The Sun. — London, England, 1861-09-27 00:00:00

2HE NAVY. The Black Prince is expected to leave the Clyde for Portsmouth in about a month. She will be rigged with jury masts only. The Archer steam corvette, Capt. Czaufurd, yes terday steamed up to Woolwich from Greenhithe, and was floated into basia at the 5 o'clock tide, to be overhauled and undergo the necessary repairs in readiness for recommission. The paddlewheel steam vessels Widgeon and Bustler were yesterday despatched from Woolwich to Shoeburyness to bring up to Woolwich the float ing battery Trusty, on completion of the experi ments with Capt. Coles's revolving shield, the result of which has been given in The Sun in detail. The Himalaya, screw troopship, Capt. Seccombe , was found at daylight yesterday morning to have left her anchorage of the previous night in. St. Helen's Roads, and resumed her voyage, the weather having become more moderate. Commanderßobert Barclay, who died on the 20th inst. at Rock Ferry, Cheshire, was born at Tain, in Ross-shire, on the 13th of September, 1793. He entered the navy as a first-class volunteer on board the Narcissus, in which ship he assisted at the capture, on the 18th of August, 1807, of the Spanish schooner Cantela, and also at the reduction of the Sanites, in 1809. Afterwards removed to the Rhin, of 38 guns, he contributed to the cap ture of four privateers, carrying in the whole 58 guns and 310 men. He was actively em ployed in co-operation with the patriots on the north coast of Spain, and while serving in the boats was twice wounded. The following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty:—Lieut. W. Wright, to the Hawke, additional, for service in the Coastguard ; W. Gilbert, W. Bedford, and G. Williamson, act ing second-class assist.-engineer, to the Asia ; and James S. Pidgeon, acting second-class assist.-engi neer, to the Cumberland. THE ABMI The arrangements announced in The Sun of yesterday for a review of the troops in garrison at Woolwich,-to take place this morning, were last night cancelled by a garrison order from Gen. Sir Richard Dacres, 1C,C.8-, Commandant, owing to the unfavourable state of the weather. By direction of the Ordnance Select Committee a series of trials has been made at Sheerness for the purpose of testing the efficiency of a new sys tem of signalling, by means of the oxyhydrogen lime light, the invention of Captain Bolton. The experiments were made on Wednesday and the previous evening, one of the signals being plaeed at Southend, a distance of nearly six miles in a asraight line, and the other at Sheerness. The experiments commenced at nine o'clock, and signals were received with astonishing rapidity at Sheer ness from Southend, and vice versa. The apparatus is of exceedingly simple construction, and is easily worked. The method in which it is used bears a great similarity to that in which the ordinary tele graph is worked. Its correctness in recording and transmitting messages of any length or difficulty must prove of great importance in "the event of a campaign. The invention is to be subjected to some further trials on board the Excellent training ship at Portsmouth, when the distance between the points of communication will be considerably in creased. Notwithstanding the dullness of the weather during the experiments at Sheerness, the signals were remarkably bright, the beautiful lime light shining out over the water with astonishing brilliancy, and being clearly discernible by the naked eye without there being the least chance of misinterpreting the indications. The whole of the dismounted armament distri buted over the batteries, forts, and fortifications at Chatham, consisting chiefly of the old 33- pounders 50-cwt. guns,l2, 18, and 24-pounder car ronades, and other kinds of disused ordnance, having been removed into the ordnance stores, the detach ments of the depot and coast brigades, Royal Artillery, under the command of Lieut. Ritchie, who have been occupied in the work of dismounting the guns for several weeks past, re turned from Chatham to head-quarters yesterday. The total number of guns removed from the forti fications is nearly 150, nearly all of which are of a kind which have become obsolete for a great num ber of years. The carronades and most of the large guns will be forwarded to - Woolwich, where they will be broken up for gun metal. The most impor tant of the batteries at Chatham, as well as the new defences :about being erected, will be armed with 100 pounder Armstrong guns. Yesterday Col. W. R Nedham, Commandant of the Royal Artillery, completed his half-yearly in spection of No. 4 battery, 9th brigade, Royal Artil lery, stationed at Chatham. The whole of the horses, men, and officers of the battery were drawn up under the command of Major Mackay, the battery being provided with their 12 pounder Armstrong guns, waggons, &c. On the previous day Colonel Nedham inspected the dismounted portion of the battery, and also the books and accounts. The weekly brigade of the troops stationed at Ports mouth garrison took place yesterday on Southsea common, Lord W. Paulet, C. 8., having the command. Toe troop on the ground consisted of the B field battery of the sth brigade Royal Artillery, 6 offi cers, 96 non-commissioned officers and men, 94 h,,rses, 6 guns (12-pounder Armstrongs), and 6 wag gons; the Ist battalion 2d Queen's, 19 officers, and 568 non-commissioned officers and men ; the Ist bat talion sth Fusileers, 18 officers, and 448 non-com missioned officers and men ; the 2d battalion 18th Royal Irish, 19 officers, and 501 non-commissioned officers and men ; the 49th Regiment, 12 officers, and 343 non-commissioned officers and men ; the 6th Brigade Royal Artillery (garrison), 11 officers, and 248 non-commissioned officers and men; giving a grand total of 107 officers, 2 720 non-commissioned officers and men, 94 horses, 6 guns, and 6 waggons. The troops formed on the common at 2 30 p.m., in columns of companies, with the artillery on the I right, the bands neing massed opposite the saluting point. On the arrival of Lord W. Paulet the force marched past in open and close column, the Field Artillery leading, and reformed in column on their original allignment. The right next advanced with artillery. The whole was thrown into squares in echelon, with the artillery on the right, opening a rapid and well sustained fire for some minutes, and concluding with a volley from right to left. Changing front, a strong line of skir mishers were sent in advance with their sup ports, the main and reserve force advancing in two lines, with a demi-battery of artillery on the right and the remainder in reserve. The skirmishers retired, still keeping up their fire as they closed in. The advanced line of the troops, supported on its right flank by artillery, retired, re f orme d li ne , an d opened fire, repeated the last movement, an d finally withdrew b Y -c"nPani es of fou r t o th e rear, a li ne of skirmishers being throw n out to co ver th e move ment, aided by artme r y A fter some heavy and continuous firing from the stronge line of ski rm i s h ers the bugles called them in on aeaflank' of the main body of the force, where they thr ew squares to resist cavalry, th e remaintaher ern o .selves into at the same time forming squ ares in ee f hei" the force and opening fire in conjunction with the artillery,At ' the close of a long sustained file fi re each e fired a volley, reformed column, threw out a fin® skirmishers, who were quickly recallbd, and the troops, as at the commencement, formed in columns at quarter distances. This closed the proceedings, which we believe were only preliminary to a dis play on a far greater scale during the ensuing week, w hen the more salient points of the seaface of the works will join in the mimic warfare. . „ The followinf; tenders for the construction of six of the new forts on Portsdown and its western ap pmaches have been accepted by the Government : For Wallington, that by Messrs, Lee and Sons, Nine Elms, Vauxhall, London; for Fareham and Newgate, that by Messrs. Wilson, Great Suffolk- Street, B orough, L on d on ; and for N e l s on, South ' vrick, and Wedley,, that by Messrs. Tread well, Par lianient-street, Wes tminster. I T'aa NA TIONAL GA -LL ERT.— T he Nationa.al a le win , f r 78 0,, ta. " 4B next Saturday, the 28th i ns t . I n consequeAce before fhe rtlitt u rit 4l eek t erntions it is not e x p ec t e d t o b e re - opene d i u Ilqvember. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 27, 1861. GI4IVD REVIEW OF YORKSHIRE VOLUNTEERS AT YORK• tacking force to change the direction of their rout which was very cleverly done upon the central point of the first line, the right being thrown forward. The second brigade then advanced a few paces and deployed, thus relieving the third, who had hitherto borne the brunt of the mimic battle. The third in a very orderly manner retired by fours to the rear. Line was soon afterwards formed, and the officers took post in review order. The bugle next sounded the " Advance" in quick time to a general salute, a movement which was splendidly performed, and which astonished all who could appreciate the dif ficulty of performing it with anything like precision. The reviewing officer then expressed his infinite satisfaction at what he had witnessed, and the re view terminated. On Sept. 28, 1860, and the 25th of the correspond ing month in the present year, voluntelf reviews have taken place on linavesmire, near York. The contrast between the two spectacles affords an ad- eee... ditional proof of what the spirit and energy of Englishmen—and especially of Yorkshiremen—can accomplish under combined effort. The review which took place on Wednesday has for some time been the greatest and most interesting occasion which has been looked forward to in the North of England, and its result will remain indelibly stamped upon the memory of the vast concourse of p e ople who assembled to witness the spectacle. In 12 months an immense deal hits been done for the movement in the county. Last year Knavesmire was in such a dreadful condition from the preceding rainy weather that all manceuvres had to be left out of the programme, and the troops were kept so long standing in the mud and water that numbers caught cold, and in more than one instance fatal results followed. The good people of York, however, deter mined to remedy this serious drawback to any fu ture reviews, set energetically to work to prepare against any damp contingency. Several thousand -- pounds were raised, and Knavesmire—a piece of , TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. ground unequalled in England for a military dis- Sir,—We here have another instance of high play—has been so thoroughly drained, and other- authority, acting on the best motives, and yet mis wise fitted for these reviews, that nodiscomfort need led towards adopting serious error by trusting to any more be apprehended from the same causes as conclusions drawn from those r u o s n buteas cased p q r a a e c s - - Lionti 1 has experiments s o r rife, with last September. Then, again, the equipment of the and whichtc, which it owes so much men generally is better, their dress more uniform, the piysigue positively gives evidence of an im- p l a t es o f i ron , var yi ng f r om Ito 11 inch in thick of its perplexity. A number of small detached provement, and their efficiency altogether will bear ness, laid on the sands, with their heads reclined a contrast with that of the corresponding period of to various angles with the horizon, .and . then . fired last year ; and, so far as numbers are concerned, it "power from the minimum service fieldpiece is well known that they have increased all over the a t with guns of the Armstrong description, varying in down to a diminutive nondescript, purposely built country. Since this period 12 months, however, exactly to suit the scale of Lilliputian targets— the Volunteers have lost a most valuable friend, such were these, in reality, Shoebury playthings, a and the country laments the loss of a Mi n ister in series of amusements with which furnished the Lord Herbert of Lea ; and si nce th a t ti me also the " remelts" announced in the above quotation. In Volunteers have received in the most liberal man size, substance, weight, connection, position, sup port, and every other known requisite for resistance sup per aid from the Government, who have at last there is traceable throughout the means employed recognised their efficiency as a. well-organised on these trials no single practical condition, either military force. But the latter gain can hardly in plates or guns, having more than the remotest counterbalance the loss sustained in the man to approach to the circumstances of an ironcased ship whom they have been indebted so much. Under the under fire, and proportionately incapable must they therefore be of affording any sound conclusion as above auspices and drawbacks, therefore, the present to those best modes of constructing such vessels review has taken place. which by such means we are fondly supposed to be Knavesmire, the scene of action, must be well seeking for. Nevertheless, we see that " results" known to all from its turf celebrity. It is avast plain, thus derived can be openly taken to determine that surrounded irregularly by gently sloping hills, giv- question of "form" which is sec o nd only, if second ing to it the appearance of a huge grassy amphi- in importance at all, to that which is requisite for theatre. In every positionwheresightthe giving to these costly ' fabrics the highest speed. a of pro- These experiments, moreover, were expressly made ceedings could be obtained vast numbers of specta- for the purpose they were thus applied to so soon as tors posted themselves, More than 30,000 persons, completed—viz., that of invalidating those previous it was calculated, were present on Knavesmire at the experiments made at Portsmouth in 1860 by private last review, but nearly that number was en this oc- enterprise, and which proved—what it is difficult to casion brought to the city by train. Y or k b e i ng believe should ever have been doubted—that the same natural laws by which the billiard ball is re the nucleus of a railway system, ram ifyi ng its pelled from the cushion and the cricket ball from branches throughout the whole north of England, the bat would equally apply to the sides of iron• an immense number of carriages was called into cased ships having an appropriate form for the pur requisition to convey this vast mass of spectators to pose—i.e., that the " Elloping sides" of the quotation would evade a large portionofthe force of heavy the scene and back again. Most of the trai ns de shot striking them ; this principle of shot-deffec posited their passengers at Holgate-brid g e, wh ere extensive sidings had been prepared •; and this place tion, as totally distinct from shot-resistance, being therefore capable of enabling lighter armour, with being contiguous to Knavesmire, a great deal of less injury to itself, to effect equal protection against time was saved and much personal comfort secured equal artillery, as compared with heavier vertical by the arrangement. To preserve order, and also masses when opposing a direct resistance. h to relieve in some degree the an x i e ty o f numerous den T t h The a n b d l e y () r u e p r o o r t w s n o f l e y ad ou er r s p n o n rt t s n m e o s ti n t b i e c e o t r r a e t s p tohne light-fingered individuals as to their ability to take time, make it superfluous to repeat the details of the away with them, as a mem en t o o f th e rev i ew , any- four days' trial, in which Mr. Jones fully established thing heavier than they could carry, a numerous the valuable principle he advocates; but of his tar body of policemen were stationed o n th e rev i ew g et itself it may not be so genera lly k nown th a t i n ground, under the superintendence of Colonel Cobbs, the t 4 inch thickness of skin, and the 1 inch thick of the West Riding Constabulary. Th e y a l so f or th e ness of frames, of the iron ship proper whi c h it re presents, the structure of the Warrior was followed, time had charge of numerous refreshment tents with the exception that the frames are 18 inches placed upon the slope of the hill nearest the high deep and 18 inches apart, whereas the Warrior's are road, where the commanding officers of the different only 10 inches deep and 22 inches apart. The back battalions and corps had made ample provision for ing outside the skin was then 14 inches of ordinary n• is now 12 inches—the Warrior's ein 18 their tired and hungry men. The other arrange- Inc n hes e—it of teak, and the particular armour plate g ate -out ments, so far as the public are concerned, consisted side the backing, which was then specially fired at, in the Racing Stewards' Round-house being set was, like the Warrior's, 41 inches thick. The target, apart for the Lords-Lieutenant, the state-room and of 13 feet by 9, although in size only fragmentary, balcony for the aristocracy, while the enclosure in yet being strongly secured upon the deck of an old front of the stand, the roof of the stand, and other gun-bri g , n - I b o r o i g , t, became d part fi o f r e a floating mass of o p f r o2boa eomuaran i comfortable and convenient places were re serve d for ya y rds by the ;ca dhot 68 - ponder on with ts fall the public on payment of a moderate fee. charge of 161 b., the heaviest smooth-bored artillery The military arrangements were skilfully drawn in use ; so that every practical condition requisite up, and were ably carried out by Major Harman, ' to constitute a true experiment was here present Inspector-General of Volunteers for the North of so far as the size admitted, the severity of proo. England. The saluting point was exactly opposite being equally unexceptionable. Out of the 33 shots in all, sustained by the four covering plates, 17 fell the stand, and the alignment stretched from left to on the part i cular one specified, within a space of right as far as the eye of the spectator could conve- 5 by 21 feet, four of them striking one over the niently distinguish. By the time fixed for the other before any part of the plate was removed, various battalions taking their positions, half-past and even then without being actually penetrated, brigade. The first, that 2 o'clock, nearly the whale had arrived, and they ! posted themselves in th ree . I or even the soft oodwork beeath it seriously hurt. It was against these remar n kable results that the remarkable Shoebury trials I have described were on the extreme right of the line, was under the opposed, and the extract taken for my text, its re command of Lieut.-Col. Thompson, and consisted of ference to the Armstrong gun in particular, was the a splendid body of artillery from Burlington, Filey, special provocation, so to speak, which led Mr. Whitby, Scarborough, Leeds, York, and Sheffield. Jones to urge that repetition of his last year's proof The remainder of the brigade was composed of two l w ed hi t c o h t t h o a o t k f p u l r a t c h e er on tr t ia h l e o 2 f ls t t h u a lt i , B a th nd in w st hic at h a t g ru a l in regiments of engineers from Sheffield and Leeds. noted, as well as ably reported, by your correspon y - The latter class of volunteers attracted a large share dent. On these two occasions the same target, at of attention, alike by their superior and magnificent the same range of 200 yards, opposed its 42 and, 53- unforms and their true soldierlike aspect. There inch plates respectively to the fire of the same Arm were about 850 voluntee rs i n thi s b r i ga d e . Th e strong 100-pounder—thi s ti me th e h eav i es t p i ece of r th ifl in ed ne o r rd on n e a s nc s e lo y!t d p a r t et t e b n e d s i a ng e to be l practical—the fsod Le l, by which second brigade was commanded by Col. Smyth, M.P., the major attached being Major Van Strau- last year, but tile thicker ones v a e n r g ti benzee, In this division were the five picturesquely means Mr. Jones has placed before us the proof of uniformed corps comprising the Ist West York his principle comparatively as well as positively, Volunteers, and made up f rom Y or k, H arrogate, and has shown us that thi nner pl a t es ang l ed will, Knaresborough, Ripon, an d T a d cas t er. Th e a dj o i n- with less injury to themsel ves , a ff or d not on l y equal, ing battalion c om p r i se d many vo l unteers from than superiorevenlof equal merit nearly one-f o urth protection aga i ns t equa l i mpacts, Wakefield, h Goole, D ews b ury , Bi rsta l , an d Selby. thi a c n ke when r will pates placed vertical. Besides furnishing The third battalion in this brigade consisted of East us also, in several important particulars, with a Riding corps from Howden, Bridlington, Beverley, practical measure of the difference of force which Driffield, Market Weighton, and Hedon. As may plates in the two cases are required to withstand, he expected from the men composing companies and l of the actual effects of this difference. Thus— raised in an extensive agricultural district, this body invanrifiarbilnyg b a r t ok t e he to thi . nner plates angled angled the . shot is a ta n nce t of troops presented an imposing appearance. The riably flew an estimated distance ofe pieces l oo o a o s r 1 1 , 2 7 0 - fourth battalion, or Ist North Riding, under the yards. The force required to project 110 lbs of ir commaed of Earl Cathcart, consisted of the Swale- regular fragments the above distance is, therefore, dale, Leyburn, Forcett, Stratforth, Bedale, Stokes- the true measure of that which the plate by deflec tio had been enabledn to evade. ley, Masham, Catterick, Ri c h mon d, Sk e l ton, and In a t the thicker plat e s ver ti ca l , your Northallerton corps. The fifth b a tt a li on was from firingcor respondent Malton, Hovingham,Scarborough,Helm s l e y,Thi rs k, t h em Si n. i nstead of 54. No portion of the force Pickering, Lythe, and BromPton ; and the sixth of impact was evaded, all had to be resisted, and and remaining battalion in the brigade was cone- with these differences of effect : posed of men from the West Riding corps, such as 1. The shot broke up as before, but all fragments Skipton, Pontefract, Rotherham, Guiseley, Keigh- fell around the target, ex ce pt those small which fell back into and aroun d the gunboaetr ones ley, Barnsley, and Bingley. The total strength 2. All indents were of the full 7 inch diameter of of this battalion was about 2,350 men. The the shot ;on the thinner plates they were nearly third brigade was commanded by Colonel Wade, semicircular only-6 inches from ho rn t o b ore . 3. The depth of indents weaned 11 inch th roug h- C.& In this division was a splendid battalion from out their 7 inch diameter; the minimum being 13 Sheffield, in dark, serviceable uniforms. Similarly i nch ; on the thinner plates it varied at the deepest dressed also was a fine selection of about 300 "good point only of the semicircles, from •:-', to 11 inch, the men and true" from Halifax, Huddersfield, and general mean being also 11. The greatest depth of Holmfirth. Leeds occupied a prominent position, indent made by the only shot , which struck the 'l4 leaving the honour of bein g th e mos t numerous corps thicker . The platest hicker when angled was of an inch. cker plates were much buckled by the on the ground—in round numb ers , 450 men. Hull 4 shot ; the thinner ones very little. and Bradford were formed on the left of the line, 5. The backs of the thicker plates were more the former under the command of Lieut.-Col. Pease, seriously injured even than their fronts, being and the latter under Lieut.-Col. Lister. The strength bulged out to a considerable diameter around each of this brigade was 2,670. Thus the total field impact, with the centre of the bulge much fractured. strength may be pretty accurately es ti ma t e d a t This was, so far as could be examined at the time, 5,285 Volunteers. behind the plates:where buckled off their backing. The thinner plate detached by the third shot of the The three brigades were formed, in the first in- 18th inst. showed on its back only one slight trace of stance, into thre e contiguous columns at quarter the ten shot received on the 21st ult., this trace being distance, and were then deployed into line previous also of one of those six which on that occasion fen to receiving the reviewing officer, Col. M‘Murdo, within a space of 12 inches by 21. 6. Every shot resisted by the thicker plates would When that gallant officer arrived on th e ground have necessitated the eventual shifting of the plate. they received him with th e usual salute previous to No shot deflected by the thinner plates would have his inspecting the lines. This routine business being occasioned any such necessity, the damage being accomplished satisfactorily, the real proceedings of limited to a mere external scar. This does not refer, the re v i ew commenced b y the troops forming open of course to the injury done by the six shots on the column, very limited space aforesaid, when sufficient plate , right in front, preparatory to marching .was removed to have allowed . a seventh . shot . to enter, past- The latter test of the volunteers' efficiency if striking was creditabl r h d • y accomp is e in quick time, and These facts will be a sufficient reply to the letter the brigades then more difficult of your correspondent "C. W. G.," of the 27th ult., business of a . prepared for the review. Closing to quarter-distance who, in his otherwise perfectly correct views, evi column on the leading den tly shares the error still entertained in very companies, the troops after -wards advanced in direct ' high places, that Mr, Jones's experiments were echelon of battalions from the left. This was a rest meant to show the greater resistance opposed by py mov em • ten , an d hat object vertical ones,' whereas his true rendered additionally aura rye from the fact at object d w p as the reverse one, of proving how much less the manoeuvre was covered i by a cloud of skir- resistance was required to be opposed by angled mishers thrown out from the right, and who kept plates in order to do the same, or even more work, a sharp fusilade during the ti •me occupied in the than vertical ones; and greatly indeed is the country formation. An imaginary attack was now repelled indebted for that true patriotism whi c h h as l e d hi m in company squares, with fi xed by the brigades, so p ersever i ng l y, at so much expense and w i th so bayonets and firing. The eneray,it is supposed b • little encouragement, to enforce on public notice , eing the merits of the principlehe advocates.s' l imu repulsed, column was reformed, and transformed into taneously with ' • his own experiments that principle an attacking force by the third brigade deployed has, just received still further proof on a yet more into line. The attack of the latter was supported by advanced stage in the curvilinear surfaces presented by Captain C o l es ' s. the first and second brigades in line of contiguous cess of which i n its c r upola, th e great pract i ca l suc ecent trials has been so welcome columns. The enemy having now become dislodged to the many friends who are anxiously watching from their position, it became necessary for the at- England's unsettled progress towards a fleet of iron, SHOT-D.EFLECTION v. SHOT-RESIS- TAIV CE. " As to the mode of construction of which they had heard as the sloping sides, that form had been carefully tried, both as to the power of the guns and the quality of the metal. He had yesterday an opportunity of seeing some expep ments made, and had gone carefully over the results with the persons who had conducted those experiments, and he must say, as to the sloping sides, that they did not appear to have any great advantage against Armstrong guns." — Speech of the Duke of Somerset. in which, however, it is now to be hoped that by the impulse given by these two meritorious gentle men the forms of future Warriors will exhibit a higher appreciation than hitherto of the value of shot- deflP ction. May I trespass these few lines further in order to support the favourable view expressed by your cor respondent of the merits of the 1Z inch iron strips by which Mr. Jones so effectually supported the joint edges of his plates ? Throughout the trials on the Trusty every shot striking within 6 inches of an edge seriously fractured the plate in the direction of that edge; and, in like manner, the 6th and 10th shots on the 18th inst., which fell within a few inches of the unsupported edges of a 41 inch plate, broke away pieces 18 inches in diameter and 24 inches by 17 in the two cases respectively; whereas no less than six shots struck on the supported edges of both thick and thin plates on the two days, in no case producing more injury than when striking a centre. Even when three shot fell on the same spot of the same edge on the 21st ult., removing a portion of the plate itself, the strip beneath it was only bent and cracked. On the other hand, Mr. Jones has confirmed that entire failure of armour-plate fastening by screws which had been so signally exhibited before in a re cent Shoebury experiment. The 10th shot on the 21st ult. struck a screw head fair without injury, but the same shot broke two other distant screws of the same plate, and one of those in the next plate to it, thus showing the inability of these fast enings to withstand a transverse strain or jar. As in the Shoebury experiments, the two plates de tached on the 18th inst. fell because all their screws broke about the first thread, the diameter being 11 inch. That the side of the ship proper represented by Mr. Jones's target should be as perfect at this moment as when flr,st made —except a slight pro jection of one of the backing bolts—after sustaining 67 shots from the heaviest known rifled and smooth bored ordnance, stands as a great fact in the great strife of armour versus guns, notwithstanding the replacing of the plates this year, and suggests that flatheaded shot only will be at all effective against well studied forms for deflection. Even if the boasted 300-pounder should ever become a practical reality will it be more successful in penetrating a side of angled or curvilinear form than the 100-pounder was against the vertical plates on the 18th inst., when two Tin. diameters were separated by only lin., with only the above slight effect on a backing bolt ? Apologising for the length of this communication by the hope that its contents may be publicly use ful, I beg to remain your obedient servant, E. P. HALSTED, Captain R.N. CO 31211UN1CATION WITH INDIA. The following relates to the opening up of com munication with India by the Tigris or Euphrates —a project which possesses an inherent vitality that causes it to survive all the occasional discou ragements of foreign intrigue : _ " London, Sept. 24. " Sir,—When regard is had to what our friends the French are accomplishing in Egypt in connection with the Suez Canal, and when we see French vessels of war, with no com merce to protect, gradually outnumbering our own in East ern latitudes (e.g., last month there were at Aden five French to our two), it would appear that our communica tions with India have become somewhat precarious. " Several years ago I ventured to recommend the esta blishment of railway and telegraphic communication with India by the route which the configuration of the globe ap pears to point out as the natural highway of nations between the East and the West, viz., by the Euphrates and the Persian Gulf. " The obstacles to the realisation of this great but simple and inexpensive design are political, not physical. " In 1857, through the support of the British Government and after considerable trouble and expense, a concession was obtained from the Porte for the Euphrates Railway. " In June of the same year one of the largest and most influential deputations that ever waited upon a Minister were assured by Lord Palmerston that the Government were fully alive to the great importance of the Euphrates route;. that they had supported it and would continue to support it' but he could not give an opinion as to giving the guarantee on the capital without consulting his colleagues, and re • quested Mr. Andrew to put his proposition in writing, and that it should have a proper amount of consideration, and that Government would be happy to aid it if in their power. " Immediately after the above gratifying and patriotic assurances were given, and just as the necessity for the Euphrates route was more clear , y demonstrated than at any previous period in our annals by, the breaking out of the mutiny in India, our very good friend the Emperor of the French, for reasons best knoWn to himself, appears to have put his veto upon it; but being, as we are constantly assured, a magnanimous ally, no doubt the British Govern ment will be able some of those days to induce him to tole rate our making a road to our own dominions. "however apathetic we may be at home, I know that some of the most eminent political and scientific officers in India are now urging, as essential to the safety and well being of that country, the immediate prosecution of the Euphrates Railway and Telegraph, and there is reason to believe that the Government of India regard with favour both those designs. "The Euphrates route is also now, or about to be, brought under the consideration of the various chambers of commerce and other public associations in this country in order to tress the subject on the attention of Government and the country. As misapprehension exists as to the cost and nature of the undertaking, the end in view would be greatly promoted if you would allow me to recapitulate as briefly as possible the substance of the proposition which in 1857 I had, by desire of Lord Palmerston, the honour of submitting for the consideration of her Majesty's Govern ment. " I have no personal interest in the success or failure of of the Euphrates route, except in my capacity as the chair man of the various enterprises in the valley of the Indus, the political importance of which must be powerfully pro moted by bringing Kurrachee, the port of the Indus on the Arabian Sea, into steam and telegraphic communication with the shores of the Mediterranean; neither . was the pe cuniary support of Government sought on mere industrial Or commercial considerations, but on the political value of the railway to the empire at large. " The establishment of a railway from the Mediterranean to the Perusian Gulf would have the effect of reducing the distance between this country and India by upwards of 1,000 miles, and the time to about 14 dap, or about half the period now occupied. "The resources of England bebig made promptly available on any emergency in the East, Chatham and Southampton would become the basis of operations, instead of Kurrachee or Bombay, and would enable this country to anticipate or repel, whether in Europe or Asia, any attack with the rapidity and advantages of an irresistible force. "On an emergency in India troops from England could be landed at Kurrachee in three weeks, and in another week at Lahore by steam transit. "By means of this railway, taken in conjunction with the system of steam transit now being established along the valley of the Indus from Lahore to the sea at Kurrachee, the large force stationed in the Punjab would be rendered of incal ulable importance by steamers uniting the line of the Indus with that of the Euphrates, for in that case any hostile force advancing towards the Indus would not only be met on the line of that river, but would be threatened along the seaboard of the Persian Gulf and the line of the Euphrates in flank and rear. " The Indus and the Euphrates thus united, the danger ous isolation of Persia would be at an end, and Russian en croachment in that direction would cease even to be specu lated upon. " It would be the means of consolidating the power of the Sultan in his Asiatic dominions. " The first section of the line from Seleucia to the Eu phrates has been surveyed by Major-General Chesney and Sir John Macneill, with an engineering staff, and has been reported as of easy construction. Copies of the reports of these able and scientific gentlemen were forwarded for the information of Government. " The whole length of the valley of the Euphrates is so free from impediment that it would seem as if Providence had specially ordained it to be the great highway of nations between the East and the West. " The Turkish Government agreed to commence simul taneously with the railway the construction of a harbour at the mouth of the Orontes, at the proposed terminus of the rail way. " The harbour has been surveyed by Sir John Macneill, with the assistance of the officers of her Majesty's ship Stromboli. Plans of the proposed works were submitted t 6 the First Lcrd of the Admiralty, " There being no harbour on the coast of Syria better than the of en roadsteads of Beyrout, Jaffa, Tripoli, and Acre, or the pestilential harbour of Alexandretta, the im portance of having a safe and commodious harbour will be apparent for political as well as commercial purposes. " This harbour, connected by means of the railway with Bulsorah at the head of the Persian Gulf, would give to England the first strategical position in the , world. " The Eughrates Valley Railway, in addition to its poli tical advantages, would powerfully promote the commerce and civilisation of the world at large, and that the commer cial and manufacturing communities c ;flour in these sen timents was shown by the addresses, submitted to Go vernment. They are quite alive to the importance of ob taining cotton, wool, silk, sugar, wheat, indigo, and other products from India and Mesopotamia, and the production, being effected by fre3 labour, would of necessity tend to the extinction of slavery. " The navigation, of the Euphrates and Tigris may be mado available pending the Completion of the railway from sea to sea. "From Selucia to Taber Castle on the Euphrates is 150 miles in length, and would cost fora single line £1,500,000 All the physical difficulties on the route are between Selucia anclAleppo, but the navigation of the Euphrates is very in ferior to-that of the Tigris below Bagdad. From Selucia to Bagdad is 600 miles, and would cost £4,000,000 ; from Se. lucia to Bussorah, at the head of the Persian Gulf, is 600 miles, and would cost £6,000,000. This would be a complete railway, and with both its termini on open seas, would be easily defensible by England, so that under no circumstances could our communications with India be seriously disturbed al long as England retained her naval supremacy.—l am, ecc. " W. P. ANDREW." POLICE MELLIGE'NCE, AFept. 26 . BOW-STREET.—Edmond Wm. Pullen, aged 19, was brought up for further examination, charged with stealing nearly 1,500 letters, several of them containing bills and notes to a large amount, at the General Post-office. Mr. Peacock, solicitor, conducted the prosecution. A solicitor's clerk, who said he knew the prisoner personally, stated that he was authorised to defend the prisoner :. _ _ lliam T. Riches, clerk to Messrs. Harvey and Co., bankers, of Thetford, deposed that on the 12th of September he made up a remittance, by direction of his employers, for their town agents, Messrs. Hankey and Co., the amount being £253 10s. in one bill, and sundry bank-notes, ineluding the two notes now produced by Smee, the Post-office con stable. He enclosed them in an envelope, addressed to " Messrs. Hankey and Co., London," the address being printed. He also placed in the same envelope a printed form, filled up with the particulars of the remittance, and sealed the envelope with wax. He posted the letter the same evening, at about 9 or half-past 9 o'clock, and had not seen it since. William H. Miller, a clerk at Messrs. Hankey's bank, in Fenchurch-street, deposed that the letter and remittance did not come to hand. Cross-examined—lt could not have been taken in by any other clerk. Arthur Huggins, letter carrier on the Fenchurch-street walk, delivered all the letters addressed to Messrs. Hankey and Co. on the 13th of September. George Adolphus Styland, one of the inspectors of letter carriers, stated that a letter posted at the time mentioned by Mr. Riches, at the Post-office at Thetford, would in due course be received at the General Post office the next morning in time for the first delivery. The prisoner was on the Lom bard-street walk, which was the next adjoing the Fenchurch-street one. The letter might have been sorted to him, as the name of the street was omitted from the direction. It would be his duty on dis covering the error to return it as having been mis sorted. It would then be re sorted to Huggins. That would be done by an experienced sorter, who would know that Messrs. Hankey's was in Fen church-street. If the letter had been fully directed it would be sorted to Huggins in the first instance. Mr. Henry said that letters ought always to be fully directed. Though Messrs. Hankey's firm was well known, yet the omission of the street gave much unnecessary trouble at the Post-office, and delayed the letter till the next delivery. In the present instance if the letter had been properly directed it would not have been lost, but would have been delivered in due course. Smee, the Post-office constable deposed that on Monday last he saw the prisoner in the assistants' room at the General Post-office. He found on him 35 letters of various dates, and a purse containg two £5 notes, £1 9s. in gold and silver, and a passport made out in the name of "Miss Isabella Gray!' The prisoner gave up'to him (Smee) the key of his closet, in which were found two coats, one official and one private. In the pockets of the coats, and in a basket found in the closet, were several bundles of letters. They were counted, and were found to be between 1,400 and 1,500. Mr. Hyland said that he received the key from Smea.and opended the closet. He assisted in count ing the letters. They were of various dates, from March last till within a few days. Witness had heard the prisoner say it was his cubpoard. There were between 1,400 and 1,500 letters in the bundles. He took them up to Mr. Peacock's office, with the two coats also found in the closet. The prisoner, on being asked if he had any an swer to the charge, said, " I have nothing to say." Mr. Peacock said he had now to prefer a charge against the prisoner of having stolen an ivory ticket belonging to a subscriber of the Horticul tural Society. at Smith Kensington. Miss Caroline Legrew, 1, Ladbroke-place, Not ting•hill, deposed that she was a subscriber to the Royal Horticultural Society, and the ivory ticket produced entitled two persons to admission to the gardens. On the 26th of July she enclosed the ticket in a letter to Mr. Watkins, Pelican Life office, Lombard-street, and posted it herself in Ladbroke-grove, at the branch office, kept by Miss Underwood. Witness had not seen it since, until produced by the officer. Mr. Henry observed that it was undesirable to send such tickets through the post-office, as they might be broken to pieces in the process of stamp ing the letters. It was proved that the prisoner was on duty at the office on the 27th of July, when this letter would arrive there. Mr. Charles Watkins, 3, Relgrave-road, St. John's-wood, of the Pelican Life-office, deposed that he never received the ivory ticket which Miss Legrew sent to him by post. 3mee proved that he found the ivory ticket in the prisoner's waistcoat pocket when he was searched at the office on Monday. Witness asked him how he came to be possessed of it, and he re plied, " It was given me by a gentleman in Lom bard-street. I do not kr.ow his name or address." The prisoner having stated that he had nothing to say in answer to the accusations against him, was then fully committed for trial on both charges- MARYLESONE.---Henry Formeson was placed at the bar, charged with robbery. It appeared from the evidence that on the same afternoon Mrs. Moseley, a lady residing at No. 30, Berners-street, Oxford-street, was walking along Wimpole-street, accompanied by her daughter, when the prisoner, in passing her, snatched from her hand a silver card-case with which he made off ; a cry of " Stop thief!" was raised, and the prisoner was captured by Boyle, the Marylebone beadle, who chanced to be near at hand. As he ran he threw the case into the road. The property was produced and identified, and the prisoner, who pleaded Guilty, was sent to hard labour in the House of Correction for six months. WESTMINSTER.—The Rev. Henry Holloway, charged with numberless railway robberies, under• went another examination. Mr. Arnold said that considerable inconvenience existed at that moment in transacting the business of the court, owing to both the clerks having been called away as witnesses. He thought the only course left open to him was to remand the prisoner. Mr. Saunders, who appeared for the prosecution, requested that the evidence of a gentleman named Busby, a coroner for Derbyshire, who had come to town expressly as a witness, should be taken. Mr. Charles Stanhope Burke Busby, residing at Chesterfield, Derbyshire, said he arrived on Monday the 19th of August at the Waterloo•station and went on the platform at half past 6 or a quarter to 7 in the evening. He had with him three packets—a portmanteau, a bag, and a roll of coats. Inserted under the straps of the latter was an umbrella. He placed his things upon a truck on the platform and went into the refreshment room, where he remained nearly three-quarters of an hour. On his return to the platform all the luggage was there except the umbrella, which was gone. He subsequently went to France and Jersey, and on his return found a letter from Superintendent Carpenter, of the Brighton police, upon the subject of the missing umbrella. In reply to an inquiry from the magistrate, Mr. Busby explained that he had come from Derby to King's-cross, and thence proceeded to the Waterloo• station with his luggage on the 19th. Cross-examined by Mr. Whiffen for the prisoner. —He did not notice any one particularly at the Waterloo-station on the ocaasion in question. There were several persons sitting d awn, some not unlike the prisoner; but witness was not prepared to say that he was one of them. He did not notice two or three people sitting in the waiting-room. Allan Gilmore, police constable of the South- Western Railway, said he was on duty at the Waterloo terminus on the 19th of August, when a complaint was made to him of the loss of a dressing case, as well as of the umbrella. The prisoner was at the station that night. The witness saw Mr. Begbie, the gentlemen to whom the dressing-case belonged, put it on the table in the first-class waiting-room; it was one just like that he now held in his hand. Them was only another person there at the time. Cross-examined by Mr. Whiffen--The witness was certain the prisoner was there that night. He was sitting at the table writing with a pen and ink. He wore very small spectacles then. Mr. Saunders requested a summons to compel the attendance of Mr. Begbie. A razor strop which had been in the, dressing case was found in the pri soner's possession. Mr. Arnold inquired were the dressing-case pro duced had been discovered. Mr. Saunders said it was found in the Green park, and he thought he should be able to prove that the prisoner put it down. A lady and gentle man were sating there, when the prisoner, or a person answering his description, laid the dressing case—which resembles a leathern box—dotn, and iert it. Every rneins would be used, by advertise ment an otherwise, to find the persons who had seen it left as described. Mr. Whiffen objected to this statement being made against his client. Mr. Arnold observed that it would not affect him, as it was not being taken down. Inspector Bent, of the South Western Railway, said that the dressing case had been identified by Mr. Begbie. Application having been made to save Mr. Busby the inconvenience of another journey to London before the prisoner's trial, Mr. Arnold had his deposition formally prepared, and bound him over to prosecute for the theft of the umbrella. The prisoner was not called upon to so/ anything, but voluntarily observed that the witness had the look of truth in his face. As he did not want to give trouble he admitted having the umbrella in his possession, but should be able to show that he was a long way off the Waterloo Station when it was lost. He was then further remanded for a week. WORSHIP-STREET.—A respectable looking youth was charged with various robberies. On the 27th of August last the prisoner engaged lodgings at the house of Mr. Wilson, in Bond street, Stepney, but the very next morning left and never returned. Shortly afterwards a coat of the value of £2 was missed. On the 28th the prisoner took apartments at the house of Mr. Chas. Lowe, of York-street, Hackney, under precisely similar circumstances. He left early the following day. There, again, a coat of like value was subsequently missed. On the 30th ho called upon a widow named Lord, in Thomas-street, Hackney-road, and induced her to let him have accommodation for a night. Unable to find a coat at this residence, he took a shirt and two cravats belonging to the land lady's son. On the 7th inst. he presented himself at the shop of a tradesman named Lovelace, in White•street, Bethnal-green, and engaged an apart ment. He decamped with a coat on the Bth. He was met, however, on the 10th 'by Mr. Lovelace, not far from his own shop, and given into custody. When asked his name, the prisoner replied, " Ed ward Ellis, a labourer." This was manifestly, so far as the occupation went, a falsehood, but his address could not be ascertained. He was fully committed for trial. GREENWICH. —ANNOYING PASSENGERS IN RAILWAY TRAINS—TAMPERING WITH A WITNESS. Mr. Edward Wm. Cannon, an auctioneer, carrying on business at Croydon, was summoned at the in stance of the authorities of the London andß righton Railway Company, charged with actingly inde cently towards Jane Humphreys, and also annoying Francis Coster, they being passengers travelling on the above line of railway. Mr. Inspector Richards attended to watch the case on behalf of the company, and Mr. Parry, so licitor, attended for the defendant. The complaints in both cases were fixed to come off at this court on the 19th inst., but when called on it was intimated to his worship that the com plainant in the more serious offence had not arrived and pending whose attendance the second charge was proceeded with. • Francis Coster, a young man, residing at Sutton, Surrey, said he was a passenger by the 10.15 p.m. train from London-bridge, on Monday the 9th inst. lie was seated in a third class carriage, there being two females in the same compartment, and also the defendant. The defendant commenced talking to one of the females, who seemed inclined to keep him away. He did not hear her say anything, but afterwards seeing him put his hands in an improper manner to the bottom part of her dress, he (witness) asked her if she would change seats with him ; and she replied that would be very much obliged to him if he would do so. They changed seats, and on the train arriving at Forest-hill Station witness asked the young woman if she would wish to get into another carriage. She replied that she should, and they got out and complainedof defendant's conduct, the other female getting out and saying she would not stop in the carriage. In answer to Mr. Parry, the witness said there was no light in the carriage, but he distinctly saw defendant's hand, and the young woman's dress removed. Mr. Traill—And in consequence of which you were also annoyed as a passenger P The Witness—Yes. Francis Shaw, guard of the train, said he was called by the head • -porter at the Forest-hill Station to the carriage in which the last witness and a young woman had been seated.- The young woman complained of having been indecently assaulted by the defendant, who got out of the carriage and mut tered something unintelligible. Knowing who the defendant was, he put the last witness and the female into another carriage, and the train pro • ceeded. The company's bye laws were here handed to the magistrate, one of which renders any person liable .to a penalty of 40s. for interfering with the comfort, or annoying any passenger travelling on their line of railway. Mr. Parry, for tlie defendant, said the complaints preferred were ill-founded, the fact being that some joking had been going on between the defendant and the young woman during the journey, and that the witness Coster had unnecessarily interfered. Mr. Traill said the female complainant had, by some means with which he was not acquainted, kept away from the inquiry, but it had been already proved to him that defendant had, by his conduct, occasioned annoyance to another passenger (the witness Coster), and for which he should order him to pay the full penalty of 40s. and costs. Jane Humphreys, the complainant in the first ease, was now examined, and said she was house maid in the service of Mr. Rogers, a gentleman residing at Shaftesbury Cottage, Lansdowne-road, Croydon. She had intended to be present at the court to prefer her complaint on Thursday morning last, but a Miss Cannon, the defendant's sister, called upon her mistress, and, stating that defen dant's wife was ve r y ill, asked her mistress to allow her (complainant) to accompany her to defen dant's solicitor, to see if there was any necessity to attend that court. She went with Miss Cannon, who told her she was about taking her to a solici tor's office, ten minutes' walk distant, instead of which she took her two miles and a half away from the statical, by a by-road to a road-side inn. Miss Cannon entered the inn, and on coming out said the solicitor and defendant were busy that day, and there would be no necessity to attend the court. She afterwards got back to the railway station at Croydon, and left by the 2.15 p.m. train, but on arriving at New-cross she found she was too late, as the court had closed. Mr. Traill inquired if no other inducement had been held out to her to keep away, than being taken to a solicitor's ? The complainant replied in the negative, adding that it was her intention to have started by the 10.15 a.m. train. Mr. Traill said, this being the case, she could be sworn. Mr. Parry said, before the complainant was sworn, he wished to hand in a'written apology made by the defendant to the complainant, who had signed it. _ _ Mr. Traill read the apology in question, in which the complainant was made to express herself satis fied with the apology offered, and also her intention of not intending to press any complaint against him before the police magistrate. The complainant, in answer to the magistrate, said the signature to the document was her own. She had signed it at the request of Miss Cannon, who did not read it to her, nor could she read it herself. It was handed to her to sign as necessary, but no mention was made of its being an apology. Mr. Traill said he should keep the document in question, and then directed the case to proceed. The complainant was accordingly sworn, and said she was a third-class passenger by the 10.15 p.m. train from London on the 9th inst., the defendant and another male and female passenger being in the same compartment. The female passenger got out at New-cross, where defendant muttered to her (complainant), but in consequence of the noise of the train she could not hear what he said. She moved away from him, and he moved as she moved. He said something about the ill-convenience of travelling in third-class carriages, and on getting to New-cross he said, "Are you not going to get out here, Miss ? " She told him the was not, but was going as far as Croydon. The defendant re plied, "That is just as far as the train will carry us, and I shall be able to see you home, shall I not ?" He repeated this several times, but she made him no answer. He then leant forward towards her, and she told him to keep his seat. Defendant then told her she was sitting in a draught, and she had better sit on the opposite side. She made him no answer to this, and he then put his arm around her waist, and wished to insist upon her changing her seat, and, after sitting a second or two, he lifted her clothes with both hands, and behaved in a most indecent manner tow irds her. She immediately got up, and the other gentleman, who was in the same compartment, changed seats with her, and on arriving at Forest-hill Station she made a complaint and was put into another carriage. ' By Mr. Parry—The defendant did not appear to be at all intoxicated. Had been a year and eight months in her present situation, and, on the day in question, had been on a visit to her sister in London. Did not see defendant before he got into the carriage. Defendant did not kiss her, but he attempted to do so, and she pushed him when he leant forward towards her. There was no other female in the carriage at the time of the train ar riving at Forest-hill, and if witness Coster had said there was he must have made a mistake. She told her master and mistress what had occurrred imme diately she got home. Mr: Traill said the complaint, as affecting rail way passengers, was one of public importance, and as it had been preferred at the instance of the rail way authorities, he should not dispose of the case, which subjected the defendant to severe punish ment, until they were afforded the opportunity of expressing their desire or not that the case should be sent to the sessions for trial. He should, there fore, adjourn the case for that purpose, and should likewise require defendant to put in bail to the amount of £5O, and himself in the same amount, for his future appearance. The required bail having been tendered and accepted, the defendant left the court. THE QUEEN AT A VILLAGE INN. ~,,,, (from the North British Mad.) It may be remembered that during the sojourn of the Court at Balmoral last year, her Majesty and the Prince Consort, accompanied by a few at tendants, made an excursion. incognito, penetrating, by difficult and unfrequented paths, " The grizzly cliffs which guard The infant rills of Highland Dee." till they reached the county of Inverness, and came down into the district of Strathspey, were they tar ried for a night at a homely villag e i nn. T he ad venture seems to have been enjoyed, for this season another of the like sort was undertaken. On Friday morning the Queen, the Prince Consort, Princess Alice, and Prince Louis of Hesse, with Lady Churchill and General Grey in attendance, quitted Balmoral at an early hour, and rode up Glen Muick in carriages as far as they could proceed by that method of conveyance. Reaching the Bridge of Muick, where the road changes into a mere moun tain track, they mounted ponies which were wait ing, and, under skilful guidance, held on the route through Glen Tanner by way of Elnach till they crossed the Aberdeenshire border, and entered the confines of Forfarshire. The far-extending Panmu re property shoots up into this district ; and there they were met by the Earl of Dalhousie, who conducted them to a verdant spot at the base of Mount Keen— the monarch of all that mountainous region —where luncheon had been spread. The repast over, the party proceeded to his lordship's picturesque shooting lodge at Invert - nark, where carriages were in readiness. In these they continued their jour ney to Milden and The Burn to Fettercairn, arriv ing there shortly before twilight. They put up at the Ramsay Arms. The landlord had been apprised whom he was to have as visitors, and no doubt had exerted himself to have everything about his hos telry in a state of trimness and order. Any formid able amount of extra preparation was, however, pre cluded, both by the shortness of the notice he re ceived, and by the warning that he was to keep his knowledge to himself. Mr. Dorward is a trust worthy man, and he obeyed the injunction with all good fidelity, so that after dinner, which was served at 8 o'clock, the party were enabled, the evening being clear and fine, to ramble about the village without the slightest degree of staring or molesta tion—the villagers never suspecting who they were. They slept at the inn, and breakfasted next morning, departing about ten o'clock. Before leaving her Ma jesty had it intimated to Mr. Dorward that she was especially pleased with the comfort and cleanliness of his house, and with the manner in which she had been waited upon, and had her wishes observed. The homeward route was varied—the road taken being the more easterly one by Knowe Greens, Glen Dye, and Marywell, when the Dalhousie con veyances were left, the intervening country betwixt it and the place to which the Royal carriages could ascend being crossed as before: It would be diffi cult to describe the mingled feelings of chagrin and pride that possessed the inhabitants of Fettercairn when—all cause for concealment over—it was divulged whom they had unaware been enter taining. COUNTRY MARKETS. MANCHESTER —SETT. 26. English wheat was in fair demand, at a reduction of is to 2s per qr. ; but American sold slowly, although offered at 3d to 4d per 1001bs lower New English flour was in moderate request, and is dearer per sack. Oats and oat meal generally easier. English beans is to 2s lower, but Egyptian supported late quotations. Indian corn held for 6d to is less money. BIRMINGHAM—SEPT. 26. At to-day's market there was a fair supply of English wheat from the farmers, and which was held firmly for last week's rates, but the sale s ma d e were at is to 2s per qr decline. Barley again on the advance. Oats, beans, and peas unaltered. ' PLYMOUTH—SEPT. 24. The market was firmer, with a fair attendance, and the prices Is 6d over last week's currencies—English white wheat, 60s to 61s ; red, 56s to 57s per qr ; French do., 60s to 62s ; American, 61s to 63s ; Spanish, 74s to 76s ; Rus sian, 60a to 625. Barley in poor supply, at 36s to 43a per qr for malting ; grinding, 32s to 36s ; oats, 24s to 28s ; and beans, —s to —a ; flour, 44s to 46s 6d. CORK—SEPT. 25. The following were the quotations this morning :—Rcd wheat, 18s Od to 26s 0(1; white, 236 s d to 31s Od; barley 12- Oct to 16s Od ; oats, lls Od to 14s 10d. EDINBURGH GRAIN—SEPT. 25, Wheat on the top 3s Od up . average 2s 5d down. Barley on the top 2s Od down average Os Id down. Oats on the top Os 3d up average Os 7d down. Beans on the top Os 6d up average Os 4d down. Averages per Imperial quarter. Wheat.... ...... £2 15 4 9-12ths New wheat .. -12ths Barley Oats Beans Total Supply and Sales. Wheat ...1226 qrs Sold 977 qrs Barley... ..... 1789 qrs Sold 1195 qrs Oats 1137 qrs S o ld 893 qrs - Beans 133 qrs Sold 90 qrs DERBY SMITHFIELD—SErr. 24. A good number of fat beasts to-day, and the demand was good for fine qualities at higher rates. A large show of sheep, generally of good quality. The supply of lambs also large, and a clearance effected. Pigs readily disposed of, and in large supply. Calves scarce, and better sold. Beef 6d to 6/d Veal 7ld to 81 Mutton .. 7d to 71d Pork Lamb 7id to 8d Rough fat, 4s 3d per stone. Hides, 3d to 4d; calf skins, 5d to 6d. FOREIGN MAIL PACKET LIS2: MAILS DUE. - Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton. Oct. 19. via Marseilles ......... Oct. 13. Brazil and Cape Verds, by British packet........ Oct. 4. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena.. Oct. 1. China, Penang, and Singapore, via South am pt on. Oct. 2 . via Marseille s ...S ep t . 26 . Falkland I s l an d s Oct. Gibfaltar, via South am pt on Sept 3. . 25. India (Calc u tt a ), an d Ceylon, via Southampton —Oct. 2. India via Marseilles Sept. 26. (Bombay), via Southampton via Marseilles Lisbon Oct. 1. Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Sept. 25. via Marseill es S ept. 26.. Newfoundland Oporto and Vig o U. S. and B r iti s h N . America, by Brit. packet.... Sept. 26: by U.S. packet.... b Canaan t. 25.. W.C. of Af r i ca, Madeira, and T y eneriffe .di. packet.S Oct ep . 10. Bahamas, via New York Oct. 24. Mexico ....Sept. 28, All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, I Sept. 28. California, a n d B r iti s h Columbia.. , GALWAY AS A PACKET-STATION.—As regards the packet-station, Galway may be pronounced, to all in tents and purposes, the !rarest and best port for the trans mission of passengers, and mails from Great Britain to America. It is situated nearly at the head of a long shel tered bay, at the mouth of which, some nine-and twenty miles off, the huge cliffs of the Arran islands may be seen in clear weather looming in the distance ; indeed, so peculiar are the physical fea tures of Galway bay, that we should naturally expect it to have a legend. According to tradition it was once a freshwater lake which, by an irruption of the Atlantic, was converted into sea-water, what are now the islands of Arran having been the western frontier of the coast. It is very singular, by the way, that legends and geological phe nomena so often'tally, the one merely conveying in the form of fiction (but often word for word) what really did happen. But whatever might have been the previous con tion of the bay—there it is now, forming a splendid har bour, with good holding ground, and requiring no very large outlay to make it one of the most secure on the whole coast.—Once a Week. BIRTHS. EDE.—On the 25th inst., at Catford House, Hampstead, the wife of C. W. Ede, of a son. GREENNILL.—Od the 23d inst., at Strathallan Castle, the. Hon. Mrs. Greenhill, of a daughter. LINDLEY.—On the 24th inst., at lg, Trinity-sq., Tower hill, Mrs. E. H. Lindley, of a daughter. WENTWORTIL—On the 24th inst., at Edinburgh, Lady H. Vernon Wentworth, of a daughter. MARRIAGES. SAMWELL Mar —COLE.—On the 26th i nst., at Trinity Church., St. ylebone, Francis Samwell, Esq., to Augusta, daughter of Robert Cole, Esq., F.S.A. WASIIINGTON—GALE.---On the 26th inst., at Urswick Church, the R ev. George Washington, M.A., eldest son of John Washington, Esq., Capt. R.N., Hydrographer to the Admiralty, to Frances, youngest daughter of Wm. Gale, Esq., of Bardsey Hall, Ulverston, Lancashire. ' Covington DEATHS. CONINGTON.--On the 25th inst., at Boston, the Rev. R., aged 65. DONALDSON.—On the 26th inst,, William L. Donaldson, Esq., so li c i tor, Southampton-street, Blooms b ury -square, aged 59. DURRAM.—On the 23d inst., at Cheetham-bill, Manches ter, William James Durham, Esq., eldest son of William Durham, Es 1., Wilton Lodge, Kensington, aged 41. GRAIiA mE.—On the 21st inst., at Edinburgh, Major Dn.. Graham e , o f Gl enn ie, aged 86. The d ecease d held the Peninsular medal a nd six clasps [for R o l e i a, Vimiera, Busaco, Fuentes D'Onor, and Badajos. Jay..—.On the 25th inst., Mr. Joseph Jay, sen., of Hack ney, aged 61. WELSH.—On the 23d inst., at 8, Clarence-cottages, Cam bridge-road, Hammersmith, Captain William Welsh,. R.N., age d 66. LoNoort : Printed and Published by HURD° YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at TIIE SUN 01itee, No. 112,Strano. in the Precinct of the Savoy, In the County of Micldloves. Friday, September 27, 1861.