The Sun. — London, England, 1866-10-18 00:00:00

Railway and other Companies. CARLISLE AND SILLOTH BAY. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held at Carlisle on Tuesday ; Mr. P. G. Dixon in the chair. The report of the directors stated that the contin gent rent paid by the North British Company this half-year amounted to £Bll. This would not admit of any dividend upon the ordinary stock of the com pany. The fixed half-yearly rent of £l,OOO, less income tax, together with the balance of £9B brought forward from last half-year, and £Bll already men tioned, after providing for the interest upon loans, would admit of a dividend upon the preference stock at the rate of 3 per cent. per annum. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said the shareholders were all aware of the reason why the directors were unable to pay a divi dend upon the original stock of the company. The cause was the present condition of the North British Railway. He trusted the steps which had been taken as to the position of the company would result its being placed upon a better basis, and in a little time it would recover its proper position and this company would partake in the improvement. In the meantime they must look for better times in the future. (Hear.) Mr. HOPE seconded the motion, which was agreed to. The CHAIRMAN moved the payment of a dividend at the rate of 3 per cent. per annum upon the preference stock of the company, which was also agreed to. Mr. P. J. Dixon and Mr. J. Irving were then re electedklirectors, and Mr. Cartnell auditor. The proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to the chairman. BRAMPTON AND LONGTOWN. The first ordinary meeting of this company was held at Brampton, Cumberland, on Tuesday ; Mr. J. Dacre in the chair. The CHAIRMAN announced that the directors had decided on recommending that the meeting be ad journed for two months. Individually his course would be to retire from the direction. He should abstain from entering into any details that might be unpleasant. He confessed that what he had read and what he had seen at the late meeting of the North British Company had given him such a horror of railways that it would take a long time to get over it. Mr. SHAW, solicitor, seconded the motion for the adjournment of the meeting. There were on the list 1,044 shares, 230 of which were subscribed by persons who had been connected with the applica tion for the Acts, leaving £8,140 subscribed in the district. The North British and Glasgow and South Western Companies had each power to subscribe £30,000 ; but the North British under existing cir cumstances had declined to proceed further with the matter; and no application had yet been made to the Glasgow and South-Western. He had re ceived a protest from a number of the local share holders, stating that they had put down their names for shares upon the representation that one or other of the adjacent companies would lend sup port, and if this representation were not fulfilled they wished to withdraw. He urged that it was too soon to turn the cold shoulder to the scheme till the Glasgow and South-Western had been written to. The Citatr.3lAN inquired who were the original promoters of the line. Mr. SHAW replied that he was first seen by Messrs. Niwmo and Macnay, the engineers who had surveyed the line. The CHAIIMAN— Then it is in common parlance a " contractor's" line. The meeting adjourned for five weeks. MELBOURNE AND HOBSON'S BAY UNITED. The half-yearly general meeting of this company was held in Melbourne on the 7th of August ; Mr. A. Sutherland in the chair. The report, an abstract of which has appeared in The Sun, was taken as read. On the motion of the CHAIRMAN the report was adopted, and a dividend at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum was declared. It was stated that a de putation from Kew had waited upon the directors for the purpose of inducing them to make a line to that place. The gradients were severe, the estimated cost £24,000, and the length one mile and a quarter. lie thought the extension line to Kew might be made if persons interested in the district would subscribe a certain portion of the capital. The proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to the chairman. The traffic returns on the company's line, 17 miles in lengtk, amounted for the five weeks ending the 23d of August to £11,479, against £11,287 for the corresponding five weeks of 1865, showing an in crease of £192. UNIVERSAL PRIVATE TELEGRAPH. A general meeting of this company was held yes terday at their offices, Adelaide-street, Strand ; Mr. J. Mellor in the chair. The report stated the income for the half year ending 30th June last amounted from all sources to £7,798 as against £6,074 for the corresponding half of 186 5 . The ordinary working exp enses dur ing the half year amounted to 4302, which, with £2,092 as the cost of efficiently restoring the o com pany's plant from the effects of the snow storm f January 11, amounted to £6,394. A net balance of only £2,368 remained for the payment o f ce divi dend, which the directors proposed to appropriate inliquidation of the liabilities of the company in lieu of making further calls. The sum of £4,481 had been expended on capital account during the half year. The directors having had an experience of two and a half years of the working of the agreement with Professor IVheatstone, felt that its conditions were so onerous upon the capital of the proprietors that they had de cided not to increase the expenditure on capital account, but to meet the present liabilities of the company out of revenue as it accrued. They were bound by the present agreement with the Professor to allot to him £2,700 stock out of every £19,000 called up, besides his royalties and profits upon in struments. A large proportion of the capital hitherto raised had been expended on open wire work, which was free from all claims for patent right, but which, by an oversight in settling the agreement with the Professor, he claimed as if he held a patent for the erection of such open wires. The Cantyre line was now in full operation, but the results, so far, were not of the satisfactory nature the directors were led to expect, but they trusted its further development would be remunerative. The directors were giving their best attention to a more economical working of the company's service, as well as to the increase of the revenue. The CHAIRMAN said that on examination into the company's affairs it had been found that.lines had been erected where they were not required, and cal culations were entered into which turned out entirely fallacious, while there were large expenses in various parts of England which brought them in a very small return. Th e y a l tere d th e sys t em o f l e tti ng wires, and determined to do no more work unless specially or d ered. had been syste matically The instructions of their board cally disregarded, and although more capital was being c a ll e d up every h a lf -year, a worse they were in position, and, i ns t ea d o f im proving, ey got Worse, were compelled to abide by an agreement Which, if if he had k nown to exist in the form it did, h would have from having anything to do with the company abstained commercial affair. Th ey rnPany as a were subscribit hope of getting a dividend. Ho assured them that nothing should be wanting on his part to bring about a proper state of things. The past six months had been an absolute loss, and taking into consideration the storm of January they had suffered a seriou s less. It was quite true that the concern had been improperly conducted, and there had been gross mismanagement; but he believed that now they had made a change things would go on more smoothl y . The motion for the adoption of the report was then put to the meeting, when Mr. MACEENZIE moved an amendment to the effect that the meeting stand adjourned, and the report and statement of accounts be not received, and a committee be appointed. On behalf of Pro fessor Wheatstone he stated that the chairman mis represented the condition of the agreement existing between the profcssor and the company, by assert- SO - N, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 18, 1866. ing that he was to receive a royalty for open wire Sheerness Steam Reserve. The Leander has been work, which was free from all: claims of patent in commission about three years and a half, during right, and still more so that he could not claim this which time she has been employed chiefly in the in consequence of an oversight in settling the agree- Pacific. The continuous-service men have been _ _ ment with him. He made no such claims, nor was there any such oversight. By the original agreement he wan entitled to a certain amount of shares in proportion to the capital subscribed. By the new agreement he gave up the whole of his shares to trustees, to be transferred to him progressively as the capital was paid up. He had received under this agreement the amount of £13,500. Had he re ceived the amount in cash it would not have repaid him for the expenses incurred. All expenses attend ing the improvements of the instruments, which had been very great, and all costs incurred in defending the patent rights had fallen exclusively on him, and on the latter item he had been obliged to expend £3,000. Besides this, he had been called upon to con tribute some of these shares to the diminution of the Parliamentary and other legal expenses, &c. In the balance-sheet £4,265 was set against "line expenses and maintenance," and included besides the ordinary expenses£2,o92 for damage occasioned by the heavy snowfall in January. He then referred to other items. Had it not been for that accidental circum stance the profits for the last half-year would have more than covered a dividend for that period of 6 per cent. per annum. The real cause of the coin granted six weeks' leave of absence, at the expira tion of which period they will rejoiB the flagship at either of the naval ports. The Leander goes into the third division of the Steam Reserve in the Med way until again required for commission. The Royal Marines, under the command of Captain F. L. David, arrivel at head-quarters, Chatham, yesterday morning, the Royal Marine Artillery being forwarded to head-quarters, Portsmouth. Under the new system adopted in paying-off her Majesty's ships at Sheerness, the whole of the crew, on receiving their pay, were forwarded by special train on the London, Chatham, and Dover Rail way to London and the various ports. The screw gun-vessel Myrmidon, 4, 200-horse power, building at Chatham, bas had a number of shipwrights placed on her in order to complete and bring her forward for launching. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty :—Lieut. Verney L. Cameron to the Star ; Edmund Swain, master, to the Indus ; John Bruce (b), chief engineer, to the Star ; James George Hill, engineer, to the Star; and John Richard Hancock, first-class assist.-engineer, to the Star. pany not being able to pay a dividend on this occa sion was that the available sum had been spent on capital account. The construction of the instru- ments had been greatly improved, and the cost of their manufacture considerably diminished. It would be impossible to divide anything if the profits were to be applied to the purposes of capital. The amendment was then negatived, and the re port was adopted. A vote of thanks to the Chairman terminated the proceedings. build, and, considering the obstacles which Mr. Cub bitt, the engineer, has hadin the way of finding pro per foundations, the works have progressed, on the whole, with fair rapidity. The foundations of the abutments are carried down to a depth of nearly 30ft. below the bed of the river. The springing of the ironwork of the arches commences at about Oft. above high-water mark. Each arch will be composed of nine wrought-iron ribs, with powerful wrought iron lattice girders crossing them diagonally. Over these are to be laid what are termed buckle-plates, which are simply large convex shields of wrought iron riveted to the ribs; over these again will come ordinary ballast of asphalte and ragstone, and above all the granite paving. The outer spandrils of each arch-- that is to say, the portions of the bridge which will be seen coming up or down the river—will be beautiful ornamental castings in what is termed the Lombardo-Gothic style. The balustrade or parapet which is to surmount the bridge is excessively hand some and light in its design. This is to be both painted and gilded. The joining of the ironwork between the arches will be hidden by polished columns of red granite 7ft. in diameter and 12ft. high. Above these are to be richly carved capitals of Portland stone, those facing to the west being decorated entirely with sculpture representing the birds, plants, and fishes peculiar to the upper part of the river ; while those on the east side are to be similarly adorned with carvings of the sea birds and sea weeds to be found at the mouth of the Thames. Above all these ornamentations, and breaking the line of the light gilt parapet, will be stone recesses, each surrounded by a massive carved balustrade. It is very hard in a mere description to convey an adequate ideaof the general effect which this superb bridge will present, and it is not for some months, and until the spandrils of the arches begin to be bolted together, that the public will be able to form a good idea of it. It will probably be 18 months before they have an opportunity of forming this judgment, for such works as bridge building pro ceed but slowly. No doubt, in this case the works have been carried forward more dilatorily than they should have been ; but it is only fair to both the engineers and contractors to bear in mind that they had to take down an old bridge before they began the new, and that most unusual obstacles have intervened to prevent their finding proper foundations for their piers. glum. The King, iu a few earnest words, returned thanks. He then passed up and down the series, stopping at nearly every one of the 35 to see a shot fired. All this time the incessant cries of " Vive le Roi !" " Vive la famille Royale !" rose loud above even the rifle shots, no voice being silent among the hundreds of people who lined his path. The King made minute inquiries respecting the best shots, and closely examined the bull's-eyes which had been perforated, as they were produced for him from the little pigeon-holes to which I referred in another letter. The Royal party next proceeded to the long ranges, where the principal competitors are the Volunteers, though the Frenchmen, the Dutchmen, and Belgians also have entered the lists. Imme diately on his Majesty entering the ground, the competing riflemen were drawn up in squads with arms in hand, and the other Volunteers present were ranged in a body opposite to the marksmen. A suc cession of hearty English cheers greeted the Royal visitor. Having made himself acquainted with the distance and the system of marking be expressed a wish to see some shots fired. Lord Bury, being one of those who complied with his Majesty's request, was fortunate enough to make two centres and a buil's eye, on which the King warmly congratulated the noble lord. His Majesty expressed the plea sure he felt at seeing foreign riflemen competing with Belgian marksmen, and shook hands with the French officer, Col. Lindsay, Lord Bury, Sir Paul Hunter, Adjutant Burgess, and Lieut. Furley. He then quitted the ground amid renewed cheering. The following was the scoring from 14 upwards at the long range during yesterday : 14 Points—Atfield, 9th Sussex ; Barker, 3d Kent ; Puckle, Ist Surrey; Russer, 7th Surrey; Levis, 3d Bre con ; Brown, G., 37th R est York ; Young, Ist Isle of Wight; Chisholme, Ist Surrey; Baert, Bruxelles; Hans sens, Bruxelles ; Nicholls, Ist Stafford. 15 Points—Wink, 11th Worcester ; Cooper, sth Lanca shire; Mussen, Bruxelles; Bartholome, Bruxelles; Jacques, Mons ; Davies, 6th Hereford ; Noller, 3d Kent ; Price, 3d IKent ; Dancocks, 2d Middlesex ; Richards, 19th Surrey. 16 Points—Hodgkinson, 32d Stafford; Hopkins, 41st Middlesex ; Hewitt, 22d Essex ; Bingham, Ist Gloucester; Ash, 11th Hants; Greenhill, 29th gent; Scott, 20th Mid dlesex ; Basquette, St. Quentin ; Huertz, Bruxelles ; Lan quet, Alost ; Andre, Charleroy ; Wilslade, 7th Hereford ; Moss, Queen's Westminster. 17 Points—Rent, sth Hants ; Ryan, South Middlesex ; Taylor, 4th Bucks; Hams, Jas., 29th Sent; Berry, 29th Middlesex; Sankey, 7th Hereford. 18 Points—Bacchus, South Middlesex; Marriner, West Middlesex ; Bailly, Vincennes. 19 Points—Peake, 6th Lancashire. Visit of the Volunteers to Belgium. (From the Times Special Correspondent•) I stated in my letter of Saturday that, in conse quence of the illness of the Empress of Mexico, their Majesties would not visit the theatre last night ; but, yielding to the representations made to them as to the gratification which their presence there for even a short time would give to all the foreigners in Brussels, as well as to their own sub jects, the King and Queen, with their generous con sideration for others, so far sacrificed their personal feelings as to attend, and the result was a scene such as few persons have seen equalled, and none can hope to see excelled in any place of public amuse ment in this or any other city. The Theatre de la Monnaie, the principal one of Brussels, is, for its size, one of the most beautiful in Europe. It is not as large as Covent Garden, nor nearly so large as the San Carlo at Naples, or La Scala at Milan ; but in its decorations it exceeds the two former and falls not far short of the latter. There are ten or a dozen rows of orchestra stalls richly furnished, and the parterre is handsome and commodious. A magnifi cent balcony runs round the pit, and over the bal cony rise three tiers of boxes, which are surmounted by a gallery. There are three tiers of private boxes over the orchestra, and just jutting in upon the stage. The second of these to the right as you look towards the proscenium is the Royal box ; and it is a locale fit for a King. Consisting of a lofty apartment, it is entered by two large rosewood fold ing doors, inside of which are rich scarlet hangings. In front, above the level of the ceiling, the decora tions are in deep purple. From these flow rich scar let velvet curtains, and from the front of the box hangs a gorgeous purple velvet drapery on which are emblazoned in golden letters L. R. At either side of the little apartment itself stand two admirably carved gilt figures of nymphs bearing many branched candelabra. The fronts of all the othe boxes are elaborately carved and studded with medallions which stand out iu fine relief. Such is the theatre which was crowded from floor to ceiling last night, nearly 500 Volunteers in full uniform sitting in the orchestra stalls, the pit, the balcony being occupied by officers and ladies, and the beauty and rank of Brussels having every spot of sitting roam in all the tiers of boxes. From a ceiling itself radiant in frescoes hung a chandlier of great size, and of a brilliancy that illuminated the house to its remotest corner. The performance was the opera of "La Muette de Portici," better known among us as " Masaniello." At half-past 7, when the curtain was about to rise, the orchestra played the " Brabanclonne," which was received with vociferous applause, loudest in which were the cheers of the Volunteers. The entire of the audience rose from their seats, the ladies waved their handkerchiefs, and the enthusiasm was general. " Partant pour la Syrie" followed, and the French were cheered ; and then " God Save the Queen," always inspirit ing to Englishmen, but never so much so as when they hear it in a foreign land ; it, too, evoked great cheering. But the international demonstration was tame as compared with what occurred when, just as the second act ought to have commenced, the fold ing doors of the Royal box were thrown open, and Leopold 11. and his Queen walked to the front, fol lowed by the Lord Mayor of London, the Bourg mestre of Brussels, La Comtesse de Borghrave, Madame de Benterghen, Le Major Goffinet, and Le Lieutenant Luriden. The orchestra, in triumphant blasts of trumpet and beat of drum, thundered forth the national air of Belgium ; the audience started to their feet en masse, and with one accord all joined in a great hurrah whieh resounded through every part of the building. Accustomed as their Majesties have been since the King's acces sion to an enthusiastic loyalty which seems to grow day by day in intensity and vehemence, they were almost overpowered by this reception. Both bowed low, but with a dignity that added a peculiar charm to their recognition of the spontaneous and more than affectionate tribute paid by foreigners and Belgians to their public character and domestic virtues. Again and again was the ovation renewed, and several times over did their Majesties rise and. repeat their acknowledgments. " Pourtaut pour la Syrie" was the signal for a general compliment to the French, and when " God save the Queen" came our Sovereign was cheered in such a manner as to show how deeply she is respected in the city which is now feting her Volunteers. The King and Queen of the Belgians and the entire audience stood while the British National Anthem was being played. Their Majesties took their departure after witnessing two acts of the opera, which was admirably performed. When they rose to leave the audience rose also, and the acclamations were continued until the Royal party had driven away on their way back to Laeken. The King wore on the occasion his uniform of Lieu tenant-General, with the cordon and star of the Order of Leopold. The Queen's dress was black ; on her head was a coronet of diamonds, and on her neck were those splendid brilliants which she wore at the Mansion-honse some months ago. It appears that by the fire at the Palace on Sun day two or three pictures were very much damaged, and the one totally destroyed was a Vandyke—a painting of the Redeemer. The Palace had been for some time under repairs; and it is a rather re markable fact that the day before the fire took place an inventory was being made of property, in cluding that which has been destroyed, for the pur pose of insurance. Previously to going to the opera their Majesties had a dinner party at Laeken, to which the Lord Mayor, Col. Loyd Lindsay, Lord Bury, Dr. Eustace Smith, of London, the King's physician extraordinary, and other gentlemen were invited. BRUSSELS, Wednesday Morning. To-day there has been witnessed in this city one of those sights which can be seen only in a free country. An ovation for the ruler of a people may be organised officially, as we know it has been be fore now, in places where the object of the acclama tion was anything but popular, and the people feigned a loyalty which they felt not. But there is no mistaking an enthusiasm organised by the police for the outspoken loyalty of a free and happy people, who love the chief of their State ; and quite as im possible would it be for any one who hears the way Leopold 11. is cheered by his people and sees the manner in which they surround him whenever he appears among them, constantly as that is, to come to any other conclusion than that he is a sovereign Lien ainie of his subjects. I use the French words, because they are those in which any Belgian will respond to you if you ask him how the people like their King. It was only last evening it became known that his Majesty would visit the Tir to-day, and review his faithful Garde Civique; but short as the notice was, dense masses had stationed them selves along the whole route from the city to the Tir, a distance of more than two of our miles, consider ably before the hour at which it had been announced his Majesty would set out from the Royal Palace in the city. I mentioned in a former letter that the Tir building resembles the south wing of the Great Exhibition Palace at Kensington ; but I ought to have added, by way of qualification in favour of the Belgian structure, that it is much handsomer. In the centre there is a projection, the upper story of which serves as a bureau for the Commission Di rectrice du Tir; and at each extremity there are smaller projections in the same style. The top is castellated along the entire length, and the roof affords space for standing or walking on the leads. To-day every little castle from end to end had its handsome Belgian flag, and all the spaces between the raised brickwork were filled with ladies radiant in light and brilliant clothing, for the day was mild and the sun shone out strongly. Flags were displayed from the walls of the lower part of the building also ; streamers were passed from tree to tree on the space in front; bright carpet was laid on the path by which the King was to pass in ; and such were the floral decorations of the alcove at the entrance that it was like a charming bower of choice exotics. Immediately in front of the building, and outside the grass plot which forms its lawn, was the high road, with a longline of carriages drawn up on each side and thousands of happy-looking men, women, and children in the centre. Outside the highway was an extensive country of hill and dale all smiling in the luxurious tintsof autumn, the wood and Palace of Laeken crowning the height which bound the landscape in the distance. It was for this spot the King set out from Brussels at a quarter before 2 o'clock. As in the case of our Queen, punc tuality is with him a rule ; and at the appointed hour a squadron of his fine guards, the Guides, in their green uniforms, long boots and bearskins, trotted out of the Palace courtyard with an air and spirit that reminded me of our heavy Dragoons. Next came two outriders in scarlet and gold, with cockades of the Belgian colours in their hats. Then, amid a " "%rive le Roi !" that you might have heard half a mile off, the open carriage and four contain ing the King, with the Lord Mayor of London sit ting by his side, and General De Liem opposite to him. The King wore the uniform of a Lieutenant- General of the Belgian army, but on this occasion the riband of the Order of Leopold was not across his shoulders. There was a broad piece of crape on his left arm, and all the Royal servants had their gold bands covered with crape as mourning for the late King. The Lord Mayor was in the uniform of a Deputy-Lieutenant, and wore the Order of Leo pold. Four other open carriages and four followed his Majesty, -all splendidly horsed and elegant in their appointments, and another squadron of the Guides brought up the rear. Turning from the park to the line of streets leading across the boule vards to the suburban road by which the Tir is approached, the cortege proceeded at a slow trot, for it was impossible to drive rapidly through the carriages and the crowds that everywhere all but blocked up the carriage-way. • On either side of the road are lofty trees, beneath which run the foot paths. From many of those trees flags depended, and indeed all the houses within sight of his Majesty were decorated. Arrived at the space in front of the Tir the King descended and made an inspection of the Garde Civique, who were drawn up in hollow square. His Majesty was followed by M. Rogier, Minister of Foreign Affairs, M. Alphonse van den Peereboom, Minister of the Interior, General Re nard, Brialmont, Goethals, D'Hanins de Moerkerke, Dubent Borremans, and Major Goffinet and Lieut. Londen, officers of ordnance. Having passed along the inside of the four sides of the square, the King ascended the steps at the entrance of the building and the troops defiled before him in companies, each company shouting " Vive le Roi !" as it passed his Majesty. The appearance of the various corps of the Garde Civique, cavalry, infantry, chasseurs, eclaireurs, and artillery, was picturesque in square, but still more so as the various branches of the force defiled before their Sovereign and saluted. . There was no effort at great military di s pl ay; no ma d c apering of orderly officers with apo cr y p h a l mess ages, but there was the manly m arc hi ng o f a fine body of patriot soldiers dressed in various and handsome uni forms, and all breathing devotion to the King who stood before them. The defiling having come to a conclusion the King entered the building, and was received, under the President's canopy and amid the flowers, by M. D a ill y, w h o r ead a short address thanking his M a j es t y f or hi s un iform patronage of the Tir, and congra t u l at i tg him upon the succes sion of loy a l d emonstrat i ons w i t h w hi c h he had been met in the provinces and his capital during his recent visits to the various fetes throughout Bel [ADVERTISEMENTd—IfoIIoway's Ointment and Pills.— There is no question whatever that rheumatism, neuralgia, and:such like painful maladies, are more rife this season than for some years past. Tho number of testimonials of cures effected by Holloway's remedies is unprecedented, and should b o enforced on the attention of all sufferers from these complaints. The parts in pain should be fo mented for some minutes with warm brine, dried, and im mediately rubbed with the ointment. 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Furloughs granted to non-commissioned officers and soldiers may com mence from the Ist of November. 2. These indulgences are to terminate on the 14th of March next, when, agree ably to her Majesty's Regulations, all officers and soldiers are to be present with their respective regiments and depots. 3. At least one field-officer, one-half of the cap tains, and one-half of the subaltern officers are always to be present. 4. No officer (except in the performance of duty, or for the purpose of joining his regiment) is to quit the United Kingdom without having first received her Ma jesty's special permission, according to the regulation on that head. 5. Officers employed upon the Staff of the army or upon other special duties are not to be included in the number hereby fixed for the constant duty of the regi ment or depot. 6. The applications for leave fur regi mental medical officers and paymasters are to continue to be made in the mode prescribed in the Regulations and Orders for the Army. 7. In cases of short leave of absence being requested by adjutants, ridingmasters, quartermas- tors, or veterinary surgeons of regimentS, it will be neces sary that a special report be made as to the arrangement sanctioned by the commanding officer for the performance of the officer's duties. 8. The proportion of non-commis sioned officers, trumpeters, drummers, and private men to whom furloughs may bo granted is not to exceed 12 per cent, of corps of all arms. Commanding officers of regi ments returning from India and China may exercise a liberal discretion to soldiers who come home with their corps. When corps are not stationed in garrisons or mili tary districts, the officers commanding are at liberty to use their discretion in granting the indulgence of leave of absence, under the foregoing restrictions, to the officers and soldiers under their command, reporting the same to the Adjutant-General. Special attention is directed to the first paragraph of this general order, by which it will be seen that its provisions are not confined, as former general orders on the same subject have been, to Great Britain only. It being no longer deemed expedient to maintain the distinc tion in the period of winter leave granted in different parts of the United Kingdom, that portion of Article 6, page 84, of the Queen's Regulations and Orders for the Army relat ing thereto is hereby cancelled. By command of his Royal Highness the Field-Marshal Commanding-in-Chief, " WILLIAM PALLET, Adjutant-General." The half-yearly inspection of the Ist battalion Scots Fusilier Guards took place yesterday morning on the Horse Guards Parade. The battalion, under command of Lieut.-Col. Gipps, Lieut.-Col. Lennox Peel, and Lieut.-Col. G. W. Knox, arrived on the ground shortly before ten o'clock and formed line. The inspecting general, Major-Gen. Lord F. Paulet, C. 8., accompanied by his aide-de-camp, Capt. W. F. Seymour, arrived shortly after, and was received with the customary salute. The battalion then broke into open column of companies, and his lord ship made a minute inspection of the arms, accoutre ments, &c., and the general bearing and appearance of the men. The battalion marched past in slow and quick time ; it then formed line, and the com mand was given to the senior Major (Col. Peel), who put the right wing through the manual and the left wing through the platoon exercise. The junior Major (Lieut.-Col. Knox) took the command, and put the whole battalion through the bayonet exer cise. The battalion next formed square, and the General, addressing Col. Gipps, the officers, and men, stated that he was pleased to tell them, as he always told that battalion since he had been in command of the Brigade of Guards, that they were in the highest state of efficiency. This, his lordship d, showed how well the duties were performed by ranks, from the colonel to the private soh .The General aft erwar d s i nspec t e d th e bar rack-rooms, messes, books, &c., and again expressed his ap p robati on , Th h e eig a h p t pe o a f ra t n h c e e m o e fnthbeeibnagt on n li a o n n was very fine, the average sft. 10in' , and th e average age 251 years. On the ground were obs c erv ol ed several old officers of the Col. Stracey-ClitheGro. regiment, includinc, wß'nBclleeß; r i o i w c nlo: Knox, M.P., Lieut.-Gen. Sir the South-Western inspectedDistric,." Light infantry, under the command commanding the 68th o of Lieut.-Col. n b S y ou c t o h l sea l - v c . o u p- , Green, C. 8., yesterday mon. The General, accompanied Assit.-Quartermaster-Gener a l ; Col. Allison . , As i sis s t. - Adjt.-General ; Major Mackenzie, Aide -de-Camp; Capt. Glyn, Aide de-Camp ; and Town Major Breton, arrived on the ground at 11 o'clock, where he was received by a salute from the troops drawn up in line, after which he t oo k up his position at th e saluting point, when they marched past in slow and quick time. This was followed by a few field manoeuvres, concluding with a short address from the General to the men, forming three sides of al l square, the Colonel and officers being in the centre. The manufacture of the new Boxer central-fire cartridges for breech-loading arms in Woolwich Arsenal is progressing favourably. Col. Boxer has made a further improvement in their construction, by which it appears the accidental explosion of the cartridge is now rendered practically impossible. This improvement has been ordered to be carried out in the future manufacture of the Boxer ammu nition, which is at present produced in the Royal Laboratory at the rate of about 90,000 rounds per day, and this rate of supply will ultimately be in creased to upwards of 200,000 rounds per day, in order to meet the demand for the number of cart ridges ordered to be prepared for service in the pre sent financial year, 1866-7, namely 40,000,00 0 . The Danish frigate Jylland, 44, Capt. Pedersen, from Madeira for Copenhagen, put into Plymouth Sound yesterday for coal. The 'War Department store-vessels Lord I'anmure and Lord Raglan, laden with guns, Palliser shot, and r generalD stores, sail e d y es t er d ay f rom W oo l w i c h, both Channelev bonpyort, the latter vessel bei ng t ow ed down The Lord the former under steam. They are ex pected to arrive at Devonport to-morrow morning. o w f i will eprrcoacregeßod:atgonl a d D n f lu n b a Dublin, landinr , some heavy guns, with small arm chesatlsLl discharge a second portion clearY eoao h_er out ret n a r t n Chester o a i n w d i e l o h a . d The screw frigate Capt. W. M. Dowel, 39 , ds 7.4e050t yesterday d o horse-power, - p p u o t w o e t r i t , of commission, and v ' her crew sheeo o rf ff nes i s n p tl o te ck s y te a a r m d, basin, under the superintendence C. 8., superintendent of Capt. W. K . and the officials connected with the Chatham and- New Blackfriars Bridge. Within the memory of living men almost every metropolitan bridge has been built. Waterloo is a comparatively modern structure, and even South wark is older by a year than that which is supposed to be the oldest—New London-bridge. With the exception of Putney and Battersea bridges, which can certainly not be called metropolitan, nearly all are of very recent date. Hungerford, Lambeth, Chelsea, Westminster, have all, one might almost say, been built within the last few years, and the railway bridges are almost, comparatively speaking, the growth of a few months. The contributions of the latter to the adornment of the river, however, have been very small, and, small as their ornamen tal aid has been, they have unfortunately been placed in such unlucky positions as to hide or mar the effect of something very much better than them selves. This is pre-eminently the case with the new Blackfriars-bridge. Nothing can relieve its aspect from the bizarre aspect produced by the lattice girder bird-cage-looking railway structure beyond it. Either from up or down the river the view of new Blackfriars-bridge will be totally spoilt by this juxtaposition, just as the beautiful suspension bridge over the Conway is spoilt by the tubular girder alongside it, and as another monstrous girder spoils the light chain which spans the Menai Straits. So also with the new bridge at Blackfriars, the railway viaduct will be the death of it in an architectural point of view. This is to be regretted, for probably no structure of its kind in Europe can be said to equal it either in design or magnificent solidity of workmanship. The total length of the bridge from end to end is to be 922 ft., and this enormous stretch is carried on only five arches. The centre arch has a span of no less than 1851 t., the arches on either side of this have a stretch of 175 ft., while even those which abut immediately on the shore have a headway of 155 feet. The centre arch will give 25 feet elevation above high-water mark, but all the arches are' almost flat iu the crowns, and form but a small seg ment of a circle. In fact, the gradient of the whole structure is only 1 in 40, or just half that of the old bridge, and less than a quarter of that of Holborn hill. The five piers which are to support these arches are of the most massive description—each is 130 feet long by about 20 feet in width. The piers inside two of the caissons are about half completed. Massive granite work, which is laid on its concrete foundations far below the bed of the river, and, in fact, some feet into the London clay, have already been built above low-water mark. All the caissons for the other piers are more or leas ad vanced in progress, though, from the peculiar engi neering difficulties offered by parts of the bed of the river, some are built much more slowly than others. Thus on the Surrey side the London clay is reached with comparative ease, whereas on the Middlesex shore, even at a considerable depth below the bed of the river, the soil is entirely composed of gravel, and through this the water percolates with such rapidity that almost incessant pumping is necessary to keep the interior of the caissons free from it y;hile the granite blocks for the foundation are being laid. Two, however, as we have said, have been completed, and the piers nearly built to high-water mark. The caissons inside which the works are carried on are the largest ever sunk in the river, and six are re quisite for the building of one pier. They are ordi nary boiler-plate chambers, of wrought iron, four of them being rectangular, and two at each end being pointed or triangular in shape, to form the cut-water of each pier. It would, we venture to think, have saved both time and money had these caissons been sunk entire, instead of, as now, in six divisions, for the parts where the divisions occur have to be carefully piled between and made water tight before the masonry between each section can be built up from the base of the foundation. The plan of sinking these caissons is, however, as simple and inexpensive as can well be devised. Guide piles are driven to keep them in their proper places first, and between these a cross staging is erected at low water to support the wrought-iron cham ber. On this, then, is built piece by piece a boiler—the first segment of the caisson. When it has reached the height required to keep its upper rim above the water at low tide it is lifted bodily by powerful steam cranes, and lowered between the guide piles into its place on the bed of the river. At the next low tide, whether it be during night or day, the workmen are engaged in screwing on plates to compose another rim, to raise it still higher. Then as the pressure of the water increases on its sides it is strengthened from the interior not only with strong piling, but with powerful wrought-iron ribs, which are bolted all around it, and these again where the pressure is greatest are supported by lattice girders of wrought iron. It will readily be imagined that these extra supports are necessary when we say that the pressure at high tide on the side of the caissons for one pier amounts to about 600 tons. Of course, as fast as these great cells of wrought iron are lowered into the river their own weight takes them deep into its bed, and when they cease to sink of themselves they are weighted with masses of iron ballast till no additional pressure can get them further down. They are then pumped out till per fectly free from water, when the work of dredging out the soil commences. Generally, as this is done, the caisson sinks a little more, till what is called the London clay is reached. This, which is usually called the blue clay is very hard, and more than a foot or so into it nothing can be forced. On this impenetrable substratum, then, when all inside the caisson is perfectly dry, the foundations of the piers are laid on a thick mass of solid concrete, The centre of the pier is built of brickwork set in cement, a i r n o d n . T p erfectly heou w te eb r bed circumference together is w ith fo r a m t e n d a sesn entirely e b l y o bond blocks of granite, some of which--indeed, most of t Arsb h itevsr e lleo m ifrcwaitsut of h n e otbstweh bed of spring f s irons then rasaleorsoe:etvta sas walhftha pierateeeravreve heavy removedit is aset co mple t ed f rutophmpeteorl ln2we partseatlsrvo tl 0 1 1 5 o r 18 tons. f tides no sign of the ironwork will be visible above the granite. So also none of any piling which may be used around the piers will be "drawn," but all will be sawn by divers just above the earth. It has been often said that these wrought-iron caissons are liable to rust and decay, which of course they a re ; but if they all disappeared within a single twelvemonth after being finished it would have no more effect on the piers themselves than a change of the weather, for these caissons are simply thin wrought-iron chambers to keep the water out while the massive granite foundation is being built insideit. At the same time it may be said that this wrought ironwork when well beneath' the water is not nearly so liable to rust and decay as many persons suppose. Thus, in taking down the old bridge, in the very foundation of one of the piers, a steel trowel was found irnbedded in the centre, and this was actually as un tarnished as when it came from the workshop. Th e t op i e r fi s n t i h s h a e t d h . a v e A b n e y e t ri f b in u g r t m h e o s r t e advanced m assimassive e thanare beau tifully thispart of the workmanship it would be very difficult to SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TIMES.—Our reports of the meetings which are being held in different parts of the country are headed with the word "Reform," and nothing is more natural than to connect them with the mea sures and events of last session. The late Govern ment resigned office because it despaired of carrying a measure which, whatever might have been its ulti mate results, would only in the first instance have added something under a quarter of a million to the existing constituencies. Such a measure, whatever might hereafter flow from it, was, doubtless, pro perly described as Parliamentary Reform. But what has that measure, and what have those who supported it, in common with the meetings which are taking place in the great towns ? Being got up by the same body, their language is always the same—a demand for Manhood Suffrage. The matter which some people consider one of the most delicate and difficult things in the world is looked upon by Mr. Bright and his friends as a thing of the most transparent simplicity. Given the number of adult males free from crime and pau perism, subtract from that number those already possessed of the franchise, and' the amount of wickedness and injustice is nieasured by the sum that remains. Only 16 out of every 100 possess the franchise, and the announcement is greeted with cries of " Shame." Mr. Bright states his own case very fairly when he says that the question is " whether in future the government and the legis lation of this country shall be conducted by a single class in a sham Parliament, or by the nation through its representatives fairly and freely chosen." He nowhere tells us what he means by" the nation," but his audience necessarily understand him to mean the whole hundred, 84 per cent. of whom do not now possess the franchise. Now, this claim may be perfectly well founded, but what we wish to point out to our readers is that it is the language, not of Reform, but of Revolution. The word " Reform" properly implies the attempt to bring back an in stitution to its original purity ; but, acccording to this view, England has always been governed by a sham Parliament and a privileged class, and never enjoyed a Government worthy of the name of na tional. Mr. Bright and his followers break openly with the past of this country, and the whole of his speech at Glasgow is one long and acrimonious calumny on the most durable, the most prosperous, and the most renowned institution that the world has ever seen. This should be clearly understood, because there will be many who will point to these meetings and say that it is necessary to concede some thing to conciliate such vast numbers of our fellow countrymen. Any measure of Parliamentary Re form which may be proposed must be discussed and decided on its own merits. What we want to point out is that it has, and can have, nothing in common with the demand of these meetings. What answer is it to five million men who seek to be admitted to the franchise to tell them that we are willing to consider the claims of two hundred thousand? The two questions differ, not in degree, but in kind. Reform is conceived in a spirit friendly, Revo lution in a spirit hostile, to our institutions. It is the object of a Reformer to keep up a close connection between the past and future of England ; the Revo lutionist would interpose as wide a gulf between them as that which separates the ancient regime of France from the present empire, and meetings for the one purpose in no degree tend to support the other. Observe the spirit in which Mr. Bright speaks of what we have been accustomed to consi der the happy, free, and prosperous state of this country. He says that "84 per cent. of our male population might as well live in Russia, although in Russia there is no Parliament at all." That is, he estimates the value of the institutions which Eng land, "The Mother of Parliaments," as he called her the other day, enjoys over those of the most ab solute Government in the world at absolutely nothing—a sham, the Government of a privileged class, with which the nation has nothing to do. He charges upon this class Government the corruption that takes place at elections, forgetting that where there is no freedom there is no corruption, that the expenses of elections in the United States are enor mous, and that in those English constituencies which come nearer to what he would approve the legitimate expenses are such as none but the rich can bear. He has no doubt that the Government of England before the Reform Bill was one of the worst in Europe, and looks back upon our history with shame and abhorrence. We were, it seems, constantly engaged in wars, while the rest of Europe, we suppose, was at peace ; we paid heavy taxes, while the rest of Europe, we sup pose, was taxed lightly ; and we were Protection ists and Prohibitionists, while the rest of Europe enjoyed free trade. Such value does he set on the right of election as hitherto enjoyed in this country that lie asserts that if you took the first 658 well-dressed and cleanly-washed persons who passed through Temple-bar we should have a better Parliament than now exists. "The house," he says, " does not represent the justice and the intelligence of the nation, but its prejudices, privileges, and sel fishnesses." Of course, of its intelligence and know ledge of business, of its aptitude to find persons capable of conducting the great offices of the State, he thinks nothing at all, since lie considers persons equal to these tasks could be found among 658 washed and well-dressed passers-by—though why washed and well-dressed we do not know. They would be free, he thinks, from a great number of influences that weigh upon the present House of Commons. But this is, after all, but a negative merit, even did it exist, which is very unlikely. Mr. Bright ventured to tell the people of Scotland that the tillers of the soil, who in Scotland are thoroughly independent of their landlords, " are becoming more degraded every day." He considers it to be the fault of Parliament that the landed property of the United Kingdom is in so few hands, and, as this is the result of the most unfettered liberty, he clearly implies that a Parliament such as he would wish to n see would interfere with that erty. Such is Mr. Bright's view of the past history and present state of this country ; such is his estimate cf the remedy which should be applied to it. He has not shown us how one single grievance of which he complains would be remedied by the changes he advocates. He believes that ignorance and suffering might be remedied to an incalculable extent, and that many an Eden might be raised up in the waste wilderness which spreads before us. How this is to be done is a secret which he has hitherto carefully kept, and will not, we fear, divulge to our present "sham Legislature." One thing we would suggest to Mr. Bright after the very strong language which he ap plies to history and institutions which very few Englishmen beside himself, whatever be their poli tical opinions, can think of without feeling some honest pride. When the claim is put forward for the poorer part of the community that the whole direction of the affairs of the country shall be placed in their hands, we confess it does appear to us a little unreasonable that they who claim to be our future rulers should insist upon being exempted from that ordeal of criti c i sm which every class, every person, and every institution in this country is obliged to bear. It is of evil augury for the fitness of the great mass of the people—for those powers which are claimed on their behalf, that their advocates entirely refuse to allow that fitness to be I rcalled in question, and never address an audience without denouncing in the most emphatic terms, and holding up as proper subjects of popular ven geance, those members of Parliament who have Ventured to argue—whether rightly or wrongly it matters not so far as the present question is con cerved—that the hands in which it is proposed to place the supreme power are not so fit for it as those in which it is placed already. One of the charges that is usually brought against a Govern ment by a numerical majority is its extreme into lerance of any opposition to its will, and it is a singular way of disproving that charge, instead of answering an argument, to direct the torrent of popular vengeance against its author. Whatever our Constitution has hitherto been, we have cer tainly enjoyed under it full freedom of discussion. Is it quite sure that that is one of the blessings which will attend on the introduction of Mr. Bright's millennium ? HERALD.—It would not be right to say of Mr. Bright's Glasgow speech that it is precisely iden tical with the speeches already delivered at Bir mingham, at Manchester, and at Leeds. He has evidently felt the taunt which charged him with always saying the same thing, and he has endea-, voured to give us a little variety. The variations, however, are all in the same key. He has not in troduced Mr. Lowe on this occasion, or the favourite bravura on the theme of Adullam. He has given us one or two arguments, which, though not new, have an air of being apposite to the matter in ques tion. Ile rails a little less furiously at his personal opponents. lie has grown in charity, and reviles not individuals but classes. In other respects, there is no improvement in Mr. Bright's manner of speaking, and no novelty in its matter. This pre sent speech, like all his speeches, is devoted to the great purpose of proving how much better England would be governed were the many, who are poor and ignorant, to be her governors, than she is now, when it is the few rich and educated who govern. It is a perfect model of a demagogue's oration--successful, because it was made to succeed—cheered by the thousands who heard it, as it could not fail to be cheered; for it was a long and elaborate eulogy of the virtue and intelligence of the audience. How could such a speech fail of success? Are we to reckon it as one more proof of the political capacity of the working classes, that they display so keen a delight in hear. ing themselves flattered by Mr. John Bright? Added to the pleasure of being told of their own goodness, they Lad the further gratification of hear ing their superiors reviled for their stupidity, their meanness; and their wickedness. This is Mr. Bright's way of reconciling class with class—of bringing about that millennium when " all should legislate for all"—of promoting universal peace and brotherhood in the nation. He points to the sins of the higher classes; he indicates the fat acres pos sessed by the minority ; he tells of the millions pau perised through the agency of the governing fami lies—simply to bring about a better feeling among all classes. " The class which has hitherto ruled England has failed miserably. It revels in power and wealth, while at its foot lies a multitude which it has neglected." These are the words of our peace maker. Here is our assurance of the Eden which is to come through manhood suffrage. Carried away by the noble ideas suggested to Lim by his own ima gination, thinking of the terrible wickedness of the class which revels in wealth and power while the millions are neglected and oppressed, and moved by the spirit of prophecy, Mr. Bright thinks he is able to discern, " as it were, above the hill-tops of time the glimmering of the dawn of a better and a nobler day for the country and for the people that I love so well." The people that he loves so well ought to be grateful to know what this beneficent spirit is about to do to realise his vision. COUNTRY MARKETS. ..___ NEWCAS TLE-ON-TYNE-T UESDAY. At our market to-day there was a small supply of wheat from the growers, the condition of which was very poor. A good demand was experienced, at an advance of is to 2s per qr. on both new and old. Fine malting barley scarce• Malt firm. Old beans and peas is higher. Old oats realized fully late rates, but new wore neglected. Flour 10 por sack dearer. MONMOUTHSHIRE-TUESDAY. The markets have been pretty well attended, and the supplies of most descriptions of grain good, especially foreign wheat and barley, while several cargoes are ex" pected to arrive. Holders of malting barley held out for the current long quotations, and as buyers refused to give them trade was far from active. For English beans prices ruled firm. The following are the average quotations:—Wheat, red, 6s 3d to 68 9d per bushel ; whit e , 6 s 9d t o 7 s Od ; inferior, 4s 6d to 5s Od ; malting barley, 38s to 43s per qr ; grind ing ditto, 32s to 358 Od; beans, 44s ; white oats, 25s to 290; black ditto, 24s 9d to 26s 6d. GAINSBOROUGH-T UESDAL A moderate supply of wheat offering to-day, prices for which were in sellers' favour. Fine new, 52s to 54s ; fine old, 50s to 61s. Barley changed hands at extreme quota tions. Oats steady, at top prices. Beans were scarce, and in favour of tho seller. SALISBURY.-TUESDAY. To-day the attendance of farmers, millers, and dealers was pretty good, but wheat came to hand in impaired con dition, with but comparatively little of first quality j • steady trade was done at an advance of is per qr. For barley sales were easily effected at full current rates. For oats, beans, and peas quotations did not undergo all change . _ . Tile following are the quotations :—Wheat realised from 48s to 60s ; barley, 35s to 46s ; oats, 24s to 328 ; beans, 484 to 545; and peas, 42s to 50s per qr. Tares, from 68 to Is 6d per bushel; Best bread, 13d ; household ditto, 12d• per 81b loaf. Flour, 39s to 45s per sack. HULL-TUESDAY. English white wheat, 56s to 60s; red, 523 to 56s ; Dant' sic and Konigsberg, 45s to 60s ; Baltic red, 48s to 525; Danish and Hamburg, 46s to 508 ; Russian, 48s to 50s• Barley, English, —a to —s ; grinding, Mediterranean , 31s to 31s 6d. Oats, now English, 27s to 28s ; Russian , 26s to 275. Beans, old English, 50s to 51s; foreign, 450 to 475. Peas, English blue, 40s to 41s Od; foreign white! 38s to 40s; grinding, 36s to 37s Od per qr. MELTON MOWBRAY.--TUESDAY. With rather more inquiry, wheat may be quoted is per qr higher. Barley came freely to hand, but very fine sorts were scarce. White wheat, 54s to 61s ; red, 50s to 5Gs per 36 stone• Barley for malting, 40s to 46s per qr ; feed, 33s to 36s per 30 stone. Oats, old, 30s to 335; new, 22s to 30s per 21st• Beans, old, 48s to 525; new, 45s to 48s per qr. COAL MARKET. Price per ton at the close of the market. s. d. s. cl,; Holywell Main l7 6 Wallsend Haswell 2l Oassop ',; Pensher Primrose Caradoc 2l 0 Walls End Helton ... 21 , Pit tington lB 3 Tees Hartlepool Wylam l7 6 Walls End Gosforth 19 0 „ Framwellgate l9 3 James Kelloe Cowndon Ships at market, 58—sold, 42. Foreign Mail i'acliet List. MAILS Australia and New Zealand, via Southainpton Oct. Ditto, via Marseilles Nov. IS• ttrazil and Cape Verde. by lirttisn paoket. ..... Nov. 5 Ditto, by French packet Cape of Good Hope, Atooenslon, and St. Heleua oot. 8. Uhina, Penang, and Sing•ipore, via Southampton Oct 20. Ditto, via Marseilles Oot, Falkland Islands i bra tar, via Southampton Oct. 20. i (Celcutta), and Ceylon, vla 3,)uttianipton..., Oat, 20 Ditto, via Marseilles India (Bombay), via Southampton Oct. 29 Ditto, via narsei:les Oct. 23 llalta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Oct. 20. Ditto, via Marseilles Oct. 23. tlauritius, via Southampton Oct. 20 Ditto, via Marseilles... Nov. 13 Newfoundland Portugal • Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon United States and British North America, by Bri tish packet . 2'. Ditto. by United States packet, via Southamp ton • • Ditto, via Cork Ditto, oy Canadian packet, via Londonderry „Oct. 18. West Coast of Africa, hladetra. and Tenerlife ....Nov. t°' Test Indies and Pacific (except Bahamas and Honduras) •••• Oct. 29 Cuba and Mexico Bermuda, via Halifax Oct. 24 Bahamas, via New t ork. Nov Js' THE AMERICAN COTTON CROP.—The New York Commercial Advertiser of Oct. 2 publishes 'a letter , signed "Caution," respecting the cotton crop. The writ e ' . starts with a reference to the following passage in p r. Forbes's.report :—" The ordinary estimate in Georgia We e , that an acre of l an d wou ld y i e ld two b a l es o f co tt on ; Forbes believed that this year the average yield would ne'' be half a bale to the acre ;" and continues, "If this is en accurate representation of the doctor's statement, it, is the most ludicrous blunder of the day. Our Georgia friend ° must have taken most unwarrantable liberties with the doctor's credulity. Any child in the South knows that in patriarchal times the allotment of land to each working hand was about 12 to 14 acres of cotton and 10 to 12 Wee of corn, and that the average crop was about six bales to the hand. With rich land and less corn they made ree f° cotton and vice versa. This year it is understood that there was much more cotton and less corn than usual planted t o the hand. Indeed, the planting season being most favour able almost every day from Dec. 24 to April 20 more land vii ° planted this year than could possibly be cultivated se o ' cessfully. When the rains came on (no new thing under the sun) much rich bottom land in Mississippi had to b e abandoned, and every acre so given to up to grass caused e howl of despair, which was heard 'all over the cotter trading world. Private information received by the writ er satisfies him the damage done by recent rains is COo" fined to certain localities, and is by no means genera . Very extensive cotton districts promise a large yield, 84 1 even those injured most may recover it all thi s month, if favoured with dry weather. In 30 years' experience IW e never known a single instance in which a speculati ve movement, originating in a cry of short crop in September , did not sooner or later lead to disappointment and a revul sion in price. The great abundance of money may enabl e speculators to hold back the ere p from Europe until Liver" pool is forced up for want of stock, but this will only defer the catastrophe, as it did last year, until the winter or spring. In the meantime, I advise the cotton speculato re not to count their chickens before they are hatched,' or t° estimate the cotton crop until they know, with some de' greo of certainty, that it has stopped growing." Births. DARE—On the 14th inst., at 9, Leinster-streat, Dublin, th e wife of Robert W. Hall-Dare, Esq., o f Newtownb House, county of Wexford, of a son and heir. JOHNSTONE—On the 15th inst., at Clifton, the wife of W in. Lee Johnstone, Esq., of a son. REW— On the 15th inst., at the Rectory, Cranham, Esse n ' Mrs. Charles Row, of a son. RIDDELL—On the 16th inst., at 26A, Bryanston-square, the wife of Francis Riddell, Esq., of a daughter. Marriages. CUBITT—TYLER—On the 16th i ns t at St. Mary's Cbur, ut Stamford, Willi am C u bi tt, elder son of Thomas C"' CIIf "; Esq., of Musw e ll-hill , t o Eli za b e th M ary, t hi r d &ugh" of Wm. Tyler, Esq., of London. HANBURY—TOWER—On the 16th inst., at Moreton, Vs se t t Osgood Hanbury, jun., Esq., of Howe Hatch, 6° 1 • 1 Weald, to Cecilia, only daughter of the Rev. R.B. Tovre" rector of Moreton. Deaths. BASSET—On the 15th inst., John S. Basset, of Stainforci hill and Wood-street, aged 79. DYKE—On the 16th inst., at Baldon House, near 0)& 131 Capt. C. Dyke, R.N., of 6, Eaton-square, London. HUDSON—On the 11th inst., at Staplehurst, Kent, ThorO B. Hudson, Esq., aged 86. HALL—On the 16th inst., at Tottenham, Mrs. M. SA ft. list of Mr. W. Hall, of Hatfield, Harts, agad 00. 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