The Sun. — London, England, 1865-04-07 00:00:00

Institut , .chitects. The first of the series of this year's meetings of the members of this institute was held yesterday morning in the rooms of the Society of Arts, John street, Adelphi. Sir J. S. Pakington presided, and having expressed the pleasure he felt at meeting the members at the opening of a session which pro mised to be as successful as its predecessor, said there were one or two circumstances to which he wished particularly to refer. He begged to con gratulate them on the complete and successful esta blishment of that object which they all had at heart —he meant the Naval School of Architecture at South Kensington. He had no doubt it would be in the recollection of those present that when they assembled at their last meeting it had been his agreeable task to mark his recognition of the honour able and prompt manner in which the Government had acknowledged the claims of this institute. Par liament had been asked for its vote, and he gladly admitted its sanction of the scheme in the grants which were so willingly made. The school was now thoroughly established and in progress. A course of lectures had been commenced, and the manner in which the studies were proceeding warranted them in anticipating most beneficial results. The number of Admiralty students was sixteen, but the number of private students was, as they expected, small. Reference was made on former occasions, when this school was mentioned, to the superior position of France upon that matter as compared with Eng land, and he thought that it would give satisfaction to the meeting to know that the school was worked upon the same principle as the Paris school, the only difference being that the term was three years, while the other was two years and a half. It had been found in the French school that when the students came they showed a perfect acquaint ance with mathematics, and they were conse quently free to study its application to naval architecture. However, such was not the case in the English school, and he was of opinion that the studies would be attended with more ad vantageous results if the students had a previous knowledge of mathematics. A most important part of the course of education was the study in the dockyards, and he sincerely trusted that no practical impediment would be imposed, and that the Admi ralty would offer them every facility for the pursuit of that portion of the study. In regard to the in stitution itself, he begged to say that its progress was most satisfactory. Independent of the esta blishment of the school, most valuable advantage resulted from the annual publication of their papers, and he hoped that the papers to be read at the pre sent meeting would be attended with as much suc cess as those that had been submitted at the previous session. He thought that during their present ses sion there were two very important questions to be considered. 1. How far they could apply modern armour to men-of-war without endangering their sea-going qualities ; and 2. How far it was possible to adopt their new mode of arming men-of-war by revolving turrets invented by Capt. Cowper Coles, in sea-going and turret ships. He hoped that some of the papers to be read would bear upon these questions. He considered it an unpleasant task to enter upon anything like a criticism upon the con duct of the Admiralty as far as this matter was concerned, and he hoped no suspicions would .be entertained if he saw- there had not been a proper caution observed by the Admiralty with reference to the covering of ships with armour. In regard to Capt. Coles' invention, he only regretted the experi ment had not been accepted long ago. Papers were then read on the following subjects :—" An investi gation of the stability of H.M.S. Achilles," by Mr. N. Barnaby, M.I.N.A. ; " On the Mechanical Prin ciples of the Action of Propellers," by Mr. W. J. M. Rankine, C.E., LL.D., F.R.SS.L. and E., As sociate Member of Council ; " On the Comparative Value of Simpson's Two Rules, and on Dr.Woolley's Rule," by Mr. C. W. Merrifield ; " On Successive Integration, so as to obtain a Scale of Areas," by Mr. C. W. 'Merrifield ; " On the Measurement of Curved Surfaces, by means of Ordinates," by Mr. C. W. Merrifield ; "On the Practical Limits of the Rolling of a Ship in a Seaway," by Mr. W. Froude. Associate. In the evening a meeting took place, al which Mr. Isaac Watts, C. 8., presided. The prin cipal subject was " The Construction of Armour clad Ships of War," introduced by Rear-Admiral Sir Edward Beecher, C.B. A long discussion took plade, in which Mr. Scott Russell, Mr. Reed (con structor of the navy), Captain Symonds, Captain Selwyn, and other gentlemen took part. Royal National Lifeboat Institution. Yesterday a meeting of this institution was held at its home, John-street, Adelphi—Thomas Chap man, Esq., F.R.S., V.P., in the chair. There were also present—Captain Sir Edward Perrott, Bart. ; Admiral W. 11. Hall, C. 8., F.R.S. ; Stephen Cave, Esq., M.P. ; Admiral M , Hardy, Colonel Palmer, W. IL Harton, Esq., Admiral Bullock, Capt. J. R. Ward, RN., inspector of lifeboats to the institu tion, and Mr. Richard Lewis, the secretary. The minutes of the previous meeting having been read, a reward of £l5 108. was voted to the crew of the Constance life-boat of the institution, sta tioned at Tynemouth, Northumberland, for saving the crew of seven men and a pilot from the brig Border Chieftain, of Hartlepool, and one man from the brigantine Burton, of Colchester, which were totally wrecked on the rocks near the north pier, Tynemouth. A reward of £l5 10s. was also voted to the crew of the Lowestoft lifeboat, for rescuing the crew of seven men from the Danish schooner Pfeil, of Blankanesse, which was stranded during a strong gale of wind from the east on the Newcome Sands, on the Suffolk coast, on the 20th ult., and £1 15s. to the crew of the steam tug for their services on the occasion. A reward of £4 was likewise granted to the crew of the institution's lifeboat stationed at Dundalk for putting off and rescuing seven men from a boat belonging to the schooner Delila. A reward of £4 10s. was also voted to the crew of the society's lifeboat of St. Ives, Cornwall, for going off in reply to signals of distress, and bringing ashore two men from the brigantine Eclipse of that port. A reward of £6 was likewise granted to the crew of the life boat belOnging to the institution at Filey, for saving the crew of four men from the schooner Sate, of Lynn, which was afterwards totally wrecked on Filey beach. The second service clasp of the insti tution was voted to Mr. Mark Devereux, pilot master ; and £6 10s. to the crew of the lifeboat at Rosslare, county Wexford, for going off twice and rescuing one man from the schooner Teaser, of Goole, which was totally wrecked during a heavy gale of wind on the North Bar, on the coast of Wex ford, on the 20th ult. The thanks of the institu tion were also presented to Mr. William Coghlan, hon. secretary of the Wexford branch of the insti tution, for his services on the occasion. Rewards amounting to £42 2s. were also granted to the crew of the lifeboats of the institution at New . Brighton, Scarborough, Filey, Great Yarmouth, Portrush, and Arklow, for different services during the gales of the past month. During the past three months the lifeboats of the institu tion had been the means of rescuing 122 lives from shipwreck, and had also assisted in, saving ten ves sels from destruction during the same period. A reward of £2 was granted to some fishermen in ap preciation of their conduct in wading into the surf and rescuing eight sailors from a boat belonging to the barque Stirlingahire , w hi c h was _ wrec k ed on the Tusker Rock, near Wexford, on the night of the 30th January last. Various other rewards were also granted to the crews of shore boats and others for saving life from shipwreck on the coast of the United Kingdom. The thanks of the institution, inscribed on vellum, were voted to Mr. F. P. Cock shott, late manager of the South Devon. Railway Company, in acknowledgment of his long an d valuable co-operation with the institution during the time lie occupied that office. Payments amount ing to upwards of £1,500 were ordered to be made on behalf of var ious lifeboat establishments. A letter was read from the Duchess of Northum berland, expressing her heartfelt thanks to the committee of the institution for their mark of re spect to the late duke, and stating that their vote of condolence would be placed with the most precious relics of the past, and he looked upon as one of her best treasures. It was stated that the subscribers I to the People's Journal, published at Dundee, had contributed £BOO to pay the cost of two lifeboats to be stationed on the east coast of Scotian I Reports were read from the inspector and assistant-inspec tor of lifeboats of the institution, on their recent visits of inspection to its lifeboat stations on the Norfolk, Suffolk, and Sussex coasts. During the past month the institution had sent new lifeboats to Alnmouth, on the Northumberland coast, and to Ardmore, Ireland. The proceedings then termi nated. The Wandsworth-common Enclosures. The committee appointed to inquire into the best means of preserving for the public use the forests, commons, and open spaces in and around the me tropolis met again yesterday—Mr. Lock in the chair. Nearly all the members of the committee were present. Previous to taking evidence respecting Wands worth-common, The Hon. C. Gore, one of her Majesty's Commis sioners of Woods, was examined with respect to the Crown rights over Wimbledon-common. He said his attention had been called to the subject in conse quence of the introduction of Earl Spencer's Enclo sure Bill. The Crown claimed rights in respect of property at Mortlake. It was a part of the private property of Geo. 111. transferred to the Commission ers of Woods in 1828, and afterwards regranted to the Crown. It was situate inEast Sheen, and was called Marsh-gate Farm. The rights of the Crown had not been settled. He believed that Earl Spencer de nied the existence of rights of common. The Crown claimed in respect of enclosed land at Mortlake. The Parliamentary survey of 1649 contained various findings with respect to the rights of the lord and the tenants over the commons, and among the cus toms of the manor were the following—" Every cot tager that is a coppy houldr of the said manor may keepe on the commons within the sayd manor twentie five sheepe, two cows, one mare and a coult, and is to have once in every yeare allowed him one carte load of cropp wood from of the pollards of the said com mons, and he that bathe fifteene acres or the greate pte of fifteene acres of copie hould land is to have the like libertie of commoning and fireboote." He could not tell off-hand what the Crown might claim by virtue of that provision. If the Crown claimed com pensation for common rights it was in the case of en closure. The land of the Crown was generally let on lease, and the lessee might or might not exercise those common rights. He believed the Crown to possess the rights which he had described. Mr. Rose, solicitor, was called and examined by Mr. Alderman Rose with respect to the state of Wandsworth-common. He said—l am the owner of property on the east side of Wandsworth-com mon, and have been so for the last 13 years. At that time there were no enclosures except one piece of land in front of Mr. Wilson's house. The first en closure made was by the parish of St. James, Piccadilly, for a workhouse or for parochial schools. The next was by a railroad running right through the common. The next was for railroad purposes, for excavations to make the embankments up to the Cfystal Palace. There were 13 acres excavated to a considerable depth and left in that condition. The next enclosure was for the Patriotic School. Then pieces of land were enclosed by Mr. M'Kella. Were these enclosures made under the Enclosure Act ?—No. I am not aware by what authority they have been made. The general opinion is that they have been made by no lawful authority whatever. At the time I went there there were public footpaths over the whole of Wandsworth-common. The whole of these have been stopped up, except one which crosses in the centre, in a straight line. The enclosures have been made up to the carriage road, in some instances without leaving any foot paths. With regard to the drainage, in what state was the common when you went to live there ?—lt was kept in good order thirteen years ago by the inha bitants who held a lease. They excavated gravel at certain points in such a manner as. to convert the spaces into ornamental water. In what state is the common now ?—lt is a morass now. A great portion of it is under water all the winter, and was so up to the 20th of March. A portion of it is now under water. In summer time the water soaks in, but it leaves the common in a bad condition. I consider Wandsworth-com mon an unhealthy place on account of the want of drainage. In olden times the excavations were made so as to preserve the beauty of the common and it use to the enjoyment of the public ; but during the last five years the gravel has been excavated in ex traordinary quantities, so that the common is not useable by the commoners. It is full of pits and water, and some time ago the dead body of a man was taken out of one of these pits. 'ln the whole area of Wandsworth-common is there sufficient space for a cricket-ground ?—There is only a small space near Wandsworth town. The inclosures have been made contrary to the wishes of persons living there or having property in the neighbourhood, with the exception, perhaps, of Mr. _ _ _ M 'Kella. The interests of the public have been totally sacrificed by making these inclosures. The inhabitants believe that they have been made ille gally and contrary to all right and justice. Wands worth-common was held on lease by a certain num ber of the inhabitants of the district, in the same _ _ way that Clapham is now held, and it was kept in order by a public subscription. They had an open space for the public use and enjoyment. I believe that a deputation waited on Earl Spencer to ask him to grant a new lease on condition that they would preserve the park for public use and enjoy ment. And what was the answer ?—He refused. There was a common-keeper, but there is none at present. There was an avenue of trees a mile long, planted by the inhabitants of the district. The gravel has been dug right up to the trees, one-half of which are wholly destroyed, and the other half are in such a bad condition that they might as well be taken away. The last inclosure was made right up to these trees. Earl Spencer is the lord of the manor of Clap ham. There has been no inclosure there. I believe a new lease was granted 30 years ago of that portion of Clapham-common of which Earl Spencer is lord of the manor. Clapham-common is preserved to the use of the public at a very small expense. It is of the greatest service to the public. There is a large open space for cricketing, and a large portion covered with gorse. What is the difference between Clapham-common and Wandsworth-common ?—Around Clapham common there are mansions inhabited by the rich, the rental exceeding £50,000 a year, and any enclo sure would be resisted by them. Wandsworth-com mon is a poor district. The residents around are few in number, and could not raise the money, or have not the courage to contend with the lord of the manor, he having unlimited resources and a definite object, and they having no definite object and small resources. I am not aware of any nuisances on Wandsworth-common, except those committedwith the sanction of the lord of the manor or his agents. I do not consider the gipsies a nuisance. I have never lost anything by them. But there are people who come on Wandsworth-comm on who are objec tionable. They come from the gaol at the expiration of their sentence, and congregate in considerable numbers. They are sometimes interfered with by the police, but I am not aware that they are inter fered with by the lord of the manor. The gaol is situate at the edge of the common. By Mr. Lefevre—Before these inclosures took place the common was much used in summer time. The population of Wandsworth is about 10,000. The extent of open space is not more than one-half what it was originally. I am not aware of any common rights. The copyholders are few in number, and are entirely under the influence of the lord of tile manor. The lease to which I allude ex pired five or six years ago. By the Chairman —Tooting is at one end of the common. Many houses are in the course of erection in the neighbourhood. Some time ago I applied on behalf of myself and three other persons to be allowed to inclose a space opposite our houses, solely to pre vent anyone else from doing so. The application was rhade to Earl Spencer's agents. That was in 1860. In November of that year an answer was received from them, stating that Earl Spencer was not very desirous of parting with any of the common at. Wandsworth, so much having been previously in closed, but stating that if we were in a position to make an offer, it might facilitate matters. I did not make an offer, and there the matter dropped. By Mr. Cowper—l presume the railway enclosure took place under the railway acts. The enclosure made by the parish of St. James's took place under no act of Parliament. He obtained the property at a very low price, because there was no title. The price was about 30s. per acre. I presume the amount was paid to the lord of the manor. Mr. M'Kella enclosed in conjunction with the lord of the manor. The lord sold him the property for so much money, and he put up the fences. I believe there is no title to these enclosures. The fences were run up very rapidly, and the only way to interfere is to knock them down ; but it would be rather awkward to do so in the case of a railway company. I have never I communicated with the lord of the manor. No ap plication is made, because our belief is that it would be entirely useless. That is the general opinion. By Mr. Tollemache—Why did you not try your right by pulling down the fences in the case of the lord of the manor ?—Because that would be a pre liminary to a long litigation. My neighbours would not find money for that purpose, and it would have been useless to commence pulling down the fences. I hope the Legislature will deal with the matter, and not lead us into conflict with Earl Spencer, If I had sufficient money I would contest the matter with him to the end, but there is no worse form of carry ing on litigation than by a committee of inhabitants. Earl Spencer would have every advantage in such a case, and might sacrifice all public rights. By Mr. Peacocke—Has there been any act rela tive to these enclosures except the railway acts ? None whatever. By Mr. Baillie—When I went to Wandsworth the common was unenclosed. By the Chairman—The enclosure would never have been made but for the expense of litigation being so enormous. The committee then adjourned until after the holidays. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN. A special general meeting of this company was held, yesterday at the Waterloo-station ; Captain Mangles in the chair. Mr. Clarke, the secretary, read the notice con vening the meeting for the consideration of 11 bills now before Parliament. The CHAIRMAN stated that although they had 11 bills on their list only five of them had sufficiently progressed to be submitted at that meeting to the shareholders for approval. The first he had to sub mit was No. 2, which was a bill for authorising the company to make new lines of railways, and for authorising agreements between them and other railway companies, and for the raising by them of further moneys. The objects of this and the other bills had been fully explained in the report of the directors, which was adopted at the general meeting on the 16th of February last. Mr. Bircham (the solicitor) then read the heads of the bill. It authorised the raising of £120,000 in preference shares, and the borrowing of an addi tional sum of £40,000 for the construction of new works. The CHAIRMAN (seconded by Mr. DUTTON, M.P.) moved a formal resolution approving the bill. Mr. BLACKWELL moved an amendment, to the effect that the bill be not approved. He thought it the duty of the shareholders to oppose all exten sions on principle, particularly if they wished to see the value of their stock rise in the market and their dividends increase. Mr. HODGKINS seconded the amendment. After a long discussion the amendment was lost, and the motion was carried. The CHAIRMAN said the next was a bill for autho rising the company to abandon the making of lines of railway at Kensington and Hammersmith, and to make other lines of railway instead thereof, and to make the Chiswick curve, and for authorising agree ments between them and other railway companies and bodies. The total capital authorised was £330,000, in shares, with the usual borrowing powers. This bill would enable them to make arrangements and to dispense with a line that would have cost £66,000. On the motion of the CHAIRMAN, seconded by Count EYRE, a formal resolution approving the bill was carried. The next was a bill for authorising the company to make and maintain a railway from their main line of railway at Pirbright, by Aldershott, to Farnham. It was for making a line, eight miles in length, from a point five miles west of Woking to Aldershot and Farnham, the share capital being £160,000, and the borrowing powers £53,300. Mr. BLACKWELL thought they had lines enough and he would oppose it. On the motion of the CHAIRMAN, seconded by Mr. DurroN, the bill was approved. The next was a bill for authorising the acquisition by the London and South-Western Railway Com pany and the Devon and Somerset Railway Com pany of the undertaking and property of the Ilfra combe Railway Company. The requisite capital vias £210,000, and the bill enabled each company, the Devon Somerset to subscribe £105,000 and the South-Western Company to subscribe £los,ooorfor the construction of the Ilfracombe line. Mr. ITuTcHos seconded the motion for the ap proval of the bill, and it was carried. The CHAIRMAN said the next bill he had to sub mit was promoted by another company. It was a bill to authorise the Sunningdale and Cambridge town Railway Company to make new railways, and to use parts of the railways of the South-Eastern Railway Company and London and South-Western Railway Company. It authorised running powers and conferred running powers on the company, if they chose to use them. Mr. LACY seconded the motion approving the bill, and it was carried. The meeting was then adjourned for the conside ration of the other bills to the 4th May next. GRAND TRUNK OF CANADA. The traffic receipts for the week ending the 4th of March amounted for local passengers to £5,095, for foreign passengers to £1,208, for mails, &c., to £642, for local freight and live stock to £13,540, and for foreign freight and live stock to £2,674 — total, £23,159, against £25,192, for the correspond ing week of last year, showing a decrease of £2,033. THE SU/V, LONDON, FRIDAY 'EVENING, APRIL 7, 1865. GREAT WESTERN OF CANADA. The report states that the aggregate expenditure on capital amounted to £5,092,186, leaving a bal ance of £53,490. The outlay on capital account during the half-year consisted of new sidings, &c., at stations, fish jointing rails, difference of expense in rebuilding in stone and iron four wooden bridges between Hamilton and London, ex tension of line in the city of Toronto, and other works, amounting to £18,182. The revenue account for the past half-year showed that the gross receipts amounted to £312,730, the working expenses, in cluding rent of suspension -bridge, to £137,437, and the balance to £175,292. From this was deducted, £47,498 interest on Government loan, £33,359 in terest on company's bonds, £74,502 loss on conver sion of American currency, and £31,140 on re newal of rails, sleepers, and bridges, making £ls6,soo—leaving a balance of £18,792. To this was added £8 1 ,415, over-estimated loss on American currency, and £10,961 surplus from the preceding half-year, making a surplus of £38,169 ; from which the directors recommended a :dividend at the rate of 2 per cent. per annum, leaving a balance of £4,57t The reduction of the available balance by the con version of American funds into gold amounted for the past half-year to £74,502. The working ex penses of the last half-year were 43.95 per cent. of the receipts. Friendly relations with all the Arne . - rican lines had been maintained, and the best feel ing continued to exist; but, owing to border diffi culties, the United States Government instituted a passport system at the close of last year which, to a great extent, put a stop to the through passenger traffic between the eastern and western States of America via Canada. It had also lessened consi derably the local passenger business between Canada and the States. But by proclamation from the State department at Washington, dated March Bth, this restriction had been removed. Ti ie report of the engineer showed the continued -improvements which were being made in the perms: vent way and Condition of the railway. The traffic of the Detroit and Milwaukee Railway continued to be steadily developed, but no portion of the ; irrears of interest due to the Great Western had been discharged Railway Communication between Woolwich and. Greenwich. Last night a crowded and initaentia 1 public meet ing of the inhabitants of Woolwich, Charlton, and Plumstead was held at the Town-hal4 Woolwich, to adopt measures for promoting the bill now before Parliament for the construction of a branch line of railway from Greenwich to. Woolwich, passing through Greenwich-park by mums of a tunnel. The chair was occupied by Mr. Jackson, chairman of the Woolwich Local Board of Health ; and on the platform were Mr. W. Angerstein, M.P., and numerous influential residents of the district. Mr. BASSETT moved, and Mr. TUFFIELD seconded, a resolution setting forth the absolute necessity which existed for direct railway communication be tween Woolwich, Greenwich, and Deptford ; and it was stated that, although the Astronomer Royal (Professor Airey) had on two occasions reported to the Admiralty that such railway might at a certain distance from the observatory, and under certain conditions, pass through Greenwich-park without detriment to the scientific opera tions, the professor had now expressed his fears that the fact of railway trains passing so near the observatory might induce the belief that the vibration arising therefrom would injuriously affect the observations made. Mr. ANGERSTEIN, M.P., replied to the objections made against the passing of the railway through the park, and said that experiments made by the most eminent scientific men of the age fully proved that the vibration of railway trains passing under a covered way at a slow rate of speed would not cause the evils apprehended. Professor Airey was possessed of high scientific acquirements, and was, no doubt, the right man in the right place ; but after giving up his opposition to such a railway, and confessing that it might be so laid down and worked as not to interfere with the operations at the observatory, it was singular that he should now raise an ob stacle of such a fanciful nature. He believed it rested with the inhabitants of that district whether they had this railway or not. If they were unani mous upon the subject he had no doubt that Parlia ment would pass the bill. The CHAIRMAN read a letter from Alderman Salomons, M.P., regretting his absence, and strongly supporting the proposed railway, which he consi dered had already been too long delayed. Addresses were delivered by Mr. Carttar, coroner for West Kent, and other gentlemen, and resolu tions were adopted in accordance with the objects of the meeting, which separated after a vote of thanks to the chairman. The Great Lock-out, WOLVERHAMPTON, Thursday. The interview between the deputation from the North Staffordshire puddlers and the Brierly-hill Executive has resulted in the latter having resolved to use their influence to obtain the sanction of the districts to the sum of £l,OOO being expended in sending out North Staffordshire puddlers to Australia or New Zealand, as may be selected. The money to be appropriated to this use is the balance of the levies" raised for the support of the Leeds iron workers during the recent strike and lock-out there, and which now lies in a local bank. Notice for its withdrawal from the bank has been given to-day, and the sanction of the several districts is being asked to its use for, the purpose suggested. The dis tricts of Manchester and Wolverhampton have al ready consented, and the executive entertain no doubt of a similar course being pursued by the districts generally. With this money it is computed that 100 puddlers might be sent out from North Staffordshire before the close of this month ; and the North Staffordshire delegates assert that this number are willing to avail themselves of the oppor tunity to emigrate which the awarding of this money would afford. For the emigration of South Staffordshire pud dlers the levy ordered by the executive is coming in, and the amount in hand to-morrow will, it is stated, be £2OO. The applications do not seem to be nume rous considering the extent of South Staffordshire, but the men who can be accepted from among the applicants are pressing to be sent out at once, so that there shall be no necessity for them to resume work in consequence of the withdrawal of the lock out. The Emigration Committee appointed by the Brierly-hill Executive are adopting measures to sti mulate or arouse the emigration feeling in North Staffordshire. To-day they have sent into that dis trict large posters, in which they urge the puddlers to emigrate to Auckland " rather than stay and starve in North Staffordshire." The bill also an nounced that " arrangements are being made to emigrate men to America." The placard closes with an intimation that " puddlers desiring to have their names registered to emigrate are requested to apply to the district secretary (Peter Baker) at Tunstal, or to the secretary of the emigration committee, Castle Inn, Brierly-hill." By this announcement it will be seen that the North and South Staffordshire puddlers are not per manently disunited; and that the sympathy of the South for the North is being displayed, as far as that sympathy can be shown by the executive without the directions of the delegates being overridden ; but the delegates haVe the power to undo what they have previously done. The executive--the deputa tion from North Staffordshire state that, until this had taken place (if it ever should take place), they could nog sanction the raising of funds for the sup port of the men who may remain in North Stafford shire to continue the strike ; but they remarked that, if the puddlers of South Staffordshire should be determined to support the North unofficially, the executive could not prevent theth. Throughout South Staffordshire the men are not united in opinion as to the best course to be pursued now that the lock-out is over. To-day a numer ously attended meeting of men was held at Briefly hill. It had been called by bellmen sent through out that district for some miles, and the representa tion was regarded as influential and thorough, all the works in that district having sent delegates. The room in which the meeting was held was crowded, and.it was unanimously resolved that work should not be resumed until the 10th instant. Throughout Brierly-hill, therefore, and Wolver- I hampton work will not be resumed this week. To-day, at Tipton, however, the men have met and resolved to begin work at once. At Messrs. Barrows' works at Tipton some puddling furnaces were on this morning, but nothing was done last night. The resolution come to by the masters at their meeting in Wolverhampton was sent to Tipton by Major Barrows, who has never heartily approved the lock-out, immediately that it was passed, and it was posted in his works that evening, but no fires were got up by the firm until to-day. There is not much doubt that the men will gene rally begin next week, after a little preliminary parleying on the part of those who are now the least anxious to begin. BIRMINGHAM, Thursday Evening. There was a very numerous attendance of the ironmasters to-day at the weekly meeting of the trade held in this town. The resolution passed at the special meeting held yesterday was much dis cussed. The prevailing opinion appeared to be that the course adopted was the best that could have been in present circumstances, and a confident con viction was expressed that if the matter is let alone the men will go in at the commencement of next week, and the difficulty be put an end to. At some of the small works operations have already recommenced, but at most of the large ones they will not begin until Monday next. Messrs. Barrows, of the Bloomfield Works, have requested us to state that the announcement in this morning's papers that they had " anticipated" the result of yesterday's meeting, and made prepara tions to start some of their works last night, is erro neous. Their men held a meeting this morning, and agreed to go in, which they did in a body early this forenoon. At Messrs. Dawes, Bromford-lane, and other large works, they are still standing. Naval and Military Intelligence. Yesterday morning Col. Mundy, Acting-Com mandant of the Royal Artillery at Woolwich, at tended by Col. Payne, Royal Marines, Cols. Wode house, C. 8., Maberly, and Middleton, C. 8., Royal Artillery, Brigade-Major Hay, and other officers, visted the gymnasium of the garrison, and inspected the classes of the non-commissioned officers and men of the Royal Artillery and Royal Marines who have completed a course of training in gymnastic exer cises. Capt. Clark, the superintendent, put the classes through various exercises, the vaulting and escalading being remarkably good. The sword exer cise of the non-commissioned officers was considered most efficient. The commandant expressed himself much pleased with the result of his inspection. Twenty officers and 50 non-commissioned officers who were selected from the brigades of Royal Artil lery in the various stations at home and abroad, and who have completed a lengthened course of practical study extending over the past 18 months at Shoe buryness, returned to Woolwich on Monday, and yesterday commenced a course of exercise and study in the manufacturing departments of the Royal Ar senal. Each officer has passed the necessary exami nation rendering him competent to undertake the post of instructor in gunnery. Commodore Hugh Dunlop, C. 8., Superintendent of Woolwich Dockyard, yesterday, accompanied by. Mr. Ponsonby, R.N., hisprivate secretary, and Com mander Towsey, inspected the whole of the ships in commission at Woolwich and mustered the crews, according to a new regulation to be carried out on the first Thursday in each month. Her Majesty's 17-gun steam screw sloop Mutine, thoroughly refitted at Woolwich, is ready for the pennant, and has the whole of her stores on board. Her destination is the Pacific. It is expected that her commission will be announced to-day. The following appointments have been made at the Admiralty :—Lieut. P. C. Johnstone to the Mu tine ; Lieut. J. F. G. Grant to the Impregnable ; Edward B. D'Arcy, master, to the Mutine ; Sub- Lieut. R. C. Townshend to the Mutine ; Sub-Lieuts. E. R. Mathias and F. J. Rendell to the Formidable ; Sub-Lieut. C. R. C. Hamilton to the Liverpool ; Sub-Lieut. A. H. Byng to the Hector ; W. Manach, C.W. Dickinson, and Alfred Pigott, midshipmen, to the Mutine ; W. H. Roberts and G. L. Poe, mid shipmen, to the Rattlesnake ; T. H. S. Robertson, midshipman, to the Narcissus ; Edgar Bogue, mid shipman, to the Edgar ; C. E. Goldsmith and W. D. Tennant, midshipmen, to the Sutlej ; C. H. Cohish, Augustus H. Coker, and the Hon. R. W. Craven, naval cadets, to the Edgar. Volunteer Review at Brighton. The following is the detail of Metropolitan Corps proceeding from Victoria station on the 17th April Total. 520 a.m.-Ist Administrative Brigade Middlesex Artillery, 256-2 d Surrey Artillery, 257-15th Middlesex (London Scottish) Rifles, 333-19th ditto,4oo-9th ditto (West), 230-11th ditto (St. George's), 400 ... 1,176 6 10 a.m-29th Middlesex (North) Rifles, 409-28th ditto (London Irish), left wing, 200-4th ditto, 292-46th ditto, 303-Ist ditto (Engineers), 305 1,509 6 45 a.m.-21st Middlesex (Civil Service) Rifles and 38th ditto, 406-22 d ditto (Queen's), 704-2 d ditto (South), 372-Ist ditto (Victoria) and 36th ditto, 403 ... 1,885 Total ... ~ 5)270 The following is the detail of Metropolitan Corps proceeding from the London-bridge station :- 5 20 a.m.—Hon. Artillery Company, 20-3 d Mid dlesex Artillery, 344-23 d Middlesex (Inns of Court) Rifles, 310-2 d London, 210-3 d ditto, 524-sth Administrative Battalion Middlesex, and 9th Tower Hamlets Rifles, 426 ... 1,844 6 a.m.-28th Middlesex (London Irish) Rifles (right wing), 305-37th ditto, 228-39th ditto (Fins bury), 380-40th ditto (Central London), 346- 7th Surrey, 318-20th Middlesex, 300 ... 6 30 a.m.-Ist Administrative Battalion, Tower Hamlets Rifles, 559-2 d and Bth Tower Hamlets, 452-4th Tower Hamlets, 200-6th ditto, 450- Ist City of London, 616. 7 a.m.-48th Middlesex (Havelock)Rifles, 311-10th, 19th, and 23d Surrey, 471-2 d Administrative Battalion Essex, 450-3 d and 4th ditto, 605-2 d Administrative Battalion Middlesex, 488 2,325 7.30 a.m.-3d Essex Artillery, 200-Ist London Artillery, 220-Ist Tower Hamlets Engineers, 90-Ist London Engineers, 140 ... 1,877 ... 650 Total • —• 8 ,973 The following i s th e d eta il of country corps Number. Ist Administrative Brigade -Ist Hants Artillery (Havant Station, 7.10 a.m.) —2d ditto (Portsmouth, 8.20 a.m.)-3d ditto (Portsmouth, 8.20 a.m.... Ist Administrative Brigade-- Ist Sussex Artillery 2d ditto (Hastings, 7.50 a.m.) •.. ..• •.. 3d ditto (Hailsham, 8.30 a.m.) 4th Cinque Ports Artillery (Hastings, 7.50 a.m.) ... Ist Hants Engineer Vulunteor Corps (Havant, 7.10 2d South Middlesex Rifles (Detachment) Kensing ton, 7.30 a.m.... 18th Middlesex Rifles (Kensington, 7.30 a.m.) 7th Administrative Battalion Middlesex Rifles (Clapham Junction, 7.33 a.m.) Ist Surrey and 2d Administrative Battalion Surrey Rifles (Clapham Junction, 711 a.m.) ... Ist Administrative Battalion Surrey Rifles (East Croydon, 830 a.m.) 3d ditto (Redhill, 9 a.m.) Ist Sussex Rifles Ist Administrative Battalion, Sussex 9th Sussex Rifles (Arundel, 7 49 a.m.)-10th ditto (Chichester, 7 54 a.m.)-11th ditto (Worthing, 8 20 a.m.)-12th ditto (Enasworth, 7 36 a.m. ; Bosham, 7 45 a.m.)-15th ditto (Bognor, 7 50 a.m.) 2d Administrative Battalion, Sussex -sth Sussex Rifles (East. Grinstead, 8 30 a.m.)- 6th ditto (Petworth, 7 15 a.m.)-7th ditto (Horsham, 7.50 a.m.)-Bth ditto (Pulborough, 7 30 a.m.)--13th ditto (Hassock's-gate, 10 12 a.m.)--14th ditto (Crawley, 7 24 a.m.)-18th ditto (West Grinstead, 8 8 a.m.) ... Ist Administrative Battalion and 26th Kent Rifles (New-cross and Forest-hill, 8 10 a.m.) 14th and 17th Kent Rifles (Hastings, 7 a.m.) ... Ist Administrative Battalion Cinque Ports Rifles (Hastings, 7 50 a.m. ; Eastbourne, 8 30 a.m.) 2d Hants Rifle Volunteer Corps (Havant, 8 30 a.m.) 14th ditto (Havant, 7 10 a.m.) ... Ist Administrative Battalion Hants Rifles (Havant, 840 a.m.) ... ..• 2d ditto (Havant, 8 30 a.m. ; Portsmouth, 8 20 a.m.) 3d ditto (Havant, 840 a.m.) ... , Ist Administrative Battalion Isle of Wight (Ports mouth, 8 30 a.m.) Total ... ... 7,360 GEORGE ERSIELNE, Colonel. War-office, April 6. THE THAMES EMBANKMENT.—Yesterday, in con sequence of the favourable change in the weather, a largo number of additional workmen were employed, and set to work principally upon the portion that is being filled in, and which is carried on with great rapidity. The brick work within many of the caissons in No. 1 contract has attained a height above the level of low water spring tides and in the others the immense foundations are laid in with compost and other materials capable of resisting moisture. In the other departments connected with the works in this section the greatest activity prevails, and very rapid pro gress has been made during the past week. In the works in Mr. Ritson's (No. 2) contract, extending from the east side of Waterloo-bridge to Blackfriars, the coffer dams for half the distance are completed, and in some parts the brick work and masonry is above the low water level, and the filling in both with dry rubbish and earth from the rail ways in course of construction, and gravel from the bed of the river, is being carried on with unprecedented rapidity. A handsome steamboat pier atWaterloo-bridge and another on the west side of Blackfriars-bridge will be constructed as soon as the works of the embankment are sufficiently ad vanced. ADVERTISERENT.i—HoIIoway's Ointment and Pills.— Tumours, Cancers, and Bad Breasts.---If any departure from health require earlier attention than another to prevent dis astrous consequences, it is the class of diseases now under re view. To save hazard and future pain, the budding tumour must have early attention or days of discomfort and nights of disquietude will be the sufferers portion. Whenever the ailment first appears, after fomenting the spot with warm water, Hollo wa y' s o i n t men t mus t b e energe tically rubbed on part till a considerable quantity is absorbed. The pills, too, must be commenced with early. .If these remedies be diligently persevered in, the simple tumour or the full can cars are arrested. In cases of bad breasts, with or Without milk fever, relief is almost instantaneous. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TlMES.—Though the dispute in the iron-trade is not yet terminated its calamitous effects have been largely circumscribed. The strike continues, but the lock out has been withdrawn. Nothing has ever oc curred in the history of trade controversies more in structive than this great quarrel, and we submit the case plainly to public judgment while the circum stances are fresh and the parties still before the world. The ironmasters of Staffordshire having re solved upon a reduction of the wages paid to their workmen, the ironworkers met in their trade unions and took the proposal into consideration. After due deliberation they agreed, with a special excep tion, to accept the abatement, and continue work on the reduced terms. The exception applied to the district of North Staffordshire, the men of which district, it was reso l ve d, should refuse the reduction and strike against it. Be it observed and remem bered that this rejection of a course generally adopted was not a private or isolated determination on the part of the North Staffordshire men them selves. The very same authorities who, acting on behalf of the trade in the trade union, sent the other ironworkers to work, ordered the iron workers of North Staffordshire to stand out. It was openly alleged at the time' that they did this to " try the strength of the masters." They meant to support these strikers from the funds of the union while they fought the battle of the trade, unless they should discover that the masters, as seems to have been half suspected, were strong enough to win the battle. This discovery was soon made. Taught by the elaborate and successful combinations of the men, the masters had now, in self-defence, formed a combination of their own, and they pre sently proclaimed that unless the men of North Staf fordshire followed the example of their brethren and resumed work they would close their establish ments against all the workmen together, and thus stop the fund of wages out of which the selected strikers were to be maintained. This was the lock out. The unions were frightened at this distinct demonstration of the masters' strength, and they endeavoured to retreat. They revoked the order to strike, and desired the North Staffordshire men to go to work again. But the men refused, and then the unions, after some controversy, threat ened to cut off the expected supplies. They were probably sincere in their condemnation of the strike, for it had proved a blunder ; but the masters de clined to rely upon the professions put forth, and insisted that the strikers should resume work. This led to the meetings, discussions, and propo sa l s which have been reported in quick succession for some weeks past. The unions made a grievance of the masters' incredulity, and declared that it was hard they should suffer when they had done all they could. The men locked out were willing to work on the masters' own terms ; they had never struck against the reduction of wages, nor did they strike now, and they had repudiated the act of those who did strike--why, then, should they and their fami lies be deprived of their daily bread ? To this re monstrance the masters replied that the strike was the work of the whole trade in Union assembled, and that those who had caused it should put an end to it ; that the North Staffordshire men were evi dently relying on support from without, and that the lock-out proved the only means by which this support could be effectually intercepted. Thus, the object now was, in some way or other, to b r i ng these North Staffordshire men to work again. With this view several public-spirited and benevolent gen tlemen, and especially Lord Lichfield, Lord-Lieute nant of Staffordshire, endeavoured to bring the par ties together for understanding or compromise. It happened that a certain North Staffordshire delegate had declared in London that, if the masters would re-open their works, the men on strike would " resume work," and leave the question of wages to arbitration. On hearing this the chair man of the Masters' Association wrote to us to say that if a proposal to this effect were brought to him with authority he would place it, before the masters, and. do his best to get it accepted. The men, however, at first repudiated the offer made by their delegate, and alleged that he was not empowered - to make it, but in the end they consented to resume work provided the wages given them, pending the arbitration, were on the original scale. But this did please the masters, who maintained that the interim rate of wages should be on the reduced scale. At length Lord Lichfield proposed that the question should be suspended in fairness between the two parties by allowing the men to draw wages on ac count, the balance to be made up after the arbitra tion according to the tenour of the award. To this reasonable compromise the masters assented, but the men resolutely, rejected it. They refused to go to work, except on terms implying the success of their strike, although that strike had been repudiated by their own brethren. They had struck against the reduction of wages, and they insisted that this reduction should be cancelled. In this position the case stood till Wednesday, when the masters with drew from their original demand, that the men on strike should be induced by their brethren to go to work again, and accepted instead a distinct assurance from the other workpeople that they would not, directly or indirectly, support the strikers in their resistance. The lock-out, therefore, is at an eud, and the struggle, if all parties are sincere, has now dwindled to a mere local dispute between a few North Staffordshire masters and North Staffordshire men. But the lesson taught by the whole story is im portant in the extreme. The men are indignant, but without any just cause, while there is but too much ground for suspecting that they do not look cordially on the proposed system of arbitration as a substitute for strikes. What they would like is strikes, but strikes without lock-outs. They are alarmed and angry at the discovery that when it comes to union against union the masters are too strong for them, and that their hitherto successful tactics will become of no Avail. Accordingly they denounce, as not only tyrannical but absolut e ly illegal, the combination of all ,the masters in the trade against all the men in the trade, though they know full well that all the men in the trade are organised in standing array for prompt and regular combination against any master or masters selected' for attack. They call the concerted action of the masters a " conspiracy," forgetting how this very. action arose out of a regular plot l a id aga i nst t h e masters of North Staffordshire by their own Trade Unions. They had intended to employ force against a particular body of masters, and they raise an out cry when they found the weapons wrested from their hands. As far as the discussion enables us to judge they hadno reason on their side at all. When it came to sober debate, the origin of the strike was dis creetly left in the background, and it was alleged that the ironworkers of North Staffordshire were justified by special circumstances affecting theA'' condition in standing out for higher wages than their brethren in the trade. But this assertion was not substantiated, and presently the, men fell back upon their strike and nothing else. They would not even accept arbitration, unless they had first been allowed to get their way by force. It is clear that there is a reluctance to forego the machinery which, though scandalous in the eyes of the public and calamitous to the trade, has hitherto served, at least occasionally, the turn of the men against their em ployers. It was openly urged at the meetings of the men that the unions had, whether with or without reason, obtained better terms for the men than pre vailed before, and the cry of the men from first to last has been that the masters wanted to destroy their unions, and that their unions must be pre served. But this can only mean that they must be at liberty to strike, and extort their own terms by striking. The masters' unions can only de stroy the men's unions by proving the stronger of the two, and by meeting a strike, which i s th e expression of one combination, by a lock-out, which is the expression of the other. The whole outcry means—that a lock-out beats a strike; and that if the masters are allowed to lock-out it will be of no use striking any morel We should not be the least inclined to quarrel with this conclusion if it led both parties to abandon the principles of coercion altogether, and resort to more reasonable methods of settling disputes ; but we are compelled to doubt from the experience of the last few weeks whether the men are really dis 4 posed to accept a system of impartial arbitration in place of organised strikes. Certainly, the Iron workers of North Staffordshire have shown no such inclination, and the machinery of Trades' Unions has of late been worked so successfully in the in terests of the men that they 'may naturally be un willing to forego its advantages. On this we can only say that if they choose to fight with these weapons they must expect to find their adversaries doing the same. They cannot appeal to the public against combi na tio ns a nd conspiracies while they are themselves combining and conspiring to the utmost limit of their power. We should like to see these combinations discarded altogether for more sensible proceedings, nor do we admire l oc k- ou t s any more than strikes. The masters, it is evident, have found the disadvantages arising from their policy, effectual though it may have been against the men. They tried public opinion rather hard, too, by their wholesome evictions, though they were logically defensible, and even now, at the last, they have yielded a point, without, perhaps, being really convinced. If the experiment tells against future lock-outs, so much the better ;we only trust it may tell against strikes a well. HERALD.—The anxiety of Lord Westbury to vindicate his character must, indeed, be intense. he has courted the fullest investigation into the circumstances attending Mr. Edmunds' resignation, and to secure a satisfactory verdict has packed the jury. The world is edified with just that happy union of the wisdom of the serpent with the harm lessness of the dove which might have been antici pated in the eminent professor of Christianity who has publicly attributed his success to his fulfilment of the apostolic precepts. Unfortunately this bright example will not produce much imitation. There are a good number of gentlemen who would, like to follow in the footsteps of the Lord Chancellor, but circumstances forbid. Thousand s o f p oor devils are scattered about London alone who would hasten to vindicate their characters against the aspersions and the prejudices of the public if they could only select their own jury; but an unjust and partial law will not allow their friends, who must know most about them, to investigate their proceedings—that is a privilege reserved for a Minister whose " chastity of honour " all of a sudden " feels a stain like a wound," and who, having for three or four years employed his patronage to provide for his kindred, cannot live under the suspicion that he has done anything to create a vacancy in a snug office, to which he has appointed one of his sons. The committee nominated by the Lord Chancellor as the court of investigation into his conduct con sists of eleven members, four of whom are his col leagues and two ex-members of Liberal Cabinets and warm supporters:of the present Government, which has the deepest interest in whitewashing its Chancellor. The wisdom of his lordship's precautions has been amply justified. The majority could not, indeed, " burke" the inquiry. They could not re fuse to hear the witnesses and to investigate the whole subject, in accordance with the terms of the order of reference. They could not prevent the inde pendent minority from eliciting from those witnesses the fact condemnatory of the Chancellor's conduct. They could not protect the Chancellor against him self, and prevent him from convicting himself by his own testimony of all the misconduct which had been imputed to him. But they could temporarily sup press that evidence. They could prevent the public from learning the whole facts, from getting the ample confirmation of its suspicions, at least for a time—and time in such a matter, as Lord West bury, no doubt, took care to tell them, was of the utmost importance. A whitewashing report would be of very little value if it followed the publica tion of damning evidence ; but preceding the , publication of the evidence it would be invaluable. The majority of the public would accept it as a fair deduction from the evidence, absolve the Chancellor accordingly, dismiss the whole subject from its consideration for something fresh, and refuse to pay any attention to the evidence when published, as concerning a question already settled. The committee therefore resolved that its proceed ings should be private, and the public has heard nothing of them except rumours in the 'interest of the Chancellor and the Broughams. But this was not enough, the majority recognising again the value of time, resolved to protract the proceedings as long as possible. If the presentation of the report could be delayed until after Easter the public interest in the subject might dwindle. Something might "turn up," something fresh might arise to so engross public attention that report and evidence would both ob tain very little notice. So the noble lord's colleagues have set themselves to work to prevent the commit tee from doing anything. The inquiry has been finished some time, the report might have been ready several days ago. But the Whig members have not. attended the meetings of the committee, and have thus forced several adjournments, with the object, of course, of hanging the matter up till after Easter. We hope, for the credit of the House of Lords, that these tactics will not be successful, and that the re port will yet be laid upon the table of the, house be fore the adjournment. There is already a very wide-spread dissatisfaction with the secrecy and de lay, and people begin to murmur that the whole in quiry is a solemn farce. And a solemn farce it was no doubt intended to be by the Chancellor and the Government ; but the matter is one not to be settled to suit the convenience of the Chancellor. The House of :Lords, which has been di rec tl y i n j ure d by his proceedings, cannot allow its committees to be used to' "screen him against censure, nor can it afford to incur the suspicion that it looks with equanimity upon gross jobbery and scandalous abuse, of power. It may be quite right that the house and the public, in forming their final judgment upon Lord Westbury's conduct, - should take into favour able consideration the abilities and the high position which the organs of the Government now urge as a plea ad misericordiam. We will not now discuss the question which might be raised, whether these great abilities do not rather aggravate the offence; but before these arguments can be listened to, the main question must be decided. The prisoner cannot be heard in arrest of judgment until the whole question has been determined and the verdict given. Then the virtues of the Chancellor may be' catalogued by his advocates, and the list will no doubt meet with all the attention it deseives. At present the simple question for the House of Lords and the country is, whether Lord Westbury has been guilty of the offence which lie so vehemently repudiated, whether he did not extort the resignation of Mr. Edmunds by the threat that if he did not resign he should be dismissed under circumstances which would deprive him of all chance of a pension. That is the question upon which .Lord :Westbury .has asked the house to pronounce a verdict by a committee ; and the house, having already neglected its duty in allowing hie' to select his judges in the first instance, must at least, for its own reputation, insist that all the evidence in: the - fnquiry should be at once placed before 'it and the country, in order that both, as tribunals of a higher resort, may confirm or quash the verdict •of a tribunal the majority of whose members must have entered into the inquiry with a strong interest in recording it - verdict of not guilty let the guilt be ever so clearly proven. • COUNTRY MARKETS ---_____. r .-~_~ BRISTOL--THURSDAY. At our market to-day English wheat was in moderate supply, and sold slowly at last week's prices. For foreign scarcely any inquiry. Malting biirley fully as dear, but the demand is by no means extensive. Grinding, from scarcity, commanded an advance of 6d per qr. Supplies of oats con tinue short, the trade to-day was far from active, and last week's prices could not be exceeded. Maize in limited re' quest, and the turn dearer. BIRMINGHAM—TIimsDAY. During the present week the trade has relapsed into the same dull state so long reported, but no reduction has bees submitted to on any kind of coni. At this day's market there was a moderate supply of wheat, but the turn ill price was in favour of the buyer. Barley fully as dear. Oats 6d per qr. higher. Beans an d p eas taken in limited quantities, at quite as much money. Currencies :—English wheat, white, 40s to 448 ; re d, 36$ to 41s per 36 stone. Malting barley, 28s to 34s ; grinding/ 22s to 25s per qr. Oats, 24s to 30s ; Irish, 19s to 24s per 30 stone. Beans, 38s to 12s ; and peas, 388 to 40s per qr. BURY ST. EDMUND'S-IVEDITESDAY. There was a full supply of Wheat in our market to-day, and to effect sales farmers were compelled to take is per qr. less money than last week. Barley small supply. • Thlavera wheat, 44s to 48s ; red, ditto, 36s tq 39s ; barleYs 32s to Ns ; secondary ditto, 28s to 30s per qr. Averages : Wheat, 5981 qrs., 38s 2d ; barley, 666 qrs., 29s 3d; oats, qrs., —s Od MANCHES TER—THURSDAY. The demand for flour during the week has been exceed' ing limited. Oats and beans, on the contrary, were more sought after, and brought somewhat higher prices. Indian corn has ruled rather weaker. At Our market this morn' ing, wheat and flour met a slow sale, and last week's ad vance lost. Oats and oatmeal were each the turn dearer. New English beans also advanced 6d per qr. Indian corn in favour of buyers. EDINBURGII—WEDNEsDAv. At our market there was a large supply of countri wheat, which sold at .fully the rates of last week. Wheat on the top, Os 6d up average, is Od up Barley on the top, is Od down average, is id up. Oats on the top, Os 9d down average, is 2d up. Beans on the top, is Od down average, Os id up. Average prices. Wheat, 38s 11d Oats, 23s 7d i Barley, 2Bs 10d Beans, 37s 2d Total supply and sales. Wheat 923 qrs sold 778 Barley 7BO qrs sold 726 Oats 1612 qrs sold 1382 Beans • lB9 qrs sold 174 Town-made flour sells as follows :—White, 36s 6d ; (AU* superfine, 35s Od ; superfine, 33s 6d; fine, 82s. Births. FT.T.loz.—On the sth inst. at Brook House, Dover, th ° wife of Major-General Ellice, 0.8., of a son. ~ HANBURL—On the sth i ns t., a t H ow e Hatch, Brentwooof the wife of Osgood Hanbury, jun., Esq., of a son. HAUGHTON.—On the sth inst., at 32, Abingdon Kensington, the wife of John Houghton, Esq., barriste r at-law, of a daughter. • Marriages. COITLBORN—ARMSTRONG.—On the 6th inst., at St. Pat, Borstal, William,. second son of William Rushton Cau l born, Esq., Springfield, Whalley Range, to Maria,„„_tu youngest daughter of tho late Joseph Armstrong, Jam" of Manchester. WEBB—Draom.--On the sth inst., at Liverpool, Randa l 4 T. Webb,. 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