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

W AR DOCTOR, what do you acivise P 1 tv,,,.!tdvise Alfred Mellon's Concerts, afterwards t one`Vg , .Covent-garden, hear some charming singing, order h the their eaoital chops and magnificent potatoes, and that best advice I catigive you." RINAHAN'S LL WHISKY v. COGNAC This BRANDY. celebrated Old IRISH WHISKY rivals the finest .0011 BRANDY, It Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. %h i d In Bottl es, 3 s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London ; by It ' ' , gents in the principal towns in England ; or wholesale 8' GR EAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. Obse v the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded moan's LL Whisky." R E WELLINGTON, ST. JAMES'S•STREET. (for G -1 • 11 addition to the Pining Room on the Ground Floor 1„, entlemen only), the Saloon Dining Rooms are open for 7 8 and Parties, Daily, from One o'clock. Made l I. r ELLINGToN. ee Three Dinner of Soup, Fish, t ro Dish. Joint Sw t - '3 to &c. from 9 p.m. On au ta 5 to 8.30 . By Order of the London and Paris Hotel Co. (limited). Th e I v JOHN CATES, Manager. =ellington rntrance Piccadilly. die,' Entrance, 53, St.James ' s-street. MINE RAL O G Y.-KING'S COLLEGE, Prof e LONDON. lo g s BSor TENNANT, F.G.S., will give, during the ensu- LtL e " 1 " 1, TWO COURSES OF LECTURES ON MlNE ktd o r Y, vgi . h a view to facilita 4 e the study of GEOLOGY, O ne , the application of Mineral Substances in the ARTS. 9, b e .„"?ursc will be given on Wednesday Evenings, from S to CouiT, ll 2 l , l ,nq Oct. 12. Fe' lls. 6d. A more extended from +" De gri7en on Wednesday and Friday Mornings, LO, beginning Friday, October 7. Fee, £2 2s. R. W. JELF, D.D., Principal. A. B. m Y CONTRACTS. Commissariat Ofiloe,Aldershot, Nli)F.De Ist October, i 864. 01 ein e k will be received at this Office until Twelve who m oon, on FRIDAY, the 23th October, from persons be willing to enter into Contracts to supply PA ILLASSE STRAW and STRAW for ROYAL in an ENGINEER SERVICE, fro n c t u,_ claantittes as may be required, for Twelve fortonhs, u se tat December, 1661, to 30th November, 1865, the withiner the command.M s Forces stationed at Aldershot Camp, and tai n c e r ea of Tender, and Conditions of Contract, may be a get °ll aPplication at this Office by letter addressed to the rs or Co mmissariat Officer, or in , person, between the hours mu o'ClOck.. • enderS' st be properly filled up, signed, and deli at‘ this Office (under closed envelope, marked on the u n f • l e 7te, 'Tend er f or Straw " ), an d no T en d e r will be noticed b se on rnade forms obtained from this Office, and de ivered appointed. it Y CONTRACTS. CommissariatiOffi e, Aldershot, Ist October, 1861. will be received at this Office until 12 o'clock eot tB 7l l Oh WEDNESDAY, the 26th of October, from .y per enr,"" of ° may be willing to enter into CONTRACTS for the e i n. FLOUR (Ration and Hospital) and MEAT, 14 1 ch quantities as may be required for Six Months, opiher I st December, 1864, to the 31st May, 1865 , for the ,e ,r Majesty's F orces s t a tioned at Aldershot Campand Ine command. ar e i .e above being three distinct contracts, separate tenders arms for each description of Flour, and for Meat. taiala of Tender and Conditions of Contract may be ob kiento: aPplication at this office, by letter addressed to the Of te.,' Co mmissariat Officer, or in person, between the hours ea and four o'cicck. deli side „atetnhdiaers mu,t be properly Ver e d filled up, signed, and deli- Office (under closed envelope marked on the out- Ofnoticed Commissariat Supplies "), a . nd no Tender oe,eanunless mide on Forms obtained from this d delivered by the hour appointed. -L' R BOAT SERVICES. —During the storms toasts uti ,,, o n hatit °f the past year the boats of the National Lifeboat saved 417 persons from different wrecks on our the se *,, The Institution also expended £13,819 3s. 2d. in Rra ti tCue period on lifeboat establishments, in addition_ to Perß oe i lg,Z l ,3sl 6s. Cd. as rewards for saving 714 shipwrecked Th e its lifeboats, and other means. the on lmittee of the Institution earnestly APPEAL to eeQblic for ASSISTANCE to enable them to meet the est a b i ,Ye k d heavy demands on the Institution's 137 lifeboat and eeutn e nts. Contributions are received by all the London tit t Y bankers 14, John-s y reet, Adelphi.y ; and b the Secretar, Richard Lewis, t 8 CIRn ESTATE, HOUSE, AND GENERAL ...reeli7,i B INESS AGENCY OFFlCES.—yersons requiring or Leasehold Property, or having Business 91 rilti t 4 40 be dispose i of, should apply to Mr. CHARLES Soh o. -4k.lr, Auctioneer and Valuer, 26, Gerrard-street, o V loati -ay c o _ m ll 3 for Probate Administration, Fire Claims, Rail &c. Rents Collected. . VINTAG E WINE COMPANY, importers of Spanish and other Wines, 14, Bloomsbury-sheet, Londons,ree.. The Pinta Our Doors South of New Oxford- t t The i e Cornida Sherry, Golden Th e v a 'age Xeres Ditto Pale ....... Th e - vi n ta 9 :e Port, N. 1 ' 20s. ~ 20s. ~ The vMage Port, No. 1* 24s. ~ Tile "cr a ge Port, No. 5, fine rich old The v i i n n tage Claret The vi„,age Beaujolais, recommended .. • • •• •• 1 8 " . ~,, "age Champagne, quarts Th e v i ," pints lss. +, Ole vi — ii t t a ge 'loci, sparkling, very choice 36s. ~ rh 4 he Vin t " Burgundy, sparkling superb ..... Ahe Iri„age East India Sherry — "age A montillado, the choicest imported 565. ~ irriß Cognac Lique,:s, Spts, t l i , edie a , vI NTAGE ALMANACIs., with pr ' ice , list a , n ‘s d , °Pin' ' and clerical testimonials, sent post fret. See OW 101 18 at the 14, 8100m -bury -street. ----____ N. W. BODGES, Secretary. UORT HAND.-PITMAN'S PHONOGRA. PIM TEACHER. 6d.; free by post, 7d. SRORTHA.ND.-PITM AN'S PHONOGRA• _______________PllL3 MANUAL. Free by post, ls. 6d. a P A TIT A N D.—"PITMAN'S PHONO „%he 14? ) , -- ,4 1- 1, en forms an exceedingly efficietexistsy ' el t - system of Shorthand that ."—Sir nd 1:111L b ir4 „NEFORD'S PURE FLUID MAGNESIA by th •- has oeen, during thirty years, emphatically sanctioned leubfie Medical Profession, and universally accepted by the he art ,;_as the II ( st Remedy fo indigestion, of the Stom_nc . l . l ! and Child Aperieri).• headache, Gout, and and as a Ladies or delicate constitutions, more esp ci 311 y for L it to, ren. Combined with the Accidulated Lemon Syrup Aperient an a^ seeable Effervescing Draught, in which its an d , ab—o qualities are much increased. During Hot Seasons, ple a nd le e V, in hot Climates, the regular use of this i b fi a c i m a giatiat„„ .snt remedy has been found high urity7kLured (with the utmost attention to strength and ondo D INNEPORD and CO., 172, New Bond-street, the ;end Sold by all respectable Chemists throughout E T R. —Mr. ESKELL'S PATENT,—The xake,,eXclusive right to this Patent was secured to Mr. 3e5t,,,:,, Gr osvenor-street, Grosvenor-square, by hor Ma hie reside Seal (July 17, 1860), and can only be procured at katio ' e nee, where specimens maybe seen, and every infor- Ipai;its a lifetime t o cap. be obtained. Under this Patent, Artificial Teeth, , are made, and fitted in a few hours without tendeur eXtractions. They support loose teeth, and protect dteef,,D r ils their resemblance to nature is perfect . and un artienj„,:e• and they are guaranteed for mastication and Cons ultation s free Treatise on the subject sent for seven stamps. "Str OPINIONS OF TILE PRESS. arti f i cn , skell, dental-surgeon, has succeeded in producing Darp os Z t eeth, and So constructing them that they last their Itud p lifetinte. . process has been patented, 186cf . ciu ses to be most valuible."—Court Journal, August toutanrprising novelty in the adaptation of artificial teeth DertecrlA icing a Patented principle, which secures the r, most e appearZ4u, combined with the greatest ease and a i ,,recabl b:nce•"—Morning Advertiser, August 9, 1860. ~.'eaYed teeth stopped, &o. Terms strictly moderate. uoevenor-street, Bond-street. si BED .11,00111 CANDLES. PRICE'S CANDLES, which will not drop So ld in boxe eTease when carried."—Thin very hari candles, Friers, s Is. and 3 s. each, are recomm ' endei as the best “ EXTRA. HARD 5.12 CHAMBER CANDLES," Sold willoxes 2s. each Who not burn thin. Thicker candles intended for those tc . ta.7:E3Rel-WoOD ECONOMIC BED LIGHTS," In packets Where cheap ness icsaandles for one hillino - , intended for use great object, a will be found an improve- Ment on the ordinary candles:as thy gutter less. r B,,Pecial candle ticks to fit thin candles, is. and 25. 6d each ; eull cing sockets, making them fit any candlesticks, 2d. each. TOILET SOAPS. gherwoorl Ero Windsor Soap, with a pleasant scent. kins in winter. carallel'---,Ont Glycerine Soap, contains Price's Glycerine. Phor and Glycerine Soap, to tender s .1) GLYCEINE. 11 ;(1. V r e ' e n , s ' Glycerine" may be Cleans gloves oaDnOd removes and other stains. ca psuled any Chemist, in grease nme , d in capsuled bot .. pricy, pbottles,, lettered Perfumed, u Pwards atent,' from 6d. les, 6d. and ls. each. Impure Glycerine haa be . It em tt , !old .5n the state- Prices.ti a ' it 18 "equal to Wholesale Retail Patent Ca Grocer. bY Price Patent Candle Company"( Limited), London. DIGS! PIGS! PIGS!—INDIAN PIG MEAL, Without husks, supplied to the Royal farms, Windsor, alid in every county in England, 10s 6d er cwt ; one cwt. to 1 cwt. barley or any meal. Delivpered free in Lon- don. Established 1858.—n-10)11AS PEARCE, Atlanager, 60, Lant-street, Southwark. USINESSE S.-Mr. ANDREW HIND'S SEPTEMBER LIST, Containing 500 Businesses, Premises, Partnerships, &c., Gratis. Letters, enclose stamp.—Particulars entered free. 1311410E5--CORNER OF LITTLE CARTER-LANE, ST. PAUL'S. br,124./NFOILD 8. 811.ITIL t3esretary. OMFORD (near).—Mr. ANDREW HIND is b t ,„ Instructed to SELL a detached FAMILY RESl pleasantly situated, standing in its own grounds, ' t i n(' about ten minutes' vk alk from the railway station, con baeining dining-room, drawing-room, breakfast parlour, five outbuildings d-roorn two kit liens washhouse, pantry, and ce lars, dm It is approached b a carriaze drive and gravel walk between two lawn a in front; well stocked kitchen garden and orchard of about two acres, two meadows, and 6/ t ie , of arable, in all 1t acres pri , e £2,3e0. Further par ,_ltars pace s car d to view may be had at the City Central -k4.tate , corner of Little Carter-lane, St. Paul's. b,..txOYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, l , i minus,mmediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail •,,,Y Te King's-cross. lug-Patron Patron—er Most Graciou s M a j esty the QUEEN. Presi v — Fi lEs Roy a l Tli g h ness the Prince of WA LE q,K.G dent—llis Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUCH, K.G. Tr easurer —Edward Masterman, Esq. The 1.., numerous and urgent appeals of the sick poor for ad rn"—"'n and the Committee to entreat the bounty of the ynaent and ' ) treat humane, as the medi ca l o ffi cers are daily obliged as out - patients many di stresiing oases which, with The bed s eP Paden t unds, they would gladly admit into the wards. remises of the hospital are capable of containing 500 v,,The Hospital is not endowed, but is wholly dependent on ti; 'i!ntary co ntributions and legacies, which are received by e Treasurer, Edward Man rerman, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also 12,7 Messrs. Coutts and Co.; Drummond and Co.' Ilerries and ko- ; Ransom and Co.' Prescott, Grote, and Co. ; Smith, faYne, and Co. ; Glyn an'd Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co. ; Barclay pverend, G urneY, l'nd co. ; Denison and Co. ; Williams, Deacon, and Co.; and Co. ; Nisbet and Co. rners-street ; itaterrtian and Co.; I. Barned and Co., Liverpool; and at 44a fluspital from 10 till 5. N°. 22,552. Immediately, in 3 vols., post Bvo., BLACK AND GOLD • or, "TUE DoN! THE DON !" A Tale. By dap ain PATTEN-SAUNDERS , the European Champion Athlete. Published by Imperial desire. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. ;Now Ready, in Crown Bvo., FOOTPRINTS ON THE ROAD - . By CHARLES KENT. Chapman and Hall, 193, Pi .eadilly. NEW NOVEL BY GUSTAVE AIIIARD. This Day is published, at all Libraries, in 3 vols., THE BEE-HUNTRESS. By GUSTAVE AIMARD. John. Maxwell and Co., Publishers, 122, Fleet-street. NEW NOVEL BY A CLERGYMAN. This day, at all Libraries, in 2 vo - s., ASKERDALE P ARK. A Novel. John Maxwell and Co., Publishers, 122, Fleet-street. PARLIAMENTARY DESPATCH AND AGENCY OFFICE, No. 5, Upper Charles-street, Parliament-street. AN ANALYTICAL INDEX to the DIVISIONS of the present SESSION (1864) is in course of compila tion by Mr. GEO. M. MITCHELL, and will be ready for circu lation at the prorogation of Parliament. 'firs work will show members and their constituents how each member voted, whether for or against public and private measures during Ithe session; total number of times, with majorities for and against, &c. Subscription, One Guinea. Members can have their Divisions for the whole Parlia ment in extenso upon application to the above office. Demy Bvo., e‘tra cloth, 6s. 6d., Llts NATURE, VARIETIES, and PHENOMENA. By LEO H. GRINDON. Third Edition. " Mr. Grindon's book has reached, but will not stop at, the third edition. It is the work of a scholar, a Christian, and a man of real science."—Morning Herald. " To those who delight in the exercise of their intellectual powers, these very thoughtful and beautifully-written reflec tions will be a welcome boon, and the source long afterwards, we may rest assured, of many fruitful meditations and plea sant memories." —Sun. " The reader will find in it much thou Alt and much read ing. There is plenty to think up, n, plenty to study, plenty to entertain."—lllustrated London News." London : F. Pitman, 20, Paternoster-row, E.C. Crown fivo., cloth, 400 pages, price 55 . , H IDDEN SPRINGS. By the Rev. J. PARKER, of Manchester. " The sermons of Dr. Parker are especlary noticeable for clearness of thought and language. All seems as if it were written with a pencil of light. . • . . N Ann is every where in the ascendant, and hence its matchless force There is no speakin.; for speakin,g's sake, no display of any kind ; every word is an arrow directed to the mark."—Bri tish Standard. London: F. Pitman, 20, Paternoster-row, E.C. 280 pp., cloth, lettered, price 35., VEGETABLE COOKERY. —Pastry, Pickling, &c. This volume supplies a want long felt. Cookery books exist in abundance, but they relate almost exclusively to the preparation of dishes from animal food. 'i'his work is devoted entirely to the proper cooking of vegetables, to preserving, Tickling, the preparation of sauces, soups, beverages, &a, &c., and forms a complete treatise upon the subject. Vegetables, fruits, &c., constitute the half of our daily food: here is an essay upon the best possible preparation of this half. London : F. Pitman, 20, Paternoster-row, E.C. JULLIEN'S CONCERTS.-HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. POSITIVELY THE LAST WEEK BUT ONE. THE BAND OF THE DANISH GUARDS. DANISH NATIONAL VOCALISTS. THE BAND OF THE IsT LIFE GUARDS (by the kind permission of Lieut.-Col. the Hen. Dudley Ros). ALI BEN JEN-DINS, in his peculiar Costume. The new Danish Fanta.ia, arranged expressly for this oc casion by M. Ju lien, entitled DAN SKE TONER. Vocalist Mdlle. Liebhart. Violin M. Lotto, Conductor M. Jullien. Admission—ONE SHILLING. To-morrow will be given a MENDELSSOHN NIGHT. M. JULLIEN'S ANNUAL BAL D'OPERA on WED NESDAY, October 19. ST. JAMES'S HALL, Entrances In Regent-street and Piccadilly. Profes=or ANDERSON'S Grand Entertainment, the WORLD of MAGIC, And Miss ANDERSON'S extraordinary powers of SECOND SIGHT, has made a success hitherto unparalleled in the annals of the Art Magique The PROGRAMME, in its present form, will be repeated every Ev ening at Eight. On SATURDAYS, a FASHIONABLE JUVENILE DAY PERFORMA. , CE, at Three p.m. Doors open at seven and two. Stalls (Dress, Numbered, and strictly Reserved), 3s. ; Bal cony, 25.: Area and Galleries, ls. Juvenile Tickets for the stalls ar d balcony, 28. each. Reserved seats may be secured at the Ticket Office, 28, Piccadilly. MR. GERMAN REED'S New OPERA di CAMERA ENTERTAINMENT.—TO -NIGHT, at Eight o'clock, THE SLEEPING QUEEN, by M. W Balie, Esq., the libretto by H. Futile, Esq., and sustained by Miss D'Estc Finlay on, Mr. Whiffin, Mr. Wilkinson, and. Miss Poole. To be followed by TOO MANY COOKS, adapted from M. Offenbach by Mr. German Reed, the libretto by C. Furtado, Esq., and in which Mies D'Este Finlayson, Mr. Whiffin, and Mr. J. A. Shaw will appear. ROYAL GAL LERY of ILLUSTRATION, 14, Regent-street. Every even ing (except Sat rday), , at 8. Saturday morning, at 3. Unreserved seats, ls., 25,; stalls, 38.; stall chairs, 55., can now be secured at the Gullery without fee. T H 0 X F OR D, 6, OXFORD STREET, W. The Oxford and Canterbury Hell Company (limited). LA FAVORITE, MARTHA, TILE TROVATORE, by the following Artistes, viz., Misses Russell, Fitz-Henry, Walmsley, Tyrral, &c. With augmented Band and Chorus, conducted by Mr. F. Jonghmans. Mr. JACKSON HANES, the Champion Skater, in his per formancP, on the Lrawing Room Skates, of Quadrilles, Varsovieones, &c. UNSWORTH (or any other man), EUGENE, W. Randall, H. Nash, Herr He:mann, and Mdlle. Cavalho. Admission—Area, 6d. ; stalls and balcony, is. ; private boxes, 10s. 6d. CANTERBURY HALL. Triumphant Success of PRINCE PERFUME AND PRINCESS BOUQUET. Under the title of Prince Perfume and Princess Bouquet is nightly to be seen at the Canterbury H all a Magic Spectacle far transcendinry, in poetry of conception, b auty and in genuity of arrangement, scenic effect, and brilliancy of liaht and colour any former application (even at this Hall) of the principle known as the OPTICAL ILLUSION. in this last collective disp' ay of scenic art and of brilliant choreographic and statuesque grouping will be found pictures surpassing some of the greatest achievements of the Modern Extra vaganza—S, "THE S HIP WR EC K," "TII E PHANTOM COMBAT'," and " THE CURTAIN OF FIRE." The "Illusive Sketch," which is the centre of these corns caton s, is by Mr. W. F. Vandervell; the overture and inci dental music by Willem Vandervell. Prince Perfume, Mrs. William Randall. The Oxford and Canterbury Hall Company (limited). MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION. Established 28 years at the Bazaar, Baker-street. NEW ADDITION. A full length portrait model of MULLER, taken from life, is now added. Admission, ls. Napoleon Rooms and Chamber of Horrors, 6d. extra. Open from 11 in the morning till 10 at night. ARGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, Piccadilly. Sole Proprietor, R. R. BIGNELL. During the week, and till further notice, in addition to the Dance Music, Selections from Verdi's popular Operas, Il Trovatore, Traviata, Rirroletto, &c. ; Meyerbeer's Etoile du Nord, Huguenots, &c, ; Melodies of the Forest, Vallee, Guy Mannering, Polka, &c. Conductor—L. CURTI. Doors open at half-past B.—Admission, One Shilling. Manager—M. GRENET. PRIZE MED AL.-INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1862. FRANCIS TUCKER do CO., Wax Chandlers, dm., dro., To the Queen and the Prince of Wales. (Established 1720.) The Jurors' Report on Wax and Church Candles, in 1862, testifies to the excellence of the quality of Messrs. Tuckers' manufacture. A distinguished Dignitary, in a letter addressed to Francis Tucker and Co., on the subject of WAX CANDLES with PLATTED WICKS, says:— "I have found them fully equal to the recommendation which you gave them, and can sincerely, in my turn, I com mend them to the clergy for the use of the altar." Finest quality, with latted Wicks, patented.. 25. 2d. per lb. Ordinary quality . • ........Is. Od. per lb. VEGETABLE CANDLES, with a Mixture of Wax. Best quality .. .. .. Is. sd. per lb. Second quality ls. 3d. per lb. Third quality .. . Is. id. per lb. Carriage paid in London on Orders of Five Pounds in value. FRANCIS TUCKER AND CO., 'B, South Molton-street, Grosvenor-square. Manufactory— Kensington (Established 1730). The largest Establishment in England for the Manufacture al Wax Candles for the use of the Altar MII_ItOSCOPE and TELESCOPE combined, just introduced, both of wonderful power, in Case, 255. POt HET TELESCOPES, define 5 Miles, 10s. 6d. ; 10 Miles, 215.; Ditto, and for Astronomy, 40s. MICROSCOPES in Cabinets, 3 Powers, 10s. 6d., magnifies 15,000 times; Ditto, magnifying 3C,000, 215., with Animalcule Cage, Life Box, (to. Lar...e Compound Achromatic Ditto, power 65,000, 845. The most powerful Race Glasses, made with sling cases, at 40s. AGIC LAN TERNS aid DISSOLVING IYI, VIEWS. —Magic Lanterns and 36 Pic!nres, 75. ed. ; Lar,er Size, 10s. 6d. Dissolving Apparatus complete, 70s. Descriptive Catalogues for two stamps. Post Orders pay able Upper Baker-street. BERNARD DAVIS, 410, EUSTON-ROAD, LONDON. Optician to the Institutions. P ECTACLE S.—Lenses ground on a new Li principle, requiring less than half the usual magnifying power, and with which the smallest print may be read to ex trcme old age, (From the "Medical Circular," Nov. 16, 1859.) "We have seen Mr. Davis's improved spectacles, and by their aid the most defective vision may be improved." Steel Frames and Pebbles, 10s. 6d. and 7s. 6d. Glasses, a s g s. e . 6 " d 46, 6 d ,, 36 . 4, 1- Country residents suited by stating, • IV PA LIE R 4 VL4' 1 " . before the Cadmus is ready to tahelier_pliteeir YA - - • s.lll • first-class steam reserve. The crigw i tl estwaa "" e th x e c cost of of the repairs r(quired to be execiired s \\ *el • --- • . £lO,OOO, but this sum has been very considerably s . ; ° t•. 44 N'9 — . s ‘qt : 4;, - • . D - g -alto= The party of convicts ordered for embarkation on board the Porchester, for conveyance to Gibraltar, left the Chatham Convict Prison at noon yesterday, PRICE ...... ...4d. STAMPED:....Sd. and embarked on board one of the Government steamers, which conveyed them to the Nore, where they wore received on board the transport. The iron frigate Achilles, 20, 1,253 horse power, Capt. E. W. Vansittart, has received orders to take her departure from Chatham on Monday next for the Nore. After remaining there a few days to ad ju.t her compasses and to complete her coaling up, mites, phosphates, the juice of the grape constitutes a real natural mineral liquid as active and even more charged with mineral principles than many justly esteemed springs. Accounts from Aleppo state that the cotton crop in that neighbourhood is ten times more abundant this year than that of the year 1858,and that it wil l supply 5,000 bales for exportation. she will proceed to Plymouth for the purpose of being docked for the customary examination of her bottom and valves before proceeding to sea, It was originally intended for the Achilles to prcceed to Portsmouth, but in consequence of their being no dock at liberty at that port in which she can crater, lie order has been received at Chatham fornymouth to be the port at which she is to Flom the ex■ ceedingly foul state of the bottom of the iron frigate, from her long sty in Chatham harbour, where the water appears to have more than an ordinary effect on iron ships' bottoms, the work of removing the acs cumulations below her water-line will take some time. It is stated at Chatham that the Achilles will make her first cruise to the Mediterranean, looking in at Lisbon for a short time. No time, however, will be lost in despatching her to sea, Capt. Vansittart, as well as the officers generally, being anxious to fall in with the equinoctial gales in order to severely test her sailing and steaming qualities, which, it is confidently predicted, will surpass those of any other vessel composing the ironclad squadron. The 110 s pounder Armstrong shot and shell were shipped on hoard froth .he - Ordnance whief yesterday. The steam storeship Supply, having undergone repairs at Woolwich, is again ready for sea. Her sides have been payed down with the anti-foaling composition of Mr Hay, the Admiralty chemist, who has attended from Portsmouth, This anti fouling and anti-corrosive composNon, so effective on the sides of the Warrior, as recently reported on her arrival at Portsmouth, is now used on the whole of her Majesty's ships, with the single egg ception of the Himalaya. By consent of Col. Percy, Commandant of the camp at Colchester, the First Essex Administrative Battalion of Volunteers will be brigaded with the regular troops of the garrison on Thursday, Oct. 27. It is proposed to entertain the battalion at dinner. Oa Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, Major-Gen. Rumley, Inspectors General of Infantry, made his yearly inspection of the 4th, 9th, and 10th depot bettalions at Colchester. The regimental and com. panies' books were examined, the troops executed various evolutions, the officers and sergeants went through several exercises, &c. The 24th company of Royal Engineers has res ceived orders to move from headquarters, Chatham, to Devonport to relieve the Ist company_ It was originally intended for the Bth company of Royal Engineers, now on passage from China, to relieve the Ist company at Devonport, but in consequence of the strength of the Bth having been very con siderably reduced, it was ordered to proceed on its arrival in England to Chatham, where it will be augmented to its full complement of 120 men of all , ranks. The North Somerset Yeomanry Cavalry have been assembled during the past week at Wells for the customary eight days' permanent duty. The entire strength of the regiment is something under 450. The review took place on Friday, the inspecting officer being Col. Clarke of the Scots Greys. The Earl of Cork, Lord-Lieutenant of the County, was present, and the ground was kept by the Somerton. troop of the West Somerset Yeomanry Cavalry. We regret to announce a fatal accident on board Her Majesty's ship Phaeton. Oa the 19th of August, on the passage from Fortress Monroe to Jamaica, Lieut. C. PegE.t, third son of Lord W. Paget, was officer of the first watch, when the maintopsail-tye was carried away in makii:g sail, and he was struck on the head by the flyblock. The blow fractured his skull and he fell insensible and died in ten minutes. He was buried next day with the usual honours, deeply deplored. Dreadful Tragedy at Old Windsor. ---4-- The village of Old Windsor was the scene of a theadfal tragedy oa Sunday, a man, named Lim Richard Cook, having poisoned four of his children, cut the throat of the filth, and inflicted similar violence on himself, terminating his own life. It appears that Cook was by trade a barber at Old Windsor, where he had lived for the past four years. Seven or eight months ago his wife died, leaving a family of five young children; and Cook, being in somewhat dis tressed circumstances, drew up a petition for assistance, which he presented to various parties in the locality, who afforded him relief. From Friday to Sunday last nothing was seen of the family, and the suspicions of the neighbours were aroused to such a degree that they communicated the fact to Police-constable Lovell, of the Berks constabulary, and at about 2 o'clock on Sunday afternoon that officer gained access to the house by breaking open one of the windows. He first entered the parlour, where a sad and heartrending sight presented itself. Three of Cook's children, aged respectively 4 years, 21 years, and 18 months, were lying upon a bed placed on the floor, all dead, and it was clear that a foul deed had been perpetrated. The con stable then went upstairs, and found additional horrors, In one room Cook's eldest daughter, about 9 years of age, was lying on a bed, suffering from the effects of poison, and in another room he discovered another child, about 8 years of age, with its throat cut, but still alive, and lying on a bed was Cook himself with his throat cut, but also alive. The constable at once sent for Inspectorßeece,who quickly arrived, and medical aid was sought for without delay. In spector Reece spoke to Cook, who made no allusion what ever to the children, but he admitted he had taken poison himself, and on a chest of drawers in the room the inspector found a half-pint bottle, about half full of oil of vitriol. In another room was discovered a basin containing tea, with poison in it, and the eldest girl stated that that was what her father gave her to drink on Friday. A rezor, the blade of which was fastened to the handle with string, in order to keep it firm, was found in a room down stairs, and there was blood upon it ; and a pail nearly full of blood was close by, leading to the conclusion that Cook must have cut life throat downstairs, and afterwards laid himself on the bed upstairs, and there is reason to believe he must have dressed the wound in the child's throat, as it was quite clean and free from blood. On instituting a further search the ( fficarsi found in a cupboard upstairs the clothes of the child whose throat had been cut, and they were completely satu rated with blood. Drs Pearle and Gooch attended as soon as possible, and sewed up the wound in the child's throat, and Inspector Reece subseq'iontly conveyed her in a cab to the Windsor Infirmary, where she somewhat rallied yester day, and the eldest girl also survives. The blood had con gealed about the wound in Cook's throat, but the medical men did all they could to save life. He, however, sank rapidly, and died shortly after 7 o'clock on Sunday evening. After his death several letters addressed to different persons were found under his pillow. Their contents stated his intention to poison his children and destroy himself, and requested that a post mortem examination should not be made, and that the burials should not take place at the cost of the parish. No doubt therefore remains that he poisoned the children. A post mortem examination of the bodies will be made, after which the inquest will take place before the county coroner. CURIOUS LEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT. — At the Batt. bury Petty Sessions last week, the district surveyor having summoned several persons whose cattle he had impounded, with a view to recover the penalty of £5 in each case, it was discovered that the amended act of last session, while enact ing that the owner of stray cattle should be liable to fine, had entirely repealed the only clause in the old act which. gave authority for impounding them, and had omitted to re-enact it. The cases were consequently dismissed. THE COLLISION ON TUE GREAT EASTERN. —The damage sustained in the late collision on the Grcat Eastern Railway, reported in The San of Wednesday, was even more serious than was at first stated. instead of 1:500, the loss sustained by the company will be at lead ,u,020. The engine which ran into the stationary train caux is contact with the engine, and both the locomotives were a good deal damaged, while several of the trucks, &c., of the cattle train were, as already stated, more or less shattered. The driver of the up goods train, which ran into the other train, states that there was a thick fog at the time of the accident, which prevented his seeing the danger signals ; and the driver of the other train it appears was not aware that the train from Norwich was due at Thetford, alterations having been recently made in the slow train time table. The cattle had been unloaded from the trucks, and the driver of the stationary, or nearly stationary train was shunting it when the accident occurred. It will be seen that the train run into was a down train, ani was on the wrong line, while the up train from Norwich was on the right line. Several of the trucks shattered contained grain, and a great quantity was strewn about both have. 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Last evening a numerous meeting of the electors of Lambeth took place at the Horns Tavern, Ken nington, to hear Mr. Doulton, one of the members, make e e statement of his views and opinions in re spect to the course which he had pursued during the last session of Parliament. Amongst the gen- tlemen on the platform we noticed Mr. Webber, a member of the Common Council of the city of Lon don; Mr. Potter, and other influential electors who take an active part in the politics of Lambeth. Mr. James Pew was called to the chair. The CHAIRMAN having briefly stated the object of the meeting, Mr. DALTON presented himself to the meeting, and was received with loud cheers. Ho said that when he last appeared before them he told them it was his opinion that the days of Parliament were numbered, and that if they had not soon a new Parliament they must soon have a new Ministry. Neither of these events, however, had taken place, and the Ministry now seemed to be in a much stronger position than they had been in heretofore. (Hear, hear.) He also said on that occasion that it was of little consequence to the country whether it was the Earl of Derby or Lord Palmerston that was in power. He had, however, changed his opinion on that subject, and he was induced to do so in consequence of the conduct which the Conser vatives had pursued in the course of the last ses sion. (Hear, hear.) In considering the business of Parliament, they were to look as much to what had been wisely left un done as to what had been done, and he must say that if he looked to the session as a whole, he could not subscribe to the opinion—nor did he believe the people of this country were of that opinion—Clat it was a barren and unprofitable one. Nor was it the man that talked most that was to be considered the most useful member of the House of Commons, for they were to recollect that there was a great deal of the business of the House of Commons that was per formed in committees of that house, and of which the, public knew really nothing. Let them take, for instance, the private business of the house. During the last session there were 350 private acts of Parliament passed, all of which occupied the a'tention of members for many days in committee, and all members were obliged in their turn to serve on those committees. He might mention the fact in reference to this matter that Lord Stanley sat on one committee every day the house sat, until a short while before the close of the session. (Hear.) He thought he saw some persons smile, and who seemed to say, " Oh, it's very well for you to talk about sit ting in committees, but then you are paid for doing so." Well, he had sat upon many committees. He never could find out the source from which such payments were made, and certainly if such things had occurred he thought he was likely to know something about them. (Laughter.) He had made these observations for the purpose of showing that the labour and duty of a member of Parliament were not alweiys to be found in the columns of the daily journals. (Hear, hear.) But he would pass from the private to the public business of the House of Commons. In the course of the session of Parliae ment they were in the habit of having a budget introduced in the House of Commons by the Chancellor of the Exchequer ; and cer tainly not one had been introduced of late years that had been so satisfactory as that brought for ward during the last session. (Hear, hear.) That budget was in itself sufficient to redeem t'ae session from the charge of its being a barren and unpro fitable one. Until the last four or five years the ex penditure of the:country had gone on increasing, and indeed it was felt that as the country was increasing year by year in wealth, that we must expect to find the expenditure to increase also. (Hear, hear.) In the year 1859 the expenditure of the country had increased to £72,000,000 ; since that time it had decreased to £67,000,000 ; and during that time taxes had been remitted to the public to the extent of L 10,000,000 or £12,000,000, The budget of last session was based upon a diminished expens diture, while at the same time taxation was reduced consistent with the feelings and wishes of the public, for the duty on tea and the duty on sugar were lowered, and there was also a reduction of the income tax. (Hear, hear.) He trusted that the Government would con tinue to pursue this course, and the best security for their doing so was to keep the present Chancellor of the Exchequer in power. (Hear, hear.) Amongst the measures introduced by the Government for the benefit of the people was that relating to the Government power of in swuarsi n fi g r l s i t v i e n s H e t . c e o d w h n e e dl looked k h e a dt upon when t h a measure with t introduced suspicion, but subsequent investigation of the sub ject induced him to come to the conclusion that it was a wise and prudent measure, and one well cal. culated to prove highly beneficial to those for whose advantage it had been introduced into Parliament. (Hear, hear.) But he must say that even if it did not operate advantageously in the way intended, it was still a good measure in another direction, for it stimulated the working classes of the country to look into the constitution and working of those ins stitutions with which they were connected in the form of benefit societies, and which, if properly cone ducted, were well calculated to promote the social welfare of those who subscribed to them. He did not mean to say for a moment that as a whole these institutions were not properly conducted—quite the contrary ; but when he saw frequently in the public papers applications made to magistrates on account of the defalcations of persons connected with the societies in question, he thought that any measure which induced the working classes to carefully consider the nature and character of these societies, and the laws relating to them, was one that well merited the approval of the public. (Hear.) In the course of the session they had three great party fights, and if in any one of them the Opposition had been successful the Government must have resigned. To be sure, the Opposition denied that they were party fights, but they were so notwithstanding this denial. (Hear, hear.) These three fights were the Stansfeld case, the Cape Coast Islands disaster, and the war in Denmark. With regard to the Cape Coast disaster, the Opposition failed to show that • the Government were liable for that disaster, for it was proved to be one of those accidents which re. suited from those little wars, which the Conserva tives would have carried on had they been in power, as well as the present Government. He called such a war as the Ashantee war a little one, as regards its issue, while it entailed great expenditure on the country and caused a great loss of life. (Hear.) If the policy of the Opposition had been to get rid of such wars, ho would have supported that policy. But Lord Darby's Government, if it had been in power, would have done exactly as Lord Palmer ston's Government bad done in the matter, and if this were so, why should he (Mr Doulton) transfer the reins of power from the hands of one noble lord to those of another, when no great principle of public policy was to be solved by it. (Hear.) But they had another party fight, and one in which he felt that nothing could be more humiliating to the House of Commons—he alluded to that which arose out of the Stansfeld case. (Hear.) When he saw the great aristocratic party of the House of Commons condescending to make a party fight of such a case, he must own he never felt so much ashamed of a party as he did on that occasion. And why so? Be cause there were not 20 men in the House who had believed that Mazzini was an advocate for assassina tion, and there were not two in the House who felt that Mr Stansfeld was an advocate or a supporter of such a line of conduct. (Hear, hear.) He (Mr Doul ton), knew well enough the Conservatives were hungering for office, for he saw it in their faces — (laughter)—but few thoughtthese gentlemen would lend themselves to an attack upon Mr Stansfeld in the hope that by doing so they would turn out the Government. (Hear, hear.) But what led to this attack upon that hon. gentleman ? Why, because he was not a member of that charmed circle from which men were selected to fill places in the Go• vernment—because in fact he was merely a middle class man—(hear) —for when he was referred to he was designated as Mr Stansfeld the brewer, as if he were less of a statesman from the fact of his being only a respectable tradesman. (Hear, hear.) They all knew the result of the party contest—the Go vernment were not beaten, but Mr Stansfeld, from a high and dignified sense of honour, retired from the position which he held in the Government. (Hear, hear,) The hon. gentleman then referred to the war in Denmark, and said he possibly might differ from many of his constituents in his views as regarded the conduct of the Government on this subject. If the British Government had in the first instance known how France proposed to act, or what was the line which Russia intended to pursue in the matter, then possibly it might have taken a dif ferent course from that which it had adopted. He did not mean to say the Government made no mis take in this matter. On the contrary he thought it did make a great mistake; but what was that mis take ? It was in trusting France upon the occasion. The mistake which England made was in believing that he who made his way to the throng of France by the grossest means—(a cry of No, a few hisses, and ultimately loud cheers)—would have come for ward to assist England to uphold Denmark against the Powers that joined to oppress her. (Hear, hear.) If the gentleman who said " No" would come upon the platform he would be glad to discuss the question at issue with him. (Hear, hear.) He said it was a mistake to trust such a man as the Emperor of the French to carry out a promise which he had made, unless indeed it was his interest to do so. (Hear, hear.) It was said that the Government first bullied the Powers opposed to Denmark, and that it then adopted a different mode of expression in subsequent despatches. It was true that this was so, but the fourth communication of the British Government to Prussia and Austria was based upon the assumption that all the parties to the Treaty of 1852 would have abided by that treaty. Such, how ever, turned out not to be the case, for France and Russia backed out of their engagements, and hence the altered tone in the despatches of the British Minister on the subject. (Hear, hear.) But what did the British Government next do ? Why, they proposed a Conference with the view of bringing about a pence. The Conference failed, but was the Government to blame for that ? Certainly not; but a party fight took place on the subjt et. Well, what was the issue to be tried ? Not that the Govern ment had done wrong; but what would have been the policy of the Conservatives in the matter if they had been in power ? The Opposition, however, would not abide by that issue. Their answer to this question was in reality this—" Places first, policy afterwards." (Hear, hear, and laughter.) And here he would observe that a change of Ministry was rather an expensive thing to the country—for they had not only t o pay the new men who came in, but they had t o pension many of those who went out. (Hear, h ear .) Such was the case with Lord Chancellors an d Secretaries of State; and he found that they were paying £50,000 a year for retiring Lord Chancellors, Secretaries of State, land the like. They had been blessed or cursed —he could not say which—with a Lord Chancellor in the person of Lord Chelmsford. (A laugh.) Well, he did not know what measure that noble lord had passed in the Lords to entitle him to a pen sion of £5,000 a year, b u t he at present enjoyed that sum. (Hear.) Then, again, he found that Mr Disraeli had a pension of £2,000 a year for his past services as Chancellor of the Exchequer. (Hear.) It was true that he deserved his pension very much better than Lord Chelmsford—(hear) —but still the fact was so, that a change of Ministry was a con siderable cost to the country. (Hear, hear.) The hon. gentleman then referred to the debates which had taken place on the Ballot and on Reform—in the tmohone t franchise, and and on that of Mr Baines'e King's motion for a reform in Mf a rar reduction of the borough franchise. ceitohoanuseenoftoffroasion of the debate on the latter subject they had a speech from the Chanc ellor of the Ex. iHe would no t chequer, which was of a hi g hl y important charac ter, bat which in effect sent the whole q ues tion of reform back into the hands of the peo p le, in or der h t u h p is o t n ep it i .e,(aHe e h a entended to give (Hear.) the electors of Lam beth an o pp ortunit y of consider ing a t furtherthey touch the whole of that q uestion, The re was only one o ther question to w hich he would refer, namely, m might h upon p act on that relating to the preservation of the commons and open spaces in and a round the met ropolis . It was a mos t important social question, and he was gratified that the House of Commons affirmed the motion which he had made on that subject. He was not sanguine enough to hope that any immediate action would be taken by the house on the subject,but he hoped next year to get a committee to sit upon it, and he hoped to obtain a favourable result from that committee. He had now only to thank them for the kind sympathy which they had shown him when he was ill in the course of the last session, and to assure them that hie great desire wa s t o per f orm hi s duty as their representative with zeal and fidelity in the House of Commons. (Cheers.) Mr. FREEMAN then moved, and Mr. WALLACE seconded, the following resolution :—" That this meeting desires to express its thanks to Frederick Doulton, Esq., ALF„ for his services during the past session, and its unobated confidence in him as one of the representatives of the borough of Lam beth in the Commons House of Parliament." Both gentlemen expressed their admiration of the man ner in which Mr. Doulton had performed his duty as the representative of the borough in Parliament, and said that although they did not subscribe to all his views and opinions as expressed that evening, they yet felt that upon the whole he was the truthful exponent of the political opinions of the great body of the electors of that influential borough. (Hear, hear.) The resolution was then unanimously adopted. Mr. G. M. MURPHY then proposed :—" That the thanks of this meeting are due, and are hereby ten dered, to Frederick Doulton, Esq., M .P., for ob taining the opinion of the House of Commons on the 28th of June last—' That it is the duty of her Majesty's Government to provide for the preserva- tion of open spaces around the metropolis, within the limits assigned by the 14th section of the En closure Act of 1845.' " Mr. POTTER having seconded the motion, it was adopted by the meeting. Thanks were then given to the chairman, and the meeting separated. The Trade of France. Trade in general is good in Paris, particularly among dealers in articles of luxury. Goldsmiths and jewellers have more customers than they can supply at the moment, and many of them have to wait some time to have their orders executed. Manufacturers of articles de Paris never had a bet. ter season ; painters and gilders on porcelain were never more prosperous. The demand from England contributes to revive the trade in artificial flowers, and to give employment to many hands which were idle during the dead season. Wholesale shoemakers are carrying on a profitable export trade with Mexico, the American States, and China; hattersi and shirtmakers are equally well employed. Dyers have sufficient orders on hand to employ their workmen 12 and 14 hours a day. The business transacted in this trade is said to amount to some millions of francs a year in Paris alone. There is a brisk demand for chemical produce from Germany anil for perfumery from South America. Ot all trades, however, that of builder and of all branches connected with it appear to be most prosperous. New streets are being opened in every quarter both of old and :Jew Paris, and houses are not fiaished before they are partly inhabited. The demand for silks in Paris has increased con siderably since the autumn set in. The raw material at the same time has become scarce in the south of France, and were it not for the large supply re ceived from the East many mills would have been closed. There was scarcely any raw silk offered for sale at the last markets of Romans and Valence. The little that was exhibited sold for from 68f to 72f the kilogramme. The millowners in the de partments of the Drome and the Ardeche are work ing chiefly with silk imported from Broussa-Bengal and China. Five hundred kilogrammes of cocoons from Calamata were sold at Marseilles on Friday at 22f the kilogramme, and four bales of spun silk from Syria at 85f the kilogramme. The fall in the price of raw cotton, especially Egyptian, has produced an unfavourable effect the cotton manufacturing districts. There was scarcely any business transacted at Malhausen last week in consequence of the unfavourable accounts received from abroad. Manufacturers were prepared to make a large reduction in their prices, but they could find no buyers. The frill in the price of cotton cloth within the last six weeks may be estimated at 10c the yard. and at if the kilogramme on thread. The cotton market at Havre was quiet on Saturday and prices declining, with few buyers. Madras was quoted at 185 f; 1,400 bags were sold on Friday, of which 864 were for immediate delivery. Louisiana is quoted at 330 f; good ordinary Egyptian, 300 f; Peruvian, 324 f; Brazilian, 320 f; Tinevelly, 210 f ; Scinde and Kurrachee, 150 f; Bengal, 150 f; China, 185 f. The stock of cotton at Havre is 60,000 bags, of which 1,600 bags are American. Naplouse cot• ton was quoted at Marseilles on Saturday at 190 f. The operative bookbinders of Paris have handed to their employers a petition, bearing 400 signa tures, praying that their day's work may be reduced from 12 to 10 hours, and that their wages should be fixed at the present pay. They also demand that overtime shall be paid at an increase of 25 per cent. It was not easy to tffect sales in the Paris corn market last week, in consequence of the difficulties millers find in disposing of their flour. The pro. vincial corn markets were likewise quiet, farmers being detained at home in sowing their winter crops and in completing the vintage. There was a large quantity of fllur of the six marks sold in Paris last week for delivery in January, at 50f the sack of 157 kilogrammes. It is remarked that the difference between the price of flour for immediate delivery and for time does not exceed 2f the sack, which is not sufficient to defray the expense of storage. The official quotation on Saturday afternoon is 48f 25c the sack of 157 kilogrammes for delivery. The fac tors declared on Saturday 200 sacks of flour, sold for delivery within 30 days, at 48f. the sack. The demand for wine improved considerably last week, both at Bercy and at the entrepot on the Quai St. Bernard. The arrival of new wine is said to be the cause of this improvement. As soon as a boat laden with sweet wine arrived at Bercy the entire cargo was disposed of in less than an hour. Hackney coaches, cabs, and every description o f vehicle were in demand, and it was a curiosity to see each buyer carry away his one or more barrels on e atua y. Beetroot t h triumphantly, as if he had accomplished some won • d erf uh of l e lndependent featwi wine e of w arms. eredes leas firm s ain e s S statesrd There is no change in the price of brandy. Spi rits T spirit, good quality, 90 degrees, is quoted 771. th e hectolitre. a t hat the tphraon de ee ofthe vintage in the Giro n d e is g reater any yet experienced. There are vineyards which have produced 150 hectolitres the hectaire (21 acres.) The proprietor finds it difficult to procure hands to gather the grapes. He labours under another difficulty—his supply of casks is not suffi cient for all his wine. The consequence is that an enormous quantity of wine has been lost this year. In the best establishment for making wine there is not time to press the grapes sufficiently, while in most others the residuum is thrown away with the juice still dropping from it. The vintage has been accomplished in the de partment of the Gera in excellent conditions. The produce, with the exception of vineyards damaged by hail, will be excellent, both in regard to quantity and quality. The journal des Landes says that the vintage in that department has been more abundant than was generally expected, thanks to the mild rain which fell for several days previous to the grapes being gathered. The Medocain gives an excellent account of the vintage in the Medoo. It says that the favourable weather produced the best results. The produce is fully oneethird greater than that of last year, and the satisfaction of the wine growers is increased by the certainty that the quality will be excellent. A traveller in the Drome writes that there is every reason to expect a fall in the price of wine, inasmuch as grapes for pressing are being sold at from 6f. to 101. the 100 kilogrammes. The pro• duce in the Charente Inferieure will be much greater than was expected six weeks since. The wines have produced one-sixth more than last year. The quality of the wine will be good, perhaps a little less dry than that of last year in consequence of the last rain, but it will, nevertheless, be excels lent and much sought for. The accounts from the Roussillon are not of so satisfactory a character. They state that the pro duce will not be more than half that of last year. The vintage in the department of the Busses Alpes is very productive, and grapes, which were sold last year at 12f. and 131. the 109 kilogrammes, are now selling for 81. and 91. The rain, which fell opportunely in the depart ment of the Dordogne previous to the vintage im_ parted to the earth the moisture of which it was so long deprived. It was aided by gentle heat, so favourable to the growth of fruit. The temperature was precisely what vinedressers call vintage weather, a transition between the heat of departing summer and the cold of approaching winter. In fact, every change combined to give strength to the vine, and to give wine of excellent quality. A celebrated physician residing at Metz has written a treatise nn the medicinal qualities of wine, in which he states that, considering wine in the i point of view of the minera l salts, which it contains a large quantity, such as potas h, soda, lime, me g a • nesia, iron, manganese, chlorides, sulphates, carbo, Naval and Military Intelligence. The extraordinary report relative to the turret ship Royal Sovereign, referred to in the" Naval and Military Intelligence" cf 2he Sun of yesterday, proves to be correct in all its anticipations, an order having been received by the chief authorities of Portsmouth Dockpard to ply the ship out of come mission, and place her in the first-class steam reserve at that pert. Parliament is not sitting, and the chief members of our political Board of Admiralty are away on their combined business and pleasure trip to Malta,and,consequen tly, no reasons can be given officially for this seemingly inexplicable proceeding with regard to England's first turret-ship; but the facts remain, nevertheless, for public consideration and discussion. The Royal Sovereign has been bat a very short time in commission. She is a vessel of an entirely novel class, and one that from recent American naval operations we are deeply interested in testing in every respect. Her crew have not been together long enough yet to learn their turret gun exercise sufficiently to take the ship into action• The ship herself has not been tested either in her behaviour in a seaway or in the working of her turrets and guns further off the land than in Port land-race. Her officers have been put each to some £5O expense in joining the ship for an ordinary term ofcommiesion ; and, in fact, there are a hun- dred other cogent reasons against this inexplicable step of putting the ship out of commission. It is openly asserted in naval circles at Portsmouth—and that, too, without distinction of rank or position— that the success of the turret►ship has been so marked that the advocates of the broadside gun ,principle, now paramount at Whitehall, have caused this order to be issued for the Royal Sovereign to haul down her pennant. The following returns of the trials of the Channel fleet under sail on the Ist, 21st, and 23rd of Sep. tember have been forwarded to us from the fleet : Sept. I.—At 2 p.m., up screws and started on star board tack off Berry Head. Wind westerly— course, south-westerly —sea, smooth—speed, 6 to 7 knots. Position at starting :—Edgar to winds ward of Black Prince, 801 yards—Prince Consort, 1,290 yards—Enterprise, 1,301 yards—Hector, 22 yards—Defence, 1,404 yards. 3 p.m.—Wind, W.S.W., 6 to 7—course, south —sea, increasing— speed, 7to 8 knots. Edgar to windward of Black Prince, 1,790 yards—Prince Consort, 2,475 yards —Enterprise, 2,050 14 746 yards—Hector, 1,050 1,028 yards—Defence, 1,650 yards. 4 p.m.—Wind, variable, Edgar to windward of Black Prince, 2,760 yards—Prince Consort, 2,700 yards—Enter prise, 1,850-200 yards—Hector, 2,210 yards— Defence, 1,790 yards. 5 p.m.—Wind W. by S., 5 to 6—course, N.W, to N.W. by N.—head to sea —speed, 4 to 5 knots. Eigar to windward of Black Prince, 1,530 yards—Prince Consort, 1,420 yards— Enterprise, 510-1,340--Hector (?) 127-2,093 Defence, 340. The Edgar on opening the Start Point experienced a head sea--the other ships being far astern, and under the land, were in smooth water, and kept the wind to the westward off the land. Sept. 1-6 p.m.-Wind, W.S.W., sto 6- course, southerly-see, decreasing (under the land) -sail, as before-speed 4 to 5 knots. Edgar to windward of Black Prince, 3,690 yards-Ptiece Consort, 3,090 yards-Enterprise, 1,410 yards- Hector, 2,350 yards- Defence, 1,175 yards, Here the ships had got together again, and were sailing on the same terms under land. The whole result was that the Enterprise between 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. had lost on the Edgar only 106 yards, but the 4 p.m. and 5. p.m. diagrams show how it happened. September 21t.t, cff Portland-All plain sail. Wtod, W.N.W-speed 3 knots-head to sea. 9 30 a.m.- At starting Edgar to windward of Hector, 140 yards-Prince Consort, 3,150 yards-Enter prise, 1,750 yards-Black Prince, 405 yards-Re. search, 2,183 yards-leeward of Defence, 865 yards' 10 30 a.m. -Edgar to windward of Hector, 360 yards-Prince Consort, 3,440 yards-Research, 3,110 yards-Enterprise, 4,110 le 2,350 yards- Bleck Prince, 78 yards-leeward of Defence, 1,050. 11 30 a.m.-Wind variable, westerly. Edgar to windward of Prince Consort, 3,450 yards-Re search, 3,580 yards-Enterprise, 1,730-2,450 yards-leeward of Hector, 2,250-2,610 (P) yards-Defence, 1,490 yards-Black Prince, 339 yards. 0 30a.m.-The trial recommenced. Wind, W.S.W. ; other conditions as in the morning. Edgar to Windward of Black Prince, 1,100 yards; Defence, 9,980 yards-Hector, 5,070 yards-Re search, 4,600 yards-Enterprise, 1,750 yards- Prince Consort, 6,840 yards. 130 p.m.-Edgar to windward of Black Prince, 2,050 yards ; Hector, 5,730 yards-Research, 5,180 yards-Enterprise, 1,880 M 130 yards - Defence, 3,520 yards-Prince Consort, about 7,680 yards. 230 p.m.-Ed gar t o windward of Black Prince, 2,190 yards-Defence, 3,900 yards-Enterprise 2,580 01 700 yards- Prince Consort, about 6 miles-Hector about 7 miles-Research, about 5 miles. 3 30 p.m.-Edgar tacked to windward of Black Prince. 3,030 yards- Enterprise (distant 7 or 8 miles), 2,430-150 yards -Defence, 4,200 yards. 4 p.m,-Edgar to winds ward of Black Prince, 3,180 yards-Defence, 3,480 yards-Research, 6,770 yards-Enterprise (distant 2 miles) 1,530 yards. Thus the whole remit showed the Enterprise gained on the Edgar 220 yards, though in each hour when they had been near one another she lost. In the last tack the Edgar fell off three quar ters of a point, giving her on the opposite tack a corresponding gain. During the trials it was found that the Enter prise leaked considerably at the junction with her topsides and armour belt, and Mr Ladd, her builder, has visited the ship to examine and report upon the leak, which is believed by the officers of the squad ron to be very serious. A very strong feeling is expressed in the squadron against officers and men being sent on board quasi ironclads of the Enter. prise class, which, they say, are neither watertight, nor shot proof against the despised 68-pounder, nor possessing the speed of a bona fide man-of.war. The screw corvette Cadmus, 21, 400-horse power, was undocked at spring tide at Chatham yesterday afternoon, during a high north-east wind, and safely berthed alonside the floating sheer-hulk Chatham in the harbour abreast the dockyard. During the time the Cadmus has been in dock, a period extending over several months, she has un dergone a most complete repair, and she is now a first class vessel of the corvette description, ready in all respects for service in any part of the world. She has been furnished with new decks, and the decayed portions of her stern and rudder posts, as well as her stern timbers, have been made good ; in addition to this extra knees have been placed to strengthen her deck beams. She has also been fitted with a topgallant forecastle, for the protec tion of her crew in unfavourable weather, and this arrangement will add to the comfort of the men, the Cadmus, as well as most of the corvette class of vessels, being rather down by the head, and there fore very wet during a rough sea. Opportunity has been taken during the time the Cadmus has been under repair to overhaul her engines and machinery which have been thoroughly repaired, and several defective parts of her boilers made good. She has also been fitted with a new screw propeller of the Griffiths pattern, and the old;Adrniralty screw re moved. The Cadmus is complete in her rigging, and is now ready to hoist the pendant. The deck yard mechanics were at work on board up to within a few minutes of the corvette leaving the dock, and there is still a trifling amount of work to be executed - in the way of fittings to the cabins and painting up