The Sun. — London, England, 1861-09-30 00:00:00

2HE NAVY. The Virago, 6, paddle, Commander A. J. H. Johnstone, with the Sparrow, 6, screw gunveseel, in tow, arrived at Spithead during the night of Saturday from Chatham, and sailed again yester day morning for th e w estward, calling in Plymouth Sound, whence she is expected. to proceed to the North American and West India station. The necessary estimates and drawings are ordered by the Admiralty to be prepared at Chatham dock yard for the conversion of the large line-of-battle steamer Bulwark, 91 guns, building at that esta blishment, into a 51-gun iron-clad frigate, of the same class as the Royal Oak, under construction on an adjoining slip. The Bulwark, which is a sister ship to the Hero, 91, Orion, 91, and other vessels of that rating built at Chatham, has been in pro gress about two'years,and although entirely planked, and in fact about three-fourths completed, the whole of the workmen have been withdrawn from her for several months past, the Admiralty being undecided whether she should be finished as what she has been all along intended for—a line-of-battle screw steamer, or altered to one of the large iron-clad 51 gun fri gates. The latter intention appears to o have been at length resolved upon. The Bulwark is one of the largest of the 91 gun ships, her extreme length being 266 ft., her breadth 55ft., and her burden 3,094 tons. The proposed alterations will necessitate her being cut asunder, and an addition of 20ft. made to her length amidships, besides which her decks will be required to be raised, and some other impor tant alterations effected in her to increase her strength, and enable her to sustain the enormous weight of the slabs of iron with which her sides will be covered. Orders were on Saturday received at Chatham for the Defence, 22, iron steamer, to be fur nished with 16 broadside 100-pounder Armstrong guns 'on her main deck, and two 100- pounder Armstrong pivot guns on the upper deck. The third dock at Chatham, in which she is to be placed, is entirely ready for her reception, the blocks having been cut away, so as to give her an increased depth of water in the operation of dock ing. Every arrangement has been made for fixing her iron masts on board as soon as these have been received from the Thames Iron Company. Various officers and men belonging to the Wool wich division of Royal Marines, arrived at head quarters from her Majesty's screw steamship Renown, were, on Saturday granted five and six weeks leave of absence from.the division. The floating battery Trusty, fitted with Captain Coles's experimental shield, was on Saturday re ceived into basin at Woolwich, to be stripped and placed in reserve. The screw steamship Niger, recently paid off from the Australian station, was on Saturday hauled out of basin at Woolwich, in preparation for being docked, and the Archer, screw steam cor vette, Capt. Craufurd, from the West Coast of Africa, was on Saturday hauled into basin at Woolwich, and commenced stripping and dismantling, and will pay off on Saturday next, the sth of October. Our correspondent at Plymouth has received a letter from the screw steam corvette Charybdis, 21, Capt. the Hon. George D. Keane. It is dated at Singapore, Aug. 21, and says :—" We are to leave here about the let of September for Hong Kong, and expect to be about 12 days making the passage. The ship will be docked there, as she struck on a rock during the last cruise, and the divers who have been down report that a portion of her false keel is knocked off, and that 15 sheets of copper are gone or injured. From Hong Kong the corvette goes to a place called Hamilton Creek, which is about five miles from Whampoa, and seven from Canton. It is not improbable that the Charybdis will be ordered up to Japan, as the Admiral will want more ships." THE ARM. The War authorities have taken the first steps towards the erection of the new Cavalry barracks at Colchester, for which a Parliamentary grant of £60,000 was made during the last session, but of which only £lO,OOO will be payable this year. Persons desirous of contracting for the works will meet during the present week to elect a surveyor to take out the quantities, and two weeks only will elapse before the works are in prbgress. The build ings are to include all the necessary quarters for officers and men, with library, reading-room, stables, and all the requisite stores for a cavalry station, and, we believe, are to be permanent brick structures, which will prove far more agreeable, !wit not more expensive, than the present wooden huts used by the infantry. Between the portion of the newly-purchased ground appropriated to this purpose and the quarters of the infantry is a space of nearly 100 acres, which, with a small outlay, may be converted into one of the finest parade grounds at any station in England. It is under stood that the new works will be completed and -ready for occupation by the end of 1862 or the be ginning of the following year. The formation of an 'extensive system of :waterworks commences this day. The working of the new system of military'police in Portsmouth garrison is being attended with the most satisfactory results. Previous to the establish ment of this force a disturbance by drunken sol diers in any of the beershops in the back streets of the towns of Portsmouth and Portsea could only be quelled by the local police, and not always by them, the patrols having no power to interfere inside a house. Under the new system the military police man keeps such houses under his special surveil ance. The divisions of the sth Dragoon Guards ordered to Norwich, Ip3wich, and Northampton, have now all reached their destinations. Col. the Hon. Gough Calthorpe and the head-quarters of the regi. merit reached Norwich on Saturday. _ The...whole of the officers and men of the British and Indian depots, comprising the three battalions of infantry at Chatham, together with the division of Royal Marines Light Infantry, were assembled at Chatham lines on Saturday, under the command of Major-Gen. Eyre, for the purpose of brigading together. Owing to the reduction which the de pots have undergone, and recruiting, excepting far a few regiments, having been suspended, the bat talions of infantry are scarcely half as strong as they were a few months since. They are, however, an exceedingly well-disciplined body of men, the Major -General commanding losing no opportunities for making the troops at Chatham thoroughly effi °lent. The battalion of Royal Marines at Chatham iS " 1 9 strong, numbering a thousand men of all ranks. At the termination of the manoeuvres, which c'eextriied about two hours, the troops marched off to their quarters. The contract for the erection of the additional barracks, officers' quarters, and other buildings at the Hut-barracks, Gravesend, for the troops sent f r om Chatham garrison, has been taken for the sum of £14,493. The contractor, Mr. Naylor, has en tered into an agreement to have the whole com viered and ready for the reception of the troops in 22 weeks from the date the contract. The Volunteers giren by th e depots of the three battalions at Chatham for the 64th Ittgitnent, 'last returned from India, will leave Chatham, Garrison this morning and proceed to Dover, where the 64th j,4 quartered. _ The following circular memorandum, a dd ressed to officers commanding Cavalry, Royal Artillery, an d Military Train, has been issued from the Quar termaster-General's termaster-General's department by direction of th e Duke of Carnbridge : " H.R.H. the General Commanding-in-Chief is pleased to direct that when batteries of Royal Ar tillery, cavalry regiments, and battalions of the Military Train oove into camp, with the view of being picketed out, requisitions are to be made for web surcingles and cads, as well as for blankets, for the use of the horses. RICTIARD QUarterlllaStCr-Gelt" THE VOLUNTEE.RS, The members of the 26th Middlesex (her Ma jesty's Customs) Rifles recently contested for their prizes. The regimental prize, a rifle purchased out of the funds of the corps, was won by Private White; the Ist company's prize, a rifle given by Capt. Hamel, was also taken by Private White ; the 2d company's prize, a rifle given by Capt. Wybrow, by Sergeant Barnes ; the 3d company's prize, a rifle by Capt. Ogilvie, by Private Boddy ; the 4th company's prize, a rifle given by Capt. Dobell, by Sergeant Jones ; and a commanding officer's prize for the married officers and sergeants of the corps, a handsome gold ring, set with turquoises, by Colour- Sergeant Irish. On Friday last a Court of Inquiry assembled at the head-quarters of the 4th Middlesex (North Lon don) Rifles, to consider a charge preferred by Lieut.- Col. Truro against Capt. Ebsworth, commanding the 7th Middlesex (Islington) Rifles, for taking part in the volunteer review by his Royal Highness the Commander-in-Chief at Wimbledon in June last without the sanction of his superior officer. It ap pears that on the occasion in question the 7th went to Wimbledon merely as spectators, and took no part in the review with the exception of keeping the ground, which they did in company with the 6th Tower Hamlets, the 46th Middlesex, the 3d City of London, and other corps. The finding of the Court of Inquiry has not at present transpired. At the commencement of the volunteer movement Capt. Ebsworth joined the 4th Middlesex, but is consequence of misunderstandings with the com mandant, Lord Truro, he and several other members of the corps resigned and formed themselves into a separate company, whose services were accepted by her Majesty as the 7th Middlesex; and although since that time the names of 80 gentlemen have been transmitted to the Lord-Lieutenant of • Middlesex, the Marquis of Salisbury, who are desirous of join ing the 7th, his lordship up to the present time has refused to recommend them for her Majesty's ap proval. On Saturday a detachment of cadets, attached to the 7th Middlesex (Islington) Rifles, consisting of two sergeants, two corporals, and two privates, un der the command of two non•commissioned officers of the corps, proceeded to the rifle range at Rainham, for the purpose of commencing their first period of ball practice. The weapons used were the short Enfield rifles, with the Government ammunition, and the targets of the pattern used at the Hythe School of Musketry, six feet by two, and the ranges 100 and 150 yards, five shots at each range. It will be seen by the following score that the prac tice was such as would not discredit much older volunteers than those who took part in it :—Corpo ' ral I. F. Clare, aged 15, made six points at the 100 yards range, and ten at 150 ; Sergeant Riley, aged 15, eight at 100 and six at 150 ; Sergeant Piercy Ebsworth, aged 14, six at 100 and five at 150; Private G. Elliott, aged 14, six at 100 and four at 150 ; Corporal Gunston, aged 13, four at 100 and two at 150; and Private Edwin Ebsworth, aged 12, three at 100 and three at 150. They then com menced firing at 200 yards, when Corporal Clare made four points, but in consequence of there not being sufficient time for each of the youthfurmarks men to finish his rounds, the proceedings were sus pended till a future day. The 7th Middlesex will compete for their prizes on Friday next, and the distribution will take place on the following Wed nesday, on which occasion the ladies of Islington will present the corps with a set of drums and fifes. The past week was an eventful one with the various Suffolk corps. On Thursday and Friday the recently-established county rifle association held its Erst annual meeting on the race-course at Ipswich, and the weather being fine, with the ex ception of a few hours on Thursday morning, everything passed off very satisfactorily. There were altogether five contests, and as there was a great number of competitors both days were fully , occupied. The first contest was for a Lancaster rifle, of the value of £lO 10s., to the competitor making the greatest number of points at 200, 300, 500, and 600 yards, and a cup of £lO to the cern ' petitor making the greatest number of points at 200 and 300 yards. Sergeant Norfolk, of the Bury St. Edmund's corps, made the greatest number of points at the four ranges, and WAS consequently the winner of the Lancaster rifle; and Lance-corporal Swan, of the Bungay corps, made the greatest number of points at the first two ranges. The second contest was for a first prize of £3O and a second prize of £2O awarded to the company whose three representatives made the greatest number of points at 200, 300, 500. and 600 yards for the £3O, and 200 and 300 yards for the £2O. The associa tion also offered a silver medal to the competitor making the greatest number of points at the four ranges, while some ladies of the county added a cup ; the competitor making the greatest number of points at the first two ranges also received a medal. The 2d company of the Eye corps won the £3O, and the Ist company of the Ipswich corps the £2O ; Private Burrows, of the Leiston corps, won the medal and cup, and Private Bugg, of the Ipswich corps, the second medal. The third contest, which was for prizes of £2O and £5, offered by the Earl of Strad broke, Lord Lieutenant, to the first and second best shots at 200 and 300 yards, resulted in favour of Lieut. Bates of the Saxmundham corps (X2O), and Sergeant Bales, of the Ipswich corps (X 5). The fourth contest was for a cup offered by the president of the association, Sir E. C. Kerrison, M.P., the firing being at 300, 500, and 600 yards; after ties had been shot off Captain Haward, of the Ipswich corps was declared the winner. In the fifth and last contest the ranges were at 500, 600, 800, and 1,000 yards, and the prizes were a Whit worth rifle of the value of £25 and £5 in money ; Private Tickner, of the Ipswich corps, won the rifle, making altogether 30 points, and Mr. J. Haward, of the Needham Market Corps, gained the second prize. The Ipswich corps, therefore, car ried off five of the prizes. Sergeant Norfolk, who won the Lancaster rifle, was under the impression that he should have the option of taking a rifle or the second prize, a cup, and declared a preference for the cup, which Lance-corporal Swan also wished to retain. To obviate this difficulty a cup was presented to each of the two successful con didates and the rifle was withdrawn. At the close of the shooting on Friday evening the prizes were distributed by Sir Edward Kerrison, in the pre sence of a large and brilliant assembly. The Coun tess of Stradbroke handed the ladies' cup to Private Burrows. Lieut. Bates, who won Lord Stradbroke's , prize of £2O, was authorised, at his own request, to - order a cup of that value.. The number of Volun-' teers enrolled in Suffolk was 1,765 at the date of the latest available return, as compared with 1,298 in August, 1860, showing a satisfactory advance during the last 12 months. Several movements may be noticed in connexion with the Norfolk corps. The Thetford and Attie borough companies have been entertained by Sir R. J. Buxton, of Shadwell-court, having previously gone through several evolutions. In a competition between 21 members of the 2d Norwich Company, Private Love won a challenge piece of plate of the value of £lO 10s., presented by the officers, and to be retained by the competitor winning it two years in succession. Private Etheridge won a field-glass of the value of £5 55., presented by Mr. Henry Willett; and Private King won a silver-mounted drinking flask, presented by Mrs. Patteson, wife of Captain Patteson, who commands the company. Lord Wodehouse handsomely entertained the Wy mondham Company at Kimberley on Thursday afternoon ; the corps, which is under the•command Captainonßfuenmabier of Gordon, h av i ng p rev i ous ly execu t e d a manoeuvres in the presence o f C a ptain Bellaire, who acted as reviewing officer. A review of the Kesteven Battalion of the Lin colnshire Corps, in Grimsthorpe-park, the seat of Lord Willoughby d'Eresby, took place on Wednes day . The weath er was unfavourable, a heavy thunderstorm in th e course of the afternoon scattering both Volunteers and spectators. It Colonel Dixon, CA, comma n di ng t he 9th depot was necessary from this circumsta nce t o some laattalion, Colchester Camp, has been attacked what curtail the evolutions. The compa n i es which took part in the review were- the P"alvilie, and fears are entertained that he will not . again he Lin able with partial co in (two), Grantham (two), Sleaford, Palkie g . which i resume his duties as commandant of the battl'ali° l2, Lieut.-Csoitoemporarily placed under the charge of BreN' 4 :t h a m, Bourn, and Stamford. A number of evoln c.B., the n eo l- L 3 Ye. Strangely enough, Colonel Stn.*, ions having been executed on the lawn sloping attacked with 411148444,,cri0 ut of the other battalion, has been from the Castle to the lakes, Major Dick, in the 10th battalion ill ness at Dover. The command of alion 1r °Aeen. entrusted to Major West. o d p l el n o rof Volunteers in the Midland district, ad. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 30, 1861, dressed the assembled corps, observing that alto gether they had done very well. He commented on the motley uniforms of the various corps, and recom mended that when new clothes were ordered they should be the same throughout. The Volunteers, who had become very wet, cold, and hungry, were then invited to partake of some refreshment, after which they returned home. The Gainsborough Corps has had a competion for prizes extending over two days. On the second day a silver cup, of the value of £lO given by Mr. H. B. Hickman, was won by Sergeant Woolvine, and another cup, of the value of £5 ss, given by Sir T. Beckett, was gained by Private Barton. The 3d Lincolnshire battalion has also had a competition for a number of prizes at Boston. A silver eup, presented by the Mayor (Mr. S. Lewin) was won by Quartermas ter-sergeant Wheeler, of the Boston Corps ; another cup, presented by Alderman Cooke, was won by Private Thomas, of the Boston Corps ; and a third cup, presented by Alderman Wren, was won by Private Cox, of the Donington Corps. The Boston Artillery Company has been firing with 321 b. solid shot, and has made some fair practice. On Thursday and Friday last the members of the 10th Wilts (Warminster) Rifle Volunteers had an interesting contest on Mancombe-hill, near War minster, for a number of prizes. The first, a piece of plate of the value of £lO, given•by Captain the Mar quis of Bath, was carried off by Private R. Melsome, for 12 points, as the best shot at 300 and 500 yards (five rounds at each). The terminating contest was for a silver salver, of the value of £l5, given by the honorary members of the 10th Wilts as a prize to the best shot at 500 and 700 yards (five rounds at each). This prize being open to all the enrolled and honorary members of the corps, comprising the Ist battalion of Wiltshire Rifle Volunteers, natu rally excited interest, and, after some close shoot ing, Corporal Sheppard, of the Ist Wilts (Salisbury) and the present holder of the Challenge Cup, given to the Ist Wilts by Sir Alexander Malet, succceeded in carrying it off with 11 points, Captain the Mar quis of Bath making 10. On Wednesday the Epping Corps, under the command of Sir William Bowyer Smyth, the late M.P. for South Essex, had a field-day at Mark hall, Harlow, where they were entertained by the Rev, J. Arkwright, father of the ensign of the corps. On Thursday an elegant silver cup, given by Mr. H. S. Abrey, one of the members of the Witham corps, was shot for. There were 17 entries, and the distances were 200, 300, and 600 yards. After some good shooting the cup was won by pri vate Harvey, who made 12 points. It must be shot for again before it is the exclusive property of any member. An entertainment has been given in aid of the band fund of the sth Essex (Beacontree) Rifles, which was attended by at least 3,000 per sons, and from which a good profit will accrue to the fund. The 4th and 13th corps of Kent Volunteer Artil lery completed their shot and shell practice for the season at Sheerness on Saturday evening from the 10-inch and 68-pounder guns mounted on the forti fications at the entrance to the Medway. The ex pert manner in which these corps manage heavy ordnance proves that the liberality of Government in providing them with ammunition is well be stowed. The first meeting of the Notts Rifle Association was brought to a successful termination on Friday evening last. The shooting shows that the county corps contain some first-rate shots. The principal prizes competad for during the meeting were one of £lO, won by Mr. Chadbourn (Bth Notts) ; a Tur ner's rifle, value £ll lls., won by Ensign Perry, Ist R. H. R. ; a sum of £lO for Yeomanry Cavalry, Corporal Hazeldine ; a prize of £2O and the associa tion medal, Colour-Sergt. Simkins, lst R. H. R. ; a prize of £lO for file-firing, won by the Southwell corps. The association cup, value £2O, was won by Mr. T. Lambert, sth company, R. M. R. ; the Sheriff of Nottingham's cup, value 10 guineas, by Colour- Sergt. Simkins; a prize of £l5 by Sergt. Johnson, Sherwood Foresters; and a prize cup, value 20 guineas, by Mr. Shepperley. On Thursday the interesting ceremony of pre senting colours and a very handsome silver bugle to the sth Northampton Volunteers took place on the racecourse outside that town. At 2 o'clock this corps, which is composed of a fine body of men, marched from their quarters headed by Mr. Isaac, the Capt.-Commandant, the band playing, and crowds of the townspeople accompanying them. The uniform of the .sth Northampton is a very be coming one; it is a light gray with scarlet facings, and there is a scarlet plume to the shako. Arrived on the ground where the colours were to be pre sented, the men were drawn up in hollow square. The colours were then laid across the drums, and the usual prayers _having been said by the Rev. Mr. Lawson, of St. Peter's, they were presented by Mrs. Isaac, wife of the Captain-Commandant, who delivered a very neat address, in which, while hop ing that the day might never arrive when it would be necessary to unfurl those standards on the battlefield, she expressed her confidence that, should the sth Northampton ever be called on to defend their country, the banners that should lead them to victory would not be disgraced. The colours were then saluted. They are of rich material fringed with scarlet and gold alternately. In addi tion to the name of the regiment, they bear the motto, " Ready." A beautifully-carved lion and crown surmount each staff. The bugle, a splendid silver one elaborately chased, and bearing an appropriate in scription was presented by Miss Isaac, who addressed a few eloquent remarks to the officers and men. The bandmaster then blew the first call with the new bugle, and the ceremony was brought to a conclu sion. The presentations were witnessed by a numerous concourse of ladies, who had taken up positions on the grand stand and around the platform in front of which the officers received the valuable gifts. The rifle competition for a silver cup, value 35 guineas, given by Mr. W. Scholefield, M.P., to be competed for by members of the various companies, took place on Saturday, and, notwithstanding the unfavourable state of the weather, attracted a large number of persons to the ground at Bournbrook. The firing party consisted of ten men from each company, who were to fire ten rounds each at 400 yards range. The competition commenced on Mon day last, when each man fired five rounds each ; but the match remained undecided in consequence of the approach of night, which prevented the targets being seen. The contest was adjourned till Satur daY; when it was decided that every person who lad- not scored five points in the first five rounds :should not fire. This reduced the competition to about 25 candidates. The two competitors who made the highest score at the first five rounds were _Lieut. Warren and Sergeant Fletcher, who scored seven points each, and the competition was virtu ally - looked upon as a match between these two. However, on the firing taking place, Lieutenant Warren missed his first shot, and Sergeant Fletcher his second, so that it was felt there was some chance for the others. At the conclusion of the round, it was found that Lieutenant Warren, Ser geants. Stokes and Fletcher, and privates Elking ton, Graves, and Fowkes, had made 11 points each in the 10 rounds. It was then arranged that the parties should shoot off one found each till five missed, or one made a centre. In the first round Sergeant Stokes missed, in the second privates Elkington and Fowkes were out. In the next round, between Warren, Fletcher, and Greves, Lieut. Warren hit the target, Sergeant Fletcher made a centre, and Greves missed. Sergt. Fletcher was then declared the winner. Notwithstanding the showery weather the shooting was unusually good, the average number of points made by each man in 10 rounds being 9.50. The Worcestershire rifle corps have been busy all last week in contending for prizes for excellence in shooting. Earl Beauchamp having given prizes (silver cups) to each of the several county corps, they have been contended for, and some very good shooting was the result. On Friday the Onibersley Volunteers shot for three money prizes, ten rounds each, at three ranges, the result being Corporal Pye 1, Corporal Amphlett 2, Private Griffiths 3. The leading man is only 19 years of age. Earl Beau champ's cup, given to the same corps, was won by Corporal Amphlett. On Saturday the 20th (Kid derminster) Worcestershire Corps, was inspected by Lord Lyttelton, who expressed his approval of their efficiency in complimentary terms; The Ten bury Corps have had two days shooting for a silver cup and timepiece, the former being won by Private Beezer, and the latter by Corporal Holyoake. On Friday, Lady Emily Foley presented a pair of silver bugles, purchased by public subscription of the people of Herefordshire, to the Herefordshire Volunteer Rifle Corps. The Volunteer Riflemen of Newport and Cowes, Isle of Wight, shot for prizes on Wednesday at Parkhurst. A silver goblet, presented by Mr. Ken nard, M.P., was won by Mr. J. P. Read, who made 18 points, a lady's dressing case, silver mounted, by Mr. J. W. Kelloway, 18 points; a cigar case by Mr. J. T. Read; a set of silver spoons by Mr. Minns ; a clock by Dr. Pomery ; and a silver pen cilcase by Mr. F. Hardley. There were 64 compe titors for Mr. Kennard's prize. Several of the Volunteer corps of the counties of Glocester and Somersetshire have undergone their annual inspection during the past week. A friendly rifle match between 20 members of the Bristol and a like number of the Bath Volunteer Rifle Corps took place on Tuesday at the butts of the latter corps. There were five rounds each at ranges of 200, 500, and 600 yards, and the result was that the Bristol won by 15 points, scoring 200 against 185 made by their opponents. The left wing of the Ist Administrative Battalion of Devon Volunteers, comprising the Colyton, Buckerell, Honiton, Ottery, and Broadhembury companies, under the command of Col. Acland, were inspected by Major Hume on Thursday, in a field near the Ottery-road Station of the South-Western Railway. The weather was delightful. The men went through battalion drill, and at the conclusion were highly complimented by Major Hume. On Saturday last three companies of the 2d West York (Bradford) Artillery Volunteer Corps were officially inspected by Lieut.-Col. de Renzi, in Peel park, Bradford. The inspecting officer, after having witnessed the exercises of the day, expressed Mm self somewhat disappointed with the want of pro ficiency in drill displayed by the three batteries in spected.- Two batteries, he understood, had been raised only three or four months, and it was not to be expected that they could do as well as the Hull and other corps, that had been - raised 18 months or nearly two years ; but they had a great deal in them to make good soldiers. All they wanted was to come together more frequently. Capt. Wood, commandant, hoped that when another inspection took place they would be found equal to any other Volunteer corps in the kingdom. The prize shooting of the 10th North York Volun teers has been held in Goodham-dale, near Helms ley, during the week terminating on Friday. The corps has made rapid strides, now numbering 120 men. THE NEW 111IIVUTE ON EDUCATION. The:Minute of the Committee of Education had several objects, which will best be understood by considering for 11, moment the Report of the Royal Commissioners. The Commissioners reported in general in favour of the present system—that is, of Government aid to voluntary effort where reli gion is taught, subject, however, to the correction of the faults by which that system is disfigured. They considered that too great an expense was thrown on the Central Government, and that the plan of paying grants directly to the persons who were intended to receive them produced an unne cessary complication, which threatened to overtask the powers of the Central office. They reported very unfavourably o f th e instruction given, and deduced, not only from the reports of their own Commissioners, but from the reports of the Govern ment Inspectors themselves, conclusions very un favourable to the efficiency of +he present system of bounty and protection. They admitted the partial working of the present system, which, being founded on voluntary contribution, gives assistance to those districts which need it least, and withholds it alto gether from those which require it most. With a view to obviate these faults, the Commissioners re commended that all appropriated grants, including the augmentation of the salaries of certificated teachers and the salaries of pupil teachers, should be abolished, and that all annual payments made by Government to schools should be reduced to a single capitation grant paid upon attendance. In addition to this the Commissioners recom mended that a grant should be paid out of the county rates upon as many children as could pass an examination in reading, writing, and arithmetic. In order to extend the system as widely as possible, the Commissioners recommended that the grant out of the county rate should be open, not only to schools at present receiving assistance, bat to schools kept by private persons with a view to profit. The view taken of these recommendations by the Committee of Council was minutely explained by Mr. Lowe on moving the Education Estimate last year. He did not deny the truth of the criticisms of the Commissioners, but in fact admitted the ex pense, the complexity, the partial working, and the very imperfect teaching of the present system. He acquiesced in the propriety of substituting a capita tion grunt for the present appropriated payments, but he refused to propose to pay any part of the expenses out of the county rate, alleging many ob jections to the principle of local taxation unaccom panied by local management and supervision, and the difficulties involved in having two centres of payment. The Minute of the Committee was drawn to meet this view of the case. It requires a certifi cated master in every school ,receiving assistance; but, in order to spread that assistance as wide as possible, it institutes a lower kind of certificated master, who would be content with a lower salary. It recognizes the vested rights of existing pupil teachers to receive f'om Government the payment agreed upon at the time of their apprenticeship; but, as to future pupil teachers, it leaves the terms on which they are to be engaged and their pay ment to the managers, providing that the appren ticeship shall be as now for a period of five years. It leaves the certificated masters the monopoly of Government Education, but abolishes the augmen tation now received as an increase of salary. The Minute proposes to make only one annual payment from Government for the managers of the school, and that payment is to be a peenS , for every child for all attendances above one hundred at morning or afternoon school, and above twelve at evening school. But this payment is liable to reduction of one-third for each child which, hiving attended as above, does not pass a satisfactory examination in reading, one-third for a like failure in writing, and one-third for a like failure in arithmetic. The grant may also be reduced in certain proportions upon an unfavou rable report of the Inspector. It will be observed that the Committee of Education, rejecting the recommendation of the Commissioners to relieve the central expenditure by placing a burden on the county rates, and proposing a scheme of capitation by which it is not intended to effect any money economy, must, in order to provide for the poorer schools, increase instead of diminishing the demands upon the central revenue. To obviate this neces sity it was announced in the House of Commons that certain economics would be effected. These are principally directed to those parts of the system which are in contravention of its principle. Thus, the assistance to Training Colleges, which are almost wholly maintained by the States, is reduced. A pupil teacher who used to receive on an average £l5 is now estimated at £lO, and other smaller re ductions have been made. This is the general outline of the Minute. The document may he obtained in full at any bookseller's for the moderate sum of 22c1. There are two points of view from which this now celebrated attempt at reform may be regarded-- the one public, and the other private ; the one abstract, the other mixed up with personal interests and passions. Estimating the merits of the perform ance from the first point of view, the Minute appears to us exceedingly ingenious, aiming at objects which it is desirable to attain, and attain ing them by means at once simple and efficient. It cuts off the redundancy and superfluities of the plan by which our present educational machinery has been coddled and fondled into existence, not for the purposes of a paltry saving, but in order to extend aid to those who, wanting it most, have been least able to obtain it. If it be true, as we believe it is, that our teachers are over trained and over educated, it is on their training and their education that economy would most naturally fall. The enormous complexity of the system is effectually remedied by reducing all grants to a capitation grant, and trusting its appropria tion to the managers of the school, who, if un worthy of this confidence, are surely unworthy of any. It is creditable to the Committee of Council that, when the imperfection of the teach ing under their system of bounties and sub sidies was brought to their notice, they frankly admittedtruth, and sought to remedy the evil instead o disguise it by sophistry and f t t h r e yn g t evasion. The plan of bounties and protection has signally broken down ; the p u blic hav e been paying thir money for the education of the people without receiving their money's worth. We are told that education costs a, pound a head, but we have only just learnt that for three pounds out of every four we do not receive the education for which they are paid. The difficult has been met boldly. We have 1 found that we do not get education by paying for the means and appliances of education. The infer ence is obvious. We must go a step further. In stead of paying for the machinery, we must pay for' the results wnich that machinery is intended to produce. We find that we may provide masters, pupil teachers, proper school-rooms, and bribe children by capitation to attend, and yet that the result of all these things may be that the education for the sake of which they are done is, after all, not attained. This fact being ascertained, the only choice that seems left to Parliament is either to do away altogether with a system convicted of ineffi ciency, or to follow the course pointed out by the Committee of Council—that is, to'examine as well as to inspect, and to pay nothing for any children who have not received the knowledge in considera tion of which the Government grant is made. It is to us incomprehensible how any persons can delude themselves with the expectation that, after the ex posure of the failure of our education in the by no means unimportant point of instruction, matters could be allowed to go on as if no such exposure had been made. To substitute what is neces sary for what is superfluous, to reduce complexity to simplicity, and to pay no public money till we are satisfied that the object for which the money is paid has been attained, are the principles of the Minute of Council; and, looking at it merely from the public point of view, and with reference to the interests of education, we confess we think the Minute meets a great difficulty in an efficient and satisfactory manner. There is, we have said, another point of view from which the question may be regarded, but we have left ourselves no space to day to give it the consideration which it deserves. —limes. FALL OF AN IRON BhIDGE AT YORK. One of the most frightful accidents, as regards the loss of life, personal injury, and destruction of property, which can be remembered in York, took place on Friday afternoon last in connection with the new bridge which for some time past has been in course of construction at Lendal. Some explanation of the construction of the bridge in question, and the works connected therewith, may serve to simplify our subsequent description of the exceedingly lamentable circumstance to which we are about to refer. About two years ago the City council and the inhabitants, assembled in vestry meetings, which were held in the various parishes, came to the resolution that, for the benefit of the city generally and for the purpose of carrying out an improvement which it was suggested should be made by the construction of a street which should run direct from therailway station to the cathedral, an additional bridge should be thrown across the Ouse at Lendal Ferry. At that time the plan of a lattice girder bridge, the design of Mr. Dredge, an engineer of eminence, resident in London, was sub mitted for consideration, and was ultimately adopted as the most, suitable. The sanction of Parliament for its construction and the carrying out of the street improvement was subsequently obtained, and the works were commenced, and the stone buttresses on either side were completed. The piles consisted of four rows of timber of massive dimensions, the ob ject of which was to sustain the weight of the iron work of the bridge before it was deposited upon the buttresses. Then commenced the construction of the girders, a process which, inasmuch as the present is the first example of a girder bridge which has been thrown across any river in England, excited the largest amount of interest and curiosity. This con sisted simply in the riveting together a number of narrow wrought-iron plates with a vast number of bolts into a sort of lattice work, some two or three yards in width, and of sufficient length to extend across the river, and these were bound round by what may be termed buckling plates. The construc tion of the girders was carried on so that when completed they might stand like walls of iron trellis work across the water, and as each was com pleted it was by the means of hydraulic power raised from its supports, which were then taken away, and the iron gradually lowered to its place upon steel rollers let into the buttresses, this description of bed being adopted for the purpose of allow ing of the contraction, expansion, or depression of the iron when under the influence of heat or cold or excessive pressure. Only a short time ago two of the four girders of which the bridge was to consist were completed and successfully lowered to their places, and as these were the heavier portions of the lattice-work, which were to divide each side of the road from the footpath, it was naturally anti cipated that the main difficulties in connexion with the structure were over. There, however, remained two lighter girders to complete, and one of these was ready, and was in the course of being lowered at the time when the accident which we will now describe took place. Shortly before three o'clock on Friday afternoon the bridge seemed all safe, boys ran to and fro with the heated rivets from temporary furnaces on the bridge, and the clash of hammers at the various portions of the structure bespoke the active pro gression of the Works. The outer or footway gir , ders, as before mentioned, still remained on " chocks." It was then agreed to remove the "chocks" or wedges connected with one of the lat tice girders, so as to place it in its final position. Prior to the completion of this operation Mr. Pick ersgill, the city surveyor, and Mr. Ackroyd, his as sistant, had passed over the bridge, and just de parted, when Mr. Moore, the clerk of the works, in the employ of Messrs. Calvert, the contractors for the construction and the- erection of the iron work, and who was superintending the workmen, directed that the remaining " chocks" should be taken away on the west side of the river. For this purpose the hydraulic engine on the spot had to be brought into requisition. The girder was raised, a few wedges or packings alone remained to be removed, when a low rumbling sound was heard to emerge from the structure, succeeded by a tre mulous motion of the moving girder, which directly after careened over on to the other adjoining one (although stayed by 11-inch beams), which in its turn carried away the next, and this giving way also, the outer girder was forced over, and fell bodily with a terrific force into the water, carrying everything before it. Huge beams cracked and snapped like dried twigs, and all the massive scaffolding, with its iron supports, and the side of the ponderous gantry were brought down with a tremendous crash, as was also directly after srzrds one of the immense travelling cranes. Thus in a few moments the lattice girder bridge which for so many months has been in course o f construction, and the completion of which was shortly to have been fulfilled, disappeared, leaving only a bare wreck behind. The scene that followed passes description. There lay the thre_. massive girders on their sides, groans and shrieks issuing from the wreck of iron and wood ; while below were heard the most pitiful cries for help. The river around the scene was covered with fragments of piles and planks, and to many of these the unfor tunate workmen were clinging. One po)r fellow, who was working on the bridge, sprang clear away from th-- falling mass into the current, and was picked up uninjured. Some hair-breadth escapes took place, and fortunately many were rescued from death. One man was brought down with the falling mass, and was seen to gain terra finna, but in a most frightful condition. ))read fully bruised and bleeding ; he lay down and cried for help, which, of course, was promptly ren dered to him. Another poor fellow lay at the bottom of a boat in a ,deathlike state. He appa rently had been at the bottom of the river, and, with' his blood-stained face, he presented a dread ful spectacle. A stretcher was quickly obtained, on which he was placed, and, after some kind woman had pushed forward and covered the face of the sufferer from the public gaze, he was carried to the hospital, a place to which he had been preceded by two others iu a similar condition. Mr. Moore fortunately escaped without injury, as did also Mr. Lee, the resident engineer. Mr. Moore and a number of workmen were engaged with ham mers cutting away the ironwork to extricate a poor fellow who had become firmly imbedded between the girders. After half an hour's exertion the suf ferer was extricated. The poor man's life had unfor tunately for some time been extinct. A young lad unhappily shared a similar fate , being crashed to death, and his body was conveyed to an adjacent pnbiichouse. Renewed exertions were continued, in the hope of finding other men, and at the close of the evening it was ascertained that three persons were still missing, the whole of whom, it is pretty confidently anticipated, are at present in the river. Considering the sudden character of the accident, it would seem strange that a greater sacrifice of life has not taken place when we state that no less than 52 •workmen were engaged on the bridge at the time of the occurrence. This, however,may be accounted for by the fact that as soon as it was seen that the falling of the first girden was imminent a cry of danger was raised, and a simultaneous rush for life ensued. Subjoined is a LIST OF KILLED AND WOUNDED. _ Richard Inasser, 15 years of age, engaged as a heater of rivets, dead. John Manuel, aged about 22, a rivetter, and son to a foreman engaged at works in Manchester, dead. Peter Dearlove, 15 years of age, son of John Dear love, of Straker's-passage, Fossgate; cut across the nose and left cheek, right collarbone broken, and bruised in several places. John H. Peckitt, of Beadham's-court, Skeldergate , a married man with three children, head cut in several places, and much bruised upon the legs and sides ; evidently been at the bottom of the river, Thos. Coulter, Bootham-row; injury to back and wound on the head, and also bruised. The persons who do not answer to the roll of names at Messrs. Calvert's works are a youth named Hoyles, a labourer named Luke Brown, and what is termed a " holder up," named Smith, whose lives, it is feared, are sacrificed. The addresses of these persons up to our hour of publication we were un able to learn. The scene of the catastrophe was an object of great interest througbout the whole of Saturday: Mr. Dredge, who was communicated with while in London, visited the spot early on Saturday, and gave it as his opinion that the loss of property would not he so serious as had at first been estimated. The resident engineer to the North-Eastern Railway Company also came forward, and said he had been instructed not only to offer his advice as to the course which should be pursued towards recovering the girders, but that the apparatus belonging to the com pany should be placed at the disposal of the con tractors, to enable them to carry out the professional advice which might be given to them. Several days will, no doubt, elapse before that is done, as at pre sent the works are entirely suspended. THE INQUEST. OR Saturday afternoon a jury of 15 attended at the Guildhall for the purpose of investigating the circumstances connected with the death of John Manuel. They were also sworn in the case of Richard Masser, and the inquiry was conducted before the city coroner, Mr. J. P. Wood. Mr. Shepherd, bar rister, watched the case on the part of the corpora tion, and Messrs. Calvert, the contractors, and Mr. Lee, the resident engineer, were also represented. Before the jury had viewed the bodies the coroner told them to dismiss from their minds any preju dice which might have arisen from the excitement which had necessarily taken place from this cala mity, and that they must give their verdict upon the evidence which would be brought before them. The jury having returned from viewing the bodies the Lord Mayor stated that the corporation were anxious that the fullest possible investigation should take placeinto the whole of the circumstances. Mr. Dale said he attended there on Fehalf of Messrs. Calvert and Locking, who were as anxious as the corporation that the fullest inquiry should take place. Two of the workmen, named Isaac Fletcher and William Lilley, were then examined as to the cir cumstances attending the accident, and the cross examination of these witnesses tended to show that every care had been used by those employed at the works. The inquest was then adjourned until Friday next, and it was arranged that the jury should view the bridge on Monday morning. It was then reported to the coroner that the body of Luke Brown had shortly before been takes out of the water near the bridge. The hody presented a ghastly spectacle, the head of the deceased being so dreadfully mangled that the brains protruded, and one of his thighs was broken. The same jury were then sworn to inquire into the circumstances attending Brown's death. SHOCKING MURDER AND BURGLARY AT BILSTON. BILSTON, SUNDAY. A foul deed was committed this morning in Bilston. A tradesman in Church-street, named John Bagott, was deliberately murdered in his own house, and his premises were plundered and fired The victim was a Mr. Bagott, who carried on busi ness as a tailor and clothier at the corner of Staf ford-street. At about four in the morning the family of Mr. Beard, of that street, were disturbed by hearing voices in the side passage of their house, and thinking it was her brother returning home, Miss Beard went down with a light. In the pas sage she stumbled upon some bundles of cloth and men's new garments. Her brother happened to be coming down the street at the eame time, and saw three men carrying a bundle. Information was at once conveyed to the police-station, and it was soon discovered that Mr. Bagott's house, situate opposite to that of Mr. Beard, had been entered. The officers found a little gas burning in the small sitting-room on the ground floor, numerous bottles and drinking glasses on the table, and the body of a man lying with his head on the fender, in front of the fire, with a poker across his throat. His face was discoloured with soot, and the policeman at first thought that the body was that of a burglar, but on turning on the light it was found that it was the proprietor of the house. He had been dragged to the ground and forcibly held down in the position in which he was found till life was extinct. Mr. Bagott was a bachelor, 45 years of age, and, though possessed of considerable property, lived alone. His habits were somewhat eccentric. He always carried the keys of his upper rooms and the day's receipts of the shop about with him. He kept a banking account both at Dudley and at Bilston, and the premises in which he lived and those adjoining belonged to him. He had been known to produce as large a sum as £2OO, which there was reason to believe had been secreted in out-of-the way places, like the sacking of a bed,. or beneath a quarry or stone of the floor. Of all this the murderers seem to have been aware, for the pockets of the dead man's trousers had been torn open with much violence. His keys were all laid upon the table, but the money was taken away. The burglars had forced open the doors of the up stairs rooms with a heavy c)al hammer. In a simi lar manner access had been had to the drawers and the cash box, and the bed had been tossed over. There is no means of ascertaining the amount of the booty the villains had found. A fire of paper and linen had been made in the grate, and the embers had fallen out upon the carpet, which had ignited. Happily the watchfulness of the police is likely to prevent this fearful crime from falling into the list of mysterious murders. Several burglaries have recently been committed in the district. The police believed they knew the offenders, and last night Superintendent M'Crea had taken steps to arrest one of the gang. Shortly after the three men spoken of were disturbed in Stafford-street, three men car rying a bundle were stopped near Bradley, which adjoins Bilston. When challenged by the policeman they threw down the bundle and decamped. The officer pursued them a short way,but wisely returned to the spot where the property fell. Whilst watch ing here a man named Wm. Jones, aged 20, of Canal street, Tipton, returned, and fell into the officer's clutches. The bundle contained property that had no doubt been stolen from the house of the murdered man. Knowing Jones's haunt the officers proceeded to a brothel in Bury-yard, kept by Samuel Bills,aged 25. Here they found Thomas Jukes, aged 28, who is well known to the police. He had just come in, had blood upon the front of his shirt, and seemed greatly agitated when the officers appeared. Bills was also apprehended, and so was Thomas Lil!ey, aged 24, a chapman, well known in Birmingham, for he too was in the house. The last two it is thought may be able to give evidence of a corrobo rative nature against the others, respecting whom the police entertain little doubt. Jukes is one of the three who ran from the constable at Bradley, and the third is supposed to be David Brandriek, a puddler, aged about 21. ATTEMPTED MATRICIDE. The Norfolk News says—" The little village of Toft Monks, about three miles from Beccles, was this morning (Thursday) thrown into a state of peat alarm, in consequence of a young man named Martin Pearce having attempted to murder his mother. Pearce, who is a single man, resides with his mother at her farm, and having had some altercation with her upon family matters, vowed with an imprecation that he would murder her and destroy the premises. He left the room, and his mother immediately locked the door. Pearce then fetched his gun and proceeded to the apartment in which his mother had secured herself. Finding the door fastened, Pearce fired through the keyhole. A female servant, observing his conduct, had warned her mistress of his intentions, by which means Mrs. Pearce was enabled, by shifting her position, to escape uninjured. A policeman was immediately sent far, but Pearce absconded and proceeded to Yarmouth. In the afternoon he returned by train to Beccles, to which station the police apprehended him, and conveyed him to London. Another account states that the attempt arose in consequence of Mrs. Pearce's remonstrating with her son on the attentions he was paying to her maid servant. Mrs. Pearce had offered him a cheque for upwards of a hundred pounds if he would leave the house altogether ; but he refused to accept it, and then fetched the gun. On Saturday he was taken before the Rev. Mr. Smith, one of the local magistrates. His mother was present with another son, a farmer residing at Ingatestone, Essex. Superintendent Ward, of the Norfolk police, pre ferred an information against the prisoner, charging him with having discharged his gun at his mother with intent, feloniously and with malice afore thought, to kill and murder her. The prisoner's brother suggusted that he might be bound over to keep the peace. Superintendent Ward said he had reason to be lieve that he should be in a position to offer evi dence to support the charge. Mrs. Pearce said she did not believe her s on h ad intended to murder her. His object had simply b een to intimidate her. The prisoner's brother added that the,gun had been'aimed so that the shot went down towards the floor, a fact which supported the conclusion that the object had been mere intimidation. 'Mr. Smith said it was too serious a matter to be disposed of as suggested, and remanded the prisoner till the 9th of October. Letters from Pesth mention that the Hungarian ladies now wear, as ornaments, black bracelets, called " Souvenirs of Arad." The names of the revolutionists executed at Agram have been found to form the anagram': "Hungary forgets net the dead," SEIZURE OF BETTING STANDS ON THE MANCHESTER RACECOURSE. The police authorities at Salford have taken a step which is likely to result in ascertaining the legality or otherwise of some recent attempts to push the business of persons known as "list men" on racecourses. On Saturday six men, who had been apprehended the day previous at the Manches ter races, were brought before Mr. Trafford, at the Salford police-court, charged with offences under the Betting-house Act. The names given by the accused were—Joseph Lyons, 4, Great Clowes-street, traveller; Hyman Lyons, Beverley, Yorkshire, traveller ; Thos. Buckley, Booth-street, Manchester, traveller; Walter Gregory, Nottingham, traveller ; Francis Lees, Nottingham, lace maker; and Henry Lynch, Blossom-street, Manchester, shoemaker. The prosecution was conducted by Mr. Brett, the town clerk of Salford, under the Act 16th and 17th Vic., C. 119, which makes liable the owner or occu pier of any house, office, room, or place, opened, kept, or used for the purposes of betting ; or who shall receive, directly or indirectly, any money, &C., as a deposit on any bet on conlition of paying, &e., upon any race. Mr. Ernest Jones, barrister, appeared for the defence. From the evidence of Mr. Taylor, the chief constable of Salford, and two detective officers of the borough, name Hollinrake and Hargraves, it appeared that the six men were taken into custody on Friday afternoon, after the third race on the Manchester course. The two named. Lyons, who are brothers, had p a id £5 each to the keeper of a refreshment-booth, named Jack son, for leave to carry on their transactions at a window of the booth, the men standing inside. Buckley, Gregory, and Lees had a slight wooden framework or box on the course, within which one man could stand on a little elevation, to receive money, while a book-keeper and ticket man could be concealed behind some carpet or drapery attached to the framework. Lynch and another man who had escaped capture had a standing of similar con struction; and there was a considerable number of others at different points of the course. The stand ings, one of which was produced in court, were made so as to be set up or taken down readily, by means of a few iron pins, and would pack in a small com pass. The mode of doing business was to exhibit a list of horses before each race, and to call out the odds, any money offered being received, and the bets entered in a book opposite a number which corresponded to that of a ticket issued to the person with whom the odds are laid. Mr. Taylor had pre viously cautioned the men now charged, and as many others as possible, that the system would not be allowed, and that a fine not exceeding £lOO might be the penalty. The capture and seizures were made by Mr. Taylor and about a dozen of his officers, who took the men to the Salford Town hall, where they were liberated on bail until Satur day. One of the lists of the third race was found torn up and thrust beneath the counter of one of the stands ; and a list of the fourth race, which was being exhibited at the time the apprehension took place, was snatched down and destroyed by one of the prisoners. _ Mr. Ernest Jones endeavoured to show that the " places" at which the men were engaged were not such as to come within the meaning of the act re ferred to, and that there was not sufficient proof given that the money which the officers saw pass ing was laid on bets. Mr. Trafford said there was no doubt in his mind as to the points raised by Mr. Jones, but he con sidered it a very proper case to go before a superior court, and he would inflict the lowest penalty— £2s or six weeks' imprisonment —giving the men the right of appeal. Lynch was discharged, the evidence against him being defective. Notice of appeal was then given ; and Mr. asked what would be the amount of recognisances P Mr. Trafford—Oh, that's of no fonsequence to your clients. (A laugh.) When they were taken into custody on Friday, the men had nearly £250 in their possession ; Lees having £lO7 and Gregory £65. COUNTRY MARKETS. LEICESTER—Sur. 28. A pretty fair supply of wheat to-day. Trade quiet, and late prices were reduced by is per qr. White, 55s to 64s —red, 50s to 60s per 36 stone. Barley was in very good show, grinding, 30s to 335; malting, 36s to 40s per qr.; oats, 25s to 32s per 24 stone. Beans were scene, at 48s to 52s ; new, 44s to 47s per 38 stone. Fine flour, 44s 1 Seconds, 40s 1 Thirds, 38s per 20 stone. CAMBRIDGE-.SEPT. 28. A middling supply of wheat today. With a slow de mand, prices for old and new qualities gave way fully is on last week's rates—white, from 59s to 625; red,'s4s to 58s. Barley an inactive sale, malting 36s to 40e, grinding 30s to 335. Oats varied from 20s to 28s. Beans were sold at fully late rates, from 38s to 42s per qr. YORK &et 2b. At this market to-day wheat was in less supply than and is lower in price. The trade in barley was not brisk, and prices in favour of the buyer. Oats a quiet sale, and beans ruled firm. Wheat, red 56s to 60s I Oats . 24s to 26s White do .60s to 64s Beans ..48, to 528 Barley .32s to 38s Peas ...—s to —s Malt, 70s to 72s per qr.; rye, 34s per qr.; flour, 41s to 43s per sack. NORWICH—SEPT. 28. The attendance of factors and farmers to-day was good, and wheat was in limited request. Prices were at is to 2s decline, with a dull sale. In barley there was an increased supply ; prices unaltered. White wheat. 61s to 63s I Red wheat 54s to 60s Malting barley....3Bs to 40s I Chevalier barley 35s to 37s New do.. .... ....375 to 39s 1 Oats. 26s to 30s Flour, 40s Od to —s Od per sack from the miller. NORTHAMPTON—SEPT. 28. At this corn-market the supply of wheat was less, and the demand was tolerably firm, at from 39s to 54s for old, and 55s to 60s for new.l A slow trade in barley— malting 36s to 38s, grinding 28s to 35s per qr. Oats in moderate show, and prices as before—quoted at 24s to 35s per 24 stone. Beans, old, 38s to 475; peas, 36s to 445. Rye, 37s to 425; malt, 70s to 74s ; flour, 42s to —s per sack. FOREIGN MAIL PACKET .LIST. MAILS DUE. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton. Oct. 19. Mrseilles Oct. 13. Brazil and Cape Verds, by via Briti a sh packet. Oct. 4. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena Oct. 1. China, Penang, and. Singapore, via Southanipton Oct. 2. via Marseilles Sept. 26. Falkland I s l an d s Gibraltar, via So u th am pt on .... Sept 25. India (Calcutta), and C e yl on , v i a Southampton Oct. 2. via Marseilles ... Sept. 26. India (Bombay), via Southampton Sept. 25. Via Marseilles Oct. 5. Lisbon Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton...... 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It draws Out the seeds of every eruption, and equalises the circulation through the capillaries, from which it removes all spasmodic contractions. As the blood is the seat of health or sickness, it is a matter of primary importance that Holloway's Pills should be taken at the same time to purify that fluid. BIRTHS. COOPER.—On the 27th inst., at 36, H ertford-street, May fair, the wife of Lieut. -Col. Cooper, of a daughter. KERAKOOSE.—On. the 28th inst., at 2, Somer's-place, Gloucester-square, Hyde park, th e W i fe of H. Kerakoose, Esq., of a son. MARTEN.—On the 28th inst., at Blackheath, Mrs. Charles Marten, of a daughter. MARRIAGES. DEVERALL—FIGGINS.—On the 26th inst., at St. Andrew's, Holborn, James Deverall, of Warwick-lane, city, to Mary Anna, youngest daughter of Henry Figgins, of of John Trow bridge, Wilt s hi re. WASHINGTON---GALE.—On the 26th inst., at U rsw i c k Church, the R ey. George Washington, M.A., eldest son Washing ton, Esq., Capt. 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