, and no false pride should prevent our doing so with a good grace. If it be said that Lord Stanley cannot allow these claims to be re-opened, even indirectly, with out reflecting injuriously on the conduct of his pre decessor, the answer is obvious. Mr. Adams' repre sentation to Lord Russell was in the nature of a legal demand, and it was properly met by a legal demurrer. It was practically granted that our law had been violated in the equipment of the Alabama, and that the commercial marine of the United States had suffered grievous injury thereby; but the doubt was whether, in the absence of culpable neglect on the part of our Government, there was any remedy against us. This Lord Russell denied, and we have yet to learn that he was wrong in his exposition of the law, while he was certainly right if the prece dent of the Portuguese claims on the United States is to be followed. On the other hand, as every one knows, the Alabama would never have got to sea but for the most inopportune illness of the Queen's Advocate ; and this AL t. o.ear the overnment from the charge of neglect, does in some degree affect the moral aspect of the case. The loss sustained by American commerce in consequence may be dainnum sine injarid, and there fore no ground of a legal action ; and vet it may be a wise act of courtesy to waive the benefit of this plea. The time has come when such a concession is no longer open to misconstruction, and , would be accepted by the United States as a spontaneous act of goodwill.. At all events, there can be nothing derogatory to the honour of England in offering to submit her Neutrality Laws, together with those of the United States, to revision by a mixed commis sion. No country has more to lose by a lax inter pretation of these laws, and justice compels us to acknowledge that, had the United States' Govern ment connived at their evasion, the Fenian expedi tion might have inflicted much greater mischief on Canada. . This will not be forgotten by Parliament, if it should be hereafter called upon to sanction overtures which may lead to an amicable compro mise of the Alabama claims. POST.—Mr. Newdegate is a reformer. He thinks that it is time to pass a Reform Bill. He is of opinion that the adoption of a measure extending the representation would tend to increase the pres tige of the country, to revive the old national spirit, and to strengthen the position of England. Never theless, Mr. Newdegate is a Tory. He stands upon the ancient lines of the Constitution , in the faith which Pitt professed and illustrated. He would not yield a jot of English right ; he would not touch one stone of the foundation on which English in stitutions have been constructed and consecrated. There is not in the House of Commons, and probably not in the community which it represents, a more consistent and inflexible champion of pure and un defiled Toryism. The principles which he inter preted at Coventry on Monday are Tory principles, but they consist with progress and improvement on a broad basis ; and, however M r. B r i g h t may at tempt to evade the fact, it is plain that these prin ciples will have to be considered in dealing with the question of Reform. What is more, too, the oppor tunity could hardly be missed, even if it had not been distinctly pointed oat and kept in sight by agi tation organised and promoted for a factious pur pose. But while we agree with Mr. Newdegate that " it would be better there should be a measure of Reform," we trust that such a measure will be care fully matured. Looking at what has come to pass, we cannot say that it is a matter of urgency, although it is manifest that the urgency is facti tious. Still, no one can dissemble the danger inci dent to another failure, and it is a contingency which must be regarded. The Conservatives, as a party, doubtless wish to see a Reform Bill brought in and passed by the Government of Lord Derby, and we quite understand the feeling. But if, as is affirmed, administrationscannot subsist upon admi nistrative ability alone, they certainly cannot be maintained to serve what are inaccurately called the interests of a party. We trust, therefore, that if her Majesty's Ministers determined to accept an engagement which they are not bound to recognise, there will be neither haste nor hesitation on their part. As we have said, the opportunity is obvious, and the chances of success are alluring. The country is sensible that it has been trifled with, and sensible, also, that thopresent state of the represen tation is in many respects unsatisfactory and anomalous. That which Mr. Newdegate describes as a" want of national energy" in the House of Commons may be susceptible of an intelligible explanation ; but, whether an enlargement of the constituencies would, as he supposes, restore the " old English spirit" depends, of course, on the character of the extension of the franchise. It is all very well to declare, as Lord Leigh did at Coven try, that we do not care how far the franchise is ex tended, and it may be perfectly true in the sense that universal suffrage would simply deinonstrate the Conservative opinion of the country. But, as a mat ter of fact, any such extension of the franchise would amount to a revolution ; and, as Canning remarked when discussing the same subject, a proposition in volving radical change, be it right or wrong, raises a n ew issue. There may be, as he puts it, much to admire and app rove i n the institutions of other coun tries ; but the question is whether, on the whole, we are prepared to abandon the ground on which our edifice has been built up. So, in truth, we do care, or we ought to care, not only how far the franchise is to be extended, but how the extension is to be made. There are people, not connected with the Reform League, who would, as between household suffrage and manhood suffrage, choose the latter. But we are not forced to such an alternative. A measure which was calculated to purify the borough representation would meet the public requirement, and go to the root of the evil which Mr. Newdegate mentioned, and which he says has been remarked by Mr. Gladstone. The circumstance that a certain number of seats in the House of Conimons are ob tained by the expenditure of considerable sums of money sufficiently accounts for any absence of poli tical spirit which close observers may have detected. Men, however wealthy, do not throw away five or ten thousands pounds. Everybody knows that com mercial objects and social advantages enter into these transactions. The Reform Act, by disfran chising nomination boroughs, and preserving rotten boroughs, or boroughs which in the nature of things would become corrupt, destroyed the balance of re presentation which it is now proposed to re-estab lish by some extension of the franchise. It follows, then, that Reform, so far from bein g th e proper t y of Mr. Bright, may be disposed of by any Govern ment possessing the confidence of the country. There is, however, one consideration which Mr. Newdegate will readily acknowledge. He wishes to lose no time in coming to a settlement, which is pro per, as far as it goes. But if the problem is not one that should be pressed to a hasty solution, it is almost equally undesirable to seek to resolve it by the mere force of a political party, as the late Go vernment did. Lord Palmerston, it cannot be doubted, wished to bring about an understanding ; and, in forming his Administration, Lord D er by endeavoured to keep the same end in view. Some arrangement on the equitable footing suggested by Earl Grosvenor would commend itself to the great body of the nation. We confess we do not see how it may be compassed, but nothing is impossible. If the idea is to be dismissed as impracticable, all we can hope is that the responsibility of rejecting it will not be misapprehended. What course Mr. Glad stone may think fit to take remains to be ascer tained, but the course which the Ministers of the Crown have to pursue is indicated by their duty. The greatest caution should be used with regard to any measure of Reform. To quote the rule which Lord Russell laid down and ignored, it ought to be " revolved, planned, and matured." Mr. Bright once said that a Reform Bill "could not be carried unless there existed such a feeling out of doors as would act like steam upon a locomotive, and force the House of Commons to do something it would not otherwise do." That he has now discovered was a fallacious conclusion, for the house will not be forced to do anything, though it can possibly be led even to the adoption of a measure which the mem ber for Birmingham may denounce as full of " mystifications and conundrums." But it is not a subject to be approached rashly, nor, on the other hand, timidly. What is done should be done del , liberately and firmly. The Constitution under which we live has handed down to us liberties we hold in trust, and they must be transmitted to our posterity intact as we have received them ; the prin-. ciple of our parliamentary representation is that every class in the community shall be represented, not according to numbers or fitness, but generally with reference to all that is calculated to give weight and influence, and so that no one class is over whelmed by other classes ; and these being the con ditions on which a reform Bill should be framed, it does appear extraordinary that a common obliga tion should be treated as a party question. COUNTRY MARKETS. NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE-TUESDAT. - -- - A small supply of wheat, but a fair sale of both new and old, at an advance of is to 2s per qr on the rates of this day week. Malt, beans, and peas rather higher. Oats, particularly Scotch, again Gd to is up. Flour advanced 18 per sack. MONMOUTHSHIRE-TUESDAY. At the various markets there has been a moderate supply of wheat, most of which was in a middling condition, and for best descriptions of home grown there was a steady de mand, at fully the late advanced rates. In oats there was a tolerably brisk trade done, and quotations had an up ward tendency. A limited supply of beans, and the best sorts were the turn dearer'. The following are the average quotations:—Wheat, red, 6s 3d to 6s 9d per bushel ; white, 6s 9d to 7s Od ; inferior, 4s 6d to 5s Od ; malting barley, 38s to 43s per qr ; grind ing ditto, 32s to 35s Od; beans, 44s ; white oats, 258 to 295; black ditto, 24s 9d to 26s 6d. LYNN-TUESDAY. Though there was only a moderate show of wheat, all useful shipping samples were readily sold at fully is ad vance upon last Tuesday's rates. Barley was in better supply, both malting and grinding samples were in request, at prices fully as high as on this day week. Oats and beans each is per qr higher. New wheat, 55s to 58s ; new rod, 49s to 53s ; old white, 52s to 54s ; old red, 49s to 51s per 36 stone. Barley for malting, 46s to 48s ; secondary, 28s to 30s. Oats, new, 23s to 25s per 24 stone. Beans, small, 47s to 495. Peas, 368 to 40s per 28 stone. SALISBURY.-TUESDAY. The following are the quotations :—Wheat realised from 48s to 60s ; barley, 35s to 46s ; oats, 24s to 328 ; beans, 483 to 545; and peas, 42s to 50s per qr. Tares, from 6s to 74 6d per bushel ; Best bread, 13d ; household ditto, 12d. per 81b loaf. Flour, 398 to 45s per sack. The supply of wheat from the farmers was chiefly on the new crop, and mostly in poor condition. For such the sale was difficult, but dry samples sold at an advance of is to 2s per qr. Barley was very scarce, and much inquired after, while peas and beans met with a good sale at an ad vance of fully is per qr. English white wheat, 56s to 60s ; red, 529 to 56s ; Dant sic and Konigsberg, 45s to 60s ; Baltic red, 48s to 52s ; Danish and Hamburg, 46s to 50s ; Russian, 48s to 508. Barley, English, =s to —s ; grinding, Mediterranean, 31s to 31s 6d. Oats, new English, 27s to 28s; ,Russian, 26s to 275. Beans, old English, 50s to 51s; foreign, 45s to 475. Peas, English blue, 40. to 41s Od; foreign white, 38s to 40s; grinding, 36s to 37s Od per qr. MELTON MOWBRAY.-TUESDAY. White wheat, 55s to 60s ; red, 49s to 57s per 36 stone. Barley for malting, 42s to 44s per qr; feed, 32s to 36s per 30 stone. Oats, old, 308 to 335; new, 22s to 30s per 24st• Beans, old, 48s to 525; new, 455 to 48s per qr. COAL MARKET. Price per ton at the close of the market. s. d. s. d. Walls End Hutton ... 21 0 East Hartlepool Hetton Lyons ........ 19 3 Original Hartlepool South Hetton Cassop Acorn Close 2O 0 South Hartlepool 2O 0 Braddyell's a lletton.... 20 3 Kepier Grange 2O 0 Franxwellgate l9 6 Caradoc 2l 9 Ships at market, 27—sold, 23. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and New Zealand, via Bouthampton oot. 20. Ditto, via Marseilles Oot. 14. Brazil and Cape Verde, by British packet Nov. 5. Ditto, by French packet Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena Oot. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton—Oct 3. Ditto, via Marseilles. Oct. 14. Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton Oct. 3. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Oct. 3 Ditto, via Marseilles India (Bombay), via Southampton. Oct. 13. Ditto, via Marseilles .. ....Oct. 7. Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Oct. 3. Ditto, via Marseilles Oct. 7. Mauritius, via Southampton Ditto, via Marseille; Oct. 34. Newfoundland ... , Oct. 10. Portugal • ....Nov. 5. Ditto, by. private ship to . Lisbon .. United States and British North America, by Bri tish packet .. Oct. 10. Ditto. by United States packet, via Sonthamp ton . ....••••.. ******* . Ditto, via Cork Ditto, by Canadian packet, via Londonderry ..Oct, it West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Tenerife ....Oct. to. West Indies and Pseiflo (except Bahamas and Honduras) ... .Oct 15 Cuba and Mexico Bermuda, via Halifax ....., Oct. 24. Bahamas, via New York. Oct. 18. Births. BAKER—On the 2d inst., at Potterton, the wife of Col. V. Baker, 10th Hussars, of a daughter. CONSTABLE—On the 29th ult., at Upton Grey Honse,-Hants, the wife of M. Constable, Esq., of a son. HARMER—On the Ist inst., at Aldershot, the wife of Capt. G. Harmer, 81st Regiment, of a daughter. TEMPLE—On the 2d inst., at Bishopstrow, Wilts, the wifo of George Temple, Esq., of a son. 1 0 ` eh Marriages. JOHNSON—SANDILANDs—On the 3d inst., at St. George's, Hanover-square, Ed. Johnson, L.R.C.P. and L.R.C.S., Edinburgh, eldest son of E. Johns o n, E sq ., o f T wee d Bank, Kelso, and of Adderstone Mains, Northumberland, to Annie Letitia, second daughter of Mrs. Sandilands, of 56, Belsize-park, Hampstead, and of the late J. Sandi lands, of Conduit-street, London. WILMOT—BROOKE—On the 2d inst., C. Eardley-Wilmot, Esq., to Elizabeth, second daughter of Charles Brooke, Esq., 16, Fitzroy-square. Deaths. BASSETT—On the Ist inst., at Southport,•Hannfth Mariu, wife of J. B. Bassett, Esq., The Cedars, Leighton Buz zard, aged 76. BROOKSBANK -On the Ist inst., at 14, Paragon, New Kent road, George Brooksbank, Esq., aged 56. LANE —On the 3d inst., Mr. Jas. Lane, of 526, Kingsland road, aged 63. MAcKIE—•On the Ist inst., at 16, Manor-road, Lewisham, F. M. Mackie, Esq., late of St. Petersburg, aged 76. RUTLAND—On the let inst., at 20, Old Burlington-street, St. James's, Miss Rutland, aged 51. SINGLETON—On the 30th ult., Susan Jordon Singleton, late of Leatherhead, Surrey, aged 57. TUCKER- On the 3d inst., at Richmond, Mr. Wm. Tucker, late of the Strand, aged 67. London : Printed and Published by WILLIAM ANDREWS, of No. 112, Strand, Painter, at Tan Sun °Woe, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the County of Middlesex.— Thursday, Co.eber 1, 1850, Bc ap be