The Sun. — London, England, 1867-09-26 00:00:00

AGRICULTURAL POLITICS AT BUCKINGHAM. BUCKINGHAM, Wednesday. The annual stock show and ploughing matches of the North-west Agricultural Association took place here to-day. At the close of the proceedings about 120 gentlemen dined at the Town-hall, under the presidency of the Duke of Buckingham. The com pany included Sir 11. Verney, M.P., Mr. J. G. Hubbard, M.P., the Hon. It. Cavendish, Mr. R. P. Fitzgerald, Mr. A. J. Robarts, Mr. F. Verney, Mr. E. Hubbard, Mr. Box, Mr. Beards, Capt. Pilgrim, the Mayor (Mr. Thorpe), Revs. J. Bolden, 11. Drummond, and E. Gardiuer. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, in a letter to the secretary (Nita Bennett), stating his inability to attend, enclosed a check for £5, suggesting that " it might be made the means of affording some encouragement to cot tagers or farm labourers in the improveweat of their dwellings." The loyal toasts were followed by that of " The Army and Navy," in responding to which Sir H. VERNEY remarked that everybody must view with regret the enormous number of armed men iu Europe at the present time. This was a period of profound peace, and though nations growled at each other occasionally, there was no reason to fear that war was about to break out, yet there were now between 5,000,000 and 6,000,000 men under arms, taken away from the pursuits of industry. He thought it was the duty of those who were burdened with the support of these enormous forces to impress on their Governments the impolicy of keeping up large armies, which sucked the vitals of their respective countries, and detracted so materially from their prosperity. The Duke of BUCKINGHAM, in acknowledging the toast of his health, which had been proposed by Sir H. Verney, referred to the differences of opinion which prevailed in the district 18 months ago as to • the best way of dealing with the cattle plague. Ile and many of the magistrates felt that stringent mea sures were necessary, and he thought time had proved ' that they were in the right. (Hear, hear.) But for . what had occurred within the past fortnight he . should have congratulated them on the rinderpest being no longer in the kingdom, but there was a doubt whether seeds of infection did not still lurk among us. Competent authorities were of opinion that recent cases in Cheshire were not the cattle plague, but while any doubt remained restrictions were necessary. He trusted, however, that the movement of native cattle within all uninfected parts of the country might speedily be permitted, and that the troublesome restrictions which had hampered agriculturists in carrying on their usual operations might be discontinued. In the post for which he was selected when Lord Derby formed his Administration he had seen the certainty with which the disease spread wherever the regulations were evaded. After explaining the circumstances which had prevented an exhibition of horned cattle on this occasion, his Graco remarked that even if all restric tions on home-bred animals were removed it would still be necessary to keep a watchful eye on imported cattle, both at the ports and on their subsequent movements, for animals from the interior of Hun gary or Russia might be brought over to this country within a week—a period which was not always sufficient for infection to manifest itself. (Hear.) Proceeding to propose " Prosperity to the Associa tion," the Duke remarked that considering the obstacles it had had to contend with, and the small area over which its operations extended, it bad achieved a fair measure of success. (Hear, hear.) Notwithstanding the increasing importance of na tional and county exhibitions, he thought that small local associations exercised a very beneficial influence. It was well to bring examples of good stock and good ploughing home to everybody, and it was also well to bring neighbours and friends together at least once a year, and to spend a pleasant day, with something to see and talk about in the morning and a good dinner in the evening. (Hear, hear.) The healths of the county and borough members were next drunk. In proposing the latter Mr. Box adverted to the impending diminutien of the repre sentative power of Buckingham, expressing a hope that under any circumstances their present excellent members would continue to feel an iuterest in the town, and remarking that if any constituency ►night pride itself on its electoral purity, Buckingham had undoubtedly a right to do so. (Cheers.) Sir 11. VERNEY . , in returning thanks, assured the people of Buckingham that his hon. colleague and himself, whether or not they continued to represent them, would ever be anxious to promote their wel fare. Mr. Box had said with truth that Bucking. ham had never been guilty of bribery. As he stated in the House of Commons, on presenting a petitio❑ against its being deprived of one of its members, he felt confident that not a shilling had been spent in bribery since 1832. He believed there were very few places in England of which this could be said. Moreover, although he had generally been a sup porter of the Government, no favour had ever been solicited of him by any of his constituents which might not have been openly proclaimed in their market place or at Charing-cross. This had made the position of a member for Buckingham a very proud one, and he trusted that whether his hon. friend Mr. Hubbard or himself, or any other person hereafter represented them, the electors would per severe in the same course, and would never be influ enced by motives of personal gain in exercising the franchise. If they wished to obtain good service from their members they must display the upright ness and integrity which they had hitherto mani fested. (Cheers.) Representing an agricultural dis trict, he had always regarded himself as to a certain extent the representative of the agricultural interest, and he could not help reflecting on the changes of opinion which had taken place on agricultural ques tions since 40 years ago. At that time many land owners and parishes thought it wise policy to get rid of their labourers, and to offer them inducements to migrate to the manufacturing districts. Iu this opinion he never shared, for he had always held that every locality could supply sufficient work for all its labouring population. Unless, however, comfortable dwellings with good gardens were provided for them, we could not expect agricultural labourers to resist the temptation to remove to the large towns, though he knew many when they got there were sorry for it, and that some of them came back to the country. It was a melancholy thing to think that men might leave kind-hearted employers in their own neigh bourhood and might find themselves subjected to the atrocious tyranny and the abominable outrages which, as had been shown by the inquiries at Shef field and Manchester, were practised in some dis tricts by working men upon members of their own class. It was true the evil was not universal nor even general, and we must thank God that it was not. It was important, moreover, to retain the oc cupiers of the land as well as the labourers, and to do this care must be taken not to overrun their farms with too much game. (Cheers.) He was glad to think there was no excessive preservation of game iu this neighbourhood, and for his own part he would rather have none on his estate than that any tenant should feel that his crops were injured by it. A far mor naturally thok a pride iu the fertility of his fields, and money could not compensat e him for the ravages of game. Ile believed no f,riner objected to a cer tain amount of game sufficient to furnish sport after th..) old lingli .h f.:sHon, for farmers felt it au advan tage that country gets leaven should reside on their estates and should find suilic:ent sport if they were fond of shooting. ( Hear, hear.) Excessive preser vation, however, encouraged poaching, for an active young fellow found that he could make as much in one night by killing pheasants as he could in afort- night by hard work. This was a state of things much to be deprecated. (clear, hear.) Theie was another point he ished to touch upon. Farmers wanted capital. (Laughter and cries of "We can't get it.") Ile knew that very often they could not get it, but he believed his hon. colleague, who was more conversant with such matters, would corrobo rate him when he said that never was there a larger amount of capital in the country open to fair in- vestment. Now, he believed no investment was so safe for the capitalist as the land of his own coun try, and he should never feel satisfied until he saw the capitalist willing to advance monet to the farmer in whose ability and integrity he could place confidence. He could not, however, be ex pected to do this unless the farmer had some certainty of tenure, and he thought, therefore, farmers ought to make a stand for leases. It was true some of his own tenants were afraid to take leases, but he was convinced that until leases became the rule the soil would never become so productive or so healthy as it might be. (Cheers.) The co operation of all classes--the labourer, the farmer, the landlord, and the capitalist—was necessary for the efficient cultivation of the land. He bad seen the benefits of leases in Scotland, and he hoped to see the same benefits enjoyed in this country. (Cheers.) Mr. HUBBARD congratulated the company on the cessation of the ravages of the cattle plague, and on those ravages having caused so small a diminution of the prosperity of the country. About 300,000 head of cattle had been slaughtered, the value of which might be set down at five millions sterling; but what was this plague compared with the plague of war with which this country wa3 in former times so often visited? Ile should be very glad if the cost of the Abyssinian expedition, in which England's honour appeared to be involved, did not exceed that of the cattle plague. (Hear.) After referring to the great improvements which had taken place in agricultural implements and in our breeds of cattle, Mr, Hubbard remarked that the labourer had not been commensurately elevated, but still remained too much of an unreasoning instrument. Educa tion had made rapid strides, but much had yet to be done in order to fit for their duties the class who were now rising not only into industrial but into political importance. With regard to his hon. friend's remarks on the investment of capital, it was quite true that there had never been a larger amount of capital ready for investment than there was at the present moment, but it appeared to him that is was in the first place the landlord's duty to put the land into the condition best suited for the tenant. No doubt the tenant required a floating capital, and must purchase stock and other things, but until the landlord had done his part he had no right to complain of any lack of enterprise in his tenant. Adverting to the political position of the borough, Mr. Hubbard joined in the tribute which had been paid to its electoral purity, stating that not a shilling bad been spent by him for the purpose of influencing a vote. If Buckingham was so free from corruption, if, so far from being effete, it was increasing in prosperity, and if the services of its representatives had been useful to the community and honourable to the constituency, why was it to lose one of its members ? (Cheers.) It was not for him to answer the question, but this he would say, to the credit and in justification of the present Administration— that it was no part of their original scheme to take away a member for Buckingham. The hon member concluded by returning thanks for the toast. Various other toasts were afterwards proposed and responded to. AGRICUL7'URE AND POLI7ICS IN BERKSHIRE. ABINGDON, Wednesday. The Abingdon Agricultural Association celebrated their anniversary this day. At the dinner, which was held in the afternoon, in the council-chamber, Mr. C. P. Duffield presided, and there were also present Colonel the Hon. C. 11. Lindsay, M.P., Sir Charles Russell, M.P., Colonel Loyd Lindsay, M.P., Mr. R. BEny on, M.P., the Bev. J. C.lClutterbuck, Alderman Hyde, Messzs. E. J. Prendall, W. Graham, R. Aleworth, and a large number of the gentry and tenant-farmers of the district. The customary loyal toasts having been duly honoured, The Chairman gave " The Army, Navy, Militia, and Volunteers." Sir C. RUSSELL, M.P., responded on behalf of the army. He observed that the visit which the 15th Hussars were paying to Abingdon that day was a sign that the army was not allowed to remain alto gether inactive. At the same time he deeply regretted that the service upou which that regiment was about to be employed was one of so discreditable a description, for he was quite sure that all who had read the accounts of the recent Fenian outrage in Manchester would cordially concur with him in de precating so dastardly and desperate a venture. The army was also about to be employed in another quarter--namely, the expedition to Abyssinia. That expedition must necessarily be one of great difficulty and danger, but although the taxpayers of England would have to pay the piper be was certain they would feel with him that it would be a very serious matter if in the eyes of the world our credit were to become tarnished by mere paltry considerations of expense. Our consul in Abyssinia, together with other English subjects, had now for a long time been captive in the hands of a half bar barous king, and those who were as conversant with the East as he was would know how incapable the Eastern mind was of attributing to generosity those motives which among the Easterns was only looked upon as being induced by fear and timidity. It was hoped and believed that the expedition wou'd be fruitful in results, and he said this from high autho rity. The greatest precautions had been taken before we adventured upon the step which was about to be taken ; but now that an expedition had been decided upon he trusted that the people generally would support the authorities in conducting it with vigour. (Cheers.) This time last year he looked forward to the prospect of seeing a something done by Parlia ment towards amending the army organisation, which, on all hands, was allowed to be the most de fective. But, on the whole, he was really glad that —looking to the momentous subjects which were brought before the House of Commons last session— no serious attempt was made to deal with that ques tion. The subject was one of very great importance, and while the attention of the house was engrossed by the all-absorbing topic of Reform if any attempt had been made to legislate upon it the result might unfortunately have been a hastily-considered and ill-advised measure. At the same time, one little measure was carried, which, although extremely simple in its character, had been attended with great success. He alluded to the increase of 2d. a day to the pay of the army. It might seem strange that so simple a device was not hit upon before, but it was very well known in the relations of life how extremely difficult it was sometimes to do a very simple thing. Up to last session every sort of panacea was suggested for stimulating recruiting, except that of giving a little more money. Gen. Peel, however, stepped in, and proposed an additional 2d. a day in the pay of the army, and that simple act had produced results which it was difficult to over estimate. (Cheers.) He thought the country had now reason to say that the army was placed on a satisfactory footing, and he hoped the other great question of the organisation at headquarters would be dealt with next session. He would say very little in responding for the navy, because it was a 'service with which he avas very little acquainted. He had certainly attended the recent naval review, but he had made a resolution never to attend another. He must say that he was somewhat staggered when he found that because it was blowing a little fresh our vast ironclads, which had cost so much and from which such great results were ex pected, could not be got under weigh. At the same time, seeing that if any accident had °centred the loss would have fallen upon the country, it was per haps commendable that precautions should be taken when the occasion was merely one of pleasure. (Laughter and clients.) CoLaiel LOYD LINDSAY, M.P., also responded on hzlialf of the volunters. The Cu mustAN next gave the hcalth of the county meinh,rs. Mr. BExYON, M.P., in acknowledging the toast, characterised the session which had recently termi nated as a very trying one—a session of work most difficult in its commencement, most anxious during its continuance, and most important in its results. Of course he u as aware of the wholesome rule which obtained at meetings of this nature of avoiding politics, but considering the position which he held as one of the members for the county it might be expected that he should not altogether pass over a subject which had occupied so much of the attention of the country at large for the last six months as the question of Parliamentary reform. In the very peculiar circumstances in which the country was placed at the beginning of the present year, a very general feeling prevailed that it was absolutely ne cessary to deal with the question of r 'orm, and that THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 26, 1867. the Conservatives were the party who were in the best position for bringing forward a satisfactory measure. A bill was brought forward, and after much discussion and consideration it had passed the Legislature, and had now become the law of the land. He hoped the country would accept the bill in a spirit of frankness and candour—that they would "Be to its faults a little blind, And to its merits very kind," and that the people would exercise the privileges which the measure conferred upon them in a manner which would conduce most efficiently to the welfare of the country. (Cheers.) Amid the turmoil and toil occasioned by the reform discussions Parliament was hardly disposed, and had scarcely time and in clination to discuss any important question upon a different subject, but at the same time there was one question which was brought under the notice of Parliament which was immediately connected with the agricultural interest, namely, the report of the commission upon the employment of women and children iu agriculture. Truly the state of things which that report disclosed was very little creditable to a civilised country. It appeared from the evi dence addressed before the commission that children of three years old and upwards, as well as young men and women of 16 and 18 years of age, were huddled together to sleep in a barn, and were then required to sally forth next morning to their labour under the control and superintendence of a ganger —a man whose only language was oaths, and whose only argument was the argument of the stick. The state of ignorance and demoralisation of the young people in such a neighbourhood he need not further advert to. The young people of course did the work which they were ordered to do, and as soon as they had concluded their labours they were out of the control of the ganger, and were allowed to take their own course of life for the remainder of the day. This system, however, pertained more particularly to those parts of the country where whole districts had been reclaimed by drainage or otherwise, where the population was scarce and labour had to be im ported from neighbouring towns, at a distance of six or eight miles. Although this part of the country was not exposed to the evils of the gang system, or at any rate not in the hideous proportions to which he had adverted, yet when he saw young lads in the field that afternoon, working so well and so skil fully that they became entitled to share in the prizes offered by the society, he could not help consider ing whether the education of the mind had been made to keep pace with the education of the hands. (Hear, hear.) He had no wish to discourage the society, or to say one word in disparagement of teaching young children the means of using their hands and fitting them for those duties and em ployments by which they were to obtain their live lihood in after life. He had himself seen boys of 14 and 15 years of age brought up in the union house who were admirably well taught, so far as book-learning was concerned, but who hardly knew a cow's bead from her tail, and who would just as soon have touched an elephant as go near a horse. (Laughter.) Therefore he thought it was right that young children should be accustomed to those pursuits which were to form the subject of their employment in after-life ; but in these times of progress, of steam and machinery, it was essentially necessary that children should have more oppor tunities of improving themselves and of becoming intelligent than of yore. It was necessary, he thought, that some means should be devised of com bining the education of the mind with the education of the hands, and it was not only for the interests of the employers and of the country at large, but of the boys themselves, that they should acquire the information which was so readily given to them in our schools. (Cheers.) The boys themselves showed how they appreciated the knowledge which they thus acquired by the manner in which they docked to the evening adult schools in the long win ter nights. It was, therefore, desirable if it could be done that means should be devised for combining the two matters. It had been suggested that a boy should be made to work half his time upon the farm, and that he should attend school during the other half ; and so far as his (Mr. Benyon's) limited ex perienc3 went in the two or three instances in which he had carried that plan out, the most satisfactory results had been obtained. (Cheers.) Pat be that as it might h 3 was certain that any one who could devise a means of combining the education of the mind with the education of the hands m ould be a real beuefacor to his country. (Cheers.) Col. C. H. LINDSAY, M.P., in replying to the next toast, also adverted to the question of Parlia mentary reform, and expressed a hope that the measure which had been passed would be accepted by the country as a settlement of reform for some time to come. Many other important questions affecting the trade and commerce of the country which called loudly for legislation had been com pelled to remain over until reform was disposed of ; but he trusted that they would now be taken in hand and reecive that consideration which their importance demanded. Some other toasts were given, and the proceedings were brought to a close. Naval and Military Intelligence. Lieut. Le Feuvre, Ist battalion 16th, is under orders to join the depot at Colchester on the 10th prox. H.R.H. the Commander-in-Chief has approved the annexed arrangements :—Lieut. Peckitt, 84th Regiment, to join the depot, vice Lieut. Murray, promoted, who will join the service companies ; and Lieut. Sir E. Waller to proceed from the depot to the service companies. In accordance with Horse Guards orders Capt. Whitlock and 150 men of the depot 83d Regiment are held in readiness to embark for Gibraltar about the 10th prox. Yesterday an order was received at the head quarters of the Royal Engineer establishment, Chat ham, directing the following parties of non-commis sioned officers and sappers to be held in readiness for embarkation with the expeditionary force about to be despatched to Abyssinia, viz., 1 sergeant and 24 rank and file of Royal Engineer telegraphists, 1 sergeant and 6 photographers, and 10 non-commis sioned officers and sappers of Royal Engineer Train. The officers selected to accompany the party of Royal Engineers are Lieut. J. L. Morgan and Lieut. A. R. Puzey. The detachment is hold in readiness to leave Chatham at an hour's notice. The 15th Hussars will arrive in the eastern dis trict as follows :—Head-quarters and one squadron, consisting of 9 officers, 55 men, and 82 horses, at Norwich, on the Ist of October ; one squadron of 4 officers, 105 men, and 107 horses, at Ipswich, on the 28th inst. ; dismounted parties, 5 officers, 112 men, 20 women, and 44 children, Norwich,waten,and 2 on 0 the 30th inst. ; and 13 men, 12 women, children, at Ipswich, on the 27th inst. The completion of the unarmoured wooden screw vessels built at Chatham dockyard has enabled the officials at that establishment to place an additional number of mechanics and shipwrights on the iron armour-plated ship Hercules, 12, 5,226 tons, 1,200 horse power (nominal), in order that she may be in readiness for leaving the dock early in the ensuing year. The armour-plating along her central battery is completed, with the exception of a tier of the 8-inch plates, which are now undergoing the plan ing, slotting, and boring processes. The thickness of armour-plating at the water-line is Din., followed by Vates of Gin. in thickness, and one belt of 8-inch plates protecting the central main deck battery. I'he Hercules is constructed with indented sides, to enable her broadside guns to be fired either ahead or astern, neatly in a line with :,he vessel':; keel ; while by the adoption of the turn-table (the. inven tion of Capt. R. Scott) the advantages gained by working guns from port to port are as nearly as possible equivalent to those of the turret principle without its admitted defects. The mechanics con nected with the engineer department are now engaged in fitting the machinery to be used for moving the large 18-ton guns to and from the bow and quarter ports of the Hercules's central battery. Fro in the circumstance of the French Government being now engaged in the construction of two large _iron clads at Toulon dockyard, each of which is to carry, in addition to a central battery armament of eight guns, similar to the central battery of the Hercules, four heavy guns on the upper deck, the proposal to place a few heavy guns on the upper dql2k of the Hercules has been under consideration of the Ad- ' miralty ; it has been further suggested to do away with the tower. The advantage gained by the adop tion of the turntable principle has not been lost sight of by the French in the vessels building at Toulon, it being intended to mount each of the upper deck guns on a turntable, to fire en barbette, over the edge of a fixed turret, inside which the turntable will move, carrying the gun with it. The turrets, or, more correctly speaking, towers, spring from the sides of the ship, at the corners of her central battery, and arc carried some feet above the hammock rail ; about half the tower projecting beyond the broadside, and half being inboard. This arrangement enables the two guns on each side of the upper deck to be fired from right ahead to right astern, the guns being placed at a sufficient height above the bulwarks to prevent damage to the ship's upper works in fore and aft fire. The rigging which supports the masts is taken well inboard out of the line of fire, and the boats stowed fore and aft near the centre of the ship. In addition to the two iron clads building at Toulon there are two other armour plated ships of similar design, constructing at Mar seilles for the Egyptian Government, so that the question as to the best description of turntable has become an important one. The reports made to the Admiralty on the principle of towers and turntables adopted by the French are in a measure unfavour able to the invention, the chief objections being the excessive weight of the towers, the reduction of space for working the ship, the liability to injury from the tower becoming indented by a shot, or from a shell dropping on the turntable and destroying the machinery, and, most important of all, the great strength of turntable required to withstand the shock of discharging the gun, and the liability, from its exposed position, to damage and consequent stop page of the works. The amount of protection afforded by the towers to the gun and crew is described as being very small, as compared with the weight and cost, and without a mantelet, which might be equally applied to protect the gun's crew of a flush-decked vessel, the men would be unable to stand to their guns. As compared with the French principle Capt. Scott's turn-table has the advantage of being placed iu a secure position, while it is of light weight and comparatively small cost. Should it be decided to fit the Hercules with upper deck guns on the turn-table principle, the right ahead and astern fire of the French tower guns would be ob tained with little or no increase of weight, and without at all interfering with the space necessary for working the ship. The following appointments were made on Mon day at the Admiralty ;—Commander Augustus Po land to the Plover, commissioned ; Lieut. Thomas H. Royse to the Lord Warden ; Lieut. Henry S. Sandys to the Rattlesnake ; Lieut. George Morica to the Revenge; and Lieut. ILary Fox to the Duncan. The following appointments were made on Tuesday : —Capt. Richard Dunning White to the command of the Mersey, vice Corbett, appointed to the Britannia ; Navigating Sub-Lieut. Robert W. Stephens to the Bellerophon ; and William P. M. Boyle, acting assist. -surd., to the Fawn. The fol lowing appointments were made on 'Wednesday : Capt. the Hon. W. C. Talbot to be Capt. of the Royal Alfred, vice Herbert, superseded at his own request ; Navigating-Lieut. Roger M. Curry to the Wellesley, for service in the Myrmidon ; Lieut. J. L. Wilson to the Urgent ; Lieut. Cecil D. Brough ton and Lieut. Horatio Packe to the Seringapatain ; Lieut. C. S. Browne to the Duke of Wellington ; Navigating Sub-Lieut. A. Hackman to the Plover; Navigating Sub-Lieut. Edwin W. G. Hilliard to the Dromedary ; Navigating Sub-Lieut. Edgar C. Baker to the Fox ; Navigating Midshipman James R. Go•,v to the Fox ; Dr. Stephen Bowden, staff surgeon, to the Excellent; and Edward M'Leisle, first-class assist.- engineer, to the Indus, for service in the Defence. Commander G. T. P. Hornby has been appointed extra Aide-de-Camp to the Queen, vice Sotheby, promoted to be Retired Admiral. THE BELGIAN NA7IONAL RIFLE lIIEETIIV G. BRUSSELS, Tuesday Morning. The Belgian Tir National, which forms the most important feature of the fetes held on every anni versary of the National Independence Day, the 23,1 of September, opened at Brussels on Sunday, and will be carried on day by day until Tuesday next. Where there are prizes open to the skill of riflemen of all nations, with " arms of war," there are pretty sure to be Englishmen ; and though there was not a numerous assemblage of Volunteers at the early firing on later Sunday in t e morning,da y, there were some present when, Vandenpeereboom, the Minister of the Interior, arrived. A wish—a very proper one—had been expressed by the English Volunteers that there should be no more national receptions, and to this the Council of the Tir Na tional de Belgique deferred. This has been notified in England in such a manner as to lead some Vo lunteers to suppose that it would be a breach of etiquette to attend the present Tir; but the Belgians warmly repudiate such a notion, and, indeed, special regulations have been made in order that Volun teers who can prove they belong to an authorised, or, as it would be understood in England, are en rolled members of a sanctioned corps, may compete with Belgian arms for prizes which formerly were only open to Belgians themselves. In addition there are all comers' prizes at the short distance of 225 metres, or 240 yards, and this year the long range of 600 metres, or 580 yards, which was made for the English last year, is opened as a permanent in stitution, prizes being given at this distance for both Belgians and foreigners competing with rifles which will carry a bayonet, and the entries, as at the short distance, are very low indeed. There will be a special feature of interest to the English public in connexion with the late interna tional visits between the Belgians and English. A deputation of Englishmen from the north of Eng land waited upon his Majesty the King not long since, and requested to have the honour of present ing his Majesty with his portrait. The King con sented, and the artist commissioned was Mr. Charles Mercier, who is captain of the 6th Royal Lanca shire Militia, and he has been engaged for some time past upon the work in the Brussels Palace, where the King honoured him with several sittings. The presentation was intended to be entirely private, but the Belgians having expressed a warm desire that it shall be publicly made, the desire will be complied with, and it is understool that the King will pub licly receive the gift, which is really worthy of a King's acceptance, at the Tir National on 'Wednes day, the 24th. The portrait is a full-length life-size one, and has been greatly admired by all who have seen it. It is still in the studio of the artist at the Palace. _ _ On Monday the opening of the grand fetes was announced by a salvo of cannon'being fired in the park. At 11 o'clock the fine cathedral of St. Gulule was thronged, the congregation consisting of the authorities, the military, and the people, at the funeral service and le Deum in memory of the men who fell in the successful struggle for independence. Their tombs were ceremoniously visited after the service, and the Place des Martyrs, where the tombs are, was handsomely decorated and illumi nated in the evening. It was pointed out with some little pri le on the part of the thlgians that in the enrolled list of the names of the citi zens •who died for the love of independene are the names of Englishmen, and all who could be recognised as subjects of the British Crown were cordially welcomed to view the tombs during the touching ceremony of placing inonortelles upon the monuments. In the afternoon the old Temple dos Augustius was thrown open to public séance of the Royal Acade►ny of Belgium ; the Nautical So ciety held a grand international regatta on the canal (the Allee-verte), and the musical societies of the whole country assembled in the Botanical-gardens, and marched in procession to the Place Grande, the fine square in front of the Hotel de Ville, where M. Auspach, the Bourgmestre of Brussels, and the College of Echevins presented to the victors, in the presence of assembled thousands, the medals pre sented by the Government and the municipal autho rities, and won in melodious contests. All the so cieties carried banners, and the processions were headed by a troop of cavalry and the bands of the Grenadiers and Civique Garde, making in the whole an exceedingly striking and pleasing demonstration. [he people were orderly in the extreme, and in the march through the city the way of societies was kept clear by a guard of soldiers, who also protected the flanks of the procession from being pressed by the public. The loyalty of the people was testified more than once is various ways, and at the end such loud and hearty cheers were given for the King and Queen as made the historic old place re-echo. In the evening there were gratuitous representations at the opera and theatre, the tickets for which were dis tributed by the Commissioners of Police, and it is worthy of mention that the persons who were con sidered to have the first right to the admission were those who had won recognition for acts of "devotion and courage," such al, in fact, are only publicly recognised in England by a private society ; and the others in turn are those who took part in the Sep tember fight for independence and the members of benefit societies. The Regatta Society held a grand :neeting in the Place de la Monnaie, for the distri bution of prizes to the winners, and afterwards there was a grand ball. To all these rejoicings the English Volunteers were heartily welcomed, and the only regret expressed was at their not assembling here in the great numbers they did last year. However willingly the Belgians accept the explanation that two grand receptions a year—one in Belgium and the other in England—would never do year after year, they do not hesitate to express their view that the English Volunteers should not refrain, under any circumstances, from making their appearance in the now well-known national uniform at the Tir National. PALESTINE EXPLORATION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Herewith I hand you two further letters from Lieut. Warren, R.E., in charge of the survey ing and exploring operations of the Palestine Ex ploration Fund at Jerusalem, which I shall be much obliged by your kindly inserting in The Sun. The second of the two is a duplicate of that which, in his former communication, Mr. Warren stated had been " buried at es-Salt." I am very desirous to draw the attention of the public to these communications, from which they will gain some idea of the nature and extent of the operations of the society, and by which I trust they may be induced to contribute liberally to its sup port.—Your obeJient servant, GEORGE GROVE, Hon. Sec. Sydenham, Sept. 24. • "Jerusalem, Sept. 2, 1867. "My dear Sir,-1 send by Corporal Phillips (who left here on Friday week) an account of the excavations, to he posted at Alexandria. I send now some sketches and plans which I had not then time to get ready. You will be very much inte rested in the Wall of Ophel, and I am now making arrangements to excavate between the tower and the furthest point to the S.W. exposed, where I think mother tower may exist. " I am also excavating about 30ft. in front of the single gate to the south, and have arrived at what appears to be a passage leading north. I commenced this excavation under the impression that there is likely to be a gateway under the single gate leading into the supposed lower yanks. As soon as we ar. rive at the rock we shall drive a gallery up to the llaram wall. "1 am also excavating near the Golden Gate, where a fellah says he found a tower, which may possibly be the remains of steps; but it is too far north for the remains of the Red Heifer-bridge, which appears to have been a wooden bridge sup ported on pillars, just sufficient, I should imagine, to keep it off the ground, as it is impossible there could have been pillars 100 ft. high. 1 was quite sceptical about the existence of such a bridge until within the last fortnight - , but the Mishna is so .xplicit about it that I have taken the matter up in earnest. I have already excavated to a depth of Lboat 201 t. below the present east side of the Haram A.rea where there are two stones bulging out— iomething like the springing of an arch—with no result. The bridge I think must have commenced from a point 600 ft. north of the south-east angle. Ile graves are in the way there, and I cannot dig. Do send the gallery frames out as soon as possible ; there is no wood to be got in Palestine. I have ient to Malta for 50 frames, but they will only help us on a little. " I told you that at the bottom of shaft No. 1, Ty ropeon Valley, we had come to the drain with a stream of water running through it. Jam getting suspicious about this stream. Its flow is too constant to come from the baths, and it is not the waste from Solomon's Pools, it must be from a spring at the top of the Tyropo3on Valley. This will engage my attention. " I have made what I consider to be a very im portant discovery—viz., an ancient aqueduct, south-east of the south-eAst corner of the Ccenacu- lum, and about 59ft. above the present aqueduct-- 1 have no doubt the original aqueduct from the Solomon's Pools to the Hararn Area. We dug out the earth from a cut stone shaft 2ft. square, and at 16ft. was a chancel running from the west to the north-east, precisely similar in construction to the passages under the Triple Gate. It varies very much in size ; sometimes we could crawl on hands and knees, then we had to creep sideways, again we tay on our backs and wriggled along, but still it was always large enough for a man of ordinary dimen sions. In parts built of masonry, in parts cut out of solid rock, it is generally of a semi-cylindrical shape; but in many parts it has the peculiar shoulders which I have only seen under the Triple Gateway, but which I told you in my last letter had been noticed by Mr. Eaton in the channel leading towards Tekoah. To north-east we traced the channel for 250 ft., until we were stopped by a shaft which was filled with earth ; to the west we traced it for 200 ft., till it was stopped in the same manner. In part of this passage we could stand upright, it being 10ft. or 12ft. high, with the remains of two sets of stones for covering, as shown by Mr. Piazzi Smyth's work on the Great Pyramid ; the stones at the sides being of great size-12ft. by Gft. This channel cannot be so late as the Romans ; it is evi dently of most ancient construction. It is built in little spaces, as if the work had been commenced at two or three points, and had not been directed pro- perly. The plaster is still in good preservation. I shall have the passage cleared out, if possible, as far as the city walls. I presume it goes into the Ilaram at a slightly higher level than the present aqueduct ; if so, by following it we may arrive at some very interesting conclusioAs as to the original method of supplying the Temple with water. " This channel must have been of great come pence, in olden films, both from the distance it is driven under ground, and from the well cut shafts which lead to it. I think the question is to be hazarded whether the supply of Jerusalem was not obtained by this aqueduct, which is quite concealed from au enemy.—Very truly yours, " G. Grove, Esq." " CHARLES WARREN. COPY OF LETTER LOST AT ES-SALT. " Ain llemar, Aug. 4, 1867. " My dear Sir,—On returning from the plain of Philistia I found the works of excavation at a stand still, and as I had no more photography to do near the city, I considered it better to make a trip to Eitgedi and then to Jerash, so as not to be waiting idle until I should hear from you. I consider that the heavy expenses of these trips will be covered in six months by the sale of photographs of places, of which such views have never been taken before. I will send a list of what have been taken already, and hope that soon the ruins of Jerash will be added to the number. We left Jerusalem on the 17th ult., under the guidance of Sheikh Goblan, and, crossing the Jordan opposite Nitnrin, came up to Nebbeh by fieshbon. I think there is little doubt about Nebbeh being the height of Nebo, as I time upon the ruins of an extensive fort and town about a mile west of Nebbeh, of the same name ; and north of both, run ning west, is a deep wady, with a spring, named Ain Musa (Spring of Moses). On the other side of Neb beh is another spring. 1 have also fixed the position of Main, which is generally described as being near lieshbon. 1 found it about 10 miles to the south, on Wady Zerka. I went about a mile further down the Zerka, but being already on the ground of another L tribe Goblan refused to go on, promising to take us round to Callirho3 by the Dead Sea. I can hear nothing of the name Beth Jesiinoth, but there is a ruin on the north-east of the Dead Sea called Swai meb, where there is a hot spring. Higher up, near Keferein, we were shown a hot spring, temperature 96 deg. " After leaving Nebbeh we went to Naur (?), and after that for a week wandered among minor cities south of Amman, only a few miles distant. I have a list of altogether more than 150 names. We reached Amman on Saturday, 27th, stopping there four days. I made detail plans of the buildings, and a relative site plan. In photography we have been most successful, Corporal Phillips having pro duced some of the most perfect negatives I have ever seen. The hot, dry air has, however, spoilt all the photographic apparatus, and, with the exception of the lens, it will be of no use after this tour till it is repaired. The woodwork is all fallen to pieces, and the leather is like tinder. On return to Jerusalem I shall send Corporal Phillips home with the nega tives, which I think will number close on 200. My great fear is now that some mishap may befall them before we get safe across the Jordan. These people are very queer. They take the Corporal in his tent for a magician practising the black art, and very little would induce them to stone him to death. "I found some inscriptions at Amman belonging to the triumphal columns, which appear to have stood on the citadel. I will give you what I can get from them, but I fear nothing can be made out. A portion appears in the photograph. I also found a sort of bas-relief of an animal—the back of a cow and head of a pig. It was so much worn that it could only be distinguished at a distance. " I am convinced that surveying is the first object east of the Jordan, beaause until the positions of the places are determined it is difficult to know where one is going when out of the beaten track. I have now completed the survey of a small por tion whose limits are lines between Keferein, Neb beh, Main, Kurgeh (?), es-Salt, Amman, Ain Hemar, and Nimrin. I wish I could stay here and complete the survey up to the Hauran. I have just had an invitation from the Sheikh of Kerak to visit his country, but there are not enough points to pho tograph to make it pay for the surveying. "I shall, I hope, complete the survey of the plains on this side Jordan, but it is so disagreeably warm down there that I am not very sanguine ; even up here it is more than comfortable during the day. For nine hours the thermometer ranges from 96 to 100 ; but at night it is cool. lam pushing on for Jerash now, as I find that the soldiers with the Kurds have got down to within a day's march of it, and I want to get my work done before the fighting commences. The tribes are gathering in to Wady Soir (?), and matters look serious, as far as my visit to Jerash is concerned.—Very truly yours, " G. Grove, Esq." " CHARLES WARREN. " WORKS IN PROGRESS, SEPT. 2. "In line of Robinson's Arch. No. 5 shaft.— After arriving at a depth of 24-6 ft. was abandoned, it being dangerous, and another has been com menced 10ft. north-west. A passage was found (floor at a depth of 14ft.) with small communications leading north, west, and south, the last being a re. cess like a baker's oven. At second shaft, a depth of 9ft., a tank has been found, 17ft. deep, probably rock. Shaft 78ft. from Haram wall. "In line of Robinson's Arch. No. 6 shaft, 132 ft. from Haram wall. This has been excavated to a depth of 26ft., and a large stone has been found to day 3ft. wide. It has not been examined ; looks like a step. " Single Gateway, 37ft. to south ; shaft 22ft. deep.—The top stones of a passage (?) are exposed. The shingle through which the shaft has been driven for the last Bft. runs like water. " Golden Gateway. Shaft about 100 ft. to east.— Searching for steps. Found some large stones aft. by 2ft. by 2 it. " Outside Dung Gate.—Commenced this morning searching for passage (traditional). Shaft is being sunk. No information ready. " Shaft discovered south-east of south-east angle of Ccenaculum, and 50 feet above present aqueduct. Shaft 21t. square ; cut stone, 16ft. deep, opening into an ancient aqueduct, which probably led from Solo man's Pool to Temple Area ; traced 250 ft. to north east, and 200 f t. to west ; passage cut in solid rock in parts, similar in all its details to the passages under the Triple Gate. A YEAR'S MORTALITY. The annual return of the causes of death in Eng land bas been completed for the year 1865. The enemy attacked with his five several armies. In every 1,000 deaths, 381 of the population fell before local diseases, 235 were struck down by zymotic diseases, 182 by constitutional diseases, 160 by de velopmental diseases, and 36 died violent dealths ; the remaining six were deaths from causes not as certained. Local diseases—the inflammations and functional diseases of organs—carried off 181,877 persons in England, causing nine of the 23 deaths per 1,000 of the living. The deaths from diseases of the vital organs swell this number so high -22,272 deaths from heart diseases, nearly as many from diseases of the digestive organs, more than thrice as many from diseases of the respiratory organs so essential to life, and a number nearly as large as this last from diseases of the nervous sys tem. The number of deaths in England ascribed to bronchitis has rapidly increased ; it was but 21,528 in 1856, had advanced to 32,346 in 1860, and in 1865 reached 36,428. Softening of the brain is another disease that has increased rapidly of late years, and in 1865 was fatal to 1,051 males and 627 females; these deaths would formerly have been classed under paralysis and other heads. The deaths from diseases of the nervous system include 26,722 from convulsions, deaths chiefly of children. Among the rarer deaths from local diseases were five from fright, five from grief, 43 from melan choly. The second most fatal class of diseases —the zymotic (epidemic and contagious)—is swelled chiefly by fevers and by diarrhea Al diseases. It swept from life in England 113,948 persons in 1865, the majority of them young children under five years of age. Dr. W. Farr, who has made this analysis of the causes of death, remarks that the class of zymotic diseases is typified by smallpox, which has this proper ty, that in its course a certain mat ter, which may be called varioline, is generated in the body, going through a series of transforma tions, and capable of inducing, under certain conditions, similar changes in other bodies. So also the cholera poison —chlorine— is contained in the rice-water efflux, and in the dry state of dust or dissolved in water it is capable of repro ducing cholera in a certain proportion of the people to whose mucous membranes it in any way gains access. Dysentery and typhoid fever are probably propagated in the way through the air or water, and all these serve as a type of those forms of disease which are not communicable through a fluid secre tion, with properties as specific, but not as constant, as hydrophobic saliva. The deaths by cholera in England in 1865 were 1,291, by diarrhoea 23,531. The deaths by fever—typhus, typhia, and typhinia —rose to 23,034 in 1865, and five-tenths of them were registered among four-tenths of the population. The deaths from scarlatina ware 17,700, and from diphtheria 4,145. The deaths attributed to syphilis rose to 1,647. 437 persons died from intemperance and 612 from delirium tremens; 74 from priva tion ; 15 from hydrophobia ; 4 from glanders, for horses as well as dogs communicate some of their diseases to men. One death is ascribed to trichina spinals. The third class of deaths is from constitutional diseases, diathetic or tubercular, fatal to 88,504 persons in 1865. These diseases have this in common with the tuber cular, that they are diffusive ; and human tubercle is, even when introduced by inoculation, capable of inducing tubercular deposits in the organs of animals. The prevalence of phthisis in the armies of Europe is considered to be probably due in part to the inhalation of expectorated tubercular matter, dried, broken up into dust, and floating in the air of close barracks. Dr. Farr remarks that to test this may be difficult, but the origin and propagation of the most fatal of all human diseases deserves full in vestigation. The inquiry should also extend to cancer and the other constitutional diseases, among which should perhaps be included diabetes. Among the deaths from constitutional diseases may be noted gout, as increasing every year. Gout has infected some of the ablest men in England, and it is sug gested that there is, perhaps, some connexion between the phosphorus abounding in the brain, and the excess of phosphoric acid in the blood of the gouty, before a paroxysm. Gout is five times as common in men as in women, and is very rarely fatal under 35 years of age. To it 361 deaths were attributed in 1865. Unlike gout, dropsy is most fatal to women ; and the substitution of dropsy in women for gout in men after the age of 45 is worthy the attention of pathologists. Cancer is more than twice as fatal to women as it is to men. The mor tality by all constitutional diseases is rather les; than it was in the decade 1850-59; and this is partly due to the decrease of the number of deaths referred to phthisis. Still they reached 53,734 in 1865, the greater part of them deaths of adults ; more 0n half the deaths of young women between 20 and 2° were caused by phthisis. The fourth clas3 of di eases —the developmental—were fatal to 77,806 persons in England in 1865. 8,791 infants born alive died from being premature, and other 22,436 died of de' bility before they were a year old. Besides 1,3 33 deaths by puerperal fever, and 2,490 ascribed to childbirth, 490 women died of specific diseases cony plicated by parturition. The deaths by ordinal diseases of the 560,000 enciente women constantly existing in the population of England could not be entirely distinguished from the deaths of other women of the same age ; of course they were sub' ject to the same diseases as others, but probably the class of mothers belongs to what, in a certain sense , the insurance offices call select lives. The list of developmental diseases closes with the deaths 01 28,709 persons from old age, 151 of the men and 402 of the women aged 95 and upwards. Thus Ile reach the last elms of deaths—the 17,374 persons put out of life by violent deaths ; 15,232 by accident or negligence, 443 under circumstances bringing the case under the legal denomination of homicide, 1,392 by suicide, 6 on the scaffold, and the remain' ing 301 not classed. These are the several ways in which 490,909 persons died in England in 1865. COUN TRY MARKETS. SALISBURY.-TUESDAY. - -------- At market this morning there was a fair attendant of farmers, millers, and dealers. A very short supplY °' old wheat, but now a good show. Trade slow, and Pr e vious prices generally declined is per qr. Barley in rav derate demand for malting purposes, and the figure in 0 3 ° case was 45s per qr. In oats there was an average bu il ; ness, and easier to buy. In beans former quotations O r , unaltered. Peas wore a short offer, and at late pric e ' Flour inactive. The following are the quotations :—Wheat realised fr,° g3 44s to 75s ; barley, 38s to 45s ; oats, 25s to 30s ; beans t to 58s ; and peas, 40s to 48s per qr. Tares, from 5s 7,6 d per bushel ; Best bread, I6d ; household ditto, "." per 81b loaf. Flour, 47s to 50s per sack. HIILL.—TUESDAY. At our market to-day there was a pretty fair shoal 0 wheat offered: a fair business done in English, at is to b,O decline; foreign in improved demand at fully last wce,. prices. For barley the demand was of a retail charac t° '; but held for late rates. Oats were steadily inquired f ° " and advanced slightly. Beans steady. Peas scarce. English white wheat, 66s to 70s; red, 603 to 658 ; DRD sic and Konigsberg, 62s to 728; Baltic red, GOs to 626 4' ' Danish and Hamburg, 608 to 628 ; Russian, 59s to 6 u , „'" Barley, English, 38s to 45s ; grinding, Mediterran es " 34s to 35s 6d. Oats, new English, 26s to 28s; Eassil o 26s to 275. Beans, old English, 45s to 4Gs; foreigi 3 t 4 o to 435. Peas, English blue, 44, to 46s Od ; foreign Wiw i 43s to 445; grinding, 42s to 43s Od per qr. MONMOUTHSHIRE—TUESDAY. The inquiry for wheat at all the local markets has be e : good, and the advanced prices of a week ago have b ee b fully supported. The barley trade was steady, and 1.! (4 0 , 5 descriptions had a slightly upward tendency. Trans:Lao ) in oats chiefly confined to new samples. Beans steadY'a The following are tho average quotations:—Wheat, r? 1 .1 7s Od to 8s 3d per bushel; white, 7s 3d to 8s Gd ; infer ° d; Ge Od to 6s 6d ; malting barley, 42s to 46s per qr ; ing ditto, 36s to 38s Od; beans, 43s to 45s ; white oats, Od to 308 Od ; black ditto, 24s Od to 26s Od. LYNN—TUESDAY. At to- day's market we bad a tolerable supply of 21) which mot a fair sale at last week's quotations. &, was a middling supply of barley, and prices unalte re 'o For oats the trade was moderate, at extreme rates. 13 ° 411 met a slight rise. New wheat, 64s to 66s ; now red, 60s to 62s ; old svq o ` . ' t 70s to 745; old red, —s to —s per 36 stone. Barley 'v malting, 40s to 425; secondary, 39s to 40s. Oats, „ 11° 4 ` ; 24s to 27s per 21 stone. Beaus, small, 438 t0,48s 40s to 42s per 28 stone. COAL MARKET. Price per ton at the closeof the market. s. d. Walls End Hetton 22 0 Tees aolywell Main l7 0 s. 0 Original Hartlepool g Cassop 2l 6 Walbottle -i d 0 Hartlepool Tanfield Moor Butes 15 Hellos Framwcllgate l9 6 South Hartlepool. 20 6 Ships at marko )t., 24—sold. 23. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. &us trail& and New Zealand, via Southampton-oot. 20. Ditto, via Marseilles ................ ()Jt• 14• Ditto, via Panama Brazil, Buenos Ayres, and Monte Video Coe- 4 ' Ditto, by French packet Cape Verde. by Brazil packet ...... .ape of Good Hope. Ascension, and St. Helena Sept 21 . Jhina, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton oe.t. 3 Ditto, via Marseilles ! 1 Faikland Islands Oct. 4 ,,, i . Gibraltar, via Southampton .. S e pt. I '' India. via Southampton Ditto, via Marseil es Italia, Egypt, to. Sept - n %, Ditto, Marseilles... Sept. m'' Mauritius, Cape of Good Hope, and Natal, via Southampton . Oct 2° : Ditt ), via Marsei lles Oct. 1 ; 4 ' Newfoundland Portugal Oct. 4' Ditto, by private ship to Oporto . Ditto ditto to Lisbon United States, Canada, California, &a, by British packet Oct. 3 Ditto, by United States packet Ditto ditto (New York) Ditto ditto (New York) Ditto ditto (Baltimore) Ditto, by Canadian packet Sept. gi‘ West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffc Oct. 3 West Indies and Pacific (except Mexico and Baha mas) Cuba and Mexico Sept. 0" Bahamas, via New York Oct. 9 ' Bermuda, via Halifax [ADVERTISRMENT.I—Iienceforth no one will doubt the Arsl u tre# properties of Du Barry's health-restoring Revaleuta A°, 01 ,0 Invalids' and Infants' Food, since to the thousands of b les ed it has already received from Invalids whose position had,,,, p" deemed hopeless, we may now add that of his Holiness the ,•0517 whose health has been perfectly restored by it after thirty Y O O O , of unsuccessful medical treatment. We quote from the "a ° 4 du Midi," July 25th :—" Rome, July 21, 1866.—" The 'le.'', or the Holy Father is excellent, especially since, abandonv 3 Wl other remedies, he has confined himself entirely to Du 13 ,.. 1 00 1 Revalenta Arabica Food, of which he consumes a IN 5 A ci!! at every meal. It has produced a surprisingly beO'ilq effect on his health, and his Holiness cannot praise 0, excellent food too highly." We extract a few 01:14os' more than 68,000 cures:—Cure No. 58.216, of the MarchwoA de Brehan, of seven years' liver complaint, wasting ' 3 0' debility, nervousness, with a nervous palpitation all ove.r , pet; digestion, constant sleeplessness, and the most intolerabi e f,of ° , vous agitation. Cure No. 1771:, Lord Stuart de Decies,;"Bsl4' Lieutenant of Waterford, of many years' dyspepsia. N 0 • 4 0 1,j " Fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervoe,9 B asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, siclui_on,eft , c: vomiting.—Maria Joly." Cure No. 46,270: Mr. James 1 0 , 10 0 of Frimley, Surrey, of 30 years' diseased lungs, spitting of!!i00,1 liver derangement, and partial deafness Important it OW' 600, j u a_ ~c o Beware of the many unsavoury and more than sloppy to which, without authority, Baron Liebig's name is Most P P Ciously attached. In tins at Is. Md.; 1 lb., 2s 9d. 2 lbs., 4s. 6d.; 5 113S;L 0 ,1 1 ! 12 lbs., 225.; 24 lbs., 405.— BARRY Du BARRY and Co., .I.3gent-street, London; also Fortnam and Mason, 18 2 , Pieci gBN and at 61, Gracechurch-street; 4, Cheapside ; 63, 150, and Orford-street 330 Strand; and all grocers and chemists, Births. 90 ° ARBUT HNOT —0 n the 24th inst., at 31 , Onslow - g 3l.- the wife of H. George Arbuthnot, Esq., of a son. 00 PAPILLON-0 n the 24th inst., at Lexden Manor, BOA wife of Philip 0. Papillon, Esq., of twin sons. , a TLIONGER —On the 22d inst., at Kimbolton, 110'154' wife of Captain R. F. Thonger, H.P. (late Queens ' Lancers), of a son. Marriages. upei PANNELL —BATES— n the 24th inst., at West IPf, ter Church, Charles, only son of C. Pannell, Esq., Of 1 , to lane, City, and Amherst-road, Stoke Newinglo Louisa Bradford, only daughter of Thomas Bates/ of Somerford Villas, Stoke Newington. 3t 1 3 STYLE —MARSHAM—On the 24th inst., at Caversflolvill! Rev. Charles M. Style, rector of South WaraboNvfot° Rants, second son of Captain Style, R.N., of Gi ell ,,t ) ei t ' and Cloghan, county Donegal, to Jessie Eli,?"ver°,, daughter of Robt. B. Marsham, Esq, D.C.L., of Li‘ field, Warden of Merton College, xford, and 0' Carmichael Anstruther. Deaths. r T. AUSTIN—On the 24th inst., Sarah Austin, wife Of Austin, Esq., of Billiter-street and Upper Norwooopt CHAMBERLAIN—On the 24th inst., Richard Chalo per of The Grove, to n ged 70. coiP PREVOST-On the 25th t Cotmandene, D ori Surrey, Isidore Prevost, aged 74. WATSON bet - On the 23d inst., at North Seaton, Nortb°- land, William Watson, Esq., aged 56. WicknAm-On the 23d inst., at Leamington, rrei 3. ' Wickham, Esq., ALP., aged 67. -rtrod WEBSTER-On the 24th inst., at The Valley, near .-):014 grove, John Webster, Esq., J.P., formerly of House, Morley, Leeds, aged 33. Wuisii-On the 25th inst., at Merton College, , -O ri f.° „l l le; F. Whist', Esq., Senior Fellow of tho above il4 London : Printed and Publ ished by ILLIAM n of No. 112, Strand, Prin t e r, at Titz StrN °Mee, '''i aged 81. 1 W t yr 0 Strand, in the Precinct of the Sr voy, iu the o°' l° Middlesex.. —Thursday, September 26, 1867. .1