The Sun. — London, England, 1865-12-12 00:00:00

Her Majesty's Ship Minotaur. The iron frigate Minotaur, 6,621 tons, 1,250 horse power, Master F. Inglis, under the command pro tern. of Capt. F. A. Herbert, and manned by the crew of the Royal Sovereign, with supernumeraries from the Steam Reserve, went out of Portsmouth harbour yesterday afternoon, and anchored at Spit head, where she will take in her ammunition and be swung to ascertain the deviation of her compass prior to starting for Portland on her trials of com petitive 12-ton broadside gun carriages. The trials will be under the direction and superintendence of Capt. A. C. Key, C. 8., commanding the gunnery ship Excellent. Portland Roads will be made the anchorage ground on her return from each day's trial until their conclusion, when she will return to Spithead and await further orders from the Admi ralty. 'The trials were originally intended to have been made with four carriages and slides ; but one, designed by Sir W. Armstrong, not having been yet received from Elswick, they will be confined to the following three :- 1. The Admiralty wooden pattern carriage and slide, fitted with eccentric rollers and other improve ments suggested by Capt.-Key. The training gear is that of Mr. Cunningham( Patent topsail Cunning ham," as he is termed in the navy), and is precisely similar in every respect to the training gear fitted to the 12-ton broadside gun-carriage on board the Excellent, where it is spoken of as the most simple yet and yet efficient means of training hea v y g uns devised. It consists of a single port chain made fast on each side of the rear end of the slide, and leading thence by two single blocks on each side of the gun and its carriage, by the waterways to a crab winch fixed on the deck, entirely out of the way of the guns crew in working their and also from its position not gun in rapid firing, liable to injury from concussion on the ship's side being struck by an enemy's shot. The weight of the carriage is 39 cwt. 2 qrs. 4 lb.; the weight of the slide, 38 cwt. 2 qrs. 81b.—total weight of carriage and slide, 78 cwt. 0 qrs. 12 lb. The principal, or, perhaps, more correctly speak ing, the only recommendation this carriage possesses is its antiquity. Its objectionable features are the absence of an easily-worked running in and out gear, and the presence of all the inherent defects and weaknesses of a wooden gun-carriage when ap plied to mounting ordnance of such exceptional weight as guns of 13 tons. Captain Key's improve ments have, however, so effectually reformed the character and power of the carriage and its slide that it will now act as a most excellent test for com parison with the results obtained by the new pattern iron carriages and their slides. 2. The Woolwich Arsenal, or Colonel Shaw's iron carriage and slide. The carriage has single sides, strengthened with its iron framing. The com pressor is a large iron clamp athwart the bottom of the carriage, and grasping the flanges of the slide. The gun's running in and out gear is a flat endless chain, working over tooth-wheels at each end of the slide, worked by small hand-wheel levers at the rear of the slide. The slide is constructed of double T-iron. The training gear has been fitted under the superintendence of Mr. W. Lynn, assistant to Mr. Murray, the Superintending Engineer of Ports mouth dockyard. It consists of a cast-iron bracket fitted with a chain pinion, and fixed on the ship's side midway between the gunports. Upon the under side of the deck, directly below this bracket, between the ship's beams, a traverse piece of shaft ing is fixed, having a chain wheel on one end and a bevil wheel on the other, the motion to the shafting being given by means of an end less chain between the chain wheels on the bracket on the gun-deck and the similar wheel on the transverse shafting below. The bevil wheel at the other or inner end of the transverse shafting gears with a similar wheel upon a short upright spindle which passes through the deck, and there is capped by a small chain wheel. Round this wheel an endless chain passes, attached to the slide of the gun-carriage, and to a single block on the opposite ide of the carriage. The weight of the carriage is 31 cwt. 0 qrs. 21b. ; the weight of the slide, 13 cwt. 3 qrs. 181 b. ; total weight, 77 cwt. 201 b. The main features of recommendation of this carriage and slide are lightness coinbingd with strength, the acknowledged correctness of the principle on which it has becnbuilt, and the case with which all its parts can be got at and repaired in the event of temporary in jury during action without the delay of dismount ing the gun. Its features of weakness arc—a pos sible too great lightness of metal to stand without damage the shock from the discharge of a 12-ton rifled gun, a faulty application of the compressors, and an absolute want of leverage power over the running in and out gear from a want of larger pinions and lever wheels. All this would be reme dial in another carriage built on the same principle. 3. Iron carriage and slide designed by and made under the superintendence of Commander Scott, her Majesty's ship Research. This carriage has double, or box girder, sides of immense strength, and is filled in with wood to absorb the vibration of the iron if struck by the enemy's shot. The gun is run in and out by endless chains, similar to Colonel Shaw's carriage, worked by powerful pinions and hand-wheel levers, holding great control over the gun. The compressors are composed of three tapered balks of timber lying parallel with each other in the bed of the slide. From the bottom of the carriage four iron plates descend and fit in between these balks ; through the sides of the carriage and through the upper edges of these plates are fixed right and left-handed screw levers, worked by wheel levers on each side, the whole forming a fourfold com pressor of tremendous power. The slide is of equal strength and massiveness with the carriage. It is built on the box-girder principle, and traverses on raised metal racers, with hollow-soled trucks on Colonel Colquhoun's plan. The training gear forms part of the carriage and slide ; a longitudinal shaft running under the slide is fitted with pinions at either end, and works in a rack- way upon the deck next the fore-and-after racers. The gun runs in and out and trains, apparently, with great faci lity. Another means of training is fitted to this gun, which, howeve r , i s on ly a c opy of Mr. Cun ningham's plan. The weight of the carriage is 2 tons 6 cwt., and of the slide 3 tons 12 cwt., giving a total weight of 5 tons 18 cwt. The chief apparent recommendations of Comman der Scott's carriage and slide are the ease with which all its parts can be worked, and its evident ability to carry its gun and withstand the shock of its e s i p g r h es t o en f form t metal, dis charge. Its objectio nable features in w it are its evident cost of ma nufacture, and the objectionable metal rackway laid down on \ the ship's deck next to the raised metal races. All these objections are, of course, removable in a n y second carriage and slide made on the same plan. The forthcoming trials on boardthe Minotaur are of the highest importance. If our ironclads can, by the mechanical aid of improved carriages carry guns of 12-tons' weight on their broadsides, they will not only do what the ships of no other naval Power have yet attempted, but also what some of the most distinguished officers in the American navy have just declared, as the result of theirrecent experience, to be altogether impracticable. In the " Report of the Secretary of the United States Navy in relation to Armoured Vessels," printed by order of Con gress, and containing all the official reports and documents on the subject received by Mr. Gideon Welles up to March 30,1864, Rear-Admiral Golds worthy, the officer quoted, says in his 44 Opinion of Ironclads," sent to Mr. Secretary Welles, and dated March 24, 1861— tg According to my i mpress i ons, fired with a norm a l c h arge of a gun of 12,0001 b., 211 b of pow der, is about the heaviest that can be used to advan tage in the broadside part of any vessel whatever." After recommending that a gun of this weight should be made and fully tested and reported on, the Rear-Admiral adds : "I am fully aware that the New Ironsides has now on board still heavier guns and of larger calibre, carried broadside-wise —guns of 16,0001 b. in weight and 11 inches in calibre—but I am not aware that either they or their carriages, which occupy una voidably so much space, have been subjected con tinuously, in action or at sea, to the effect of the use of solid shot, with charges of powder approach ing one-fourth the weight of the projectiles. The test, no doubt, would prove palpably excessive in many respects. In all the actions of this vessel off Charleston, the rule with her, as I understand, was loaded shells with corresponding charges ; and if she ever has resorted to solid shot with a large in crease of charge, I am uninformed of the fact." Our own opinion on this subject is very well ex pressed by Capt. A. C. Key, in his official Report to the Admiralty on the smooth water trials conducted by him of the turrets and gins of the Royal Sove reign, and dated July 11, 1865. Capt. Key says, at page 3 of his Report : "No practical reasons; exist why a heavy gun should not be worked on a broadside with the same security as in a turret, and I am satisfied that there is no difference in this respect." Captain Key at the time was writing of 12-ton guns, and he here appears to accept this as the maxi mum weight of the gun to be fought through a ship's broadside port—that is a gun weighing 26,8801 b., in contradistinction to Admiral Goldsworthy's opi nion that 12,0001 b. must be the maximum weight. The American Admtral, no doubt, meant his gun to be fought under extreme conditions of weather and the ship's motion, and, unless the Minotaur be subjected to these conditions during her trials of these new iron carriages, her cruise will prove value less, and American opinion, in the main, be found correct. Whatever may be the final results of the apparently interminable " Battle of the Guns," the Admiralty by their selection of the 12-ton coil-built gun have made that weapon, for the present, the maximum of size and calibre for the broadside armament of the ironclad ships of her Majesty's navy, should the Minotaur cruise prove the sound ness of Capt. Key's opinion. In their incomplete state, as smoothbores of 10 5-inch calibre, five of these guns have been now for some time in the tur rets of the Royal Sovereign, four in those of the Scor pion, three on board the Minotaur for trials of car riages, and there are also understood to be some where about 200 more at Woolwich waiting the 9-inch rifled steel tubes with which it has been de termined to fit them. One rifled gun of the same weight, imperfect however in some part of its bore, is also on board the gunnery ship Excellent for drill purposes. When a sufficient number of the guns at Woolwich have received their steel tubes they will be exchanged for their smoothbore brethren at pre sent on board the Royal Sovereign, Scorpion, and Minotaur, and the formal entry of the gun as part armament of her Majesty's navy may then be con sidered to have been effected. Turret ships, such as we have even at present, can certainly carry and work a much heavier gun than one of 12 tons, and will doubtless receive them when we can procure them. Our present difficulty lies in providing car riages fitted with such mechanical aids as shall enable us to mount and fight such guns efficiently through broadside ports, and to meet this several inventors have come forward with carriages and their slides, and gear for running the gun in and out under suf ficient control and all the conditions of the ship's movements at sea, for training quickly and steadily to any given angle, and for elevation, depression, &c. Preliminary trials have been made with both iron and modern carriages on board the Research and Minotaur, and valuable data have been deduced ; but the first of a series of really comprehensive, com petitive trials will commence on board the Minotaur, under Capt. Key's direction, during the present week, in the generally rough waters off the Bill of Portland. The Insurrection in Jamaica. MEETING AT LIVERPOOL. A town's meeting was held in St. George's Hall, Liverpool, yesterday, convened by the mayor in ac• cordance with a requisition, to express the opinion o' the inhabitants with regard to the recent negro in _ _ surrection in Jamaica, and the conduct of Governor Eyre. The Mayor (Mr. J. Farnworth) presided. The CHAIRMAN said the requisition which the meeting had heard read spoke for itself. He was quite aware that upon this subject a great diversity of opinion existed ; and, perhaps, if he had been allowed to have his own way, that meeting would not have been called. (Hear, hear.) He himself would not express an opinion on this important subject. Representations had been made to the Government, and the Government had already stated that the most strict and searching inquiry, not only as to the rebellion itself, but as to the man ner in which it was supprcseed, would be instituted, and he was sure that any discussion which might arise would be of the most moderate and Christian- like descrirtion. They must all admit that a great rebellion—a rebellion which seemed to have been promoted by great malice—had broken out in Ja maica, and that a great number of lives had been lost. (Interruption.) The Government had stated that an inquiry of the most strict character would be instituted as to the means taken to suppress the outbreak, and he thought they would all agree with him that what might be done that day should.be done more with the intention of assisting the Go vernment than of complaining of what had been al ready done. They were met neither on the one hand to condemn the Government of Jamaica, nor to say on the other hand that the rebellion had been brought about without sufficient cause. The Rev. Canon M'NEILE moved the following resolution :—" That we, the inhabitants of Liver- pool, in public meeting assembled for the purpose of urging upon her Majesty's Government the ap pointment of a commission to inquire into the causes of the late insurrection in the eastern part of Jamaica, and whether the means by which it has been suppressed have or have not been in violation of the constitution, have heard with much satisfac- tion that such a commission has been appointed, and trust that its investigations will prove searching and effective." Their object in view from the first, in calling this meeting, had been a mode rate one—not to prejudge, but to inquire. (Hear.) The reason which the mayor had assigned for not approving of the meeting was one of the reasons which he (Canon IWNeile) thought to be good for approving of it, namely, that there existed a great variety of opinion. It was difficult even to state the case without exciting that diversity of opinion, but he believed that something had occurred which they all agreed in thinking and feeling to be very distressing. A collision had taken place between the inhabitants of a district in Jamaica and the go verning authorities of the island ; extreme violence had been used ; many valuable lives lost ; martial law proclaimed ; and military executions had fol lowed. This much was admitted, and this much seemed to him quite sufficient to justify them in en deavouring to ascertain, as far and as accurately as possible, what had led to these disastrous events. He had been asked why an inquiry should take place in this case any more than in the Indian mutiny. But the cases were not parallel. In the Indian mu ti ny th e y were k e pt on self-defence for a by lon g ti me __ an open declaration of war against the authorities, te a l t l x i d before the tide turned so that r etaliation could t a k e l they intelligence. In th w e e r e i othern possessioncase ofauthenticth e offence and the retaliation were reported by the same mail. The locality, too, of Jamaica was pecu liar ; there were no special ,4 newspaper correspon dents" there when the disturbances occurred ; and in the absence of reliable information we naturally turned to our own Government, who had the power o f ascertaining, by a grave judicial inq u i r y, what actually had taken place. The statements as to the origin of the rebellion were extremely contra dictory. One authority, for instance, had said that for the last eight years, all had been going to ruin on the island ; while another stated that, in 1862, the governor found 456,000 negroes in full pros perity. (Hear, •hear.) Hence the necessity for in quiry. Perhaps, if they went back a littlefurther into the antecedents of the island they might find some of the roots of the causes that had led to the pre sent outbreak. When this great country broke the chain of slavery in the West Indian colonies, and paid the money for compensation, she thought she had done all, and she did no more. The prophets of the evils that would result from emancipation took no step to prevent the evils which they had foretold, and the prophets of good took no adequate steps to secure the benefits which they anticipated, and, therefore, both were to blame. (Hear, hear.) He felt persuaded that meeting would unite with him in the declaration that no adequate steps were taken by either party to render liberty a real blessing to the negro. (Cheers.) Further still, the greater part of the proprietors of West India plantations were deeply THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 12, 1865. mortgaged, and a very large proportion of the com pensation money instead of going to them went to the mortgagees, who were resident in England, and the proprietors were left in a state of pauperism. The speaker cited a case where five estates had been preserved in cultivation by the energy and expendi ture of the landlords, but where 15 had been allowed to go out of cultivation in consequence of the pauper ised condition of the proprietors, and as had been forcibly said—" the bush had been made to grow up between the negro and civilisation." Having re commended an Incumbered Estates Court system for the island of Jamaica, the rev. doctor concluded by expressing a hope that in this case, as in most events of an apparently disastrous nature, " good would come out of evil." (Cheers.) Mr. J. CROPPER felt very deeply and deplored very sincerely the state of things in Jamaica, not on account of the island itself, but on account of the freedmen inAmerica. America was watching us very closely, to see what we would do. We boasted of the great things we did in emancipating the slaves, and it was our duty to carry out and accomplish the 1 great work of our fathers. In conclusion, he cor dially seconded the resolution so ably and satisfac torily proposed by the Rev. Canon M‘Neile. Mr. E. LAWRENCE (ex -Mayor) supported the re solution. Mr. F. SIIAND proposed the following amendment " That this meeting, while deeply deploring the late rebellion in Jamaica with its consequences, and de siring the fullest inquiry into the circumstances, consider that the mode of conducting such inquiry is best left in the hands of her Majesty's Govern ment." Mr. Shand said he thought his resolution, being briefer and to the same purpose as the original resolution, it would be more appropriate to the oc casion. The proceedings of the meeting had taken a different course from what he had anticipated, and he was glad to find that there would not be, as he feared, any attempt to prejudge the case. Amidst considerable confusion Mr. Shand handed his amend ment to the Mayor. Mr. B. HALL seconded the resolution, and said he had no wish to prejudge the case on either side ; but having been personally connected with Jamaica for 30 years, and having travelled there last year, he would tell them something of the real condition of that island, and of the black population. Here the speaker was so violently interrupted that, after vain attempts to make himself heard, he retired, and Mr. Shand then withdrew the amendment, amidst loud cheers and hisses. The Mivon then put the original resolution, which was carried nent con. The Rev. W. M. TAYLOR moved—" That the Mayor be respectfully requested to forward a copy of the resolution now adopted to the Right Hon. Earl Russell." The rev. gentleman thought that the only matters to which they should direct attention were the appointment of a commission, and the powers with which that commission would be armed. He urged that the gentlemen forming the commis sion should be well qualified by intelligence and po sition to act—that they should be gentlemen of per fect independence, who had no preconceived opinions on the subject, and as far as possible removed from being partisans. They wanted a searching, patient, and impartial investigation, and the commission should be empowered to investigate all matters, long antecedent to the outbreak, which might bear upon the question. Mr. Councillor CIIILTON seconded the motion, remarking that a searching inquiry was alike due to Governor Eyre and the Government of this country. The motion was carried. bate, that the case that was submitted to the At torney and Solicitor-General, and upon which their opinion with reference to the illegality of the pro posed change in the constitution of the Commission of Sewers was founded, was got up either by him self or by some other member of the commission, and was not fairly and truthfully stated. He said he thanked God that he could state that he had never seen the case until the opinion was given, and that it was prepared by their solicitor upon his own respon sibility, and under the instructions that were given him. He then proceeded to reply seriatim to the different charges that had been brought against the commission, and contended that nothing had been shown that would justify any candid or reasonable person in coming to any other conclusion than that the Commissioners of Sewers, whether with refer ence to cleansing the streets, to public improve ments, or any other of the important subjects en trusted to them, had performed the duty zealously and to the best of their ability, and that there were no just grounds of complaint against them. (Hear.) He had had the honour of being elected chairman of the commission, but if the object that was sought to be attained was that he should be re moved from that office—and he really could hardly imagine what was the precise object some of the parties who had taken an active part in the present movement had in view—all he could say was that he was quite ready to resign that office at any time when he should be called upon to do so, and the only result would be that he would be able to de vote a great deal of time to his own private pur poses which was now occupied in the public inte rest. Mr. De Jersey then referred to the various acts of Parliament under which the Commission of Sewers exercised its powers, and expressed his opi nion that the court would be acting in contraven tion of these acts of Parliament, and particularly of the one passed in 1848, if they agreed to a motion like the present, and that it would have a most mis chievous and injurious effect in their relations with Parliament and the Government. Mr. RUDKIN then briefly replied, urging that the court had full powers to take the course that was suggested, and he expressed his opinion that instead of such a proceeding being likely to be attended with evil consequences to the corporation, it would be the commencement of a new and vigorous life. The question was then put, and the Lord Mayor declared the amendment to be carried. A division was demanded, when there appeared— For the amendment Against it 7O 12 The announcement was received with loud cheers. Mr. MEDWIN was then about to propose another amendment, it being half-past 4 o'clock, and there were loud cries of " adjourn." Mr. MAYNARD moved that the court do now ad journ. The motion was put to the show of bands and declared to be carried. A division was, however, called for, and there appeared — For the adjournment Bl Against it 66-15 The court consequently at once adjourned amid a scene of great confusion. SPIRIT OF T JOURNALS Ties.--We are gradually approaching a ques- tion of vital importance to the efficiency of the Navy. Our iron-clad fleet has recently been strengthened by successive additions, exhibiting an enormous increase of defensive power, until at length we possess a vessel which may be expected to resist even a shot of 6001 b. The Hercules, one of Mr. Reed's ships, is completely proof against a 300-pounder, and will be so plated along her water line as to repel a ball of twice that weight. All this time, however, we have made little or no ad vance in the way of offensive armament. Even the 300-pounder gun is not actually received into the service, so that our progress is on the side of the ships alone. For this there are good reasons. We can make ships carry armour more easily than we can make them carry cannon. The sides of a man of -war are now as thick as the walls of a feudal castle, and yet the vessels are as fleet and buoyant as ever ; but when it comes to mounting heavy guns upon these batteries we soon find ourselves checked. It was thought a few years ago that the 68-pounder was about the heaviest piece that could be successfully carried and worked in a ship's broad side. This gun weighed 95cwt., or about 10,0001 b., and the Americans are still of opinion that a gun of 12,0001 b. represents the maximum of size admissible under such circumstances. Of course, they have far heavier guns in use, but they carry them in turrets, and so, it is said, must we. This proposal, however, opens another question. It is proved that very heavy cannon can be worked in turrets, but it is not proved that turret ships can be made seaworthy or commodious vessels. Moreover, we have got some magnificent ironclads constructed on the broadside principle, and if these cannot, by some means or other, be made to carrybatteries of effectivestrength, they must either be reconstructed or be lost to the service altogether. So it becomes of infinite import ance to ascertain by practical experiment whether guns above a certain weight can or cannot be carried in our first-rate ironclads, and what are the limits imposed upon us in this arrangement. Great pro fessional authorities have asserted that any gun which can be carried in a turret can be carried in a broadside, but the contrary opinion has also been strongly defended, and is very widely entertained. Nothing, it is obvious, can solve this question but experiment, and the experiment, we are glad to say, will commence this morning. The Minotaur is, or, at any rate, is intended to be, one of our finest iron dads. She was designed as an improvement on the Warrior herself, and it happens that she may be seen, beautifully modelled, in the South Kensington Museum. But it is still a question whether this noble ship can carry such guns as would be required to render her battery effective, and accordingly she will put to sea to-day to make trial of her capa cities. A report which we publish in another column will explain the conditions of her trip. She takes out three guns of the new pattern, each weighing 12 tons, and throwing a 3001 b shot, and each of these pieces is mounted on an experimental carriage. The trial, therefore, will•be competitive in one sense—that is to say, each carriage will be carefully tested, and the advantages or disadvan tages of the several patterns will be compared and balanced. But it cannot be dissembled that the experiment will have another and a more compre hensive aspect. It is possible that the Report may be unfavourable to all the patterns together, and that the capacity of a man of war to carry 300- pounders in broadside may be left doubtful still. In that event we shall find ourselves in a strange di lemma, for it will appear as if really good ships and really good guns are not to be obtained at once, and as if we must sacrifice either the vessel to the armament or the armament to the vessel. That these new 12-ton guns can be carried in turrets is beyond a doubt, but then it has never been ascer tained whether turret ships can be made good sea going vessels. We have reason to believe, on the other hand, that the Minotaur is as good a vessel as an ironclad can be, but then we do not know that she can carry 12-ton guns. If she fails to do so, we shall have to invert the experiment, and send out a turret ship to see whether she is seaworthy and habitable. The Americans have furnished no information on this point, unless, indeed, the fact itself may be thought to convey some intelli gence. They have a large fleet of ironclads, built almost exclusively on the turret principle, but not one of these vessels have they ventured to send to sea. Only just now have they decided on making the attempt with the latest and most satisfactory of their specimens. The Monadnock was the last Monitor launched, and so pleased was Admiral Porter with her performance that he declared he could take her across the Atlantic. She is now selected to accompany three wooden frigates to the Pacific, and there reinforce the United States' squadron in those waters, so that we may, perlraps, learn something fioin the history of her cruise. With this exception, however, the Americans have allowed it to be inferred that their turret ships are floating batteries, but nothing more. Many—indeed, most—American ships carry 8-ton, or, as they are called, 11-inch guns, but they are mounted on pivots. This was the gun with which the Kear sarge sank the Alabama, and which did such good service in other actions of the war. We could mount such guns on pivots too, but that principle would only bring us round to the turret in the end, for a turret gun is a pivot gun protected. The truth is, the artillerists have overtaken the naval archi tects, for they have been allowed more unbounded scope for their designs. In guns we have got to a 600-pounder ; in ships, we have .not got beyond a broadside vessel. Mr. Reed has produced several novelties, and with at least the merit of despatch. He is of opinion, too, we believe, that his ships can carry these new guns, but that has not been proved. What ought to have been proved long ago, but is still left uncertain, is whether a kind of vessel which we know call carry cannon of any weight can also lodge a crew comfortably, and be in all respects a safe and commodious cruiser. It is possible, cer tainly, that the Minotaur may relieve us from the trouble of instituting this inquiry, by demonstrating the capacities of a broadside vessel to do all that is necessary ; but in a matter so important we might as well have had the two strings to our bow, As it is, the qualifications required to make a really good man-of-war are divided between two classes of ves sels. The Minotaur represents a fine seagoing ship ; the Royal Sovereign represents a formidable floating battery. We are nnw going to try whether the .Minotaur cannot be made to carry the Royal Sovereign's guns ; but we ought also to have tried whether a Royal Sovereign could not be built with the seagoing capacities of the Minotaur. It must not be forgotten that this ship which is now to be thus tested represents the first and most powerful class of our new fleet. The powers of Mr. Reed's vessels remain still to be shown, but at present the Minotaur herself, the Agincourt, the Northumberland, the Achilles, the Black Prince, and the Warrior are our six first-rates. These are the specimens in which our ironclad fleet surpasses the fleets of other countries, and it is, therefore, of no slight importance to discover, if possible, some method of arming them with the most powerful guns known. The experiments now to be com menced will illustrate the question for us, though they will not exactly decide it. It will be discou raging if the resultstell against all the gun-carriages alike, but still the resources of our inventors may not have been exhausted in these three models. All we know at present is, that before our best ships can carry the best guns some new mechanism must be devised. The approaching experiments will re present the first essays in this direction, but, what ever the result, we should be very sorry to regard them as the last. HERALD.—Every royal family in Europe is placed iu mourning by the death of a king. Many royal families have lost a kinsman in King Leopold of Belgium. The uncle of our Queen, once the Prince Consort of England, closely related to the father of our Princes and Princesses, son-in-law of Louis Philippe, King of the French, and connected by the marriage of his son with the house of Austria, the King of the Belgians, in dying, has left a gap in the ranks of many princely families. He was a man of remarkable ability, and not less remarkable good fortune. It does not fall to the lot of every man of ability to play the prominent part in the world for which his talents have quali fied him. Still less commonly does it happen that a man has a second chance in his life of attaining distinction after having lost the first. Leopold might have lived and died an obscure member of the obscure ducal house of Saxe-Coburg. He grew up in critical times, in times of constant change, of political convulsion, of sudden reverses and startling strokes of fortune. When the mili tary adventurer, the unknown hanger-on to the fol lowing of 'Alexander of Russia, coming to London by chance in 1814, found grace in the eyes of the coveted heiress of England—when, after Waterloo, being called to Vienna by the Congress, he heard that he was the accepted suitor of the Princess Charlotte, the star of the young Prince seemed to have reached its zenith, and an opportunity opened to him which seemed to cast into the shade the wildest dreams of ambition, the most enthusiastic flights of fancy, In 1816 he became in a moment the foremost man in England next to the King. In 1817, when the Princess died in childbed, he fell, as it were, from his high estate, and subsided into a poor pensioner on Imperial bounty. But the days in which he lived were rich in opportunities to princes. After 14 years of waiting and dignified retirement two European thrones were successively thrown into the market. The Allies, who had con : quered Napoleon, were driven by the force of events and the power of public opinion to carve out new states in the south and west of Europe—one from the chaos of the ill-governed Greek provinces of Public Debt of the United States. The following progressive statement of the public debt is at once valuable and instructive : Outstanding March 4, 1861 568,527,686 09 71 June 30, 1861 June 30, 1862 „ June 30, 1863 „ June 30, 1864 „ July 31, 1865 „ Aug. 31, 1865 „ Sept. 30, 1865 „ Oct. 31, 1865 It will be seen by the above table that the debt reached its highest point in the latter end of July last ; since then it has steadily moved downward, and must continue to move downward until the burden is entirely removed, which cannot be at that period in the far distant future which the enemies of the Union have been so long pre dieting. Another matter that has seen the light in advance of the publication of the Treasury report is the statement of the receipts and expenditure of the Government, for the fiscal year ending Juno 30, 1865, and for the first quarter ending Sept. 30, 1865, of the current fiscal year. These statements are not generally published until they appear in the re , port, but the following figures were obtained directly from the Treasury Department, and will be found correct. For the fiscal year encl4ig June 30, 1665, the financial state ment of the United States is as follows: RECEIPTS. Balance from June 30, 1864 Receipts front loans $1,475,590,740 85 Internal revenue ... 209,464,215 25 Customs ... 84,928,260 60 Miscellaneous ... 39,760,371 3 Direct tax ... ... • 1,200,573 3 Land sales ... 996,553 31 War Department ... 6,160,554 27 Navy Department ... 7,787,268 69 Interior Department 179,719 81. $96,739,905 03 1,826,077,256 84 Deduct repayments, &c. 24,282,599 63 1,801,794,657 21 Total receipts in Treasury ... ... $1,898,534,563 14 EXPENDITURE. For Public debt ... $695,168,336 31 Civil List ... ... 40,346,543 63 War Department ... 1,037,483,885 36 Navy Department 130,400,213 98 Interior Department 21,633,368 32 1,925,052,347 60 Deduct withdrawals, &c. 27,378,123 21 Total expenditure ... ... ... $1,897,674,224 39 Balance in Treasury 860,338 74 For the first quarter ending September 30, 1865, of the current fiscal year, the statement is as follows : RECEIPTS. Balance from Juno 80, 1865 ... $860,338 74 From Customs ... C 7,000,583 0 Land sales ... ... 132,890 0 Internal revenue ... 96,618,885 0 Miscellaneous 295,179,906 26 Total receipts $439,892,603 0 EXPENDITURE. Civil list ... $185,154,105 0 Interior Department and pensions . 7,794,171 0 War Department ... 165,369,237 0 Navy Department 16,521,402 0 Total expenditure $374,836,915 0 Balance ... 665,056,688 _ 0 With this balance in the Treasury, which, if the taxes be kept up, will be increased at the end of every quarter, the secretary proposes to begin at once the contraction of the currency and the payment of the debt, and every well wisher of his country should bid him God speed. Of the estimates of appropriations by Congress for carrying on the Government during 1866 nothing authentic has yet been made public, but they are believed to amount in the aggregate to less than $350,000,000, so that a large accu mulation of the revenue for the payment of the debt is assured. EMIGRATION TO CANADA.—The immigration re turns to Canada, showing the number who arrived at the port of Quebec, from the opening of navigation to the Ist of November, have been published. With regard to steerage passengers, the returns aro as follows:—From England, 7,343 ; Ireland, 4,227 ; Scotland, 2,066 ; Germany, 1,408 ; Norway and Sweden, 3,378 ; total, 18,722, being 1,001 more than in the corresponding period of last year. The destination of passengers is stated as follows: Eastern townships, 129 ; Montreal, 1,105 ; central dis tricts, 325; Toronto, 727; west of Toronto, 785. The total for Canada is set down at 3,450 ; for the United States, 12,046. 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It will be remembered that on the former ocea , sion Mr. Rudkin, the chairman of the special coin mittee appointed to consider the subject of the con stitution of the Commissioners of the City of Lon don, brought up a report which recommended that instead of one commoner from each ward being cli _ Bible to sit as a Commissioner of Sewers, every commoner who was eligible should have that privi- lege, thus virtually throwing the court open to every member of the Court of Common Council. He moved that the report be agreed to, to which Mr. Gover proposed, as an amendment, that it was not expedient to increase the number of the Commis sioners, and after some discussion had taken place the consideration of the matter was postponed until yesterday, the Lord Mayor having named the ear liest possible day for the discussion of the subject. A long and animated discussion then took place, in which most of the leading members of the court took a part. Mr. li.. N. PHILIPS said he should support the re port, and he observed that in Manchester, Liver pool, Leeds, Hull, and other large towns, the cor porations did not entrust the important powers that were vested in the Commissioners of Sewers to any other body than themselves, and he thought the same system ought to be adopted in the City of London. Mr. LAWLEY also supported the report, on the ground that under the present system some of the largest and wealthiest wards in the City were, in his opinion, not sufficiently represented at the Sewers Commission, and that on this account a change was desirable. Mr. PEDLER opposed the report, and he suggested that instead of what was proposed to be done by the special committee he thought it would be the best course to strike off all the deputies who were ex-officio members of the Sewers Commission, and appoint the same number of commissioners from the different wards in their place. Mr. FRICKER expressed his opinion that the pre sent proceedings were merely intended as a hustings' cry for St. Thomas's-day, and he could state as a fact that many members had been threatened that they would not be re-elected if they did not support the motion. He believed that a great many votes would be obtained from members who would be afraid of losing their seats if they did not support the motion; and although he felt humiliated that this should be the case, he was determined to act con scientiously and without any fear of the consequences, and should support the amendment, believing, as he did, that there was not the slightest occasion for the sweeping change that was sought to be carried out in the constitution of this important branch of the corporation. (Hear, hear.) Mr. DE JERSEY, the Chairman of the Commission of Sewers, next addressed the court, but before he did so he said he should like to ask the Recorder to give an answer to a communication he had ad dressed to him a day or two ago, requesting him to state whether the Commissioners of Sewers could legally delegate the powers vested in them to com mittees in the way that had been suggested by the supporters of the present motion ? The RECORDER said that he had considered the subject attentively, and in reference to the various acts of Parliament conferring powers on the Com missioners of Sewers, and he was of opinion that they could not legally delegate those powers to com mittees, and that if they did their acts would not be binding. It had been suggested, he said, that the act of Parliament known as Michael Angelo Taylor's the opinion act would have some bearing upon the matter, and he had referred to it, and it did not in any way affect h N S beenhcatohelhle had formed on the matter. (Hear.) T G C E O AI L T U ' IT e who concurred in t `vas h e opiniona p pe appealed d thatt o saidhd , expressed entirely E R h y then the addressed Recorder. the court( H e a r , at h e e a o r n . ) Mr. DE JERSEY siderable length, and he complai n ed o f the great amount of warmth and personality that had been introduced into the debate by some, of the speakers, and said it was a portion of the " vindictive hound ings" to which he had been subjected during the last two years in reference to this question. Mr. ROWE rose to order, and complained of such an expression as " vindictive houndinga" being made use of by any member of that court. Mr. DE JERSEY said it was not his expression, but one that had been made use of by other parties in reference to himself. (Hear, hear.) He then pro ceeded to state that with regard to the charge that had been made by an hon. member during the de- Turkey, the other from the Catholic provinces of County Penn., yielding, the Oil News States, about forty the Scheldt and the Meuse, which in a moment of five gallons to the ton. generosity had been given to the narrow-minded The oil wells of Canada West are said to be an Princes who ruled in Holland. Among the Allies established fact. They are situated near the Thames England was still paramount. Of the multitude of River, in the vicinity of Bothwell. The Toronto papers claimants to the Greek throne Prince Leopold was state that seven are already giving oil at the rate of from chosen, in the year 1830, as the most worthy. He 30 to 40 barrels a day, and the region has every indication would have accepted the offer if his patrons had o f b e i n g well stocked with the article. So Professor Hall, been less ungracious, his promised subjects more the geologist, and the experienced oil-prospecter, says. tractable. Lord Aberdeen, the Prime Minister of Bothwell is rapidly becoming a thriving town—buildings the day, refused to listen to the proposal of adding o f var i ous ki n d s going up, the Great Western Railway is Candia to the kingdom of Greece, or of obtaining a enlarging its accommodations, land sales and high prices guarantee from Turkey that she would abstain the order of the day. from interference with the newly-organised kingdom. On the other hand, Count Capo d'lstria, the provi sional President, responded so coldly to a letter sent to him by Prince Leopold, and made such bitter complaints of the interference of the allied powers that the Sovereign Elect repented of his bargain, and broke it off before the act was concluded. Another great opportunity was given him, and of that he availed himself. After the Belgian Chambers bad made an absurd selection of a number of impossible persons to fill the throne which had been created by the intervention of the Allies between the recusant Belgians and their arrogant Dutch rulers, the Great Powers took the matter in hand, and it was agreed that Leopold should be recommended as the choice of England, on the understanding that he should marry the daughter of the King of the French. The Belgians accordingly choose Leopold for their king. He ascended the throne in 1831. In 1832 he married the Princess Louise of Orleans, and in the same year the French and English established his power by expelling the Dutch from Antwerp. Since that time he has had difficulties to contend with in con sequence of the continual struggle between the Liberal and the Catholic party in,Belgium, but he has fairly surmounted them all, and maintained order by the simple rule of changing his Ministers and his policy from time to time in accordance with the verdict of the intelligent majority of his people. Belgium, like England, has been governed consti tutionally, and the great example of freedom which. England has set before the world has been exhi bited nearer home to the Continent of Europe in Belgium. No one who had been like Leopold, a man of rare moderation and of such sagacity that he knew precisely when to relax and when to tighten the reins, could have sat for so long a time so securely on his throne and have main tained his popularity with such a turbulent people. The King over a neutralised state, secure from war, and guaranteed against foreign aggression, King Leopold, by his connections, by his ante cedents, and by his sympathies, stood in the rare position of a neutral and impartial potenate, be longing to no alliance, and depending upon no clique. He came from England, a Prince of the blood, a naturalised British subject. He had allied himself by marriage 'with the King of the French. He was indebted for his throne to the Five Great Powers who remodelled the map of Europe in the Congress of Vienna. A pleasing reminiscence gave him also some feeling in common with their arch enemy, for the unfortunate Napoleon had taken kindly notice of him at Erfurt. When the nephew of the exile of St. Helena supplanted his father-in law as the chosen of the French people, the King of the Belgians had nothing to fear from his hostility. His neutral position has made him for years past the arbiter of Europe, and caused him to be appealed to in many delicate and difficult questions. Since the death of Prince Albert the Queen has looked upon him as her most trustworthy friend and counseller, and the whole race of younger Sovereigns, having respect to his 75 years passed in honour, has looked upon Leopold of Belgium almost as a father. It is said that his last act was to write letters to the Queen of England and the Emperor of the French. If he has appointed the two most powerful Sove reigns of the world his executors—if he has solemnly committed to their care and honourable keeping that Belgium, that helpless little kingdom which was given to him by Europe, we may hope that Bel gium will rest secure under Leopold 11., and that we may regard as idle talk those rumours of spolia tion, of annexation, of partition, with which the columns of the press of the Continent are now filled ,o overflowing. (From E. F. Satterthwaite 4- Co.'s Weekly Circular,Dec.6.) Our advices from Now York, by the Cuba, are to the 21st Nov. ; ,they report a steady demand for Government Securities, at about former rates. The market for Rail road Stock was tolerably active, especially for shares in the western roads, which, on large traffics, were in request. Chicago and North Western were quoted $3, and Illinois Central $1 higher. Railroad Mortgages and State Stocks were inactive, but Georgia and Virginia Sixes were each reported at an ad vance of two per cent. Money was abundant at seven per cent. Gold steady. _ _ _ id Greencastle, we have received the following quota- tions, being to the 25th Nov. :-- • United Sates 5-20's ...104 Erie, Common Illinois Centrals 133 Gold l6O The following is the return of the New York Banks : Discounts. Specie. Cirbulation. Deposits. $ $ 8 Nov. 11, 224,005,572 11,995,201 13,82 $ 5,209 174,199,4 42 Nov. 18, 224,741,853 12,449,989...14,333,168 173,640,464 ATLANTIC AND GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. The following notice has been officially posted in the Stock Exchange : " The Consolidated Bank, Limited, have received the sum of thirty three thousand and three pounds ten shillings (£33,003 10s.) from the earnings of the month of October of the Atlantic and Great Western Railway for the rrAilli of Trustees' Coupon Account. " London, 4th December, 1865." We wish to draw the attention of our friends to the Prospectus no, before the public of the Consolidated Mortgage Sterling Bonds of the Atlantic and Great Western Railway, and, in doing so, would observe that the divisional section of this undertaking are now, by laws of the separate States, merged into one consolidated cor poration, having a consolidated: capital of Shares and Bonds. This step had long been desirable, from the un certainty in the public mind as to the amount and disposition of capital which the construction of the road in different sections rendered unavoidable, and we are now glad to place before our friends, in a concise form, the actual position of the Company, and the clearly defined basis on which it exists. As regards the present issue, we think it must commend itself to the attention of investors, as from the facts stated in the prospectus, it will be seen that it offers a security certainly equal to the Bonds of our best English railways, and the income secured is quite double that which similar home securities would afford, for taking into account the discount allowed on prepayment of calls, and the coupon due on the 15th January next, the Bonds, at the issuing price of 80 per cent., will yield to an inves tor, paying up in full an allotment, £9 Os. sd. per cent. per annum for 25 years, and at the end of that time a bonus of 20 per cent. Tho Great Western of Canada traffic, for week ending Nov. 17, 1865, £16,651 4s. Bd. sterling, on 345 miles, or £4B ss. 3d. per mile per week. Nov. 18, 1864, £11,54 6 19s. sterling, on 345 miles, or £33 9s. 4d. per mile per week. The Grand Trunk of Canada traffic is, for week ending Nov. 11, 1865, £30,829 sterling, on 1,377 miles, or £22 7s. 9d. per mile per week. Nov. 12, 1864, £21,826 sterling on 1,335 miles, or £l6 6s. 11d. per mile per week. The Detroit and Milwaukee traffic is, for week ending Nov. 16, 1865, £8,293 11s. 3d. sterling on 189 miles, or £43 17s. 7d. per mile per week.:Nov. 17, 1864, £6,795100. 10d. sterling on 189 miles, or £35 19s. Id. per mile per week. _ _ The London market for American securities has sym pathised with the general markets in dulness and inacti vity during the past week, but, on the whole, prices have been fairly maintained. United States, 5-20 Bonds show a fractional decline, closing 641. Illinois Shares have also receded three quarters of a dollar, being last quoted 821 to 1, but Eries have again improved one and-a-half per cent., or to 581 to 591. The issue of the Consolidated Mortgage Bonds of the Atlantic and Great Western Railway appears to have been well received. We anticipate that the subscription list for this loan will be closed before our next. OFFICIAL TRANSACTIONS FOR THE WEEK.—United States 6 per Cent 5.20 Bonds, 1822: Thursday, 641 1 1 ; Friday , 65 41 1; Saturday, 641 ; Monday, 641 5 ; Tuesday, 6 1 1 ; Wednesday, 641 11. Virginia 6 per Cent. Dollar Bonds: Friday, 43; Saturday, 435 ; Monday, 431 ; Wednesday 421. Atlan. and Gt. Western (N.Y. Sect.), Ist Mrt. Bonds, 1880: Friday, 791 ; Saturday, 80 ; Monday, 80 ; Tuesday 795 80 ; do. (Penn. Sect.) Ist Mrt. Bonds, 1877 ; Wednes day, 801 79. Erie Shares, $lOO, all paid : Thursday, 5 7 1 871 4 ; Friday, 591 1 9 ; Saturday, 581 91 ; Monday 591 1 5 ; Tuesday, 59 ; Wednesday, 69 81 ; do 6 per Cent. Debenture Scrip: Thursday, 1 1 pm; Friday, 11 1 1 pin Saturday, 11 pm ;Monday, 1 Ipm ; Tuesday pm ; Wednesday, 11 5 pm; Illinois Central 6 per Cent. Bonds, 1875: Thursday, 81; Friday, 82 ; do. Shares, all paid : Thursday, 821 31 ; Friday, 821 3 ; Saturday, 825 31; Monday, 821 3 ; Tuesday, 821 1 ; Wednesday, 821; delphia and Erie First Mortgage, 1881: Saturday, 751. American Financial and Commerical - s-- The following finance and trade report is taken from the New York Shipping and Commercial List of November " The movement in general trade continues slow, and business in both foreign merchandise and domestic pro duce is light. We notice an active speculative movement in soma articles, however, which have considerably ad vanced, but on the whole the markets are dull, the mer chants evincing a disinclination to operate extensively until after Congress shall have assembled, and the tariff and other important questions shall have assumed some definite shape. "The gold market remains steady. Nearly all the trans actions since our last have been at 146 i to 147 per cent. The market closed steady. "Foreign exchange has been in fair demand, and rates remain without essential change. "The money-market remains easy at 7 per cent. for all loans, and a good part of the business is doing at a lower rate, and the tendency is downward. Discounts continue active, and rates vary all the way from 7 to 12 to 15 per cent. We quote : Per Cent Per Annum Loans on call, stock securities Do., bond and mortgage 7 Prime endorsed bills, 60 days 7 to 8i Do., three to four months 7l 8 First class single names 8 9 Other good t bills "Government securities have boon irregular, and prices have alternately advanced and declined. Yesterday the market was depressed, and the prices were generally a trifle off. We quote : United States' 5-20 Sixes, Registered 1862...100/ to 101} United States' 5-20 Sixes, Coupons, 1862 ...101f 102 United States' 5-20 Sixes, Coupons, 1865 ... 991 991 United States' 5-20 Sixes, Coupons, 1864 98-1 100 United States' 10-40 Fives, Coupons United States' 10-40 Fives, Registered United States' Sixes of 1881 , Coupons 105 f 106 United States' Sixes of 1881, Registered 1051 106 United States' Debt Certificate of 12 months (interest in currency) 97/ 974 7-30 Treasury-Note Bonds, Ist issue 7-30 Treasury-Note Bonds, 2nd issue - 97 7-30 Treasury-Note Bonds, 3d' n issue United States' 5 per-Cent. Legal Tenders par American Gold 1461 147 American Silver 142 " The stock-market has ruled steady under a fair de mand, and the railway securities have for the most part sold pretty freely at full prices. There has been some ir regularity, however, and some descriptions have sold lower. The continued ease in the money market favors an active movement in the stocks, but the operators not as a general thing appear disposed to take advantage of it. Yesterday there was considerable activity, and prices wore generally firmer. Petroleum stocks have sold pretty freely, the market closing at the quotations annexed. "The following aro the closing. quotations of stock of the Second Board, Nov. 24: Bid Askd Tennessee 6's B7l 89 Missouri's 6's 76t 77i Canton Co 45 44 Cum. Coal Corn- • Bid Askd Reading RR. .. 1161 116 k Mich. Cent. R.ZL 116 1 116/ Mi. South R. R 76 77 111. Central 132 134 Cloy. and Pitts. Railroad Chi. and N. W Railroad Do. Preferred 66 661 Chi and R. I. R. 109 1094 Pit., Ft.W., and Chi. 0. &M. Ceitif 29 29/- OE Quotations, Nov. 24 : _ pa,ny Q'ksilver Mining Company Marip Min. Co l4 141 2.M.5. Co. Scrip — 240 N.Y. Cent. RR 97 971 Erie R. K 921 93 Ditto Preferred 84 Hud. Riv. R.R. 110 1101 Petroleum and Mining Sto Bid. Asked. Bennehoff R ...19 90 20 0 Buchanan Fm 0 65 0 70 Bradley Oil 0 95 1 0 Brevoort lO 10 13 0 Central Cherry Run Empire City 0 36 0 . 60 Everett Excelsior Fee Simple First National 0 41 0 45 Germania Hamilton and M'Clintock 5 30 5 60 Heydrick Highgate Heydrick Bros 0 85 0 90 Allen Wright 0 50 0 75 Bergen C. & O. 0 25 Blood Farm Beech Tree — 0 55 Brooklyn California Pet 8 0 Clinton Commonwealth 1 25 Consol, N.Y 85 0. Enniskillen Forest Pet 0 30 0 45 Fountain Pet 0 50 G. W. Cons'd 0 50 Home — 12 0 Inexhaustible 0 30 Ivanhoe 2 0 2 20 Ky. Nat. P. Co. 1 15 1 20 Knickerbocker 0 15 0 20 Liberty Bid. Asked. Manhattan O4O 045 M'Kinley Mt. Vernon 050 070 Montana n. 50 Northern Light 245 3 0 Oceanic Oil. Creek Pit Hole Creek 15 40 15 50 Rynd Farm 065 072 Shade River 60 060 Southard Tack, of N. Y 0 25 035 Union — 40 0 United Pet O5O 055 United States 25 60 25 75 Webster Pet 135 137 Lily Run Pet. 085 095 Monongahela and Kanawa — 2 0 N. Y. Phil. &8.0 80 1 0 New Y&. P. Oil 015 _ _ isi.i.irkeWark 063 070 Noble Well 250 Palmer 260 290 Pit Hole Con. 270 275 People's Pet President itiwson'sFarm 060 160 Sherman and Barnesdale Star Titus Oil W. Vir. O. Coal 0 8 018 Walker Creek 4 0 Watson Pet 035 2 0 Accounts from the Oil District of Tennessee indicate that it may rival that of Pennsylvania. It is on Eagle Creek, near Obey River, on the Kentucky border. Oil in considerable quantities has been found within thirty feet of the surface. Geologists and oil men are rush ing in to make examinations and are delighted with the prospects. Large quantities of land have been leased or purchased, and boring is going on in various places. Among those attracted by the reports of oil is Majolk-Gen. Thomas, who has leased a piece of territory where there is an oil spring, and will bore for oil at once. The faci lities for getting oil to market from this region are very good. An oil rock ..has been discovered in Tallman, COUNTRY MARKETS NORTHAMPTON—DEC. 9. New white wheat, 44s to 52s ; new red, 40s to 47s ; old white, 48s to 53s ; old red, 45s to 50s per 36 stone. 13arleY for malting, 36s to 40s per qr. ; grinding, 26 s to 378 per 30 stone. Oats, old, 30s to 34s ' • new, 20s to 28s per 24 sto no• Beans, old, 468 to 50s ; new, 36s to 40s per 38 stone. rea ° ' 34s to 408 per 36 stone. COLCHESTER—DEc. 9. Our corn market to-day was moderately supplied with wheat, and there was a fair attendance. Prices about th e same as last week. Wheat, white 4 0 s 54s Beans , Mazagan— —33 s 38 ,2 red 36s 48s Middle and 5ma11..368 Barley 2Bs 40s Peas, white 38S WS 4 " Oats ....... ..... ...20s 25s grey ... CIIELMSFORD—DEc. 8. Best wheats barely maintained last week's prices ; in: ferior sorts fully is per qr. cheaper than last week, Larg; supply of barley,L best samples maintaining recent prioe Spring corn unaltered. Wheat, old white....4ss 52s Peas, Partridge 378 95 new 43s 508 White „ .308 . 3 .!: old red 39 3 43s Bulling 388 7,,„ new 35s 398 Dun.... ..... .. .318 0" --.../: 8ar1ey..... 24s 31 s dit o , new.... -8 Chevalier 27a 198 Beans, Tick, onledi....s ...o'e . v .....3 — is Grinding 2 3s 68 Harrow ticks.3sB - 7 .: M a lt 5Ss (Os Chevalier Vs t2i new....-8 0 , 0 Oats •• • 2oe 26s Mazagan , 32s ' GRANTHAM—DEC. 9. Old white wheat, 54s to 58s; old red, 48s to 545; white, 50s to 568; new red, 45s to 50s per 36 stone. ley for malting, 35s to 39s per qr. ; grinding, 28s to 3051 3 ,° 4 30 stone. Oats, old, 28s to 30s ; new, 20s to 26s per e , stone. Beans, old, 46s to 50 s ; new, 40 s to 44 s p er 38 stow' Peas, 35s to 39s per 36 stone. ABERDEEN—DEc. 8. The deliveries are, for the season of the year, limit e d and here to-day we had a small m arket. The p rices u last week maintained for all kinds. White wheat Red wheat 38s Od to 45s Ocl} 621 b 11 bushe l ' 36s Od to 40s Od Potato oats 2 22 2 5 s 6d odto 2 to 235 2 s d 6 6d l. 401 b bus hel. Common oats Bere 27s 6d to 28s Od} smb . bushel. Barley 27s 6d to 28s 6d Oatmeal 18s Od to 19s Od ? boll o f 14 0. Flour, fine 36s Od to 37s Od 11 sac k of 28 3/1 KIRKCALDY—DEC. 9. Small supply of wheat, good of barley and oats. I'll kinds sold freely at the prices of last week. Wheat. Barley. Oats. First...... 478 Od I 29a Od 24s Od second.... 493 Od 306 Od cd Tird 506 Od 32a Qd 25s 9d COAL MARKET. Price per ton at the close of the market. 0. d. s. d. Walls End Haswell 21 6 Carway mid Duffryn 24 0 Tunstall m 5 Pitti ng ton l9 0 Buddle'sWestHartleY " 0 9 New Belmont 2O 6 Braddyell's Hetto n.... Caradoc ' 2l 0 Mips at market, 51; sold, 53. Births. roft d ' --- DANIELS.—On the 10th inst., at Allan Lodge, Graugr:pr Upper Clapton, Mrs. Baker P. Daniels , of a dauP" - ;1- GOULD.—On the 10th inst., at WinterslOw Lodge, Irtb6- MAoad, Brixton, Mrs. Gould, of a daughter. ' RSHALL.On the 9th inst., at Dundalk House, Pv - e - e ro, the wife of Captain Harry Marshall, 9th Royal Lan of a son. Marriages. Ewa —ThomAs.—On the 7th inst., at SL r t„ t° port, Richard Ellis, Esq., of Birkdale Park, SoutbPo.oo,l,, .Lucy Anne, the eldest daughter of IsaacT 07 horua solicitor, Southport. bor e ) GuLL—MoonE.—On the 7th inst., at the - parish e r , o Lymington, Hants, Frederick Gull, Esq., 31,„11;foore' Ipswich, to Elizabeth, third daughter o f E. Pi. gsq., Limington. Deaths. :f f 51. BOULTON.—On the Bth inst., Sarah Rebecca, the wx.lo. Boulton, Esq., 5, Gloucester-place, Hyde-park', age,-„,tli, CL K lr e z n . t7c O h n a t r h le e s l o O l t i h ft, in E s sq t.,. , at ag h e i d s 7reeidence, BexleY'''' flo pj• FLINT.—On the 9th inst., at High-street, Lewis, 1r - Flint, aged 74. 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