The Sun. — London, England, 1861-09-28 00:00:00

NORTHAMPTON, THURSDAY NIGHT. The most successful show ever held by the Northamptonshire Agricultural Society came off here to-day. It was held on the racecourse near the town, and close to it was a show of flowers,' which was also a complete success. Most of the aristocracy of the county visited both. The .day was beautifully fine, and as for the first time ladies were to be admitted to the annual feast of the society there was a large influx of the fair sex. Military and volunteer bands performed in the show grounds, and the day was quite a gala one. In the evening the members of the society and the ladies and gentlemen of the county, to the number of over 700, dined together in a large marquee, which had been pitched on the racecourse. The large tent was very tastefully adorned, and at the principal table sat a distinguished company, including the Earl and Countess Spencer, Lord Lyveden, Lord Burghley, MX., Lord Henley, M.P., Mr. R. Knightley, M.P,, Col. Cartwright, M.P., Mr. G. W. Hunt, ALP., Hon. F. W. C. Villiers, Gen. Arbuthnot, Gen. Bouvcrie, Gen.Vyse, Lieut.-Col. Oglivy and Lady Henrietta Oglivy, the Hon. D. Fermore, the Rev. Sir G. and Lady Robin son, the Mayor of Northampton, &c. Among the general company were a number of volunteer officers and the lady members of their families. The lion. F. W. C. Villiers presided, and the vice-chairs were filled by Lord Burghley, M.P., and the Mayor of Northampton. The loyal toasts were given and responded to with the usual demonstrations of loyalty. The CHAIRMAN, in giving " The Army and Navy, the Militia, and the Volunteers," said that It was needless for him to descant on the merits of the regular war forces of the country, but it would not become a company like that to forget the assist ance afforded to the army and navy by the old con stitutional forces. (Hear.) They could not but re member the patriotism displayed by the Northamp tonshire Militia when they went out and served at Gibraltar under the command of his noble friend in the vice chair. (Cheers.) The country and the town of Northampton had come nobly forward to aid the Volunteer movement, and he had no doubt that, should occasion arise, the Volunteers of England would show themselves to be not less brave than the men of the army and militia forces. (Cheers.) The toast was drunk with great applause. Gen. ARBUTHNOT begged leave, on the part of the Duke of Cambridge and the army, to thank the company for the cordial manner in which they had received the toast, whieh was rather a large one, embracing as it did the army and navy, the militia, and the volunteers. The mention of these fol ces was always received with enthusiasm, but on the present occasion the enthusiasm had been greater than usual. He attributed that to the presence of the ladies. It was to him a matter of regret that his gallant friend, General Bouverie, had not been called on to discharge the duty of returning thanks, for he could have told them of what had been done by the British forces on the plains of Waterloo when under the eagle eye of 'Wellington. (Hear.) He was glad, in the presence of Lord Burghley, to bear % testimony to the discipline and efficiency of the Northamptonshire Militia at the time he had the honour of inspecting it. The 48th Regiment of the Line and the 48th Regiment of Militia were two corps of which the country might feel proud. As regarded the navy, there was but one feeling. It continued what it had ever been—one of the great safeguards of the country. As the senior military officer present, he felt much pleasure in express ing his sense of the important services rendered to England by the Volunteers. Nothing could equal the sight presented by so many men throwing aside all considerations of private convenience and coming forward to qualify themselves to be come defenders of their country. (Cheers.) Their countrymen might depend on it that, should events call for their active exertions in the field, they would not excel, but they would endeavour to equal the services of the British army. (Cheers.) " The Bishop and Clergy of the Diocess" was then given by the CHAIRMAN, and responded to by the Rev. Sir G. ROBINSON, " The Health of the Marquis of Exeter, Lord , Lieutenant of the county," was drunk with much cordiality. Lord BURGHLEY, M.P., returned thanks. The CHAIRMAN, in giving " Prosperity to the Northamptonshire Agricultural Society," observed that the society had every reason to congratulate themselves on their progress. No less than 83 new members had joined during the year. The money value of the prizes given last year was £447 ; this year it was £6OO. The number of prize cattle ex hibited at the show of 1860 was 49 ; that exhi bited at the show of 1861 was 93. In 1860 there were 37 classes of sheep ; at the present year's show there were 66. In 1880 81 horses were shown ; this year the number was 117. Last year there were nine classes of pigs; this year, 21. (Cheers.) There had been gloomy forebodings some years ago as to the North imptonshire horses; but he was happy to say those prognostications had not been fulfilled, nor did there seem any likelihood of their being so. (Hear.) Next in importance was their steam engines ; for, if the agriculturists of this country were to compete with foreigners for a supply of food to its people, it must be by economy of labour both in cultivating their fields and in feeding their cattle. (Hear, hear.) He hoped that none of the gentlemen of that county were open to the charge of having resorted to the expedient of raising the wind" —(laughter) —but he and some of his friends had applied a modification of the windmill to agricultural purposes. That ex. periment, like many others, was one which they had borrowed from their Transatlantic brethren. It was in its infancy, but he believed that wind engines would be found a successful and useful addition to the usual farming appliances in places where they could be worked. (Hear.) A very important subject was that of the improvement of the labourers' cottage. (Hear, hear.) He was aware that it was a subject which must be entered on with great care; for while, on the one hand, the cottage of the labourer ought to be con• _ _ sidered, there was, on the other, the difficulty that sometimes the labourer worked on the farm of one proprietor and resided on the estate of another; and a landowner could not be expected to lay out his money on another man's property. Nevertheless a great deal must be done in improving cott Iges and the condition of the labourer was so much mixed up with the property of the country gene rally that the matter was one to which all proprie tors should give their attention. (Cheers.) The toast was drunk with all the honours, as were also the health s o f the chairman and vice-chairman, for which the lion. Mr. Villiers and Lord Burghley returned thanks. Earl SPENCER, on rising to " propose i The La bourers," was loudly cheered. lesaid—Ladies and g entlemen, I conside r th e toast which I ha ve now th e honour of proposing nearly akin i think to that of pro sperity to Northamptonshi re . th a t th e prosperity of agriculture depend s in a great r hear .) on the prosperity of the labourer. (gear, degreeue th at I am sure that you agree with me and re-echoli , sentiment; because you must be awa re that with out the improvement of the agricultural labourer this or no other country can keep pace with t h e i m proved agriculture of England generally. (Hear, hear,) We have seen in our show-ground to-day very useful agricultural implements, some of the most superior of which have steam power applied to them ; but without improved labourers we cannot work thos e machines• (Hear, hear.) Not only • ...,/hay mast you have a good ploughman now, but you must have au intelligent man able to work a steam engine. (Hear, hear.) I am sure that you are anzzions to improve the labourer. There are only two ways of doing that. The first is by the im provement of the cottages which has been so ably referred to by my right hon. friend the chairman. Ifuily concur with him th a t we mus t i m p r ove the d cottages,eiy Steps ha., .e already been taken in that ire p preßentedtebY gentlemen' who, when the opportunity itself, palled down old cottages and erecd n ew . go further. °usei n villages but I think we must hold me gu il ty hear.) Ido not think you will r eferzin . l3 to politics if I allude to I 'RD L Y I/B.OEN' AND B IRL S 'ENCER a bill passed last session which extends free trade AT AOR7HAMPTON. in favour of the labourers, and allows them to seek a market for their labour. That is a most impor tant point to which proprietors will have to look. (Hear, hear.) I believe that next to having a labourer to work for him the most important point for the farmer is to have his workmen near him. ' (Hear, hear.) It is not only good for the labourer to be near his employer—for he is looked after by the farmers themselves and by the ladies, so many of whom I am glad to see here to• d a y—but it is an immense convenience to the farmer to have his labourers near at hand. (Hear, hear.) I admit that this is a difficult ques tion, but it is one which will have to be considered by the proprietors. Next to the question of how to maintain them and increase the accommodation in their cottages is that of the education to the labourer. The report recently issued by the Com missioners of Education shows that a great step has been taken in that direction ; but we have more to do. (Hear, hear.) The quality of the education wi.ich we should give to them is not the least inte resting portion of the subject. My opinion is that we ought to give the labourers a good rudimentary education, but not one that will make them be above that occupation. (Hear, hear.) We ought to give them such instruction as will enable them—if they have character, energy, and talent—to raise them selves above their present situation. (Hear, hear.) I believe, in fact, that more attention ought to be given to plain reading, writing, and arithmetic ; for too much has been given to those higher branches of instruction which the time devoted by the labourer to school does not enable him to acquire, and which for that reason cannot be so suited to his position. (Cheers.) After several other toasts had been given and re sponded to, Lord LYVEDEN rose amid loud cheering and said —Mr. President, ladies, and gentlemen, I rise to propose to you " The Successful Competitors." The committee of this association, in the exercise of a most wise discretion, have thought fit to postpone this toast to a time when it is impossible for me to address you in the manner I would have otherwise wished to do. I regret that having seen this morning every kind of improvement, and every stall teeming with semething new, fresh descriptions of fodder for cattle, new agricultural implements of every kind— when we come together this evening nothing new is presented to us. We have the same speakers, the same stale jokes—the same antiquated imageries— the same worn-out arguments. (Laughter.) There is nothing to tell you that the breed of orators is improving. (Renewed laughter.) lam sorry that it has fallen to my lot to address you now. I should have been glad to see it fall to younger and better hands ; but, indeed, there is only one novelty which appears to be open to comment and congratulation, and to that every one who has spoken has alluded. The fact that this is the first of your meetings to which ladies have been admitted betokens how backward must have been the state of your agri cultural affairs in times past. It does present itself to my mind, that when politics were excluded ladies ought- to have been admitted. Not that I think that ladies are by any means bad politicians. (Hear, hear.) I admire them as politicians, because they are personally warm, vehement, and passion ate. (Hear, hear.) They love the leaders of their own party, and Lord! how they love when they do love! (Laughter and cheers.) They hate the leaders of the Opposition ; and Lord ! how they hate when they do hate ! (Renewed laughter and cheers.) They give a zeal and zest to the tame, calm, cowardly, conventional hypocrisies of public life (laughter) ; and, therefore, I should be sorry to see them excluded from meetings like this. (Hear, hear.) And I must say that I regret to find politics so rigidly excluded. Ido not see why moderate controversial politics should not be discussed at these meetings. My hon. friend (Mr. Hunt) said that he was longing to engage in politics because he saw me beside him. I am glad to say that I have often met my hon. friend in controversy, but not in any spirit of acrimony. We have often grappled together in argument, but never, I rejoice to say, in animosity. I have often sat opposite to him but I have never been opposed to him in any other than a Parliamentary sense ; and I should rather meet him at a feast than at a fray. (Cheers.) I do not know that I have any general observations to address to you. (Cries of "Go on.") If it was earlier in the evening I might be disposed to say a few words on the prospects of the country —com mercially as well as agriculturally, and I believe that what I would have said could not have been considered as trenching upon politics. (" Go on.") I should have warned you that though we have had —and thank God for it—a successful harvest, you must not be too elated. You must well know that there are other great interests besides that of agri culture to be considered in this country. There is the manufacturing interest. We cannot lose sight of the fact that any suspension of our manufactur• ing prosperity must be attended with very serious consequences to the country generally. If, how ever, there should be any suspension in the supply of cotton, I am happy to say it cannot last very long —(hear, hear)—for I can tell you from trustworthy information that there are places within our own dominions in which a supply can be grown. We have nothing to do but to turn to the East—a source of supply which we have too long neglected to avail ourselves of. (Hear, hear.) You can get a supply from Ind:a, which, though it may not be of the same staple as that grown in America, will be very valuable to the manufacturer; but you must remember that mach depends on the price paid. If you are not prepared to raise the price, you will not be able to get cotton. What you want in order to ensure a supply from India is an improved system of roads and increased facilities for bringing cotton to the ports ; but you are not entitled to lay a tax on the people of India for your benefit. It is contrary to all knowledge of the principles of free trade that you should grow a particular growth, that you should throw it upon the Government to take the place of a private capitalist, and apply its powers to making the people of India grow cotton instead of indigo or any other plant. Let the manu facturers of this country remember that the people of India might be induced to direct their attention to opening iron and coal mines, which might enable them to produce manufactured articles as well as the raw material. (Hear, hear.) I allude to this sub ject as One that should prevent you from being in toxicated;with your present success and imagining that there is nothing to prevent it lasting for ever. (Hear, hear.) To the successful competitors on the present occasion I offer my congratulations, and I ask your pardon for trespassing on you for three minutes loeger than I intended. (Go on.) It is very well, -ladies and gentlemen, to say .4 Go on ;" but I am afraid that the train has by this time gone off—(laughter)—and I will tell you another thing. Your excellent toast-master has intimated to me that I am standing in the way of a toast which you must be all burning to drink—" The Ladies." Cheers.) THE FATAL LOCOMOTIVE EXPLOSION IN THE COUNTY OF DURHAM.—Mr. Favell, the coroner for South Durham, held an inquest at South Shields, on Thursday, upon the body of John Leathern, the guard of a coal train, killed by the explosion of No. 84 l ocomo tive-engine, on the North-Eastern Lailway, near Washington, on Monday night. The engine was just about to start with a heavy train of coal waggons, when the boiler burst. The explosive force had rent the boiler along the bottom, and turned it over, with the cupola, into a ditch, killing Leathern and seriously injuring the engins-driver and stoker. The fragments of the boiler had been carefully examined since the explosion, and the cause of it was traced to a defect in one of the plates in the bottom of the boiler, which plate, though made of the best Low Moor iron, must have had a flaw in it when put in, seven years ago, for an old flaw was observed, and the effects of the explosive force commenced with it, tearing the remaining parts of the boiler plates along like paper. The verdict of the jury was accidental death. Tho engine driver and stoker remain very ill. [A DvEkrisnmENT.] —Holl oway ' s Ointment and Pills.— Bought Experience.—To sufferers from the racking pains of rheumatism and gout these soothing remedies will prove a perfect godsend. They lessen the inflammation and remove the exquisite sensibility of the nerves, when pain gradually; ceases. The Ointment disperses all blotches or pimples which can spot th e f a i rest skin, and renders it soft and silky. The Pillsrootout all . morbid matters, and relieve the system of deteriorating influences which haunt our daily life and make us miserable. They obtain and maintain the most robust health. dHfoollrowcuaVin s Ointment l and . flatu sores, ul cers , ng been ekTmene symptoms,g alsorts °I Pills have lo They constitute dyspeptic a in n n rc ti ons ns iipation. ey constitute a inflammations, ' medic.% in,themselves. leney,- completheemarattbeunrn'a TRH' , SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY E VENINGI-, SEPTEMBER 28, 1861. THE OUTRAGE IN JAPAN. (From Me Friend af China.) A good deal of indifferent logic has been ex pended lately in an endeavour to prove that Mr. Alcock was wrong in leaving an d Mr. Harris right in staying at Jeddo after the assassination of Mr. Housken, the interpreter. Our opinion always ran that Mr. Alcock was right and Mr, Harris decidedly wrong, and events are showing that this is the correct view of the case. It may be, indeed, that had Mr. Harris made common cause with the foreign Ministers who joined Mr. Alcock, we should not now have to tell of the attempt to massacre the British Legation at Japan on the night of the sth ultimo. Fortunately a body of soldiers arrived in time to drive the would-be assassins away, but not before Mr. Oliphant, Secretary of the Legation. had re ceived some severe wounds, and Mr. Consul G. S. Morrison was cut in the head. By whom the gang was raised for effecting these murderous deeds has yet to be discovered. No doubt but they will be traced, and on the discovery we may feel sure that the ramifications of the anti-foreign party at Court will be laid bare, and great good result. Indeed, it wanted something of this kind to enable Mr. Alcock to carry the matter home, and bring a permanent and beneficial change in our relations with the Japanese empire. The story of the assault is briefly as follows : A band of about twenty spent the day at a tea house in the vicinity of the British Minister's quarters, and between nine and ten o'clock, when " all hands" were in the arms of Morpheus, they drove in the door of the grounds and entered the house. Two of them, one in armour, then ap proached the quarters of Mr. Consul G. S. Morrison, but being seen by his servant he was warned in time to get a sword and pistol before the assassins came up. Mr. Oliphant having heard the noise, rushed out of his room with a hunting-whip only, and was immediately assailed by one of the two spoken of, who gave him a severe gash on the right shoulder. Hearing Mr. Oliphant cry out, ' Mr. Morrison drew aside the screen of his room, and found himself face to face with the miscreants, one of whom he shot dead; the other he fired at, bat the ball glanced off the armour; the Japanese, in return, cutting Mor rison across the head, and again wounding Mr. Oliphant in the wrist. At this juncture Mr. Wirg man and Mr. Reginald Russell approached, and, though they were unarmed, their appearance had the effect, it would seem, of inducing the band to retreat, bearing with them the body of the Japa nese shot by Mr. Morrison, which, however, they only took into the garden, where they were met by Japanese soldiers and driven away, five being killed in the affray, and seven of the Japanese soldiers wounded. The day after the affair Mr. Alcock addressed the following circular letter to the other resident Ministers : "Her Majesty's Legation, Yedo, July 6. " Sir,—Last night, between 11 and 12 o'clock, the British Legation was suddenly attacked, and an entrance effected at several points simultaneously, by armed bands of Japanese, said by some to be Loonins, and by others the Prince of Mito's men. Two of the members of the establishment, Mr. Oliphant and Mr. Morrison, were met in a passage and both wounded, the first I am sorry to say very severely, when a momentary diversion was effected by a shot from Mr. Morrison's revolver, which ap pears to have taken effect. A few minutes later the same or another division of the assassins sought to effect an entrance to the apartments occupied by myself, by breaking through and hacking in pieces some glass doors opening on to another suite, having mistaken their way. To this alone, under Provi dence, we probably owe our lives, for several minutes was thus lost to them, at the end of which some of the Yaconins or Damio's guard appear to have come to the spot, and the assailants were finally driven out of the house, after having pene trated into nearly every room except my own, leaving traces of their presence by slashing at all the beds and furniture. Marks of blood were found in various directions, and a prolonged conflict took place outside in the avenue and approaches to the Legation with the officers and men on service. Such a deed of atrocity, perpetrated in the capital of a Government to which foreign representatives are accredited by the Western Powers needs no comment. I only feel it a duty to communicate to my col leagues the facts for their guidance and informa tion, and to acquaint them that, as a temporary measure, I have ordered up her Majesty's ship Ringdove, and caused a guard of men to be I&nded. What measures it may be expedient to adopt for the further security of this and the other Legations in Yedo, and the maintenance of those international rights and immunities so grievously attached, becomes a serious consideration, and one the press ing importance of which cannot well be overlooked ; but on this part of the subject I shall be glad to enter into further communication with you and the rest of my colleagues, should you feel disposed to favour me with your views.—l have, &c., " RUTHERFORD ALCOCK." A ROMAN EXECUTION. The execution at Rome, for the murder of a pon fical gendarme in a fight, of Locatelli, whose inno• cence is established by the Telegram which we pub. lished yesterday, is described in a letter from Rome of the 21st :—" Locatelli had all along denied hav ing caused the gendarme's death, but the evidence against him, chiefly that of French soldiers and gendarmes, seems to place it beyond doubt that he stabbed him during the fight, in which he himself was also severely wounded. He maintained this point obstinately, and when informed last night that he was to be executed this morning he merely replied, Very well; I die an innocent man. I re quest that no one may be admitted to disturb me.' Nor could any of the priests, Passionist monks, or official confortatori, who exert themselves on such occasions to induce criminals to confess and receive the sacrament before submitting to death, prevail upon Locatelli to accept of the last consolatory offices of religion. At half-past 7, half an hour's grace having been ineffectually gran t e d f or the prisoner to repent in, he wa s l e d to the scaffold, the rolling of drums drowning his shouts of ' Viva l'ltalia !" Viva Vittorio i manuele P and similar political rallying cries. Courageous to the last, Locatelli firmly ascended the scaffold steps, whence he would fain ha ve spo k en to the crowd had he been permitted, resisted the last efforts to con vert him made by a Capuchin monk on one side and a Passionist on the other, averted his head from the crucifix, and resigned himself calmly to the hands of the veteran headsman, Mastro Titta, who, assisted by two stout Adjutants, was so rapid in his office that the gasping exclamations of the spectators,' B fatto ." seemed rather one of surprise than of horror. Locatelli was a fine man of 37 years of age, with a black beard, rendered more conspicuous by his white dress and cap. His social condition was that of a railway porter, and he figured somewhat disadvan - tageously in the police reports. Having got their fill of horrors, and muttered their curses after the three executioners, who slunk off, with hats slouched over their eyes, by the temples of Vesta and Fortuna Virilis and across th e P on t e R o tt o t o their official residence on the other side of the Tiber, the crowds of spectators dispersed quietly, the troops marched off with drums and trumpets, and the rustics, who had stopped their ox-carts or buffalo waggons to gaze astounded on the unexpected scene of blood, shut their mouths at last, and, striking their goads into their ponderous teams, resumed their road to wards the Porta San Sebastiano and the Appian Way. To do justice to the humane feelings of the softer sex in Rome, it must be observed that women, al though sufficiently fierce when passion stirs the ancestral blood in their veins, are very rarely to be seen among the lookers-on at such spectacles as I have described. The vengeance of the Ecclesiastical Government pursues such criminals as refuse to be reconciled to the Church even after their deaths, for their corpses are merely corded up in sacking, and thrown by night in some remote, unconsecrated spot outside the city walls, with a barrowful of lime over them to ensure a rapid decomposition." ''''DEATII OF MR. WILLIAM FARREN.—This emi nent comedian, who died on Tuesday, at Ws residence in Brompton-square, was born towards the close of 1786, and was consequently at the time of his deceased in his 75th year. While he was playing Old Parr at the Haymarket in May, 1845, he was seized with a fit which, through inju dicious treatment, culminated in a severe stroke of paralysis, and for some time it was thought that he was lost to the stage for ever. Perhaps it would have been better for his reputation if he had never reappeared ; for his articulation was rendered so indistinct, and, his physical and mental powers were so materially impaired by the shock which his constitution had sustained, that those who saw him only in the closing epoch of his career could form no idea of the ability which he displayed when in his prime, He remained for 10 years longer before the public as an actor at the Hay market, and as manager and actor at the Strand and the Olympic ; and his last appearance was at the Haymarket, where, on July 16, 1855, he played Lori Ogleby on the occasion of his farewell benefit. LECTURES BY Al R. GEOR GE DAJVSON. Two lectures were given in St. Andrew's Hall on Monday and Tuesday evenings, by Mr. George Dawson, of Birmingham, to numerous audiences. The subject on the first evening was " William Cobbett," whom the lecturer in commencing de scribed as a man who was always feared where not admired, one of the most admirable exposers of English abuses, and one of the coarsest abusers, that this country ever supplied —a bundle of strong pre judices, sound judgments, hearty instincts, and vio lent dislikes. Ho was born in 1762 at Farnham, his father being a small publican and farmer, and the boy had to turn out very early and work on the land. On going to Portsmouth for a holiday, he was seized with a passion for joining a man-of-war, but this desire was thwarted, and be next made his way to London and became a lawyer's clerk. Of course the fusty chambers of a London convey ancer were not very congenial to one who had a passion for fresh air and good English scenery. He soon made his way to Chatham, was smitten like many other young men with the "scarlet" fever, enlisted, and was speedily ordered to New Bruns wick. He was rapidly promoted until he became sergeant-major, and in his admirable book, "Advice to Young Men," he described this part of his life, For whenever he wanted to illustrate a virtue he always turned to himself as an example. He knew no one so well and admired no one so much— (laeghter)— he was a glorious egotist, but we might excuse a man being a little bounceable if he was energetic in action. Whenever he enforced early rising, or punctuality, or the pursuit of knowledge, he always said, "Just look at me ." H e taught himself Englisti grammar —a thing very few even educated men knew perfectly —when a private sol dier at the pay of sixpence a day; a knapsack was his bookcase, a bit of board on his lap a writing table, and in winter he had rarely any light but the fire, while he could only procure pen, ink, and paper by foregoing some porti on o f food. The officers of the regiment soon found that he surpassed them in writing, and he had added much to his con sideration and a little to his pay by doing it for them. While in New Brunswick he met his future wife, then a:girl of 13, the daughter of a sergeant of artillery, and at once determined to get out of the army as soon as he could and marry her. The artillery, however, were ordered back t o E ng l an d four years before the rest of the regiment, but just before the girl sailed, Cobbett sent her all his savings-150 guineas —and told her to live and dress respectably with it, and to make no spa re, as he should no doubt get plenty more before he returned home. When, however, he landed at Portsmouth and got his discharge, he found her slaving as a maid-of all-work, at £5 a year, and the first thing she did was to hand him back the 150 guineas .un touched. (Applause.) He (Mr. Dawson) did not know which to admire most—Cobbett for trust ing her, or she for working hard as a ser vant rather than spend the money so gene rously confided to her. After relating one or two instances of his affection for her after their mar riage, the lecturer went on to observe that on quit ting the army in 1791, Cobbett received a testi monial of good conduct, but it was not long before he brought a charge of peculation against four of the officers. A court-martial was convened, but— for some reasons not altogether satisfactory, pro bably because he found he had undertaken more than he could get through—the accuser did not make his appearance, and went out of the way, to France, where the revolution was then in its most violent excesses. Cobbett was no great lover of France or of revolutions, for he began life as an ignorant politician, fit mly believing that the British constitution, if not a part of the solar system, was equally in the nature of things, and equally to be believed in and maintained. He soon left for America, and got a handsome living by teaching English to French refugees, for he had the admir able faculty of understanding thoroughly all that he understood at all, and the rare power of making clear even to a dunce whatever he understood. After alluding to Cobbett's pamphlet attacking Dr. Priestly—the success of which determined his voca tion as a pamphleteer—and to his afterwards taking an active part in American politics, Mr. Dawson described Cobbett's return to England in 1800, and futile attempts of the Government to purchsse his support. In 1802 he started his Political Register, which he continued for thirty three years—in health or in sickness, in prison or out of it—with the intermission of only eleven weeks. He was at first an independent supporter of the Government, but about 1805 there were signs of his politics beginning to alter, and from a thorough-going Tory he soon became a zealoue Radical. He (the lecturer) saw no need to apolo gise for this, for one might just as well taunt a man for not wearing the same coat that he wore ten years ago, as for having changed his opinions. Everyone as he got older got more conservative ; young men were born to be Radicals, and old men to tone them down. Cobbett's change was easily explained. Ho was not much of a theoretical poli tician ; his great favourites were the country labour ers, whom it was the fashion for townspeople to laugh atas fools and dullards, but whoreally did their work quite as well and without so much fuss as city artisans. He saw agricultural labourers work ing for only 7s. a week, and when he found the governing class of that day would do nothing for them, he saw the necessity for reform. What helped him to the change was his exceeding dis like of the funding system ; he never could see that the putting " national" before " debt" made it any pleasanter. Nowadays some people argued that though debt was always an evil, put national before it and it became the anchor of the State, and so forth ; but to Cobbett debt always meant bondage, and usually disgrace. In 1804 began a series of troubles. He was twice fined £5OO for libel, and was prosecuted and imprisoned for protesting against some milli iamen at Ely being flogged by Hanoverians. He made his prison, however, very comfortable, and when he came out commenced publishing his Twopenny Trash, a term of contempt which Lord Castlereagh had applied to cheap papers, and which Cobbett very characteristically adopted. He went to America for a short time, returned in 1819 and started a daily paper, but suffered great losses, being reduced at one time to sell his bed. Governments were then vindictive, conscienceless, and persecuting, and Cobbett, though he provoked them much, never deserved half the inflictions laid upon him. He was a capital terrier, and there were plenty of rats for him to pounce upon. In 1820 he was smitten with the ambition of entering the House of Commons, but he was defeated at Coventry and again at Preston. In 1831 he was prosecuted for an article which was alleged to stir up the agricultural labourer to vio lence ; he defended himself in a six hours' speech, and the jury not agreeing, he got off. The following year he was elected for Oldham. It was the fashion to say he was a failure in Parliament, but the truth was it was late in the day for him, and late hours did not suit the old farmer, who loved fresh air and home-brewed beer. In 1835 this singular man died, and the newspaper which had been most con stant in abuse of him during his life, described him as the " last of the Saxons." In truth he was pecu liarly Saxon, possessing in perfection all the tradi tional vi r t ues an d many o f th e traditional faults of old is ji s bread ik norngs English w wordas brewers'h hom e. bpers a i o n n ild a ietne didt l h o evsee notdo a f yl tishk he e t mg baker'ri a g n h d st the ra ce . Th e key note to most of his likings and h w a a y s e e d ol i d sli i k n e in d e it ey st e il f l, t f h o e r p th a e bi a ie b h o o m n i e n e a e b o l beyond eras concernedbelief, and of this w tb a i s e h ee t u h n at . eba:ildfar be as he (the ltur t e r e yw e a r s ) all future experiment. (Lau g hter.) Exotics of every kind Cobbett detested. The very fact that tea only grew in China was proof to him that it had no business in Hampshire, and he considered the gossip over it as washy as the fluid. (Laughter.) He hated wine, and thought it much better for people to say they could not afford it than to drink the abominable slop that was cal:ed wine. The foreign and exotic were his detestation, the ho mely and and the English his delight. His likes were not a l wa y s wise, and many of his hatreds were not ver y enlightened, but there was a healthy instinct about t hem all. He loved the multitude, and what• ever professed to be above or superior to them he always made a face at, He did not like Jews, because they were a chosen people; he detested Quakers, because they spoke and dressed peculiarly ; he hated Unitarians, not that he cared much about theology, but because they claimed to be the only enlightened sect. Select people, genteel people, prigs of all sorts and sizes, this angry wan railed against and abused. He disliked potatoes, yellow linen, dirt, vaccination, bad grammar, of which he found plenty, and the Protestant Reformation, of which he wrote a history which, he was wont to boast, had had next to the Bible the largest sale of any book. He did not trouble about doctrine, but the political thing 'called the Reformation was his aversion. He did not like the nobility getting the church lands; he thought the people were better off before than afterwards, and once said plainly he would rather have .the Inquisition and well filled bellies, than civil and religious liberty and nothing to eat. (Laughter.) But it was pleasanter to dwell on the things he loved. He liked good food, children, and gardening --the purest and most lasting of all man's pleasures. He had a great love of farming, and did m ore than any other man to put an end to the Lzy sy.tera of sowing the seed all over the field, instead of drillling it in in fur rows. His prejudice s were certainly not all wise, but ho was the most eminent and industrious ex poser of abuses that ever lived, and deserved a high place amongst the self-m a d e men of England. He I brave, h onest, coarse, preju hearty hat er o f gentility, preju diced, was ce d rcalsesairontahtien;kear affectation, and cant. The lecturer then passed some pungent and amusing criticisms upon some of the social foibles of the middle classes, and con cluded amidst loud applause. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. MANCHESTER MEETING—FRIDAY, SEPT. 27. This meeting commenced yesterday, under auspices fully equal to those of any former year ; the company assembled in the stands and on the course was as numerous as ever. The large number of horses which have lately run at Don caster, and the variety of localities in which they were re quired this week, added to the rest necessary for many of those going to run at Newmarket in the week to come, has necessarily reduced the fields. Upon the whole the lessee has reason to congratulate himself on the success of his meeting, with regard both to the financial department and to the quality of the racing, of which we give the particulars below. A few bets were made on future events, but nothing occurred worthy of particular remark. The Chesterfield Handicap of 5 soya each, with 50 added, for two •yr-olds. Winners extra. The second saved her stake. Three-quarters of a mile. 16 subs. Mr. Dawson's Tommy Jones, Est 81b Mr. Hunt's Sister to Stafford filly, 7st 71b.. (Challoner) 2 Mr. Jones's Forester, Est 131 b (Entwistle) 3 Mr. Villiers's Silkstone, 7st 121 b (J. Snowden) 4 Mr. W. Hudson's Captain Crow, 7st (Auckland) 5 Mr. Cheadle's Fazio, Bst (Midgley) 6 Betting-4 to 1 agst the Sister to Stafford filly, 3to 1 agst Silkstone, 5 to 1 agst Tommy Jones, and 6 to 1 agst Forester. At the third attempt the flag fell, and the lot got off in compact order. Tommy Jones rushed to the front almost immediately and made the running, followed by Silkstone, Forester, and the Sister to Stafford filly, t) the entrance to the straight. Here the last-named filly took second place, but never fairly reached Tommy Jones, who won veryeasily by a length and a half; Forester was third, four lengths from the second; Silkstone fourth ; and the others beaten off. The Salford Handicap Plate of 60 sovs for all ages ; win ners extra. .-, Three-quarters of a mile. The All-Aged Selling Handicap of 3 sovs each, w . th 50 added ; winners 71b extra. The winner to be sold for 30 so vs. T.Y.C. 10 subs. Mr. Wilkin's David Ann, 3 yrs, Est 91b (Doyle) 1 Mr. H. Owen's Deserter, 3 yrs, Est 9lb (Midgley) 2 Mr. Culshaw's Birdlime, 2 yrs, sst 71b (Hardcastle) 3 The following also ran :—Rajah Brooke, Maid of Lyme, Dubious, Keepsake, and Suckling. Betting-3 to 1 agst David Ann, 7to 2 agst Deserter, 9 to 2 agst Dubious, and 8 to 1 each agst Birdlime and Keep sake. Deserter, Dubious, and David Ann got off in front, and ran together to the Cliff turn, Rajah Brooke lying off. The favourite then rushed to the front, was never afterwards caught, and won in a canter by two lengths; Deserter beat Birdlime by three lengths for second place; and there were two lengths between the third and fourth; the rest beaten off. Keepsake, who bolted early in the race, walked in last. The winner was sold to Mr. Whittaker for 130 guineas. The Trafford Handicap of 5 sous each, with 50 added, for all ages ; winners extra ; the second received 10 sous out of the stakes. One mile. 12 subs. Mr. Dawson's Tommy Jones, 2 yrs, Est (in. 71b ex) (Buck) 1 Mr. Hunt's Bradfield, 4 yrs, Bst 21b (in. 71b ex.) (J-Snowden) 2 Mr. W. Phillips's Harriett, Est .131 b (in. 31b ex.) (Midgley) 3 3 Mr. Hurke's Maid of Chesterfield, 4 yrs, Bst 21b (Challoner) 4 . Betting-7 to 4 agst Bradfield, sto 2 each agst Tommy Jones and Harriett, and 4 to 1 agst Chesterfield. Tommy Jones made all the running, and won in a canter by three lengths, Harriett being a like distance behind Bradfield, and Maid of Chesterfield a bad fourth. LATEST BETTING. CESAREWITCII STARES. 100 to 7 agst Asteroid 100 to 6 agst La Vapeur 100 to 6 agst Ivanhoff 33 to 1 agst Rapparee 33 to 1 agst Henham Lass 40 to 1 agst Doefoot 4') to 1 &gst Invader 40 to 1 agst Calpe 40 to 1 agst The Roe 40 to 1 agst Grouse 100 to 1 agst Bevis and Schism (coupled) CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 100 tl 8 agst Asteroid 100 to 6 agst Dormer and Blitz 23 to 1 agst Disphantus 33 to 1 agst Camerina 33 to 1 agst Lord Palmerston 40 to 1 agst Saweutter 40 to 1 agst Sweet Hawthorn BETTING AT MANCHESTER —FRIDAY. The following list of quotations shows the extent of the business transacted by the subscribers before they left for the race-course : CESARENVITCH STAKES. 20 to 1 agst Ivanhoff (taken) 20 to 1 agst Umpire (offered) 33 to 1 agst Predictor (taken) 40 to 1 agst Henham Lass (taken) 40 to 1 agst RappFee (taken) 40 to 1 agst Doeriot (taken) 40 to 1 agst Calpe (taken) 50 to 1 agst Invader (taken) 50 to 1 agst Gridiron (taken) CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 100 to 6 agst Henham Lass (taken) 40 to 1 agst Baron Munchausen (taken) 50 to 1 agst Ivanhoff (wanted) 50 to 1 agst Parmesan (taken) CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.—Sept. 27. OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Byles.) THE ALLEGED MURDER IN WESTMINSTER. William Maloney, 40, labourer, was indicted for the wilful ;murder of his wife, Mary Maloney, on the 2d of September. The prisoner pleaded not guilty. Mr. Clarke and Mr. Orridge prosecuted, and Mr. Sleigh defended the prisoner. Mr. Clark having stated the case against the prisoner, called several witnesses, whose evidence appeared in our impression of yesterday. Mr. Sleigh addressed the jury in defence of the prisoner. The learned Judge, in summing up, said he thought the fact of the prisoner going out of doors, coolly surveying the blood on his shirt sleeves while his wife was in the agonies of death, told very much against him. The fact of the blood being on the right hand sleeve of the shirt was also a circumstance against him. His lordship complimented the surgeon upon his strict impartiality, and adverting to the opinion he had expressed that the wound might have been suicidal, said it was certainly a point upon which the de fence might properly rely. The jury would take the knife with them when they retired, and would then be able to come to a conclusion whether or not it was a self-inflicted wound. His lordship saw nothing to invalidate the evi dence of Saunders, although his conduct was extreme/y singular in giving no information on the spot. The jury retired at a quarter to five and returned exactly at five, and gave as their verdict that the prisoner was guilty of killing his wife without l remeditation. The learned Judge said they must answer the question, was he or was he not guilty ? The Foreman asked the learned Judge whether they might return a verdict of manslaughter if they thought the , priboner had no intention of mnrdering his wife ? The learned Judge said he saw no evidence to warrant such a verdict. The jury must say guilty or not guilty. They bad a duty to perform to the Crown ani to the coun try. '1 he case was entirely in their hands. Juries were the law—the law itself was only an abstraction. The jury again retired. After the-lapse of 10 minutes, the learned Judge sent for them, and after he had pointed out to them the difference between murder and man slaughter, they found him guilty of murder, recommending him to mercy on the ground that he went home without Mr. Phillips's Harriett, 3 yrs, 7st 121 b (Mid gley) Mr. C. Coburn's North Lancashire,4 yrs, Bst 51b (Harrison) 2 Col. Towneley's Whitendale, 2 yrs, Est 101b(Hardcastle) 3 Mr. Hopwood's Mis s Mary. 2 yrs, 7st (Whiteley) 4 Mr. Hamilton's Re mule, 3 yrs, 7st 81b (Ogden) 5 Mr. Osborne's Weas e l, 5 y rs, B st 71b (Challoner) 6 Mr. R. Walker's D. U., 2 yrs, Est Betting-7 to 4 agst Harriett, 3to 1 agst Weasel, 7to 1 agst Whitendale, and 10 to 1 agst any other. After several unsuccessful attempts the lot got away together, with the exception of North Lancashire, who lost start. Weasel having the lead cut out the work, followed by Reverie, the favourite, and Whitendale to the Cliff turn, where Harriett joined the leader, and shortly afterwards went to the front, followed by Whitendale. Halfway in the distance North Lancashire, who had recovered his lost ground, drew up to the pair, passed Col. Towneley's colt at the stand, but failed to catch the favourite, and was beaten, after a good race, by a neck; Whitendale was a length from North Lancashire, and Miss Mary a bad fourth. The Manchester City Handicap of 100 sovs, added to a Sweepstakes of 5 sovs each, for 3-yr-olds and upwards; winners extra; the second received 10 sovs out of the stakes. 2 miles. 14 subs. Mr. Alexander's Oldminster, 3 yrs, 7st 51b (Doyle) 1 Col. Towneley's Doefoot, 3 yrs, Est 101b....(Hardcastle) 2 Mr. Buckley's Wynnstay, 3 yrs, Est 121 b .... (Whiteley) 3 Mr. Hobson's North Wold, 3 yrs, sst 81b (Carroll) 4 Betting -5 to 4 agst Doefoot, 6to 4 agst Oldminster, 4to 1 agst Wynnstay, and 10 to 1 agst North Wold. The favourite made play, followed by Oldminster, Wynn stay,and North - Wold to the three-quarter post,where Wynn stay went in front, waited upon by Doefoot and Oldminster to the Cliff turn. They then closed up, and ran together to the stand, where the favourite once more showed in the van, Wynnstay lying second, Oldminster third, and North Wold bringing up the rear, On reaching the three-quarters of a mile starting-post, Wynnstay again went in advance, Doe foot and Oldminster, side by side, lying close up. At the distance Wynnstay gave way, beaten, leaving the lead with Doefoot, who was headed by Oldminster half way up the distance, and beaten after a good race by a length ; there were two lengths between the second and third, and North Weld was a bad fourth. malice, and that something must have occurred to provoke him. Mr. Sleigh hoped it would be recorded that the jury had returned a verdict of guilty, without malice. The learned Judge said he could not attend to the appli cation. The prisoner said.—" I am an innocent man." The learned Judge then sentenced him to death, stating that the recommendation of the jury would be forwarded to the proper quarter. THE LATE ACCIDENT ON THE HAMPSTEAD JUNCTION RAILWAY. - The trial of Henry Rayner, the signalman, against whom a verdict of manslaughter was found by the jury at the coroner's inquiry, has been postponed until next sessions. Rayner surrendered and pleaded not guilty. He was admitted to bail. FROM TBE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT. FOREIGN-OFFICE, SEPT. 18.' The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Ed ward Herris, Esq., now Secretary to her Majesty's Lega tion at Brussels, to be Secretary to her Majes y's Legation at Lisbon. The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint Henry Page Turner Barron, Esq., now Secretary to her Majesty's Legation at Lisbon, to be Secretary to her Ma jesty's Legation at Brussels. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, SEPT. 24. The Right Hon. the Lords of the Pornmittee of Privy Council of Trade and Plantations have received, from the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a despatch from her Majesty's Consul at Naples, enclosing the follow ing translation of a d ecree, pu b lished in the official journal of Naples, declaring the commerce of grain, between Italy and foreign countries, free in the whole kingdom as regards exportation and importation. VICTOR EMMANUEL 11., KING OF ITALY, Having considered the decree of 12th March, 1861, of the late Neapolitan Government, by which the exportatton of grain was prohibited ; Having considered the prodictatorial decree of 18th October last, by which the exportation of grain from the Neapolitan provinces was prohibited ; We decree as follows : Art. 1. The prohibition of the exportation of grain from the Neapolitan provinces to the other provinces of the king dom, and that of grain, indian corn, oats, barley, potato es , kidney beans, chickp eas , b eans, and lentils, from the same Neapolitan provinces to foreign countries, will cease from the day of the publication of the present decree. The commerce of grain with foreign countries is declared free in the whole kingdom as regards the exportation and importation according to the terms of the tariff of 9th July, 1859, published in Naples with the decree of 24th Septem ber, 1860. Art. 2. The present decree shall be submitted to the ap proval of the Legislative Chambers to be carried into law. We command that the present decree, furnished with the Seal of State, shall be put amongst the official collection of the laws and decrees of the Kingdom of Italy, and sent to whoever it behoves to observe it, and cause the same to be observed, . Given at Turin this 18th August, 1861. (Signed) VICTOR EMMANUEL. PI ET RO BASTOGI. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, SEPT. 20. Royal Regiment of Horse Guards—Lieutenant Walter Palk Carew to be Captain, by purchase, vice Brevet Major Robert Sheffield, who retires; Cornet and Adju tant Robert M'Alpine to have the rank of Lieutenant; Cornet Frederick Gustavus Burnaby to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Carew. 4th Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant Thomas Bradney Shaw- Hellier, from the 2d Stafford Militia, to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Inge, promoted, 14th Hussars—Lieut. Lawrence St. Patrick Gowan to be Captain, by purchase, vice William D'Urban Blyth, who retires ' • Cornet William Sandy s B rowne to be Lieute nant, by purchase, vice Gowan. 16th Lancers—lon Turner, Gent., to be Cornet, by pur chase, vice James Herbert Lovell, who retires. 17th Lancers—Harris St. John Dick, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Young, promoted. Grenadier Guards—Alexander Caulfeild, Gent., to be En sign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Cholmeley, pro moted ; Robert George Gaussen, Gent., to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Norton, promoted. 3d Regiment of Foot—Major William Henry Cairnes, from the 48th Foot, to be Major, vice Walter Pownall, who exchanges. Bth Foot—Lieut.-Col. and Brevet Col. Charles Sillery, from half-pay, Depot Battalion, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Brevet Col. Thomas Maitland Wilson, who retires upon half-pay; Major and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel John Hinde, C. 8., to be Lieutenant Colonel, by purchase, vice Brevet -Colonel Sillery, who retires; Captain and Brevet Major William Bayly to be Major, by purchase, vice Hinde ; Lieutenant Walter John Tarte to be Captain, by purchase, vice Bayly; Ensign Edward Williams to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Tarte ; William Howe Hennis, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Williams. 11th Foot—Ensign Thomas Auchinleck to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Henry Ralph Lewis, who retires ; Charles Hinton Moore, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Auchinleck. 42d Foot—Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Carew de Morel, from a Depot Battalion, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Frederick Green Wilkinson, who exchanges. 44th Foot—Ensign Charles Hussey 'Walsh to be Lieute nant, by purchase, vice Henry W em y ss F e ild en, who retires ; Richard Rose O'Grady, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Walsh. 46th Foot—Ensign Henry Bo'cawen Scott, to be Lieute nant, by purchase, vice Percy Malcolm Jones, who re tires; John Talbot Kellett, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Scott. 47th Foot—Captain Harry Denham Tauzia Savary, from 49th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Graham Taylor, who exchanges. 48th Foot—Major Walter Pownall, from the 3d Foot, to be Major, vice William Henry Cairnes, who ex changas. _ _ 49th Foot—Captain Graham Taylor, from the 47th Foot, to be Captain, vice Harry Denham Tauzia Savary, who exchanges. 50th Foot—Lieutenant Edmund Leach to be Adjutant, vice Charles Richard King, who resigns that appointment. 54th Foot—Major William Edward Durand Deacon, from the 61st Foot, to be Major, vice Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel William Freeland Brett, who exchanges. 60th Foot—John Henry Gurnbleton, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Thomas Henry Duncombe, appointed to the 6th Dragooon Guards. 61st Foot—Major and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel William Freeland Brett, from 54th Foot, to be Major, vice William Edward Durand Deacon, who exchanges. 82d Foot—Staff Assistant-Surgeon John Niven to be As sistant-Surgeon, vice Spence, appointed to the Staff ; the appointment of Assistant-Surgeon John Smeeton Allanby, M.D., which appeared in the Gazette of Dec. 21, 1860, has been cancelled. 88th Foot—Lieutenant Frederick Napleton Dew to 15e In structor of Musketry, vice Ensign Dwyer, placed upon half pay. 95th Foot—Ensign William George Remfry Herd to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice William R. Willans, who retires ; Henry Bevan, Gent., to be Ensign by purchase,. vice Herd ; Staff Assistant-Surgeon John Smeeton Allanby, M.D., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Sharpe, appointed to the Staff. The appointment of Staff-As sistant-Surgeon John Niven, which appeared in the Gazette of the 21st December, 1860, has been cancelled. 2d West India Regiment—Lieutenant John Harger to be Captain, without purchase, vice Arthur Trefusis Jones, deceased ; Ensign Charles D'Obree Bowers to be Lieu tenant, without purchase, vice Harger; Ensign Am brose Madden to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice James Kingley Maunsell, deceased ; Archibald Hamil ton Duthie, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Bowers. 3d West India Regiment—Ensign Robert Kyle Little to be Lieutenant, by purch ase , vice Mahon, who has retired. DEPOT BATTALION. —Lieutenant- Colonel Frederick Green Wilkinson, from 42d Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Charles Carew de Morel, who exchanges. ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE. STAFF COLL EGE. — Lieuaenant-Colonel and Brevet Colonel William C. E. Napier, half-pay Unattached, from Major and Superintendent of Studies at the Cadets' College, to be Commandant, vice Lieutenant -Colonel and Brevet- Colonel Patrick Leonard M'Dougall, who resigns that ap pointment. CADETS' COLLEGE.—Capt. and Brevet-Colonel Thomas E. Lacy, half-pay Unattached, to be Major and Superin tendent of Studies, vice Brevet-Colonel Napier. MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. The appointment of Assistant-Surgeon Robert Spence, from the &A Foot, to be vice Allanby, appointed to the 95th Foot, and not vice Allanby, who exchanges, as stated in the Gazette of Dec. 21, 1810. BREVET. Lieut.-Col. and Brevet-Col. John Mac Duff, 74th Foot, to have the local rank of Major-General, while serving on the Staff in the East Ladies. The promotion of Surgeon-Major Gibson to the honorary rank of Deputy Inspector •General of Hospitals, included in Gazette of 6th December, 1861, has been cancelled, he having obtainei that rank on 6th November, 1860. MEMORANDUM. — Lieutenant William Talbot, half•pay Unattached, has been permitted to retire from the service by the s Ile of his Commission, under the conditions of the Horse Guards' Circular Memorandum of 15th February, 1861. BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. Joseph Sharpies, soft soap manufacturer, Ardwick, Lancashire. BANKRUPTS. Henry Churchill, builder, Washington, Sussex, to sur render, Oct. 7, at half-past eleven, and Nov. 13, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. John Sotheran, jun., builder, Nottingham, Oct, 10 and 29, at eleven, at the .shirehall, Nottingham. John Dickon Lyon, commission agent, Kingston-upon- Hull, Oct. 16, and Nov. 13, at twelve, at the Town-hall, Kingston-upon -Hull. Edward David, innkeeper, Bridgend, Glamorganshire, Oct. 8 and Nov. 5, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Frederick Weatherley, draper, Old Chapel-row, Kentish town, Middlesex, Oct. 7, at one, and Nov. 13, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. George Isadore Maillet, corn dealer, %Vestbourne-grove, Bayswater, Middlesex, Oct. 8, at eleven, and Nov. 11, at half•past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwin Wright, dairyman, Upton, Buckinghamshire, Oct. 8, at half-past twelve, and Nov. 13, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Sidney Fraukan, importer of Meershaum pipes, Bridge street, Westminster, Oct. 8, at half-past eleven, and Nov. 11, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Joseph Whitley, brass founder, Leeds, Oct. 7 and Nov. 8, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. William Henley, printer, Gloucester, Oct. 8 and Nov. 4, at eleven, at the Bristol District C our t. Richard Binney and Joseph Walker Binney, stock and share brokers, Leeds, Oct. 11 and N ov . 8, a t e l even, at the Leeds District Court. John James Ridge, chemist, For es t-hill , K ent, Oct. 8, at half-past two, and Nov. 13, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Wm. Hart and John Hart, drapers, Dennington Suffolk, Oct. 10, at twelve, and N ov . 8, a t e l even, at the ' Court of Bankruptcy. SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. George Hinmers, draper, Greenock. John Govenlock, innkeeper, Blackhall, Dumfriesshire. Claude Mathie, grocer, Helensburgh. AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR. Computed from the Returns made in the week ending Sept. 24, 1861, excl us i ve o f t h e duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the importation thereof into Great Britain : per cwt. Muscovado, the produc e o f British er Muscovado, the prod u c e o f the x Amusica 2 '.3sauriti —s aii Muscovado, the produce of the East Indies„ 82s Od Average pnee of the foregoing, , ~,,,,,514 COUNTRY MARKETS. LITE RPOOL—SEPT. 27. There was a very thin attendance of millers and dealers at this morning's market, and we had a better business doing in English wheat, at the currencies of last Tue•day though common sorts receded ld to 2d per cental, Flour met a slow sale, at fully 6d below last week's rates. Oats oatmeal were in limited request, but maintained their value. Beans a slow sale, and peas as before. Indian corn in good demand. WAKEFIELD--SEAT. 27. The demand for new and fine old wheat was very fair, at a decline of is to 2s per qr on last Friday's rates. New oats cheaper. Beans steady. Barley was a dull sale, and is to 2s lower. LOUGHBOROUGH-SEPT. 26. At this market to-day there was a very good show of wheat ; trade still active, but at no advance upon recent rates—white, 60s to 64s ; red, 50s to 58s per 36 stone. Barley quite as high as in the week previous, malting selling at 37s to 41s per qr., grinding 28s to 30s per 30 st. Oats a steady sale, and more money obtained. Beans were scarce, at extremely high rates. EXETER-SEPT. 27. CATTLE. Fat beef,p score, lOs to 11s6d Ewes, per lb .... 6d to 611 Pork carcases,do lOs Od to lls Wethers, d 0...... 64d to 7d Lambs, per lb 711 to 8d Fat calves, d0...61d to 7 . Rough fat, 311 per lb. COAL MARK Prices of Coal per Ton at s. d. Carway and Duffryn Malting 24 0 Do. Anthracite 21 6 North Pelton l3 0 Walker Primrose 12 0 Wylam 15 6 ilolywell 15 6 B addle' s West Hartleyl6 6 Grey's West Hartley 16 0 Haswell Gas. l2 0 Hastings Hartley l6 6 Lambert's West Hart- ;T—SEPT. 27. the close of the market Walls End. d. s. Framwellgate 18 9 Brrddyll's Hetton 19 0 Stewart's ... l9 6 Hetton .. 2O 0 Shincliffe 18 0 S. Durham 19 0 ITunstall South Kelloe. 19 3 Thorpe lB 6 South Hartlepool 18 6 Hetton Lyons 17 3 Trimdon Hartlepool l9 3 Byron ....18 0 Ridde11....., lB 0 Acorn Close 18 9 Cassop Eden 18 9 Haswell 2O 0 Eden Main 18 0 , 82 ; sold, 66. _ . ley _ 16 3 West Wylam 14 0 Walls End. Russel's Hetton 18 9 Heugh Hall 18 9 Harton 18 0 Hartlepool..... 19 6 Ships at market RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE WEEK. 1- Miles Opened. Receipts. Railways. ~.___A-____. ~...____n______, t, 1861. 1860. 1861. 1860. Z r. .£ Ballymena and Port Rush - - - - Y Belfast and N. Counties 136 136 2,213 2,091 Belfast and County Down 49 391 635 533 le Birkd., Lane., & Ches. Juno - - - - .0 Blyth and Tyne 2O 20 1,618 , 2,016 Bristol and Exeter lO6 125 7,084 7,098 Caledonian 214 21:1 16,181 15,6i4 Cockermouth & Workington - - Cork and Bandon 2O 20 359 327 Cork, Blackrock, & Passage 6l 6 i 268 266 t, Cork and Youghal .. 26 23 2,38 266 Cornwall 531 531 1,386 1,318 Deeside l7 17 - -- Dublin & Belfast Junction 63 63 1,541 1,502 Dublin and Drogheda 63 63 1,830 1,702 1 Dub. &Wicklow(in.Ki ngs t ) 481 401 2,398 2,035 Dundalk and Enniskillen 1 Dundee and Arbroath l7l 171 726 798 ) _Dundee, Perth, & Aber. Jun 3l 31 1,128 1,107 East Anglian 67/ 671 1,221 804 E.Counties,Nrfk.,&E.Union 499 499 27,937 24,813 1 Edinburgh and Glasgow.., 142 142 7,266 7,080 3 Edinburgh, Perth,& Dundee 78 78 3,987 3,653 i Forth & Clyde Junction i Furness 3 Glasgow & South-Western 1831 1831 8,372 8,265 t Great - Northern 330 330 34,351 27,795 Great North of Scotland ) qt.Southn. & Westn.(lrind.) 329 229 10,134 8,929 ' Great Western 7611 7571 51,819 50,3,4 Inverness & Aberdeen Juno 55 55 1,032 1,000 Irish South-Eastern 25 25 345 213 Lancashire & Yorkshire 3951 3951 19,780 40,071 Leominster and Kington - - , Limerick and Ennis.. Limerick and Foynes 26 2Q 176 124 Llanelly 4 461 633 634 London & North-Western London and Blackwall 5l 5 1,564 1,647 London & South-Western Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast 2411 223} 21.061 20,372 London, Chatham, & Dover 721 294 2,316 630 Loud., Tilbury, & Southend 424 40 1,935 2,158 Man.,Sheffield,&Lincolnsh 2911 291 16,815 15,463 3lanch. S.Jun.& Altrincham , 91 9* 1,419 1,413 3laryport and Carlisle Midland (incl. N.-Western) 6141 6111 43,102 43,492 Midland Gt.Westn. of Irind 1921 177 f 4,491 4,183 3lonkland 56 56 1,405 1,533 Monmouthsh. Rail. & Canal 44 44 2,529 2,531 Newcastle and Carlisle 7B 78 3,176 3,434 North British (incl. Selkirk and Galashiels) North Devon 35 711 566 N - Eastern(Bedale&Leybrn) 789 764 40,027 42,220 North London 9 9 2,390 2,390 North Staffordshire 246 216 7, 80 8,790 Oswestry and Newton-- 30 16 576 247 Rhymney l9l 191 727 732 St. Helen's Canal & Railway 52 52 1,909 2,203 Scottish Central Scottish North-Eastern ll5 115 4,581 4,146 Shrewsbury & Birmingham ---- _ Shrewsbury and Chester - _ _ Shrewsbury & Hereford Shropshire Union 291 29 1 920 910 South Devon South-Eastern 306 306 1711 171/ 24,917 25,883 South Wales 7,442 8,036 S. Yorkshire and River Dun 118 118 - Stockton and Darlington Taff Vale 5l 5 1 4,838 5,193 Ulster Ulverstone and Lancaster Vale of Clwyd. Vale of Neath 35 35 1,782 1,769 Waterford and Kilkenny 3l 31 388 , 450 Waterford and Limerick West Cornwall 271 27/ 839 780 - W.HartlepoolHarbr.&Rall 39 n 4,711 5,025 West Midland - - _ W'haven,Cleator,&Egrmnt 7 7 319 428 Whitehaven Junction l2 12 615 685 Whitehaven & Furness Jun 35 35 693 710 FOREIGN AND COLONIAL Antwerp and Rotterdam 52 52 1,427 1,298 Austrian B2B 873 4'4971 44,853 Belgian Eastern Junction 261 261 274 ' 273 Buffalo and Lake Huron Detroit and Milwaukie lB5 185 3,359 4,466 Dutch Rhenish lost 1081 4,893 ' 4,524 Eastern of France 1032 1006 63,150 55,711 East Indian Grand Trunk of Canada 970 970 10,330 15,050 Great Indian Peninsula 3501 277 2,53 . 9 2,474 0421 284142 Great Luxembourg l2B 128 3,798 2 979 Great Western of Canada 345 345 8,018 11'601 Il L i y a o d n ri s d r s d a r G a g e o n s e s v a a 14,859 17,375 - &Alicant 3 1 Northern of Canada ....... 9 1,357 1,413 4 01 Northern of France 628 614 Norwecdan Trunk - - 44 44 2, Paris, Lyons, & Mediterrn 879 840 98122 1,914 48 90,056 Paris and Orlean s 922 922 7, 57,647 59,088 Pernambuco 361 - 600 - Royal Danish 69 69 _ , _ Sambre and Meuse ss 68 1,30) 1 South Austrian . 1251 917 55,427 4 2,346 Southern of France 777 773 28,0,626 75 22,253 Welland - - West Flanders W. and N.W. of France 742 730 :55,022 [47,690 FOREIGN MAIL PACKET L. 181: MAILS DUE. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton..... ...... Brazil and Cape Verds, b via Marseill es y British packet. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helen a . China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southamptor via Marseilles .. ..Oct. 19. —Oct. 13. —Oct. 4. .. Oct. 1. a.Oct. 2. .Sept. 2G. .Oct. 3. .Sept 25. .Oct. 2. Falkland Islands ... Gibraltar, vi a .................... Southampton • ........... India (Calcutta), an d C ey l on, via Sout hampton. India (Bomb a via Marseilles... y), via Southampton via Marseilles . Sept. 26. .Sept. 25. Oct. 5. . Oct. 1. Lisbon Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton via Marseilles . Sept. 2b. . Sept, 26. ..Oct. 2. Newfoundland Oporto and Vigo U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet... by U.S. packet.... by Canadian packet. Sept. 25. W.C. of Africa, Madeira and Teneriffe Oct. 10. Bahamas, via New York Oct. 24. Mexico All parts of "West Indies, incl u di ng Chili, Peru, Sept. 28. California, and B r i t i s h C olumbia.. .......... Sept. 28 • . Oct. 1: . Sept. 26; . BIRTHS. Istonshire, On the 26th inst., at Lamport Hall, Northamp the wife of Sir Charles Ishara, of a daughter. KING.—On the 26th inst., at 8, Cle veland-gardens, Hyde park, the wife of Edward King, Esq., of a daughter. LONG.—On the 23d inst., the wife of George Long, Esq., of Lincoln's-inn, of a daughter. WHITE.—On the 26th inst., the wife of George White, of Epsom, and 7, Furnivars-inn, solicitor, of a son. MA RRIAGES. OGILvi—PRETYNIAIsr.—On the 26th inst., at Trinity Church, Marylebone, Walter Ogilvy, Esq., late Major, unat., second son of the late Sir W. Ogilvy, Bart., of Inverquharity, t o Caroline, eldest sur v i v i ng d aug ht er of the the late Rev. G. T. Pretynan, Chancellor of Lincoln Ca dral, and Canon of Winchester. S A s 3 t i . w i‘ Et a L ry — i e C b o o nx, Francis e t i h s e s 2 a 6 In t h w i inst., , ll E at s q : t o Trinity A C u h g r u r s l ai: daughter of Robert Cole, Esq., F.S.A. DEATHS. LEITII—On the 23d inst., at St. Jean de Luz, Basses Py renees, Captain Win. Forbes Leith, R.N. LoNo.—On the 26th inst., at Dover, Charles Edward Long, Esq., of 8, Chapel-street, Grosvenor -square, aged 65. MAUDSLAY.—On the 25th inst., Joseph Maudslay, Esq. , engineer, of Lambeth, at his residence, 21, Hyde-park square, aged 61. NAIRNE.Nairne, Esq —On ~ the 25 .th inst., at Ri c h mond; Surrey, Edw. aged 47 PALMER.—On the 11th inst., at Clifton, near Bristol, the Rev. Richard Palmer, son of Sir J, H. Palmer, Bart., of CAlton-park, Northamptonshire, aged 35. Toouoon.—On the 26th inst., at 37, Blount street, Gros venor-square, Mrs. Toogood, aged 79. LONDON : Printed and Published by 11,11IRDO YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at THE Sun Office, No. 112,Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the County of Mildlesex t SuturdaT, September 28 , 1861, Business limited to-day, and prices may be quoted as follows : wneat, white.. 7s Od to7s 9d Barley. 4s Od to 4s 6d I Ditto new .7 s 6d t o O s Od Oats .. 3s Oa be 3s 61 Flour, fine, 46s to —s ; seconds, 40s to —s per sack.