The Sun. — London, England, 1861-04-15 00:00:00

THE NAVY. Rear-Admiral Erskine's division of the Channel fleet, comprising the Edgar, 91, screw (flagship), Capt. James Katon ; 'Trafalgar, 91, screw, Capt. F. G. Fanshawe ; and Diadem, 32, screw, Capt. J. 11. Cockburn, arrived at Spithead at 1 p.m. on Satur day, under canvas, 14 days from Lisbon. Their news has been anticipated by the arrival of the T agu s, Peninsular and Oriental Mail Company's steamer, at Southampton. The Vixen, 6, paddle, Commander Frederick W. Richards, arrived at Spithead on Saturday from the Pacific. She sailed from Valparaiso on the 10th of January last, and entered the Straits of Magellan on the sth of February. Arrived at Rio de Janeiro on the Ist of March and sailed again for England on the sth of the same month. The last 10 days of the passage calms and easterly winds were experi enced which may retard the arrival of the Ganges, 84, flagship of Rear-Admiral Sir R. L. Baynes, at Spithead. Nothing had been seen of the ship on the passage home. The Vixen brought home some supernumeraries, who were landed, and immediately afterwards she left Spithead on her way to Wool with, where she will be put out of commission She is very defective. The Royal paddle yacht Victoria and Albert, Capt. Hon. J. Denman, sailed from Portsmouth i on Saturday morning for Madeira, calling in Cowes Roads to take on board live stock, &c. The Bulldog, 6, paddle, Commander H. F. M'Killop, sailed from Portsmouth on Saturday for the Chops of the Channel and Pembroke. On reaching Pembroke she will assist in towing the Defiance, screw liner, round to Devonport. Rear-Admiral Wipff, commanding the Dutch squadron lately lying at Spithead, with his suite, accompanied by the Netherlands Consul, Chevalier Vandenberg, were entertained at dinner on Satur day, by Vice - Admiral H. W. Bruce, commanding in-Chief at Portsmouth, at the Admiralty-house in the dockyard, where a distinguished party was as sembled to do honour to the gallant Admiral. Yesterday morning, at 9 o'clock, Admiral Wipff embarked on board the Sprightly steam tender, Master-Commander Allen, which conveyed him to Spithead, where he embarked on board his flagship, the Evertsen, 51, screw, Capt. Vreeland. Both ships immediately got up steam, and by 11.30 a.m. the Evertsen and her consort the Zeeland were steam ing out to the eastward on their way to the Texel. Previous to Admiral Wipff 's embarcation he ex pressed in the warmest terms, on behalf of himself and his officers, their gratification at the courteous reception they had received from all parties, the military and naval authorities, and civilians, during the stay of the squadron at Spithead. The Athletm, hired sailing transport, arrived at Spithead yesterday morning from China, with the following officers and men of the 3d Foot (the Buffs) :—Lieut.-Col. J. N. Sargent, in military com mand; Capts. T. Rains, E. K. V. Arbuckle, and W. Henry ; Lieuts. A. G. Huyshe, C. D. Baillie, and W. F. Ker ; Ensigns H. T. Halaham and H. Harri son; Assist.- Surg. J. H. Beath, M.D. ; 10 sergeants, 12 corporals, 4 drummers, and 330 privates. The troops have arrived home very healthy, only five being sick out of the whole number, and they can disembark from the ship without assistance. Three deaths have occurred during the voyage. The ship sailed from Singapore on the 27th of December, 1800, and arrived at the Cape on the 3d February, 1861, sailing again on the 10th of February ; arrived at St. Helena on the 22d of February, and sailed on the following day, being her final port of departure for England. On the order being given at the Cape to heave up the anchor for England, the ship's crew refused to work or obey the orders of their commander. The ship was then taken in hand by the military on board, 28 of whom, volun teers, were appointed to do duty aloft, the remainder working the ship on deck. Things continued thus for a week after leaving the Cape, when the seamen came aft and begged of their captain to allow them to return to their duty. The regiment will disembark from the Athlete; in their serge tunics, the new clothing not having been received in time for issue. They await orders at Spithead. The Athletoe is the first sailing transport arrived in England havingon board a portion of the China expeditionary army. The voyage home has been generally fine. On the 31st of March she spoke the Albuera, belonging to Messrs. D. Dunbar. Port Admiral Sir Houston Stewart went out on Thursday afternoon in the screw steamship Hero, hi, Capt. A,P. Ryder, from Hamoaze to Plymouth Sound, in company with the screw steamship Con queror, 101, Capt. E. S. Sotheby, C.B. The admiral retnrnedin the steam tender Avon to Mount Wise. The iron paddlewheel steamvessel Weser, 6, Com mander Arthur IL J. Johnstone, from 'Woolwich, which arrived on Friday afternoon in Plymouth Sound, went on Saturday into Hamoaze to be re paired, having sprung a leak. She goes today into No. 3 dock in Keyham steamyard. The Weser is bound for the Danube. The gunboats Hyena and Nightingale went on Friday outside Plymouth breakwater to make a trial of their engines. The trial is stated to have been so satisfactory that the engines are fit for ser vice at sea. The screw steamship Princess Royal, 91, Captain Charles Fellowes, flag of Rear-Admiral Robert Smart, Kat, having been repaired, was removed on Saturday, from No. 3 dock in Keyham steam yard into the basin, preparatory to her making a trial trip. The screw steam frigate Emerald, 51, Capt. Ar thur Cumming, went from Hamoaze on Saturday outside Plymouth breakwater, to try her ma chinery. A Dutch 6-gun storesbip, from the eastward, ar rived in Plymouth Sound on Saturday, outward bound. The line-of-battle ship Meeanee, 80, which has been converted from a sailing vessel to a screw steamer, and fitted with engines of 400 horse- Power, was taken out of Sheerness harbour on Friday, and proceeded on a trial trip to the Nore to test her machinery, under the direction of the officers connected with the steam department at Sheerness. The trial lasted nearly seven hours, and was a most successful one, the machinery working remarkably well. The draught of water aft was 23ft. 10in. ; forward, 2Oft. 10in. ; pressure, 20 ; vacuum, 25; number of revolutions per minute, 56, The Meeanee is attached to the first-class steam re serve in the Medway, and has all her stores, spars, gear, and armament on board. She can be prepared ready for sea in 48 hours, as she requires nothing but her provisions and ammunition to be placed on board. The Undaunted, 51, 600 horse-power, is ordered to be attached to the third-class steam reserve at Chatham. The screw corvette Challenger, 22, 400 horse power, has been put out of No. 1 Dock at Sheerness. The Argus, 6, paddle, Commander Ingram, was at Gibraltar on the Ist of April. It is expected that she will be ordered home before her time is up, in consequence of the defective state of her boilers. On her last passage from Malta the pressure of Steam had to be reduced as much as possible, owing tzto_this cause. C omman d er I ngram has been made , k night of the or d er o f th e R ose by the Brazilian Govern ment, in acknowledgment of his kind treat- Tzte ee!nt of the survivors of the crew of the corvette Isa r,hwerecked on the Morocco coast in November last. d ocking of the Duncan, 101, screw, at Ports mouth, e _ at the elle been delayed owing to a want of water dockneewntbrance. She will not be enabled to go into dock The paddlewheel the next spring tides. mender Jackson, leeeflt Plymouth Geyser, 6, Com panied by the gunboPal,yrnouth on Saturday, accom e:ruProcris, Lieut. and Com mander the Ho n . J . for Gibraltar. The steam gunboat Cockatrieeegitel left at the sa le ee. Robert Gillson, and Commander c time for Malta no intelli- Up to 10 o'clock yesterda y mor 8_ :l am ing genre had been received of th e t vessels Avon and Zephyr, despatched on Saturday 13 7 Port Ad search Sir Houston Stewart from P lymouth search of the capsized derelict .ship seen the da in before about 12 or 14 miles south by east from thye .Eddystone lighthouse. Capt. Cowper P. Coles, having been appointed to the flagship Fisgard, for the purpose of carrying but experiments with his iron shield and target, on Saturday attended on board the flouting battery Trusty, in basin at Woolwich, where the apparatus is about to be fitted. The shipwrights have com menced cutting through the upper deck, and form ing a solid base below, for the erection of the shield, which is composed of wrought-iron slabs, 4 inches iu thickness, and must effectually shelter the gunner as well as the guns fired from the upper deck, completely screened beneath the lower part of the shield. One hundred seamen belonging to the flagship Fisgard, at Woolwich, were on Saturday de spatched to the Victoria (London) Docks to carry out the task of masting the mail-clad ship Warrior, which is to be performed to-day. The remainder of the original number of ship wrights and artisans to be discharged, according to Admiralty orders, from the Devonport Dockyard, left on Saturday. &The following appointments were made on Satur day at the Admiralty :—Lieut. H. M. Carre, to the Cambridge ; Emilius W. Dubue, acting asoist.- surgeon, to the Cossack ; W. E. Kelly, paymaster in lieu of a:clerk, to the Impregnable ; and W. N. Harriot, assist. -paymaster, to the Princess RoyaL 7.11 E AIIIIY. The hired sailing ship Henry Fernie will embark the following troops for New Zealand at Ports mouth :-Ist battalion 12th Foot-1 subaltern, 2 sergeants, 2 drummers, and 145 rank and file, from Weimer ; 70th Foot-1 captain, 5 sergeants, 70 rank and file, 4 women, and 4 children, from Can terbury; Staff Surgeon Bews and Assist.-Surgeon Pout. On embarking the above the ship will pro ceed to Queenstown, where she embarks as follows : —2d battalion 14th Foot-2 subalterns, 2 sergeants, 198 rank and file, 18 women, and 19 children. A library of 320 volumes will be put on board for the use of the troops during the voyage, as well as a double set of games, sets of singlesticks with hel mets, &c. The following troops stationed in the South- West District are ordered to hold themselves in readiness to embark for 3lalta-2d battalion 4th Regiment, onq officer and 40 men; 4th battalion Rifle Brigade, one officer and 30 men ; Ist battalion 22d Regi meat, Lieut. Baker and 20 men ; 2d battalion 22d Regiment, Lieut. H. E. Harrison and 30 men. The 14th Light Dragoons are under orders to leave their present quarters in Peirshill (Edin burgh), Perth, and Hamilton, and proceed to Man chester, and the first troop is to leave Peirshill to day (Monday). They are to be succeeded by the 2d Dragoons (Scots Greys) from Dublin. The 57th Regiment arrived at Auckland from Bombay on Jan. 22 by the ship Castilian, and a detachment of 150, under the command of Major St. Clair, embarked on Jan, 26 for Taranaki. Capt. and Brevet-Major Field, in command of a detachment of Royal Artillery from the Depot Brigade, has left Woolwich for duty at Great Yarmouth. The detachment consisted of Lieuts. Nlajendie, Dadson, Davie, and Howlett, Assistant- Surgeon Evans, 12 sergeants, 9 corporals, 10 bom bardiers, 4 trumpeters, and 363 gunners, with 15 women and 19 children. In pursuance of instructions received at Wool wich on Saturday from the Horse Guards, one squadron and the headquarters of the 6th batta lion Military Train will leave Woolwich to-morrow the 16th, to embark at Liverpool for the Curragh Camp, in Ireland. The let battalion 2d Foot (Queen's Royal), daily expected to arrive at Spithead from China in the ships Alfred, Adelaide, and Indomitable, will, on arrival, disembark at Portsmouth and be stationed in that garrison. The Ist and 2d batteries of Royal Artillery will, on their arrival at Spithead from China, in the ships Mars and Hougomont, disembark from those vessels at Portsmouth, and take over the horses, guns, and accoutrements of Colonel Turner's mounted battery at Hilsea. The 4th bat tery of the 2d Brigade, on board the same vessels, will on disembarcation be stationed at Dover. The Ist battalion of the 11th Regiment, under the command of Colonel E. Moore, and the 2d batta lion of the 19th Regiment, under the command of Colonel It. Warden, both stationed at Portsmouth, are under orders to hold themselves in readiness to proceed from that garrison to Dublin. They will he replaced at Portsmouth by the 41st and 49th Regiments, from Aldershott. A vocal and instrumental concert took place on Friday evening in the Royal Artillery riding-school, Woolwich, under the special patronage of General Sir Richard Dacres, K.C.8., Commandant of the Garrison; Commodore the Hon. J. R. Drummond, C. 8., Aide-de-Camp to the Queen and superin tendent of the dockyard ; the officers commanding the local corps of volunteers ; the members repre senting the borough of Greenwich, &c. The con cert was attended by upwards of 2,000 persons, and has been promoted for the benefit of the band fund of the Ist battalion (26th Kent) Royal Arsenal Volunteer Rifles, commanded by Colonel Parkyn. The house was thoroughly filled soon after 7 o'clock, the performances commencing at half-past 7, and some 200 persons, it was stated, who applied for admission after that hour, were disappointed. The arrangements were under the superintendence of Capt. Piper and Mr. Prater, whose efforts, together with those of the general committee, were highly successful, realising, exclusively, of the expenses, a clear sum of £BO. The following non - commissioned officers and gun ners of the Royal Artillery have been awarded a silver medal and gratuity, under the General Order of the ith of July, 1860, for long service and good conduct:—Medal and gratuity of I:ls.—Sergeant Christopher Fitzsimons. Medal and gratuities of £lo.—Sergeant-Major James Beardsley, Sergeant William Sheppard, Sergeant 'William Kettle, Ser geant John Smyth, Sergeant Edward Keough, Sergeant Ed ward Austin, and Sergeant John Synge. Medal and gratuities of £s.—Gunners Alexander Thompson, John Green, Andrewliavanagh, Thomas Weir, James Moore, George Hunter, George Ward, John B. M'Cann, and John Collisson. The following master•gunners of the Coast Bri gade have been awarded by the Duke of Cambridge medals, with annuities, or gratuities, for meritorious service and good Conduct, viz. :—An annuity of £lO each for meritorious services to William Whit ley and Peter Laird; gratuities of £5 each for long service and good conduct to William John Hinds, Thomas Mayberry, Thomas Tilley, and Gunner John Mohan ; a gratuity of £lO and a medal have also been awarded to Sergeant Robert Turner, Coast Brigade. ~ ~.. . he offered their grounds for the approaching cere mony of the presentation of a set of colours by the Lady Mayoress to the London Rifle Brigade. Lord ELeno returned thanks on behalf of the House of Commons, whose duty, he said, it would shortly be to afford some assistance in putting the force on a more permanent footing. The "Health of the Lord Mayor" followed, and, with the remaining toasts, was drunk with much cordiality. THE SZ'ATISTIC'S OF 2HE INCOME TAX. --- The Chancellor of the Exchequer observed, in the course of his last financial statement, that " the best mode of making an estimate of the rate of increase in the wealth of the country is to resort to the in come tax. No other criterion," he added, "is com parable to it; for, though it may not be an exact index of the truth in this matter, yet, as be tween one period and another, I believe it to be an index on which we may safely rely." It happens that a return very recently printed gives in detail the amount charged under Schedules A, B, and D of the act upon each parish in Great Britain for the year ended the sth of April, 1860. For the year 1812-3 we have a return nearly simi lar, and for 1814-15 we have accounts not as full, but sufficiently so to enable us to institute compa risons which at the present time are more than usually interesting. We begin with. Schedule A, which has been called, with no great propriety, " the Landlord's Schedule," and which, in fact, charges not only agricultural land and tithes, but also houses and buildings not occupied in conjunction with land, as well as the profits of railways, mines, quarries, ironworks, &c. In 1803, the first year in which the tax was levied upon the plan now adopted, the amount of Schedule A was about £38,500,000 ; in 1810 it had risen to £52,000,000; and in 1815 to £60,297,166. For 1842-3 (the first year of the present tax), its amount was £95,284,498 ; and for 1860 no less than £126,056,829, more than three times as much as in 1803, and more than twice as much as in 1815. Before showing the amount of increase in different descriptions of property, we will give the figures for some of the larger English counties, including all which contributed above £2,000,000 in 1815, or more than £3,000,000 in 1860. In this comparison, however, it will be proper to exclude the amounts contributed by railways, which, being assessed a , the head offices of the several companies, give to particular counties an advantage not properly be longing to them. The figures so corrected are as follows : 1815. 1843. 1860. Middlesex £5,765,374 .. X 10,342,746 .. £13,677,213 York Lancaster Somerset 2,308,723 .. 2,991,746 .. 2 , 996,605 Lincoln Kent Surrey 1,589,702 .. 2,748,050 .. 3,823,844 Stafford 1,200,325 .. 2,439,098 .. 3,423,635 The counties in which the increase was most rapid during the earlier period are—Lancashire, 128 per cent. ; Staffordshire, 103; Carnarvon, 99 ; Mon mouth, 93 ; Glamorgan, 85; Sussex, 82; Middlesex, 79; Anglesea, the same; Flint, 78; Surrey, 73; Kent, 72. On the other hand, the increase was slowest in the three counties of the northern group (Northumberland, Cumberland, and Westmoreland), and in Rutland, Wilts, Essex, and in Huntingdon, being in each of these counties under 25 per cent. Passing to the later period, we have as the coun ties in which the increase has been most rapid Glamorgan, which has already gained 94 per cent. on the valuation of 1843 ; Carnarvon, 52 ; Mon 'mouth and Denbigh, 42; Surrey, 39; Lancashire, 38 ; Durham, 36 ; Middlesex, 32 ; Brecon, 31. In no other county has the increase amounted to 30 per cent. In Somersetshire (which has been almost stationary), Oxfordshire, Cornwall, and Hereford shire, it has been less than 5 ; in Huntingdon, Berks, and Devon 6; and in nin e o th er count i es less than 10. It will be observed that we have now at the lower end of the list three south-western instead of thrpe northern counties. In six counties only (Northumberland, Cumberland, Hampshire, Brecon, Denbigh, and Glamorgan) has the rate of increase been more rapid during the later than during the earlier period. Passing next to the items of which the schedule is composed, we have first agricultural land, the annual value of which appears to have risen from about £24.500,000 in 1803 to £39,405,703 in 1815. These figures refer to Great Britain, but in those which follow we tak e th e re t urns for England only, and it will be necessary to include tithes, inasmuch as commutation rentcharge is entered as " land," and consequently, in order to make the comparison a fair one, the amount assigned to the earlier years to tithes, as separately taxed, must be added to " land" in the accounts of those years. Making the requisite deductions for the tithes of the city of London, we shall get for th e annua l va l ue o f agri cultural land and tithes in England -1815 £37,043,855 1843 1860 42 , 954 , 204 The result is that in the last 17 years the annual value of land and tithes has increased about £850,000, that is to say, somewhat , more than 2 per cent. THE VOLUNTEERS. ----- The 3d City of London Light Infantry mustered in Broad-street, on Saturday afternoon, to the number of nearly 400, and marched through Ch Peap , side, the Stra n d, P a ll •ma ll , St. James 's -street, ic cadilly, and thence home. Major Alfred B. Richards was in command, the other officers being Captains Osgood, C. Pollard (Adjutant), and Brett; Lieu. tenants Palmer and Irish; Ensigns Bannister and Cawston. The members of the 2d or South Middlesex corps paraded at the head-quarters, Beaufort-house, Walham-green, on Saturday afternoon. The fol lowing address has been issued by Lord Ranelagh to the members in respect of their conduct at the sham fight at Brighton :—'The Lieutenant-Colonel commanding• begs to offer his sincere thanks to those officer 4 non-commissioned officers, and men of the regirr tent who were under arms at Brighton on Easter bfonday, and who so energetically secon ded his endeavours to concentrate a large force in that locality. For one regiment to muster at a dis tance of '5O miles from its head-quarters to the number of 700 men shows that a soldierly spirit of eysterprise is not wanting in the Volunteer !Zorce. As for the performance in a military point of view of the regiment on that day thy ; Lieutenant-Colonel has heard but one opinion—tt .at of unqualifiedpraise. The Lieutenan t el is' )roud of the command of such a regiment, and kis t teat pleasure arises from his connexion wi th mei t - who have proved on all occasions their (lete rrnir ation to place it in an honourable position y ab n ille en e°n oliget he V o l un t eers o f G reat B r i ta i n . I t must by all that th e L on don force of 20,000 g kt to possess an organisation of its own. The B ri. htou field-day has proved indisputably Titbs: SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING; APRIL 15, DM that even under very adverse circumstances Volun teers can acquit themselves in such a way as to earn the unqualified praise of the Adjutant-General of the Army, Sir James Yorke Scarlett; and under intelligent supervision are capable of as perfect an organisation as that of any troops in the world. The steadiness of the regiment is the result of its praiseworthy attention to company drill, which it is necessary to continue." The Inns of Court Volunteers mustered in great strength at King's Bench-walk, Temple, on Satur day afternoon, and fell in at the Temple-gardens, under the command of Col. Brewster, Captain and Adjutant S. Andover Wood, Captains Bulwer, Joseph Chitty, jun., Griffiths, King, and Liley, preceded by the band of the corps, under the direc tion of Bandmaster Testar. The corps marched to the Waterloo Station of the South-Western Rail way, and having been conveyed by a special train to Mortlake, proceeded thence to Richmond-park. The various manmuvres of a field day were then gone through. On Saturday afternoon the members of the Queen's Westminster Rifles assembled in Westminster-hall, and marched, headed by the band, to Hyde Park, where they went through a variety of evolutions under the command of Lord G. Fitzgerald. The annual class firing for the regimental and com pany's prizes will commence on the first of May and terminate on the 31st of August. There will be the grand regimental prizes, the Ist prize of the value of £3O, to be won by that member of the corps who makes the greatest number of points in the first class—viz., at 650 and 700 yards. The winner of the first grand regimental prize is to wea y a badge of three chevrons of scarlet cloth edged with silver (angle upwards) above the cuff of the loft sleeve. The second prize, of the value of £2O, to L'. , e won by the member who makes the second greatest number of points. The winner of this prize wi',ll wear a badge of two chevrons of scarlet cloth eLted with silver. The - winners of these two prizes will be exclud e d f rom compe ti ng for the company regimental prizes. A silver chal lenge bugle, given by' the lieutenant-colonel com mandant, will be presented to the company whose figure of merit is the ijghest, and the winning company will march at the head of the regiment on occasions of review, until the next annual competi tion, and it will become the property of the com pany - winning it two years in succession. The sergeant of the best shooting company will wear the badge embroidered in silver immediately above the cuff of the right sleeve. There.will be three prizes for each company, each to consist of a rifle. These prizes to be won by the members who make the highest number of points in the Ist class—viz., at 650 and 700 yards. All officers and non•com misssioned officers will be entitled to compete for the prizes, the shooting for which will be conducted on the Hythe system. A special meeting of the members of No. 1 company was held on Monday, at headquarters, for the purpose of presenting an address to Lord Fitzgerald, on the occasion of his promotion to the lieutenant-colonelcy of the 2d battalion of the regiment. The Ist Middlesex Engineer Volunteers, paraded at head-quarters at South Kensington on Saturday last, and, commanded by Lieut.-Colonel Macleod, marched with the band to Burton's-court, Chelsea Hospital, for battalion drill. The various ordinary movements were gone through under the direction of the new adjutant, Capt. Barlow, RE., who has just joined the corps in his official capacity. The corps then marched in slow and quick time in re view order, and returned to South Kensington about eight p.m. The members of the llthAtiddlesex (St. George's) Rifle Volunteers assemblsd at Burlington-house Piccadilly, on Saturday evening, in accordance' with regimental orders, for marching out. There were nearly 200 present, and, after executing a few preliminary movements, they marched, accom panied by their two bands, to Regent's Park. They were then put through a variety of evolutions by Captain Ives, which were executed in a steady manner. On Saturday afternoon the members of the Rifle Rangers (40th Middlesex) assembled at head quarters, Gray's-inn-square, and marched, headed by the two bands of the regiment, to Hyde Park, under the command:of Lieut.-Col. Somerset, Major Campbell, and other officers. The Volunteers were _ _ put through battalion drill, and then marched back to head-quarters and were dismissed. On Saturday afternoon about 350 members of the London Scottish Rifles mustered at Adelphi-terrace, Strand, and marched, headed by their band, to Battersea-park, and were put through battalion drill by Captain Page. The whole of the movements were executed in a very precise and excellent manner. On Saturday afternoon the members of the London Irish Rifles met at Burlington•house, and, under the command of Captain and Adjutant Daubeny, marched, headed by their band, to Battersea-park, and went through the ordinary drill. On Saturday afternoon the sth company of the 19th Middlesex Rifles met in Battersea-park, under the command of Captain Woodam, for judging dis tances. On Saturday the members of the 21st Surrey (Battersea) Rifles went through skirmishing drill in Battersea-park under Lieut. Webster. The following Middlesex Rifle Volunteer Corps have been united, and now form the 7th admini strative battalion, viz., the 16th, 24th, 30th, 43d, 44th, and 45th. Each of the above -named corps will retain its distinctive number in the county force. The 29th (North) Middlesex assembled on Satur day afternoon in the Regent's-park for skirmishing drill, under the command of Captain and Adjutant Jones and Captain Ross, and the evolutions were performed with great celerity and precision. Oa Thursday evening a public meeting was Leld at Albion-hall, Moorgate-street, for the purpose of promoting the success of the London Temperance. Rifles. Captain Simner presided. The chairman said the corps was composed of young men of tem- Iperance principles. Several speakers addressed the meeting, and described the advantages pos sessed by the corps. It was stated that the annual subscription was 135., and the cost of the uniform £4 15s. A vote of thanks to the chairman closed the proceedings. The Ist administrative battalion of the Middle sex Rifle Volunteer Corps, comprising the 3d, 13th, and 14th (Hornsey, Highgate, and Hampstead) brigaded with the 19th Middlesex on Saturday afternoon in Regent's Park, near Holford-house, for a field day. The different regiments mustered nearly 400 in number, and under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Matthews, of the 19th, went through the customary manwuvres of a brigade field day. 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After the loyal toasts had been duly honoured, The CHAIRMAN said—l have now to give you the toast of " The Army, the Navy, and the Volun teers." With respect to the first two branches of the service, I am sure I but express your sentiments when I say that the volunteers of England are anxious to see the army and navy supported and maintained with the greatest possible amount of efficiency. (Cheers.) No volunteer, lam certain, would desire to see the army or navy reduced in order to keep up flip volunteer force. Volunteers are anxious to be the auxiliaries of the army ; that is their proper position, and it is one a hich, I am sure, every right-thinking and right-feeling man desires and hopes that they will retain. I am therefore but expressing the sentiments of the vo lunteers of England when I ask you on this occa sion to do honour to the army and navy. (Cheers.) I now come to the last part of my toast—the volun teers ; and perhaps it may not be inappropriate that one in the position which I have the honour to hold should take the opportunity of addressing a few observations to the large and influential assembly over which you have called me to pre side. I very much rejoiced to find that my gal lant and distinguished friend who will respond to this toast, Colonel M'Murdo, took upon himself on a recent occasion to give to the volunteers whom he inspected a little advice very much to the same purport as that which on a former oc casion I myself tendered in this very room. What I then ventured to suggest was heartily and cheer fully responded to by all who were present at the time, and it has since been carried out, I hope, to a considerable extent. I then stated that the only way to make the movement really useful and efficient was by not allowing it to become a mere plaything, but by taking earnestly and heartily to the study of military duties and by beginning at drill from the very commencement. (Cheers.) It is not less absurd to ask children to run before they have learned to walk than it is to expect Volunteers to be efficient in movements upon a great scale before they are perfect in the minor details of drill. All who wish well to this great movement must make up their minds to this fact—that it is only by atten tion to drill that the approach to perfection, which is our great object, can ever be attained. Let me tell you frankly what we soldiers think of the Volunteer movement. It is almost an insult in ad dressing 'you to suppose that you do not wish to come as near as possible to the perfection of move ment of the regular troops. We, as soldiers, natu rally believe that you are anxious to attain that point of perfection, as far as it is consistent with your other avocations and duties, which of course do not enable you to attend as minutely to those matters as those who like myself professionally en gage in them. But to the extent of your abilities you are naturally anxious to approach this standard. How does the regular soldier arrive at perfection ? Each year every soldier in every regiment in the army, from her Majesty's Household Brigade down to the last number ,of the regiments of the Line, goes through a regular course of drill. They go through the squad, the company, and the battalion drill, and then through the brigade drills, and afterwards the movements in masses in the field. That, I think, is exactly the course which it is desirable for you to adopt, and the sooner that course is adopted the sooner you will ob tain that end at which we are all aiming, and you will be enabled to appear in line with the regular troops in a manner creditable to yourselves and satis factory to those in charge of you. (Cheers.) Perhaps in what I am now going to say I may be treading upon rather dangerous ground, but I have seen statements made from time to time respecting the conduct of the Horse Guards ; the other day, for instance, it was broadly stated that in pursuing a certain course they were actuated by all sorts of motives. lam at a loss to understand exactly what is meant by the term "Horse Guards," but I presume it usually has some reference to myself— (laughter)—and the statements to which I have referred were to the effect that every obstacle had been thrown by the Horse Guards in . the way ol the Volunteer movement—(cries, of " No, no") —and that, in particular, we had not sup ported the meeting at Brighton. Now, on that point, if you wish to have my opinion, I sup pose you wish to have my real opinion. (Loud cheers.) My belief is that the meeting at Brighton was very well intended, and that nobody went there who did not imagine it would be a very great advantage to the Volunteer movement ; but I think they were wrong, and I think the meeting at Brighton was a great mistake. I would much ra ther have seen all those corps well employed at drill on that day, and then, at the end of the season, asking to have some extensive gathering of the dif ferent corps, associated with the regular troops, and to have some officers of the regular army to super intend their movements. (Cheers.) Had such an application been made to the Horse Guards, or to my noble friend at the War-office, we should have said that such a movement was most desirable, and most useful for the Volunteers themselves ; and we should cheerfully have given the proposal every sup port and assistance. But, if you ask me whether I thought as much of the meeting at Brighton, I most candidly tell you I did not. However well meant—and I am perfectly certain it was well meant and well intended—l have no hesitation in saying that it was a mistake, and that I would much rather have seen a movement of the preli minary character I have mentioned—better calcu lated, in my opinion, for improving the drill of the corps. You may ask what were the grounds of objection to this meeting. Among others, then, I think it was the wrong time of year. It was the time when every regiment in the country was engaged in squad and battalion drill, and when it was impossible to have the troops assembled with you. Another point is, why go to Brighton? You have in the metropolis a very large num ber of corps, which can be easily got together ; and I admit that it would be a most advan tageous thing for any three or four of these corps to assemble occasionally for brigade drill later in the year, according to arrangements made by the com manding officers for the convenience of their respec tive corps. In case Volunteers should wish to go to Wimbledon or Wormwood Scrubs, or to any other part where it might be thought desirable for them to assemble, there is nothing which my noble friend at the War-office or myself would not readily do to facilitate the movement and to meet your a ishes in every way. But, then, it is necessary that there should be something like system in these movements. What was the object of this meeting at Brighton ? We were told it was to be a sham fight. Well, I suppose it was a sham fight. (Laughter.) My gallant friend Sir James Scarlett says he was present on that occasion, and that no thing could have been more properly conducted than the field-day at Brighton; that the greatest anxiety was shown by the Volunteers to do their work properly, and that great order and excellent system were shown in bringing the various corps together. But still it was a description of drill which, to my mind, had really no result. The in tention of the volunteer force is to be, as far as pos sible, auxiliary to the army. If it should happen that to-morrow the volunteers were called out for active duty, they would be associated with the army. Then why not let us act in peaceful times, when there is no hurry or confusion, as we should be called upon to do in dangerous times, and accustom ourselves to the performance of services such as the necessities of the country may require ? Why should we not do now what we should be called upon to do then, associated with the regular army ? (Cheers.):l am told that the Horse Guards throw every obstacle in the way of the volunteers. I ask you whether my presence this evening is not the best answer to that most extraordinary statement. (Loud cheers.) I rejoice to find that what I have just said has been accepted by you in the spirit of candour and frank ness which I anticipated. Some persons have sug gested that it would be a very good thing if some arrangement could be made which would admit of the volunteers associating with the troops at Alder shot or elsewhere. I really should rejoice at such an arrangement. I think it would be an admirable thing for the various corps. The only objection I see to the proposal is, that I doubt very much whether the members of the corps have the necessary leisure or convenience for leaving their homes and ordinary occupations for more than 24 hours at a time. That is a very serious consideration, which it is for yourselves to determine, and with regard to which it is not for me to say yea or nay. In my opinion, certainly the Volunteer movement is a local one, and anything which takes men far from their homes is objectionable, on account of the inconvenience which it entails and which I should strongly depre cate. It is often said that the Volunteers wish this or that to be done, whereas the minority, or even the majority, may be strongly opposed to it; and this leads to grumbling and discontent, or what some persons call "putting down," of which the less that exists the better; and therefore I think proposals connected with any parti cular branch of the Volunteer force ought to be confined to what is useful and convenient for all the members of the corps. (Cheers.) But if you are of opinion that you can spare the necessary time, and are willing to undertake the journey, as far as the military are concerned, we shall rejoice to see you at Aldershott. (Cheers.) Your presence there would be of great advantage to you, as you would see what services the troops are called on to perform in the field, and what the officers are expected to learn. I throw oat the suggestion in case it should prove acceptable, to show you that while I deprecate such meetings:as that at Brighton, I should at the same be the first to support any movement of the nature I have just adverted to. I need hardly add anything to what I have said ; perhaps I have already trespassed on your attention longer than I ought, but as one of your comrades, and holdin g dear the reputation of the regiment of which I am colonel, I thought the present a good opportunity of assuringyou that, as far as I am concerned, I rejoiced to find that the London Rifle Volunteer Brigade was not among the corps which went down to Brighton. (Cheers.) I lave around me most excellent and valuable com manding officers of corps in London and its vicinity, and to them, individually and collectively, I beg to say that I conceive the country is greatly indebted for the exertions which they have made in further ance of this movement. It is one which, if kept as it ought to be and I hope will be, within due bounds, is of the most valuable description ; but, on the other hand, it is one which must be kept within due bounds, for if everybody were allowed to do exactly as he liked, we should get into a state of the most complete and helpless confusion. There is no wish on the part of the military authorities to interfere as long as volunteers are willing to abide by certain rules, and to be guided by certain regulations, but I would remind them that any movement of a mili tary nature which isnot properly and thoroughly or ganised and directed cannot be of that value which it would be if conducted upon those great principles of organisation and order which constitutes the strength and the importance of our military opera tions. I beg, gentlemen, to give you " The Army, the Navy, and the Volunteers." (Loud cheers.) General Sir J. SCARLETT responded ou behalf of the army, which had never been in better condition or more willing to perform their duty than at the present moment. (Hear.) It was not for him to say whether the volunteers were right or wrong in going to Brighton ; that did net lie within his pro vince to discuss, but considering the amount of drill which they had undergone, he was very much struck on that occasion by the aptitude for military move ments evinced by his countrymen who did not pro perly belong to the army. By cultivating that aptitude, by constant practice of company and battalion drill, they would be certain to acquire a great degree of perfection in their movements. Al though he had felt it his duty to bestow praise on them both to their faces and in his report on that occasion, it would be folly to suppose that whit was excellent then would not have been much more excellent if it had followed a summer spent in care ful attention to drill in its various branches. If they listened to his advice he would exhort the Volunteers to follow the admirable instructions which had been given them that evening. Sir J. DUKE, M.P., returned thanks for the navy, and Colonel Al'Muu.Do, on rising to respond for the Volunteer service, was received with cordial cheer ing. He said the manner in which the toast had been proposed must be doubly gratifying to Volun teers, from the exalted position of the chairman, who was not only colonel of one of the most impor tant and distinguished of the Volunteer corps, but, as the head of the British army, the advice coming from his lips was peculiarly valuable; and if, as he believed he could do, he might take on himself to answer for the Volunteers (cheers), that advice would certainly be followed. It was a novelty for Volunteers to find themselves connected with the army, as they had found themselves that evening in the speech of the noble chairman ; but the same feeling of loyalty which had originally prompted them to offer their services would, he was sure, in duce them to work cordially with the regular forces. The power of an army was estimated by its num bers, its efficiency in drill, and its discipline. The numbers of the Volunteer force were those of a great army ; its efficiency in drill and in organisation was progressing rapidly, and its discipline when called on to exercise it was perfect, being based on the spirit of patriotism which gave rise to the move ment. It had been truly affirmed that not only in England but on the continent the movement had exercised a beneficial effect ; and within the last few days he had read a proclamation of the King of Sweden establishing throughout his kingdom volunteer corps based on the same regulations, laws, and constitution as our own. (Applause.) It ought to be a gratifying reflection to the Volunteers of this country that they had initiated a movement which was taking root firmly in Europe, and was likely to become one of its greatest pacificators. Lieutenant-Colonel HICKS, in proposing " The Health of the Duke of Cambridge," as colonel of the brigade, as a gallant general in the field, as Com mander-in-Chief of the army, and a Prince of the blood Royal (cheers), said he was glad to see that the progress of the Volunteer movement did not interfere, as had been predicted by some, with the progress of enlistment • in the army ; but, on the contrary, had fostered and encouraged military tastes among the English people. " Trifles light as air," little jealousies, and private piques might endanger the stability of the movement, but as far as anything like jealousy between the army and the Volunteers was con cerned, there was not the slightest foundation for supposing that such feelings existed ; and an in dissoluble bond of union had been signed, sealed, and delivered, when their noble and gallant chair man took the wise and politic step of consenting to become Colonel of the London Volunteer Rifle Brigade. (Cheers.) His Royal Highness the Duke of CAMBRIDGE re turned thanks for the cordial and kind manner in which the mention of his name had been received. Allusion having been made to the fact of his con. senting to become honorary colonel of the regi ment, he might state that he had clone so for two reasons,—first, because he felt a great anxiety to respond to the compliment paid him by so large a number of the citizens of London ; and in the next place, because he felt strong conviction that the fact of the Commander-in-Chief of her Majesty's army becoming colonel of ono of the leading regi ments of the Volunteer force would be an earnest that the Volunteer movement was in every respect acceptable to and would be countenanced by the armed body with which he was more immediately connected. (Cheers.) He regretted that his numerous duties allowed lsim to see so little of a corps with which he was proud to be connected ; but, if the Lieutenant-Colonel should at any time report that a desire existed on the part of the members to be inspected or reviewed by himself, he should be very happy to meet them anywhere, at any time, for that purpose. (Loud cheers.) In responding, on behalf of the House of Lords, to the toast of " The Legislature," Lord COLVILLE said, he also appeared in the capacity of Lieutenant-Colonel of the Hon. Artil lery Company, and in the name of that regimens The following list includes all counties which urnished returns exceeding one million in 1815, and gives the corresponding figures for the later years. The figures are as follows :- 1815. 1843. 1860. York Lincoln Somerset Lancaster Devon . Essex 1,293,700 1,396,439 .. 1,440,702 Norfolk 1,266,818 .. 1,715,411 .. 1,831,978 Northumberland 1,071,347 .. 894,722 .. 906,526 Glocester 1,028,940 1,161,115 .. 1,170,948 Kent Wilts It will be seen that in the last-named county there was a considerable decline. The same was the case , in Middlesex and Surrey. During the last 17 years (1843 to 1860) the annual value of land and tithe together had risen 19 per cent. in Radnorshire, 12 in Herts, 11 in Cumber land and Lincoln. In no other case has the increase amounted to 10 per cent. ; and there has been a decline of 1 per cent, in Somersetshire, 2 in Berkshire and Derbyshire, 3 in Westmoreland and Sussex, 4 in Lancashire and Staffordshire, 5 in Devonshire, 15 in Cornwall, and 16 in Middlesex. The counties in this list are somewhat singularly grouped. As might be expected from what has been said, we have three belonging to the South western division; but it is more surprising to meet with Middlesex, Lancashire, Stafford, and Derby, although, no doubt, the constant encroachments of the regice moles have left year after year fewer acres for the plough in those districts. The rental of houses in Great Britain assessed to the income-tax was in 1806 somewhat under £12,000,000 and in 1815 about £16,250,000. In 1843 it had risen to £38,475,739, and iu 1860 to £53,767,916—m0re than four times the amount of 1806. The comparative statement which follows comprises all counties, the returns from which in 1860 exceeded £1,000,000:-- 1815. 1843. 1860. Middlesex.... £5,089,367 £9,213,476 £12,294,380 Lancaster 1,488,655 4,777,530 7,019,978 York 822,559 2,707,514 4,044,586 Surrey .. 1,065,736 2,158,726 3,078,631 Somerset Kent 546,502 1,372,882 1,911,025 Warwick St Ifford 246,495 818,994 1,287,749 Chester 216,395 780,103 . 1,137,851 Sussex The rental of the City of London appears to have risen from £1,068,775 in 1815 to £1,369,515 in 1843, and £1,592,538 in 1860; and that of West minster from £1,309,969 to £2,176,516 and £2,517,004. The return from Paddington was £236,263 in 1843 and £705,216 in 1860 ; that of Islington X 307,000 in the earlier year and £717,000 in the latter. The counties in which the increase since 1843 has been most rapid are—Flint, 168 per cent. ; Brecon, 145 ; Carnarvon and Glamorgan, 134 ; Anglesea, 128; Carmarthen and Monmouth, 88 ; Durham, 71 ; Stafford, 57 ; Derby, 54 ; Sussex, 53 ; and Bedfordshire, 51. No other county has increased as much as 50 per cent. ; but York - . shire (49) and Lancashire (47) follow immediately. As to the Welsh counties, it is difficult not to sup pose that there has been either a change of prin ciple or a more careful assessment in the later year. At the same time it must be stated that we also find three Welsh counties at the lower end of the list. In Mcrioneth the reported decrelse is 27 per cent., in Radnor 6, in Montgomery 5. It is observable that these three are (with Wiltshire) the only coun ties in which population declined between 1841 and 1851. In no English county has the aggregate value of houses decreased; but the increase has been only 6 per cent. in Cornwall, 7 in Somerset, and 8 in Herts. With reference to the other items of Schedule A, it is only necessary to say that the profits of rail ways in England, which were entered as £2,417,610 in 1842, appear as 1 : 1 0,732,838 in 1800 ; that mines aro stated at £016,293 in 1815, at £1,003,794 in 1843, and at £3,658 ,517 in 1860, and that iron works (not separately stated in 1815) contribute £412,022 in 1843, and £1,134,012 in 1860. The ironworks of Staffordshire alone in the later year are nearly equal to the whole return of the earlier,, while those of Glamorganshire have increased from £19,848 in 1843 to £163,560 in 1860. It is right here to mention that Schedule D (which is fairly entitled to all these items) is understood to have pined credit for portions of some Of thOrO by mis- take in the first year of the tax ; but as far as the figures for subsequent years enable us to judge, the amount so erroneously entered cannot have been large. Before quitting Schedule A, we may mention that in the year 1856 the number of persons exempt under this schedule N: as, in England 501,035, and in Scotland 61,788. The aggregate amount of their income was only £8,587,229, giving to each indivi dual " landlord' an average revenue of somewhat more than £l5 sterling. Passing over two intermediate schedules, we come to Schedule D, and it will be well to give i l l the first pla ce th e actual figures, which are as fol lows, taking the net amounts assessed :- 1801 (Estimated at about) .. £16,000,000 1803 34,80,000 1815 .. 1843 37,772,847 • 67,663,496 •• •• •• • •• 1860 84,373,090 • •• •• It must, however, be borne in mind that the ' figures for 1803 and 1815 include all incomes ex ceeding £5O, while those for 1843 include only in: comes amounting to £l5O, and those for 1860 all which amount to £lOO. It is probable that, in order to make the comparison a fair one, we should have to deduct at least £5,000,000 from the return , of 1851, so th a t th e i ncrease i n the trade incomes " , persons receiving more than £lOO annually between that year and the present date cannot be less than £50,000,000. The amount brought in by the ex tension of 1853 is known to have been between £9,000,000 and £10,000,000, so that the amount due to the expansion of trade and commerce since 1 84 ' appears to be about £17,000,000. In the figures which follow we are unable to make the proper deduction from the older return , and the increase of trade incomes is consequent l 9 underrated. Taking all the counties from which the return of 1860 amounted to £1,000,000 and up' wards, we have the following list :--- . 1815. 1860. Middlesex .. £15,255,245 .. £26,256,187 Lancashire .. 2,292,080 .. 14,410,307 York .. .. 1,719,886 .. 6,147,149 Kent .. 1,626,229 .. 1,554,510 Surrey.. .. 1,564,533 2,905.951 Somerset 1,3'49,266 .. 1,773,791 Southampton .. 923,714 •1,025,777 Devon .. 757 , 444 1,011.546 Warwick .. 669,370 .. 2,305,746 Stafford 516,720 .. 1,910,620 Northumberland 436,404 .. 1,004,714 Che,tor.. 289,307 .. 1,190,515 Durham .. 253,631 1,035,398 The trade income of the city of London has increased from £8,397,500 to £14,853,397 and that of West minster from £2,740,206 to £3,635,913. The English counties in which the increase has been greaten are—Lancashire, 529 per cent.; Cheshire, 312, Durham, 308 ' • Staffordshire, 270 ; Yorkshire, 257 ; Monmouth, 256; Warwick, 244; Derby, 207. In 12 other counties the amount of trade income has more than doubled ; in the same number it has been less than 50 per cent. ' • and in only one (Kent) h as th ere b een an actual decline. The accounts to which we have referred do not enable us to give the corresponding particulars for the Welsh counties ; but the aggregate, which hi 1815 was only £300,008, is now £1,226,769, of which £527,116 are contributed by Glamorgan alone. COUNTRY MARKETS. NORWICH-AFRIL 13. At this market to-day wheat was in fair supply, with a slow sale, and last week's rates receded is to 2s p e r qr. The supply of barley limited, and prices were the same ttil last week. White wheat 58s to 62s J Red wheat 54s to 68; Malting barley....4ss to 47s Chevalier barley 41s to 440 Distilling d0......31s to 34s Oats.. 26s to 30 0 Flour, 43s to 43s 6d per sack from the miller. OXFORD —APRIL 13. Tho market was well attended, but little business doing, am! for most descriptions of grain prices were supported. B a rl ey quite a drug on th e mar k et. Flour was 46s per —A 13. The supply of wheat scarcely an PRIL average one, and prieee maintained. A fair trade. White wheat, from 74s to 7 80 —red, 65s to 72s per 36 stone; a rather slsw demand for barley, grinding, 30s to 31s ; malting, 36s to 40s per qr.; oats, 32s to 36s per 24 stone. Beans—old, 66s to 5 80 ; new, 388 to 40s per 38 stone. Fine flour, 50s I Seconds, 47s I Thirds, 45s per 20 stone. YORK-- APRIL 13. The trade was dull and wheat in tolerable supply; sales at a reduction of Is per qr. Wheat, red 45s to 56s I Oats.... 27s to 291 White do .58s to 6451 Beans 48s to .58s Barley .38s to 42s i P eas Malt, 70s to 72 s p er qr. ; rye. 36s per qr 7.11--oBurt,o Z: to bOs per sack. NORTHAMPTON—Arum 13. At this corn-market the wheat supply was middling, and a moderate business—prices ranging from 65s to 69s for old, and 42s to 62s for new. In barley a steady business, malting 38s to 435, grinding 29s to 32s per qr. Oats in moderate show, and priess as before—quoted at 22s to 388 per 24 stone. Beans, old, 51s to 565; peas, 40s to 50e. Rye, 37s to 425; malt, GBs to 72s ; flour, 33s to 34s per sack THE MAILS. MAILS DUE. Australia, Ceylon, and Mauritius (via South ampton) April 18. Do. (via Marseilles) April 12. Brazil and Cape Vards .. • . May 4. Buenos Ayres, Monto Video, &c. Cuba and Mexi co .. April 29. Canada, &c. (via L'dorry) .. April 17. Cape of Good H o p e , & e. May 3. China, Penang, and Singapore (via S'ampton) April 18. Do (via Marseilles) April 12. Gibraltar (via Southampton) .. April 18. India (Calcutta), C e yl on , & c. ( v i a Southampton) April 18. Do. ( v i a Marseilles) April 12. India (Bombay), (via Southampton) .. April 25. Do. (via Marseilles) .. April 19. Lisbon .. . • • • .. April 11. Malta, Egypt, and Aden (via Southampton) .. April 18. Do. (via Marseilles) .. April 12. Vigo, and Oporto .. .• April 11. United States, California, &e. April 11. Western Coast of Atrica Madeira, Teneriffe .. Overdue West Indies and Pacific;Carthagena, Cuba, &c. April 13. 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