The Sun. — London, England, 1866-10-16 00:00:00

... - Visit of the Volunteers to Belgium. (From the Times Special Correspondent.) BRUSSELS, Monday Morning. To describe in detail or even keep pace with all the various manifestations of rejoicing and hospita lity here is a simple impossibility. The original programme was formidable, but it has sunk into in significance as compared with the reality of what is going on here at all hours from morning till night, week-day and Sunday. "We were not prepared for this" is the expression in every foreigner's mouth, and the words are those of strict truth. To say that the munificent manifestations of cordiality which the people of Brussels are making in favour of our countrymen are ostentatious would be a gross perversion of fact, but we may, without detracting from the unparalleled hospitality of her hosts, say that the more than kindness shown to the Volun teers here is becoming embarrassing to them, and for this reason=that they feel it will be utterly be yond their power ever to return it in kind. We can do "a great many things in England, and some of them better than they can be done in any other country, but to entertain 1,200 or 1,300 foreigners in the way the Belgians are regaling their guests is one of the things we could not do, however well we might be disposed. To conduct without hitch or miscarriage rejoicings extending over even one day is a task seldom accomplished ; but to receive and fete and caress and amuse many hundreds of men of various countries and of various tastes for a succes sion of days in such a manner that the pleasure and gratitude of all the recipients should day by day, and hour by hour, be growing in intensity is some thing that any city which does it may well be proud of ; and this Brussels is doing. For all time to come there is no city out of England of which our coun trymen ought to feel more delightful recollections. On Saturday the Volunteers began to compete in the Tir at the short ranges. On the same day the other foreign riflemen and the Garde Civique fired away for many hours, with but a brief inter mission to allow the markers and other officials time for refreshment. As the Tir system is so diffe rent from that of the prize shooting at Wimbledon, a short description of it may not prove uninterest ing to the reader who is following the narrative of the visit of the Volunteers to Belgium. At the Tir the firing is done through windows, the riflemen being comfortably housed. The scene of the peace ful contests of the Belgian riflemen among each other and with foreigners on such occasions as the present is about two English miles from the city. On arriv ing at the grounds of the Commission Directrice du Tir, you perceive a long brick structure, something like the south wing of the last Great Exhibition building at Kensington, running longitudinally across a field ; and when you enter it you are dis posed to think you are in an extensive riding-school, with a continued series of box-stalls from end to end on one side. There is a considerable thickness of fine clay under your feet, and a plain wooden-pointed arched roof over your bead. There are 35 of the box stalls, or series, each with a window looking out on targets, and each provided with a desk, at which sits a functionary in uniform—every official wears a uniform here. Facing the series, andon the entrance side, is a recess, midway in the building. Here is the president's chair, and there also are doors lend ing to committee-rooms upstairs. At the extreme left is the ambulance, where you find a perfectly appointed little hospital, with surgical appliances and medicaments such as may be necessary in case of accidents from gunshots. At the far right is a little target office, the proceedings in which I shall describe by-and-by. When a rifleman is about to compete he is introduced into one of the series. His name and other particulars are entered by the officer at the desk, his charge is handed to him, and he proceeds to put his rifle in shooting order. It is on record that careless loaders of deadly weapons have done damage even to the extent of accidental homicide in obeying the order " make ready." A slight charge of powder will propel a ramrod with a dangerous force, and accord ingly precaution is taken against such danger at the Tir. Outside the wooden roof is one of strong zinc, so that no refractory ramrod can find its way through. Again, though it is to be presumed that any one en tering as a competitor in an international or national rifle match will not fire into the air, the directors of the Tir have made such provision as renders any " thing of the kind impossible. At a distance of some six feet outside each window a hoarding is raised above a height of some 18 inches or two feet, so that the person firing is prevented from aiming at a dan gerous angle of ascent. But the most interesting and perfect portion of the whole arrangements is that which relates to the targets and the marking. In respect to this the Swiss system is adopted. The targets are affixed to iron uprightr, which rise from trenches. On either end of a revolving bar two very fine circular iron rims are placed. On the rims pasteboard, painted black, is placed so as to form a circle like the end of a small drum. To the black circle a smaller white one is affixed, and on this a series of circles are drawn with a pencil, the inner one forming the bull's-eye. When one target is up for a mark the one ou the other end of the bar is, of course, down in the trench, where men are stationed to work the targets. On the exposed circle being s t ruc k within the white, one of these men i ns t an tly turns the revolving bar so as to bring down the tar get which has been perforated and elevate in its place the one that is still fresh. having done this, he at once removes the white circles bearing the ball mark, affixes to it a little ticket stating its number and the ring within which the ball has entered, and then a messenger carries it round to the bureau at the extreme end of the long building, where another official places it in a pigeon hole, after he has docketed a corresponding number, and made an entry of the shot in a large book. At the end of the contest all the white circles are produced, and the winning shot is declared without the possibility of fraud, or even of error. A visitor may stand in the trenches with perfect safety, and see the rifle balls striking just over his head. Should a ball not strike at all, it passes on into a clay em bankment. If it hits the target, it goes through the p as teboard. There is,to be sure, the solid substance of the iron rim, but it is as fine as the blade of a dinner knife, and the ball would go on in two sec tions if it struck it. Several of our Volunteers have already tried their hands at the short ranges, of which there are two distances, one of 100 an d the other of about 240 yards. Some good shots have been made by them, but, as the competition is still going on, it would be premature to speculate as . to the position which they will hold in the prize list. To-day and to-morrow the long ranges will be open for foreign riflemen, and our men are confident as to success in these. The strength of the other foreign riflemen and the Belgians lies in the short ranges, because it is at these they practise. The effect on the ears when you stand in the building from which the shots are fired is something that Wimbledon could give one no idea of. The con tinuous discharge of 35 rifles under one roof and in one straight line is a process which time may render less di sagreeable ' but that it can ever be exactly en joyable i s what an unsophisticated visitor is very much incli ned to d doubt. That the system of mark ing is admirable can scarcely be questioned. The Ist Suirres R ifles, whose headquarters are at the Hotel de Flandr es, as have brought over their own w band. At first it believed by many of their brother Volunteers that I' was a very dangerous experiment. The military b a nds of Belgium ru and those of the Garde Civiqe e o f llssels are re nowned, and it was fearezl that to V o lunte er the comparison might prove " odi et " . ,, hands h ow ever, have the musicians of the Ist Surr ey o won Not only, golden opinions from the Bruxellois, but, last even ing, the bandmaster of the regiment was ‘ presented with a gold medal, after a competi tion in the Commune St. Josse-ten-Noored e . This gentleman was a drummer-boy at Waterloo. On Saturday evening the Ist Surrey g ave grand dinner at their rb* h e ad-quarters. A number of on the occasion, and the were entertained o band performed during the ev ening immediately under the windows of the Hotel de Flandres, in the Palace Royale. At least a thousand of the towns people assembled round the band, and such was the enthusiasm of these Belgians on hearing them King toasted inside that they raised a succession of loud cheers, and displayed such a desire to fraternise with the Volunteers inside that the windows were thrown open, and a scene of the most jubilant, mutual en thusiasm ensued, the band playing the " Braban-, Bonne," and subsequently, when the health of her Majesty of England was drunk, " God Save the Queen." The same evening Lieut.-Col. Lindsay and his Staff, Lord Bury, Sir P. Hunter, and all the field officers of the Volunteers, were received at dinner by the King and Queen of the Belgians at Laeken. The guests having assembled in the drawing-room, their Majesties entered and spoke a few words to every one of them. Besides Volunteer officers, there were present on the occasion the Ministre de l'lnte rieure, the Comte,ase Borghrove and Madame de Benterghen, Dames du Palais; Gen. de Liem, Ad - jutant-General ; Comte de Borghrove, Secretaire du Roi; Major Baron Prisse, Adjutant du Palais; M. Brewer, Officier d'Ordonnance ; Dr. Eustace Smith, of London, Physician Extraordinary to the King ; and M. Anspach, Bourgmestre of Brussels. After the dinner at the Palace, the Volunteer offi cers, 'accompanied by the Bourgmestre, attended the ball given by La Reunion Lyrique. On entering the ball-room our countrymen found themselves on historic ground. In the same apartment, standing just as it does now, and with precisely similar deco rations, the Duchess of Richmond assembled around her Wellington and his companions in arms on the very eve of the battle of Waterloo. In this room t happened that " there was a sound of revelry by night," when the alarm was given, and heroes rushed from the ball to the camp. On Saturday night Frenchmen, Englishmen, and Belgians met there, not in memory of the past, but to renew pledges of lasting goodwill, and they and their fair partners waltzed to music selected with international impartiality. All thesaloons of La Reunion Lyrique were beautifully adorned for the occasion. In the ante-rooms were extempore gardens of choice exo tics, amid which crystal fountains threw up refresh ing sprays. La Grand Salle, in which the dancing took place, is an exceedingly elegant and chastely decorated apartment. It was brilliant in glass chan deliers. The walls, pilasters, and ceiling were all in pure white,with gold reliefs. For hours dancing was carried on with great spirit, but certainly under dif ficulties, for such was the crowd that no pair of waltzers could extend their saltatory movements to a circle as large as that of an ordinary round table. When Col. Lindsay and his staff entered dancing was at once suspended, the band played" God save the Queen," and at the conclusion of the national anthem repeated hurrahs, waving of handkerchiefs, and clapping of hands bid welcome to the Volun teers. The President of the Reunion having con ducted Col. Lindsay up to the head of the ball-room, addressed him in the name of the society, and the gallant officer responded to the compliment in French. Yesterday morning the Volunteers paraded for open-air divine service in the Place du Musee. All the field-officers were mounted, and the men assem bled in nearly full strength. All the space in the Place outside that occupied by the Volunteers, as well as the streets in the immediate vicinity, were blocked by masses of people, who came to witness this very impressive ceremony. Mr. Drury, who has for so many years acted as chaplain to the English church here, read the prayers from an open window overlooking the place, and Mr. Jenkins, his curate, delivered a short sermon on the Lord's Prayer from the same position. The re sponses were given in tones the most respectful by about 1,000 men in uniform, and the effect was in the highest degree solemn and religious. The church service having concluded, the Volun teers proceeded in marching order five deep, to the Boulevard du Regent to he reviewed with the other foreign riflemen by the King and Queen. The French National Guards and the National Guards of Holland had previously met in the Rue de la Loi and taken up a position on the Boulevard between that street and La Rue Guimard. When the Vo lunteers arrived they stationed themselves in line to the left of the Dutch National Guards. There were 1,077 Volunteers present on the occasion. At a quarter-past 12 the Bourgmestre of Brussels, ac companied by Lieutenant-General Plentinkx, Com mandant, and M. le Baron Fierlent, ' capitaine d'Etat Major de la Garde Civique, arrived on the Boulevard. Not only the great mass of the popu lation of Brussels, but vast numbers of the people of the suburbs, hal turned out to do honour to their King and Queen ; and when their - Majesties ap peared at the end of the Boulevard, on their ap proach from Lacken, and as long as they were in presence of the myriads of their subjects assembled for the inspection, the scene of popular enthusiasm was such as, perhaps, has not been excelled, and not often equalled, in this or any other country. The King rode a magnificent black charger, and the Queen was also mounted on a spirited and splendid horse. His Majesty, who wore the uniform of a Lieutenant-General, with the grand cordon of the Order of Leopold, looked " every inch a King ;" the Queen, who is one of the most graceful horsewomen in Europe, wore a plain - black riding-habit, with a high black hat. Her Dames of Honour, Madame de Denberghem and Mdlle. la Vicomtesse de Bengham, were similarly attired. The King was followed by an extremely numerous and brilliant staff, and a bevy of other officers, including General de Liem, Lieut.- General Renard, Lieutenant-General du Pont, Lieutenant-General le Baron Goethals, Aides-de- Camp ; Lieutenant-General Frison, General-Major Comte de Moerkerke, Colonel Goffinet, Major Baron Prism; Generals-Major Arend Lecocq, Berten, and Bulls; Cols. Wolff and Tousson, Major de Savoye, and Captains Montegnies, the Baron F. Jolly, the Baron Chazel, and de White ; and Lieu tenants the Baron Wyckerslooth, Brewer, and Lun den. Orders had been issued to the Volunteers not to cheer as the King passed down the line, and this direction was obeyed ; but the shouts of " Vive le Roi !" " Vive le Reine !" from the concourse of spec tators rose in deafening shouts. Colonel Lindsay rode to the right of his hlajesty while he was passing the. Volunteers, and on their Majesties turning round to return along the Boulevard, the prohibitory order being no longer in force, the Volunteers took off their shakoes and expressed their gratitude to both the King and the force in Brusselsg b u e y e a n forsue succession i r o e n e reception i o thoroughly English hurrahs. g iven t o From the Boulevards their Ma jesties passed to their town Palace at the head of the park to see all the riflemen defile before them. In the space between the Palace and the park, and in the park itself, the concourse vas urse vas larger than any which one would have thought could be brought to gether in a city of something over 200,000 inhabi tants, and .with one accord all the people shouted and waved their hats and handkerchiefs in their loyalty. Their Majesties, remaining on horse back, took up a position directly in front of the Palace. The situation for an inspection of troops has scarcely its superior. The Palace and a grand line of fine buildings were to the rear and on each side of the Royal cortege, at a sufficient distance to serve as picturesque accessaries to the scene. Op posite was the beautiful park, with its trees still fresh in verdure, and the waters of its splendid fountain glistening in the sunshine high above the foliage ; in the centre, between the park and the Palace, a roadway of great width, on this occasio n so covered with people as to leave riflemen hardly room to pass. There were no barriers no sergent de-ville• , interfered with any one. The music of the Ist Surrey joined with the Belgian bands in per forming the National Anthem of Belgium. The King's face beamed with dignified happiness ; the Queen seemed more than pleased, and the, young Duc de Brabant testified his boyish delight at one of the windows of the Palace. It was under such happy circumstances that nearly 1,000 of our Vol unteers defiled before a Sovereign and a people whose happiness would appear to be complete, and whose hospitality certainly seems to be boundless. KEBLE'S DYING REQUEST FOE A COIMECTION IN TILE CHRISTIAN YEAR.—In accordance with a dying request 4f the Rev. John Keble, ono of his executors, Rev. F. Keble, has made a most itnportant alteration in one verse of the hymn for the sth of November. The words that formerly stood referring to the Eucharist were : " Here present in the heart, • Not in the hand ;" They now run— " Here present in the heart, As in the hand." THE SUN, LONLON, TUESDAY EV ENING, OCTOBER 16, 1866. Naval and Military Intelligence. The Russian screw steam frigate Swetana, Capt. Drescher, from Cherbourg for the Brazils, arrived on Saturday at Plymouth. Her salutes of the Cita del and Port Admiral were duly acknowledged. The Prussian frigate Niobe, from Kiel for the East Indies, arrived in Plymouth Sound yesterday morning. Her consorts, the Mosquito and Rover, were expected to follow in the afternoon. Port Admiral Sir C. Fremantle, K.C.8., pro ceeded on Friday into Plymouth Sound and in spected the armour-plated screw steam sloop Zealous, 20, Capt. R. Dawkins, prior to her departure for Spithead to embark the Admiral. The paddle wheel steam frigate Gladiator, 6, Capt. Elphinstone D'O. D'A. Aplin, from Sheer ness, arrived yesterday in Plymouth Sound. The screw steam frigate Bristol, 31, Capt. Leve son E. H. Somerset, from the West Coast of Africa, last from Spithead, arrived in Plymouth Sound yes terday morning. After her powder is discharged she will proceed to Keyham steam yard for the purpose of being supplied with a new shaft for her propeller. The screw steam gun vessel Star, 4, at Devon port, is ordered to be put in commission with a com plement of 90 officers and men for service in the East Indies. She burdens 695 tons, and has engines of 200 horse power. Her present master is Mr. J. B. Snell, and chief engineer Mr. John Bruce. The pennant was hoisted on board yesterday morning. The screw steam frigate Liverpool, 35, Capt. J. Seccombe, which went into the Channel to meet the Bristol (since arrived at Portsmouth), returned to Plymouth Sound on Friday afternoon. One of the new powerful steam fire engines sup plied by Messrs. Merryweather and Sons, of Lon don, was on Saturday received at Woolwich. The engine is on their double cylinder long stroke prin ciple, and is similar to the Sutherland, which gained the first prize at the Crystal Palace competition in 1863. It has two horizontal steam cylinders of 84 inches diameter each, and two direct and double-acting pumps, each 6iin. diameter, with 24in. stroke common to the steam and water pistons, from which 10 gallons of water are discharged at each stroke of the pumps. The cost of the engine, it was stated, is £950. Before being handed over to the authorities of the yard the engine was put through a severe and highly-interesting test of its capabili ties, which extended considerably over two hours. Messrs. Merryweather, jun., attended on behalf of the firm. Commodore Edmonstone, C. 8., Super ! intendent of the yard, Commander Dillon, Master- Attendant (acting), Mr. Laird, master shipwright, and the superior officers generally, were in attend ance, some of whom took official notes of the pro ceedings. A volume of water was thrown, with inch hose, from 801 b. to 100 lb. steam pressure, to a height, perpendiculary, estimated at 160 ft., with a suction lift of about lift., with 2-inch hose, steam pressure 1251 b., 150 ft. ; horizontally, over a mea sured distance of 246 ft., with li-inch hose, and with 11-inch hose, with a pressure of ;steam aver aging 1201 b. to the square inch, 234 ft. The trial was brought to a close by throwing a steady stream of four jets simultaneously. In 13 minutes after kindling the fire the engine commenced pumping with 100 lb. steam pressure, and worked exceedingly well and satisfactorily. The Commodore at his departure pronounced as his conviction " that the engine was capable of extinguishing any amount of fire within the range of probability." It was yes terday brought out on the quay of the outer basin in the dockyard, where Mr. Merryweather was again in attendance, and witnessed the working of the engine in the hands of the local fire brigade, going through the whole of the manoeuvres as at the trial on Saturday, Capt. Edmonstone, C. 8., the Commodore-Superintendent, Admiral Goldsmith, and many naval officers were present, and expressed their admiration of the machine. A second will be delivered at Chatham during the week. The Admiralty yacht Vivid, Commander Sul van, after conveying the Queen of Denmark from Calais across the Channel, returned yesterday to Woolwich, and was taken into basin to undergo some necessary alteration and repair. Admiralty orders were received on Saturday by Mr. Ladd, master shipwright at Woolwich, to com mence to-day the removal of the upper deck of her Majesty's ship Repulse, with a view to her being converted to an ironeased frigate, after Mr. Read's newly-adopted system. The Repulse was intended to carry 81 guns armament, to be of 3,716 tons, and to have engines of 800 horse power. She has been lying in an unfinished state upwards of four years. :Nevertheless, her timbers, which are par tially of Indian teak, are said to be as sound as when laid down. A notification has been received at Chatham that the entry of apprentices at that dockyard will be resumed in December next, after the usual compe titive examination of candidates before the Civil Service Commissioners. Col. Lambrick, C. 8., A.D.C. to, her Majesty,who has been Acting-Commandant of the Woolwich di vision Royal Marine Light Infantry since the depar ture of Col. Maxwell on leave of absence, is now suf fering from severe indisposition. The command of the division has consequently devolved temporarily on Col. Suther, C.B. The division was yesterday inspected by Major-Gen. Warde, C. 8., on the pa rade facing the Royal Artillery Barracks at Wool wich, at 10 30 a.m. The battalion, consisting of 8 companies, 32 files each, was under the com mand of Col. Suther, C. 8., assisted by Lieut.-Cols. Louis and Stewart. They received the General in line, in open order, with a general salute. He imme diately afterwards carefully inspected the ranks, after which they closed, formed open column right iu front, and marched past in open column of com panies in slow time, and in quarter distances column in quick time. The bayonet exercise was then per formed under the command of Lieut.-Col. Louis, after which a series of manceuvres was entered into, under the command of Col. Suther. At the conclu sion the General expressed himself to the following effect, in a tone audible to the whole battalion : " Royal Marines Light Infantry—l am very much pleased with what I have seen this day ; it is highly creditable to the officer in command. To manoeuvre so strong a body of men in so confined a space shows that he knows his work well. It likewise reflects great credit on the officers, non-commissioned offi cers, and men for the steady manner in which the manceuvres were carried out, which plainly proves the highly disciplined state of the division. lam glad to be informed of the very good behaviour of the division during the past twelvemonth. Your Commandant, whose interest in the division is of the highest character, well deserves the estimation in which he is held, and the greatest credit is due to him for the admirable manner in which the various duties of the division are conducted. I consider that theWoolwich division of Royal Marines are as happy, well-conducted, and fine a body of men as any corps in her Majesty's service. The half-yearly inspection of the several corps at Chatham garrison was continued yesterday by Major:. Gen. Sir R. Walpole, K.C.8., who devoted the day to an inspection of the corps of Royal Engineers, in cluding the depot and other companies at headquar ters, Brompton Barracks, under the command of Col. J. L. A. Simmons, C. 8., director of the Royal Engineer establishment. In the early part of the day Sir R. Walpole mustered the officers and men of the several companies who were assembled in front of their respective quarters, where the arms, kits, ac coutrements, and equipments were inspected, after which the Major-Gen. made the 'customary inspec tion of the official returns, books, and other docu ments belonging to each company, and also went over the barrack roomf, non-commissioned officers and mens' quarters, library, schools, halls of study, and the various departments, in which duty he was engaged until the afternoon. After completing the establishment portion of the inspection Sir R. Wal pole had the entire available force assembled on the garrison review ground, where the officers and men were inspected in the customary review and field day manceuvres, in the execution of which they acquitted themselves in a very satisfactory manner. This morn ing Major-Gen. Sir R. Walpole will inspect the Royal Field Artillery at Chatham, which Will bring his inspection to a close so far as the garrison is concerned. Great Yarmouth Election Commission. GREAT YARMOUTH, Monday. The commissioners resumed their inquiry this morning in the Town Hall. Robert Bean, a fish merchant and smack owner, said he voted for Lacon and Goodson at the last election. He received no bribe, and was offered none. In 1859 he voted for Lacon and Stracey. He never voted for the Liberals, and has never been bribed. Mr. Fitzgerald said the commissioners had been informed to the contrary. Witness said it was quite incorrect. He never received a shilling. William Edwards, seaman, stated that he re ceived £l5 for voting for Brogden and Vanderbyl. He received the money at the Army and Navy Tavern. He heard that money was being given away there, so he thought he might as well go and have some. (Laughter.) Edward Smith, a:blacksmith, said at the last elec- tion he had no vote. In 1859 he voted for Watkin and Young. He received then £lO from William Newman. In 1857 he voted for Watkin and APCullagh, but he got no money. James Smith, shoemaker, of Church-plain, said he voted for Brogden and Vanderbyl at the last election. He received £2O at Wright's. He was offered £l5 by Cooper on the part of the Conser vatives, but did not take the money. In 1859 he had no vote. John Benslyn, a carpenter, said he voted at the last election for Lacon and Goodson, and received £l5 for doing so from Mr. E. 0. Johnson. He was offered nothing by the Liberals. He had heard that his brother had been bribed, but it was only a rumour. His brother was absent from Yarmouth. There was a good deal of amusing confusion as to the manner in which this witness spelt his name, and eventually it turned out that he had been examined before. W. Newman recalled, stated that he only received £2B in 1859 for distribution in bribes, and this sum he had fully accounted for. J. Fricker, tailor, said he had no vote at the last election. In 1859 he voted for Watkin and Young. He was offered £lO by Mr. W. C. Reynolds, but he refused it to vote fch Lacon and Stacey. He was also offered money bir E. Smith, residing in the Broad-row, to vote on the Conservative side. In the course of the present inquiry witness had been employed as messenger by the commissioners. The following persons alleged to have been bribed are dead :—R. Beales, D. Beales, jun., S. Cullum, W. Darnell, W. G. Dye, W. Ellis, W. Houghton, A. King, J. Lammis, S. Peachment, R. Read, A. So lomons, and J. G. Rivett. The following, alleged to have given or received bribes, were at sea:—G. Wright, W. Frosdick, S. Johnson, J. Haylett, J. Howes, W. Muller, J. Tully, E. Sutton, D. Carter, J. Fill, B. Pratt, and W. Wright. Among those . alleged to have been bribed, and some of whom had left the town, were J. Adcock, S. Alsopp, W. But cher, G. Hunt, A. Lorimer, W. R. Mayer, W. C. Miller, S. Parsley, W. Scott, W. Worlledge, B. St'phens, H. Cooper, J. Crisp, G. Hastings, R. • Mybill, W. Fisk, and J. Lewis. Witness had been unable to serve summonses on all these persons. Mr. C. J. Palmer recalled, said he had been twice mayor of Yarmouth. He said he wished to correct a statement made by Mr. Harvey, M.P., that he had authority to draw upon him on behalf of Sir H. Stracey in 1859. He had nothing to do with the matter directly or indirectly. Yarmouth first sent members to Parliament in 1294. It was one of the first boroughs that sent members to Parliament. Before that counties only sent members. Before the Reform Bill the electors were freemen, who in the time of King John were members of the fraternity or merchant-guild. They transmitted the freedom to their sons ; other parties obtained their freedom by a servitude of seven years to another freeman. In the early times the governing body, what is now termed the town council, returned members to Par liament, and they continued to do so for a great number of years. They used to elect a committee or inquest, of six town councillors and six aldermen, who nominated the members, and these members almost invariably belonged to the governing body at the time. This continued until the time of the Commonwealth. In the last Parliament which was summoned by Oliver Cromwell the freemen asserted their right to vote for members of Parliament. This the governing body resisted, and would not allow. A double return was made for Yarmouth, but the question was decided against the freemen by a com mittee of the House of Commons, whe decided that the right was with the governing body. Then at the next election, which was at the Restoration, the free men again claimed the right of voting, while the governing body claimed it exclusively. Another double return was made ; and on appeal a committee of the House of Commons reversed the previous de cision and admitted the freemen to vote. James 11., after filling the corporation with his own adherents, granted a charter by which he provided that the members of Parliament should be returned by the vote of the corporation ; but that arrangement was upset by the Revolution of 1688, and from that time the freemen voted until they were extinguished by a special act of Parliament in 1848. Gorleston and Southtown were incorporated for parliamentary pur poses with the municipal borough of Yarmouth at the passing of the Reform Bill.. A commisson was issued at that time which determined the limits of boroughs. The commission sat here for some time, and upon their report the parish of Gorleston, which includes the hamlet of Southtown, was added to the borough for election purposes. In 1851 the total population of the borough was 30,879, and in 1861 it had increased to 34,573, viz., Yarmouth, 30,088; and Gorleston and Southtown, 4,485. Wit ness had no doubt that there had been a large in crease of population since, perhaps 15 per cent. The area of Gorleston is about 2,000 acres. Fish ing pursuits formed the principal industry of Yar mouth ; probably the shipping had decreased of late years, particularly in the coasting trade, since the introduction of railways. All other trades had in creased. The number of visitors to the town had also increased very greatly. The fishery had in creased to a very great extent in consequence of the rapid communication established with markets. The corporation of Yarmouth are possessed of consider able property, but the freemen have no interest in it, and never had. Local men were returned to Parliament for the borough until the commence ment of the eighteenth century. The old law was that resident freemen should be returned. There was an Act of Parliament passed to that effect in 1430, which applied to the whole kingdom, but that was afterwards broken through to some extent in Yarmouth, as in other places. After the accession of Queen Mary she sent a requisition directing that the old law should be adhered to, and that resident freemen should be returned. She also recommended that good Catholics should be returned. In the next reign came the great constitutional axiom which was promulgated to the effect that members of Parliament were not merely delegates from the places from which they were sent, but that they were to represent the whole country. Still Yarmouth con tinued to return resident members, and made a law of its own to that effect in 1685. So great was this feeling that when, in the reign of Charles 1., an at tempt was made to induce the burgesses to elect sup porters of the Government from persons residing out of the town, it was met with a most decided refusal, and the corporation elected one of their own men. They also elected Myles Corbett, theirrecorder, who although a Norfolk man was yet a Yarmouth man. Corbett was afterwards one of the King's judges, and signed the warrant for the execution of King Charles. Corbett was compelled to take a house in Yarniouth and reside iri town for, part of the year. Mr. Russell—Have you in your antiquarian re searches, Mr. Palmer, come across traces of corrup tion prevailing in old times in Yarmouth? Witness said thC corruption did not always exist on one side, because members of Parliament were sometimes corrupted. For instance, about 400 years since an elector endeavoured to induce the member for the borough to obtain a place for him in the Customs, and in return the applicant promised to allow the member's son sufficient to maintain a horse. This circumstance appeared in the "Parton Letters," There' was nothing to show that any thing was paid by the members for Yarmouth in old times. Wit- ness believed that Yarmouth was purer in those old times than it was now, when members travelled with sovereigns in their portmanteaus. The pay ment of what was called " head money" to the free men commenced about 100 years since ; the money (£2 2s. per head) was paid by all the candidates, whether they were successful or not. A committee of the House of Commons declared this payment illegal, but notwithstanding this it still went on. It was this payment which led to their disfranchise ment. At the election of Lennox and Coope witness found that the £lO householders to some extent took the £2 25., as of £1,200 expended £9OO went to the freemen and £3OO to the householders. Two of the then leaders of the Liberal party stated in evidence that the election on their side cost from £B,OOO to £lO,OOO, chiefly for bringing voters from a distance. There was no family which had territorial influence in the borough. The Anson family had property in Southtown which formerly belonged to the Paston family. In old times there was a jealousy between Yarmouth and Southtown, and ships were not allowed to take in cargoes en the Southtown side of the river Yare ; but in the time of Charles 11. Sir R. Paston obtained an Act of Parliament which en abled ships to load and reload on the Southtown side, and also conceded other privileges to Southtown. On the death of the last Earl of Yarmouth, at the com mencement of the last century, the Paston estates were sold to Lord Anson, the distinguished circum navigator, who left them to an ancestor of the present Earl of Lichfield. The Anson family held this pro perty still, but it bad not given them any material in fluence. Mr. Rumbold had no family connection with Yarmouth ;he was brought down in 1817. He was much esteemed for his high character, and he repre sented the borough for a great many years. Witness did not know whether the Anson family had any in fluence in attaching Southtown to Yarmouth for Parliamentary purposes ; at any rate he did not think that it had done them any material good. In the last century the Town shend and Walpole families had great influence in the borough from the official patron age which they possessed, while a majority of the electors were in favour of the principles of 1688 which they represented. The Hon. Charles Townshend re presented the borough for 30 years, and was returned eight times. The inhabitants of Gorleston and South town were at one time rather a poorer class, but they had been increasing in prosperity of late. The local rates were higher in Gorleston and Southtown than in Yarmouth. Besides fishing, boat-building, shipbuild ing, netmaking, &c., were carried on in Yarmouth. Deep-sea fishing for cod, turbot, &c., was also now prosecuted from Yarmouth, and with considerable profit. The average rent paid by a working man in Yarmouth would be about £6 10s. or £7. A large proportion of the present voters were, however, Yar mouth men. Mr. Smith and Mr. Reynolds volunteered state ments to the effect that they knew nothing about the witness Tricker having been offered a bribe on the Conservative side in 1855. Tricker reiterated his former statement. Mr. Reynolds did not offer the money himself, but he was with the parties who made the offer. The Chief Commissioner thanked Mr. Palmer for the valuable information which he had afforded, and stated that the inquiry was now closed. The com missioners thanked the mayor and corporation for the courtesy and consideration which had been shown to them, and they had been struck with the general truthfulness of the witnesses examined, and with the desire of all parties in the town to afford all possible information. The commissioners then adjourned till Saturday, at No. 1, Essex-court, Temple, when they will meet privately to consider their report. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, Oct. 15. A congregation will be holden on Saturday next, the 20th inst., at 2 o'clock for the purpose of electing a Head of a college or hall to be a member of the Hebdomadal Coun cil in the place of the President of Magdalen College, whose seat is vacant on account of insufficient residence during the past year. The voting will commence at 2 and termi nate at half-past 2 o'clock. A congregation will be holden on Saturday next, the 20th inst, at half-past 2 o'clock, for the purpose of electing a member of Convocation, of not less than five years' stand ing, to bo a member of the Hebdomadal Council, in the place of the Rev. Jas. Riddell, M.A., deceased. The voting will 'commence at half-past 2 and terminate at 3 o'clock. A congregation will be holden on Monday, the 22d inst., at 2 o'clock, for the election of three heads of colleges or halls. o be members of the Hebdomadal Council in the place of the resident of St. John's, the Warden of New College, and the Warden of All Souls. The voting will commence at 2 and terminate at half-past 2 o'clock. A congregation will be holden the same day for the elec tion of three professors to bo members of the Hebdomadal Council, in the place of the Regius Professor of Hebrew, the Margaret Professor of Divinity, and the Chichele Pro fessor of International Law and Diplomacy. The voting will commence at half-past 2 and terminate at 3 o'clock. A congregation will be holden the same day for the elec tion of three members of Convocation, of no less than five years' standing, to be members of the Hebdomadal Council, in the place of the 11ev. R. Mitchell, 8.D., the Rev. J. Grif fifths, M.A., and the Rev. E. Turner, M.A. The voting will commence at 3 and terminate at half-past 3 o'clock. All the forenamed seats are vacant by rotation.. In accordance with the Act 17th and 18th Victoria, cap. 81, clause 21, each member of congregation ispntitled. to give in each class two votes for the three vacancies. Each member of con gregation will present to the Vice-Chancellor the names of the two persons for whom he intends to vote, according to a form, copies of which may be obtained on the day of elec tion in the Apodyterium. On Saturday, Oct. 13, Mr. Edward Russell Bernard, 8.A., Craven Scholar, late Hertford Scholar, and late Scholar of Exeter College, was elected to the vacant clerical Fellow ship in Magdalen College. The following gentlemen have been elected to Demyships in the same College:—ln Classics—William Brock, Repton School ; W. H. Paulson, Charterhouse ; Arthur B. Ste ward, Rugby School ; Digby M. Berry, Wimborne School; proxime accessit, William A. Clarke, Harrow. In Mathe- matics —Robert J. Muir, Edinburgh University. In Nature' Scienco, James Bradshaw, Forest School, Snaresbrooke. The Exhibitions were awarded asfollows : —ln Classics, to Walter Cosser, Magdalen College School ; in Natural Science, to Campbell P. Billing, Magdalen College School CAMBRIDGE, Oct. 15. The announcement of the death of Mr. William Hopkins, M.A., F.R.S., Senior Esquire Bedell of this University,will be read with regret, not only by members of the University, but by men of science in general. The office which Mr. Hopkins filled in the University was one on which he con ferred more dignity than,it gave to him ; but in an unofficial capacity, as a private tutor, fewmen have exercised so wide or so beneficial an influence on the studies of the place. Quitting the profession, utterly uncongenial to his tastes to which ho bad been brought up, he entered the Univer sity comparatiVely late in life, and graduated as Seventh Wrangler in 1827, in the same year with Professor De Morgan, of University College. Ho soon became eminent as a private tutor, and for about 33 years a large part of the elite of Cambridge mathematicians formed the class to which he lectured, and he became known as the senior wrangler maker. - Among his pupils were the present Vice-Chancellor, the Bishop of Worcester, the Master of Peterhouse, Canon Heaviside, Mr. Justice Blackburn, Archdeacon Pratt, Bishops Cotterill and Coleuso, the late Bishop Mackenzie, the Dean of Ely, Professors Stokes, Kelland, W. Thomson, Tait, Fawcett, Dr. G. Budd, Mr. Main, Rateliff Observer ; Mr. J. Toahunter, Dr. Barry, and many other distinguished names. The secret of his suc cess as a teacher was the happy faculty ho had of drawing out the thoughts of his pupils, and making them instruct each other, while he took case that the subjects under dis cussion were treated in a philosophical manner, so that mere preparation for the Senate-house examination was subordinate to a sound scientific training. He is perhaps bettor known to the public for his investigations in geology and the temperature of the earth, but he used to complain that he could not make mathematicians take an interest in his geology, or geologists comprehend his mathematics. He served in turn the offices of President of the Geological Society and of the British Association for the Advance ment of Science. Not long since a prize was founded in his honour, the funds for which aro held in trust by the Cambridge Philosophical Society, for the encouragement of mathematico-physical investigations. For some time past his health has failed, so that his duties have been per formed by deputy. His memory will long be cherished by his pupils at Cambridge for the kindly manner and philo sophical spirit with which he directed their studies, and the wholesome influence which the training of his class room has exercised on their after pursuits. The Lady Margaret's Professor of Divinity purposes to lecture duiing the present term on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, in the Arts School, commencing on Monday, November 5. Subjects—At 11 a.m., First Book of Samuel, with reference to the Septuagint version ; critical. At 12 a.m., Historical Books of the Old Testament. Students who wish to attend are requested - to enter their names at Messrs. Deighton, Bell, and Co.'s, Trinity-street. THE LATEST STYLE OF BONNET has turned up at Richmond, U,S. It is described as consisting of two straws, tied together with blue ribbon on the top of the head, and red tassels suspended at each of the four ends of the straws. Price nineteen dollars. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TIMES.—The Italians seem disposed to grapple with their financial difficulties with no less spirit than they displayed in their long struggle against Austrian dominion. It is to be hoped that they will meet with equal success, and that they will under stand that in this 4ew contest Italy must indeed far da se, and no Solferiuo or Sadowa will be fought for herbenefit. Venetia hasbeen bought at an incredibly low price ; but, however cheap, it was not to be had gratis. The war expenses from June to September are computed at 555,000,000 f., and General Mena brea has just paid 83,000,000 f. to get the Iron Crown out of pawn. All this, even with the share of the Lom bardo-Venetian debt, is very little to give for one of the richest provinces in Europe. Lombardy and Venetia, it should be borne in mind, were the two mulch cows which, although constituting about one seventh of the Austrian Empire, were made to yield one-fourth of its revenue. Unfortunately, the ex- penses occasioned by the liberation of Venetia will fall on an exchequer exhausted by several years' reckless improvidence. In despite, of Count Cavour's economical genius, the Budget of Piedmont from 1859 to 1859 has been swamped by the increase of its yearly deficit. At the time of the annexations the most liberal State of Italy was the most heavily taxed and the most deeply indebted. For the last six years the efforts of Cavour's successors to make the two ends meet proved egregious failures. The revenue IN as raised in 1865 to something very near 700,000,000 f., but it still fell short of the expenditure by 250,000,000 f. to 300,000,000 f. The debt at the beginning of that year was already 4,500,000,000 f., occasioning a yearly outlay of 230,000,000 f., the great bulk of which was sent out of the country as a tribute to foreign capitalists. The first source of all this ruinous extravagance was, of course, the national armament. The Budget was burdened with 180,000,000 f. for the army and 48,000,000 f. for the navy. The reduction of the army to 250,000 men, a number that may be con sidered reasonable, taking into consideration the increase of territory and revenue, and the require ments of many fortresses and Southern brigandage, will bring instant relief. It will take some time be fore the Italians learn from Prussia and Switzerland how twice such a force as their system supplies could be mustered at half the expense. Melt National Guard, in which lie the germs of a real national armament, organised as it now is, is almost worse than useless. But although the War and Marine Departments in Italy swallowed up more than one fourth of the public revenue, there are many other items of expenditure which no return of peace will soon strike off the balance-sheet. There is a civil army in Italy hardly less ruinous than the military service. In many of the Governihent departments the officials in Italy outnumber those of the French bureaux. The whole ingenuity of Italian adminis trators seems to be turned to the utmost multiplica tion of places and placemen. The complication in the mechanism of the State is unutterable, and its inefficiency, of course, proportionate. Public offices are most vilely remunerated, yet the scramble after them exceeds all belief. The work is as light as the pay is low, for the Italian is always willing to limit his wants and forego his luxuries if only he can be exempt from exertion. A public office suffers neither from rain nor drought ; it provides against sickness, old age, and death itself. The safe haven of his bureau well suits the Italian, whom nature and habit tend to deprive of energy and enterprise. The rush from all the semi-educated classes is to this ignoble manger of the State. With the exception of the rural population, who cannot choose but work, and who do work very hard, there is no production in Italy to keep pace with this all-absorbing adminis trative consumption. The evil is of old date in Italy, and is common to most countries on the continent, particularly to those inhabited by the so-called Latin races. But in Italy it is seriously aggravated in consequence of the late political events, as on,the amalgamation of six or seven States into one the whole staff of officials who had served under the Bourbons and the Houses of Lorraine and Este were supposed to be disaffected, and had to be dismissed. Their places were often filled with such inconsiderate haste as soon to lead to fresh changes, and thus to throw the whole batches of old and new functionaries out of work, not unfrequent)y with full pay, and even some consideration for wounded feelings. For a place in the Government in Italy confers vested interests, not only lasting a man's lifetime, but even transmissible to widows and orphans. Personal selfishness is hardly more ruinous to the Italian financesthan local selfishness. Against most schemes of retrenchment the Government has to contend with provincial and municipal interests. Italy is divided into 59 provinces. Every province has a Prefect, a Council of the Prefecture, a whole swarm of official locusts. The provinces could easily be reduced to a score, and the administration could be simplified by a larger development of local fran chises. The Sub-Prefectures or ..41andamenti, cor responding to the French arrondissements, of which there are several to every 'province, could be most profitably abolished. The Universities, now more than 20 in number, and placed in many instances at two hours' railway journey from one another, should be reduced to about four or five for the whole Peninsula. The same reform should be introduced in the courts of law, in the bishoprics ; cathedral and collegiate chapters, ecclesiastical seminaries, and similar institutions which belong to old Italy, and are abuses introduced by parcelling the country into so many small States, and dwarfing men's minds within their narrow limits. With the reconstitution of Italy into a groat country that mean local spirit ought to give way before considerations of a more enlarged patriotism; but the love of the campanile, or village belfry, the emblem of municipalism, is still very strong in the Italian heart, and whenever any measure is brought before Parliament intended to lighten the public burdens by the sacrifice of local interests, however paltry, such a chime rises from all these belfries as generally leads to the defeat of the salutary motion. Besides the great waste occa sioned by an exorbitant civil service, and the hind rance rising against financial reform from local in terests, Italy had to exhaust her means in the furtherance of public works. In the Roman and Neapolitan States roads were in the most backward state, and railways scarcely . known. There were Mont Cenis and the Apennines in three or four places to be tunnelled. There were canals and bridges, docks and harbours, to be made, plains to be irrigated, swamps to be drained. Piedmont and Lombardy, Tuscany and the Xmilia, belonged to European civilisation ; but a vast part of the Abruzzo and Calabria, the islands of Sicily and Sardinia, were as deep in barbarism as any African districts, and where so much was to be done one scarcely knew with what to begin. In countries dead to all spirit of private association the State must be a kind of earthly Providence, see to everything, help everybody, do all manner of work. The Italian Government, in its incessant distress for money, deep in the books of the great capitalists who rule the earth, unable to negotiate loans except on the most ruinous terms, had to call in fo'reign compa nies, by whom every enterprise entailed an expense nearly three times its real worth. The company had to be bribed by strong subsidies, to be reas sured by guarantees of large percentage ; it then did its work so badly that it had to be bought off. Then the work had to be sold off again, the Go vernment putting up with enormous losses at every stage of the bargain. These heavy sacrifices have, of course, been repaid by splendid achievements, the benefit of which will be reaped hereafter ; but in the meanwhile much remains to be done, and the Budget will not soon. be relieved of the 100,000,000 f. to 120,000,000 f. which are yearly put down on the score of public works. The acquisition of Venetia will not in all proba bility tend to any sensible diminution of this yearly outlay, even allowing for the proportionate increase in the revenue, as vast sums will be sunk in the maintenance of the fortresses of the Quadrilateral, in the improvement of the city and harbour of Venice, and in a railway across the Gothard, the Splugen, or the Brenner, so necessary for the re vival of Venetian trade. From all we have said it may be understood how much easier it is to upbraid the Italians for their mad extravagance in these late years, and to press upon them the necessity for future retrenchment, than to trace the evil to its just causes, or to suggest any practical remedy. No doubt the financial condition in Italy is very grave, and the Government must come out of it at any cost ; but it is a task of uncommon magnitude, and not to be accomplished without the full co-operation of the nation, and its readiness for self-denial, for real patriotic devotion—above all things, for hard work. THE " ANGLO - AMERICAN TIMES." -- Every nation has a few names which are dear to the people and treasured by them as household words. In America the founders of the Indepen dence of the country are regarded as the fathers of the Republic. This catalogue includes the name of the late President of the Union League Club of New York, whose address on resigning the post to which he had been elected we have elsewhere reviewed. John Jay, the grandson of the great American, has ably maintained the renown of the name he has inherited. A lawyer of great eminence, an orator the poetry of whose language has run; over the Union, a writer of the clearest, tersest style, this gentleman adds to a patriotism worthy. of his grandfather the strongest and most uncom promising principles of Liberalism. These principles he holds to be the very life-blood of the nation to which he belongs. For their preservation he con siders no sacrifice too great ; to uphold them he believes all material questions of interest are but feathers in the scale. Life and all are but vanity when weighed against the broad statements- con t tinedin the Declaration of American Independence. .11...... 4 To the action of such men is due the war which led to that Independence. To the action of such men is due the still greater war which overthrew the Southern oligarchy, and wiped out Slavery as an Institution of the United States; and let any one read this gentleman's address to the Union League Club, and see if he can rise from the perusal of thit document with one particle of a belief lingering in his mind that the results of the latter war can be neutralised by in lifference or neglect of the prin ciples involved by those who fought it Men may be deceived as to the tendency of events, and make terrible mistakes in attempting to carry out the principles to which their lives are devoted. These blunders may give rise to a sea of troubles, and involve hereafter the heaviest sacrifices. But however clouded the horizon may become, however dark the future may lower, the principles of free dom, upheld by such champions, are secure of a triumph in the end. England, who has long since fought her battle against despotism, whose institu tions have been consolidated by the lapse of ages and by the blood of martyrs, has grown heavy and stupid on her material prosperity, and cannot com prehend the depths and the strength of feeling which now actuate the champions of human right in the Northern States of America. She sees and condemns the violence of party, she groans aloud over the blood spilt and the treasure wasted, but , she does not see the great issues involved, nor know the keen sense of the position entertained by the : vast body in the United States who have suffered. so deeply for the cause, and are ready to suffer still more. Had she truly estimated the great ques tions contested, the pure and disinterested aims of the Northern patriots, it is more than probable that her action would have been very di' ferent towards the North in the agony of the great strife. Saturated with her own materialism, she attributed selfish motives to those who fought out the great battle of Liberalism. It was a fight, England said, on the part of the North for empire , It was a battle, she declared, of the manufacturers of the States of New England and Pennsylvania to force their goods at protected rates on a reluctant South. It was a war of the arrogant, irrepressible Yankee'? maintain the ascendancy of the Eastern States, and to tax alike for their benefit the hoodwinked Wes t and the rebellious South. Thatmen actuated by suc h sordid motives could have expended hundreds 0, millions sterling of their own treasure, and poured out their blood like water, staggered this Europese opinion, but it has not fully opened the eyes of this aristocratically ruled country. In spite, however, of the press, which has in general falsified the isseeS . , at stake, and distorted the facts, the light of tr uth is dawning on this land. John Jay's address is the clearest exposition of the sentiments wh ich have guided the party to which be belong s in their great contest. It is totally free from all cog' geration of style or sentiment, and at the san e time that it expresses, in the most uncompromising manner, the principles held, it exhibits a tone the kindest conciliation, and broad and statesme n ' like views. There is nothing rabid, nothing narrow, in this noble address. While proclaiming aloud the undying spirit which actuates the ma n ; bers of the club to uphold the principles contendeu for, he frankly extends the right hand of fellowshiS to his defeated foe. " I respectfully comma, " to your consideration," he says, " the propri e v "of cordially opening your doors to Soutb er _ n " gentlemen coming to New York, who, howe N r " deeply involved they may have been in tue "Rebellion are now prepared not only to acquie sG „f "in the result of the war and the abolition v " slavery, but to assist in the work of Reconstrl "tion on the basis of U n ive r sal Education al l " Equal Right." After enumerating those the gentlemen will there meet, he goes on to say, " " they will learn how truly, with the determina ll° _, " of the Northern mind, to insist that our natio n r, " policy shall henceforth be that of equal and " versal freedom, is blended a deep and earnest " sire that no sectional strife may again disturb et: "peace, but that the South and the North waY " more closely bound than ever before in the boor " of a common interest and mutual affection." CO U N TRY MARKETS. CER--Ocr. 13. t at market, which WaSold Barley and other articles' COLCHES A moderate supply of whoa at about is per qr advance. altered. Wheat, white • 568 60s Beans, Mazagan...... 4og 98 3 red; 60s 62s Middle and small. _.44s 40. Barley . 34s 43s Peas, white 380 a o Oats —s - grey „ 363 ' CHELMSFORD—Ocr. 12. At the market to-day wheat was in goo , ' suppincl ,:, trade was very dull. The prices of last week were ma:;4 for best samples ; inferior sorts is cheaper. Best b: . Vs is and inferior 18 to 2s lower. Spring corn of other I,IP unaltered. Whegt, old white.... 405 6!s new 46s I,Bs old red 45, Ms new. 49s 548 Barley.. 2 - ni 33s Chevalier - —s grind nh ss 30s Malt... sBs bOs Chevalier 6 s 624 Oats Peas, Partridge ...... 403 3 60 • IV Inte .. 3 20 B c1ing........ of Dun.... ........ 38 dit o, new....- - 00 Beans, Tick, old 410 4 60 harrow l icks.42o 440 new.... 403 00 Mazagan . ..... 360 GBAN lIAM—Ocr. 13. Old white wheat, 58s to 61s old red, Ms to s s; /311:1•11- white, 54s to 58s •, new red, 49s to 54s per 36 stone. ~of ley for malting, 38s to 455 per qr.; grinding, 30 s to 34 .4 30 stone. Oats, old, 30s to 32s ; new, 25s to 30s P7OOO. stone. Beans, old, 48s to ols; new, 448 to 46s per 38 S Peas, 36s to 40s per 36 stone. • NORTHAMPTON—Om 13. old t New white wheat, 51s to 568; new red, ols to 56s ; .4ei r white, 55s to 59s ; old red, 53s to 57s per 36 stone. r ' . 0 for malting, 38s to 44s per qr. ; grinding, 30s to 36s Petooe. ' stone. Oats, old, 22s to 318 • new, 28s to 30s per 24 6 r e ah Beans, old, 46s to 49s ; new, 42s to 45s per 38 stone. 38s to 42s per 36 stone. - ABERDEEN—OcT. 12. 0 011 ' The attendance at the corn market to-day was ra , $0 and there was little or no business doing. Prices , last week. White wheat 50s Od to 51s Od 621 b vb,ollol' Red wheat 45s Od to 46s Odc 12 I. Potato oats 27s Od to 27s 6d t A " m , b u she l. Common oats 24s Od to 24s 6d j."' " Bere 28s Od to 29s 6d ( gq t , V vaslie L Barley 32s Od to 328 6d j ""'" 0801 1) ' Oatmeal 19s 6d to 20s Od ifi boil of ', 50 1.t. Flour, line 40s Od to 44s 6d V sack °f - KIRKCALDY—Om 13. t P er Moderate supplies of all kinds of grain. Whe t, BS qr. dearer. Barley and oats unchanged. Wheat. Barley. Oats• First...—. 548 Od ' 31s Od I 228 Od beeond.... Ns Od i 35s Od 278 Od Third.-- 583 01 383 Od 288 Od COAL MARKET. Price per ton at the close of the market. 5 J. . 0 s. d. Holywell Main Tunstall Braddyell's.Hetton 21 70 6 6 '''''''''' Cassop :2791 6 Pensher Primrose •18 6 Heugh Hall ............ 9 South Hetton 21 b Caradoc 2l 0 Original Hartlepool 6 Trimdon Grange l9 6 Wharncliffe ........... Ships at market, 63—sold, 51. " ja i THE CUSTOMS DUTIES AT VENICE.—T h e °„ Gazette of Italy annuunces that foreign merc hancw deu " , S t tended for the newly-acquired provinces, and 'al' o f Coo Venice, will in future be subject to the customs 1411) the Italian tariff. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —Holloway's Ointment an ,, o i.o Never Neglect a Cold.—lt is painful to hear o f the toy 5 fatal cases which commenced with the ordinary W il la oe t of a common cold. Holloway's ointment rubbed ; back and chest prevents all disastrous co nseque n— Af or soothes the inflamed lining of both throat and chest . rubbing in the ointment for a few days the peotor' co d' tion and the tightness of breathing diminish, the . 0 o r becomes looser and less frequent, and the phlegal,l, ftd o pectorated with less difficulty, till the lungs becol?',' fro? and respiration natural. All subject to take oil WI; slight exposure to varying temperatures will P. pr oti l l loway's soothing ointment and purifying pills an e n 'a c o safeguard against pleurisy, bronchitis , asthma, a sumption. Births. the BOSANQUET—On the 12th inst., at Whiligh, 5, 015 0 6 %; . "' wife of Commander G. S. Bosanquet, R.N., '''' terprise, of a son. Sc lif ERSKINE —On the 13th inst., at 1 7, Ainslie-place, burgh, the Lady Erskine, of a daughter. t O ar Itzto —On the 14th inst., at 58, Gloucester-crescee , 0 park, the wife of G. J. G. Reid, Esq., of a soy., t, tliv SELWYN—On the 11th inst., at Southborough, ell wife of Captain Selwyn, R.N., of a son. Marriages. g obnr i ea' BARKER —JoiroE —On the 11th lust . at at St. Job il'- to 1 ) .• 10 1. , N o tting-hill, Henry Barker, Esq ~of Alexandri3' youngest daughter of Charles ioyce, Esq., ° f 33' ell' down-crescent. 0 g e1L 11 ,,0 1 LAW—ANSTEY—On the 11th inst. at at St. J a mes t P7t• Dover, Edward A. Law, Major .103d Reef ale,'" 0 aw, Bombay Fusiliers, son of Win. Law, Esq, ° I 3,fii 3 °' tD street, Portland-place, to Mary Louisa, 'dog.— r Rev. C. A. Anstoy, Victoria-park, Dover. Deaths. •cie'l." , p 53„,,-, BARLOW—On the 12th inst., at ',Wigton Loug"'' 15" to ham, G. H. Barlow, M.D Senior Physie jan ~ 1, Hospital, aged 60. ~„. F Collar` COLLARD—On the 11th inst ., at Folkestone, y• •F. . it '7 Job Esq., aged 91. bt0 ,00 0, vo, HuritßEYs—On the 14th lust., at Uppe r Humphreys, Esq., aged 82. ~. r j s ter, LISTER—On the 13th inst., at Doncaster, u• -1.- 0 aged 49. n rti 111 MooRE —On the 13th inst., at Forton Lodge, ` - " ° 0 ° a r aed• Moore, aged 67. 40,,...0te ' SHAPTER—On the 13th inst., at 7, Clarenaou - r, I. Ow. park-gardens, Harry G. Gibbs, young er son 0" ot. Esq., Q.C., aged 21. ish-r °s6l. SMITH—On the 12th inst., at 19, Cavend--at John's-wood, Thomas S. Smith, Esq., age d --- -..- i, lOC ix A.lO, 1 11 : London : Printed and Published by WIL LIA,—,,, Pt, O. of Na 112, Strand, Pliuter. at Viz Sus Oneuconw Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, 111 th Mirldltees, Tuesday, Octeber 16, 1800. KIN A] This ce Dublin Pri It is Pu 801110. 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