The Sun. — London, England, 1861-10-17 00:00:00

IHE NAVY. The swinging of the Warrior for the adjustment of her compasses has been carried out at Spithead daring yesterday and Monday, under the direction of Mr. F. J. 0. Evans, superintendent of compasses to the Ilydrographic Department. She will make her official trial of speed at the measured mile in Stokes Bay this morning, should the weather be favourable for the purpose. Sir John Pakington embarked on Tuesday after noon, on board the Fire Queen, steam vessel, Master Frederick W. Paul, from Portsmouth Dock yard, and proceeded to Spithead for the purpose of visiting the Warrior. Since the removal of the Warrior from the new dock at Portsmouth, the blocks and flooring of the dock have been examined, to ascertain whether the weight of the ship had injured any portion of the work. The blocks on the floor of the new portion of the dock were aft. Gin. in height and were pressed down by the weight of the ship to an average of 3ft. 21in. Since her removal the blocks have sprung back to their original height from the floor, and not the slightest injury could be observed to the stone_ work along their entire extent. The fore body of the Warrior, it will be remembered, projected considerably into the adjoining dock, passing over two inverts, the latter being three feet above the dock floor. Between the stone of the invert and the vessel's keel, or the apex of her bottom, as she is said to have no keel, there was only a 7-inch wooden block, which was pressed down by the ship's weight to 41 inches. The square of granite under this block was known to be injured before the ship was removed, and on being examined it was found to be cracked and split and in parts pul verised by the force of the immense weight it had to assist in supporting. There was not the slightest appearance of sinking of the work, a satisfactory proof of the efficient manner in which the piling which supports the floor of the dock has been sunk. The further progress in the construction of the stern of the Royal Alfred, 50, iron-plated frigate, building at Portsmouth, has been for the present suspended by order of the Controller of the Navy. It is said that the Admiralty have under their con sideration the advisubility of following the example of the French marine in ships of the converted class by doing away with the screw well. This would necessarily strengthen greatly the ship's stern. By adopting at the same time the substitution of headless rudders fixed forward of the screw, for the rudder in its present position, another great weakness would be removed, and both screw and rudder would be placed in positions below the Rater-line, where no enemy's shot could reaeh them, however long or close the engagement might be. We believe a plan embrac ing both these objects, carried out in a very simple manner, has been, or is about to be, submitted to the Admiralty. Without doubt rudder-heads and outer sternposts are the weakest points in steamships of war as constructed at present. The Russian Imperial corvette Novik, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Popoff, arrived at the Mother bank at noon yesterday from Cronstadt, on her way to the Amoor and Pacific. The Edgar, 89, screw, Capt. G. P. Mends, flagship of Rear-Admiral J. E. Erskine, was undocked at Portsmouth yesterday, and berthed alongside the dockyard to complete her refit. The Trafalgar, 86, screw, Capt. J. B. Dickson, was afterwards placed, during the same tide, in the dock from which the Edgar had been removed. The Wellesley, 72, guardship at Chatham, is being dismantled in order that her present masts may be removed and those of the Diamond, 27, substituted. The officers' cabins and her internal fittings are also being removed, as she is to be converted into a training ship for boys and lads joining the Royal navy. About 250 boys are to be sent on board, a portion of whom have already arrived, and, in ad- , dition to the warrant-officers now attached to the ship, some of the gunners from the Excellent train ing ship at Portsmouth will be transferred to the Wellesley to superintend the instruction of the lads. Notwithstanding that several hundred tons of stores have been removed from the Wellesley to lesson her draught of water, she still grounds at the neap tides, the depth of water in that part of the harbour being insufficient to allow her to swing with the tide. The Rifleman, steam-vessel, of 200-hone power, having been completely rebuilt at Deptford, is ordered to be got ready for commission, to be em ployed on the surveying service. The Trafalgar, 86, screw, Captain John B. Dick son, has turned her crew over to the Bellerophon, receiving hulk, where they Will remain during the time this ship is under repairs. She was taken into No. 10 dock at Portsmouth this morning for the purpose of being caulked and to make good defects. About 600 water tanks which had been accumu- lated at Chatham dockyard have been ordered to be sent to the depot at Deptford. The tanks are principally worn out, but some of them are capable of being rendered again fit for service by repairs, and they have been sent on shore at different times from the vessels in this division. The number of them has been somewhat reduced by several of the transport vessels recently loading with them to con vey them to the establishment to which they had been ordered to be sent, but in consequence of their great bulk eaeh vessel can take but a small number, and there are now probably about 360 remaining. To-day, the Widgeon, paddle-wheel steam-vessel, has arrived for the purpose of taking a number of them on board, and she will commence loading at the Anchor-wharf to-morrow. The new Greek frigate Amalia, Capt. Palascas, which was built in the Thames, and called at Ply mouth to undergo some slight repairs in her ma chinery, left the Sound finally on Tuesday for Athens. Another trial trip of the engines and machinery of the screw steam corvette Orestes, 21, Capt. Alan Gardener, was made at Plymouth on Tuesday. The experiment having proved unsatisfactory, she will not leave for the Cape of Good Hope until further alterations are made. The gunboat Handy, Lieut. John H. Glover, which has been detained to go under escort of the Orestes, sailed from Plymouth on Tuesday for her destination—Sierra Leone. VALETTA, Oct. 12.—The screw line-of-battle ship Hannibal, 89 guns, Capt. Farquhar (bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral George Rodney Mundy, C. 8.), arrived on the 7th inst. from Beyrout, which place she left on the 30th ult. The Rear-Admiral having been granted two months' leave of absence by the Lords Co mm i ss i oners o f th e Ad m i ra lt y , f or t h e re covery, of his health, will proceed immediately to England. Capt. Mason, of the Caesar, remains at Beyrout, as t seni o or w officer on that station. The Eng lish vess e l s er shn s e u r l e t expeeting orders to quit the coast of Syriahaneously with the French and Russian squadrons. Her Majesty's screw s team troopship Himalaya, Captain J. Sec combo, reached this islandon the Bth instant. After disembarkin g . Ler troop s ,C., for this garri son she left for Corfu on the 91.1:inst., taking with her the following passenge rs: - Me Wardell, E. Woolcombe , Stir ling, is. W.H. 56 sailors: It i 9 C are y, I. Newton, J. Sudden , and that Admiral Mundy on her retu i r B n ernbatk reported in her for Eng land, returnin g to the Mediterr a via Trieste, at the expirati on of hi s term of leavn:ai t Mediterranean is also said that t he Hannibal, on com p leti ng her refit here, proceed to Corfu, where Admiral Mundy Fill meet her, and again hoist his flag on board of this ship, and take command of a squadron to be stationed there, on the withdrawal of the ships now on the coist of Syria. Her Majesty's gunboats Mohawk, 4, Commander E. H. Heyward, and Assurance, 4, Commander C. M. Aynsley, have both left for England, to be paid off. The former took her departure on the 6th, and the latter on the 9th instant. The screw line-of battle ship Orion, 91, Capt. W. C. De Vere, also left for England on the Bth inst , to be paid off; and the paddlewheel steam frigate Terrible, 21, Capt, F. H. H. Glasse, C. 13., left on the same day with 'provisions and a mail for the fleet at Naples der_in e, , t , ol . l:_ma re and e and despatches for the Comman- K.c.B r'. l 2; e Vice-Admiral l Sir W. F. Martin, the /ran only English ships of war in port are G. R. muiZ,Zicreeg the flag of Rear-Admiral bearing the g igot IZ r e Hibernia, receiving ship, 4 * . Admiral H. J. Codrin g ton, C.B. ; the Wanderer, h Hearty, tug. General Sir J am es Su pply, 2 ; and the es Outram, K.C.8., who is on a tour t for the benaefi of his health, left this island on the 7th inst. on board the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamship Ellora, for Alexandria, it being the intention of ,he gallant general to try the mild climate of Cairo during the ensuing winter, thence to proceed on a visit to Constantinople and other Easte- cities. The newly-appointed Swedish and No_ wegian Consul, Mr. Ole Munk Rheder, arrived here a few days ago from Sweden, by the French steamer, via Italy. No successor has yet been appointed to the late Chevalier Ross, Netherlands Consul, whose death took place some weeks since. The screw steamer Berwick, Capt. Cowle, belonging to Messrs. Glasse, Elliott, and Co., which left Malta on the 3d inst., returned to this island yesterday at 1 p.m., after having made an ineffectual attempt to repair the Malta and Corfu Telegraph. The fault, or broken end of the cable, was picked up at the spot indicated by the testing five nautical miles from the shore in the Bay of San Gordi, Corfu, in 175 fathoms water. On sounding, however, a short distance beyond the fault no bottom was obtained at 425 fathoms. It was therefore found impossible to continue the operations for the repair of the cable with any probability of success. It has been decided to re cover as much cable as possible from the Malta end, and the work will be commenced on Monday next. On its completion the old cables between Malta and Marseilles and Cagliari will also be picked up. Tha gutta percha core of the cable was found to be in an excellent state of preserva tion, but the outer wires, where the cables lay in black mud, were very much corroded and worn away by oxidation. The directors of the London and Dover Railway Company despatched their last new vessel, the Maid of Kent, a few days ago down the river to the Nore, for the especial purpose of testing the most effectual method of unlashing, lowering, and disengaging boats in cases of emergency. The decision was in favour of the plan by which the unlashing and adapting the boat for the free use of the oars are the acts of a single man, simply disengaging both ends of the boat when near the water. The officers of the company in their report of the trials having expressed their satisfaction of the Admiralty recommendation as well as that of the Government Emigration Com missioners, in favour of this method of lowering boats, have signified their intention of introducing the same throughout their line. A set of Ward's ocean telegraph lamps for night signals was yesterday despatched from Woolwich for service on board her Majesty's Coastguardship Hogue at Greenock, in order to initiate the crews in the new system of transmitting messages from ship to ship at sea. In removing the new fortifications at the entrance to the Medway some delay has been experienced in consequence of the great diffi. culty in clearing away the foundations of the old works. The batteries now in course of demolition are believed to have been erected nearly two cen turies ago, and are of enormous strength, the brick work in some instances measuring as much as 15 feet in thickness. Notwithstanding these ob stacles, however, the new foundations are making rapid progress, the Government being desirous of having this portion of the ifortifications completed before the frosts set in. As soon as the concrete foundations have boen completed and the substruc ture finished the front wall of the largest battery will be commenced. The exterior wall is to be 12 feet in thickness. This battery will not only pos sess complete magazine accommodation for powder and every conceivable kind of projectile, but suffi cient barrack spaee for at least 1,000 men. It will mount the heaviest description of Armstrong guns, which will not only command the centre line of the rather difficult channel which all kinds of craft are compelled to keep in entering the Medway, but will act by a series of cross firEs, with the guns mounted on the batteries now in course of construction on the opposite or western shore of the estuary, which is here rather more than one mile in width. The casemated fort on the extreme left of the fortifica tions:will mount 40 100-pounder Armstrong guns, supplied with every description of projectile, includ ing solid, case, and grape shot, as well as common diaphragm and Martin's lipid iron shells. When the whole of the fortifications, both on the sea and land side, now decided upon have been completed the naval and military establishments at Chatham, as as well as those at Sheerness, will be circumvented by a chain of forts and batteries of great magni tude, extending for a number of miles, and mount ing an armament as formidable as it will be destruc tive. The following appointments have been made at the Admiralty ; Lieut. the Hon. C. D. R. H. Tracy, to the Excellent ; Lieut. Noel S. F. Digby, to the Warrior ; Wm. Mayes, master, to the Mars; Samuel R. Brumage, John M'Pherson, and Wm. Bremner, second-class assistant engineers, to the Doris, con firmed. THE ARMI , Major-General Lord W. Paulet, Lieut.-Governor of Portsmouth and Commanding the South-West District, accompanied by Colonel Somerset, C. 8., Deputy•Quartermaster-General ; Col. Tiaackwell, Deputy-Adjutant-General; and Capt. C. Milligan, Aide-de-Camp, is at present engaged at Christ ct nrch, Dorchester, and Weymouth, on his half yearly tour of inspection. Colonel Warde, R.A., commanding the artillery of the district, who has returned from leave, is also engaged in the same way. General Hay, Inspector-General of Musketry, has during the week been engage& in the examina tion of the returns of the depots forming the two battalions at Colchester, whose period of musketry instruction at Landguard Fort has just been con cluded. He has expressed himself satisF.ed with the result, the average being fully equal to that of former years. On Monday the men of the 9th depot battalion were assembled on early parade in Colehester Camp to witness the infliction of the sentence of a court martial upon Private J. Reardon, of the 6th depot, who' had been found guilty of drunkenness and striking a non-commissioned officer. The prisoner, who is an old soldier, having been in the service upwards of twenty years, had been frequently con victed of military offences, and was now sentenced to receive 50 lashes and undergo . B-1 days' imprison ment. He received his punishment without saying a word, and was afterwards marched to the hos pital, whence he will be removed to a military pri son to undergo the ,remainder of his sentence so soon as he has recovered from the effects of the flogging. Major-Gen. Eyre, commanding the Chatham dis tricts, completed the half-yearly inspection of the thee: battalions of. infantry at that garrison at a late hour on Tuesday evening. ,The inspection com menced :with the first battaliOn, under the com mand of Col. iervis, including the depot companies of the Ist and 2d:battalions 4th (king's Own), 35th, 43d (Light Infantry), 77th, and 94th Reginients. Thee: and depot battalion, und er th e comman d o f Cdl.4) Mips, consisted of the Ist an d 2d b a tt a li ons 112th; st and 2d b a tt a li ons 20th , 31 st, 52d (L i ght 1 , Infantry), and 83d Regiments; _ and the 3d depot all r an ks. battalion, e o 1 ni } a e n , d e d resultb y . 9 I .4 f i eit e - inspectionC Lieut.-Col. irt 1 appearedou gh, o f thewh whole e t '.oi'fathe2lde:l:: tt depots o a n y s in l g 9t b h , e e rsl.lst considerably (Light Inf Infan try), try), 75th, 81st, and 91st Regiments. Owing to the been suspended, the re duced, and recruiting having ; strength of the three battalions is now lower than it has been for several years past, each battalion 9 numbering, in the aggregate, scarcely 1,000 men of 1 to be very satisfactory, the 37 mesiuttthhe t that the C om _ There is a rumour a t P ly lfarrison ther e mander-in-Chief will :shortly vi for the purpose of inspecting gim have been, inspected by e nts, neither of which and 73d Re his Royal Highness. Lieut.-Col. D. R. Smith who died on thel3thinst; at Bath, in his 56th year, served throughout the campaign in the Southern Mahratta . in 1844 and 1845 with her Majesty's 22d Regiment, and was present at th,; ir.v2stment ant' o.9,rture of the forts of PantiDa And Powng,hur. We are authorized to state that there is no foun dation for tho announcement that the consecration of the three Bishops will take place in Westminster Abbey, THE fSUN, IRELAND. DUBLIN, WEDNESDAY. A deputation of graduates of the Queen's Uni versity in Ireland waited upon the Chief Secretary yesterday at his office, Dublin Castle, in order to submit to him some views which they consider ne cessary for the development of the University. Having expressed their gratitude for his generous conduct in founding a scholarship in each of the colleges, and " even more for his eloquent and fear less speech in their favour, they proceeded, through Mr. Wilson, the chairman of their late meeting, to state what they require. In the first place, they think that the graduates and diplomates should form a portion of the body corporate of the Univer- sity, the only one in the United Kingdom in which he Senate alone constituted the body corporate, and their exclusion affected their status as members of a learned body. They claimed the right of meeting in Convocation for the purpose of electing members to represent them in the University Se nate, of discussing any matter whatever relating to ,the University, and making known to the Senate their decision thereon. They claimed, moreover, that the consent of the Convocation should be ne cessary to the surrender of the University charter, and that they should be represented in Parliament, which they consider of the greatest importance. They expressed their decided approbation of the project of establishing a fourth Queen's College in Dublin, as they thought that by so doing the Go vernment would place the principle of united edu cation beyond the power of any assailant. While it was admitted that Trinity College had exer cised a large amount of liberality in throwing open many of its positions of emolument, still, from the fact that the Established Church numbered but one-ninth of the population of Ireland, and the fact that the students of that communion in Trinity College numbered 92 per cent. of the whole, it was evident that the Roman Catholics and Protestant Dissenters of Ireland were not willing to accept Trinity College as the place of their education. The graduates were convinced that the proposed College in Dublin would be the most successful and best attended of the Colleges. Mr. Wilson further brought under the notice of the Chief Secretary the fact that surgical diplomas were not now granted by the Queen's University, and the propriety of their being granted ; and concluded by stating Ira had the authority of Sir R. Kane and Mr. Berwick, the Presidents of Cork and Galway Colleges, for saying that they fully concurred in the views and claims of the graduates. The ques tion of intermediate education, as affecting the suc cess of the Colleges, was also brought under the notice of the Chief Secretary. Sir R. Peel said that it would be, of course, impossible for him at once to give a reply to so many subjects as had been brought before him. He was prepared to express his ap prowll of some of the objects of the deputation, and asked to be furnished with a written statement of the views so ably put forward by Mr. Wilson, in order that he might more fully consider them. He was anxious in every way in his power to promote the interests of the institution, and expressed his satisfaction at the success which so young a Uni versity had already attained, The Lord-Lieutenant, with a party in two car riages, including the Marquis and Marchioness of Kildare, Lord and Lady Grosvenor, and Lady Caro line Lascelles, yesterday visited the Mater Misericor dim Hospital, which has been recently opened for the reception of patients, already 70 in number. It is a Roman Catholic institution, as its name imports ; but it is stated that persons are received without reli. gious distinction, and that there are some Protest ants among the inmates. The building is a very flue one, and the arrangements for ventilation, cleanliness, and comfort are said to be excellent. The establishment, as regards its interior and do mestic economy, is under the care of a reverend mother and assistant siaperioress, aided by a section of the Sisters of Mercy. The Lord-Lieu tenant and party were received by the physician and surgeon, Dr. Hughes and Dr. Ellis, Dr. Hay- den, and other gentlemen. They remained for an hour inspecting the various departments of the establishment, and when departing inscribed their names in the visitors' book, the Lord-Lieutenant adding to his signature " the expression of his admiration of the institution and his sincere good wishes for its prosperity." The special meeting of the corporation which was held yesterday, though on the exciting subject which led to the recent affair of honour, wab quiet and orderly. A lengthened statement from Mr. Mor gan, the law agent of the corporation, was read, in which that gentleman gave his version of the mat ters in controversy between him and the waterworks committee, by whom he had been superseded as their legal adviser, Mr. Smyth having been ap pointed in his stead. The Conservative members wished for a time to consider a document so volu minous and important, dealing with sundry matters brought before the Council for the first time; but this was opposed by Alderman Roe, Alderman Reynolds, Dr. Gray, and others. Alderman Rey nolds moved and Alderman Darcy seconded a reso lution that the Council should sanction the proceed ings of the Waterworks Committee notwithstanding Mr. Morgan's statements. Dr. Gray, its chairman, then delivered a speech in reply, which occupied three hours and fills eight columns of the _Freeman. At its conclusion the debate was adjourned till Monday next. A farmer in good circumstanced, residing at But revant, County Cork, has mysteriously disappeared, and it is suspected that he has been murdered by soldiers and women of ill-fame. He was at a pig market in that town on Saturday, and was known to be possessed of a considerable sum of money. He was last seen on his way home, proceeding towards the barracks. The Cork Examiner states that two soldiers of the 87th Reeiment have been arrested, one of them having changed a £5 note in Doneraile, and on the person of the second was found another £5 note, for which they could give no satisfactory account. One of the three girls, their companions, had a £3 note which she deposited with a friend. A man named Slattery had paid £25 to the miss ing man, and if he can identify the notes the mys tery may be cleared up. It is believed that Cogh lan, a sober, industrious man, was robbed and murdered. The same journal states that at Killarney on Monday a man named Denis Keeling, in attempt ing to stab a deer as she plunged into the river, fell in, and was carried away by the flood; no trace of the body has been yet found. A Castlebar correspondent of the Irish rilllef states, "That Mr. John M. Sheridan, of Pheasant-hill, in this county, had been shot by Mr. Pike, a magi strate, living in Achil. Nothing but the bare facts are to hand. It is said that Mr. Sheridan wanted to force himself into the house of Mr. Pike, and that the latter fired at him and shot him in the heart. Nothing further has been elicited in this town of this extraordinary affair except what was notorious, that an unkind feeling existed between the two parties, and that a challenge had been sent by Mr. Sheridan to Mr. Pike, but no duel took place. Mr. Pike had taken an action against Mr. Sheridan for libel. I will let you have full parti culars by next post." THE MILTOWN-ROAD OUTRAGE. Mr. Healy, station-master at Miltown, has re ceived the following interesting letter from Mrs. Jolly, the mother of the young lady so brutally assaulted on the Miltown-road " Dublin, Oct. 14. "Dear Mr. Healy,—Allow me to offer my heart felt thanks for the ready shelter you gave my be loved child in her helpless and bitter agony; I feel I owe a debt of gratitude to you I can never repay. The prompt kindness and judicious care yourself ' and family afforded my helpless child was the means (under Providence) of preserving her from death or some dreadful sickness. Words are inadequate to express my deep feelings towards you and yours ; and myself and family shall ever feel the name of Healy call to remembrance one who has rendered us an iuestirmahlo bpeefit, in sheltering our child — our precious one—in that awful night. All my family unite with me in deep gratitude to you ; and may that Being wh© led my child to kind and gene rous hearts lead you and yours to that haven of rest where there ellen be no mole sorrow, no more sin, is the sincere prayer of your ever grateful friend— "M. S. JOLLY. "Miss Jolly and I hope we shall be able to call on you before we leave Dublin; if not, you shall hear from me before long. "M. S, JOLLY." l _ f: LONDON, THURSDAY g YENING, OCTOI3Eit 1.7 :. 18 61. STATE 01 EGYPT, A letter from Alexandria, dated Oct. 4, says— Since the Viceroy's return from his visit to Con- stantinople troubles and anxieties, it is to be feared, have been actively besetting him, not the least harassing arising, as I need hardly add, from the lamentable state of his finances. Simultaneously with his return it became known that the negotiations for the smaller Egyptian loan, for which, as yon will remember, the Government had entered into treaty at Paris, after the failure of the first proposals, had been broken off. It is very generally believed that the Pasha's own extreme repugnance to the principal act of security required of him—namely, the hypothecation of his revenues, or the admission of foreign supervision over their collection and expenditure—has in reality been the great stumbling-block; but it is also said that a peremptory prohibition in the matter has been laid upon him by the Porte. The Turkish Government, it is asserted, has expressly declared that it will hear of no proposals whereby any part of the Egyptian revenue might by any eventuality fall into the power or under the control of subjects of a foreign State. Taking it as a matter of general principle, and having regard to the peculiar circumstances and political position of Egypt, one can hardly question the right of the Turkish Government to exercise such interference, nor even the wisdom of the views it is represented to entertain on the question. According to present appearances therefore the idea of a foreign loan must be abandoned. But another and a rather anxious problem still remains —namely, whether this Government can be left to its own unaided resources and efforts to extricate itself from the difficulties in which it is placed— whether, indeed, it has it in its power to do so. The elements of the question can be described in very few words. The debts of the Government, as I have already mentioned, amount to about £10,000,000 sterling, consisting chiefly, besides arrears of pay to its employes and the engagements to the Suez Canal Company, of Treasury-bonds, the latter gene rally in the hands of Europeans of various nations. The whole of this debt may be said to be due at present and onwards, at various fixed dates, through a period of two and a half to three years. By way of assets, on the other hand, it may be calculated that the Government has it in its rower, by practis ing the strictest economy and under otherwise favourable circumstances, to realise an annual surplus of revenue over current expenditure of £1,000,000 to £1,500,000 sterling, or, say, about one-eighth of the debt. Now that a foreign loan seems out of the ques- tion, the only expedient that is suggested is to con tinue the issue of Treasury-bonds, or of some other securities of a similar nature; the object, of course, being to raise funds wherewith to meet liabilities as they fall due, and thus to remove the due dates to more distant periods. I need now only add that the market rate of discount on existing Government bonds is about 10 or 12 per cent. per annum, and it becomes evident enough that the expedient under consideration is, to say the least of it, a very deli cate one. In fact, if nothing better can be devised, it becomes a question whether, with the best pos sible wishes and intentions, the Government, in stead of extricating itself, may not become more and more deeply involved, not merely in a stationary debt but in an increasing one. But the question is one upon which your readers will form their own conclusion, and I recommend it especially to those who have had opportunities of watching the result of similar transactions in commercial or private life. As yet no definite course has been finally decided upon, but the Viceroy continues resolutely to perse vere in his measure of retrenchment. A quantity of silver plate and other valuable articles has just again been advertised for sale by public auction, and the greater part, if not the whole of his jewelry, may shortly be expected for sale on the London or Paris markets. Strong as is the interest that naturally attaches to these questions, they have latterly well-nigh been completely forgotten under the threats of a more immediate calamity that has been hanging over the country, or which, indeed, I ought to say, has actually fallen upon many wide districts, owing to, a rapid and excessive rising of the Nile. It is hardly more than a week ago that fears, ex- cited by the extraordinary height of the river, and more especially by the continuance of its growth, began powerfully to manifest themselves through out the country. Gradually the embankments along the river and canals became crowded with the village population, watching and strength ening the weak points of the dikes, upon which the safety of their lands depended. The Governors of the provinces and the whole official staff down wards soon also followed, and took up their quar ters in tents pitched at the several points of danger, where they had to occupy themselves in urging and directing the peasantry in their labours for the com mon safety. The scene as viewed from the river has been described to me as a most singular and exciting one, and at night, from all directions, far and near, the fires of the watchmen came gleaming through the darkness over a wide expanse of swift rolling and angry -looking waters. The next intel ligence we received at Alexandria was that the flood had attained the level of 24 cubits and 16 karats, or 24ths, a height unparalleled for some 25 years past, and by which the whole country was thrown into a state of consternation. Then fol lowed accounts of damage and losses in various dis tricts, all more or less severe, though fortunately still of a local character. But the progress of the waters had now become a question of inches, and it was felt that with t he s lightest increase every em bankmentm ust give way, and th e en ti re l eng th and breadth of the country be abandoned to a devastating flood. Since then the information that has come to hand is to the effect that the river is subsiding, though not without having caused a lamentable amount of damage. On the night of the Ist inst. the waters broke through from a canal on the western side :of the river, near the railway. The latter has been de stroyed, telegraph posts and wires torn up and washed away, and some ten miles at least of coun try laid under water. A goods train that was sent up with an engineer and platelayers pulled up for a moment at a place where the regular passenger train had just passed before them. The embank ment immediately began to give way from under them, and the carriages sank down into the water. The men took refuge upon the roofs, but after a while found that both before and behind them the earthen embankment bad entirely melted away from under the rails. They had to adopt the only means for saving themselves that offered—to drag themselves through the water along the rails, their only guide in the darkness that had set in, until they reached dry land, in a state of utter exhaus- tion, and some among them having been on the point of letting go their hold and of resigning themselves to what seemed an inevitable fate. Yesterday intelligence came from the Delta of similar damage to the railway from Kafr Zayat towards Benha, which has likewise become impass able, and in several parts is altogether destroyed. Cut off as we are from communication with the interior, both by rail and telegraph, it is impos sible to come to any conclusion possessing the slightest pretensions to accuracy of the amount of injuries and losses that have been experienced throughout the country. But day by day we have received intelligence of fresh disasters. The greater part of the standing crop of Indian corn is univer sally declared to be lost. In Upper Egypt, the , crops of dura seyfi, or holcas, which, as in the case with Indian corn in the Lower Country, forms there the staple article of food, must in like manner have been swept away. Many villages have been entirely overwhelmed, and immense losses of cattle are spoken of, and even of human life. Granaries, both Government and private ; have been flooded, and already it is said there is an intention to pro hibit the further exportation of grain from Alexan dria, so as to secure a sufficiency of food until next harvest. From the cotton districts, where the pro cess of picking the first ripe pods had just com menced, we have also accounts of heavy losses, to the extent of atleast in great measure reversing the sure anticipations so lately entertained of an un- I usually heavy crop, an event the more deplorable at this moment, when the value of this aescription of produce is raised to an eitraordim.,ry point. Steamers have been collected for t:10 transit of the outward Calcutta mails and passent7 ers. The passengers will be conveyed by rail from the land ing-place t 3 Kafr Damar, the first statiot beyond Alexandria, and thence by way of L 'he c: anal and Nile to Boulac. It is calculated that at least two or flax Te months will be required to repair the damages to I,ahe rail way, and to admit of a resumption of the tis affic * The expense which this alone will inflict upon Government amid its other losses, all which it can so ill afford, may easily be conjectured. OCTOBER 8. The Calcutta and China passengers who arrived at Suez on the evening of the sth inst. have only this day reached Alexandria. The mails and cargo will be down this evening. We have received few authentic details of the in undations to fill up the general account I have already given you; but things seem quite as bad as they were at first described. A vast extent of the Delta is desdribed as presenting the aspect of ono sheet of water. The river has, however, fallen to 24 cubits. From the cotton districts, which lie chiefly beyond the eastern branch of the Nile, re ports agree in stating that a large portion of the crop is lost or damaged, though it still seems impos sible to form an estimate of the amount. An im mense number of villages have lost the whole of their stock of grain, and will have to look to the Government even for seed. The losses to the latter will be enormous. A piece of good news has, however, come forward by the French steamer—namely, an offer from Frank fort of a loan of 60,000,000 f. to 70,000,000 f. at 11 per cent. interest per annum, redeemable in 30 years, and without any demands of special security. Nothing, of course, could be more opportune. But there is a report, which obtains very general credit, that the French Consul-General has raised some opposition to the contract being concluded. What could be the object of such interference it is not easy to conceive, but it is still more difficult to guess upon whaireasonable grounds such opposition could be based. TILE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITON OF 1862. The progress of the building at South Kensington during the past week has been unusually rapid. Every day of this exceptionally fine weather is so much gain to the contractors in point of time ; and, indeed, so much advance has been made that there is little doubt that, if they choose, Messrs. Kelk and Lucas may bring their labours to a conclusion at a period much within that fixed for the comple tion of the structure. At the present time no fewer than 960 men are at work on the ground, indepen dently of those employed at Thames Bank, where the iron for the domes is being prepared. The scaffolding for the eastern dome having been com pleted, its erection will be proceeded with imme diately ; most of the material is in a state of cue preparation having been brought to the ground, and lying ready to be fixed. In the nave, ten ribs of the roof have been raised; eight have been raised in the south-eastern, and two in the north eastern aieles. Eight windows of the clerestory in the nave are in their places, and such advance has been made with the roofing as to enable some opi nion to be formed with regard to the important question of light. A notion seems to prevail that, whereas the glass building of 1851 was on the whole rather too light, in the parts of the structure of 1862 which will be especially set apart for exhibi tion there will not be light enough. Considering that the building is intended for an exhibition in summer weather chiefly, it seems that as regards light it will be sufficiently and indeed well adapted forits purpose. The scaffolding of the western dome is creeping up fast, and has reached to a height of five stories. All the iron columns under the picture galleries have been fixed, and the glazing of the top lights.has been begun. The demands for space which flowed in at an early period had rendered necessary the consideration of an enlargement of the building, or at least of that part of it which is temporary in its character; and it has now been decided that an " annexe," similar in plan and in material, but of lesser dimensions to that on the western side, front ing Prince Albert's-road, shall be erected on the eastern side in Exhibition-road. This will be de voted mainly, if not altogether, to the display of agricultural implements, and it is proposed to have an open court in the middle of it. Some idea may be formed of the character of the machinery which can be, and no doubt will be exhibited, when it is stated that among a host of others the following eminent firms have applied for space, some of them for almost as much as the commissioners have at their disposal :—Messrs. It. Stephenson and Co., Sharpe, Stuart, and Co., Neilson and Co., R. Na pier and Sons, of Glasgow, Todd and M'Groger, Maudslay and Field, Whitworth and Co., R. Fair bairn and Co., Platt and Co., Besemeres and Co., Warsan and Co., J. Napier and Sons, S. Scott Russell and Co., the London and North Western Railway Company, Sir William Armstrong, &c. Numerous additions have been made to the list of commissioners which have been appointed. Among the added foreign commissioners will be found those for Costa Rica, Ecuador, Holstein, Uruguay, and Venezuela. To the colonial list there has been added Prince Edward's Island, Bermuda, Barbadoes, Jamaica, St. Helena, Ceylon, Mauritius, and Hong Kong. The local committees at home have been considerably increased, and the additions comprise Arbroath, Aylesbury, Carnarvon, Dublin, Dunfermline, Elgin, Exeter, Leeds, Leek, Maccles field, Neath, Newton-Abbott, Redruth, &c. All this shows that the net-work of the scheme of the Exhibition is spreading further and further, and that the space which it will ultimately enclose can not yet be adequately calculated upon. The mention of the word " space" reminds us that it is a term which brings with it a fearful sound to the ears of the executive. They approach the allotment with much anxiety, and it should be well understood that the space applied for being as nearly as possible ten times greater than that which can be allotted, the different committees will have to exercise the utmost discretion in the manner in which they apportion that which they have to dispose of. It will be ne cessary for them, in the first place, to strike out of the lists applications made for the reception of ob jects which have no interest in an industrial exhi bition, or which do not fairly represent the industry of the country. It may be said, in a parenthesis, that some of the applications which have been made have been of the most absurd character. In some cases persons were even desirous of being allowed to exhibit monsters, real or sham, and more or less disgusting; in fact, demanding that the " world's fair" should have some of the features which used to distinguish the fairs of Greenwich and St. Bartho lomew's. No one but those who have had to exa mine the applications which have been sent in can form an idea of the curious nature of many of them. Many intending exhibitors, under the idea that the space allotted will be in proportion to that demanded, have applied for quantities far in excess of their actual requirements. The authorities do not recog nise that these demands give any title to space, and it will be the duty of the committees to see that those who may be deemed entitled to space obtain no more than is absolutely sufficient to meet their fair necessities. No one in any case can be consi dered an exhibitor until he has been so constituted by a committee. It has been stated that many of the exhibitors propose to use the cases which they have had made for former exhibitions, and it is well that they should understand that, owing to the very different nature of the building designed for the Exhibition of next year to that of any pre vious exposition, it is not likely that many of su ch cases could be used, even supposing that there was adequate space in which to place them. LADVERTISEMEN T.) —Holloway's Ointment and Pills Never at Fault.—ln all irritation of the skin, sores, ulcers, burns, and scrofulous enlargements of the glands, way's Ointment Ointment presents a ready and easy means of cure, which never disappoint the most favourable expectations. It manifests a peculiar power in restraining inflammation, removing stagnation, cooling th e heated blood , and check ing all acrimonious or unhealthy discharges. Whilst thus acting locally, the Pills are no less remarkable for their power in improving the general condition and habit of body, which render tho cures complete and permanent. Under the genial influence of these potent remedies the puny infant becomes the robust child, the pale and ema ciated regain colour and rotundity, and the dyspeptic eats freely without fear, MR. W. ETVAII7; M.P., 02V NATIONAL AFFAIRS. M.P., addressed Mr. W. E wart,his constituents, at Dumfries, on Friday evening last, in the Market hall, which was crowded in every part. The chair was taken by ex-Provost Leighton. Mr. E WART, after speaking of the beneficial effects of an annual visit by a representative to his consti tuents, for the interchange of sentiments, proceeded to speak of measures which had been introduced r ) in the last Session of Parliament. Referring first to Scotch measures, he said that to many of the Bl:ri,s introduced by the Lord-Advocate he had given his coi .dial support, but some of those Bills were not successful : the Rona'Bill fell by the wayside, and the ,Salmon Fisheries Bill was lost in the troubled waters of legislatvre ; but some did sur vive—for instance, the Scilool Bill, the County Registration Bill, and others. To the School Bill he had rejoiced to give his support, wishing to bet ter the condition of the schoolmasters of Scotland, but he did not think the Bill went far enough. The County Reg„;stration Bills were also supported by him. The Scotch members had a very practical way of settling their subjects of legislation. The Irish members were very fond of making long speeches, and sometimes, ho might say, not very quiet or composed or collected; but the Scotch members assembled and held a kind of Scotch Par liament; they discussed their measures before they . were introduced into the House of Commons, and were generally passed unanimously. ]gut they his constituent's would have a right to ask in the words of Shaksp care "not only how he was accom panied, but likewise how he spent his time." He had been engaged in the eLirly part of the Session on a very important committe e connected with the pub licswhich all of them woult I business of the house, consider might be considerably improved. (Cheers.) He had ventured to make a pr oposition which he hoped would be acceded to, and he thought it would—that one night in the week of the time of the House of Commons might be devoted to the serious. business of the country—that is, that one night in the week might be given to the public estimates, which was, perhaps, the most important public busi ness they had to transact. (Cheers.) He hoped they might see more rational hours in the House of Commons, and, as with other labouring men there are fixed hours in which they begin and terminate their labours, he hoped the same might be the case in the House of Commons, and that they would see no more of that irrational midnight, or indeed early morning legislation to which they had been too long accustomed. It was no great advantage to see a large number of the members in the arms of sleep, and he was reminded on such occasions of the lines of Cowper, which they might be allowed to parody : " Sweet sleep enjoys the chairman in the chair, And sleep tired members on the bench above, And sleep the clerks below." (Cheers.) He hoped they might have a more rational mode of proceeding, and that habits of business would be introduced—habits so far different that economy of labour would be the result. (Cheers.) The hon. gentleman next referred to the bills for simplifying the laws of England, to which he had given his labour and support, beli,9ving them steps in the right direction. Another question to which he had given much attention had proce,.'ded in a satis factory manner. Two or three years agk. l he found great attention directed to the question of British settlers in India, and he was happy to say tht2t, in conformity with the recommendation of the com mittee, the Government of India allowed land now to be sold in fee simple, in proprietorship—in fact, there was now freehold property in land to English subjects; and he thought that would be a great advantage in connecting the people of India with the people of England. (Cheers.) He believed that until there were such English settlements in India they would never dovelope the resources of that country. (Hear, hear.) Great interest had lately been taken in the question of the recent changes which had been made by the minute of the Council of Education in respect to the education of this country. This was a deeply important subject, and for his own part, if he must give his opinion, he would candidly confess he thought the Government had been too hasty in interfering with the arrange ment; they would have acted much more wisely had they paused. (Hear.) He thought that when men undertook a business under certain offers on the part of the Government they ought not to be hastily interfered with ; and he was afraid Govern ment had been somewhat premature on this occa sion. (Cheers.) COTTON CULTIVATIOA IN BENGAL. (From All the Year Bound.) Since the beginning of the present year, cotton has en grossed the attention of the British Indian Government. With an uncommon promptitude, it is exerting itself to the utmost extent compatible with the financial means of the country, towards facilitating an immediate increase of the production of cotton, as well as towards improving the means of bringing the product to shipping ports, in order to maintain the activity of Manchester and the manufac turing towns in Yorkshire. In a recent speech delivered in this country, Mr. Laing, the chancellor of the Indian ex chequer, frankly acknowledges the existence of serious diffi culties in the way of the Indian supply ever rivalling the annual supply from America ; but he still holds out the hope that the Indian Government will continue its efforts towards making England as much independent of America in the supply of cotton as possible. It has been said that the Indian cotton is inferior to that of America; that the present estimated annual production of the former is only 2,500,000 bales, being 1,500,000 bales less than what is consumed in England itself; and that it will take too long a time to facilitate the means of transport in India. But it has not been satisfactorily proved that these defects are irremediable. A superior mode of cultiva tion may improve both the quantity and quality of Indian cotton. From the earliest ages, India has supplied the finest mus lins, made of her own cotton, to various civilised nations. Not to refer to the Book of Esther (ch. i., v. 6), where the Sanskrit word karpas (for cotton) occurs, it is pretty well known that Indian muslins were used in Europe in the first century after Christ. The " seria3 vestes," so highly valued by the ladies of Imperial Rome, were made of Indian cot ton. The author of the " Periplus of the Erythrean Sea" mentions the extreme fineness and transparency of the muslins of India. Two Mahomedan travellers of the ninth century corroborate the above statement. They say, " In this same country (India) they make cotton garments in so extraordinary a manner that nowhere else are the like to be seen. These garments are, for the most part, round, and wove to that degree of fineness that they may be drawn through a ring of middling size." Further, the abroan, or " running water," the " shubnem, or " night dew," and various other so-called fine cloths, the delight of the females in the household of Mahomedan emperors, were also produced in India. Undoubtedly, the best muslins used to be manufactured in Dacca only ; but those of other parts of India were quite good for ordinary purposes. There is no intelligible reason why India should not retain, or rather regain, her position as a cotton producing country. If she had not a rival in America, and if planters had been encouraged instead of having been snubbed and libelled, the commerce of India in cotton would have been in a s ery different condition to day. In March last the writer passed through the district of Burdwur, in Bengal. He made many inquiries respect ing the mode of cotton cultivation, and a brief sketch of their results is now offered to the reader. The seeds of cotton collected from previous crops, and intended to be sown, are picked with care and dried in the sun. They are kept stopped up in a vessel, generally an old receptacle of oil or cla rified butter, and hung up to the roof of the hut used as a kitchen. Before the approach of the month of Aswin (September-October), the proper time of planting, the seeds are steeped in water for several days, and are then sown in acme rice manure : generally, the bedding of cowhouses. When the blades appear, the plants are removed to the ground already prepared. Hi g h lands are chosen for the crop, and are ploughed crosswise from 8 to 12 times until they present a level surface. The plants are then set in regular rows, distant about 2 cubits from each other. The labour of four men is necessary to the planting of one biggah (one third of an acre) in one day. The plants grow to the height of from .3 to 3i feet, their branches spread each way from 1 to 11 feet, the roots going to a depth of the same extent, and reaching sidewise the length of from 9 inches to 1 foot. In the months of Dec. and Jan., the labour of two men per biggah is employed in furrowing round the plants and weeding. Duri ng th e mont h of Falgoon (February - March) the plants flower, and the crop is gathered during the months of Vaishakh. and Jaishtha— in other words, from the latter end of April to the middle of June : May being usually the busiest m on th. Irriga tion is resorted to when there is a paucity of rain ;but, as a general rule, the plants are watered twice a month during March and April. The plants are not generally subject to any particular disease; though hailstorms during the ap proach of summer, and a kind of grub called lal-poka, or red insect, sometimes injure them. A crop is estimated at from 60 to 90 seers (211) to the seer) pe r biggah ; and the average proportion of wool to the seeds is as one to three nearly: the wool selling at less than 10 rupees (a rupee equal to 2s) per 30 seers. It has been estimated that more than 3,000 biggahs of land are under cotton cultiva tion in Burdwan, while the annual produce realises about 25,000 rs. Thc above tatateramt is partly applicable to several gthpr districts in lengal, such as Houghlee, 24 Pergunnahs, Barn.- set, &c. Content with what they have learnt from their ancestors, and wanting encouragement and example, the cultivators go on according to their old rude methods. It is more than probable that British skill can introduce many important improvements into the mode of cultivation. Nor are the people of India, at least of Bengal, unwilling to co operate with the capitalists of Britain. Conversation with more than one zemindar, or landholder, and with several cultivators at different places, brought out tb e fact that they would gladly turn their whole mind to the cultivation of cotton if they were properly remunerated. The latter clause is italicised, because it is the writer's belief that the culti vators rarely get adequate remuneration when they are employed by Europeans, such as indigo planters. Net that the European makes a rule of not paying for the work performed, but because their native servants deprive the cultivators of their due. These natives, as a class— whether they be in the employ of indigo planters or of zernindars, or even of Government—may be characterised as uneducated and unprincipled. It is from their intercourse with such natives that some English writers have un fortunately drawn their opinion of the national character Gain (by whatever means it may be secured) is the all-ab sorbing object of their lives, and they never miss an oppor tunity of extorting money from the poor ryots. The ryots are a timid race of men, who seldom darn make any com plaints, especially as the native officials take care to impress them with the falsehood that the saheb (meaning the Euro pean) is himself determined not to pay them more. (Should any ryot ever venture to lay his grievances before a Euro pean planter, he is generally met with a Chulla jao gadha " Get away you ass I" either because the European is duped by his wily servants, or because he thinks it inconsistent with his dignity to interfere with minor details; sometimes, perhaps, because of sheer idleness. The consequence is, that the ryots grumble, and blame their employers and jog on. What is the remedy for this evil? How ought the Bri tish capitalists to proceed with regard to the cultivation of cotton ? The unprincipled amlahs should be as much dis pensed with as possible. Employ educated natives, and ten to one they will prove themselves faithful both to their em ployers and the ryots. Give them decent salaries, and in the long-run they will prove to be cheap. The educated men in Bengal being generally resident about towns, may not be familiar enough with the mufussil, or provincial affairs, to be at once perfectly useful ; but their honesty and integrity will amply compensate for their want of local knowledge, -which they will soon acquire. Such employment will ren der the educated natives, the alumniof colleges and schools, far more useful to their country than they can now possibly be. These remarks are written by ene of the Hindoo race, N vho confidently hopes and believes that if British capita li'sts will adopt proper methods for the raising of cotton in Italia they will not only be able to invest their capital pro fitably to themselves, but will also be the instruments of conferring lasting benefits upon the people of that country. COUNIBY MARKETS. HULL—Ocr. 15. At our market to-day we had a small supply of English wheat, which sold freely, and prices were is to 2s advance on last week. Malting barley firmer, and grinding sorts in good request, at about the same prices as of late. Beans, peas, and oats all rather dearer. The linseed trade rather animated. Wheat.... Old white per qr. s2s Od to 58s Od Old red New white .. ~ New red .... ~ Dantzic Konb , &c. old white 54s Od to 63s Od Dutch, Belgian, and French sos Od to 58s Od Baltic and Hamburg, red. ._ s4s Od to 55s Od St. Petersburg and Riga, Old 46s Od to 48s Od Barley.... English malting . 32s Od to 36s Od Grin ding 3os Od to 32s Od Saal and Oderbruck Holstein and Danish s2s Od to 54s Od Grindittg 27s Od to 29s Od Oats English, old Archangel and Riga, per st.. 08121 d to 13d Friesland and Dutch osl3d to osl3ld Swedish and Danish osl2id to osl3d Beans ....English, old, per qr 48s Oa to 50s Od New pigeon . 42s Od to 44e Od New tick. 4os Od to 42s Od Egyptian Od to 40s Od Peas Foreign breakers Grinding Tares ....Spring. —s Od to —s Od Indian Corn Linseed, feeding crushing Linseed cakes (Hull) Foreign! 8 10 0 to 9 0 0 Rapo cakes Bones SHEFFIELD-OCT. 15. Red wheat, per load of 3 imperial bushels...l7s Od to 25s Od White ~ 7, ...25s Od to 28s Od New red t p ...178 Od to 2680 d New white „ 27 ...20s Od to 248 6d Beans 9 9 .. '...188,0d to 19s Od Peas, per qr Grinding barley, per qr 338 05 to 3550 d Malting ditto, „ , .. 37s Od to 408 04 Oats 1, 2ss 6d to 34s Od Millers' prices for flour-2s Odd, 2s 2d, and 2s 5d per 141 b. NEWARK. White wheat, new, 60s to 66s Red do. Ns to 62s Old white s4s to 56s Red do. 48s to 54s ' Barley, malting 33s to 42s Peas, .... —OaT. 15. Barley, grinding 28s to 33s Oats, old, .. 2BB to 30; New do 24s to 26s Beans. 46s to 50s Beans. new 37s to 40s ,36s to 40s. COAL MARK (Mos of Coal per Ton at e.d.l ET—Ocr. 16. the came of the market Walls_End. d." s. Riddell.. 17 0 Hetton - 19 0 Thorpe l7 3 Belmont 17 0 S. Durham Lambert's West Hart ley 18 0 Byass's Bebside West Hartley 18 3 Carway and Duffryn Malting 24 0 Do. Anthracite 21 6 Ships at marker t, 12; sold, 11. FOREIGN MAIL PACKET LIST. MAILS DUE. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton. Oct. 19. via Marseilles ... ...... Oct. Brazil and Cape Verds, by British packet. Nov. 4. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena.. Nov. 1. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton. Oct. 19. via Marseilles ...Oct. —. Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton .... Oct.:l9. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Oct. 19. via Marseilles Oct. —. India (Bombay), via Southampton Oct. 26. --. via Marseilles Oct. 20. Lisbon Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Oct. 19. via Marseilles Oct.'--. Newfoundland .. Oct. 30. Oporto and Vigo .. U. S. and British N. Amarica, by Brit. packet.... Oct. 24: —.by U.S. packet.... by Canadian packet. Oct. 16. W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe Oct. 10. Bahamas, via New York Oct. 24. Mexico ....0ct. 29. All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, `Oct, 29. California,and British Columbia.. A conceited packman called at a farm-house in the west of Scotland, in order to dispose of some of his wares. The goodwife was startled by his southern accent, and his high talk about York, London, and other big places. "An' whaur come ye free yersel ?" was the question of the goodwife. "Oh I I am from the Border I" " The Border. Oh I I thocht that ; for we aye think the selvidgo is the weakest bit o' the wab !"—Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character. ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND; —The following members of the College, having undergone the necessary examinations, were admitted Licentiates in Midwifery at a meeting of the Board on the 16th inst. :—. Messrs. Charles John Stewart , Monta g ue- p lace, Kentish town—diploma Tdiapylloomr,alovfomodemstobcek, rshoipxdoant—edAMprairlcl,6o ; hBlllB, Horaco 1859 ; Fre derick Sydney Howell, Maidstone, Kent—April 10, 1861; Owen Owen, Feramgyd, Anglesea—April 17, 1861; Josh. Silver thorn° Belcher, Royal Ophthalmic Hospital, Charing-cross --April 17, 1861; Henry Orford Rowland, Birmingham— April 18, 1861; and Charles Patrick Kemp, Crugsillack Cornwall—June 3, 1861, BIRTHS. KIEWAN.—On the 15th inst., at 53, Mountjcy square, Dublin, the Lady Victoria Mary Kirwan, of a daughter. ROTHSCHILD.—On the 14th inst., at Paris, the Baroness Alphonse de Rothschild, of a son. THOMPSON.—On the 15th inst., at Offton Vicarage, Suf. folk, the wife of the Rev. John E. Thompson, of a daughter. MARRIAGES. FELLOWS—HILL.--On the 15th inst., at Hampstead, Arthur Fellows, Esq., of Victoria, Vancouver's I s l an d, to Eleanor Caroline, second daughter of Sit Rowland Hill, K.C.B. JmNxiNs—FABER —On the 16th inst., at Northaw, John Bland 3, Jenkins, Esq., of Kingston House, Berks, to Alice Martha, third daughter of Charles Wilson Faber, Esq., of Northaw House, Herts. DEATHS. AIREY.—On the 14th inst., at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, R. AT A T i n re m Y E ' a t g h e e d B 7 t 3 h . inst., at 3, Nunhe a d-gro ve , Peck ham, Henry Attride, Esq., of the Stock Exchange, aged 71. BAKER. --On the 11th inst., Mr. John Baker, gunmaker, 315, Oxford-street, W. GELLATLY.—On the 12th inst., at Limehouse, Peter Gel latly, Esq., aged 64 . GROS VENOR.—On the 13th inst., at Ball s -p on d- roa d, Wil liam Limbery Grosvenor, formerly of 11, Cornhill, aged 84. HOLEBROOKE,—On the 13th inst., at 13, Victoria-grove terrace, Bayswater, Miss Catharine Holbrooke, aged 71. SIBTHORP.—On the 13th inst., at St. Leonard s-on-Sca; Gervaise J. Waldo Sibthorp, Esq., M.P., of Canwick Hall, near Lincoln, and of Potterills, Herts, aged 46. LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at TnE SUN Office, No. 112,Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the County of Middiceex, Thursday, Qctober 17, Ha,