The Sun. — London, England, 1861-12-26 00:00:00

THE NAVY. The whole of the screw gun vessels attached to the first division of the Chatham steam reserve have been supplied each with a 100-pounder and 40- pounder Armstrong pivot-gun, which are placed on the upper deck. The whole of the squadron of gunboats can be made fit for active service in a few hours, as, with the exception of some minor stores, they are all ready for sea. The Britomart and S'andfly have been placed in the great basin at Sheerness to take on board a few additional stores. The other gun vessels remain in the Medway await ing orders. Some amended orders have been received at Chatham relative to the armament of the screw steamers fitting for commission. The screw cor vette Rattlesnake, 21, 400-horse power, is to have four 40-pounder Armstrongs substituted for a similar number of 8 inch 60 cwt. cast iron guns, and one 12 pounder Armstrong, in lieu of a 12 pounder howitzer, for boat service. The Zebra, 17, 200 horse-power, will have two 40 pounder Arm strongs on her main deck, instead of two 32 pounders, and one 40 pounder Armstrong pivot gun on her upper deck, instead of one 32 pounder 58 cwt. The Rosario, 11, 150 horse-power, is to have a 40 pounder 32 cwt. Armstrong pivot gun substi tuted for a 32 pounder 58 cwt. gun, and four 20 pounder Armstrongs for four 32 pounders of 25 cwt. The Lee, 5, 80 horse power, will have two 20 pounder Armstrongs, instead of two 24 pounder howitzers. The screw steam frigate Orlando, 51, left Ply mouth on Tuesday, with a strong breeze from the eastward for Halifax. As she has on board some guns for the Liffey, and a supernumerary officer for the Aboukir, it is probable that she will touch at Gibraltar. The Orlando was commissioned in Ha meaze on Tuesday week, the 17th inst., at noon. At 4 p.m., the seamen were embarked. On Wed nesday the Marines joined her and sails were bent. On Thursday she received provisions and stores, and on Friday went into the Sound. When it is recollected that this 50-gun frigate had to receive provisions, slop clothing, mess utensils, and more than the usual supply of ammunition, and that the officers had to join her from different parts of the country to station the crew in watches and at quar ters, and to supply themselves with mess traps and stock, the fact of her having been commissioned on Tuesday, and got ready for sea on the Sunday following, is creditable to all on board, to the steam reserve at Plymouth, and to the officials in the Devonport Dockyard. The War Department screw steamship Lord Panmure left Plymouth on Tuesday with munitions of war for Liverpool. The screw steam frigate Emerald, 51, Captain Cumming, which has been some days at Plymouth expecting to sail direct for Halifax, received orders yesterday to leave the Sound to-morrow for Liver pool, to await further instructions. Eighty additional shipwrights are ordered to be entered in the Devonport Dockyard, to expedite the completion of gunboats. The mail steamship Tagus, Capt. W. B. Hall, bound to Southampton, which put into Plymouth yesterday, Christmas-day, short of coal, passed an English frigate at half-past three on Tuesday after noon, standing south-west and supposed to be the Orlando, 51, which left the Sound on Tuesday morn iag for Halifax, touching probably at Gibraltar. The screw steam frigate Phoebe, 50, has been fitted out at Devonport with great expedition. All her guns and sea stores are on board. Yards were crossed and sails bent on Saturday, and she is now in all respects ready to receive her crew. THE ARMY. It has now been decided to despatch the sth (Capt. W. B. Gossett's) company of Royal Engi neers to Canada, instead of Bermuda, as previously arranged, orders to that effect having been received by telegram yesterday at the headquarters of the Royal Engineer establishment, Chatham, by Col. Harness, C.B. The sth company has been aug mented to 120 men of all ranks, and is composed of skilled mechanics who have completed their course of engineering instruction. It has been inspected by Major-General Eyre, who expressed himself in very complimentary terms on the general excellent appearance presented by the men. According to present arrangements, the company will leave head quarters to-morrow morning. An additional party of telegraphists, surveyors, and photographists have been selected from the most intelligent and skilful of the Royal Engineers connected with those de partments, and will leave Brompton Barracks to morrow morning. They will be inspected, previ ously to their departure, by Major-General Eyre. About 400 miles of telegraph wire will be despatched to Canada, to be laid by the party of En gineers to be sent out for that purpose, the Govern ment having decided on connecting, as far as possible, the whole of the stations at which troops will be quartered, so that the commander-in-chief may be in instant communication with the entire force under his command: Lieut. M. J. Wheatley, Royal Engineers, has joined at Chatham and assumed the duties of Adj t. on the Staff of the Royal Engineer establishment, vice Capt. Gossett, who has been appointed to the com mand of the sth Company, which proceeds to Canada. An intimation has been forwarded to Chatham by the Deputy-Adjt. Gen. that the wives and families of non-commissioned officers and men of the Royal Engineers who are not. to proceed with their hus bands to Canada, will not receive the Government allowance. An announcement to that effect was yes terday made to the companies by Col. Harness, C.B. who stated that, in consequence of this decision, subscriptions would be opened among the officers and men to raise a fund to assist those left behind, and that any donations would be very thankfully received. THE VOLUNTEERS, LORD LLANOVER AND THE MONMOUTH. SHIRE VOLUNTEERS. In pursuance of an invitation which had been ad- dressed by Lord Llanover as Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire to the officers of the Volunteer force of tho county, about 70 officers met his Lordship at the King's Head Hotel in the town of Newport. There were present—Colonel the Hon. Frederick Morgan, commanding the Ist battalion ; Colonel Bird, Commanding the 2d Battalion ; Major the }lan. James Fitzwalter Butler, Capt a in Si r G eorge Walker, Captain Lyne of the Artillery Corps, &c. Lord LLANOVER, after adverting to the death of the Prince Consort, said he would proceed at once to the business for which they had been convened, and he would lay before them certain matters which required their consideration. In the first place, his attention had been necessarily drawn to a circular which had been forwarded to the commanding officers of the different corps in the county. It was dated from the head-quarters of the Gloucestershire Rifle Volunteers at Bristol, and was to the follow ing, effect : "Sir,—lt is proposed to hold in the ensuing sum mer a retiereview of Volunteers of this city and the neighbouring counties on Durdham Dow n a piece admirably adapted for the manceavres of a large force. The necessary sanction of the Secretary o f State for War, and of the Lord Lieutenant of the county of Gloucester, has been obtained. As the preparations will occupy much time, I take this early opportunity of addressing you, and request to be informed whether there is any probability of the corps under your command taking part in the review ; and if so, in what numbers it would be likely to attend. 'C ROBERT BUSH, " Lieutenant-Colonel, commanding Ist Glow cestcrshire, Bristol Rifle Volunteers. " P.S. A working committee, composed of the Government officials, commanding officers of volun teer corps, and the civic authorities, will be imme diately formed." Soon after his (Lord Llanover's) appointment to the lieutenancy of that county he saw Lord Ducie, • who is Lord Lieutenant of Gloucestershire, and who i desired to know whether it was probable the Vo luntee ,the re view, w hi ch . th . is part of the country would attend impossible for him would be on a large scale. It was until he had seennitthos give any definitive answer different corps on the sueobra.eTn.dbiuntghoefficersofthe suggested -Ist, that the review shou ld 3 be fixed for such a - .period as w (' 01-4 au inte r fere with those occupations in which many of the Volunteers were engaged ; and, next, that the day should be selected so that the tide would allow of steamers making a to and fro passage from Newport and Chepstow as regarded the county of Monmouth, and from Car,iff for the county of Glamorgan ; and he had sin e received a letter from Lord Ducie in which he was assured that these suggestions should have full consideration in fixing the day for the review. The next subject upon which he desired to enter was the desirability of their having three or four regular brigade days in the course of the year. when they all could meet together. When he was in town he saw Colonel M‘Murdo, and ho strongly recommended three or four brigade days, and promised that he would come down to review the brigade himself, and that on the occasions when he could not do so some officer of the regular army would attend. He (Lord Llanover) had considered the eligibility of different places for such meetings, and he thought that on the whole the neighbourhood of Newport was the best, on account of the facility of access ; but this was a point that must, of course, also be considered by those he saw around him, and he was sure that they would give every attention to the subject. The third point which he wished to bring before them was one of a more difficult nature to deal with, he alluded to the great dissimilarity of uniform now existing. If they went to the review at Clifton next year they would see the Somerset shire Volunteers, consisting of 20 corps, which were three times the number of the Monmouthshire Volunteers (the former county being large and the latter small), and all those Volunteers would appear on the ground dressed as one man. When the Somersetshire Volunteers were first established ho believed that there was the same desire for a variety of dress in that county as there was in their own county; but, fortunately, that desire had not been acquiesced in, and now the Volunteers themselves were most thankful that no difference existed from one end of that large county to the other. He hoped, therefore, that they would determine to submit to him such a uniform as he might be able to approve, so that when a renewal of clothing was necessary the present dissimilarity of dress and dif ferences in colours might cease to exist. The last point he would now touch upon was the propriety of obtaining a fund for prizes to be shot for by the Volun teers. In the month of Febrnary,lB6o,his predecessor, Mr. Hanbury Leigh, called upon the deputy-lieu tenants of the county to subscribe for that object. Mr. Hanbury Leigh headed the list with £2O an nually ; Lord Tredegar, himself, and many others added their names to the list, but some obstacles appeared, and nothing further was done. He had determined on reviving the attempt, and he had every reason to hope that he should succeed. He would himself give a prize of £2O annually ; Lord Abergavenny had kindly promised to give £10; the trustees of Mr. Hanbury Leigh had done the same ; and ho had no doubt that Lord Tredegar would assist him in the same manner that he offered to assist his predecessor. Mr. Herbert, of Llanarth, and every other person he had as yet asked had promised their sup port, and he had no doubt that he should be able to obtain a sufficient sum for the purpose. He believed one great objection entertained to the proposal was the apprehension that it would inter fere with the prizes which were given by the diffe rent corps, and which were shot for by the members of those corps respectively, and which he might term local prizes. He had no such intention—on the contrary, he was sure that it was extremely de sirable that these local meetings should be main tained. What he proposed was, that those local prizes should be continued, but that they should be shot for at such a period of the year as would allow of a certain number of the successful competitors of each corps competing for the general or county prizes some day during the fine months of the autumn, and thus they might have, as it were, a large county Volunteer Rifle competition. He had touched on the several points upon which he had considered it advisable to confer with them, and before he con cluded he would again thank them for their attend ance, and take the opportunity which was thus afforded him of assuring them personally of his in tention to co-operate with them in carrying out the great object they had been engaged in: The noble lord resumed his seat amid much applause. A good deal of discussion followed, especially as to the subject of similarity of clothing throughout the county, and one officer suggested that one bat talion might be of one colour, while the other bat talion might have another. It was proposed by Capt. CATHCART, and seconded by Capt. STEEL, that there should be one uniform for the whole county, which resolution was agreed to unanimously. It was then resolved that the captains of the dif ferent corps should form a committee for the pur pose of carrying out the above resolution, and to confer with the Lord-Lieutenant upon that subject, as well as the arrangements for the meetings for the county prize shooting and other matters. On the motion of Lieut.-Col. BIRD, commanding the battalion, seconded by Lieut.-Col. the Hon. F. MORGAN, commanding the Ist battalion, a vote of thanks to the Lord-Lieutenant, for having called them together, and the interest he had taken in the Volunteers of the county, was agreed to. Lord LLANOVER returned thanks, and the pro ceedings terminated. Lieut.-Col. Money, commanding the North-East London Rifle Brigade, is about to deliver a course of lectures to the battalion, comprising the 4th and Gth Tower hamlets Volunteers, on Tuesday even ings, in their new drill hall, on the principles of musketry, &c., illustrative of the practice at the Hythe School of Musketry, from which he returned a few weeks since. At a recent muster of the batta lion the Colonel inquired if he had their authority to offer their services to her Majesty in any way in which they might be available for home duty, and was most enthusiastically answered in the affirma tive by the whole of the men present. _ On - Saturday, the 14th inst., the members of the Broadwood Company, Queen's Westminster Volun teers, marched from the Horseferry-road, Westmin ster, to Wormwood scrubbs, to compete for a rifle presented by Ensign Algernon Black, to those mem bers of the company who were not already holders of prizes. There were 66 entries. The range was confined to 300 yards, 15 shots each man. The rifle was won by Private Temple with 15 points. The final competition for the markmen's prizes of the South Middlesex Rifles took place recently at Beaufort-house, the regimental head quarters. The range was at a distance of 300 yards, at a single target, 10 rounds each, kneeling position, and the 10 best men from the previous competition were selected for the final trial. The following is the score :—Private Wilson, No. 2 Company, 16 points; Lieut. Hawker, No. 7, 14; Sergeant Bacchus, No. 4, 14; Private H. Radcliffe, No. 10, 13; Sergeant Bur man, No. 7, 11; Private Biggs, No. 5, 11; Simons, No. 5, 10; Hutchins, No. 7, 10; Burne, No. 10, 7 ; and Corporal Stevenson, No. 7, 5. The previous corn. petitions were at 700 and 800 yards, when the fir ing was very good, but the best was at the final trial, showing that marksmen accustomed to long diitances can afterwards make better practice when brought to a smaller object at short ranges. In a challenge match between the 2d and 4th comescompanies d o e n f the on 2 s O o t t h u M r d i o d y d , l e s t e h x e s h l o 4 t th o ff i n a s t t t . i a r p b t u tt s ain Time, of the 4th company, made nine in all 150, five at 200, eight at 250, n i ne at 300 yards, Pri vate Absolon, of the same company , n fiv five at; t; 150, eight at 200, six at 250, and seven at 300, inalhlt at and Private Caines, of the 2d company, eight 150, eight at 200, five at 250, and four at 300, in all 25. The total made by the No. 4 company was 126, and the total by the No. 2 company 105. A match for the Harrow Challenge Cup took place on the 17th inst., at the Civil Service Volun teer range, between the present holders of the cup, the Ist Inland Revenue Company of the Civil Ser vic3 R: , giment, and the Ist company of the Sout't Middlesex. The 'Let Inland Revenue Company were successful, defeating their a dversar s t o e u s t b h y m lB id p d o le in se t x s ; they made 13 hits more than the .The Essex County Rifle Associationhas report di r ts t first annual meeting. It appea red from the presented that the general county competition at Southend was considered to have passed off satis d factorily, the shooting being regarded as creditable, E SUN, LONDON, TiERSDAY EVENING, DECEVITIER 2 lB6l. and as giving a fair promise of increased skill at future meetings. The balance in hand when the first year's accounts of the association were made up was £125, but this was due to the considerable DESCRIPTION OF A VOYAGE UP THE RIVER YAYG-ISE-KIANG, AUGUST 1861. The voyage was from Shanghao to Hankow (which is the extreme point on this river to which Europeans are allowed to proceed at present) and receipts from donations. Mr. T. W. Bramston, M.P., was elected president of the association for the ensuing year, and a subcommittee was ap pointed to make arrangements for the next prize meeting, which will again be held at Southend. The officers of the 2d Essex Administrative Bat talion have challenged the officers of the Ist and 3d battalions to compete for a cup, or some other suit able prize. In Suffolk the long-pending contest at Bury St. Edmund's for the challenge cup presented by the ladies of the neighbourhood has resulted in favour of Private Burreil, who received the cup at the hands of Major Wilson. In a match between 11 members of the Bun gay and 11 of the Beccles Volun teer corps, the former side won by 15 points, the Bungay men scoring 84 and their opponents 69 points. The shooting was at ranges of 200, 300, and 500 yards. A cup, presented by the Rev. W. Emery, chaplain of the Cambridge University Corps, and shot for by those members of the corps who belong to Corpus Christi College, has been won by Mr. Stephenson Greathead. The target practice of the March corps for the past season shows that the highest number of points in the first class has been made by Capt. Catling ; in the second class by Private Hick ; and in the third class by Private Hall. In a contest at the Huntingdon butt between five members of the St. Neot's subdivision of the Huntingdonshire corps and five of the Eaton Socon section of the Biggles wade (Bedfordshire) company, the Eaton Socon men won by 30 points, scoring 97 to their opponents' 67. The ranges were at 150, 200, 250, and 300 yards. The members of the Lincoln corps have had a very successful anniversary dinner, at which Major Ameotts presided, Captain-Commandant Trollope occupying the vice-chair. In the course of the even ing the prizes won during the past year were pre sented to the successful competitors. A number of prizes have been shot for by the Gosberton Com pany; the principal one, given by the officers, was a timepiece, valued at six guineas, and was won by Private Russell. back. I landed both among Imperialists and rebels, and will now endeavour to give you an account of some of the scenes witnessed by me o❑ this wonder- ful expanse of waters, for river it cannot be called during this season of the'year, it being more like au immense lake. The other day I saw the sun sot on the water in the distance. The Fernandez sailed from Shanghae on the Ist of August at 5 p.m., and as no ship had yet been up the Yang-tse-Kiang without grounding, added to which news had just been received of the total less of the steamship Manilla on her first voyage, and also that the steamship Rajah was on shore in a paddy field, it was with no slight feelings of anxiety that I saw Shanghac gradually disappear in the distance, as we swiftly proceeded on our voyage to cope with the dangers and difficulties of the mighty waters of the Yang-tse-Kiang. Anchored for the night off Woosung. " August 2—At about 8 o'clock in the morning had the first intimation that we were not to visit this portion of the territory of his Imperial High ness, brother to the Sun, Moon, &e., without hav ing to experience the same difficulties as our prede cessors, for at that time we touched on the Dove's Nest Shoal. We were only detained by this mishap about a quarter of an hour ; but this check at our starting and the imperfect state of the survey, or more properly speaking, from the great changes constantly taking place in the river, was a fair pre cursor of what we had to expect. At noon gotrather too close to the Flamer bank to be pleasant, and as the river was so swollen that Plover Point could not be made out with auy degree of certainty, the only means by which we could proceed was to go very easy, and feel our way along the edge of the shoals (which are here abundant) by the lead. When we anchored in the evening a distance of 66 miles had been passed over. " August 3d—Proceeded at daylight, and at 3 o'clock passed within a mile of the wreck of the steamship Manilla, her mainmast being now all that is left above water. The Chinese had been up and stripped all the gear, &c., from the mastheads, with the exception of the wire rigging, which I expect our Celestial friends found too tough to yield to their endeavours to remove. The Bangor Volunteers have been recently re viewed by Mr. G. Douglas-Pennant, Major-Com mandant, accompanied by Capt. Peel and Capt. Douglas, R.N. After the evolutions the Major complimented the men upon their efficiency, urging upon them increased attention to rifle practice, in order that they might be prepared next summer for the prizes which would be competed for. The Major, after addressing the battalion upon the present juncture with America, loft for Carnarvon, where he the same day inspected the volunteer corps which formed at Castle-square. The day was fine, and a large number of spectators were present. The Selby and Howden companies of Yorkshire Volunteers recently met at Selby, the latter com pany having marched nine or 10 miles from town to town for the purpose. The united companies were reviewed by Adjutant Newall, inspecting officer of Volunteers. They subsequently paraded the streets, and, with their bands, kept the town in a bustle till late in the evening, the Howden corps returning home by the last train. The Whitby Volunteers were inspected by Cap tain Pierson the same evening. The corps was afterwards presented with a pair of cymbals, the gift of Mr. Thomas Chapman, of London, the pre sentation being made in his name by Lieutenant Chapman. A melancholy duty devolved on the corps, owing to the decease of Gunner Zealand, whose body they escorted part of the way to Scar borough, the band playing the " Dead March." The Melton Volunteers have been recently very successful in recruiting. There is every prospect of forming a second company. The Ist East York (Bridlington) Artillery Vo lunteers recently met to celebrate their second an niversary at their three-gun battery by a contest. Lord Londesborough had presented them with £lO for prizes for artillery practice, but owing to a heavy sea and boisterous wind the floating battery could not be got out, and eventually a dismissal took place, to the disappointment of the corps, espe cially as a detachment of 20 men had come from Flamborough. A regimental dinner, presided at by Lieutenant-Colonel Haworth, was sat down to by about 75 Volunteers at the Britannia Hotel in the evening. There is to be an annual match between the Vo lunteers of England and Scotland, the terms of which have been arranged by Lord Bury, acting for England, and by Mr. Horatio Ross, as the representative of Scotland. The rules agreed upon between Lord Bury and Mr. Ross, who have been appointed to settle the preliminaries are-1. That an annual match be established between the Volunteers (effective, non-effective, or honorary) of England and Scotland. 2. That the competitors shall be eight in number on each side, and that the test of nationality shall be pater nal descent. 3. That the first match shall take place at the meeting of the National Rifle Associa tion at Wimbledon in 1862, and that the match shall be shot every year at the annual meeting of the National Rifle Association. 4. That as soon as possible after the annual match in each year the eight competitors on each side shall hold meetings, and each side shall choose a captain, who shall be responsible for arranging the details of the next annual match, conducting the business and corre spondence connected with it, and selecting the com petitors. The captain of each side so elected shall remain in office till the close of the next annual match, and shall then resign. He may, however, offer himself for re-election. The captain on each side, on his appointment or within a week there after, shall nominate a substitute, who shall replace him in the case of his death or illness during his year of office. Lord Elcho having generously in timated his intention of presenting a shield, to be called "The Elcho Challenge Shield," it is agreed 5. That the Elcho Challenge Shield shall be the prize shot for at the international match. That each year the names of the successful side shall be engraved on it ; that it shall be kept in some con spicuous place by whichever nation has the honour of having his name engraven on the shield, each of the successful champions shall receive some small prize, to be kept by him for ever. The captains are to have the privilege of settling what this prize is to be, and it is to be paid for by the losing side. 6. That each side shall ap point an umpire ; and that the umpires shall, if they think fit, appoint a referee ; and that the decision of the umpires, or of the referee, in case of a difference of opinion, shall be final. 7. That the regulations for shooting shall be the same as those laid down by the National Rifle Association, at the present time, for competitors for all corners' prizes. 8. That the ranges be at 700, 800, 900, and 1,000 yards, each competitor to fire 15 shots at each of the above distances. That the targets shall be in size, number, and size of centre, according to the regulations laid down in the musketry instructions for the army for first•class targets ; but that Swiss targets of the same dimensions and appearance as a regulation set of first-class targets may be substi tuted for the regulation target at the option of the authorities of the National Rifle Association. 9. That when a miss is made, either high, low, right, or left, it is to be indicated by a red flag from the marker's butt. 10. That the umpires shall check the number of points scored to the credit of each side by personal inspection of the target, or in such way as they may think best. 11. That an officer of the Army, Militia, or Volunteers shall be in each marker's butt. 12. That the captain elected for the year shall ex officio have the absolute control of his side in all matters relating to the match, whatever h if is h r e a t n h k i n a k s s a fi No t r , a l u p n p t o e i e n r t my be anaoffie buter t that o om ra a h may, d his , firing party. " August 4th—Touched the ground twice to-day, once on a new shoal, not laid down in the chart, and once on a shoal that has extended in each in stance. We only lost 15 minutes. " August S--To-day we arrived at that part of the river where for miles through the rising of the waters, the country was all inundated. However I may try I am confident my pen is quite inade quate to give your readers even a faint idea of the appearance that was presented to my view. If they can imagine themselves on the deck of the ship, with a chart open before them and the river laid down some two or three miles from bank to bank, and then cast their eye from side to side to look at the expanse of water, where no banks are visible, but junks and boats of all sizes and description sailing over what in the chart is dry land, they may conceive my astonishment. The river between this and Hankow in many places exceeds 20 miles in breadth, and sometimes the land cannot be seen on either sed from the deck excepting the hills fill inland. The houses up to tho very roofs are under water, which adds very much to the strangeness of the scene. For many miles nothing but tops of houses and trees are visible. As for the banks of the river, they are just as imagi nary to us as your readers being here. The most unaccountable thing is that many villages might be built (above the level to which the river rises) at the foot of hills, that in some places are situated close to the banks ; but no ! even their own Celestial brethren prefer to build on the low ground, al though the hills are so near, and they must at the same time be perfectly aware that their houses will all disappear, or, if not washed away, be quite un tenable for many months in the year. So soon as the water begins to rise the villagers put all their chat tels into a boat (one is to be found at nearly every hut for some miles inland) and pull for the nearest hill, where they remain encamped in small mat hovels; when the water subsides they return and rebuild or repair their former habitation, which ever 'is necessary, and commence tilling the land, which is all along the river most fertile, yielding abundant crops, We now entered the rebel terri tory. " Having this day, August 8, just read the London and China Express of June 26, I quite agree with the editor when he states, ' That the rebellion is an intolerable obstruction to legitimate trade.' It is not only so among our merchants, but also among the Chinese themselves. I am now writing only at a distance of some 35 miles from the rebel capital of Nankin, having seen, close too, other large cities in their possession—Wuhu, Nganking, &c.—having also landed at some of their villages. However, we may sympathise with them as the ancient and legi timate owners of the soil, that must not prevent travellers from speaking of them as they find them. The difference between all cities in the hands of the Imperialists is most striking—magnificent pagodas. fine houses, beautiful gardens, everything thriving —showing evident signs of an industrious and prosperous people; in fact it requires the pen of a Russell, or some other illustrious writer of modern times, to describe an Imperial city for it to receive justice; but the pen of an humble individual like your present correspondent can describe not only the rebel cities seen by him, but also the villages held by them on the banks of this river by four words—mud, bricks, ruin, and desolation. Nan king, their capital, is one mass of ruins. One night, when anchored near it, it appeared like ' a city of the dead;' no light, not oven a sound proceeded from it. What a contrast to one of the Imperial cities, where the thousands of lights vie with the very stars themselves in brilliancy ! And the Chin- Chin joss of the inhabitants during their festivals, just now on, however edifying to them, and although not disagreeable to us, could be dispensed with, so far as we are personally concerned, with some com fort to ourselves; but our Imperial friends are as indefatigable in this as in the more serious avoca tions of life. "August 10—Boarded this morning by a Chinese priest about four miles above Pwanpienshan ; he is said to be the head of a ruined monastery close by here; he boards every steamer that passes, both going up and coming down, and as he generally gets 100 cash from each (about 40), the opening of the river has proved of infinite advantage to him, as for merly he had only the charity of the peasants to exist by. He is an aged man, of an intellectull cast of countenance and of a stalwart form. He well de serves the small pittance he receives, for he boards the ship while she is going full speed, a most frightful current running at the place where ho comes off. A steamer coming down will pass at the rate of 13 to 14 knots an hour. This makes no difference to this enthusiastic alms-seeker ; he is always on the lookout, and immediately you heave in sight he pulls into the middle of the stream, when, as you near his sanpan, one dexterous sweep of his oars lays him alongside; the next instant he is on board, book in hand, for your donations. "Arrived at Hankow Sunday, Aug. 11, having stopped one day at Kewkiang. We accomplished the distance (about 730 geographical miles) in nine d tys, having a tide at times of 7 to 8 knots against us. Hankow is in lat. 30.33 N., and lon. 114.20 E. The trade here is growing up fast; ten steamers running hard cannot take the teas and other pro duce down; many junks, some of 600 to 700 tons, are employed also, being towed or convoyed by the steamers. There can be no doubt from the depth and volume of water in the river at Hankow that it is navigable some hundreds of miles more inland, which I expect European enterprise will not be long in opening out. The water has risen this year at Hankow 38ft. ; it fell a few days since 2ft. 3in., but on Aug. 15, when we left, it had again risen a foot. I had this information from an officer of H.M.S. Snake, stationed here, and on board which a regis ter is kept. Steamers for this river must be power ful, and we must not be too proud to take a lesson from our Celestial friends. To insure a small draught of water steamers should be perfectly fiat-bottomed, [ADVERTISEMENT .I — Holloway's Pills.—Fever, Influ enza, Bronchitis.--In our cold and changeable climate Hol loway's Pills have proved themselves the best preventitive of iil-health. They expel all impurities, steady the circula tion, regulate the respirati on , an d check the first erroneous or depraved action. They aro more strictly preventives than any other known medicine. They successfully strike at the root of all bodily ailments, by eradicating every mor bid matter from the blood, and conferring on every organ its natural and healthy action, without weakening the sys tem or irritating the brain or nerves. In all the varieties of which now fearfully swell our bills ,lo most salutary desolation threat foefe mortalityers and i c - Led, nflammations Pil exercise t power. They often restore health when with a slight keel and two sister kelsons ; then, if PROSPECTS OF WAR. the ground is touched, little or no damage will be I The following extracts irom a business letter from sustained ; added to which great advantage may be Canada embody some of the latest views current in reaped, when the river is swollen, by steaming near that country regarding the prospects of war : the banks and keeping out of the tide. Left Han " The gieat question that agitates Canada, and I expect kow Aug. 15 with loaded junks to convoy. agitates all England by this time, is ' War, or no war ?' At "Aug. 16.—Landed at Wuhuitsou, a large Im- the moment I write this we are ignorant of the effect likely perial town on the left bank, the ship being at to be produced in England by the Trent outrage and the anchor about her own length off the shore in seven , capture of Slidell and Mason. Here we fo e r op w l a e r, th fo a r t fathoms. I fancy I must have been the first Euro- w t ee feel sure, from d u w t o h u e l o t temper give o f them the that, even if and peen that had landed, for I was immediately sur- h Government they were so inclined, 'the people' would not permit it. rounded by some 300 to 400 men, women, and chil- The American press, which to a great extent makes the dren, the women keeping a little in the back ground, public opinion which coerces the Government, would be although not at all bashful or timid, and oh ! such unanimous in resisting the demand if made; and, more feet ! I was not likely to see a female thus far in over, the Congress, which has commenced its sittings within the interior with such an ugly appendage as a large the past fortnighft, h or hi as s e act d ual t ly pas on tshed e occasion, vote o o n f thanks to upon it o foot. The feet of these beauties must have been caps- Captain Wilkes that a war with England and an invasion of ble of pleasing the most fastidious, lovesick Chinese Canada would be the most popular cry that could be raised swain, as they did not exceed four inches, shoe, in the States. But you will say, ' How can the North at stocking, and foot as well. My clothes were all tempt a war with England with the Southern rebellion on examined with great minuteness, even to the taking hand? She would be between two fires—the South on the one off my hat, feeling my shoes and the texture of my hand, and Canada on the Southwould other .' That he is verythe gametrue ; in and h in r own other garments, as well as smelling them as well as the hands. I event of a war f war were declared, the policy of the North myself. The eagerness of all to have a sight of and would be to recognize at once the Southern Confederacy, touch me was so great that I was in anything but make peace with the 'rebels,' and, thus being relieved of the an enviable position ; being surrounded on all sides i n cubus, turn all her troops into the British possessions in and the day very hot, I could hardly breathe. North America and in the West Indies. We are therefore, Making my way close down to the water I managed of course, in intenseanxiety, and i are unableto should seewhat war is to keep my inquisitive friends at bay on one side. bfeir: We k this will benothwe fullb wattle-elground however, lire that have a Militia A cram at the opera for admittance did not beat come, here, but little has as yet been done in the way of drilling our Celestial friends in their anxiety to catch a or equipping it. Of course, if war is seriously apprehended, glimpse at me ; they were civil though with all active drill will commence ; but it will take some time to their curiosity. When I got into the boat I made bring the raw recruits into discipline. Fortunatelv,Canada a sign for them to come on board; from that time is well provided with half-pay officers who have seen ser till dusk we had hundreds of them backwards and vice in the f P i e . ni h nsula, d lnd o ia, eo the m Ori . mea, d & ffi c. ee T rs here d are ld en forwards, and their eagerness to examine every npumhers sioners who are likewise available as drill-sergeants and thing was so great that it was only by placing a nucleus for the Militia. As to able-bodied men, we have sentries we could keep them out of the engine- 100,000 able and ready—perhaps 200,000 could be enrolled room and other forbidden places. But withal for service, if the necessary arms, clothing, and munitions their behaviour was good, and in no instance of war were provided. Don't believe any reports as to did they endeavour to purloin anything. We take `sympathy with the Yankees.' They are all false. Not seeg one E m r a li n i s i h n r s u o l , e o s r u I p p i m a i n g t h e t d s a h y y i n A l m o e o r , i N e v e o u u l d u e b p e u NJ l i i l e l Il i n uTs u t i o our meals on the poop, and when we sat down to dinner we had an admiring crowd watching our I believe Canada is sound and loyal ; we are well off, con every movement. A sightseer, after paying 6d. to tented, and happy under British rule, and, with the evils of see wild beasts feed, never enjoyed the scene more Republicanism before us, we know when we are thriving, than our Celestial visitors, and were you to land and prefer the mild and genial sway of Victoria to the ram them in the remotest part of the United Kingdom, pant democracy of mob law. It is a curious fact, but one the natives could not be more amused with them wh E ich di wi l ll be admitted or chtt by t al h l o s m et e tle i r s s, a tha o t od the c m on a s n er w va h t o i is and their chop-sticks than our visitors were to see ve here I I know in this town two or three g men who took a us using knives, forks, spoons, and glasses. prominent part in the Chartist troubles of '47—'4B, who "August 19.—Passed close to the steamship now utterly repudiate all Chartist doctrines and stand Rajah; she has three feet of water under her bows, firm to constitutional government. The reason is, and seven fathoms from amidships right aft; she we are alongside the great model Republic, and we watch and will most likely float off when the river rises next t o h b a se t r u v l e tr i a ts . D w e e m ak o n cr e a s t s i e c s in an st d it d u e ti f o ec n t s s. th l e V t e el s e e e e tiv th e a p t r m es o id b e l u a t w s law, year. Steamed up and down while our convey elective judo•es, sheriffs, and all the other offices which are passed the rebel city of Nanking, which is closely in the gift of the Crown at home, but in the hands of the besieged by land and water by the Imperialists, people in America, bring in their train corruption, fraud, and which it has been, I hear, for two or three violence, and the repression of freedom of opinion and years. The besiegers are now again exerting them- liberty. We see the necessity of a monarch and a strong selves to take the place. Conservative party, to stand between liberty and Democracy, "August 20.—Landed at daylight on the left to shelter the Constitution from the storms of popular vio lence and ignorance, which will sweep every country if not bank among the rebels, at a village opposite Niang withstood. These are some of the reasons why Canada is shan-ki, and walked about two miles along the loyal, not only to the Queen and the Home Government, bank of the river. The appearance presented by but to constitutional rule and usage. the people and all around was most pitiable ; they " The ease with which this country could be defended by had just migrated from the hills, the water had any armed force who first got possession of it is very re fallen about seven feet, and the land was now about mark e able.Allou of r aromaidlse fromhave twhoeordosednat others tli half side, a a t some mile, a two or three feet uncovered. The people had places c very s quarter often within gunshot. An opposing force could be nothing but fish and herbs to live on, all their last harassed at every step by riflemen and sharpshooters, con year's rice being exhausted. Cultivation had just cealed batteries, &c., along the line of march. The country commenced. These people were not all inquisitive, being but partially cleared, no great army could operate in and looked upon my landing as a matter of course ; the open plain as at Waterloo, Magenta, or Solferino. The they did just suspend operations for a minute or so why the Federals have been unable to do much reason against the rebels on the Potomac is because every approach to look at me, and then resumed their work. into the enemy's ground is lined with concealed batteries "August 2l—Dropped anchor and landed at Nan- and riflemen. Look at the late Federal disaster at Leesburg king. Her Majesty's ship Centaur and gunboats for a notable instance of the kind of warfare we might ex -90 and 95 at anchor. Landed and had an inter- pect in Canada if war broke out. If England goes to war, view with the rebel King, to obtain permission to she must send large bodies of troops here simultaneously with h the e r the IN e l u u d c o h f w F o e u l b r u d d a r e y p e o n r d m u pas e t the of xi s e archon which shortens the distance very materially ; he of t pass through a creek adjacent to the city, and no troops could lie out under canvas for the cold. When granted the request. Shortly afterwards he winter breaks up the thaws swamp the roads and render paid a visit to the Centaur, and the crew were them almost impassable. The creeks and rivers are un exercised at gun exercise, longg range, shelling, fordable, and oftentimes the bridges are carried away by &c. At 6 o'clock this evening the ship grounded off the floods. It will be quite the end of April before the the north-east pointof Tsaouha Island, but this was roads get into a state to admit of military operations, and be and dthat vesselsda t date withl t S r t e . ep L e a e w e r u e l n d c p e us n h av u i navigation a a more serious affair than any of the previous ones, ttieonQuwebilelebe By y en th ed e as the ship was hard and fast. By dint of great ex- time you get this Canada willbe sealed up with ice. Canada ertion, blowing off boilers, &c., we floated off into is just now well prepared to sustain a large army in food. deep water at 11 o'clock that night, close to land 10 Beef, pork, and mutton are mere drugs here ; the neat is and 12 fathoms, and then 18 fathoms water. now selling all over the upper part of the province at 2d. per 4 1 1 b. ; lo wheat, is m oats, hay, sterling. c., Every are in " August 22.—Passed the extent of rebel terri- sterling (twdoupueene Te b. ee) tory, and anchored at Chin Keang Fo. Here is sta ecinal h is stored with grain and produce of all descriptions farm tioned the ' Imperial Custom-house,' being a ship Of horses there is a great abundance—hardy Canadian at anchor, named the Swallow. All steamers, junks, horses, just fit for cavalry or artillery service. 200,000 &c., have to send their clearances to be examined, horses can be had if wanted. At no period would Canada whether proceeding up or down. The Custom- be better prepared to endure a war than at the present. house officers are all English or Scotch. There is an Rai t lwaysintersect the country from extremity east and west, north and English consul stationed on shore (Mr. Adkins). sorlioVh,llCOni t to triloeoposthcaenr he in 48 m hours. On the opening of the of the This is a very picturesque part of the river. Chin p navigation the gunboats of both countries would of course Keang Fo, on the right bank, is a large walled city scour the lakes, and the great cities would be liable to at with the usual amount of pagodas, houses, gardens, certainly. V n cl o ll n e n stricti unc ip e n r . tak l e t e w it ou s t be inn a s t t e t Ti r b e l w e war r &3. Ahead we have Gold Island (having a fine t:eerkt; whole strength into the contest, and strike a series of ter , pagoda on it), and astern is Silver Island. Both rifle blows." these islands are high rocks, rising out of the bed of the stream, covered with trees and foliage, and hav ing several very pretty buildings on them. I do not know from what they derive their name. Lots of game here, pheasants, partridges, snipe, &c., as there is also along the river. Fish is abundant and of very good quality ; pears, peaches, apples, and vegetables of every description ; fowls 1 dol. per dozen. This is applicable to all towns on the banks of the river, excepting where the rebels hold posses sion. DESPERA7E ENCOUNTER W 1771 A " August 23 —Left Chin Keang Fo, came into the dangerous part of the river again to-day, passed wreck of Manilla at 3 40 p.m.—she is stranded on a shoal north of Starling Island, with Chooshan Pa goda N.W. by W. Anchored for the night off Kyang Yin. " August 25—Proceeded at daylight and an chored about 30 miles lower down, the wind being ahead, and our convoy being some miles astern and unable to make headway. " August 26—Still at anchor, our convoy not being in sight. Since the survey of 1858 many and great changes have taken place in this river. What were shoals then have now formed up into islands, in some instances covered with houses and brushwood, and in high state of cultivation; chan nels then in existence are now filled up, while others then unnavigable have now water sufficient for a line-of-battle ship ; many new banks and shoals have grown up. At the Langshore crossing and other places where beacons and buoys have been placed to facilitate the navigation, the tide runs so strong that several have already disap peared, and it will only be by constant care and watching that they can be kept in their proper positions. On the passage up to Hankow the ther mometer ranged from 86 deg. during the night to 102 deg. to 105 deg. during the day, and this under double awnings. This last day or two the thermo meter has been at times to 82 deg. Notwithstanding the thermometerbeing at 105 deg. I personally have felt the heat in the:Red Sea, with the ther mometer at 98 deg. much more oppressive and unbearable. " Aug. 28—Weighed. Proceeded as far as Plover Point. " Aug. 29.—Steamer Williamette passed us at noon on her way from Hankow to Shanghae. At 12 30 p.m. she ran ashore on the Actaion Shoal, but as the tide was rising she was got off in half an hour. " Aug. 30.—Weighed anchor at daylight. Found two of the beacons gone, that on the S.W. point of Bush Island, and the other not far from it on the western side of the channel. We have not yet been able t ) discover whether the beacons are removed by some interested Celestials or if they are washed away. Arrived at Shanghae at 1 p.m." I remain, yours truly, W. W. PALMER. Steamship Fernandez, at anchor off the Imperial city of Chin Kyang Foo, Aug. 23. SCOTTISH LIFEBOATS. —The Glasgow Branch of the National Lifeboat Institution has just transmitted to it an additional contribution of £143, to assist the parent society to meet the great and increasing expenses in keeping up, in a state of efficiency, its numerous lifeboat establish ments on the Scotch coast, This large amount was collected through the zealous exertions of Captain Small, treasurer ; and Mr. A. Ranken, honorary secretary to the Glasgow branch. At the present time the National Institution is engag d in completing and renovating the Dundee lifeboat establishments, at an expense of upwards of £5OO. We, therefore, trust that the Scotch people will continue to ex tend their support to the lifeboat society. Amongst the 300 persons saved from shipwreck during the year which is now closing, are to be found the crews of many a Scotch vessel. NIGHT ROBBER. At Elysee, in the Island of Jersey, the residence of Colonel de Visme, on Sunday morning, occurred an encounter with a robber such as it is not often our lot to chronicle. John Kennedy, gardener to Colonel de Visme, is the adventurous nero of the story. About three o'clock in the morning of Sunday, Kennedy rose from his bed, for the purpose of pro curing a draught of water. Having duly refreshed himself at the pump, Kennedy thought he perceived a man lurking about the large doors of the farmyard. He accordingly returned quietly to his room, made some necessary additions to his toilet, and taking a gun—which he believed to be loaded—sallied out in order to verify or dispel the suspicions which he en tertained. On reaching the yard, he soon found that his apprehensions were well founded. A man was stealthily decamping with a large bag, which afterwards proved to contain a quantity of poultry, pillaged from the roost. A challenge to stop for the purpose of being overhauled was little heeded, except that it had the effect of making the fellow run the faster. Foiled in the exercise of his " right of search," and seeing the contraband and the intruder disappearing together, Kennedy resor ted to his weapon but found it was without a charge. He accordingly pursued his flying enemy, and, havirg overtaken him, the booty was dropped, for the more important essential of defence ; and then commenced a struggle which, considering its duration and the weapons employed, might have easily resulted in the death of one of the combatants. Kennedy was armed with the gun which he still carried ; while his antagonist, a more powerful man than himself, carried a heavy crow-bar, which he appeared fully disposed to use without scruple. Without heeding the fellow's threats, Kennedy effectually parried with the gun a blow aimed at his head; but the force of the crow-bar broke the gun in two, and left our friend to defend himself with the pieces. Nothing daunted, he dealt his antagonist a heavy blow with the butt end of the weapon. The fellow was floored by the blow; but, recovering his legs rushed. at Kennedy and attempted to close with him. Ken nedy, however, again floored the fellow ; and, tak ing advantage of the superiority of his position, belaboured him with the broken ends of the gun until he roared for mercy. Releasing him at length on the assurance that he would quietly accompany him to the house, Kennedy permitted him to rise. But the intruder was no sooner on his legs than he made another rush at his assailant, though with no batter success than before, and in the course of a few minutes he again found himself on the ground. Seizing a piece of the broken gun, he struck at Kennedy as well as he was able ; but tho latter maintained his advantage, and managing to get hold of the crowbar, threatened to take his life with it if he did not cease his resistance. In this way Ke nnedy held his man for the sp ace of three-quarters of an hour, during which he fre quently called for assistance. At length, failing to obtain any aid, he was compelled by the exhaustion of the struggle to relax his hold ; .and the fellow, gladly availing himself of the opportunity, took himself off, pleased to get away without broken bones, and leaving the plunder behind him. Ex hausted, if not personally injured, Kennedy got back to the house, and aroused the inmates to narrate an adventure which, though it had prevented a robbery, had promised well nigh to result in a murder. The police have been fully informed of the facts, and are actively engaged in tracking out the pre datory ruffian. RIBBONISM IN SLIGO.—The county magistrates sat on Thursday last until sundown hearing cases arising out of Ribbon disputes—although that secret cause is reli giously kept out of sight. Things are gradually preparing for a climax, and a bitter harvest will soon be reaped if the Government do not listen to our cry for more force is be stationed here to overcome the turbulent. Sligo is proud of her resident Depui y. Lieutenant Griffith. Surely he will now represent the true state,of matters to the authorities. They would certainly listen to his representations.—Sli9• independent. SCOTLAND v. ENGLAND. The North British Daily 'sal publis h as th e fol lowing : To THE VOLUNTEER 801 3TLAND. I have the honour of annoi tracing t o you that there will be an annual match bet ween tb e Volunteers of England and Scotland. Th e term sof this match have been arranged by Lord .1 gory, acting for Eng land, and by myself, as the t *ev,,res'entative of the Scotch. I beg to refer you tot eir rules, which are annexed hereto, and which wil lbe published in all the Scotch newspapers. Lord Elcho, with his usual liberality, and as an additional , p roof of the interest he takes in the Volunteers of b, )th countries, has p r ,-;mised to present to them a sL tield, to be called the 4 , -Eic,l-to Challenge Shield." This is the prize for which we are to contene The country which gains it w:.!I have the tonour of hold ing it for a year, and the names of the successful champions are to be I ;ngraved on it. I have undertaken the dut y of ' selecting the competitors who are to represent Scotland in the first contest, and 1 feel assured Ist all receive every assistance from m je• brother volt inteers. I hope are qualified 1 o take a pert that all volunteers w ho, frot n their shoot ' will COt nnvnicate with ing, think they in this great match , me. I shall always lie happy to :receive them rd to them a n opportunity with )31vself at the at Netherley, and to affo. of testing their powers al, 'g Netherley rifle range. `pared wit h England, )n. , n times , as many 'y may pick their Scotland is a small and t bin ly people d country. The English have nearly sev , n favour of men as we have, from when tht best shots. There are great odds i Eng land, but we must endeav o ur to .counteract them by that dogged perseverance and enorgy which havehithe do been characteristics ofou, "col t ntrymen. Whatever the result may be let us a t all events deserve succeos, by embracing every opportuni, 4 7 of of jmproving in rifle shooting, and preparing ourselves for the rifle tournaments at Wim bledon in 1862. To bring the shield back to Edin burg would be a great triumph ; to have our names engraved on it, 'he highest distinction which as rifle shots we cou. 'd attain; it will be gaining the " Victoria Cross" c our order. The prospect of this interesting inter •national match will, I am cer tain, be sufficient to Amite all Scotch Volunteers " shoulder to shoulder " in giving every assistance to each other, and in d o jug their best to bring for ward next year men wile • are likely to do credit to the country at Wimbled ot I.—l have the honour to be your e faithful servant, HORATIO Ross. Netherley, near Stoneb.as 'en, Dec. 19. BRUTAL CONDUCT O 1 A FATHER. ►--- -.---... An inquest has been h eld about two miles from Exeter, before R. It. Cro sse, Esq., county coroner, on the body of a young w •ornan named Piper, about 19 years of age, who drowned herself in the Exeter Canal on the 19th inst., th, , o ugh the brutal conduct of her father. Mrs. Harriet Louisa Piper deposed as follows : —The deceased alas my daughter. She has not evinced anything etrange in her manner until within a few weeke since, when she seemed unusually merry—singing th at I could hardly stop her. My husband has seen .a very cruel father to her. He has turned her out of doors at night, and I have heard her say that if he ever came home again from prison and treated her I:ad ly she would drown herself. He has left home. since her death. His conscience, I believe, would not allow him to remain at home. The deceased h as told me she could not pass through again what ship had already borne from him. She was not so merry on Saturday when my husband came home as she had been before. She seemed depressed in spirits, and cried because he had returned. On Sunday night last my hus band and the deceased had some words because she came home late, about 11 o'clo ck. She had been with some friends, but he wouhl not believe it; and when she assured him that she .had, he ordered her not to answer him, or else he wot ild give her agood ld never do that thrashing, and would tear her 1, ilothes to pieces. The deceased replied that he slum again, for she would rather drown herself. She then left the room and slept on the stairs all that night until five o'clock the next morn ing. She told me on the following dOy that she did this because she was afraid of her father. On Monday she had some breakfast and complained of being cold. I sent her to Mr. East's, boot and shoemaker, to inquire about some work, but she returned and told me she could not obtain any work, as Mr. East did not intend to take on any more hands until after Christmas. Upon this ber father replied that he knew she would not get any wsork because she wanted to keep up the Christmas holidays, and he should remember her as soon as he got into work. She did not sleep at home that night, and I did not see her again until five o'clock on Tuesday night. He then became very angry with her, and said ho would not give her any thing he worked for. Deceased told him she should not want it, and with the same she left the house, looking exceedingly wild and dejected. I have not seen her alive since. The body I have seen today is that of my daughter. She was a member of the Bristol Prudential Insurance CoOpany, for which she used to pay ld. a week. She hzul been a mem ber of it about two months. Her executors or re presentatives were entitled at her death to receive £8 lls. A verdict of found drowned was Ireturned, the coroner and jury expressing an opinion that if the father had not thrown her into the water, he was the cause of it. COUN2 BY 211ARKL A AS. HULL—DEc. 24. Arrivals of wheat have been rather large this week, and consist almost entirely of Baltic shipments per steamer. Continental markets are firm, but without activity. The wheat trade durinF , the week has been steady, and a fair amount of business done at fully late currency for best de scriptions of red ; but white, being more plentiful, has im some instances been sold at a decline of is per qr. At our market to-day there was but a poor attendance, and a limited business was done. English sold slowly at last week's currency, and foreign in some instances realised is to 2s above the quotations of the week. Wheat ....Old white....per qr ... 54s Od to 58s Ocl Old red New white .. ~ New red .... ~ Dantzic, Konb , &c. old white 63s Od to 67s OA Dutch, Belgian, and French. 58s Od to 628 Od Baltic and Hamburg, red 6os Od to 62s Od St. Petersburg and Riga, old sos Od to 52s Od Barley.... English malting Grinding 3os Od to 32s Od Saal and Oderbruck Holstein and Danish 3ls Od to 36s Od Grinding Oats English, old Archangel and Riga, per et osl2ld to 13d Friesland and Dutch osl3d to osl3d Swedish and Danish oBl2ld to osl3d Beans ....English, old, per qr 4Bs oa to 50s Od New pigeon 42s 05 to 44s Od New tick 4os Od to 42s Od Egyptian .. 38s Od to 40s 05 Peas Foreign breakers Grinding Tares ... . Spring. —s Od to —s Od Indian Corn Linseed, feeding crushing Linseed cakes (Hull) £9 15 0 to £lO 10 0 Foreign 8 5 oto 9 0 0 Rape cakes 517 6to 6 0 0 Bones 5 6 oto 510 0 BIRTHS. ASKTON.—On the 19th inst., at Dresden, the wife of Major J. T. Ashton, late Madras H. A,, of a daughter. BRINFILL.—On the 19th inst., at Peterstone Court, W. Brecon, the wife of Captain Brinfill, of a daughter. KLABER.—On the 21st inst., at 8, Oxford-terrace, Clapham road, the wife of Herman Klaber, of a son. BURRARD.—On the 21st inst., at The Mount, Yarmouth,. Isle of Wight, the wife of Lieut.-Col. tidney Burrard, of 6013, MARRIAGES. SMITR—KER.—On the 23d Nov., at Belgium, by the Rev. T. 'Watson, M.A., Major George Smith, 2d Bombay Light Cavalry, to Mary Buchanan, daughter of R. D. Ker, Esq., ( lifton. QUARTIN—CABALLERO. — On the 16th inst., at Valencia, Spain, Sor Don Pedro Quartin, of Malaga, to Carolina Francisca, fourth daughter of the late Sor Don Manuel del Saz Caballero, of Valencia. - EDIIONII—JONES —On the 19th inst., at St. Mary's, by the Rev. W. McCall, John Edmond, youngest son of the late Capt. Francis Edmond, of Wapping, to Ellen, second daughter of the late John Jones, Esq., of Wapping. DEATHS. PAULIN.—On the 15th inst., at Aldboro' Hatch, near Ilford, Essex, Adeline, the beloved and affectionate wife of James Paulin. GAMAGE.—On the 16th inst., Mary, relict of Captain John James Gamage, late of the Madras Horse Artillery, aged 68. Tom.—On the 19th inst., at Rosedale, Truro, Capt. Daniel Tom, late of H.M. 89th Itegt., aged 37, most deeply regretted. CARRICK.—On the 21st inst., at 52, Clifton-road east, St. John's-wood, Andrew Carrick, Esq., fur very many years of Kensington, in his 78th year. _ _ LuoAs.—On the 21st just, at Burgh House, Wm. Nelson Lucas, rector of Burgh, St. Margaret's, Norfolk. LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, uf No. 112, Strand, Printer, at TDE Sux Office, No. 112,Strand In the Precinct of the Savoy, in the County et! Bliddlesef, Thursday, December IE6I. • 1