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

The Prince and Princess of Wales in Sweden. (From the limes' Special Correspondent.) 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 Venice, 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 BO highly prized by residents that the name given to it signifies "the Mountain of Moses." Any mo narch might be proud of having such a capital to show, and the King with evident pleasure pointed out to the Prince and Princess localities which are associated either with historical traditions 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 eye does not fix itself, as in other scenes, upon some few prominent objects, but ranges delighted over the whole panorama. The sheets of water below, not sour and stagnant, but fresh and teeming with fish, are covered with yes• 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, tie 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 MoseLcke 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 English 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 nine 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 tha guard in front of Prince Oscar's palace, which from its cen tral position 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 eight-seeing was ended, and when in the rolled of their visits a pause of an hour took place, during which the Royal party lunched with Prince Oscar. 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 ,burgesses, and the peasants—a division which, on the whole, re presented the different interests fairly enough, though the owners of small independeiit 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 beneficial legislation. In former times matters jogged on tranquilly enough. But in the present day, when Sweden, awakening to the importance of developing her vest 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 systems into her Norwegian provinces, and is hourly stimu lating her mining industry, it becomes evident that the old system is too slow and cum. brous 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- teas 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 Years'lVar, and there that his infant daughter Christina was brought, on the tidings of her fathet's death at Lutz , 3n, 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 Aligatory, 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, Da la Gardie, and Osenstiern (Grand Chancellor to Gustavus Ado!- phus), which stand respectively second, third, and fourth upon the list, to those of M. Oidevin, who was enrolled as recently as 1860. With the exception of these shield©, the only contents of the room are the benches, covered with blue cloth, 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 Beat 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, hung 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 licuse of Lords were evidently " bold, bad men ;'' others, again, if physiognomy can be trusted, were capable states men and brave comma n d ers . A remar k a ble feature in all th e p or t ra i ts i s t h e won d er f u l an i— a tion that the artist h as th rown i nto t h e features." They are from the best materials • many of the later ones were painted from lif,' and a very - slight stretch of ima gination is all that i s needed to seat these sh a d ows of the ra.9t actual apartment, as of yore, with gra and to see them deal ing, th e at e t o , nsiderations of State. It is thought probable de parture from the original understanding, e will ho come te which time Prince and Prince s sao n f d aN ing, according Wales were to have left Steel:holm upon t h e i r return ' journey Denmark nest Friday. The severityevtreme of to the recent passage has made a couple of additional days' rest a matter of some importanc e to all the party, but espeeiglly in the else of her Royal High. nese, 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. Last night a grand dinner was given in honour of the Prince and Princess of Wales at the King's favourite castle of Ulrichsdal, which lies about six miles from the capital. Invitations were issued to about 100 guests,all persons of the highestdistinction in 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 Hopital des Invalides. The King, however, at that time Crown Prince, took a great fancy to the place, and the soldiers having been either pensioned cff 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. Curious weapons, entire suites of armour, &c., 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 beard, in whose bearing, not less than in his character, the love at once of the arts and of tho 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 Waies. 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 generdl 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. ment 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 round the top, skirts the room. This ledge is filled with curious ware of every description, principa:ly 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 Excellency" 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-Glucksburg, 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 Menderstrom, Minister for Foreign Affairs, and the Countess de Manderatrom ; 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 S!edingk, 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, Grand 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 s n i i s n ts g o f f oo a tm cs e p n. rich T i h y e a i g n ma ne feature l ii coloured hr t es h di e l v i f ter arattirelace, s running o m r g n a i from which a couple of some fcur feet high spring into the air. The ber of these footmen in attendance is always re gulated by the number of Royal ladies present. L Ist evening there being four of these, four sets of feather head-dresses moved about inces santly the whole evening. The general coma pany included the following names ;--M. de Lager. strale, Minister of the Interior ; M. de Reatersk jold, Minister of War; M. Carlson, Minister of Health ; M. Bredberg, Minister without Portfolio ; M. Thulstrup, ditto; M. Malmsten, ditto; M. Mff. ner, member of the Ministry of Norway; M. Mel- dald, ditto; Baron Braunerhelm ; Count Erin L e vvenhaupts, First Gentleman of the Chamber of the King; M. `o❑ do Masse, Secretary of the Danish Lcgr.tion ; Mr Heneage, Attaché to the British Legation ; Commanders of the three ships of the Royal Navy ; M. do Bjornstjerna, Minister for Sweden at Copenhagen ; Baron Bildt, Grand Governor of Stockholm ; General Nauckhcff, Com• mander-General of Stockholm; Baron de Stedingk, Chief Director of tho Royal Theatres ; M. de San. stromer, Chief Secretary to the Minister for Fo reign Affairs; M. do Sacdels, Chief Mcashal of the King's Court; Count and Countess do Snoilsky ; Baron de Wrede, King's Chamberlain ; Baron de Falkenberg, ditto, &c. The collection of silver plate used during the inner was magnificent and app , .!rontly inex-- haustible, and the same expressions apply to the service of China. Including dessert there were no less than 20 courses. Daring the entertainment the Royal band performed the following selections :- 1 Mitt eget Kompani Marsch 2 Ouvertur till, Elverhoj 3 Duet nr Op., Martha ...... Flotow 4 Le Rossignol-Vale 5 Le Carneval de Paris 6 Quartet ur Op., Rigoletto 7 Nordisk Fostbrodra-Galopp Lumbye 8 Potpourri ur Op., Havita Frun 9 Le Profete-Vals .0 Potpourri ur Op., Karleksdrycken 11 Shottish ur Op., Le Dragon de Villars Maillart 12 Final ur Op., Ernani WEDNESDAY. I Rule Britannia. Towards the close of the dinner the grounds at tached to the palace and also the edge[of 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, nzais ex tremement gentil." 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 Lan eels in any other service. At first the number of spectators was comparatively limited, the review having been a spectacle arranged at very short notice for the gratification of the Priflce 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 Oottenburg, 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 bers 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. M'Clintock conducted them in person over the Aurora. The distinguished visitors seemed much gratified with their reception, and at having had the opportunity of meeting an officer so distin guished by his achievements. THE VOLUNTEERS. NJ. 0 Company (Cape. 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 800 yards ; five shots at each range, Hytne position. Colour-Sergeant A. D. Mur ray won the chief prize. The return match between the 121 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. BArnet, 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 £1 added, and other prizes. The pewter was won by Private Nash, a second prize of £3 being taken by Sergeant Ball's. 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 uas 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 Bat/ery. A. match has taken place between six members of the Braintree corps and a corresponding number of the Chelmsford corps—the shooting was at ranges of 200, 500, and COO yards, five rounds each—and the scores made were --Chelmsford, 158 —Braintree, 176. Ten men belonging to the corps attached to the establishment of Messrs. Burgess and 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,-shooting of the Ist Cinque Ports battalion of Rifle Volunteers came o ff on Wed nesday last, at the military ranges battalion w Eastbourne. represented, t ed A : l eachthe companies composing the corps sending se vera l 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, 500, 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 : £.5, given by Capt. Catling, by Corporal Fuller—£3, 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 21 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,tho 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 Ist Leamington and subdivision companies —the Saltley, Nuneaton, War wick, Rugby, and Stratford companies, The men marched to the common, headed by the Coventry baud, 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 wero 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 he 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. The 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) done, from the officers down to each individual man. The prize shooting . of the Biggleawado Rifle Volunteers has been brought to a close. The firing was conducted by Lieutenant Hooper. All the matches were five rounds each. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 4, 1864. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. 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 rolls, 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 is 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 tho pa per authorities, through the Lord Lieutenant, for the appointment of a committee of inquiry, to affird 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 imbledon scoring. There were upwards of 50 competitors, of whom 19 made 30 points and upwards. The winner was Sergeant Taylor, 17th company, who made the fine score of 48. The let 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 754 of all ranks. After receiving the Lurd-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 Lo - 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 Tremenheere 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, Shelton, and Guisborough Volunteers, with the Ist battalion of the North York Volunteer Artil lery, assembled, on the invitation of the Earl of Zetland, at Upleatham, for a field day. Tho 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 630 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 (361 h). The champion badge and £lO, eiven 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 shooting throughout was good. The annual prize shooting of the 3J 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. Tho other prizes were won by Cor poral 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 prizes) were shot for at 500 yards. After a tie of 21 points, made by seven shots, Quartermaster Sergeant Woodcock was first. The all o 'mere' 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 W 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, Knaresborough—Sergeant Hawley, Elland—Ensign Idell, Knareshorough—and Private Clayton, Halifax. The battalion prize meeting of the North York com panies, which was fixed for Tuesday last, in Castle Howard Park, Malton, 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 have 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 38 points by five phots at each range. The subscription prizes were 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 given by Tay lor and Sons. From tha manufacturing districts the accounts during the past week have represented that busia 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 MOF,RIS, M.P.—On Friday morning, at 20 minutes past 3 o'clock, Mr David Morris, M.P. for the Carmarthen boroughs, breathed his last. Air Morris was 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. He was a thorough and consistent Libe ral in politics, being a supporter of the ballot, abolition ovfercbhira.ir,cahnrd and he is at h es, extension of the franchise, &e. As a county much he was uch esteemed, his bendvolence was pro verbial, alwayspurse in promoting ready any len dg good d s powerful object. fluenceThe deceased gentleman was the principal in the old-established banking firm el Messrs David Morris and Sons, Carmar then. lle died at the ripe age of 76. Mr John Gwyn Jefferies, barrister-at-l aw' h as already signified his intention of coming forw ar d f cr the vacant seat in the Conservative interest, and the Liberals intend also to bring forward a candidate, but th•. , choice of the party bas not yet been made public. The Mysterious Death on the Metropolitan Railway. Yesterday tifternoon 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 room of Marylebono Workhouse. Mr James Burchell, cf 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 inquest had not been forthcoming, was now also in at tendance, PP well as Mr Prichard, of Creseent-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. He last saw her alive between S and 9 o'clock on the evening of her death, with her husband at the Adam and Eve, in the Euston-road, Sho was quite sober. Henry Gollop,:of 15, Earl-street, Lisson-grove, 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 moraing of Sunday, Sept. 11, about 10 minutes past 12. He was then in the train into which he 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. Tho 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 ho 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 and Powell they were together near the carriages at the lower end of the platform, towards Gower-street. The Coroner said ho understood that Powell was present, nd as he was not aware that there was any charge against him, he considered he had better note be examined. Francis Powell was then sworn. Ho said he resided at No. 1, Clerendon•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 Hampstead-road, and had some beer. When he came out, Mrs Dollop (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. She then wished to go to some more quiet place, and they went up Charles-street, near Frede rick-street, called, ho 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-hou le, 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 he (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 cr 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's) looking in that direction he saw deceased falling apparently on her hands and knees. Coroner—Seeing this, what did you do ? Powell—Knowing she wan inebriated I ran away and left her, fearing she would get me as well as herself into trouble and locked up. By the C.Jroner—l mean by leaving I got out of the station as 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 ono 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-road 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, and 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. lie had been drinking since 4 o'clock that afternoon. He could not identify the rum to whom he gave the twopence, but he Wes 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 intoxicate]. 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. lie 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 was in motion. lie looked out of the carriage window and saw her uisappear, and at the time there was a guard and porter either holding her back or helping h n. in, he could not say which, and he saw them apparently holding on to the clothing of tho 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 goi 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 Burchell 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. fie 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 Mr 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 passengers. 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, eppend the following resolution to their verdict : " The jury empanelled on Sept. 14, and adjourned to Oct. 1864, at the St. Marylebone Workhouse, on the body of Emma Jane Gallop, 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 saters 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 ore' ibly informed that his em , l ,, yer in paying him his wages deducted the value of the hour's work, 3-Id, from his hardly won earnings,— Ifatvick Advertiser. IADVERTISEMENT.]-11olloway'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 are unrivalled for their purifying, aperient, and strengthening properties. They remove indigestion, palpi.. tation, and headaches, and are specially serviceable in com.. 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 best way of regaining health. Holloway's pills work a thorough change in the constitutions of the weak and nervous. 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 jour. flea- 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 our 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 uponit. 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 Gene rale, 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 th e western coast of Ireland—which live, as Thackeray says, like golden dolphins in the setting sun—to be li multiplied to almost any c ceivable 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 Bal tic 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 Sweden under the i ncognito of his well-known title of Baron Renfrew, but this by no means accorded with the wishes of the kind and hospitable people when] he cameto visit. Nothing, indeed, could be less like a private visit than the reception which was prepared for the Prince and Princess of Wales. The whole 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 cher cums Lances which we are 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 Anarkstrom, just at the 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 he bit 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 welcome d are the means of drawing c:eser the ties which unite us to cur 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 ancesters 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 arid severities, they have been outrun in the acquisition of wealth and the increase of population by nations possesoing 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 im memorial time the cradle of great conquerors and mighty nations. Such a scene must be full of an interest that may well give ri se t o ser i ous re fl ee i ons . Is England, in the lap of an unexampled prosperity, and provided as she is with every contrivance for saving the labour of her peopl e an d p ro t ec ti ng 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 mili 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 informs' , 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 of 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 valuable 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 fo r 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 vastly superior in quality to " Surat," being longer girths. BULLER.—On the 2d inst., at The Grove, Isle of Port laocif the wife of Capt. Buller, of a son. CHETWYND.—On the 30th ult., the wife of the Hon. C. Chetwynd, of a daughter. CUMPERBATCII.—On the Ist inst., at The Queen's IDTISheI. Lyndhurst, the wife of Lawrence Henry Cumberb atc- ' Esq., of a son. i t ch LORD.—On the 2d inst., 9, Albion-road, Finchleyrf the wife of Henry William Lord, Esq,, barrister-st' a of a daughter. Marriages. TOWNSEND.—BURGH,—On the 25th ult., Henry J• T • d Townsend, Esq., of Cavenage, Gloucestershire, leteld Life Guards, only son of the Rev. Maurice Gitz - G era of Stephens Townsend, of Castle Tom nsend, and vigvicar.J Thcrnbury, to Jane A. C., eldest daughter of L Hussey de Burgh, Esq., of Kilfirmin, county of Ger i " t , TUCKEY.—POTTER —On the Ist inst , at St Mary's, W A e , i ja minster, Henry Phelps Tuckey, Esq., to Adart Potter, daughter of H. Potter, Esq., Vincent-squa re. Deaths. Buns.—On the 2d inst., at 17, Fortress-terrace, Sent'; town, the wife of George Bubb, lib ra rian, 167, '— Bond-street, Di sox.—On the Ist i ns t., at T o epit s , Watford, x rp .'" - t ,,, no e E. Dyson, Esq., aged 78. llAit taff Di E Commander —On R the 30th lt a ., g a e t d 77.3cVha11. Jas. Hardie ,V4 S ' MANN.-0a the 2d inst., at Liscard, Cheshire, Mann, Esq., aged 59. Ai 0. PAGET. —On the 19th August, killed on board Phaeton, at sea, W. Indies, by the tall of a block frer. aloft, while in the execution of his duty, Charles . 11 -, ; • Paget, Lieut. R.N, third son of Lord and Lady Paget, aged 32. REEVE.—On the 2d inst., at Leadenham House. Linc oln , shire, General John Reeve, Colonel of the 61st Reg' went. London: PribZcd and I'r2.ll.shed by VVILLIAM ANDlti‘ of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Tix SUN Office No* 1 " i Strand, in the Precinct of the S.tvoy, the c c upty 0 Aliddleaez.—Tuesda,y, October 4, 1864. , and finer in the staple, is, to say the least, a very. precarious crop in the cotton-growing districts of. Salem and Kistna. It requires a large amount of artificial irrigation, is much exposed to the attacks of insects, and suffers greatly from changeable or !infavourable weather—all of them wants which t. is difficult to supply, or drawbacks which it is lrn; possible to avoid in India. At Natal, Egyptian se amen has been found to succ ee d v er y w ell, and to prodti..ce , a crop valued at about 2s. pe r pound. Egypt, ge seems to afferd the best seed for the whole of the etl Levant and Asia Minor, in which there is pra• cally an unlimited fi e ld f o r cotton cultivation, only the introd uc ti on o f c apital and skilled labour. Unfortunately th e re has been hithert o no diminution in the principal obstacle to their eni. ploy ment ; the groundless jealousy entertained b!, T the Turkish authorities of for e ign enterprise an u foreign, ownership of property. Where licenses have been granted by the Porte, and proper ma ' chinery has been established, as at Balukisser. aye Kirkagetch, the produce has been doubled in a single year. There are large districts in the Island of Cyprus, and around Sidon, in which American seed might be introduced with the greatest adv eri ; tage, and where an average price of eightpence Pe pound only would amply remunerate the grn wer ' and make it well worth his while to bring all the available land in his vicinity under cultivation. In Morocco there has been bat a trifling increase. owing, as in the dominions of the Sultan, to the want of European capitalists. What has been grown, too, seems likely to be monopolised foe consumption, so that comparatively little will be available for exportation from a quarter from whence we had been led to entertain gre at expectations. Some difficulties seem to have arisen also between the Sultan of Morocco and the Ell,r °- pear: settlers, which led to an actual embargo betng. placed on all cotton, and which have seriously in terfered with a market which distance, and th e peculiarities of the soil, would otherwise ren4ef especially available for our purposes. It is se e t is d factory, however, to find that whereas France us previously enjoyed something very like a monopoly of the cotton grown upon the shores of the 11Iedle terra it nean, high prices are now beginning to t ell ' and is finding its way in large quantities, and , vastly superior quality, to British ports. Crossing the Atlantic, Pernambuco has more than doubled its supply in the last twelve months, and is ° c a .. peated to send us this year at least one hundred an twenty thousand bales. Another favourable feature in its case is the fact that, in place of drawing upon us for specie, it takes a large proportion of tbef price paid for the raw material in the shape ° manufactured articles. In Venezuela the prod uce has been trebled, although the small area pr,e° viously under crop renders the importance of tee . increase more relative than positive. In that on ° try, however, the want of labour must interfere seriously, for some time to come, with any really large increase of production. Still there is an ample field now open, and it has been found that both the native seed and the Government importn; tions of New Orleans, have done well. is quite clear, from the above reports, that the Pre.", curing of an adequate supply for all our purpoaesltll; merely a question of time, and that it may in ~2 end prove to be obtainable even nearer home t°, o it has been before. Beyond the objections to tu shortness in staple, and to the deficiencies in qual l e t i of " Surat," the great distances which have to ee traversed from the cotton distr l / 2 ts of Hindust an ° to the coast, and the long vo:, be from thenc e t d Liverpool, must always enhance its price, a l render it undesirable as our only source of suPI, If we can establi s h a mar k e t on th e coasts of Mediterranean within a week's sail of our 10 :" island we shall have materially improved oar po. s ': tion. As matters stand at present, all authoeit l , e " are agreed that years must el a p se b e fore Ne" Orleans can become again what it was to us, even if it ever regains its former pre-eminence as a cottol! port. Those who best understand the cultivation °I the cotton plant, and the delicate operation of pic k : ing, have been scattered to the winds. A Il e " generation will have to be trained in one of th e most difficult of all manipulative processes befer 6 t the crop can again be sent to market, even whe t° has been again grown in its former perfectleu,' Above all, the burnt child " proverbially " dreae 1 l the fire," and our merchants and manufacturers, : they are wise, will be aware of again relying e g g elusively upon one source of supply. It is to de + velope new channels of commerce in this resp ee " that the Cotton Supply Association was originally formed—and we trust that no rumours of peaces ill suggestions of any impending fall in cottons induce those who are members of it to relax eser, tions which have been already productive of Bub' stantiat benefits. COUNTRY MARKETS, COLCIIESTER—OcT. I. We had a fair supply of grain on offer at our market to-day, and the trade was slow at barely late rates. F ill° barley not plentiful, and ready sales at previous quotatioas' Beans about is under late prices. Peas as before. Wheat, white. 40s 46s Beans, Mazagan ..33s 3 , 0 : red 36s 42s middle & small.3ss '49 Barley Oats GLOUCESTER—Ocr. 1. There was a small supply of wheat to-day. Trade t dull, at late prices. Foreign was in limited deman d, 11 former rates. Barley, beans, and oats dull. NORTHAMPTON—Our. 1. r Wheat in fair show to-da and sold at from is to 25 p er qr decline on late quotations. Foreign dull at late pricg; —White wheat, new, 39s to 435; new red, 375 to n t, old, 38s to 41s per qr. Barley, new malting, 32s to 0 1 ' Beans, 39s to 425. Peas, 37s to 42s per qr. W-SEPT. 30. lc, of iy there was a good suPP ., id last week's quotations Weis Lactive, and oats, Wane, ell le doing in anything. 0 Peas, Partridge • • 365 344 White .. 306 38 s ' 40 Boiling ...350 Dun 316 ... .. 0 Ditto new --s 37 0 Beans, Tick, old 34s ......, new - -0 384 Harrow Ticks .• 35 ° ,0 new -- "s 356 Mazagan ..334 CHELMSFO At this corn exchange to-da wheat, with a heavy trade, ac barely maintained. Barley i❑ peas without var ation. Littl Wheat, old white 40s 45s i new 40s 41 s uld red 39s 40s new 37s 40s Barley 25s 32s Chevalier 26s 33s Grinding ..20s 2Ss Malt.... Chevalier . 64s 68s Oats 20s 26s KIRKCALDY GRAIN--OcT. 1. ket We had large supplies of barley and oats at our roAr to-day, but small of wheat. Last week's prices were sled the same for wheat. Barley is and oats 6d down. slow. Wheat. Barley. Oats. First....3GB cd I 24s Od I 178 Od Second ..38s Od 2Gs Od 198 Gd Third....4os Od 288,0 d 20s Od Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. , Australia and Mauritius, via South am pton tic" 1. 9. ' 1 via Marseilles Oct. 13. rail and Cape Verde, by British packet. O c t. 4. Cape of Good Hope, A scens i on , an d St. H e l ena Oct. ` ,29 ' china, Penang, and Singapore, via Southanipton.Oct• 2 „ via Marseilles Oct. A. Falkland Islands ________ Gibraltar, via Southampton .. O India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, v i a Southampton..ocot. t. k via Marseilles.... Oct, 13. India (Bombay), via Southampton Oct. 1 1 ' via Marseilles Portugal.... Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Oct. '• via Marseilles Oct. u• Newfoundland Oporto and Vigo: ... U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet.... Oct. 6. by U.S. packet.... by Canadian packet. Oct. i All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, I o a t. 1 4 . California. and British Columbia.