The Sun. — London, England, 1855-10-11 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. (From the Times of this day.) Our own great Captain has recorded the follow ing opinion, which would hardly need enforcing except at a time when we appeared inclined to fight Russia with one hand tied :—" I cannot," writes the Duke of Wellington from St. Sever, in March, 1814,—" I cannot discover the policy of iot hitting one's enemy as hard as one can, and in the most vulnerable place. lam certain that he would not act so by us if he had the opportunity." We are therefore extremely glad to learn from Prince Gortschakoff, who at present provides the British public with telegraphic intelligence, that the allied fleets have appeared in great force before Odessa, so long spared, and that an immediate bombard ment of the Russian Liverpool is or was hourly ex pected. We are certain that the enemy would not spare Liverpool if he had the opportunity of laying it in ashes, and it is no small satisfaction to learn from the enemy's Commander-in-Chief that the fleets, so long idle, are about to hit the Russians " as hard as they can, and in the most vulnerable place." We are the more obliged to Prince Gortschakoff for his promptness on this occasion, for it seems to be the opinion of the British official world that the public has feasted largely on military intelligence, and can now content itself with Lenten fare. Lord Panmure has ceased to be a correspondent of the press, and, were it not for the reflectors and sema phores of the Russian Government, the country would know little of what passes at the seat of war. The enlightened West is now 24 hours behind St. Petersburg in the receipt of intelligence. This mystery on the part of our Ministers may nourish hopes of some striking military event ; the great ness and originality of the General's plans may justify concealment until they have insured suc cess. So far the silence would be satisfactory. But we cannot forget that this secrecy commenced im mediately on the fall of Sebastopol, while we learn from our correspondent that up to the 25th of September nothing of importance had been under taken. It appears, then, that for more than a fortnight concealment was not prompted by the magnitude of passing events. Even the Russian despatches, which, for some reason best known to the Czar's advisers, seem to give great importance to every movement of the Allies, mention no serious encounter or any imminent attack. The conclusion seems just that a new policy has been adopted either by the Generals or the Go vernment at home. We can, however, hardly be lieve that the IVllinisters of the Crown are kept in ignorance of affairs, full details of which are neces sary to enable them to meet the army's wants, and it. remains therefore to be inferred that the Govern ment at home intends that the public shall no longer participate in the intelligence which is daily . eceived. We cannot but regret a change which seems likely to be productive of no good effect. The in terest felt in the war and the willingness in all classes to strive and suffer for its success has been in a high degree due to the comparative openness with which the Government made the public its confidant, and, possessing the•means of speedy in telligence, has allowed every Englishman to be, in a certain sense, present at the operations before Sebastopol. It is certain that the Government gained more by such a course than if it had affected the mystery in which second-rate officials delight. When the telegraph was first laid down there were not wanting those who anticipated evil from so speedy a transmission of news. It was thought that Cabinets would interfere strategically, and that to satisfy public curiosity secrets of im portance would be divulged to the country and the enemy. That such fears have proved empty need not be said. The public at home has only been made acquainted with what was fully known in both the camps. The firmness with which the nation bore delay and disaster and the spirit with which it rose above them have been mainly duo to the completeness of its information. Each man, in fact, took a cheerful view of affairs, because he was certain that he knew the worst. The only argu ment for a change in a policy so successful is, that then we were engaged in a siege, but now in a cam paign. A short reflection will show, however, that in a siege early intelligence to the enemy is more dangerous than in the open field. The for mation of new batteries, the position of magazines and mines, the preparations for a cannonade, which must be commenced weeks before, are all matters in which a General may suffer by the accurate knowledge of his enemy. But in the ever-chan g ing operations of a campaign it is impossible that the announcement of what has taken place days before can benefit the hostile commander. The war in the Crimea is not on the territorial scale of Napo leon's invasions ; the hosts are numerous, but they are concentrated on a small space ; it is a duel in close lists. A few hours is sufficient for a horse man to carry to Prince Gortschakoff the news of a landing at Eupatoria or Kaffa. There is no reason to fancy that he will be indebted to English jour nals for any news that will be serviceable. It is, therefore, indubitably the duty of the Government to keep the public informed of what can be known without injury. The confidence created by such a course has a good effect in checking panic and discouraging speculation. To be early acquainted with events of such moment must be a benefit to all classes of the people. There is no wish to penetrate into military secrets • in fact, we rather doubt whether the British General has any secrets to keep. Let our Generals form their plans and keep their counsel ; but actual occur rences and the state of the army may well be com municated by more speedy means than the Medi terranean steamers. Why were we indebted to the French for the account of the cavalry affair at Eu patoria and to the Russians for the appearance of the fleet before Odessa ? But, as we have said before, in default of other information, we must have recourse to Prince Gortschakoff. A telegraphic despatch from St. Petersburg states that the allied fleet left Kamiesh on the 7th, and arrived off Odessa early on the ensuing day. It was expected that something more than a demonstration was to take place, and that a bombardment would commence the next morning. The town of Odessa is stated to have been more strongly fortified since the affair 18 months since ; but it is not likely that any batte ries erected in this interval will be able to resist he fire of so powerful a fleet. Odessa is, however, from the construction of its buildings, well calcu lated to sustain the effects even of what is called a vertical fire. From the abundance of stone and the scarcity of wood the houses are constructed of solid masonry, even the floors being formed of bricks laid on massive arches. The consequences o f a bombardment are therefore uncertain ; loss of life and a great destruction of property will no doubt follow, but whether the town can be reduced without the aid of a land force must be a matter of doubt. From the Crimea the communicative Rus sian General has nothing particular to tell. Tie sends a despatch on the 7th, and makes no mention of a change. It may therefore be concluded that the month which has elapsed since the fall of Sebastopol has been devoted by the allied Gene rals to plans and preparations. We think we could name a great General who fought and won at J ena , who would not have waited a whole month to count his trophies before he struck another blow. If he had, the Russians would have been in Berlin before him. The plans of the Gene rals, of course, are secret ; but, so far as the British force is concerned, even their preparat ions have escaped the notice of vigilant observers. We can not doubt the determination of the commanders to crown their victory by the expulsion of the Rus sians from the Crimea, if possible, within the pre sent year, but it is well known that the time has arrived when the commencement of heavy rains may be daily expected. From the middle of Oc tober the continuance of fine weather for a week cannot be predicted. Last year the wet season did not commence until after the battle of Inkerrnan, but sometimes there is a rainy October and a fine November. The state even of military roads dur ing such a season is so bad as to impede all but the lightest guns and waggons, and the events of last year remind us what will be the condition of the cross-roads and horse-tracks of the peninsula. The Russians did, indeed, make campaigns against the Tartars during the winter months, but such war fare can hardly be a precedent for modern armies with their heavy field guns and long trains of waggons. All these matters make the public anxious to learn the latest news. It is no feeling of mere curiosi t y , it is no a pp etite fo r the details of war which makes them seek the columns of the daily journals, and turn away disappointed. Men as patriotic and reflecting as any begin to tire of this unnecessary silence, which, if continued, will have no small effect on the spirits of the people. It is not a light thing to thwart the nation's legi timate desire to be informed of its own affairs and to abandon it to the enemy for information, for it is notorious that the great enthusiasm shown by the English for the war has been due to that full and accurate information which even our allies have wanted. Should the present system last, the public of this country be found at some future time of tria l l ess calamity ndsacrifices. may patient under (Prom the Morning Advertiser of this day.) Among the many objections which were made to the Royal Marriage Act of 1772, while the mea sure was under debate, there is only one that the circumstances of the present times show to have bee n of sufficient importance to have demanded a better consideration ; for it was advanced in vain. It was this—that the bill provides n o secur i ty aga inst the ireproper marriages of princesses, mar ried into foreign families and those of their issue, which may fully as materially affect the interest of this nation as the marriages of princes residing in the dominions of Great Britain. The only reply to ' it that we can find is of a very general nature — that the inconvenience is purely imaginary, and that if any material grievance should ensue from the act, it can at any time be easily repealed. The possibility intimated, however, is of very little value, when the issue of a princess of England by her foreign husband unites with the enemy of this country. By the act of 12 and 13 Wil. 111. c. 2, there is only a conditional right to the throne vested in " the heirs and successors of the Princess Sophia," and, as is observed by Judge Blackstone, in his full and able argument on the elective nature of the British monarchy, the use of the word "successors" along with heirs, shows that it regards the power of the Legislature to change the line of descent, on the violation of the condition, which is, that the monarch shall be a Protestant and not marry a Roman Catholic without forfeiting the Crown. Since this act, both princes and princesses have married into all the Royal families of the Con tinent, and England has ever since been more or less mixed up with politics and interests with which she has no natural concern. There is nothing in the Marriage Act to prevent unions with Roman Catholics ; and when that takes place, although the Act of William remains in force, an interest is introduced in the Court, which is at variance with the liberties of this country. So there is nothing in the Marriage Act to prevent the mar riage of a prince or princess of England which is related by a multitude of intermarriages with the deadliest enemy of the country ; and this can be done without incurring the serious penalty of the act to limit the succession to Protestants. Through frequent intermarriages with the petty Princes of Germany a German interest prevails in the Court ; and as the policy of those Princes or more probably their unpatriotic servility, inclines them to Russia, the present war is heartily sup ported by none but the people of England. Prussia is, perhaps, of all the states of Europe the one most entangled by intermarriages with the Imperial Family of Russia, and must naturally be disposed to advance the interests of Russia, at the cost of England and every other civilised flati r on. At this very moment, Prussia, which has abetted Russia from the commencement of the war, while pretend ing to observe a neutrality, is enabling the Czar to defeat the blockade, and is consequently not a neutral Power, but an active ally of our enemy. At Memel, and another port in East Prussia, on the Baltic, the greatest activity prevails among the merchants, who are engaged in forwarding Russian produce to all parts of the world in Prussian ves sels, which, of course, return laden with munitions of war of every description. The ports in question lie within a very few miles of the Russian terri tories, so that while we are expending immense treasures in an attempt to blockade Russia, and flattering ourselves that by stopping her commerce we are cutting off her resources, Prussia is as ac tive in rendering the blockade abortive, extending Russian commerce wherever it is possible, and providing her with all the means in her power to defeat England and France. It is a question, there fore, which admits of solution from commercial re turns of exports and imports, whether Prussia is not really doinTr,, with her own free will, more harm to the allies by her hypocritical conduct than Russia with all the means Of hostile aggression at her command ? A neutral power is not a friendly power ; it is simply one not hostile, and bound by the laws of nations neither to assist nor molest either of the belligerent States, in' espect to which the position of neutrality is acknowledged by them. For a power, to which the rights of neutrality are conceded, to augment the resources of one of the belligerents, by carrying on his commerce in defeat of a block ade, is to take as real a part in the war as if it were done with fleets and armies. This Prussia has been doing from the first, and is doing at the pre sent moment ; she is, therefore, not a neutral power, but an ally of Russia, and an active enemy of England. Explanations of this conduct ought to be demanded without delay, by a fleet of men of-war, with instructions to commence warlike ope rations if they refused ; but if given, and found unsatisfactory, then a declaration of war should be proclaimed in the usual manner. _ - It is strange—passing strange, that at this time, and under these untoward circumstances, there should be rumours of an alliance between a Prin cess of England and a Prince of Prussia. If they are owing to a friend of the Royal Family, his in discretion is unexampled in the history of this country, which neither can nor will sacrifice its vital interests to the desires of partisans of its ene mies. We see by the history of the descent of the Crown that much less has sufficed to change the line of succession, and we are, therefore, more sen sitively alive to the folly of those partisans of the enemy, if they be sincere, or their treachery to the Royal Family, if insincere. Nothing will conduce so much to restore the confidence of the nation as demanding explanations of Prussia, and compelling her to take an open part on one side or the other. That she will prefer the enemy is to be expected, from the intermarriages, which are too numerous to be disregarded. But the folly of allowing her thus to assist our enemy in a war which must now be continued until Russia is effectually disabled from future aggressions can no longer be tolerated. We have peace men, Philo-Russians, and other enemies enough at home, without suffering the cheat of a false neutrality to increase the diffi culties of hostilities, of no common magnitude, when we have the means of putting an end to it with perfect ease. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. CAMBRIDGE, OCT. 10. ELECTION OF UNIVERSITY OFFICERS. At a Congregation held this day, being the first day of term, the undermentioned gentlemen were elected to fill the offices to which their names are attached, for the academical year 18C5.56 : PROCTORS. Rev. Arthur Wolfe, M.A., Clare Hall. Rev. John Spicer Wood, M.A., St. John's College. TAXORS. Rev. Joseph Edieston, M.A., Trinity College. Rev. Charles Style Drake, M.A., Jesus College. SCRIITATORS. Edward Reed Theed, M.A., King's College. Mynors Bright, M.A., President of Magdalene College, MODERATORS. J. Budd Phear, M.A., Clare Hall. Win. Henry Besant, M.A., St. John's College. At the same Congregation the following degrees were conferred : Masters of Arts—Jno. Thomas, Trinity College ; J. E. Dudley and Thos. Nightingale, St. John's College ; E. W. Pittar, Caius College ; Joshua Kirkman and Francis Angel Smith, Queen's College ; Thos. Cheadle, Sidney College. Bachelors of Arts—James John Dand, Christ's Col lege ; Richard Pyper, Downing College ; Frederick York St. Leger, Corpus Christi College. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 11 1855. TRINITY COLLEGE. The undermentioned gentlemen, being scholars of Trinity College, and Bachelors of Arts, have been this day elected fellows of that society : Edward Ashley Scott, 6th Classic, 1853. Laurence Craves, 6th Classic, 1853. Henry Ware, 10th Classic, 1853. Michael Marlow Umfreville Wilkinson, 6th Wrangler, 1854. James Clerk Maxwell, 2d Wrangler, 1854. Henry Richmond Droop, 3d Wrangler, 1854. Henry Mont agu B ut l er, Ist Classic, 1855. MECHANICS. The Jacksonian Professor gives notice, that on Mon day, Nov. 12, at one o'clock, he will commence a course of lectures at the room in the Botanic Garden, on me chanics and mechanism, and their application to manu facturing process, the steam engine, &c. The lectures will be delivered daily. Gentlemen who attend these lectures with the inten tion of obtaining the profegsors' certificate, which by grace of the Senate (Oct. 31, 1848) is now required under certain conditions for the degrees of 8.A ., Hono rar y M.A., a nd B.C.L. must be provided with the profes sorialareturteogruested to apply to the registrars fthe lecture ticket , to which their thye college Gentlemen who do not require certificate may at tend the course 1-113° payment of two gui neas, and are requested to leave their names at M. r De' ht 'ous, in the usual manner. GREEK. The Greek Professor gives notice that the subject o f his next course of lectures will be "The Philebus of Plato." The lectures will be given in one of the lecture-rooms of Trinity College, and will commence on Wednesday, the 24th day of October, at 12 o'clock ; to be continued every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Those gentlemen who may wish to atten d are re quested to ent er th e i r names on the card at Deighton, Bell, and Co.'s. DIVINITY. The Lady Margaret's Professor of 'Divinity purpos.es, to lecture (co mmenc i ng on Friday, Nov. 2, at one o'clock) on the Book of Genesis, with special reference to the Septuagint version. A few lectures also on the other historical books of the Old Testament. The above are subjects of examination at Easter, A.D. 1856. Students who wish to attend for certificates are re quested to leave their names and colleges, with the let ter (C) attached, at Deighton, Bell, and Co.'a. Freshmen are requested to defer their attendance. FINDING OF A FRENCH LIFE-BUOY —On Sunday morn ing some dark substance having been sighted floating on the water at a little distance in the offing at Brighton, a boat went out for the purpose of examining it. The " dark substance" turned out to be a life-buoy of French make, the portfire of which had been consumed out. It is hence supposed that during the late rough weather some disaster may have occurred to a vessel iu the Channel. ~ Naval and Military Intelligence. The screw block-ship Pembroke, 60, Capt. Seymour, was taken into dock yesterday at Portsmouth, to make good sonic defects prior to proceeding (it is reported) on service, in company with the Cornwallis, 60, Captain Wellesley. _ . The Russell, 60, Capt. F. Scott, was taken into the steam basin at Portsmouth yesterday to repair defects ; and the Blazer and Prompt mortar-vessels were taken into the fitting basin with the like object. The transport St. Vincent, No. 18, left Spithead yes terday evening for the Thames to be paid off. The Porpoise mortar-vessel left Portsmouth yesterday afternoon for Plymouth. The Simoom steam troop-ship, 18, Capt. T. R. Sun van, will be taken to Stokes Bay to-day, to make a trial of her newly-fitted engines. The Sampson, 6, paddle-frigate, havingbeen thoroughly refitted, is now being remasted ready for the pendant. About 190 military invalids left the Clarence Barracks, Portsmouth, on Tuesday evening for the invalid depot at Chatham. They arrived recently from the seat of war in the Crimea. The transport William Jackson brought 87, all of whom were men engaged in the attack on the Redan of the 18th of June. Every man is wounded ex cept the cooks and orderlies, and one-third minus an arm or a leg ; the men of the Edwin Fox transport, 103 in number, are also mostly wounded. Clarence Barracks has only a few men left in it, who are waiting for a vessel to take them to Ireland on furlough. Five ships have arrived at Portsmouth with invalids within the present month, amounting in number to 750. The Penelope, 18, paddle-frigate, Captain Sir William Wiseman, is refitting in the steam basin at Portsmouth. The Salamander steam-sloop has a great number of hands employed upon her to expedite her refit at Ports mouth. The Imperatriz steam-transport is expected to embark upwards of 900 men and officers of the British German Legion this afternoon at Portsmouth Dockyard for the Crimea. The Shannon, new 50 gun steam-frigate, bas a large number of hands employed upon her in Portsmouth Dockyard, who are progressing rapidly with her con struction. A good number of men are also employed on the screw three-decker Royal Sovereign ; and the tim bers are all arranged and marked for commencing the new three-decker Victoria on the slip from which the Marlborough was launched. The receiving ship Hibernia, 104, was towed by her pinnaces out of Plymouth Sound on Tuesday, and sailed for Malta, where she is to be stationed. The Havannah is appointed to sail for South America to-day. The hired screw transport Queen of the South, having embarked a detachment of the Land Transport Corps, sailed from Plymouth for the Crimea on Tuesday. The hired bark Alert, Commander Stewart, with ge neral stores and provisions from the Royal William Vic tualling Yard, Plymouth, sailed for Balaklava on Tues day, _ _ . _ . . - Her Majesty's paddlewheel steam-sloop Fury, 6, Com mander Ennis Chambers. 21 days from Athens, arrived in Plymouth Sound yesterday • all well. The Hanoverian schooner Hermena, detained in Ply mouth Sound on Saturday, was released by the Custom house authorities on Monday. The Dee, Master Commander Pullen, has arrived at Woolwich from Portsmouth, and is gone into basin to receive on board a cargo of machinery for the western yards. Captain Vandeleur, instructor of artillery, with other officers of the proof department in the Royal gun factory of Woolwich Arsenal, was yesterday engaged in the trial of four experimental 24-pounders. Mr. Fairbairn, of Manchester, the founder of the guns, was present to mark the result. These guns, which are of iron, were constructed for the purpose of ascertaining the capabili ties of this particular class, which are subject to different processes and are made of various mixtures. The trials terminated favourably. It is intended to carry on fur ther experiments with these guns. The following promotions and appointments, made at the Admiralty yesterday, appeared in our third edition last night : PROMOTIONS. Commanders Sanderson, Etheridge, F. L. Barnard, and A. Phillimore, to be Captains. Lieutenants Richard Williamst, Robert D. Stupart, Henry A. Hollinworth, and Samuel H. Henderson, to be Commanders. APPOINTMENTS. Commander E. Peirse, to the Medea, vice Phillimore, promoted. Lieutenant John F. Griffith, to the Pembroke. Lieutenant Duncan G. Davidson, to the Cornwallis. Naval Cadet C. E. Foot, to the Hawke. Naval Cadet H. G. Fitzgerald, to the Simoom. We believe that we can state (says the Morning Herald), with some degree of confidence that the Lords of the Admiralty have determined upon effecting a change in the uniform for the officers of the Royal Navy In future epaulettes are to be dispensed with in ali branches of the service, and certain distinctive insignia will be placed upon the collars and cuffs of the coat, which will partake somewhat of the loose character of the tunic recently introduced into the army. We are satisfied that this step on the part of the Admiralty will be received with satisfaction, as all who have served in the navy well know the expense of purchasing epaulettes, and the trouble of keeping them in order on foreign Ser vice. Gold lace is not to be entirely done away with, and the report which was lately circulated to the effect that the civil portion of the service was to have silver lace is quite untrue. There will be no distinction made. We are glad to find that the Wye, steam-vessel, which for some months past has been fitted with Mr. Grant's admirable apparatus for distilling fresh from sea water, has been commissioned, for the purpose of proceeding without delay to the Black Sea, there to be placed under the orders of Sir Edmund Lyons, to be employed either as a despatch or transport vessel, or to carry out the original intentions of the Admiralty, in case the army or fleet should be in want of a supply of water independent of that which can be procured from the shore. The letters from our correspondents in the Baltic do not supply us with any intelligence of importance beyond the fact that every preparation is now being made to send home gradually all the big ships. The Lords of the Admiralty have notified that all colliers going from England with supplies of coals to the fleet must be at Kiel by the Ist of November, or forfeit their contracts. THE ARMY. PLYMOUTH, Wednesday.7—A. general Court-martial will assemble at the Government House, Mount Wise, this day, for the trial of Lieutenant John Charles H. Parks, 97th Regiment of Foot, on the serious charges of drunkenness and insubordination. The court will be composed of 14 officers of this garrison, members, and Colonel Bugden, Royal Engineers, president. INSPECTION OF THE 22D REGIMENT.—The 22d Regi ment of Foot was inspected on Monday at Mount Wise, by Major-General Eden, C. 8., commanding the western district. The fine soldier-like appearance of this gallant and veteran regiment, their steadiness under arms, pre cision of movement, and the facility with which they performed the most difficult military evolutions, elicited the warm admiration of all beholders, and especially of the military officers present. At the close of the in spection, the major-general addressed them in an appro priate speech. He said he was proud to see so distin guished a body of men under his orders—a regiment that had covered itself with so much glory and renown in the East, from which it had so recently returned. He hoped they would continue in garrison to support the high character they had hitherto maintained in the field. The major-general also expressed his entire ap probation of all. he had seen to Captain Anderson, the commanding officer of the regiment, the colonel (Boileau) being on leave, and the majors being on the staff at the seat of war. DUBLIN, Wednesday Morning.—GßAND FIELD DAY. --Yesterday was the last of the series of garrison field days, whicn, during the past six months, have proved so attractive to amateurs and so instructive to our new levies. The practised eye may not easily become recon ciled to anything of military display which realises less than the perfection to which our tried and seasoned troops habitually attain ; but we are bound to say that the §" pomp and circumstance " of mimic war have never in our recollection been more showily and spi ritedly sustained than they have been during the past summer by the noviciate corps that of late constitute the chief strength of the garrison ; nor were the admi rable facilities, which Dublin especially affords, for working the three arms of the service in combination, ever more strikingly exemplified than yesterday. THE MUTINY IN THE KERRY MILITIA. The Limerick Reporter gives the following version of the mutiny in the Kerry Regiment, reported yesterday : "An order was issued on Saturday that the band should not in future play to mass ; and it was also ordered that the band should not play to the Established Church. The move of the commanding officer of the Kerrys—Major De Rolles De Molleyns—in preventing the music of the band, was then seen even by some of those with whose knowledge and approbation the order that there should be no music on Sundays had been pro mulgated. The regiment was drawn up in line. Entrea ties were made to the men to march. The officers of the corps, not on leave, were in front ; they did all they could to induce the men to march—but to no purpose, Threats were had recourse to, but, as well as entreaties, they utterly failed. At length an orderly of the 16th Lan cers was despatched in haste to the deputy adjutant general, who, in the absence on military inspection of the general, at once proceeded to tile barracks. After an interview with the officers the adjutant-general again gave the word of command to march ; but there was no symptom of the slightest desire on the part of the men to stir. On the contrary, they remained where they had been from the moment they went on parade, and it was then acknowledged that they had no notion of moving, and the cause why they did not stir was bruited about—viz., that the band was not allowed to play them to mass, as it had played them in Tralee, where the regiment was em bodied. The adjutant -general then drew from his pocket the Articles of War and the Mutiny Act, which he read. Ile spoke of the penalties of the act on those ringleaders, as he designated them, who had instigated the men to disobedience. He expressed his deep regret that a spirit of insubordination had been shown by the men. He said that the order to the effect that no music should play either to mass or to church had been issued on the previous day , and that that ord er would be adhered to. He referred to th e crowds of people outside the beennot knowawar aware t that broughtsimilar crowds awaited the appearance of t h e Killenny Militia t brac h a e r mt k he g r a e te, b a u n t d h o e bs m e i r g v h ed t . each Sunday, and that it was by no means an unfavour hheadveid able or disheartening circumstance, where commanders desire that regiments should be popular , and where ilia their wish that recruits, too, should offer, as they some. times do when stimulated by the excitement of musi.l. Finding threats and entreaties of no use, the adjutant general then told the men that he had resolved to carry out the Mutiny Act as far as possible under the circum stances ; and it was his order, therefore, that the regi ment should be confined for the day to barracks. He expressed a hope that there would not be a recurrence of such insubordination at any future period, and that he should not be compelled to adopt a similar course of pro ceeding in the event of the men refusing to march on Sundays to religious worship without their band. The men showed so symptoms of anger ; but they evidently felt most deeply the order thus conveyed to them, and, breaking up, they proceeded at once to their respective quarters, whilst the adjutant-general, on his part, went to each sentry on duty, and ordered them to allow no man of the Kerry Militia out of barracks for the day.— Meantime, Mr. O'Shea, the mayor, had been informed of the circumstance, but no interference on his part could make matters better. He went to the Rev. Mr. Synan, P. P., St. Michael's, with a vi ew to request that mass might be celebrated in the barrack for the Kerry men. The Rev. Mr. Synan told the mayor that as he was not garrison chaplain he could not comply with the request. There was no mass celebrated. The chaplain of the garrison is the Rev. Mr. Beahan, and the mayor and Mr.Hartigan, J.P., called upon the rev. gentleman; but it was too late to have mass said, and the Rev. Mr. Ryan, C.C., St. Mary's, visited the barrack about two o'clock, and the men being all assembled by trumpet in the large room of the barrack, he said prayers for them, and preached from the Gospel , of the day. The sermon was heard with profound attention by the soldiers, who had to remain all day within the walls, much displeased with the arbitrary order of their commander." THE MILITIA RIOT IN NENAGH. A. court of inquiry commenced in the mess-room of the barracks, Nenagh, on Wednesday, into the circum stances of the riot on Sunday night, a report of which has appeared in our publication. The president of the court was Captain Langrishe. The other members of the court were Adjutant and Major Maunsel], Lieut. Anderson, and Ensign Cane. On Saturday the inquiry wasresumed. The statements of the prisoners were heard. The first was PrivateJobn M'Namara, of the Tipperary Militia, who stated as follows :—Wh en th e K i lk enn y men arrived in town they inquired if we had any spare beds to accommodate them with. I and another comrade brought out all our beds to their room. I subsequently went into their room, and found them drinking porter. Mr. Heffernan, of the town, was with them dividing the porter, and in a short time, from the confusion they had created, he had to run away from them. Corporal Doyle, of the Fusiliers, called Ledger to order for tam pering with their men, when Ledger replied that he had a serjeant of his own to correct him without his inter ference. Serjeant M'Kowen, of the Tipperary Militia, came in, and ordered Ledger to go to the guard-room with Doyle. I was taking a blanket from a woman who had three to give it to another who had but one, when a Fusilier struck me a blow in the face. To the President,—lt was after I gave the blanket I was struck. I was knocked down, but I think it was tripped I was rather than the effects of the blow. When down two of the Kilkenny men came over me with fixed bayonets, and one of them struck me twice with the butt end of his gun. I was stunned, and remained down for ten minutes. I then heard a great scuffle in the romp, and heard a shot. I saw the flash. It was none of the Tip perary men who fired it. Corporal Doyle of the Fusiliers gave orders to his men to load. I then heard two shots fired out of the window. I was in my perfect senses at the time. Corporal Doyle then told his men to charge up to the door. I then heard them prod the door with their bayonets. He said, "We have one down, and we will put the rest out of the barracks, or down them." I was on my back all the time, and pretended to be dead, as I deemed it the safest course. Two of the Kilkenny men cam• over me with fixed bayonets. I then heard a shot fired through the door of the room. One of the Kilkenny women said to Sergeant M'Kowen, of the Tipperary Militia, " One of your men is there, dead," pointing to me. When I heard his voice, I said I was not dead, and jumped up. I was then brought to the guard-room by the sergeant. I remained there till the row was over. There is my tale, and I know no more. Corporal Samuel Ledger then made the following statement :—I was at the barrack gate on the 29th ult., when the baggage of the Kilkenny Fusiliers came in. I shortly after came up to my own room and heard a noise in the room. I asked what caused the noise, when Cor poral Doyle, of the Kilkenny Fusiliers, told me to hold my tongue, and wanted to take me to the guard-house. I said my own sergeant was at hand, and would do so if necessary. He then took hold of me and thought to choke me. My own sergeant came in and ordered me to go with them. They dragged me to the guard-room and tore my shirt, and in several ways ill-used me. The window of the guard-house being down I got out and went back to my room and to bed. When in bed Lieut. Falkiner came in and told me to call the roll. I got out of bed and did so, and went to bed again, when one of the Kilkenny men came in and brought me some porter. I heard a row in the room occupied by the Kilkenny men and went out. When I went to the door I got a stab of a bayonet in the breast from one of the men, and a stroke of the butt-end of a firelock on the side of the head. One of my men brought me into my own room. We put the beds to the door and remained there till morn ing. When about half an hour in the room I heard a cry that an officer was killed. I heard a great many more shots during the night, and I knew no more until morning, when we were marched off to the other bar rack. Private Halloran, of the Tipperary Militia, corrobo rated Ledger's evidence, and added—l saw a skuli cracker with one of our men named M'lllahou, and saw him strike Lieut. Lyster with it. I followed him, and asked him why he did so ? He replied, " that was the way to serve the whole of them." I then went to the passage and heard Corporal Doyle, of the Kilkennys, bawling to his men to load and fire as quick as they could. He made a prod of a bayonet at me, and said he would put us out of barracks or kill us. I replied that I was doing nothing. He said he did not care ;he would kill us every one. I then heard a shot ;it came through our serjea,nt's coat. I saw a sentry pursue 3PlVlahon, the fellow who struck the officer, round the square, but he got over the barrack wall, and bag since deserted. Samuel N. Falkiner, lieutenant of the Tipperary Lgiht Infantry, stated as follows :—I was in charge of the depot of the Tipperary Light Infantry on the 29th ult. I saw that night two of the Kilkenny men around a man of mine named Ledger. I ordered him to the guard-room, and placed two Kilkenny men as sentries at the window lest he should get out. About two o'clock at night I was called by one of the men, saying "If I did not come there would be murder." I did so, and went to the room occupied by them, where I heard great commotion. I went in and put my back to the doer, and told the men to obey me, as if not they knew the conse quences. They strove to get out. In about a minute afterwards shots were fired in through the window. I then heard a cry that an officer was killed, and put my hands to open the doer, when a shot was fired through it, within six inches of my side ; the shot was fired from the inside. I went out, and went down to the gate. I heard several shots after one another. One shot was fired from the gate towards the barracks. It was the last shot fired that morning. A Eoldier pulled me from the gate. He said I would be shot. I went over in shelter of the orderly room. I saw Mr. Lyster and the police-officers come to the gate immediately after. To the President—l heard four shots, and cannot say how many more. My men had arms, but no ammuni tion. I examined their guns afterwards, and none. were loaded or recently discharged. When I was in the room the door was stabbed with bayonets. The windows were broken from the outside. 111‘Namara was lying down in the room the whole time. When I opened the door all the men rushed out. TUESDAY.-FIFTH DAY. b Se r ij a ‘ e K vi o d w e e n ' o s e s o ta f te c m ap en ta t io wa r s a r ik e i s o u o m r e i d n . most He p c a o r r . - ticulare, and also Ledger's evidence, and added that on r ot e e a d ri t the M the 29th ult. he was in the passage between the rooms occupied by the two parties ; that he rapped at the door of the room in which the Fusiliers were, and saw two of the Fusiliers charge with bayonets. One of them cried out "Quigley, shoot him." A shot was then fired and passed through his coat. He saw one of the Tipperary men, named M‘Mahon, strike Lieutenant Lyster with a stick, and then run off. He saw two of the Kilkenny men outside the door at the time with fixed bayonets. A woman cried out that the officer was shot. One of the men at the door made a prod of a bayonet at him, which went out between his legs; that be had a conver sation with Mr. Lyster before he was struck with a stick. Martin Burke stated—l am a private in the North Tipperary Light Infantry. I was asleep in the room when Ledger was taken to the guard-house. I saw him afterwards return without a shirt. I heard M`Mahon bawling in the room where the Kilkenny men were. I got up and went to the door. I saw Ledger go to the door and get a stab of a bayonet in the breast, and also saw him struck with the end of a rifle. Ledger and I then came into our own room and put a bed against th e d oor. We remained there until morning. Before there was any row we gave up our beds to the Kilkenny men. To the President —Ledger was but once taken to the guard-room. He could not be taken a second time to my knowledge. Ledger—Where was I when the officer was struck ? Witness—l cannot say. To the President—l saw Ledger all the time after he came into the room, Private Kenrick, of the Tipperary Militia, examined— I saw Ledger in bed in our own room when two or three of the Kilkenny men came in and made him drink some porter. Ledger subsequently got out of bed and went to the door of the Kilkenny men's room. 'fagot a stab of a bayonet, and a stroke of the butt end of a gun in the eye. I went to the room and brought him out. Ile got weak. He then put beds to the door. They thought to force it in, and when they could not they fired through the window, and struck ono of our men with a ball in the face. To the President—There were no shots in the room where the shots were fired. I was alongside him when he was struck. He was taken to the guard-room but once. Ledger—Where was I when the officer was struck ? Witness—ln your own room. To the President—l was sentry when Ledger was brought to the guard-room. James Brady, North Tipperary Militia, stated—l was in the room where the Kilkenny men were while the whole firing was going on. Corporal Doyle told the Kilkenny men to fire, and said if they refused he would put them under arrest. He ordered six of them to prime and load. They fired several shot I through the window. They then went out and fired in the direction of the gate. ' Doyle said he had one shot, and he would have more before morning. There was a candle lighted in the room, which ' was quenched. I saw the prisoner M`Namara under th table all the time. I saw him get several strokes of the butt end of P. gun. I Paw men preeent bayonet! at him. He did not stir all the time—if he did they would shoot him. WMahon had a loaded gun in his I a'id. They were trying to take it from him. He got away and escaped. Private Cody, of the Kilkenny Fusilires, was called in and asked by the President—Did you see a Tipperary man escape over the wall ? Witness —I did, and sent a sentry after him ; I thought he was one of our men and wanted to have him brought back ; I did not know who the man was. Lieutenant Lyster recalled. President—Did you see Private APKowen in the pas sage that night before you were struck, or had you any conversation with him? Witness—l did not ; I had no conversation with him, except that I met him at the gate when we were coming in. I had a conversation with him the next morning, and he told me he had a hole in his coat, and showed it to me ; he said be heard a ball whiz past him, but did not know it struck his coat until the hole was pointed out to him by one of his men the next morning. REMOVAL OF NUISANCES.-POOR LA IV GUARDIANS. The following circular has just been issued : " Poor Law Board, Oct, 5, 1855. " Sir,—The Poor Law Board having received various inquiries from boards of guardians as to their powers in reference to the appointments of inspectors of nuisances, and other proceedings for the removal of nuisances, deem it desirable to state that the statutes 11th and 12th Vict., c. 123, and 12th and 13th Vict., c. 111, have been entirely repealed, so far as they relate to England, by the statute 18th and 19th Vict., c. 121, which re ceived the Royal assent on the 14th August last. " The powers conferred upon boards of guardians in unions, and the obligations imposed upon them and their officers by the two first-mentioned acts, have there fore ceased, except as regards proceeding commenced or taken under those acts, and not completed at the time of their repeal. These may be proceeded with under the authority of the acts under which they were origi nally commenced. "The new act confers no powers and imposes no du ties upon the board of guardians in unions, but requires that its provisions shall be carried into execution by the local authorities specified in the act. In section 3, the different bodies who will constitute such local authori ties are defined, and there are no terms i❑ that section which will apply to the board of guardians of a union. "Those local authorities are the following : " In any place within which the Public Health Act is or shall be in force, The Local Board of Health' : " In any other place wherein a council exists or shall exist, The mayor, aldermen, and burgesses by the council,' except in the City of London and the liberties thereof, where the local authority shall be The com missioners of sewers for the time being ;' and except in the city of Oxford and borough of Cambridge, where the local authority shall be The commissioners acting in execution of the Local Improvement Acts' in force re spectively in the said city and borough. "In any place in which there is no local board of health or council, and where there are or shall be trus tees or commissioners under an Improvement Act, such trustees or commissioners :' " In any place in which there is no such local board of health, nor council, body of trustees or commissioners, and where there is or shall be a board for the repair of the highways of such place, that board :' " In any place where there is no such local board of health, council, body of trustees, or commissioners, nor highway board, committee appointed for carrying the act into execution, by the name of 'The Nuisances Re moval Committee :' " In any place wherein there is no such local board of health, council, body of trustees or commissioners, high way board or committee, and wherein there is or shall he 'a board of inspectors for_ lighting and watching,' under the act 3d and 4th William IV., c. 90, that board, with the surveyors of the highways : " In any place where there is no such local board of health, council, board of trustees or commissioners, nor highway board, nor such committee, nor board of inspec tors for lighting and watching `the guardians and over seers of the poor, and the surveyors of the highways' in and for such place. "The board desire, however, to add that under sec tion 10 of the act it is competent to any relieving officer, who may be , aware that a nuisance exists within his district which is injurious to health, and falls within the desciption given by the statute, to give notice thereof to the local authority, in order that such authority may take cognisance of such nuisance, and cause, if they deem it requisite, the proper steps to be taken for its removal. " The nuisances to which the act applies include— " Any premises in such a state as to be a nuisance or injurious to health. " Any pool, ditch, gutter, watercourse, privy, urinal, cesspool, drain, or ashpit, so bill as to be a nuisance or injurious to health. " Any animal so kept as to be a nuisance or injurious to health. " Any accumulation or deposit which is a nuisance or injurious to health. "The board request the board of guardians to com municate this information to the several relieving officers of their union.—l am your obedient servant, " W. G. LUMLEY, Assistant Secretary. THE BOILER EXPLOSION AT WALKER. NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.—A coroner's inquest on the bodies of the persons killed by this explosion was held at the News-room, Walker, this day, before Stephen Reed, Esq., Coroner South Northumberland. The jury having been sworn, The Coroner briefly addressed them on the importance of the inquiry on which they had now entered, after which Wm. Livingston, engine wright, having the general superintendence of the engines in the iron works, being sworn, said that the boiler which exploded had been at work for some years. It was high-pressure construc tion. Last June we had a general examination of the engines and boilers, and the boiler that exploded yesterday amongst thereat. Every part of the enginesand boilers that we found deficient was repaired thoroughly at that time. The boiler that exploded was in connec tion with another boiler, and each of them had two safety valves. Igo several times through the course of the day to examine the boilers, and see that everything is right, and particularly the safety-valves of the boilers to see that they are all in working order. We have two floats upon each of the cylinder boilers, to denote the quantity of water. We have an indicator that these floats act upon, to show the engineman the quantity of water in the boiler. The boilers are pressed with weights from between 351bs. and 401bs. to the square inch. The boiler-plates are three-eighths of an inch thick, and are capable of bearing a pressure of 50lbs. to the square inch. The engineman is not allowed to add any further weight to the lever. I have never known the engineman to increase the weight in order to get up steam. The lever was destroyed and broke from the cup by the explosion. Once a fortnight we take the safety valve out, and clean it. The last time this operation was performed was on Sunday last, when the valve was found in proper working order. On the Monday mornings the fireman and enginernen attend between three and four o'clock in the morning, to get the steam up, and the engine is generally ready for work at six o'clock, when the workmen come to the factory. The explosion took place at half-past ten o'clock yesterday ; the engine bad been at work for four hours and a half. We have a cis tern where the water is heated, and at boiling heat it is pumped into the boiler. No cold water can get in. I cannot say what caused the explosion. The Tyne water has a slight corrosive quality, that acts upon the plates of the boiler a little ; but it never gets any thickness so as to cause corrosion, as we run the water out and clean ; the boilers once a fortnight. The exploded boiler was cleaned on Sunday last. I questioned the engineman very much as to his having a sufficient quantity of water in the boiler. He told me he had but a quarter of an hour before the explosion examined the boiler to ascertain what quantity of water there was in,and he found rather too much in, and he had shutoff the supply, and sent it to ano ther boiler. The remaining water would not, in these boilers, be rapidly reduced by evaporation. On examin ing the valves of the boiler I found them both shut, which showed that the engine-man had been attending to his duty. If the valves had been found open his statement would not have been true. There are two boilers connected together, and fed by the same pipe. It might be that the water was thrown out of one boiler to the other, but I think it could not be in this case, as one man was firing one boiler, and the other man clean ing the grate of the other boiler ; and the boiler that had the slack fire would be more apt to take in the water than the other. The boiler that exploded was that which had the slack fire. I believe there had been no want of water in the boiler that exploded. I believe that a boiler will not fly out of its seat if there is a sufficient quantity of water in it, but it might burst. I am at a loss to know why the boiler was thrown so far from its seat, except there had been a deficiency of water ; but yet I have no reason to doubt the truth of the enginernan's statement. I saw the boiler about 7 o'clock, and then noticed that the index was standing in its right position, which at that time denoted that there was a sufficiency of water. The water could not be diminished in that quantity by half-past ten o'clock to render the boiler unsafe. After this witness had been examined, the Coroner said he was unwilling to proceed an y f ur th er without the assistance of a scientific man ; some one who was better acquainted with steam-engines than himself. The in quest was accordingly adjourned till this day week. The remains of the sufferers were interred this day at Longbenton, the Coroner having given the necessary order for that purpose. . There are seven altogether who have lost their lives. Another lies at the infirmary in a precarious state. Of the rest none have sustained serious injury. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. GREAT NORTHERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the week ending Sept. 30, 1855 £27,084 n 11 Corresponding wsek last year 24,026 510 LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAlLWAY.—Traffic re turn for the week ending Oct. 7, 1855 £20,718 18 11 Corresponding week last year 20,115 3 5 CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the week ending Oct. 7, 1855 £6,622 11 8 Corresponding week last year 5,433 16 11 Increase in 1855 ...£l,lBB 14 9 GLASGOW AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic re turn for the week ending Oct. 6, 1855 Corresponding week last year 5,773 14 5 Increase in 1855.. £543 12 (; CORK AND BANDON RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for week ending Oct. 6, 1855 £273 7 9 Corresponding vreek hut yeas flimmilimitim 24011 7 SPORTING INTELLIGENuB. NEWMARKET SECOND OCTOBER MEETING. TUESDAY. THE CESAREWITCH. Additional particulars of the race : THE START. At the first signal they all got off in a cluster ; in the next moment Early Bird sprang out and took a clear lead, Gamelad being second—Monarque, Mr. Sykes, Crown Pigeon, Robgill, Lady Tattoo, and Fulbeck oc cupying positions in front of the ruck. AT THE DITCH GAP Early Bird gave way, and Gamelad went on with the running ; the others above-named still lying together ; the second division of the ruck being headed by Typee, Muscovite, and Hungerford. DESCENDING THE BUSHES•HILL Gamelad dropped off, and Crown Pigeon went on with the lead ; Poodle, who had been lying off, was now seen to draw forward and take fourth place, Mr. Sykes and Lady Tatton then being second and third ; Monarque, Fulbeck, and Sultan the next three ; when half way up the hill Poodle took third place, and Fulbeck and Mo narque began to fall back ; by this time the heavy weights were all beaten off. AT THE CORDS Mr. Sykes came out with a distinct lead ; Crown Pigeon, Poodle, Lady Tattoo, and Sultan being the nearest " lot" in pursuit. Mr. Sykes, however, had them quite safe ; he galloped on undisturbed in his lead, and won easily by two lengths, Crown Pigeon beating Poodle for second money by a length, Lady Tatton was fourth, and Sultan fifth. Brother to Grey Tommy headed the next lot ; and in front of the rear division were Mus covite, Robgill, and Fulbeck ; King Torn, Siding, Jolly Marine, and Top Sawyer were the last four, and they passed the chair in the order named. Robgill "shut up" before he had run half a mile, Ne ville finished in the second ruck. King Tom broke down at the bushes. Value of the stakes 1,660 sovs. WEDNESDAY, Sweepstakes 'of 50 sons each, h ft, for 2-yr•olds ; colts Bst 71b, fillies Bst 51b, not engaged in the July, Ches terfield, Rutland, Clearweli, or Prendergast Stakes. A winner of 200 sons or upwards, 51b extra. Criterion Course. 4 subs. Mr. Pell's Sirius, Sat 71b (G. Whitehouse) walked over. The Oatlands Plate Handicap of 501., for 3-yr-olds and upwards. Cambridgeshire Course. Mr. T. Parr's Robgill, 4 yrs, B — st 4lb (Wells) 1 Mr. Woolcott's Roebuck, 4 yrs, Bst 41b...(J. Goater) 2 Mr. Warrington's Kiteflyer, 6 yrs, 7st 131 b (W. White) 3 The following also ran :—Gamekeeper, Lady Bird, Bianca, Ticton, Vulcan, The Rogue, Johnny Taft, br c by Alarm—Ginerva, bl f by Birdcatcber—Barbara. Betting-7 to 4 agst Robgill, sto 1 agst Lady Bird. Won easily by half a length. The second beating the third four lengths. Lady Bird was fourth, Barbara filly fifth, and Johnny Taft sixth. The Bedford Stakes, a Sweepstakes of 5. sovs each, h ft, for 2-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 7lb ; and fillies, Bst 41b ; certain penalties and allowances. To start at the Ancaster Post, and to finish at the Duke's Stand. 12 subs. Mr. J. M. Stanley's Theodora, Bst 41b (Bartholomew) 1 Lord Clifden's Melissa, Bst 41b (A. Day) 2 Mr. Bryan's Secret, Bst llb (Aldcroft) 3 Betting-5 and 6t04 on Theodora, 7to 4 agst Secret, 7to 2 agst Melissa. Won by three lengths ; fire lengths between the second and third. Match-100, h ft. Last half of Ab. M. Duke of Bedford's Para, 3 yrs, 7st 91b (E. - harp) 1 Mr. Morris's Comfort, 4 yr., Bst 71b. (Basham) 2 Betting-6 to 4on Comfort. Comfort jumped off with a slight lead, but they had scarcely proceeded 200 yards when Para got her neck in advance, and after a close and very interesting race home she won by half a length. Handicap Sweepstakes of 15 sovs each, 10 sovs ft ; for twe-yr-olds. Last half of Ab. M. 9 subs. _ Lord Anglesey's Flying Duchess, 7st 61b...(J. Goater) 1 Mr. Dilworth's Jane Shore, 7st .51b (Bate.) 2 Mr. Saxon's Fashion, 7st 6!b (J. Foster) 3 Plumpton Maid, Hart Royal, Lord Raglan, and Ane mone also ran. Betting—Even on the winner,' 4 to 1 agst any other. Anemone was very restive at the post, and the start was delayed fully a quarter of an hour in consequence. At last, when the flags were dropped, away she bolted quite out of the course. Flying Duchess made play throughout, and won by a length. Bad third. Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 . sovs each, for 3-yr olds and upwards. D.lll. 5 subs. Lord Anglesey's Lizzie, 4 yrs, 7st 61b (J. Goater) 1 Mr. Swindell's Falcon, 4 yrs, 7st 12Ib (J. Foster) 2 Mr. Waller's Octavia, 6 yrs, Bst 71b (Sly) 3 Duke of Rutland's Harry oHereford, 3 yrs, 6st 10Ib, (J. Steggles) 4 _ , Betting-7 to 4on Lizzie, who won by three-quarters of a length ; the second beating the third by a neck. Bad fourth. The Town Plate of 501. ; 3-yr olds, 7st 41b ; four, Bst 41b ; five, Bst 111 h ; six and aged, 9st 11b. The winner to be sold for 200 sovs if demanded, &c. T.M.M. Duke of Bedford's Weathercock, 4 yrs, Bst 41b (Pettit) 1 Mr. Warrington's Kiteflyer, 6 yrs, 9st llb (W. White) 2 Betting-6 to 4on Weathercock. Kiteflyer entered the cords with the lead, but he ran out, leaving Weather. cock to gallop home an easy winner by 15 lengths. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each ; two-yr•olds, 7st, 31b ; three, 9st ; fillies allowed 3ib. The winner to be sold for 80 sovs if demanded, &c. T.Y.C. 4 subs. Mr. J. R. Taylor's Ida, 3 yrs, Bst 111 b .........(Wells) 1 Mr. R. I'Anson's Imposture, 2 yrs, 7st (Withington) 2 Mr. Armstrong's Caledonia, 2 yrs, 7st (Quinton) 3 Mr. Death's Haunch of Venison, 2 yrs, 7st 3lb (Charlton) 4 Betting—Even on Haunch of Venison, 3 to 1 agst Imposture, 4to 1 agst Ida. Won by a head ; three lengths between the second and third. The winner was claimed, and Imposture was claimed under the new rule. The riding of Withington on Imposture created much dissatisfaction. Some progress was made to-day in the settlement of the Cesarewitch accounts, but the general settling will take place on Monday next, at Tattersall's. Present ap pearances are of a favourable character. The racing to-day was only of passing interest. The weather was cloudy and very cold, and the attendance of company, although above an " off day's " average, presented a marked contrast to the immense gathering o n the Cesarewitch day. BETTING UP TO SIX O'CLOCK. CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES. 6to 1 agst Crown Pigeon (taken) 100 to 6 agst Robgill (taken) 20 to 1 agst Vandyke (taken). 20 to 1 asst Lord Alfred (taken) 25 to 1 agst Veteran (taken) 1000 to 15 agst Hercules (taken) NEWMARKET RACES—Tats DAY. Five races are appointed to take place this day—the first at half-past one o'clock. WIND AND WEATHER REPORT. WEDNESDAY, October 10. Stations. Courie of Wind. State of Weather. Greenwich N. Partially cloudy. Lothbur3 Manchester E. Sheffield N Stoke-on-Trent.... N.W Cloudy. Carlisle Lancaster W.N.W Cloudy. Whitehosen N. Cold. Mary port.. N Leeds N,W Fine. Boston N.W........ Fine. Great Grimsby N.N.W..... Fine. Gainsborough . W Cloudy. Southampton ...... N.W Cloudy. Cowes N.W Cloudy. Poole N.W Cloudy. Portsmouth N.W Fine—Cold. Yarmouth N.W Fine. Cambridge N.W Fine. Lowestoft Amsterdam . S.W. Rain. Holyhead Dublin N.W Fine. Liverpool Harwich N.E Cloudy. Leamington N.W Fine—Cold. Brighton S.W Fine—cold. Ipswich N.W. Nottingham Derby W.N.W.... Fine. Leicester W Fine. Yotic Scarborough Glasgow N.N. W...... Fine—Cold. Edinburgh N. Perth Newcastle Aberdeen . S.W Unsettled. Berwick S.W Cold. Dundee Darlington W Very fine. Hull W Fine. Sunderland E. Dense fog. Whitby Bristol N.W Gloucester N.W. Fine. Swansea N.W Fine. Haverfordwest ... N.W Fine. Exeter N.W Very cloudy Plymouth Cardiff S Fine. Tonbridge Strood N.W Cloudless. 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The fourth. day after she commenced your food vomiting ceased ARTIN M.D.— altogether, and she has not thrown up since ; her health is improving wonderfully. WILLIAMMbM In canisters, 1113. 2s. 9d.; 21b. us.; ;121b. 22e. Regent-street, The 12113., carriage free, on recei 4 p s t . of Post-office al o . r e d e er a . t, B l a B2 . , Du Larry dt C0., 7 4, ( 3heapside ; 60 and 68, Piccadilly ; 60 j , * G ' racechurcch-street 34390,,Biarepe4g5a1t,08.sttrraenedt;: Baker-street; 63 and 150, 55, Charing-cross, 54 , Oxford-street ; t t 24, Mot s ree ;• 89 lligh U -s p ti p v e e r t, Camden-town; 18, Pall. 30, Conduit. comb-street ; 13 , Ki n g 132,New8 mall; 7, Pall-mall-East William -street, ; F tr t • 67 St street; 21, Bond-street ; d • 0 Edward•street P ortma n •Kura 1 Cockspur-street-; 95, erri ee , , ... Foul Ohurolgar- a s ____ ___ 4 ________ _ _ Country Markets. EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET—OcT- 9. There were in the market to-day 16 sacks oatmeal, each weighing 280 lbs imperial, R hich sold at 52s and 00s. EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MARKET- OCT. 9. Oat straw, from 8s Od to lls Od per kemple of 16 stones trop; wb'at do., 8s Od to 103 Od; barley do., 7s 03 8s Od. Hay from lid to 11d ; new ditto, Od to Od per stone. DALKEITH MARKET-00T. 8. Oatmeal, per sack of 2801bs First. Second. I Third. imperial Barleymeal, per ditto Peasemeal, per ditto Flour, per ditto —s 0(1 —s Od —s Od Pot-barley, per ditto DITBLIN—Ocr. 10. We had rather a dull market to-day. Wheat 6d lower than on Friday. The better qualitie of oats and barley supported Friday's currencies, but infelior easier to buy A rather better demand for 11.dian corn, without change in price. White wheat, 41s Od to 45s Od ; red ditto, 39s to 43, 0 1 ; barley, 17s Od to 21s 6d ; oats, 17s Od to 19s 6d ; rapeseed, 40s Od to 44s 6(1 per brl ; oatmeal, 15s Od t o 17 s Od ; b a k ers ' flour, :14s Od to 27s Od per cwt ; ludiau corn, 40s Od to 4350 d por 4801bs. BRISTOL SUGAR-00T. 10. But very few sugars have been offering since our last re• port, and, owing to the shortness of supply of West India descriptions, importers have been enabled to obtain very full rates, though prices in London have given way fully is per cwt. on most kinds. There is a better demand for rum, especially for Leeward Island and Demerara, and an advance of 2d per gallon has been established. A Govern• ment contract for 100,000 gallons is advertised. COAL MARK/ Prices of Coal per ton at t' LT.—OCT. 10 . ,he close of the market. s. d. fluting's Hartley l9 3 Rodheugh Main 17 0 Wallsend, Ste. P. d• Gambton 23 3 Russell's Hatton 22 3 South Hetton 22 3 Stewart's 22 6 Trimdon South Hartlepool 22 0 Whitworth . 20 0 Derwentwater Hartley.l9 0 I Sold Wallsend, &e. Eden .21 9 Johnson lB 6 Riddell 2l 3 Hetton 22 6 Heugh Hall l9 0 Ships at market,. 15 SEABORNE MAILS. (N signifies that the mails are sent from the General l'ost-ofilel the night—and M by the morning—despatch.) Day when made. apt F rom mat. Wnei COUNTRIES. in General Post- Port due n Office, London.* DispAoh e ., Ent Tend tmerica(hylirit.pack)N Every Friday • • Liverpool (Each kmorici.. (by United Sts. packet) .... ••••• • • N ••••• • •• • • Liverpool Oct. 17 knaerica (by U. States packet) ... ...N .•• ••••-• • • Southamptot. ... tustralia (via •South ampton) ..........M .••• • • •• • • Southampton Aug. 14 Ditto (via Marseilles) N Ditto (via Cape of Good, Elope) • • • • • • • • NI Uncertain tfrica (Wrest Coast) Nl3d of the month.. Plymouth ~ Oct. 6 N 9, 14, &3b of 111. Dover .... klexandria..........M 4th & 20th of mon. Southampton Bahamas ...........M 17th of the montt Southampton( Belgium .. Daily • • . • • • • • • • • • Dover .... Brazil of the month.. Southamptot.,Oat. 15 Buenos Ayres 31'9th of the month.. Southampton Oat. 15 Cape of Good Hope ..N Various port, - Uucertein Cape of Good Hope .. N Cape de Verde • N 9th of the month 9outhampto Oct. 15 Ceylon (see India) Ceylon Channel Isles , ...NlMort.,Wed.,&FrlL,SouthamptoL M.Th.+ at' & 17th of month Southaruptol,, China .... Constantinople .....,N,8,13,18,23,&2$ of ralitoper O ct. 4 Constantinople '4th & 10th of men,'S)othizmptopi Cont. of Europe M& N !Twice daily .• • • 'Dover ...... Tvric. dalll Egypt (see India) France M & N Twice daily.... • • .Dover Tvea o•ds. :41braltar MA, 7, 17, 20, 27 of M. ISouthompte ,• Oct. 6 Greece (seo India) Greytown ..........M 2nd & 17th of mon.,Southampton Hamburgh ..........N,Tuesday & Fdday.Loadon lavannah 2nd of the montl;!Sou hatupt.,;• Nov. 2 Holland •D.,ver „ Honduras of the month,! enutttrnpir ,- 16thoftnoti India (viaSouthampt.)ll4 4th & 20th of mon. . I rym , uth Oct. 20 India (via Marseilles)lM 9th& 25th of monthiDover lonian Isles (see India)l7, 17, & 21 of mina D0ver......, Ireland ........M & N Twice daily ......IHoly head 1 7. & 77 of n , •'Soutliampto,•,Oct. 15 ....M 9, Wadeira of the month Onithampto, Oct. 15 Wadeira o: month •...Livereool Walla (see India) Walt+ ...... .......N,B, iB. &28 of mon.:Dover Oct. 4 Vauritlus (see India) I Wauritius ..........Nll4th of the mono l Mexico of the month- iSoattartote, Nov. I Naples ..............N! s thl s th2sthofmon.iDover New Granada ......M 21 & 17th of month!so o th amp ti,,l New Zealand 1B 7 private ship ..IVarious port Unefetahl Papal States N sthlhth2sthofmott. Dover Peninsula ..........M /thl7th27thofmon. Southampto, Peru ..............M ld & 27th of motalSouthamptne Port Natal By private ship...l Various ports 17neertate sthl s th2sthormon,'Dover Tuscany ..N sthlsth2sthofmon. Dover .. Venezuela ..........M 2d& 17th oft:month Southamptot. 1 & mO6 Van Dlemen'sLand (see Australia) West Indies 2d& 17thot month Southampton &tR meol When any of these dates fall on a Sunday, the mails will i,e de matched on the following day, with the exception of the In of (via outtinmpton), and tho Malta, both of which will ►e despetchv,o. Ulf preceding day. SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, OCT. 10. STOOK EXCHANGE.—The market has been quiet to-dor. at a marked decline on yesterday's prices. Midland, 63i 4 —Caledonian, 3%—Lancashiro and Yorkshire, 75 51- - South Eastern, 17—London and North Western, 91} $ Ditto, shares, d.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln' shire, 228 .—D u t c h Rh en i s h , a d. BIRMINGHAM, OCT. 10. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The tone of the market has been brisk to-day, and a good business was transacted. Great Westerns, 5 43—Ditto, Guaranteed, 69i—London and North Westerns, '44—Birmingham Banking Company shares, 31 i—Birmingham and Staffordshire Gas, 102- Birmingham Waterworks, 316. DUBLIN, OCT. 9. - - STOCK EXCHANGE. —Three per Cent. Consols, 86i- - Ditto, for Account, October 15, 86i 86—New Three per Cent. Stock, 87i A—Ditt o, f or Acct., Oct. 15, 87—Royal Bank of Ireland (101. pd.), 191—Dublin and Belfast June' tion, (451. paid), 40 —Mining Company of Ireland (71. paid), for Acct., 13—Dundalk and Enniskillen, 13. - THE POPULATION OF THE CRIMEA.—The total number of the male inhabitants in the Peninsula may be divided as follows :-156,000 Tartars, of whom 80,000 are pea• cants, farmers, or shepherds ; 16,000 Imans and Mol lnrs, acting at the same time as priests or judges ; 10,00 0 • Myrsas or nobles, a kind of feudal lords, whose influence and privileges have not without great difficulty resisted foreign domination ; and 50,000 bourgeois and petty tradesmen residing in the towns. The Christian popula• tion does not amount to more than 22,000 or 28,000, and entirely of European origin . The number of Russians carrying on trades, who have established themselves in the Crimea since the conquest, are not calculated at more than 3,000. Turkey, and more particularly Con stantinople, have furnished a contingent of 10,000 Greeks, who established themselves for the most part at Balaklava and Eupatoria. 5,000 Armenians, at the most, followed this example ; and 6,000 Poles, Germans, and French, forming a more floating part of the popula tion, complete the census. [ ADVER TISEMENT.]—HoIIoway's Pills, an inestimable remedy for disordered stomachs and weak constitutions. These astonishing pills have such strengthening and in• vigoratmg properties, that persons of low or nervous habits, or whose digestive organs are in any way inl• paired, should have recourse to them, as the most debili- tated have restored to the blessings of perfect health by their use, after every variety of medicines have proved useless. Consequently the faculty recommend all per sons going abroad, subject to bilious affections or corn plaints similar to the above, to use Holloway's Pills• Sold by all medicine vendors throughout the world, at Professor Holloway's establishments. 244, Strand, Lon• don, and 86, Maiden-lane, New York ; by A. Stamps, Constantinople ; A. Guidicy, Smyrna ; and H. Hoods, Malta. BIRTHS. OF A BON. On the Bth inst., at Vale-place, Guildford, the wife of CAptmin Bicknell, 73d Regiment. On the 9th inst., at 31, Southmolton-street, Hanover• square, the wife of J. Lamb, Esq. On the Bth inst., at Woolwich, Mrs. Wm. Bentham. OF A DAUGHTER, On the Inth inst., at Canonbury-grove, Islington, the wife of Captain W. H. Hardie. On the nth inst., at Croydon, Mrs. John Berney. On the 7th inst., at Kennington-green, Mrs. AndreW Bird. MARRIED. On the 9th inst., at Aston, Warwickshire, William, the eldest son of Wm. Small, Esq., of Coldkarbour-lane, Cam berwell, Surrey, to Selina, fifth daughter of Paul Moore, Esq., of Broadfield House, Erdington, Surrey. On the 9th just , at the Old Me e ti ng -h ouse, Kiddermin ster, Basil Woodd Smith, Esq., third and youngest son of Seth Smith, Esq., of 33, Eaton-square, London, to Emma Jane Butcher, eldest daughter of George Butcher Lea, Esq., of the Larches, Kidderminster. DIED. On the 9th inst., John Dent, Esq., of Worcester, and of Sudeley Castle, Glocestershire, aged 78. On the Bth inst., at Bath, William Hangerford Colston, D.D., fifty-seven years rector of West Lydford, Somerset, aged 8?.. — On the Bth inst., Hester Kate, third daughter of Robt. Woodward, Esq., of Tuffnell Villas, Upper Holloway, aged 16. On the 9th inst., James Browning, of Little Windmill' street, youngest son of Richard Browning, Esq., l a te of Corn mercial- road, Lambeth, aged 30. On the sth inst., at Leamington, Amelia, relict of the late Major Kempland, of the Bengal Light Cavalry. On the 3d inst., at Geneva, William Romilly, Esq., the eldest son of the late Sir Samuel Romilly, aged 57. On the 22d June, at Sydney, N.S.W., Thomas, e ldest son of Mr. Thomas Turner, the Grove, Thornton-heath, Croydon, aged 27. - - - LONDON: Printed and Published by MURDO YOUN' . of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 1120 Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the amity of Middlon; Thungloys October 11, MN. 13 0 ~' 01. af rvn, i 'mil th dol iro tub ha s Pre hits ble: din ; mal in t whi and the itse the Ph; tr a lark