The Sun. — London, England, 1864-10-08 00:00:00

AMERICA. SOUTHAMPTON, Friday. The North German Lloyd screw steamship Arne• rica, Captain H. Wessels, from New York on the 24th ult., arrived off Cowes at half-past 10 last night and went on to Bremen after transhipping mails, &c., for this port. She brings 25 passengers for Southanlpton and Havre, and 125 for Bremen ; 150,000 dols. in specie for England, 2,000 dols. for Bremen, and 1,100 tons of cargo, including 140 tons of butter and cheese for England. His Excellency the Marquis de Corio, Ambassador to Belgium of his Imperial Majesty the Emperor of Mexico, was a passenger by the America. - - During the first part of the voyage strong westerly winds were experienced, and the latter part strong easterly winds. Oa the 29h ult., in lat. 47 4 N., long. 43 45 W., the America spoke the English ship Conway Castle; and on the 3d inst., in lat. 49 31 N., long. 18 19 W., the English ship Pradhoe—both bound east. The Royal Mail steamer Persia, from Liverpool, arrived out at New York on the 21st ult. The following official despatches report General Sheridan's continued pursuit of General Early in the Shenandoah Valley, and a defeat of the Confe , derate forces on the 22d tilt. at Fisher's-hill : "War Department, Washington, Sept. 21, 10.15 a.m. "This department has just received the following telegraph announcing the continued pursuit of the rebels by General Sheridan. Cedar Creek, which General Sheridan was crossing yesterday at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, is a short distance this side of Strasburg, He had pursued the rebels over 30 miles from the point where he attacked them at daylight on Monday : Harper's Ferry, Sept. 21. "' Reliable news from the front states that our army was crossing Cedar Creek yesterday at 3 p.m. There was no fighting. The following list of rebel generals killed and wounded is correct—Generals Rhodes, Ramseur, Gordon, Perry, Goodwin, Bradley T. Johnson, and Fitzhugh Lee. From all I can learn the number of prisoners will approximate to 5,000. The indications are that the rebels will not make a stand short of Staunton. They are evi. dently too much demoralized to make a fight. " JNo. D. STEVENSON, Brigadier. General. " ' Hon. Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War.' " General Grant transmits the following extract from the _Richmond Sentinel of yesterday (the 20th) : A slight ripple of excitement was produced here yesterday by the report that a raiding party was advancing on Gordonsville and was within a few miles of that place. The result of all our in quiries on this head is that this report originated in the fact that early yesterday a party of Yankee raiders, whose numbers are not known, visited Rapidan-bridge, and after destroying it proceeded to Liberty Mills, five or six miles above, which they also destroyed. From this latter place they are believed to have gone back to Culpepper.' " The operation alluded to by the _Richmond Zentinel was by a force sent out previous to the battle of Monday. " EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War. "Major-General John A. Dix." "War Department, Washington, Sept. 22, 9,30 p.m. "Despatches down to 9 o'clock last night have been received from General Sheridan. A portion of the rebel cavalry, having turned off to Front Royal, were pursued, attacked, and driven by our cavalry, which were still pursuing the enemy. The rebel infantry made a stand at Flint-hill, a strongly in trenched position beyond Strasburg, which was attacked by our Threes last evening and the crest carried and held by our troops. There is reason to believe that later despatches were captured last night by Mosby, near Winchester. General Stevenson reports that Sheridan's supply trains arrived safely at Winchester last night. " EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War. " To Major. General Dix, New York." " War Department, Washington, Sept. 23, 3 p.m. "The following telegram, announcing another victory of General Sheridan over Early, has just been received " Harper's Ferry, Sept. 23. " Sheridan has again beaten the enemy at Fisher's Hill, capturing 16 guns and many prisoners. This is, in all probability, the finale of Gen. Early. " I. D. STEVENSON, Brigadier-General. " Hon. E. M. Stanton.' "The Surgeon-General this morning reported that our wounded were all cared for at Winchester, with adequate arrangements and supplies. The number of our wounded prior to the battle of yes terday was estimated not to exceed 2,000. " E. M. STANTON, Secretary of War. " Major-General Dix." " War Department, Washington, Sept. 23, 3 30 p.m. " Sheridan's victory proves to be signal and com plete. Nothing but the coming night saved even a remnant of Early's army. The following despatch of General Stevenson and Major-Gener4 Sheridan's official report to General Grant give all the particu lars thus far received : " ' Harper's Ferry, Sept. 23. " The military telegraph line is down. The affair is complete and overwhelming.—Respectfully, 6 ' J. D. STEVENSON, Brigadier-General. " ' To Hon. E. M. Stanton.' " GENERAL SHERIDAN'S OFFICIAL REPORT. " Headquarters, Middle Military Division, six miles from Woodstock, September 22, 11 30 p.m. " • I have the honour to announce that I achieved a most signal victory over the army of Gen. Early at Fisher's Hill to-day. I found the rebel army posted with its right resting on the north fork of the Shenandoah, and extending across the Strasburg valley westward to North Mountain, occupying a position which appeared almost impregnable. After a great deal of macceavring during the day, Gen. Crook's command was transferred to the extreme right of the line on North Mountain, and he furi ously attacked the left of the enemy's line, carrying everything before him. While Crook was driving the enemy in the greatest confusion and sweeping down behind their breast works the 6th and 19th Corps attacked the rebel works in front, and the whole army appeared to be broken up. They fled in the utmost confusion. Sixteen pieces of artillery were captured ; also a great many caissons, artil lery horses, &c. lam to-night pushing on up the valley. I cannot say how many prisoners I have captured, nor do I know either my own or the enemy's casualties. Only darkness has saved the whole of Early's army from total destruction. My attack could not be made till four o'clock in the evening, which left but little daylight to operate in. The Ist and 3d cavalry divisions went down the Luray Valley to day, and if they push on vigorously to the main valley the result of this day's engage ment will be still more signal. The victory was very complete. A more detailed report will be made as soon as I can obtain the necessary data. " P. IL SHERIDAN, " Major-General Commanding. 'Lieutenant-General Grant, comman ding armies of the United States, City Point.' "It will be remembered that Early's command embraced the 'Stonewall Brigade,' and the troops constituting Stonewall' Jackson corps, and was the elite of the rebel army. " E. M. STANTON, Secretary of War. " Major. General John A. Dix." The news of th e F e d era l v i ctory at Opequan Creek on the 19th nit. was read to the troops of the Army of the Potomac on the afternoon of the 20th, and Was received with unbounded enthusiasm and repeated cheering. A salute of 100 guns was fired on the mornin g of the 21st, at daylight, in honour of the event. Deserters reported that the Con. federate troops were receiving rations of fresh beef from the drove captured from the Federals the previous week. They state that it was Hampton's cavalry which accomplished the feat; that they took 250 prisoners and captured 2,600 head of cattle, besides trains, horses, guns, &o, General Fremont had formally withdrawn his tame as a candidate for the Pre s id ency in the fol• lowing letter:— "Boston, Sept. 21. " Gentlemen,-1 feel it my duty to make one step more in the direction indicated by my letter of the 25112 of August, and withdraw my name from the list of candidates. The Presidential question has in effect been entered upon in such a way that the union of the Republican party has become a paramount necessity. The policy of the Demo Jra icparty sig. nifies either separation or re-establithruent with slavery. The Chicago platform is simply separation. General M'Clellan's letter of acceptance is re•estab• lishment with slavery. The Republican candidate, on the contrary, is pledged to the re-establishment of the Union without slavery; and however hesitat ing his policy may be, the pressure of his party will, we may hope, force him to it. Between these issues, I think no man of the Liberal party can remain in doubt ; and I believe I am consistent with my ante cedents in withdrawing, not to aid in the triumph of Mr Lincoln, but to do my part towards prevent ing the election of the Democratic candidate. In respect to Mr Lincoln, I continue to hold exactly the sentiments contained in my letter of acceptance. I consider that his Administration has been politically, militarily, and financially, a failure, and that its necessary continuance is a cause of regret for the country. There never was a greater unanimity in a country than was exhibited here at the fall of Sumter, and the South was powerless in the face of it. But Mr Lincoln completely paralysed this generous feeling. He destroyed the strength of the position and divided the North when he declared to the South that slavery should be protected. He has built up for the South a strength which otherwise they would have never attained ; and this has given them an advo cate on the Chicago platform. The Cleveland Con vention was to have been the open avowal of that oondemnation which men had been freely express• ing to each other foe the past two years, and which had been made fully known to the President. But in the uncertain condition of affairs leading men were not found willing to make public a dissatis faction and condemnation which could have ren. dered Mr Lincoln's nomination impossible; and their continued silence and support established for him a character among the people which leaves now no choice, United, the Republican party is reasonably sure of success; divided, the result of the Presiden tial election is, at the least doubtful. "I am, gentlemen, very truly yours, " J. C. FREMONT. "To Mesars George L. Stearns and others, a corn. mit tee, &c." . The following is another letter from General Fre• mont, in which he gives his reasons for withdrawing more fully : "Nahant, Sept. 17. "Gentlemen,—l enclose you my letter of reply to an invitation from some of my Republican friends to meet them at Faneuil-hall. In declining their invitation I have informed them of my inten tion to stand aside from the Presidential canvass, and assigned my reasons for doing so. To avoid repetition I enclose you the letter in communicating to you now officially my desire to withdraw my name from the list of Presidential candidates. In this decision I have the approval of such of our friends as I have been able to consult. Urged by the near approach of the election, I have thought it not prudent to incur the longer delay of consulting others. But I have reason to believe that they will unite with me fully upon the propriety of the step I have taken. But in withdrawing from the post of candid date I do not in any way intend to withdraw from my share in the labour which we jointly undertook to secure the triumph of the ideas represented by the Radical democracy. Whatever the next Ad.. ministration may be, we owe it to ourselves to form a phalanx, compact and capable by its thorough unity of exercising a pressure strong enough to inR sure the eventful success of the principles for which we have been contending—the re-establishment of the Union, the abolition of slavery, and practical respect for liberty. In the present composition of parties it is indispensable that earnest men should devote themselves to watching the progress and in. suring the success of these issues, regardless of men and parties. Mr. Lincoln says he does not lead, but follows the will of the people. It remains, then, for the people, in the event of his re-election, vigi lantly to require this following at his hands ; and, further, to require that in the execution of his duties he keep scrupulously within the constitution and the laws; to make him recognise that he holds his place and his power, not as belonging to him. self, to be used at his pleasure, but as a really faith. ful servant of the people. This is the important duty which we have now to perform. Although, as representatives of the Cleveland movement, we surrender our functions, the du+y of watching party politics in the interests of liberty aLd the Constitu tion remains. What steps are necessary in the per formance of that duty mast be the subject for future consultation.—l am, gentlemen, respectfully and truly yours, - "J. C. FREMONT. " To Messrs. Worthington G. Snethen and others, a committee, &c." General Cochrane had also issued the following address, withdrawing from his nomination by the Cleveland Convention for the Vice-Presidency : " To the War Democrats of the United States : A convention of men of various political tenets assembled at Cleveland on the 31st day of May last, for the purpose of discharging from the suppres sion of the rebellion the infraction of the rights of both individuals and States which attended it. The presence of a large number of War Democrats unexpectedly contributed to my nomination by the convention for the Vice-Presidency, preceded by that of John C. Fremont for President. The prin ciples which dictated my acceptance of the nomina' tion approved themselves at the time to very gene ral regard, and have since, in my opinion, lost none of their original virtue or vigour, Their practical assertion was rEquired, it was thought, by the suc cess with which personal liberty bad been assailed, and the extremities to which constitutional freedom had been reduced. Not the least inducement, how ever, was the consideration that the redress of grievances in the manner proposed could not inter rupt, but would entirely consort with, a vigorous prosecution of the war. It certainly was not con templated that the success of tl'e candidates should in any degree impair or endanger that most impor tant part of the platform which resolved that the rebellion must be suppressed by force of arms and without compromise. Instead of *the Democratic party, as was then hoped and expected, co-operat. ing at this point, they flouted the war at Chicago, and pronounced for unconditional peace. When, to exhaust the resources of statesmanship,' and to allow the ' spirit of conciliation and compromise to prevail,' Gen. M'Clellan virtually asserts that there should be a cessation of hostilities,' he is in agree ment with the convention which nominated him. hen,l pw V raere, steh precisely t w thh e ee v i rer rebellious h er lul l i proposes, in the alternative of e o r us con S d ta it t i e o s n s i h n al t l he be u r n e i s o t n or: w d it t h o precisely the same political representation as when they departed from it, he rejects a convention of States, on which, as the peaceable means, the Chi cago Convention evidently relied for reconstructing the union out of States physically debilitated and politically shorn. While, therefore, General M'Clellan resolves upon an impossible union as it it was, through war, the convention resolves upon an impossible union as it should be, through peace. That the candidate does not stand erect on his plat form, though admitting a question whether, if elected, he would negociate a peace, permits none that, if elected, he could not effectively prosecute the war. The success of the Chicago nominees would therefore, at the best, but place in power a party of divided counsels, of uncertain policy and of indecisive action. Clearly, such an event would be at the farthest from a suppression of the rebel lion by force of arms and without compromise.' The Baltimore platform, however objectionable at other points, is unimpeachable at this, and, while it fails to vindicate personal rights, and the rights of free speech and the press, it does not fail to refer to the re-establishment of constitutional liberty and the restoration of the union to the arbitrament of arms, in which, and in which alone, the national safety is to be found. We stand within view of a rebellion suppressed—within hail of a country reunited and saved. War lifts the curtain and discloses the pro. spect, War has given us Atlanta, and war offers to us Richmond. Shall we exchange the proffered victory for a cessation of hostilities ? No. As we fought at the beginning we should fight to the end; and when rebellion shall have laid down its arms may we peacefully reconstruct whatever the war for the Union shall be found to have spared. ' Lay down your arms,' then, as it was at the com mencement, so it is now, all that is demanded by loyal Americans of their rebellious brothers. I would certainly prefer that the American people could be brought to a vote on the several proposi. tions peculiar to the Cleveland platform. The right of asylum, the one term policy, the direct vote of the people for their national chief magistrate, the Monroe doctrine, the confining exclusively to the representatives of the people in Congress the re construction of States, and the amendment of the Federal Constitution to prohibit slavery, are princi ples of primary magnitude and importance. But before all these is our country. It is menaced by rebel lion. Loyal armies alone protect it. Should those armies retreat, and our protection be withdrawn ; or should they advance, and our safety be esta blished, shall there be peace through the concessions of politicians, or peace through the action of war ? That is the question. Peace and division, or war and the Union. Other alternative there is none. And, as I am still of the mind that once led me to the field with the soldiers of the republic, I cannot now hold a position which, by dividing, hazards the success of all those who, whatever their differences at other points, agree, as upon the question of first consequence, that the restoration of the Union can not be effected without the uninterrupted continua tion of the war. I therefore withdraw my name from the Cleveland ticket.—Very truly, yours, " JOHN COCHRANE. " New York, Sept. 21." Lincoln and M'Clellan are thus the only candi dates left in the field for the Presidency. An im mense ratification meeting for the nomination of Abraham Lincoln as President and Andrew Jack son as Vice-President was held at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York, on the night of the 22d ult. While the Hon. Henry Wilson, of Massachusetts, was speaking, General Hooker, " fighting Joe," as he is called, made his appearance on the platform, and was received with boisterous applause. In obedience to loud cries of " Hooker, Hooker," " Speech, speech," General Hooker came forward and said : Ladies and Gentlemen,—l need not tell you that lam totally unprepared for this. I cannot and I do not take this demonstration, or any part of it, to myself. I am not worthy of this reception. (Yes you are, and loud cheers.) lam not more worthy than you. We are all In the same boat. You have been working in the cause in one place, and I have been working in another. Your victories here are as dear to us in the front as those in the front are dear to you here. (That's so.) The victories of last fall—l speak from a full knowledge of the facts—were hailed with as much joy and enthusiasm in the army as though those victories had been achieved by another army than the army that I belonged to. The victory of Ohio was also hailed with joy, and I felt glad at the result. I hope I may feel many more, and I do not doubt that before next November WO will taste of one like which this rebellion has furnished no parallel. (Cheers.) I need not tell you that lam re joiced to find such an assemblage. It shows that it is all right with our cause and our country. (Applause.) Nothing —no reverses, no misfortune, can befal us when our people are animated by the feeling evinced here to-night. If the war has been prolonged, it has not been from weakness but rather from conscious strength. We have never put forth our resources nor our strength, although we have put forth such resources as have amazed the world. (Applause.) But it is true that the North has never yet made one great effort to crush the rebellion. It can and will do it when it moves for that purpose. (Cheers.) The people in these loyal States, and I am proud to say it, have been in advance of the authorities during the whole of this rebellion. They will be so until we reach the end, and that end is not remote. I am rejoiced to meet you to-night, and to meet you under such auspices. Tidings, glorious tidings, reach us from all the armies. The work goes bravely on there. There are no copperheads (cheers) in the army. (Loud applause.) They will fight well, and will vote well also. (Loud applause.) More loyalty, more devotion never animated the heart and the hands of men more brave. I thank you most earnestly for the kindness with which you have received me this evening. lam unworthy of it. (" No, you are not—no, sirree.") I have in a humble capacity served my country, and have never failed to do my duty—(" That's so")—and I trust never will. I bid you good night. General Hooker then retired amid renewed ap plause, and Senator Wilson proceeded with his speech which had been interrupted by this episode. While the meeting was in progress a large and en thusiastic meeting was held outside in Montaguee street, at which addresses %ere delivered from two platforms simultaneously, and the feeling indoors and out is described as very onthusiaGtic for Lincoln and the Union. The following despatch from Washington an. nounccs the resignation of Postmaster-General Blair at the request of the President ; Washington, Sept. 23. When the resolution of the late Baltimore Convention, declaring that they" deemed it essential to the gederal wel fare that harmony shall prevail in the national councils, and regarding as worthy of public confidence and official trust those only who cordially endorse the principles proposed in the series of resolutions, and which should characterize the administration of the Government," was shortly after its passage read by Postmaster-General Blair, he at once ver bally tendered his resignation, which was not formally made and accepted until to-Jay, as will be seen from the following correspondence. It is understood that ex-c - overnor Denni son, of Ohio, will be his successor : THE PRESIDENT TO THE POSTMASTER-GENERAL. Executive Mansion, Washington, Sept. 23. My dear Sir,--You have generously said to me more than once that whenever your resignation could be a relief to me it was at my disposal. The time has come. You very well know that this proceeds from no dissatisfaction of mine with you personally or officially. Your uniform kindness has been unsurpassed by that of any friend, and while it is true that the war does not so greatly add to the difficulties of your department as to those of some others, it is yet much to say, as I most truly can, that in the three years and a half during which you have administered the General Post office, I remember no single complaint against you in con nexion :,herewith. Yours, as ever, Hon. Montgomery Blair. A. LINCOLN. THE POSTMASTER -GENERAL TO THE PRESIDENT. Post-office Department, Sept, 23. My dear Sir,—l have received your note of this date referring to my offers to resign whenever you should deem it advisable for the public interests that I should do se,and stating that, in your judgment, that time has now come. I now, therefore, formally tender my resignation of the office of Postmaster-General. I cannot take leave of you without renewing the expressions of my gratitude for the uniform kindness which has marked your course towards yours, very truly, M. BLAIR, The President. Ex- Governor Dennison, of Ohio, is to be appointed Post master-General in the place of Mr Blair. It is said that Mr Blair has taken this step to be at liberty to stump the border States in favour of Lincoln and Johnson ; but it is believed that there are other reasons impelling him to resign. The 10 days' truce between Generals Sherman and Hood expired on the 22d ult., but, in order to complete the removal of families from Atlanta, it was renewed, to continue for some days. Sherman had effected the exchange with Hood of 2,000 pri soners. The reply of General Sherman to General Hood's protest against the depopulation of Atlanta was received in Washington on the 21st : Headquarters, Military Division of the Mississippi, in the Field, Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 10. General J. B. Hood, commanding army of the Tennessee Confederate army : General,—l have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of this date at the hands of Messrs Ball and crew, consenting to the arrangements I had proposed to fa cilitate the removal south of the people of Atlanta who pre fer to go in that direction. I enclose you a copy of my orders which will, I am satisfied, accomplish my purpose perfectly. You style the measures proposed " unprecedented," and ap peal to the dark history of war for a parallel as an act of "studied and ungenerous cruelty." It is not unprecedented, for General Johnston himself very wisely and properly re moved the families all the way from Dalton down, and I see no reason why Atlanta should be excepted. Nor is it neces sary to appeal to the dark history of war when recent and modern examples are so handy. You yourself burned dwel ling houses along your parapet, and I have seen to-day 50 houses that you have rendered uninhabitable because they stood in the way of your forts and men. You defended Atlanta on a line so close to the town that every cannonshot and many musket-shots from our line of investments that overshot their mark went into the habitations of women and children. General Hardee did the same at Jonesborough, and General Johnston did tke same last summer at Jackson, Mies. I have not accused you of heartless cruelty, but merely in stance those cases of very recent occurrence, and could go on and enumerate hundreds of others, and challenge any fair man to judge which of us has the heart of pity for the fami lies of a " brave people." I say it is a kindness to these families of Atlanta to remove them now at once from scenes that Women and children should not be exposed to, and the bravo . people should scorn to commit their wives and chil dren to the rude barbarians who thus, as you say, violete the laws of war, as illustrated in the pages of its dark his tory. In the name of common sense, I ask you not to ap ipneatl to - e ) a just mdst God peaceod in s a u n c d h p a r o s s a p c reirlietgyi,o haveu m s manner—yon, plungedn e r—ou y an ' a w tio h n o into civil war, " dark and cruel war," who dared and badge] '.ed us to battle, insulted our flag, seized our arsenals and lolls that were left in the honourable custody of a peaceful ordnance sergeant, seiz3d and made prisoners of war the very garrison sent to protect your people against negroes and Indians long before any overt act was c-m -mitted by the " to you" hateful Lincoln Government, tried to /wee Kentucky and Missouri into the rebellion spite of themselves, falsified the vote of Louisiana, turned loose your privateers to plunder unarmed ships, expelled Union fami lies by the thousand, burned their houses, and declared by act of your Congress the confiscation of all debts due to Northern men for goods had and received. Talk thus to the marines, but not to me, who have seen these things, and who will this day make as much sacrifice for the peace and honour of the South as the best born Southerner among you. if we must be enemies let us be men, and fight it out as we propose to-day,and not deal with such hypocritical ap peals to God and humanity. God will judge us in duo time and He will pronounce whether it be more humane to fight with a town full of women and the families of a "brave people" at our back, or to remove them in time to places of safety among their own friends and people.—l am, very re spectfully, your obedient servant, "W. T. SHERMAN, Major-General Commanding. Official copy,—L. M. DAYTON, Aide-dc-Camp. The Richmond Sentinel of the 7th ult. says : " Official information has been received that the army of Tennessee is in splendid condition and spirits. In a de spatch to General Bragg, dated September 15, 1864, General Hood says he is very much gratified at the feeling now ex isting among the officers and men of his army, ar d that they are in better condition for battle than at any time before they crossed Chattahoochee. Official information has also been received that the extra duty list (consisting of detailed men) is being materially decreased." The following is from the Richmond Examiner of the 21st : " The Macon Confederate says it is currently rumoured on the streets that General Beauregard i s t o t a ke command of the army of Tennessee. The Macon Telegraph remarks, 'lf the reader will consult the map he will come to a realis ing sense of the ease with which Sherman can repeat from Atlanta the combined movement by which he backed John ston down from Dalton to the heights of Albona. It shows how Sheridan can move by different roads, flank Barnes ville, and thence southwest, they would flank Macon with the same ease. Hence there is an overwhelming necessity for such reinforcements as shall prevent a repetition of the Sherman strategy from Dalton to the Etowah.' The Savannah .Republican says :—' If Sherman is to be allowed to hold peaceable possession of Atlanta until he has time to fortify the place, and make it impregnable, then the citizens of Georgia tray look out for large and formidable raiding parties from that place making extensive excursions through the State.' " THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 8, 1864. Metropolitan Board of Works, An ordinary weekly meeting of this Board took place yes terday, Mr J. Thwaites in the chair. The cash statement of the Finance Committee showed the following balance : —Current account; £383,581 16s 2d ; deposit accounts, £174,800; and Government Securities, Now Three per Cent/ Annuities, £107,244 18s 2d. THE GRANITE FOR THE THAMES EMBANKMENT. The CHAIRMAN drew attention to a correspondence he had received from Mr Thomas Scott, of 35, Old Jewry, and he wished the Clerk to read it to the Board. The Clerk then read the correspondence to which the chairman referred. It contained an allegation that thq (AL cers of the Board had ordered the contractors for the Thames Embankment to use granite from a Certain quarry, for the facing of the embankment, to the exclusion of that from other quarries which was of a better quality. It also com plained that six samples of granite had been sent in to the Board for examination and approval, and that only three of them had been tested: Mr BAZALGETTE, the engineer, in explanation, said he had adopted the same course in choosing the stone for the embankment that he had on other occasions. He had de clined, to have any, correspondence whatever with 1 he owners of quarries, and had told them that he could only receive specimens of stone from the contractors and decide upon th em without knowing who were the owners of them. He had not had any interviews or treated with anybody on the subject. He then read a correspondence from Mr Ritson, in which he stated that gentleman completely contradicted Mr Scott with regard to the stone, for it showed that he (Mr Ritson) had submitted other portions of granite, and that he had entered into no contract for the supply of tha article. He had examined specimens of stone from Ireland and had submitted them and others to be tested by Professor Tennent, and he had reported that the granite from Kirk connel and Dalbeattie were the most uniform in their com ponent parts, and therefore likely to be more durable than the others. He had been accused of having received six specimens of granite, and tested only one of them. The fact was that he had received only four from the contractors, and those he had tried. His office was inundated with gra nite samples, and it was unreasonable to expect that he should test them all. Mr ROCHE asked whether the engineer had not ordered Mr Ritson and Mr Furness to take a particular stone. Mr 13A.ZALGETTE said the contractor had sent to him granite from the Downahire, Dalbeattie, and Kirkconnell quarries, and, as he considered the two latter of supErior quality, he wrote to say that he might go on using the Dal beattie and Kirkconnell granite. Mr ROCHE said the question was of great importance, and he wished to know whether the contractors were not ordered to supply that granite. The CHAIRMAN said they were not. They had submitted different qualities of granite, and the engineer had simply approved one of them. Mr ROCHE thought they ought not to be bound. by the opinion of Professor Tennent or any other person. In build ing the House of Commons they had made a great mistake in selecting the stone, and if the Board were not very care ful they would fall into a similar error with regard to the Embankment. The CHAIRMAN reminded Mr Roche that the engineer, after he approved the samples of granite sent to him, took the precaution of not relying on his opinion, but obtained that of Professor Tennet, which supported his own judg ment. The engineer had not ordered the atone to be used, but had only given his consent. An animated discussion then ensued, at the conclusion of which a motion was made that the whole question should be submitted to the Thames Embankment Committee for consideration and report, However, it was not pressed, and the subject dropped, THE SUBWAYS IN THE METROPOLIS. Mr CARPMAEL brought this subject under the conside ration of the Board, and entered into a history of the efforts the Board had made since its formation to carry out the construction of subways in the metropolis. When they first came into existence they called in a multitude of scientific men, and among them a number of gas engineers, and they all came to the conclusion that the Board ought to take the earliest steps to provide for subways in the streets. The Board came to the same conclusion, and the public jour nals supported the proposition. In King-street, Covent garden, and Southwark-street the subways had been authorised by Act of Parliament. The great water and gas companies had had the earliest notice of what the Board in tended to do. They had had the Parliamentary notices, and yet never gave the slightest indication of their intention not to use the subways after they were constructed. At pre sent there was nothing to prevent the companies from breaking up the stree s that the Board had made, and the question now was whether the Board should have compul sory powers to compel the companies to use the ti ub way s• He urged the Board to continue the construction of sub ways, and leave it to time and public opinion to force the gas and water companies to use them. He concluded by moving that the Board do proceed with the construction of the subway in the Thames Embankment, and with the sub way in the new street to the Mansion-house. Mr LE BRETON seconded the motion. Mr D'IFFANGER supported the motion, and in going so said that as streets were formed they were broken up in laying down gas, water, and other pipes. lie would instance Oxfoi d-street. It had cost £24,530 to pave, and in the course of three years the returns showed how many times the car riage way had been opened. In 1861 279 times, in 1862 261 times, in 1864 297 times. The whole of this would be ob viated by their using the subways. Mr MILLER, M.P., supported the motion. A loug conversation ensued, in which every speaker sup ported the resolution, which was ultimately carded unani. mously. THE PROGRESS OF THE MAIN DRAINAGE AND THAMES EMBANKMENT 'WORKS. Mr BAZALGETTE read his monthly report, which was as follows :—" About 12 miles of the middle level sewer on the north side of the river have been executed, and Messrs Brassey and C ).'s contract for the line is now, with the exception of the aqueduct over the Metropolitan Railway, and one or two connexions, complete. The total cost of the works, as far as can be at present ascertained, is about £316,000, being £l,OOO in excess of my last report. Upwards of four miles of the western sewers had been completed by Messrs Moxon and Co., at a probable cost of £59,000. Mr Webster commenced his contract for the low level sewer on Aug. 5, and had now seven shafts sunk each to a depth of 451 t ; the brickwork is also being got in, and a length of about 350 ft of 10ft barrel sewer is completed. The total cost of all these 'works, and others in connection therewith, amounts to £7,500. The Thames Embankment (No. 1 contract) between Westminster and Waterloo bridges— approximate value of the work done and of the materials and plant upon the ground is about £54,000 or £15,000 in excess of my last report. The contract (between Waterloo• bridge and the Temple-gardens) is going on favourably. A length of about 120 ft of the dam is completed and made watertight, and concrete is being tipped into it up to the level of the underside of the b r ickwork of the river wall. The estimated value of the works, &o , is about £35,000. The material used in filling in along the foreshore is now entirely confined to that supplied by the Thames Conservators. Oa the south side of the river the low level sewer Mr Webster has completed about six miles of sewer at a cost of £167,000. Messrs. Deth w i c k h ave execu t e d works, about £3,200 in value, of the Greenwich and Deptford sewers. The outfall works at Crossness are going on favourably. For the last three weeks the outlets of the Duffield, Great St. John, and Battle-bridge main sewers have been closed, and thus the drainage of the whole of the south side of the rivet from Nine-elms downwards, with the exception of some very small local outlets, is intercepted from the Thames and con veyed down to Crossness, a distance of about 14 miles below London-bridge." The report was approved, THE LATE EXPLOSION AT =TH. Mr J. W. BAZALGETTE reported as follows upon the late explosion of a powder magazine at Eriii :—" The powder magazine of Messrs. Hall, which was destroyed on Satur day last by an explosion of the gunpowder contained therein, is situate on the banks of the Thames in the Erith Marshes, about one mile below the Pumping Station. The explosion occurred about 20 minutes before 7 o'clock, bu t no injury has been done to the drainage works beyond the fracture of some panes of glass,in the building. There are two smaller powder magaines situate between that which has been destroyed and the pumping etation, and one of these, which belongs to Messrs. Hall, is just outside the fence surrounding the pumping station. Thew is at the pre sent, I am informed, no powder in this store, but it is cer tainly much too near to the furnaces connected with the pumping station ever to be a safe receptacle for gunpowder. order to prevent the possibility of its being used for this purpose I recommend that Mr Buckland be in atm/led to negotiate with Messrs, Hall for the purchase by the Board of theso promises, and report to the Board thereon. The most formidable danger arising from the ex plosion was occasioned by the bursting of about 100 ft. of the river bank, which, but for the prompt action of one of the officers of this Board (Mr Houghton), must have resulted in the destruction - of a large amount of property, and probably of life. The explosion took place about one hour before the time of low water, and the bank was blo wn away to near the level of low water, it being then spring tides. It was seen that not a moment was to be lost, and the military authori ties and others were communicated with. About 450 work men, with barrows, planks, and tools, were collected,and by 9 o'clock were zealously striving to accomplish a task which seemed impossible, and which the rising tide every moment threatened to defeat. At 11 o'clock the military arrived, and it was only by their united and most strenuous efforts that they successfully contended inch by inch with the rising tide, and thus saved a more widespread and fearful catastrophe than the explosion itself. I recommend the praiseworthy conduct of Mr Houghton to the favourable consideration of the board. I may mention that the main tenance and repair of the river bank rests with the Erith Marsh Commissioners, and the officers of the Metropolitan Board acted only as volunteers in this emergency; but the board will no doubt approve their having, under the cir cumstances, so promptly undertaken the responsibility. The embankment having been raised in such haste is still of insufficient strength to be left, although the tides are daily becoming weaker, and Mr I,Vebster'e men are still, at the request of the Erith Marsh Commissioners, continuing to complete the bank. It was quite marvellous the manner in which the embankment was restored in so short a time to withstand the action of a high spring tide," On the motion of an hon. member, the report was ap proved, and ordered to be printed and circulated among the members. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TI➢IES.—The reports of the victory gained by General Sheridan at Winchester on the 19th of September are confirmed by the last intelligence, with an important addition. The Federal Com mander was able to follow up his advantage, pur sue the retreating Confederates, and renew the attack. It is one of the very few instances that have occurred during the war of success imme diately turned to such account. We might almost say it is the only example. The first battle of the War—Bull Run—gave the Confederates an advan. tage they could not, at least did not press, and they thereby missed a lhance of taking Washington, much as the Allies missed an opportunity of a si milar kind after the battle of the Alma. Antietam was claimed by the Federals as a vi story, but it left them unable to molest the well-conducted retreat of the Confederates. M'Clellan's movement on Richmond was baffled, but he saved his army. Hooker was signally defeated at Fredericksburg, but notwithstanding his heavy losses withdrew his troops during the night unpursued. Grant's battles in his circuit of Richmond in this summer's cam paign wasted his forces, but each repulse left him able to form a new plan of operations. Of so many engagements the resuit has been doubtful or inde cisive, so that the details of the battle of Winchester ere likely to be more distinctly remembered than those of greater conflicts. We learn nothing of the first action in addition to the particulars received by the first report, except an estimate of the Fede ral losses, now said to have amounted to 4,500 in killed and wounded. The number appears pro bable from the desperate character of the fighting towards the close of the day, when for a short time the Confederates had the advantage. The Federals were twice broken by the fire of the masked batte ries, which an eye-witness states " mowed them down" by hundreds. Tao battle seems to have been won by superior generalship. Sheridan selected the moment for attack with great judgment. The Con federate forces were extended from Martinsburg, southward to Winchester, a line more than 20 miles in length. After the attack it was too late to bring the scattered divisions together. One corps was able to arrive on the field, in consequence of the advance of several Federal regiments having been " accidentally delayed," but Gen. Early could not collect all his strength for effectual resistance. The very large number of prisoners taken by the Fede rals proves the want of combination and support on the Confederate side, while the feet that eight of the Southern Generals were killed and wounded speaks to the severity of the fight. Gen. Early re treated through the town of 'Winchester during the night of the 19th and the following day. That his enemy should have been capable of following him so closely is what distinguishes this engagement from so many others. On the 21st the Confederates made a stand at a point named Fisher's-hill, about three miles south of Strasburg, on a branch of the Shenandoah River. The official reports state that this point is thirty miles south of the field of bat tle, but this must be its extreme distance. It is also described as a strongly intrenched position, though, unless previously strengthened, the Con federates after such a retreat must have worked with incredible activity to have constricted any de fences worth naming. Here Gen. Early was ats tacked by the Federals in the afternoon of the 21st. The first assault was repulsed, but finally the posi tion was turned, and the Confederates were again compelled to retreat, leaving sixteen cannon behind them. The Federal Commander could not say how many prisoners he had captured, nor the amount of loss on either side. But at the latest date ho was continuing the pursuit southwards down the valley of the Shenandoah. We have yet heard nothing of the battle from any Southern authority. Baton the other hand the reports are given as from the Federal officers in command, and state the time and place of every incident very circumstantially. If the details of the second action of the 21st are canfirmed, the Confederates have suffered a decided check in Northern Virginia. They have lost from 50 to 79 miles of the ground they held on the 19th. But here the eternal diffi cu lt y o f war on the A mer i can Continent arises to perplex any one who attempts to calculate the cons( quences of victory or defeat in the, field. The extent of territory is so vast that tracts equal to two or three English counties may be given up by a retreating force, without any very perceptible material advantage to those who occupy them, Of course, the moral effect of a victory is not determined by this question of space. But in other respects it has a very important bearing on the value of what is won and lost. On the northern border of Virginia the Confederates were rather in an aggressive than a defensive position; and their inroads into Maryland and Pennsylvania have not on the whole been fortunate, except as a mode of obtaining supplies. They had retreated success fully after the last incursion, but had not entirely quitted what must be considered Northern ground. Even after the defeat at Winchester and the retreat of thirty miles southward to Strasburg, the Con federates, on the ground of the second battle, were actually to the north of Washington, and only seventy miles west of it. In their retreat they skirted the westera edge of half the old battle grounds of the war—Buil Run, Manassas, Front Royal, Gainsville, Fairfax, C u l pepper, and severa l other points on which Washington has been de fended. Except for attacking the seat of the Fede ral Government, or making another inroad into Maryland, it is difficult to perceive a military reason for retaining an army on the ground which the Con federate General has been compelled to abandon. It is doubtful which was the main object of General Early—to keep Sheridan's army detached from Grant's force at Petersburg, or hold a position from which an attempt to invade Maryland might be re newed. Possibly both purposes might have been combined, and the defeat at Winchester is a con sequence of attempting too much in presence of a vigilant enemy. But, whatever the effect of these defeats to the South, they have occurred at a time that trebles their importance to the Federal Go vernment. Sherman, in Georgia, and Sheridan have rescued the official party from the chance of defeat in the Presidential election. We do the Washington Cabinet no injustice in assuming that it values these military successes more for their effect on the election than on the war. They .have broken up the Democratic Opposition and united the Republicans. General Fremont finds his nomination useless, and has declined the contest. 'Fne extreme or Abolitionist section of the Repub licans, that was ready to combine with the war democrats, is again absorbed in the main body of the party. They still believe, as General Fremont states, that " Mr. Lincoln's Administration has been politically, militarily, and financially a failure." They regret that it must be prolonged, but they are compelled to recognise him as a necessity, And indeed, Mr. Lincoln, or his most dexterous sup porters, have left so few points of difference between him and the Democratic candidate that there is scarcely a question of principle to be tried by the contest. Both declare themselves for a continuance of the war until it effects the restoration of the Union, and both let it appear they are not wholly unwilling to consider the possibility of peace. The chance of the Democrats managing any future campaigns more skilfully or with better luck is scarcely worth dividing upon. With these Elles ceases in the field, Mr. Lincoln can afford to drop the fanatics of his party, and rely on the moderate men, who may possibly be joined by considerable numbers of the Democrats, who, like General Fre mont, admit the unwelcome necessity of the time. The second defeat of the Confederate army of Virginia will incalculably strengthen Mr. Lincoln's political position, though it may by no means fol low that the check wilt be disastrous to the Southern cause in the same proportion. POST.—If Baron Bunsen defends his country with more zeal than discretion, still his patriotism does him honour, and while the confidence he exhibits is refreshing, the sentiments he expresses are—from a Prussian point of view—in the main unobjection able. Englishmen like to see a man who stands up for his fatherland. They can comprehend his inspirations, and enter into his feelings. But, ) when he endeavours to impress upon their minds the convictions he himself entertains, that is quite another affair. We must decline to follow the Baron into a discussion of the causes which led to the SchleswigeHolstein quarrel. It is too late to examine the merits of the case. The German Powers have solved the question by an argument which has simply established their might, and the less that is said about right and justice the better. When, however, he tells us that it is matter f or re gret that Prussia and Austria assumed the exclusive conduct of the war, we are, we confess, somewhat at a loss to comprehend the drift and consistency of his argument. These Powers, he affirms, as we appre hend him, have acted in defiance of the interests of the Schleswig.Holsteiners, who ought to have been left to fight their own battles, or at all events to choose their own destiny; and yet, condemning the means, he rejoices at the result—a result, be it re membered, which has been arrived at by means that ignored the interests of the parties most interested. After this it was altogether unnecessary for Baron Bunsen to add that he was a member of the " loyal" Prussian Opposition. Whether the interests that were defied in the war have been met and satisfied in its conclusion, we are not distinctly informed. On that head the Baron seems disposed to content himself with the hope that, in a few months at least his friend the Prince of Augustenburg will publish a second edition of the English constitu tion in the Duchies. He does not, however, state that Count Bismark, who is, we suppose, revising the forthcoming work, has authorised this prelimie nary advertisement, and it may therefore turn out to be a premature, if not an exceedingly sanguine speculation. The Berlin, edition, to which Baron Bunsen contributed, has we presume been confis cated. The Baron states three objections to the Prussian policy which represent, as he assumes, the prevailing feeling in this country. First, the result is said to have been obtained by sheer numbers, and not by the bravery of the troops em ployed; and the numerical superiority being hulls. putable, it is conveniently skipped over, and we are told what the Prussians think of their army. They are proud of their soldiers, which is very natu ral and proper, and they believe they are a match for the French, which, seeing that the Austrians, who hold themselves to be more than a match for their German allies, were defeated at Magenta and Solferino, is, to say the least of it, a rather arrogant assumption. The indiscretion comprised in the remark is obvious, and Baron Bunsen need not have explained that he was no diplomatist. But the reference to the " breech-loaders and rifled cannon which were the astonishment of the world" was alone sufficient to prove all that had ever been ob jected to the magniloquent Prussian proclamations. The truth is, Prussia has economically revived her military reputation, and the transaction, like cheap bargains generally, will wear well enough in time of peace. It is something to talk about, and that is all. The meat boasted exploits have, we know, been lampooned in Vienna, but in Paris they have really attracted no notice. Next, in answer to the objection that the Prussians have behaved merci lessly, we have, not a denial of the fact, but a to quoque which, if it applied, would not even ex tenuate the conduct which has been reprobated. But it does not apply at all, for the wanton cruelty which is charged against Prussia was committed not in war, but during an armistice, and to crush a Power that was suing for peace. It was not that Duppel was bombarded, but that the vanquished were ruthlessly trampled upon, and that, while Denmark was negotiating in good faith, measures of military extortion were directed avowedly to drive her to accept any terms that Prussia might impose. Baron Bunsen should know that the Ministerial journals in Berlin are now actually con gratulating their Government on the success which has, they assert, attended these esecrable proceeds in gs. As to the money levied being spent for the most part in the country, that is merely begging the question. It is, in effect, confessing and excusing a crime which can neither be denied nor justified. Then, with respect to the idea that Prussia has con templated the annexation of the Duchies, Baron Bunsen, it is true, contradicts the suspicion with remarkable emphasis. He states, not indeed in the name of the King, but as being able to speak with certainty as to his intentions, , that anything so "shameful and abominable" wa's never conceived, and will never be carried out. It is not usual for a member of the Opposition to be so well informed of the policy of the Government; but we accept the declaration without regard to its inspiration. There can be no doubt that Baron Bunsen honestly believes that the King of Prussia is incapable of the action he denounces, and happily his anticipa tions accord with indications which possess more significance than any affirmation emanating from the Cabinet of Berlin. Baron Bunsen is a foreigner, but not a sts anger in England, and though we can understand that he, and many Germans who think as ho does, desire an intimate alliance with this country, it should be e v id ent to one w h o i s ac quainted with English public opinion that the two nations are not at all agreed upon the principles to be obeyed for the promotion of civilisation and pro gress, There can be no feeling in common between the people of England and the people of Germany, as the latter are represented by the Prussian Go vernment. Baron Bunsen is certainly, as be says, attached to the Upposition, but as far as we can see his party have not merely supported, but in cited and urged on, a war unn ecessar y to begin with—for any legitimate object it had in view could have been otherwise attained—and which very nearly disturbed, and has materially endan gered, the peace of all Europe. We can have no sympathy with aspirati ons wh i c h are so expressed- Our associations, more than our interests, induce us to wish to keep on f r i en dl y terms with Germany ; bat the alliance must, to be permanent, have a more solid basis than at present subsists. Baron Bunsen is in many respects a l most an E ngl i shman, b ut the sentiments he entertains and avows are not, as we have reason to believe, the sentiments of the great tody of his nation. Moreover, the very policy he has come forward to defend compels us to seek for alliances that offer the best securities against its repetition. International law has been set aside and repudiated to subserve the ambition of Prussia, to exhibit her breech-loaders and rifled cannon, and to exercise her troops, as it would now appear, in the face of France. England can take no part in such action. We can perceive what it is tending to, we can estimate its consequences, and in the aggression upon Denmark, as in the manner in which it is being consummated, we plainly recog nise the approach of events that are big with cala mities for Europe, as well as retribution for Prussia. In the apportionment of the responsibility that will hereafter have to be made we are ready to take our own share, and we know what that is; but for the policy we have protested against we will not be held answerable. Prussia has disregarded our ad• vice and abused our forbearance, and we can only hope that she may discover the error of her ways while there is yet time to turn from them. The Union announces of the death of Mme. the Dowager do Corday, at her residence the Chateau du Ite nouard, near Vimoutiers (Orne), in her 89th year, having been burn on the 30th November, 1775. The deceased was of the same family as Charlotte Corday, the Norman heroine, being a distant cousin. Though ten years younger than Charlotte, she knew her well, and always spoke of her "as a young person usually serious and reserved, having the manners of a well-bred lady, according to the usages and traditions of the Corday family, but who could laugh on occasion, was very fond of children, and loved to share their amusement. SINGULAR CIRCUMSTANCE.—On Monday, ag Mr Stuart, banker, was driving from ewiney to %Vick, the sudden brushing past of a bird attracted his attention, and he observed a large hawk closely following his vehicle, and eagerly watching the movements of a lark that had fled to the earth, hotly pursued by its enemy. The hawk did not venture to approach the vehicle so as to endanger its own safety, but the poor lark crouched near the wheel, and on Mr Archibald Meccalister, who was with Mr Stuart, dis mounting, the lark quietly allowed him to lay hold of it, preferring, we presume, the tender mercies of man to those of the hawk —Northern Ensign. [AnvEßTisEmENT]—Holloway's Ointment and Pills.-- These direct curatives act on the human body as mighty purifiers and healers, which slowly, gradually, and safely' work a change for the better throughout the whole system. The ointment has almost miraculous powers of cleaning and healing old sores and ulcers which had defied the highest surgical skill ; but perseverance is necessary to attain• this end, as it would bo unreasonable to expect that any ulcer or skin disease which had been firmly rooted in the body for years could bo cured in a few days. It cannot be too much to ask a week's trial of these novel remedies in any chronic ulceration or other foul wouud—in that short time they will prow their Virtues, COUNTRY MARKETS. ..... LIVERPOOL--FRIDAY. There was a fair attendance of millers and dealers t day, and owing to the general feeling of distrust prevaVT. we have i to report only a limited amount of bus iness doI'L An mproved demand for wheat at about 2 3 per centalfs,;, vance on the prices of last Friday. Flour steady, at on mer rates. Oats and oatmeal were at a slight declined the week, and rather slow of sale. Indian corn in g ood' mand, and American 61 advance. STAMFORD—FRIDAY. aett There was a good supply of wheat at to-day's rk tba but the demand w as i nac ti ve , an d a t about the prices c. previous week. Barley a fair show at reduced currealc'e, —White wheat, 40s o 42s ; red, 38s to 40s per 36 s t°ll „ r , Barley, malting, 33s to 35 s ' ; grinding, 29s to 31s Per l a Oats, 20s to 265 ; per 24 stone. Beans, old, 4 0 s to Pet Oats, new, 41s to 445. WAKEFIELD—FRIDAY. beieg The demand for wheat was slow to-day, prices de g advance on Friday last. Barley in fair consump tive man& Beans and oats the turn cheaper. Averages for the week : Wheat 1,618 qrs., at 4os lid Oats 8ar1ey......... 90 Peas.. — Beans LINCOLN—FRIDAY. nu iett This morning at our market wheat continues •5, leg and sales took place at late rates. B ea ns and other a ttic ' unaltered. White wheat new, 408 to 435 Barley, grinding.. 288 t 4 . o ° Gls Red do. 37 s t o 40 s Oats,;old, .... .. 2 49 0 235 Old white 42s to 47s N e w, d 0.......... 218 t Red do. 39s to 43s Beans .. 3 4 7 0 0 81 0 ° 4 4 1; Barley, malting 31s to 34s 1 Beans; new .... CORK—THURSDAY. --Sed The following were the quotation s this morning wheat, 7s 3d to 7s 10d; white, 7s 6d to 8s 9d , barl t o Od to 7s 6d ; oats, 4s 10d to 6 8 5d ; black do., 6 s " 6s Od; bare, —s Od. BRISTOL SUGAR—FRIDAY. seem The market shows a better f e eling, and buyers se` — le, dined to purchase at present pric es . R e fined a steadY d is but not active, at late values. Rum rather lower, arl slow demand, COAL M . 'Wes of Coal per Ton at ET. the dose of the market' Walls End. P 3 South lletton ......... 3 Tlas well ........... • • .• 19 6 Tunstall . Pensher Primrose.... . 6 .Eletton ............. Ships at market, 18; sold, 18, s. d. Hastings Hartley l9 3 Holywell 19 0 Lambert's West Hart- ley 19 3 Cowpett Hartley 19 3 Railway Traffic Returns for the Week' Les Opened. RecelPl°. 1864. Of X - 2,224 2.2,., 6 r o 771 103 2,037 ,;21 7,276 Mo',2 20,327 10.1'16 1, 33 7 "0 - 9 39) ""3 166 476 bl 9 : 543 68 7; 4 11 : 11 15 :5°3 4,056 7, , 6 5 3,200 405 9,340 °.,,43 35,832 31%1 39,024 36,2 A 1 46 1,463 I.' 602 3° "55 ;051 74,346 60, 128 2,053 1 '550 . 2,476 i,'4.60 1,705 1,41 2,110 tA 39,184 35,u1 174 rs 61 101 ". 6 114,606 106,,5-42.3 2 756 1 2 31 5 2: 3 16 480 9 3 1 2: 6 511 2 2 1 1 1,619 1,9 1,513 1.15 215 ,551 2 2 i ,' 657 5 1 2 19 6 9 760 3 7 426:7 X7 9 6 2 3 4 3 , , 3 ,11311 , 6 6 1 : T 8 61 3 9,115 1,004 6,430 0,73g2 5,65 5 4, 7 5 3 989 4 (,91 4.562 , 30,365 28,76,9 6,385 6,'0 2,436 22 0 3 243 23 4 2,850 •-•,`08 4=o 116 1,428 I • 908 776 :ii 5,253 1.';',4 759 ""i 1,012 1,"01, 081 9 12,240 30.4 - 263 ;‘) 366 459 1,046 1,- - 5 038 5,727 , ^ 6 4 , 718 72,42 6 25,506 ,„ Railways. 1864. 1863. Belfast and N, Counties 136 136 Belfast and County Down 49 49 Blyth and Tyne 2B 28 E 7 Bristol and 11x.eter l2ll 1211 Caledonian 2621 ',i.621 Cambrian Cockermouth & Workington Bl 81 Cork and Bandon 2O 20 Cork, Blackrock, & Passage ei Cork and Youghal Cornwall . 656 651 Deeside <,. 17 17 Dublin & Bell ast Junction.... 63 63 Dublin and Drogheda 75 75 Dublin and Meath Dub. & Wicklow and Wextd 9ll 481 Furness, &c 5O 5J Glasgow & South-Western Gt. Eastern,Nrik.,&E.Union Great Northern 387 351 Great North of Scotland 5B 58 14t. Northn. & Westn. (Irel.) 7ll 711 9t.Southn. & Westn.(lrlnd.) 3871 3541 Great Western 1205 1167 Hull and Hornsea l3 Inverness & Aberdeen June lO6l 1061 Inverness & Perth Junction 1191 1.91 Irish North-Western 145 115 Kent Coast 27 10i Lancashire & Yorkshire 403 3951 Limerick and Ennis 24/ 24 Limerick and Foynes 261 201 Llanelly 46f 461 London & North-Western London and Blackwall 5l 51 London & South-Western Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast 2671 2611 London, Chatham, & Dover 721 721 Do. Metropolitan Extension 116 10/ Man.,Sheffield, & Lincolnsh Manch. S.Jun.&Altrincham 9l 9* Maryport and Carlisle 2B Metropolitan - 3l Midland (incl. N.-Western) 641 Midland Gt.Westn. of Irind 262 Monkland 7l} Monmouthsh. Rail. & Canal 44 North British, Edin., Perth and Dundee N-Eastern and Stock. & Darl 1095 North London 9 North Staffordshire 254 Rhymney l9l Scottish Central Scottish North-Eastern l3B Somerset and Dorset 66 South Devon South-Eastern 3OB Taff Vale 67 Ulster Vale of Clwyd. Vale of Neath 431 Waterford and Kilkenny 3l Waterford and Limerick 77 West Cornwall 271 W.Hartlepoolllarbr.&Rail 521 W"haven,Cleator,& Egrmnt lO Whitehaven Junction l3 Whitehaven & Furness Jun 35 FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. Austrian B2B Bahia and San Francisco Belgian Eastern J unction 261 Bombay, Baroda, & Cen. India 1851 Detroit and Milwaukie lB9 Dutch Rhenish Eastern Bengal Eastern of France East Indian Grand Trunk of Canada 1335 Great Central of Belgium 18) Great Indian Peninsula 553 Great Luxembourg 134 Great Southern of India Great Western of Canada 345 Madras. Madrid, Saragossa &Alicant 650 Northern of Canada .... ..... Northern of France 697 Norwegian Trunk Ottoman .. Paris, Lyons, & Mediterrn lBO5 Paris and Orleans 1614 Pernambuco 771 Scinde.... South Austrian . . 1527 Southern of France ••• • • 770 Victoria Welland 25 West Flanders 75 West &N- Westn of France 960 3t 641 2591 71} 44 5831 1095 252 19} 113 1:3.8 751 306 1051 10 431 31 24 1851 185 1081 110 1302 9321 1335 6,793 00 7,876 4.7 ,1 4,967 519 477 538} 134 315 447 490 94 - - 1 39 697 2 44 1,859 '761 657 1713 149,950 1- r, BOl 1494 74,571 7 1. 466 774 550 529 105 1,279 a7l 1484 62,898 ,rl O 680 31,412 104 196 8,211 '491 25 695 75 - 53 3/1 960 56,749 ' - 4. 67 1 6,271 00 ,98 , 20,130 Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. n 19 ' Australia and Ma ur iti us , v i a S outhampton .. Oc t ' f 13. via Marseilles .. Oct . 4. rail and Cape Verde, by British packet........ 14 „1 4 0. Cape of Good H o p e , A scens i on, and St. Helena. . v, e ;' 19. China, Penang, and Singap ore , v i a S out h amp ten.,";* 1 3 ' via Marseilles ... v e " Falkland Islands •••• 1 Gibraltar, via Southampt on Oct. 1 g n 1 India (Calcutta), and C e yl on, v i a Southampton••„- 0 ,. t . 3. via Marseilles..• • y e " 11. India (Bombay), via Southampton Oc. Oct 6. . via Marseilles .l. Portugal... Malta Egypt, and Adon , via Southampton ...... " 6. via Marseilles Newfoundland .. Oct. ''' ~. Oporto and Vigo: Oct.' U. S. and British N. Atnerica, by Brit. packet.... ‘.. 11 by U.S. packet.... Oct. 1 —'. by Canadian packet. All parts of West I n di es, i ncluding Chili, Peru, I Oct. 11 California. and British Columbia.. 1 ACCIDENT ON THE L ONDON AND IA ATnn lithe WESTERN RAlLWAY.—Yesterday mor ning oil down trains on the North-Western Railway were de lfiJ i g . several hours north of Stafford, in consequence of the b re9, o o down of a goods train during the night bet ween th a t s tati to and Crewe. The mail and passengers fo r Liverpool 00;0 north were sent round by Shrewsbu r y. Th ere was no casualty. Births. al , %v ie ' CARTWRIGHT.—On the 6th i ns t., a t Brighton, the - 1 Aubrey Cartwright, Esq., of a eon, „l* FOWLER.—On the 7th i nst ., at Kensington-gardens-o'c da the wife of Robert Fowler, Esq., of a son. O D TOWSEY.—On the 6th inst., at Highfield, Lymingtol3, wife of Commander G. W. Towsey, R.N., of a son.. si r d TUCKER —On the 7th i ns t„ a t 109 , B elgrave-roa d, S l7 , of the wife of Mayw oo d T uc k er , E sq., barrister-04° a son. Marriages. De l BURNABY—FowK.E.—On the 6th inst., at Lowe cestershire, Charles Sherard Burnaby, Esq., r a il e ,, ief a i son of the late Colonel Burnaby, o f Evington, L e t o 1 3 L" shire, to Ann Elizabeth, youn ges t d augh t er of tP Sir F. G, Fowke, of Lowesby Hall. , a Jo bil WATNEY—DENBY.—On the 6th inst., at Reig-t e h ' o rcli: Wetney, jun., Esq., of 16, London -street, FeLl em „ v gfe . street, London, and Redhill, to Elizabeth, tiro r n ' c ifel°P daughter of the late Stephen Dendy, Esq., of S an Reigate. Deaths. BARBER.—On the 4th inst., at Blackheath, Robert Esq., aged 79. of CROSLAND.—On thHeudsdtherisnfiSetid,,ageOerdge7sC.roslandt Crosland Lodge, Gl vi ll o ß o S d .s 3 , o p n p t e h r e T 7 o t o h ti i n n g st , suddenly,„ Richard Gi Gibbs, s h! E s reecis.!daelnieoeded,ifeso:,ztel HOLDFORTIL—On the 4th inst., Albert 1 - 1- Esq., of - Union-court, Old Broad-street , London , " 37. o poi . MARRIOTT.—On the 4th inst., at The Rectory, 11°r t den, th e R ev . Si r Willi am Marriott Smith M ar riol 9 of Horsmonden, aged 64. gess e r t : MESSES.-On the 4th i ns t., a t Ramsgate, Josiah 0 Jje• Esq., of :4, Carlton-hill, St, J o h n ' s - woo d, and 30 , born, aged 74. i lll° TYLER. On the 2d inst., at C r i ng l e f or d, N o rfolk, Tyler, Esq., aged 70. —oe ........o%ff Of v. 10 03 f g. London: Printed and Prbifalied by WILLIAM A- , -• - N .;- f of No. 112, Strand, P r i n t er, at IttE Sus Offic e , -. lo ° tl '- Strand, In the Pr ec i nc t o f th e SAvoy,,_,lo, the 4,1° igiddleiex.--Saturday, October 8, 1507 L