The Sun. — London, England, 1866-09-20 00:00:00

Naval and Mil: tellijence. The visit of the Lords of the Admiralty has made a most favourable impression at Pembroke Dock, and it is expected that a considerable number of additional hands will shortly be employed. Already orders have been received to increase the number of shipwrights and smiths, and an addition to other de partments is looked forward to before long. Of the nine building-slips only three are now occupied. A private letter received from Monte Video, dated Aug. 13, says :—" We have in the Bay the English men-of-war Spiteful and Spider, the American ves sels Wasp and Kansas. The latter vessel is parti cularly well armed, and, in the event of war, would astonish our wretched slow and old wooden gun boats as effectively as the Prussian needle-gun did the Austrians. The war here drags on wearily and slowly. Nearly every day a steamer arrives with sick and wounded men, and returns with half starved mules. The Paraguayans must be a plucky race of men, as for two years, with the river block aded and ell supplies cut off from the coast, they have kept at bay the whole army that Brazil and the Banda Oriental and Argentines can send against them. On the 16th and 18th of July there were three or four obstinate engagements, and it is be lieved the allies were thoroughly beaten in each. The allied squadron in the river is doing nothing, waiting for the army, and so matters are likely to go on for the next two or three years. The Eng lish gunboats Dotterel and Gleaner are at Maldo nado, and the Linnet at Buenos Ayres. The Triton is on her way here from Rio Janeiro, and the Nar cissus with the Admiral is expected to arrive in October. The most effective small arm I have seen out here is the Spencer rifle, a ' seven-shooter,' and far surpassing tne Prussian needle-gun." The Scorpion, 4, turret ship, 1,857 tons, 350 horse power, one of the famous Liverpool rams, in dock and under alterations atPortsmouth, is ordered to be completed by the end of the present financial year. The alterations and repairs of the ship will be rather costly. [Her upper iron and compositedeck is being replaced with a new underlie iron plating, covered with six-inch oak planking. The coamings of all the upper-deck hatchways are being raised, the engine -room hatch, for instance, being built up of three-quarter inch plate to a height of four feet six inches above the level of the deck. An overhead gangway deck is also ordered to be fitted from her poop to her forecastle and above the level of the tops of her turrets, on nearly the same principle as the gangway deck between the turrets of the Ame rican Miantonomah. All bulkheads below have been cut through to improve the ventilation, and watertight doors fitted. The arrangements for the berthing of the officers and crew are also being very materially improved. The armour-plate pilot-house might also be removed altogether from the ship, as it is much too small for the purpose of a protected look-out place in time of action, and its weight on the upper deck is a serious consideration. The sub stitution of higher hatchway coamings on the upper deck for the shallow ones originally fitted was a positive necessity, for the Scorpion, like her sister vessel the Wivern, at sea and with bulwarks down, is nothing better than a half-tide rock. The Royal Sovereign, turret-ship, Capt. Herbert, is lying alongside Portsmouth dockyard, undergoing repairs for her after turret, fired at some time since experimentally from a 12-ton gun mounted on the broadside of the Bellerophon. The turret plates have all been taken off, and a goodly number of hands are now employed in the necessary preparations for rebuilding the turret. The new turret will be coated with the same thickness of armour as the old one, and the general plan will be the same same, except with the plating covering in the top of the turret, which will now be made to lap over the top of the armour-plates so as to hold them in an upright po sition when their bolt fastenings are broken by the impact of shot. This overlap of the plate covering of the turret will exceed in diameter that of the ring of armour-plates, and the intervening space will be filled in with a wood wedging. The cost of the repairs will be about £1,700. The Swallow, steam sloop, 9 guns, 486 tons, 60 horse power, Master Commander E. Wilds, arrived at Sheerness on Sunday morning from China. On Monday she was taken into the large basin of the dockyard, where she was yesterday morning inspected by Capt. D. M'L. Mackenzie, captain of the For midable, flagship of Vice-Admiral Sir B. W. Walker, K.C.8., Commander-in-Chief at the Nore, previ ously to being dismantled and paid out of commis sion. During the last four years the Swallow has been engaged on a surveying expedition to the China station. She left England in April, 1862, and arrived at Hongkong in Sept. of the same year. During the passage from Singapore to Hongkong she experi enced a heavy typhoon, during which her quarter boats were washed away, and much damage was done to the sails and rigging. The vessel left Hong kong for England on March 10, 1866, surveyed the Scarborough reef from the 13th to the 18th March, and called at Manilla, Singapore, and Batavia. In the Java sea two important dangers were discovered and their positions determined—viz., the Sharp shooter's Rock at the entrance to Gaspar Straits, and a ledge with 23ft. in it called the Swallow Rock. She passed Anjer on May 10, and had a tolerably fine passage until off Point Hood, on the African coast, where for seven days a severe gale was expe rienced, amounting sometimes to the force of a hur ricane. Considering that three vessels, one twice as large, and another three times as large as the Swal low, foundered near her; those onboard had cause to congratulate themselves on escaping without damage. They were, besides, enabled to save the lives of some of the passengers of one of the foundered ships, the Stalwart. The Swallow left Simon's Bay July 22, called at St. Helena Aug. 3, and arrived at Portland Sept. 12. During her commission she has sailed and steamed upwards of 15,000 miles. Several harbours have been surveyed, and about 3,000 miles of coast line; besides which the ship has sounded the whole of the China and Yellow Seas. The health of the officers has been very good, but on account of the bad accommodation the seamen have suffered consi derably. Nearly every seaman who left England in the ship had been invalided home before she left China, but only four deaths occurred. Every exertion is being made by the officials con nected with the civil engineering department at Chatham Dockyard to repair the injuries sustained by the works at the entrance of No. 3 dock by the giving way of the outer row of piles used in the for mation of the cofferdam for the enlargement of the dock. In order to make good the damage relays of workmen arc employed night and day, and should the present fine weather continue it is anticipated that this portion of the works will be completed by the end of next week. The whole of the piles for the cofferdam have been drawn, and are now being redriven, while the inner supports are increased and strengthened so as to prevent a recurrence of the untoward accident which has delayed the commence ment the Mona rc h t urre t s hi p i n the dock in tended. b for her by so me wee k s. Th e works for the enla r gement of the d oc k were or i g i nally carried out y one of th e Adm i ralty contractors, but, in conse quence of the Admiralty being dissatisfied with the progress made, they were ordered to be completed by the dockyard workmen. The screw sloop corvette Reindeer, 7, 200-horse WaDttoonek, power, Mr. C. y m a a r s d te f r in charge, fitting alongside Chatham been inspected by th e or commission, has officials connected with the War Department, for the P u rpose of h av i ng the necessary alteration s made in her Itf curbing to enable h er t o carry the altered platforms and armament she is intended to mount. The Admiralty h • havin g decided on increasing the size of her guns by giving her a couple extra of the 9-ton guns, her • nu ship hatchways will require to be altered to allow for the proper training of her guns at the broadside. A portion of her gun-carriages has arrived from Wool wich, but her armament will not be ready for some weeks to come. With the exception of a small amount of work, chiefly in the way of fittings, still remaining to be effected on board, the Reindeer is ready for the pennant. Mr. Lavington Fletcher, C.E., secretary to the Manchester Association for the Prevention of Steam Boiler Explo s i ons , h as, i n accordance with instruc tionst to th a t e ff ect received by him from the Admi -1 Y, been engaged at Chatham Dockyard in insti tight g examination of the portions of the boiler which recently exploded at that es the circumstances already detailed the officials of the dockyard, who rendered ati every sl r ) y y Fletcher was assisted during his investi,c service in their power to enable him to prosecute his inquiries inspected boiler eradjoining D u During that v which exploded, and from the result of the exami nationit A Mr. Fletcher t a as to its condition made by the officials since the occurrence it is understood that it will at once be broken. The results of Mr. Fletcher's investiga tion will be embodied in a report to be made to the Board of Admiralty, when their Lordships will decide as to the ulterior proceedings to be adopted. The screwsteam surveying vessel Nassau, 5, Capt. R. C. Mayne, left Plymouth on Tuesday, for the south-east coast of South America. Steam was got up on Monday on board the screw steam corvette Satellite, 17, in the basin at Keyham yard, and on Tuesday she proceeded, in charge of the officers of that establishment, outside Plymouth breakwater. The weather was too thick to try her speed at the measured mile, but the engines were sufficiently tested to prove that they were in a satis factory condition—revolutions 26, vacuum 26, steam gauge 171 b. The Fire Queen, paddle yacht, Staff-Commander Paul, has been taken into dock at Portsmouth to repair the damage she sustained to her bottom by striking on a rock during her recent cruise among the Channel Islands, with Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Pasley, K.C.8., on board, on his annual tour of in spection of the islands. The damage is but trifling compared to what it is supposed to have been. The remains of the hull of the old sailing sloop Champion which did such a long course of duty on the mud lands of Portsmouth upper harbour, as a shell practice vessel to the gunnery ship Excellent, are being brought down the harbour piecemeal and landed at the dockyard for breaking up by the ship wrights and labourers of the foreman afloat's de partment. According to present appearances, the cost of breaking up must exceed the value of the material. If the old wreckage had been sold as it lay to some private contractor for breaking up and removal, under the usual conditions, the Admiralty would certainly have saved the expenditure now being incurred by them. The massive metal racers on which will be mounted the 6I and 12k-tons on the decks of the Minotaur, the Warrior, and other ironclad ships, are being finished off in readiness for laying down in the steam factory department of Portsmouth-yard. An iron gun-carriage and slide for one of the 12k-ton guns that are to form the main deck battery of the Royal Alfred has also been received at the same factory from Woolwich Arsenal, and is being fitted with its compressor gear and gun running in and out chains, is being executed with the greatest care. The run ning in and out chains are made with square links, on the plan advocated by Commander Scott, of her Majesty's ship Research, every pin -hole being drilled through the link-plates, and every pin turned true on the lathe. The armour-plated screw steamship Zealous, 20, which was put in commission by Capt. H. Dawkins, on Tuesday, has been since inspected by Admiral Drummond, the Superintendent at Devonport Dockyard. The paddlewheel despatch vessel Helicon, Com mander Morgan Singer, from Portland, with invalids for the Naval Hospital, arrived on Tuesday even ing at Devonport, and was appointed to return to the Channel squadron yesterday evening. The hired steam Transport Thames, laden with a heavy cargo of war stores and passengers for Quebec and Montreal, under orders to sail from Woolwich, as we stated yesterday, was detained until this morning, on account of an additional amount of ammunition to be shipped at Gravesend, and an enlargement of her magazine having been found necessary for that purpose. Her boiler fires were consequently banked up last night, and the ship was ordered to be detained at Woolwich until this morning, to sail by the five o'clock tide, when she will ship at Gravesend about 100 tons of ammu nition, and sail direct for Canada. The Thames sailed from Woolwich last year, on October 29, with a somewhat similar freight, and reached her destination after a passage of less than 14 days. The sister ship, St. Lawrence, is embarking in the Victoria dock a cargo of stores for the same desti nation, and is under orders to sail on October 19. Through the medium of the hydraulic cranes and the other facilities afforded at the T pier in Wool wich Arsenal, the cargo of the Thames was hoisted on board and carefully stowed in the hold at the rate of nearly 400 tons per day. The hydraulic lifting apparatus is now in course of being fitted with auxiliary cylinders, so as to ship, without risk of danger, the heavy guns about to be issued for the fleet, namely, the new class 12k- ton gun shipped only by means hitherto of the shears in the lower part of the Arsenal. The Ordnance transport Thames, Mr. Hornsey, master, yesterday shipped at Woolwich, among other cargo, an Bin. (new calibre) Whitworth gun and a quantity of 1201 b. shot, for experimental trial at Shoeburyness. The gun weighs 9 tons. The War Department steamship Lord Panmure, Mr. Spriddel commander, sailed yesterday from Woolwich, laden with a general cargo of war ma terial, consisting of 20 7in. guns, slides, and plat forms, and 9in. wrought iron carriages, for the Bellerophon and other ships at Portsmouth and Devonport. The Alma, in the same service, Mr. Mountfield master, yesterday left Woolwich for Dublin, with stores, calling at Purfleet to embark powder and ammunition. An Admiralty order was yesterday received at Woolwich Dockyard renewing the instructions re cently suspended for the entry of lads between the ages of 14i and 16 years for reception on board of her Majesty's training ships of the Royal Navy. Col. Wodehouse, C. 8., commanding the depot Brigade Horse Artillery, yesterday inspected divi sions of the depot on the parade at headquarters, Woolwich, in readiness for their being despatched to winter quarters at Warley and Sheerness. In consequence of these and other previous reliefs to India and elsewhere, the barrack quarters at Wool wich are reduced to about 2,000 below its ordinary strength. Ensign Cavagnari, of the 9th Regiment, is under orders to proceed from Colchester to the service com panies of his corps, i n Bengal. Two sergeants and thr ee under ordesc°tor fro th m e th l e o s O e t r h vic ß e corporals of of Regiment m t been depott a r e companies. r His Excellency Ma* jor-Gencral Cuppage or , Lieut.- Governor of Je rsey, embarked at Gey Harbour On Saturday last on board her • lajesty's steamer Dasher, Commander Bushnell, R N • ~ and left for St. Malo on a short Continental tour. D • During the gallant General's absence from Jersey Col. M ac _ irdy, 69th Regt., will act as Lieut.-Governor. The Dart, 4, screw gun vessel, 428 tons, 80 horse power, Commander Lowther, left Spithead yester day under steam for the Channel, en route to her destination, the West Coast of Africa. Wind in the Channel south-westerly, strong, with squalls. • The steam transport Thames, Captain Pickering, belonging to the firm of Templey, Parke, and Co., of London, has completed shipping a heavy cargo of war stores, &c., for Quebec, making a total of 1,576 tons measurement, and will sail from Wool wich-pier by the four o'clock tide this afternoon. Her cargo consists of 24 field battery 9-pounder guns; 8 24-pounder howitzers; 10 20-pounder guns ; 1 light battery of 6-pounders for the Artillery Militia, and 5 carronades for the bastion walls ; 700 sets of harness and various appointments for cavalry; 4,000 boxes of shell, a large amount of 2 oz. shot in tin cases, known as case shot ; and a number of bale goods from the Tower. She has also 9 cabin pas sengers —namely 6 adults, 2 children, and 1 servant. Notwithstanding the hoped that the passage may be still sufficiently free from ice to ad • mit of the Thames making her voyage in safety. Much additional and auxiliary machinery received from Leeds has been erected during the weeks in the Royalpast few gun factories and the laboratory departments of Woolwich Arsenal, for th of facilitatin g th e b oring e purpose and completion of a stipu lated number of 12i ton guns during the present financial year, ending in March next, and also for the preparation of the Boxer / e ar & ridgesu. The con sequent employment of a Urge number of available THE CHOLERA. THE BISHOP OF LONDON'S FUND AND THE MANSION-HOUSE COMMITTEE. Yesterday afternoon an important conference took place between the representatives of the Metro politan Visiting 4elief Association, of which the Bishop of London is president, and the Mansion house Committee, for the purpose of considering the best means of uniting the two funds, so as to enabt the administrators of both to work satisfactorily together in providing for the relief, permanent and otherwise, of the large number of young persons who have been made orphans by the cholera. The meeting took place at the rooms of the Metropolitan Visiting Relief Association, which was represented by Lord Ebury (who presided), Mr. Thomson Hankey, M.P., the Rev. J. V. Povah, Mr. Thomas Tilson, and Mr. John Hassard. The deputation from the Mansion-house Committee consisted of the Rev. F. G. Blomfield, M.A., the Rev. William Rogers, M.A., and Sir Mordaunt Wells. Mr. William Calvert Shone attended as honorary secre tary pro tem. Lord EBURY having briefly mentioned the object of the conference, Sir M. WELLS said the Mansion-house Committee had had the names of 1,096 orphans sent to them, and, at the request of the Committee, he had at tempted some classification of them. He had, in the first instance, struck out the names of all whose fathers were alive and in good health, all whose parents had received parochial relief before the out break of the cholera, all whose relatives were in a position to support them, and all boys above 14, and all girls above 15 years of age. When he had done that he found that the number was reduced to 810. The Committee had adopted his principle, and acknowledged 810 to be the number of orphans they had at the present time to deal with. It was thought by the Committee that a comparison of the number of applicants to the two societies should be compared, in order that the two Committees might act together. Certain questions, he apprehended, would in that case have to be considered : for ex ample, the amount to be awarded when there were more than two or three orphans in one family ; the amount to be given in cases where the father only was alive ; whether there should be uniformity in the distribution of the grants ; the manner in which, by joint action, the clergy and local Committees might be in trusted with the grants for their several dis tricts ; the manner of maintaining the orphans and investing the revenues. The administrators of these charities were giving away large sums as trustees for the public, and he thought they were bound to have some proper returns. Then a question would arise as to the advisability of making grants to institutions or to individuals—that was, to other persons main taining cholera orphans irrespective of the clergy and local committees. lie might mention that on the previous day the Mansion-house Committee had received a deputation on behalf of an institution in which he was interested, and that the committee de clined to give any pledge on the subject. They would like to know what were the intentions of the Com mittee of the Metropolitan Relief Association— whether they intended giving relief to institutions, or whether they intended to confine it to individuals. Mr. T. TILSON said that at present there were 616 orphans claimants upon the Metropolitan Asso ciation entirely through the clergy, but all the lists had not yet been made up. The Rev. W. ROGERS said that included in the 1,096 claimants upon the Mansion-house Committee were Dissenters, Jews, Roman Catholics, Germans, and others. He thought that as soon as the two societies could settle the lists of orphans a decision should be come to in reference to the amount to be given to each orphan. Sir M. WELLS thought very little difference ought to be made between those children who had lost their fathers and those who had lost both father and mother, for when a mother was left with five or six children the family was for all practical pur poses at an end. It was impossible that a woman with the charge of such a family could maintain them by her own exertions. He had made himself ac quainted with the little history of every family on behalf of which application had been made at the Mansion-house, and h 2, was convinced that when a woman in the class of life to which these people be longed was left with several children, her case, if left unassisted, was hopeless. He conversed with many of them on the subject, and found that the most any of them could do was to earn 2s. or 3s. a week by shirt-making or washing. The Rev. W. ROGERS strongly urged that relief should be afforded to poor women in such unhappy positions. He had found that these women had a great objection to send their children to orphanages, mit a t and if they cou ld get s s. or 6s. a week to help them That e was int e t n h d e Tonh some of their difficulties would be re move d. e c a o u t r o s e a d w o h p i t c h t o t h e e n A a l b a l n e s w i o o n m - h e o n u s t e o C k o e m e p their children. The Rev. F. G. BLOMFIELD though th • t at sidering th e questio • • n of joint action the in con y should confine themselves to general principles. It struck him that the simplest course to adopt in reference to the administration of the money was not to have a joint Committee, which would prove a great la bour, and would tend to the postponement of their grants, but that they should make this rule—that no orphan should receive assistance from both funds. The Rev. W. ROGERS said that with a joint Com mittee he saw no reason why they should not work off all the business in a single afternoon. Sir M. WELLS was also of opinion that when the lists of both societies were properly made up and compared they might all be disposed of at a single sitting. Lord EBURY said the Metropolitan Association could not at present tell with certainty what cases they would have to deal with. When the lists were completed and classified their business would be very nearly finished. No doubt some exceptional cases would remain to be dealt with. It was suggested that by some of the plans which had been recommended all discretion would be taken away from the local committees in the distribution of the grants. Mr. 'EILSON said the local committees were going TH E; SUN, LONDON, TEURSDA,Y EVENING, SEPTEMBER 20, 1866. men and lads over the age of 13 years has had the effect of relieving much distress, and also of clearing • the pubic thoroughfares of Woolwich aud Plum stead, uscally crowded with the idle and work seekers, many hundreds of whom are now engaged night and day in the arsenal to hasten the comple tion of the work in hand. The contracts will not be completed until the close of the financial year. The chartered sailing transport Beauty yesterday made fast alongside the red powder buoy of Wool wich Arsenal, and commenced shipping 140 tons of powder, contained in 1,400 barrels and cases, for Halifax. The Kohinoor yesterday hauled inside the T pier at Woolwich arsenal in readiness to embark ' a cargo of earthen pipes for the drainage of the military quarters in course of erection at Bermuda, and for which the materials were transported from Woolwich last year. The following appointments have been made at the Admiralty :—Commander W. 11. Liddell, to the Zealous ; Lieut. Robert N. Hammond, Lieut. Wil liam H. Mauud, and Lieut. Henry J. Phillimore, to the Princess Royal ; Lieut. Robert H. Armit, to the Challenger ; Lieut. Charles N. Howe, to be Flag Lieutenant to the Admiral Superintendent of Devonport Dockyard ; Lieut. Henry S. Mandeville, to the Asia ; General J. Capes, naval cadet, to the Victoria ; Frederick W. Fisher, naval cadet, to the Zealous ; John H. Kerr, naval cadet, to the Ocean ; Frederick North, assist.-paymaster, to the Formid able ; Joshua C. Robinson, chief engineer, to the Zealous ; Owen Ash Davies and James MacGough, engineers, to the Zealous ; William Read, first class assist.-engineer, to the Zealous ; William Fraser, first-class assist.-engineer, to the Dasher ; and John A. Lemon, acting second-class assist.- engineer, to the Zealous. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty :—Ebenezer Clements, chief en gineer to the Indus, for charge of the machinery of the Euphrates ; W. F. Capps, chief engineer to the Indus, for charge of the machinery of the Satel lite ; Edward W. Gordon, paymaster to the Valor ous; William A. Brown, assist.-paymaster, to the Seringapatam ; and William A. Harvey, assist.- clerk, to the Royal Adelaide. to disperse in many ca: ws. The committee of the Metropolitan 11.ssociati, )n saw their way very clear, for they gave a certain. sum of money to the clergy, with instructions how to distribute it. Mr. liAss.utp thought the lay element should be introduced. Mr. TILSON said it; 'was, for the clergyman always had his churchwardens and district visitors associated with him in such work. The Rev. W. RoGERs thought that, as the local committees were fading away, the clergy and church wardens might be made trustees for the fund. Mr. TILSON said he should have no objection to such a course. Mr. T. HANKEY, M.P., said lie was strongly in favour of co-operation and of a joint committee for the administration of the fund, except to this ex tent that the Mansion-house was a temporary fund, while the Metropolitan Association was per manent. Mr. HASSARD inquired whether there would be any difficulty in having a joint committee and blend ing the two funds ? Th e R ev . W. ROGERS said he saw no difficulty at all in such a plan. Mr. TILSON said the Metropolitan Association had received £18,500, of which they had distributed £7,010. They had appropriated £5,000 to orphans, and they had to deal with about £6,000. They considered that £3,000 of that should be reserved for the winter, that being about the ordinary in come of the association, as the clergy had told them that many persons were still out of work, and much privation might be expected in the winter. They had, therefore, about £3,000 to deal with for cho lera cases that might arise, and for convalescents. The expenses, including advertising, &c., were about £5OO. The Rev. W. ROGERS thought the association would be pretty rich during the winter, as another £3,000 would in all probability come in meanwhile. Lord EBURY said that their experience of a former cholera year led them to an entirely different con clusion. On that occasion the ordinary receipts of the association fell off greatly. After some further conversation, it was resolved " That there be joint action between the two com mittees in perfecting the returns of cholera orphans, and that another conference shall take place for the purpose of comparing lists and of deciding upon the funds at their disposal." It may be stated that of the 810 orphans men tioned by Sir Mordaunt Wells on the part of the Mansion-house Committee 59 are entire orphans, 644 have lost their fathers and :107 their mothers. Of the 616 on the list of the Metropolitan Associa tion 108 are entire orphans. The others have not been fully ascertained. The Duke of Marlborough and Mr. Henley on Agricultural Topics. WOODSTOCK, Wednesday. The annual meeting of the Woodstock Agricul tural and Horticultural Association was held here yesterday, and was followed in the evening, as usual, by a dinner at the Town-hall. The chair was occu pied by Mr. A. W. Hall, and there were present the Duke of Marlborough, the Right Hon. J. W. llenley, M.P., Colonel North, M.P., Colonel Pane, M.P., Mr. Henry Barnett, M.P., Sir Henry Dash_ wood, Bart., Lord Randolph Churchill, &c. After the usual loyal and patriotic toasts had been given, The CHAIRMAN proposed " The health of the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Oxford." The Duke of MARLBOROUGII briefly returned thanks for the compliment, and in the course of his remarks said the effect of the principle of free trade had been to discourage to some extent the growth of cereal crops in this country. It had induced us to be rather more dependent upon our neighbours, and less dependent upon ourselves, than was formerly the case, and it might be that the time was arriving when, by reason of European complications, and bad harvests, or other adverse circumstances existing in the Western hemisphere, to which we had been accustomed to look for great supplies of corn, our supplies would be cut short. He thought, therefore, that the present state of the world ought to be re garded by us as a solemn warning. Now that the price of wheat was rising, and might perhaps continue to rise to an extent altogether unprece dented of late years, it was of great importance that we should look to the cultivation and supplies of corn in our own country ; and though it was im possible to say that the duties formerly levied on corn coming into the country would ever be reim posed, we ought to take warning by what was going on around us, and to remember that English agri culture was the backbone of English prosperity, and that it was to the great meat-producing and corn producing districts of this country that we must primarily look for the maintenance of our English prosperity. (Loud cheers.) Mr. H. L. GAsicmproposed " The county Mem bers," and in doing so referred to the circumstance of one of their representatives (Mr. Henley) having served them in Parliament fornearly 30 years. That, he thought,was a significant fact, andproved pretty clearly that Mr. Henley had faithfully and conscien tiously done his duty towards all parties. Mr. HENLEY, on rising to respond to the toast, was received with prolonged cheering. He assured the company that it gave him great pleasure to be present among them on that occasion. He believed that was the 50th year he had come down to Wood stock to attend agricultural meetings. He was not, however, now referring to the gatherings of this particular association, but to an old county society, the meetings of which were held at Woodstock every alternate year. On those occasions they used to dine at 3 o'clock in a barn on the top of the hill at Old Woodstock, after which they took tea at some of the hospitable houses in the town, and then rode home as gentlemen ought to do. (Laughter.) He was sorry to say, that on looking around he saw but few—indeed he might say that he did not see one—of the faces which used formerly to be fami liar to him on those occasions. His Grace the Duke of Marlborough was the fourth holder of the title whom he remembered, and he had also been ac quainted with three generations of his friend the chairman's family. After touching upon the question of steam ploughs, and recommending their judicious use, Mr. Henley said—With regard to all the great questions which now awaited settlement, he hoped that care would be taken to weigh the interests of all parties concerned. Thus the great agricultural interest certainly ought not to be overlooked, because it should be remembered that in numbers, in pro perty, and in the amount of labour employed, the agricultural interest was second to none. (Loud cheers.) Indeed he believed he might with justice say that it stood first of all—(renewed cheers) — and therefore he hoped that they who were not apt to be so noisy, and to make so much uproar, as some other interests would not be forgotten by those who guided the destinies of the coun try. The agricultural interest might, as his grace had remarl:ed, fairly b e ca ll e d th e b ac kb one o f the country. It always had been so, and he believed it would always conti nue t o b e so, b ecause he felt quite sure that the qualities it possessed and the services it rendered made it deserving of being so. Colonel NORTH and Colonel FANE also responded to the toast. Several other toasts were afterwards given. " There is no shame to our manhood if we distrust our own ability to endure the anguish of the body. . . It is no secret that of late local anxthesia has been produced to such a degree that the patient, retaining his consciousness, can watch the surgeon's knife as it cuts to cure, and yet be without the slightest sensation 4 physical suffering."—Daily telegraph, July 13, 1865. "To none is the public more in debted than to Mr. Day."—lllustrated News, page 826, June C. "Mr. Day has succeeded in robbing tooth extraction of its horrors, and we think we are only fulfilling an act of duty in giving publicity to the fact."—Court Journal, p. 582, May 23. Painful teeth, or diseased stumps extracted without pain. No chloroform, and perfectly safe. Every description of teeth, combining the latest inventions and improvements in dental mechanism, may be procured from Mr. DAY, dentist (late principal assistant to Mr. Eskell, of 8, Grosvenor-street, W.), 291, Regent-street (3 doors from the Polytechnic). The Brackley Agricultural Society held their annual ploughing match onWedn esday, and awarded the silver modal for the best ploughing in the All England Class to Messrs. Ransomes' ploughman, James Barker. In the Boys' Class the first prize was won with a plough made by Messrs. Ransomes of the same pattern as the ono with which they won the chief prizes at the Southamption meet ing of the Royal Agricultural Society iu 1844, which is now in use in every quarter of the globe, and is, by many perwas, preferred to newer models. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. -~---- MONMOUTITS If TIZE. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held yesterday at the :offices, Newport —Mr. Crawshay Bailey, M.P., in the chair. The report, an abstract of which has appeared in 77w Sun, was taken as read. he CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the re port, said the reason they paid a less dividend than usual was because they had determined to apply. £5,000 to the relaying account. Their working ex penses were less this half-year owing to their law charges having decreased. Their line was in better order than for many years, and hence accidents were less frequent. Mr. CART - WRIGHT said he could not congratulate the proprietors on the report, for the predictions he made two years ago were now being verified. .f:C3,000 had already been paid for relaying, and there were 16 miles yet to be done. The real cause of the decrease in the dividend was, however, in his opinion, the purchase of the Brecon Canal at a cost of £65,000. They lost £3,700 per annum by that canal, and he urged upon the directors the import ance of devising some means to lessen that serious loss. A SHAREHOLDER inquired what steps had been taken to get the stock of the company quoted on the London Stock Exchange. Mr. GRATREX said they had made arrangements to get it quoted in London, but the business was chiefly on the Bristol Stock Exchange. Mr. BATCHELOR said he should like to know the earnings of the Brecon Canal. Mr. S. BATCHELOR asked whether any negotia tions were in progress with the Sirhowy Company. The CHAIRMAN, iu reply, explained that if they had not taken the Brecon Canal they would have suffered a heavy loss. The canal would have fallen into other hands hostile to them, and they would have been obliged to carry traffic at ruinous rates. There had been no negotiations with the Sirhowy since they made them the offer of 8 per cent. He added that in a short time they expected to make arrangements by whioli the Brecon Canal would not be a loss to them. Mr. S. BATCHELOR , called attention to an article in Herapath's Journal condemning the past policy of the directors, and advising the leasing of the Sirhowy, provided it could be obtained on fair terms. The CHAIRMAN said they had offered the full value for the Sirhowy. Mr. DAVID PRICE said the Sirhowy paid 11 per cent. Mr. CARTWRIGIIT concurred with the principle advocated by the writer in Herapath's Journal. No doubt they made a mistake in not securing the Old Rumney ; but, as they had bet that line, he con sidered their position as regarded the Sirhowy was materially altered. Mr. T. BROWN said, from his experience as a large freighter, he considered the purchase of the Brecon Canal was a most judicious step, and, as to the Sirhowy, 8 per cent. was the maximum they could afford to give for it. The report was then adopted, and a dividend at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum was declared for the past half-year. A vote of thanks to the Chairman concluded the proceedings. Auction " Knock-Outs." A writer in a contemporary says:—Hundreds of suf ferers from the iniquitous system of "knock-outs" at public auctions will thank you if you will use your powerful aid to suppress this vicious practice that is now become such a pest to London and its suburbs. I am assured by a firm of auctioneers that hundreds of pounds are sacrificed every week by this pernicious custom. It appears that when there is a sale of furniture the har pies who style themselves commission agents flock together and agree to a "knock-out ;" which not only means that no one of the shabby oleaginous fraternity shall outbid another, but that they shall use their united efforts to annoy and molest any honest bidder who may attend the sale. To such a pass has their audacity carried them that they have absolutely become the terror of the auctioneers. I write feelingly on the subject. My mother-in-law, a widow lady residing in the neigh bourhood of Westbourne-terrace, was, a few weeks ago, obliged, by a sudden and unexpected failure of a source of her income, to give up her house anti sell her furniture. Acting on her behalf, I got the furniture valued at ,Zl5O, being assured that that sum was the least we had to expect. In my opinion it was worth £BOO. The sale was duly ad vsrtisod in the daily journals, and the day of anxiety came at last-- for it was a day of anxiety—the trying to snatch from the fire all that was left of a tolerable fortune for a widow now too stricken in years to rough it in the world. With the sale came the "knock-out" gentry—a dirty, miserable, hand-to-mouth looking crew, who by their bois terous conduct drove every res p ec t a bl e person away f rom the drawing-room where the sale was held, even before the auctioneer had mounted the rostrum. Not knowing that I had anything to do with the sale, three of these harpies assailed me for a commission. One assured me that the things would be given away, as it was quite a "trade sale," and that ho could get the things for a mere trifle. "Besides," he said, "if you bid yourself, they will all set upon you, and make the room too hot to hold you." At this moment a largo party of respectable people entered the room and the fraternity commenced their tactics. A lady was admiring the piano (one that had cost 130 guineas at Broadwood's, and never been outside the house from the time it came from the manufactory). "Bill," says one of the unwashed, running his dirty fingers rudely along the keys, "Vy, bless mo if there ain't that old rattle-trap ye saw sold at Ealing last week. I L iver se e d s i c h a take-in in all my life. Look at that sideboard—that's been put up seven times to my certain knowledge ; it's a good sham though, isn't it ?" "Yes," replies Bill, " I've been to a good many sales in my time, but I niver see Bich a take-in as this surely." And so they went on telling the most outrageous lies about everything, and regularly frightening the people away. Having succeeded in getting the place pretty clear of all respectable people, they prepared themselves for the plunder Things were absolutely given away. Every bidder that came into the room was sot upon in a moment, and obliged either to allow the harpies to bid for him or leave the place in disgust. A friend of mine, a wino -merchant in the city, came de termined to make many purchases. I told him the system that was being carried on, and he very boldly began bid ding on his own account. In a moment the scoundrels were upon him ; they badgered, bullied, and worried him to that intense degree that he was absolutely obliged to give it up as hopeless and retire in vexation. What was the regult ? The proceeds of the sale were £207 12s. 6d., which, with all deductions of auctioneer's fees, expenses,,and advertisements, left a margin of £156 6s. And the minimum valuation was £450. It was tho hand some furniture of a large mansion, and it had beenremoved from Weymouth about two years ago at a cost of £6O. Now, sir, there was lost to this widow lady £3OO in ono day by this crying abuse ; will you not try to stop the evil for others ? I write simply for the benefit of the public, for before I, or any ono for whom I stood guardian, would submit again to the annoyance, worry, and grievous dis appointment of a sale of furniture in London by public auction, I would keep the things till the sth of November, and make friends with all the little urchins of my parish to burn them and do away with them for nothing. And how is this evil to be abated ? Let all would-be purchasers determine to employ no " commission agent" under any circumstances whatever. Let every respect able auctioneer place a placard in front of Lis desk, warning the public from having any communication with the vaga bonds, and they will soon learn to keep civil tongues in their heads, and behave in a proper, tradesmanlike manner. It is a matter of the deepest consequence, and I do not doubt but that when once it is publicly noticed, some abler pen than mine will lay the system before you in all its hide ous rascality. [ADVERT ISEMENT.]—That the fearful annual mortality of 60,00 young children and delicate persons of all ages may be arrested, if, instead of flying blindly to pills and medicines, which, though apparently relieving the patient, have in reality no other tendency than that of increasing debility, and with it the dangor of life, we were simply to study how to increase the vital force by imparting new and pure blood, upon which the harmonious development of the whole frame depends, has been successfully proved by Du Barry's inva lids' and Infants' Food, the Revalenta Arabica, and its thousands of cures annually. It yields three times as mu:th easily assimilated nourishment as the best meat, z‘nd for children it is the best substitute for human milk. Dr. Routh, physician to the Samaritan Hospital for Women and Children —the best authority on such matters —in his admir able publication on Food, says—Amongst the vegetable sub stances, that which comes closest to milk in its composition is, without doubt, Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food, con taining both phosphoric acid in abundance and chloride of potassium ; it also includes casein, the same principle which is found in milk in its constituent parts. No wonder, there fore, that under its influence many children affected with atrophy (wasting away of the body), and marked deb! ity have completely recovered. I have given it with the greatest advantage in such cases ; and so far as I may judge from my own experience, practice fully carries out what theory, from a knowledge of its composition, led us to anticipate.— In tins, 11b, 2s 9d; 21b, 4s 61 ; bib, lls ; 121 b, 22s ; 241 b, 10s.—Barry Du Barry and Co., No. 77, Regent-street, London; also Phillips, tea dealers, 8, King William-street ; likewise at 61, Gracechurch-street ; 4, Cheapside ; 49, Bishopsgate street Within ; 63, 150, and 298, Oxford-street ; 330, Strand; 14, Upper Baker-street; 10;, Tottenham-court-road; 96, Upper-street, Islington, N.; Harvey, ; Close Brothers, 65, High-street ; and Stubbs, Queen's-terrace, St. John's-wood, London; and all respectable grocers and ohs• mists.—Beware of spurious imitations. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS, - v-. a few weeks the 'political crisis in America will be decided by a great popular vote, and the unexampled exertions made by the contend ing parties show the signal importance which is at tached to the result. The whole domestic policy of the United States will be determined by the autumn elections, and in this policy on the present occasion is involved the destiny of the Union itself. In ordi nary seasons the difference between Democrats and Republicans would be of comparatively little mo ment, nor would the victory of either party decide much beyond the distribution of official patronage. Now, however, one party proposes to reconstruct the Union, and the other to leave it incomplete. We say this because, although the resolutions just adopted by the Radical Convention provide for the readmission of the Southern States to Congress, they do so only on conditions which the South will not accept. If the Republicans win, the States lately in rebellion will remain outlawed ; if the Democrats are successful, this outlawry will be re pealed and the Union will be reconstituted. This is probably one of the questions which none but Americans themselves can truly fathom. In Eng land we cannot avoid forming an opinion upon it, and that opinion, we imagine, would be generally favourable to the Democrats and their policy ; but the Republicans have such claims upon their countrymen, and they are so obviously entitled to stipulate for the fruits of the war which they brought to a triumphant end, that it would be hard to re fuse them credit either for sincerity or sagacity. We may narrow the question almost to a point, but there will still remain a great and most impor tant issue on which we can scarcely form ,a judg ment. The Southern States of the old Union re cently in insurrection have not only been de feated in the field, but they have acknowledged their defeat, and have made open professions of political submission and return to allegiance. The question is whether these professions are sufficient. The Democrats hold that they are, and would re ceive the repentant States into the body of the Union ; the Republicans hold that they are not, and would impose other conditions, which the de feated States reject. At the Philadelphia Conven tion last month the representatives of Southern opi nions who attended the meeting, and who were well known to express the real views of the South, de clared plainly and without reserve that slavery was abolished and prohibited for ever, and that there was neither desire nor purpose on the part of the Southern States to re-establish it on American soil. They declared, farther, that equal protection in every right of person and property was due to the enfranchised slaves. After this they proceeded with similar frankness to repudiate the Confederate debt, and to acknowledge as sacred and inviolate the debt contracted by the Federals, proclaiming at the same time their deliberate resolution to main tain, unimpaired and unimpeached, the honour and faith of the Republic by their performance of all national obligations whatsoever. These are the con ditions with which the Democrats are content. The Republicans want more. They do not consider the abolition of slavery complete without the full eman cipation of the slave, and this emancipation in their eyes calls for something beyond that mere " pro tection" of the negro which the Southerners are ready to guarantee. It appears from the reports of the Republican Convention that negro suffrage is to be included in the cries of the party ; but, at any rate, they propose to raise the black man to a posi tion which would not only be thought intolerable in the South, but would be by no means universally ap proved even in the North itself. Nor is this the extent of their demands. In restoring to the South the right of representation they would impose so many restric tions and establish so many disabilities that the Southern States could only be represented in prac tice by men of Northern opinions, and, indeed, it seems to be the aim of the Radical party to suppress altogether the Parliamentary expression of those principles on which the politics of the South have been based, and which, it is not to be disguised, were developed in civil war. The reader may now ap preciate, if he cannot resolve, the question before the American people. Probably they only can de cide, and in a few weeks they will decide, whether it is safe to readmit the Southern States to Congress on the terms which the South has accepted. The most remarkable incident of the struggle is the re solute and uncompromising policy adopted by the President. He, though originally a Republican, and raised to power by a Republican vote as a leader of the Republican party, has embraced the views of the Democrats on the great question at issue, and is advocating with extraordinary zeal the principles of the newly-established cause. It seems to be doubted in America whether his advocacy may not have been carried too far, but it is beyond all Inestion that he is animated by the sincerest convictions and the most genuine patriotism. lle is above all mere party spirit in the matter. He has declared in the plainest language that he has no craving for office or power, that he has no private or personal ends to serve, and that his sole anxiety is to see the Union restored on the only terms on which, according to his judg ment, the restoration is possible. Nor does anybody refuse him credit for good faith in these professions. The reconstruction of the Union by the re-admis sion of the Southern States to their rights and privi leges is undoubtedly the great object of his policy, and we in this country cannot but sympathise with him in his hopes. In fact, if we cannot weigh the two sides of the question, we can, at any rate, see the alternative practically before the American people. There is immediate restoration on one side, and protracted disorganisation on the other. If the Republicans win, the Southern States will be kept outside the Union, nobody can tell for how long. We know full well, from our own ex perience, what must come of such exclusion. The people of the South, whatever they may be at pre sent, will become a hostile, disaffected population, and our long history of penal legislation, cival disa bilities, oaths, tests, discord, agitation, and reform will be repeated in the New World. President Johnson can, at least, say for his policy that it will avert all this, that it will efface the traces of civil war, and will make all Americans one nation as be fore. The only question is whether this would be done at too great a cost. The Republicans have proclaimed as one of the maxims of their cause that " Treason, defeated in battle, shall not rule by bal lot." But what is the " treason" here anticipated ? Two years ago the Southerners, being in arms against the Union, were called traitors, but they have been vanquished, and they have read their political recantation. " The Union of the States is perpetual and cannot be dissolved " was one of the resolutions adopted at their meeting. If their past " treason" is to b e v i s i te d , b y way of punishment simply, with exclusion from Parliamentary repre sentation, the penalty may be justifiable, but the reconstruction of the Union becomes an irnpossi • bility. We do not see, however, that the theory of punishment is maintained, for even the Republicans are ready to re-admit the Southerners to Congress, though on impracticable conditions. The terms which they would enforce would give the right of representation, not to the people of the South, but to a very small minority among them. The real South would not be allowed to speak, and this inter dict apparently the Republicans actually desire to maintain. Their doctrine is that the Southern opinions which led to war should be suppressed at present, and ultimately eradicated, by the gradual inoculation of the whole South with Northern prin ciples. Thus, and thus only, they think the true policy of the Government can safely be maintained. They may possibly be right, but in this case the Union cannot possibly be restored, nor can America escape the evils of permanent discord and inrete rate popular disaffection. POST.--It is scarcely much more than twelve months that the world was shaken at its breakfast table by the magnificent roaring of an old lion against the employment of wooden ships of war. Lord Palmerston and the Duke of Somerset, Lord Clarence Paget and his colleagues, were accused of having conducted themselves with the most flagrant perfidy towards their Sovereign and their coun try in having sent out to the Mediterranean the wooden three-decker Victoria. There never was an act so monstrous in these days of iron ships. It was wholly out of the course of naval nature, and must have been generated in the igno rance, hypocrisy, and absurdity of routine beyond any example that could be found in the progressive European world of our age. For some days the roaring continued, and it was not until we ventured fo point out that the immense advantage of a three decker as the flag-ship was that she carried healthily and well the crews of three iron ships which did not happen at that moment to be fit for sea that the roaring ceased. After having terrified all the re spectably timid people out of their appetites our lion cheerfully submitted to the logic of facts, and we heard no more a b ou t woo d en ships beyond an occasional growl that they were not all broken up and " sold for firewood." Our readers will easily judge of our surprise to find our noble lion now no longer advocating the destruction of our wooden ships, but with that sort of rapturous re-agency which, under a s ec ret call for variation in his diet, is said to seize upon the buffalo, and deaf to danger, drive hi m h ea dl ong t o hi s own d es t ruc t ion, gravely proposing to e m pl o y woo de n ships for purposes of war, and particularly in attacking iron -clads. Lions, like buffalos, are subject to aberrations of intellect, but this is an extreme form of leonine in sanity for which we confess we are not prepared. Of course the lion will take command of that par ticular wooden frigate which is to be armed with the Woolwich gun, and sent to sink the iron-clad ; and, much as we shall miss his sagacious roarings, we shall look on with a calm consciousness of the Luevit- able, and watch the lion come to grief, for we hav not the slightest doubt that in an action betwee n an iron-clad a n d an unc l othed frigate t h e would be knocked into lucifer matches, and set ° fire in the first t en m i nutes. You m i g ht as w ell st match a man in his ni g ht- s hi rt w i t h b are feet agai n a burly burglar with hob-nailed boots. The r e % use of wooden frigates and ships in a maritil e ur war would be as training ships in o own waters, or as ves se l s o f d e f ence. It w°•th be cruel to send th em ou t as cru i ser s, I vi c i the chance of bei ng caug ht b y an iron-clad an is sunk. The fact is, th a t i ron as oppose d to vyo°d everywhere carrying th e d ay aga i ns t its n l :' re g combustible rival, and th e no ti on of PittlllB a wooden frigate against an iron one, because de guns carried by. each will pierce iron sides certain circumstances, and set fire to wooden side under any, could have entered the head of an 111 ' genious writer who has not yet received his tism of fire. We recommend him from choice td take the iron ship, if the opportunity offers, an if it does not, t o b e w i se an d stay ashore. -11,d the question of g uns versus ships is not set tle yet. The success o f M a j or Palliser's chilled i ron shell piercing eight i nc h es o f i ron, backed by te ak ' is not yet so c om pl e t e as to dispose of the ques t , l .,, ° for ever. The re are more ways t h an one of fit"' iron plates ; there are more ways than one of putting them on, and until it has been clearly demonstrat ed that alternate layers o f t ea k an d i ron o f t h e thicknTs of a ship's side c an b e as eas il y p i erce d as t h e s ingle layer of armour or te a k, th e quest i on can h ar dly ov, considered settled. Sir E. B e l c h er appears to be ei opinion that unless you can make your iron-Cla d quite impenetrable to s h o t an d s h e ll the armour 1 13 `,` better be stripped o ff altogether. But Sir Edwa r ' Belcher does not take his boots off because b e ocasionally gets his feet wet. It is not to be e 1 petted that we could construct a ship which ghoul be perfectly impenetrable, because the moment I f , arrive at that perfectio n , a lth oug h we ma y In the superiority whi c h it wou ld give us f or a ie43 years, other nations w ill qu i c kl y l earn it , an d t°,, necessity for having ships o f war a t a ll wou ld, by comparatively superseded. The battles of the middle ages, when arm i es manoeuvre d an d f o ught from sunrise to sunset, and lived to fight the f° .l ' lowing day, without inflicting the slightest loss upon each other, would be revived upon the sea' But this perfectio n w ill never b e arr i ve d at, feb there are always two modes of dealing with resist' ance of this kind. If y ou cannot p i erce i t b y a di rect blow from a small bore given at a high velocitYl you may crush it in by immense weight at a lei velocity from a large bore, and if there is no limit t 0 the thickness of a ship' s s id e, ne ith er i s there to to' weight and size of a gun. But how or in what de: gree the absence of perfect impenetrability on the part of iron and wood combined should be taken t d place wood only upon an equality with iron 31 ' 0 wood, or prove the co m bi na ti on o f i ron and woods be unnecessary, we are a t a l oss to divine. , should be much bett er pl ease d t o possess a few En°:o ironclads—such as they are —fitt e d f or sea ; and "0 are of opinion that so far from being a mistake, I v look upon the introduction of iron in the constrir . c . :. tion of men-of-wa r as th e very thi ng to develope our national resources, and th a t if we cannot ma ke 011 t ironclads absolutely invuln era bl e , we are no worse 10„ .__ off than our neighbou rs , w h o h ave ne i ther our " nor our skill to work it. COUNTRY MARKETS. NEWCAS T LE- ON-T YNE—T UESDAY. 01/ At our market t o -d a y th ere was a small supply o f Wl l ith from the growers , and a moderate quan tit y coas t w ise, Iv , I , little from abroad. A fair demand was ex p er i ence d for bo' d , new and old, at the full prices of Saturday, being an Vance of is per qr. on this day week. MONAIOUTIESIIIRE—TuEsDAY. The markets have be en we ll attended, and the supply o of all descriptions of grai n su ffi c i en t f or the demand. r .ri was a good inquiry f or ma lti ng barley, and grinding (P a : ties were in rather ac ti ve reques t at late quotations. Se , " - ral transactions were ent ere d i n t o f or i n f er i or d escr iptions' t The inquiry for beans was o f ra th er a li m i te d c h arac t e r, full money was obtained for English and foreign sattiPl e , " There was a moder a t e su p p l y o f oa t s, an d w hi te an d he' sorts met with a tolerably fair sale. The following are the average quotations:—Wheat, 5s 6d to 6s Od per bushel ; white, 5s 9d to Gs 3d ; fufer i „ ° d; 4s 6d to 5s Od ; malti ng b ar l ey, — s t o —s per qr ; gr„'"gc ing ditto, 30s to 32s 6d ; b eans , 44 s ; w hi te oats, 2 5 s to •••'-' black ditto, 24s 9d to 25s 6d. MELTON MOWBRAY.—TUESDAY. White wheat, 50s to 59s ; red, 45s to 55s per 30 stone; Barley for malting, 38s to 42s per qr ; feed, 31s to 35s 30 stone. Oats, old, 30s to 335; new, 22s to 30s per 2*'' Beans, old, 48s to 525; new, 45s to 48s per qr. SALISBURY.—TUESDAY. At market this morning new wheat, of which there only a moderate supply, came to hand out of conditioli Of'old there was co m p ara ti ve l y li tt l e o ff er i ng, an d hig" r r prices were again d eman d e d, w hi c h resu l ted in a f or th° rise of 2s per qr. being established on good d r y parcel fl " For barley extravagant p r i ces con ti nuo to b e asked. The..ni; was about the usual offer and an additional advance of per qr. was submitted t o . B eaus an d peas me t w i t h a 1 101. free inquiry at the full ra t es o f l as t week, and oats Nv° l. " „ likewise firm in price. The att e nd ance o f farmers millerfh and dealers was not quit e s o numerous as l as t week. „ I The following are the quotations :—Wheat realised fre 48s to 60s ; barley, 35s to 465; oats, 24s to 32s ; beans, 4 ,7 4 to 54s ; and pea s , 42 s t o 50 s per qr. T ares, f rom Gs to , 1 Gd per bushel ; Best b rea d, 13d ; h ouse h o ld ditto, 12 " per 81b loaf. Flour, 39s to 43s per sack. HULL.—TUESDAY. During the past week there has been less excitemen t a the wheat trade in this district, but prices have continn94 to advance, and the holders of dry parcels, both En 6 1 ,15 and foreign, are extremely fi rm . At our mar k e t to- 04 0 there was not much activity i n w h ea t, an d tran saction were chiefly confined to old, at last week's prices. 1") , Int" English white wh ea t, 56 s t o 60 s; re d , 52 s to 565; • sic and Konigsberg, 45s to 60s ; Baltic red, 48s to s '' ‘ , 6 o : Danish and Hamb urg , 46 s t o 50 8 ; Russian, 48 s to Dv Barley, English, — s t o — s ; grinding, Mediterranean' 31s to 31s 6d. Oat s , new E ngl i sh, 27s to 28s; BUS'a4"O 26s to 275. Beans, old English, 50s to 51s; foreign, to 475. Peas, English blue, 40 , s to 41s Od ; foreign wio""' 38s to 40s; grinding, 3Gs to 378 Od per qr. COAL MARKET. Price per ton at the close of the market. cl• s. d. 0. Walls End Hetton ... 22 6 Wallsend Haswell •22 0 2 n o Tanfield Moor Butes 15 6 Pitti ng t on 6 Hartlepool ••• " 3 Tees South Hetton 9 Byron 2O 6 W y l am l6 Framwellgato 22 6 Kelloe 0 Eden Main 20 Trimdon Grange 2O 6 Co wn d on _- - Ships at market, 60—sold, 49. COLLISION AT SEA AND Loss OF LIFE.—On Tt day morning, off the North Foreland, the scaew Wa t t . Beta, from Oporto to London, ran into the French , V l Xisto, which sank i mme di ate l y after the collision. -ie Grew were saved, and landed at Broadstairs. The steatosl3ll/ Cobden, of Scarborough, has run down the schooner VT io Cornwall, of Fowey, which sank in five minutes. master of the schooner and two others were drown° . Express. rill o [ADVERTISEMENT.] Holloway's Oi n t m e n t an d a " counteract most Diseases.—Causes which determine health or s i c k ness of large communities should be 1,0 fully investigated, an d when possible they should be r te moved. Whe re thi s i s i mpract i ca bl e t h e i r b ane f u l 01 "1 should bo mitigated by such well-known purifiers a n healers as Holloway's pills and ointment. They prol jo the hands of all sufferers the great es t b oon w h e n 1 105 , 1 t tbe the object of search, an d w h en i mme di ate restoration 101J0• only safeguard aga i ns t con ti nue d indisposition. 11 ' bit; way's remedies will succeed under the most un favour t la circumstances in casting out all i m p ur iti es , s trongthel t 0 0. every weakness, an d regu l at i ng any di sor d ere d full° b p No medicines can equal them for advancing the o„ry health and protecting delicate persons from unneceS pain. Births. ConswALLis—On the 18th inst., at Chacombe Frio* al° wife of Major C ornwa lli s, o f a. daughter. HOWE—On the 19th inst., the wife of Edward 11. of Lincoln's-inn, barrister-at-law, of a son. o'r Penn gate, the 12th inst., a t Ki ngs t on H ouse , .1.1.- C gate, the Countess of Listowel, of a son. 1•0. STURT—On the 18th inst., at 45, Efighbury New-park , William Sturt, of a son. 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