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

Mr, , Roebuck, M,P„ on Education, Mr. 13 .oebuck, for Sheffield, who is now staying at Swanage, in Dorsetshire, delivered an addres s can Education in the Congregational School. room 'in that place, on Thursday evening last, to a very crowded audience. The Rev. S. Saville occu- pied the cb.air. Mr. ROEBUCK, M.P., 011 rising to address the mee Ling, was received with much applause. He said, Mr. Saville, ladies and gentlemen, I am obliged to do now what I did on a former occasion when ad- dressing an assembly like this—to begin by making an apology. From on infirmity under which lam labouring I feel a difficulty in reading at night; in truth, I find it much more easy to make a speech than to read a lecture. Therefore, I will endeavour to lay before you what few ideas I have formed on the subject without .committing them to writing, and simply by speaking to you. Sir, I wish it clearly to be understood that I feel very great diffi deuce—sincerely I speak it—in attempting to ad dress an. audience like this. It has not been my habit to , lecture ; it has not been my habit to descant upon matters connected with education. My busi ness in life has been far different. Still, sir, as you tell me that you and you r f r i en d s are endeavouring to spread the benefits of education among your fel lows., and as you have called on me to render help in that great work, I said I should have the greatest readiness to assist you a s much as I could. Now that you are met for that purpose:, I will endeavou r to fulfil the promise hhavee made to you. I understand, sir, that 9°' and your s fellows are end eavour i ng to spread education among the uneducated classes by f rus trated in a whornyou are surrounded, though your d es i re t o do that i s great measure by the great Persona whom you difficulties you have to cou Va':—the ignorance of th address, and their utter ignorance thee anc p c of the great value of the education Y -ou thoughts on that endeavuoumyto lay before them. Now, Sir, in stating to subject,yraeyself first to the class I shall address whom you wish to. aid upon this occasion; then I shall •address myself, Sir, to those friends of educa tion wb o are to be the teachers in these schools, be cause I think: I have some things to lay before you which :may s mooth the difficulties in your way ; and lastly, t shall address myself to the gentry by whom you aro surrounded, and I shall endeavour to point ou t to them the advantages of the course you are t k i re e, and the great duties they have to fulfil in ri t h e position they held on the present occasion. Now, in addressing the class whom you represent, it is m y wish to point. out to the working man tho groat advantages or. education. Firstly, I will speak of education, as giving him the means of raising him self among , b is fellows, of carving out for himself a great fort ur le among his fellows. Now this, Sir, seems to to b© a great mistake. Very few peo ple can da aw prizes in the great lottery of life; where o ce man makes his fortune a million must rest wh ere they began. Therefore, the great object I have in view is to point out to the working man the benefits—the great benefits which he may de rive fie en education itself—to make him understand that hi a life will be purer, his life will be bettor, his life wi:,l be a more virtuous life if he has obtained the benefil,s of education. I don't point out to him such great examples as George Stephenson. I don't know whetb er the working men here have heard of that working man in the north of England, who has lived in our own time, who at 18 years of age did not know how to write; that Wall taught himself how to write, taught himself everything that he knew; he acquired a great fortune, and was, in fact, the father of all the railways in England. That man's life is , alreost a miracle, and I would not point out to labo wing men him as an example, because mil lions of .labouring men cannot attain that which be attaine( I. But every working man can get the benefits. of education, can derive the advantages such as no other means can give him, which would. make him a happier and a better man. (Applause.) Now, sir , it is not for me to say whether among the various. races of mankind one is better or more cap able than another; but we say this of the race to which we belong, that we are among the foremost of mat ,kind ; that England has exhibited in all her class 31 the greatest possible greatness to which man can rise. (Hear, hear.) Our nobles, our gentry, our merel .ants, our clerical class, our lawyers, our far mers, our workins men have shown themselves to be amen g the foremost of mankind. Therefore, I say to ymt who are among the working men of this country, who aro possessed of great intellect, which God, has given you, but from the want of education ha're no,; the opportunity of making use of it, it is indeed like the bright diamond hidden in a dark CEtVe " F 2 it many a gem of purest ray serene The dark, unfathomed caves of ocean bear, Pull many a flower is born to blush unseen, And wastey fellow l its s_ e w w eetatss on the desert air." m So it is with -countrymen. There are m lions of yo n who arepossessed of g reat abilities, o wonderful capa c ity, w h o are bound down and gro yelling in a state of ignorance. Why is this, Sir, 7 would ask you? Wha t re the pleasures of an igno rant man? I would ask you to make a comparison between the pleasures of that man and th os e of " the educated man, an d b y comparison would woo Tou to see that intellect exalts each man w h o has availed himself of the advantages.brn ofo education. And to labour, why ? The uneducated man is labour; and passes the greater porti on of h life in hours he employ unemployed, i but there are hours when he is of leisure. And how does t those h ours ? par Unfortunately, for the mostin sensual enjoy ments ; unfortunately, drink is whichthe great means by which he obtains a solace, byhe recreate s himself, by which he gets rid of that which is mo re of his painful than labour, the tediumleisure tim e w hich is more painful than labour,e tedium of his leisure time which sometimes heacquires. s i r , what does an educated man do? T-is Now,nio, znen ts are multitudinous. I can s e k fo i rm e i se ii speak for myself, that if a man had come to me in a my youth w i t h a fortune in his hands, and had said to me, "I w il l g i ve you this cn condition that you never learn to read," I would repel the gift that he offered me, and Be y it was wo rth as nothin g in com p ari son with that which he desired me to forfeit. No hour of my life, no hour of any man's life may be without the enjoy we nt of a book. I have oftensaid, sir, that a book is bett er than a friend. No matter what may be your state of mind, no matter what may be the stat e of mind of those who surround you, a book is ever your eqaable, c alm, and generous friend. You is s pread out before you the open it, and ther e wealth, and mind, and language of the author. On e very occasion he is willing to come forward and benefit you. The friendship of a book is above the friendship of man. I would say to you, learn all that the knowledge by which you are surrounded can giv e to You • and there is one thing above all others which t o remember, and that is that it is vii°t, l . desire you n th e r each of eve r y working man to attain tI ° Pretty nearly oyme nts of civilised lif e . I a ll the enj enjoy ments which wealth not speaking of the enjoy gives. I am m y women friend not talking to garments, of jewels, of fine ribs of splendid the kind of pleasuraesals— I would point out to would (laughter)—that is not point out to them. them that all the within the reach of all p i husbands and would tell :assures of civilised' life are to be obtained by the improvem ent of soci e ty, but only (Cheers.) Now, sir, 1 dare of the intellect. many of those present m ay aroets,sY you know, what of that terrible class of p o ii tici an°w, that I am one (Lau;hter and cheers.) m y it a l la d s . c ulled Radicals. I does not consist in putting everybody iisr°, however, desire is to raise everybody up. (Cheers.) down ; my the working men of England hay believ e advisedly—as much power of obtaining Sand I say it elegances of life as the man who dwells i all the a Pala ce . Suppose now—and let me urge this upon n your at tention —suppose o young man marries early in life an d becomes the father of a fa mi ly , and that family grows up into boyhood and girlhood.'''., Suppo se t h e children are instructed and the father is not. The father, if he be a good man, stays at home in the vening with his wife and children ; he does not go abroad for excitement in the pothouse, but stays at home with his wife and children, and his children availing themselves of the knowledge they have ac quired, read to that father, a nd thus convey to him the knowledge which they have obtained by means of availing themselves of the advantages which associations like this bestow. It is that more than anything else which I wish to point out to my fel low-countrymen. Foreigners invariably remark — and I beg you to pardon me for what I am going to say; it may be unacceptable, but it is true—fo reigners remark thg.t though in England there is perfect liberty —a man may say anything he pleases, so long as he do not injure his neighbour, and may do what he likes so long as he do not injure his neighbour—there is no great potentate — (laughter) —to 8a 3;11 shall not print, you shall not speak, you y shall not think ; any man may speak, think, and do what he likes, so long, as I have said, that he do not injure his neigh bour. Yet the foreigner remarks that between the various classes of Englishmen there is a greater chasm and a greater separation than there is in any country on the Continent ; that the labour ing man in England is not in any way a companion for, end has no means of consorting with, the gen tleman ; and it is true. The gentleman, also, although he may be kind in his behaviour, though he may be a good man in all his relations of life, Yet he shrinks from the bench of the labouring man . Why is that ? It is because the labouring class of this country is not endowed with the win ning manners that the labouring classes of other countries possess. They are morose, they are sus picious ; I may say they are a repulsive set of people. Not that they have not all the capacities of the other class—for they have all the capacities of some of their wealthy and happy brethren ; but the pecu liarity is that they fancy themselves a class apart, having no communion with and no share in the society of their well-to-do and happy brethren. Nov, I want to break down this barrier of separa tion; I want to make the labouring man in all things—in his character, in his manners and his intelligence—quite equal to any man in the coun- try. You, sir, and your fellows are laying down the groundwork of that equality which will make Englishmen indeed " a band of brothers," which will make them present a front such as the world cannot put down, which will make them, indeed, the leaders of mankind. (Cheers.) Weil, my friends, I tell you all that this is within your reach. Now, we are told, our much-esteemed friend here has told us this evening, that the little people, the quarrymen, go to work at seven years of age. This is a mistake on the part of parents. (Hear, hear.) It is throwing away their capital, it is living upon their capital. If you sent your children to school until they were of the age of twelve, and then had them back after they had gained the means of acquiring knowledge of an elementary character, the education given them would be far richer for the poorer class of men than if they were sent to work when seven years of age. On an oc casion like this, however, I cannot enlarge further upon this topic ; bat I would beg to impress on the minds of my fellow countrymen, the labouring classes, that their own interests ought to impel them to have their children educated in the best pos sible manner. (Hear, hear.) Now, sir, I will en deavour to address myself to those who are striving to educate the class by whom they are surrounded. There are some things now that I think I can say to you, though I dare say you have heard it before, but I will say it again on the present occasion— something which may prove a solace to you, and a solace to those who hear me. The great difficulty you have in educating the people is that the fathers take their children from school too early, but if they were told, by allowing their children to remain at school until the age of 12, what advantage they could acquire from the habit of reading, what great use and what great pleasure they could obtain by acquiring the habit of writing, ani what great ad vantage they could obtain by acquiring the first rules of arithmetic, every one of them I think, would say with us that it was a great point gained. (Cheers.) Now, sir, it happens that amongst my friends one who is very enthusiastic, one who has paid great attention to the subject of teaching, with his friends has endeavoured to find out whether the hours of instruction might not be greatly shortened, and I moved, sir, in the House of Commons for this return, which I believe was printed by order of the House of Lords. This is a return containing an in quiry into the advantage of what is called the "short time" system in teaching. My friend and his friends thought that the time of children was occupied too much in teaching and that their minds were strained and overburdened, and that they did not learn nearly so much as they would if halt the time were employed in teaching them, and they advised the adoption of the short time scheme—taking half the usual time for instruc tion, and the other half for drilling them as Volunteers are drilled and as sailors are drilled. They employed these means, and the consequence was that the children who spent half their time in scholastic instruction learnt quite as much as those who spent their whole time at it, and that they freed themselves from awkward habits by means of the Volunteer and naval drill. Now, I wrote to my friend when I was first spoken to on this subject, asking him to tell me what he thought on the question, and he wrote me a letter which, with your permission, I will read. It is very instructisse and very amusing. The hon. gentleman then read the letter of his friend, in which the writer said that the systematic inflic tion of punishment, mental as well as bodily, insepa rable from the old plan of teaching, was altogether wrong. He made it a rule to discharge any groom who whipped his horse, for where one required punishment 99 out of 100 were spoilt by it, and so it was with children. Schoolmasters in the half-time schools and schoolmasters in some of the best schools in the land never used corporal punishment. With respect to the reduction of long hours of study, he was of opinion that after too long a period of seden tary confinement the attention of the pupil would flag. A good teacher would adapt his lessons to the capa city of the "child, and would make the value of the lesson sustain itself by the interest he infused in his manner of teaching. When the voluntary attention of the scholar flagged, when coercion was required to keep up his attention,;then it was time to stop. The writer proceeded to mention what he had been told by Sir. Edward Hay, who had great acquaintance with children, respecting a small school which be had visited. The hours were reduced from six to four, and the system of drilling had been adopted, and during the first year of the new plan the number of non-attendants:on account of illness wasbut one-tenth of the number formerly. The reduction of the long hours was the reduction of great weariness, and the consequence was that the number of malingerers, or those who shammed illness, was very great. The scholars were not now so desirous of escaping from school as formerly, and did not wend their way to school with such gloomy forebodings of punishment as before. The children, the writer continued to say, should have just enough of lessons to give them a relish for play, and just enough of play to give them a relish for their lessons. The physical and mental exercises should be so adjusted as to stimulate each other. One point (continued the writer) to be en forced in connection with the half-time school sys tem is that instead of sacrificing the domestic eco nomy to: the school, the school adapts itself to the domestic economy. Children cannot too soon be got into the moderate exercise of the business of life, and the half-time system, if it is properly alternated, should have reference to the actual business and duties of life,while the elementary instruction should make the children cheerful and happy. The first ob ject is to enable children to read to their parents at n i g ht, and every boy who has acq u ired th e necessary education 18 thus in a position to derive all th e p l ea . sur e an d ad vantage that reading gives to the reader. penny weekly newspaper brings them the world for the whole week. However bad of he be, it must be admitted that newspaper impression Then n t:a tYs thet ent on the worst impres the worst cannot but be an improvement 8173:0yn conveyed in the worst paper s r ieoand conveyed the newspaper by t he it would be much a l nd if you get them to v re o g ic u e l ' ar better than listening to the Then the writer con versation of idle, dissol u t e, or brutal peop l e . rro ceeded to say that wherever wsp tended to do with s uc h obsolete and perni cious ideas n apers went, they as witchcraft. (Laughte r. ) No family away who read a weekly n ewspa p e r, would believe in oughtwitchcraft.fam i l y t c o i r te l circle. encouraged n I wlli as a means of cheering the tinued Mr. Roebuck le ) ll t eS o : d ep e n s ebyera°;mes schooleens established by Mr. Ottery, a clergyman of the , Church of England, who has a cure atWindsor, and vocal t ar h le a music c w uos a ni was THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 3, 1863 and saw a new invitation I went dow n to Windsor, entirely by the people who supported building raised who is also a teacher at the school at Eton. At his the school. The school was after this fashion. wild songs, and not, if I may use the phrase, black guard W i thin the children were sin g in g , n ot ballads , not tunes; but they played the whole of th e Messiah" of Handel, and sang the great parts of that great work. I went down afterwards and saw a band of volunteers out of the school, who marched into a building underneath, for it happened to be bad weather, and a finer set of young fellows I never saw. They were all working men's children, the sons of railway porters, the eons of farm labourers, the sons of servants—they were all the sons of work ing men, and these boys were as thoroughly gentle manly in their manners as any of the young gentle men at Eton. I never enjoyed a day of more happi ness than the day I beheld that school. Mr. Ottery told me that one of our consuls at a port in the Mediterranean wanted a servant, and he sent him one of the bays out of his school. No sooner had the gentleman got him over, than he said, "This boy can do a great many things; I will make him my secretary." Soon afterwards the secretary wrote to Mr. Ottery to send him another boy out for his ser vant, and, accordingly, another boy was sent out, and thus became the servant of his fellow-scholar. (Applause.) Now, this is a proof that education does not simply mean the education of the intelligence, but the boy's manner, his se hole character, to make him so that his master, like the consul, could trust him in any real difficulty, or in anything of a serious character —trust him, in fact, sufficiently to make him his secretary. But, Sir, I do not adduce this as a thing that may happen to a great number of people, but I adduce it to show that the kind of teaching at that school made the man in all his thoughts, his feelings, his way of dealing, a gentle man, although he was bat a labourer's son. Now, Sir, I have hero a report which contains a series of evidence which I wish you to read, and if you will permit me I will place it in your hands, as I think it will be of great use to you in your important undertaking, which I am now endeavouring to aid. I have made a great number of extracts, but I will not trouble you with them. There are, however, one or two which I should like to read. It is the evidence of persons who are really engaged in the work of education. One extract is the evidence of the schoolmaster of a district workhouse in North Surrey, and to this statement I wish particularly to call your attention and the attention of my young hearers present. The question put to him is," What has your experience ot military drill been in mental and bodily drill ?" The answer is, " The effect of military drill will best show itself by its discontinu ance. In 1857 the drill master's services were dis pensed with by the guardians. The consequence was to make the school altogether another place. In six months we lost £2OO in wear and tear ot clothing, breaking of utensils, breaking of windows, pulling up grating, spoiling the walls ; in fact, a spirit of insubordination pervaded the house. In the workshop they were insubordinate, and the master shoemaker and master tailor called upon me to coerce these boys. This state of things induced the guardians to reinstitute the drill, and the school then changed back again, the ordi n ary behaviour was resumed, and they were all kindly and well disposed." Now, Sir, I ask you t o look at that fact ; I think it will give much important and useful information. Well, what conclusion do I draw from these observations ? It is this , —that there is no man among us so p oo r but that he is able to send his child to school, an d to send him for a sufficient time to learn th at which by his system can be gained, - W When yogi come to read that report you will find that ma n after man, schoolmaster after schoolmaster stir — take a child to a well instituted infant school, teach it to read, teach it to write, and give it all other elementary instruction; well, suppose the child is in the school till he is seven years of age, which is a long period for an infant school, at the age of t en he will have received an indelible education ; he will have received the means of enjoyment through life; his whole frame of life will be so fashioned that be will be industrious and civilised. This, sir, seems to me a most eneouraging and cheering th in g ; it shows that we have driven away a ma s s of ig n°- ranee and folly which before obstructed us in o r; work of educ a ti on . (H ear, hear.) N ' ow, sir, I will address myself to the gentry around me; but I fe ar my voice will not reach many of them, but if it should, I hope th e y w ill l i sten to my voice when I say they may b e among the great teachers of the people. It is not sufficient to instruct a man in reading, writing, and ar i t h metic. If you leave him there, you merely put the instruments into his hands that may make him -more mischievous than he was before. What you have to d o when pyrooupgerivlye,thaenmd tehspeseeciianlslytruhmisenmtsainsnteorsf, and fashion them then, after you have g i ven hi m these instruments' you launch him upon th e stream of life, and b e is sure to find a safe a n d h appy harbour. Now , s i r, one of those teach ers says he always persua d es ladies to visit hi s sc h oo l . Their manners' their behaviour are lo o k e d upon by the children --and what so observant as a child? Th e y l o ok o n what passes around them an d sae the great beauty of good manners. If you compare the manners of an educated man—and I use the word large!y — an d those of an uneducat e d man, is not the one gen tl e , kind, and good natured— is he not the life an d plea sure of the society i n w hi ch he lives ? Is no t the other cruel, morose, se lfi sh? i s no greater difference betw een th e uneducated man an d a man like N ew t on . W hat a difference we can make in this r es p ect ! It is within our h an d s , we have the mean s w ithi n our grasp, and it lies more with the gent r y o f this country to per vade with their kindn ess of manner and ten d erness of feeling the workin g c l asses around them. It be hoves them to do thi s ; i t i s their duty to do this. New, sir, I dare say thi s may be called very ra dical talking ; if so I cannot h e l p it ; I believe i t t o be true, I believe it to be w i se. (Cheers.) I can sa y, sir, in conclusion—for I f ear I have spoken too l ong —(cries of "Go on")—that it i s not s i m ply that they have the greater means because they a re wealthy, but they have great (m eans by means o f t h e i r ex ample. If they were t o mix more with the labour ing classes—and where b etter than i n th e school ? —if they were to mi x more with an d t a k e more interest in the existen ce of their fel l ow men w h o live around them, th e i r presence wou ld b e as th e sun shining upon the co ld earth, br i ng i ng u p an d vivifying the seed th a t i s within it. Now, air, I fear that what I may s a y may appear w ild and ex travagant and fanciful---that I anticipate the things that may never occur ; but I am sure the time will come—though I shall not live to see it—the time will come when England will be that place which I in my imagination can see, wh e n all the people will be instructed, when all the people will be well man nered, when we shall be really a band of brothers, when England will exhibit a spectacle to the world that the world will admire, and while admiring emulate. (Loud cheers.) A vote of thanks was then awarded to Mr. Roe-. buck. Full benefit of reduced duty obtained by pur chasing Horniman's pure Tea; very choice at 3s. 4d. and 48. " Hi g h St an d ar d " a t 4 s. 4d . (f ormerly 4s. Sd.), is the str ongest and most delicious imported. A gen t s i n every town supply it in packets. 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Bryan's Lady Hylda. 9A (in. 7lb ex.) (Custance) 5 Baron Niviere's Jeanne d'Albret, Bst 71b .... (Hunter) 6 Betting-6 to son Fille do l'Air, 4to 1 agst Gondola, and 5 to 1 agst Lady Hylda. After three failures they left the post in a line, and ran thus for a short distance, when Lady Hylda went to the front a a n s d h m eo ad de e d th hy e j r e u a n n n n in e g f crA br ib t r h o e t, fi w r h st o 2 o o a O y rrie a d rds t , t w on he t r o e the cords, where the favourite came out, and won in a ca nter by three lengths ; three-quarters of a length between second and third ; a bad fourth. Sweepstakes of 30 soya each, 20 ft, for 2-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 10Ib ; fillies, Bat 81b ; maidens allowed 41b. First half of A b. Ten subs. C ou nt Batthyany's Midnight Mass, B s t 101 b (C us t ance ) 1 Lord Stamtord's Brindisi, Bst 61b Baton Rothschild's Lady Hawthorn filly, Bst 41b (J. Daly) 3 Ngylor's Audacieuse, Bst 41b mr. J. H. C. Wyndham's Queen Fastrada, Bst 41b (F. Adams) 3 Antiaous also ran. Betting-7 to 4 agst Midnight Mass, 2to 1 agst Brindisi, an d 5 to 1 agst Lady Hawthorn filly. Midnight Mass, with Brindisi and the Lady Hawthorn filly on his left and Audacieuse on the upper ground, lay in front throughout, the favourite winning very cleverly by a length; a like distance separated the second and third ; a bad fourth. Antinous, who jumped round at the moment t he flag was lowered, was left the post. The Newmarket October Handicap of 15 soya each, 5 ft, with 100 added, for 3-yr-olds aad upwards; the second received 25 soya out of the strike. A.F. 84 subs. Mr. Saxon's The Monk, 6 yrs, 7st 41b ..(J Grimshaw) 1 M r . B. Sutton's Man-at-Arms, 6 yrs, Bst 101 b .. (Wells) 2 Lord W. Powlett's Eleanor, 3 yrs, 6st (Mordan) 3 The following also ran :—Croagh Patrick, Aurelian, waterwiteh, General Hess, Balham, Prince Plausible, Jackal, National Guard, Gamecock, Bertha, Dunkeld, Donnybrook, Tho Principal, Fitz Eva, Benjamin, Sea Di n g, Muezzin, and Lucretia. Betting-6 to 1 agst Benjamin, 100 to 12 agst Prince Plausible, 10 to 1 each agst Monk, Muezzin, and Water witch, 100 to 8 agst Croagh Patrick, 100 to 7 each agst General Hess, Balham, Aurelian, and Sea King, 100 to 6 each agst Eleanor and Fitz-Eva, and 20 to 1 agst Man-at- Arras. Upwards of a quarter of an hour was consumed at the post through the restiveness of General Hess, who con tinually refused to face the starter. At last Mr. M'George, seeing a favourable opportunity,lowered his flag to one of the best starts of the meeting, the lot getting away as nearly in a line as possible. On settling in their places as they breasted the hill they somewhat spread. Man-at-Arms, despite his heavy impost, appearing in command on the extreme right, having in his wake The Monk, Croagh Pa trick, General Hess, Eleanor, Dunkeld, Aurelian, and Muezzin ; then followed in the centre of the course Balham, Gamecock, Prince Plausible, Donnybrook, and The Princi pal, Benjamin, Fitz-Eva, and Bertha taking a line to them selves on the lower ground. With little or no variation they retained these positions until they reached the Bushes, where they split. The Monk at the same time getting upon closer terms with Lord Uxbridge's colt, followed by Elea nor, and in a few strides further by Muezzin, the four drawing away from the ruck as they descended into the Abingdon Mile Bottom, entering which Jemmy Grimshaw headed Man-at-Arms, who compounded to the weight, anti was beaten after a game struggle by half a length ; Eleanor was third, three lengths in their rear; Muezzin was a good fourth, and close up with him came Balham fifth, Benja min sixth, Bertha seventh, Fitz-Eva eighth, with Dun keld and Croagh Patrick next, the ruck being brought up by General Hess,Waterwitch,National Guard, and Lucretia. Jackal, shortly after starting, split his pastern so badly that he was at once destroyed. The Maiden Plate of 50 sovs, for 2-yr-olds ; colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 71b. Bretby Stakes Course. Mr. H. C. Naylor's Concordia, Sat 71b (Ohsßoner) 1 Lord Westmoreland's Anninglon, Bet 101 b (J. Goater) 2 Mr. H. z!avile's Figaro, Bst 10Ib (Aldcroft) 3 The following also ran :—Oakapple, Sister to Knave of Trumps, Templar, Bigotry, Suspicion, Drosera's dam colt, and Ales. Betting-2 to 1 apt Concordia, 4to 1 each agst Oak apple and the Drosera colt, i to 1 agst Anniagton, and 7 to 1 agst Figaro. After several failures they left the post in close com pany, the lead being taken, after the first quarter of a mile, by Suspicion, who was followed by the favourite, Anning ton, Figaro, and Sister to Knave of Trumps; half-way down the hill Concordia assumed the lead, and, with Lord Westmoreland's colt on his whip hand and Figaro next the rails, finished a fine race home, the favourite win ning in the last stride by a head; three-quarters of a length separated the second and third; Suspicion was a bad fourth, Oakapple fifth, the Drosera colt sixth, and Alca next. Sweepstakes of 300 soya each, 100 ft, for 2-yr-olds. T.Y.C. 3 subs. Lord Annesley's Irish Queen filly rec. BETTING AT CAMBRIDGE (en route). THE CESAREWITCH. 12 to 1 agst Lioness (taken) 20 to 1 agst Jack of Hearts (taken) 20 to 1 agst Myrtle (taken) 20 to 1 agst Limosina (taken freely) 25 to 1 agst Anfield (offered) 25 to 1 agst Drummer Boy (taken) 25 to 1 agst Romanoff (taken) 25 to 1 agst Fantail (taken) 33 to 1 agst Chore Arnie (taken) 40 to 1 agst Faultless (taken) CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 12 to 1 agst Catch-'em Alive (taken) 100 to 6 agst Birdhill (taken) 20 to 1 agst Borealis (taken) 20 to 1 agst Summerside (taken) 40 to 1 agst Cantonnade (taken) The King of Prussia's Reply to the Collec tive Letter of the German Princes. The following is the tra ns l at i on of the Ki ng o f Prussia's reply to the coll ec ti ve note of the G erman Princes who attended the Frankfort Congress The projects of Federal reform concerned at Frankfort on-the Maine have been brought to my cognizance by the letter that you, in concert with other German princes and the representatives of the Free Towns addressed to me under date of the Ist of thi s month. I h a ve subjected these propositions to the most conscientious exam i na ti on , as I promised in my letter of th e 20th of last mon th, a dd res sed to his Majesty the Emperor of Austria, at Frankfort-on the-Maine. This examination has not convinced me that the proposed reform in its present form is of a kind to crown the efforts we have made for a number of years in order to ameliorate the Federal Constitution. I have not found in the project the true expression of the situation and of the wants which ought to be taken into account, if the vitality and duration of such a work are to b e ass ured. I do not hesitat e t o d eclare althoug h with great [regret, that my duty as Ki ng of Pr u ' s de, and as a German Princ e, does not permit me t o a d opt the pro ject communicated to me as the basis of a n ew F ederal C on stitution. I cannot consent to an extension of Federallobjects such as have been determined by treaties and by the competency of the central Federal authority, unless account is taken, as it ought to be, of th e i nfluence o f Prussia in the Con federation, and of the common interests of the German nation. In this sense I consider, as a primary condition of my adhesion to a r a di ca l re f orm of the existing Fede ral treaties, the understandi ng on three points, which I have charged my Minister of F ore i gn Affairs to explain to you at length. These three point s con cern 1. The veto of Prussia and of Austr ia relative to a Fe deral war, the object of which woul d not b e to repel an attack against the territory of the Confederation. 2. Perfect equality of rights betwe en Prussia in the presidency and direction of Fe deral affairs. 3. A national representation, based not upon delegation, and Austria but upon direct election according to the population of the various States, and the attributes of which in regard to de cisions respecting Federal a ffairs should be the subject of discussion, and under all ci r cumstances should be more ex tended than those formul a ted in the plan of reform in question. Before an und ers t an di ng i s established upon this basis no discussion of th e o th er deta il s of the proposal lead to a which has been communicat e d t o me wou ld, in my opinion, satisfactory result. I h ave accor dingly charged my Minister , , of Foreigi. Affai rs t o negotiate, i n the first instance , with tho Imperial Au s t r i an Governmen t on the subject of this basis, in the hop e th a t you, as soo n as the necessary under standing is established will i n c oncert with mc, assist in cenvoking Mini s t er i a l conferences , to prepare the plans which the Ger man S overe i gns will ultimately have to sanction. (Signed) . WILLI/ist Berlin,Sept, , 23, (CoulaterBigti. , ;( l ) BibMARR, SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TIMES.—With the exception of the siege of Vicks burg, the incidents of the Civil War that have marked the conflict in the West and the legion verging on the great Valley of the Mississippi have hitherto excited less attention than they deserved. Even in America the distance of the scene of opera tions from the great cities of the East seems to have lessened the interest 'with which the military move ments in Tennessee were followed. The campaigns in Virginia, the successive advances on Richmond, and the battles on the Rapidan and the Potomac have appeared to constitute almost the whole of the war. But since the Confederate army retreated from Maryland to its old line of defence, holding it in strength sufficient to reduce General Meade and the Federal force to inaction, indications have not been wanting that the next blow would be struck in the West. In the State of Tennessee General Rosecrans, with the Army of the Cumberland, has been gradually approaching the Confederate force commanded by General Bragg in the direction of Chattanooga. Here a position described as capable of being easily held against a strong attack was abandoned by the Conf e derates, and the point thus gained was considered in the North not only as a decided advantage, but a proof of growing weakness on , the part of the Confederates in that quarter. the occupation of Chattanooga, in fact, was sup posed to be nearly equivalent to a victory, as the position would have been worth a battle to force. If there were good reasons why the Confederates should have held it so long, it appears there were better for abandoning it. The retreat of General Bragg must have dra Rosecrans on to less ad vantageous ground, or enabled the Confederate General to effect a junction with expected reinforce ments. His movement on Lafayette was suddenly changed into an advance and attack, and another great battle, fought through two days, has resulted in the defeat of the Federal army, with a loss at present estimated at 12,000 men. The battle has not yet received a name, but the field of the engagements was on one of the numerous small streams that abound in the northern part of the State of Tennessee, called Chicamanga Creek. The whole region is mountainous, thickly wooded, and intersected by rivers. The Cumberland unites with the Tennessee, and the waters of both combined form one of the tributaries that fall into the Mis sissippi on its eastern bank. The details of the ac tion are very imperfect, their brevity not being com pensated by clearness of description. But as all the particulars given appear to be derived from de spatches received from the head-quarters of the Federal army, and must have passed through the War-office at Washington to New York, we may safely assume they do not exaggerate the disaster Gen. Rosecrans has sustained. We may rather anticipate that his defeat ht es been more decided and his loss greater than these first accounts describe. In New York the intelligence was received with a feeling of despondency, increased by the hopes founded on the recent gleams of success. The ex planations by which the Ministerial journals are endeavouring to put " the best possible colour" on the result of the battle have not had much effect. The official assurances that Rosecrans will soon be sufficiently reinforced to resume the offensive " bring no comfort to the minds of the people." They cannot but remember that the greater army of Gen. Meade, after a success, is checked and held in.. active on the north bank of the Rapidan by Gen. Lee. In such cases the very necessity of explana tion is ominous. Decided advantages soon explain themselves, but the full extent of a defeat is brought out more slowly. The nature of bad news affects the teller, and the official party in the North can not boldly encounter the political discredit with which its military failures are always visited. Tak ing into consideration the movements of the Confe derates, known or surmised, which preceded this battle in Tennessee, we infer that the Federal com mander has been defeated by superior strategy rather than by mere fighting. It is evident that the Federal troops contested the field obstinately. They rallied when broken, formed again, and re newed the engagement repeatedly. They seem to have done all that bravery and determination could effect. But the greater skill of the Confede rate generals in combining the force which made the attack insured them the victory. While Burn side was still on his march to join Rosecrans General Bragg had received reinforcements both from the East, the West, and the South. Gen. Lee had skilfully kept the " Army of the Potomac" in check on the Rapidan, whi'e he detached Longstreei. into Tennessee. Gen. Meade and the other Federal coremauders either did not suspect the movement or could not prevent it. From several different points and from great distances the Confederate Army of he West was reinforced, all an combinations were made with rapidity, and completed soon enough to enable them to attack with advantage. The battle was over, and the troops of Rosecrans broken and driven back, with the heavy loss announced, while Burnside was still on the road to the field with a force of 30,000 men. The action began on the 19th, and ho had not effected his junction with Rosecrans on the evening of the 21st. We expect to hear that the Federals on the 19th found themselves in the presence of superior numbers, and that the chances were against them from the beginning of the en gagement. But to bring a greater force to bear on the point of attack is exactly the object to be attained if possible. To secure such an advantage is the best proof of the skill of a commander. Account ing for a defeat by pleading that the enemy brought the greatest numbers into the field is only a mode of acknowledging that the beaten General has been oat-manoeuvred. In the tactics which strengthened Bragg's force sufficiently to enable him to take the offensive against an army to which he had aban doned a strong position we may recognise the ability of Gen. Lee. The movement of the necessary bodies of troops over such an immense extent of country must have been conducted with great skill. The delay or loss of a few days would evidently have given time for Burnside to join the main army of the Federals. Bat the time was exactly hit, and the Confederates defeated the troops of one General while the force of another was at a useless distance. It is not yet certain that the army of Burnside him self is safe from attack, as considerable anxiety was felt at New York on the 23d lest he should be in tercepted. It is already stated that the Government at Washington is more responsible for this defeat than the military commanders. The Cabinet is said to have directed the operations, and that the Gene rals were fettered by its orders. A " searching investigation" into the causes of the failure is de manded that the responsibility may be thrown on the real authors of the disaster. POST.—The military operations which the Fede rals have been hitherto conducting in the West with much apparent success have at length received a decided check. It would seem to be one of the peculiarities of the great civil war that neither of the belligerents should be permitted for any pro tracted period to follow the path of victory. One month the Northern armies are engaged in the work of invasion, and the following one their energies are exclusively devoted to resisting the aggression of their adversaries. Victory alternates with defeat, and the fruits of one campaign are lost in that which immediately succeeds it. It is our duty.now to chronicle another of those battles, so frequent in this disastrous war, in which the slain are numbered by many thousands ; and on this occasion, as on so many others, Fortune has smiled on the Confede rate arms. A pitched battle has been fought on the borders of Tennessee and Georgia ; and, so far as we can judge from the accounts which have reached us, the Federal army has sustained a sig nal defeat. Our information is derived exclusively from Northern sources, and when we find the press of New York unreservedly admitting that a disas ter has been sustained which has neutralised the effects of a campaign hitherto spoken of as pre-emi nently successful, it is reasonable to conclude that the reverse which has fallen on the Northern arms is of no trifling kind. It is not a little curious that on so many of the occasions on which the armies of the rival Confederation have come in collision on the battle-field, that those of the Southern should have almost invariably proved victorious. The South has sustained many serious reverses, but they have consisted chiefly in the loss of towns and fortified places. Military engineers maintain, and with truth, that it is a mere ques tion of time when the strongest fortress, if closely besieged, will fall; and although in the capture of Vicksburg and Port Hudson the Confederacy suf fered two of the heaviest blows yet inflicted on it, it did not on that account lose any of the prestige which the valour of its troops, even more than their victories, had done so much to acquire. Near Chattagoona, in Tennessee, on the 19th and 20th of September, the Confederate army under the command of Bragg, by the pertinacity with which it fought, as well as by the success which rewarded its efforts, sustained in every re spect the reputation so dearly purchased on so many battle-fields by their brothers-in-arms in Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania. With the meagre details at present at our command it is not easy to form a clear idea of the engagement, whose result alone is unequivocally recorded. The Northern forces appear to have been posted on the south side of a creek named Chickfamanga, which flows in a westerly direction into the Tennessee river; and to the rear of the Federal army, and to the south of its position, lay the village of Chattanooga, to which finally General Rosecrans found it expedient to re treat. The army of Burnside was, at the time the battle was fought, reported to be in the neighbour hood of Knoxville, a town about a hundred miles distant from Chattanooga, but connected with it by the Eastern and Virginia Railway. The engage ment commenced on the 19th, and on that day at tended with no decisive result, was resumed at a late hour on the morning of the 20th September by a concentrated attack of the Confederate forces on the left wing of the Federal e may. Gen. Thomas, who commanded the Federal left, finding it impos sible to withstand the Confederate attack, gave way, and about the same time the divisions constituting the right wing of the Federal army and the reserve were withdrawn from their original position and despatched to the relief of the shattered left. This manceuvre had, however, scarcely been effected when the Confederates shifted their line of attack and fell upon the centre of the Federal army, now deprived of its supports on the right, and, as it would also appear, weakened by the withdrawal of one of its divisions, which had been despatched to the relief of General Thomas. After endeavouring in vain to hold its ground the centre at length gave way, and fell back on the rear of the left wing, which, with the reinforcements it had received, was enabled—not to regain its previous position—but to make a stand against the advancing Confederates. At this junc ture two of the divisions of the Federal army, com manded respectively by Generals Davis and Sher ridan, seemed to have been seized with a panic, for " they broke up in disorder and were born down by Bishop Polk's corps." The troops composing these divisions literally fled from the battle-field, for it was not until late in the day that their gene rals succeeded in rallying some 8,000 of them and rejoining General Thomas. This officer, completely cut off from the main body of the army, had taken up " an independent position," and, after maintain ing "a stubborn fight till after dark," retired to a placed called Roseville, where he received orders to rejoin the main army at Chattanooga, at which place General Rosecrans was engaged in " concen trating" the shattered remnant of his army. Whether General Thomas succeeded in obeying these orders is extremely doubtful, as by the latest advices the Confederates are reported to have attacked him on the following day, in which event his troops had probably no alternative but to lay down their arms. In this battle there is no ques tion that the Federals were " out-generalled, and that their defeat is mainly attributable to the in capacity of their leader. Vacancies, Promotions, and Appointments in the Civil Service. . . (From the Call Service Gazette.) THE POST OFFICE.—Mr. Allen, surveyor's clerk, has been promoted to be inspector of mails in Ireland. Mr. Bradford has been promoted to be Ist clerk at Derby. Mr. Brassington has been promoted from the 2d to the Ist class, and Mr. Meginley, from the 3d to the 2d class, of the ma jor establishment at Derby. Mr. Mathews has been pro moted from the 3d to the 2d class of the major establish ment at Belfast. Mr. Gascoyne has been promoted to be Ist clerk at Nottingham. Mr. Dickisson has been promoted from the 2d to the Ist class of clerks, Nottingham. GENERAL REGISTER OFFICE.—Mr. W, Henry Walter I itheridge, superintendent of the 3d class, has been pro. moted Jo be superintendent of the 2d class, in the room of Mr. C. H. Anderson, retired. Mr. Thomas Oakes, senior clerk, has been promoted to be superintendent of the 3d class, in succession to Mr. Titheridge. Mr. George White, assistant clerk, has been promoted to be senior clerk, vice Mr. Oakes. Mr. N. A. Humphreys, junior clerk, has been promoted to be assistant clerk, vice Mr. White. CUSTOMS.—Mr. G. Gregory has been appointed an out door officer at Stockton. Mr. John Orr has been appointed at out-door officer at Greenock. Messrs. W. Vine, J. Win. ter, and J. Attwooll have been promoted to be out-door officers of the Ist class at Weymouth. INLAND REVENUH—Excise Branch.—Mr. L. Peaks, supervisor, Dover district, Canterbury collection, has been appointed supervisor of Worcester, 2d district, 'Worcester collection. Mr. Jos. Brown, supervisor, Ashford district, Canterbury collection, has been appointed supervisor of Dover district, Canterbury collection. Mr. G. Scarborough, examiner, has been appointed supervisor of Ashford dis trict, Canterbury collection. Mr. Robert Bell, supervisor, Ballygawley, districi, Newry collection, has been appointed supervisor of Carlisle district, Cumberland collection. Mr, Robert Peers, officer, Dundalk, Ist division, Drogheda col lection, has been appointed 3d clerk, Middlesex collection. Mr. D. Gough, officer, Dundalk, 2d division, Drogheda col lection, has been appointed officer of Dundalk, Ist division, Drogheda collection. Mr. Patrick Quinn, Middleton divi. sion, Cork collection, has been appointed officer of Dun dalk, 2d division, Drogheda collection. Mr. Win. Stock ings,dropped officer, Wexford, sth division, Wexford col lection, has been appointed officer of Middleton division, Cork collection. Mr. Adam Nisbet, officer, Greenock, Ist division, Ayr collection, has been appointed officer of Wakefield, 12th division, Leeds collection. Mr. J. Jlemens, officer, Ilkeston ride, Nottingham collection, has been ap pointed officer of Greenock, Ist division, Ayr collection. THE EAST INDIES.—Mr. F. Macnaghtec, assistant com missioner of Chiudwarra, has been appointed to act as judge of the Small Cause Court at Jubbulpore. Lieutenant-Col. 8.. Macpherson, resident councillor of Singapore, has been appointed to officiate as resident councillor of Prince of Wales's Island. Captain J. Burn, resident councillor at Malacca, has been appointed to officiate as resident coun cillor at Singapore. Capt. F. L. Playfair, assistant resident councillor, has been appointed to officiate as resident coun cillor, Malacca. Mr. W. Palmer, assistant accountant Ist class, Public Works Department, N. W. Provinces, has been transferred temporarily to do duty in the office of the secre tary to the Government of India in the Public Works De partment. CAPE OF GOOD 110 FE.—The office of deputy surveyor general has become vacant by the death of Mr. George Mon tague. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. ---0,------- TRAFFIC RECEIPTS FOR THE WEEK. eeei Di liles Opened. ptB., °-/• 863 1862. •• 1863. 1862 X X Belfast and N. Counties ..... 136 136 2 , 061 2,350 Belfast and County Down .••• 49 49 629 6.31 Blyth and Tyne ............. . 28 28 1,987 2,2.0 Bristol and Exeter l2l 1214 7,059 7,660 Caledonian ...... ~ 231 041 17 722 17 075 '296 • 270 Cockermouth*S:Workington • • B ' 4 84 372 31 6 Cork and Bandon . - 2 O 2O 20 Cork, Blackrock, & raßSage.. • 64 64 204 207 Cork and Youghal ...... ... •• • 4 32/ 432 400 Cornwall ................... 3 6 2 5 - 4 5 17 31 1,802 1.401 314 330 Deeside .... .. l7 Dublin & ......... lunction 63 63 1,461 1,438 Dublin and Drogheda 75 83 1,629 1,699 Dublin and Meath 23 23 1 3 9 . 0 120 Dub. & Wicklow and Wextd 511 484 2,3. t 2,166 Edinburgh and Glasgow 1691 1694 8,373 8,079 30 30 234. 282 50 6 i 2,954 2,727 Forth s&s,(iley.d.e..J.u.n.22cti.o.n. , Glasgow & South -Western. • 198 198 8,481 8,3 R 3 Gt. Eastern,Nrik.,&E. Union 63 351 34 ,566333,615 31,723 ,763 Grea t Northern 3 G rea t North of Scot land tit. Northn. & Westn. (Irel.) ni 664 724 628 9t.Soutlin. & Westn.(lrind.) 3544 10321 329 65,, 10 064 66 ,0382 9,4186 5 Grea t Western 10561 Inver ness & Aberdeen Jima Irish North - W estern 145 145 1,644 1,755 Lanca shire & Yorkshire 3951 3954 36,780 35,27 9 4 Li m erick and Ennis.. . 241 241 203 253 15139 Li m erick and Foynes 261 261 461 161 639 694 Llanelly Londen & North-Western 1, ,572 889 23, London and Blackwall 5l 61 1,90 073 25.161 London & South-Western Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast 2611 211 20,141 2 1 , 819 London, Chatham, & Dove r 724 724 6,954 5 709 Do. Metropolitan Extension 101 2t 1,330 60 Lond., Tilbury, & Southend blan.,Sheffields&Lincolnsh .. 2394 2394 16,711 15 000 blanch. S.Jun.&Altrincham 94 94 1,425 1,202 Maryport and Carlisle 2B 28 1,359 1,207 M e t r opolitan ... - 1,713 - Midland (incl. N.-Western) 641 6144 46,729 43,921 Midland G t.Westn. of Irind 2591 192/ 4829 4,557 Monkland 714 711 1, , 660 1,191 Monmouthsh. Rail. & Canal l4 44 2,762 2,4 6 ' N or th British, Edin., Perth and Dundee ... N-Eastern and Stock. & Darl 1095 North London 9 North Staffordshire 254 Oswestry and Newton... 6O Rhymney 194 St. Helen's Canal &Railway 62 S co ttish Central 9l Scottish North-Eastern l3B Somerset and Dorset 394 South Devon ....... ..... South-E astern...... 306 Taff Vale 65 Ulster 644 Vale of Clwyd a o , it eaCo r n wall a a a t n: and Limerick Kilkenny lO Vale wWest Waterford Waterford ,h 31 W. H a r t 1 e p c o i e o a l H o r a r 4 b r E . & g r R m n a il i .. : 4 27 7 8 774 Whitehaven Junction l2 Whitehaven & Furness Jun 35 FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. Antwerp and Rotterdam 52 Austrian B2B Belgian Eastern Junction 26 Bombay, Baroda, & Cen. India 185 Buffalo and Lake Huron l6l Detroit and Milwaukie lB9 Dutch Rhenish lOB/ Eastern of France East Indian Grand Trunk of Canada lO9O Great Indian Peninsula 6384 G rea t Luxembourg 134 Great Southern of India Great Western of Canada 345 Madrid, Saragossa &Alicant 499 Northern of Canada .... ..... Northern of France 697 N orwe gian Trunk Ottoman Paris, Lyons, & Mediterrn 1491 Paris and Orleans 1340 Pernambuco 774 Royal Danish 69 Sambre and Meuse 6B S ou th Austrian , Southern of France 777 Victorian 196 Welland .----• .. • 25 West Flanders 75 W. and N.W. of France , 758 Railways. 4101 10771 13,340 12,471 58,710 55,34} 3,252 3,143 8,372 8.514 1,266 1,134 924 P 857 2,060 2,096 5,308 4,920 5,450 5,416 750 396 3.953 3,812 29,388 29,292 5,992 5,393 1,957 1,851 1321 391 751 306 222 253 2,409 2,0?8 if 442 459 P 7 1,456 1,162 rat 910 883 k 8 4,887 3,663 7 652 472 919 705 801 66) 1,667 1,656 30080 40,010 361 320 1,605 860 1,634 1,331 4,202 4.181 5,932 5.613 60,257 60,574 17,266 12,951 9,410 3,909 4,942 4,630 M 9 331 12,595 11,437 20,976 17,507 1,262 1,590 61,460 83,479 1,174 1,659 1354 1204 761 5.0 146,681 142,949 72,433 63,393 886 885 1,353 1,626 58,011 56,021 33,373 31,012 8,561. 5,716 1315 777 151 452 '415 1,124 1,099 57,891 51,151 [ADVERTISEMENT.] - Holloway's Pills.—Typhus and Typhoid Fevers.—Wby do some die and some recover from fever? This momentous question admits of an easy answer —because some are possessed of sufficient vital energy to cast out the fever-breeding poison. This natural operation is admirably imitated by Holloway's purifying pills, which at once eradicate all morbid matters from the blood, and so arouso the nervous system that no function can be ill- performed, and no disease of any kind can keep its hold upon the body, or depress the wholesome activity of the brain. Under the benign and cleansing influence of these imcomparable Pills, the most obscure and difficult diseases are in a short time brought to a successful termination when death siPlUti Extraordinary Scene in a County Court At the Southwark County Court a most extraordinary case came on for hearing before the judge, Mr. Whitmore, which created the utmost excitement in a very crowded court. The action was brought by a Mr. Louis Dirty, who described himself as being a French tutor, living at Dul wich, to recover from the defendant, Mr. Samouelle, printer, residing in Newington-butts, the sum of £5, paid to him on account of printing a pamphlet, the manuscript of which had been entrusted by the plaintiff to the defendant for publication. The learned Judge having read the particulars of the de mand, inquired from the defendant what answer he had to make. _ . . . _ _ . . The defendant admitted the receipt of £5 and the breach. of contract, and gave the following explanation :—He said the plaintiff, Louis Direy, a French tutor, called upon him, and an arrangement was entered into whereby he (Sa mouelle) agreed to print 100 copies of the manuscript in question for £lO, half of which was paid down. After pro ceeding with one• third of the work, defendant discovered passages in it of so filthy and libellous a character that he refused to complete it. The consequence was that the pre sent plaintiff summoned him to the Lambeth Police-court for the return of the manuscript, and upon Samouelle calling the attention of the magistrate (the Hon. G. C. Norton) to certain passages in the work, he immediately ordered the whole of it to be impounded, and dismissed the summons. The plaintiff's attorney stopped the defendant, and said the Court did not want to know the proceedings taken else where. The Judge remarked that no doubt the magistrate had a sound reason for impounding the MS. The plaintiff, by his own act, had prevented the defendant from completing his contract. After some discussion between the judge and the plain tiff's solicitor, The defendant said hehad subpoenaed an officer from Lam beth police-court to produce the MS. in question, and, upon inspection, he was convinced his honour would say that he (defendant) was justified in the course he had taken. Mr. Dixon, one of the ushers of Lambeth Police-court, handed up an officially sealed envelope containing the MS. in question. He stated that he was desired by Mr. Perry, the chief clerk, to inform this Court that, by the express in junction of Sir G. Grey, the MS. was not to leave the pos session of the police authorities. The Judge broke the seal, and, upon reading one page, was too indignant to conceal his dingust. He said, " Plain tiff, leave the box, leave the court. You are a disgrace to the country. Officer, turn him out." The Judge (te the officers)—Turn him out; no longer let his presence pollute or contaminate the air of this honour able court. The plaintiff wasthen most unceremoniously expelled, and the papers thrown out after him. Mr. Wood, plaintiffs solicitor, assured his Honour that he was not aware of the nature of the manuscript, and apo logised for having had anything to do with the case on the part of the plaintiff. The Judge said that the apology was quite - unnecessary, as he could not believe that any respectable solicitor would have been so engaged unless ho had been misled and de ceived. On the application of defendant full costs were awarded ,o him. It may be remarked that the MS. in question was a slan derous and disgusting libel on several gentlemen of the highest position resident in Dulwich. COUNTRY MARKETS. ^...• --a• LIVERP 0 OL—FRIDAY. At this day's market there was a small attendance, and the demand for wheat was moderate, at the prices current on Tuesday last, or ld to 2d lower than on Friday week. Barley and peas dull. Indian corn in good request, and 6d above late prices. American flour 9d per barrel higher. New oatmeal 6d cheaper. Beans 6d higher. WAKEFIELD-FRIDAY. A fair quantity of wheat came to hand to-day, and fine dry sorts met a quiet demand at barely last Friday's rates ; other sorts difficult to quit. Barley, unless very fine, was Is lower, Other articles dull. Averages for the week: Wheat 652 qrs., at 4lBlold Rye k-- -- -8 Od Oats 1 2 -- '23s Od Beans - -- 8ar1ey......... 459 -- Peas STAMFORD-FRIDAY. White wheat, 41s to 45s ; red, 39s to 43s per 36 stone. Barley, malting, 36s to 40s ; grinding, 30s to 328 per qr. Oats, 22s to 26stper 24 atone. Beans, old, 428 to —a per qr. ; new, 39s to —a. EXETER-FRIDAY• Wheat, white.. 6s 3d to 6s 4d I Barley ...3s Mto4s 3d Ditto red. .65 Od to 6s 3 d Oats . ..2s 9d to 38 Od Flour, fine, 35s to 365; seconds,l34s to —s per sack. CATTLE. I Fat beef, p sc., 10s0d to 11s6d Ewes, per lb ....Rd to 64d Pork carcases, 7s Od to Ss Od Wethers, d 0....... 7d to —d Lamb, p 1b.......—d to —d Fat calves, d0...6d to ld. Rough fat, 34c1 per lb. DUBLIN—FnIDAY. We were again well supplied with grain to-day. Wheat stationary; oats 3d cheaper; and barley towards the close somewhat lower. In Indian corn nothing doing. s. d. s. d. Wheat, white 23 0 to 25 6 Do., red 2O 0 to 23 6 Do., new Barley Oats Do., black — 0 to 0 s. d. s. d. Beans.. — 0 to 0 Bere Rapeseed Oatmeal l2 0 to 14 0 Bakers' flour Indian corn BRISTOL SUGAR-FRIDAY. The market this week has been fairly supplied with samples of landed parcels, and a steady business has been done at full prices. Refined goods rather more ac ive in demand, at about late rates. Rum in fair demand, and late prices were maintained. COAL Frtees of Coal per Ton a‘. a. d. Bates'sWest Hartley..l6 0 Byass's BeWide West Haswell 2O 0 Hartley . ...16 9 , Riddell lB 6 Carway and D u ff r y n I Hetton 2O 0 Malting . 20 0 ' Russel's Hetton 19 6 Eden Main 18 9 Braddyll's Hetton 19 6 Lambert's West Hart- I South Hetton 20 0 ley 16 6 Caradoc l9 6 Wylam 17 3 East Hartlepool 20 0 Holywell 17 3 South Hartlepool— ... .19 0 Cowpen Hartley 17 0 Framwellgate.. lB 6 Walker Primrose 12 6 lielloe Davison's West Hart- Cassop l9 6 ley ..16 9 Gosforth Hastings Hartley ....16 9 Harton 11 6 Nettlewerth Primrose.l3 6 Byron . l9 6 Carr's Hartley IG 9 South Renee. l9 0 West.Wylam.. . ..16 0 , Heugh Hall 19 0 ' Russell's Hartlepool ..19 6 Tees 20 0 Auckland Park.. l7 6 Pittington. ..... 18 0 199 ; sold, 97. ARKET. the close of the market. Walls End. Walls End. Bell lB 3 Belmont .lB 3 Ttuistall Ships at market Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. a. d Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton. .. Oct. 19. via Marseilles .........Oct. 13. Brazil and Cape Verds, by British packet........ Oct. 5. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena.. Oct. 29. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton. Oct. 2. via Marseilles ...Oct. 13. Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton .. Oct. 2. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton.. Oct. 2. via Marseilles.... Oct. 1 3 . India (Bombay), via Southampton Oct. 11. via Marseilles Oct. 5. Portugal.... Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Oct. 2. via Marseilles Oct. 11. Newfoundland Oct. 2. Oporto and Vigo U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet.... Oct. 8, by U.S. packet.... .—by Canadian p ac k ot. O ct. 2. W.C. of Africa , Madeira, and. Teneriffe .......... Oct. 10. Bahamas, via New York ..................... .oet. 22. Mexico.. All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, 14 California. and British C01umbia ............ 1 Oct ' * Births. Boys.—On the Ist inst., the wife of Captain H. Boys, of H.M.S. Pelorus, of a son. DonGsox —On the 2d inst., at Woodford, the wife of W. 0. Dodgson, Esq., of a son. MONTAGIL—On the 27th ult., at Dover, the wife of Lieut.- Colonel Montagu, Royal Engineers, of a daughter. WATHEN.—On the 30th ult., at Sydenham, the wife of W. H. Wathen, Esq., of a daughter. Marriages. GILLESPIE....COPFIN.—On the Ist inst., at Bath, Robert Rollo Gillespie, Esq., Captain 106th Regt. Light Inftry., to Minnie, daughter of Admiral J. Townsend Coffin, of Portledge, Newbridge-hill, Bath. JoNr.s—RAL—On the 30th ult., at All Saint s ', Wands worth, William, second son of William Jones, Esq., of Measden Grange, Middlesex, to Sarah Jane, the fourth daughter of W m , R ay , E sq., of Oaklands, Wimbledon park, Surrey. Deaths. BRA HAM.—On the 30th ult., at Aix-la-Chapelle, Prussia, Joseph Braham, Esq., of London. BARKER.-011 the 23th ult. James B ar k er , E sq ., of Stour Hall, Ramsey, Essex, aged 57. BUCKLE.—On the 30th ult._, at the R o y a l Mint, London, William Buckle, C.E., aged 70. FREESTUN. —On the 30th ult., at Combe-grove, near Bath, Humphrey May Freestun, Commander R.N. STACPOOLE.-- On the Ist inst at St. Sidwall's, Exeter, G. B. W. Stackp oo l e, formerly of the 9th Light Dragoons, aged 68. SPEARMAN. —OR the Ist inst. at Burn Hall, co. Durham, Henry Joh n Spearman, Esq., of Thornley Hall. WIGRAM.—On the 30th ult., at St. Mary's Isle, Lad, Katharine Wigram, wifo of Loftus T. Wigram, Esq. Louden : Prin zed and ruMished by WILLIAM ANDREWS of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at THE SUN Office No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the County of Middleatz.— Saturday, Oct9Der 3, 1t63.