The Sun. — London, England, 1861-08-09 00:00:00

AUL OSBORNE, M.P., AT LISKEARD. Mr. Osborne, member for Liskeard, addressed his constituents in the Town-hall of that borough on Wednesday evening. The hall was crowded, and the chair was taken by Mr. Andrew Hingston, sur geon. Mr. OSBORNE, after a few introductory remarks, alluded to the unproductive character of the late session, which, however long or however fruitful it had been in debates, had brought forth very few measures of practical importance. He was, how ever, persuaded that when a Minister brought for ward well-considered and judicious measures the House of Commons was never disposed to place obstacles in the way of their passing into law. It was only when no questions of importance were brought forward that the house ran riot and con sumed too much time in irrelevant subjects. They had, however, shown considerable discretion this session, particularly in avoiding discussion on one snbject—he referred to the dreadful civil war now raging in America, because in treating of such a topic offence would be given to both parties in Ame rica. While on this subject he might say he hoped the people of this country would not be deceived into the belief that this contest was at all connected with the abolition of slavery. He was sorry to say that those were not the grounds upon which they were fighting ; and, if gentlemen wished to be con vinced of this he need only refer them to the mes sage of President Lincoln, in which not one word was said about abolition ; nay, by a general order they had prohibited the reception of any fugitive slaves by the Northern army. If another argu ment were wanted it would be found in the speech of Mr. Sherman, a distinguished member of the American Senate, who was formerly a great abolitionist, in which he declared that the intention of the Government was not to abolish slavery, but to subjugate rebellious subjects. He (Mr. Osborne) believed it had more to do with a question of money, and he found a singular confir mation of this opinion in the pages of Cobbett, who, 30 years ago, predicted the state of things now existing. In his Political Register in 1833 he wrote— "This is a contest between the exporting and non-ex porting interests of America ; all these Southern States are, commercially speaking, closely connected with Birming ham, Sheffield, Manchester, and Leeds, and they have no such connexion with the Northern States, and there is no tic to bind them together except that of a mere political nature. Here is a natural division of interests. The heavy import duties imposed on British manufactured goods are neither more nor less than so many millions a-year taken from the Southern States and given to their Northern com petitor." He goes on to say that " one day or other there must be a rupture between the North and the South." What, then, was the state of things in America in the year 1861 ? They had seen what was called the Morrill tariff, probably the highest ever placed upon British goods by the Northern States; and he believed the quarrel to be more attributable to this than to any question of slavery. (Hear.) He deplored, as every Englishmen does, to see the Americans seeking to destroy one an other. He feared, also, that a reaction would take place here ; if the Lancashire districts were pinched for cotton there would be great distress, and he could not see to what issue this unfortunate fratri cidal struggle would ultimately tend. The only course, then, for us was to calmly await the result and abide by our policy of non-intervention. (Ap plause.) Reverting to matters of home legislation, the hon. member briefly alluded to three questions of local interest, in reference to which. he had re deemed the pledges given when he was elected, by supporting the measures introduced; first, the pro posed appointment of financial boards for the better administration of the county rates. The bill, brought in by his friend Sir John Trelawny on this subject had not been passed ; but public attention having been drawn to the subject by the discussions in Parliament, he believed that the matter was in a fair way of being placed on a satisfactory basis. In reference to the next measure, he thought his constituents had been a little remiss in not drawing his attention to it, as this was a great mining county ; he alluded to the Preservation of Salmon Bill. Now salmon was an excellent thing and they all liked it, but they liked mining better —(" Hear," and laugh ter —and then there was one clause in this bill which affected the mining interest by imposing penalties for the destruction of salmon. Mr. Kendall hai slightly opposed the bill, but afterwards with drew his opposition, and the bill was passed, but the clause in question was modified, the penalties having been reduced to £2O. Practically, how ever, he believed the bill would be a dead letter. The third measure was one in which the ratepayers of Cornwall were much interested, the Highway Bill, which had unfortunately dropped. The hon member next passed to the consideration of Sir J. Trelawny's Bill for the Abolition of Church-rates, and ascribed the failure of that measure in a great degree to the injudicious zeal and too candid ad missions of the friends of the Liberation Society, the president of which, Dr. Forster, had stated be fore the Parliamentary Committee that their object was not only to abolish the church-rates, but to do away with the State Church, and the result was that at the last division the bill was negatived by the casting vote of the Speaker, the numbers being in the first division 281 against 266, and on the third reading 274 for and 274 against. Although he was a member of the Claurcb he was surprised that they should suffer such a trumpery question to remain unsettled, and to go on year after year fretting and worrying those who dissented from the Church purely on conscientious grounds. His opinion was, that the question ought to be effectually set at rest. Sir John Trelawny had done all that it was possi ble for one man to do, but it was not in the power of any indep en d ent mem b er to carry a question of this kind to a successful issue ; and it, therefore, l i bec Arne the d u a bill for thelty of th e G overnmen t t o b r i ng in abolition of this obnoxious im post. (Applause.) :\lr. Osborne next referred to the Bankruptcy Government durin g th e sess i on. It was a very important measure, and had been passed after great exertions on the part of the present Lord Chancellor, Lord Westbury. It had undergone some mutilation in the H ous e of e of Lords, but it was doubtful whether the exc i s i on the clause affecting the appointment of a chi e f judge was at all material ; for the appointment was regarded by very many as a sinecure. Speaking o f the ballot the hon. member said he doubted the propriety of bringing a subject of this kind forwa r d year after year, for members became tired of the constant repetition, and the question ceased to ex cite the interest it deserved. As an instance of this, he remembered the last division upon Mr. Berkeley's bill, when there were only 40 members present, just sufficient to constitute a house, when Mr. Berkeley rose to address the house, and on a division the bill was defeated by a majority of 124. He (Mr. Os borne) had always voted for the ballot—(applause) —because he thought it right people should have an opportunity of giving their votes as they thought best--(hear) ; but he had always held that the effects of the ballot had been exaggerated on bath sides. Those, however, were not the best friends of the ballot who persisted in constantly dragging this question before the house irrespective of time, place, and other circumstances. He certainly did not think the year 1861 afforded the most favourable oppor tunity for obtaining a settlement of any question of Reform. After alluding to the minor Reform Bill brought in by Mr. Baines and Mr. Locke King, and to the impossibility of any private member car rying such a measure , h e sa id it seeme d i mposs ib le even for Ministers to do so. He was one of those who regretted that Lord Derby was not allowed to g o thro ugh with his Reform Bill; because he was sure the Route of Commons would have licked that bill into some acceptable sh a p e , an d th e y wou ld then have had tsettlement of this important ques tion. (Hear. ) t with both parties s eeme d t o h ave treated this subi ect and be thought Reform great deal of insincerity, in the same li g h t asGoidsemtai.el to b e regar d e d muc h th spoke of philosoph r=z y, , as 4‘ Avery gooa stable jade on the road." (Hear ar r a 4 , but a sorry ghter.) And what consequence So u was the cense(' Some had made it a hobb horse to ride into office, and then leftit—.(l : aughte r —and the result had been that the great ) scheme of electoral Reform had shrunk into the Lilliputi an ' - t dimensions of what was called the " Appropriation of Seats Bill," which, after all, had been carried by the Conservative party—(hear and laughter)— for the Government project was defeated, the Opposition having treated the bill as Sheridan said the gipsies treated stolen children ; they had disfigured it so as to make it 'pass for their own. (Laughter.) He was sorry to say that Reform was at a discount. He did not blame Lord Palmerston, for he did not believe anybody ever thought that nobleman to be an ardent reformer. (Hear, and laughter). Nor was it natural to suppose that a noble lord who had been half a century in office under various Administrations would be likely to find fault with the system under which he had been born and bred ; nor was it natural to suppose that a noble lord whose chief attention had been directed to drawing up Reform Bills for foreign nations would devote much time to matters of domestic reform, if anybody had been to blame it was the Liberal party. Their natural leader was Lord John Russell, whose name had been associated with all the great improvements of the age, but who had been placed in the background ; and if the Liberal party chose to take Lord Palmerston in his place, it was not altogether to be wondered at if they had an Appropriation of Seats Bill instead of more ge neral and comprehensive measures of Reform. He did not think the Liberal party were ardent re formers ; the end of it had been that the Reform Bill had collapsed, and he held its epitaph in his hand. Among the civil contingencies for the year 1860 he found this item—Messrs. Baxter, the Go vernment solicitors, for services and expenses in connexion with the preparation of the Reform Bill of 1858, £3,608 17s. 2d. (Hear, hear, and laugh ter.) This afforded at once the history and the epitaph of the Derby Reform Bill, and that was the last he supposed we should hear of it. (Laugh ter.) He came now to a subject which had caused the greatest dis cuss i on i n th i s session ; he r meant b l Mr. Gladstone's b u d get, wh i ch he had sup p oba ported. He had also voted for the repeal of the paper duty, not because he was favourable to the repeal of that particular item, but on political grounds, because a collision had arisen be- ' tween the two houses OA a constitutional ques tion, and the sooner they asserted the right of the Lower House to deal with ques tions of finance the more smoothly the machinery would work. He also supported it for another rea son ; he saw there was a great set made by the Op position against Mr. Gladstone, and that an attempt was being made to drive him out of the Cabinet, which he considered would be a national loss, for he believed Mr. Gladstone understood better than any other man on that side of the house how finance could be made a subject interesting to every one. He wished to say a few words on this important subject. The public expenditore of this country was really becoming most alarming. (Hear.) He found the public expenditure for the year 1861-2 was not less than £76,000,000, and by the Parliamentary papers, which were confessedly incomplete, it was ascertained that the local taxation amounted to £15,000,000, making a total of £91,000,000. That was a most alarming sum, and year by year the ex penditure had been increasing. The hon. member quoted a remarkable opinion expressed upon this subject in 1859 by the then Chancellor of the Ex chequer in his place in Parliament, so that it was not an expression of opinion by an independent member, but by a Government official. The Chan cellor said, " Expenditure had been conceded with a facility which he did not hesitate to say would, if continued for five or ten years longer, bring the finances of this country into a state of absolute con fusion." That was said at a time when the national expenditure was not £76,000,000 but less than 69,000,000. What was the state £of the finances now ? Why, he found that in seven years the ex penditure had increased £20,000,000! Apply such a state of things to any mercantile concern, and what but bankruptcy could be expected to result from it ? The question was one of the greatest im portance, and if any reforms were to take place the first should be to reform and retrench the public expenditure. He would quote the opinion of another official—Mr. Laing, the Under-Secretary of the Treasury, who had been sent out to India on the death of Mr. Wilson. When Mr. Laing was examined before a Committee of the House of Commons in 1860 on the miscellaneous expendi ture, he stated that the miscellaneous civil ex penditure had increased to £2,225,000; the vote for education, science, and art had increased £930,000 per annum. Now, he (Mr. Osborne) did not object to a vote for education, but he did object to the vote for science and art. Because a few gentlemen were appointed as Commissioners of Fine Arts, they put their hands in the public pocket and spent the money on what they called matters of taste, but which were often enough matters dis graceful to taste. Then, too, for extra buildings— Houses of Parliament-1;660,000. They began with a vote of £750,000, and ended by spending £2,000,000, besides the bill for keeping the House? of Parliament in condition ; and yet the outside of the walls and the frescoes within were falling to pieces, and he should be happy if the House of Commons, as at present constituted, also followed the example. (Hear, hear, and laughter.) Having referred to other items of increase, the hon. gentle man said there was an increase of £20,000,000 shown, despite the sittings of Parliamentary com mittees and the evidence given, and yet nothing was done—nor would anything be done until the country bestirred itself, and, instead of running after Will o' the Wisps, looked more closely into matters, and took up the subject with a determina tion to have the abuses remedied. Mr. Osborne next c ndemned the wasteful and extravagant ex penditure of public money at Aldershott and Alder ney. To carry out the fortifications they were also obliged to borrow £11,000,000. But if the people submitted to this wild, rash, and improvident ex penditure, they could not expect mem bers to resist Ministers unless they were backed up in their opposition by their respective constituencies. Every Queen's Speech contained the most pacific assurances with respect to our foreign relations ; but what was the fact ? 'Why, we had a most warlike expenditure, and peace now was as costly and as expensive to us as war. (Hear.) And so much was this the case that, when Parlia ment began, a body of 63 gentlemen, calling them selves "Financial Reformers," got up a paper praying for a reduction of the public expenditure, and ad dressed it to Lord Palmerston in January, 1861. They st a t e d t h at " they were convinced that re trenchment vere would prove th e t rues t po li cy o f t h e Go ent ; W as th e only means of meeting the finasi eial exigencies of the State, of satisfying the expec tations of Parliament, allaying the dissatisfaction of taxpayers, and preventing of eventing the loud outcry that would arise in case _another unfavour a bl e h arves t or any check to th e public prosp er it y. " T h i s was signed by 63 good m en and true. H e did not s i gn it, because if he wanted to say, and h e should h ave acted anything he could do , it in his place in Parliament ve ry ridiculously had he don© so as the eve n t proved. He watched this " nobl e army of martyrs," as he might call them—(laughter) —and the first thing on which their metal was tried was a small affair, it was true—the propriety of seducing the appointments in the brigade of Guards. The num bers who votcd were 84 for the reduction and 89 against ; and it was a remarkable fact that th e majority of five was actually made up financial Reformers. (Hear, hear, and laughter.) So that these gentlemen, who roared like patriotic lions for reduction at the beginning of the session, concluded it by bleating like amicable lambs in the Ministerial sheepfolds. (Renewed laughter.) The fact was, it was no use signing papers ; if they wanted to have reform they must rouse themselves and bring the pressure of strong public opinion to bear upon the Government. It had been well said by Mr. Disraeli, who often said good things but seldom did any—(a laugh)—" After all public ex penditure depends upon public policy." (Hear.) We knew that it was the fashion in the absence of any home measures to cry up our foreign policy; but he (Mr. Osborne) thought there was one policy possible in this country, and that was the policy of nonintervention. (Applause.) And he was justi fled in this opinion by the speech of Lord Aberdeen on taking office in 1853. But what was the state of Europe at present ? On looking at the lists ft had been compiled he found there was no le mat „4sB than THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 9, 1861. 4,000,000 soldiers under arms in Europe alone. It was well known that in this country we were build- ' ing iron-cased vessels and spending £11,000,000 in fortifications. And not only that, but the surplus of £1,923,000 which had been talked of would be swallowed up in supplementary estimates. And what this was to lead to Heaven knew, but that it would lead to enormous bills and more taxation he felt quite satisfied. Besides this, we had nearly £30,000,000 spent upon our army and navy. If they could not keep the country free from invasion or the bugbears now circulated with that amount, what amount would they ask the country to spend ? These were surely not the fruits to be expected from a policy of non-intervention. Instead of unnatu rally exciting the people with false alarms they would di) wisely to look more closely at home, for, if this policy were carried too far, they would per haps one day find themselves compelled to use the armaments they were creating. There was nothing so easy as to inflame men's minds with stories of battles and to wake national prejudices ; and, God knew what the issue would be, except that he felt confident in the ability of his countrymen to resist invasion. But they would have the national debt doubled, and that would eventually reduce the nation to a state of bankruptcy. It was all very well to say that Russia was an object of suspicion, and that Spain must be watched ; that France should be regarded with distrust, and Italy be an object of sympathy; that they should avoid, as the most costly experiment they could indulge in, hav ing what is called a spirited Foreign Minister. Ho had not a word to say against Lord John Russell, but ho wished to caution the country against the policy which invariably ended in the spirited Minister dipping vary deeply into the public purse, and could only lead to increased expenditure and debt. He was of opinion that we were unjust in our suspicions with respect to the French Emperor, who had, he thought, manifested a disposition to cultivate the good graces of this country, as he had shown by the recent reforms he had effected in the commercial tariff, in spite of the strong opposition of the Protectionists, who were more powerful there than in this country. He had also paid a special compliment to this country by abolishing the passports from England. Why, then, should we be hounded on day after day ? He was also what was called a peace•at-any-price man, and he gloried in the volunteer movement ; but he deprecated the attempt to inflame the pas sions of the people by continually pointing to France as a bugbear, because he would not be a party to the increase of taxation, knowing that the 30 millions spent on the army and navy were quite sufficient to keep the country in an effectual state of defence. After bestowing an eulogium upon Mr. Cobden, who had merited his country's gratitude for the part he took in relation to the French Treaty of Commerce, and praising the independence and self-abnegation which led him to decline honours and rewards for his important services, the hon. member proceeded to review " the state and pros pects of what was called the Liberal party"—a sub ject which, he confessed, he felt some difficulty in handling. His opinion was, that the Liberal party were a set of confirmed invalids. (Cheers and laughter.) To be sure, invalids sometimes lasted longer than healthy men—(laughter)—but he thought change of air would do them good, and that if they went on the other side of the Speaker's chair there would be a better prospect of renovating, their principles and refreshing their creed. (Re newed laughter.) But what was the cause of this ? In 1859 the Whigs, it would be remembered, were reconciled and a Ministry was formed, Messrs. Vil liers and Gibson, who represented the more advanced party, being admitted, like poor relations, to seats at the lower end of the Cabinet table. (Laughter.) Then it was said of this great Whig party that there were no outside men who were fit for office. If it were true, the reason was to be found in the exclusiveness of the party, whose system had always been to admit none but near relations and connexions within the charmed circle. Whiggery had now be come at a discount, and by breeding in and in had be come effete, so that if they were now to advertise for a pure thoroughbred young Whig they would have as much difficulty in finding one and rearing him as they would with an infant gorilla. (Much laughter.) The Whigs, like certain Eastern potentates, having no issue of their own, had adopted the Peelites— (laughter)—and the children of thei ra d o pti on would no doubt supersede the original race. He was sure o one thing—that Mr. Gladstone would be the Grand Vizier of the party and that he would stand no rivalry on the floor of the House, because he was a states man worthy to lead the reform of our expenditure, which he (the hon, member) was certain he would do if he were only backed up by the country. (Hear.) The speaker next referred to the recent Ministerial changes and appointments. The death of Lord Herbert and the elevation of Lord J. Rus sell to the Upper House had necessitated a recon struction of the Cabinet. The Prime Minister came under the appellation of " a wonderful man," and had a wonderfully youthful turn of mind, as was evidenced by his extravagance and the money he laid out in fire-arms, fortifications, guns, and shows ; all these were the errors of youth, (Laughter.) He was, then, a most able man, but a most expensive Minister, and would, no doubt, go on spending money as long as the public were content to allow him. The reconstruction had been a sort of hocus pocus. The Cabinet was formed on a narrow and exclusive basis; but that was the original sin o Whiggery, and, true to his policy of annexation, Lord Palmerston had filled the vacancies with per sons who were not supporters of the Government. He contrasted the mongrel Whig party with that of Sir R. Peel. The latter had founded and left behind him a school of statesmen who were h end ing his name down to this day, whereas the Whigs were a small coterie unable to propagate their own principles. The hon. member deprecated the ap pointment of Sir G. C. Lewis to be War Secretary as a most unfortunate selection, and contended that Lord Grey would have been the fittest man to carry out the retrenchments and reforms that were needed in that important department, or Lord De Grey and Ripon ; but they said " No, it was necessary the Minister should be in the Lower House." Well, if that were so, they should have selected Sir C.Wood, who was an excellent administrator. In transfer ring Sir G. Lewis from the Home-office to this post they were acting like the Americans, who made their best lawyers generals of division, and it was now seen with what results. (Hear.) It reminded him of the language of lago " Forsooth, a great arithmetician, That never set a squadron in the field, Nor the division of a battle knows Moro than a spinster ; unless the bookish th3orick, Wherein the tongued consuls can propose As masterly as he; mere prattle, without practice, Is all his soldiership." Then, too, Sir George Grey, who had retired from ilk-health, was resurrectionised back into life and placed in the Home-office, while Mr. Cardwell, a glutton for work, was transferred from Ireland and consigned to the comparative obscurity of the Duchy of Lancaster, where he had nothing to do. He did not, however, disapprove the appointment of Sir Robert Peel to the Irish Secretaryship, and be lieved that the responsibilities of the great office he had undertaken would restrain the impulses of this erratic but clever young man. He also approved the appointment of Mr. Layard as Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, and hoped he would meet his I deserts, but feared he would have to await a con siderable time. The Liberal party had acqui r ed somewhat of a m ongrel character ; the fact was that, through having l os t their natural leader andta n k another, they we re i n a state of distraction. Theire followers being somewhat discouraged, and the Ministry divided by their opponents, he believed that, unle,ss some energetic st eps were taken by the Government to meet Parliament next session with measures entitled to public approbation _measures not only for spending, but for cutti6.- down and re forming the expenditure—the would be taken out of their hands, and they - would be consigned to the outer darkness of 0 ,- ,00sition. (Cheers.) But he did not despair - ot , hear.) He 0- which in J • -..pu;;ht yet the the Li be old a l L c i a b u e s r e a . l b ( a l i n e n a e r ; words ,ord Grey's time was inscribed with the h - , a Peace, Retrenchment, and Reform," would - -4 once more unfurled. He should be found at his 1 post, and he trusted that when the time arrived they would again send him to do his duty in the Commons' House of Parliament as their representa tive. (Applause.) A vote of continued confidence in Mr. Osborne was moved by Captain LoAM, seconded by Mr. GILES, solicitor, and carried by acclamation. THE NAVY. The Duke of Somerset and the other Lords of the Admiralty on duty at Plymouth landed from the yacht Osborne yesterday morning at the Devonport dockyard. One of the subjects for their decision will be the proposition to erect a station for a naval police on the south end of the arsenal. The Arethusa, 51, which has been several months in progress at Chatham dockyard, converting from a sailing ship to a screw steamer, is now completed, and will be put out of the third dock to•day, when the Orpheus, 21, 400-horse power, will take her place to be brought forward for sea. The Plover, 5, screw gunvessel, is ordered to be commissioned at Chatham, the order for her to join the first division of the steam reserve at Devonport having been countermanded. She is to have a complement of 60 men, including Marines. It is understood she is intended to be despatched to the East India station. Tho paddlewheel steamsloop Bulldog, 6, Com mander Henry F. McKillop, from Portsmouth, was coaling yesterday in Plymouth Sound, preparatory to sailing for the West Indies. The screw steamship Aboukir, 86, Capt. Charles F. A. Shadwell, C. 8., was appointed to leave Ply mouth Sound yesterday afternoon for Hamoaze. She is to be docked forthwith at Keyhara in con sequence of the injuries she sustained in the Ork neys, when portions of her false keel and of her main keel were knocked away. She does not leak very much new. By direction of the Controller of the Navy a re turn has been prepared of the amount of tonnage and condition of each of the ships belonging to the sailing reserve at Chatham which the Lords of the Admiralty have directed to be sold at that port, together with an estimate of the value of each vessel as well as the stores and fittings which it was not thought desirable to re move. The following is the tonnage of each of the ships reserved for sale :—The Cleopatra, 26, 918 tons ; the Vestal, 26, 913 tons ; the Tyne, 26, 600 tons ; the Volage, 26, 516 tons ; the Daphne, 18, 726 tons ; the Childers, 16, 385 tons ; the Fan tome, 16, 483 tons ; the Comus, 14, 463 tons ; the Electra, 14, 462 tons ; the Despatch, 12, 483 tons ; the Kangaroo, 12, 483 tons ; the Frolic, 12, 509 tons ; the Arab, 12, 481 tons ; the Daring, 12, 426 tons; the Elk, 12, 484 tons; and the Mariner, 12, 481 tons. The following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty :—Miles M. Mayrath, assist.- surgeon to the Wellesley, for Melville Hospital ; George W. Locke, assist-surgeon to the Aboukir ; and Robert E. Fisher, acting assist.-surgeon to the Antelope. THE ARMY. Yesterday the whole of the troops now stationed at Aldershot were reviewed in the presence of his Royal Highness the Prince Consort, his Royal High ness the Crown Prince of Prussia, and hfs Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge ; Lieut.-Gen. Sir J. L2Pennefather, K.C.8., commanding the divi• sion. The troops turned out at half-past 8 o'clock and proceeded to the Sand Valley, where the review took place. The following troops were on the ground :-2d Life Guards, sth Dragoon Guards, sth Lancers, 9th Lancers, 16th Lancers, 18th Lancers, 2d Battalion Coldstream Guards, Ist Battalion 10th Regiment, 2d Battalion 20th Regiment, Ist Bat talion 60th Rifles, 2d Battalion 16th Regiment, 2d Battalion 25th Regiment, 32d Regiment, 78th Regi ment, 29th Regiment, 45th Regiment, 53d Regiment, 84th Regiment, and the Royal Artillery. After performing various man ceuvres the troops returned home at about half-past 2 o'clock, and the Royal party then proceeded to visit the permanent bar racks and other parts of the camp. Although the weather was unfavourable a large number of per sons assembled to witness the day's proceedings. By the death of Major-Gen. Charles Franklyn, C. 8., late of the 84th Regiment, a good service pen sion of £lOO per annum has been placed at the dis posal of his Royal Highness the Commander-in- Chief. A number of the most experienced designers and modellers at the Royal Engineer establishment, Chatham, are engaged in the preparation of a full sized model of Preston-barracks, which are believed to be the most complete in the kingdom, for the Great Exhibition of 1862. The model, which is on an exceedingly large scale, is being prepared under the immediate direction of Col. Harness, C.B. Yesterday a party of 30 non-commissioned officers and Sappers of the Royal Engineers left head-quar ters, Chatham, and proceeded to the Royal Military Academy, at Sandhurst, where they are to be em ployed in the instruction of the cadets in sapping and mining, and other engineering operations. The 3d brigade Royal Artillery, 1,100 strong, paraded yesterday morning, at 9 a.m., in front of head-quarters, Woolwich, and having bean inspected by Major-Gen. Sir Richard Dacres, commanding the garrison, they embarked in the Oread and the Sea Swallow river steamers from the Royal Arsenal-pier for conveyance to the Himalaya, at Gravesend, for passage to Malta and Corfu. During the whole time of the parade and embarcation a pelting storm of rain felt without ceasing, but the men looked well, and nothing could exceed the order and regularity of the embarkation. Col. G. Maclean cemmandcd the brigade. Gen. Dacres and his staff superintended the embarkation. Four batteries of the 10th bri gade, from Portsmouth, arrived at Woolwicb, at 6 30 p.m.'yesterday, under the command of Lieut.- Col. Burrows. The 12th Lancers, now at York and Leeds, are under orders for Aldershott, to which place they will proceed next month. At York and Leeds they will be succeeded by the 10th Hussars. A large number of the cavalry and infantry troops who have recently arrived at Chatham from India and the colonies, on the completion of their period of service, were discharged from St. Mary's invalid establishment yesterday morning, on the recommendation of a Chelseaßoard, by whom they were inspected. The troops considered fit for fur ther service were sent to join their several depots. The others were forwarded to theirrespective homes. The 2d, 3d, 4th, and sth batteries of the 10th Brigade Royal Artillery, commanded by Capts. Ingilby, Field, Gabbett, and Du Platt, left Ports mouth this morning, and proceeded by railway to Woolwich, where the division will be stationed. The trial of the 13-inch wrought iron Mersey'l gun, better known as the Horsfali gun, took place at Eastncy Fort, Portsmouth, yesterday, at 1 p.m. The arrangements were under the command of Major M'Crea, R.A. There were also present Col. Tulloh, Director-Gen. of Ordnance, Sir W. Wise man, and Sir Henry Chads. The dimensions of the gun are as follows—Length from breech to muzzle, 15ft. 10in. , length of bore, 13ft. 4in. ; diameter of bore, 13in.; weight of gun, 21 tons 17 cwt. 2 qr. The weight of the carriage is 7 tons 1 cwt. 1 qr. ; weight of the shot, 2801 b. The piece was not mounted, but placed on bulks of timber on the crown of the beach, and partially imbedded in the sand. It will be remembered that this gun had been previously tried at Shoeburyness. The fol lowing are the ranges obtained :—At five degrees of elevation, with 401 b. of powder, 2,234 yards ; at 10 degrees, 3,388 yards; at 12 degrees, 3,835 yards; at 5 degrees, with 501 b. of powder, 2,463 yards; at 10 degrees, 3,523 yards ; and at 12 degrees, 3,883 yards. The rounds fired at Shoeburyness were 97. The result was that a flaw was made in the breech of the gun to the extent of 12 inches in the metal. To test the power of the gun still further two shots were fired from it yesterday. It was loaded with 801 b. of powder, one ball of 2801 b., and a heavy wad. To prevent accidents, the piece was dis charged with a p or tfi re o f three minutes' elevation, when, contrary to all expectation, it stood well. The second shot was merely a repetition of the first, and the result was the same. It is said that this enormous piece of ordnance is to be mounted where it now is, and is to be tried against armour plates., SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. THE AUTUMN HANDICAPS AT NEWMARKET. The handicaps, which closed on Tuesday last, have ob tained an extraordinary number of entries. For the Eastern Counties Handicap there are 88 subscribers, and the new race (the Newmarket October Handicap) has obtained 84 nominations. For the Cesarewitch there are 194 entries, and the Cambridgeshire numbers 207 subscribers. NEWMARKET SECOND OCTOBER MEETING. The CESAREWITCH STAKES. Cesarewitch Course. One hundred and ninety-four entries. The weights to be pUblished on Thursday, the 12th September, and ac ceptances to be signified to Messrs. Weatherby, in Lon don, on or before Tuesday, the 17th September, by 12 o'clock at noon. Age. Joskin .. 5 Fairwater .. 3 Faultless • • . • 4 Waterwitch .. 3 Elcho 3 Schism • • • • 5 Bevis Gridiron Precise .. 4 Damascus .. .. 3 Bluestone .. 3 Arabia Cantab Defender Acco Jim .. 4 Slingsby 4 Danae Von Stroom .. 4 Orion • • • • 3 Promotion .. .. 3 Aurelian Zuleika Squire Percy 3 Boniface • • •• 4 Rameses .. 4 Milverton 3 Aston .. 5 Audrey Claire Henham Lass .. 3 Thormanby .. 4 Northern Light .. 4 Russley Sweet Hawthorn .. 3 Folkestone .. .. 3 Desmond .. 4 Lady Ripon .. .. 3 Syringe Sadie • • .. 3 Tulip .. 3 Colossus .. 3 Lady Louisa .. .. 3 Wild man .. 4 Yorkminster .. 3 Doefoot .. • • 3 East Stanley 3 Butterfly .. .. 4 Plumper Intimidation colt .. 3 Zodiac Knight of the Thistle.. 3 Silverhair .. 3 Donner and Blitz .. 4 Stockade 4 Bushman .. 3 Weatherproof .. 3 Ebony Allington 4 Sutherland .. 4 Hetman Ivanhoff Oldminster .. 3 Invader .. 3 Paste .. 3 Grouse Bellman Snapdragon ~ .. 3 Tattler Master Bagot 6 C by Voltigeur out of Rosebud .. .. 4 Plum .. • • 3 Weatherbound .. 4 Suburban . • .. 4 Loiterer .. .. 4 Mistake .. 4 Rocket .. 6 Starke .. .. 6 Umpire , . • . .. 4 Maggiore .. 4 Optimist .. 4 Evenhani . • .. 3 ltoe .. • • • • 3 Highflyer • • , .. 3 C by Voltigeur, dam by Gameboy, out of P hysalis • • .. 3 Duchess.. .. 3 Brewer, the .. a Physician .. 6 Norman, the .. .. 3 C by Defiance, out of Emulus 3 Little Drummer .. 3 Romulus .. .. 3 Fisherman .. .. 3 Petra .. .. 5 Lawyer .. .. 3 Pretendant .. 4 Age. Surprise.. .. .. 4 Light .. 5 Pierrefonds .. 4 Lysiscote 5 Jessie Brown .. .. 3 Moorcock Lady Trespass .. 4 Northwold 3 Olivia .. .. 3 Rapparee .. 3 Goldseeker .. 3 Trapcage .. 3 Joey Jones 3 Ben Weoster .. 4 Bivouac.. .. 4 Billy Dwindles .. .. 3 Snapshot .. .. 3 Jingling Johnny .. 3 West Ed .. 3 Crater .. .. 4 Croagh Patrick .. 3 Giraffe colt .. .. 3 Corona .. .. 4 Prophet.. .. 4 Predictor .. .. 4 Parmesan .. .. 4 Guilder .. .. 4 Roesia .. 4 Heiress .. b La Reux Rock, the .. .. 3 Rupert .. .. 3 Soothsayer .. a Old Robert .. .. 5 Balham Flirtation .. .. 3 Pax .. .. 5 Canary .. ... 3 Cape Flyaway .. 4 (Jashio .. 3 Amsterdam .. .• 6 Ipswich Acre .. .. 3 Atropia .. 3 Dorking 3 Mainstone . , 4 Jealousy Killigrew .. 6 Stampede .. 4 Rapture Artless .. .. 5 Pastime Wizard Bro to Schiedam .. 4 F by Voltigeur, out of 111 akeless . . . . 4 Drake, the .. .. 3 La Vapeur .. 3 Fabius .. 3 Finland e Mouravieff .. 5 Wallace Prince of Denmark .. 6 Ellen •• •• •• 4 Foxhead King William .. 6 Special License .. Rock Scorpion .. 5 Feodorowna .. 4 Chere Arnie 4 King of Kent .. .. 3 Calpo : .. 3 Bombardier .. .. 3 Baron Munchausen .. 4 F by Stockwell, but of Babette .. 3 Nemesis .. .. 3 Carbine .. 3 Malice .. .. 4 Don Cossack .. 5 Shipwreck 3 Voltella .. 3 Royal Sovereign .. 6 Rising Sun .. 4 Asteroid Rouge Dragon 3 Moorhen .. .. 4 Bandsman .. .. 3 Rap, the Mowbray .. 4 Monk; the .. .. 4 Bally Edmond .. 3 Marksman .. 3 Rupee .. • .. .. 4 Dulcibella 4 Gavazzi Pagoda .. .. 3 Z ingaro Eastern Princess .. 3 Peeress . d .. 6 NEWMARKET HOUGHTON MEETING. NOMINATIONS for the CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES. Cam bridgeshire Course. Two hundred and seven subs. Weights to be declared Cesarewitch. the same time as for the Age Plum .. 3 Tight .fit Winton .. 4 Nicholas Captain Fortibus .. 3 Elborus 3 Weatherbound.. .. 4 Sawcutter .. 3 Mistake .. 4 Rocket .. 6 Suburban .. .. 4 Prince Plausible .. 3 Starke .. 6 Umpire .. 4 llaggiore 4 Optimist Evenhand 3 Schism .. 5 3evis .. 5 Gridiron.. . ; .. 4 Precise .. 4 Defender .. 5 Arabia .. .. 3 Eclair .. 3 Danae .. 4 Von Stroom 4 Orion .. 3 Promotion .. • . 3 Flirtation .. 3 Aurelian • • • . 3 Interest .. • • .. 4 Zuleika .. 3 Squire Percy .. .. 3 Mutineer • • • • 5 Rock .. 3 Balbam .. 3 Tom Bowline .. 4 Brother to Schiedam .. 4 C by Voltigeur, darn by Gameboy, out of Phy - salis .. 3 C by West Australian, out of Clarissa .. 3 Duchess.. .. 3 Brewer _ a M. Philippe a Physician .. 6 Newburgh .. 3 Little Drummer .. 3 Romulus .. • • 3 Fisherman 3 Petra .. 5 Roe, the., • . • • 3 Highflyer • • 3 Canary .. •s 3 Cape Flyaway • Robinhood .. • • 3 F by Longbow, out of The Ranee .. • . 3 Knight of the Thistle.. 3 Knight of St. Patrick.. 3 Sweetsauce .. • • 4 Benbow.. .. • • 5 Wizard, the .. 4 Phantom .. • • 5 Donner and Blitz 4 Stockade • • • • 4 Silverhair .. • • 3 Slingsby .. 4 Bushman, the 3 Ebony .. 4 Boniface .• .. 4 Ranteses Claire .. 5 Henham Lass .. .. 3 Sutton .. 4 Aston 5 Itussley .. 3 Folkestone .. 3 Starlight .. • • 3 Sweet Hawthorn .. 3 Desmond • • • . 4 Will-o'-the-Wisp • • 3 Lady Ripon .. • • ° Sadie .. 3 Tulip . 3 Colossus.. • • • • 3 Jingling Johnny .. 3 West End • • • • 3 Crater .. .. 4 Croagh Patrick.. .. 3 Bellman .. • . • • 3 Snapdragon • . .. 3 Recluse .. • . .. 4 Tattler, The .. a Special Licence .. a Dr. Nichol .. 3 Gardener .. 3 Nemesis 3 Rock Scorpion .. 5 Monk, The .. • 4 Bally Edmond 3 Marksman .. 3 Sharpshooter .. 3 Man-at-Arms 4 General Hess 4 Lady Louisa 3 Age Wildman .. .. 4 Fravola 4 Lawyer .. .. 3 Confectioner .. 4 Camerino .. 3 Wallace Mdlle. de Chantilly .. a Nuncia .. 5 Gabrielle d'Estrees .. 3 Palestra 3 La - Vapour 3 Fabius .. 3 Sporting Life .. 3 Sago .. .. 3 Joskin .. 5 Fairwater .. 3 Ripon .. .. 4 Faultless .. 4 Precursor .. 5 Ariadne Libellous .. .. 4 Elcho .. 4 Black Cloud .. .. 4 Sutherland .. .. 4 Heitman Ivanhoff Antwerp Dictator •• •• 3 Invader Paste .. .. 3 Grouse .. 3 Janus .. .. 3 Queen of the Vale .. 3 Wild Wave .. 3 Prophet 4 Predictor 4 Camperdown .. 3 Parmesan .. 4 Blisworth 3 Ducat .. .. 3 Guilder .. .. 4 Heiress .. .. 5 Rupert .. • . .. 3 Furious ' 4 Old Robert .. 5 Yorkminster .. 3 East Stanley .. .. 3 Doefoot .. 3 Butterfly .. 4 High Treason .. 4 Viscount Brignall .. 3 Cantino .. 5 c. by Wild Dayrell, out of Intimidation .. 3 Frailty .. • . .. 3 Zodiac • . .. 3 9xford .. • . .. 4 Jess Brown 3 Moorcock • • . • 5 Lady Trespass .. 4 Village Maid .. .. 3 Rapparee .. •• 3 Goldseeker .. 3 Trapcago 3 Joey Jones .. 3 Billy Dwindles 3 Snapshot .. Comforter .. • 5 Bombardier .. .. 3 Baron Munchausen .. 4 F. by Stockwell, out of Babette .. .. 3 Gibraltar .. .. 4 Carbine .. 3 Feodorowna .. 4 Chore Amie .. 4 King of Kent 3 Adrasta Diophantus 3 Imaus 3 Pagoda .. 3 Lava 3 Amy Robsart 3 Zingaro.. 3 Eastern Prince .. 3 Artless .. .. 5 Pastime 4 Limeflower .. .. 3 Blazeaway .. 3 Don Cossack .. 5 Lifeboat Shipwreck .. .. 3 Voltella Copernicus .. 3 Moorhen Asteroid . ; 3 Rouge Dragon • 3 Vaga .. 3 Nautilus Cashio .. 3 Mainstono .. 4 Killigrew 6 Stampede .. 4 Rapture • • •• 3 Rap, the 4 Mowbray 4 BRIGHTON RACES—THuRsDAy. The Pavilion Plato of 100 soya (Handicap), for all ages; winners extra. Bristol mile. Mr. Payne's Rockley, 4 yrs, sst 71b (car sst. 91b) (Parsons) 1 Mr. Merrifield's Overton, 3 yrs, 7st (Drew) 2 Mr. J. Osborne's Lopcateher, 3 yrs, 6st 71b (Whiteley) 3 Mr. Hudson's Miss Emma, 3 yrs, Est 71b (car. 6st 91b) (Grirnshaw) 4 Betting-5 to 4 agst Lopcatcher, 2to 1 agst Rockley, 7 to 2 agst plies Emma, and 10 to 1 agst Overton (offered). Lopcatcher and Miss Emma were the first to show in front, and led up to the eland, where Rockley and Overton paned them, Rockley winning easily by three-quarters of a length; two lengths between the second and third. Miss Emma was close up with Lopcatcher. The Sussex Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 30 added ; for all ages ; mares and geldings allowed 31b ; selling allow- antes. Half a mile. Mr. Fitzwilliam's Antwerp, 3 yrs, Sst 61b (130) (G. Fordham) 1 Lord Clifden's Barb Pigeon, 3 yrs, Bst 1 llb (£100) (J. Osborne) 2 Mr. John Dawson's Grant, 2 yrs, Est 41b (140) (Whipp) 3 Mr. A. Brown's Liberality, 2 yrs, 6st 71b (140) (Midgley) 4 Mr. Marshall's Cupid, 2 yrs, 6st 71b (140) .. (J. Reeves) 5 Mr. W. Day's Dr. Pusey, 2 yrs, Gst 71b (£4O) (S. Adams) 6 Betting-7 to 4 agst Antwerp; 3to 1 agst Grant, sto 1 agst Barb Pigeon, and Bto 1 agst Dr. Pusey. After a couple of false starts they got off in straggling order, Antwerp being several lengths in advance, and Dr. Pusey several lengths behind. Antwerp, making good use of his start, came through, and won easily by two lengths ; the same distance from the second and third ; Liberality was a good fourth ; Cupid, well up, fifth ; Dr. Pusey beaten off. The winner was afterwards sold to Lord Coventry for 190 guineas, The Grand Stand Plate of 50 soya (handicap) ; winners extra. One mile. Mr. G. Lambert's Rover, 5 yrs, Bst 121 b .... (J. Goater) 1 Count Batthyany's Loiterer, 4 yrs, Bst 81b (G. Fordham) 2 Captain Rhys's Doncaster, 4 yrs, 9st 91b ..(G. French) 3 Mr. Mellish's Foretop, 4 yrs, 7st 71b (Spooner) 4 Mr. Mellish's Gaylad, 4 yrs, 7st 131 b Betting-6 to 4on Loiterer, 3to 1 agst Gaylad, 4to 1 agst Foretop, 5 to 1 each agst Rover and Doncaster. Don caster led, with Foretop second, having Loiterer and Rover in close attendance ; Gaylad getting very badly off, was 50 lengths in the rear. In the order given above they run to the turn into the straight, where Foretop drifted back, and Rover and Loiterer took close order with Doncaster. Op posite the Stand the three came on abreast, and, after an exciting finish, Rover won by a head ; the same separating the second from the third ; Foretop was a bad fourth ; and Gaylad beaten off. The Brighton Cup, of 200 soya in specie, added to a sweep stakes of 10 soya each, for three-yr-olds and upwards ; mares and geldings allowed 41b ; maiden and other allow ances ; winners extra. The Old Course (about two miles). Eight subs. Lord Stamford's Dulcibella, 4 yrs, Bst 101 b.. (A. French) 1 Baron Niviere's Surprise, 4 yrs, Bst 31b. t(H. Grimshaw) 2 The betting opened at 5 to 4 on Dulcibella, and closed at 5 to 2on her. Surprise lay in front up to the turn for home, where the favourite closed with him, and the pair ran neck and neck to the distance, when Dulcibella shook him off and won easily by a length. The First Year of the Tenth Brighton Biennial Stakes of 10 soya each, with 100 added, for two-yr-olds; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 41b ; winners extra ; the owner of the second horse to receive 50 sovs out of the stakes. T.Y.C. Eighteen subs. Lord Stamford's Bertha, Bst 101 b (inc 61b ex) (A French) 1 Lord Chesterfield's Canwell, Bst 71b .. (G. Fordham) 2 Betting-6 to lon Bertha, who cut out the work, and held a clear head up to the distance, where Canwell got up to her quarters, but never headed her, and was beaten by a neck. The Champagne Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 100 added, for three-yr-olds and upwards ; maiden and other allow ances; winners extra. One mile. Thirteen subs. Mr. Copperthwaite's Twilight, 5 yrs, Bst 81b (Fordham) 1 Lord Staraferd's Malta, 3 yrs, 7st 61b .... (A. Edwards) 2 Mr. Swindell's Weatherbound, 4 yrs, Bst 71b (inc 41b ex) (J. Adams) 3 Mr. J. Serjeant's Crater, 4 yrs, Bst 1 llb (inc 41b ex) (F. Adams) 4 Betting-5 to 4on Crater, 2to 1 agst Twilight. Weather bound, with the favourite at her heels, came away with a clear lead up to the foot of the hill, where Twilight improved her position, and closing with the two leaders came on side by side until opposite the stand, where Crater was disposed of, and Malta and Twilight had the finish to themselves, Twilight winning by a neck ; three lengths between the second and third ; and a head between the third and fourth. The Ovingdean Plate of 100 FONTS (Handicap), for all ages winners extra. About five furlongs. Mr. Fitzwilham's Sagittarius, by Stockwell, 2 yrs, Sat 71b (Whiteley) 1 Mr. Mellish's Foretop, 4 yrs, 6st 91b (Midgley) 2 Count de Lagrange's Alba, 2 yrs, Est ....(J. Grimshaw) 3 The following also ran :—Sweetsauce, Diana, Enfield, Black Lily, Strike, Bookaloom, Miss Rosa, and Ethel filly. Betting-7 to 2 agst Sweetsauce, 4to 1 agst Bookaloom, 5 to 1 agst Black Lily, 7 to 1 agst Sagittarius, 10 to 1 each agst Alba and Diana, and 100 to 8 agst Enfield. Sweet sauce made play, closely followed by Diana to the top of the hill, where Sagittarius took up the running, carried it on to the end, and won by three-quarters of a length, two lengths between the second and third ; Sweetsauce was fourth, Bookaloom next, Black Lily and Enfield were the two next side by side ; Diana cantered in last. LATEST BETTING. ST. LEGER. sto 2 agst Kettledrum (taken and offered) 12 to 1 agst Rouge Dragon (taken) 13 to 1 agst Lady Ripon (taken) DERBY. 25 to 1 agst Caterer (taken) 50 to 1 agst Canwell (taken and offered) BETTING AT MANCHESTER, THURSDAY. There was very little attention given to anything beyond the events of the day. One or two volumes were opened on the Ebor Handicap, for which Virgilius was supported at 10 to 1, but it was also offered. 16 to 1 was taken about Stockade, and 20 to 1 Cape Flyaway, which price was offered bar two. Cashio and Fax were talked about, but nothing resulted requiring the use of the metallics. Clos ing prices : }MOH HANDICAP. 10 to 1 agst Virgilius (taken and offered) 16 to 1 agst Stockade (taken) 20 to 1 agst Cape Flyaway (taken) THE DONCASTER ST. LEGER. 14 to 1 agst Aurelian (taken) HORSES STRUCK OUT OF THEIR ENGAGE- MENTS. On the Ist inst. Little Dick, Convivialist, and Penalty out of their Lewes engagements, and Penalty out of the Marine Plate at Brighton ; at 1 15 p.m. Pretendant and Surprise out of the Goodwood Cup ; at 1 20 p.m. The Wizard out of the Bentinck Memorial Stakes, Goodwood ; at 145 p.m. all Mr. Hodgman's horses out of the Marine and Pavilion Plates at Brighton; and at 435 p.m. Lady Clifden out of her Lewes, Brighton, and Wolverhampton engagements. On the 2d, at 1 50 p.m. all Mr. Cartwright's horses out of their Brighton engagements; and at 3 35 p.m. all Captain Little's and Lord Uxbridge's horses out of all handicaps published to this date. On the 3(.1, at G p.m., all Mr. IV. Nelson's horses out of their Lewes engagements; at 2 40 p.m. Olive Branch out of the Lewes Nursery; at 5 45 p.m. Vesper out of all handicaps; and after 6 p.m. all horses in Mr. S. Jacobs's name out of their Lewes engagements. On the sth, at 9 a.m. Canary out of the Courtenay Bien nial at Lewes ; Sagittarius out of the Railway Nursery at Lewes ; all Lord Ailesbury's horses out of their engage ments at Lewes and Brighton; Henricus out of his Brighton engagements; all Mr. Merry's horses out of their Brighton engagements, and Radiance out of [all engagements; at 11 a.m. Freestone out of all engage ments; at 1 p.m. Shillelagh and Cronstadt out of the Marine and Pavilion Plates at Brighton ; at 2 45 p.m. Fisherman out of all engagements ; at 5 p.m. Von Stroom out of the Brighton Stakes; and after 6 p.m. Signet out of Lewes engagements. On the 6th, at 9 a.m. Pinkepoe out of the Wolverhamp ton Nursery Stakes, and Jackal out of the Holyoake Stakes at Wolverhampton ; at 1 15 p.m. Jingling Johnny out of the Brighton Biennial Stakes and Pavilion Plato; at 4 30 p.m. all Mr. Coverdale's horses out of their Wolverhamp ton engagements; Telegraph and Surbiton out of theirßead ing engagements; Charmione out of all engagements, and at 9 p.m. The Don out of the Pavilion Plate at Brighton. On the 7th, after 6 p.m. Parmesan out of all handicaps published to this date. ST. SiVITHIN'S DAY. It is commonly supposed, by the public generally, that if rain falls upon St. Swithin's Day (15th July), it will continue to fall for the succeeding forty days. In order to see how near reality this popular superstition comes, the following is extracted from the Greenwich Observations. of iLe last twenty years, the fall of rain upon the forty days following St. Swithin's Day in each year. The particulars are as fojows : ST. SIVITHIN'S DAY—WET. 15th July to Rain fell on 24th August. days. Fall in inches. 1841 1845 1851 , 1853 1854 1856 Means 18.3 , 3'281 ST. SWITHIN'S DAY—FINE. 1812 1843 1844 . 1846 1847 1848 1849 1850 1852 1855 1857 1858 1859 'IB6O • M0an5...... 19 . 0 These figures show the direct contrary to popular opinion ; and the average of twenty years evidently indicates that rain tell upon the larg est number of days out of the suc ceeding forty when S t. Swithin's Day was wet, and th e fall of rain at th© sa me time was very much greater. Rain fell upon the greatest number of days in 1848, with a dry St. Swithin ; and the greatest fall of rain occurred in 1852, also with a dry St. Swithin. BILLS OF SALE.—It is of great importance to the public to be informed that uuder an act which received the royal assent on the 6th inst. no copy of a bill of sale can be registered without the production of the original duly statnPecl, ROBBEi !Y OF £16,000. A few days since a, man named John William_ Rishnow, a messenger in the Dusseldorf branch of the Bank of Prussia, -was sent to the post-office for, a letter which, as he was confidentially ployee; by the manager, he knew contained a large sum o . l _ money. Besides procuring the letter he had . to: make one or two other business visits before.ho returned to the bank. Two or three hours having _ elapsed without his n making his appearance t.lat` bank authorities becayne alarmed, and inquiries were made about him. It was then discovered that he had obtained the le raa t ter, that he did not .k:, the other calls, and that he had absconded w": the whole of the money. The telegraph was mediately put into operation between the imPe rtf ! n . towns and the seaports, but no trace of the de, 11 . 11 5 quent could be discovered . The bank authentic at Berlin gave information to the effect that w ile ; they despatched the letter it contained thalers, in notes of 1i thalers each, and Y o le notes of different value, making in the 11i !lte a sum amounting to £16,000 sterling. A 111111- 0 search . having failed to discover the depredat.. in places in which it was expected he weal: frequent, an officer was despatched to Cel e gh; There . information was obtained which led to t o belief that Rishnow had succeeded in escaping , 0 London, where it is believed that he will ° so ' little, if any, difficulty in disposing of the notes, they are without numbers, or known nuellt; Spitall, of the City of London detective force , '74, 100,0 0 0 been employed to make inquiries about the ti e soner here, and has warned all the respect, moneychangers in the city and elsewhere ill Lon, don . to be upon their guard, and, being suPP' l- f, with a photograph of Rishnow from Dusseldli; has exhibited it wherever the robber is turn up. There is a very distressing feature in t' 4, fa case. Rishnow, when he absconded, left his / L i g and three children behind, and not only are tu, o subjected to great annoyance at the hands of tP at Prussian . authorities, but it is said they are in gr is e er distress. It is not believed the wife is privy o ' o husband's movements, but she is neverthcle closely watched by the police. Ti'? offender bilte been a soldier in the Prussian army, and 00 1 44. his general good conduct was promoted to the red, Lion he has so shamefully abused. It was be lie f ,: 1 a in the city last night that in a short time he W— be in the custody of the police. COUNTRY MARKETS. BIRMINGHAM—Am 8. At to-day's market there was a better supply of E 4 lish wheat from the farmers, and all kinds sold sloWl99.ts, barely late rates. Barley rather dearer in price. ' peas, and beans were firm, and unaltered in value. MANCHESTER—Aua. 8. the Our market this morning was thinly attended, an d r t, business was chiefly confined to foreign. American °;01. were 2d to 3d per 701bs higher. Flour difficult to sellt_ e a fine sorts firm, at previous quotations. Oats and catn,lleil in limited request. For Egyptian beans holders I - an advance of 2s per qr. Indian corn is 6d higher. LYNN—AuG. 7. • the' lhe supply of wheat was middling, but maintaingig.4„, prices of last week. Barley was unaltered. Oats, b e ' — ' and peas brought full rates. Old white 53s to 56s f Old red 8ar1ey...... 28s to 32s Oats Beans .40s to 46s j Peas 4 24 8 28 s 5O to t 615 MELTON MOWBRAY—AuG. 6. olt There was a small show of wheat to-day, which. ° oo .. at about the previous week's rates for all descriPt i° r o r Barley a middling show, but maintaining late rates. 6 40 oats quotations the turn higher. Prices : White wheats„,o Od to 60s Od; red, 47s Od to 56s per 36 stone; , scarce, at 57s to 60s for old ; new sorts, 46s per 3 ° for barley, 36s to 40s for malting, and 29s to 32s per ci r ' grinding; oats, 22s to 28s Od per 24 stone. CORK—Aua. 7. gem The following were the quotations this morning • 1 . 51 wheat, 27s Od to —s Od ; white, 28s:6d to —s Od; barley 6d to ISs Od ; oats, 13s Od to —s Od. EDINBURGH GRAIN—AuG. 7. „, Wheat on the top is Od up... averag e Os 9d700 Barley on the top Os 6d down,aver a g eld d Oats on the top Os 3d down Beans on the top is Od up.... avera ge is 9a iv* average 1 Averages per Imperial quarter. Wheat.... New wheat .. Barley 1 12 2,f 1-12ths Oats 1 10 7 6-12ths Beans.. Total Supply and Sales. Wheat ..1960 qrs Sold 1412 qrs Barley... 3lO qrs Sold 179 qrs Oats Beans 122 qrs Sold 103 qrs DERBY SMITHFIELD—AuG. 7. A small number of fat beasts to-day, and best qu „ ti t, soon found buyers. Sheep and lambs were not so p lento _i but both in request. The show of fat pigs was large, 91:, the demand was slack, with a heavy sale. A good suPP" of calves. Beet 6c - to 7id Veal Gd to 6 ,4 4 Mutton 6 to 7td Pork Lamb t o . B .td Rough fat, 4s Gd per stooe° Hides, 3d to 41d-; calf skins, 5d to 6d: THE MAILS. MAILS DUE. Australia, Ceylon, and Mauritius (via South- ampton) . : •. An 8. (via I%i'. • • a. arseilles) Aug. A' . Sept. 3• Do. Brazil and Cape Verds ..„ . • • - Buenos Ayres, Monte Video, &o. .. • • 1 3 ' Cuba and Mexico Aug' 7. Canada, &c. (via L'derry) • • • • • • 4.u-i• 1 : Cape of Good Hope, &c. .. • • IS. China, Penang, and Singapore (via S'ampton) Aug' rj, Do (via Marseilles) Aug 10- Gibraltar (via Southampton) .. • • A u b' 18. India(Calcutta), Ceylon, &c. (via Southampton) Aug' Do. (via Marseilles) ,A u g„.. 10. India (Bombay), (via Southampton) . • I ° 6 'o. Do. (via, Marseilles) , „ .. Ov er 0. Lisbon .. Aug; 10. Malta, Egypt, and Men (via Southampton) .. Aub:d i o• Do. (via Marseilles) .. Ova 0. Vigo, and Oporto .. Aug' 1 5, United States, California, &c. Aug; 10. Western Coast of Africa, Madeira, Teneriffe West Indies and Pacific, Carthagena, Cuba, &c. Aug' ag ° The Scotch papers state that consid er able a -"a 4 4 has been done to the growing crops through the late l e t rains, causing the Don, th e B o y ne , an d o ther 0111 ,1,;t streams to overflow their ba n k s . " All ove r tho says the Aberdeen Journal, " there is the promise oco abundant crop, should th e wea th er keep seasonable. )" barley is now fast changing colour." f ter THE MURDER IN ST. GlLES'S.—Yesterday a, noon rte noon having been ap7oiuted for the funeral of the Ol g a nate woman murdered by her husband, William. Cogao/.a-01 before 2 o'clock the neighbourhood of N e wton-streets le, born, was completely filled with the fish, poultry, veg ol 7i , and other hawkers of St. Giles's and the purlieus of Dd lane. The funeral cortege started at half-past two, '74 consisted of a hearse with the body , and two reournfil coaches containing the friends of the deceased, follovre'_..4 several cabs, carts, and barrows filled with costerreonc-0 and their families in every variety of costume. An it°l33„:# body of the same class followed on foot, and as the P sion neared the Victoria-park Cemetery the costertace3vos of the eastern districts of London joined its ran ks ' whole forming one of the most strange spectacles ever 0 9 01 in the streets of London. Both the deceased wom an 0 .04 her husband were well known amongst the costerre°%ied. of the metropolis, who thus in their rough way as set to show their respect to the remains of the deceased. 0 ..0 [ADVERTISEMENT.] —Holloway's Pills and Ointnie Weakness, Wasting.—When the weather is wel e p delicate in constitution lose their appetite, their %herr' disturbed, and their spirits depressed ; when thew e ll o o hot, the robust and vigorous constantly req re „, s olsi ll „ cooling medicine to preserve their health. The,,et p— fi l 0 0 ; both is the erring organ, which Holloway's Pi'l ° d - yo lo 7 correct and invigorate. In weakly women 01 . tgt eel children it is better treatment to trust to his t oo which should be diligently rubbed ever the stoteo,'tratfo right side till considerable absorption ensues. It P ell e ( t ter and speedily produces a specific change for the . 1) r oe the digestive functions; by maintaining this tneslli' action for a time, digestion becomes perfect, an and strength return. BIRTHS. t rle °I MILLER.—On the 7th inst.. at 135, Piccadilly, the -/ William Miller, Esq., M.P., of a daughter. of the Pow the 7th ins t., at Norwich, the wife Rev. Alfred Pownall, of a daughter. T I T O' PIXLEY.—On the B th in st., at 30, Leinster-gardensc::,. park, the wife of Stew art Pixley, Esq., of a dauPw-v;ifil SMITH.—On the 7th inst., at Somersfield, Reigate/ the of Mr. Charles J. S mith, solicit o r, of a daughter. l — an O l in A L th a e ß dy 7 H t s h us l in a lst G , R a e E t e L v S e e . a . denh, aoi, Willi ti f i ti , FAt ter REEVE.—On E n ve General Dashwood Fane, Esq., to Susan . Millicent elder & Not' tifitav—CALLcOTT. --On the Bth inst., at St. John's , ' is le, tin-hill, the Rev. Samuel Gray, incumbent of Cull° $ yoi:kshire, to Mary Stuart, eldest y' daughter of W l32 ' Callcutt, Esq.,' of the Mall, Kensington. DEATH,,welit ALLCARD.—On tha sth inst., at B ur t on Closes, P 4— Wm. Allcard, Esq., aged 52. *dtrb ilit BIRD.—On the 7th inst., Mr. Thom as Bird, o f gal Paddington, aged 63. DAVIES.—At St. Albans, nerts , Thomas Davies, sfl. aged 72. SteP liel H l A v sE il tD am lNE ll .— ase On in th e, e 7th inst., at Alfred Cottage, ec , ..0 1 .. street, aged 52. ry, %' PRATT.—On the 6th iiiEs:,,qa"t oSfed3l3e the Rev. John Pratt, aged 89. Cork, tbe e se ll 0 - in ya b rd ß , SucHyr.—On the 21st ult., at Black Rock, co. Hon. John Sachet, aged 41. ecGtorac, Sj:se WINCHELLO.—On the sth inst., at Leighton Wm. Winchello, aged 34. -------' _________ ___ _ _ - ~,,,G, 11 LONDON : Printed and Published by OfficeDO YOu" d strail - ' No. 112, Strand, Printer, at THE Burt , No. 11.2,..00%, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the County of 54 Friday, August 9, 1881. 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