The Sun. — London, England, 1866-11-14 00:00:00

The Marril rezarewitcb. (Frey the Correspondent of the Times.) ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 9. Morning had scarcely dawned when the guns of Petropavlovsk, the fort on the northern bank of the river, opposite the Winter Palace, announced with iron tongues that the day of the Imperial marriage bad arrived. Soon after a hurricane of clangour burst forth from the bells of the capital. Every , church having five domes at the least, and a corre sponding number of bells, the air seemed to vibrate far and near with heavy harmonious sounds. To this accompaniment I went to the Winter Palace. There was great bustle and animation in the streets, yet the hundreds of carriages and cabs hurrying along with Russian speed failed to crowd the im mense squares and thoroughfares of that imperial neighbourhood. Polite footmen opened the door, and, many as were the guests and spectators that alighted every moment, with officious readiness at tended to the wants and inquiries of all. Through endless halls I was conducted to the one where I was to wait for the present. The State rooms through which I passed are nearly all covered with white stucco, and decorated with bronze ornaments of chaste and simple style. In many the Corinthian column and rectangular window prevail ; others ex hibit the less classic features of the Renaissance, and abound in twisted pillars laden with gilded foliage and curious arabesques ; but the general character of the whole is grandeur rather than pomp, and though no attempt is made to aspire to anything exquisitely artistic, the eye everywhere meets fine and symmetrical combinations of form, size, and colour. There were two throne-halls, the larger of which differed but little in general aspect from other rooms of the same size and height. The smaller, draped with red velvet, and with the throne placed in a niche in front of the glorious picture of Peter the Great, is, perhaps, the most tasteful apart ment of all I have seen. But even this seeks to im press rather by a proud plainness of style than by gorgeousness or glitter. The grand unaffected sim plicity with which the whole city is built is delibe• rately repeated in the adornment of the Imperia Palace. In a long narrow passage, which deserves to be specially mentioned, many hundreds of portraits are panelled on the walls. They represent the Generals that had fought against Napoleon 1., and, with the Emperor Alexander, his victorious enemy, occupying a whole side of the gallery for himself, are an interesting illustration of a great and decisive time. Another hall, devoted to the memory of the various Field-Marshals who distinguished them selves in the same war, contains the portraits of some Russian Generals, with the " Iron Duke" and old Blucher closely associated to them. There were also pictures of battles, showing within their enor mous frames whole fields of contest. As they were looking down upon the gay and brilliant crowd now fast assembling in this as in every other of the neighbouring rooms, one could not avoid stealing a glance at the struggles that had been required to maintain the empire intact, and to secure for it that position in the world whose lustre is reflected on this present joyful day. Were I an Arabic writer, and allowed to ransack the whole kingdom of nature for metaphors, I should be tempted to assure my wondering audi ence that there is many a wood in the world which has not got so many leaves as were embroidered on the uniforms of the civil and military officers present this morning in the Winter Palace. In the more sober vocation which has brought me into this throng of Generals and Ministers, not to speak of the hun dred other grades and ranks attending Court on such a day as this, I must be contented with the less poetical remark that the lace covering their breasts and backs perfectly dazzled the eye, its golden lustre being heightened by the dark green and dark blue prevailing in the Russian uniforms. The room positively sparkled with the shine of tunics, caf tans, and dressioats of every cut and form. The variety of official vestments was astonishing. Officers in English military coats alternated with others wearing Polish, Cossack, and Circassian dress. The sons of the Don, in scarlet blouses, ap- peared in friendly proximity to the descendants of the gallant then who, in the hills of the Caucasus, have so long withstood the whole might and main of the Czar. Some of these foreign mountaineers were clad in Carmoisn velvet, trimmed with sable fur and set off by red and golden facings. On the breasts as well as the backs of their blouses they had rows of folds sewed on to hold cartridges, the rest of their armament being equally distributed over both sides of their body. Two pistols behind and another in front seemed to be a favourite mode of equipment for men whose military ideas antedate the discovery of the needle-gun, and who are de sirous of making up by the number of barrels what they lack in rapidity of firing. In that corner a bevy of Generals, with refulgent epaulettes, were conversing on the event of the day; here Ministers, without any epaulettes at all, but with an intricate arrangement of boughs, leaves, and fruit on their dresses, were courteously doing the honours of the place to foreign guests. Councillors of State, Judges, and members of the Senate, the Synod, the Academy o f Science, and many other scientific and admini strative Boards, might by the initiated have been recognised by the pattern of the embroidery and the number and disposition of the significant lines on their velvet collars. The more deeply versed in the science of uniform, this modern successor of heralds' lore, would have distinguished one is puzzled to think how many hundred degrees in the official hierarchy ; to me it was a heaving ocean of radiance, unintelligible iu its composition, and beautifully be wildering to the eye, but affording many p o i nts of attraction for a reflective mind. This superb as_ semblage consisted of the men that govern Russia, As the crowd began to thicken the first ladies made their appearance. Nearly all of them were clad in white silks, with'trains exhibiting every hue and shade; strips of coloured velvet trimming the bodies, and in many cases the skirts also, constituted the peculiar_ element of the " Russian dress." Another feature of the national costume prescribed for the occasion was the kakoshnik or diadem worn by all the ladies, excepting the bride. It is a semi circular band covered with velvet and studded with pearls and jewelry so graceful and becoming that it reflects no little credit on the taste of the peasant girls, the original devisers of this ornament. The ladies had magnificent robes, but the grand display of jewelry was reserved for the ball in the evening. Leaving the Field-Marshals hall, before the arrival of the Imperial procession, I threaded my way to the Chapel Royal: The whole suite of State apartments were similarly occupied as the one in which I had so long tarried. In some there were only ladies, in others gentlemen, all, as a matter of course, in the uniform of their various ranks and callings. Merchants, even, if they are Russian sub- jects and invited to Court, are obliged to put on blue coats with standing collars, and gird clanking Swords on their pacific bodies. Detachments of 'various troops of the Guard were drawn up here and there, and every door watched by the cuiras- Biers of the body guard. Gigantic men, in scarlet unifovoms, with buckskins, topboots, and steel hel mets, crowned with the two-headed eagle, stood like so many mute statues in the places assigned to their care. They are th e Russian Horse Guards, and though an eye accustomed to the sight of the two silent horsemen holding watch and ward in White hall may be excused for preferring the familiar to the foreign, it must be admitted that the latter too are no bad specimens of strength and elegance com bined. The Chapel Royal, in wiriehthe ceremony was to swarm e d be performed, already withth the aristocratic company invited. It is "reani of a hall of moderate dimensions, in the French t I s y e of the last century. White walls, copiously studded with bronze garlands, festoons, and diminutive angels, impart to it a courtly rather than a religious air. To this part of the church, destined for the con gregation, and, like all orthodox places of worship, entirely devoid of stalls and seats, there is joined a dome containing the altar. It is of con siderable height, and separated by .'"a gilded ikonostos from another dome, the interior of which is only descried through the aperture of the Royal doors. A low arched colonnade, appearing imme diately behind the Royal doors, and leading into the mystical depths of the lower dome, has a peculiarly solemn effect from the grandeur and width of the adjoining portion of the church. In the first dome, which, according to the orthodox architecture, is the church proper, the clergy were already in attendance. At their head was pointed out to me the Archbishop Metropolite of Novgorod and St. Petersburg, than whom there is only one greater ecclesiastic, the Archbishop of Moscow, in the empire. With him were four other bishops, old men all wearing the silver tiaras, and ample mantles of their rank. Archpriests, with uncovered heads and long flowing hair, reaching to the shoulder, stood beside them in violet cloaks ; other priests were seen stationed in the background. In a niche on the right stood the Court singers —boys and men of all ages. Close to them, in the front part of the chapel, I saw Prince Menschikoff leaning against the rail. A friendly old gentleman, with bright eyes and relaxed features, he certainly did not look like one who but 12 years ago caused a sanguinary war. Sir Andrew Buchanan, in British diplomatic uni form, with the order of the Thistle round his neck, was talking with his fellow -Ambassadors of Prussia, Austria, Denmark, and France. Lord Hamilton, Mr. Clay, the American Envoy, and M. Valuyeff, the Minister of the Interior, passed by, with others. Mr. Fane and Mr. Mitchell, of the British Embassy, stood by the side of the Danish and Prussian officers who had come to add eclat to the festivities. A Greek General, in loose jacket and Oriental gaiters, was noticeable by contrast, and French Marquises, German Grafs, and Italian Contes vied with Rus sian Princes in the profusion of Orders and the ele gance of garb. Suddenly the hum is hushed. A master of cere monies, baton in hand, has entered to announce the approach of the marriage procession. While the same message is being given to the town by the guns outside the equerries and fouriers de la tour enter the chapel. The masters of ceremonies, the chamber lain, and the various charges of the Court follow in due succession. And now the Emperor and Empress come in sight, preceded by Count Schuvaloff, the Grand Marechal. His Majesty is in the uniform of a General, and leads his Royal spouse to the Metropo lite, standing in the centre of the Church to receive them. As the aged dignitary slowly and gently waves his cross to and fro the Emperor stoops to kiss the sign of Salvation, and to cross himself on forehead and chest with holy water. The Empress repeats the sacred rite, and places herself beside her august husband. The Crown Prince Cezarewitch is the next to enter, to kiss, bow, and cross himself in accordance with the devout forms of the Church. After him walks in Princess Dagmar, or, as she has been latterly called, the Orthodox Grand Duchess Maria Feodorowna of All the Russias. She walks in beauty. The Metropolite, who looks as though he had stepped out of the frame of some ancient picture of the church, inclines himself to the bloom ing girl as she conforms to the requirements of the national creed. Her Imperial Highness steps back to the three principal members of her family, who have already entered the sacred edifice. The four stand together, and the eyes of all present centre upon them. In them is compassed the pre sent and future of this immense empire. The Czar, tall, majestic, with the habit of command and the disposition to kindness clearly legible on his manly features, is not only the first, but also the finest man in the room. His Queen, whom sieltness has not robbed of the feminine grace which clothed her younger years, is readily recognisable from the well known portraits representing the beautiful Mary of Hesse. In a white dress, with a train of gold stuff, trimmed with ermine, and a sparkling diadem on her head, her Majesty looks worthy to be a Queen. The Grand Duke, successor to the throne, is rather stout for his age, with a good share of will and reso lution stamped upon his youthful face. Like a rose growing in the shadow of an oak, Princess Dagmar stood beside him. Her lovely features were ani mated by excitement, and in her eye shone confident the hope of future happiness. On her dark locks rested a crown of priceless diamonds, graceful and light as a wreath or chaplet of flowers. A superb brooch, if a jewel covering nearly the whole upper part of the bodice can be called so, glistened on her breast. Her robe was of white moire-antique, and her train, carried by four chamberlains, of crimson velvet, trimmed with ermine. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, the Crown Prince of Prussia, and the Prince of Den mark entered next. Then came the younger sons of the Emperor, Princes Vladimir, Alexis, Serge, and Paul, the Grand Duke Constantine and his consort with their children, and after them the other Princes and Princesses of the blood closed the Royal part of the procession. All went through the same ceremony of kissing the cross offered them by the Metropolite, and all in turn were kissed, so it seemed to me, by the Metropolite. He bowed lovingly down to the little children, as they went up to him one after the other, and when the last of them had made the obei sance before the cross, returned with his clergy to the altar. The Imperial family and their Royal guests then likewise proceeded to the centre of the church, the remaining members of the procession, as they came in, disposing themselves in the entrance-hall. There were but few ladies in the train. And now the service began. The clergy having ranged themselves round the altar, prayers were in toned by them, and hymns and responses chanted by the singers. The serious and measured music of the Greek Liturgy is rich in beautiful calences, and may, perhaps, be best described as something between the rigid austerity of the Lutheran Choral and the lighter rhythms of the Romish Church. The solos are chiefly recitatives, broken by the constant repetition on the part of the ch o i r o f th e responses, " G o d , b e grac i ous to us," and " God, we cry to thee." In the more indepe n d ent parts of the choral singing soft voices of his brid e childr en are effectively blended with sonorous basses. At a certain part f o o f m t , h a e rd fserrvoimcet,thhee circleCe zare o i f y i t t h c e h and stepped Im perial ay family, and h been conducted by the Emperor to a ra i sed d a i t sl, l l : o g joinedyo younger n i g n e t r h r p i r o a e y e e s r s o o f f theth e Metropolite. Later, approached and held above blood, one of whom recognised thehe a :ds Pr o i f ile t e h e b Alex is,rida ritual. They resemble in shape silveraa pair the marriage crowns and size the episcopal dinsteeermwotvoenbewith silk. si rculiar to the orthodox This singular . wire, or some such material, tiaragan cere mony continued for about 20 minutes, the officiating Princes being repeatedly obliged hands from weariness. Suddenly the • music became softer, quicker, and more melodious. Its eloquent notes predicted the speedy consummation of the hallowed act. To this tune bride and bridegroom were led thrice round the altar by the Aletropolite. Then they were pronounced to be man and wife. An exchange of rings in this country only takes place at the betrothal. While the young Prince and Princess Alexander were still receiving the congratulations of their illustrious relatives a hoary archpriest, with sten torian voice, intoned a prayer for the health and wel fare of the Czar, his wife, and his children. His appeal to the Deity was preferred in urgent accents, the other clergy chiming in", and with many inflections and genuflections asking blessings on the head of their beloved Sovereign. A rolling Te Deum terminated the service. It was a glorious composition, and jubilantly sung. At its close the Imperial family, having received the felicitations of the clergy, left the chapel with their Royal guests. The only differ ence to the order in which they entered was that the bridegroom and bride walked side by side. They all acknowledged the respectful salutations of the spec tators. The procession re-formed, and accompanied the Imperial personages to their private apartments. As I left the palace the first snow had fallen. Russia had assumed her national garb to welcome her future Queen. peculiarly El;Tradsa7tEedNriolr—tilimotllloawrgao3-'sclOasisntomfemntaannkcilnPdilwlshiact: can neither afford the time to be ill, nor the money to pay the doctor for a cure. Armed with these trim medicaments, and guided by the directions for using them, the ailing can infallibly stave off the threatening illness. The afflicted can with certainty remove his diseased condition. Exter nal or internal maladies, acute or chronic disorders, slight or dangerous ailments, yield to the specific virtues one or both of these matchless preparations will gently exer cise. The Ointment is as innocent and benign as it is cool ing and healing; the Pills are as harmless and comforting as they are purifying and corrective, aperitive and strengthening. THE SUN, LONLON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 14, 1866. the 16th of that month he was created a K.O B. He became ten days later a Lord of the Admiralty; and on resigning that appointment was constituted May 12, 1841, Naval Commander-in-Chief in the East Indies, whither he sailed with his flag in the Cornwallis, 72. As a reward for his services in China, where he superintended all the operations from the taking of Amoy in August, 1841, to the pacification of Nanking in 1842, he was nomi nated a G.C.B. Dec. 2, 1842, and raised on his re turn to England in 1844 to the dignity of Baronet. Since Feb. 27, 1845, Sir Wm. Parker (he had be come a Vice-Admiral Nov. 23, 1841) has been in chief command on the Mediterranean station with his flag in the Hibernia, 104. He was awarded the Good Service pension of £3OO per annum April 26, 1844 ; and appointed Dec. 19, 1846, First and Principal Aide-de-Camp to the Queen." By the death of Sir Wm. Parker, Vice-Admiral Sir T. S. Pasley, the present Naval Commander in-Chief at Portsmouth, becomes a full Admiral from Vice, Rear-Admiral the Hon. Joseph Denman becomes a Vice-Admiral, and Capt. Astley Cooper Key, C. 8., the Director-General of Naval Ord nance, takes promotion to Rear-Admiral's rank, and Capt. Sir R. J. Le Mesurier M'Clure, K.C.8., becomes senior Capt. on the list. The following appointments were made on Mon day at the Admiralty :—Sub-Lieut. Count F. C. Metaxa, to the Reindeer ; J. St. J. Wagstaffe, pay master, to the Urgent ; S. S. L. Needham, assist.- ‘ paymaster, additional, o the Bristol ; C. W arren , clerk, to the Bristol; . Johnston, assist.-clerk, additional, to the Bristol. The following appointments weri►also made yes terday at the Admiralty :—Capt. J. Edye, to the Satellite, vice Capt. Purvis Sub-Lieut. E. Festing, to the Hector ; C. Serjeant, chief engineer to the Fisgard, for charge of the engines of the Crocodile ; E. Newman, chief engineer, to the Urgent ; N. Far rant, chief engineer, to the Sparrowhawk, with seniority of April 21, 1866; A. Nettleton, paymaster, to the Mutine, with seniority of March 5, 1866 ; W. Morgan, paymaster, to the Victory ; and G. Smith, naval cadet, to the Victoria. Major-General Dix's Address to the 7th New York National Guard. On the 31st January last the 7th Regiment Na tional Guard, State of New York, gave a grand reception to its members who had served in the army and navy of the United States during the great Rebellion. The proceedings were opened by an address from General Dix, who was introduced to the assembled guests by Colonel Clarke. Al though several months have elapsed since the occa sion, the address is now of more than usual interest, as both the officer who delivered it and the men to whom it was addressed are likely soon to be among us. Major-General John A. Dix has been appointed United States Minister to Paris, and it is probable that he will be installed in office, and will welcome to Paris his old companions in - arms, the 7th, on their approaching visit to that city. The peculiarity of the circumstances under which he was addressing the Regiment was, that though there was a crowd of officers who had won distinction in the battle fields of the United States during the late war, it was not under the banners of the 7th that they had been brought into contact with the enemy, but iu ;he ranks of the 7th they had received their military training. It was not that the regiment as a unit of the United States military organisation had won renown in the field, but that it was the school from whence had been taken the assembled officers, many of whom had gained high distinction in the contest. " Giving you all the praise," said the General, " which is most eminently .your due for your promptitude, your patriotic spirit, and your alacrity on all occasions in accepting and courting military service, yet the crowning distinction of your regi ment is in the large number of officers which you have furnished for other organisations. I hold in my hand a roll of 557 of your members, who received commissions in the army, the navy, or the volunteer service. Nine-tenths of the number were serving with the regiment when the war broke out. Three rose to the rank of major-general, nineteen to the rank of brigadier general, twenty-nine to the Rink of colonel, and forty-six to the rank of lieutenant-colonel. Many whose names are on this roll of honour are sleeping in soldiers' graves. Others are moving about with nvitilated limbs and with frames scarred by honour able wounds, the silent but expressive memorials of faithful and heroic service. For years before the war you devoted yourselves with an assiduity and a zeal worthy of all commendation to marti a l exerc i ses , and I believe I may safely say th at t h ere was scarcely a man in your ranks who was not capable of leading other men—of commanding a platoon, a company, a battalion, or a regiment. And the gra tifying result is, that under nearly every battle-flag which the State of New York unfurled you had an honoured representative. The historian Justin, in his account of the preparations of Alexander the Great for his Asiatic expedition, says that some of the corps he organised were so well disciplined that one would have considered them not so much sol diers as the chosen leaders of soldiers : Non tam milites quam magistros militias electos put ares. You have fairly earned the same praise, and are justly entitled to the honourable appellation of niilitite magistri—the leaders of soldiers ! Ido not know so striking an illustration of the truth of a maxim which is usually considered of modern origin, but which is as old as the Augustan era, when it was proclaimed by the most graceful of the poets of imperial Rome, in that pure Latinity for which he was so distinguished— , In pace, ut sapiens, aptarit idonea bello ;' which may be literally interpreted, In peace, if you are wise, you will prepare for war.' To have fur nished the most remarkable proof of the profoUnd wisdom of this ancient maxim is a distinction to be remembered with gratitude by your fellow-citi zens, and to be cherished with a manly pride by yourselves." The people of England will be astonished at the fact stated by General Dix. But when they under stand the constitution of the 7th they will see how natural the circumstance was. It is probable that there is no other Regiment, either in the United States or in any other country, whose members, from the colonel to the drummer-boy, hold a higher social position than the 7th New York. The privates of the 7th are the gentlemen who, in England, Aus tria, Russia, and Prussia would be selected for com missions, and when their services were required for actual war, the Government availed itself of the opportunity of officering other organisations from the material in this, ready to its hand. It would have been a waste to use up men of such quality as private soldiers, while the war languished, and failed for want of leaders. When the contest opened the Northern Government could command men, but it could not manufacture at once officers fit to lead them, and to have sent the 7th into action as a regiment would have been a foolish waste of its resources. Although the 7th was used mainly as a training school to supply the army with offi cers, whenever the emergency arose the regiment as a body was brought up to the scene of danger. Thus, as the General said—" At the outbreak of the rebellion, when the Sixth Massachusetts Regi ment was attacked at Baltimore, and the deepest concern was felt for the safety of the capital, you were among the first to hurry to the scene of action. A gentleman high in position at Washington gave me, two or three years ago, an account of the con-_ dition of things there at the time of your arrival. Open communication with the North had been en tirely suspended ; railroad travel and the transpor tation of the mails through the State of Maryland had been broken up by force ; and no intelligence could be obtained from the loyal portions of the Union except through secret messengers and couriers, whose journeys' were always performed with difficulty, and sometimes not without absolke danger. At this juncture, when all was uncertainty and doubt, when each revolving hour came freighted with some new burden of anxiety or peril, a column of armed men, with bayonets glittering in the sunlight, was seen entering the Pennsylvania Avenue, near the Capitol ; and the feeling of relief and security was unspeakable when the welcome intelligence spread throughout the city, as if by some magnetic influence, that the Seventh New York had come to oppose to the gathering cohorts of treason the aegis of its discipline and its name." On Baltimore being threatened by Lee in his in vasion of Maryland, the 7th hurried up to the de fence of the city. When the terrible riots broke out in New York the 7th were pushed into the metropolis in the nick of time to overawe and quell a disturb ance which might have grown into a formidable in surrection. Thus the regiment was always held in readiness for any great emergency, at the same time that from its ranks were drafted the men destined to fill the decimated ranks of the officers, and to furnish commanders for constant levies of fresh troops raised in the Northern States. After paying a high tri bute of praise to the services performed by this regi ment, which the General was so well qualified to do, the corps having served under his personal com mand, he proceeded to remark on the lessons taught by the war. " First of these is the great truth that the course of military successes is always from north to south, from frosts and snow to flowers and sunshine. Our very instincts teach us that it must be so, and all history confirms it. It is not because the Southern nature is less spirited or less capable of high and heroic achievements, but because the Northern muscle, elaborated under a colder sky and through more invigorating influences of climate, acquires more compactness, tenacity, and strength, carrying with it (for the mental and physical conditions always assimilate) a greater moral power of endurance. Southern races are, for the most part, precipitate, impas sioned, fiery, vehement, sometimes breaking down all opposition by force of their resistless impetuosity. Northern races, on the other hand, are calm, deliberate, persistent, determined, and as immovable as a rock against which wind and storm are idly expending their fury. The remark may seem fanciful, and yet I believe it to be historically true, that great military successes, considered in reference to parallels of latitude, are subject to a law analogous to those which govern currents of running water. They do not rise above the level of their source, or if carried to a greater height by ome special force they subside to their former level as soon as that force is withdrawn. Accordingly we find that the great tides of conquest in all ages have flowed from north to south, or east to west, or nearly the same parallels of latitude. It required the extraordinary genius of Julius C2sar, the most finished commander, perhaps, that ever lived, to carry the victorious arms of Rome, when the great republic was in the fullness of its prosperity and power a few degrees of latitude north of the metro politan centre. And yet we all remember that it was more than a hundred years after his first inva sion of the little island of Great Britain before it was reduced to the condition of a Roman province. Even then only the lower part was subdued, and the Emperor Adrian was compelled to build a wall across it to protect the Roman soldiery from the in cursions of the Caledonians, the predecessors of the Scotchmen of our day. Now I venture to say, that if that island had been fifteen or twenty degrees further South it would not have resisted the Roman power successfully through a single campaign. The operations of Hannibal in Italy may seem to conflict with my theory, but not if they are properly con sidered. It is true he marched up through Spain, crossed the Alps, descended into Italy, and obtained several signal victories over the Romans. But- his operations did not contain one of the elements of permanent conquest. They were nothing but a pro tracted raid; and after a few years he was compelled to return to Carthage to defend that city against the very people whom he was invading. There was a remarkable instance eight or nine centuries later of the truth of the proposition I have stated. Some six hundred years after the Christian era—when man kind, as if in defiance of the celestial messages of the Great Teacher, had sunk into a mora] torpor as dangerous to all the interests of civilisation as the living paganism which had preceded it—God raised up an avenger in Mahomet to destroy all that de served to perish, and to rouse to action all that was worthy of being preserved. The creed of the Prophet was full of error, but it contained one vital truth, and under its influence his followers were roused to a wild enthusiasm which nothing could resist. It was in the name of the one and the ever-living God that their scimitars flashed to the light ! The great tide of Islamism poured down through Western Asia into Africa, across Egypt and the Deseit of Barca, whelming the ancient Pentapolis, over the narrow strait which separates Africa from Europe, sweeping across the sunny plains of Andalusia and over the vine-clad hills of Grenada, until the great wave burst at the base of the mountains of Asturias. It did not rise in the West above the level of its sources in the East. And thus this great human deluge, impelled by the spirit of conquest and religious frenzy, bear ing on its crest the trophies of Eastern science and art, was poured out over Western Europe, and planted there some of the richest germs of civilisa tion, to be purified and perfected in after ages by the clearer light of Christianity. Wherever armies have gone to the north for the purpose of conquest they have been defeated. The Greeks and Romans were constantly repulsed by the rude nations north of them. The legions of Varus were cut to pieces iu the wilds of Germania by Arminius and his fol lowers. Nay, the great modern conqueror of Europe, when he undertook--if I may so express myself—a campaign against the Arctic circle, with one of the most numerous and best-disciplined armies the world ever saw embodied, was discomiited—not so much, it is true, by the arms as by the strategy of his enemies, and by the rigours of the climate. His immense host, like that of Xerxes, was broken to pieces, and he was compelled to retreat, leaving thousands of his followers sleeping in bloodless death upon the frozen plains of Muscovy. On the other hand, when great conquering armies have been sent to the south they have nearly always been victorious. The Romans overrun everything south of them, down to the shores of the great African desert—one of those seas of sand which are far more impracticable than any waste of waters. The Ro- mans, in their turn, were overrun by the barbarous nations north of them. The Goths, the Normans, the multinomial races which were swarming century after century out of the great northern line, over whelmed all Europe down to the very shores of the Mediterranean ; and even Southern Italy saw these rude warriors, with frames compacted almost to the hardness of iron by hyperborean frosts, unbuckling their armour, and lying down in the summer radi- ante on the heights of Sorrento, by the blue waters of Baim, and even in the classic grotto of Panglipo. In like manner armed multitudes from Central and Western Europe poured down into Syria, under the unconquerable banner of the Cross, and wrested the Holy Sepulchre from the hands of. Its infidel pos sessors. The flaming scimitar of the fiery Saladin, as described in Walter Scott's " Crusaders," falling in fast but ineffectual blows on the massive battle axe of the cool Plantagent, is but a type of what the world has seen, and will con- tinue to the end of time to ace, in the conflicts of southern with northern races. I wish some of our Canadian friends were here to take comfort froin these suggestions. When the rebel raiders, whom they were harbouring, crossed our frontier to plunder our villages, shoot down our unarmed people and give this city to the flames, through a schemeof incendiarism which for atrocity has no parallel in the annals of barbarism ; and when a certain Department commander, whose name I will not mention, with a frontier of nearly a thousand miles to guard, with only sixty military posts along its whole extent, and without two hun dred men in any one of them, gave orders to the commanders of these slender garrisons, in case the depredations were repeated, to pursue and capture the marauders, even if it were necessary to cross the astronomical line which constitutes the boundary between the two countries—the stout hearts of our northern neighbours need not to have been disturbed by any imaginary apprehension of invasion. No, gentlemen ; whenever the tide of emigration, the only instrument of conquest the United States em- ploy when unprovoked, - shall rise again in the East, it will move on across our own territory to Ne braska, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, Montana, Cali fornia, Oregon, and the calmer shores of the Pacific. Or, if it should deviate from our own parallels, of latitude, it will not be in the direction of Hudson's Bay and the coast of Labrador, where the bosom of our mother earth is hidden from the sight of her children daring more than half their natural lives, but down into the sunny districts of the palmetto, where the reproductive powers of nature are at work throughout the . whole circle of the year, and where the magnolia and the orange tree load the atmosphere with perpetual fragrance. I know that the mental and muscular energy of the North will gradually give way, in obedience to the universal law, to the amenities and seductions of the climate ; but not until they shall have done their work by waking up those sporofic dis tricts to the new life and the intense activities of this earnest and enterprising age. Another lesson which this law has taught is, that human slavery, in some way or other, and at some stage or other of its existence, is always calamitous to those who maintain it. The justice of God is sure to manifest itself, in some form of retribution, against the injustice of man, even though it be through the slow operation of what we call natural causes. Wherever the subjugated class does all the work and the governing class does none, wherever the latter seeks to evade the universal sentence of earn ing our bread in the sweat of our faces, the former . must acquire a physical superiority, which, in the end, is sure to work out its own deliverance. We have not waited for this tardy process of centuries. Slavery with us has perished through the insensate attempt of the masters to extend and perpetuate it by destroying their own government. It has gone down amid the clash of arms and the shock of battle ; and the amendment to the Constitution just adopted has confirmed and executed what the behests of war had decreed. This great social revolution has been accompanied by an equally great marvel. Slavery has been abolished in Delaware and Kentucky by the votes of Georgia, Florida, and South Carolina ; and those who were most earnest in defending and seeking to extend it, have conquered their pre judices,' and are marching on, with the great army of emancipators throughout the world, to the majestic minstrelsy of universal freedom P' The General might have used the tide of conquest in India as a still stronger illustration to show that the course of military successes is always from north to south in' the northern hemisphere, from frosts and snow to flowers and sunshine. From time immemoriallndia has been the prey of northern conquerors, and the fact that for the first time in the long ages of its history the current has rolled back from the plains of Bengal to the mountains of Affghanistan gives an exception which fully proves the rule, for it was a northern race that organised and led this triumphant march of conquest in the opposite direction. It is a striking fact chat at each advance northward by the British from Calcutta a more vigorous and determined foe was met. Never in the history of British India was the English power so terribly shaken as when it came into con tact with the men of the Punjaub. Two terrible campaigns and six pitched battles were fought with the Seikhs, with varying success, before the conquest of the Punjaub was achieved. The discomfitures of Ferozeshah and Chillianwalla h were substituted 'or the easy victory of Plassy, and it required al the stubborn determination of the Anglo-Saxon race, and an expenditure of blood which shocked the nation, to make good their footing against the Kalsa army, in the most northern province of the Mogul's ancient empire. We conclude our remarks with the closing words of this distinguished officer's address:—" With this readjustment of our social and political relations, and after this triumphant exertion of our power of self-preservation, new responsibilities devolve on us. We must enjoy with greater moderation the bless ings and privileges which Providence has vouch safed to us. We must exert our power, if possible, with increased forbearance, even for the assertion of our undeniable rights. We must practise toward all with whom we have relations, whether within or without the pale of our political system, the most strict and impartial justice. Since. the days of the Revolution, when ourfathers were led through seven years of toil, and suffering, and peril, almost as manifestly by the hand of God as the children of Israel were led through the wilderness, we never have been so significantly admonished of our de pendence on him, or have had so much causc to be grateful for our deliverance from surrounding evils. This sense of dependence, and this feeling of grati tude, must never be permitted to fade out of our minds or hearts. The altars of our religion and our freedom must stand side by side, that their fires may ascend in one common flame to heaven. Then shall we have reason to trust that the blessing of God, which has been with us and - our fathers under so many trials, will continue with us to the end in our new career of prosperity and power." STATE OF TRADE MANCHESTER, Nov. 13.—The market opened to day with an unusually dull and depressed feeling, and an article quoted from the United States Econo mist of October 27, pointing out the desirableness of the recently-inaugurated short-time movement here in presence of a supply of cotton which is barely enough to sustain cotton goods at the present high prices, has created a strong impression. The writer points out that after an exhaustive war in the States, the depression of trade in England from the severe panic, the great depression in Germany from a san guinary war, the presence of famine in India, and the threatened civil convulsion in Turkey, it appears to be an unwarrantable assumption to suppose that consumers can be found to take the former supply of cotton goods (if our out-turn does not exceed that) at an advance of 150 per cent in price. These or similar consideration have, at all events, dealt a heavy blow at prices to-day. Shipping yarns are very quiet, and for all descriptions of them, to make sales, lower prices have had to be taken. There have been some very large offers, involving consider able quantities for shipping, but at prices too low for acceptance. Still in almost every case where offers have been taken it has been at a reduced price, even on the decline of last week. Home-trade yarns have also been very flat, and prices are still tending in favour of buyers. In the cloth-market this may be registered as one of the worst days we have had this year. Notwithstanding the extensive adoption of short time to restrict production, both in spinning and weaving, sellers have been obliged to consent to considerable reductions in price. The feeling almost amounts to panic, and people compelled to sell have accepted very low rates. There is a very uneasy and anxious feeling in the market, and there seems to be a want of confidence both among sellers and buyers. Buyers who had large offers in the market at a de cline on the then current rates have now withdrawn, and are again disposed cautiously to wait and see the turn of events. Messrs. John Slagg and Co. report of to-day's cloth-market : "During the whole of the past week prices have been slowly giving way, and buyers appear determined to keep out of the market. There is consequently a strong pressure to realise on the part of manufacturers, but very unremu nerative offers are made, and on the whole the market closes in a more gloomy state than we have experienced for a considerable time. LEEDS, 13th.—The attendance of buyers in the cloth halls this morning has been about the same as last week, but they purchased carefully, and the ag gregate amount of business done was not a full ave rage. Tweeds continue to hold their place as the most saleable fabrics, and of these a good bulk changed hands, or were ordered for early delivery. There is no change in either the price or thedemand for either ordinary plain or heavy goods, in both of which only a small amount of business was done. ' The flax trade is rather quiet, but the mills are run ning full time. Clothing wools are steady in price, unless it be for some of the coarser kinds, which are a shade lower. ROCHDALE, 12th.—The weather, keeping open and mild, causes the heavy flannel trade to remain rather dull, and the buyers in the market to-day, as for some time past, purchased light and medium goods, including a large portion of fancy flannels and printers, more freely than they did the heavier and coarser qualities. Manufacturers,keep tolerably well employed, and the stock of goods on hand are not in excess of what is usual at this period of the year. At the same time there is a feeling of quietness in the trade generally that is rather depressing. York shire goods sold to about the same extent as last week, and the same may be said as to wool. Prices of the latter, in common with those of flannels and Yorkshire goods, are nominally the same as last week, and in some instances a little concession in price has been made to-day for both goods and wool. Naval and Military Intelligence. Her Majesty's screw troopship Urgent, Capt. S. H. Henderson, was yesterday placed in No.lldock (the Minotaur dock) at Portsmouth, to have her hull below the water line coated with anti-fouling composition, &c. The docking of this ship afforded an excellent opportunity for further testing the ca pabilities of the centrifugal pump which has been erected at the head of the dock as its water supply and discharge power, by Messrs. Easton and Amos, London. A notice of the trials to which this pump has been subjected by the officials of Portsmouth dockyard appeared it The San of Monday. The successful results of thoso trials were fully confirmed in pumping the water from No. 11 Dock, after the admission of the Urgent yesterday morning, thedis charge of the water from the dock being in fact so rapid that the pump was stopped on three occasions to give the shipwrights and labourers sufficient time to shore up the vessel securely in position on the blocks. It is somewhat surprising that so simple yet efficient a principle was not introduced into the dock system of Portsmouth dockyard---a yard that has always been notoriously deficient in dock ac commodation. Rear-Admiral A. C. Key, C. 8., the Director- General of Naval Ordnance, was engaged yesterday at Portsmouth dockyard on matters connected with the armament of the iron frigate Bellerophon. Capt. A. W. A. Hood, late of the Pylades, has entered upon his duties as Governor of the Royal Naval College at Portsmouth and Captain of her Majesty's gunnery ship Excellent. We have to record the death of the senior officer of the Royal Navy, Admiral of the Fleet Sir William Parker, G.C.8., first and principal naval aide-de-camp to the Queen, which took place on Monday. The following statements regarding the service of the deceased are taken from O'Byrne's " Naval Biography :"—" He entered the navy March 5, 1793, as captain's servant, on board the Orion, 74, Capt. John T. Duckworth, in which ship he served in the West Indies. On May 6 and June 24, 1798, he was successively nominated Act ing-Lieut., on the Jamaica station, of the Magici enne frigate, and Queen, 98, flagship of Sir Hyde Parker, by whom, from April 29, 1799, until the re ceipt of his first Admiralty commission, bearing date Sept. 5 in the same year, he was intrusted with the command of the Volage, 22, and of the Ama ranths and Pelican sloops. Attaining the rank of Commander Oct. 10, 1799, Capt. Parker, after in termediately commanding theAbergavenuy, 54, was appointed, Nov. 11 following, to the Stork, 18, in which vessel, employed in the West Indies, North Sea, and Channel, he made prize of La Legere, French packet, of 14 guns and 50 men, laden with a valuable cargo, and contributed, in company with La Constance, 24, Capt. Z. Mudge, to the capture of El Canfara, Spanish privateer of 22 guns and 110 men, and of her consort, a lugger mounting 10 guns. On the occasion of his promotion to post rank, Oct. 9, 1801, Capt. Parker was appointed to L'Oiseau, 36; and Nov. 1, 1802, he joined the Amazon, 38. with chasing occasions,a s n France, ga French particularly r ehne c s h dlsti In that ship, at the commencement of the late war frigate n b g y u i distinguished drr spiritedohuilnoinse thatf conduct dh s u e ec v t er i a n l ex cited the admiration and securedthe , f • friendship of Nelson, with whom, in 1805, we find him pursuing the combhied squadrons to the We t I d• s n ies and back. Previously to the latter event Capt. Parker had had the fortune, July 16, 1803, to effect the capture of Le Felix privateer of 16 guns and 96 men. He after wards, Sept. 12, 1805, took the Principe de la Paz, Spanish privateer, mounting 24 9-pounders and 4 brass swivels, with a complement of 160 men ; and on March 13, 1806, he signalised himself by his meritorious and gallant behaviour through out a long running fight, which terminated in the surrender to the London, 98, and to the Amazon, whose loss extended to four men, killed and five wounded, of the Marengo, 80, bear ing the flag of Rear-Admiral Liuois, and 40-,gu n frigate Belle Poule. On Much 23, 1811, he cap- tured Le Cupidon, French privateer, of 11 guns and 82 men. Quitting the Amazon in Feb. 1812, he was next, Oct. 11, 1827, appointed to the Warspite, 76, from which ship, stationed in the Mediterranean, be was transferred, Dec. 29, 1828, to the Prince Re gent yacht. On May 1, 1831, Rear-Admiral Parker (who had attained flag rank July 22, 1830, and has been nominated a C. 8., June 4, 1815) was invested with the chief command of the Lisbon station, which he continued , to hold—occasionally commanding an experimental squadron—until July 11, 1834. On Agi icultural Prospects. The week opened with a fine day, at times sunny, and the night hazy. Monday was also a hazy, doubtful morning, but the day held up, and field work would go on steadily, wheat sowing being completed in the earliest districts on light soils ; but heavy lands were too stiff and hard to be worked with out more moisture, and on these much work is yet to be done. Wind, S.W. ; thermometer, 56 deg. ; with the barometer steady at 30iu. Tuesday was a fine day, sunny at times, and very unlike November. A great deal of field work was accomplished in the finest order possible. Wind, S.S.W. ; thermometer, 54 ; barometer, 30.05. In some parts of the north the weather has not been so fine. From Northumber land it was stated :—" The weather since our last has been mild, but damp ; wind W. to N.W., strong and showery." In the West Riding of Yorkshire the farmers are now tolerably busy, and the land works well, as they will soon come to a finish with a continu ance of the present favourable time. Turnips and mangolds arc plentiful, and there will be a good supply of provender for the winter months. The" condition of the grain is improving, but quality generally is very inferior throughout Yorkshire. The discoloured barleys are, however, now working better than they did at first, and are selling at fairprices, considering this year's yield. Wednesday was a fair and fine day, being the fourth in succession, and the land worked still better. In Scotland a good deal of rain had fallen ; and our advices from the west coast stated : " The weather has been .very wet." From Lancashire our infor mation runs thus : " Though we have had much changeable weather of late, it has scarcely impeded the farmers' field labour, and fair progress has been made in wheat planting, and the seed has gone into the ground in propitiously fine order. As we do not hear many complaints here about potatoes, we may safely infer that the crop for winter use has been mostly raised and housed ; indeed, those now coming to market are of unexceptionable quality." Thursday was a fine day, and at times sunny ; but the barometer was falling fast, and at 8 p.m. some heavy rain set in, that lasted for a few hours, and would prove very acceptable to heavy land farmers. The barometer had gone down to 29.75 in. From Norfolk our advices stated : " The weather continues fine, and enables farmers to proceed with thrashing and land work." From Suffolk it was remarked : "The weather continues fine and dry, and in some cases wheat-seeding is quite stopped for want of rain." Friday was again a fine bright day, the sun shining forth at times, and field-work would pro gress steadily. From the West Riding of Yorkshire it was stated : —" Weather on the whole is favour able for preparing and sowing the laud, and making good use of the supply of grass, which is plentiful." From the East Riding our advices stated—" The weather continues favourable for autumn sowing, and good progress has been made so far under most favourable circumstances." Saturday a dense fog was experienced, which cleared off about noon. Wind varied from S.E. to the south. Thermometer 43 deg., barometer 30.10 inches. The temperature became milder in the evening, and at 10 p.m. rain was experienced, with every indication of a wet night. On the whole, a good deal of work has been finished this week, and wheat thrashing may have gone on ; but farmers will not bring much forward if the least further decline in prices should take place, as they are generally impressed with an opinion that ultimately higher rates must result from the last being a failing crop. With, however, from 50s. to 575. per qr. to be obtained for the choicest heavy barley secured without rain, this corn must come out in preference to wheat, and it will be thrashed vigo rously whilst the malting season lasts.—Mark Lane Express. COUNTRY MARKETS. LYNN—TvEsDAY. New wheat, 54s to 58s ; new rod, 40s to 48s; old white, 60s to 64s ; old red, 54s to 60s per 36 stone. Barley for malting, 40s to 50s ; secondary, 30s to 365. Oats, now , 22s to 26s per 24 stone. Beans, small, 42s to 445. P eas, 36s to 40s per 28 stone. LIVERPOOL—T UESDAY. At this day's market there was a better attendance of the town and country trade, and more disposition to bul• Wheat and flour, with a good consumptive demand, re covered the decline of Friday. Oats without change 111 price, but oatmeal brought rather more money. Barley and peas remained at former rates, but beans were per qr dearer—Egyptian bringing 425. A conside rabl e business was don e in I n di an corn, at an advance of 4 s P er qr on the week— w hit e , 39 s t o 40 s; m i xe d , 330. f u lly is MARKET HARBOROUGH.—TUESDAY. Old white wheat, 58s to 63s ; new red, 508 to 57s per 3 6 . stone. Barley, fine, 488 ; other kinds, 33s to 38s per 30 st, Oats, new, 22s to 23s ; old, dO s t o 34 s p er qr . Beans, ol u ' 508 to 555; new, 46s to 48s par qr. LEEDS—TUESDAY. We have an average show of grain this week. Ther! was a fair consumptive demand for wheat, at rather t!'ire' . . last .uday's ratesine barle brins flly preview, valueT es s ; other sorts not F so saleable. y g Oats aud u oiher artiu leB as before. SHEFFIELD-TUESDAY. fled wheat, per load of 3 imp. bu5he15....228 Od to 2 1 E 1 61 A otl White do do . ~, ...24s Od - 2 0 - 1 New red do do ....20s Od --- 0( d New white do Beans do 2 Peas, per qr Grinding ba ley, per qr d d o o .. ... . o s s 0 0 0 dd d : 2 16 5 06 : 000 0 di 358 Od Maltinebarley, ( o l4Bs 0 1 Oats, do 2s s Od F10ur....1s 10d to 2s od per 1 4 ) Octi 32° u' 1 h . Foreign Mail racket List. MAILS DUE. Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton NOV. Ditto, via Marseilles Dec. Brazil and Capa Yards. by British packet. ..... Deo. 4 . Ditto, by French packet Nov. 23 Cape of Good hope, Ascension, and St. Llelena Nov. China, Penang. and Singapore. via Southampton Nov J. Ditto, via Marseilles Nov. 27 Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton Nov. 19 ' [Julia (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Nov. 19 Ditto, via Marseilles India (Bombay), via Southampton. N o v, 22 Ditto, via alarseilles ... Nov. 22 liana, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Nov. 19 ' Ditto, via Marseilles Nov. 22. .llauritiva, via Southampton Ditto, via Mareeiliei ... .. px- 1 . 4 , Newfoundland ... Portugal .. Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon.. United states and British North America, byßri tish packet .. NOV. 21. Ditto, by United States packet, via Southamp ton Ditto, via Cork Ditto, oy Canadian packet, via Londonderry Nov West Coat of Africa, Madeira, and TencrifTe 12 West Indies and Futile (exoept Baha.nas and llondurat) No ". 13 Cuba Ind Mexico Nov Bermuda, via Halifax Bahaings, via New Y ork. 1-Nov. 21 ..Dec 15' CAPTAIN M`KILLOP'S COFFERDAM.—Yester bi afternoon Capt. M‘Killop's cofferdam was again success fully applied to H.M.S. Terrible, in the steam basin 3 , 1 Portsmouth. The Ki ngs t on va l ve was taken ou t, and Admiral Wellesley and Mr. Murdock, the inspector of ma, chinery, with Captain F e ll ows an d C apta i n Morrell, cf the Duke of Wellington, went down under the slurs bottom with lanterns. The operation was repeated. Tina occupied, 27 minutes. EXPERIMENT AT THE WAR-OFFICE.—The follow' ing letter appeared in a recent number of th e Pall Mall Gazette :—" Sir,—Now that Mr. Sni der is dead, that Mr. Clode has spoken, and that th e administration, past and present, of the War-offic e is again attracting its fair share of public attention, I think the following little anecdote may be of sore interest to your readers. In the beginning of the year 1858, while attached to her Majesty's Legati on at Washington, I sent home a report upon th e " Morse" breech-loading " centre-fire" rifle, toge ther with drawings of the arm and its cartridgeii I gave an account of the trials to which I 133 seen it subjected : how it was loaded ,cuter water in the river Potomac w ith car t r id g es whi c h had previously been soaked i n wa t er f or t wen ty-fea r hours, and how, in spite of wa t er d r i pp i n g out of every part, and weeds and san d gr i n di ng in the mechanism, it made fair shooting, and how und er favourable circumstances it could be fired twelv e times a minute with ease and precision. r r i l account was simply a tru e an d f a i t hf u l narra tion what I witnessed in presence of Admiral Dahlgr en . , (of big gun celebrity), C a pt a i n Wi se o f the N 3 Vj Department, and many others ; and as it went hope through the channel of the Foreign-office, it carne directly under the notice of the chiefs of the 1 17.31.- office, and so startled them that they incoutinen tl i burst the bonds of red tape, and, contrary to th e most stringent rules, and to all precedent,' ordered at the expense of G overnment a spec i men r ifle a nd one thousand rounds of ammunition fora committee to examineand report upon. After the usual nunl" bcr of months the oracle spoke. The rifle was re jected. It did everything I said it bad done °r would do, but it possessed properties, which, in the opinion of the committee, were fatal to its intro duction into the British army. At the present day even the authorities' acknowledge that the grea t desiderata in a military rifle are rapidity and ac en ' racy of fire, which can only be combined by breech-loading rifle and a cartridge which c ar ; ries its ow n p r i m i ng and holds the pro j e ct" in a metallic cylinder, thereby insuring the coincidence of the a x i s o f th e pro j ec tile with that of the barrel, and it may increase the ec l i ; fidence of your, readers in th e w i s dom whi ch habitually p res id es over th e tec h n i ca l d e partmen io of the War Office to learn th e na t ure o f the groin'', on which the committee condemned the 1 1 -Icl e rifle, and to compare the adv er ti semen t of breech loaders just put forth by th e W ar Off i ce with ter objections of the committee i n 1858. The 1 " r Office advertisement, under date the 22d of October! 1866, stipulates that both the arms and ammunition sent in shall be capable of bea r i ng rough usage damp, and exposure in all climates;' and further+ among other things, that ' the cartridges must earl their own ignition," and that the cartridges beia T arranged on a table, the a rm mus t b e capable of firing 'at least twelve rounds per minute without aiming.' Th e o bj ec ti ons o f th e comm it tee to 0 Morse' rifle were three :-Ist. The rifle fired away the ammunition t oo qu i c kl y ; 2d. Th e eartriag es were metallic ; 3d. The cartridges carried their 0 ,, v ,W ignition.-1 am, sir, your ob e di en t serv ant, v` HOPE, late 7th Royal Fusilie rs . M a l vern , Oct. 2i3 : 1866. —[P.S.—When the W ar Office have fin ally chosen the rifle of the future, I intend to buy o ne ' • to try how it behaves whe n l oa d e d un der water, w ith weeds and sand grinding in the mechanism, in order that I may fully appreciate its vast superiority 01 ,..* r the ' Morse,' and the astuteness of the committee I' condemning that worthless weapon.--W. Births. HASLEHUST—On the 12th inst., at Chestnut-walk , thamstow, the wife of W. H. Ilaslehust, Esq., of 3 s , ° „ a . - LowNDEs—On the 11th inst. at Braunston, Northampton' shire, the wife of Lieut.-Col. Lowndes, of a son. L b NICKALIS—OR the 13th inst., at Holmesdale, s°ll Darenth, the wife of Tom Nickalis, Esq., of a son. do _ NICHOLSON—On the 13th inst., at 4, Sussex-square, if park, the wife of W. Nicholson, Esq., M.P., of a eon' Marriages. porisl! MtuwisTEß SOPER—On the 12th inst., at the A n church of St. Dunstan's, Stepney, Charles, second ee — er . the late Captain Midwinter, of Albert-square, Jo cial-road, to Susan, third daughter of the late J. Pc's of Blandford, Dorset, solicitor. *a- WiliDnAM—VcEux--On the Bth inst , at St. Mall' e t,z 7 ( - ; lebone, Lieut.-G enera l Si r Charles. A. Windham, "d o ' ry . to Charlotte J a n e , e ld es t d aug ht er o f th o late Bev. A" Des Voeux. Deaths. BUCHANAN —On the 13th Sept., at Dunedin, New -- A John Buchanan, formerly of 47, Moorgate-st. , ag e ich' BASSETT —On the 11th inst., at Hermitage Villas, mond, Thomas P. Bassett, Esq., aged 83. r e ut.- BERNARD—On the 12th inst., at 6, Jermyn-street, '-'' m at Colonel Peter Bernard, formerly of the 68th IWO'''. (Light Infantry), aged 65. ath, CAFFIN - On the 10th inst., at Myrtle Villa, Kent, the wife of W. Caffin, Esq., aged 89. T - Na of DOUGLAS —On the 12th ' t Robert J D P s ' -- '" MS , J. ou Loekerbie. ' A., MARSTON— On the 12th inst . at at Ludlow, R. Marston., 4. a Magistrate and Aldeima ' n of the borough, ft ged 'i ~ .., R o sSltei ROSSITER—On the 12th inst., at Kensington, /I .1 Esq., aged 53. r fo% WENTWORTII—On the 11th inst., at Wandsworth, u• Went Worth, "Esq., engineer, aed 47. _......-- Blackhe London : Printed stnd Publiched by WILLIAM AND'" 1 1, of No. 112, Strand, Pzinter at TIM SUN °tree, Nt o f Strand, in the Precinct of the Savv, in the COW" laiddletem—Wednesday, November 14, lea i ~i ~~ ~~