The Sun. — London, England, 1863-11-24 00:00:00

T HE SOUTHERN CONFEDERACY (From the Special Correspondent of the 7imes.) CONFEDERATE CAMP, NEAR CHATTANOOGA, October 8, It is my' confident belief that, among the many fruitless victories which, in the last two and a half years, iv ive been gained by the Confederates, two will he , :eafter stand conspicuous as having afforded rare arld unexampled opportunities which were in- eredibly thrown away—the battle of Bull Run and the b&.ttle of Claickamanga. Twice only since the commencement of the war have the Federals been broken up " without hand ;" twice only has their def,eat been converted into irretrievable rout. In the many victories gained by General Lee in Virginia the Federals have always had a river behind them which has intercepted pursuit, or a fortified camp which was easily reached, or having retained,thongh defeated, such solidity as robbed their opponents of the decisive uses of victory. The exceptional victo ries of the war have hitherto been Bull Run and Chickanaanga, which by a Napoleon would have been converted, even with the limited means possessed by the Confederate generals, into an Austerlitz and a Marengo. That the advantages of Bull Run should have been unreaped can scarcely be wondered at, considering the early stage of the war when it was fought and the astonishment experienced by the Confederates upon finding themselves victorious. That Chickamauga should have been nothing more its details a bloody and unfruitful victory will , wh en details are fully known and deliberately weighed, be imputed to the general who chanced to command the troops that wren it as one of the least pardonable blunders and shortcomings of history. A recapitulation for the hundredth time of an other American massacre, an exposition of the mi nutiae of another sanguinary battle, which possesses little strategical interest and serves but to swell the tale of bloodshed without materially altering the relations of the combatants, would, if I mistake not, be as little to the taste of your readers as of him who would be called upon to furnish it for i their instruction. I shall, therefore, confine myself to general remarks about theßattle of Chickamauga, convinced that of all the battles which I have yet attempted to describe it is the least intelligible, unless a diagram accompanies the description. And hero I am compelled to premise that there is only one theory which can explain General Rosencranz's movements previous to the late battle without annihilating all his claims to generalship —the theory that he believes himself thoroughly acquainted with ,the General opposed to him, and ventured. upon great liabilities in his presence. Whatever my own conceptions as to General Roseneranz's abilities may have previously been it cannot be denied that the division of his army before the battle into three sections of 20,000 men, each. section acting at a distance of 70 miles from the other, while General Bragg's army, in a com pact mass, might strike whichever of these three isolated bodies he preferred, can be compared only to the strategy of General Hooker at Chancellors- Tine, and his partition of the Federal army into two sections, while General Lee acted upon a shorter and inner line between them. It is certainly to the credit of General Rosencranz that his three sections escaped annihilation by detail, although one of them (the central section) was vigorously struck at by General Bragg and the whole Con federate army. Discovering that a body of 20,000 Federals had. entered " the coves" (as they are here called) of ono of the woody mountains of Northern Georgia, General Bragg sent Gen. Hindman round to,strike them iu rear, while he himself, with the rest of his army, cut them off from escape by another road. The coves of the Allegheny cluster of moun tains, though far less majestic in feature, resemble greeely the cirques or oules of the Pyrenees, consist ing of deep recesses or culs-de-sac (the favourite haunts of racoons, squirrels, wolves, and bears) which run into the mountain side, and have no exit save through the gorge by which they are er.tered. Into such a trap did General lloserieranz venture to lead one-third of his astrey into the immediate neighbourhood of the covibined forces of hii foe. Never since the Cenidine Forks was there a better opportunity of fcapturing an entire army. By whose fault they escaped and slipped out of the noose I shall not at- tempt to discriminate. It is asserted by Genera Bragg, that the failure was General Hindman's, who is consequently under arrest ; it is asserted by Gen. Hindman that the fault lay in the orders of Gene. eel Bragg. Be that as it may, General Rosencranz, heving escaped from this scrape by the skin of his teeth, showed quick comprehension of the danger of his position, and with great promptitude got his three sections together in front of Chattanooga. It is admitted that every man in his army was en gaged in the battle of Chickamanga, and on the night of the 20th of September the whole mass, not leis when the battle commenced than 60,000 strong, crumbling like a loosened cliff, streamed in inextri cable confusion down the steep sides of Missionary Ridge, leaving more than 7,000 sound prisoners and 2,300 wounded and all its unburied dead, and 61 pieces of artillery and small arms, flags, and guidons ad nauseam in the hands of the victorious Confederates. 1e will be remembered that on the afternoon and F ight of Friday, the 18th of September, the Confe derate, army, which had been marching through s ni tlili ng ti be o ls_ of dust and crumbling reek since the mano g cr t e Monday, the 14th, crossed West Chicka serpent, and traversed which, tortuous and winding as a between Atlanta 13 times by the railroad and disehar:ta and Chattanooga, runs northward far from it,rrisitself into the Tennessee river not the only accession Upon the morning of the 19th Bragg had received of strength which General three btigad e , er from Virginia consisted of had gallant General Hood. General Longstre et but was that d a y enga, ( , l not as yet got to the front, journey from Atlanta e in performing the weary • though traver s ed by rtiirote, _ ‘uckamanga, which, miles in di stance, it „üb:n and not more than 130 th a n 40 hours, includin g tw q e u ti e ntlY took me more of railroad ca rs, to accomp ueil i ghts , in the filthiest Longstreet's d ivisions—that of uaAnother of Gen. not got up ; and still further th.eNPLaws—had noble brigade of Gen. Jenkins, of south rear was the which, much to its own disgust, has Carolina, gaged since the battle of Fredericksburgot. be en en _ D ecera. her last. Bra It seems to have been the belief of G en. who unquestionably hurried the battle on to gfi, the utmost of his power, that he would not have more than two out of the three suctions into whi pigt was known that Gen, Rosencranz had divided array to fight; but it is now established_ that on the 20th_ the last man of Gen. ROSellerallZ'S reserve was on the spot and put into the field, thoug h it is believed that the whole Federal army was not up on the 19th. The battle of the 19th was little more than a struggle for position, maintained by the Confede rates with a view to holding the ground where they stood; undertaken by the Federals with a view of driving their enemy across the stream. It resulted in a decided success for the Confederates, who not only held their own, but pushed their enemy a mile and half back, Two generals were specially distinguished during the day—Gen. Hood, who met a large flanking column of the enemy, by attacking it and driving with his usual vigour, • • it back in con - an; and Gen. Cleburne, an Irishman by birth, and oueb • a private in the English army, who, solely by his own . and is has risen to the rank of Major- General., General of nis by many considered the ablest stood before those belonging to Bragg's army as it reinforced by the troops from Virginia. Upon the occasion in question he made an attack upon a formlthibi e night fall, and contributca m position of the enemy at valnab a l terially to the success of the n ext day by the on the night of the 19th, e ground which he occupied At 11 o'clock on the night of the 19th Gen. Long street reached the head quarters of Gen. Brag g , an d w as immediately p u t in command ofth of the Confed erate arm y . orhis own corps, left wi ng c stood in Virgin ia, he had but thr ee brigades under as it Gen. Hood, and two brigades under Gm 11,Lu'nder Th e re were added , however, to his co mmand the corps of General Buckner, including the divisions of Generals Preston and Stewart, and also, outside of Buckner's command, the Bushrod Johnston. General Bragg's plan of battle (the same which he invariably pursues) was to attack along his whole lice, commencing on his right and allowing the at tack to be taken up suecessively by divisicn after division until it reached the extreme left. And here, according to General Bragg, commenvd the disas ters of Sunday, the 20th. General Poik was ordered to commence the attack at daybreak ; he did not commence until about 9 o'clock. For this omission he, like General Hindman, is under arrest, await ing the decision of ono of those many courts of in quiry to which these Western battles never fail to give rise. It is asserted that if General Polk had gained two or three hours in the morning there would have been enough light to reap the fruits of General Longstreet's victory before nightfall. It is hard in the light of several other incidents of the battle to credit this assertion. Shortly after 9 the battle began raging furiously along the whole Confederate tight, where fought Generals Polk, and D. H. Hill, and Breckinridge, and Cleburne, and many more, as gallant men as ever set squadron in the field. But here, coming, as I have, to the army of General Bragg, a stranger to its Generals and familiar only with the Army of Virginia, where I have spent so many pleasant hours, 1. must profess my surprise at ob serving the want of harmony and the utter absence of enthusiasm which prevails in this Western camp. It is not that the men are one whit l ess brave, or the Division Generals less able tha n those under General Lee; but, if I read matters aright, there is not at the head of this army that firm, mild, sa gacious, temperate wisdo m , b e f ore which petty dif ferences are hushed, which da un t s po li t i ca l i ntr i gue and self-seeking, and which presents to every man, from the highest to the lowest, a living example of purity, unselfishness, and patriotism, before whose lustre all historical characters of modern times, ex cept, perhaps, Wellington and 'Washington, pale their ineffectual fires. To the merits of General Bragg, by no means inconsiderable, I am far from being blind. But it is no injustice to him to say that he never can inspire enthusiasm such as is wanted in a mighty and unequal struggle of this kind in either his officers or his men. That this Western Confederate army if subjected to the com mand of a General whose character is electric, as was Stonewall Jackson's, might become the rival of the army of General Lee I have no manner of doubt; but in its present condition its choicest achieve ments will be, when engaged, level battles like Murfreesborough, or unimproved and unreaped victories like Chickamanga ; and, when at rest, dis satisfaction, heartburning, recrimination, such as have never been absent from the Federal armies, will continue to sweep like pestilence through its ranks, and disqualify it daily more and more for bringing its work to perfection. The attack of the Federal right was a disastrous failure. The Confederates fought well, but by noon were so incontrovertibly repulsed that all fight ing ceased for many hours. In the meantime, long before the repulse of the Confederate right was confirmed, General Longstrect had commenced his attack on the left. Steadily and irresistibly ad vancing, he swept away the head of every forma tion ; though often checked, and for the moment re pulsed, again and again he rode to the head of his troops, and, hat in hand, rising in his stirrups, with voice and gesture animated his men. Tho Western Federals are brave and hardy men, capable of being turned into as fine an army as ever shouldered mus ket, but it is no disparagement of them to say that they have been trained in a very different school, and are strung to deeds of inferior daring when put face to face with such troops as Virginia has sent to the west, under the leadership of such men as Gene rals Lougstreet, Hood, and Jenkins. Never in this war has any General been found who was superior to Gcn. Longstreet in the art of what is here called " putting in his men. " I have repeatedly during this last 12 months seen English and Austrian and Prussian officers in the Confederate camp full of an ticipation that they were about to see brilliant and intricate manoeuvres, because Gen. Lee's name as a great captain has spread far and wide. But it has not taken long to convince them that the manipu lation in the field of large bodies of undisciplined men cannot be too simple. Manoeuvres in the face of the enemy, sometimes, though rarely, attempted by the Federals, have never failed to lead to disas 'er. Having now observed upon many a battlefield the way in which the Confederates fight, I can attribute their almost invariable superiority in the field, and especially in pitched battles, gained as it has been in every instance by inferior numbers, to nothing so much as the method employed by Con federate officers in "putting their men in." From the very outset this has been for the Confederate army, from the highest to the lowest, a war of self sacrifice. Shirking danger, or avoiding hot places, or fighting a battle by deputy—that is, by means of orders carried to the front by staff officers, have been practices invariably eschewed by Gen. Lee - and his right and left arms, Generals Jackson and Longstreet. Right in front in every battle rides Gen, Longstrcet ; back wards and forviards along his lines unweariedly he circulates, the target at which thousands of bullets are aimed, of which not one has as yet ever struck him or his horse, observ ing where his men are wavering, and swiftly riding to their support, and carrying with him his weal known and inspiring presence, equivalent at the moment to a thousand fresh men. And here let me at once and finally state that from 11 in the morning until sunset Gen. Longstreet's onward career was not for more than intervals of a few moments arrested or delayed. Commencing with his line run ning north-east and south-west, he gradually swung round until it ran due east and west, and comprised within its control the main road to Chattanooga, and at nightfall, having described all but a circle, he found his Erica again stretching almost in the same direction as in the morning, but with their backs turned at night towards the point, whither their faces looked at daybreak. It was shortly after the troops had gained the Chattanooga road that Gen. Hood, riding in front with his men, was struck by a minie bullet, which shattered his thigh bone four inches below the hip. I am happy to record that he is doing admirably, and has suffered less from the amputation of his leg than he did from the wound in his arm received at Gettysburg. He is believed now to be out of danger. The great and most momentous struggle of the Battle of Chickamauga was that which comprised its closing scene, and to which I will now devote a few words. I have said that by noon the Confederate right, vigorously repulsed in its onslaught upon the strong mountain positions and earthworks of the Federate, was silenced, and desisted for several hours from further fighting. Meantime the steady, ° llward current of Longstreet's men could not be 'tetemed, as they swept everything before them on th e Gen, _ o C onfederate left, and compelled the attention of the left, he Hav ing disposedtt sencranz to his own flinching right. Hav his left column after of Gen. Polk and the Confederates on to ila:iftly commenced moving troops from of the c oefi , a r e i ght, aided materially by the inaction colu mn right. For upwards of two hours at Zeno of Federals streamed west ward, until ina Lt h Gen. Walker, who had long watched their ni sent to apprise Gen. Long upaogun.itude of which does not street of a move, the b it any notice from Bragg, Immedie.telyY seem to have drawn : i e la n t ewed operations on or to have been check e d he threw information reached right. vi G i e t n h . aLobnagasetrryeet of 12 pieces: Fed t e h r e a lc ;true w3h, Gen. o.iono l: Buckner n i e t r s Ilc i feutt i . ch opened forwardu upon the rear, and compassing heavily Federal But before the interference of prisoners. Buckner a large body of Federals had crossed from their left in the afternoon fac e d to their right, and General Longstreet, taking their. _ stand upon the - b are and bluff termination of Missionary Ridge, ape, which they had thrown up breastworks, and which, as being their last stronghold sou tenacity of th of the Chatta nooga works, they held with th e despair. It was, I believe, about the same time that Gene ralsngech interchanged d Bragg and Longstreet met , o r oommunicstions, this being, if I am not mistaken, ot the only intercourse which passed between them during the battle. General Longstreet, alluding to the fact that all fighting had ceased on the Con fede rate right, observed that if another division could be spared to him ho could make excellent use of it. The answer of General Bragg is stated to have been, "Our troops have been di• ass rously repulsed on tht' ri g ht- Even if you bad any of them you could get . THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 24, 1863, no further fight out of them." With such troops as he had Gen. Longetreet then addressed himself to the task of driving his enemy from the final posi tion which he had chosen, and here the struggle became fearful. In the first place Kershaw, of M'Laws' division, attacked in front and was repulsed. A similar fate at first was encountered, though only e fi n n t e t h d i a v t oenn; most o o s n t g s o t f r e i e t t e d n i g r e a c g t e e d d G a t e n e . h P i c r k e for a brief season, by Gen. Hindma n . It was at t hi s a a for the first ti me, t while a portio n o f i ts numbers swept further round the hill, moment af o r o n a nn ' s front, o support Kershaw in and took the enemy in flank. There are in this Western army two Kentucky generale, neither of them bred to arms, who have gained re putations whi c h w ill outlive those of many of their military cyqe , frres—l mean Gen. Preston and Gen. Breckinridge. The history of the latter, previous to the war, is well known to all Englishmen who take an interest in American affairs ; nor is it likely that Gen. Preston, though less well known, will be forgotten by those who made his acquaintance when United States' Minister to Madrid, or during his visits to England. His bearing on the slope of Missionary Ridge, under the setting sun of the 20th of September, will, if ever the American war be comes really historical, rank with that of Dessaix recovering the lost battle of Marengo, or with any other famous deed of arms ever witnessed upon earth. Slowly and under a withering fire, one of Gen. Preston's brigades, commanded by Gen. Gracie, and fighting its first pitched battle, deployed into line. As :they ascended the hill they reeled and staggered under the iron tempest which rent them, and Gen. Gracie, turning to Gen. Preston, exclaimed in agony, "We are cut to pieces." Calm as though he had seen a hundred fights, Gen. Preston replied, " You have not suffered half such a loss as my brigade sustained at Murfreesboreugh ; tell your men to fix bayonets, and take them at it again." The order was given, and nobly was it obeyed. Right up and over the slope they went ; their com rades swept up on the Federal flank; Hindman and Kershaw gallantly did their part ; simultaneously the Confederate right, long inactive, again advanced and drove the Federals, weakened by the reinforce ments sent to their right, from their works. The whole of Missionary Ridge was gained, and the Federals, in one long, confused, huddled mass, burst down the ridge, through the little village called Rossville, and along every other road and bypath they could find, and never stopped until theyreached Chattanooga. One trophy of the desperate strife is proudly shown by General Gracie's: men—the flag of an Alabama regiment, pierced by 83 bullet holes. the flagstaff severed in three places, but carried to the last by the same colour-sergeant, who still sur vives to wear the honours and enjoy the commission which he has so nobly won. I have neither space nor heart to point out how this majestic victory—the work (as every General of the many I have spoken to loudly avows) solely of General Longstreet—might, if General Long street had been in supreme command, have been converted into a " crowning mercy." Fresh troops upon the night of the 20th and morning of the 21st came up by shoals ; the Yankees had few works in Chattanooga ; if pursued they would not have stopped short of Nashville. It required only two unmolested days to give them fresh heart, as their fine position at Chattanooga, in the bend of the river, grew stronger and stronger while they lustily plied the spade, and General Bragg looked on from Missionary Ridge. Two days after the battle it was agreed unanimously by a council of war that the Confederate army should strike ei masse in the direction of Knoxville. But scarcely had the Division Generals commenced the execution of this resolve, when couriers from General Bragg an- nounced that he had changed his plan, and the army sat down, and has continued for nearly three weeks enveloping the town of Chattanooga and the treble Yankee lines which surround it. OCTOBER 9. The arrival this day of President Davis on a visi to the army of the West, the loud and scarcely sup pressed murmurs which, whether deserved or not, disqualify Gen. Bragg from handling successfully generals and soldiers who have manifestly no confi dence in him, have led to a general anticipation of change in the command of this army. But, for the present, there are no immediate symptoms of such a change, or of activity in this army's operations. Many of your readers must be familiar with the beautiful view at Eberstein, in the immediate neigh bourhood of Baden Baden, up the valley of the Murg and over the forests in which it is by some supposed that the legions of Varna perished. Not by any means dissimilar, though fir larger in its propor tions, is the view discerned from Lookout Mountain, which looms up on our left, and from which you look right down into the Federal works around Chattanooga. Far in the distance, like a silver thread, winds the sinuous Tennessee River, while from the rock upon which you stand, called Point Lookout, not more than 30 years ago the Indian savage used to watch his opportunity of attacking the flat boats as they descended the river—a wilder barbarian, but by no means a greater rascal, than the robbers of the Rhine, who 300 years ago watched from their eagle's nests and craggy castles, with a view to exacting toll from the boats that floated down the stream. I have seldom looked upon a fairer scene. The intense blue of the sky, the glowing tints of an American autumn, the brilliant atmosphere and vivid light, and in the far distance the peaks of a hundred noble mountains, some of them riven, or, as the French would say " tor mented," and twisted into gaunt shapes and pos tures, are such as to defy description. Then the effects of light and shadow, and the contrasts of colour are startling beyond anything I have ever seen, because in Europe there is no mountain scenery which is lighted by such a sky and sun as are familiar to all in North America. Here the square, solid front of a mountain juts out in a flash of golden hue against the filnk of another embosomed in woods and dyed in dark green and purple; there floating shadows, the reflection of casual clouds, scud across the landscape, until they have coursed away far out of view. Night falls, and a sight more full of a painful interest than any of nature's wonders strikes upon the eye. Two sections of a mighty nation, lately brothers, but now for ever divided by an ocean of blood, are lying in their long lines of battle, clutching the weapons with which they seek to re new their envenomed and fratricidal strife, and marking by their camp fires the narrow strip of darkness which divides them from each other. And here, among these lovely mountains, in scenes from which a quarter of a century ago the barbarian was ignominiously " crowded out," have civilised men come to boast their civilisation by imbuing their hands in the heart's blood of their brethren. It is not my impression, judging from the Federal camp and its tents, that a very large army of Federals is now lying before us. There are many methods by which a master of the art of war, such as Wellington, might force upon General Rosencranx an evacuation of Chattanooga, or impose upon him the necessity of attacking the Confederates in his front. But I will not enter upon this sub ject. Suffice it for the present to say, it is hardly probable that the inaction of these two armies can much longer continue, If General Bragg is dis placed, immediate activity on the part of the Con federates will, if i mistake not, be resumed. If the Confederate army continues to lie in its present attitude, General Rosencran z will probably attempt a diversion, by moving some portion of the large rein forcements which are joining him upon the left flank of his opponent's army. MRs. NORTON'S " LOST jAND SAVED" has been translated into German by Frederick Seybold, and published at Leipzig. Horniman's Tea is choice and strong, moderate in price, and wholesome to use. These advantages have s e ee o u n r s e t d an f t or su t ,c h .c i e s s,, T a general preference. It is sold in Packets by 2,280 Agents.[A.rrvEuTisPAlENT.]—Holloway's Ointment and Pills.-- cold. 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The Grand Ducal envoy is charged by his Government : 1. 1:o inform the Germanic Diet that the hereditary Prince Frederick of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Au- gustenburg has notified to the Grand Ducal Government the taking possession by him, as Duke Frederik VIII. of Holstein, of the succession created by the death of the King-Duke Frederick VII., in the federal countries of Eiolstein and Lauenburg. 2. Considering that from the former precedents brought to the knowledge of the German Governments and the high Federal Assembly an opposition to the legitimate right of sucees. , ,ion in the federal countries of Holstein and Lauen- burg may probably be raised in another quarter, to make ;he following motion : May it please the Germanic Confederation to guarantee and protect the legitimate right of succession in the Duchies of Holstein and Lauenburg, as well as the rights of the federal countries which are connected with this right, and which may be called in question in consequence of the change of reign which has taken place, and that without permitting that the said right of succession be in any respect terday, and that a deliberation was held in reference to the Duchies. A declaration of the Berlin Diet is anxiously looked for. The National Zeitung of Berlin contains the following : It is stated in several quarters that a lively diplomatic correspondence is proceeding between the Governments of Prussia, Austria, and those of the German middle States on the subject of Schleswig-Holstein. Austria, as it is known, has already often striven against the maintenance of the Danish united kingdom, and Federal execution was only a means to this end. The German Duchies should maintain some such a position towards Denmark as Hun gary to Austria, or as Poland by the six points towards Russia. The officious press of Vienna at first, after the death of the King, indulged in sanguinary views. However, in the latest Vienna journals a certain alteration of tone is already perceptible, and with the incorporation of Schleswig, sanctioned by the new King of the Danes, projects hitherto supported by Austria lose all ground. The resolutions adopted by the Vienna Court will depend in an important degree on the attitude of Bavaria and Wurtemberg, from whom Austria cannot wholly separate in the discussion of this great national question. Bavaria, in respect of the Glucksburg line, has just 'experienced in an important de gree the value which the Great Powers will attach to their London protocol under certain circumstances. . _ A Vienna correspondent of the Cologne Gazette asserts, however, that the Austrian Cabinet enter tains totally different views. At a numerously attended meeting of the inha bitants of the second electoral district of Berlin the following resolution has been adopted:— It is the imperative duty of the German people to take immediate steps for the establishment of the rights of the Duchies of Schleswig-Holstein, and especially so to act with respect to the National Representation and Governments, that these rights shall be forthwith practically promoted, even by the use of arms. The proclamation of Duke Frederic of Schleswig- Holstein has been posted in the reading-rooms of the Prussian Chamber of Deputies by the President of the Chamber, to whom the proclamation appears to have been forwarded directly. LAW INTELLIGENCE—Yesterday. ..--- VICE-CHANCELLORS' COURT. THE CORPORATION OF LONDON V. THE GOVERNORS OF ST, BARTHOLOMEWS HOSPITAL. This was an application with a view to raise and deter mine the question which has arisen between the corporation of London and the governors of St. Bartholomew's Hospi tal as to the right of the former corporation to the appoint ment of the Mayor as president of the hospital. The ques tion arose thus :—ln 1861 Alderman Carroll died, and the late Alderman Cubitt, then Lord Mayor, was elected presi- dent of the hospital. He, as will be remembered, continued Lord Mayor (having been elected for two years) until November, 1862. He soon afterwards resigned his office as alderman, and his resignation of that office was accepted, and also of his office as president. In February, 1863, he was, however, re-elected President. During the re sidue of the life of that respected gentleman, the ques tion now raised arose, which was in effect a question be tween "donation governors" and the corporation whether the governors had a right to elect whom they pleased (from among their own body) as president, or whether they were bound to elect the Lord Mayor for the time being, or an alderman that had passed the chair; and it was intended to raise the question by quo warranto. The lamented death of Mr. Cubitt, however, prevented this, and created another vacancy—and, as the corporation and the donation gover nors deemed this a good opportunity for raising the ques tion in this court, it had been arranged that it should be raised by an application for a mandamus. On the occasion when Mr. Cubitt was re-elected president, the then Lord Mayor—Mr. Alderman Rose—was also a candidate. Notice was given to the governors that the corporation claimed that he should be elected, and that therefore all votes given for Mr. Cubitt would legally be thrown away. Hence it will be seen that the present application was to the gover nors to admit Mr. Alderman hose to the office of president. The question turns upon the construction of the ancient charters and " orders" of the hospital (which were set out at length in the affidavit of Mx, Woodthorpe, the town clerk)—and it appeared that it mainly turns upon the "order" of the hospitals of King Henry VIII. and King Edward VI.--viz., St. Bartholomew's, Christ's, Bridewell, and St. Thomas's, which ran thus : "First, how manye governours shal be elected; the maner of their election. The number of persons that shal governe the said iiii hospitalls shal be lxvi at the leaste ; and xiiii of them to be aldermen (that is to say),—vi gray clokes, and viii callabre with lii grave commoners, citizens, and fremen of the said city--and ii of the aldermen of the anncients gray clokes to be governors-generall of all the said iiii hospitalls ; and other xii aldermen shall be divided equally to the iiii houses—that is to say, for every house iii aldermen, whereof one shal be a gray cloke, who shal be their president." The affidavit of the town clerk stated that "gray cloke" meant an alderman who had passed the chair, or was Lord Mayor at the time; and that, from a comparison of the lists of presidents with the lists of aldermen and lord mayors, it appeared that since 1554, the date of the above order (which it was stated had never been rescinded) in a great number of instances the president was qualified according to that order, and that it did not appear that in any instance he was not so. Upon this affidavit, Sir Fitzroy Kelly, Q.C. (with whom the Common Ser geant, Q.C., Mr. Bovill, Q.C., and Mr. Archibald), moved, on the part of the Lord Mayor and corporation, for a rule for a mandamus to the treasurer and governors of " the House of the Poor in West Smithfield, in the suburbs of the city of London, of King Henry VIII.'s foundation," commonly called St. Bartholomew's Hospital, to admit W . A. Rose, Esq., to the office of president of the said house. Sir Fitzroy stated the substance of the charters and orders, so far as they bore upon the question, and said that no question had ever before been raised as to the qualification of the preeidents being what the corporation contended. The re cords of the corporation had been diligently searched, and no evidence was discovered tending at all to throw doubt upon their claim. The Court granted a rule nisi. PARKINSON V. COPELAND. This was an action ;n the superior court to recover the sum of 9s Bd, which was recovered, and the question now arose as to costs. There was an ancient rule that (except to try title) actions for sums under 40s ought not to be brought in the superior courts, as being beneath their dignity. Then the County Courts Act provided that, except in special cases, the plaintiff should not recover costs of suing in the supe rior courts in cases under £2O, unless under special cir cumstances, or unless the parties resided or carried on business more than 20 miles apart, and it has been decided that the act means "as the crow flies." In this case the affidavits were contradictory as to distance, but the plain tiff swore it was 17 miles as the crow flies and 19k by the road. There had been no application to stay the action, as beneath the dignity of the courts under the ancient ruie. There was, it appeared, a bona fide dispute as to a larger sum being due, and the defendant had not applied to stay the action on payment into court of the small sum ultimately recovered. It was a case of contract, and so it was not within the t,ld act of Elizabeth which gives a right to the judge to certify in actions for wrongs to deprive the plaintiff of costs in cases under 405., and for the same rea son the case was not within the last Common Law Proce dure Act, 1860, which gives a similar power in cases of alleged wrong under £5. Mr. Joseph Brown argued on the part of the defendant that he ought not to pay costs. It was, said the learned counsel, much to be lamented that, after all the legislation that had taken place upon the subject, the judges had not power to certify to deprive plaintiffs of costs in cases of con• tract or debt under 40s. ➢lr. Justice Blackburn observed that he had often wished that he had not such a power. Mr. llarington argued for the plaintiff that he was en titled to costs. There was a bona fide dispute as to amount, and the defendant bad not moved to stay proceedings on payment of the sum really due, but had chosen " to fight the matter out." Mr. Justice Blackburn observed that the parties would probably spend much more than the amount of the costs in fighting the question of costs. Had they not better agree to abide by the distance as measured on the Ordnance map ? Mr. Harington said ho would agree to that, and he could find on that map the position of his own house. Mr. Justice Wightman said, judging from their affidavits the parties would not agree as to where their houses were on the map. (A laugh.) In such cases it was his practice to refuse the application for costs unless the plaintiff made it out very clearly that the distance was more than 20 miles. The Lord Chief Justice said the intention of the Legisla ture was that small matters like this should be tried in the county courts, and if parties chose to sue in the superior courts they must, in order to recover costs, make it out clearly that the distance was above 20 miles. In this case it was not so made out, and therefore the rule for costs must be discharged. THE QUEEN V. THIRLWIN. In this case, ac the last election of councillors for Bolton, Mr. Thirlwin was elected by a majority of one, for one of the wards. Mr. Welsby now moved for a rule for a quo warranto against him, on the ground that several of his votes were in the names of dead men. The Court granted a rule nisi. JORDAN V. GIBBONS.' This was an action against Colonel Gibbons for giving the plaintiff into custody for creating a disturbance in a house in which the colonel had lodgings. It was tried before the Lord Chief Justice in this court at the last sittings, and as it was not proved that the plaintiff had committed an assault or an actual breach of the peace, the Lord Chief Justice was of opinion that he was entitled to a vercusto dict, as thete:was no justification for giving him into dy, although there was for removing him out of the house, and the jury gave him £2O damages. There was a motion r ig a new trial, but it was refused, as the direction was right ; but the Court granted a rule to reduce the damages, on which 1 Mr, Karsdake , Q.C., n ow appeared, and intimated that the counsel for the plaintiff had agreed to reduce the damages to £lO. Mr. Sergeant Parry, on the part of the defendant, con sented, and a rule absolute was granted accordingly. injured. To immediately deliberate with this object on the means by which, in case of need, the Germanic Confederation can defend and put in force the rights in question. The Grand-Ducal and Ducal Houses of Saxony make this motion : May it please the High Federal Assembly to decree as follows : That measures be taken into consideration which, under present circumstances, shall appear opportune to it to gua rantee, in consequence of the change of Sovereign which has taken place in the kingdom of Denmark, both the rights of the countries which have hitherto formed with that kingdom one monarchy, and the ri ghts of the Ger manic Confederation in their totality. These Governments adduce besides the following proposition : " That in no case will the High Federal Assembly, before a resolution has been taken by it on this subject, tolerate any act whatever by which the present King of Denmark would constitute himself, in presence of the Germanic Diet, Duke of Holstein and Lauenburg, consequently that the High Assembly does not recognise, and does not under any circumstances admit, an envoy to the Diet appointed by the reigning King of Denmark for Holstein and Lauen- burg. The Governments of Saxe - Weimar-Eisenache, of Saxe-INTeiningen, and of Saxe-Altenburg protest solemnly against every act of this kind. The aforesaid Governments believe themselves the more bound to formulate this protest as, for the present, and without prejudice to the eventual right of third parties, they acknowledge the hereditary Prince Frederic of Schleskig-Holstein•Sonderburg - Augustenburg as legiti mate Duke, by right of succession, of the Duchess of Hol- stein and Schleswig. The envoy of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha is charged solemnly to protect the rights of the very august House of Ernestine of Saxony to the succession in the Duchy of Lauenburg, and to make the following motion Whereas his Highness the Duke of Saxe-Coburg Gotha has recognised the hereditary Prince Frederic of Schleswig-Holstein, of the line of the Augustenburg,, as Duke of Schleswig...Holstein ; and whereas, notwithstand ing this, the former envoy of the august deceased, Frede ric VII. of Denmark, Duke of Holstein and Lauenburg, has appeared in the Diet, the ducal envoy is compelled to solicit the dismissal of the Danish envoy, and to protest against his participation in the debates of the Diet; and also in case another prince than the aforesaid Prince Frederick of Schleswig-Holstein should raise claims to the succession in the Duchies, to propose to the Germanic Diet that the Confederation, by virtue of the obligations furnished in the fundamental laws, protest, and, if need be, put in force, by the necessary meaus, the right of Prince Frederic as Duke of Schleswig, -Holstein. The German papers received yesterday are busily occupied in discussing the affairs of Schleswig- Holstein, and contain opinions and narratives of occurrences drawn from all sources with a view of showing that the Duke of Augustenburg is the rightful heir to the Duchies. A few extracts are selected. The Frankfort Gazette of the 18th inst. says : At the commencement of the sitting of the Legislative Assembly to-day Dr. Stern moved the following resolution —" That the Legislative Assembly should urgently request the Senate to pronounce the recognition of the hitherto hereditary Prince as the actual Duke of Schleswig-Holstein and Lauenburg, and that this recognition should be most urgently brought forward and supported in the organ of the German Federation by the representative of the Free City of Frankfort at the Diet." Dr. Stern declared that the moment was now come when Germany should protect the recognised and undoubted right of the Duchies, or it must be given up for ever. Germany must fulfil its duty and protect these German provinces frola usurpation. The Bund had never recognised the London protocol of 1852, and had no right to receive a representative of the protocol prince. It was the duty and the right of the Diet not only to disown but also to protect and guard itself against each opponent whom it did not recognise, and who might make an attack of any kind against it. If the Free City of Frank fort should make no motion, the Legislative Assembly must exert itself for a cause which each German recognised as a righteous one. Dr. Kugler supported the proposition, as it was the duty of each German to maintain the cause. This question would show whether German patriotism yet dwelt in the hearts of German princes, The resolution was una nimously adopted. At the sitting of the Diet on Saturday last many propositions were made and documents handed in, which, if they did not afford subjects for imme diate discussion, certainly increased the labours of the committee nominated upon the subject. From the banks of the Elbe we learn that the greatest interest is felt as to the further progress of events, and that an announcement of the intentions of Prussia respecting the recognition or non-recog nition of Duke Frederic is anxiously awaited. An Altona correspondent says : Private letters from Copenhagen state that the English and French Ministers Plenipotentiary urgently advised the King to sign the constitution for Denmark and Schleswig ; but that the King was mainly induced to do so by the re presentatives of the chief of the police of Copenhagen, who declared that he could not answer for the peace of the city if the signature were further delayed. A letter from Kiel, of the 20th inst., says : Public feeling is much excited here, but no disturbance of the peace has hitherto taken place. On Wednesday many patriotic men from all parts of the country were pre sent here, and among them were many deputies and repre sentatives of the Diet. In the evening about 200 of these persons assembled, and made known that they were unani mously of opinion that the Estates should promote the here ditary right of Duke Frederic of Augustenburg, and should take steps in the right place to support the cause of the duke. The deputies drew up their proposition yesterday, and in the afternoon those not resident at Kiel left by the railway, saluted by loud cheers from their fellow members. During the day frequent conferences were held amongst small bodies of the representatives and deputies. From Hamburg we learn that the following ap peal was being circulated in the Duchies : Countrymen and Schleswig-Holsteiners,—lt has pleased God to remove our King Duke from this earth. The King of Denmark, Frederic VII., is dead. Our legitimate duke is now the hereditary Prince Frederic of Augustcnburg. The moment has now arrived in which the Duchies of Schleswig-Holstein are legally separated from the throne of Denmark. Hold firmly to your rights. From Hamburg we also receive the following intelligence, dated the 20th inst : A meeting, comprising more than 1,000 Schleswig-Hol steiners, partly residing here and partly in the Duchies, as sembled here yesterday evening, near the Holstein gate, in order to discuss the questions affecting the Duchies, and to pass resolutions thereupon. Prevented from hold ing their meeting at the place intended, they repaired to another locality which was also near Altona, but here again opposition was offered to their assembling. They only gained their end by meeting in a third place, the Walhalla on the thlenhorst (before the Ferdinand -gate, near the Alster). The meeting lasted from 9 o'clock at night till 12, and de cided on the recognition of the hereditary Prince of Augus tenburg as Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, and afterwards telegraphed the resolution agreed upon to the hereditary Prince-Duke at Gotha, through the medium of the Coburg- Gotha Minister, M. Samwer. The Berlin Allgenzeine Zeitung contains the fol lowing letter from Stuttgardt, dated the 19th illBt. The news from the north has created an extraordinary excitement here. The name Schleswig-Holstein still enjoys a popularity entirely its own, and public sympathy for the country is maintained, and even from Suabia similar evi dences are apparent. The recent events, which at least present the possibility of a favourable solution of the diffi cuLies, have powerfully contributed to kindle this feeling, and now a ray of hope begins to shine again. When the manifesto of the Duke of Schleswig-Holstein was made known yesterday evening by a supplement to the 'Swabian Mercury, a feeling of joy spread through the city. A meeting was immediately held, a committee was formed, and it was resolved that the People's Assembly should be convened for to-morrow, for the purpose of drawing up an address to the Government, requesting it to recognise the duke, and to take steps for supporting him at the Federal Assembly. In the meantime private circles are busy devis ing means to provide practical means for supporting the right of the Duchies. The Chamber, which meets on Wed nesday, will immediately proceed with the subject. It is stated that a meting of the Privy Council took place yes- SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. PosT.—lt is not without sincere regret that the English Government is about to decline to give its adherence to the proposed European Congress. We cannot but feel that the purpose of the Emperor Napoleon was worthy of admiration, but at the same time it has not appeared to the statesmen of this country that the means by which he wishes to carry out his projects of peace would in reality effect what he aims at. We objected at the outset to a vague Congress, to be convened for indeterminate purposes. This objection has been met in the most candidspirit, and whilst the Cabinet of Paris naturally felt that it would be impossible to trace out a positive pro gramme, and to determine for the Congress what would in some measure appertain to its own deci sion, nevertheless it has been understood that pre liminary negotiations might be entered upon which could hardly fail to have the result of confin ing the deliberations of the representatives of Europe to pending questions. Thus it became evident that a Congress was to be summoned, not to recast the map of Europe, nor to attempt the solving of new problems, but to settle in a business-like way the mat ters which give rise to present uneasiness and menace us with future complications. With this intention the suggestion was thrown out that if the Congress could succeed in dealing with Poland, Schleswig-Holstein, Italy, and Moldo-Wallachia, it would amply fufil the aims which originated the proposition for its meeting. To practical minds in England this has seemed a scheme presenting too many difficulties for its realisation. Negotiation has already failed with Russia, and it is thought here that while we could say nothing more in Congress than we have already said in despatches, to which we have a final answer, it would hardly become us to meet her with the olive branch in our hand and no new re solution in our heart, while she still continues her career of extermination in Poland and when her representative would appear with a sword still drip ping with the bloodshed we fain would arrest. If we turn to other questions other obstacles meet us. True, the state of Holstein is menacing, and the re lations between Germany and Denmark in much peril; but what could a Congress effect that is not already secured by the treaty of 1852, by which the great Powers and many of the minor German States are already solemnly bound If they de not observe its letter, all conventions are butes so much waste paper. Even the very States, Hanover and Saxony, which have lately been directed to carry out the Federal execution in Holstein, are parries to the Treaty of 1852, and by it obliged to main tain the rights of King Christian. If duty and honour fail to bind Kings and Governments, of what use is it to register in Congress Acts which could derive no additional value from that process ? If, again, we look to Italy, what can we effect there ? The Austrian would quit the assembled plenipotentiaries the moment the word Venetia was mentioned. Of what avail would it be even for a majority of the remainder to record their wish that the Kaiser should abandon his hold on that portion of Italy ? The wish would be as value less as if it were uttered by the Anthropological Society. A Congress could have no power to de stroy existing rights. Independent Powers would each in its own interest refuse to acknowledge a new and unheard-of despotism. No State would be safe if existing law were tampered with or ignored. And while Italy was treated of, sup posing Venice to be passed over, would King Victor Emmanuel be glad to see his limits per manently traced and all hope for the Queen of the Adriatic for ever shut out? Would he feel that any sanction of the Powers in Congress would give any useful validity to that ample recognition of his rights of which he is already in possession? Or would it serve any real or tangible end to record once more the profession of France that she is desirous to quit Rome ? While it seems difficult to answer these questions in any satisfactory manner, still more hopeless does it appear to expect to attain any good result by meddling with and opening up the great Eastern question. Russia would gladly seize the opportunity of asking to be relieved from the obli gations she entered into in 1856, while she would pre fer endlees accusationsagainst the Porte, and seek to sow seeds of new troubles in every part of Turkey. Such are a few of the difficulties that are aroused in this country, and all that can be urged to dis miss them is, that by refusing to meet questions you do not'dispose of them, and that it might be preferable to discuss, face to face, and to attempt to settle quickly, those affairs which must inevitably form the subject of protracted negotiations between Cabinets! On weighing the advantages of the course proposed against the disadvantages, the latter seem to English minds to weigh down the scale, and Ap prehension sways the balance against Hope `Whilst, therefore, we admit the force and eloquence with which the Emperor advanced the scheme which his fertile and ingenious mind suggested ; whilst we concede that if high purpose and strict logic could rule the world, the proposed meeting might bring about great results, it strikes Englishmen that this new remedy will not in reality heal old sores or prove a specific against new complaints. The Ministers of a constitutional country do not feel themselves justified in advising their Sovereign to send her representatives to a meeting which they regard as Utopian. We cannot blame them for this. It is a great responsibility to assent to a Congress which might only become the beginning of discord. And we must admit that though such a meeting, as in days gone by, may be necessary after a great convulsion, it is difficult in peaceful times to consti tute any other tribunal than that which holds its seat in the general conscience and finds its expo nent in public opinion. TIMES.—The mutual struggles between the Go vernors of St. Thomas's Hospital, the public, the united and divided parishes on the south side of the Thames, the Governors of Bethlehem Hospital, the Metropolitan Board of Works, and everybody who could get hold of a corner of interest in the matter, seem likely at last to have been finally decided. A general Court of Governors, held on Tuesday last, approved an agreement entered into by the Grand Committee with the Metropolitan Board of Works for the purchase of seven acres of ground to be re claimed from the river at Stangate, and the agree ment only awaits the sanction of the Court of Chancery to be finally settled. The public will pro bably think that the sooner this is done the better. A better site might, no doubt, have been found for the Hospital than Stangate. The course which re commended itself to common sense was for St. Thomas's Hospital to remove to the site of Bethle hem, and for Bethlehem to be removed into purer air and larger grounds in the country. Common sense, however, is not to be expected in Grand Committees, and the short-sighted rapacity of the Governors of Bethlehem made such an arrangement impossible. Failing that, and finding that public opinion would not allow them to indulge their singularly original project of a metropolitan Hos pital in the country, the Grand Committee must have been glad to find so good a site as Stangate at their disposal. They must, indeed, have had a troublesome time of it the last nine months. It would be interesting to know the feelings which are entertained by the Grand Committee towards the Directors of the South Eastern Railway Company. To be turned out of their old domain, and to be left to find seven acres in London wherever they could, and, worse than that, to be exposed to incessant petitions, remonstrances, and threats from the parishes of Southwark, to an infinite amount of all sorts of advice, and finally to be handed over to the tender mercies of the Metropolitan Board of Works —all this combined can hardly conduce to a state of benevolence towards its authors. Perhaps, indeed, the consideration may explain the otherwise unac countable fancy of the Governors for removing a London charity entirely away from London. They may have wanted to get as far away from the South Eastern Railway as possible. There is not much to complain of in the site they have at last deter mined on. In some respects it is even better than Bethlehem. We are hardly able to judge of it fairly yet, for, in fact, it hardly exists. We associate the side of the river opposite the Houses of Parliament with filthy mud-banks and smells the reverse of wholesome; and it must be confessed that, as the Thames exists at present, its banks do not seem ve m ry .. eligible sites for a hospital. But it muat b eefing Temethe bered that we are steadily and surely river from its impurities, and when that w v o olume of complished its banks will enjoy a greater . other site. The pure air than can be obtained in an y . frkis stipulates ewit that h the e e a those n d boyf two the th e landM rec laimed some time after banked by Dec. 31, 1865; it etreohpeolllibtaenllrebßloaaiterdedofanWd Works that before the new Hospital is bui e l n. t, time it can be occupied the new drainage scheme i e ver affords a river considerably ought to be uompleteaddvaanndcethde. emban kment w When Will be few will be as switoerekesear eastutcheyesesrfu:(l3yoceaarsraiendt.ouTt htheerr cheap and easy means o f access to the Hospital, and the site of the new Hospital complete a reproductiott as possible of that of the old St- Thomas's at Lendon.bridge. As everybody except the Governors of Bethle hem wa nted to get hold of the Hospi it Hospital, was to be expected that wherever the Governors went they would leave a train of dissatisfied claimants behind them. It is not surprising. therefore that the St. Olave's district Board of Works and the other parishes of Southwark object to the site as " highly inconvenient to the sick poor of Southwark.' They have not, howev er , ver y much to complain of. The new site will certainly not be inaccessible to tho Southwark population. The distance from London -bridge to Westminster -bridge on the south side of the river is not at all formidable, and Guy's Hospital remains to answer the more immediate wants of the old neighbourhood. Besides, the city has grown to the west far more than to the east, it continues to grow in the same direction, and it is not unreasonable that the Hospital should to some extent advance with the population. Indeed, the me re removal of the Hospital may prove an advan tage. Guy's and St. Thomas's were unreasonably near each other, and to separate them may very much increase their usefulness. Two large Hos pitals within a stone's throw of each other is too much for any neighbourhood, and, so long as St. Thomas's is not entirely divorced from its original purpose, it will be just as well that it should come within the reach of the western population. The fact brought forward by a member of one of the deputations on Tuesday, that more out-patients have been treated at the Hospital during the time it has been at the Surrey G a rdens than in any cor responding time of its old situation, seems to prove that it has been brought within the range of a. population which requires its help. The fact, how ever, only serves to show the advtantage of re moving it from its old site, and throws no light upon the relative advantages of the Surrey Gardens and the Stangate sites. It is very possible thatifhe just the same result might have been arr i v ed at t Hospital had been removed at once to Stangate. The founders of our old Hospitals would probably have be©n astonished if they could have witnessed the public interest which has been excited about the removal of St. Thomas's. When they founded si simple benevolent institution they could never have imagined that the question of its site would be hotly debated by all the parishes of Southwark, that it would engage the active attention of the public press, and would even be considered a knot worthy the interference of so great a divinity as the Home Secretary. But hospitals, like colleges, have become no longer private or independent establishments, but great public institutions, indissolub l y bound u p with the well-being of the community. Hospitals are now as necessary an element in our social orga nisation as courts of law and universities. With the vast increase of our population they have become ' absolutely essential to the general health, and if they did not happily exist by p r ivate mu nificence, It would be necessary to establish them by public authority. In short, they are institutions of a not merely charitable, but a necessary public use, and. the public, therefore, have a right to expect that they will be managed with the best possible regard. to the general advantage. It is satisfactory that the L governors of St. Thomas's have at least not disre garded this claim. COUNTRY MARKETS. COLCHESTER—Nov. 21. There was a fair supply of wheat to-day, and the er treme rates of last week were realised ; for extra quality Is per qr more money. Barley of fine quality is per quarter dearer, but other sorts neglected and is cheaper. Beane and peas were sold slowly at late prices. Wheat, white ..44s 50s Beans, Mazagan..2Bs 328 red ..40s 44s middle & 5ma11.328 364 Barley Oats GLOUCESTER—Nov. 21. There was a plentiful show of English wheat to-day: and the demand was good. In some instance for fine sorts an advance of is on the currencies of last week was paid. Foreign wheat more in demand, and at the extreme prices of last week. For fine barley former rates were maintained, but inferior sorts were lower. Oats, beans, and peas were unaltered. CHELMSFORD—Nov. 20. At this corn exchange to-day there was a moderate busi ness done. The prices of las - , week were is in advance. The business in other articles was fair, and unchanged in. price. Wheat, old white 30s 47s new 44s 48s old red 34s 408 new 38s 42s Barley ..27s 36s Chevalier 2Bs 39s Grinding 22s 31s Malt. 6lB 67s Peas, Partridge White 38 s 390 Boiling .. 30s 410 Dun 335 365 Ditto new —s .--s Beans, Tick, old 34s 399 new —s --s Harrow Ticks 3ss 409 new —s - 41 Mazagan 3os 386 Chevalier . ..... ,64s 69s Oats 20s 28s KIRKCALDY GRAIN—Nov. 21. We had large supplies of all descriptions of grain at our market to-day, which sold freely. Wheat 10 and oats 64 per qr higher than the rates of last week. Wheat. Barley. Oats. First....33s Od I 25s 6d 15s Od Second .. 35s Od 27s Od 16s 6d Od 30s Od 19s Od COAL rt Prices of Coal per Ton al A.ItKET. tne close of the market. 0, do s. d. Eden Main ..17 0 Hastblgs Hartley ....16 0 Lambert's West Hart- ' Walls End. Haswell l9 9 Cassop .. • • 9 Caradoc lB 3 K elloe Gosforth l6 6 Hartlepool lB 6 Hetton 19 0 Heugh Hall l7 9 South Kelloe.. l7 9 East Hartlepool lB w ?IL South Hatton ...... l9 473 ; sold. 41. _ ley 15 9 Byass's Bel side West Hartley 16 0 Wylam 17 0 Walls End. Riddell l6 9 Trimdon Hartlepool 18 0 13rs.ddylr Hetton 17 9 Ships at marker Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton ..Dec. 19 ' via Marseilles ......... Dec. 13. Brazil and Cape Verds, by British packet. Dec. 4 Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helen a .. Nov. ~„ China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton. Dec. 2. via Marseilles ...Nov. 'a • Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Dec. 2. via Marseilles Nov. 21. India (Bombay), via Southampton ......N0v. 26. via Marseilles Dec. 6. Portuga 1.... Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton .Nov. 26. via Marseilles ........ Nov. 27. Newfoundland .. Nov. 25. Oporto and Vigo U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet.... Nov. 25, by U.S. packet.... by Canadian packet. Nov. 27. W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe.. Dec. 10. Bahamas, via New York Dec. 17. iVlexico All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Nov. 2 8 . California. and British Columbia.. Peru ' i Dec. 28. THE SUPPLY OF BULLION IN THE BANIC UP FRANCE still continues to decrease, the loss since the lo t return was made up being about £300,000. Heavy ebir ments of specie have been made from Marseilles to Indi a and Egypt. 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CUMBERLAND. —On t h e 22d _ inst., at W o l ver ' s D e ane ! Hants, the wife of Major B. Cumberland, l a te 42a Roy al ' High l an d e rs, of a daughter. STRACgE y • —On the 21st inst., at Clifton, the wife of Si r Edward Strachey, Bart., of Sutton Court, of a son. SPENCER. —On the 22d inst., at Northflest, the wife of "W• Spencer, Esq., of a son. TAYLOR. —On the 22d inst., at 54, Upper Berkeley-stre et) the wife of J. L. Du Plat Taylor, Esq., of a son. • Marriages. CANNING—GEN/sr.—On the 19th inst at the parish ch urcll of Hampstead, George T renc h ar d C ' anning, - Esq., Cha u d ! Somerset, solicitor, to Eliz a b e th Bithi a , un e r daug'' ter of the lat e R ev. George Gunn. younger .• WINHA M — DAVIDSON.—On the 19th inst., at St. ra -'l4 Knightsbridge, t h e R ev. D an i e l Winhath, M.A bent of Erid ge , S ussex, to El i za. youngest dati ~, ghter of Walter S. Davidson, Esq., of Lowndes. square. Deaths. COFFIN.—On the 22d inst., at his brother's residence, 41j Prince's-gate, Hyde-park, William Coffin, Eblll ag 73. CRAKE.—On the 22d inst., at St. Leonard's-on-Sear I lr/33 ! Crake, Esq., of 10, Stanhope-street, Hyde-park - ga rdener aged 77. Green' HARRISON.—On the 23d inst., at Stanhope Lodge) ford, Stephen Harrison, Esq., aged 33. PILCH.—On the 19th inst., at Broadstairs Lieut. Williams Pilch, a Naval Knight of Windsor, mid who served Nelson's Fleet at the Battle of Trafalgar, aged 71. RosKELL.—On the 22d inst., at Brompton, Miss Raw' R.I.P. sir SCOTT.—On the 21st inst., at St. Leonard's-on-Sear. Francis Scott, Bart., of Great Barr Hall, Staffordsh ire aged 39. then show( Thktt A46rail iesu hat -111,3,C IN'ov e 69; I Ti e ja e : In I ire / The com p , 'pretel 4 trord am a With Fire v ve] f] ...__ S' th e C: ~-r li On ( Mai vro , t. ' i -teat} tbie, ,o) '44 Ti Arlsi Ttr, LpF 3 , tai