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Naval and Military Intethgence. DEATH OF COMMANDER CHARLES THURTELL. We announced reeterday the death of Commander Charles Thurtell (184_3), which occurred lately at Calais. He was born at Bradwell, Suffolk, on Feb. 29, 1790. We extract the following account of the services of this gallant officer from " O'Byrne'a Naval Bio g raphy :''- ‘ This officer en t ere d t h e navy M arc h 26, 1807, as first-class volunteer on board the Alert, Captain Robert Williams : and in the course of the same year was pre sent, under Admiral Gasebier, in the attack upon Copen hagen. In May, 1800, five months after he bad left the Alert, he joined the Aboukir, 74, Captain George Parker and Thos. Browne, in which ship we find hi m accom panying the expedition ition to the Scheldt ( w h ere h e was en trusted with ',;he command of a gun boat), and emol,yed in 1812 une,er the flag of the present Sir Thomas Byam Martin, at the defence of Riga. He there had charge of a Russian gun boat, and was for three months in almost daily action with the enemy. In November, 1812, he was nominated acting master of the Briseis, 10, Captain John Ross, in the Baltic ; he served next, from Nov., 1813, until May, 1815, as midshipman and master's mate, in the Nymphen, 36, and Liffey, 50, both commanded by Captain John Hancock, on the North Sea and Channel stations ; and in March, 1817, and September, 1818, he became Admiralty midshipman of the Cadmus, 10, Capt. Tohn :Judge, again in the North Sea, and Rochfort, 80, bearing the flags of Sir Thomas Francis Fremantle and Graham Moore, in the Mediterranean. At the gene ral promotion in 1815, notwithstanding that a very ur gent request was made in his favour to the First Lord of the Admiralty by the magistrates of the city of Nor wich, Mr. Thurtell was passed over ; nor did he succeed in obtaining a commission until October, 1821, when, being at the top of the Admiralty list in the Mediter ranean, he was appointed to a vacancy in the Medina, 20, Captains the Earl of Huntingdon, Richard Ander son, and Patrick Duff Henry Hay. In September, 1820, being at the time in command of the Racer cutter, tender to the Rochlort, he was directed by Commodore Hon. Anthony Maitland, of the Glasgow, 50, then at Malta, to proceed to Palermo with a despatch for Cap tain John Donaldson Boman, of the Spey, 20, and in the event of not finding him at that place, to repair forthwith to the port of Messina, and thence to return to Malts. On his arrival at Palermo, not meeting with the Spey, and the city being in a state of insurrection, and closely besieged by the Neapolitan naval and mili tary forces, who were hourly expected to carry it by storm, he received through the hands of her Britannic Majesty's consul general an address, couched in the strongest;terms, from the English merchants and other residents, entreating that at a motnent of such distress he would remain by them, and afford them such protec tion as he could. With this solicitation he felt it his duty, under the circumstances, to comply. By his spi rited interference he obtained from General Pepe, the Neapolitan commander in chief, permission for the British to seek safety either in his camp or on board the men of war in the bay. The Racer afterwards, at the request of the chiefs of the contending parties, became the theatre on which, as the only neutral spot open to them, they entered into and concluded a treaty of peace. The mo ment the ratification was signed, she announced the joyful intelligence by a Royal salute-a salute which was returned by the Neapolitan fleet and all the forts. The zeal and exertions thus displayed by Mr. Thurtell, and the important services he rendered, in a situation in - which no midshipman was perhaps ever before placed, ob tained him the grateful thanks as well of the British re sidents as of General Pepe and of Prince Patterno, pre sident of the Provisional Junta of Palermo. The history of his proceedings was made the subject of a special commu nication to the Foreign Office by the present Lord Heytes bury, then ambassador at the Court of Naples ; but, owing to the circumstance, perhaps, of no official representation being made of them at the Admiralty, he received not the least reward. His appointments after he left the Medina were-July 24, 1822, and May 3, 1824, as first, to the Chanticleer, 10, and Dispatch, 13, Captains Bar tell Macnamara and Edw. Hinton Scott, both In the Mediterranean, whence he returned at the close of 1824; S ept. 14, 1839, to the San Josef, 110, bearing the flags at Plymouth of Admirals Superintendent Fred. Warren And Sir Sam. Pym ; and Sept. 26, 1842, again as first, to the Caledonia, 120, bearing the flag of Sir Da v id commander in chief at the same port. He was advanced to his present rank Jan. 12, 1843, and has since been on half-pay. "Remindful of his former services the Xing of Na ples, in 1838, made an application to Government for the promdtion of Mr. Thurtell ; and at o th er t i mes t h e corporation of N6rwich, the Attorney. General (Sir R. Grant), the Dukes of Devonshire and Leeds, Admiral Sir E. Codrington, and other distinguished persona ges , similarly interested themselves in bis behalf." The reports from Malta, reaching to the Dth of Oct., notice the following movements, chiefly confined to mail steamers and merchant steamvessels : " The Peninsula and Oriental Company's steampacket Valetta arrived from Alexandria on the 28th Sept , wit:, the overland India mail for England, which she carried on to Marseilles on the same evening, conveying Colonel Campbell, Captains Bray, Blackwood, Luxmore, and Pritchard ; Lieuts. Lamb, Macaulay, and Southey ; and from Malta, Mrs. Gen. Williams and Lieut.. Colonel Sankey, late in the Ottoman service. "The Indus, belonging to he same company, arrived from Alexandria with the heavy mails on the 29th, and left on the same day for Southampton, conveying Col. Doherty, Major and Mrs. West, Major and Mrs. Dyver net, and Commander Parker, R.N. She also conveyed from Malta Quartermaster Leech, of the Anglo-Italian Legion. "The Colombo screw steampacket, belonging to the same company, arrived from Southampton and Gibraltar on the 29th with the outwari India mails, bringing, for Malta, Captain Pennefather, and for Alexandria, Major- General Wilkinson, Colonels Cotton, Steel, Stuart and wife ; Lieut.-Colonel Grant and wife ; Majors Hill, North, Buller and wife ; Captains Bowie, Sbuttleworth, Walker, and Waterman ; Lients. Ashburner, Martineau, Hamilton, Wilkinson and wife; Ensigns Stuart and Mason ; Dr. Morrogh and wife. " The Vectis, Peninsular and Oriental Co.'s steamer, with the overland London mails of the 26th of Sept., arrived on the Ist of Oct., bringing for Alexandria, Col. Cotton, Lient.-Col. Taylor, Major Payne, Major and Mrs. Prescott, Captain Ireland, Captain Brown, Cap tain Kemball, Lieats. Bearsley, Kennier, Davison. and wife, Playfair and wife. The Colombo and the Vectis left for Alexandria on the Ist of Oct. "The Simoies French postal steamer arrived on the 28th from Marseilles, bringing, among other passengers, Capt. Baynes, B , h, and Deputy-Assistant CommisQary• General Arthur Baynes, for Malta. She left for Syra, Smyrna, and Constantinople on the same evening, whence the Carmel French postal steamer arrived on the evening of the 30th of September, bringing Lieut,Col. Morgan, Osmanli Irregular Cavalry, for Malta, and Captain Harris for Marseilles, for which pert she pro ceeded on the Ist of October. "The Indus and the Meandre, French postal steamers, arrived from Marseilles on the sth, the former convey ing, among other passengers for Alexandria, for which destination she left the same evening, Mdlle. Rachel, accompanied by her sister, seeking a change of climate at Cairo. The Meandre left at the same time for Syra, Smyrna, and Constantinople, after landing at Malta Capt. Taafa, Ist Royals, Major-General Warren, Capt. St. John, 92d, Aide-de-Camp, wife and family. " The Vatican French postal steamer arrived from the Italian ports, and Messina, on the sth, bringing, among other passengers for Malta, Dr. Waite, 47th, Mrs. (Commissary-General) Wild and family. " her Majesty's steam packet Oberon arrived on the Ith front Corfu and Zante with the mails. " The Malta steamer arrived c re the 2d from Liverpoul and Gibraltar, arid left for Constantinople on the 3i. " Her Majesty's screw stearathip of the line Cressy arrived from England and Gibraltar on tho 3d. " His Netherlaed's Majesty's frigate Daggersbank ar rived on the 3d from the Texel, and immediately after anchoring exchanged salutes with the garrison and the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir H. Stewart. On the same morn ing her commander, the Baron Collet D'Escury, accom panied by the Chevalier Stevens, the acting Netherlands consul at Malta, visited Rear-Admiral the Hon Sir M. Stopford, the Admiral Superintendent of the Dockyard, and likewise his Excellency the Governor, Sir W. Reid. On the Gth she took her departure for Smyrna and Alexandria. "Her Majesty's steamtug Wallace left for Cerigo on the 4th with the new light to be erected on that island. "The Durance French screw steam transport arrived on the 30th from Toulon, and left for Toulon on the sth." Two companies of the 4th battalion of the Royal Artil lery, under orders for Portsmouth and Devenport, as well as detachments to other home stations, were yesterday morning officially inspected at Woolwich by the com mandant of the garrison , M a jo r -G eneral Williams and staff. Lieut .- Colonel Mande, R.A., has returned to head-quarters, Woolwich, from his attendance at the coronation of the Emperor of Russia. Colonel' Eardley Wilmot, 13.4., and Mr. Ab e l, c f th e L a b oratory De partment of the Royal Arsenal at Woolwich, h ave like wisreturned from their mission to Sil es i a , i n W estern Prussia, Which was undertaken with a view of iespectine the iron fOundkies of that country, and investigating the mode, of sme l t i ng by means of gas, which is pronounced to be more successful than charcoal The freight ship Nautilush as been ordered to Deptford to embark provisions and naval stores. fSrhoeniwWill°reltwuirenito Woolwich to ship 150 tons of ammuni tion, and is to sail th e nce on Saturday next for Bermuda. The freight ship c perdovvn has arrived at Woolwich from the London Docks, and has commenced shipping 700 tons of ordnance store for Bermuda. The transport Precios a has from with a cargo o f or dnance stores an d 1 , the East. made by the officers Ch a tham Extensi ve prepa rations are being and troops belonging to garrison in conse (pence of permission having been accorded them by the authorities to have a variety of athletic sgporritztie,s,gwarcih, and foot races on Chatham-lines, for various are to be contended for exclusively by the soldiers stationed at Chatham. The P office . officers and spo rts %ft :: 7 1:. t e . p!ace (weather permitting ) on Thursday afternoe, 1,7 and considerable interest is felt is the und ertr- '' 7- -.. the officers of the garn eee thi s being the fi=st to provide amusements of this kind for the trcopS rt Chathath. The spode will be under the patronage _ct Colonel Eden, Commandant of th e garr ison, and tho o ffieere who have been successful in getting up the amuse ments are Major H. Marriott, R.M., Major S. G. Ban kery, Medical Staff Corps, Major C. S. S. E. Gordon, Lyons, sth Fusiliers, Capt. Brigade Major , Ca p tain W . Fitzroy Somerset, and Captain F. Brine, Royal En gineers, A grand stand is to be erect e d on Ch a th am li n es, where the sports will take place, and the garrison bands will be in attendance. He n t v sloop Daring, 12, Co mman d er Gerald trpir,h ' val of which at Spithead we briefly re ported yesterday, sailed fro gs Port Ro yal, JAraaae r3 t aj e 6 a - 6 ka, on the 27th of August, in company with H.M.S. Espiegle, 12, Commander Lambert (both bound for Spithead) and parted company with her on the 31st off Cape Maize, Cuba. Nothing of any importance occurred until the 18th of September, when to the northward of Bermuda she encountered a heavy hurricane, which increased in severity till the 20th, when it reached its climax. She e , 'caped with the loss of her sternboat and lifebuoy. For 48 hours she was under bare poles; the ship behaved re markably well, although the sea ran very high. The cutwater started, which crippled her bowsprit a little, but it was soon got all right again. Her hammock berthing was partially washed away; in fact it was con sidered as hard a gale as had been experienced by any one on board. She sighted the Lizard on the Bth, light and foul winds ; passed her Majesty's ship High flyer and two gunboats in tow, 30 miles S.W. of the Lizard. Same day also exchanged numbers with - the ship Mangerton, of London, and a great many ships out ward bound. The Daring has been four years in com mission, and haT lost less men than any other ship on the Jamaica station by sickness or otherwise, She left Spit head yesterday afternoon for the eastward to be paid off. The Espiegle, 12, arrived at Spithead yesterday morning from the North America and West India station, to be paid off. She leaves Port-mouth this evening for the eastward. She spoke on the Bth inst., in lat. 48 34, long. 6.57, her Majesty's ship Salamander, for Madeira. The steam troop-ship Urgent, Commander Phillips, arrived at Portsmouth yesterday from Ireland, with part of the 33d and 50th Regiment?, which she landed at the dockyard. Her Majesty's ship Retribution, 22, Capt. Barker, had steam up at 6 o'clock last night ready for leaving for the Meiliterranean. Her Majesty's steam troop-ship Simone was taken into dock at Portsmouth yesterday for a refit. The steam store ship Hesper arrived at Portsmouth, yesterday from Woolwich to ship stores and medical comforts for the island of Madeira. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty :—C. W. Talbot, naval cadet, to the Prin cess Royal ; C. R. Harris, ditto, to the Colossus ; J.T. Bedford, ditto, to the Retribution ; R. D. Campbell, ditto, to the Csar ; E. F. Keppel and U. E. Eyre, ditto, to the Raleigh, and J. D. Webb, ditto, to the Sa tellite. THE NEW AMERICAN STEAM-SHIPS OP WAR. The visit of the large American steam-frigate Merri mac to Southampton having occasioned considerable interest we think it may now be a proper time to lay be fore our readers such information as we have from time to time obtained respecting her, and the Wabash, the Minnesota, the Roanoke, and the Colorada—four ships of much the same size and power of the Merrimac— and also respecting the huge steam-corvette the Niagara. In order to render the information which follows per fectly reliable, in so far, at least, as the Merrimac is concerned, we have visited that vessel, and verified by personal observation the facts hereafter stated. In mak ing this verification we were favoured with the utmost courtesy and co-operation on the part of the officers of the ship, and particularly of first lieutenant G. W. Har rison, who was in command of her at the time of our visit, and to whose kindness we are much indebted. The principal dimensions of the five frigates above enumerated are so nearly alike that they may, for all ordinary purposes, be considered the same, and may be to ken as follows : ' Feet. Ins. Length of keel Length on load-water line Length over all 3OO 0 Breadth extreme Breadth moulded - 5O 2 Depth of hold (to gun deck) 26 4 Draught of water forward Draught of water aft As our examination of the Merrimac was made for the purpose of estimating her merits as a ship of war, we must add to the above the following details, which are of im portance in such a ship. When the vessel is at her load line the height of the gun-deck ports above the water are, amidships, 9 feet, and forward and aft 12 feet, or thereabouts. The height from her gun deck to the lower sides of her spar-deck beams is 6 feet. The height of her bulwarks is such, that when the hammocks are stowed, they reach 8 feet 8 inches above the upper deck. Her gun-deck ports are 3 feet 8 inches long, and nearly 8 feet 6 inches apart. Her load displacement is esti mated at 4,000 tons ; but this we could not, of course, I test. The Merrimac was designed by Mr. Lenthall, who is at the head of the Bureau at Washington, and was built by Mr. Delano, the master shipwright of the navy yard at Boston (or the officer who corresponds to a master shipwright of our own dockyards). Her frame is of live oak, crossed on the inside with two sets of diagonal iron plates, which are inclined in opposite directions. She is also strengthened by similar plates on the outside, at bow and stern. Her plank is also of oak, and, like our own ships of war, she is copper-fastened np to a few feet above the load-water line. Her decks are of fir. On a careful inspection, she seems to have been built with very great skill and care, and is a very tight strong ship. The large wooden knees (common in American ships, because more approved of and more readily obtained than iron) to some extent interfere with the beauty of her appearance inboard ; but she is a very roomy and handsome ship, and the appearance of her main deck is unsurpassed. With all her sails set, she spreads 56,629 square feet of canvas. Her engines are auxiliary only. Her rig is in all respects like that of the largest American sailing frigates, but from her great length she seems capable of carrying masts, spars, and sails even larger than those she has. The mode in which the mainmast steps is worthy of attention. The shaft of the propeller coming immediately beneath it (since the engines are before the mainmast), a step is formed to receive it above the shaft. This step consists of a large thwartship beam of live oak, supported near the middle by two 12-inch solid iron columns which rest upon suitable keelsons. This ar rangement is perhaps as good as any other, although the strength attending it must certainly be much less , than that in which the mast steps in a wooden step, sup ported immediately by the keelsons themselves, as is the case where no screw shaft interferes. The modes adopted in our own navy are various. In some cases tall forked iron steps, which stride across the shaft, are employed, and is others the heel of the mast itself is enlarged, and the shaft allowed to pass through it, the lower piece of the mast being separable from the upper, and connected with it by clasped jointed hoops. The Merrimac is pierced for 60 guns, but if she were actually to carry that number they would have to be of a lighter character than those now on board of her. Her present armament is as follows :—On her upper deck there are two large pivot gun:, each weighirg nearly 51 tons, and of 10 inches bore, and 14 8-inch guns, eacti weighing rather more than 3 tons ; on her gundeck there are 24 9-inch guns, each weighing nearly 4. 1 j tone. The w h o le of these guns, 40 in all, though strong enough to discharge shot, if desired, are primarily intended to be served with hollow shot or with shell--for it is now a practice with the Americans to supply their navy with a quantity of empty hollow shot, which may be either plugged and used as eucb, or charged, fitted with fuzes, and used as shells. We must not, however, omit to mention that she might carry a few additional 9 inch guns on the main deck with perfect convenience. Her gun-carriages on the main deck are similar to those used in the French navy, They have, however, bat two wheels or trucks each, at the ship's end of the carriage. To facilitate the running out of the gun the rear end ef the carriage is raised by a handspike fitted with a roller at the end, on which roller the carriage runs out. At the upper side of this handspike roller is a pin or stud which takes into one or other of a series of recesses formed in a plate on the underside of the rear end of the carriage. The carriage slides of the large pivot guns differ from our own chiefly in the fact that they are furnished at each end with wheels or trucks (which run on the metal circular bearing plates on the deck) mounted on eccentric axles. Those axles are turned by a spanner, so as either to take the weight of the slide and allow it to be run round upon them, or to he raised clear of the bottom of the slide, and allow it to rest imme diately upon the deck plates. The carriages which run upon the slides have their rear trucks mounted upon similar eccentric axles. The friction of the carriage upon the slide when the piece is to be discharged (and when the trucks are clear of the slide) is sometimes increased by nipping the two together with screws. The whole of the 9-inch guns, or main-deck guns, as well as the two 10-inch pivot b uns, are formed on Com mander Dahlgren's system, which consists in giving to the gun, at each point of its length, a thickness propor tioned to the direct pressure of the powder in the chase at that point, supposing the gun to be fired with au ordi nary service charge. In order to carry out that principle Commander (then Lieutenant)Dahlgren took an ordinary Paishan gun, and had bored in it a number of holes, each of the Pize of a musket hall, extending from the outside of the gun through into the chase. These holes were per pendicular to the axis of the gun. A musket ball was then placed in the first hole (the rest of the holes being Plugged for the time), the gun fired with a service charge, and the initial velocity communicated to the musket ball measured by a ballistic pendulum. This was repeated with each hole successively, and lines representing the initial velocities thus obtained were taken as the ordi nates of a curve (of which the distances apart of the holes reprecented the abecisF.), and this curve gave the contour of the exterior of the gun. The Dahlgren guns are of greatly increased thickuese along the chase, and Fluddenly increase their thickness near the breech, where the great bulk of the metal of the gun is collected. Before the adoption of them in their navy, the Ameri can Government had them severely tested, with highly eetisfactory results. Witliem . doebt the principle of I Commander Dahlgren is corvect, eo Mr as it oes. There are ale-eellateral advantages connected with the adop- ' tine of it in naval ordnance, one of which is that the ' centre of gravity of each side battery iz-, owing to the form of the curse, thereby brought nearer to the middle of the ship, which muse tend to make her roll less hea vily than otherwise. Each gun is furnished with two lock-lugs, or lugs for the gun-lock--one for use, and one to supply its place if it should be knecked away. There are a few other novel features in connection with the guns of the Merrimac. One is that her guns are fitted with elevating screws, which supply th e p l ace of the quoin, &c., in our own service. This arrangement tends greatly to facilitate the sighting, and is certainly an improvement, provided that it is not attended with any defect in strength, and were assured that none had been observed during considerable practice. Another new feature is the employment of bristles, instead of sheepskin, in all the sponges and raminers for the guns; and a further one is the employment, for boat guns, of light and elegant wrought iron carriages, of which she has three—one for a 9-pounder, a second for a 12 pounder, and a third for a 24 pounder. The engines of the Merrimac are by Mr. Parrott, of the Cold Springs Foundry, New York. She has two cylinders 72 inches in diameter, and three feet stroke. These are placed close to the shaft, on oppo site sides of it, leaving room only for the crank. Each piston has two piston-rods, one above and one be low the shaft ; these carry a crosshead, from which the connecting rod reaches back to the crank, as is well un derstood by the engineers. Each cylinder has its con denser at the side of it, and its air-pump opposite to it. The air-pump rods go through the cylinder ends direct to the piston. She is fitted with four of the vertical tubular boilers, patented by Mr. D. B. Martin, engineer in chief of the United States navy, similar to those fitted previously in the Su , quehanna, by Merrick and Son, of Philadelphia. The boilers are of iron, with brass tubes, and have the following general dimensions : Length of each boiler, athwart ships, 11 feet ; breadth, fore and aft, 14.8 feet ; length of vessel occupied by four boilers, 31 feet 8 inches ; breadth of ditto and fire-room, 31 feet. The fire-room is between the two pair of boil ers, the furnaces firing athwart ships, and the flues de livering into one chimney. Height of boilers, 13 feet 6 inches ; cubical space occupied by all the boilers and fire room, being the content of a parallelopipedon included within the above circumscribing lines, 13,240 cubic feet ; number of furnaces in all boilers, 16 ; breadth of ditto, each, 2 feet 101 inches ; length of ditto, each 7 feet ; grate surface ares, in all, 338 square feet ; number of tubes in all boilers, 5,480 ; length (or height) 374 in. ; diameter (outside) of the tubes, 2 inches ; heating surface in furnaces and back connections up to tuhes, 1,614 square feet ; heating surface in tube boxes, 8,508 square feet ; heating surface in tube boxes, and connections to smoke chimney, 1,581 square feet; total heating surface in all boilers, 11,703 square feet ; proportion of the same to grate area 34.6 to 1.00; flue area or calorimeter between tubes in all boilers, 42 square feet ; proportion of the same to grate area, 1 to 8 square feet ; diameter of smoke chimney, 8 feet. The boilers all have water-bottoms, with not less than 6 inches of water space at any point ; back of the furnaces these bottoms rise to the back connections; the tube boxes are above the furnaces, and rise about 3 inches to the front end of the boiler, where they enter the front con nections. The boilers are of 3-Bth inch, and inch best American plates, double riveted and caulked inside and *lst, throughout, and are well braced. The weinht of all four, when empty, is 255,0001 b. Their total weight, when filled to the working level, is 440,0001 b. To test the economical evaporative efficiency of this form of boiler an experiment was made on the 13th of March last, in the presence of several engineers of the navy, the conditions and results of which were, as pub lished by Mr. Merrick, the maker, as follow : Two boilers only were used, and the dampers were nearly closed. The coal used was anthracite, and of an inferior qua lity. Toe engines are fitted with Stevens's cut-off, which was adjusted and permanently fixed to cut off as follows: Port engine, one end If fl Starboard engine, one end 4.12 . 4.60 3.35 Average per indicator-card, with full throttle 3.97 feet. Adding to this the average clearance at each end of the cylinder, and including, also, the steam passage, &c., between valves and cylinder, equal to 23.820 cubic inches, or the area of the cylinder by 6.05 inches of stroke, or .504 feet. Average length of cylinder, filled at each single stroke Preserving the same level of water in the boilers, and (as nearly as could be ascertained) the same quantity of coal in the furnace, or about the same fires, and main• taining the same pressure of steam, 4,2001 b. of coal were consumed, and 1,615 new revolutions made and noted by register, the duration of the experiment being 3 hours 57 minutes. During this time 11 double cards were taken on the two engines, which showed a mean pressure of steam entering the cylinders, during that part of the stroke over which steam was admitted, of— Total pressure—Port engine, 18.991 b • starboard en gine 21.811 b, of which (Pambour) the volume is 1257. Hence the water evaporated during the experiment was as follows :—the two cylinders being 70 in. dia meter =26.41 square feet of area, 26.71 x 4.474 x 1615 x 4x 62.5 1257 =39,3721b of water, which, being evaporated by 4,200 lb of coal, gave 9,137 lb of water per lb of fuel. The temperature of the hot well was 891 deg., and of the feed-water entering the boiler at (probably) 85 deg. The evaporative power of the boilers will at once be seen from the above figures of Mr. Merrick. In the Merrimac very excellent results have also been obtained with Mr. Martin's boilers. Her coal bunkers carry about 600 tons of coal. A small pair of donkey engines are provided on the main deck for coaling, raising heavy weights on board, &c. These auxiliary engines have a suitable boiler to supply them when the main boilers are not at work. The steam pumps are fitted in connec tion with the large engines for pumping out the bilge, extinguishing fires, &c. These steam pumps may be sup. plied, with steam from the auxiliary boiler, if desired. The Merrimac is fitted with a Griffith's screw propeller, with means of varying the pitch. In this respect she differs from her sister ships, all of which have ordinary propellers. The Niagara is, we underotand, to Lave a Griffith's. The propelling arrangements on board the Merrimac are very complete. The forward thrust is taken by a series of c)llars, and the backward thrust by a brass disc dropped down between the end of the propeller bearing and the after sternpost. This disc may be readily re newed when worn. The shaft is supported between the engines and the dead wood by bearings and intermediate spring supports, and a cooling pipe is led from the out side of the ship ever each. The after-propeller bearings are of wood, upon Penn's principle. The propelleris raised by a cable and pulleys, the cable leading to the capstan. A long wooden stay, tightened by a screw, is used for keeping the propeller down in its place, and figitable means are also provided for steadying the propeller dur jug the raising of it, for slinging it when raised or parti ally raised, &c. The greatest speed ever attained by the Merrimac under steam alone was seven knots per hour, and this was made under very favourable circumstances. Her average steaming speed is much less than this. There are, however, certain defects in connection with her slide valves which prevent the full and most economical results being attained with her engines. The lap and lead was so small that at first she could not cut off her steam until 19 inches of her stroke. She will, for the suture, owing to improvements made on board, cut off at 15 inches. But radical changes must be made in her valves before the necessary economy is obtained. The details of the engines—the driving gear, &c.—are very well arranged. _ _ The Merrimac is full of evidences that the American Government are willing to give trial to improvements of a promising ehara,ete: in their ships of war, notwith standing the changes which their introduction renders necessary. At the same time there aro arrangements, which have been proved highly valuable i❑ our own service, nnadopted by them. For example, instead of the admirable lightning conductors of Sir W. Snow Har ris, used with so much advantage by 114, the old bit of chain long discarded here, lies down against her shrouds, and gives great offence to the eye of the intelligent visi tor. _air, on the whale, the useful improvements greatly out-number the defects. This we might show at :reat length if we thought it desirable. It will, how ever, he sufficient to add a further fact or two. The fish davit is centred on a hoop on the foremast, and may be s sung ever either anchor for fishing. it, and may also be usad to assist in the removal of the heavy berthing which has to be taken down when the bow pivot gun is used. Both operations may be performed by steam power derived from the auxiliary engines. An other useful arrangement is the use of a hinged tongue piece, which may be pressed clown between the links of the cable by a screw when the ctble has to be fleeted. Another is the employment of light bulk-heads around the engine-room hatches on the main deck. Whether the absence of all mess tables for the ship's crew is an improvement or an act of retrogression we leave our naval officers to decide. In our next number we shall probably publish a few further statements respecting the Merrimac. At - the same time we believe that the points of chief importance are included in the above remarlci. The Niagara is built, we are told, as an experiment ; and it is perfectly certain that if she should prove a tho roughly strung and efficient ship of war, she will surprise everyone who has hitherto been considered well informed on the nature and requirements of war ships. The his tory of this ship's origin is simply this :—Mr. Steers, of New York, built the America yacht, which proved to be a very fast one. Tole gained him reputation and friend and secured him orders for constructing various other vessels of largersizes. He succeeded in building more than ore fast and serviceable commercial steam ship, and when the American Government resolved upon making a de monitration with large steam ships of war, Mr. Steers, or the friends of Mr. Steers, succeeded in getting the design and construction of one committed to him. Mr. Steers knew but little, if anything, practically of ships of war, and, if we are rightly informed, cared to know but little of them, except what the light of nature supplied him with, for we are told he availed himself but very little of the freedom with which he was permitted to have a'ccess to the bureau of construction and all that it contained. More than one professional American gentleman has spoken to us strongly upon this point. " It was hut reasonable," says the United States Nautical Mavazine, " to suppa , e that every facility would be afforded Mr. Steers, now that improvement seemed to be really intended, and, with the exception of the propelling power in the quantity of the canvas, the ground tackle in the kind ofanchors, and the ventilation in the improved side lights, he has thought proper to use, be has been allowed to exercise his own judgment, both iu the tin lelan.l manner of construction, and is, like the com..truesor of the Ohio, crlite wilFog to tlke the whole measure of responsibility, havinga full knowledge of its weight and bulk. This vessel, as her dimensions and calculations will show, is the largest of the six, and is also of lb very different model and construction. In the construction of the Niagara, it is alleged that there are principles involved which are of great importance to the safety of vessels, which have never been appreciated in the navy either in this country or elsewhere. It was supposed that in the model and internal arrangements alone would this vessel differ from the other five vessels ; but it is discoverable that not only is the form of the fabric and her arrangements in armament different, but that the manner of distributing the materials throughout the vessel is also en tirely different, utility being regarded as of more consequence than the time-honoured precedents, the oon• structor baying sought to secure the greatest amount of strength with the least bulk." The principal dimensions of the Niagara are as follows : Ft. in. 328 10 345 0 55 0 53 8 51 3 26 0 Length on load-water line Length over all Breadth, extreme Breadth, moulded Depth of hold to spar deck Draught of water .. Her port's are 15 feet above the load-water line. Her height between decks is 7 feet 3 inches to the under side of beams ! Her displacement at 23 feet draught is 5,440 tons. Her frame is of live oak, filled in below with yellow pine, and crossed on the outside with two sets of diagonal iron plates inclined in opposite direction.. She is also strengthened for ward by similar diagonal plates laid across the beams of the upper deck. Her plank of bottom and decks are of yellow pine, Having a very fine run, she is of course weak at her quarters, in consequence of which Mr. Steers has fitted on each side a large 2-inch iron stay or brace, which lies along the upper deck beams, and passing through the decks below steps upon the stern post. This is certainly a curious arrangement for a ship of war. It may as well be added here that when she is docked it is thought necessary by Mr. Steers to brace her two sides together, at about the turn of the bilge, by means of a chain, which passes over a frame or saddle, which is set up by wedges to tighten the chain. She is rigged like the Merrimac and others. The Niagara carries 12 guns, 5 of a side, and 2 pivot guns, each of them 11 inches in the bore, and weighing upwards of 7 tons. All the guns are mounted on pivoted carriages, and the broadside ports have consequently to be very large-9 feet long and 4 feet high. Through ports of this size the guns would be easily dismounted in close action, but the Niagara is intended to be fast, and being furnished with long-range guns, is supposed to have the power of annoying and injuring an enemy, while she herself keeps out of the range of her enemy's guns. She was, in fact, designed for the express purpose of giving the Americans the advantage over all existing ships ; it is satisfactory, however, for us to know that in our own dockyards there are already several new class ships quite competent to match her, and, if we are not mistaken, tti give a good account of Mr. Steers's experiment. We should be pleased to know with certainty that such a trial of strength is not likely to came off ; we hope it never may. The engines of the Niagara—designed by Mr. Cope land, and built by Pease and Murphy, New York—are similar to those of the Merrimac, but she has three cylin ders, each 72 inches diameter and three feet stroke, in stead of two. Each frame for cylinders is cast in one piece ; the cylinders have slide valves, and a separate cut-off or expansion side-valve adjustable so as to cut off at any point from three-eighths to five-eighths of the stroke. Each cylinder has its own separate condenser, air-pump, and hot well ; in fact, there are three com plete engines, so that, should either become deranged, the others would be still available. The screw propeller (formed of composition) is 18 feet 3 inches diameter, and 4 feet 2 inches long, with pitch of 29 i 1 feet (at the peri phery.) The boilers are four in number, 11. 1 2 - feet long, 21 feet wide, and 15 feet high. Like those of the frigate, they are Mr. Martin's vertical tubular. They are set in pairs, the flues discharging into two chimneys.—Mcchcc nics' Magazine. THE SUN, LO ~,DON, TUE 3 6 ,4 1' EVENING, OCtOBER 14, 18,A. igELAND. DUBLIN, 003 T. 13. INQUEST ON THE BARON DE ROBECK. The painful speculations to which the late mys terious disappearance of the Baron de Robeck gave rise are at length set at rest, the body of the ill fated nobleman having been found on Saturday evening in the river Liffey, under such circum stances as leave no doubt that his death was caused by accidental drowning. When the body was taken out of the water it was found to be in such an ad vanced stage of decomposition—having lain at the bottom of the river since the 30th of Sept.—that it was deemed advisable to hold the inquest with as little delay as possible, and accordingly Mr. Davis, one of the county coroners, having received notice, proceeded to hold the inquiry yesterday (Sunday), before a respectable jury, in the Spa Hotel, Lucan. The body having been inspected by the jury, the following evidence relative to the manner in which it was discovered and the circumstances, as far as known, of the deceased's disappearance, was ad duced : Wm. Coffey examined—l lived in the service of the late Baron de Robeck for 32 years. I have looked at the body on which the inquest is being held. It is the body of my late master, the Baron de Robeck. The gold watch and chain, gold spectacles, gold eye-glass, and pencil case produced were his property. I see that the watch is stopped at a quarter past six. Thos. Fullerton deposed as follows :—I was employed in dragging the Liffey for the body of the late Baron de Robeck. I was in a boat on Saturday evening searching for the body in the river where it runs through Captain Colthurst's demesne. At about four o'clock we found the body deeply embedded in the sand. There was only one boot on the body when we took it out of the water. I believe the other came off when we were pulling it out. The body was lying on its face when found. Peter KearAey, under butler in the service of the late Baron, said he went into the drawing room of the Baron's mansion at a few minutes after five o'clock on the even ing of the 30th Sept. to make up the fire. As he wits going across the room the Baron told him there was suffi cient coal on the fire. The Baron was then sitting near a table in the drawing room, and bad on his usual dress, but not the dress he wore when going out to walk. Bridget Heffernan was then examined. She said—l live at Le:xlip. I knew the late Baron de Robeck. I saw him twice on the evening of the 30th Sept. last. I was working in a factory at the opposite side of the river. The river was greatly swollen that evening. The first time I saw him was a little before 5 o'clock. He was then walking with his son, Major de Robeck, The second time I saw him was probably at 5 o'clock. He was then also with his son. At about half-past 5 o'clock I saw a man standing, on the rooks by himfelf. He was a tall thin figure, but I could run see his face by reason of the branches of the trees that intervened. Where the figure stood was a dangerous place—a slippery rock under the Salmon Leap. H. De Robeck, major in the Kildare Militia,on being sworn, said—The body of the gentleman lying dead here is that of my late father, Baron de Robeck. I remember the evening on which he disappeared. It was the 30th cf September. He was at that time in a feeble state of health, delicate and weak. On the evening of Sept. 30 he wished to go out to see the river, on account of the high fleods that prevailed. I went out with him at about a quarter to 5 o'clock. We walked to the upper fall, and when we had nearly returned to the Castle he expressed a wish to go back a second time. We did return ; and this time we went to the lower fall, which is a narrow ledge under the upper fall. As we returned towards the Castle again my wife met us. My father asked her vronld she like to go down and see the waterfall ? and I replied that she had seen it, We then went to the Castle and into the drawing-room. I saw my father take off his hat and coat, and put them in their usual place, Ho sat down in the drawing room, n ear th e fi re. It wa s then hum a quarter to half-past 5 o'clock. I t o ld hi m I was goinginto the garden with my wife, and we th en wen t away leaving him in the room. That was th e l as t ti me I raw him alive; on returning from the garden with my wife at six o'clock, and going into the drawing room, we saw the Baron was not there, and that the window, which was partly closed when we left the room, was then open. This window has been always used as a door in going in and out; it struck me that be might have gene out, but I was satisfied he had when I saw that his hat and coat were gone. The Baron's usual walking dress, save his hat and stick, was on his body when it was found in the river. Every search was made for the body since Sept. 30, but it was not found till yesterday evening. The Baron's life, to my knowledge, was not insured for any sum of money. Thos. Purefoy, M.D., and surgeon, deposed that he examined the body of the deceased, and that there were no marks of violence upon it. None of the hones were broken. Ho believed Baron do Robeck's death resulted from drowning. The Coroner having recapitulated the evidence, the jury returned the following verdict :—" We find that the late Baron de Robeck was found drowned in the River Liffey, in Captain Colthurst's demes ne, on the evening of the 11th inst., and wo believe him to have been accidentally drowned near the Salmon Leap on the evening of the 30th September last." THE TIPPERARY BANK. In the office of the Master in Chancery this day an application was made on behalf of the Newcastle Commercial Banking Company for liberty to ex hibit a proof for 51,899/. ss. Bd., in which amount the applicants averred that the Tipperary Joint- Stock Banking Company was indebted to them. Au affidavit had been filed by Mr. Walker, the public officer of the Newcastle Bank, and it was there sworn that six draughts of the Tipperary Bank were drawn in favour o f Gurney, Wilkinson, and Co., or one of that firm, and endorsed over to the Newcastle Bank, by w hich the y were dis to exhibit a proof for this sum, together with 8991. counted, and 51,000/. adva nced. It was not sought ss. Bd. interest, the handwriting being admitted. Another application was made for liberty t . o pro ceed at law against the official manager for the amount of the proof. This app lication, after being demurred to, on the ground of being unnecessary was ultimately planned by consent. Th e name of Mr. Robert Keating, M.P., was placed u p on the list of contributories as the owner of 185 shares in the Tipperary Bank. The next busin ess was the consideration of an application to Parliament for a bill to enable ythe creditors to accept a compro mise. The application was postponed pending negotiations. [ADVERTISIMENT.]-11olloway's Pills an inappreciable r3tnedy for Bile and Indigestion.—Miss Knight, of 36, Stanhope•street, Regent's-park, having a very delicate constitution, suffered fur years from an overflow of bile and bad digestion, causing palpitation of the heart, with great difficulty of breathing, rendering it impossible to ascend any acclivity without great pain. She bad re ceived the first medical a dvise in various countries, but obtained no permanent benefit. However, a course of Holloway's pills has been the means of bringing her to a state of health shc never before enjoyed, and she has con tinued well for more than four years.—S3ld by all medicine vendors throughoul; the world ; at Professor Holloway's Establishments, 1.44, Strand, London, and 86 1 , Maiden-lane, New York by A. Stampa, Constanti nople ; A, Gaidicy, Smyrna; ind E, Muir, Malta. Sporting Intelligence. NEWMARKET SECOND OCTOBER MEETING. MONDAY. The Second October Meeting commenced this day under somewhat favourable auspices. Although the weather was dull and cloudy, yet it offered no drawback from the enjoyment of the racing. The card contained seven items only, two matches having been compromised and one handicap not having "filled." Still the division of the Fifty Pound Plate for two yr olds into two classes made up a satisfactory supply of sport. The proceedings commenced at 1 o'clock and termi nated at 4. The result of the racing produced no per manent effect on speculation in either the Cesarewitch or Cambridgeshire, and the betting was almost exclu sively confined to the events on the card. The success of Fisherman caused several outlays to be made on Ma. lacca for the Cesarewitch, and for a time he was an equal favourite with December, who "came" with considerable force in the morning. After First Fly's victory 50 to 1 was taken about her stahle companion, Yorkshire Grey. The sport was decided as under : Fifty Pounds, for 3 yr olds, 7st 71b ; 4 yr olds, 8::t 71b ; syr olds, 6yr olds, and aged, Bst 12 1 b. A.F. (One mile two furlongs 73 yards.) Mr. T. Parr's Fisherman, by Heron, 3 yrs, 7st 71b, (Quinton) 1 Mr. Howard's Saraband, 4 yrs, Bst 71b (J. Goater) 2 Mr. Parker's Blue Rock, 3 yrs, 7st 71b (Ford ham) 3 The following also ran :—Winkfield, colt by Orlando, out of Clarissa, Firmament, Ulysses, mare by Teddy the Tiler, out of Queen Mab's dam, Pitapat, and Nathan. Betting—Even on Fisherman; 5 to 1 agst any other offered. Won easily by a length ; bad third ; Pitapat was fourth, Nathan fifib, Firmament sixth, Winkfield and Ulysses, close together, were next. Renewal of the Sweepstakes of 50 sovs each, 30 ft, for 3 yr old fillies, Bst 71b ; those by stallions or out of mares that never produced a winner allowed 31b, if both 51b. D.M. (7 furlongs 201 yards.) 7 subs. Mr. T. Walker's Theodore, - by Orlando, Bst 41b (Aldcroft) 1 Captain Whyte's Tyne, Bst 41b (Flatman) 2 Betting-6 to 4on Theodora. Won by three lengths. Handicap Sweepstakes of 20 sovs each, and only 5 ft, if declared, &c., to go to the owner of the second horse ; for 3yr olds and upwards. T.Y.C. (5 fur longs 140 yards.) 8 subs, two of whom pay 5 sovs ft. Mr. J. Osborne's First Fly, by Birdcatcher, 3 yrs, sst 61b (Challoner) 1 Captain Christie's Kestrel, 3 yrs, Bst 3lb (Wells) 2 Lord Clifden's Bishop of Osnaburg, 3 yrs, Bst 71b (A.. Day) 3 The following also ran :—Persia, Joshua, and Eliza. Betting-5 to 2 each agst Eliza and Kestrel, 3to 1 agst Bishop of Osnaburg, 7 to 2 agst First Fly, 6 to 1 agst Joshua, 10 tl 1 agst Persia. Won by a length and a half ; half a length between the second and third ; bad fourth. (Second Class) Fifty Pounds, for 2-yr-olds. Colts, Bst 71b ; filliest, Bst 51b. T.Y.C. (5 furlongs 140 yards.) Mr. T. Walker's Gemma di Vergy, by Sir Hercules, Bst 71b (Kendall) 1 Mr. J. Fawcett's Old Fashion, Bst 7►b ......(A.. Day) 2 Mr. Howard's Martinet, 83t 71b (Wells) 3 The following also ran :—c by Stultz, Pauli Monti, Dusty Miller, and Beatrice. Betting-3 to lon Gemma di Vergy. After the first 300 yards Gemma di Vergy took up the running and won by three lengths, a length between the second and third, half a length between the third and fourth ; the others were beaten off. (First Class) Fifty Pounds, for 2 yr olds ; colsts, 83t 71b; fillies, fist 51b. T.Y.O. (5 furlongs 140 yards:), The Duke of Bedford's Palm, by Tadmor, Bst 51b (Pettit) 1 Mr. Drewitt's Slattern, Bst 51b 'Fordham) 2 Lord Exeter's Turbit, Bst 71b (Norman) 3 The following also ran :—Schneider, Energy, Sealark, Tiptop, Fanfaronade, f by The Cure, Dunboyne. Betting-6 to 4 agst Palm, sto 1 agst Slattern. Won easily by a length ; bad third. Tiptop was fourth, f by the Jewish filly fifth ; Dunboyne headed the next lot. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each : for 2 yr olds and upwards. The winner to be sold for 200 sovs, if demanded, &c. T.Y.C. (5 furlongs 140 yards.) 8 subs. Lord Exeter's Sunflower, by Tufthunter, 2 yrs, Est 7lb (Fordham) 1 Mr. Sidney's Polly, 2 yrs, Est 71b (Withington) 2 Duke of Bedford's Spinet, 2 yrs, fist 71b...(Cresswell) 3 The following also ran :—Alcyone, Eardrop, Mr. Ver dant Green, Glen Lee, Fie. Betting-2 to 1 agst Spinet, 4to 1 agst Glen Lee, 5 to 1 agst Eardrop, 6 to 1 agst Polly, 8 to 1 agst Sun flower. .• Won by three lengths ; bad third. Fie jumped round at starting, and was left at the post. Produce Match-300, h ft. T. Y.C. (5 furlongs 141 yards.) Lord Clifden's filly by Surplice, out of Clementina, Bst 41b (A. Day) 1 Lord Glasgow's colt by Hernandez, out of Physalis, Bst 71b (Aldcroft) 2 Betting-5 to 4on Physalis colt. Won easily. Duke of Bedford's Palm, Bst, received ft from Lord Chesterfield's Schneider, Bst 71b. First half of Ab. Mile. 100 h ft. PRODUCE MATCH.—Doke of Bedford's Walmer re- ceived ft from Lord Glasgow's colt by Birdcatcher, out of Maid of Masham, Bst 71b each. Ab. Mile. 1,000, h ft. PRODUCE MATCH.—Duke of Bedford's Eupatoria, Bst 91b, received ft from Lord Glasgow's colt (dead) by Big Jerry, dam by Lanercost or Retriever, out of Physalis, Bst 71b. T.Y.C. 200, h ft. BETTING UP TO SIX O'CLOCK. CESAREWITCH STAKES. Bto 1 agst Vengeance (taken) 10 to 1 agst Malacca 10 to 1 agst December 12 to 1 agst Pole Star 12 to 1 agst Fulbeck 100 to 6 agst Barfleur 20 to 1 agst Prince of Orange 25 to 1 agst Middleton 25 to 1 agst Termagant 30 to 1 agst Mr. Sykes 33 to 1 agst King of Scotland 40 to 1 agst Speed the Plough 50 to 1 agst Yorkshire Grey CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES. 100 to 8 agst Veageance (taken) 20 to 1 agst Malacca (taken) BETTING UP TO TEN O'CLOCK. CESAREWITCH STAKES. 7 to 1 agst Vengeance (taken) Bto 1 agst Malacca (taken) 10 to 1 agst Pole Star (taken) 10 to 1 agst December (taken) 12 to 1 agst Fulbeck (taken) 20 to 1 agst Prince of Orange (taken) CESAREWITCH STAKES.—ADDITIONAL SCRATCHINGS.— Trapper, Hospitality, The Earl, Jolly Marine, Porto Rico, Lady Fl o r ence , s i s t er to Hesse Cassel, Curious, Tyre. Preston, Peter Wilkins, De Ginkell, Duvernay fitly, and IRONBIASTERS' QUARTERLY MEETING. DUDLEY, Saturday Evening.--The concluding meeting of the iron masters of this district for the current year was held at the hotel in this town this afternoon. The best friends of the trade were compelled to admit that it is in a very precarious state ; that, compared with the make, a very small quantity of iron has been sold during the last three days. The meeting passed off with fewer transact,ions reported than we remember for several years. At many of the works it will be impossible for them to go on full time, and the most sanguine members of the trade scarcely contemplate much improvement this quarter. SALE OF PRESERVED BOILED BEEF.—We beg to call attention to a public sale by A. Cocke, 2, Trinity chambers, Water-lane, Tower-street (by authority of the French Consul), which is shortly to take place for the disposal of French commissariat surplus stores, con sisting of preserved boiled beef, in tin canisters of about Clbs each. The beef was originally contracted for in this country by the French Government, for the purpose of supplying their troops in the Crimea with fresh pro. visions, and made up under inspection here, considerable quantities of which have been consumed by them for several months, and given the higheit satisfaction ; but owing to the war being so fools settled, there was no further use for the beef in question, consequently it will now be for sale. The meat cansisti exclusively of the best quality, preserved in tin canisters, and packed in wooden boxes, contain;*; 12 in each, from which process it will continue perfectly good and sweet for any length of time. We must mention that it is solid meat, without bone, and quite ready for immediate consumption in its present state, or warmed up with a few vegetables wou'il make a most excellent dish, particularly in the winter months, which are now approaching.—See advertisement. [ALVISRUSEMENT.I Stout AND HEARING SPECTACLE POWERFUL TELESCOPES, OPERA, Rug, AND PERSPECTU:Ii G LAssge. _ss e ssrs. S. and B. Solomous, opticians, 39, Albe marle-street, Piccadilly. Observe—opposite th e York Hotel. By leer Majesty's Royal Letters Patent for valuable e and extraordinary improvements in the most powerful and brilliant Telescopes, Camp, Racecourse, Opera, and Per epectiv Glasses, to know the distances. These telescopes possess such extraordinary powers that some three and a -h a lf inches, with an extra eye-piece, gill show distinctly Jupiter's moons, Saturn's ring, and the double stars. With the same telescope calf be seen a person's countenance three miles and a half distant, and an object from 16 to 20 miles. They are of larger and all sizes, with increasing Powers accordingly.—Th e R o yal Exhibition, 1851. Valuable newly-invented, very small, powerful waistcoat-pocket glass, the size of a walnut, by whicil a person can be seen and known 12 miles distant ; they an swer every purpose on the race-course 2, and at the opera h ouses, country scenery, and ships are clearly seen at 8 to 10 miles. They are invaluable for sho oting,deer-stalking, yachting, to sportsmen, gentlemen, gareeke zace-coerse, camp, std perspective glasses, with wonderful power. Newly-constrzated, S e pectaele Lenses of the great :nab becoming e c advantageng inipadierreic/tids eat transparont powe r . ssi, from this invention is, that ri va ai l preserved and strengthe n e d , and vesy aged persons are enabled to employ their sight at the most mi nu t e OCCE pation— can see with these lenses of a much less magnify ing, power—and they eifct heydeo:ot require the frequ en t change.; to the dangerousof further powerful assistance. persons can be suited at the most remote part of the world, by sending one of the glasses out of th e i r spectacles in r letter, and stating the distance from the eyes th ey can rea d small newspaper print with it; an d those who have not made use of spectacles by stating their age. Deaf ness.— New Discovery. The Organic Vibrator, an ex traordinary powerful, small, newly-invented instrument for deafness, entirely different from all others, to aurpacss any thing of the kind that has been, produced. Being o f the scolour seams Or Probably ever can be, as the skin, is not per ceptible ; it enables deaf persons to hear distinctly at church and at public assemblies ; the unpleasant sensation of singing gorses i see he the ears is entirely rem ove d ; and it affor d s a ll the go that possibly could be d tre ebs PleCidill ersired.-39, Albemar e- SerY_°77. P,P9lgte thl York, ldvtels BANK RETURNS. An Account, pursuant to the Act seventh and eighth Victoria, cap. 32, of the Average Amount of Bank Notes of the several Banks of Issue in England and Wales, hi. Circulation during the Week ending Satur day, the 27th day of September, 1856 : PRIVATE BANKS. Average Amount. Andover Bank, Andover—Heath and Co. Ashford Bank, Ashford—Jemmitt and Pomfret 12,439 Aylsham Bank, Aylsham—G. and T. Copeman 3,777 Aylesbury Old Bank, Aylesbury—Z. D. Hunt 33,496 Baldock Bank and Baldock and Biggleswade Bank, Baldock—Wells, Hogge, and Co 29,894 Barnstaple Bank, Barnstaple—Marshall and Co 10,355 Basingstoke and Odiham Bank, Basingstoke — Seymour, Lamb, and Co. Bedford Bank, Bedford—T. Barnard and Sons 30,054 Bewdley Bank, Bewdley Nichols, Baker, and Co Bicester and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford Bank, Bicester—H. M. and G. Tubb Birmingham Bank, Birmingham —Attwoods, Spooner, and Co Birmingham and Warwickshire Bank, Bir mingham—J. L. Moilliet and Sons Blandford Bank, Blandford—Oak and Co 7,210 Boston Bank, Boston—Garfit and Co Boston Bank, Boston—H. and T. Gee and' Co 14,56,0 Bridgwater Bank, Bridgwater —J. and J. L Sealey Bristol Bank, Bristol—Miles, Miles, and Co 33,340 Broseley and Bridgnorth and Bridgnorth and Broseley Bank, Broseley—Pritchards, Boy cott, and Co. Buckingham Bank, Buckingham—Bartlett, Par rott, and Co. Bury and Suffolk Bank, Sudbury Bank, and Stowmarket Bank, Bury St. lidmunds— Oakes, Bevan, and Co. Banbury Bank, Banbury Gillet, Tawney, and Co. Banbury Old Bank, Banbury—Cobb and Son 29,118 Bath City Bank, Bath--G. Moger and Son Bedfordshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton Buzzard—Bassett, Grant, and Co . 34,089 ' Birmingham Bank, Birmingham—Taylor and Lloyds 29,504 Bradford Old Bank, Bradford, Yorkshirg—H. A. and W. M. Harris and Co. 12,284 Brecon Old Bank, Brecon—Wilkins and Co 62,716 Brighton Union Bank, Brighton—Hall, West, and Borrer Burlington and Driffield Bank, Burlington— Harding, Smith, and Co Thiry St. Edmunds Bank, Bury St. Edmunds— .l. Worlledge Cambridge Bank, Cambridge—Mortlock & Co Ca,mbridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Cam bridge—Messrs. Fosters Canterbury Bank, Canterbury—Hammond and 12,684 2,741 11,204 49,860 Co Carmarthen Bank, CarmarthenH-David Morris 29,265 and Sons Chertsey Bank, Chertsey—La Coste and Son Colchester Bank, Colchester—Round & Green Colchester and Essex Bank, and Witham and Essex Bank, and Hadleigh, Suffolk, Bank, Colchester--Mills, Bawtree, and Co Cornish Bank, Truro—Tweedy and Co Coventry Bank, Coventry—Little & Woodcock City Bank, Exeter—Milford and Co Craven Bank, Settle—Alcocks, Birkbecks, and Co Cardiff Bank, Cardiff—Towgood and Co Chepstow Old Bank, Chepstow Bank, Mon mouth Old Bank, Monmouth Bank, Brecon Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, ' Chepstow—Bromage, Snead, and Co .... Derby Baink, Derby—W. and S. Evans & Co. Derby Bank, Derby—Samuel Smith and C 0.... Derby Old Bank and Scarsdale and High Peak. Bank, Derby—Crompton, Newton, and Co Co.. Devizes and Wiltshire Bank, Devizes—Locke and Co Diss Bank, Diss—Oakes, Fincham, and Co Doncaster Bank and Retford Bank, Doncaster —Cooke and Co Darlington Bank, Durham Bank, and Stockton on-Tees Bank, Darlington—Backhouse & Co Devonport Bank, Devonport—Hodge and Co Dorchester Old Bank and Dorsetshire Bank, Dorchester—R. and H. Williams East Cornwall Bank, Liskeard—Robins, Fos ter' and Co .................. East Riding Bank, Beverley--Bower and Co Essex Bank and Bishop's Stortford Bank Chelmsford —Sparrow, Round, and Co Exeter Bank, Exeter—Sanders and Co Fakenham Bank, Fakenham—Gurneys, Birk beck, and Co Farringdon Bank and Bank of Wantage, Far ringdon—Barnes, Medley, and Co Farnham Bank, Farnham Messrs Itnight Faversham Bank, Faversham—Hilton and Co. Godalming Bank, Godalming—Mellersh and 22,825 2,970 17,711 34,828 45,800 7,540 19,038 74,360 8,324 8,981 39,884 27,173 Keen........................ Guildford Bank, Guildford—Messrs. Haydon.. Grantham Bank, G-rantham—Hardy and C 0... Hastings Old Bank, Hastings—Smith, Hilder, and Co. Hereford City and County Bank, Hereford— Matthews and Co. Hull Bank and Kingston-upon-Hull Bank, Hull, Smith, Brothers, and Co. Huntingdon Town and County Bank, Hunting don—Rust and Veaseys Harwich sank, Harwich—Cox, Cobbold, and Co. Hertfordshire, Hitchin Bank, Hitchin Sharpies, and Co. Hereford, Ross and Archenfield Bank, and Ross and Archenfield Bank. Hereford— Morgan and Co Ipswich Bank, Ipswich—Bacon and Co. Ipswich and Needham Market Bank, Suffolk, Hadleigh Bank, Manningtree and Mistley Bank, and Woodbridge Bank, Ipswich—. Alexanderi and Co. Kentish Bank, Maidstone—Mercer, Randall, and Co. Kington and Radnorshire Bank, Kington— Davies and Co. Knighton Bank, Knighton—Davies and Co Knaresborough Old Bank and Ripon Old Bank, Knaresborough—Harrison and Co Kendal Bank Kendal—Wakefield, Crewdson and C 0........................................ Kettering Bank, Kettering—J. C. Gotch and S ons Lane End Staffordshire Bank, Lane End—C Harvey and Son Leeds Bank, Leeds—Beckett and Co. •• Leeds Union Bank, Leed..4-- W. Williams, Brown and Co. Leicester Bank, Leicester—Pagets and Kirby, Lewes Old Bank, Lewes—Molineux and Co Lichfield Bank, Lichfield—Palmer and Greene Lincoln Bank, Lincoln—Smith, Ellison, and Co. Llandovery Bank, Lampeter Bank, and Llan dilo Bank, Llandovery—D. Jones and Co_ Loughborough Bank, Loughborough—Middle ton and Cradock .................................. Lymington Bank, Lymington—St. Barbe and 8,761 9,940 77,503 55 1 ,497 9,468 47,613 91,177 53,516 46,935 26,650 7,861 13,362 6,082 5,043 14,509 28,242 25,870 17,158 20,304 57,680 4,635 30,89, 21,407 21,451 68,365 12;375 125,989 20,487 45,895 8,836 5,249 53,007 37,330 27,936 26,123 86,029 31,50 7,685 3,997 ..................................... Lynn iegi ... s a . L and Lincolnshire tank, • ynn Regis—Gurneys and Co. ....................... Lynn Regis and Norfolk Bank, Lynn Regis— Jarvisand Co ..... t .................................. Macclesfield Bank, Macclesfield—Brocklehurst and Co. ......... . .... Manningtree Bank, Manningtree—N- win • and Co. ................................................... Marlborough Bank, Marlborough and Wilts Old 'Bank, Marlborough Old Bank, Marl borough Old Bank and Hungerford Bank, and Hungerford Bank, Marlborough —Tan ner and Co ........................... i... Merionethshire Bank, Dolg e lly—Williams mid 50n.................................................... Miners' Bank, Truro—Willyams and Co .....• Monmouthshire Agri cu lt ura l and Commercial.. Bank, Abergavenny—Bailey and Co Monmouth Cld Bank, Monmouth Bank, Bre ' con Bank, Chepstow Bank, Chepstow Old Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Monmouth—Bromage, Snead, and Co Newark Bank, Newark—Godfrey and Riddell Newark and Sleafo r d B an k , and Sleaford and Newark Bank, Sleafo rd — Handley, Peacock, and Co........................ Newbury B a nk, N ew b ury— . Bunny & Slocock Newmarklt Bank, Newmarket —E a t on , Ham mond, and C o Norwich Crown Bank and Norfolk and Suffolk • Bank, Norwich—Harveys and Hudsons 49,755 Norwich and Norfolk Bank, Norwich---Gur neys Gur neys and Bi r kb eck 95,869 Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Bank, Not tingham. Hart, Fellows and Co 9,973 Nuneaton Bank, Nuneaton—Craddock and Co 2,364 Naval Bank, Plymouth, Plymouth—Harris and Co. . 19,330 New S arum B ank, osavinedstCryo.Baa. . Samuel Smith .. ............. ... . 29,603 Sarum—Everett and Co 9 , 302 Nottingh am B an k, Nottingham— vestry—Croxon and Co Robinson, Parson s , Oxford Old B an k, Oxford —Robinson, and ... 5.w..e5.t.i:y...01d Bank, Cis: ................ . an d C o• ................. Tonbridge and Ton- Old Bank, • Tonbridge, Tonbrid e and To - n d Sevenoaks Bank, Ton bridge—T. Wells an d S. Beechiug ',,,,,•„ 8 2 9 1 Bank, WitneY if. .- '- bridge Wells Old Bank, g bridge—T. H. an Oxfordshire Witn e Y Clinch and Co. ....... : ... : ..... .. : ....... • ....... 11,705 Hull—Pease a n d C 0.... 48,141 Pease's Old Bank, Bank, ank, Hull, the Hull Old Bank and Bev Penzance—Batten a n d C o. ... 11,206 PenzancePeterborough Bank, Bank and Oundle B an k , Peter p. Yorke and Co. ................... 10,085 orough— ak P e b m b r okeshire Bank, Haverfordwest—J. and W. Walters .................. . .................... ... 14,392 Reading Bank, Reading—Simonds and C 0..... 30,975 Reading- Bank, Re ading—Stephens, Blandy, and Co. ............................................. 28,936 Richmond Bank, Richmond—Roper and Co. 5,795 Rochdale Bank, Rochdale—Clement, Royds, and C 0.......... ................. 4,628 Roohester, Chatham and Strood Bank, Roches-. ter—Day and Nicholson 1 7,662 Royston Bank, Ro yston—Fordham and Sons 13,497 Rye—R. C . Pomfret, & Co Rugby Bank, R ug b y —A. Butlin and Son 9,750 Rye Bank, Ross Old Bank, Heredfordshire, Ross . Alla Way and M aedougal 4,296 Saffron Walden and North Essex Bank, Sal !, .4 °ll YNC l eit -- Ctibgaus and Co, ....pit ems to• 21,000 - 39,177 13,972 15,762 2,650 10,551 13,220 26,854 16,133 22,726 51,648 [20,830 Country Marketz,, CHELMSFORD—OcT. 10. The. T was a good deal of damp wheat in the market to: day. • The best wheats realised is per qr. more than las t wee k, a nd second-rate qualities may be qaoted dull at late prices. Spring corn of all sorts unaltered, excepting bar legs, wh, 'eh made is per qr. more. Wheat, w /lite, old, per s. s. 25 s. 31 qr. 45 76 I Oats, per qr 44 46 new.... /8 76 1 Peas, Partridge ....... „ • red, old 43 70 White... ......... 42 47 new., 43 69 Barley . 35 43 Cheval ior 39 51 Beans , D T oui i nl o i. k n-g .. ............................ 111 4.9 'y Grindii 1 g 34: 42 Harrow ticks 40 ',I . H Malt ............72 76 Mazagan ....... 37 ;)'-' 33 Chevalie r 74 78 Ditto, new... 35 COLCHESTER— Oar. 10. The suppl g of wheat was goo d, b u t th e greater part is poor conditi ma, and such m e t a s l ow sa l e a t barely the las . week's price s. Dry samples were i s t o 2s per qr. desal t Barley in w vod demand, and 2 s p er qr . d ea rer. Bea ns dearer. Pe: is same as last week. Prices to-( laywere as follow :—Wheat, white, 683t07P; red, G6s to 71: ti; barley, 44s to 48s ; cats, 26s to 30 3 : peal' Dlazagan, 40 to 425 ; middle and small, 42s to 46 3 ; Pe a white, 44s to s 'Os ; grey, 40s to 445. Official Statem cub of the Quantities of Corn, 80.1 re ceile ; in the port ( )f London, fro m th e f o llowing ports, fil e; the Oct. 6 t< ) Oct. 11, both inclusive. 4,1 X o Colchester Harwich Leigh Malden 11197 27 247 - 1 199 16 1486 1221 • i f ' 670' - 111.: (7_ :( 193 - 33 51 269 IaRKCALDY—OcT. 11. , i f et° We had small supplies of all kinds of grain. S 3 ' es a quick for all sorts at an advance of 2s per quarter p° wheat, and is on barley and oats. Wheat. I Barley. J Oats. 1 s se/I Os lltd First B4s Od 46s 0,1 t 385 ocl I is Second Bos Od 43s 01 1 34s Od r ° ,, s , ocli I Third 74s Od 38s 01 1 —s. Od I " 0 t)AL MARK Moos of Co %1 por ton at ET.-00T. 13. the close of the market• s. d. Longridge's Wst Irartley 18 0 Byass's West Hart ley ...18 0 Howard's West Hartley_ Wallisend, V. ..... 1 1 1 7 Hilda a rson ........ ........... 0 Bracidyll ................ (.46 Riddell . . ................. :.;;; 9 Hetton Lyons Main .. .. .1 1 6 Josforth .................. 6 Belmont ...................... 3 Liambton ................. &Tier Grainge ... u o Derwentwa%er Har 'l7 Evenwood. . . .............. .. . Richmund . . ............ 1 9 Russell's flab= ......... Netherton 18 (; Tanfield Moor l6 6 Saddle W. Hartley 18 0 Tanfield Moor Butes 16 6 Old Shields Row Gas. l3 0 Walker Primrose l5 6 Davison's West Hartley 18 0 West Hartley l7 6 Wallsend, &c. _ _ . Hetton 20 0 Tees South Hetton 19 9 , _ Ships, at market... 5: I Sold 1 45 LOCAL S.SARE MAREETI LIVERPOOL, .00T. 13. STOCK EXCHANGE. —ln the market there vi---,„„„,, _Airdow business to-day, and prices about the same as Pi" 101-" Midlands, 75i 4—London and North Westerns,. ol —South Eastern, 20) 4—Blackburn, B,—Lanoash ir ill" Yorkshire, 911 4 4—Grand Trunk of Canac l9, oo .-':, Birkenhead and Chester Gas and Water Co-, 25 1 Soa k Dutch Rhenish, prem.—London, Brighton, an` 4 o Coo Coast, 1014—Eastern Counties, 84—Pa.oific St e° now, 194 20 dis. • • ' LEEDS, OCT. 13.1 n 1 STOCK EXCHANGE.--The market has bee- v „ e b % 10 y to-day, but were firm. The following are th°, °- 00 0 " reported—Midlands, at 75 , 2—Great Western 04 at 22. MANCHESTER OCT• 13• 11 STOOK EXCHANGE.—The market opened to•auslgioceAs' no material alteration in prices, and a very fair cleOe lw London and North Western, 100 1 —Manchester , r and Lincoln, 314 -Lancashire and Yorkshire, 911 Midlands, 75i i—South Eastern and, Dovero, woo Great Westera, 64i—Manchester, Sheffields, and kpos 4 61. pref., a p.—Ditto, 101. pref., 12—Bank of Sw" 4—London and Manchester Glass Co., 2 p. BIRMINGHAM, 00T. 13. &O ill ; STOOIC EXOTIANGII.--The transactions in every tion of stock continue st e ady this morning, and . ten l ' were firm, with a fair business done. Great W . c as Shrewsbury and Birmingham Guaranteed, War n ~,,k, G a 70—Great Western, Birmingham Guaranteed Sw, 101; to 70i—London and North Westerns, 10 0 1 otie . South Staffords, 3i i d.—Birmingham and Midlan ing Co.'s sevenths, 5i pm. SBA B °BNB MA LLB.' or ar ni ati4fr;t v.h. ho )t menerai Po' ,y (t h :l ni rcru oio n t e_s an th a at m th: y marls are ...,,,,e0 iv , 0 , Day whentaade up Froth whit' Apo ii 03IIITTRIMR. in General Post- tart _tor (Mice, London.! Dispatcho:. .. 11 ..... 2 imorica(b yßrit.pack)N Every Friday .... Liverpool kmerica (15- United Sts. seatirspto" Yi -----"----" - -- ------ -----:•• Vr eiv ecid ; Liverpool ... Every Tuesday .. tim P t ck ric e a t t ) ) ,(b:y • :1:1:.: El .. 4t:e:s fil' T r' r :P t s te t o g:;:i. i .. ti „ v a l ii , l l :, ; i s v , ; e 34: 4th and . lath .._ ......... Dover 0 . 1 • • 1 0 1 005 O n . Ditto (via Cape of Good ~. .N • „,•••••,••• • ~. Sops) ••• .• "'" • 131 of the month . Plymouth •• 6tti 1 9° . 0 .' st Coast) •.= • • • &frica 0 • ° ..y loth & 26th of ir o. Dove . * .. •• •• . 4 X 91 A.leatand ria.. •• ...... 21 4th & 20th of m South ter ohamp • .41 kle aueria " •• - •• •.51 17th of the moutl • Southampton a',/ Bahamas ..... •• •• . ,„15 Daily... ... .... Dover .. •• j,,,''' . Belgium '' "•••• • -,.• 9th of the month.. Soutilamp . t . a ::13 Brazil .. .• ........... , hope ..F ....MN.s9lthh of th e th io 'n si s Cape o , Be enos f i , -tY ood ? I Cape of 0 ood Hope .. N Uncertain Case do Yards •• ....I'l Si , . ••• , 1.. ~,,„,,,, souto t aipm , , 6 "ib 99 1 0 e ra ti o i;; iil South : aunaton v ,A ijo rtv C e ylon (a so India) , 10th and 2 6th l4O P LI, Ceylon - ............/4 4th and 20th Channel ;isles,. ~..N au. , tveu.,spt•ri.a Sonthumpten A od 0 Chili.. -.•• •• ........B1 24 #47th of month SouthamP' 01 ' and 9 4 dI, China ••• ... . ......... 4th and 10th . cConstantinople......:::.N. 1 4 0 th tha 2 r o id th 26 o t f lt. n Dover " " .. 1 S in s' d 0 ••60 2 O A la t , di Cont. of I lurope 14 & ts• twice daily ....;,. Egypt (see India) , „Aced pi S po ol v it e h r a .. mp .. tc . n . rw i .... c o. ,o, T - g 4 France • . •• • • • • lii & 14 Twice daily .• • • • • H0ve1.... •• • •• • 6, 7,- ' Gibraltar' Greece (a ne India) ......... Id 1,7,17,20,27 , fin. Sou thsmof co" 1 , _l i lreytow;:; .• .. .• .• .. /I Ind It 17th of mon. SOialtampto Ist ...- n fo il rfambar ;a ........ ..N Daily London ..... I A of aavanniCl ..........51 2nd of the mo n th Southarnprvii p a lly ilo'Aand ..:.........M Daily D0ver,....... oat 9 10 ilonclura g ...... .... Id 17th of the month Southampton 4 01 .9 0 India (vi iLiouthampt.)lll 4th sc 20th of mbn lo' India (via Marseilles)sl 10th&26thof moth Dover ...... lonian Lees (see India) •• • • •• • • • Dover.... •• Ireland ........M & N Twice daily Lisbon.. ............11 2d of r o. • ,Southampton , . n d Mad,lira ............51 9th of mon ti , ... .• 'Southampton ° - 11 1 Madeira ............N '2U or month - 'Liverpool ... Malta (sr* India) . Malta .. ............,14 4, 10, 20, and 26 I Dover - ..... 4. 16 a $ Mauritius (see India) Mauritius; ..........N 20:a of tie month 415, ° Tinier) :................11 luri of the month southarapt • nl iSi, A ii Naples....,._ .........N Daily.— •• • • • • Dover .....• is t all" New Grrinada .. .. .. Ai 2(1 & ;',7th of mom hiSautharupton • i LiTew Zealand.... - .... 4th and 19th mnth 'Various port 1 4 if efr d rap:l ritrites ........N Daily.... ...• •• Dover ...... ' 611 Peuinsul a ~........1, 4 Peru ..............1r Id & 17th of mon. L ' i t t t h ija am al p P t t n ° n r /St 1$1 ,„ Port Nat al ...... ~..N sth of month '.. •• Various port, ~.., 4 0 /' Sicily ..............N Evary Saturday.. 'Dover ' , es :" .... Tuscany **v s •• •• •• ~,,N Drdly• •• • ..., .. •• • • Dover .... • , & JP" Venezuel c ... .. .11 2d & 1 'th ofmonth Southampi cu . P - Van Diet Den's Laud (see Of woo Atutrzda) - .....- 4th and 18th of m , ii od 1 Welt Indies ••• •• •• •yll tam , I Lit I.P. inonto Southampton ' . - _..- i 'Southampton ~. 0, W . W . /4 When on of these dates fall on a Sunday, the malls W. t o lAA spatchod on the followinT day, with the exception of the 1 1,`,4 v Routhampton), and the Malta, both of which will be deaPste" preccdinrc day. The departures from the port of London for the ris tralian colonies during the p as t wee k h ave coon) el° nine vessels, five to Port Philip, t wo t o Sydney, ° ll to Adelaide, and one to Auckland, with an aggrf t o capacity of 7,453 tons. The rat e s of f re i g ht ex hib it material alteration. dub In the general business of the p or t o f London (MO the past week there has been increased activity. 00 number of vessels reported inwards was 288, being r sd over that of the previous we e k ; an d t h e number n it ; outward was 123 (including 17 in ballast), sholvi v ° decrease of nine. j IR T H S. OP A BON.p On the 11th i ns t ., at 40, Glocester-road, Regent's-Pt' o‘, the wife of Frank Hon, Esq. On the 11th inst., at 1, Chester-place, Kennington, tb wife of Mr. George Dalton. OF A DAUGHTER. On the 12th i ns t., at 38, Gracechurch-st ree t, Mr5...,-- AO Whetham. On the 11th inst., at Copthorne, the wife of H. W 0464 Esq., A.R.A. MARRIEID.I Oa the 11th inst., at Barnes Church, S urrey , CbArl e° James Rowe, Esq., of Torriano-grove, Kentish-town, Ellen, second daughter. of. Richard C o ll s, E sq., Cor e(' Lodge, Hammersmith. On the 11th inst., at St. Mack's, Tollington-park, Stanley, fifth son of the late Mr. T. Boddy, of port s s to Emily Arabella, third d aug h ter of the late Mr. Josef' r arlour, of York-place, City-road. DI ED. On the 12th inst., in St. J ames ' s place, the Right 0, Cornwallis, third Viscount Hawardcn aged 77. On the 12th inst., a t Milton-next -Gravesend, the George John Wyatt, vicar of Chalk, Kent, aged 65- On the 12th inst., at 141. Cheapside, Mary Ann, sec° datight-3r of the late John Towdes, Esq., aged 60. On the 11th in s t ., at Somerton, Somerset, Alfred Bo j;fi, E s q., solicitor, aged 65. On the 11th i nst., at 23, Gnildford.street,lßussell-sql? re, John Cooper. Esq., formerly of H.M.'s Ordnance 00 0- Tower, aged 69. On the 9th inst., at 16, Rutland-street, H am stea d 0 road, Wm. Thackeray, Esq., one of H.M.'s Y eomen of t' Guard, aged 86. On the 10th inst. at Newtown-Anner co. Tippersl' Catherine, w id ow of 'Sir Thomas Osborne,l3art. LONDON : Printed and Pnblighed by WIRD° - roue' of No. 112, St ran d, P r i n t er , at T he , Sun Office, 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy ; in the 04 11 " of Middleitix i TUestillYi Ootoba 14 i 4804