The Sun. — London, England, 1867-10-11 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence. 'rho last half yearly inspections of the various regi ments in the Aldershot division will be, with a soli tary exception, brought to a termination this day. The inspections commenced with the Ist brigade at the end of last week, when Major-Gen. Rennyin spected the 54th Regiment, under the command of Lieut.-Col. Thompson. On Monday and Tuesday the same officer inspected the 72d Highlanders under Major Rice. On the same day Major-Gcn. Hodge, C. 8., inspected the 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards under Col. C. Shute. Monday being devoted to the various rides, and the following day to the internal economy of the regiment, to-day (weather permitting) the regiment will undergo the usual sword drill and exercise on the field, in the Long Valley. On Tues day, Wednesday, and yesterday, Col. Smyth, C. 8., the new Commandant of Artillery on the Staff, in spected the C, D, and E Batteries of the Royal Horse Artillery. The King's Dragoon Guards, under Col. Battle, were inspected by Major-Gen. Hodge, C. 8., at the close of last week. The 70th Regiment was inspected by Brigadier-Gen. Sir A. Horsford, K.C.8., previous to its departure for Lancashire ; and the same officer inspected the 68th Light Infantry, under Colonel Greer, C. 8., on Wed nesday and Thursday. Major-Gen. Campbell, 2d Brigade, inspected the 44th (East Essex) Regi ment, Col. Browne, C. 8., on Wednesday and yes terday, and commenced that of the 80th Regiment yesterday, concluding to-day. On the same days Major-Gen. Renny inspected the 56th (West Essex) Regiment, under Col. Lacy, and General Hodge also inspected the Military Train on the same days. The only infantry regiment remaining to be inspected is the 43d Light Infantry, which will take place early in the ensuing week. In all of the regiments above-mentioned the inspecting officers were greatly pleased at the smart, cleanly, and soldier-like appearance of the men on parade. In a few instances was there a single " complaint " made in answer to the usual question, and it is doubtful if at any previous inspection so high a character has been given to the Aldershott Division, taken as a whole, for drill and discipline as that just brought to a conclusion. The annual regimental sports of the Ist (the King's) Dragoon Guards came off yesterday after noon on the Pavilion Cricket Ground at Aldershott. Notwithstanding the coldness of the day there was a large attendance of spectators, including many ladies. The programme comprised flat and hurdle racing, single stick, foil and broadsword contests, and a mounted combat. The sports were not brought to a conclusion until nearly 6 o'clock, when the prizes were distributed to the successful competitors by Mrs. Pattie, wife of the command ing officer of the regiment. Instructions have been received at Aldershott for the Royal Engineers to fit up and prepare a school room in each of the camps at Aldershott, for the purpose of holding lectures, concerts, and theatri cal representations. Thi s h as b een f oun d necessary owing to the limited space the garrison theatre in the lines affords for the winter evenings' amusements of the men of the division. One available building, on both the north and south camps will, it is con sidered, be preferable to one on a larger scale in a central position, as proposed some years ago. A court of inquiry, consisting of a field officer, a captain, and an officer of the Royal Engineers, will assemble this morning at Aldershott for the purpose of reporting on a fire which took place in a stable in II lines, South Camp, on Tuesday night. Major-Gen. Freeman Murray, commanding the Chatham district, has completed the half-yearly in spection of the depots of the Indian and Colonial regiments forming the Ist battalion of infantry under his command, in which he has been engaged since the commencement of the week. During his inspec tion Gen. Murray held a field-day of the whole of the corps attached to the battalion in the review ground, Chatham lines, where the entire force exe cuted a variety of light infantry and other move ments, all of which were performed in a highly satisfactory manner. Gen. Murray also inspected a portion of the battalion on the general parade ground, to test the efficiency of the officers and men in company drill. The inspection of the 2d Depot Battalion will commence this morning. The Nelson, 72, 2,73 G tons, 500 horse power, Acting-Commander Charles B. Payne, just com pleted in her outfit at Portsmouth for colonial ser vice at Victoria, and about to sail from Spithead for her destination, is ordered to be taken into Ports mouth Harbour again this morning and placed iu dock, to discover the source of and remedy a leak which has appeared since the ship left the harbour for Spithead a few days since, somewhere in the afterpart of the hull. It is believed to be caused by a suspected defect in the afterport Kingston valve. The screw line-of-battle ship Collingwood, 2,611 tons, 400 horse power, left Portsmouth Harbour yesterday morning for the Thames, in tow of a pri vate steamtug. The Collingwood is one of the fleet of vessels sold by the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to Messrs. Castle and Beech, of Vaux hall, London. Her price, including with the mere hull of the ship, her engines and boilers, with pro pellers, anchors, and cables and other stores on board, was £6,178 10s. The Collingwood was built at Pembroke in 1848 as a sailing line of battle ship of 2,500 tons, from designs produced under the direction of the late Sir Wm. Symonds, then Sur veyor of the Navy. She was next converted to a screw, her measurement by this alteration being in creased 111 tons. Her Majesty's troopship Himalaya, Capt. Shute B. Piers, is expected at Spithead with the 2d bat talion of the 23d Regt. on board, from Quebec. Her Majesty's iron paddlewheel steam vessel Tri ton, 3, Commander Napier, arrived in Plymouth Sound yesterday afternoon. She left Rio Janeiro on the sth August, Bahia on the 14th, St. Vincent on the 2d September, Madeira on the 19th, Vigo on the 29th, and Brest on the 9th Oct. She brings as passengers Lieut. Sullivan, of the Nassau ; Lieut. Grey, of the Narciss us ; an d 20 nava l invalids. The Franklin steam war frigate, 4,000 tons bur den, having on board Rear-Admiral Farragut, Com mander in Chief of the United Stw es' Navy, will visit Portsmouth in the course of a few days. She is now moored below the Nore, having been re moved from Gravesend on Tuesday morning ; her tender the Tropic, which is 800 tons, formerly a blockade runner, still continues off Gravesend. The removal of theFranklinwas,it is understood,to prevent the crew from deserting. At Cronstadt and Stock holm, where the Franklin has been, some 250 men deserted, and the desertions at Gravesend arose, it is said, from leave being stopped. Every night while she lay at Gravesend men managed to slip over her sides and swim ashore unobserved, although a small • steam tender kept moving round the vessel the whole of those hours. The Masonic entertainment, given by the brethren of Gravesend on Friday night last to the officers, passed off most satisfactorily. The Admiral, however, was unable to accept the invita tion, in consequence of having to meet the Lords of the Admiralty at Chatham on that day. The Frank lin is not an ironclad ship, as has been represented ; she is a wooden ship 380 ft. long, 50ft. of beam. She has no guns on her upper deck, with the excep tion of a large Parrot gun mounted on a swivel carriage on her main deck. Her armament is very powerful, consisting chiefly of large Parrot guns mounted on iron carriages; she draws 25ft. of water aft, and her steering apparatus is on the yok and groove principle. After visiting Portsmouth it is understood the Franklin will proceed to the Medi terranean. Yesterday Admiral Farragut was the guest of Prince de Joinville near Teddington. Iler Majesty's old 60-gun screw ship Meeanee, 2,591 tons, and 400-horse power engines, now in basin at Woolwich, and intended to be prepared as a military hospital at Hong Kong, has had her ma chinery hoisted out, and has been purified and sur veyed by the shipwright department in readiness to be handed over to the War-office officials. She is entirely of teak wood, having been constructed at Bombay in 1852. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty :—Navigating Lieut. It. T. N. Pearce, to the Cumberland, for service in the Tra falgar ; Sub-Lieut. R. O. Webb, to the Tamar; W. S. Richardson, clerk, to the Duke of Wellington ; and R. H. Walpole, nominated a naval cadet. THE VOL UN? EERS. On Saturday, at the Wormholt Scrub ranges, the West (9th) Middlesex Rifle Corps held its an nual prize competition, when a very large number of valuable prizes, the gifts of west end firms and of the inhabitants of Marylebone, were fired for by the members who had proved themselves capable of handling their rifles by previously firing their classes. The prizes were divided into different series, and in the first were 11 prizes of sums of money ranging from £6 to £l, and these were shot for at 200, 500, and 600 yards, seven shots at each range. Major Bridgman, with 58, won the first ; Corporal Adams with 57, the second ; Ensign Garner, with 56, the third ; Sergt. Scott, with 55, the fourth ; Private Little, with 55, the fifth ; and Capt. Morris and Sorgt. Stewart tied for the next two places with 53 each. A silver cup, presented by Messrs. Foster and Sons, and a second prize of £5, given by Col. Burlton, C. 8., were shot for by the marksmen of 1866 and 1867, at the odd distances, the ranges for which the Enfield rifles are not sighted, namely, 250, 550, and 650 yards, five shots at each range. Sergeant Barker won the first prize with the excellent score of 48. A ten guinea prize was given by Mr. G. H. Foster, and competed for at the Wimbledon distances of 200, 500, and 600 yards, by men who never had at any time won a prize of the value of £5, and this was taken by Cor poral Cowles with 37. A prize of £lO given by Messrs. Marshall and Snellgrove for officers and non-commissioned officers, and shot for at the same distances, was won by Captain Dear with 41 ; and a similar prize, given by the same firm to the' pri vates, was won by Private Keen with 42. The first of a series of prizes given by Colonel Somerset to men of the rank and file who had never won a prize was won by Private Nicoll, who made 36 at 200 and 500 yards in, seven shots at each. Private Wells won the Borough Members' Challenge Cip, with £5 added, with 31 in ten shots at 500 yards. A paint ing given as a prize by Mr. G. E. Hering in 1865, and won by Mr. A. G. Smith, was presented by the winner to the regiment, and was now won by Captain Morris in a very peculiar competition of firing a shot at a third-class target, and then " doubling" from one range to another between 600 and 200 yards. Mr. James Bowker presented £l5, which was competed for in several prizes by members who had never won a prize. Mr. M'Broom won the first and Corporal Jeffreson the second. Dril prizes —that is to say, prizes to be shot for by members who had attended a great many drills—, and " extra" prizes, comprised every class of article from rifles, ladies' dressing-cases, and boxes of cigars, to a seasonable stock of two tons of coals, and Ensign Little won the first, a Parian statuette. The shooting arrangements were well carried out by Lieutenant and Quartermaster Best. A challenge cup, value £25, given by Mr. Alder man Lusk, M.P., to the Finsbury Rifle Volunteer Corps, for quarterly competition for two years, has now been absolutely won. The rules were that the member of the corps winning the cup most times in two years should keep it, the donor presenting another in its place. The cup previous to the last competition had been won twice by Captain Hislop, twice by Private Strugnell, and once by Colonel Penton, Ensign While, and Corporal Page. In the eighth competition Captain Hislop and PH vate Strugnell tied, and on shooting off Captain Hislop beat his antagonist by two points. The captain immediately made it known that he should not take the cup, but should present it to the corps to be competed for as a volley firing challenge prize, to be shot for by representative squads from each company. On Saturday and Monday the annual prize meet ing of the 19th Surrey Rifles took place at their range at Esher-common, Surrey. The weather proved unfavourable ; the average shooting, how ever, was very good, showing a marked improve ment on that of previous years. A large number of prizes (amounting in value to about £100) were offered for competition. The most valuable were won by Lieut. Haddon (ten guineas), Ensign Chat terton (eight guineas), Colour-Sergeant Wright (seven guineas), Sergeant Abrams (five guineas), Private Garland (four guineas), &c. ; the remainder ranged from two to three guineas in value. The annual prize competition of the 2d Suffolk (Walton) Battery of Artillery has just taken place. Hon. Assistant-Surgeon Rand succeeded iu winning a challenge cup with the excellent score of 52. This is the second time he has held the cup, which must be won three times to become individual property. In a second contest for prizes presented by officers, Gunner Fenton took the first prize, Corporal Emery the second, Corporal Daniel the third, and Gunner W. Gorham the fifth. A third contest took place for prizes presented by residents in the neighbour hood, at ranges of 100 and 200 yards. Corporal Daniel won the first prize, Sergeant Murrell the second, Trumpeter Bartlett the third, Lieutenant D'Eye the fourth, llon. Assistant• Surgeon Rand the fifth, Gunner Waller the sixth, Gunner Young the seventh, and Gunner Gorham the eighth. In several parts of Berkshire the Rifle Volunteers were busily occupiel last week in competitions for numerous and valuable prizes. At the Windsor Great Park range the 10th Berks (Dorset) Corps held its annual prize meeting, and some excellent shooting was made. The ranges were 200, 500, and 600 yards. Sergt. Huuton scored 34, and won the first prize, a silver challenge cup, value £ll 11s., presented by Major Scott, the first commanding officer, with £5 added by Mr. Arbuthnot, Cowarth park ; the second prize in the same class was £3, given by Mr. Bridges, and gained by Corporal Kempsell, 34. A prize value £5 55., given by Capt. Van de Weyer (200 and 400 yards, 5 shots at each), was also won by Sergt. Huuton, who scored 31. A prize value £5, presented by Capt. Johnson, and shot for at 300 and 600 yards, 5 shots at each, was taken by Colour-Sergt. Brown, 21. A prize value £3 35., given by Quartermaster Cave (7 shots at 200 and 500 yards), was also gained by Colour-Sergeant Brown. A prize value £5, presented by Mr. W. G. Franklyn for skirmishing (10 rounds per man) ; Privates Herford and Middlemast (the winning file) made 18 points. A prize value £3, presented by Ensign Cave (7 shots in skirmishing order, without raising the back sight, within 300 yards), was won by Private Laird, 16 points. The annual competi tion for the challenge medal of the Bth Berks (Far ingdon) corps, with a money prize given by Lieut. Crowdy, was shot for on Thursday last at 300, 500, and 600 yards, 5 shots at each, and was won by Private Tucker with 39 points. The final contest for the monthly callenge cup of the 4th Berks (Abing don) caused much interest ; the ranges were 200, 500, and 600 yards, 7 shots at each distance, and the prize was won by Lieut. Mor:and. On Friday last 10 members of the Ist Berks (Reading) shot a match with 10 volunteers from Henley-on-Thames, and the Reading men were victors by five points. A prize meeting was also held at Reading by the re cruits of the Ist Berks, the ranges being 200, 400, and 500 yards. A silver cup given by the mayor (Mr. 11. Simonds) was won by Private F. Davis, 47 ; and money prizes given by Captain Martin Atkins were won by Privates Lacy and Stallard. The lstNorfo!k Artillery Volunteers had a compe tition last week on the Norwich ground. The first contest was for a challenge vase of £2O, with £lO 10s. added, presented by the members for Norwich, Sir W. Russell, M.P., and Mr. E. Warner, M.P. The contest resulted as follows :—First prize, the chal lenge vase, with £3 10s. aided, Quartermaster Sergeant Hewett ; second prize, £2 103., Gunner Delves ; fourth prize, £l, Gunner 'Webster ; and fifth, sixth, and seventh prizes, for the highest score at each range, Gunners Bacon, Shorten, and Parker. Fora prize of £lO, competed for by members from each corps or battery of the Norfolk Artillery, the highest score was made by Quartermaster-sergeant Hewett, 41 points. In a contest for a purse of £5, presented by the officers of the Norwich battery, the largest score was that of Bombardier Howes. The fifth contest was for a ladies' prize of £7 ; the first share was taken by Quartermaster-Sergeant Hewett. In a contest for prizes to the amount of £3, pre sented by the non-commissioned officers of the battery for previous non-winners, the first prize was taken by Gunner Grey. In Yorkshire the annual prize contests are being held. The Ist East York Rifle Volunteers have competed for a cup given by Mr. kleynoldson, of THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 11, 1867. Hull, ten shots at 400 yards. The winner was Sergeant E. Collinshaw, of the F, Hull, company. The return match between the Ist East York Rifles and Artillery, at three ranges, has resulted in favour of the rifles, three of whom scored 145, against the carbines 126. The Bth and 9th East Yorkshire Rifles have had a challenge contest at the Garton butts. The match was close, the Driffield corps defeating the Market Weightou by eight points only. The 4th Admi nistrative Battalion has held its third annual con test, five shots at three ranges. The principal win ners were Private Allen, Doncaster, 47 ; Captain Harrison, Rotherham, 43 ; Ensign Harrison, Rother ham, 41 ; Sergeant Firth, Rotherham, 40 ; Private Gill, Barnsley, 39 ; Corporal Lee, Doncaster, 39 ; Corporal Boardman, Rotherham, 38 ; Sergeant Buxton, Doncaster, 38 ; Sergeant Clifford, Rother ham, 38, and others. The aggregate silver cup was won by Sergeant Jacques, Rotherham. The 7th Administrative Battalion West York Volunteers have held their prize contests, which resulted as follows :-- The Montagu Cup and prize money were won by the 19th (Rotherham) company; the Champion badge by Private Cooper, Rotherham ; the co-operative prize of 10 guineas, Corporal Rutler, Barnsley ; and the Stanhope Cup, Private Allen, Doncaster, the battalion Enfield Cup having also been gained by him. The 3d West York Rifles have continued their prize shooting on Baildon Moor. The chief winners of prizes were private Bateman (No. 1 company), Sergeant Atkinson (No. 4 company), and Corporal Hardacre (No 6) in the first competition, and in the next Sergeant Milnes (No. 1 company), Private Moorhouse (No. 6), and Private Barrow (No 5). In the fourth competition of the Leeds Enfield Club the Ladies' Challenge Cup and badge were won by Corporal Webb, who scored 38 in five shots at three ranges. Lieut. Hill was second with 35, and there were several other winners. Lieut. Hill won the money prize with 25. The weather was very bad. The No. 8 company had a competition for Captain Titley's prize, which was won by Private R. Lamp ton (42) and others. The annual shooting of the sth East York, at Bridlington, resulted in the company prize being won by Lieut. Davison, Ensign Boyn ton being second; the Inkeepers' prize by Lieut. Davidson, Private Biunington being second ; and the Recruits' Prize by Private Jefferson, Private Mainprise being second. There were prizes given by tradesmen, which Lieut. Davidson won, and for the highest score by a non-winner of a company prize, which fell to Private G. Sivers. The Wensleydale and Richmond Volunteers have shot a match on the Redmire range at 200 and 500 yards, resulting in favour of the former company by 16 points. The prizes open to all competitors were won chiefly by Mr. Chapman, Mr. Allen, and Mr. Skedmore, Wensleydale, and Mr. Hill, Richmond. The Ist West Riding Artillery and the Leeds Rifles have each been inspected, with creditable results. The 13th (Worcester) Corps of Rifle Volunteers had their annual prize shooting last week, when the following were the winners :—The Beauchamp Challenge Cup, won by Private Bird; second prize by Sergeant Bragg ; third prize, by Quartermaster- Sergeant Radford ; fourth priza, by Ensign Red grave ; fifth prize, by Sergeant Simms; sixth prize, by Private Crockett ; and seventh prize, by Private Ward. A silver cup for a running prize, the greatest distances run between shots, was won byQuarter master-Sergeant Radford; and a a econd prize by Sergeant Cox. The Tenbury Corps have also had their annual prize shooting, and the principal scores were made by Private G. Powell, Sergeant Blake way, Private Benbow, Corporal Page, Corporal Pope, Sergeant Jeff, and Private Bishop. Private Williams won the Beauchamp Cup. At the annual prize meeting of the sth Wiltshire (Devizes) Rifle Volunteers prizes to the amount of nearly £5O were competed for. At 200 and 500 yards (seven shots), the following prizes were won : —A gold watch of the value of 10 guineas by Ser geant Nott, 38 marks ; a silver cup by Band-Ser geant Pyke, 33 marks ; six silver dessert spoons by Colour-Sergeant Mandell, 32 marks ; and smaller prizes were taken by Privates J. R. Fox, Fillis, and C. R. Wiltshire. In the next competition at the same ranges the number of company and battalion drills attended during the year was added to the shooting score in determining the winners, who were as follows :—Sergeant Ward, a silver watch, given by Sir T. Bateson, M.P., 35 marks and 19 drills ; Lance-Corporal Greenland, a clock, presented by Mr. C. D. Griffith, M.P., 27 marks and 2) drills ; Corporal Pritchard, an inkstand, given by Mrs. Colston, 27 marks and 19 drills. The prizes shot for at 200 and 500 yards by competitors who had never won a prize above the value of one guinea were carried off by Private Read, 30 marks ; Pri vate Morris, 29 marks ; and Private Perkins, 26 marks. At 200 yards extra series Privates Salter and N. Tarrant took the prizes, and in the compe tition at the same range by recruits only, Privates Gregory, Hand, H. Sloper, and Springford were the winners. The Consolation prizes were won by Fri.. vates W. Bolwill, Thompson, and S. Wells. The annual prize meeting of the Mere Rifle Vo lunteers (Bth Wilts) took place on Friday. Sergeant Belbin won the cup and first prize, and also a tankard for the highest aggregate score. The other winners were Sergeant Mitchell, Private Francis, Private Cox, and Sergeant Farthing. The shooting termi nated with a dinner in the evening. Daring the week the married and single members of the 9th Devon (Ashburton) Rifles had a friendly match at 200 and 500 yards, seven shots at each range. The ten married men were only able to show a total score of 240, against that of 262 made by the other side. The annual shooting in connexion with the 7th Cornwall (Helston) Rifle Corps took place last week, when prizes to the amount of nearly £6O were competed for. The principal feature was an All corners' Match, in which 74 Volunteers, including some from distant counties, were engaged. The ranges were 200 and 500 yards, seven shots at each range. The highest score was Sergeant Deisey, Ist Warwick, who made 42, and next to him was Ser geant Roskruge, of the Helston Corps. The win ning score was 42. A Silver Challenge Cup, value £l2, was shot for at 200, 400, and 600 yards, five shots at each range ; the winner was Private Cross, who made a total of 36. In the same class there were four sets of money prizes, amounting to £25. Sergeant Kendall got the best, Corporal Eva the second, Sergeant Roskruge the third, and Sergeant Eva the fourth. moral effect is omnipotent. The moral influence and social bearing which the Volunteer service has upon the recreative element of the nation are invaluable, for, independent of its military character, it has been the means of reviving that ancient pastime of the country—viz., shooting at a mark, the only difference of agency being the rifle of 1867 versus the cross-bow of the olden time. Thus, when we have the physical force, which is the bone and sinew of the country, together with the moral effect, which is equal to ten times its reality, and when we have the one common object in view —viz., defence, toge ther with numberless social advantages attached to it,—when we have these all blended together and spread over, as it were, an area of patriotic har mony, what must be the inference ? Why, that we have by the position we leave taken up tended to protect and strengthen the Constitution, by creat ing a new institution of great military order and value, and one which must be maintained for ever for the honour and credit of the country that has undertaken it, as well as for the healthy condition of its trade and commerce. Our calling as Volun teers is a great one, perhaps of higher moment than people may think, and it is our duty to endeavour to continue steadfast to that calling, and it is the duty of the Government to assist us in that endea vour. I may not be far wrong when I say that the trade and commerce of the country have been con siderably influenced during the last 7 or 8 years owing to the existence of the Volunteer service, so much so that it would be considerably embarrassed in the event of a dissolution of that moral protec tion. The agricultural as well as all other interests would suffer, and all trade would be affected by the disappearance of what has been, as it were, a guar dian angel over the nation. It is therefore a consi deration of national importance that so necessary an agency of defence sbould be fostered and cherished by all deep thinking and patriotic men, and in order to secure that desirable object the Government, with the support of the House of Commons, which it is sure to have, will have seriously to reflect upon the expediency of an increased maintaining grant, for I am clear that unless some additional provision be made the consequences will be serious. Colonel Lindsay concluded by remarking that the nation at large was in the same boat as far as the Volunteer service was concerned, pulling the same stroke, and it was of the utmost consequence that the pull should be unanimous, but that it must be with the stream (of public opinion), and not against it. He added—l know of no more honourable or prominent profession than that of a British Volun teer. It throws a halo, as it were, of respect around every one who engages in it, and there is no doubt that that fact, together with the sense of public duty, will render the Volunteer service as permanent and as secure as the shores which we have declared to defend. RAILWAY INTELLIGENC E. Lake lluron Companies. But the Board proposed that the Act, if passed, should be subject to thorough sanction on the part of the bond and stockholders before it could come into operation. It would be simply a permissive Act. The Cana dian Parliament, it was expected, would meet for a short session in November next, when the Bill would be introduced. The heads of the proposed agreement with the Great Western Rail-- way Company would be submitted for the considera tion of the proprietors, who would have to adopt, or refuse to confirm, such agreement. Capt. Tyler, R.E., was, at the suggestion of the Board, un mi mously invited by the bond and stockholders attend ing the last half yearly meeting to proceed to Canada to consider on the spot the various questions raised at that meeting. Captain Tyler having as sented to undertake this important duty—associated with Mr. Eborall—those gentlemen were now in Canada carefully considering the matters referred to them. The board could not expect their report in time for the ensuing meeting. The meeting on the 31st inst. would therefore be only held pro forma, to be adjourned to an early future day . , when the report of Captain Tyler and Mr. Eborall, to gether with the other business, might be fully dis cussed. The capitalaccount showed that £17,321,573 had been expended. THE WRECK REGIS? ER AND WRECK CHART FOR 1866. For many years past we have been in the habit of making a few remarks on the:" Wreck Register,'' prepared by the Board of Trade, and presented to Parliament; and we have done so principally with the view of directing attention to the loss of life from shipwreck on our coasts, and to the means employed in rescuing shipwrecked sailors. We find, on examining this carefully compiled register, that the number of wrecks and casualties, from all causes on the coasts of the United Kingdom and in the surrounding seas reported in 1866 was 1,860. The number reported in 1864 was 1,390, and in 1865 it was 1,656. The annual average number of casualties during the five years ending 1866 was 1,611; and during the five years ending 1865, 1,538. We observe that the average number of shipwrecks on our coasts during the past ten years has been 1,466. The Bishop of London stated some time ago that the population of the metropolis increased at the rate of 40,000 a year, and that 10,000 houses had annually to be built to accommodate them. A similar progression is observable in our commercial and shipping interests. Seventy millions sterling often pass in one week through the bankers' clearing house in London. Of course this enormous amount of money necessarily indicates the countless number of ships from all parts of the worli that frequent our numerous ports, in addition to the thousands of British vessels engaged in the foreign and home trade. Thus it is that the aggregate number of ves sels entering inwards and clearing outwards from all our ports in 1866 was 403,598, the number in 1865 being 409,255. Is cannot be wondered, therefore, that, considering the enormous number of voyages thus performed, the number of shipwrecks every year on our coast is necessarily proportionally large, although of course this number will depend very much on the violence of the gales of the year. Thus, in October, 1859, there was the Royal Charter gale, and a loss of 343 ships. In January, February, and November, 1861, there were north east and south-easterly gales, which added 460 to the number of casualties. In January, October, and December, 1862, there were westerly gales with upwards of 540 casualties ; and in January, March, September, October, November, and December, 1863, there were westerly gales, with 630 casualties. In November, 1864, there were 264 casualties with the wind chiefly in the south-south-east and south west; but, owing to the absence of any special gales of remarkable duration and violence in 1864, the total number of casualties in that year was 274 below the number in 1863. In 1865 the gales of January, February, March, and October, November, and December gave 766 casualties. During the gales of 1866—that is, when the wind was blowing 9 and upwards-855 disasters occurred. The gales of that year were usually from the fol lowing quarters, viz. :—January from east-north east, south-west, and south-south-west ; February southwest, west-south-west, and south-south-west ; March, south and south-south-west ; October had no serious gales ; November, west-south-west, south west, north-west, and west ; and December, south west, west-south-west, and south-south-west. The number of ships lost or damaged in the 1860 casualties reported iu 1866 is 2,289, representing a registered tonnage of upwards of 427,000 tons. The number of ships in 1866 is in excess of the number in 1865 by 277. The number of ships reported as lost or damaged is, as has been formerly stated, in excess of the number of casualties reported, because in cases of collision two or more ships are involved in one casualty. 01 the 2,289 ships, 1,961 are known to have been ships belonging to.Greatßritain and its dependencies, with British certificates of registry, and 294 to have been foreign ships. Of the remaining 34 ships, the country and employment are unknown. Of the British ships 1,409 were employed in the British coasting trade, and b 49 were employed in the (over sea) foreign and home trades ; and of the foreign ships, 15 were employed in the British coasting trade. Of the total number of casualties reported in 1866, 422 were collisions, and 1,438 were casualties other than collisions. Of these 1,438 casualties other than collisions, 562 resulted in total losses, and 876 in partial damage more or less serious. The whole number of casualties other than collisions reported in 1865 was 1,302, far in excess of all other years, excepting 1863, when the number was 1,333 ; but in 1864 the number was 1,039, which was less than the number reported in any year since 1858. The annual average for ten years, including 1866, is for total losses, 463, and for partial losses, 668 ; as against this the numbers for 1866 are, for total losses, 562, and for partial losses, 876. Of the 562 total losses from causes other than collisions, we are unable to find on the Register the details of the present causes of the same, but we observe that in 1865 245 of the total losses hap pened when the wind was at force 9 (a strong gale) or upwards, and are chiefly included in the follow ing returns as having been caused by stress of wea ther; 38 arose from defects in the ship or in her equipment, and of the 38 no less than 30 appear to have foundered from unseaworthiness ; 99 appear from the reports made by the officers on the coasts to have been caused by inattention, carelessness, or neglect, and the remainder from various other causes. Of 832 partial losses other than by collision, we can find no details of the cause of the same in the Register, but we notice that in 1865 501 happened when the wind was at force 9 (a strong gale) or upwards, and are included as having been caused by stress of weather ; 137 arose from carelessness, 48 from defects in the ship or her equipments, and the remainder from various causes. Surely a large number of these casualties are pre ventible ones? It is true that within late years the standard of qualification for masters and mates of our merchant vessels has been considerably raised. We think it might with advantage be more generally extended, as of these disasters a large proportion can be clearly traced to the ignorance as well as the carelessness of man rather than to the elements, over iiihich he has no control. It should, however, be remembered that good seamen cannot save a bad craft ; and we certainly think that something ought to be done with the wretched rotten colliers that crawl along the coast at the mercenary in stance of men who care more for money than for human life. Many of these vessels are so decayed and unseaworthy that shipping insurance associa tions will not admit them on their books. There is no law in existence to prevent them from putting to sea, and so they are navigated at such cost as the Wreck Chart which accompanies the register too plainly indicates. Again, let us remember that the total number of ships which, according to the facts reported to the Board of Trade, appear to have foundered or to have been otherwise totally lost on the coast of the British Isles, from unseaworthiness alone, in 10 years, is 423, and the number of casualties caused through unseaworthy ships, unsound gear, &c., and resulting in partial damage, in the same time, is 586. In 1866 there were 116 casualties to fishing smacks alone. Excluding there 116, the number of vessels employed in the regular carrying trade that have suffered from wreck or casualty during the year is 2,173. On this number being sub divided we find that about half of it is represented by the unseaworthy, overladen, or ill-found vessels of the collier class chiefly employed in the coasting trade. We find that the number of wrecks among col liers, laden and in ballast, was 855. In addition to colliers laden and in ballast, 141 vessels were laden with metallic ores, and 154 with stcne. We all know, from long experience, that the colliers of the north-east coast have an established reputation as the rottenest and worst found vessels that leave our ports. Year after year we learn that the casualties which might be expected have overtaken them ; but still the mischief goes on, neither the provisions of the common law nor the special Acts which relate to shipping being sufficient to control it. There is only one thing that will remedy the evil—if the men who navigate these wretched craft had received the education that brings intelligence and self-respect, and which in some other countries is the birthright of the poorest citizen, they would be leas disposed to permit themselves to be sent to sea in what are no bettes than floating coffins. In the eight years ending 1866 casualties to com paratively new ships bear a very high proportion to the whole number of casualties, 1,135 casualties having happened to nearly new ships, and 1,981 to ships from three to seven years of age. Then there are casualties to 2,506 ships from seven to 14 years old, and to 4,185 ships from 15 to 30 years old. Then follow 1,528 old ships from 20 to 50 years old. Having passed the service of half a century, we come to the very old ships—viz., 283 between 50 and 60 years old, 127 from 60 to 70, 61 from 70 to 80, 19 from 80 to 90, eight from 90 to 100, and four 101 years and upwards. The age of 3,298 are unknown. The state of rottenness and want of repair of some of the coasting ships above 20 years old often calls for remark. Even at the age of 25 to 30 it occasionally happens that a ship is so rotten as to fall to pieces immediately on touching the ground, without giving the crew the slightest chance of getting out their boats. Of the 2,289 vessels lost or damaged in 1866, 86 were rigged as ships, 150 were steam vessels, 631 schooners, 42G brigs, 249 barques, 257 brigantines, and 167 smacks. The remainder were small vessels rigged in various ways. Of the 2,289 vessels re ferred to, 977 did not exceed 100 tons burden, 939 were from 100 to 300 tons, 274 were from 300 to 600, and 99 only were above 600 tons burden. As usual the greatest number of casualties have occurred on the east coast. The numbers are as follows :—East coast, 953 ; south coast, 274 ; west coast, 412 ; north-west coast of Scotland, 47 ; Irish coast,l44 ; Isle of Man, 18; Lundy Island, 9 ; Scilly Isles, 3. As regards the loss of life, the returns show that the number lost from shipwreck on or near the coasts of the United Kingdom from all causes in 1866 is 896. When it is remembered that the lives thus lost are taken from among probably half a million of persons who have visited our ports during the past year alone, the number may appear to the casual observer a comparatively small one. We are, how ever, of opinion that it is a very large number, and when we bear in mind the inestimable value of one life, we are firmly impressed that no effort should be left untried which can in any way lessen the annual loss of life from shipwreck on our coasts. And here we may remark on the noble and great efforts that are being made to save life from ship wreck. During the last year and a half the National Lifeboat Institution has, by its lifeboats and other means, contributed to the saving of upwards of 1:600 lives, in addition to bringing to ports of safety so 40 vessels from threatened destruction. Again, this large number of 1,600 lives is entirely indepen dent of the lives saved during the same period by the rocket apparatus, which is worked by that valu able class of men, the Coastguard, and which is provided for by the Board of Trade out of the Mer cantile Marine Fund. It is gratifying to observe how that department continues to work cordially with the National Life boat Institution in carrying out the great and im portant work which it has undertaken to promote, and which has proved so completely successful on our coasts ; and when we take into account that the society has now a noble fleet of 183 lifeboats on our shores, which require a large permanent annual income to maintain them in a state of thorough efficiency, no one can doubt that the Institution is deserving, not only of the continued co-operation of the Board of Trade, but of the sympathy and support of the British public at large. On further analysing this Wreck Register we find that the lives lost in 1866 were in 199 ships ; 147 of them were laden vessels, 40 were vessels in ballast, and in 12 cases it is not known whether the vessels were laden or light. 161 of these ships were entirely lost, and 38 sustained partial damage. Of the 896 lives lost, the very great number of 324 were in ves sels that foundered ; 127 lives were lost on board vessels in collision, 393 in vessels stranded or cast ashore, and 52 in vessels lost or damaged from other causes. While the greatest number of casualties happened on the east coast of England, it is clearly shown that the greatest loss of life during the seven years end ing 1866 occurred in the Irish Sea. The number of lives lost in that sea during the seven years is more than double the number lost on any other part of the coasts. During the winter months hardly a week passes in which the lifeboats of the National Life boat Institution stationel on the Irish coast are not called out to render assistance to ships in distress on the Blackwater and other dangerous sandbanks on that coast. The most fatal winds during the year were as follows :—N., 37 ; N.N.E., 38 ; N.E., 97 ; E.N.E., 92 ; E., 69 ; E.S.E., 41; S.E., 90 ; S.S.E., 69 ; S., 129 ; S.S.W., 157 ; S.W., 206 ; W.S.W., 174 ; W., 105 ; W.N. W., 101; N.W., 115 ; and N.N.W., 45. It is thus shown that westerly gales are far more fatal than easterly gales, the most fatal being from S.W. 733 casualties happened when the wind was at force six or under, that is to say, when it did not exceed a strong breeze in which the ship could carry single reefs and topgallant sails ; 122 happened with the wind at forces 7 and 8, or a moderate to fresh gale, when a ship, if properly manned and navigated, can keep at sea with safety ; and 954 happened with the wind at force 9 and upwards—that is to say, from a strong gale to a hurricane. The large number of 1,860 casualties in 1866, leading to the loss or damage of 2,289 vessels, have, as a matter of course, thrown a great amount of labour on the Wreck Department of the Board of Trade, which is most efficiently administered. Their officers at the outports and the officers and men of the Coastguard service have also discharged their duties in this important work in the most exemplary and zealous manner. We should also state that the Statistical Commit tee of Lloyd's have issued a tabulated analysis of the wrecks and casualties reported in Lloyd's List for the year 1866. This is the first publication of the kind, and is intended to be repeated annually. It cannot fail to aid materially in concentrating public attention on wreck disasters, and in tending to a thorough comprehension of their causes and their remedies. The aggregate loss of life is enormous, and so is the aggregate destruction of property. The former is a species of woe inflicted on humanity ; the latter is practically a tax upon commerce. While the art of saving life on the coast is understood, thanks to the progress of science and to the stout hearts of our coast population, the art of preserving property is as yet but imperfectly known among us, and still more imperfectly practised. On reviewing the dismal record we are bound to take courage from the many gratifying facts it reveals in regard to saving of life, which, after all, is our principal object • in commenting on this doleful Register. Noble work has been done, and is doing, in that way, which has not only elicited the admira tion of the British public, but also that of many fo reign nations, and this was strikingly illustrated last July by the international jury of the Paris Univer sal Exhibition awarding to the National Lifeboat institution one out of their 19 great gold medals iu acknowledgment of the important services rendered to shipwrecked sailors of all nations, hundreds of whom, and thousands of our own hardy sailors, it had rescued from a premature grave, and many homes from the desolation of widowhood and orphan age. THE HON. COL. C. H. LINDSAY, M.P., ON THE VOL UM EER SER VICE. The following remarks were made by Colonel C. H. Lindsay, commanding the St. George's Rifles, at the Maidenhead agricultural banquet on the Bth inst. :—He said that having been a soldier for many years of his life he well knew how high an honour it was to be called upon to represent the British army on public occasions, and he said so be cause it was a profession the attributes of which were honour and glory. But it was no less an honour and a privilege to him to stand up in his place and en dorse the sentimentz which at various times had been expressed by the first statesmen of the country in favour of the Volunteer service, which he was then called upon to represent. He said it was indeed a happy day for England when she rose in that spirit of defence, and not defiance, and contemplated the unprotected condition of her shores. She sounded the alarm, and the echo was the assembly. We did as semble, he added, and rallied round her standard, and undertook the responsibility of organising the people, as a duty which we owed to our country ; and we had not regretted the tone and the attitude we assumed, as our expectations had been more than realised, and we had created for the country one of its most valuable institutions, which was the pride of the nation, and he might say the envy of Europe. He went on to say--The Volunteer service is a grand fact, and one which is not likely to drift into a fic tion, or into a thing that is past. It is full of vitality and will endure to the end. The character of the Volunteer service is as patriotic as it is national ; its efficiency and discipline are equally sound. It stands upon its own merits, and there is no fear of its becom ing a drug in the market. It has its price, and the Go vernment of the day are responsible for its perma nency, which is dependent upon its solvency. Its occupation as a military force is happily nil, but its GRAND TRUNK OF CANADA. The report of the directors of this company states that the gross receipts upon the whole undertaking, including the Buffalo and Champlain lines for the half-year, ending the 30th of June last, amounted to £609,121, against £637,425 for the corresponding half of 1866, showing a decrease of £28,304. The ordinary working expenses, at the rate of 70.53 per cent., amounted to £429,792 for the past half year, against £403,419 in the same half of 1866, showing an increase of £26,373. The renewals of the permanent ways and works in the half-year amounted to £54,973, against £26,286 in the same half of last year, showing an increase of £28,687. After deducting £10,274 for loss by fires at Sarnia and Toronto, the available net balance was £114,082, against £207,720 in the same half of 1866, showing a decrease of £93,638. To the £114,082 was added £325 from the preceding half year, making £114,407, out of which £21,554 (the loss on American currency) had to be deducted, leaving a cash balance of £92,853. From this the postal and military revenue (£18,150) was de ducted, leaving £74,702. Against this sum there had been paid, or was payable, £16,080 for interest and Portland sinking fund, £6,051 due to the Champlain Company, £15,424 due to the Buffalo Company, £32,787 Atlantic and St. Lawrence lease (in full), £11,250 De troit line lease (in full), and £10,779 for equipment bond interest, making together £92,379, and leaving a debit balance against the half-year's net revenue of £17,677. As the accounts were annual, and the gross revenue of the second half-year had in preceding years averaged 14k per cent. more than the first half, the balance of £17,677 would be carried forward, and the rents and interest on the leased lines and equipment bonds would be paid when due. It would also be observed that but for the increased charge for renewals of £28,667 as compared with the corresponding perioJ of 1866, there would be a balance to the credit of the net re venue account of £10,990 ; and, but for the wholly exceptional debit for losses by fire, this credit balance would have been increased to £21,769. The traffic returns for the three weeks ending the 21st of Sep tember amounted to £90,815 against £85,177 in the corresponding three weeks last year, showing an in crease of £5,638 or 7 per cent. Considering -the prolific harvest just secured, both in Canada and the Western States, there was every reason to believe that these favourable returns would be maintained. The exceedingly defective harvest of 1866 through out the United States, and also in Canada, had be yond question been the chief reason of the smaller gross earnings of the present year. By the aid of the financial arrangements reported at the last meet ing the directors had been enabled to contract for delivery in Canada, during the next few months, of 25 new locomotive engines to meet increase of traffic. In comparing the result of half-year's work ing with the corresponding period of 1866, the fol lowing facts were arrived at :-1. The gross traffic was less by about £28,000. From this sum must, however, be deducted a lesser share of receipts due to the postal and military bondholders of £12,000, leaving about £16,000 as the falling off in the " through freight" traffic. 2. The working ex penses were more by about £26,000. This increase was due in part to enhanced price of fuel and an augmented rate of wages, and in part to the dis ordered state of the country, and the cost and loss of time involved in arming and drilling the com pany's employe's in support of the Queen's authority. 3. The whole of the renewals were charged to revenue in accordance with the views of the last half-yearly meeting. A total length of 55f miles had been relaid in addition to the ordinary maintenance of way. This caused a special and extra deduction from available revenue of £28,000. 4. It would be seen that the losses already paid in connection with the serious fires at Toronto and Sarnia had absorbed £lO,OOO. The claims arising out of those fires were resisted by the company, and up to a certain point with success. In connection with the falling off i n this company's gross receipts, nearly the whole of the American lines showed heavy decreases for the half year ending June last, as compared with the same period for 1866 ; ten of the Trunk lines, in cluding the Erie, the Michigan Central and South ern, the Ohio and Mississippi, the Illinois Central, and the Chicago and Fort Wayne, showing in the aggregate a decrease in their gross revenue of £214,369. The total loss sustained by the company from 1862 to the 30th June last in American cur rency amounted to £311,938. The directors could not refrain from referring to this serious and un foreseen loss as the real origin of most of the recent difficulties of the company. The price of gold dur ing the half year fluctuated between 132 and 140 i. In accordance with the resolution passed at the spe cial meeting on Allay 30 last, a bill had been prepared for submission to the Canadian Parliament during the coming session. This bill embodied the several matters contained in the resolution then almost unanimously adopted ; but provision was made in it for the existing equipment mortgage bonds to re main in all respects undisturbed, and not to form part of any new issue of similar bonds, as was at first proposed. Power was also taken, subject to the necessary sanction and previous approval of the bond and stockholders of proposals to be submitted to them, to consolidate the preference bonds and stocks by conversion into an uniform preference de benture stock, as well as to vary the terms of the agreement with the Champlain and Buffalo and Standing Orders of the House of Commons. The Standing Orders of the House of Commons' . have just been issued from the Queen's Printing office, and consist of a Pat Hamel' Lary paper occupying 89 pages, the majority of which refer to Standing Orders relative to private bills. As heretofore these contemplate the appointment of one or more offi cers of the house to be called " the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills" and of the committees, one to consist of eleven members, and to be called " the Select Committee on Standing Orders ;" the second to consist of the chairman of the above committee and five other members, and to be called " the Committee of Selection ;" and the third to be designated " the General Committee on Railway and Canal Bills," of which three shall be a quorum. Private bills are divided into two classes, the first of which includes all matters re lating to burial-grounds, charters and corporations, churches and chapels, cities and towns, companies, county rates, courthouses, Crown, Church, or cor poration property, ferries, fisheries, gaols, the en closing and draining of land, letters-patent, local courts, market-places, police, poor-rates, powers to sue and be sued, and the payment of stipendiary magistrates. The second class relates to all mat ters connected with aqueducts, archways, bridges, canals, cuts, docks, drainage, embankments for re claiming land from the sea, harbours, navigation, piers, ports, railways, reservoirs, sewers, streets, street tramways, tunnels, turnpike or other public carriage roads, and waterworks. The standing orders, compliance with which is to be proved before the examiners of petitions for private bills, are divided into five sections—viz., notices by adver tisement, notices, and applications to owners, lessees, and occupiers of lands and houses, documents required to be deposited, and the times and places of deposit, forms in which plans, books of reference, sections, and cross sections shall be prepared, and estimates and deposit of money, and declarations in certain cases. The proceedings of examiners, of the Chairman of Committee of Ways and Means, and of committees are explained in detail, as well as the order regulating the practice of the house with regard to private bills, and also the orders regulating the practice in the Private Bill Office. There are three appendices, consisting of a form of application to owners, lessees, and occu piers, an act to compel clerks of the peace and others to receive documents required to be deposited with them, and an act providing for the custody of moneys paid in puruance of the standing orders. The paper also contains the standing orders relative to public matter, and the table of fees tobe charged at the House of Commons. COUNTRY MARKETS. BRISTOL--THURSDAY. On our market to-day there was a short supply of Eng lish wheat, which was taken readily by millers at an ad vance of from 3s to 4s per qr. In foreign wheat, which met only a moderate sale, prices were fully 3s dearer. Malting barley sold freely at is per qr over the rates of last market ; grinding very scarce, and higher currencies were realised. Oats in dull demand, and prices is over previous tales. Beans and Indian corn also is up. MANCHE S TER-THURSDAY. At to-day's market there was a iaiiTsliiply of English wheat, which sold readily at an advance of 2s to 3s per qr on the quotations of last week. Foreign is per cental up. The flour trade was moderate, and prices 2s to 3s per sack more money. Oats advanced ld to 2d per 451bs, and oat meal is per load. English beans is and Egyptian 3s ad vance. Indian corn likewise hold for a rise of 2s to 3s. BURY ST. EDMUNDS-WEDNESDAY. Tho supply of wheat at this market to-day was pretty large, and farmers were able to make 3s to 4s advance on previous rates. In barley there was no material change to note, but rather more malting sorts offered. Oats, beans, and peas were fully is per quarter advance. Average prices : Wheat, 61s lid ; barley,ols 10d; oats, 21s Od ; beans, —s Od. BIRMINGHAM-THURSDAY. Our market this morning was well attended. There was a fair business done in wheat, and English descriptions advanced 2s per qr. Foreign held for a greater rise, with which buyers would not comply. Barley fully is per qr over late currencies. In oats, beans, and peas there vit o an advance of 6d to h per qr. EDINBURGH—WEDNESDAY. Wheat on the top, 4s Od up average, 6s 3d up. Barley on the top, Is Od up average, is 5d up. Oats on the top, 2s 6d up ...average, Os lld up. Beans on the top, is Od down average, is 3d down• Total supply and sales. Wheat 420 qrs sold 366 Barley 1423 qrs sold 1382 Oats 852 qrs sold 800 Beans B6 qrs sold 21 Average prices. Wheat, 72s 3d i Oats, 32s 4d Barley, 39s 2d 1 Beans 48s 7d Town-made flour sells as follows :—White, GOs Od ;:extra superfine, 58s Od; superfine, 56s Od; fine, 54s Od. GLASGOW—WEDN - EspAv. To-day's market was well attended, and the supplies were good. The trade done in wheat was very active, a t an advance of is to is Gd per q r s i nce l as t Wednesday Flour is Gd per sack dearer. Oats is per 254 lbs higher' Barley very scarce. Egyptian beans ls, Indian corn is , and peas Gd per 2801 b dearer. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton Oot. 20. _ - Ditto, vii► Marseilles .............Oat. 14. Ditto, via Panama ....... .......... ........ Brazil, Buenos Ayres, and Monte Video Nov. 4. Ditto, by French packet ••••••• Oct. 23. Cape Verde, by Brazil paoket ••••• Cape of Good Hope. Ascension. and St. Helena Oct. 23. China, Penang, and Singapore. via Southampton Oct. 20. Ditto, via Marsellies . • ...... ....... Oct. 14. Faikland Islands Nov. 4. Gibraltar, via Southampton Oct. 13. India, via Southampton Ditto, via Marseilles Oct. 1 4 . Malta, Egypt, ho. Oct. 13. Ditto, Marseilles.. Oct. 14. 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