The Sun. — London, England, 1864-10-04 00:00:00

The Prince and Princess of Wales in Sweden. (From the limes' Special Correspondent.) 41 1° STOCKHOLM, Tuesday. This morning was devoted by the Royal family and their illustrious visitors to an inspection of some of the points of greatest interest in Stockholm. In .the first place they drove from the Palace to the Mosebacke, a hill from which a sight is to be ob tained surpassing anything of a similar kind that offers itself in most of the cities of Europe. From the level almost of the sea, upon which, as in Vesice, this hill shoots up suddenly to a commanding height, its sides being covered with buildings which rise, terrace above terrace, until at the summit there is a small pleasure ground and tea garden, afford ing a view of many miles in all directions—a spot so highly prized by residents that the name given to it s;gnifies "the Mountain of Moses." Any mo- narch might be proud of having euch a capital to show, and the King with evident pleasure pointed .. . out to the Prince and Princess localities which are associated either with historical traditibns or which possess associations interesting to royalty in the pre• sent day. Ancient Stockholm —literally, the pile island—lies in what can still be recognised as the Lake Malar, but its buildings and population have gradually spread themselves over the surrounding islets, till the whole is so looped together and tan.. gled with bridges, quays, parks, and public wharves that it is difficult any longer to distinguish the na• tural course of the stream from the artificial enclo sures that science or commerce has created. Lake Malar stretches to the left of the town, and to the right the deep water channel or bay winds towards the sea, the view for miles in both directions being so mixed up and blended with hills,woods, and minor sheets of water that the eyo does not fix itself, as in other scenes, upon some few prominent objects, but , . ranges delighted over the whole panorama. The dheets of water below, not sour and stagnant, but fresh and teeming with fish, are covered with ves. eels, perpetually shooting in all directions. Fishing smacks, flat boats pulled by natives in their extra ordinary costumes, sailing ships of great size, and trading steamers are moving about all day long, and, more numerous than any others, the little steam gondolas, with extraordinary funnels, dart along with incredible speed, uttering sharp, shrill notes of warning to all who venture across their path. Having gazed sufficiently long at the busy scene, and noticed the perceptible tinge of red which is given to the landscape by the colour of most of the roofs in Stockholm, and even of the walls of country houses, the Royal party left the Mosabacke in the same order in which they had proceeded thither, and visited other parts of the town. The cavalcade was preceded by a Royal outrider, wearing a jacket and round hat laced with silver and a heavy silver tassel—a costume also worn by the footmen on the King's carriage. His Majesty drove the Prince of Wales in a handsome mail phaeton, the Queen, with the Princess of - Wales, following in an open carriage commodiously ars ranged with a single seat. Prince Oscar likewise drove his own carriage. The ladies in attendance belonging to the Swedish and the Eng)ish Courts followed, and then came Lord Spencer, General Knollys, and the other members belonging or at tached to the respective households, there being in all about eight or nice carriages. Everywhere that the cortege went crowds assembled, and the Royal party was saluted respectfully and cordially, They were so constantly on the move that tho guard in front of Prince Cocar's palace, whiih from its cen- tral pcsition lies en route to almost every point of the city, was perpetually presenting arms and beat.. ing the generate. The soldiers must have been heartily glad when the day's sight-seeing was ended, and when in the round of their visits a pause of an hour took place, during which the Royal party lunched with Prince o.car. At this moment, when Sweden is about to enter on the discussion of a Reform Bill, the building in which the nobles are accustomed to assemble for deliberative purposes forms one of the objects most interesting to the visitor. Hitherto, and up to the present moment, the affairs of the country have been administered by four sets of chambers, repre senting the nobles, the clergy, the ,barges - ses, and the peasants—a division which, on the whole, re- presented the different interests fairly enough though the owners of small independent incomes complained that, as they did not fall under any of these heads, they were, as a class, excluded from power. Manifestly, however, four sets of chambers acting each of their own motion and each with their own peculiar forms, interposed great delays, if not more serious obstructions, to berefieial In former times matters jogged on tranquilly enough. But in the present day, when Sweden, awakening to the importance of developing her vast resources, has constructed one line of railway right across the country, from Gottenburg to Stock holm, has nearly completed another to Malmoe, the nearest point to Copenhagen, is extending both the railway and telegraphic eystems into her Norwegian provinces, and is hourly stimu lating her mining ieduatry, it becomes evident that the old system is too slow and cum. brcus for modern requirements. Whatever modification or substitution may eventually be agreed on, it is impossible to enter this old hall without being touched by the simplicity, the plain ness even, of its arrangements, in such contrast with the thrilling events that have taken place on that spot. It is said to have been in the Riddarhus that Gustavus Vasa, after the long struggle in which he secured the liberties, civil and religious, of his country,received the homage of the Swedish nation ; it was certainly there that his grandson, Gustavus Adolphus, delivered the memorable speech preserved by the historian of the Thirty YeareWar, and there that his infant daughter Christina was brought, on the tidings of her father's death at Lutz ?n, to receive the fealty of the estates of Sweden. In the reign of Gustavus Adolphus the introduction of nobles into the Riddarhus was first rendered obligatory, heads being selected to represent each family. There can be no doubt as to the order of seniority, for the shields of the members to the number of some thousands hang round the chamber at the present moment. They may be scanned at leisure, from the earliest in point of time, the arms of Count Brahe, whose creation dates from 1561, and from those of Barons Lewenhaapt, De is Gardie, and Orenstiern (Grand Chancellor to Gustavus Adol phus), which stand respectively second, third, and fourth upon the list, to those of M. Oldevin, who was enrolled as recently as 1860. With the exception of these shields, the only contents of the room are the benches, covered with blue clotb, upon which the nobles sit in order of seniority, chairs and a table in a central position for the clerks of the house, and a venerable, richly-carved seat in ivory and ebony, to be occupied by the president for the time being. By a curious arrangement, a double staircase, in the centre of the apartments, leads down into what formerly was the Sekreta Utskott, or Privy Committee room of the State, now used as a club room by the members of the Riddarhus. In this are preserved the portraits, burg in chrono. logical order, of all the land marshals of the realm, the older pictures, which begin in 1627, being'copies by Kraft, the elder, from originals preserved in the old castle galleries. A better illustration of the type of bygone generations of Swedes, or of the varying costumes of the age, it would be difficult to procure than is furnished by this collection. Many of these Presidents of their House of Lords were evidently bold, bad men others, again, if physiognomy can be trusted, were capable states. men and brave commanders. A remarkable feature in all the portraits is the w on d er f u l an imation that the artist has thrown into the features. They are from the beet materi:.:s ; many of the later ones were painted from life, and a very slight stretch of ima gination is all that is needed to seat these sleldovva of the past once more around the Council table in their own actual apartment, and to see them deal ing, as of yore, with grave considerations of State. It is thought probable that there will be Rome de parture from the original understandirg, according to Which the Prince and Prince ss of Wales were to have left Stockholm upon their return journey to Denmark next Friday. The extreme severity of the recent passage has made a couple of additional days' rest a matter of some importance to all th e party, but espEcidly in the case of her Royal High_ ness, before putting to sea again ; and, as the Swedish Royal family are but too anxious to extend their hospitalities over the longest period that the other arrangements of their Royal Highnesses will permit them to remain in Sweden, the departure for Copenhagen of the Royal yacht Is likely to be postponed at any rate to Monday next. It was wisely decided that the infant Prince should not be exposed to the fatigue of this jour• ney, and he has accordingly remained under proper care at Bernstorff Castle, awaiting there the return of their Royal Highnesses. WEDNESDAY. Last night a grand dinner was given in honour of the Prince and Princess of \Vales at the King's favourite castle of Ulrichsdal, which lies about six miles from the capital. Invitations were issued to about 100 gnests,all persons of the highest distinction ,n Sweden; and filled with this brilliant company, an opportunity presented itself of seeing to much advantage those rooms of the chateau upon which the King has lavished a great amount of trade and no inconsiderable extent of his private fortune. The building, one of some antiquity, for many years had been used as an Ropital des Invalides. The King, however, at that time Crown Prince, took a great fancy to the place, and the soldiers having been either pensioned off or quartered elsewhere, the castle passed into his possession, was restored throughout, and fitted for a Royal residence. The drive from Stockholm lies for a portion of the way through richly wooded parks on either hand, have ing quite the aspect of English demesnes; then abandoning the high road, it reaches in a very short time some gardens kept in the English style, on the edge of which is apparently a beautiful lake, but in reality an arm of the sea. These are immediately under the windows of the castle, and only separated from it by the drive, before the grand entrance, in the centre of which is one of those circular fountains that all the northern nations seem so fond of. Last evening the summit of the grand staircase was guarded by a detachment of Swedish Life Guards, wearing their uniform of the time of Charles XII. The grand reception room lay to their right. This is fitted up as an armoury, and bears upon the walls a richly gilt pattern in stamped leather, the colours, blue and yellow, being those peculiar to Royalty in Sweden. Carious weapons, entire suites of armour, &0., meet the eye in all corners of the room. And in the centre of the apartment, extending personal welcome to the more distinguished guests, stood the King of Sweden, a fine looking man, of unusual height, with jet black bend, in whose bearing, not less than in his character, the-love at once of the arts and of the chase reveals itself. Beyond the armoury, rich velvet curtains, half dropped and half looped up, give admission to a set of apartments furnished in the ordinary manner, in which, for the most part, the lady guests paid their court to the Queen, and in some cases here, and in others in the armoury, some presentations were made to the Prince and Princess of Wales. In compliment to her Royal Highness, the collar of the Dannebrog was worn by all those gentlemen happening to be in pose session of the order ; and in Sweden there is a very pretty fashion of wearing miniature decorations attached to a chain of gold suspended from one button hole to another, which in combination with the silk ribands of those who were decores, had quite an enlivening effect upon sombre evening dress. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales wore the Order of the Seraphin, the highest in Sweden, which had been presented to him only that morning. This Order is of such extreme rarety that there is a limit even to the number of crowned heads who at any one time can hold the distinction. In 1854, when the treaty was made with Sweden, binding her to a course favourable to the Allies rather than to Russia, the Order was conferred, as an exceptional favour, upon the late Prince Consort, and it has now been continued to his son. At 6 o'clock precisely dinner was announced and the King of Sweden led in the Princess of Wales, his Royal Highness following with the Queen. The remainder of the Royal party followed in succession, and then the general company took their places at table. The dining room has been fitted up and furnished in accordance with the plans of the King himself, and though the apart. went is limited as to size the effect produced is singularly pleasing. To a height a little greater than that of ordinary men, a mahogany panelling, with a deep edge or rim rcund the top, skirts the room. This ledge is filled with curious ware of every description, principally drinking horns or mugs,ranged as closely together as possible, many of them being of priceless value from the fact that they are relics of antiquity, discovered in various parts of the King's dominions. Above the panelling the wall is papered with a species of Japanese design, into which gold and peacocks' feathers largely enter, and with scarcely more than the spaces necessary for allowing this pattern to be seen, hunting swords, daggers, medallions, and other souvenirs of the chase, may be said to drape the walls. Massive silver candelabra on the tables, smaller chandeliers of gold suspended from the ceiling, and modern paraffin in clusters of light in the recesses, gave to the scene all the brilliancy that it needed without necessitating the noxious heat of gas. At the principal table no one had a seat who was not either a member of the Royal family or directly attached in some capacity to those having places there as of right. The inner circle, however, included one or two bearing the title of "Excellency," which in Sweden not only authorises the person so distinguished to take pre. cedence of all ranks of the nobility, but extends the honour to " her Exeellency" as well. Those who sat at the Royal table were, their Majesties the King and Queen of Denmark, her Majesty the Queen Dowager, their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, his Highness the Prince of Holstein-Gluckeburg, his Royal Highness the Prince Oscar,Duke of Ostrogothia ; his Royal High ness the Prince Augustus, Duke of Dalecarlia, and his wife ; his Excellency the Count Sparre, Grand Marshal, and the Countess Sparre; his Excellency the Baron de Geer, Minister of Jus tice, and the Countess de Geer ; his Excellency Count de Manderatrom, Miaiater for Foreign Affairs, and the Countess de Manderstrom ; Count Platen, Minister of Marine ; Count Plessen, the Danish Minister, and the Countess Plessen ; Mr. F. Hamil ton, her Britannic Majesty's Charge d'Affaires; the Count de Stedingk, Grand Chamberlain, and the Countess de Stedingk ; his Excellency M. Sibbern, Secretary of State for Norway, and Madame Sib. bern ; Countess Bonde, the Baron Gripenstedt, Minister of Finance ; Earl and Countess Spencer, General Knollys, Hon. Mrs .Grey, Baron Braumden, Wand Ecuyer ; Countess Piper, and Countess Delagardie. Behind the Royal table stood a favourite negro servant, also four servants in the extraordinary caps which in bygone days distinguished the King's running footmen. The main feature in their attire consists of a cap richly ornamented with silver lace, from which a couple of gigantic coloured feathers some fcur feet high spring into the air. The nutn• ber of these footmen in attendance is always re gulated by the number of Royal ladies present. Lest evening there being four of these, four sets of feather head-dresses moved about inces santly the whole evening. The general cone. pany included the following names :—M. de Lager. strale, Minister of the Interior ; M. do Reutersk jold, Minister of War; M. Carlson, Minister of Health; AI. Bredberg, Minister without Portfolio ; M. Malmsten, ditto; M. H u ff- M. Thulstrup, ditto; tier, member of the Ministry of Norway; M. Mel dald, ditto; B iron Braunerhelm ; Count Eric Le wenhaupte, First Gentleman of the Chamber of the King; M. von do Mitaee, Secretary of the Danish Legation ; Mr Heneege, Attache to the British Legation ; Commanders of the three ships of the Royal Navy ; M. de Bjornstjerna, Minister for Sweden at Copenhagen ; Baron Bildt, Grand Governor of Stockholm ; General Nauckhoff, Com mander-General of Stockholm; Baron de Stedingk, Chief Director of the Royal Theatres ; M. de San stromer, Chief Secretary to the Minister for Fa reign Affairs; M. de Sandels, Chief Marshal of the King's Court ; Count and Countess de Snoilsky ; Baron do Wrede, King's Chamberlain ; Baron de Falkenberg, ditto, &c. The collection of silver plate used during the inner was magnificent and apparently inexe haustible, and the same expressions apply to the service of China. Including dessert there were no less than 20 courses. During the entertainment the Royal band performed the following selections:- 1 Mitt eget Kompani Marach Aumont 2 Ouvertur till, Elverhoj 3 Duet ur Op., Martha ...... dFlotow 4 Le Roesign01-Vale 5 Le Cameval de Paris 6 Quartet ur Op., Rigoletto 7 Nordisk Fostbrodra•Galopp Lumbye 8 Potpourri ur Op., Havita Frun 9 Le Profete-Vale 10 Potpourri ur Op., Karleksdrycken 11 Shottish ur Op., Le Dragon de Villars Maillart 12 Final ur Op., Ernani Rule Britannia. Towards the close of the dinner the grounds at. tached to the palace and also the edgesof the lake were brilliantly illuminated, and the royal party as they moved from the table to the apartments where supper and refreshments were served had an oppor tunity of admiring the beautiful effect produced. This morning, about 11 o'clock, his Royal High. ness the Prince of Wales rode with the King of Denmark to the review ground, a short distance from the city, to witness the movements of a body of Lancers of the Guard, the only cavalry regiment at this moment in Stockholm, except his Majesty's favourite Charles XII. troop. The King wore the same costume of general officer in which he had appeared at the theatre. His Royal Highness, in compliment, doubtless, to the King and the force to be reviewed, wore his uniform as colonel of the 10th Hussars. Prince Hans of Glucksburg, in the Danish uniform, accompanied them and among the members of the suite were General Knollys and Earl Spencer, the latter in the dress of the Volunteer battalion of which his lordship is chief. The Volunteer uniform must have been altogether novel in the eyes of the Swedes; they appeared, however, to like it greatly, for the opinion gene rally expressed was, " Oui, c'est simple, mais ex tremement yenta." The regiment of Lancers was well, though not very showily, horsed ; and when the movements commenced the rapidity and grace fulness with which they were executed showed the high state of proficiency to which they had been brought. The charges were frequently and ex tremely brilliant, and the King, who looks remark ably well on horseback, and delights especially in a rapid gallop, placed himself on the right of the regi ments on such occasions, and moved in their front at the utmost speed. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales rode at his side throughout, and it was a subject of general remark that when mounted the stature of his Royal Highness was equal ap parently to that of the King. Nothing could exceed the picturesque appearance of the line of cavalry as they wound in and out of every conceivable disposition, their blue and white pennons distinguishing them from the Lancers in any other service. At first the number of spectators was comparatively limited, the review having been a spectacle arrangel at very short notice for the gratification of the Prince of Wales. Before the Royal party left the ground, however, both the occupants of carriages and sight•seers on foot had began to flock in very rapidly. In the afternoon about 5 o'clock there was a private dinner confined to the Royal Circle, their immediate attendants, and members of the diplo matic corps. Later still, the great ball at the resi dence of the Queen Dowager will take place. It is now understood that their Royal Highnesses will leave Stockholm on Monday next, and will then return, not by Lakes Wenerer and Wettern, but by railway direct to Gottenburg, where thew will be met by the Royal yacht Osborne, in which they will embark for Elsinore. In the mean time, probably, on Friday next, a grand elk hunting expedition will take place at a point distant about five hours by railway from the capital. Visits of state have been paid the principal mem bees of the Swedish Admiralty to the little British flotilla now lying in their waters. They were re ceived with full naval honours, and Capt. Sir F. M. APClintock conducted them in person over the Aurora. The distinguished visitors seemed much gratified with their reception, and at having had the oppbrtunity of meeting an officer so distin guished by his achievements. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 4, 1864. THE VOLUNTEERS. N. 6 Company (Capt. Mitchell's) of the London Scottish had their annual prize meeting on Saturday last, at their butts at Wimbledon. The weather was everything that could be wished for, the prizes, though of small value, ex cited a keen competition, and there was a numerous assem blage of members and friends of the company. The prizes were competed for at 200, 500, and GOO yards; five shots at each range, Hyttie position. Colour-Sergeant A. D. Mur ray won the chief prize. The return match between the 12 , h Middlesex (Barnet) and 14th Middlesex (Highgate) took place at the range of the latter at Child's Hill, Hendon, on Tuesday last, when, after a most interesting contest, the Barnet men were again successful. Ranges 200, 500, and 600 yards ; five rounds at each range—old Wimbledon scoring. Thirnet, 310, High gate, 299 marks. On the Highgate side, Private Dighton made the very excellent score of 42 marks, the highest in the match, Private Lake and Ensign Gruning also making capital scores, On the winning side, the prize contended for fell to Private Hamerton. In Essex the Tendring Hundred Corps has competed for a prize pewter with £4 added, and other prizes. The pewter was won by Private Nash, a second prize of £3 being taken by Sergeant Balls. The Ist Essex (or Harwich) battery of artillery has been inspected by Col. Knox, R.A. The bat tery made some good shot and shell practice at about 1,500 to 1,600 yards. The battery was also put through manual and platoon exercise by Lieut, Barnes, and at the close of the inspection Col. Knox congratulated Capt. Daniels (the commanding officer) upon the state in which he found the Batiery. A. match has taken place between six members of the Braintree corps and a corresponding number of the Chelmsford corps —the shooing was at ranges of 200, 500, and 600 yards, five rounds each—and the scores made were —Chelmsford, 15 8—Braintree, 176. Ten men belonging to the corps attached to the establishment of Messrs. Burgess an d Key, at Brentwood, have shot off a match with ten of the Ilford Company at Ilford. The Brentwood side won, making an aggregate score of 240 against 228 obtained by their opponents. _ _ _ The priz F7shooting of the Ist Cinque Ports battalion of Rifle Volunteers came off on Wednesday last, at the military ranges at Eastbourne. All the companies composing the battalion were represented, each corps sending several men. There were four competitions, with four or five prizes in each; Wimbledon targets and scoring. The Cuckfield re presentatives won the bulk of the prizes --Hastings took one prize, Private Geo. Jeffery, the Hastings Challenge Cup holder, taking the second prize in competition B, five shots each at 500 and 600 yards, with a score of 25 marks—Bugler Leaney, of Etchingham, won the first £5. The ranges for this match were 200, 600, and 600 yards-• five shots at each. The first two ranges were shot over early in the afternoon. In the first match the squad composed of the Hastings' men made next to the highest total, Cuckfield being first. A competition has taken place among members of the March corps for a ladies' cup, which was won by Private Simmons. Private Thompson, being second best shot, ob tained a prize of £2. Officers' prizes were won as follows : L 5, given by Capt. Catling. by Corporal Fuller—L3, given by Lieut. Dawbarn, by Private Greaver—and £2, given by Ensign Little, by Private Cox. _ The Oxford City Rifle Corps had a contest last week for two consolation cups offered by the Mayor and corporation. There were 24 competitors, and the winners were Corporal Webb, who made 38 marks (7 rounds each, at 200 and 400 yards), and Corporal Wells, who scored 37. The Thame Corps have just held their annual prize meeting,the success ful competitors being Private W. Price, Private F. Clarke, and Corporal Bowler. In a contest with Aylesbury for a silver cup the same corps were victors by 14 points. The annual official inspection of the Ist Warwickshire Administrative battalion of Rifle Volunteers took place last week upon the race common. The battalion comprises the let, 2d, and 3d Coventry companies —the let Leamington and subdivision companies—the Saltley, Nuneaton, War wick, Rugby, and Stratford companies. The men marched to the common, headed by the Coventry band, and imme diately afterwards the inspection was commenced. Major Hartopp, Major M'Mahon, Adjutant Edwards, and other officers, assisted in putting the men through the usual battalion drill movements. These were all excellently exe cuted. Having been drilled most thoroughly for upwards of two hours, the men were formed into a square, and ad dressed by the inspecting officer. He said he had very great pleasure in bearing testimony to the fact that both the officers and the men had paid great attention to the drill movements which had been taught them by their superior officers. There had been evidently great care with refer ence to these particulars, and the men kept them steady in the ranks. During the day ho had not heard any talking among the men, and that he had been pleased to observe; for he was sure that they could not make progress and exe cute their respective duties creditably so long as talking was going on. Tho marching past was very good, and the excellent way in which the battalion square was formed arrested his particular attention, for it seemed to him that every company knew what had to b 3 done, from the officers down to each individual man. The prize shooting of the Biggleswade Rifle Volunteers has been brought to a close. The firing was conducted by Lieutenant licoper. All the matches were five rounds each, The chief prize, at 200, 400, and 600 yards, was won by Corporal Johnstone. The rumoured disbandment of the Western Artillery Volunteers having caused a considerable expression of feel ing for some time past, a public meeting has just been held to consider the subject. Mr J. H. Smith presided, and among those present were General Cox, Colonel Mant, &c. General Cox opened the proceedings by observing that they were met there as members of the Western community, not as a military body. One or two resolutions would be sub mitted to them, which materially concerned the towns of Weston. The Weston Artillery Volunteers, he was sorry to say, had not been commanded as he had hoped they would have been. Circumstances had arisen which had made them apparently lax in their duties, but it was hardly neces sary to assert that they were not lacking in their loyalty. Their representations had not been attended to, while ex parte statements had been heard with regard to them ; but without any regard to their feelings or the feelings of the town of Weston they had been indirectly informed that the corps was to be dissolved. He concluded by proposing the first resolution—" That the meeting has heard with deep mortification and surprise of the intention of her Majesty's Secretary for War to disband the corps upon certain repre sentations not disclosed to the members or the public, and thereupon desires to make an earnest remonstrance against a measure which it hereby humbly submits to be at variance with that spirit of public courtesy and fairness by which the great Volunteer movement in this country has hitherto been encouraged and maintained." The following resolu tions were also proposed and carried unanimously—" That local differences arose—the causes of which no longer exist —whereby the command of the corps, in the anxiety of its members to preserve, passed into the hands of a stranger, and its affairs into the temporary social and financial em barrassments now existing. That upon the first establish ment of the corps volunteers for its ranks to the number of 150 were inscribed upon its roils, and that persons of great local influence, property, and position, headed by an expe rienced general officer in her Majesty's Indian army, came forward to take commissions therein." "That this corps pledges itself upon an inquiry to clear the imputations in respect of such differences ; to raise its strength to at least effective members, and to submit to the authorities the same staff, or a staff of officers equal in character, to those origi ginally commissioned." " That for the reasons stated, an appeal be made to the proper authorities, through the Lord Lieutenant, for the appointment of a committee of inquiry, to afford an opportunity of clearing the corps from the im putations cast on their honour and patriotism, of which it is felt alike by all they are wholly undeserving, and of lead ing to the maintenance of the corps in increased strength and efficiency." The meeting was brought to a close with three times three hearty cheers for the Queen. The third competition for the handsome challenge cup given by Mr E. Lovell, of Wells, clerk to the lieutenancy, to be shot for by members of the Ist battalion of Somerset Volunteer rifles, took place last week on Hampton-down, near Bath. The ranges were 200, 400, and 600 yards, five shots at each ; Hythe position, W imblelon scoring. There were upwards of b 0 competitors, of whom 19 made 30 points and upwards. The winner was Sergeant Taylor, 17th company, who made the fine score of 48. The Ist Battalion (Duke of Cornwall's) Rifle Volunteers, commanded by Major-General Tremenheere, was inspected by Lord Vivian, Lord-Lieutenant of the county, last week, at Caselew, the seat of Sir Charles Lemon. The battalion mustered 751 of all ranks. After receiving the Lord-Lieu tenant in line, the battalion marched past inopen and quarter distance column, when they were again formed into line, and went through the bayonet exercise in review order. A series of deployments and movements in quarter distance column and double column of subdivisions were then exe cuted, which with firing in line and square occupied nearly an hour. At the conclusion Leg d Vivian expressed himself highly satisfied with the efficiency of the battalion, and com.. mended particularly the precision of the bayonet exercise. The marching past had been very good and the file firing exceedingly well sustained. His Lordship was, in fact, much pleased with the whole of the evolutions. In conclusion, General Treraenheere was complimented on being at the head of so fine a body of men, and he, as well as all present, received the thanks of the Lord Lieutenant for their day's exertions. The Stokesley, Skelton, and Guisborough Volunteers, with the Ist battalion of the North York Volunteer Artil lery, assembled, on the invitation of the Earl of Zeeland, at Upleatham, for a field day. The muster was about 500 men. The Earl, with Colonel Cathcart, put the men through battalion drill, which was performed very satis factorily. The whole force was afterwards entertained at luncheon, after which the Volunteers and the public were freely admitted to the gardens and grounds. The Ponte fract, Doncaster, Hoyland, Barnsley, and Rotherham Volunteers competed for the prizes offered to the 4th West York battalion. The amount of £l2, in seven prizes, was shot for by Volunteers who had attended the great Doncas ter Review, at 200 and 600 yards ; five shots at each range. Private Brown (37th) was first, with a score of 30 ; the two remaining prizes were won by Private Butler and Private Bennett (36th). The champion badge and £lO, given by Lieut.-Col. Stanhope, the money being made into four prizes, formed a contest in which Corporal Copley (36th) was first. For the Corporation of Doncaster's prize Private Butler was first. The sheeting throughout was good. The annual prize shooting of the 3d West York -Volunteers was much interfered with by the wind, The first-class prizes seven in number, shot by seven shots at 600 yards, were won by Quartermaster -Sergeant Woodcock, Sergeant Nunn, and Private Spence, after a tie among them of 18 points, the money being divided. The other prizes were won by Cor porel Milnes, Corporal Lambert. and Private Parrett, who also divided. Corporal Atkinson was seventh. The second series of prizes for marksmen and first class shots (the silver cup and six money priz7s) were shot for at 500 yards. After a tie of -21 points, made by seven shots, Quartermaster- Sergeant Woodcock was first. 'I he all o'mars' prizes were shot for at 500 yards, seven rounds, 53 entries ; Sergeant-Major Aldridge, Bradford, was first, with 20 points, and Private Sharman, Halifax, second, with 19. Mr Sharman won this prize last year, also. A splendid contest over the ground of the 4th IV est York, for all corners, resulted in the following disposal of the prizes :—Five rounds at 200 and 500 yards, Corporal Cow per, Wakefield, first—and the other prizes, in the order of their names, to Sergeant Knowles, Guisley—Private Win cup, Knareeborough—Sergeant Hawley, Elland—Ensign Idell, Knaresborough—and Private Clayton, Halifax. The battalion prize meeting of the North York com panies, which was fixed for Tuesday last, in Castle Howard Park, Melton, has been postponed owing to the serious ill ness of the Earl of Carlise, the range being close to his lord ship's mansion, The 6th West York Volunteers have also held their annual prize meeting. In each case of the first, second, and third companies the captain's silver medal and other prizes were offered. All ranges were 200 and 300 yards, at each five shots. The winners of first prizes were —No. 1 company, private Wilson, 27 marks—in No. 2 company, Ensign Crossland, 24—Corporal Radcliffe, 24—and private Muir, 24—in No. 3 Company, Ser geant Cliffe, 21, and Colour Sergeant Richardson, 21 — in No. 4 Company, Ensign Freeman, 23—in No. 5 com pany, private M'Kee, 22. The Beaumont gold challenge medal, to be won thrice to give possession, was shot for, along with 10 given by Mr Brookes, of Meltham, at 150 and 250 yards. The medal was won by Corporal Wigrey, The head scorers for the money prizes were Corporal Haigh, 22, Privates Muir, Wilson, Hoyle, and Mellor. The Ripon volunteers have competed for the £25 silver cup, the gift of Mrs Mason, of Copt Hewick Hall. This cup has to be won twice to give possession. Last year Corporal Pearce was the winner ; this year, after shooting off a tie with Ensign Wood, Private Seaman was the winner. A match between the A and F companies of the East York Volunteers, five from each, has resulted in a defeat of the F (Capt Bannis ter's) company by 14, the score being 142, against 156 of the A (Capt Broderick's) company. The match was shot at 200, 500, and 600 yards. The 37th West York Volun teers heve held three days' shooting at Burton Grange. The silver challenge cup, shot for at 200, 400, and 600 yards, was won, after a tie with Private Popplewell, by Private Bailey, each having scored 33 points by five shots at each range. The subscription prizes wore won by Privates Butler, Pigott, and Popplewell. The officers' prizes were won by Colour Sergeant Gulliver (27, by five shots, at 200 and 300 yards), Privates Bailey and Popplewell. The battalion re cruits' prizes were won by Privates Corker, Wag!taff,dand Senior. Privates Popplewell, Bailey, and Atkinson tied for and divided the'prizes g i v en by Taylor and Sons. From the manufacturing districts the accounts during the past week have represented that busi. ness generally has been very dull ; the unsettled state of commercial affairs have almost caused a cessation of transactions. At Manchester prices have tended downwards, for both cloths and yarns, with few buyers in the market. The woollen trade of Leeds, Bradford, and Huddersfield, has been particularly dull, the only dealings having been to supply immediate home requirements. At Leicester and Nottingham the hosiery and lace trades have remained inactive, and the same may be said of business in the hardware districts of Birmingham, Sheffield, and Wolverhampton. DEATH OF MR DAVID MORRIS, M.P.—On Friday morning, at 20 minutes past 3 o'clock, Mr David Morris, M.P. for the Carmarthen boroughs, breathed his last. Mr Morris wall elected member for Carmarthen in 1837, and he continued to represent the constituency in Par liament from that time uninterruptedly until his death, a period of 27 years. lie was a thorough and consistent Libe ral in politics, being a supporter of the ballot, abolition of church rates, extension of the franchise, &c. As a county gentleman ho was much esteemed, his benevolence was pro verbial, and he was always ready to lend his powerful in fluence and his purse in promoting any good object. The deceased gentleman was the principal in the old-established banking firm of Messrs David Morris and Sons, Carmar then.. He died at th e r ip e age of 76. 1 1 Ir John Gwyn Jefferies, barrister- a t-l aw, h as already signified his intention of coming forward for the vacant scat in the Conservative interest, and the Liberals intend also to bring forward a candidate, but the choice of the party has not yet been made public, The Mysterious Death on the Metropolitan Railway. Yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock Dr Lankester, coroner for Central Middlesex, and the jury empanelled on the 14th ult., as to the death of a female then unknown, but who has since been identified as Emma Jane Gollop, aged 31, a mar ried woman, who was killed at the Portland-road station of the Metropolitan (Underground) Railway, on the night of Saturday, Sept, 10, under most mysterious circumstances, resumed the inquiry at the board roam of Marylebone Workhouse. Mr James Burchell, of the firm of Burchell and Co., of Broad Sanctuary, Westminster, solicitors to the Metropo litan Railway Company, as well as some of the directors and officials of the company, were present to watch the pro ceedings, which appeared to excite deep interest. The man Powell, in whose company the deceased woman was proved to have been up to the moment of the starting of the train from the platform, but Who previous to the adjournment of the it -uest had not been forthcoming, was now also in at • tondance, as wellss Mr Prichard, of Crescent-street,Euston square, the father of the deceased. The names of the jury having been called over, Mr Chas. Prichard, of 3, Crescent-street, Euston-square, identified the body as that of his daughter, and said she was the wife of a chairmaker named Henry Gollop. Ile last saw her alive between 8 and 9 o'clock on the evening of her death, with her husband at the Adam and Eve, in the Euston-road. She was quite sober. Henry Gollop,!of 15, Earl-street, Lisson-grovo, said de ceased was his wife. He last saw her alive standing on the platform of the Portland Station of the Metropolitan Rail way, on the morning of Sunday, Sept. 11, about 10 minutes past 12. He was then in the train into which ho had got at the Gower-street station a few minutes before. She had been with him and Powell drinking at the Adam and Eve, and left her there about 10 o'clock to get some tea and sugar. When he saw her on the platform she was with the man Powell. The train was in motion and had not stopped. He called out to her but did not think she heard him, and when the train stopped he saw nothing of her or Powell. There might have been six or seven other people on the platform at the time. By Mr Lewis (who represented deceased's relatives) — When he saw his wife sal Powell they were together near the carriages at the lower end of the platform, towards Gower-street. The Coroner eaid he understood that Powell was present, nd as he was not aware that there was any charge against him, he considered he had better now be examined. Francis Powell was then sworn. He said ho resided at No. 1, Clarendon•street, Seymour -street. Somers Town, and was an organ builder in the employ of Messrs Hill and Son, Had been acquainted with the deceased and her family about nine years. Was with deceased on Saturday night, the 10th of September. He met her and her husband at the Adam and Eve public-house, and had some beer with them. He left them about ten o'clock, and went to the Sol's Arms, in the Ilampstead•road, and had some beer. When he came out, Mrs Gallop (deceased) saw him crossing the road and accosted him, saying her husband had sent her for some tea and sugar. She then asked him to give her some thing to drink, and they went to the house opposite—the Lord Palmerston. Sho then wished to go to some more quiet place, and they went up Charles-street, near Frede rick-street, called, he thought, the King's Arms. There they had four or five glasses of gin-and-water together. They left there about a quarter to 12, and he wished her good night ; but at her entreaty they went into the Cock Public-house, at the corner of Brook •street and Mary-street, and had some gin. She wanted him to see her home, but he said it was too far, and he was too tired to come all the way back again. Deceased then asked him to go as far as the station, and he did so, On arriving there, deceased said she would not go unless ha (Powell) went too, saying, "Don't be afraid, I have money for the tickets." He (Powell) then took two tickets, but was not clear whether he took them for the Edgware or Bishop's-read station. He believed he had some " chaff" with the man who sold the tickets, and followed deceased on to the platform, and she got up towards the end of the train, which then began to move slowly, and on his (Powell'►) looking in that direction he saw deceased falling apparently on her hands and knees. Coroner—Seeing this, what did you do ? Powell—Knowing sho was inebriated I ran away and left her, fearing she would get me as well as herself into trouble and locked up. By the Coroner—l mean by leaving I got out of the station es soon as I could. I will swear I did not get into a railway carriage. I ran partly up one staircase, and finding a barrier I then went up the other, where there was an official taking tickets, and as I could not find one I paid him twopence and passed, and went away home. I believe I gave the deceased the tickets. Did not know anything had happened to de ceased except falling on the platform, and never heard of it till the Wednesday afternoon following. Powell was again pressed as to his having got into the carriage and proceeded to the Edgware-read station, but positively swore he did not. Mr Burchell said ho was in a position to produce positive evidence that one of the two tickets issued to this witness and deceased was used that night, ant delivered up at the Edgware-road station by some one, and it could not have been deceased. Mr Lewis and several of the jury thought it important to ascertain positively whether Powell had told a falsehood or not as to the use of the ticket; but the coroner ruled that whether the man Powell went to the Portland-road station or went on to Edgware-road, had no relevance to the cause of death. It would be different if there was a charge against him, Powell, in further examination, said he believed there was a guard between him and the deceased when she fell. He had been drinking since 4 o'clock that afternoon. He could not identify the man to whom he gave the twopence, but he was a taller man than himself, with a light beard. He would swear that he never touched the handle of one of the car riages, or attempted to get into any carriage. He was dressed just the same that night as he was at that moment. He was aware that the deceased was intoxicatel. He got home to Clarendon street about 20 minutes to one. He met deceased's little girl on the Tuesday following, and asked her how her father and mother were, and she said her father was very well, but they had not seen her mother that week. He understood this to mean that she had not called at her father's, where the child was staying. Did not ask if she was hurt by her fall. John Haydon, of 25, Heathpool-street, said he was a pas- senger in the train, and on reaching Portland-road station saw a female standing at the door of the next compartment. She looked back, and beckoned a man he supposed was her husband. She went away, and then came back while the train uas in motion. He looked out of the carriage window and saw her disappear, and at the time there was a guard and porter either holding her back or helping her in, he could not say which, and he saw them apparently holding on to the clothing of the woman between the platform and the last carriage of the train as it was passing. To his belief they were either guards or porters. Could not swear to see ing Powell. By the Coroner—Deceased had plenty of time to have got into the train if she had got in when she first came to the carriage door. He was positive it was an official or officials that had got hold of the woman, Mr Burch°ll reminded the Coroner that the previous evi dence showed that there was no porter on the platform. The Coroner said he was aware of that, but the point was whether there was sufficient time given to the trains at the stations to set down and take up passengers. He was bound to say, in the interests of the public, that he had received several letters complaining of the practice on this line of starting trains so rapidly as to leave passengers who were on the platform behind, and not allowing time to set down and take up. Mr Burchell remarked that the time a train stopped at each station would be regulated by the number of passen gers getting in and out. The Coroner inquired if there was any further evidence, and a well-executed and, as was stated, a most accurate photograph of deceased taken a few hours after death, by M r A. E. Fradelle, of the Portland Bazaar, Langham-place, was produced, but the coroner considered her identity had been sufficiently proved. Having then at some length re capitulated and commented upon the evidence, he said he did not think that any criminal charge had been established against Powell, but it became a question as to whether pro per precautions were taken by the company for the safety of passen gets. The jury ultimately returned a verdict, " That the de ceased, Emma Jane Gollop, was killed whilst attempting to get into a train on the Metropolitan Railway, on the the morning of Sept. 11, and that her death was accidental." They, however, append the following resolution to their verdict : " The jury empanelled on Sept. 14, and adjourned to Oct. 2, 1864, at the St. Marylebone Workhouse, on the body of Emma Jane GAlop, who came by her death on the Me tropolitan Railway, on Sept. 11 last, having returned a verdict of ' Accidental death,' are of opinion that on the arrival of the train at the Portland-road station, where the accident happened, there was not a proper complement of officials to secure the safety of the passengers, and recom mend to the attention of the Metropolitan Railway Com pany greater caution on this point in future." The inquiry then terminated. THE REWARD OF HEROISM AND GALLANTRY.— Fourteen days ago we chronicled the gallant rescue of a child from the flooded v. aters of the Teviot by a labourer named M'Guire. The brave fellow of course lost some time in the performance of the gallant act and in changing his wet clothes afterwards, and we are ere' ibly informed that nits employer in paying him his wages deducted the valua of the hour's work, 30, from his hardly won earnings.— liatvick Advertiser. ['ADVERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway's pills can be confidently recommended as a domestic remedy for the ailments of all classes and conditions of people. Young and old, men and women, parents and children, may take this medicine with the certainty of deriving benefit from its use when disorder and disease are making them miserable. Hollo way's pills aro unrivalled for their purifying, aperient, and strengthening properties. They remove indigestion, palpi.. tation, and headaches, and are specially serviceable in coin.. plaints peculiar to females. Each box of pills is wrapped up in printed instructions for the guidance of invalids, who will readily understand from carefully studying them the heat way of regaining health. Holloway's pills work a thorough change in the constitutions of the woak and nervous. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS, TlMES.—Although the visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales is, - whatever may be insinuated or argued to the contrary at this dull season of the year, when every event is made to bear at least as heavy a superstructure of conjecture as it is possible for it to support, entirely without any political sig nificance whatever, it is impossible for the people of this country not to regard with sincere interest the reception of this young and illustrious pair, and to feel an almost domestic interest in their proceedings and adventures. The expedition to Denmark, it may be conceded, now that it is over, was rather a hazardous experiment. It was much to expect that these good Danes, in the midst of the unparalleled misfortunes which have recently fallen upon them, should distinguish between the Prince and the nation of which they believe they have so much reason to complain. It is a strong proof of the generous hospitality of the national character, and also, we may add, of the affection which the young Princess has conciliated for herself among her father's subjects, that their reception in Copenhagen has been marked by so much kind ness and cordiality. We could not have been angry, we could not have been surprised, had some outburst of popular feeling clouded the splendour of the reception accorded to the heir apparent to the Crown. Nothing of the kind, how ever, seems to have occurred, and, on the contrary, the Danish nation seems to have forgotten for a while its sorrows and its anxieties, in the presence of its beloved Princess. The extension of the joura ney to Stockholm was liable to none of these incon veniences; there was no reason whatever to expect anything but the utmost kindness and cordiality. The visit had besides an interest of its own. Friendly as have been our relations with the Swe dish Monarchy, we do not remember any visit to Stockholm by any part of our Royal Family. For some reason or other oar connection with Denmark has been much closer, and instances will occur to every one of the frequent intermarriages between the two Royal families. Yet whatever may be said of the glories of ancient times, there is no kingdom of the North that has filed so large a space in the eye of the world as Sweden. Her daring has ever been greater than her power, and her valour has never failed to answer the heaviest demands which her race of Sovereigns, not over-sparing of the lives of their subjects, have made upon.it. The names of Gustavus Vasa and of Gustavus Adolphus and of Charles XII. stand out like beacons in modern his tory, and the fact that the Crown of Sweden is now held by the descendant of one of Napoleon's Genes rals, the only one who was able to come unscathed out of the tremendous vortex in which the First Empire went down, adds romantic interest of its own. But Stockholm has other attractions than those associations which Swedish history so largely supplies. Though the climate is severe and the situation remote, there is no city possessed of a more beautiful site or calculated to make a more vivid impression on the mind of a visitor than Stockholm. Imagine the countless islands in Clew Bay, on the western coast of Ireland—which live, as Thackeray says, like golden dolphins in the setting sun—to be multiplied to almost any c , nceivable extent, and imagine a beautiful city, with vast and splendid public buildings, to be spread over this wonderful archipelago, with all the animation of boats and shipping which the western coast of Ireland un happily wants, and you may gain some faint idea of the charms which the Venice of the North display in lavish profusion. The rough breezes of the Baltic are no courtiers, and it unfortunately happened that the voyage of the Royal yacht was protracted by adverse weather. It was the desire of the Prince of Wales to visit S weden under the incognito of his well-known title of Baron Renfrew, but this by no means accorded with the wishes of the kind and hospitable people whom hecame to visit. Nothing, indeed, could be less like a private visit than the reception which was prepared for the Prince and Princess of Wales. The whote city seems to have turned out to meet their Royal guests, but hour after hour passed away, daylight was succeeded by the long twilight of the North, and twilight in its turn faded into night, and still they did not come. In this emergency the Swedish authorities showed an energy and power of adapting themselves to cir: cumefances which we aro not always accustomed to observe. Torches were distributed, the Palace was in some measure illuminated, and blue lights were sent up so as to show the landing with a clearness scarcely inferior to that of day. The Prince of Wales was. induced to renounce his intention of ap pearing in plain clothes, and assumed, at the re quest of Prince Oscar, a dress better suited to the publicity of the occasion. A dinner and a visit to the theatre, where the Swedish National Anthem was performed—which we are told closely resembles our own—and a return home amid the applause of the multitude, concluded what must have been an exciting and fatiguing day. To the theatre, which the Prince and Princess of Wales thus visited almost immediately on their arrival, attaches a gloomy historic interest. It was the scene of the assassina tion of King Gustavus 111. by Anarketrom, just at he time when that adventurous and romantic monarch was meditating a crusade against that very French Revolution which was destined to place a new dynasty on the throne of Sweden. Nothing seems to have been wanting to do honour to their guests on the part of the King and Queen, and the whole affair of the reception seems to have passed off with a heartiness and cordiality which we are not in the habit of always attributing to persons filling the highest place among mankind. We shall very sincerely rejoice if this short visit and the hearty kindness with which it is welcomtd are the means of drawing closer the ties which unite us to our kinsmen on the coast of the Baltic. Symp toms of late years have appeared of a tendency to study with more care and attention the antiquities and language of nations which have supplied Europe with its aristocracy from the Orkneys to the Straits of Messina. We are becoming conscious that the best points of our national character and the noblest part of our language are derived from those North men of whom our accesters thought so much terror and so much involuntary admiration. Condemned to struggle against a severe climate and against a nature niggard of gifts and prodigal only of hard ships and severities, they have been outrun in the acquisition a wealth and the increase of population by nations possessing more fertile lands and more temperate climates, but no other superiority. Man is still what he was a thousand years ago—the noblest product of the North, and those stormy and barren regions possess a population which for strength, manliness, and hardihood may compare with any people on the earth. It is worth the while of one who is one day to be himself a King of men to visit those lands which have been from ice• memorial time the cradle of great conquerors and mighty nations. Such a scene must be full of an interest that may well give rise to serious reflex ions. Is England, in the lap of an unexampled prosperity, and provided as she is with every contrivance for saving the labour of her people and protecting them from the inclemency of the elements, destined to retain those sterner and rougher qualities which she derives from the North, and which have been, no doubt, the groundwork of her success ? Can any thing be done to unite these Scandinavian races, to whom mankind, after all, owes so much, into a single compact State, capable, with the assistance of stormy seas, cold winters, and desolate frontiers, of defending itself effectively against the great mine tary despotisms under which Europe seems deter mined to range itself ? Is the catastrophe of Den mark only a first step towards the subjugation of the North. or will it teach the inhabitants of Scan dinavia to seek in union that strength which they never needed more than at the present moment ? POST.—Even were the efforts of the Manchester Cotton Supply Association to be productive of no other result, they are at least valuable as tending to collect and tabulate the returns which are prac tically the most reliable source of information which we possess as to the prospects of our future supply of this .invaluable staple. The Executive Committee would now seem to be fairly recognised as a sort of legitimate depot for all the informas tion which can be obtained upon a subject so im portant to the world in general, as well as to thou sands of our own fellow-countrymen in particular. The Government is willing and able to afford sub stantial assistance, by communicating the pith of the Indian despatches, and the reports of our con suls all over the world. Private adventurers or speculators are only too happy to have an oppor tunity of ventilating their own schemes through such a channel. Even foreign potentates are glad to take advantage cf the existence of a body through whom they may make known their intentions as to the cultivation of cotton, and from whom they can obtain viouable hints as to the conditions under which alone its:cultivation can be attempted with a fair prospect of success, And thus it comes to pass that a non-official association of a purely commer cial character is gradually invested with all the authority, and consequently with all the responsi bilities, which attach to a regular statistical depart ment of the State. It can now no longer be doubted that —corn, perhaps, alone excepted—cotton can be grown over a larger area of the surface of the whole earth than any other vegetable product. Whether it can be grown at a profit depends, of course, upon the market price of the raw material, on the possi• bility of obtaining seed of the proper quality, and upon the skill which is available upon the spot for its cultivation. Nor will all kinds of seeds suit every soil. Special reference must be had to the character and chemical attributes of the land which is selected for the experiment, and such seed must be employed as experience has proved does well under similar conditions. Thus, it has been found by the Madras authorities that Peruvian cotton, although s vastly superior in quality to " Surat," being longer e and finer in the staple, is, to say the least, a T er ;€ precarious crop in the cotton-growing districts o f Salem and Kistna. It requires a large amount artificial irrigation, is much exposed to the attacks of insects, and suffers greatl from changeable orl unfavourable weather—all of them wants which is difficult to supply, or drawbacks which it is i ttl ; possible to avoid in India. At Natal, Egyptian see',. has been found to succeed very well, and to prodt!ca: a crop valued at about 2s. per pound. Egypt, ag al e o seems to efiford the best seed for the whole of ta Levant and Asia Minor, in which there is practol cally an unlimited field for cotton cultivatiO4 awaiting only the introduction of capital and skil lu n labour. Unfortunately there has been hitherto 0, diminution in the principal obstacle to their e 4 ploy ment ; the groundless jealousy entertained 'id the Turkish authorities of foreign enterprise s li ce foreign, ownership of property. Where l ieens a , have been granted by the Porte, and proper 0 „a chinery has been established, as at Balukisser le Kirkagatch, the prod uce has been doubled in a sivg e f year. There are large districts in the Island Cyprus, and around Sidon, in which Am erica n : seed might be introduced with the greatest adv a er tage, and where an average price of pound only would amply remunerate the grOW and make it well worth his while to bring all tu available land in his vicinity under cultivatit In Morocco there has been bat a trifling jecreail; eightpenee Per, owing, as in the dominions of the Sultan, t 0 en want of European, capitalists. What has ' c ot grown, too, seems likely to be monopolised tie home consumption, so that comparatively li t to will be available for exportation from a V ar ; e r from whence we had been led to entertain gre a ' 0 expectations. Some difficulties seem to have a rise also between the Sultan of Morocco and the Etir°n.' pean settlers, which led to an actual embargo beil3D placed on all cotton, and which have seriously 1,1140 terfered with a market which distance, and i ," r peculiarities of the soil, would otherwise r enae especially available fur our purposes. It is satis c i factory, however, to find that whereas France bs,, previously enjoyed something very like a monoP l of the cotton grown upon the shores of the terranean, high prices are now beginning to te l and it is finding its way in large quantities, and, n 6 vastly superior quality, to British ports. Creel the Atlantic, Pernambuco has more than do uble its supply in the last twelve months, and is ' c i peated to send us this year at least one hundred se, twenty thousand bales. Another favourable fea tur' in its case is the fact that, in place of drawing ur bi us for specie, it takes a large proportion of price paid for the raw material in the shap e manufactured articles. In Venezuela the proaue has been trebled, although the small area pre viously under crop renders the importance o f tb increase more relative than positive. In that c on° try, however, the want of labour must interfet seriously, for some time to come, with any r eali l large increase of production. Sur. there is an BOP, ' field now open, and it has been found that be ' the native seed and the Government imP° l l tions of New Orleans, have done well. is quite clear, from the above reports, that the PI curing of an adequate supply for all our purposest merely a question of time, and that it may , t ai end prove to be obtainable even nearer home U ) , it has been before. Beyond the objections to b:`: shortness in staple, and to the deficiencies in gu sh ,' of ' Surat," the great distances which have to u traversed from the cotton districts of Hindus ° , to the coast, and the long voyage from thence ' Liverpool, must always enhance its price, a lp render it undesirable as our only source of suPP; If we can establish a ma r ket on the coasts of Mediterranean within a week's sail of our ur island we shall have materially improved oar po! tion. As matters stand at present, all authoritil are agreed that years must elapse before I s r e , Orleans can become again what it was to ns, if it ever regains its former pre-eminence as a cottc port. Those who best understand the cultivatio n the cotton plant, and the delicate operation of pie l ing, have been scattered to the winds. A u e generation will have to be trained in one of a most difficult of all manipulative processes befe l the crop can again be sent to market, even when has been again grown in its former perfectie Above all, the burnt child'' proverbially " drea' the fire," and our merchants and manufacturer s, they are wise, will be aware of again relying e j elusively upon one source of supply. It is to Le velope new channels of commerce in this reaps that the Cotton Supply Association was original formed—and we trust that no rumours of peaces suggestions of any impending fall in cotton, W induce those who are members of it to relax el e tions which have been already productive of 011 stantiat benefits. COUNTRY MARKETS. COLCHESTER—OCT. 1. We had a fair supply of grain on offer at our n3a,r! to-day, and the trade was slow at barely late rates. -5 1 barley not plentiful, and ready sales at previous quotatioi Beans about is under late prices. Peas as before. Wheat, white. 40s 46s Beans, Mazagan .. 335 red 36s 42s middle & 5ma11.355 ; Barley Oats. GLOUCESTER—Om There was a small supply of wheat to-day. Trade dull, at late prices. Foreign was in limited demand , former rates. Barley, beans, and oats dull. NORTHAMPTON-OCT. 1. Wheat in fair show to-day, and sold at from ls to 2sl qr decline on late quotations. Foreign dull at late pile, —White wheat, new, 39s to 43s ; new red, 37 s t o 4 old, 38s to 41s per qr. Barley, new malting, 328 to 341 Beans, 39s to 425. Peas, 37s to 426 per qr. • tD—SEPT. 30. Ly there was a good suPP I I Ld last week's quotations vl lactive, and oats, beans, le doing in anything. Peas Partridge 36s White 303 Boiling 383 Dun 313 Ditto new —o Beans, Tick, old 34s new —s Harrow Ticks 3 ss new -5 Mazagan ..... 333 CHELMSFO: At this corn exchange to-ds wheat, with a heavy trade, an barely maintained. Barley in peas without vanation. Littl Wheat, old white 40s 455, new 409 41s old red 39s 40s new 37a 40s Barley ..... 25a 32a Chevalier 26s 33s Grinding 20s 28s Malt. 6ls 67s Chevalier 64s 68s Oats 20s 269 KIRKCALDY GRAIN—OcT. 1. We had large supplies of barley and oats at our nlai to-day, but small of wheat. Last week's prices were r l3 the same for wheat. Barley is and oats 6d down. 61 slow. _ _ _ Wheat. Barley. Oats. First....36s Od I 24s Od I 17s Od Second ..38s Od 26s Od 19s 6d Third....4os Od 288_0d 20s Od Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton . . Oct. via Marseilles Oct. 1 cirazil and Cape Verde, by British packet. Oct. 4 Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena Oct. 4 China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton. Oct. _ via Marseilles Oct. `.4 Falkland Islands •••• „ Gibraltar, via Southampton Oct. ' 4 India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Oct. via Marseilles Oct, I India (Bombay), via Southampton Oct. i via Marseilles Oct. i Portugal.... Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Oct. via Marseilles Oct. ( Newfoundland . . Oct. i Oporto and Vigo: U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet.... Oct. C ' by U.S. packet.... by Canadian packet. Oct. All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, 1 03t. California. and British Columbia.. Births. BULLER.—Onthe 2d inst., at The Grove, Isle of Portli the wife of Capt. Buller, of a son. CIIETWYND.—On the 30th ult., the wife of the Hon. C Chetwynd, of a daughter. CUMBERDATCH.—On the Ist inst., at The Queen's 11 0 Lyndhurst, the wife of Lawrence Henry Cumberbs Esq., of a son. Loran.—On the 2d inst., 9, Albion•road, Finchley-r , the wife of Henry William Lord, Esq„ barrister-at -1 of a daughter. Marriages. TOWNSEND.—BURGH,—On the 25th ult., Henry 5. T Townsend, Esq., of Cavenage, Gloucestershire, Iste Life Guards, only son of the Rev. Maurice Gitz-G° Stephens Townsend, of Castle Townsend, and vie! J Thcrnbury, to Jane A. C., eldest daughter of , Hussey de Burgh, Esq., of Kilfirmin, county of Corl TUCKEY.—PorrER.---On the Ist inst , at St Mary's, W minster, Henry Phelps Tuckey, Esq., to Mary Potter, daughter of H. Potter, Esq., Vincent-square Deaths. Buni3.—On the 2d inst., at 17, Fortress-terrace, Kent town, the wife of George Bubb, librarian, 167, Bond-street. DYSON.—On the Ist inst., at Toepits, Watford, Th° E Dyson, Esq., aged 78. HARDIE.—On the 30th ult., atVauxhall. Jas. Hardie,l Staff Commander R.N., aged 77. MANN.—On the 2d , inst., at Liscard, Cheshire, Will Mann, Esq., aged 59. PAGET. —On the 19th August, killed on board 'Lb Phaeton, at sea, W. Indies, by the tall of a block f aloft, while in the execution of his duty, Charles .A;; Paget, Lieut. R.N., third son of Lord and Lady Will Paget, aged 32. REEVE.—On the 2d inst., at Leadenham House. Lino shire, General John Reeve, Colonel of the 61st It ment. 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