The Sun. — London, England, 1863-10-03 00:00:00

Mr. Roebuck, M,P., on Education, Roebuck, M.P., for Sheffield, who is now eta. fin at Swanage, in Dorsetshire, delivered an ad' tress on Education in the Congregational School ro am in that place, on Thursday evening last, to a r.%ry crowded audience. The Rev. S. Saville occu pied the chair. Mr. ROEBUCK, M.P., on rising to address the meet:ing, was received with much applause. He said, Mr.. Saville, ladies and gentlemen, I am obliged to do now what I did on a former occasion when ad dressing an assembly like this—to begin by making an apology. From an infirmity under which lam labouring I feel a difficulty in reading at night ; in truth, I find it much more easy to make a speech than to read a lecture. Therefore, I will endeavour to lay befor e you what few ideas I have formed on the subject without .committing them to writing, and simply by speaking to you. Sir, I wish it clearly to be understood that I feel very great diffi dence—sincerely I speak it—in attempting to ad dress an audience like this. It has not been my habit to lecture ; it has not been my habit to descant upon mutters connected with education. My busi ness in life hat, been far different. Still, sir, as you tell me that you and your friends are endeavouring to spread the benefits of education among your fel lows, and a s y ou h ave called on me to render help in that great w or k, I said I should have the greatest readi ness to assist you as much as I could. Now that you are met for that purpose, I will endea vour to fulfil the promise I made to you. I understand, sir, that Y" and. Your fellows are e n d eavouring to spread e d u cation among the uneducat e d c l asses by whom yon surroun though you r d es i re to do t h a t is frustratedare ded, in a great m easure b y the great di fficulties you have to conquer —th e i gnorance o f the persons address, and t h e i r ut t e r ignorance whom you e of the great value of the educati on you endeavou r to lay before them. rn thoughts on that Now, Si r , i n s t a ting to you myself first to the class 'whom you wish subject, I shall aidaddress to s upon this occasion ; then I to those friends of educa tionshall address myself, Sir, who are to be the teachers in these schools, be cause I think I have sonie things to ley before you which may sm ooth the, difficulties in your way; and lastly, I shall address myself to the gentry by whom you are s urrounded, and I shall endeavour to point out to them the advantages of the course you are ta ki n g, and tb.e great duties they have to fulfil in the position ',hey hold on the present occasion. Now, in address;.ng the class whom you represent, it is n ay wish to point out to the working man the great advantriges of education. Firstly, I will speak of education, as giving him the moans of raising him self ;among his fellows, of carving out for himself a grfatt fortune among his fellows. Now this, Sir, seems to me to be a great mistake. Very few peo ple can draw prizes in the great lottery of life; - where one man makes his fortune a million must rest where they began. Therefore, the great object I have in view is to point out to the working man the benefits—the great benefits which ho may de rive from education itself—to make him understand that his life will be purer, his life will be better, his life will be a more virtuous life if he has obtained the benefits of education. I don't point out to him such great examples as George Stephenson. I don't know whether the working men here have heard of that working man in the north 3f England, who has lived in our own time, who at 18 years of ego did not know how to write; that man taught himself how to write, taught himself everything that he knew; he acquired a great fortune, and was, in fact, the father of all the railways in England. That man's life is almost a miracle, and I would not point out to labouring men him as an example, because mil lions of labouring men cannot attain that which he attained. But every working man can get the benefits of education, can derive the advantages such as no other means can give hint, which would. make him a happier and a better man. (Applause.) Now, sir, it is not for me to say whether among the -various races of mankind one is better or more cap able than another ; but we say this of the race to which we belong, that we are among the foremost of mankind ; that England has exhi'aited in all her classes the greatest possible greatnese to which man can rise. (Hear, hear.) Our nobles, our gentry, our merchants, our clerical class, oar lawyers, our far mers, cur workins men have F:n.own themselves to be among the foremost of mankind. Therefore, I say to you who are among 'the working men of this country, who arc posseased of great intellect, which God has given yon, laut from the want of education have not the opporainity of making use of it, it is indeed like the bright diamond hidden in a dark cave :-- "Full mar / a gem of purest ray serene The dark, unfathomed caves of ocean bear, Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air," So it is with my fellow-countrymen. There are mi'. lions of you who are possessed of great abilities, of wonderful capacity, who are bound down and gro velling in a state of ignorance. Why is this, Sir, I would ask you? What are the pleasures of an igno rant man ? I would ask you to make a comparison between the pleasures of that man and those of the educated man, and by that comparison would woo you t o see t h at intellect exalts each man who has availed himself of the advantages of education. And why ? The uneducated man is born to labour, and passes the greater portion of his life in labour but there are hours when he is unemployed,hours_ of leisure. A n d h ow does he employ those h ? OUTS Unfortunately, f or th e most part in sensual tjo ments ; unfortunately, d r i n k is the great meaensbyy which he obtains a solace, by which he recreates himself, by which he gets rid of that which is more painful than labour, th e t e di um of his leisure time which is more painful than labour, the tedium of his leisure time which sometimes he acquires. Now, sir, what does an educated man do ? His enjoy ments are multitudinous. I can speak for myself, that if a man had come to me in my youth with a fortune in his hands, and had said to me, "I will give you this on condition that you never learn to -read," I would repel the gift that he offered me, and say it was worth as nothing in comparison w i t h that which he desired me to forfeit. No hour of my life, no hour of any man's life may be without the enjoyment of a book. I have often said, sir, that a book is better than a friend. No matter what may b e your state of mind, no matter what may be the tate of mind of those who surround you, a book is o ver your equable, calm, and generous fri en d. You -vett it, an d there is spread out before y ou t h e and mind, and language of the author. On ewreearlythOe s i o n he is willing to come forward an d benefit you- Th e friendship of a book is above th e friendship 0f I would say to you, learn all I r d ri ; e by w hi c h y ou are surroun d e d that the kne w e ; and there is one thin g above all can give to 9°- others which I desire you to remember, and that is the rea ch of every working man to that it is within nearly a ll the enjoyments of attain to pretty - t speaking of the enjoy civilised life. I tin/ no t I am not talking to menu whi c h wealth givesp len did garments, of mY Wom en friends of hter) that is not jewels, o f fi ne riban ds---(laug the kind of pleasure I wo uld Point out to them. I would poi n t out to husbands a nd would tell d ife 'them that all th e pleasure s of ei . but on are ly " within the rea c h o f all classes o f society, to be obtained by th e improvement o f the intellect. (Cheers.) Now, si r , I dare sa y yOU kn ow, what that I am one many of those present may not know , - is 'a. of that terrible c l ass o f pol i t i cians called Rad'L (Laughter avd cheers.) My Radicalism, however, does not consist in putting everybody dow n desire is to raise everybody up. (Cheers.) I b e ' l ' l ' ve the working men of England have—and I F 3 ay it advisedly—as much power of obtaining all the elegances of life as the man who dwells in a palace. Suppose now—and let me urge this upon your at tentinn—suppoqe s yonpg men marries early in life and becomes the father of a family, and that f am ily grown up into boyhood and girlhood. 7 Su no.° the children are instructed and the father is not. The father, if he be a good man, stays at home in the evening with his wife and children • , he does not go abroad for excitement in the pothouse, but stays at home with his wife and children, and his children availing themselves of the knowledge they have ac quired, read to that father, and thus convey to him ' the knowledge which they have obtained by means s of the advantages which of availing themselves assoc i a tions like this bestow. It is that more than anything else which I wish to point out to my fel low-countrymen. Foreigners invariably remark— and I beg you to pardon me for what I am going to say; it may be unacceptable, but it is true—fo reigners remark th`t though in England there is perfect liberty —a man may say anything he pleases, so long as he do not injure his neighbour, and may do what he likes so long as he do not injure his neighbour—there is no great potentate —(laughter)—to say you shall not print, you shall not speak, you shall not think ; any man may speak, think, and do what he likes, so lon that long, as I have sa id, th a t h e do not injure his between the various classes of Englishmen neigh bour. Yet the foreigner remarks thereisa greater chasm and a-greater s epara tion than there is in any country on the Cont inen t .that the labour ing man in England is not in any way a companion for, and has no means of consor ti n g with, the gen tlernan; and it is tree. Th e gentleman, also, a lth oug h he may be k i n d all his relations of life, yet h e shrinks h e may be a good m an from the bench of the labouring man. Why is in that ? It is because the labouring class of this co untr y is not endowed with the win ning manners that the labouring classes of other coun tries possess. They aro morose, they are sus picious ; I may say they are a repulsive set of people. Not that they have not all the capacities of the other class—for they have all the capacities of some of their wealthy and happy brethren ; but the pecu liarity is that they fancy themselves a class apart, having no communion with and no share in the society of their well-to-do and happy brethren. Now, I want to break down this barrier of separa tion; I want to make the labouring man in all things—in his character, in his manners and his intelligence—quite equal to any man in the coun try. You, sir, and your fellows are laying down the groundwork of that equality which will make Englishmen indeed " a band of brothers," which will make them present a front such as the world cannot put down, which will make them, indeed, the leaders of mankind. (Cheers.) Well, my friends, I tell you all that this is within your reach. Now, we are told, our much-esteemed friend here has told us this evening, that the little people, the quarrymen, go to work at seven years of age. This is a mistake ou the part of parents. (Hear, hear.) It !s throwing away their capital, it is living upon their capital. If you sent your children to school until they were of the ago of twelve, and then had them back after they had gained the means of acquiring knowledge of an elementary character, the education given them would be far richer for the poorer class of men than if they were sent to work when seven years of age. Oa an oc casion like this, however, I cannot enlarge further upon this topic; but I would beg to impress on the minds of my fellow countrymen, the 'labouring classes, that their own interests ought to impel them to have their children educated in the best pos sible manner. (Hear, hear.) Now, sir, I will en deavour to address myself to those who are striving to educate the class by whom they are surrounded. There are some things now that I think I can say to you, though I dare say you have heard it before, but I will say it again on the present occasion— something which may prove a solace to you, and a solace to those who hear me. The great difficulty you have in educating the people is that the fathers take their children from school too early, but if they were told, by allowing their children to remain at school until the age of 12, what advantage they could acquire from the habit of reading, what great use and what great pleasure they could obtain by acquiring the habit of writing, and what great ad vantage they could obtain by acquiring the first rules of arithmetic, every one of them I think, would say with us that it was a great point gained. (Cheers.) Now, sir, it happens that amongst my friends ono who is very enthusiastic, one who has paid great attention to the subject of teaching, with his friends has endeavoured to find out whether the hours of instruction might not be greatly shortened, and I moved, sir, in the House of Commons for this return, which I believe was printed by order of the House of Lords. This is a return containing an in quiry into the advantage of what is called the "short time" system in teaching. My friend and his friends thought that the time of children was occupied too much in teaching and that their minds were strained and overburdened, and that they did not learn nearly so much as they would if halt the time were employed in teaching them, and they advised the adoption of the short time scheme—taking half the usual time for instruc tion, and the other half for drilling them as Volunteers are drilled and as sailors are drilled. They employed these means, and tbo consequence was that the children who spent half their time in scholastic instruction learnt quite as much as those who spent their whole time at it, and that they freed themselves from awkward habits by means of the Volunteer and naval drill. Now, I wrote to my friend when I was first spoken to on this subject, asking him to tell me what he thought on the question, and he wrote me a letter which, with your permission, I will read. It is very instructive and very amusing. The hon. gentleman then read the letter of his friend, in which the writer said that the systematic inflic tion of punishment, mental as well as bodily, insepa rable from the old plan of teaching, was altogether wrong. He made it a rule to discharge any groom who whipped his horse, for where one required punishment 99 out of 100 were spoilt by it, and so it was with children. Schoolmasters in the half-time schools and schoolmasters in some of the best schools in the land never used corporal punishment. With respect to the reduction of long hours of study, he was of opinion that after too long a period of seden tary confinement the attention of the pupil would flag, A good teacher would adapt his lessons to the capa city of the child, and would make the value of the lesson sustain itself by the interest he infused in his manner of teaching. When the voluntary attention of the scholar flagged, when coercion was required to keep up his attention,; then it.was time to stop. The writer proceeded to mention what he had been told by Sir Edward Hay, wh o had great acquaintance with children, respecting a small school which he had visited. The hours were reduced from six to four, and the system of drilling had been adopted, and during the first year of the new plan the number of non-attendants:on account of illness was but one-tenth of the number formerly. The reduction of the long hours was the reduction of great weariness, and the consequence was that the number of malingerers, or those who shammed illness, was very great. The scholars were not now so desirous of escaping from school as formerly, and did not wend their way to school with such gloomy forebodings of punishment as before. The children, the writer continued to say , should a relish for th e i r l essons. The g ive ea v ng e v t me h em them n t a a: exercises should b e so adjoined as to stimulate each other. One point (continued th ga e lft w -ht r ei i ra te e r) se t ho be en forced is i t a h connection atinstead sacrificing the fie i half - time domesticl s teme Y e o s nomy to:the school, the school adapts itself to the domestic economy. Children cannot too soon be got into the moderate exercise of the business of life al e f -ti m reference e system, to if theiti s actualproperly bu a s a t e e r s n s a a t e n d d , instruction sh ou ld should the h uldhav duties of life,while th e e l ementary make the children cheerf u l an d happy. The fir s t ob ject is to enable children to read to their parents a t night, and every boy who has acquired the necessary e ducation is thus in a position t o d er i ve alt the plea sure and advantage that reading giv es t o the reader. Then the penny weekly newspaper brings them th e se ws of the world for the whole week. However bad t h a t newspaper may be, it must b e a d m i tted that impression conveyed in the wo rs t paper n ot the worst an i mprovement on the w ors t i mpres. can but be 1 by the voice, and it' you get th em t o ,i e n con vt'Ye‘ 8 nee regularly it would be much r eal ‘•the conversation of idle, listening to het ter ill , n people. Then the writer pro ceeded to say With such obsolete and perni cious nowspapers went, they h ft. (Laughter.) No family cious ideas as wituucra dissolute, or odlOaryiltaa: who read a weekly newspaper, would believe in witchcraft. In all elementary o• encouraged a Dl' lasses vocal music ought to be e ncoura na ne of cheering the family circle. I will stop one mo ment here (con. tinued Mr. R oe b uck) to d e scribe the s c hool that was established by M r. Ottery, a clergyman of the Church of England, who has a cure nt Windsor, and TITE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 3, 1863. Windsor, and saw a new invitation I went down to building raised ent ir ety by the people who suppo r t e d who is also a teacher at the school at Eton. At his were si nging, not b a ll a d s, not Within the children and not, if I may use the ph rase, b lack- the school. The school was after this fa s hi on. wild songs, guard but they played the w h o l e of the i Messiah" e Handel, and sang th e great parts of that great w s o ; rk. I went down aft erwar d s and saw a band of volunteers out of the scho o l, w h o marched into a building underneath, for it h appened to be bad weather, and a finer set of yo ung f e ll ows I never saw. They were all w or ki ng men ' s children, the ‘ tun of sons of railway porters, the sons of farm labourers, the sons of servants—they wereall the sons of Work ing men, and these boys were as thoroughly gentle manly in their manners as any of the young gentle men at Eton. I never enjoyed a day of more happi. ness than the day I beheld that school. Mr. Ottery told me that one of our consuls at a port in the Mediterranean wanted a servant, and he sent him one of the boys out of his school. No sooner had the gentleman got him over, than he said, " This boy can do a great many things ; I will make him my secretary." Soon afterwards the secretary wrote to Mr. Ottery to send him another boy out for his ser vant, and, accordingly, another boy was sent out, and thus became the servant of his fellow-scholar. (Applause.) Now, this is a proof that education does not simply mean the education of the intelligence, but the boy's manner, his whole character, to make him so that his master, like the consul, could trust him in any real difficulty. or in anything of a serious character —trust him, in fact, sufficiently to make him his secretary. But, Sir, I do not adduce this as a thing that may happen to a great number of people, but I adduce it to show that the kind of teaching at that school made the man in all his thoughts, his feelings, his way of dealing, a gentle man, although he was bat a labourer's son. Now, Sir, I have here a report which contains a series of evidence which I wish you to read, and if you will permit me I will place it in your hands, as I think it will be of great use to you in your important undertaking, which I am now endeavouring to aid. I have made a great number of extracts, but I will not trouble you with them. There are, however, one or two which I should like to read. It is the evidence of persons who are really engaged in the werk of education. One extract is the evidence of the schoolmaster of a district workhouse in North Surrey, and to this statement I wish particularly to eall your attention and the attention of my young hearers present. The question put to him is, ". What has your experience of military drill been in menta l and bodily drill ?" The answer is, " The effect of military drill will best show itself by its discontinu ance. In 1857 the drill master's services were dis pensed with by the guardians. The consequence was to make the school altogether another place. In six months we lost £2OO in wear and tear of clothing, breaking of utensils, breaking of windows , pulling up grating, spoiling the walls; i n fact, a spirit of insubordination pervaded the house. I n the workshop they were insubordinate, and the master shoemaker rand master tailor called upon me to coerce these boys. This state of thi ngs i n duced the guardians to reinstitute the drill, and the school then changed back again, the ordina r y behaviour was resumed, and they were all kindly and well disposed." Now, Sir, I ask you to look at that fact; I think it will give much important and useful inform a ti on . W ell, what conclusion do I draw from th ese o b servations ? It is this, —that there is no man among us so poor but that he is abl e t o sen d hi s child to school, and to send him f ora su ffi c i ent time to learn that which by his sy s t em can be gained. When you come to read that report you will find that man after man, schoolmaster after schoolmaster say— take a child to a well instituted infant schools teach it to read, teach it to write, and give it a ll other elementary instruction; well, suppose the c hild is in the school till h e i s seven years of age, which i s a long period for an i n f ant school, at the age of ten he will have rec e i ve d an indelible education ; h e will have received th e means of enjoyment through life; his wh o l e f rame of life will be so fashioned that he will b e i n d ustr i ous and civilised. Th i s, s i r, seems to me a m os t encouraging and cheering thing; it shows that we h ave driven away a mass of igno rance and folly which before obstructed u s in our work of educ a ti on . ( Rear, hear.) Now, s ir, I will address my se lf to t h e gentry around me ; but I fear but it it my voice will not reach many of them, should, I hop e th ey w i ll listen to my voice w h en I say they m a y b e among the great teachers of the people. It is not su ffi cient to instruct a man in reading, writin g , an d arithmetic. If Sou leave him there, you mer e ly put the instruments into h i s hands that m a y make him more m ischievous than he was b e f ore. 1A hat you have to do when you give them th ese i nstruments is to fashion them properly, an d especially his manners, and then, after you hav e g i ven him these instrumen t s' you launch him up on t h e stream of life, and he is sure to find a safe and happy harbour. Now , sir ' one of those teachers says he always persuades ladies to visit hi s school. Their man ners, their behaviour are l oo k ed upon by the children — an d what so observ an t as a child ? They loo k on w h at passes around them and see th e great beauty of good manners. If you compare the man ners of au educated man —and I use the word largely—and those of an uneducated man, is not the o ne g entle, kind, and good natured—is he no t the life and plea sure of the society ill w hich he lives ? Is not the other cruel, morose, selfish 2 There is no greater difference betw een the uneducated man and a man like N ewton. What a difference we can make in this respect ! It i s w ithin our hands, we have the means within our grasp, and it lies more with the gentry of this country to per vade with th e i r ki ndness of manner and tenderness of feeling th e wor ki ng classes around them. It be hoves them to do this ; it is their duty to do this. New, sir, I d are say this may be called very I believe it to be radical talking ; if so I cannot help it ; true, I believe it t o b e wise. (Cheers.) I can say, sir, in conclu s i on —f or I fear I have spoken too long —(cries of "Go on'') ---th at i t is no t s imply that they have the great er means because they are wealthy, but they have great (means by means of the i r ex ample. If they were to mi x more with the labour ingp classes—a n d w h ere better than in the school . —if they wore to mix snore with and take more interest in the ex i stence of their fellow men w h o live around th em , t h eir presence would be as the sun shining up on t h e cold earth, bringing up and vivifying the seed th at is within i t . N ow, s i r, I fear that what I may s a y may a ppear wild and ex travagant and fanciful ---that I anticipate the things that may never occur ; b u t I am sure the time will come—though I shall not live to see it—the time will come when England w ill be that place which I bin my imaginati on can see, when all the people will instructed, wh en all the people w i ll b e well man nered, when we shall be really a band of brothers, when England will exhibit a spectacle to the world that the world will admire, and while admiring emulate. (Loud cheers.) A vote of thanks Was then awarded to Mr. Roe buck. Full benefit of reduced duty obtained by pur chasing Horninuues pure Tea; very choice at 3s. 4d. and 4s. "High Standard" at 4s. 4d. (formerly 4s. Bd.), is the strongest and most delicious imported. Agents in every town supply it in packets. 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(Alderoft) 1 Mr. Payne's Merry Mai 3, 4 yrs, sst 121 b (J. Grhnshaw) 2 Mr. Fleming's Cadiz, 3 yrs, 6st 111 b.... (A. Woodhouse) 3 The following also ran :—Lizzie, "Etna , Farce, Creole, Canzonette, Vindictive, and Wild Duck. Betting-4 to 1 agst Merry Maid, 100 to 15 each agst Cadiz, Creole, and Lady Louisa, and 8 to 1 agst Wild Duck. Vindictive, on the extreme right, made play, closely attended by the favourite, Cadiz, Will Duck, and Canzo nette to the cords, when Merry Maid quitted her horses and came on with a decided lead, which she retained to within a few strides of the chair. Aldcroft then came on with a rush, and won in the last stride by a head ; there were three lengths between the second and third; Wild Duck was fourth, and Canzonette next. Sweepstakes of 30 sovs each, It ft. for 2-yr•.old fillies, Sat 71b each. Winners extra. T.Y.C. 14 subs. _._ Count F. de Lagrange's File do l'Air, 9st Gib (in 71b ex.) (A. Watkins) 1 Mr. G. Bryan's Woodcraft, 9st (in, 71b extra) .. (Lynch) 2 Mr. Watt's Gondola, Bst 71b (Challoner) 3 Mr. Bowes'sTheobalda, Sst 71b (car. 8$ 81b) (Aldcroft) 4 Mr. G. Bryan's Lady Hylda. 9A (in. 71b ex.) (Custance) 5 Baron Nivitlre's Jeanne d'Albret, Bst 71b .... (Hunter) 6 Betting-6 to son Fille de l'Air, 4to 1 agst Gondola, and 5 to 1 agst Lady Hylda. After three failures they left the post in a line, and ran thus for a short distance, when Lady Hylda went to the front and made the running for the first 200 yards, where she was headed by Jeanne d'Albret, who carried it on to the cords, where the favourite Caine out, and won in a canter by three lengths ; three-quarters of a length between second and third ; a bad fourth, Sweepstakes of 30 sovs each, 20 ft, for 2-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 101 b ; fillies, Bst 81b ; maidens allowed 41b. First half of Ab. M. Ten subs. Count Batthyany's Midnight Mass, Bst 10Ib (Custance) 1 Lord Stamford's Brindisi, Bst 6lb (Edwards) 2 Baton Rothschild's Lady Hawthorn filly, Bat 41b (J. Daly) 3 Mr. Naylor's Audaeieuse, Bst 41b Mr. J. H. C. Wyndham's Queen Fastrada, Bss 41b (F. Adams) 3 Antinous also ran. Betting-7 to 4 agst Midnight Mass, 2to 1 agst Brindisi, and 5 to 1 agst Lady Hawthorn filly. Midnight Mass, with Brindisi and the Lady Hawthorn filly on his left and Audacious° on the upper ground, lay in front throughout, the favourite winning very cleverly by a length ; a like distance separated the second and third ; a bad fourth. Antinous, who jumped round at the moment the flag was lowered, was left the post. The Newmarket October Handicap of 15 soya each, 5 ft, with 100 added, for 3-yr-olds and upwards; the second received 25 soya out of the stake. A.F. 84 subs. Mr. Saxon's The Monk, 6 yrs, 7st 41b (J Grimshaw) 1 Mr. R. Sutton's Man -at-Arms. 6 yrs, Bst 101 b (Wells) 2 Lord W. Powlett's Eleanor, 3 yrs, 6st (slordan) 3 The following also ran :—Croagh Patrick, Aurelian, Waterwitch, General Hess, Balham, Prince Plausible, Jackal, National Guard, Gamecock, Bertha, Dunkeld, Donnybrook, The Principal, Fitz Eva, Benjamin, Sea King, Muezzin, and Lucretia. Betting-6 to 1 agst Benjamin, 100 to 12 agst Prince Plausible, 10 to 1 each agst Monk, Muezzin, and Water witch, 100 to 8 agst Croagh Patrick, 100 to 7 each agst General Hess, Balham, Aurelian, and Sea King, 100 to 6 each agst Eleanor and Fitz-Eva, and 20 to 1 agst Man•at- Arms. Upwards of a quarter of an hour was consumed at the post through the restiveness of General Hess, who con tinually refused to face the starter. At last Mr. M'George, seeing a favourable opportunity,lowered his flag to one of the best starts of the meeting, the lot getting away as nearly in a line as possible. On settling in their places as they breasted the hill they somewhat spread. Man-at-Arms, despite his heavy impost, appearing in command on the extreme right, having in his wake The Monk, Croagh Pa trick, General Hess, Eleanor, Dunkeld, Aurelian, and Muezzin ; then followed in the centre of the course Balham, Gamecock, Prince Plausible, Donnybrook, and The Princi pal, Benjamin, Fitz-Eva, and Bertha taking a line to them • selves on the lower ground. With little or no variation they retained these positions until they reached the Bushes, where they split. The Monk at the same time getting upon closer terms with Lord Uxbridge's colt, followed by Elea nor, and in a few strides further by Muezzin, the four drawing away from the ruck as they descended into the Abingdon Mile Bottom, entering which Jemmy Grimshaw headed Man-at-Arms, who compounded to the weight, and was beaten after a game struggle by half a length ; Eleanor was third, three lengths in their rear; Muezzin was a good fourth, and close up with him came Balham fifth, Benja min sixth, Bertha seventh, Fitz-Eva eighth, with Dm.- keld and Croagh Patrick next, the ruck being brought up by General Hess,Waterwitch,National Guard, and Lucretia. Jackal, shortly after starting, split his pastern so badly that he was at once destroyed. The Maiden Plate of 50 sovs, for 2-yr-olds ; colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 71b. Bretby Stakes Course. Mr. H. C. Naylor's Concordia, Bst 71b (Challoner) 1 Lord Westmoreland's Anningion, Bst 101 h (J. Goater) 2 Mr. H. oavile's Figaro, Bst 101 b (Aldcroft) 3 The following also ran :—Oakapple, Sister to Knave of Trumps, Templar, Bigotry, Suspicion, Drosera's dam colt, and Alca. Betting-2 to 1 apt Concordia, 4to 1 each agst Oak apple and the Drosera colt, 6 to 1 agst Annington, and 7 to 1 agst Figaro. After several failures they left the post in close cam pany, the lead being taken, after the first quarter of a mile, by Suspicion, who was followed by the favourite, Anning ton, Figaro, and Sister to Knave of Trumps; half-way down the hill Concordia assumed the lead, and, with Lord Westmoreland's colt on his whip hand and Figaro next the rails, finished a fine race home, the favourite win ning in the last stride by a head; three-quarters of a length separated the second and third; Suspicion was a bad fourth, Oakapplc fifth, the Drosera colt sixth, and Alca next. Sweepstakes of 300 sovs each, 100 ft, for 2-yr-olds. T.Y.C. 3 subs. Lord Annesley's Irish Queen filly rec. ft. BETTING AT C AMBRIDGE (en route). THE EESAREWITcH. 12 to 1 agst Lioness (taken) 20 to 1 agst Jack of Hearts (taken) 20 to 1 agst Myrtle (taken) 20 to 1 agst Limosina (taken freely) 25 to 1 agst !Enfield (offered) 25 to 1 agst Drummer Boy (taken) 25 to 1 agat nomatioff (taken) 25 to 1 agst Fantail (taken) 33 to 1 agst Chere Arnie (taken) 40 to 1 agst Faultless (taken) cA m BRIDGEsninE. 12 to 1 agst Catch= ern Alive (taken) 100 to 6 agst Birdhill (taken) 20 to 1 agat Borealis (taken) 20 to 1 agat Summerside (taken) 40 to 1 agst Cantonnade (taken) The King of Prussia's Reply to the Collec tive Letter of the G erman Princes. The following is the translation of the King of Prussia's reply to the collective note of the German Princes who attended the Frankfort Congress : The projects of Federal reform concerned at Frankfort on-the Maine have been brought to my cognizance by the letter that you, in concert with other German princes and the representatives of the Free Towns, addressed to me under date of the Ist of this month. I have subjected these propositions to the most conscientious examination, as I promised in my lett er o f the 20th of last month, a dd resse d to his Majesty the Emperor of Austria, at Frankfort-on the-Maine. This examination has not convinced me that the proposed reform i n its pr es ent form is of a kind to crown the efforts ave hav e made for a number of years in order to ameliorate the F e d eral Constitution. I h ave no t f oun d i n the project th e true expression of the situation a n d of the wants which ought t o be taken into accoun t, if the vitality and duration of suc h a work are to be assure d. I do not hesitate to declare, although with great fregret, that my duty as King of Prussia, and as a German Prince, does not permit me to adopt the project communicated to me as the basis of a new Federal constitution. I cannot consent t o aR extens i on of Federallobjects such as have been d e t ermined by t rea ties and by the competency of the cent ra l F e d eral authority, un l ess accoun t i s t a ken, as it ought t o be federation, and of t h e common interests of the German nation. In thi s sense I cansider, as a pri mar y condit i on of I of the influence of Prussia in the Con my adhesion t o a radical reform o f the e xisting Federal treaties, the und erstanding on t h ree points, which I have charged my Minister of Foreign Affairs to explain to you at length. These three points concern :- 1. The veto of Prussia and of Austria relative to a Fe deral war, the object of which would not be to repel an attack against the territory of the Confederation. 2. Perfect equality of rights between Prussia and Austria in the presidency and direction of Federal affairs. 3. A national representation, based not upon delegation, but upon direct election according to the population of the various States, and the attributes of which in regard to de cisions resrec , ing F.dpr a t affairs should be the subject of discussion, and under all eirc,urnstanceA should be more ex tended than thoso formulated in the plan of reform in question. _ . _ been communicated t o me wo uld, Before an unde rs t an di ng i s established upon this basis no discussion of th e other de t a il s of the proposal which has in my opinion, lead to a satisfactory result. I h ave acc ordingly charged my Minister of Foreign Affairs to n ego tiate, in the first instance, with the Imperial Austrim i Government on the subject of this basis, in th e h ope th at you, a s soon as the necessary under standing is establi shed, will, i n con cert with me, assist in convoking Ministerial co nferences, to prepare the plans which the Ge rman sanction. (Signe d) .. WILLIsm Berlin, Sept, 23, S overe i gn s will ultimately have to (C'euntereigned) BismAnx, SPIRIT OP THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TIMES.--With the exception of the siege of Vicks burg, the incidents of the Civil War that have marked the conflict in the West and the legion verging on the great Valley of the Mississippi have hitherto excited less attention than they deserved. Even in America the distance of the scene of opera tions from the great cities of the East seems to have lessened the interest with which the military move ments in Tennessee were followed. The campaigns in Virginia, the successive adeanoes on Richmond, and the betties on the Rapidan and the Potomac have appeared to constitute almost the whole of the war. But since the Confederate army retreated from Illaryland to its old line of defence, holding it in strength sufficient to reduce General Meade and the Federal force to inaction, indications have not been wanting that the next blow would be struck in the West. In the State of Tennessee General Rosecrans, with the Army of the Cumberland, has been gradually approaching the Confederate force commanded by General Bragg in the direction of Chattanooga. Here a position described as capable of being easily held against a strong attack was abandoned by the Confederates, and the point thus gained was considered in the North not only as a decided advantage, but a proof of growing weakness on the part of the Confederates in that quarter. The occupation of Chattanooga, in fact, was sup posed to be nearly equivalent to a victory, as the position would have been worth a battle to force. If there were good reasons why the Confederates should have held it so long, it appears there were better for abandoning it. The retreat of General Bragg must have dra Rosecrans on to less ad vantageous ground, or enabled the Confederate General to effect a junction with expected reinforce ments. His movement on Lafayette was suddenly changed into an advance and attack, and another great battle, fought through two days, has resulted in the defeat of the Federal army, with a loss at present estimated at 12,000 men. The battle has not yet received a name, but the field of the engagements was on one of the numerous small streams that abound in the northern part of the State of Tennessee, called Chicamanga Creek. The whole region is mountainous, thickly wooded, and intersected by rivers. The Cumberland unites with the Tennessee, and the waters of both combined form one of the tributaries that fall into the Mis sissippi on its eastern bank. The details of the ac tion are very imperfect, their brevity not being com pensated by clearness of description. But as all the particulars given appear to be derived from de spatches received from the head-quarters of the Federal army, and must have passed through the War-office at Washington to New York, we may safely assume they do not exaggerate the disaster Gen. Rosecrans has sustained. We may rather anticipate that his defeat has been more decided and his loss greater than these first accounts describe. In New York the intelligence was received with a feeling of despondency, increased by the hopes founded on the recent gleams of success. The ex planations by which the Ministerial journals are endeavouring to put " the best possible colour" on the result of the battle have not had much effect. The official assurances that Rosecrans will soon be sufficiently reinforced to resume the offensive " bring no comfort to the minds of the people." They cannot but remember that the greater army of Gen. Meade, after a success, is checked and held in active on the north bank of the Rapidan by Gen. Lee. In such cases the very necessity of explana tion is ominous. Decided advantages soon explain themselves, but the full extent of a defeat is brought out more slowly. The nature of bad news affects the teller, and the official party in the North can not boldly encounter the political discredit with which its military failures are always visited. Tak ing into consideration the movements of the Confe derates, known or surmised, which preceded this battle in Tennessee, we infer that the Federal com mander has been defeated by superior strategy rather than by mere fighting. It is evident that the Federal troops contested the field obstinately. They rallied when broken, formed again, and re newed the engagement repeatedly. They seem to have done all that bravery and determination could effect. But the greater skill of the Confede rate generals in combining the force which made the attack insured them the victory. While Burn side was still on his march to join Rosecrans General Bragg had received reinforcements both from the East, the West, and the South. Gen. Lee had skilfully kept the " Army of the Potomac" in check on the Rapidan, white he detached Longstree into Tennessee. Gen. Meade and the other Federal commanders either did not suspect the movement or could not prevent it. From several different points and from great distances the Confederate Army of the West was reinforced, all the combinations were made with rapidity, and completed soon enough to enable them to attack with advantage. The battle was over, and the troops of Rosecrans broken and driven back, with the heavy loss announced, while Burnside was still on the road to the field with a force of 30,000 men. The action began on the 19th, and he had not effected his junction with Rosecrans on the evening of the 21st. We expect to hear that the Federals on the 19th found themselves in tho preseuce of superior numbers, and that the chances were against them from the beginning of the en gagement. But to bring a greater force to bear on the point of attack is exactly the object to be attained if possible. To secure such an advantage is the best proof of the Skill of a commander. Account ing for a defeat by pleading that the enemy brought the greatest numbers into the field is only a mode of acknowledging that the beaten General has been out-manoeuvred. In the tactics which strengthened Bragg's force sufficiently to enable him to take the offensive against an army to which he had aban doned a strong position we may recognise the ability of Gen. Lee. The movement of the necessary bodies of troops over such an immense extent of country must have been conducted with great skill. The delay or loss of a few days would evidently have given time for Burnside to join the main army of the Federals. But the time was exactly hit, and the Confederates defeated the troops of one General while the force of another was at a useless distance. It is not yet certain that the army of Burnside him self is safe from attack, es considerable anxiety was felt at New York on the 23d lest he should be in tercepted. It is already stated that the Government at Washington is more responsible for this defeat than the military commanders. The Cabinet is said to have directed the operations, and that the Gene rals were fettered by its orders. A " searching investigation" into the causes of the failure is de manded that the responsibility may be thrown on the real authors of the disaster. POST.—The military operations which the Fede rals have been hitherto conducting in the West with much apparent success have at length received a decided check. It would seem to be one of the peculiarities of the great civil war that neither of the belligerents should be permitted for any pro tracted period to follow the path of victory. One month the Northern armies are engaged in the work of invasion, and the following one their energies are exclusively devoted to resisting the aggression of their adversaries. Victory alternates with defeat, and the fruits of one campaign are lost in that which immediately succeeds it. It is our duty now to chronicle another of those battles, so frequent in this disastrous war, in which the slain are numbered by many thousands ; and on this occasion, as on so many others, Fortune has smiled on the Confede rate arms. A pitched battle has been fought on the borders of Tennessee and Georgia; and, so far as we can judge from the accounts which have reached us, the Federal army has sustained a sig nal defeat. Our information is derived exclusively from Northern sources, and when we find the press of New York unreservedly admitting that a disas ter has been sustained which has neutralised the effects of a campaign hitherto spoken of as pre-emi nently successful, it is reasonable to conclude that the reverse which has fallen on the Northern arms is of no trifling kind. It is not a little curious that on so many of the occasions on which the armies of the rival Confederation have come in collision on the battle-field, that those of the Southern should have almost invariably proved victorious. The South has sustained many serious reverses, but they have consisted chiefly in the loss of towns and fortified places. Military engineers maintain, and with truth, that it is a mere ques tion of time when the strongest fortress, if closely besieged, will fall ; and although in the capture of Vicksburg and Port Hudson the Confederacy suf fered two of the heaviest blows yet inflicted on it, it did not on that account lose any of the prestige which the valour of its troops, oven more than their victories, had done so much to acquire. Near Chattagootia, in Tennessee, on the 19th and 20th of September, the Confederate army under the command of Bragg, by the pertinacity with which it fought, as well as by the success which rewarded its efforts, sustained in every re spect the reputation so dearly purchased on so many battle-fields by their brothers-in-arms in Virginia, I %latryland, and Permsylvenie. With the meagre details at present at our command it is not easy to form a clear idea of the engagement, whose result alone is unequivocally recorded. The Northern forces appear to have been posted on the south side of a creek named Chickamanga, which flows in a westerly direction into the Tennessee river ; and to the rear of the Federal army, and to the south of its position, lay the village of Chattanooga, to which finally General Rosecrans found it expedient to re treat. The army of Burnside was, at the time the battle was fought, reported to be in the neighbor hood of Knoxville, a town about a hundred miles distant from Chattanooga, but connected with it by the Eastern and Virginia Railway. The engage ment commenced on the 19th, and on that day at tended with no decisive result, Wa9 resumed at a late hour on the morning of the 20th September by a concentrated attack of the Confederate forces on the left wing of the Federal army. Gen. Thomas, who commanded the Federal left, finding it impos sible to withstand the Confederate attack, gave way, and about the same time the divisions constituting the right wing of the Federal army and the reserve were withdrawn from their original position and despatched to the relief of the shattered left. This manoeuvre had, however, scarcely been effected when the Confederates shifted their line of attack and fell upon the centre of the Federal army, now deprived of its supports on the right, and, as it would also appear, weakened by the withd rawa l of one of its divisions, which had been despatched to the relief of General Thomas. After endeavouring in vain to hold its ground the centre at length gave way, and fell back on the rear of the left wing, which, with the reinforcements it had received, was enabled—not to regain its previous position—but to make a stand against the advancing Confederates. At this junc ' tun , two of the divisions of the Federal army, com manded respectively by Generals Davis and Sher ridan, seemed to have been seized with a panic, for " they broke up in disorder and were born down by Bishop Polk's corps." The troops composing these divisions literally fled from the battle-field, for it was not until late in the day that their gene rals succeeded in rallying some 8,000 of them and rejoining General Thomas. This officer, completely cut off from the main body of the army, had taken up " an independent position," and, after maintain ing "a stubborn fight till after dark," zetired to a placed called Rossville, where he received orders to rejoin the main army at Chattanooga, at which place General Rosecruns was engaged in " concen trating " the shattered remnant of his army. Whether General Thomas succeeded in obeying these orders is extremely doubtful, as by the latest advices the Confederates are reported to have attacked him on the following day, in which event his troops had probably no alternative but to lay down their arms. In this battle there is no ques tion that the Federals were " out-generalled," and that their defeat is mainly attributable to the in capacity of their leader. Vacancies, Promotions, and Appointments in the Civil Service. (From the Civil Service Gazette.) THE PosT OFFICE. Mr. Allen, surveyor's clerk, has been promoted to be inspector of mails in Ireland. Mr. Bradford has been promoted to be Ist clerk at Derby. Mr. Brassington has been promoted from the 2d to the Ist class, and Mr. Meginley, from the 3d to the 2d class, of the ma jor establishment at Derby. Mr. Mathews has been pro moted from the 3d to the 2d class of the major establish ment at Belfast. Mr. Gascoyne has been promoted to be Ist clerk at Nottingham. Mr. Dickisson has been promoted from the 2d to the Ist class of clerks, Nottingham. GENERAL REGISTER OFFICE,—Mr. W, Henry Walter Titheridge, superintendent of the 3d class, has been pro moted fo be superintendent of the 2d class, in the room of Mr. C. H. Anderson, retired. Mr. Thomas Oakes, senior clerk, has been promoted to be superintendent of the 3d class, in succession to Mr. Titheridge. Mr. George White, assistant clerk, has been promoted to be senior clerk, vice Mr. Oakes. Mr. N. A. Humphreys, junior clerk, has been promoted to be assistant clerk, vice Mr. White. CUSTOMS.—Mr. G. Gregory has been appointed an out door officer at Stockton. Mr. John Orr has been appointed at out-door officer at Greenock. Messrs. W. Vine, J. Win ter, and J. Attwooll have been promoted to be out-door officers of the Ist class at Weymouth. INLAND REVENUE,—Excise Branch.—Mr. L. Peaks, supervisor, Dover district, Canterbury collection, has been appointed supervisor of Worcester, 2d district, Worcester collection. Mr. Jos. Brown, supervisor, Ashford district, Canterbury collection, has been appointed supervisor of Dover district, Canterbury collection. Mr. G. Scarborough, examiner, has been appointed supervisor of Ashford dis trict, Canterbury collection. Mr. Robert Bell, supervisor, Ballygawley, districi, Newry collection, has been appointed supervisor of Carlisle district, Cumberland collection. Mr, Robert Peers, officer, Dundalk, Ist division, Drogheda col lection, has been appointed 3d clerk, Middlesex collection. Mr. D. Gough. officer, Dundalk, 2d division, Drogheda col lection, has been appointed officer of Dundalk, Ist division, Drogheda collection. Mr. Patrick Quinn, Middleton divi sion, Cork collection, has been appointed officer of Dun dalk, 2d division, Drogheda collection. Mr. Wm. Stock ings,dropped officer, Wexford, sth division, Wexford col lection, has been appointed officer of Middleton division, Cork collection. Mr. Adam Nisbet, officer, Greenock, Ist division, Ayr collection, has been appointed officer of Wakefield, 12th division, Leeds collection. Mr. J. Clemens, officer, Ilkeston ride, Nottingham collection, has been ap pointed officer of Greenock, Ist division, Ayr collection. THE EAST INDIES.—Mr , F. Macnaghten, assistant com missioner of Chindwarra, has been appointed to act as judge of the Small Cause Court at Jubbulpore. Lieutenant-Col. R. Macpherson, resident councillor of Singapore, has been appointed to officiate as resident councillor of Prince of Wales's Island. Captain J. Burn, resident councillor at Malacca, has been appointed to officiate as resident coun cillor at Singapore. Capt. F. L. Playfair, assistant resident councillor, has been appointed to officiate as resident coun cillor, Malacca. Mr. W. Palmer, assistant accountant Ist elass, Public Works Department, N. W. Provinces, has been brauarerred temporarily to do duty in the office of the secre tary to the Government of India in the Public Works De partment. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE,—The office of deputy surveyor general has become vacant by the death of Mr, George Mon tague. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. TRAFFIC RECEIPTS FOR THE WEEK. Miles Opened. Receipts,. Railways. 1863. 1862. Belfast and N, Counties .....• 136 136 Belfast and County Down, • - 49 49 Blyth and Tyne 2B 28 Bristol and Exeter 1215 1215 Caledonian 2311 £344 Cockermouth & Workington • • 84 84 Cork and Bandon . , Cork, Blackrock, &Pass a g e *** 1 6 1 Cork and Youghal .• . 32 325 Cornwall ................... • 665 6 34 Deeside l7 17 Dublin & Belfast Junction 63 63 Dublin and Drogheda 75 63 Dublin and Meath Dub. &Wicklow and Wextd 514 485 Edinburgh and Glasgow 1691 1691 Forth & Clyde Junction 3O 39 Furness, &c Glasgow & South-Western Gt. Eastern,Nrik.,&E.Union Great Northern 351 351 Great North of Scotland 5B 513 ot. Northn. & Westn. (Irel.) 7l NI qt.Southn. & Westn.(lrlnd.) 354 329 Great Western 10564 10324 Inverness & Aberdeen June 864 865 Irish North-Western 145 145 Lancashire & Yorkshire 3951 3954 Li me rick and Ennis..• 24t 2 Limerick and Foynes 261 26 Llanelly 461 46f London & North-Western London and Blackwall 64 London & South-Western Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast 2512 211 London, Chatham, & Dover 72i 724 Do. Metropolitan Extension 105 24 Lond., Tilbury, & Southend rdan.,Sheffield,&Lincolnsh Blanch. S.Jun.& Altrincham 94 91 Maryport and Carlisle 2B 28 Metropolitan Midland (incL N.-Western) 641 Midland Gt.Westn. of Irind 2594 Monkland 7l Monmouthsh. Rail. & Canal 44 North British, Edin., Perth and Dundee N-Eastern and Stock. & DarL 1095 North London 9 North Staffordshire 254 Oswestry and Newton... 5O Rhymney St. Helen's Canal & Railway.. 52 Scottish Central Scottish North-Eastern l3B Somerset and Dorset 395 South Devon . ... .........• 754 South-Eastern —. .. 306 Ulster ... 645 Vale of Clwyd. . ..... lO Vale of Neath 321 Waterford and Kilkenny 3l Waterford and Limerick 77 West Cornwall 274 W.Hartlepoolllarbr.&Rail 4B W'haven,Cleator,& Egrmnt 7 Whitehaven Junction l2 Whitehaven & Furness Jun 35 FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. Antwerp and Rotterdam 52 Austrian B2B Mr Belgian Eastern Junction 265 Bombay, Baroda, & Cm. India 1851 Buffalo and Lake Huron 1614 Detroit and Milwaukie lB9 Dutch Rhenish lOBl Eastern of France.•••-•-• lO7B East Indian Grand Trunk of Canada lO9O Great Indian Peninsula 5384 G rea t Luxembourg 234 Great Southern of India Great Western of Canada 345 Madrid, Saragossa &Alicant 499 Northern of Canada .. Nor thern of France 697 Norwegian Trunk Ottoman Paris, Lyons, & Mediterrn 1491 Paris and Orleans 1340 Pernambuco 775 Royal Danish 69 Sambre and Meuse 6B South Austrian Southern of France i,.. . 777 Victorian IV6 Welland ......, 25 West VPanders 75 W. and N. W. of France,' 758 1863. 1862 2,061 2.350 629 6:)4 1,987 2,2,0 7,059 7,669 17,722 17.075 296 270 372 316 204 207 432 400 1,802 1,401 3 330 11: i 1 9 26 0 91 1:40 12 39 0 98 2,333 2 .K 6 8,373 8.019 234 282 2,954 2,727 8,481 8,3 33,616 32,763 34,565 32.725 1,669 2,2 3 724 628 10,382 9,415 65,061 66.086 1,599 1,540 1,644 1,755 36,780 35,274 253 1 49 203 139 639 694 104,759 100,572 1,905 1,889 23,073 25,461 20,141 24,819 5,954 5.704 1.330 60 2 006 2,201 16,711 15.000 1,425 1,262 1,359 1,297 1,713 - 46,729 43,921 4,829 4,557 1,660 1,19 k 2,762 2,461 614 192 71} 44 4101 10771 9 252 13,340 12.471 58,710 55,341 3,252 3,146 8,372 8,514 1,266 1,134 924 857 2,000 2,096 5,308 4,920 5,450 5,416 132 i 39i 756 306 750 398 3.953 3,822 29,388 29,292 5,992 .5,393 1,957 1.851 222 253 2,409 2,N8 442 4,59 1,456 1,162 828 26 132} 161} 189 108 t 1060 639 1090 4371 134 910 883 4,887 3.663 652 472 919 705 801 66) 1364 r 2 0 1 1,667 1,666 30,180 40,010 36t 320 1,665 860 1,684 1,331 4,202 4,181 6,932 5.613 60,257 60,574 17,266 12,951 4,410 3,909 4,942 4,630 1315 777 151 - 519 - 331 12,595 11,437 20,976 17,507 1,262 1,590 61,460 83,479 3,174 1,659 761 5.,0 146,681 142,949 72,433 68,393 886 885 1,353 1,626 58,011 56,021 33,373 3e,012 8,56* 5,716 452 4t5 1,124 1,099 57,891 51,151 [ADVERTISEMENT.] - Holloway's Pills.—Typhus and Typhoid Fevers.—Why do some die and some recover from fever? This momentous question admits of an easy answer —because some are possessed of sufficient vital energy to cast out the fever-breeding poison. This natural operation is admirably imitated by Holloway's purifying pills, which at once eradicate all morbid matters from the blood, and so arouse the nervous system that no function can be ill- performed, and no disease of any kind can keep its hold upon the body, or depress the wholesome activity of the brain. Under the benign and cleansing influence of these imcomparable Pills, the most obscure and difficult diseases are iu a short time brought tO tt M . modal terrainatien when death eseraed inevitable. Extraordinary Scene in a County Court. At the Southwark County Court a most extraordinary case came on for hearing before the judge, Mr. Whitmore, which created the utmost excitement in a very crowded court. The action was brought by a Mr. Louis Direy, who described .himself as being a French tutor, living at Dul wich, to recover from the defendant, Mr. Samouelle, a printer, residing in Newington-butts, the sum of L 5, paid to him on account of printing a pamphlet, the manuscript of which had been entrusted by the plaintiff to the defendant for publication. The learned Judge having read the particulars of the de mand, inquired from the defendant what answer he had to make. The defendant admitted the receipt of £5 and the breach of contract, and gave the following explanation :—He said the plaintiff, Louis Direy, a French tutor, called upon him, and an arrangement was entered into whereby he (Sa mouelle) agreed to print 100 copies of the manuscript in question for £lO, half of which was paid down. After pro ceeding with one- third of the work, defendant discovered passages in it of so filthy and libelous a character that ho refused to complete it. The consequence was that the pre sent plaintiff summoned him to the Lambeth Police-court for the return of the manuscript, and upon Samouelle calling the attention of the magistrate (the Hon. G. C. Norton) to certain passages in the work, he immediately ordered the whole of it to be impounded, and dismissed the summons. The plaintiff's attorney stopped the defendant, and said the Court did not want to know the proceedings taken else where, The Judge remarked that no doubt the magistrate had a sound reason for impounding the MS. The plaintiff, by his own act, had prevented the defendant from completing his contract. After some discusEion between the judge and the plain tiff's solicitor, The defendant said hehad subpoenaed an officer from Lam beth police-court to produce the MS. in question, and, upon inspection, he was convinced his honour would say that he (defendant) was justified in the course he had taken. Mr. Dixon, one of the ushers of Lambeth Police-court, handed up an officially sealed envelope containing the MS. in question. He stated that he was desired by Mr. Perry, the chief clerk, to inform this Court that, by the express in junction of Sir G. Grey, the MS. was not to leave the pos session of the police authorities. The Judge broke the seal, and, upon reading one page, was too indignant to conceal his disgust. He said, " Plain tiff, leave the box, leave the court. You are a disgrace to the country. Officer, turn him out." The Judge (te the officers)—Turn him out; no longer let his presence pollute or contaminate the air of this honour able court. _ _ The plaintiff wasthen most unceremoniously expelled, and the papers thrown out after him. Mr. Wood, plaintiff's solicitor, assured. his Honour that ho was not aware of the nature of the manuscript, and apo logised for having had anything to do with the case on the part of the plaintiff. The Judge said that the apology was quite unnecessary, as he could not believe that any respectable solicitor would have been so engaged unless he had been misled and de• ceived. On the application of defendant full costs were awarded to him. It may be remarked that the MS. in question was a slan derous and disgusting libel on several gentlemen of the highest position resident in Dulwich. COUNTRY MARKETS. - LIVERPOOL-FRIDAY. At this day's market there was a small attendance, and the demand for wheat was moderate, at the prices current on Tuesday last, or ld to 2d lower than on Friday week. Barley and peas dull. Indian corn in good request, and 6d above late prices. American flour 9d per barrel higher. New oatmeal 6d cheaper. Beans Gd higher. WAKEFIELD-FRIDAY. A fair quantity of wheat came to hand today, and fine dry sorts met a quiet demand at barely last Friday's rates ; other sorts difficult to quit. Barley, unless very fine, was is lower. Other articles dull. Averages for the week : Wheat 652 qrs., at . 41s 10/01 Eve L — —s Oa Oats 1 2 ..:23s Od Beans — —s Od 8ar1ey......... 459 Peas ••• • STAMFORD-FRIDAY. White wheat, 41s to 45s ; red, 39s to 43s per 36 stone. Barley, malting, 36s to 40s ; grinding, 30s to 32s per qr. Oats, 22s to 26stper 24 stone. Beans, old, 42s to -a per qr. ; new, 39s to --s. EXETER-FRIDAY. -- - Wheat, white.. Gs 3d to 68 4d I Barley. 3s Gd to 4s 3 d Ditto red. .6s Od to 6s 3d Oats ....•....2s 9d to 3s Oct Flour, fine, 35s to 36s ; seconds,l34B to —a per sack, CATTLE. I Fat beef, p sc., 10s0d to 11s6ci Eives, per lb ....51c1 to 61d Pork carcases, 7s Od to 8 s Od Wethers, d 0....... 7d to —d Lamb, p 1b.......—d to —d Fat calves, d0...61d to 7d. Rough fat, 34d per lb. DUBLIN- TIUDAY. We were again well supplie stationary ; oats 3d cheaper ; somewhat lower. In Indian Ki with grain to-day. Wheat and barley towards the close corn nothing doing. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Wheat, white 23 0 to 2.5 6 Beans.. ..... oto 0 Do., red 2O oto 23 6 Bere Do., new .... oto 0 Rapeseed Barley Oats Do., black — oto 0 Indian corn .. 27 oto 28 0 BRISTOL SUGAR-FRIDAY. The market this week has been fairly supplied with samples of landed parcels, and a steady business has been done at full prices. Refined goods rather more ac ive in demand, at about late rates. Bum in fair demand, and late prices were maintained. • COAL Prima of Coal per Ton a. a. d. Bates'sWest Hartley..l6 0 Byass's Bebside West Haswell 2O 0 Hartley ...16 9 Riddell.. lB 6 i Carway and Duffryn Hetton 2O 0 Malting . 20 0 Russel's Hetton 19 6 Eden Main lB 9 Braddyll's Hetton 19 6 Lambert's West Hart- I South Hetton ...20 0 ley l6 6 Caradoc l9 6 Wylam 17 3 East Hartlepool 20 0 Holywell 17 3 South Hartlepool.... _l9 0 Cowpen Hartley 17 0 Framwellgate.. lB 6 W alker Primrose 12 6 R elloe ..19 0 Davison's West Hart- I Cassop ... 19 6 ley.. ..16 9 Gosforth lB - 6 Hastings Hartley ....16 9 Harton 11 6 Nettlewarth Primrose.l3 6 Byron . l9 6 Cares Hartley . 16 9 South lielloe . 19 0 West Wylam.. ..... ..16 0 , Heugh Hall 19 0 Russell's lB 6 Walls End. i Hartlepool 19 6 Bell lB 3 Tees ... i 2O 0 Belmont lB 3 Auckland Park 17 6 Tunstall ..... . lB 6 Pittington lB 0 Ships at market, 199 ; sold, 97. A.RKET. tho close of the nuirket. Walls End. 8. d Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton. Oct. 19. via Marseilles Oct. 13. Arazil and Cape Verds, by British packet. Oct. 5. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and. St. Helena Oct. 29. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton Oct. 2. via Marseilles oet. 13. Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton ...... ... . Oct. 2. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Oct. 2. via Marseilles Oct. 13. India (Bombay), via Southampton Oct. 11. via Marseilles Oct. 5. P0rtuga1.......... Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Oct. 2. via Marseilles Oct. 11. Newfoundland ..Oct. 2. Gporto and Vigo U • S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet.... Oct. 8, by U.S. packet.... by Canadian packet. Oct. 2. Madeira, and Teneritfe .......... O c t. 10. Now York .... ............ O e t . 22. Mexico ................. .. •. • ... .. t . .... O c t. . All parts of West Indies, i ncluding Chill, Peru, * Bahamas, e mo of s Africa,, 'a California. and British Columbi a .. } Oct. 14. Births. Boys.--On the Ist inst., the wife of Captain H. Boys. of H.M.S. Pelorus, of a son. DODGSON. — On the 2d inst., at Woodford, the wife of W. 0. Dodgson, Esq., of a son. MONTAGU.—On the 27th ult., at Dover, the wife of Lieut..' Royal Engineers, o f a d aug ht er . w„3 of a daughteroth ult., at Syd en h am, the w i fe o f W. Colonel HAT.HwNa t. O n o ,nn theEt asgq. Marriages. GlLLEsrin—CorPmr.—On the Ist inst., at Bath, Robert Rollo Gillespie, Esq., Captain 106th Regt. Light Inftryl to Minnie, daughter of Admiral J. Townsend Coffin, 0 1 Portledge, Newbridge-12111, Bath. JONES—RAT.--On the 30th ult., at All Saints', Wands worth, William, second son of William Jones, Esq., of Measden Grange, Middlesex, to Sarah Jane, the fourth daughter of Wm. R a y, E sq. , o f Oaklands, Wimbledon' park, Surrey. Deaths. BRATTAM.—On the 30th ult., at Aix-la-Chapelle, Prussia, Joseph Braham, Esq., of London. BARKER.—On the 28th ult., James Barker, Esq,, of Stour Hall, Ramsey, Essex, aged 57. BUCKLE.—On the 30th ult., at the Royal Mint, London, William Buckle, Esq., C.E., aged 70. FREESTUN.—On the 30th ult., at Combe-grove, near Bath, Humphrey May Freestun, Commander R.N. STACPOOLE.— On the let inst., at St. Sidwell's, Exeter, G. B. W. Stackpoole, formerly of the 9th Light Dragoons, aged 63. SPEARMAN. —On the let inst., at Burn Hall, co. Darhanh Henry John Spearman, Esq., o f Thornley Hall. WIGRAM.—On the 30th ult., at St. Mary's Isle, Lad,' Katharine Wigram, wife of Loftus T. Wigram, Esq. Louden : Prin zed and Patoisfied by Yi r ILLIAM ANDREA' of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at THE SUN Office No. 1 1 ;;' Strand, In the Precinct of the Savoy, in the celuktY kfiddlVNear,--Wurday, October 3, 1163. 18 18 18 18