The Sun. — London, England, 1865-10-25 00:00:00

Railway and other Companies. PERNAiIBITC O ., The half-yearly general meeting of this company was held yesterday at the London Tavern, Mr. R. Benson in the chair. Mr. W. H. Bellamy, the secretary, having read the minutes of the last meeting, which were con firmed, the report, an abstract of which has appeared in The Sun, was taken as read. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said he was glad to see the traffic going on increasing, notwithstanding the heavy floods had caused delay to the traffic and damage to the works. There was every probability they would have a large surplus revenue at the end of the year to go towards the Government guarantee. The working of the line was being carried on with economy and efficiency, and so far as the receipts, prospects, and manage ment were concerned they presented a very favour able position of affairs. The manager had informed them that if the rolling stock were increased to a sufficient extent he had no doubt that he could in crease the traffic so as to cover the entire amount of the guarantee. But that at present did not concern them, as they had done the best they could to de velope the traffic with the means at their disposal. The success of the railway concerned the entire pro vince of Pernambuco; all the directors could do was to point out the advantages of having more rolling stock and the extension completed into Recife, and thus put the facts before the authorities, whose in terest it was that the net receipts of the railway should exceed the guarantee. It was evident that those improvements concerned them more than the company. The directors had refrained as hing as possible from issuing the debentures, having been in daily hopes of obtaining the final extension of the guarantee, but finding that it was further post poned the directors felt bound to issue the deben tures at a small discount. They now proposed not only to pay the arrears of dividend, but also the current dividend. The arrears would be payable at the end of the present month, and the dividend for the past half-year at . the end of November, provided the shareholders approved that arrange ment. (Hear, hear.) When their late lamented colleague Mr. De Castro died, the directors stated that " the number of the Board being found ade quate to all requirements they did not intend to fill up the vacancy" so occasioned, in which the share holders concurred. But the company's manager, Mr. E. H: Bramah, having resigned his post, the directors, with the view of retaining his valuable services to the company, recommended that he be elected a member of the Board, with the under standing that when the next vacancy occurred it was not to be filled up. This arrangement would not increase expenses, and they would be able to avail themselves of Mr. Bramah's colonial knowledge and experience. (Hear.) He had to say a few words on that most important question, the extension of the guarantee. He was sure that the recent charge of policy of the Imperial Government would take them by surprise, as it had taken him. He had re ceived the intimation of a wish to purchase the line with extreme regret, as it appeared almost like play ing fast and loose with the company, but he was bound to say that it wore a different complexion when it was considered that the Government had full power to purchase the undertaking without the sanction of the Chambers. It looked like a more certain mode of granting the company an equivalent for the guarantee than waiting the pleasure of the Senate ; and if the Government made a fair and reasonable offer they might prefer the immediate purchase of their property to waiting for the con firmation of the additional guarantee. On the eve of probable negotiations it was right they should know the position of their case. The Government had from time to time put obligations on the company that were not in the concession, and that was borne out by testimony from an ex-official source that the company had executed thoroughly the work it had to accomplish, and did more than it was bound to do. They had an equitable claim on the Govern ment. It had been proved that a first-class railway could not be made in Brazil for the sum originally stipulated ; the:diseases prevalent in that country rendered the progress of the works slow and uncer tain, and there had been no previous experience of the difficulties they had met with. This must have been manifest to the Brazilian Government, who had subsequently allowed two other railway companies 50 per cent. more guaranteed capital than they had allowed the Pernambuco Company. It was not fair to take advantage of their inexperience, as they had more than fulfilled their contract with the Govern ment. They only asked the Government to deal fairly with the company, as they had dealt with the other railway companies ; and it was not too much to say that the Government were legally and morally bound to deal fairly with them. The Government had instituted a most elaborate investigation into the affairs of the company both in Brazil and Lon don, and the result was that they were to give the company a guarantee on a further sum of £485,660 expended on the railway. This had been agreed to between the company and the Government. Every thing had been sanctioned by the representative of the Government, and it was impossible the latter could repudiate that arrangement. He hoped that the company's claims would be dealt with in a more prompt and rapid way than they had been hitherto, and concluded by moving the adoption of the report. Mr. W. H. DICKSON seconded the motion, and it was carried unanimously. The CHAIRMAN then proposed a special resolution to the effect that while it was the fixed determina tion of the shareholders to adhere to the arrange ment for the extension of the guarantee on £485,660 over the present share capital of £1,200,000, they were willing to meet the proposal of the Government provided that a fair equivalent be given them, and that it be fully and promptly carried out, subject to the approval of an extraordinary general meeting of the proprietors convened for the purpose. Mr. SUGARS seconded the motion. Mr. MAUDE thought the traffic on the line should be developed by means of additional rolling stock, as proposed by the manager, before they parted with their property, otherwise they would not get the value of it. Mr. J. JONES said the position of affairs looked like a breach of faith. He thought no other arrange ment should be entered into until the existing one was carried out in its integrity. He for one was perfectly content to take the 3 per cent. until the Government had completely damaged itself. It was very clever now to intimate an arrangement of which they knew nothing ; he would much rather wait till next March and take his chance with the Senate by letting the matter go through both houses of the Brazilian Legislature, when the Government would be in a position to perform its part towards the company. Mr. GOEZ believed the Government had to con tend with considerable opposition, and he thought, therefore, the shareholders should not turn a deaf ear to any proposal the Government might make with a view to enable them to carry out their agree ment with the company. The shareholders should be prepared to accept a fair offer for their property. It might happen that the Government now thought they could work the railway with greater economy than the company could, and it was probable the shareholders would prefer a saleable security in lieu of the shares or stock they now held in the railway company. Mr. MAUDE thought it better not to pass any re solution on the subject. They ought not to accept less than 6 per cent, on their outlay, and the direc tors were competent to deal with any offer that might be made. A SHAREHOLDER said he was sick of waiting years for a settlement with the G overnment. (Several voices s o am I," "So am I.") They might, per haps, wait till M arch next, to see what w ou ld b e done by the Senate. . . _ Another SHAREHOLDER wished to know 'whether the directors had any suspicion that the Goverment were about making a proposal to them. The CHAIRMAN said he had a suspicion that some thing was intended, but could not tell what it was. They had been unofficially informed by a gentleman connected with the Government that they were prepared to enter into terms with them for the pur chase of the line, but he (the chairman) had no idea of the terms. After some discussion as to the propriety of pass- ing no resolution, two amendments were proposed, but, on the question being put to the meeting, it was decided that no resolution should be passed on the subject. Mr. DICKSON explained that the directors were prepared to receive any proposal from the Govern ment, and it was their intention to call the share holders together should any proposal be made. A dividend was then declared at the rate of 3 per cent. per annum for the half-year ending the 30th of June last, payable on the 30th of November next. Mr. Dickson and Mr. Greenfield, the retiring directors, were then unanimously re-elected ; and Mr. E. H. Bramah was elected a director of the company. _ _ The CHAIRMAN explained that there was no ques tion between the directors and the Government ; it was between thelatter and the company. The direc tors believed they had not only the confidence of the shareholders, but the approval of the Brazilian Go vernment. Mr. E. Cheshire, the retiring auditor, was re elected ; and, on the motion of Mr. J. Jones a vote of thanks to the chairman and directors concluded the proceedings. ST. THOMAS FLOATING DOCK. The half-yearlymeeting of this company was held yesterday at the offices, Moorgate-street ; Mr. Tuf nell in the chair. Thereport stated that the dock, when completed, would consist of six pontoons ; three of these had been despatched from this country, and one of them was in course of construction at St. Thomas. Ac cording to the terms of the concession granted by the Danish Government the dock should be ready to receive ships at St. Thomas on the 29th of April, 1866 ; but in order to prevent the possibility of dis appointment they had the gratification to report that the period for completion had been extended to the 31st of December, 1866. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said the amount of the contract for the con struction of the dock would not exceed the estimate originally stated in the prospectus. Nothing could be more satisfactory than the progress of the dock. The execution of the work was everything that could be desired. The accounts they continued to receive from the West Indies showed the immense necessity that existed for the dock at St. Thomas, and that there was the certainty of full employment for it when ready. _ _ _ •The report was adopted, and a vote of thanks to the chairman concluded the proceedings. Naval and Military Intelligence. The Bristol, 39, 600 horse power, Commodore G. T. Hornby, fitting for flag service on the West. Coast of Africa, has been removed out of the steam basin and has taken up moorings in the Medway, near Garrison-point, where the work of fitting her for sea will be completed. Yesterday the Marl borough, War Department transport, left the Ord nance-wharf, Chatham, with the naval rifles, re volvers, and other small arms and stores for the frigate. The whole of her A.B.'s have joined, and the officers appointed to her have taken up their commissions. The Zebra, 17, 200 horse power, Commander G. C. Lindsay, from the West Coast of Africa, will, according to orders received at Chatham, be put out of commission and her crew paid off on Satur day next. The work of dismantling her is being proceeded with by the hands from the dockyard sent on board to assist her crew. The Royal paddle yacht Osborne, Commander John D'Arcy, sailed from Portsmouth yesterday for Antwerp to embark the Crown Princess of Prussia (Princess Royal) and suite for conveyance to England on a visit to her Majesty and the Royal family. _ . . The Racoon, 22, screw corvette, Captain Count Gleichen, steamed out of Portsmouth harbour yes terday, on the completion of her refit, and anchored at Spitheaa to take in powder and shell. Lieut. Prince Alfred is expected to rejoin the Racoon to day. The ship is under orders to sail on a short cruise. The Royal Sovereign, 5, turret ship, Capt. A. Herbert, returned to Portsmouth Harbour yester day from Spithead, after having made some experi mental practice fram her foremost turret guns, which are fitted with new winches. The screw steam frigate Arcthusa, 35, Captain Reginald J. J. G. Macdonald, which left Plymouth on Saturday, September 30, at 5 p.m., returned to the Sound yesterday (Tuesday) morning. It will be remembered that the Arethusa, which measures 3,141 tons, was appointed to test her sea-going qualities on a passage direct to Madeira with the frigate Constance, Capt. Edward K. Barnard, 3,213 tons, and the Octavia, 39, Captain Charles F. Hillyard, 3,161 tons. All three frigates have engines of 500 horse power. After leaving the Sound on Saturday afternoon they continued in company until the Sunday evening, when the Octavia was left astern. The Constance and the Arethusa remained together until Tuesday morning, October 3, when the Constance was only four or five miles astern of the Arethusa ; they then parted company. On Wednesday, October 4, a strong breeze sprung up from south-east, variable, and continued to freshen until Friday the 6th, when it became a light gale from the same quarter. In consequence of the heavy weather the Arethusa was compelled to stop steaming, and to beat against the wind. Through this she did not arrive at Madeira until Tuesday the 11th inst., and then found that the Constance had arrived on the pre vious Friday, and was followed by the Octavia on Monday, the 10th. It is the opinion of the officers of the Arethusa that under these circumstances the' trial, as regards the comparative steam power of each frigate, has been a failure, although the Arethusa distanced the others while in company under steam. The Constance left Madeira on Saturday, the 15th inst., at six in the morning, for the West Indies, and the Octavia at 10 the same day, for Sierra Leone. The Arethusa left Madeira the next day, Sunday, the 16th. The paddle-wheel steam sloop Basilisk, 6, Capt. William W. Hewitt, from Sheerness and Ports mouth, arrived in Plymouth Sound yesterday (Tuesday) morning. After embarking supernu meraries she will sail for China. The iron screw steam store ship Megtera, 6, Capt. Montagu B. Dunn, will probably leave Plymouth this (Wednesday) morning for the Mediterranean. We have to record the death of the Hon. George John Cavendish, Vice-Admiral on the reserved half-pay list, which took place on the 23d inst., at Lyne-grove, Surrey. The gallant gentleman was the third son of Richard, second Lord Waterpark, by Juliana, eldest daughter and co-heir of Mr. Thomas Cooper, of Mullypart Castle, Kildare. He married, on the 13th of August, 1838, Caroline, youngest daughter of the late Rev. Chas. Prideaux Brune, of Prideaux_place, Cornwall, by whom he leaves a family of daughters. He entered the navy in June, 1810, on board the Elizabeth, 74, as first class volunteer ; and in the Same year became mid shipman to the Poictiers, 74, Capt. Si r J o h n P. Beresford, and served in North America, where he assisted at the capture, among other vessels, of the ships of war Wasp and Frolic ; and when on board the Leander, 66, Capt. Sir George R. Collier, he aided in taking several American privateers. afterwards served on board the Queen Charlotte, flagship of Sir Edward Thornborough, and the New castle, bearing the flag of Sir Pultney Malcolm ; subsequently he served in the Tees, 26, during a part of the first Burmese war. For some time he was second captain in the Winchester to Sir Edward G. Colpoys, Commander-in-Chief in the West Indies. In November, 1830, he obtained his commission as captain, since which he has not been afloat. He became a vice-admiral on the reserved half-pay on the 22d of November, 1862. Major-Gen. Russell, C. 8., having proceeded on leave of absence, the command of the Ist brigade, Aldershott, has devolved upon Col. Mackirdy, 69th Regiment. Two Palliser rifled guns were proved yesterday at Woolwich butt with two rounds of 27f1b. of powder, and shot of 1151 b. weight each. One of these guns has fired 800 rounds, and the inner tube has been replaced. The other gun formerly had a steel tube inside the coil tube. The steel tube was a supposed rHE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY HVENING, OCTOBER 25, 1865. improvement on Major Palliser's plan. It did not fully answer the anticipations, as it split the first time the gun was fired. The gun, however, did not burst, as has been erroneously stated in some of the morning papers. The tube has been replaced with a coiled tube similar to those of Major Palliser's other guns. The guns are old 68-pounders, condemned as unfit for service. They will be sent at once to Shoeburyness, where they will be fired with 221 b. charges and shots of 1151 b. weight each. The proof was highly satisfactory, the Ordnance Select Com mittee having reported that no rifled gun of any kind has as yet fired so many rounds with the same amount of charge with equal success. After the proof of Major Palliser's guns, a couple of Captain Blakciey's seven-ton hammered cast steel guns were brought forward in front of the butt, and having been loaded with 301 b. of powder, and shot weigh ing 2001 b. each, were fired two proof rounds most successfully. The guns are manufactured to the order of the Swedish Government to form a portion of the armament of one of their naval corvettes. Major-Gen. Burnaby, Inspector of Artillery to the Blakeley Ordnance Company, and Mr. Campbell, the manager, were in attendance on behalf of the company. A large number of guns of a similar diameter—namely, 8j- inches, have been recently manufactured by the same company and despatched to the governments of Spain, Portugal, and Japan. Capt. Blakeley is now engaged in turning out two mammoth guns—the one of 13-inch bore, and the other of 15 incheb. They will carry charges re spectively of 901 b. and 1001 b. of powder, and 9001 b. and 1,3001 b. shot. The following appointments have been made at the Admiralty :—C ommander Edward D .P . Downes, to the Curacoa ; John K. Cowley, paymaster, to the Enterprise ; Hugh F. Pullen, paymaster, to the Saturn ; Henry E. Wood, second master, to the Torch ; Holland Harrison, engineer, additional, to the Bristol ; Joseph Valentine B. Thompson, and Amos Pritchard, promoted to the rank of engineers in her Majesty's fleet. small boat put out to leeward, but the sea breaking over the ship filled her (the small boat) and at the same time smashed the long boat, which was on deck. The crew took to the rigging. The captain tried to get them to make an attempt to reach the shore, but they were all afraid. He then got hold of an oar and left the ship, and succeeded in reaching the rocks, though very much exhausted. After recovering strength he shouted to the men to follow, but none came. If he could have got a small line he could have thrown it on board, but having none, he went in search of assistance, but it came too late. The tide had flowed, and at midnight, after two rockets had been fired over the ship, the masts fell over to seaward, and in one moment the cries of the suffering men were stilled for ever. Their cries were heard from the ship until the masts went, and when the engine which was sent from Berwick with assistance stopped abreast of the ship, the poor fel lows mado a hearty cheer. Captain Bailey acted with the most praiseworthy courage and promptitude in the very trying circumstances in which he was placed. With great presence of mind he opened up a way of escape from the wrecked vessel ; but, unfortunately, none of the poor fel lows who were on board had sufficient nerve to try it, or they had been trusting with too great confidence in the refuge of the masts, to which they had betaken themselves. THE EASTERN COAST.-GREAT DAMAGE TO SHIPPING. Several serious casualties are reported on the Eastern coast. During the heavy gale on Thursday night the schooner John Medley, of and from Leamington, to Shields, was struck by a tremendous sea, which smashed the boat to pieces and ripped up the deck. Tho vessel had previously sprung a leak, and the crew, seeing there was no chance of saviig her, made signals for assistance, which were ob served by the smack Velocity, of Yarmouth. This brave crew launched their small boat and pulled through the heavy sea to the schooner, which they succeeded in reach ing, and after considerable exertion they succeeded in taking off the crow. But for this gallant rescue the poor fellows, on board the schooner must have perished, as she foundered a few minutes afterwards. The rescued crew were received at the Great Yarmouth Sailors' Home, on Sunday. The schooner foundered about 20 miles north-east of the Newark light. The brig Percival, of and from Shields, for Havre, was totally lost on the Dogger Bank during the heavy gale. The crew were taken off the wreck by a fishing smack, and were landed at Yarmouth. Tho brig Chance, Jowsey, master, of and from Sunderland, for Rotterdam, with coal, foundered at sea. The crew were saved by the smack Lord Willoughby, and were landed at Lowestoft. They lost all their clothes, &c. The brig Friends, of Lowestoft, EdwardsOnaster, sailed from Shields on the 16th inst., with coal, for Lowestoft. When off the Newark light she experienced very rough weather, and made a considerable quantity of water. Tho crew used every exertion with the pumps, but the vessel was blown over to the Dutch coast, where she foundered. The crew were picked up by the smack Violet, of Yarmouth, and were landed at Lowestoft. The poor fellows lost everything which they had on board. The schooner Uda, of and from Lowestoft, for Seaham, in ballast, has gone ashore at Theedlethorpe, and has become a total wreck. She was the property of Messrs. Johnson and Co. The Dutch schooner Wilhelmina picked up off the Spurn three poisons from the yacht Oliver Cromwell, of Hull. The yacht afterwards foundered. other circumstances which have been already reported proved. The prisoners, by the advice of their lawyers, said they should reserve their defence, and were fully committed for trial, but were admitted to bail to appear at the ensuing assizes in Merionethshire. The Volunteers. The Queen's (Westminster) lately competed at Wormholt-scrubs for a valuable prize presented by Major Russell, and shot for under novel regulations. The competition was confined to marksmen of the year who had passed into the first class in judging distance, and had a competent knowledge of the theory of musketry. Each competitor had to fire 20 rounds in extended order, and advancing and re tiring between 200 and 600 yards at a third-class target (not shot at in class beyond 300 yards), hav ing a black centre of 2ft. ; only centres and outers to count. The prize was won a second year in suc cession by Sergeant Clothier, who now becomes its absolute winner. He made 43 points, and last year he won it with 41. The 2d company of the regi ment held its prize meeting at the same place a few days since, when several valuable prizes given by the officers and friends of the company were shot for. The chief prize winners were Private Richardson, Ensign Smith, Private Jolly, Private Lewis, and Private Weatherdon. The sth company of St. George's have just com pleted the annual prize meeting. The ranges were the regular Wimbledon ones, with seven shots at each. Lieutenant Banting, with 49, won a watch given by Captain Peal ; Sergeant Grosse, with 39, won a London Armoury rifle presented by the pre vious winner ; Sergeant Amor, with 38, won a prize given by Lieutenant Waller ; Private Cory, with 37, won a telescope given by Sergeant Grosse ; Private Hiddersley won a prize given by Sergeant Sercombe, and Sergeant Lintott won a tea service given by Sergeant Townsend. Lieutenant Banting added an extra prize in consideration of his having won the first. The 4thTowerHamlets Volunteers shot last week for the battalion prizes, at Brentwood, at 200, 400, and 600 yards. A cup, value £l5, given by Lieut.- Colonel Thomson, was won with 40 points by Ser geant Hughes; a prize of £l2, given by Colonel Sir Henry de Hoghton, was won by Corporal Hurst ; a prize of £lO, given by Lady de Hoghton, was won by Lance-Corporal Baines ; a prize of similar value, given by Major De la Rue, by Lance- Corporal Ebden ; a second prize of £B, by Colonel Sir Henry de Hoghton, by Sergeant Thorne ; in addition to which there were many others, the chief winners of which were Private Giles, Ensign Walker, and Private 011ey. The Ist Middlesex Artillery Brigade lately held a great gun competition on the plan adopted by the National Artillery Association. The competition was between the two corps iu the brigade—the Ist Middlesex at the Ist Tower hamlets—and the shooting was carried on with smooth-bore guns at 1,150 yards and 1,350 ; the prize being a challenge cnp of over 50 guineas in value, presented by Major H. F. Smith. captain Marsh's bittery of the Ist Tower Hamlets won the prize ; with 29 points, hit ting the target at 1,150 yards in three of the five shots fired, scoring the maximum number of points for elevation and direction for one of the shots at the longer range, but having failed to score any for direction with the other, the maximum for elevation awarded were lost. The firing was carried on under Colonel Creed, Major Smith, and Captain and Adjutant Adams, Captain Rutley commanding the range. Distressing and Fatal Shipwrecks. THE LATE FATAL WRECK AT SOUTER POINT. A correspondent forwards the following particulars rela tive to the wreck of a Prussian barque, which took place on the night of the 18th inst. between Marsden Rock and Whitburn, which were related to him by Mr. Jas. Dalton, coastguard, stationed at the latter place :—" I was on duty at Sunderland on the 10th inst. until about 7 o'clock p.m. It rained incessantly all day, and blew a most dreadful gale. I was hastening home through the village (Whitburn) when my attention was arrested by the dreadful cry of A ship ashore !' Tha wreck occurred on the Sunderland side of Marsden, right abreast of the wild perpendicular cliffs, that run along that part of the coast. Not waiting to change my wet clothing, I immediately got all my gear out and on to a cart, and drove with all speed to the scene of destruc tion. The night was so dark that I was obliged to crftwl on my hands and feet to the edge of the cliff, to soe, if possible, where the barque lay. I succeeded, adjusted my rocket stand, and seeing my gear in proper order, told the fisher men to attend to my orders. I fired, and sent the rocket fizzing across the ship at the first shot. They caught hold of the line on the wreck. I sent the gear on board, and then we hauled the crew, seven in number, over the cliffs. One poor lad was washed overboard before I reached there. Had I been one half-hour later they must all have perished." THE LATE FATAL BOAT ACCIDENT AT NEWBIGGIN-BY-THE-SEA. The body of Robert Armstrong, fishermen, of Newbiggin by-the-Sea, drowned with'three others on the 13th inst., in a coble belonging to that place, was found on Friday morn ing on the beach near North Blyth. The unfortunate man was about thirty years of age. The body being very much decomposed, and there being no doubt as to the facts, the coroner (Mr. Hardy) at once granted a warrant for burial. THE LATE FATAL SHIPWRECK AT NORTH SUNDERLAND. On Friday three more bodies were washed ashore on Shoestone Sands, supposed to be part of the crew of the Emerald, of Sunderland. These, with the young men found in the boat on the day of the disaster, are all the bodies that have yet been recovered. Two of them are young men apparently under thirty, and the other a lad under twenty. One of the bodies is lying at North Sun derland, and the rest at Monks House. A VICTIM TO THE STORM. On Friday last J. J. Hardy, Esq., coroner for North Northumberland, held an inquest at Scremerston, in the parish of Tweedmouth, on the body of a man found on the morning of the preceding day by one of the preventive men between two rocks on the shore near Scremerston. A vessel had been wrecked near at hand, but neither its name nor that of the deceased wore known. All hands in the vessel are supposed to have been lost. The body had on a pair of white flannel drawers, and a pall- of blue ribbed stockings, marked " P." Deceased was about five feet seven inches, muscular, with brown hair and beard, apparently about thirty years of age. Verdict—Found drowned. THE LATE TOTAL SHIPWRECK OFF BERWICK. Tho details of the wreck of the brig Janet Allison, of Dundee, which took place off Berwick on Tuesday night last, have now come to hand, and are of a most distressing and painful character. The report of the catastrophe given by Capt. Bailey, the only survivor, is as follows : On Tues day at noon he bore up for the Firth, and at that time it was blowing very hard from the E.S.E., with a very heavy sea. At seven p.m. he saw the land, hauled the brig on the wind, and afterwards tried to stay. She missed stays, how ever, and striking the ground, she remained fast, lying broadside on the rocks. Captain Bailey then had the SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TIMES.—Among the characteristics of the mind of Lord Palmerston none is more striking than his marked preference for the solid over the showy ; he was accustomed to deal with the realities of things ; his illustrations were familiar even to homeliness,and drawn from subjects in which all his hearers could sympathise with him ; there was nothing of exclusion or hauter about him ; when challenged to the en counter he was always ready for his antagonist, and never sought to shelter himself for an instant behind his rank and his position. Descended from a very ancient family, and having had for more than eight years at his disposal the patronage and the honours of the State, he has been sparing and thrifty in their distribution to others, and has taken for himself nothing except that which befitted his rank and position—the Order of the Garter, and even that only a few years ago. He has received from his country nothing for the arduous services of 50 years, except the dearly-earned salary of offices to which he gave his whole talent and his whole energy with unsparing and unflinching devotion. He was not, so faras we can judge by his actions and declarations, an ambitious man ; on speaking on such subjects he was wont to take a tone which, coming from one of his frank and open temperament, almost amounted to cynicism. " Merit," he said on one occasion, " is, after all, nothing but the opinion which one man entertains of another ;" and when posthumous fame was mentioned before him as a motive to exertion, he disposed of it by the pithy remark that " the reputation of Caesar or of Alexander did not belong to the man, but only to his name." The German editor who, the other day, refused to believe that Lord Palmerston was ill, and said that his un wonted seclusion was owing to his anger at the refusal of the title of Marquis, could not have more exactly described the contrary of the person of whom he was writing. Lord Palmerston was con tent with the title which he inherited from his ancestors, honoured and made illustrious by his own actions, but not advanced a single step in the Peerage. He lived and died a member of the Lower House, and never, as far as has transpired to the public, looked forward for a moment to the time when he might become a member of the English Peerage. In strict accordance with these feelings and ideas, Lord Palmerston declined for himself on his death that show and ostentation for which he seems to have had so little taste during his life. He requested that he might be interred near his favourite residence at Romsey, and had prepared a vault for the reception of his remains. He has now nothing left in this world but that opinion of others of which he spoke with such scanty reverence, and that post humous renown which he ridiculed as among our grossest delusions. It is vain to argue what is right on such a subject, but of this we are sure—that, whatever the value of the tribute which a surviving generation may pay to the memory of a great man may be, it is the duty of the Government and the people of this country to pay it ; it is honourable to us not to forget our friends and benefactors ; and we at least are not so constituted as to be able to separate all idea of happiness from the spectacle of a man dying in a good old age amid the respect and regret of the nation, which on this subject knows no party or sectional difference. We therefore most sincerely rejoice that the bones of our illustrious Statesman are not to rest in the obscure place which he destined for their repose, and that the man who was the foremost among us during his life, who formed at once the head of our political and social system, is to receive in his interment the highest honour that a nation can bestow. We rejoice that the Queen has seen At to make it her particular re quest that Lord Palmerston should be laid in that august temple where the bones of so many Sove reigns, statesmen, warriors, and philosophers repose in peace and reconciliation. It must be a matter of regret to any one who peruses the monuments in Westminster Abbey to think how carelessly and how profusely the niches in this our national temple of fame have been filled up. As in life, so in death, the mighty and illustrious are jostled and crowded by obscure and ignoble multi tudes. Fifth-rate actors, forgotten poets, ladies who pricked their fingers when sewing on Sunday and bled to death, gentlemen of good estate, but of no other claim to notice, lie side by side, and often overshadow by their monuments the stones that tell of the resting place of the mightier spirits of the earth. We have often to lament that men deserving of every honour from their country can not, for want of space, be interred in the place which would keep their fame the' brightest and their me mory the longest. The more rare the occasion on which we open Westminster Abbey to receive a new tenant, the higher is the distinction, the more signal the honour. Within a few short years that ancient fane has received within its vaults the illustrious Macaulay, the chivalrous 0 utram, the veteran Clyde, and the conscientious Canning. Onlylast summer it sheltered a duke merely because his family vault lay there, and it is now opened again to lay beside the worthies whom we have mentioned a man still more widely known, still more active and influential in his day, who has acted more history than the apolo gist of William 111. has written. We may be par doned for expressing, in passing, the wish that the dust of one of the most illustrious contemporaries of Lord Palmerston had been allowed to mingle with his beneath the pavement of this our English Val halla. But a narrow bigotry denied to one of our noblest poets that resting place which alone befitted the author of " Childe Harold" and the "Corsair." The honour that is paid to Lord Palmerston has been shared by many; but we anticipate that very few, if any, of his predecessors have been borne to the grave with a more unanimous feeling of regret, admiration, and gratitude than will attend upon the honoured remains of him who but a week ago was the first man in this great Empire. Nor are we merely paying our tribute to the memory of de parted greatness ; we all feel that in showing reve rence for the memory of Lord Palmerston we are indirectly honouring our country and ourselves. He was not one of those who are as a star and dwell apart, one of those sublime geniuses who are sent from time to time to elevate our idea of our own species and depress our estimation of ourselves by showing what wonderful powers may lie hid under the frail and fleeting garment of humanity. He was essentially one of us, and his superiority arose mainly from his possessing in greater perfec tion and in larger degree the good qualities that the best of us possess. Such as he was he was formed by our country, our age, our institutions ; his mind was trained in the struggles of Parliament, and its manly and energetic tone was acquired in the hard but bracing school of our public life. He had our pursuits, our feelings, our habits, and our pleasures. We honour Lord Palmerston, not only for himself, but as the best type of our age and country, and long will it be before the portals of Westminster Abbey open again to receive one so justly entitled to the gratitude of every rank and section of his countrymen. _ _ _ POST.—The intimation given by Mr. Johnson to a deputation which presented a petition in favour of Mr. Davis, to the effect that the Government did not desire bloodshed, may be considered tantamount to a promise that the life of the ex-President will be spared. For this recent events have prepared us. By the last mail we received tidings that Vice-Pre sident Stephens and other leading Confederates had been pardoned, and the inference which we then drew, that the Chief Magistrate of the Southern States would share in the amnesty extended to them, seems now on the point of realisation. No good purpose would be served by making Mr. Davis a State prisoner for life, and any punishment of a degrading nature would reflect discredit on the Government which imposed it. If, as we ob served on a previous occasion, the American Go vernment seriously intended to put Mr. Davis on his trial, they would have done so long since, and it is therefore probable that the indictment presented by the grand jury of Columbia will never be formally preferred either before a civil or a military tribunal. It is invariably difficult to deal with those who have been the chiefs of subverted Governments, and it is now generally admitted that it was an oversight on the part of the authorities at Washington to capture the fugitive President. Having made him their prisoner, however, no other course was open to them if they desired to be merciful, than that which they have pursued. The cry for his blood was almost universal when he was first lodged in Fort Warren, and, had he then been arraigned and convicted, no punishment save that of death might have satisfied the popular clamour. Since then the angry passions of the conquerors have had time to cool, and we doubt if there are any who would now desire to see the unfortunate ex-President perish on a scaffold. If, however, he is not to be executed—and any other punishment would be either embarrassing to those inflicting it, or inadequate to the magnitude of the offence with which he stands charged—it may not unreasonably be assumed that Mr. Davis will receive that pardon which has been extended to his colleagues, or at worst be required to pass. the re mainder of his days in exile. And certainly, amongst the many remarkable men whom the great American civil war brought prominently before the notice of the world, Jefferson Davis was the foremost. Suc cess was all that was wanting to place him by the side of Washington, not in the estimation of those who were his fellow-citizens, for in their eyes failure has assuredly not lessened his fame, but in the esti mation of strangers, and of posterity, who almost invariably accept success as the test of merit, and who but rarely retain in their recollection those who have had the misfortune to fail. In choosing Mr. Davis as their chief magistrate, the seceding States had the rare good fortune to select, perhaps, the very best man who could have been found in the entire Confederacy to fill the post assigned to him. Already conversant with the routine of official life, he was enabled to place at the service of his fellow-citizens an administrative genius of the very highest order. Nothing in the annals of history is more marvel lous than the rapid development of the Southern States into a perfectly organised and well governed republic, defended by armies more numerous than any the world had ever seen before, and at least as well appointed as those with which they were called upon to cope. The credit of having made the South what it was during the four years which intervened between the accession of Mr. Lincoln and his assas sination, is, however, in a great degree owing to the sagacity with which its President detected the best means of developing its resources, and the adminis trative ability which he manifested in economising to the utmost the comparatively slender means placed at his disposal for the maintenance of the mighty struggle in which he was engaged. Having established the seat of Government in Richmond, within 150 miles of Washington, he retained posses sion of that town until the Confederacy and its capital simultaneously fell, and with only a few fol lowers he was compelled to seek safety in flight. But it was not alone by the skill with which Mr. Davis directed the domestic policy of the Confede racy that he contributed to the brilliant but transi tory success with which for a time it battled for its independence. He made the Confederation not only powerful, but also respected. The moderation with which he conducted his informal negotiations with neutral States, the dignity with which in his ad dresses to Congress he acknowledged the reverses which from time to time the Confederacy sustained, and the modesty with which he congratulated the Southern people on the brilliant successes of their armies, all tended to secure for the Confederacy the admiration and sympathy of neutral States. Com parisons are proverbially odious, but Europe could not avoid being favourably struck with the contrast which the Confederate Government furnished when compared with that of the Northern States, both in respect to the .attitude which it assumed towards its opponents and towards the rest of the world. The Confederates had what they considered, and what many intelligent men on this side of the Atlantic considered, to be good grounds for feeling aggrieved at the refusal of neutral Powers to recog nise their independence, but it is to the credit of their President that they never gave expression to their feelings in the language of undignified com plaint. Now that the Southern States have been once more restored to the Union, the population of the Northern section of the Republic are proud of the prowess of their former foes, and derive a feeling of gratification from the fact that it cost so much time, so much money, and so much human life to reduce them to subjection. The American mind is always taken with immensity, and the fact of having run up a debt of 500 millions in what is now termed " a family quarrel" is regarded with infinite compla cency. No other nation in the world could have wit nessed a civil war on the same scale, and that alone furnishes some consolation for the evils which it occasioned. And now that the revengeful feelings which a few months since demanded the sacrifice of the arch-traitor who directed the councils of the rebels have ceased to operate, we doubt not that the Northerners have even brought themselves to admire the greatness of the man who conducted the mighty rebellion. If they are proud of the war, and proud of their debt, it would not be surprising if they were also proud of the individual who, by his personal ability, contributed in no slight degree to protract that war and to amass that debt. We could not expect that the Republicans would select as their re presentative a political opponent ; but, if the Demo crats were once more in a majority, we dare say Jefferson Davis would perhaps stand a better chance than any one else of being placed in the Presidential chair. For the present, however, it is gratifying to find that the established Government have resolved in not marring the good effects of the conciliatory policy they have hitherto pursued towards the South by an act of vengeance against which the entire civilised world would protest. LONDON GAZETTE—Last Evening, LORD CIIAMBERLAIN'S-OFFICE, OCT. 21. Notice is hereby given that the State ' apartments at Windsor Castle will be closed on and after Tuesday next, the 24th inst., until further orders. INDIA-OFFICE, Oar. 24. Her Majesty has been pleased to approve of the follow ing promotions, alterations of rank, and resignations amongst the officers of her Majesty's Indian Military Forces, and in the Staff Corps : BREVET. The undermentioned officer havingcompleted five years' service as Captain and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel, and as Major and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel, to be Colonel in the Army, under operation of clause 8 of the Royal Warrant of 31st January, 1859 : Major and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Daly, C. 8., Bombay Staff Corps. Major. John Augustus Wood, V.C., Bombay Staff Corps, to be Lieutenant-Colonel; Captain Thos. Sweet, Madras Infantry, to be Major, in succession to Lieutenant-General 11. Ros, Madras Infantry, deceased. Major Octavius Hamilton, Bengal Staff Corps, to be Lieutenant-Colonel ; Captain William Clarke Francis Gosling, Royal (Madras) Artillery, to be Major, in suc cession to Lieutenant-General Dun, Madras Infantry, de ceased. Major Octavius Edward Rothney, Bengal Staff Corps, to be Lieutenant-Colonel ,• Captain Charles Douglas Waddell, Royal (Madras) Artillery, to be Major, in suc cession to Lieutenant - General G. Sand y s, Madras Cavalry, deceased. Major William Joseph Fitz-Maurice Stafford, Bengal Staff Corps, to be Lieutenant-Colonel ; Captain Alexander Stewart, Royal (Madras) Artillery, to be Major, in suc cession to Lieutenant-General M. C. Paul, Bengal Infan try, deceased. Major Charles Terrington Aitchison, Bombay Staff Corps, to be Lieutenant-Colonel ; Captain Robert Caul field, Madras Cavalry, to be Major, in succession to Lieu tenant-General R. Powney, Bengal Artillery, deceased. The Extraordinary Charge at Stafford. Yesterday morning, George Francis Griffith and Thyrza Tunstall, surrendered to their bail before the sitting magis trates at the Town-hall, Stafford, charged with the conceal ment of the birth of the illegitimate child of tho female prisoner, the male prisoner being the reputed father of the said child. The case was partly investigated at the inquest, which was held at Dolgelly a few days after the child had been found on the bank of the river Mawddach in the county of Merionethshire, on the 23d of September, and the magis terial investigation has been postponed several times for various reasons. Mr. Bowen, solicitor at Stafford, appeared for the prose cution; Col. Hogg, chief constable, and Mr. Supezintendent Oswell, deputy chief constable of the county constabulary, being also present; Mr. Motteram, barrister, of the Oxford Circuit, instructed by Mr. R. W. Hand and Mr. Stafford, defending the prisoner Griffin; Mr. Geo. Palmer, solicitor, of Rugeley, defending Thyrza Tunstall. Ann Dyche, a servant of Mr. Griffin, son., with whom his son, the prisoner, lived, said she did not know the female prisoner was iu the family way, nor did she see any prepa rations made for a baby being born. The prisoner confessed to her that she had been delivered of a child. Henry Thomas Lomax, a surgeon practising at Stafford, saw the female prisoner on Sept. 28th, and was satisfied she had been recently delivered. She admitted she had a child, and said there was no use sending for him, as it died immediately after its birth. Benjamin Thomas Oswell said—l am superintendent of police at Stafford, and on Thursday, the 28th, I saw Thyrza Tunstall at Messrs.Griffins' house. I told her of the charge against her, and we were followed by Mr. John Griffin, the prisoner's father, Col. Hogg, and Capt. Clough. When there the prisoner cried and appeared to be very much distressed, and said, " I beg Mr. Griffin you'll forgive me." I then be gan to search the room and Ann Dyche came in. The pri soner said, "Oh Ann, whatever shall I do?" and "Oh Ann, if you'd only stayed in the room that morning this would not have happened. I did not think I was so ill. I think I saw it breathe, and then I fainted and fell on the floor." As I searched the prisoner asked what I was searching for, and I said for the other part of this—pointing to the bot tom part of a pillow case which Capt. Clough then held in his hand. She said, "Oh I don't think you'll find it, for I cut it up and threw it down the closet in the yard." In consequence of a message I went toWorthington's house and saw Thyrza Tunstall there. She said, "Oh, Mr. Oswell, I'm glad you've come, for I've been waiting to see you. Don't you think it's a great shame that Mr. George should be liberated ?" That was after they had been before the Bench, and Mr. Griffin had been admitted to bail. She con tinued speaking, and said, " Oh, Mr. °swell, you may take me into Wales and do what you like with me there ; but don't let me go into this gaol, for I shall break my heart if over I enter Stafford prison. If Mr. Griffin know, I'm sure he'd bail me out himself. What I want you to do is to see Mr. Griffin and Mr. Buckstone, for I'm sure either of them would bail me out." I understood her to refer to Mr. Griffin, sen. She had told me she had lived as servant to Mr.Buckstone. I told her I could not see either of these parties, but I would see her mother and tell her what she wanted, and prisoner said, "Do so." I then got up to go away, and she said, " Oh, Mr. Oswell, don't go yet ; don't leave me alone, for I feel quite alone now that Mr. George has turned his back upon me, and wants to put the whole of the blame on my shoulders. But he shan't ; it is his child, and he ought to have married me, and not to have lot this disgrace fall upon us both." Mr. Motteram objected to the reception of the conversa tion, on the ground that it was not evidence against Griffin, and did not tend to establish any guilt on Tunstall. Superintendent Oswell, continuing: I said to her, "Now, mind what you say. You should be careful and not talk about this matter carelessly, for what you now say may be used by me in evidence against you. Mind, I am for the prosecution." Sho replied, "Ah 1 Dr. Lomax told me so. He said I was a fool, and ought to hold my tongue. He tells me this every time he sees me, and so does Mr. Hutchinson." She said, " Well, Mr. Oswell, I'll toll you the whole truth about it, for I'm not going to be sent to gaol while he's at liberty, and perhaps laughing about the matter. You must know that about a year and a half ago Mr. George was ill and con fined to hisbed, and I had to wait upon him night and day. As he recovered he took liberties with me. Some months ago I thought something was the matter and I told him so. He said I was frightened ;it was all nonsense. I told him so again and again, and at last he advised me to put a ring upon my finger and go to Birmingham and seem surgeon and be examined. I never did go. I could not make up my mind. I had medicine from Drs. Lomax and Averill, and at last . on the Wednesday I was very poorly indeed, and on that day Mr. George went to his brother's. I was very ill all that night and next morning, and about 10 o'clock I had the child. I thought I saw it breathe. I fainted and fell on the floor, and when I came to myself I thought the baby was dead, and put it under the bed. I then got into bed, fearing the servants would come into the room, as they knew I was poorly. I lay in bed all that day, and when Mr. George came home at night I met him in the passage and told him what h.;.d happened. He asked me if the baby was dead, and I said I thought it was, and I had hidden it under the bed. 1 said, Mr. George, you must not think of going away to Wales to-morrow and leave me in this state, for I'm afraid the other servants will find Rout.' He said ho had an appointment and he must go, and he thought he had better take the baby with him. The next morning I put the baby in the bag, he had wrapped it in some newspapers. I took it to Mr. George's dressing-room and gave it to him. He wrapped it in some brown paper, and then tied it up. Ho left for Wales by the mid-day train, and soon after he was gone I began to think the name might be upon the . newspaper. This made me very uneasy, and I never rested until he returned on Tuesday night, when I asked him what ho had done with the baby. He said, 'Oh ! it's all right. I've thrown it into the sea.' I told him how I had worried myself about the name being upon the newspaper, and be said, 'Pooh pooh ! It's all right. It's only in pencil, and the water will soon wash that out.' I then rested contented, and oh ! Mr. Oswell, whoever would have thought this could have been found out. However, when I get out of this I'll never come back to Stafford again. Mr. George ought to marry me or settle something upon me for life. Don't you think he ought ? She then began to cry and go into the matter again, and shortly afterwards I left the room." I searched, but did not find any baby linen. I produce a carpet-bag and some linen—torn, not cut—also part of a pillow-case and two other pillow-cases I found in her room on a subsequent day. I also produce a copy of the Manchester Examiner and Times, with the name of "Mr. G. F. Griffin" on it. I found that paper in the sitting room. The evidence taken in Wales was then called, and the finding of the body of the child, the identification of the papers, the presence of Mr. Griffin at Dolgelly, and the BENGAL ARMY. To be Lieutenant-Colonels—Major Evelyn Bradford, late 23d Native Infantry; Major John Nisbett, late 69th Native Infantry; Major Wm. Graydon, late 16th Native Infantry ; Major Edwin Thomas, late 3d European Regi ment. To be Majors—Capt. John Ruggles, late 41st Native Infantry; Capt. Etienne St. George, late Ist European Re giment; Capt. William Nassau Lees, LL.D., late 42d Native Infantry; Capt. Charles Baily, late 17th Native Infantry. To be Captains—Lieutenant Spencer Grant Warde, late 11th Native Infantry ; Lieutenant James Stevenson, late 33d Native Infantry. MADRAS ARMY. To be Lieutenant-Colonel—Major Charles John Brad ley, 24th Native Infantry. To be Majors—Captain Arthur Evan Bowen, 19th Na tive Infantry; Captain George Harcourt Stiles, 4th Native Infantry. To be Captain—Lieutenant Charles John Gunning, 37th Native Infantry. BOMBAY ARMY. To bo Lieutenant-Colonels —Major John Guillum Scott, 22d Native Infantry ; Major John Pegson, 17th Native Infantry ; Major Charles Richard Baugh, 9th Native In fantry ; and Major Ewen Grant, 3d Native Infantry. To be Major—Captain Joseph Hume Spry Pierce, 24th Native Infantry. - BENGAL STAFF CORPS. To be Lieutenant-Colonels—Major William Fullerton, Major Charles Holroyd, Major Nathaniel Robert Sneyd, Major Andrew Hunter, Major Richard Charles Germon, and Major (Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel) Charles James Roberts. To be Majors—Captain (Brevet-Major) Edmund Henry Cullen Wintlo, Captain (Brevet -Major) Alfred Le Gallais, Captain Arthur Goro Priestley Captain (Brevet-Major) John Guyse Sparke, Captain (Brevet-Major) James Thos. Norgate, Captain Christopher James Godby, Captain Jas. Spence Ogilvie, Captain Nicolai William Elphinstoue, Captain (Brevet-Ma)or) Henry Francis Maxwell Boisragon, Captain James Kempt Cowper, Captain James Sykes, Captain William Nembhard, Captain John Beresford Smy Tly . o be Captains—Lieutenant (Brevet-Captain George Bowen Cassan Simpson, Lieutenant Richard James Walker, Lieutenant Henry Lumsden Hawkins. Lieuten ant Philip Crampton Rynd, and Lieutenant Eric Stanhope Fox. BENGAL ARMY. PROMOTlONS. — lnfantry — Lieutenant-Colonel (Major- General) John Edmondstone Landers to be Colonel, vice Andrde, deceased; Major (Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel) David Scott Dodgson, from late 30th Native Infantry, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Nicoll (Staff Corps), removed from List of Lieutenant-Colonels ; Major Folliot Walker Baugh, from late 26th Native Infantry, to be Lieutenant- Colonel, vice Dalton (Staff Corps), removed from List of Colonels. _ Late 3d European Regiment—Captain (Brevet Major) Edwin Thomas to be Major i Li eu t enan t (Brevet -Captain) Samuel Dewe Whit e t o b e Captain, in succession to An dree, deceased. Late 30th Native Infantry—Captain (Brevet -Major) William Dunn Bishop to be Major, in succession to Nicoll (Staff Corps), removed from list of Lieutenant- Colonels. Late 34th Native Infantry—Captain (Brevet Lieutenant- Colonel) Peter Henry Knight Dewaal to be Major ; Lieu tenant Brevet-Major) Francis Henry Hanmer to be Cap tain, vice Walker, deceased. Late 39th Native Infantry—Captain (Brevet Lieuten ant-Colonel) Charles Jackson to be Major, vice Thomas, deceased. ALTERATIONS OF RANK.—lnfantry — Liout. - Col. IL R. Shelton to take rank from Jan. 24, 1865. Late 47th Na tive Infantry—Capt. W. Gordon to take rank from Jan. 24, 1865 MEDICAL OFFICERS. PROMOTIONS.—To be Surgeons-31ajor—Surgeons James Pattison Walker, M.D., Richard Southby Otto Thring, M.D., and John Squire. To bo Surgeons Assistant-surgeon Robert Faure Huchinson, M.D. ; Assistant-Surgeon John Pitchall, ; and Assistant-Surgeon Alfred Godley Crewe. ALTERATIONS OF RANK—The undermentioned officers to take rank as follows :--Surgeon Edward Taylor from 11th July ; 1864, Surgeons .Henry William Spry, from 7th August, 1864 ; Surgeon Alfred James Dale, from 26th September, 1864 ; Surgeon Arthur Young, from 4th October, 1864 ; Surgeon George Barnard, from 28th January, 1865 MADRAS STAPP CORPS. To be Lieutenant-Colonel—Major John Norman Hector Maclean. To be Majors—Captain Arthur James Butt, Captain Robert John Baker, Captain Francis Georgo Hodgson. To be Captain—Lieutenant John Dalrymple William Sewell. MADRAS ARMY. Infantry—Lieutenant-Colonel (Major-General) William Couporus M'Leod to be Colonel, vice Steel, deceased ; Lieutenant-Colonel (Major-General) George Alexander Bailie to be Colonel. 28th Native Infantry—Lieutenant (Brevet -Captai n) William CunniiTham to be Captain, vice Yates, decease • Late 45th Native Infantry—Lieutenant George William Co; to be Captain, vice Moxon, retired. MEDICAL OFFICERS.—To be Surgeon-Major —Surgeo n Walter Alexander Leslie. To be Surgeon—Assistant - Surgeon William Henry Rean, M.D. BOMBAY STAFF CORPS. To be Lieutenant-Colonels—Major Edward Alfred Green, Major William Barry Gray, and Major William Lodwick. To be Majors—Captain Theodore Chitty, Captain Thos. Mowbray Baumgartner, Captain Archibald Williams Graham, Captain Henry Beville, Captain William Wad dington. kr.;To be Captains—Lieutenant John Rootsey Strutt, Lieu tenant James Thomas Ross, Lieutenant Arundel Thomas Spense, Lieutenant Frederick William Knight, Lieutenant Charles John Anderson, Lieutenant Robert Grant Watson. BOMBAY ARMY. let Light Cavalry—Lieutenant Edward Gordon Jenkins to be Captain, vice Stephens, retired. sth Native infantry—Lieutenant Stewart Fellows to be Captain, vice Ramsay, retired. MEDICAL OFFICERS.—To be Surgeons-Major—Surgeon s John Cornish Trestrail, John Peet, Herbert John Girtiul, Thomas Blackadder Johnston; John Turner, Frances Broughton, David Wyllie, Henry Pitman, John young Smith, Robert Nicholson, William Carey Coles, Joseph Furlonge Shekleton. To bo Surgeons—Assistant-Surgeons Hyde Parker Law' rents, James Michael Knapp, Thomas Murray, Charles James Sylvester, John Pirie, James Daubeny, John Bean, William Peach, Geo. Frederick Hughes Brown, James Gilbert, John Mills, Joseph Salter Rimington, Robert Haines, George Robert Ballingall, James Welsh, William Guyer Hunter, James Bain, Thomas Berkeley . Beatty', Francis George Joynt, Win. Edward Wood, Alex. Fox, Alex. V. Ward, Chas. Thomson, Jas. Glen, Robt. W. James, Thos. M. Lownds, Harry 0. Thorold, Malcolm M. Mac kenzie, Adam Macdougall, Thomas Edward Pearce Martin, John Proudfoot Stratton, John Lumsdaino, Wm• James Moore, William Ashton Shepherd, Henry James Gane, and John Milford Barnett. RESIGNATIONS. Lieutenant John Williams Grant, late 42d Bengal Native Infantry, and Lieutenant George Pinckney Wood, Gene ral List, Madras Infantry. ADMIRALTY, OCT. 21. Mr. Amos Pritchard has this day been promoted to the rank of Engineer in her Majesty's Fleet, with seniority of 30th June, 1865. OCT. 23. Mr. Joseph Valentine Becket Thompson has this day been promoted to the rank of Engineer in her Majesty's Fleet, with seniority of 19th October, 1865. COUNTRY MARKETS. LIVERPOOL-T UESDAY. At to-day's market there was a good demand for wheat, and an advance of 4d. per cental must be quoted upon al descriptions. Flour was also very saleable, both on the spot and to arrive, and prices must be quoted fully ls. Pe r sack dearer. Oats and oatmeal more saleable, and at rather better prices. Beans and peas unchanged. Indian corn was more saleable, and we raise our quotations 6d. per qr., prime mixed being sold at 295. Ibraila and Odessa Way be quoted 28s. and 325. 6d. to 335. respectively. MONMOITTIISHIRE—MoNDAY. Owing to the rather unfavourable weather, the atten" dance at the local markets of the county has not been large during the last six or seven days, and only a limited bug' ness was transacted. Had it not been for the check which transactions have received by the high price of monelo there is but little doubt a decided advantage would have been secured before this in wheat. As matters are wheat is looking upward, and many . sellers are asking a rise• There has been a pretty fair sale for foreign, and the market is tending upward. Millers are purchasing about the usual quantity of barley, and for malting there is an improved inquiry. Oats remain without any material change. The following are the average quotations :—Wheat, ld to 5s 9d per bushel ; barley, 3s 3d to 3s 8d ; oats, 2S ld to 2s 7d. LEED S—T uzsDAY. We have a fair show of grain this week. The whet! t trade to-day is very firm, and an advance of is. per qr. 1 ' established on all good qualiti es . B ar l e y a l so l s . per (1 1. ' dearer. Oats and beans quite as well sold. The average prices for the week ending Oct. 23 were:' Wheat, 42s 21d per qr. barley, 328 4d ; and oat* 25s 6d. MARKET HARBOROUGH.—TtrEsDAY. „ Old white wheat, 44s to 54s ; new red. 39s to 47s per Sv stone. Barley, fine, 36s ; other kinds, 27s to 34s per qr' Oats, now, 23s to 25s ; old, 27s to 31s per qr. Beans, old, 40s to 425; new, 34s to 36s per qr. SHEFFIELD—TUESDAY. The supply of grain in sack was small, but samples we' moderately abundant ; good wheat, however, made fro" 6d. to is. per load of three bushels more than last woo,lri and was bought rather freely at the advance. The suPP' l of barley was also small, and there being a fair demand , malting barley made is. per qr. more money than last week' Other grain made late prices, and no change was made ja the price of flour. Red wheat, per load of 3 imp, bushels....l6B 6d to 178 61 White do do ....188 8d 208 Od New red do • • New white do Beans do Peas, per qr.. ..... Grinding biti ley, per qr Malting, barley, . 0 d dd 0 00 . : 33 1 1' 4 2 :7 7 0 :3 8 00 d ° o d o dd dd 3 : 4 1 1 . 1 8 8 8 o t .° OO d d o O d Oats, d o 248 Od 28 8 Od F10ur....18 Od to 2 + Oct per 141 b. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton Nov. 12 ' Ditto, via Marseilles Nov. 12. Brazil and Cape Verde, by British paocet Nov. 6 ' Ditto, by French packet Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena Nov. 21 • China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton„Oet. --- Ditto, via Marseilles Oot. 27 . Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Sonthampton oot. "—• Ditto, via Marseilles ......0ct. 27 ' India (Bombay), via Southampton. Oct. 27 ' Ditto, via Marseilles Oct; 21 ' Mauritius, via Southampton Ditto, via Marseilles NoY. Newfoundland ... .... Oct. 2 5 • Portugal • .....Nov 5• Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon United States and British North America, by Bri tish packet .. NO. 2 ' Ditto, by United States packet, via Southamp ton Ditto, ♦ia Cork Ditto, by Canadian packet, via Londonderry—Oct. 2 0 . West Coast of Africa. Madeira, and Teneriffe Nov. 10. West Indies and Pacific (except Bahamas, Cuba, and Mexico • • Oct. 30• Bahamas, via New 1 ork. Noy. 16 Bermuda, ditto cot, 2b• Cuba and Mexico Oct. 30. WASHINGTON TER R ITO RY.—Speaker Colfax'sPa rti of tourists have been visitingWashingtonTerritot the upper half of old Oregon. One of them writes that, population is small, less than 20,000, but it holds sure vO ia r in its illimitable forests, and probably has large coal s a e ; posits. The trees are solthick and so tall that the gkir i in the forest could no t h o ld th em cu t an d cor d e d as W u :: Nearly 100,000,000 ft. of prepared lumber, masts, and sPI are exported in the year. Trees six or seven feet in diam et° and 200 ft. to 250 ft. high are stated to be very conn° l3 :, and perhaps rarely out of sight in the forest ; Bft. diameter and 300 ft. high are not at all uncommon. r i ' L l builder of the telegraph line has hitched hi s w i re in one f; stance to a cedar which is 14ft. in diameter. Colfax's PITA' saw one fallen tree 825 ft. long, and another tr ee at 9 - from its root measured 71t. in diameter. Masts are reacwi t procurable straight as an arrow and without a knot f° 100 ft., 40in. in diameter at 30ft. from the base. Washing° Territory is said to have more timber, fern, blackberr ies ' and snakes than any other territory or State in:the s ljn i°l ::{ I ADVERTISEMENT.] Holloway's Pills.—Protector s Health.—ln the hand-to-hand struggle for existence unify' present day good health is everything. Holloway's in.-, digestive, and gently laxative pills are adtairf!'„ o o adapted for restoring soundness to invalids whose ftulet i "i, are so feebly performed that life itself Seems most pre es ous. The stomach has its many maladies removed I) ,Y b f judicious use of these pills; the torpid liver is rousea.o'i them to active secretion, and every other organ subserv t i te cl digestion is placed at its natural standard, and better u, sti f for its duties. It is impossible to have a doctor S t 11 ,„J elbow at all seasons and places, but these pills will 5 11 1 47 .. that loss, for they universally act beneficially in eve)/ ment. 0 8v e, London : Printed and Published by WILLIAM A.N-1 4 1 , 0 , of No. 112, Strand, Painter, at Tim Surt Once' a ptl ° Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy. in the v 9 Middlesex.--Wednesday, October 25, 1805. -0 th, ti v b e i nc , Crt h °„ g-ree allot „ m inm to sig., Ilse Yc th e nu Births. 140 r BRAND.—On the 21st inst., at Holly Lodge, Heachaill, folk, the wife of James Brand, Esq., :of Bedforcl- Balham, and 37, New Broad-street, of a son. CARTWRIGHT.—On th e 28d i ns t at Stanle y -m* o-4 %. 1 Kensington-park, the wife of T. R. Cartwright, 8 841 a daughter. PAYN.—On the 23d inst., at Bickley, Mrs. Payn, of s FLEMING.—On th e 23d i ns t., a t Et on House, Tunbr l 7 the wife of John to Fleming, Esq., of a son. Marriage& ire ti MAssEv---CorE.—On the 21st inst., at the Catholic Ci'l l io ,l! of St. John the Evangelist, Duncan-terrace, Frf ul , e bta Massey, of Islington, to Caroline Annie, eldest daub of Thomas Cope, Esq., of Canonbury. tol* SPILIN6-3PNAUGHTAN.—On the 21st inst., at St. -.4fiV Belsize-park, Wm. Spilling, Esq., formerly of to 0 ' 14th Dragoons, to Harriot Anne, widow of the 1 %0 M'Naughtan, Esq., and only daughter of the late '-' J. Boart, Esq., R.N., of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Deaths. of ADAMS.— On the 23d inst., at Deal, Mr. Norris Adoloe, the firm of Tucker and Adams, 35, Walbrook, 1 - 40/3 aged 27. S. 0 41 CAVENDISH.—On the 23d inst., at Lyne-grove, - Vice-Admiral the Hon. E. J. Cavendish. 1 °l c CLEMENT.— On the 23d inst., a t Ken s i n gton, Si" 111 , 6 170/ 0, ment, Esq., late of Surbiton, Surrey, formerly "' House, Tolling,ton-park, aged 89. rtl4 - 0 SYKES.—On the 23d i ns t., a t Bolsover-stroot, °O3 place, Captain Sykes, R.N. that a di of 4 Salt. yea the fun( nnd tile the 4s. pan. T Gov Wil e % 1 1 / 1 4, ..f7 1 El l © tirneto