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

Visit of the Volunteers to Belgium. the Volunteers inside that the windows were thrown open, and a scene of the most jubilant, mutual en thusiasm ensued, the band playing the " Braban gonne," and subsequently, when the health of her Majesty of England was drunk, " God Save the Queen." The same evening Lieut.-Col. Lindsay and his Staff, Lord Bury, Sir P. Hunter, and all the field officers of the Volunteers, were received at dinner by the King and Queen of the Belgians at Laeken. The guests having assembled in the drawing-room, their Majesties entered and spoke a few words to every one of them. Besides Volunteer officers, there were present on the occasion the Ministre de l'lnte rieure, the Comtesse Borghrove and Madame de Benterghen, Dames du Palais ; Gen. de Liem, Ad - jutant-General ; Comte de Borghrove, Secretaire du Roi; Major Baron Prisse, Adjutant du Palais ; M. Brewer, Officier d'Ordonnance ; Dr. Eustace Smith, of London, Physician Extraordinary to the King ; and M. Anspach, Bourgmestre of Brussels. After the dinner at the Palace, the Volunteer offi cers,' accompanied by the Bourgmestre, attended the ball given by La Reunion Lyrique. On entering the ball-room our countrymen found themselves on historic ground. In the same apartment, standing just as it does now, and with precisely similar deco rations, the Duchess of Richmond assembled around her Wellington and his companions in arms on the very eve of the battle of Waterloo. In this room t happened that "there was a sound of revelry by night," when the alarm was given, and heroes rushed from the ball to the camp. On Saturday night Frenchmen, Englishmen, and Belgians met there, not in memory of the past, but to renew pledges of lasting goodwill, and they and their fair partners waltzed to music selected with international impartiality. All thesaloonsof La Reunion Lyrique were beautifully adorned for the occasion. In the ante-rooms were extempore gardens of choice exo tics, amid which crystal fountains threw up refresh ing sprays. La Grand Salle, in which the dancing took place, is an exceedingly elegant and chastely decorated apartment. It was brilliant in glass chan deliers. The walls, pilasters, and ceiling were all in pure white,with gold reliefs. For hours dancing was carried on with great spirit, but certainly under dif ficulties, for such was the crowd that no pair of waltzers could extend their saltatorY movements to a circle as large as that of an ordinary round table. When Col. Lindsay and his staff entered dancing was at once suspended, the band played " God save the Queen," and at the conclusion of the national anthem repeated hurrahs, waving of handkerchiefs, and clapping of hands bid welcome to the Volun teers. The President of the Reunion having con ducted Col. Lindsay up to thehead of the ball-room, addressed him in the name of the society, and the gallant officer responded to the compliment in French. (From the Times Special Correspondent.) BRUSSELS, Monday Morning. To describe in detail or even keep pace with all the various manifestations of rejoicing and hospita lity here is a simple impossibility. The original programme was formidable, but it has sunk into in significance as compared with the reality of what is going on here at all hours from morning till night, week-day and Sunday. "We were not prepared for this" is the expression in every foreigner's mouth, and the words are those of strict truth. To say that the munificent manifestations of cordiality which the people of Brussels are making in favour of our countrymen are ostentatious would be a gross perversion of fact, but we may, without detracting from the unparalleled hospitality of her hosts, say that the more than kindness shown to the Volun teers here is becoming embarrassing to them, and for this reason—that they feel it will be utterly be yond their power ever to return it in kind. We can do a great many things in England, and some of them better than they can be done in, any other country, but to entertain 1,200 or 1,300 foreigners in the way the Belgians are regaling their guests is one of the things we could not do, however well we might be disposed. To conduct without hitch or miscarriage rejoicings extending over even one day is a task seldom accomplished ; but to receive and fete and caress and amuse many hundreds of men of various countries and of various tastes for a succes sion of days in such a manner that the pleasure and gratitude of all the recipients should day by day, and hour by hour, be growing in intensity is some thing that any city which does it may well be proud of ; and this Brussels is doing. For all time to come there is no city out of England of which our coun trymen ought to feel more delightful recollections. On Saturday the Volunteers began to compete in the Tir at the short ranges. On the same day the other foreign riflemen and the Garde Civique fired away for many hours, with but a brief inter mission to allow the markers and other officials time for refreshment. As the Tir system is so diffe rent from that of the prize shooting at Wimbledon, a short description of it may not prove uninterest ing to the reader who is following the narrative of the visit of the Volunteers to Belgium. At the Tir the firing is done through windows, the riflemen being comfortably housed. The scene of the peace ful contests of the Belgian riflemen among each other and with foreigners on such occasions as the present is about two English miles from the city. On arriv ing at the grounds of the Commission Directrice du Tir, you perceive a long brick structure, something like the south wing of the last Great Exhibition building at Kensington, running longitudinally across a field ; and when you enter it you are dis posed to think you are in an extensive riding-school, with a continued series of box-stalls from end to end on one side. There is a considerable thickness of fine clay under your feet, a nd a plain wooden - pointed arched roof over your head. There are 35 of the box stalls, or series, each with a window looking out on targets, and each provided with a desk, at which sits a functionary in uniform—every official wears a uniform here. Facing the series, andon the entrance side, is a recess, midway in the building. here is the president's chair, and there also are doors lead ing to committee-rooms upstairs. At the extreme left is the ambulance, where you find a perfectly appointed little hospital, with surgical appliances and medicaments such as may be necessary in case of accidents from gunshots. At the far right is a little target office, the proceedings in which I shall describe by-and-by. When a rifleman is about to compete he is introduced into one of the series. His name and other particulars are entered by the officer at the desk, his charge is handed to him, and he proceeds to put his rifle in shooting order. It is on record that careless loaders of deadly weapons have done damage even to the extent of accidental homicide in obeying the order " make ready." A slight charge of powder will propel a ramrod with a dangerous force, and accord ingly precaution is taken against such danger at the Tir. Outside the wooden roof is one of strong zinc, so that no refractory ramrod can find its way through. Again, though it is to be presumed that any one en tering as a competitor in an international or national rifle match will not fire into the air, the directors of the Tir have made such provision as renders any- • thing of the kind impossible. At a distance of some six feet outside each window a hoarding is raised above a height of some 18 inches or two feet, so that the person firing is prevented from aiming at a dan gerous angle of ascent. But the most interesting and perfect portion of the whole arrangements is that which relates to the targpts and the marking. In respect to this the Swiss system is adopted. The targets are affixed to iron uprightr, which rise from trenches. On either end of a revolving bar two very fine circular iron rims' are placed. On the rims pasteboard, painted black, is placed so as to form a circle like the end of a small drum. To the black circle a smaller 'white one is affixed, and on this a series of circles are dr awn w i t h a pencil, the inner one forming the bull's-eye. When one target is up for a mark the one on the other end of the bar is, of course, down in the trench, where men are stationed to work the targets. On the exposed circle being struck within the white, one of these men instantly turns the revolving bar so as to bring down the tar . get which has been perforated and elevate in its place the one that is still fresh. Having done this, he at once removes the white circles bearing the ball mark, affixes to it a little ticket stating its number and the ring within which the ball has entered, and then a messenger carries it round to the bureau at the extreme end of the long building, where another official places it in a pigeon hole, after be has docketed a corresponding number, and made an entry of the shot in a large book. At the end of the contest all the white circles are produced, and the winning shot is declared without the possibility of fraud, or even of error. A visitor may stand in the trenches with perfect safety, and see the rifle balls striking just over his head. Should a ball not strike at all, it passes on into a clay em bankment. If it hits the target, it goes through the pasteboard. There is, to be sure, the solid substance of the iron rim, but it is as fine as the blade of a dinner knife, and the ball would go on in two sec tions if it struck it. Several of our Volunteers have already tried their hands at the short ranges, of which there are two distances, one of 100 and the other of about 240 yards. Some good shots have been made by them, but, as the competition is still going on, it would be premature to speculate as to the position which they will hold in the prize list. To-day and to-morrow the long ranges will be open for foreign riflemen, and oaf men are confident as to success in these. The strength of the other foreign riflemen and the Belgians lies in the short ranges, because it is at these they practise. The effect on the ears when you stand in the building fr om which the shots are fired is something that AV i te m e d on could give one no idea of. The con tinuous discharge of 35 rifles under one roof and in one st raight line is a process which time may render less disa greeable, en joyable is what an but that it can ever be exactly n unsophisticated visitor is very much inclin e d a dubt. That the system of mark ing is admirabl e can The Ist Surrey scarcely be q uestioned. Rifles, h whose headquarters are at the Hotel de Flandres, have ebro by brought over their own band. At first it was believed many of their b r other Volunteers that this was very dangerous ti ! ei experiment. The military bal ia f Belgium and those of the Garde Civique of ur s are re nowned, and it was feared that to - Voluntee r b an d s the comparison might prove " o lions." Riot o nly, h owe ver, have the musici ans of the I st Surrey ,; t: go ld en opinions from t he Bruxellois, bu tast ev ening, the bandmaster of the regiment was presen ted with bold medal, after a competi tion in the Commune St. Josse-ten-.Noorede. This gentleman wa s a drummer -boy at Waterloo. On Saturday evening the Ist Surrey gave a grand dinner at their head-quarters. .w A . number of anc . l the guests were entertained on the occasion band performed during the evening immediate-1Y under the windows of the Ilotel de Flandres, in the Palace Royale. At least a thousand of the towns people assembled round the band, and such was the enthusiasm of these Belgians on hearing their King toasted inside that they raised a succession of loud cheers, and displayed such a desire to fraternise with a - • - ' SPIRIT OF THE YOBLIO JOURNALS. To the action of such men is due the war which led to that Independence. To the action of• such TI3IES.—The Italians seem disposed to grapple men is due the still greater war which overthrew with their financial difficulties with no less spirit the Southern oligarchy, and wiped out Slavery as than they displayed in their long struggle against an Institution of the United States; and let any one Austrian dominion. It is to be hoped that they will read this gentleman's address to the Union League meet with equal success, and that they will under- Club, and see if he can rise from the perusal of that stand that in this new contest Italy must indeed far document with one particle of a belief lingering in da se, and no Solferino or Sadowa will be fought for his mind that the results of the latter war can be her benefit. Venetia hasbeen bought at an incredibly neutralised by in lifference or neglect of the prin low price ; but, however cheap, it was not to be had ciples involved by those who fought it. Men gratis. The war expenses from June to September may be deceived as to the tendency of events, are domputed at 555,000,000 f., and General Mena- and make terrible mistakes in attempting to carry brea has just paid 83,000,000 f. to get the Iron Crown out the principles to which their lives are devoted. out of pawn. All this, even with the shareof theLom- These blunders may give rise to a sea of troubles, bardo-Venetian debt, is very little to give for one and involve hereafter the heaviest sacrifices. But of the richest provinces in Europe. Lombardy and however clouded the horizon may become, however Venetia, it should be borne in mind, were the two dark the future may lower, the principles of free mulch cows which, although constituting about one- dom, upheld by such champions, are secure of n seventh of the Austrian Empire, were made to yield triumph in the end. England, who has long since one-fourth of its revenue. Unfortunately, the ex- fought her battle against despotism, whose institu penses occasioned by the liberation of Venetia will tions have been consolidated by the lapse of ages fall on an exchequer exhausted by several years' and by the blood of martyrs, has grown heavy and reckless improvidence. In despite of Count Cavour's stupid on her material prosperity, and cannot corn economical genius, the Budget of Piedmont from prehend the depths and the strength of feeling 1850 to 1859 has been swamped by the increase of which now actuate the champions of human right its yearly deficit. At the time of the annexations in the Northern States of America. She sees and the most liberal State of Italy was the most heavily condemns the violence of party, she groans aloud taxed and the most deeply indebted. For the last over the blood spilt and the treasure wasted, but six years the efforts of Cavour's successors to she does not see the great issues involved, nor knovi make the two ends meet proved egregious failures. the keen sense of the position entertained by the The revenue , a as raised in 1865 to something vast body in the United States who have suffered very near 700,000,000 f., but it still fell short of so deeply for the cause, and are ready to suffer still the expenditure by 250,000,000 f. to 300,000,000 f. more. Had she truly estimated the great ques- The debt at the beginning of that year was tions contested, the pure and disinterested aims already 4,500,000,000 f., occasioning a yearly outlay of the Northern patriots, it is more than of 230,000,000 f., the great bulk of which was sent probable that her action would have been very dif' out of the country as a tribute to foreign capitalists. ferent towards the North in the agony of the great The first source of all this ruinous extravagance strife. Saturated with her own materialism, she was, of course, the national armament. The Budget attributed selfish motives to those who fought out was burdened with 180,000,000 f. for the army and the great battle of Liberalism. It was a fight , 48,000,000 f. for the navy. The reduction of the England said, on the part of the North for empire/ army to 250,000 men, a number that may be con- It was a battle, she declared, of the manufacturers of sidered reasonable, taking into consideration the the States of New England and Pennsylvania to force increase of territory and revenue, and the require- their goods at protected rates on a reluctant South , ments of many fortresses and Southern brigandage, It was a war of the arrogant, irrepressible Yankee?, will bring instant relief. It will take some time be - maintain the ascendancy of the Eastern States , and fore the Italians learn from Prussia and Switzerland to tax alike for their benefit the hoodwinked Wes ' how twice such a force as their system supplies could and the rebellious South. Thatmen actuated by such be mustered at half the expense. Their National sordid motives could have expended hundreds 01 ,, Guard, in which lie the germs of a real national millions sterling of their own treasure , a nd p ouren armament, organised as it now is, is almost worse out their blood like water, staggered this Europe an than useless. But although the War and Marine opinion, but it has not fully opened the eyes of this Departments in Italy swallowed up more than one- aristocratically ruled country. In spite, however, fourth of the publid revenue, there are many other of the press, which has in general falsified the issues items of expenditure which no return of peace will at stake, and distorted the facts, the light of truth soon strike off the balance-sheet. There is a civil is dawning on this land. John Jay's address is army in Italy hardly less ruinous than the military the clearest exposition of the sentiments which service. In many of the Government departments have guided the party to which be belongs the officials in Italy .outnumber those of the French in their great contest. It is totally free from all exar bureaux. The whole ingenuity of Italian adminis- geration of style or sentiment, and at the sein e trators seems to be turned to the utmost multiplica- time that it expresses, in the most uncompromising 'Lion of places and placemen. The com p lication in manner, the principles held , it e xhibits a tone the mechanism of the State is uuutterable, and its the kindest conciliation, and broad and statesman' inefficiency, of course, proportionate. Public offices like views. There is nothing rabid, n othing are most vilely remunerated , y et the scramble after narrow, in this noble address. While proclaim ing mend them exceeds all belief. T aloud the undying spirit which actuates the me he work is as light as the dea pay is low, for the Italian is alwa y s willin g to limit hers of the club to uphold the p rinci p les conten his wants and forego his lux uries if onl y he can be for, he frankly extends the right hand of fellow s l exempt from exertion. A pub lic office suffers neither to his defeated foe. "I respectfully comin ee, from rain nor drought ; it prov ides a g ainst sickness, "to your consideration," he says , " the p ro p riety '- old age, and death itself. T he safe haven of his of cordially opening your doors to South ern gentlemen coming to New York, who, howelr e bureau well suits the Italian, whom nature and habit ,t deeply involved, they may have been in tend to deprive of energy and enterprise. The rush Rebellion, are now prepared not only to acquies' from all the semi-educated classes is to this ignoble of manger of the State. With the exception of the 4; in the result of the war and the abolition s c a rural population, who cannot choose but work, andlavery, but to assist in the work of Reconstr u s ea Italy do work very hard, the re is no p roduction in 4‘ a tion on the basis of Universal Education s Italy to keep pace with this al l-absorbin g adminis- " Equal Right." After enumerating those" tth e6.%a trative consumption. The evil is of old date in Italy, gentlemen will there meet, he goes on to say, and is common to most countries on the continent, " they will learn how truly, with the determina te ,l particularly to those inhabi ted b y the so-called "of the Northern mind, be that of equal andel3,, to insist that our nat ion, , Latin races. But in Italy it is seriousl y aggravated "p o li c y s h a ll h en ceforth iu consequence of the late political events, as on the " versal freedom, is blended a deep and earnest amalgamation of six or seven States into one the " sire that no sectional strife may again disturb nce whole staff of officials who had served under the peace, but that the South and the North tray Bourbons and the Houses of Lorraine and Este were " more closely bound than ever before in the bon' supposed to be disaffected, and had to be dismissed. g, of a common interest and mutual affection." Their places were often filled with such inconsiderate haste as soon to lead to fresh changes, and thus to throw the whole batches of old and new functionaries out of work, not unfrequently with full pay, and even some consideration for wounded feelings. For a place in the Government in Italy confers vested interests, not only lasting a man's lifetime, but even transmissible to widows and orphans. Personal selfishness is hardly more ruinous to the Italian finances than local selfishness. Against most schemes of retrenchment the Government has to contend with provincial and municipal interests. Italy is divided into 59 provinces. Every province has a Prefect, a Council of the Prefecture, a whole swarm of official locusts. The provinces could easily, be reduced to a score, and the administration could be simplified by a larger development of local fran chises. The Sub-Prefectures or illandamenti, cor responding to the French arrondissements, of which there are several to every province, could be most profitably abolished. he Universities, now more than 20 in number, and placed in many instances at two hours' railway journey from one another, should be reduced to about four or five for the whole Peninsula. The same reform should be introduced in the.courts of law, in the bishoprics, cathedral and collegiate chapters, ecclesiastical seminaries, and similar institutions which belong to old Italy, and are abuses introduced by parcelling the country into so many small States, and dwarfing men's minds within their narrow limits. With tat reconstitution of Italy into a great country that mean local spirit ought to give way before considerations of a more enlarged patriotism; but the love of the campanile, or village belfry, the emblem of municipalism, is still very strong in the Italian heart, and whenever any measure is brought before Parliament intended to lighten the public burdens by the sacrifice of local interests, however paltry, such a chime rises from all these belfries as generally leads to the defeat of the salutary motion. Besides the great waste occa sioned by an exorbitant civil service, and the hind rance rising against financial reform from local in terests, Italy had to exhaust her means in the furtherance of public works. In the Roman and Neapolitan States roads were in the most backward state, and railways scarcely known. There were Mont Cenis and the Apennines in three or four places to be tunnelled. There were canals and bridges, docks and harbours, to be made, plains to be irrigated, swamps to be drained. Piedmont and Lombardy, Tuscany and the Emilia, belonged to European civilisation ; but a vast part of the Abruzzo and Calabria, the islands of Sicily and Sardinia, were as deep in barbarism as any African districts, and where so much was to be done one scarcely knew with what to begin. In countries dead to all spirit of private association the State must be a kind of earthly Providence, see to everything, help everybody, do all manner of work. The Italian Government, in its incessant distress for money, deep in the books of the great capitalists who rule the earth, unable to negotiate loans except on the most ruinous terms, had to call in foreign compa nies, by whom every enterprise entailed an expense nearly three times its real worth. The company had to be bribed by strong subsidies, to be reas sured by guarantees of large percentage ; it then did its work so badly that it had to be bought off. Then the work had to be sold off again, the Go vernment putting up with enormous losses at every stage of the bargain. These heavy sacrifices have, of course, been repaid by splendid achievements, the benefit of which will be reaped hereafter; but in the meanwhile much remains to be done, and the Budget will not soon be relieved of the 100,000,000 f. to 120,000,000 f. which are yearly put down on the score of public works. The acquisition of Venetia will not in all proba bility tend to any sensible diminution of this yearly outlay, even allowing for the proportionate increase in the revenue, as vast sums will be sunk in the maintenance of the fortresses of the Quadrilateral, in the improvement of the city and harbour of Venice, and in a railway across the Gothard, the Splugen, or the Brenner, so necessary for the re vival of Venetian trade. From all we have said it may be understood how much easier it is to upbraid the Italians for their mad extravagance in these late years, and to press upon them the necessity for future retrenchment, than to trace the evil to its just causes, or to suggest any practical remedy. No doubt the financial condition in Italy is very grave, and the Government must come out of it at any cost ; but it is a task of ,uncommon magnitude, and not to be accomplished without the full co-operation of the nation, and its readiness for self-denial, for real patriotic devotion—above all things, for hard work. THE " ANGLO - AMERICAN TIMES." Every nation has a few names which are dear to the people and treasured by them as household words. In America the founders of the Indepen dence of the country are regarded as the fathers of the Republic. This catalogue includes the name of the late President of the Union League Club of New York, whose address on resigning the post to which he had been elected we have elsewhere reviewed. John Jay, the grandson of the great American, has ably maintained the renown of the name he has inherited. A lawyer of great eminence, an orator the poetry of whose language has rung over the Union, a writer of the clearest, tersest style, this gentleman adds to a patriotism worthy of his grandfather the strongest and most uncom promising principles of Liberalism. These principles he holds to be the very life-blood of the nation to which he belongs. For their preservation he con siders no sacrifice too great ; to uphold them he believes all material questions of interest are but feathers in the scale. Life and all are but vanity when weighed against the broad statements con tainedin the Declaration of American Independence THE SUN, LONLON, TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 16, 1866. Yesterday morning the Volunteers paraded for open-air divine service in the Place du Musee. All the field-officers were mounted, and the men assem bled in nearly full strength. All the space in the Place outside that occupied by the Volunteers, as well as the streets in the immediate vicinity, were blocked by masses of people, who came to witness this very impressive ceremony. Mr. Drury, who has for so many years acted as chaplain to the English church here, read the prayers from an open window overlooking the place, and Mr. Jenkins, his curate, delivered a short sermon on the Lord's Prayer from the same position. The re sponses were given in tones the most respectful by about 1,000 men in uniform, and the effect was in the highest degree solemn and religious. The church service having concluded, the Volun teers proceeded in marching order five deep, to the Boulevard du Regent to he reviewed with the other foreign riflemen by the King and Queen. The French National Guards and the National Guards of Holland had previously met in the Rue de la Loi and taken up a position on the Boulevard between that street and La Rue Guimard. When the Vo lunteers arrived they stationed themselves in-line to the left of the Dutch National Guards. There were 1,077 Volunteers present on the occasion. At a quarter-past 12 the Bourgmestre of Brussels, ac companied by Lieutenant-General Pleutinkx, Com mandant, and M. le Baron Fierlent, Capitaine d'Etat Major de la Garde Civique, arrived on the Boulevard. Not only the great mass of the popu lation of Brussels, but vast numbers of the people of the suburbs, had turned out to do honour to their King and Queen ; and when their Majesties ap peared at the end of the Boulevard, on their ap proach from Laeken, and as long as they were in presence of the myriads of their subjects assembled for the inspection, the scene of popular enthusiasm was such as, perhaps, has not been excelled, and not often equalled, in this or any other country. The King rode a magnificent black charger, and the Queen was also mounted on a spirited and splendid horse. His Majesty, who wore the uniform of a Lieutenant-General, with the grand cordon of the Order of Leopold, looked " every inch a King ;" the Queen, who is one of the most graceful horsewomen in Europe, wore a plain black riding-habit, with a high black hat. Her Dames of Honour, Madame de Denberghem and Mdlle. la Vicomtesse de Bengham, were similarly attired. The King was followed by an extremely numerous and brilliant staff, and a bevy of other officers, including General de Liem, Lieut.- General Renard, Lieutenant-General du Pont, Lieutenant-General le Baron Goethals, Aides-de- Camp ; Lieutenant-General Frison, General-Major 1 Comte de Moerkerke, Colonel Goffinet, Major Baron Prisse ; Generals-Major Arend Lecocq, Berten, and Bulls; Cols. Wolff and Tousson, Major de Savoye, and Captains Montegnies, the Baron F. Jolly, the Baron Chazel, and de White ; and Lieu tenants the Baron Wyckerslooih, Brewer, and Lun den. Orders had been issued to the Volunteers not to cheer as the King passed down the line, and this direction was obeyed ; but the shouts of " Vive le Roi!" " Vive le seine !" from the concourse of spec tators rose in deafening shouts. Colonel Lindsay rode to the right of his Majesty while he was passing the Volunteers, and on their Majesties turning round to return along the Boulevard, the prohibitory order being no longer in force, the Volunteers took off their shakoes and expressed their gratitude to both the King and Queen for the reception given to the force in Brussels by a succession of thoroughly English hurrahs. From the Boulevards their Ma jesties passed to their town Palace at the head of the park to see all the riflemen defile before them. In the space between the Palace and the park, and in the park itself, the concourse was larger than any which one would have thought could be brought to gether in a city of something over 200,000 inhabi tants, and with one accord all the people shouted and waved their hats and handkerchiefs in token of their loyalty. Their Majesties, remaining on horse back, took up a position directly in front of the Palace. The situation for an inspection of troops has scarcely its superior. The Palace and a grand line of fine buildings were to the rear and on each side of the Royal cortege, at a sufficient distance to serve as picturesque accessanes to the scene. Op posite was the beautiful park, with its trees still fresh in verdure, and the waters of its splendid fountain glistening in the sunshine high above the foliage ; in the centre, between the park and the Palace, a roadway of . great width, on this occasion so covered with people as to leave riflemen hardly room to pass. There were no barriers ;no sergent de-ville interfered with any one. The music of the Ist Surrey joined with the Belgian bands in per forming the National Anthem of Belgium. The King's face beamed with dignified happiness ; the Queen seemed more than pleased, and the young Due de Brabant testified his boyish delight at one of the windows of the Palace. It was under such happy circumstances that nearly 1,000 of our Vol unteers defiled before a Sovereign and a people whose happiness would appear to be complete, and whose hospitality certainly seems to be boundless. KEBLE'S DYING REQUEST FOR A CORRECTION IN THE CHRISTIA N YEAR _l n accord a nce with a dying request of the Rev. John KO)le, one of his executors, Rev. F. Kehle,has made a most important alteration in one verse of the hymn for the sth of November. The words that formerly stood referring to the Eucharist were : • " Hero present in the heart, Not in the hand ;" They now run—__ "Hero present in the heart, As in the hand." Naval and Military Intelligence. The Russian screw steam frigate Swetana, Capt. Drescher, from Cherbourg for the Brazils, arrived on Saturday at Plymouth. Her salutes of the Cita del and Port Admiral were duly acknowledged. The Prussian frigate Niobe, from Kiel for the East Indies, arrived in Plymouth Sound yesterday morning. Her consorts, the Mosquito and Rover, were expected to follow in the afternoon. Port Admiral Sir C. Fremantle, K.C.8., pro ceeded on Friday into Plymouth Sound and in spected. the armour-plated screw steam sloop Zealous, 20, Capt. R. Dawkins, prior to her departure for Spithead to embark the Admiral. The paddle wheel steam frigate Gladiator, 6, Capt. Elphinstone D'O. D'A. Aplin, from Sheer ness, arrived yesterday in Plymouth Sound. The screw steam frigate Bristol, 31, Capt. Leve son E. H. Somerset, from the West Coast of Africa, last from Spithead, arrived in Plymouth Sound yes terday morning. After her powder is discharged she will proceed to Keyham steam yard for the purpose of being supplied with a new shaft for her propeller. The screw steam gun vessel Star, 4, at Devon port, is ordered to be put in commission with a com plement of 90 officers and men for service in the East Indies. She burdens 695 tons, and has engines of 200 horse power. Her present master is Mr. J. B. Snell, and chief engineer Mr. John Bruce. The pennant was hoisted on board yesterday morning. The screw steam frigate Liverpool, 35, Capt. J. Seccombe, which went into the Channel to meet the Bristol (since arrived at Portsmouth), returned to Plymouth Sound on Friday afternoon. One of the new powerful steam fire engines sup plied by Messrs. Merryweather and Sons, of Lon don, was on Saturday received at Woolwich. The engine is on their double cylinder long stroke prin ciple, and is similar to the Sutherland, which gained the first prize at the Crystal Palace competition in 1863. It has two horizontal steam cylinders of 81 inches diameter each, and two direct and double-acting pumps, each 6iin. diameter, with 24in. stroke common to the steam and water pistons, from which 10 gallons of water are discharged at each stroke of the pumps. The cost of the engine, it was stated, is £950. Before being handed over to the authorities of the yard the engine was put through a severe and highly-interesting test of its capabili ties, which extended considerably over two hours. Messrs. Merryweather, jun., attended on behalf of the firm. Commodore Edmonstone, C. 8., Super intendent of the yard, Commander Dillon, Master- Attendant (acting), Mt. Laird, master shipwright, and the superior officers generally, were in attend ance, some of whom took official notes of the pro ceedings. A volume of water was thrown, with 11- inch hose, from 801 b. to 100 lb. steam pressure, to a height, perpendiculdry, estimated at 160 ft., with a suction lift of about lift., with 2-inch hose, steam pressure 1251 b., 150 ft. ; horizontally, over a mea sured distance of 246 ft., with 1/ -inch hose, and with 11-inch hose, with a pressure of steam aver aging 1201 b. to the square inch, 234 ft. The trial was brought to a close by throwing a steady stream of four jets simultaneously. In 13 minutes after kindling the fire the engine commenced pumping with 100 lb. steam pressure, and work ed exceedingly well and satisfactorily. The Commodore at his departure pronounced as his conviction " that the engine was capable of extinguishing any amount of fire within the range of probability." It was yes terday brought out on the quay of the outer basin in the dockyard, .where Mr. Merryweather was again in attendance, and witnessed the working of the engine in the hands of the local fire brigade, going through the whole of the manceuvres as at the trial on Saturday, Capt. Edmonstone, C. 8., the Commodore-Superintendent, Admiral Goldsmith, and many naval officers were present, and expressed their admiration of the machine. A second will be delivered at Chatham during the week. The Admiralty yacht Vivid, Commander Suli- van, after conveying the Queen of Denmark from Calais across the Channel, returned yesterday to Woolwich, and was taken into basin to undergo some necessary, alteration and repair. Admiralty orders were received on Saturday by Mr. Ladd, master shipwright at Woolwich, to com mence to-day the removal of the upper deck of her Majesty's ship Repulse, with a view to her being converted to an ironcased frigate, after Mr. Read's newly-adopted system. The Repulse was intended to carry 81 guns armament, to be of 3,716 tons, and to have engines of 800 horse power. She has been lying in an unfinished state upwards of four years. Nevertheless, her timbers, which are par tially of Indian teak, are said to be as sound as when laid down. A notification has been received at Chatham that the entry of apprentices at that dockyard will be resumed in December next, after the usual compe titive examination of candidates before the Civil Service Commissioners. Col. Lambrick, C. 8., A.D.C. to her Majesty,who has been Acting-Commandant of the Woolwich di vision Royal Marine Lightlnfantry since the depar ture of Col. Maxwell on leave of absence, is now suf fering from severe indisposition. The command of the division has consequently devolved temporarily on Col. Suther, C.B. The division was yesterday inspected by Major-Gen. Warde, C. 8., on the pa rade facing the Royal Artillery Barracks at Wool wich, at 10 30 a.m. The battalion, consisting of 8 companies, 32 files each, was under the com mand of Col. Suther, C. 8., assisted by Lieut.-Cols. Louis and Stewart. They received the General in line, in open order, with a general salute. He imme diately afterwards carefully inspected the ranks, after which they closed, formed open column right in front, and marched past in open column of com panies in slow time, and in quarter distances column in quick time. The bayonet exercise was then per formed under the command of Lieut.-Col. Louis, after which a series of manoeuvres was entered into, under the command of Col. Suther. At the conclu -sion the General expressed himself to the following effect, in a tone audible to the whole battalion :-- " Royal Marines Light Infantry—l am very Much pleased with what I have seen this day ; it is highly creditable to the officer in command. To manoeuvre so strong a body of men in so confined a space shows that he knows his work well. It likewise reflects great credit on the officers, non-commissioned offi cers, and men for the steady manner in which the manoeuvres were carried out, which plainly proves the highly disciplined state of the division. lam glad to be informed of the very good behaviour of the " division during the past twelvemonth. Your Commandant, whose interest . in the division is of the highest character, well deserves the estimation in which he is held, and the greatest credit is due to him for the admirable manner in which the various duties of the division are conducted. I consider that theWooll,vich division of Royal Marines are as happy, well-conducted, and fine a body of men as any corps in her Majesty's service. The half-yearly inspection of the several corps at Chatham garrison was continued yesterday by Maj or- Gen. Sir It. Walpole, K.C.8., who devoted the day to an inspection of the corps of Royal Engineers, in cluding the depot and other companies at headquar ters, Brompton Barracks, under the command of Col. J. L. A. Simmons, C. 8., director of the Royal Engineer establishment. In the early part of the day Sir R. Walpole mustered the officers and men of the several companies who were assembled in front of their respective quarters, where the arms, kits, ac coutrements, and equipments were inspected, after which the Major-Gen. made the customary inspec tion of the official returns, books, and other docu ments belonging to each company, and also went over the barrack rootnf, non-commissioned officers and mons' quarters, library, schools, halls of study, and the various depai tmeuts, in which duty he was engaged until the afternoon. After completing the establishment portion of the inspection Sir It Wal pole had the entire available force assembled on the garrison 'review ground, where the officers and men were inspectsd in the customary review and field day manoeuvres, in the execution of which they acquitted themselves in a very satisfactory manner. This morn ing .Major-Gen. Sir R. Walpole will inspect the Royal Field Artillery at Chatham, which will bring his inspection to a close so far as the garrison is concerned. Great Yarmouth Election Commission. GREAT YARMOUTH, Monday. The commissioners resumed their inquiry this morning in the Town Hall. Robert Bean, a fish merchant and smack owner, said he voted for Lacon and Goodson at the last election. He received no bribe, and was offered none. In 1859 he voted for Lacon and Stracey. He never voted for the Liberals, and has never been bribed. . . Mr. Fitzgerald said the commissioners had been informed to the contrary. Witness said it was quite incorrect. He never received a shilling. William Edwards, seaman, stated that he re ceived £l5 for voting for Brogden and Vanderbyl. He received the money at the Army and Navy Tavern. He heard that money was being given away there, so he thought he might as well go and have some. (Laughter.) Edward Smith, a:blacksmith, said at the last elec tion he had no vote. In 1859 he voted for Watkin and Young. He received then £lO from William Newman. In 1857 he voted for Watkin. and Al‘Cullagh, but he got no money. James Smith, shoemaker, of Church-plain, said he voted for Brogden and Vanderbyl at the last election. He received £2O at Wright's. He was offered £l5 by Cooper on the part of the Conser vatives, but did not take the money. In 1859 he had no vote. _ _ _ John Benslyn, a carpenter, said he voted at the last election for Lacon and Goodson, and received £l5 for doing so from Mr. E. 0. Johnson. He was offered nothing by the Liberals. He had heard that his brother had been bribed, but it was only a rumour. His brother was absent from Yarmouth. There was a good deal of amusing confusion as to the manner in which this witness spelt his name, and eventually it turned out that he had been examined before. _ W. Newman recalled, stated that he only received £2B in 1859 for distribution in bribes, and this sum he had fully accounted for. J. Fricker, tailor, said he had no vote at the last election. In 1859 he voted for Watkin and Young. He was offered £lO by Mr. W. C. Reynolds, but he refused it to vote for Lacon and Stacey. He was also offered money by E. Smith, residing in the Broad-row, to vote on the Conservative side. In the course of the present inquiry witness had been employed as messenger by the commissioners. The following persons alleged to have been bribed are dead :—R. Beales, D. Beales, jun., S. Cullum, W. Darnell, W. G. Dye, W. Ellis, W. Houghton, A. King, J. Lammis, S. Peachment, R. Read, A. So lomons, and J. G. Rivett. The following, alleged to have given or received bribes, were at sea:—G. Wright, W. Frosdick, S. Johnson, J. Haylett, J. Howes, W. Muller, J. Tully, E. Sutton, D. Carter, J. Fill, B. Pratt, and W. Wright. Among those alleged to have been'bribed, and some of whom had left the town, were J. Adcock, S. Alsopp, W. But cher, G. Hunt, A. Lorimer, W. R. Mayer, W. C. Miller, S. Parsley, W. Scott, W. Woriledge, B. Stephens, H. Cooper, J. Crisp, G. Hastings, R. Mybill, W. Fisk, and J. Lewis. Witness had been unable to serve summonses on all these persons. Mr. C. J. Palmer recalled, said he had been twice mayor of Yarmouth. He said he wished to correct a statement made by Mr. Harvey, M.P., that he had authority to draw upon him on behalf of Sir H. Stracey in 1859. He had nothing to do with the matter directly or indirectly. Yarmouth first sent members to Parliament in 1294. It was one of the first boroughs that sent members to Parliament. Before that counties only sent members. Before the Reform Bill the electors were freemen, who in the time of King John were members of the fraternity or merchant-guild. They transmitted the freedom to their sons ; other parties obtained their freedom by a servitude of seven years to another freeman. In the early times the governipng body, what is now termed the town council, returned members to Par liament, and they continued to do so for a great number of years. They used to elect a committee or inquest of six town councillors and six aldermen, who nominated the members, and these members almost invariably belonged to the governing body at the time. This continued until the time of the Commonwealth. In the last Parliament which was summoned by Oliver Cromwell the freemen asserted their right to vote for members of Parliament. This the governing body resisted, and would not allow. A double return was made for Yarmouth, but the question was decided against the freemen by a com mittee of the House of Commons, whe decided that the right was with the governing body. Then at the next election, which was at the Restoration; the free men again claimed the right of voting, while the governing body claimed it exclusively. Another double return was made ; and on appeal a committee of the House of Commons reversed the previous de cision and admitted the freemen to vote. James 11., after filling the corporation with his own adherents, granted a charter by which he provided that the members of Parliament should be returned by the vote of the corporation ; but that arrangement was upset by the Revolution of 1688, and from that time the freemen voted until they were extinguished by a special act of Parliament in 1848. Gorleston and Southtown were incorporated for parliamentary pur poses with the municipal borough of Yarmouth at the passing of the Reform Bill. A commisson was issued at that time which determined the limits of boroughs. The commission sat here for some time, and upon their report the parish of Gorleston, which includes the hamlet of Southtown, was added to the borough for election purposes. In 1851 the total population of the borough was 30,879, and in 1861 it had increased to 34,573, viz., Yarmouth, 30,088; and Gorlestou and Southtown, 4,485. Wit ness had no doubt that there had been a large in crease' of population since, perhaps 15 per cent. The area of Gorleston is about 2,000 acres. Fish= ing pursuits formed the principal industry of Yar mouth ; probably the shipping had decreased of late years, particularly in the coasting trade, since the introduction of railways. All other trades had in creased. The number of visitors to the town had also increased very greatly. The fishery had in creased to a very great extent in consequence of the rapid communication established with markets. The corporation of Yarmouth are possessed of consider able property, but the freemen have no interest in it, and never had. Local men were returned to Parliament for the borough until the commence ment of the eighteenth century. The old law was that resident freemen should be returned. There was an Act of Parliament passed to that effect in 1430, which applied to the whole kingdom, but that was afterwards broken through to some extent in Yarmouth, as in other places. After the accession of Queen Mary she sent a requisition directing that the old law should be adhered to, and that resident freemen should be returned. She also recommended that good Catholics should be returned. In the next reign came the great constitutional axiom which was promulgated to the effect that members of Parliament were not merely delegates from the places from which they were sent, but that they were to represent the whole country. StillYarmouth con tinued to return resident members, and made a law of its own to that effect in 1685. So great was this feeling that when, in the reign of Charles 1., an at tempt was made to induce the burgesses to elect sup porters of the Government from persons residing out of the town, it was met with a most decided refusal, and the corporation elected one of their own men. They also elected Myles Corbett, thcirrecorder, who although a Norfolk man was yet a Yarmouth man. Corbett was afterwards one of the King's judges, and signed the warrant for the execution of King Charles. Corbett was compelled to take a house in Yarmouth and reside in town for part of the year. Mr. Russell—Have you in your antiquarian re searches, Mr. Palmer, come across traces of corrup tion prevailing in old times in Yarmouth ? Witness said the corruption did not always exist on one side, because members of Parliament were sometimes corrupted. For instance, about 400 years since an elector endeavoured to induce the member for the borough to obtain a place for him in the Customs, and in return the applicant promised to allow the member's son sufficient to maintain a horse. This circumstance appeared in the "Paston Letters." There was nothing to show that any thing was paid by the members for Yarmouth in old times. Wit- ness believed that Yarmouth was purer in those old times than it was now, when members travelled with sovereigns in their portmanteaus. The pay- ment of what was called " head money" to the free men commenced about 100 years since ; the money (£2 2s. per head) was paid by all the candidates, whether they were successful or not. A committee of the House of Commons declared this payment illegal, but notwithstanding this it still went on. It was this payment which led to their disfranchise ment. At the election of Lennox and Coope witness found that the £lO householders to some extent took the £2 25., as of £1,200 expended £9OO went to the freemen and £3OO to the householders. Two of the then leaders of the Liberal party stated in evidence that the election on their side cost from £B,OOO to £lO,OOO, chiefly for bringing voters from a distance. There was no family which had territorial influence in the borough. The Anson family had property in Southtown which formerly belonged to the Paston family. In old times there was a jealousy between Yarmouth and Southtown, and ships were not allowed to take in cargoes on the Southtown side of the river Yare ; but in the time of Charles 11. Sir R. Paston obtained an Act of Parliament 'which en abled ships to load and reload on the Southtown side, and also conceded other privileges to Southtown. On the death of the last Earl of Yarmouth, at the com mencement of the last century, the Paston estates were sold to Lord Anson, the distinguished circum navigator, who left them to an ancestor of the present Earl of Lichfield. The Anson family held this pro perty still, but it had not given them any material in fluence. Mr. Rumbold had no family connection witb Yarmouth ;he was brought down in 1817. He was much esteemed for his high character, and he repre sented the borough for a great many years. Witness did not know whether the Anson family bad any in fluence in attaching Southtown to Yarmouth for Parliamentary purposes ; at any rate he did not think that it had done them any material good. In the last century the Townshend and Walpole families had great influence in the borough from the official patron age which they possessed, while a majority of the electors were in favour of the principles of 1688 which they represented. The Hon. Charles Townshend re presented the borough for 30 years, and was returned eight times. The inhabitants of Gorleston and South town were at one time rather a poorer class, but they had been increasing in prosperity of late. The local rates were higher in Gorleston and Southtown than in Yarmouth. Besides fishing, boat-building, shipbuild ing, netmaking, &c., were carried on in Yarmouth. Deep-sea fishing for cod, turbot, &c., was also now prosecuted from Yarmouth, and with considerable profit. The average rent paid by a working man in Yarmouth would be about £6 10s. or £7. A large proportion of the present voters were, however, Yar mouth men. Mr. Smith and Mr. Reynolds volunteered state ments to the effect that they knew nothing about the witness Tricker having been offered a bribe on the Conservative side in 1855. Tricker reiterated his former statement. Mr. Reynolds did not offer the money himself, but he was with the parties who made the offer. The Chief Commissioner thanked Mr. Palmer for the valuable information which he had afforded, and stated that the inquiry was now closed. The com missioners thanked the mayor and corporation for the courtesy and consideration which had been shown to them, and they had been struck with the general truthfulness of the witnesses examined, and with the desire of all parties in the town to afford all possible information. The commissioners then adjourned till Saturday, at No. 1, Essex-court, Temple, when they will meet privately to consider their report. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. il. OXFORD, Oct. .15. A congregation will be holden on Saturday next, the 20th inst., at 2 o'clock for the purpose of electing a Head of a college or hall to be a member of the Hebdomadal Coun cil in the place of the President of Magdalen College,whose seat is vacant on account of insufficient residence during the past year. The voting will commence at 2 and tenni- nate at half-past 2 o'clock. congregation will be holden on Saturday next, the 20th inst, at half-past 2 o'clock, fur the purpose of electing a member of Convocation, of not less than five years' stand ing, to be a member of the Hebdomadal Council, in the place of the Rev. Jas. Riddell, M.A., deceased. The voting will commence at half-past 2 and terminate at 3 o'clock. A congregation will be holden on Monday, the 22d inst., at 2 o'clock, for the election of three heads of colleges or halls to be members of the Hebdomadal Council in the place of the President of St. John's, the Warden of New College, and the Warden of All Souls. The voting will commence at 2 and terminate at half-past 2 o'clock. A. congregation will be holden the same day for the elec• tion of three professors to be members of the hebdomadal Council, in tho place of the Regius Professor of Hebrew, the Margaret Professor of Divinity, and the Chichele Pro fessor of International Law and Diplomacy. The voting will commence at half-past 2 and terminate at 3 o'clock. A congregation will be holden the same day for the elec tion of three members of Convocation, of no less than five years' standing, to be members of the Hebdomadal Council, in the place of the Rev. R. Mitchell, 8.D., the Rev. J. Grif fifths, M.A., and the Rev. E. Turner, M.A. The voting will commence at 3 and terminate at half-past 3 o'clock. All the forenamed seats are vacant by rotation. In accordance with the Act 17th and 18th Victoria, cap. 81, clause 21, each member of congregation is:entitled to give in each class two votes for the three vacancies. Each member of con gregation will present to the Vice-Chancellor the names of the two persons for whom he intends to vote, according to a form, copies of which may be obtained on the day of deo- tion in the Apodyterium. On Saturday, Oct. 13, Mr. Edward Russell Bernard, 8.A., Craven Scholar, late Hertford Scholar, and late Scholar of Exeter College, was elected to the vacant clerical Fellow ship in Magdalen College. The following gentlemen have been elected to Demyships in the same College : —ln Classics—William Brock, Repton School ; W. H. Paulson, Charterhouse ; Arthur B. Stet ward, Rugby School ; Digby M. Berry, Wimborne School; proxime accessit, William A. Clarke, Harrow. In Mathe matics—Robert J. Muir, Edinburgh University. In Natural Science, James Bradshaw, Forest School, Snaresbrooke. The Exhibitions were awarded as follows : —ln Classics, to Walter Cosser, Magdalen College School ; in Natura Science, to Campbell P. Billing, Magdalen College School CAMBRIDGE, Oct. 15 The announcement of the death of Mr. William Hopkins, M.A., F.R.S., Senior Esquire Bedell of this ilniversity,will be read with regret, not only by members of the University, but by men of science in general. The office which Mr. Hopkins filled in the University was one on which he con ferred more di i pity than it gave to him; but in an unofficial capacity, as a private tutor, few men have exercised so wide or so beneficial an influence on the studies of the place. Quitting the profession, utterly uncongenial to his tastes to which he had been brought up, he entered the Univer sity comparatively late in life, and graduated as Seventh Wrangler in 1827, in the same year with Professor De Morgan, of University College. He soon became eminent as a private tutor, and for about 33 years a large part of the elite of Cambridge mathematicians formed the class to which he lectured, and he became known as the senior wrangler maker. Among his pupils were the yresent Vice-Chancellor, the Bishop of Worcester, the Master of Peterhouse, Canon Heaviside, Mr. Justice Blackburn, Archdeacon Pratt, Bishops Cotterill and Colenso, the late Bishop Mackenzie, the Dean of Ely, Professors Stokes, Kelland, W. Thomson, Tait, Fawcett, Dr. G. Budd, Mr. Main, Ralclif Observer ; Mr. J. Todhunter, Dr. Barry, and many other distinguished names. The secret of his suc cess as a teacher was the happy faculty he had of drawing out the thoughts of his pupils, and making them instruct each other, while he took case that the subjects under dis cussion were treated in a philosophical manner, so that mere preparation for the Senate-house examination was subordinate to a sound scientific training. He is perhaps better known to the public for his investigations in geology and the temperature of the earth, but he used to complain that he could not make mathematicians take an interest in his geology, or geologists comprehend his mathematics. lie served in turn the offices of President of the Geological Society and of the British Association for the Advance ment of Science. Not long since a prize was founded in his honour, the funds for which are held in trust by the Cambridge Philosophical Society, for the encouragement of mathematico-physical investigations. For some time past his health has failed, so that his duties have been per formed by deputy. His memory will long be cherished by his pupils at Cambridge for the kindly manner and philo sophical spirit with which he directed their studies, and the wholesome influence which the training of his class room has exercised on their after pursuits. The Lady Margaret's Professor of Divinity purposes to lecture during the present term on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, in the Arts School, commencing on Monday, November 5. Subjects—At 11 a.m., First Book of Samuel, with reference to the Septuagint version ; critical. At 12 a.m., Historical Books of the Old Testament. Students who wish to attend are requested to outer their names at Messrs. Deighton, Bell, and Co.'s, Trinity-street. THE LATEST STYLE OF BONNET has turned up - at Richmond, - U.S. It is described as consisting of two straws, tied together with blue ribbon on the top of the head, and red tassels suspended at each of the four ends of the straws. Price nineteen dollars. COUNTRY MARKETS. 7ER—OCT. . t at market, l3 which was so ld Barley and other articles 11.1/' COLCHES . A moderato supply of whoa at about is per qr advance. altered. Wm ,at, white red. 56s 60s Beans, Mazagan...... 405 60s 62s Middle and small 443 70. Barley ... 34s 43s Peas, white .......... ;3/ 3 s Oats —l3 s grey ......... CHELMSFORD—Ocr: 12. lout At the market to-day wheat was in good supPlY , ,i s ecl trade was very dull. The prices of last week w ere rea, ley for best samples ; inferior sorts is cheape r. Best 10,'„d3 is and inferior is to 2s lower. Spring corn of other kw unaltered. 14 Wiieet, old white....4 9 s Us Peas; Partridge ...... 40s .04 new . 46s tBe NV Lute s's „A old red -Pis 58s B,iiing.. ......380 e 400 new. 49S He Du n. . ... , ..-- Barley 258 338 dit o, new... -- 0 : 40 chevalier -- a —a Beans, Tick, old ....• • 4 r 4 0 Wind ng , 5s 30s 3- 8 new. •• .: 4 6 Sialt sBs Ws Barrow & icks.423 444 Chevalier 6 8 62s new- • • 3°6 4 0 ~ . :40 Oats .. 2ls 26s , Mazagan . ..... GRANT 11.1 ,11—OcT. 13. oft Old white wheat, 58s to 6183 old red, 54s too s ; 13 ,0- white, 54s to 58s ; new red, 49s to 54s per 36 stone. „per ley for malting, 38s to 455 per qr. ; grinding, 30s to 3l 'r lk 30 stone. Oats, old, 30s to 32s ; new, 25s to 30s Pf t oe. stone. Beans, old, 48s to Hs; new, 44s to 46s per 3 8 Peas, 36s to 40s per 36 stone. - NORTHAMPTON—Ocr. 13. , odd New white wheat, 51s to 565; new red, 51 $ to 5";,.,;:die1, white, 55s to 59s ; old red, 53s to 57s per 36 stone. Y':_a for malting, 38s to 44s per qr. ; grinding, 30s to 36s 6 i,o oe * ' stone. Oats, old, 22s to 31 $ • new, 28s to 30s per 24 no Beans, old, 46s to 49s ; ndw, 42s to 15s per 38 stone. 38s to 42s per 36 stone. ABERDEEN—Oc. 12 1 , 3 1 J, The attendance at the corn market . to-day WO 5 ,,0 1,0 and there was littlo or no business doing. Prices 1" last week. 45s Od to 46s 04 621 b 11 blbs el , l. White wheat 50s Od to 51s Od? 28s s s o Od to t 0 00 2 2 294 75 5 s 66 6 dd d} t rth I : bus Common Red wheat Potato oats Common oats Pere Barley 32s Od to 32s 6d) --- s OA' Oatmeal 19s 6d to 20s Od lyl boll 0 ' oo , r• Flour, fine 40s Od to 44s 6d 4 sack ° f KIRKCALDY—Oar. 13. t Moderate supplies of all kinds of grain. Who qr. dearer. Barley and oats unchanged. Wheat. Barley. OstS- Fir5t....... 548 Od 31s Od 22s Od k•eecnd.... sds Od 35s Od 27$ Od Twrd..... 58s 01 38s Od 288 Od COAL MARKET. Price per ton at the close of the market. s• cl• 0 s. d. 1 9 6 Holywell Main" ' 'l7 6 Tunstall ............ 91 Braddyell's.Hetton..... •20 -6 Wallsend 1 / 6 C asso p Pensher Primrose South Hetton Caradoc ' 2l 0 Original Hartlepool ig Trimdon Grange l9 6 Wharncliffe ............ Ships at market, 63—sold, 51. cia l rrhe ;" THE CUSTOMS DUTIES AT A tie • Gazette of Italy annuunces that foreign ded tended for the newly-acquired provinces, and I ,l ° oo _ i Venice, will in future be subject to the cu stoms the Italian tariff. o ll° .ol [ADVERTISEMENT.] —Holloway's Ointment an - 0 10, 5 Never Neglect a Cold.—lt is painful to hear of tl i va ptoy u e fatal cases which commenced with the ordinary sY . ,, O a t of a common cold. Holloway's ointment rubbaa " r e esj te r back and chest prevents all disastrous cons ecue ft. P' t tY soothes the inflamed lining of both throat a nd ehe - ir0,13 rubbing in the ointment for a few days the pecln!"o ton and the tightness of breathing diminish, t e e becomes looser and lees frequent, and the phlegoi;:o li oto pectorated with loss difficulty, till the lungs be e „ O ld f / r /0 1' and respiration natural. All subject to talto "pd t jce slight exposure to varying temperatures vint,„,, e ffe c ,. n o' loway's soothing ointment and purifying pills safeguard against pleurisy, bronchits, asthill>, sumption. Births. Sus ses Ea ' the 12th inst., at Whiligb, wife of Commander G. S. Bosanquet, t or prise, of a son. eel j--'(11 E RS KINE—On the 13th inst., at 17, Ains lie -P.s- burgh, the Lady Erskine, of a daughter. t, REID —On the 14th inst., at 58, Gloucester-erescell park, the wife of G. J. G. Reid, Esq., O f 3 5°,13.90 SELWYN—On the 11th inst., at Southboroug - ;iiieOf Captain Selwyn, 11'.N., of a son. s Cie ' Marriages. To , BARKER—JOYCE -On the 11th inst., at St. Jobrl: to ,-: ;T o o u t u t i g n e g s - t hi ll ,H daughtere nry of Barker, CharlesE sq j . o of ce 1 s x q a . o , cl o rrp , ' v down-crescent. Clejl i LAW-ANsTEY-On the 11th inst , at St. 3,oesTlot '''oPt' Dover, Edward A. Law, Major . 103 d Regflotal 06 Bombay Fusiliers, son of Wm. Law, Esq.; (9 ,, 1 9: ta °- street, Portland-Place, to Mary Louisa, u 3- ` 1) v.,C. A. Anstey, Victoria-park, Dover' a' Deaths. 51 4 e ' 0 T ,, e atli BARLOW-On the 12th inst., at Lougton -.1 io ham, G. H. Barlow, M.D., Senior Pbysicat , F' Coli c Hospital, aged 60. COLLARD -Ou the 11th inst., at F lkostone, w. , o . J °Pfl Esq., aged 91. i i iii ptowt HumrintExs-On the 14th inst., at upper ,-, ~. f ' ' s44 . Ilumphreys, Esq., aged 82. , .05t9- 1 , LISTER-On the 13th inst., at Doncaster, Li' 0, 9 r t, aged 49. GosP ° MOORE—On the 13th inst., at Fortou Lodg e ? -- Je P' t Moore, aged 67. lce, a t , ' SHAPTER—On the 13th inst., at 7, Clareudon-P, J. tili t '' - park-gardens, Harry G. Gibbs, young Esq., Q.C., aged 21. lis i r ro flci. SMITH-On the 12th inst.,t 19 Cal reli 1 a , Cadged 8 • C John's -wood, - ood, Thomas S. Smith, Esq., gg O.O gig i ~A 094.-0 1 1 i London : Printed and Published by WILIA7IO.O, P.,aii pi No. 112, Strand, Pziater. at Tits Sy s - t i l e Of;' - Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy , 01 bliddleces.- Tuesday, October 16, 18% er son 0 t. ` This eel Dublin Pri: It is Pu Borne, Sold in I by the Ag OlAgaiß R, GRE, Observe "Binahan' lUTC 14, Ituss E •Prompt free on app COUN' FIJRNE; Particala month at t AUC 5, Agar- PAT Centra E - Aalat 181 Europe, an the taciliti, of every patty's gamive the advant such as Gu &a, &c. 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