The Sun. — London, England, 1861-11-09 00:00:00

CIVIL WAR 1N AMERICA. Th l ose who have taken their views of the Ameri can Civil . 11 , rar from the representations of the North must now begin to have some doubts of their own wisdom. H a ppy is it for E ng l an d , an d h appy will it be, we believe, for America, that they are a small minority, and that the . great body of the nation has judged for itself in so important a matter. Had our Government and people been led away in the early part of this year to cheer on the crusade of the North, to echo its assertions about the weakness of the Secessionist movement, and to join in predicting the Union's speedy victory, what would have been our position now P Instead of standing in a decent neutrality between two power ful and incensed nations, for so must they now be called; instead of being able when the time comes to speak with the calm of impartiality and the con fidence derived from just anticipations, we should have been merely a set of partisans doomed to ex plain away OUR hasty enthusiasm. Whatever may be the end of this American contest, Englishmen will be happy that they counselled peace. Should the Confederates establish their independence, they will not be able to accuse us of trying to strangle their nationality in the cradle. Should the present differences result in a " transaction" by which the old Union shall be soldered together for a time, then neither party will have it to say that the burdens left by a season of civil strife were increased by our evil counsels. If anything were needed to confirm this country in its policy, the present situati on o f affairs would be quite enough. It is now plain that this must be a gigantic war. It is but four or five months since we were told that a single encounter would decide matters. Those who pro fessed to know the character of the Southerner and his opponent assured us that the former was a mere noisy swaggerer, who might fight pretty well for a single day, but would be soon overthrown by the stern moral man of the North. How complete has been the mistake of those who took this view of the combatants may be jadged from the present state of the campaign. General Ill'Clellan has, according to the testi mony of all, a very excellent body of men under his command. The active spirits from every Northern State have flocked to the war. These are far supe rior both in bodily strength and in mental culture to the average of European troops. A large part of them have been accustomed to the use of arms from early youth; they are quick and intelligent, fairly obedient to their officers, and they have already made very great advances in military dis cipline. Of these men there are said to be 200,000 in or near Washinton. If we take this estimate as exaggerated, and reduce the number to 100,000, still we have an army most formidable in numbers and in the material of which it is composed. This great force has every military appliance which a wealthy and ingenious nation of twenty millions can give it. Rifles of the best construction, powder of the first quality, and guns of the most convenient calibre, both for the field and for sieges, are bought or manufaxtured in abundance by the United States Government. No better tents and blankets and greatcoats and stockings, we may be sure were ever furnished to an army. The men are paid at an extravagantly high rate, and are able to provide themselves:with all they want, and even more than is good for them. The whole of the horse-breed ing West is open to furnish the means of transport, Thousands of mechanics out of work are ready to make carts and ambulance waggons, and all that an invading force requires. Such is the new army of the Potomac, and a more powerful one is seldom seen even on an European stage. On the other hand there are the Confederates, of whom all that we know is derived from Northern sources or comes to us from some chance traveller who has escaped by a circuitous route from the blockaded territory. If we take what their oppo nents say of them as true, they are the dupes or the slaves of a bold faction, which alone prolongs the war. Nothing is more constantly repeated than that an Union majority exists in every seceded State except South Carolina. Thus, of the six or seven millions of Whites in the South, half must be reckoaed as neutral, and the twenty millions of the North are really bearded by only three millions of traitors, who Pre, moreover, kept in constant fear by four millions of Negroes. This feeble and desperate faction is shut up in a country which can neither 'obtain the materials of war nor the neces saries of every-day life from abroad. It wants sult2;nur and lead, it wants tea and coffee and wine ; se -cording to the Northern accounts, it wants even wheat-flour and Woollen cloth. That it has little :money everybody knows • and it has not the oppor tunity, even if it had the credit, to obtain a loan. The material deficiencies of the South are notorious ; if, then, its political state were such as is repre sented, the army it puts in the field must be most contemptible. What is a minority of rowdies from a few States of the Union against the national Forces, supported by the good-will of every State but one ! sought to put a stop to a contest which is lighting up the fiercest passions of a people singularly irri table and vindictive.—limes. THE PORT OF H'ULL. Some very interesting . and import t facts con nected with Hull have just been prepared by Mr. James Oldham, civil engineer, of Hull, who has several times brought the port under the notice of the country through the medium of papers read before the British Association. He traces its his tory briefly from the time when Hull was founded by Edward I, in 1296, and then refers to the com mencement of dock operations in 1767, when the town was surrounded by military work s an d ditches, with only the river Hull as a harbour for vessels, and there being then only a population of 13,000 souls. The construction of the Junction, the Humber, and the Prince's Dock form the next part of his history—the period bet ween t h e open i ng o f the Humber Dock in 1809 and the Prince's Dock in 1829 producing the application of steam as a pro pellingp.ower to vessels, effe c ti ng suc h a revo l u ti on in maritime affairs that it s e ff ec t s wou ld no t b e checked until every department had been affected by it. Hull was the very first port to apply this new and wonderful power, and it ha s gone on in creasingin importance in its river, coasting, and foreign trade, requiring continually increased ac commodation for its splendid fleet of steamers and other shipping. Messrs. Brownlow, Lumsden, and Co., Messrs. C. W. Earle and Co., and Messrs. M. Samuelson and Co. had within the last 10 or 12 years built no fewer than 124 large steamers, the greater number of which were vessels of about 3,000 tons burden, and for strength and finish scarcely to be excelled. Indeed, the capabilities of Messrs. Earle and Messrs. Samuelson for steam ship building were very great, both having built very large and powerful ships in a very short space of time ; but he must say that for complete appli ances and extent of building ground there are few establishments in Great Britain to be compared with and better adapted for ship building pur poses than Messrs. Samuelson and Co's. Their yard, consisting of nearly nine acres, had the ad vantage of two extensive river frontages, the one to that of the river Hull of 900 feet and the other to that of the Humber, of upwards of 800 feet. In addition to a vast amount of machinery for ship-building, they have nearly completed the construction of two powerful hydra lic slips, for the purpose of taking up ships of the largest burden for repairs. There exist at the pre sent time, belonging to the Dock Company, 42a. Ir. 15p. of dock water area, 63. 2r. 3p. tidal basins, 24a. wharfage area, and 16,450 lineal feet of quay age, or berths for ships. The New Western Dock, for which an Act was obtained last session, will con tain 17 acres of water space, 4 acres 21 poles tidal basins, 24 acres of wharfage, and 9,060 lineal feet of quayage. The port will thus possess when the new dock is completed 87f acres of dock and tidal water space, 48 acres of wharfage, and 33,335 lineal feet of quayage. The tonnage of the port in 1775 amounted to 109,491; in 1860, to I,2ls,2o3—show ing an increase of tonnage in 85 years of 1,105,712 tons, which being taken as a basis for the future, Hull might with confidence anticipate an increase in a more rapid ratio, and, instead of 87 acres of dock space satisfying the growing demands of com merce, double that quantity would be required be. fore the lapse of the next 85 years. When the port was considered in reference to its situation, as con nected with all the great manufacturing towns of England, its site on the grand old estuary of the Humber, having full access to and from the sea without obstruction at all times and states of tide, its position in reference to all parts of Northern Europe, what port—Mr. Oldham asks—could legi timately become its successful rival on the east coast of England? When he (Mr. Oldham), in 1853, made his first report to the British Association on the rise and progress of steam navigation at Hull, Hull had 21 seagoing and 23 river steamers. Now the numbers were 66 seagoing and 25 river steamers. There are also belonging to places on the waters of the Humber, more or less but chiefly trading at Hull, 26 steamers of different kinds, and about 20 to 23 steamships belonging to other English ports and foreign States regularly trading to Hull, giv ing a total of about 140 in one way or other using the port of Hull, while in 1853 the total fleet of every class amounted to 81. Not withstanding the very many losses and changes which had occurred since his report at Aberdeen two years ago, he (Mr. Oldham) was enabled to say that Hull never possessed so numerous and so fine a fleet as at the present time,—a fleet which for efficiency and seaworthiness might compare, ton nage for tonnage, with any other port. It was not, however, the number of ships trading to the port, but the tonnage which was the criterion as to whether any advance had taken place. While in 1840 the gross tonnage of the port upon which dues were paid amounted only to 652,508, in 1852 it had reached 799,866 ; but in 1860 it had attained 1,215,203; and while the actual steam tonnage in 1840 amounted only to 174,832, in 1852 it had reached 305,021; and in 1860 it was found to be 603,328 ; having,:within a fraction, doubled within eight years ; and what was still more remarkable was that, although steam was fast taking the lead, and had so wonderfully advanced, the sailing ship tonnage had also, in a most astonishing rate, in creased ; for in 1840 this class of tonnage amounted to 447,676 ; in 1852 to 494,845 ; and in 1860 to no less than 611,875, the above figares relating only to inward tonnage. The above facts not only justi fied the Dock Company in the steps they were now taking to increase the dock accommodation of the port, but should also cause them to prepare for still further dock extension. It seems to us that the theory of a divided South must have been given up even by those Washington -politicians who held to it with such tenacity. Else why does not General M'Clellan, with his hundred - thousand men, advance and disperse the rebels in his front ? The truth is that gradually, but surely, the conviction has come over his Government that among the hills and woods of Virginia there is a force not unequal to their own ; that this force, though far from being well provided with the means -of campaigning, is yet able to make a desperate struggle for the positions it holds, and that the capture of these positions will have but little effect in reducing the country to obedience. While the argument about the Union party in the South is still repeated by the few advocates of the war who remain in England, it has been allowed to die out beyond the Atlantic. Such an army as General Johnson commands in Virginia could not be sup ported ()swept by the efforts of the whole Confe derate people, and General M'Clellan shows his consciousness of the enemy's strength when he allows week after week to pass away in preparations and reconnaissances. The autumn is over ; the winter, which on the Potomac, is always very cold or very wet, is at hand; and yet the Federal army has not opened the campaign. These fine troops, now far more fitted for war than any that over fought against the British, are kept close in their quarters, and if they advance will move with the utmost slowness and caution. In the meantime the Federals are pressed even in their own capital. The Confederates have now closed the Potomac by batteries, which, though they may, it is said, be made untenable by shells from the other side, have for the present stopped the sup• plies for man and beast which were previously re ceived up the river. At various points in the long carve which the Potomac makes the Southerners were erecting their batteries, which seem to be too formidable for the Federal vessels to attack. But the event from which we can gain the best insight into the course of the campaign is the severe defeat which the Northerners suffered at Leesburg, and which, if later rumours be true, was followed by a still more important reverse a day or two after wards. The well-written narrative we gave of it was taken from the New York Tribune, which cannot be suspected of any favour towards the enemy, and it may, therefore, be concluded that these facts are sufficiently accurate. In this bloody encounter one must 'readily admit that no disgrace attached to the Northern troops, who seem to have done all that can be expected of men. But the lesson should not be lost on those who have been all their lives boast ing of the repulses which they have inflicted on Mritishcolonies. The battle was th e usua l A mer i can battle,such As has been fought in th ree grea t wars and is now likely to determine the event ' 41 crarth. I n f ac t, th e accoun t we pu bli s h e d yes terday night, with changed names and numbers a in almost accu r at e ly to the battle on the Monon: which Braddock was defeated more than a hundred ram , of .Y \r i ls ts h a . go, and which fi rs t b roug ht th e Z who Nvibitngto.n into notice. The pedantic marched through h is head full of the art o f war , half his as if it were I . , , inders, and had behind trees, force destroyed by S harpshooters fr om trees, was but the :forerunner of a B urgoyne and arakenham, and now he has a successor M a Federal commander. One cannot read without p i ty the a fate of these 7an acros s fortunate men, brought Whic tro o ad roo riv i e d r up a high bank, into " a field. a ltogether some 12 or 15 acres. extended back a very short distance, and was on th ree sides bordered by thick woods." A s knew each Of cours e , the re bels were familiar with the ground, a nd ‘ precisely where to direct their volleys." , new line was formed the rebel volleys would seem to meet them and separate them, as if by lightning strokes, into broken and scattered groups.' The end was a perfect rout. 'The drowning of the men attemptingin to recross the river was a dreadful incident. Oat of 1,800 men the loss, according to the o ffi cial report, was 680. This battl e is impor tent as Being, perhaps, the type o f t hose to come. What CO the Federals hope for in a country like Virginia but a succession of Leesburgs, fought against enemies strongly posted, and ending in de feats or dearly purchased victories almost as fatal as defeats? The terror inspired by the excesses of the Northern soldiers, which, bad enough in reality, are immensely exaggerated by Southern report, will make Virginians sell every mile of their coun try dearly, and leave nothing but a desert as they retreat. The blood of the South has been thoroughly '2 1 :10 against the " invade rs ," an d th e way in which Confede ra t e so ldi ers " crowded the high bank fugi anQ t t en an i ncessan t fi re i nto the scattering aa a " shows the*he were plunging into th e P o t omac ; t e ducted. w,r tn e r a in which the war will be con content that the7l4o,rur Government and people be e, az far au is in their power, I IRISH ANECDOTES. (From the North. :British Review.) An Irishman thus describes his cold reception by an old friend;—" I saw Pat Ryan t'other side of the way. I thought it was Pat, and Pat thought it was me ; and when I came up it was neither of us." A lad was sent with a note, and a basket con taining some living partridges. On the way, tempted by curiosity, he peeped into the basket, when the partridges flew away. Much perplexed was he; but after a little consideration he reclosed the basket, went on his way, and delivered the let ter with his best bow. " Well, my lad," said the gentleman on reading it, K I see there are some live partridges in the letter." " Oh, by the powers," says Paddy, " I am glad of that, for they flew out of the basket." An English gentleman had an Irish servant, whom he took as his attendant to a Highland grouse-shooting. The expense of the sport to the Englishman had been very great ; a large rent for muir, new guns, and muniments of war on grouse, high-bred dogs, a fashionable shooting costume, and a countless number of incidental charges. Unfor tunately, the sportsman was less expert than extra vagant. Like a friend of our own, of whom we have heard old Willie M— speak, " he was grand at the shooting, bat no very guid at the killing ;" so, after the first week of the war, as the master and man were seated on a rock consoling themselves under the fatigue and disappointment of unsuccessful pursuit, the Englishman says, " well, Pat, this is expensive work. I've been calculating that every one of these birds cost me above £50." " Faith, your honour," says Pat," throwing a dash of humour into the sympathisinc , simplicity of his reply, " I'm sorry for that, hut it's lucky there's no more of them." A traveller in Ireland, having been inclined to deny that the peasantry were humorous, was told to ask any question at the first labouring man he met on the road. Accordingly, on seeing a sturdy fellow breaking stones,:he says, " Now, my man, if the devil were to come here just now, whether would he take you or me ?" "Me, to be sure," says the man, "for he is certain of your honour at any time." A poor old Irish cripple sat begging at a bridge, urging his appeal to the charity of passengers with the eager and versatile eloquence of his country — a gentleman and lady —young, gay, and handsome, with that peculiar look of gratified and complacent consciousness which indicates the first few weeks of married life—crossed the bridge. They regarded not the petitions of the beggar ; so, just as they passed him, he exclaimed, " May the blessing of the Lord, which brings love, and joy, and wealth, and a fine family, follow you all the days of your life ;" a pause; the couple passed heedlessly on, and the beg gar, with a fine touch of caustic humo ur , a dd e d, " and never overtake you." Dean Ramsay tells us of a Scotsman whose ten der toe der only acknowledgment need, sir." s t i r r o . dden on; the offender said, "I'm your pardon; and the was, " andl you've as muckle To l ou beg n f g ti fh refused charity, g u au: s ru e . surliness and not much r h ulind beggar who, on being crutch on the toes o his prayers moved not to ` when he said to the enraged Bless your honour ; as your toes, you'd have given me the tenpenny." 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There had been some delay last year on account of the very wet weather and the very high price of bricks, and they were wait ing to have decided the question of the Thames em bankment. That delayed them for some time, but, as far as he knew, that was now settled, but before they could commence the western division of the main drainage they must have in readiness to re ceive it the pumping engines at Plumstead marshes. That must all be done before they could afford any relief to the southern side of the Thames. These matters had been urged frequently with regard to two contracts, but he did not think, however desirous he was to press them forward, that they could be put in hand before the month of April. Mr. STEVENS hoped that when the Main Drain • age Committee should have the matter before them Mr. Bazalgette would attend, as he always did, and point out what portion of the works at Fulham the gentlemen then before them could carry out, so that they might have something before them, and what works of a local nature could be proceeded with before the main drainage works were commenced. The matter was then referred to the Main Drainage Committee. SERVANTS OF THE BOARD. A report was brought up from the Finance Com. mittee, recommending . that the salary of George Edward Boggis and wife, housekeeper, do remain at its present amount —viz., £lOO per annum ; that their annual allowance of £5O for providing two servants, be increased to £80; that they be also allowed such further assistance, from time to time, as the Chairman may approve, and that the order of Feb. 5, 1858 (No. 21), in relation to the subject be so far varied as to admit of such increase. The motion was put and agreed to. The rest of the business was of a routine cha racter, and the Board adjourned. THE GREAT SHIP COMPANY. A meeting of this company was held yesterday at the London Tavern, Mr. S. Baker in the chair. The Secretary read the report, which explained that at the last meeting the proprietors were fully informed as to the affairs of the company up to the 31st of May last. It stated that a loan of £35,000 in debenture bonds, secured by mortgage on the ship, was subscribed, and the previous mortgages and other liens on the ship were paid off. The Great Eastern was at that time on her voyage from New York to Liverpool. She arrived there on June 3. Altogether that voyage was somewhat experimental in a commercial sense, and attended with loss; yet the result was more satisfactory than had been an ticipated. On June 10 last the directors made an arrangement with her Majesty's Government to carry troops, horses, and stores to Quebec. The cost of the fittings was large, and the time for prepara tion limited, but the ship sailed on the appointed day, and performed the service to the entire satis faction of the Government, her ample space between decks and excellent means of ventilation affording accommodation and comfort unequalled as a transport ship. The agent for the Admiralty estimated her capacity for carrying safely and well 2,000 horses and 6,000 men. A good freight of passengers and cargo was obtained on the homeward voyage, and it had yielded a sa tisfactory return. The experience of those voyages determined the directors to place her on the trade be twten Liverpool and New York. She sailed from Liverpool on the 10th of September, with 404 pas sengers and some cargo. That, and the prospects of a large return freight from New York, promised very satisfactory results. Those expectations were frustrated by the lamentable disaster of the 12th of September, during a terrific gale, when, in conse quence of an unseen defect in the welding, the rudder-head gave way, and caused the ship to fall into the trough of the sea. The after stern-post was broken off, and the paddlewheels were carried away ; the ship thereby became unmanageable, and was compelled to put back to Queenstown. She now lies at Milford Haven, preparing to be placed on the gridiron, to repair the rudder and paddle wheels. The cost of that accident, including every thing, was estimated at no less than £25,000. The assets of the company would, it was expected, suffice to defray all but repairs to the rudder and paddles and renewals in cabins, estimated at £B,OOO. To provide for those and for outfit, wages, and other expenses of another voyage, and for the necessary floating capital to carry on the business of the com pany, the directors were of opinion that £25,000 should be raised on debentures paying interest at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum, covered by a second mortgage of the ship. They bad determined toissue the debentures for 12 months on the terms mentioned in a resolution agreed to by the large shareholders, and contained in a circular addressed I to each proprietor, and £15,810 of that amount had been subscribed, leaving a balance of £9,190 to be raised. The report of Mr. Brereton, the engi neer, stated that the arms of both paddlewheels were broken off short at the bosses, and the rims and floats were entirely carried away. The paddle shaft and engines had sustained no damage. The after sternpost had been twisted off by the play of the rudder-blade, which was uncontrolled after the rudder-head had parted and the permanent chains had been carried away. The after stern post did not form part of the ship's hull being placed entirely behind the screw. The rudder-head had parted by the 10-inch shaft being twisted off on the first deck, immediately above the cap of the cannon-ball bearings, which carried the weight of the rudder, and immediately below the second or preventer tiller and steering gear, the fracture being improperly welded, so that probably it might have given way without any very extraordinary heavy strain upon it. After describing when and how the accident happened on the 12th of September last, he stated that he estimated the cost of replac ing the 10-inch shaft with one of 12 inches would cost £5OO for the sternpost, £5OO for the rudder head, and £6,000 for the paddles, making together £7,000. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said he hoped the shareholders would put their shoulders to the wheel, and enable the direc tors to repair the damage and send the ship to sea again. There had been a variety of reports respect ing the management of the company, and attribut ing blame to the directors and ethers. The direc tors had abstained from answering any of those public or private allegations until they met the shareholders. He then adverted to certain reports and allegations that had heen made with a view to show that the directors had done their duty to the best of their ability. They had selected the best men they could get for the various departments. Whenever anything happened to their ship great prominence was given to it, while similar mishaps to other large vessels passed almost unnoticed, as in the Cunard and other steam companies' lines. He then read accounts of the manner in which some of the great ships in the Channel Fleet suffered during the gale, and contended that every account tended to show the strength, superiority, and safety of the Great Eastern in resisting the effects of the storm. Taking all those considerations into account he thought she was a wonderful ship, and there was a probability that such an event as the last would never occur again. They should divest their minds of any impression as to the ship not being lucky ; they had great difficulties to overcome, and it only re quired perseverance to surmount every obstacle. They had a good property, and, at all events, the holders of the preference shares had good security. The directors had recently been offered £150,000 for the ship, but they refused it, believing it to be worth much more. The first and second mortgages of £60,000, including the proposed £25,000 would be amply covered by even the present offer of £150,000 for the ship. Captain CARNEGIE seconded the motion for the adoption of the report. A long discussion ensued on the management of the ship, and respecting other matters of a personal nature, chiefly as to the qualifications of the various officers, in which Captain Austin, Mr. Taylor, the Rev. Mr. Nicholson, and other proprietors took part. The CHAIRMAN stated that a strict inquiry would take place as to the cause of the accident, but that inquiry had been delayed for the purpose of protect ing the interests of the shareholders. No part of the proposed £25,000 second mortgage would be taken to pay interest on the first mortgage of £35,000. ' Mr. SCOTT RUSSELL thought they should leave the inquiry in the hands of the directors. He be lieved they were devoted to the interests of the company. There were many erroneous notions with regard to the capabilities of the ship. She was de signed to trade between England and Australia, and when it was considered that the fastest ships took 60 days to make the voyage to Australia, and that their great ship would perform the distance in 40 days, he thought they should immediately direct their attention to putting her on that line, which would pay them handsomely. If they had only half a cargo of goods and half the number of passengers they could accommodate, they would make an im mense profit. He then contrasted the strength of the ship with that of the ordinary vessels in having successfully resisted the usual effects of rolling help. lessly in the trough of the sea for two or three days without springing a leak or starting a rivet. That was a proof of the excellence of their ship. He then explained that the rudder head had been made so as to give way before the rudder; otherwise, he contended that the rudder would have been forced off, and perhaps part of their ship carried away with it. If the paddlewheels were made stronger, and had not given way, the probability would have been that the main shafts would have broken. He hoped they would cordially support the directors, and enable them to place the ship on a money- THE PILCIIARD FISHERY. The little town of St. lye's has long been known as the principal seat of the Cornish pilchard fishery. For the last five or six years the takes of fish have been very small, and during the past sum mer also the mackerel fishery was a comparative failure. The town is dependent entirely on fishing and mining, and the latter branch of its industry has also suffered in common with other parts of Corn wall by the American war, which has caused a dimi nished demand for metals, a reduction in the price, and thereby a corresponding reduction in the price of ores, especially tin. Tin abounds in this and the ad joining parish of Lelant, and some of the richest producing mines are therein situate. The falling off in price has caused a lessening of operations and reduction of productive labour. Hence the prospects of the place have till recently been very gloomy. About five weeks since they had their first take of fish for the season—say, about 4,000 hogsheads (of 4cwt. of fish each) ; these have been sold at £3los. to £3 12s. 6d. each and were a source of great re joicing to the people. On Monday, in this week, the town was again thrown into a state of great ex citement, vast shoals of pilchards appeared in the bay, and during the day 12 seines had enclosed, as with walls, as many shoals of the fish. Accidents, however, of various kinds allowed the fish to escape from three of the seines ; still, in the remaining nine thera were safely caught about 7,000 hogs heads of the finny visitors, bringing wealth to many and plenty to the multitude of the neighbourhood. These fish are not expected to realize quite as good a price as those of the first catch, hut they will in all probability be found to be about £2,000 worth,—not a bad thing for one day's work. The curing consists of laying them (called " bulking") in nice layers of alternate fish and salt—in these " bulks" they pre sent a very singular and remarkable appearance, being to the spectator nothing but a wall of fishes' heads. Here they remain for about 28 days, after which they are washed and the oil pressed out, packed into hogsheads, and shipped away as speedily as possible to the seaport towns of Italy, chiefly up the Adriatic, where they are largely consumed by Catholics during the time of Lent especially, and in their fast days generally. Salted pilchards also form a considerable portion of the daily diet of the working miner, either with pota toes or bread. Thus, this visit of these myriads of wandering '° pisces" has been the means of repay ing the capitalista their losses of past years, the fishermen for their deficiencies during the summer and past seasons, the miner with his staple of food, and the poor of the whole district generally with a cheap and healthy means of subsistence. METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS. The usual weekly meeting of the Metropolitan Board of Works was held yesterday at the office in Spring-gardens—Mr. J. Thwaites in the chair. The financial statement was presented, which gave the following cash balances in the hands of the treasurer ;—Current accounts, £115,987 lls. 10d. ; deposit accounts, £108,500; total, £224,487 1 ls. 10d. Government securities, New 3 per Cent. An nuities, £51,257 ss. ld,; !cheques ordered but not presented, £12,003 12s. 3d. ; payments ordered this day, £31,438 Bs. sd. THE EMBANKMENT OF THE THAMES. A memorial was presented from the vestry of Bermondsey, which stated that they had been in formed that the Government and the Metropolitan Board of Works had had under their consideration a proposition for the embankment of a portion of the Thames, and, as many lands on the south side of the river were below high-water mark and sub ject to inundation, they were of opinion that any embankment for the improvement of • the river would not be complete without an embankment on the south side. It further stated that the inhabitants of the south side were large contributors to the coal tax and wine duties, out of which the Government proposed the expenses of the work should be de frayed, and they were of opinion that steps should be taken by the Board to protect the rights and in terests of such inhabitants in any scheme for an embankment that might be proposed. They there fore hoped that the interests of the inhabitants on the southern side of the Thames would be protected in any scheme which might be brought before Par liament or the Metropolitan Board of Works for the purpose of constructing an embankment or em bankments on the shores of the river. The report was referred to the Main Drainage Committee for consideration and report. PROPOSED ENLARGEMENT OF THE APPROACHES TO COVENT-GARDEN -MARKET. A memorial was presented from the vestry of St. Paul, Covent-garden, which stated that they had had under consideration the proposal of his Grace the Duke of Bedford for the prolongation of Hart street, Covent-garden, into the new Covent-garden approach, and they were of opinion that the adop tion of such a plan would be most desirable on pub lic, social, and sanitary grounds. They believed that the opening up of another communication in this locality would be of great commercial import ance in the present overcrowded state of Covent garden-market, and could only be viewed as a great metropolitan improvement. In Hart-street there were schools where 300 children were being edu cated, and weekly religious services were held. The removal of several low houses now standing in the line of the proposed street would be a great public benefit, and at the same time would considerably enhance the value of the surrounding property and the houses which would be erected in the new King-street. The vestry were of opinion that the offer of the Duke of Bedford for carrying out such an improvement without cost to the ratepayers of the metropolis was a most liberal one, and that the present and only opportunity for effecting such an improvement should not be neglected. They en treated the Board to concur in the proposal which had been made, and "consent to the sale of the two plots of land required to fully carry out, and thus complete as far as existing means render possible, , what had long been viewed by the public as a most desirable metropolitan improvement. WANT OF SANITARY ARRANGEMENTS IN THE PARISH OF FULHAM. A deputation from the District Board of the parish of Fulham yesterday waited upon the Board to pre sent a memorial, urging the commencement forth with of the main drainage works for that district. The deputation consisted of Messrs. Crooke. Morri son, Coxhead, Hesketh, Hurst, Barnett, M'Crae, Ayres, Bean (surveyor), and Lively (clerk). The memorial stated that a large portion of this densely populated parish was entirely undrained, by reason of the sewage falling into the Thames and creating an enormous and pestilential mud bank, extending from the Creek to the Suspension-bridge, and they considered that the construction of local sewers in such places under present circumstances would be removing the evil from one place to create as great a nuisance in another. The open Stamfordbrook received a large amount of sewage from Harlsden green, East Acton, and Turnham-green, spreading its baneful influence over a considerable portion of the best property through which it runs, to the great depreciation of the value of the property and an injury to the public health. In the parish of Fulham similar evils existed, and for a great extent open ditches of considerable length, formerly tidal, have, by frequent cleansing, had their beds lowered beneath the levels of the outfalls, and were thus converted into elongated cesspools, constantly charged with the most offensive and deleterious matter. Large areas, with a crowded population, were without any sewerage whatever, the whole being riddled with cesspools, which by percolation were poisoning the wells and rendering them unfit for domestic purposes, while the costly works of the Counters Creek Sewer had been of no benefit to them, being cut off by the West London Railway and the Kensington Canal. The inhabitants had cheerfully contributed to the main drainage rate, as the means for the removal of these evils, and they trusted that the main drainage works for this dis trict would be commenced forthwith; Mr. CROOKES addressed thg Board in support of the memorial, and said that the evils complained of in the memorial extended over an area of 10 square miles, with 40,000 inhabitants. There had been attempts made to remedy these evils by means of a temporary character, but they had been found to be altogether ineffectual until their local drainage could be passed into a large outfall sewer. They , had received frequent complaints fnom the inhabit ants, and the medical officer had strengthened them in the opinion that they were suffering from the want of proper drainage. _ _ Mr. STEVENS moved that the memorial be referred to the Main Drainage Committee for consideration and report, and said he bilieved the Board would acquit him of any charge of neglect in not press ing upon them on all occasions the necessity of commencing and completing the main drainage works for the parish of Fulham, and he trusted the time was not far distant, and that none would be lost in giving some satisfactory answer to the gen tlemen who formed the deputation. Mr. ROBINSON seconded the motion. main I ‘ l r. EcKETT wished to ask Mr. Bazalgette, their do all in their drainage works, which would affect the parish chief engineer, to inform them why it was that the of Fulham had been delayed so long. It was their duty to all parties, A an, ei power to give satisfaction to especially importan so in reference to a ques tion of so much , and the utterly impossible to carry outi3antrineer' parts of the main said it was Mr. BAZALGETTE, the chi e f ce g I T i n e o w st a u s rgent dis surec 0 that urs e drainage at the same time tricts had been taken first, which the memorialists would feel was the pro per to be taken, They had let as large a portion of the making trade to Australia, for which she was ori ginally intended. The report was then unanimously adopted, and the directors were authorised to raise on a second mortage £23,000 (the lowest debenture to be £2O), at 10 per cent. interest. The proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to the chairman. POLICE IMELLIgENCE, Nov. 8. BOW-STREET.—CURIOUS DISCOVERY OF A POST OFFICE ROBBERY.—SamueI Raw, a Post Office letter-carrier, was brought up on remand charged with stealing a letter containing a half sovereign. He was defended by Mr. Lewis of Ely-place. Edward Vian, a lad of about 13 years of age, de posed—l live in Stephen-street, Tottenham-court road, and am an errand-boy to Mr. Alwright, a cheesemonger in Rathbone-place. On Wednesday, October 30, at about half-past two o'clock, I was standing, with two other boys, Frederick Mill and Henry Rowe, at the corner of Gresse street, when I saw the prisoner about six houses from me. I knew him front seeing him deliver letters in Stephen-street, and at my master's shop in Rath bone-place, and also from seeing him in the streets. He was dressed in his postman's uniform. I saw him tear up some paper which he threw away, and some money with it. He stooped and picked up the money, which he put in his pocket. As he passed me I saw him take a half-sovereign from his pocket and look at it. Afterwards I went with the other boys to the place where he threw the bits of paper away, and we picked up all the bits. They were bits of yellow paper and of white card, with writing on them. They are the same now pro duced. I took them home and gave them to my brother, who is also a letter carrier. The two other boys referred to, Frederick Wil liam Mills and Henry Rowe, corroborated. Henry Sparry, of Alresford, Hants, gasfitter, deposed that on the morning of the 30th October he posted a letter to Messrs. Cumming and Bone, glass manufacturers, of Tottenham-court-road. It was posted in time for the morning mail, which left Alresford at ten minutes before eight o'clock. He enclosed in that letter a half sovereign fixed in card. The fragments produced by the lad Vian were portions of the letter and card. A clerk from Messrs. Cumming and Bone's proved that the letter had not been delivered. Mr. Hallett, inspector of letter-carriers, stated that in the ordinary course the letter would have been sorted to the prisoner, His delivery on that occasion commenced at 2.10, and was finished, ac cording to his own return, at 2.35. The prisoner was committed for trial. HOW TO WIN MONEY BY TOSSING. —john Gregory, hawker, no fixed residence, and William Collins, labourer, no home, were charged with con spiring with two others to defraud William Ball, a seaman, of £B. The prosecutor deposed—l met a man in Holborn who asked me the way to Pimlico, and I told him. We got into conversation, and he said he had just come into an estate in Lincolnshire, and bad come to town to settle some business with respect to the will. We went together to a public-house in New ton-street. They then got tossing, and induced me to bet a sovereign upon their tossing. I did so and lost the sovereign. I then bet three sovereigns in the same manner, and lost them, and afterwards four sovereigns, which I also lost. Gregory won the first bet, the sovereign ; his friend and the man from Lincolnshire with the large estate won the other. After this, Gregory offered to bet him £2 that my chain was not gold, and asked me to go to a jewel ler's shop to have it tested. I went with him, but when we got to the door of the jeweller's shop he attempted to run away. I then seized him and dragged him back to the public-house, when we found the others wero gone. I then said, " You have robbed me, and I shall give you in charge." The prisoner Collins was at the door of the public house, and I asked him to fetch a policeman. He told me he could not find one. Cross-examined by Mr. Lewis—l had only eight sovereigns and some silver when I went there, and I lost it all. I was not tossing. The prisoner Gregory tossed and lost all my money for me. He only won £l. I did not ask him to return the £l. I did not want it back, but when I found that I had been cheated I wanted to get back all my money. I did not offer to withdraw the charge if he would return my money or part of it. I know they had been cheating me, because Gregory ex plained to me that it was not fair tossing, that the other man had two halfpence, one in the palm of his hand and the other on the knuckles. If " head" was cried he showed the one in the palm, which had the " woman" up. If " woman" was cried, he showed the other, which had the " head" up. I never tossed before ; indeed I did not toss this time ; but I never before had anything to do with tossing. Policeman 142 F deposed that when he was taking Gregory into custody, Gregory handed some money to Collins, who was standing close behind him. Witness knew it was money, because he heard it chink. He attempted to intercept it, but before he could lay hold of Collins's hand he passed it to a woman, saying, " Here, Jenny, take this home to my wife." At this moment there was a crowd of 30 people round them, and witness could not get at the woman, who escaped. He took prisoners in custody, Mr. Lewis said there was no evidence that any fraud had been committed. Supposing that prose cutor had lost his money, he had been trying to get money from the others. Mr. Henry said the charge was that of conspir ing with others to obtain money by false pretences; i.e., by pretending that they were playing at a game of chance, when in point of fact it was a game of cheating. The difference between their conduct and that of the prosecutor was, that the latter was trying to get money from the others by fair tossing, not by any trick. • Mr. Lewis—That is if you believe implicitly the evidence of the prosecutor. Mr. Lewis then pro ceeded to argue that the statement of the prosecutor was improbable. Mr. Henry. said that was a question for a jury. Mr. Lewis would submit that it was not a case to go to a jury. Mr. Henry said it was certainly a case for further inquiry. He should remand the prisoners, so that the police might endeavour to find out who they were, and what was their previous character. Neither of them had given his address. Mr. Lewis, after a short consultation with Gre gory, said he would give his real name and address, which he had only concealed from an unwillingness to give annoyance to his friends, His name was Jones, and he lived at Hackney. Mr. Henry said the address could be given to the policeman, in order that he might make inquiries. Collins persisted in saying that he had no fixed residence. Mr. Henry—The policeman heard you tell a woman to take the money home to your wife. Collins—That is wrong, Sir. I have not got a wifo. They were then remanded. IPSWICH LIFEBOAT FUND.—A general collection is to be made on Sunday, November 10, in the churches and chapels of Ipswich, and an auxiliary public meeting will be held in the council chamber on Monday, November 11, for the purpose of raising a fund to purchase a lifeboat, to be presented by the town to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. About £lOO has been already subscribed, and, from the great sympathy shown by the several ministers and people, there is no doubt that the requisite sum will be raised, an example which we trust will be speedily followed by other towns of equal importance, whereby the funds of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution may be greatly in creased. Lords Rendlesham and Henniker, Sir Fitzroy Kelly, M.P., J. Cobbold, Esq., M.P., Hugh Adair, Esq., M.P., C. Austin, Esq. (high steward of the borough), the Mayor, E. Grimwade, Esq., the Hon. F. De Grey, John Berners, Esq„ A. Arcedeckne, Esq., George Josselyn, Esq., Robert Ransome, Esq., C. Tyrrell, Esq., and many other influential gentlemen, are patrons of this benevolent project. - - OFTEN TOO TRUE.—A minister, travelling where the road was difficult to find, requested a man by the way side to direct him, naming the place whero ho wanted to go. " Well," said tho hedger and ditcher, " keep on just as you are going about a mile and a half. There, at the cross roads, you will see a minister who will direct you to the left a couple of miles, and there; at the fork of the road, is another minister, who will direct you to the right about three miles ; and so on at every fork and cross of the road is a minister to tell you which road to take." " Ah," said the parson, "what do you call ministers?" " Why," said the other, " those things which stand up at the cross and forks of the road with something like a hand on them." •‘ Fingerboards, you mean," said the preacher ; " why do you call them ministers ?" " Because they ars always pointing the way to other people, but never go themselves.' TRUTH THE BEST POLICY.—A merchant at a country sea-port becoming alarmed on account of a vessel richly laden which had not reached its destination, sent to an underwriter to effect (if it could be done) an insurance on the long-missing vessel; before the policy arrived, the merchant received information of the vessel, and imme diately despatched a note to the underwriter, saying, " If thou hast not insured the vessel, thee need not, for I have heard of it." The man had not effected the insurance, filed being unwilling to lose so large a premium, instantly filled up the policy, and returned for answer, "The withdrawal is too late, the insurance has been effected, and the premium must be paid." To which message ho received this brief reply :—" Friend, I am sorry for thee, for thee will be a great sufferer ; I have heard of the vessel ; vessel and cargo are both lost." Here we see how the vices are united covetousness led to falsehood and to au intended fraud.— ' X 1 4 ,0 QtfiVvr, Tt ~, ._ FEOIII THE GAZETE OF LAST EVENING. FOREIGN-OF:FICE, Nov. 6. The Queen has been pleas() d to approve of Mr, Anders Westmholz as Consul-Goners 1 in London for his Majesty the King of Denmark. DOWNING-STMEET, Nov. 6. The Queen has been plea) ed to separate the Bahama Wands and their Dependencies, together with the Turks an d Caicos Islands, from the See and Diocese of Jamaica, an d ,t o constitute the said Islaads and their Dependencies into a separate See and Diocese to be called the Bishopric of Nassau: i ~sty. has also been pleased to appoint the Yen. Chair Maj releseaut.`eild, D.D. (now Archdeacon of Bahamas), to be ordained and consecrated the First Bishop of the said Sec of Nassau. Nov. 7. The Queen h as ,been pleased to appoint Wm. Charles Whitman, Esq., to b , ,,N a Member of the Legislative Council of the Province of No . va. Scotia; John Stnale, Esq., to be a Member of the Legislative Council of the Colony of Hong Kong ; and Her Majesty has also beo:n pleased to appoint Wm. Du maresz Wright, Esq., to be Landing Surveyor at St. John's River, Colombo, Wm. Edward Thompson Sharpe, Esq., to be Assistant Agent at Kandy, and Edward Newnham Atherton, Esq., to be Assistant Agent at Kurnegalle, in the Island of Ceylon. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, Nov. 8. Royal Regiment of Horse Guards--Surgeon Cosmo Gordon Logie, M.D., having completed 20 years' full-pay ser vice, to be Surgeon-Major under the provisions of the Royal Wartant of the Ist October, 1858. 7th Dragoon Guards—Morris Bayntum Crosbie Yescombe, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice John Alexander Drake, who retires. Bth Hussars—Cornet John George Stopford to be Lieuten ant, without purchase, vice Thomas Richards, deceased. 12th Lancers—';apt. Wm. Fa4.:an, from the 86th Foot, to be Captain, vice Robert Edw and hoe, who exchanges, receiving the former difference between a Lieutenancy of Cavalry and Infantry. Royal Artillery—Sta ff-Assistant-Surgeon Wm. Crcagh to beAssistant-Surgeon, vice Albert Hawkins, placed upon half-pay. 15th Regiment of Foot--Staff-Surgeon Robert Thomas &Buckle, M.D., to be Surgeon, vice Edward William Bawtree, M.D., whose a ppointment has been cancelled. 22d Foot-Ensin Harry Bromley Pitman to be Lieute nant by purchase, vice P ercy Sandford Neville, who re tires ; Joseph King Bar. nes, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Pitman. 27th Foot—Raymond Wallace Esmonde White,_ Gent., to be Ensign , without purchase, in succession to Lieutenant William James Surthan. 28th Foot—Ensign Edward Julian Bigg Wither, from the 16th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Turner, promoted. 67th Foot—Lieutenant Edmund Henry Lenon to be Cap tain, by purchase, vice Henry Clark Worthington, who retires ; Ensign Miles Charles Seton to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Lenon ; William Mascall Kenrick, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Seton.: 86th Foot—Captain Robert Edward Roo, from the 12th Lancers, to be Captain, vice Wm. Fagan, who exchanges. 92d Foot—Ensign David Maitland Makgill Crichton to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Adam Eddingron, deceased ; Lieutenant John Crosland Hay to be Adju tant, vice Adam Eddington, deceased. 95th Foot—Lieutenant John Sexton to be Captain, without purchase, vice Robert NI. B. Maurice, deceased. Ist West India Regiment—Staff-Surgeon Edward Arthur Brien to be Surgeon, vice Curtiss Martin, whose appoint- ment has been cancelled. 2d West India Regiment--Ensign Thomas Peach to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Henry John Evans, who retires • Nicholas Thomas Cuffe Herbert, Gent., late Second-Lieutenant Tipperary Artillery Militia, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Peach ; Staff-Surgeon Waldo grave Rock Thompson, M. D., to be Surgeon, vice Patrick M'Dermott, whose appointment has been cancelled. 3d West India Regiment—C holies Anthony Denny, Gent., late Lieutenant Kerry Militin, to be Ensign by purchase, vice Harrison, promoted. Gold Coast Artillery Corps—. Robert Gilchrist Marshall, Gent., late Lieutenant Ist Stafford Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Ga.vegan, promoted; Thomas Hoffield Brien, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Edward James Gunthorpe, whose appointment as stated in the Gazette of Oct. 8, 1861, has been cancelled. DEPOT BATTALIONS. Capt. Montague Browne, 24 th Foot, to be Instructor of Musketry, vice Capt. Win. HE nry Cairns, 3d Foot, pro moted. Captain Frederick Torrens 'Apter, 11th Foot, to be In structor of Musketry, vice Ca pt. Robert Neville, 11th Foot, promoted. Capt. Henry Sollers Gunning S. Knight, 19th Foot, to be Instructor of Musketry, vim) Capt. Alfred Wright, em barked for the service companies of the 81st Foot. Capt. John Miller M'Nair, 79th Foot, to be Instructor of Musketry, vice Capt. W. G. Everard Webber, who em barks for the 42d Foot. Capt. William Collom, 94th Foot, to be Instructor of Musketry, vice Capt. Richard. Henry Travers, 24th Foot, appointed Provisional Captain Instructor at Hythe. Capt. George Wilbraham N orthey, 26th Foot, to be In structor of Musketry, vice Caput. Charles O'Bonoghue, who rejoins 76th Foot. UNATTACHED.—Lieut. William John Coen, from the Royal Newfoundland Companies, to be Captain, without purchase. MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.—Staff-Surgeon Orlando Sawlo Donnell, having completed twenty years' full-pay service, to be Staff-Surgeon Major, under the provisions of the Royal Warrant of Ist October, 1858 ; Assistant-Surgeon Edward Acton Gibbon, from the 7th Foot, to be Staff- Assistant-Surgeon, vice Charles Longruore, placed upon half-pay ; Assistant-Surgeon John Anderson, M.B. from the 73d Foot, to be Staff-Assistant-Surgeon, vice William Creagh, appointed to the Royal Artillery. BREVET..-- Lieutenant-Colonel Archibald Patrick G. Ross, of the Royal Engineers, having completed five years' service in the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, to be Colonel in the Army, under the Bth Clause of the Royal Warrant of 14th October, 1858. BANKRUPTS. Laurence Reddy, warehouseman, Noble-street, City. Jacob Henry Miles, draper, Norwich. John Holmes, china and glass dealer, Lamb's Conduit street. Charles Williams, licensed victualler, late of Hall-place, Kennington.lane. Edward Watford Jones, clerk to a coal merchant, Eldon place, Upper Kennington-lane. Charles Bakewell, hatter, Rutland-street, Pearson-street, Kingeland-road. Henry Bakewell, hatter, Rutland-street, Pearson-street, Kingsland-road. John Hadfield, leather dealer, Glossop. Frederick Potter, cotton spinner, Alder Root, Lancashire. William Yeeles, builder, North Shields. Edward Theodore Floor, commercial agent, Gateshead. John Walter Gray, hatter, Sunderland. Thomas Soord, corn mer chant, Bishopwearmouth. George Clark, cabinetmaker, Hackney-road. Herbert Howell Williams, clerk in holy orders, Tudor road, Upper Norwood. Isaac Woodard, licensed victualler, Richmond. Ercole Mecatti, teacher of EJfagitig, Brighton. Robert Sands, photographist, Minories, City. William Nottingham, omnibus conductor, late of Little Grove-street, Marylebone. James Noden, builder, Leominster. William Richard Wadeley, shoemaker, Birmingham. Henry Rosenbourn, jeweller, Hereford. Frederick Nanscawen, painter, Birmingham. David Crosman Dinsmore, trader in patents, Birming• ham. James Lino., licensed victualler, Romford. Charles Leake, farmer, Framfield, Sussex. Richard Wilding, farmer, Sandbeach-heath, Chester. Emma,Williams, out of business, Wood-cottage, Chester. Daniel Charles Browne, professor and publisher of music, Liverpool. Corbett Holland, gentlemw, Langley, Bucks. Thomas smith Goldie Davidson, printer, Westbourne groveJean , Paddington. Noel Pequoir, manager to a commercial house, Water-lane, City. George Rochester, draper, Calthorpe-place, Gray's-inn roa I. George Wilkins, farmer, North Curry, Somersetshire. George Johnson Cook, ginger beer manufacturer, King ston-upon-Hull. George Brook, corn dealer, Kingston-upon-Hull. John Holden, attorney-at-law, Liverpool. Ellis Tootill, printer, Manchester. James Barlow, draper, Hyde, Cheshire. Henry Hedger, haberdasher, Rotherfield .st., Islington. Alfred Greengrass, wood japaunor, Drake-street, Red Lion-square. William Corrie, commission agent, Old Broad-st., City. George Owen, floucester-buildings, Old Kent-road. Thomas Hadinglutm, law stationer, Crescent, Jewin street, City. James Webb, cowkeeper, Cross-street, Morton. Jonathan Parsons, builder, Hugh-street, Pimlico. John Light, farmer, Eling, Southampton. Charles John Augustus Walibach, glove merchant, Cannon-street West, City. David Morse, tea dealer, late of Little Tower-street. Joseph Denny, jun., pig dealer, Seuth Weald, Essex. James Crane, mining agent, Weaver's-court, Basinghall street. Henry Winter, gentleman, Camden-street, St. Pancras, William Higgins, horse dealer, St. George's .mews, Regent's-park-road. William Armstead, butcher, Deptford. Nicholas Gribble Wade, house agent, Pall•mall, Michael Welsh, carman, Albert-terrace, Paddington. Joseph Scott Boutwood and Thomas Boutwood, straw hat manufacturers, Luton, Bedfordshire. Richard Thomas Fitchett and Edward Shaw, tailors, Regent-street. Isaac Fisk, clerk, Rutland-street, South Lambeth. William Lane Martin, ironmonger, Gravesend. Hercules Ellis, constable, Northallerton. Samuel Richards, cooper, St. Ives. John Hartshorn, manager of lace machines, Nottingham. Henry Brookes, sheep salesman, Hardwicke, Gloucester shire. Isaac Lansdown, son., Isaac Lansdown, `jun., and Wm. Carter Lansdown, builders, Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire. James Davies, grocer, Swansea. Edward Howard, shipbroker, Swansea. Stephen Knowles, brewer, St. Thomas the Apostle, Devonshire. Samuel Williams, innkeeper, St. Cleer, Cornwall. Jarvis Roebuck, dyer, Kingsmill, Yorkshire. George William Wood, grocer, Huddersfield. Frederick Denton, docker, Birkby, Huddersfield. Matthew Bradshaw, assistant to a greengrocer, Salford. John Sanderson, law stationer, Cheetham. James Allen, detective officer, Liverpool. George Edgar, surgeon, Maidstone. Wm. Cooper, .. Thos.beuarilnd,erli,c-NeVnsoeodttvonic-tburaildlegre,, Nlselteleoyf, a h m o m e s a c s a C n h n u i g c h s r m , a p r u k b e l t i c g a a n r , d N e V n i e n r, c h p e t r e i re JWight. Hants. Thomas Mitchell, farmer, Scredington, Lincolnshire. William Emery Lowe, dyer, Lincoln. John Chedbourn, potato dealer, Donington, Lincolnshire Sutton Rawlinson, licensed victualler, Caistor, Lincoln shire. William Wadsworth, sheep and cattle jobber, II eming b r o Matthew , rah Yorkshire. am Graham, sen., plasterer, farmer, and carter, hous eColcvkielrmliamouEtbg.an, painter, Sh e ffi e ld . Henry Williamson, travelling draper and tea merchant, Tetley, Charles Dore, BriceD eA d, g r i h i y l I s a h r ire . Birchenal,ndzyer, grocers' assistant , , DanielMsistant, Sheffield. Mary Anne li l e ie, milliner, late , f Sheffield. 81, Acti Wall, baker, Ch es t ergate, S tockport. William Gray, farmer, Frostenden, Suffolk. Noah Must, butcher, Sudbury, William Taylor, far m labourer, Staffordshire. John Grunnit, Market gardener and farmer, Swinton, Yorkshire, John:Bniley, woollen manufacturer, lluddersfield. Richa rd Inman, general dealer, Huddersfield. John '4.:gginton, retail brewer, Westbi - omwieh. Enoch Lovatt, auctioneer, Pensnett, , •! , ,taflordshire. William. Palmer, salesman, Manchester. SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. George Graystone, spirit merchant, Edinburgh. James Daly, warehousemizn, Glasgow. John hPlatren, hosier and glovier,Glasgow. AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR. Comfmted ft om the Returns made in the week ending Nov. 5,1 S 31, exclusive of the dutie a of Customs paid or payable thereon on the importation thereof into Great Britain : per cwt. Muscovado, the produce of British America 23s 31d Muscovado, the produce of the kauritius .. —s —d Muscovado, the produce of the East Indies.. 21s 9.1c1 Average. price of the foregoing 228 101,1 COUNTRY MARKETS. LIVERPOOL—Nov. 8. There wag a thin attendance of millers and dealers at this morning's'. market. We had a tolerably good business doing in wheat;, fine qualities bringing the currencies of last Tuesday, while m, 9 dium kinds were rather dearer. Flour must be quoted ra ther dearer. Oats and oatmeal difficult to quit. Beans anc; peas at last week's rates, but barely so well sold. Indian cern a fair inquiry. WAKEFIELD- - Nov. 8 The demand to-day for new and old wheat was not ex tensive, and last Friday's rates were rather improved. Barley extremely dull, and declined is to 2s in price. Beans steady. Oats and shelling at previous rates. EXETER—Nov. 8. The supply to-day not large, but in fair demand ; prices may be quoted as follows : Wheat, white.. 7s Gd to'Bs Od 1 Barley. 4s Od to 4s 9d Ditto new .0s Od to Os Gd 1 Oats .. .. 3s Oa to 3s 6d Flour, fine, 48s to —s; seconds, 42s to 44s per sack. CATTLE. A large supply of beef and sheep ; cows and calves were scarce. Trade brisk. Fat beef,p score,"los to 10sGd Ewes, per lb ....6d to 61d Pork carcases,do lOs Od to lls Wethers, d0......61d to 7d Lambs, per lb —d to —d. Fat calves, d0...t7d to 71 i. Rough fat, 4d per lb. BRISTOL SUGAR—Nov. 8. Our market continues firm, and were it not that the brokers' offices are comparatively bare of sa.mples, a consi derable business would probably have been done in raw sugars, at recent rates. Refined goods in l'air demand, at about the per cent. quotation. In rum there ja still little business doing. RAIL WA X INTELLIGENCE: TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE WEEK. Miles Opened. Receipts. Railways. _A__ , r--"- 1801. 1860. 1861. 1860 , __- X X Ballymena and Port Rush.. - - - - Belfast and N. Counties.... 136 136 2,043 2,1 Belfast and County Down.. 49 39} 652 6 Birkd., Lane., & Ches. June. - - - - Blyth and Tyne 2O 20 1,675 1,8 Bristol and Exeter lOl 125 6,171 6,1 , Caledonian 2l u9l- 15,487 15,3 Cockermouth& Workington 8, 81 - - Cork and Bandon 2O 20 391 I Cork, Blackrock, & Passage 6} 61 211 2: Cork and Youghal 26 23 210 • 2 Cornwall 534 534 1,170 1,1 , Deeside l7 17 - - Dublin & Belfast Junction Dublin and Drogheda 63 63 1,946 1,9: Dub. &Wieklow(in.Kingst ) 481 40} 2,712 2,6 Dundalk and Enniskillen l3O 122 1,863 1,9 , Dundee and Arbroath l7l 171 689 a Dundee, Perth, & Aber. Jun 3l 31 1,072 1,01 East Anglian 671 671 989 9' E.Counties,Nrfk.,&E.Union 499 499 28,651 20,8 1 Edinburgh and Glasgow Edinburgh, Perth, & Dundee 78 78 3,736 3,5: Forth & Clyde Junction Furness Glasgow & South-Western 1834 1834 8,320 8,1: Great Northern 330 330 29,730 27,5: Great North of Scotland 'lt.Southn. & Westn.(lrind ) 329 229 8,546 8,1 Great Western 76l} 757} 47,112 46,9' Inverness & Aberdeen June 55 55 884 9 1 Irish South-Eastern 25 25 347 Lancashire & Yorkshire 395} 395} 34,926 36, 71 Leo Minster and Kington Linierick and Ennis Limerick and Foynes 26 26} 176 1: 141,1paelly 46' 46/ 478 5 f101144 , m & North-Western Tbirdon and Blackwall 54 54 1,408 1,5 London & South-Western Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast 2414 2231 18,910 19,3: London, Chatham, Sr, Dover 721 294 1,802 51 Lond., Tilbury, & Southend 421 40 1,229 1,21 Man.,Sheffield,&Lincolnsh 2911 291 i 15,823 15,8: Manch. S.Jun.&Altrinchani , 9/ 94 1,116 1,01 Maryport and Carlisle Midland (incl. N.-Western) 6141 6141 40,871 39,8 Midland Gt.Westn. of Irind 1921 1771 4,053 4,5' Monkland 56 56 1,505 1,5: Monmouthsh. Rail. & Canal 44 44 2,492 2,4 Newcastle and Carlisle 7B 78 3,427 3,9; North British (incL Selkirk and Galashiels) North Devon 35 35 518 4; N-Eastern(Bedale&Leybrn) 789 764 38,757 40,85 North London 9 9 2,380 2,31 Math Staffordshire 1 246 246 7,595 8,2.: Osviestry and Newton 3O 16 586 35 Rhrey l9l 191 859 71 St. elen's Canal & Railway 52 52 1,901 2,05 Scottish Central Scottish North-Eastern ll5 115 4,032 3,91 Shrewsbury & Birmingham - - - - Shrewsbury and Chester - - Shrewsbury & Hereford - Shropshire Union 29} 29 South Devon South-Eastern 306 306 20,407 22,75 South Wales 1714 1714 7,240 7,01 S. Yorkshire and River Dun 118 118 - - Stockton and Darlington Taff Vale • 51 54 5,116 5,15 Ulster Ulverstone and Lancaster Vale of Clwyd. Vale of Neath 35 35 1,852 1,71 Waterford and Kilkenny 3l 31 387 41 Waterford and Limerick West Cornwall 271 271 763 70 W.Hartlepool Harbr.&Rail 39 39 4,796 5,07 West Midland. - - - - W'haven,Cleator,&Egrmnt 7 7 423 38 Whitehaven Junction l2 12 687 68 WNtehaven & Furness Jun 35 35 639 62 FOREIGN AND COLONIAL Antwerp and Rotterdam 52 52 1,242 1,00 Austrian B2B 673 49,838 49,68 Belgian Eastern Junction 261 261 200 28 Buffalo and Lake Huron l6ll 161} 2,556 1,97; Detroit and Milwaukie lB5 185 5,394 4,76 Dutch Rhenish lOB3 1084 4,632 3,81 Eastern of France . 1032 1006 57,352 52,10 , East Indian ..... ... . ..... 2091 123 2,071 1,701 Grand Trunk of Canada.... 970 970 19,852 16,6111 Great Indian Peninsula.... 3504 2971 3,062 240; Great Luxembourg l2B 128 3,451 2,61 , Great Western of Canada 345 345 12,110 11,39' Lyons and Geneva 142 142 - - Madrid, Saragossa &Alicant 301 284 13,932 14,53: Northern of Canada . Northern of France 691 614 57,559 51,081 Norwegian Trunk 44 44 - - Paris, Lyons, & Mediterrn 879 840 110,783 92,591 Paris and Orleans 922 922 55,152 56,27 Pernambuco 364 - 486 - Royal Danish 69 69 695 69] Sambre and Meuse 6B 68 1,421 1,19( South Austrian 1251 917 67,924 52,061 Southern of France 777 773 26,746 22,731 Welland.. .. 25 25 797 57:E West Flanders W. and N.W. of France 750 750 52,485 12,315 1860. 2,159 633 1,839 6,180 15,399 '219 1,14 E. 1,773 1,920 2,638 1,994 685 1,060 970 20,807 6,377 :3,515 261 1,353 8,114- 27,531 1,590 8,178. 46,977 386 36,707 171 178 s►B 84,205 1,5)2 18,46" V 19,35 T 556 1,218 15,818 1,051 1,242 39,810 4,524 1,535 2,486 3,935 6,466 472 40,895 2,350 8,2.11 390 714 2,099 3,369 3,90 S 922 3,491 22,702 7,015 8,539 5,159 2,00; 139 1,703 411 1,387 '703 5,073 Looa 49,887 281 1,977 4,762 3,811 52,101. 1,706 16,60 2,1)03 2,614 11,397 14,533 1,743 51,055 92,591 56,272 695 1,196 52,069 22,731 818 42,315 A few days ago, a young woman jumped from a railway carriage, while the train was proceeding at full speed, a short distance from Lancing station. Her motive fa- this strange conduct is not stated. She appears to hav escaped without serious injury. FOREIGN MAIL PACKET LIST. MAILS DUE. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton. Nov. 18. via Marseilles Nov. 12. Brazil and Cape Yards, by British packet. Dec. 4. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena Dec. 2. China, Penang., and Singapore, via Southampton Nov. 18. via Marseilles Nov. 12. Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Nov. 18. - . via Marseill - es Nov. 12. India (Bombay), via Southampton Nov. 10. via Marseilles Nov. 20. Lisbon Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Nov. 10. via Marseilles Nov. 12. Newfoundland Oporto and Vigo IL S, and British by yy Canadianßri t.p packet c p e e art Peru, k ,... e . . t NN N NN N oo o oo l vv v v v .. . : . 22? 1 1 80 3: : :: .c by U.S. packet _ B W a . h C a . m of as A , f v r i i a ca N , Aelwa York Nov. and Tenoriffe Mexico All parts of West Indies, including Chili, 1 Nov. 13. California,and British Columbia.. ........... BIRTHS. BAcoN.—On the 7th inst,, at 116, Camden-road-villas, Mrs. D'Arcy Bacon, of a son. BETIIELL.—On the sth inst., at 14, Oxford-square, the llon. Mrs. Slingsby Bethel), of twin sons. BAILEY. —On the sth inst., at Cheshtmt, Herts, the wife of the Rev. M. B, Bailey, of a son. EDWARDS. —On the 7th inst., at Cheltenham, the wife of Colonel Clement A. Edwards, C. 8., 49th Regiment, of ' a son. MARRIAGES. CALDIVELL—PETcH.—On the 7th inst., at Shepton Mallet, William J. Caldwell, C.E., of Bowlish, to Martha, the youngest daughter of the late Commander Charles A. Petch, R.N. llENsmarr—Cußns.--On the 7th inst-, at March, John Euswell Hensman, Esq., of Northampton, to Rebecca Lewin, only daughter of the late John Lewin Curti it, Esq., of Chatteris, Cambridgeshire. DEATHS. COARE.—On the 6th inst., at his house, Mont-le-Grand, Heavitree, Exeter, George Coare, Esq., aged 75. COOPER,—On the Bth inst., at Bayswater, David Siritt Cooper, Esq., formerly a Captain in the Ist or Royal Regiment, aged 56. MINCHIN.—On the Gth inst., at Portsmouth, W. Minchin, Esq., aged 61. RoTnscnni).—On the 3d inst., at Paris , the infant s on of taron and Baroness Alphonse de Roth schild. RICHARDSON.—On the 6th inst. , a t 26, Dorset. p lac e , Dor set-square, Willi am Stevens Richar dson, E sq. , youngest son of the late Sir John Richa rdson, Kt., a g ed 47 . ROI3ERTS.—On the 7th inst. , at Bri g hton, Aver y Roberts, Es 4., M.D. RIDGE.—On the sth 76' inst., suddenly, at Bayswater, Sam]. Ridge, Esq., aged LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Tilt SUN (Mice, No. 112,Strand , COWAY of 111144108 ex, 15nattvhelayrecs N in o c y t c o ui t t t w he 9) %z, i n the -.,.- ,