The Sun.
London, England, 1865-11-07 00:00:00

rtiE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENIISG, NOVEMBER 7, 1865.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.--This Day.

COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE.
(Before Sir J. P. Wilde.)
CHETWYND V. CHETWYND.

There were three motions in this case, which were set
down for hearing to-day ; and it will be remembered that
the wife obtained a decree nisi against her husband.
The Queen's Advocate, at the sitting of the Court this
morning, said that his learned friend, Dr. Dean, was desir-
ous that the witnesses in this case should be heard in
Chambers, and he, on the part of Mrs. Chetwynd, had.no
objection to that course being adopted.
Mr. Staveley llill, on behalf of the intervener, also ccn-
curred in the adoption of the course proposed.

Sir J. P. Wilde said that the court could of course have
no objection to acceding to the application of the learned
counsel, provided he could do so according to practice.
To-morrow he would state whether ho would hear the case
in Chambers or in open court. Ho intended to have
suggested to-day that, as there was a large number of other
motions on the list, it would be advisible to let the motions
in this case stand over until to-morrow, when he would
take them.

Mr. Hawkins, who appeared for Mr. Chetwynd, applied
to have the motions fixed for Thursday, as he would be
absent to-morrow, which the Court agreed to.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Holroyd.)
IN RE LIEUT. GOUGH.

This bankrupt was described as a lieutenant in the
Dragoon Guards, and to-day he came up for the order of
discharge. The debts (due chiefly to officers of the Madras
Army) are £2,317, all unsecured; and the deficiency is
£2,245, the cause of the failure being actions against the
bankrupt by his Indian creditors.
It was understood that the bankrupt will eventually
become entitled to property, and Mr. Aldridge, fcr the
assignees, said that something should be done in reference
to this.

His Honour made a conditional order.
IN RE SIR J. E. EARDLEY, BART.

This case has been before the Court on many occasions,
and to-day it was again, in the list, but it was understood
that private arrangements are likely to take the matter out
of court.

(Mr. Commissioner Goubourn.)
IN RE JEMIMA ROWLAND.
This bankrupt, a fashionably attired young woman, de-
scribed as a spinster, of Westbourne-terrace, whose case
has before been mentioned, received her order of discharge,
the debts due to West-end tradesmen being considerable.
Mr. Registrar Winslow not being empowered to act, the
greatest confusion prevails in his court, and the result of
his necessary absence is seriously felt. His appointment
to the vacant commissionership would be a popular one.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
(Sittings at Banco before Lord Chief Justice Erle, and
Justices Keating, Willes, and Byles.)

THOMAS V. WALSII.-ALLEGED INFRINGEMENT OF A PATENT.

Sir H. Cairns, on the part of the defendant in this suit,
applied for a rule calling on the plaintiff to show cause
why a verdict which he had obtained should not be set
aside, and a verdict entered for his client on all the
issues. Tho case was tried before Lord Chief Justice
Erle and a jury at the sittings after last term. The patent
which it was alleged was infringed was stated by the plain-
tiff to be an improvement over the existing mode of work-
ing sewing machines. It appeared that by modes which
the patentee proposed to supersede the feeder and holder of
the machine were different parts of the apparatus, and
operated in a peculiar manner on the fabric to
be stitched. The patentee stated that by his invention
both parts were united, the effect of which would
enable it to be moved more rapidly along the machine,
thereby increasing the facilities for the stitching of the
material. The first specification of the material was made
in 1853 and the last in 1861, between which there was a
very moderate variation, which the learned counsel con-
tended deprived the patentee of the right to protection of
his alleged invention. It was further argued that there
was no substantial difference in the respective process of
the patentee and those already in operation.
The rule was granted.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE,—This Day,

BOW-STREET.

THE ATTEMPTED MURDER. IN COVENT GARDEN.—Janes
Murphy was placed at the bar, on remand, charged with
cutting and wounding Mary Anne, Jennings, with intent
to murder her.

Mr. Lewis, of Ely-place, said he was instructed by the
family of Miss Jennings to prosecute the prisoner at the
bar on the charge of attempting to murder the young lady-.
He regretted to say that since the last examination there was
little improvement in the state of Miss Jennings. Ho hold
in his hand a certificate from Dr. Travers, the medical
officer of Charing-cross Hospital, which was as follows :
" Miss Mary Anuo Jennings is not in a fit state to appear
at the police-court to-day."
" Charing-cross Hospital, Nov 4."

Mr. Lewis further said ho was afraid that Miss Jen-
nings would not bo sufficiently recovered to appear at the
expiration of another week, if even she survived the in-
juries she had received. Under these circumstances ho
had to ask his worship to remand the prisoner for another
week, as he (Mr. Lewis) was aware that there was no
power to enable a magistrate to remand for a longer
period.

Mr. Abrams, who appeared for the prisoner, said another
remand was unquestionably necessary, though the certifi-
cate was somewhat vaguely worded, as it did not set forth
those details which Mr. Lewis had stated. He was sorry the
young lady could not attend, but he earnestly hoped that
there was no ground for apprehending a fatal result.
Mr. Flowers said the position of the prisoner would not
be at all injured by the granting a further remand. The
proceeding with the case at the present time would not be
of the slightest benefit to him.

Mr. Abrams was quite of that opinion. He hoped his
worship did not understand him to object to another re-
mand.

Mr. Lewis observed that it would bo bettor to make the
remand for eight days.
Mr. Flower thought that would bo the most judicious
way, and the prisoner was accordingly remanded until
Wednesday woek.

stati on-house, when she revived, and walked the remainder
of the distance.

Mr. Partridge said the conduct of the prisoner was very
brutal in beating the woman into a state of insensibility,
and then kicking her. The only reason he did not send the
prisoner to gaol without the option of paying a fine was
that the complainant assaulted his mother, and that he was
labouring under excited feelings in consequence. He fined
the prisoner £5, and in default of payment two months'
imprisonment.

Liverpool Cotton Market—This Da:

Market op*s quiet and prices are easier. Sales,
probably 5,000 bales.

Business of New Orleans.

The receipts of the port of New Orleans for Customs
alone for the mouth of September are stated as fol-
lows :

For imports in September, paid in gold 5995,626 30
For fees, &c., paid in currency 6,938 07

Total

$232,564 37

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We will compare the above statement with the figures
for the month of September, 1861, and it will be seen how
immense, comparatively, is the increase :

For imports paid in gold $25,143 32
For fees, &c., paid in currency

Total 527,654 95

Or to recapitulate and show the difference more clearly:—
Collections for September, 1865 5232,564 37
Collections for September, 1864

Differenco in favor of 1865 5204,909 42

This added to the Internal Revenue collections, which
aro now fully three-quarters of a million per month, show
that New Orleans is now paying nearly a million dollars
per month, after deducting expenses, into the National
Treasury, and it would be impossible to do this without
considerable business was being transacted.
Imports of foreign goods to the New Orleans market
have been very extensive, and it is predicted that French
and English dry goods, wines, and fancy articles, will soon
be cheaper in New Orleans than in New York. The ship
llymdall arrived at New Orleans a few days ago with a
cargo on which duties had to bo paid before the goods could
be delivered to the consignees, amounting to $115,000, in
gold; and this is only ono illustration of the rapidly im-
proving trade of this port.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This day.

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LONDON, Nov. 7.—Wind this day at noon—North-
Westerly; moderato breeze, and flue weather, but rather
cloudy.
FALMOUTH, Nov. 6.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Gertrude,
from London for Rio Janeiro.
PLYMOUTH, Nov. 6.—Wind N. W.—Sailed—S trathonder
for Sydney.
CARDIFF, Nov. s.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived—Charles
Capper, screw steamer, from St. Nazaire. Sailed— Alex-
andra, for Cape de Verds.
LIVERPOOL, Nov. 6.—Wind S.E.—Sailed—Sarah Sands,
for Bombay. _ _

TROON, Nov. S.W.—Sailed—Speculator, for
Dantzic.

BERWICK, Nov. s.—Wind N.E.—Arrived.—Ecliptica,
from Rio Grande.

HOLYHEAD, NOY. 7.—Wind S.E.—Sailecl—Arrow Isle,
for Galveston.

[Br ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.
GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning.
Arrived.—North of Scotland, from Sundswall ;
from Kragoroo ; Emmanuel, from Hudickswall ; Bertha,
steamer, from Christiania.; Germania, steamer, from Son-
ning.

The Metropolis Sewage and Essex Reclamation
Company have made a call of £2 per share, payable
on or before Saturday, Dec. 4, at Messrs. Glyn,
Mills, Currie, and Co., and Messrs. Drummond.
At a general meeting of the shareholders in
Hewitt and Co. an ad interim dividend of 10 per
cent. was declared, free of income tax. It was
stated that the condition of the fleet of fishing ves-
sels was very satisfactory, and the steam vessels
already built had rendered efficient service in se-
curing a quick despatch of fish to market.
PROPOSED PARK AT PECKHAM-RTE.—The preser-
vation of the open spaces of the metropolis on the southern
side of the Thames has stirred the energies of the vestrymen
and ratepayers of Camberwell. At the vestry meeting
held last week a select committee of the vestry was ap-
pointed, with the object of acquiring the smaller commons
adjoining Peckham-rye, and constituting the whole into an
informal park.—South London Chronicle.
HOSPITAL FOli CONSUMPTION, BROMPTON.—The
20 male patients of this hospital who will pass the
ensuing winter in Madeira will sail to-day. They will
assemble at the hospital at 11.30, will dine together at 12.15,
and then be conveyed to Cadogan Pier, whence (at one)
they will proceed by special steamer, with sundry members
of the committee, on board the Maria Pia steamer, which
will sail for Madeira forthwith from Hermitage Pier.

SOUTH KENSINGTON MUSEUM.—During the week
ending Nov. 4 the visitors have been as follow :
On Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday (free days), open from
10 a.m. to 10 p.m., 8,736 ; on Wednesday, Thursday, and
Friday (students' days—admission to the public, 6d), open
from 10 a.m. till 4 p.m., 1,558 ; total, 10,294 ; from the
opening of the museum, 5,634,480.
CRYSTAL PALACE.—ONE SHILLING DAY.—Yes-
terday the 'admissions on payment wore 5,881; do. by
season tickets, 3,560 ; total visitors, 9,381.
THE CATTLE PLAGUE AT SANDRINGHAM.—The
Rinderpest has made its appearance on the Royal
estate at Sandringham. A couple of home-bred stock, bred
by Mr. James Mitchell, of Wolferton, and purchased re-
cently by Mr. Carmichael for the Prince of Wales, have
died from this terrible disease. Tho herd of which they
formed a part were only brought off the marshes to the
Park last week. At Wolferton the disease was discovered
on Sunday at Mr. Gayford's, one of his royal highness's
tenants, two bullocks being found on inspection on Mon-
day to be very bad, as also a heifer of Mr. Mitchell's. The
inspector yesterday ordered them to be destroyed. All the
markets and fairs in the district have been stopped. At
Dersingliam, 22 bullocks have either died or been killed,
and several others aro infected.
A FARMER WITHOUT ARMS.—The American
Agriculturist gives an account, received from Onondaga
county, New York, of a farmer who was born without
arms. " Instead of appealing to the charitable for support,
he commenced early to help himself. His first property
was a hen and chickens, next a pot lamb, and afterwards a
shaggy colt. He took good care of these, and increased his
stock a little at a time until he became a prosperous farmer.
Having no hands he learned to use his toes, which wore
longer than common. His legs were also very flexible, and
by practice he was enabled to readily perform most opera-
tions with ease. He put on and took off his own clothing,
shaved and fed himself, milked his own cows, and took
part in most labours of the farm. He was a terror to evil-
doers, whom ho could punish with severity. Ho was
powerfully built and possessed of great strength in the head
and shoulders. He would butt like a ram, or seize an
offending urchin with his teeth and shake him with bull-
dog tenacity. He is dead--died at the age of 70, leaving a
large family—having been married three times."
THE LIFEBOAT PALMERSTON.—A benevolent gen-
sleman, a member of the Stock Exchange, hasplaced at the
disposal of the National Lifeboat Institution a sum of £4OO
to enable it to place a lifeboat on the coast to be called the
Palmerston, and to bo stationed at Cullercoats, near the
mouth of the Tyne, in lieu of the former lifeboat there
which was becoming unfit for further service.
A ROMAN MOSAIC PAVEMENT has been discovered
at Exeter.

A commencement has been made of the works
for the Pneumatic Railway; which is to connect Waterloo
Terminus with Whitehall by means of a tunnel under the
Thames.

BUTTERFLIES.--Large numbers of the clouded
yellow butterfly (Edusa) have been seen at Ventnor, in the
Isle of Wight. The wings aro soft, and the insect is per-
fect, showing that they are fresh from the chrysalis. This
is the third brood this season.

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LIEUT.-GENERAL SIR RICHARD AIREY, the new
Governor of Gibraltar, has appointed as his aides-
d aide-de-campe-c ainp°aPtatoinSilir IroNod., of the 25th Regiment, who was
Codrington, and Lieut. Bolton J.
A. Monsen, 73d Regiment. As we mentioned some weeks
back, Lieut.-Colonel Pearson, of the Grenadier Guards,
will be his assistant military secretary.—Army and Navy
Gazette.
TESTIMONIAL TO AN M.P.—On Friday evening
Mr. Miller, M.P. for the Leith Burghs, was en-
tertained to dinner by about 250 of the electors, in the
Assembly-rooms, Leith—Provost Lind Say presiding. A
presentation of plate was made by the hon. member, in
acknowledgment of his services to the port of Leith,
especially in connection with the Leith Harbour and Docks
Act of 1860. '

AN OBLIGING DRIVER.—On Wednesday after-
boon a gentleman, belonging to Galashiels, was
plying the gentle art in the Tweed, near to Ashiebteel,
when he hooked a fish at a part of the river very unfavour-
able for landing such a finny monster as this one gave in-
dication of being. The rocky banks and rough underwood,
as well as the heavy state of the river, made the task one of
considerable difficulty, and after a great deal of time and
trouble spent to no purpose, there appeared to be no hope
of landing his prey, and he was on the point of giving up
in despair, when the Innerleithen and Gala coach hove in
sight of the other side of the river. The driver being
hailed for assistance at once brought kis horses to a stand,
and unyoking one of them, a gentleman passenger at mice
forded the river on horseback, and, by the timely aid pf
this auxiliary, the angler soon brought safe to the bank p,
fine salmon 231 b, weight,w-Edinburgli courant,

Monthly Periodicals.

THE BRITISH ARMY AND NAVY REVIEW.—" Un-
der Two Flags" is continued with unabated spirit
and interest by Ouida,who depicts the raptures and
miseries of a fast life with a zest that leads us to
suspect that he has partaken rather freely of the
wayward sport himself. He enters into the feelings
which he portrays so vividly as if he formed the very soul
of the party; but we must do him the justice to say that
he points the moral with a prophetic warning. The life
of a roue finds no favour from his description of the road
to ruin. " The Stag Hunt "is capitally done ; indeed,
one is surprised at the marked contrast exhibited be-
tween the listlessness of a Guardsman and the energy
of a sportsman, combined in ono and the same, and
yet wo must suppose the character to be rather
too highly coloured, notwithstanding its apparent adher-
ence to reality. "The Royal Navy—the Reserve," enters
very critically into the subject of providing our Navy with
seamen. There can be no doubt that the apprehended
want of seamen in case of a sudden emergency created a
just and national anxiety, but the reason was not far to
seek. The naval service was disliked for the extreme
rigour of its discipline, and had a bad character for the oc-
casional tyranny of many of its officers, from the captain
downwards. Besides, the pay was far below that
obtained in the merchant service. Ariother rea-
son was, the utter horror engendered by the odious
system—the press-gang. But now these evils are
redressed or greatly abated, a better feeling
has been created, and men volunteer with alacrity into the
Royal Naval Reserve. " Rifling Heavy Ordnance" is a
masterly paper upon the great guns of the day. It dis-
cusses the merits of the several competitive attempts to
produce the best gun for land and sea service. That
much needed weapon does not yet appear to have
been decided on, out of the many specimens pro-
duced and tried before the Ordnance Committee.
Indeed the people begin to get tired of the long
procrastination of this experimenting tribunal, and grave
doubts, if not suspicions, are sure to be entertained about
the matter. If a good gun is found they are never satisfied
till they fire it to destruction, as if any invention, however
good, could be expected to last for ever. Out of the num-
ber of competitors there is one whose system promises to
answer all requirements—that is Commander Scott, of the
Royal Navy. His system seems to be a sort of compromise
between the extremes of many. At the trial of his gun
with the French one the advantage appears to have
been greatly in his favour, although the French had
hitherto borne the palm in its trial with other
systems. However, we suspect the decision of the Ord-
nance Committee will 11 waiting for the declaration of war
to quicken their wits, and then we may hope to hear some-
thing of the future, but not until then. " Austria" is dis-
cussed by Col. G. Paulett Cameron in a kindly spirit infinitely
beyond her deserts. With the bolt wishes for her people,
we cannot forgive the conduct of her rulers with respect
to Denmark, and her mean subserviency to Prussia, an up-
start rival as perfidious as she is aggressive. Let Austria
but be just to the Hungarians and others of her many
peoples and she will soon recover her lost position, both at
home and abroad.

CORNHILL.—" Wives and Daughters" is evi-
dently drawing to a conclusion, which will be re-
gretted by many readers on account of its very in-
teresting style and home-like descriptions. Molly
Gibson is a very pleasing character, and her real
worth is being gradually discovered until she be-
comes far more really attractive than the fascinating
Cynthia. Jn this instalment the sad event of Osborne's
death occurs, and the old squire is overwhelmed with
grief. A touching scene is that in which the young widow
and her little son appears, and the sight of the child
rouses the mourner a little, and he willingly
acknowledges the infant heir. The miseries of
concealment are well shown in this episode of Osborne's
death, and a useful moral is drawn from it. " Armadale"
is also proceeded with, but Miss Gwilt predominates in.this
portion of the story, and she cannot possibly attract, for
she is a most objectionable character. There is mystery
on mystery, and the story is carried on very ingeniously
through the agency of a most voluminous correspondence
on all sides. An article on " Greenwich Hospital" contains
some well-deserved strictures on its mismanagement, and
declares that "sterner battles than the Nile or Copenhagen
have been fought by British seamen in the very place where
they thought that their toils and dangers were over for
ever. There is correctness also in the observation that
there is something disappointing in the transformation
which this splendid foundation has lately undergone.
" Costumes and Character" is a paper that is very readable,
and contains some apt illustrations cf the peculiarities
which distinguish various nations in this respect.
"French Felons" presents us with some sad details, and
we meet with a sombre picture of the doings of thirty
years ago. "The Holy Fair of Hurdevar" is an account
of the mysterious doings that take place in that far-off
spot, "whore the sacred Ganges emerges upon the plains
of Hindustan."

THE DAY OF REST.—This magazine is con-
tinued in its usual style. " The Hidden Sin,"
in this rumber, becomes very dreadful, and
there is a good representation of the plotters
in a plate at the commencement of the story.
" Pictures of Old London" form, as usual, one of
the most attractive portions of this periodical, and
the illustrations are interesting to contemplate. An account
is given of the career of Sir John Richardson, and it is
truly said that the deaths of great and well-known
men have been coming heavily and in rapid succes-
sion upon us these few years back." " The Autibography
of an Italian Police Officer" is very eventful.
THE VICTORIA MAGAZINE.—The Social Science
Congress naturally discussed several points interest-
ing to the fair readers of the Victoria, and accord-
ingly we find an account of three papers on " The
Education of Girls," and a summary of the argu-
ments employed by Miss Carpenter, Miss Sheddon,
and others, in their essays on similar topics. The learned
elaborate treatise on " The Civil and Political Status of
the Female Sex," translated from the French of Professor
Laboulaye, is continued, and the present instalment treats
of the social laws of the Germans—the first chapter being
devoted to the position of the woman in her father's house.
The laws of the old German nations—the Visigoths, the
Lombards, and the Allemania, were very strict and precise
iu all matters relating to the parental authority, the mar-
riage portion, &c. Another paper in this number is the
reprint of Dr. Edmunds's introductory address at the
inauguration of the Female Medical Society. We have,
besides, a criticism on Mr. Ruskin's lectures on " Sesame"
and "Lilies." There are the continuations of two stories,
" The Fisherman's Daughter," and " Trouble at Thorn-
hill," and the conclusion of Miss Gifford's melancholy,
though well-written idyl, " The Triple Curse."
THE SUNDAY MAGAZINE.—Many pleasant and
profitable papers are to be found in this cheap, well
printed, and simply written magazine. The won-
derful work of Thomas-k-Kempis is the subject of
an essay, in which it is remarked, " There
are barbed sayings in it which pierce you through and
through ; there are others which refresh you by their
suggestiveness ; and others still which express familiar
truths with a consciousness and beauty that remind you
of apples of gold in baskets of silver.' " Among other
papers conspicuous for their simple and practical piety we
may notice " The Golden Opportunity," a story for chil-
dren, and "A very Remarkable Dinner Table," which
many readers may gladly help in this cold winter weather.

THE MONTH.—'the opening paper is on the bril-
liant but chequered career of the late General
Lamoriciere, to whom it does full honour. An in-
teresting article on the " Calendars of State Papers"
will attract the antiquarian, while the litterateur will turn
to an account of " The Faculty of Paris in the Time of
Moliere," and to a thoughtful and well-written criticism on
the works of Henry Taylor, author of "Philip van Arto-
velde." We have, besides, papers on our Street Architec-
ture, on the Personal of an Old Oxonian, and on the Epi-
gram
of Parmenionso. As will be readily observed, the
magazine does not confine itself to the mere ephemera of
the day, but treats of subjects well worthy of the attention
and the study of thoughtful and cultivated minds.
GOOD WORDS.—Charles Kingsley's romance of
" Hereward" is apparently approaching its conclu-
sion very rapidly. The threatened separation be-
tween Torfrida and Hereward takes place in this
part. Alexander Smith's domestic story of " Alfred
Hagart's Household" is continued. Mr. Kaye proceeds
with his interesting series of lives of our Indian heroes,
some of whose daring and adventurous careers are less
known than they should be among their countrymen. Sir
John Herschel gives us the third part of his papers on
" Light," treating in this number of double refraction and
polarization. Many other instructive and valuable papers
may be found among the contents.
THE FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW. Nos. XI. and XII.
The Principles of Success in Literature," by the
Editor, are continued in a paper on the Laws of
Style. Mr. Bagehot gives us an essay on the
"English Constitution," Mr. Freeman contributes
a paper on the " Proposed Revision of the Swiss
Federal Constitution," and Mr. Anthony Trollope dis-
cusses " The Civil Service" as well as continuing his love-
story of "The Belton Estate." There are besides articles
on the future of our navy and on international law, so
that politics and literature aro pleasantly -blended. This
serial combines something of the character of a review
with the style of a magazine, and the result is, on the
whole, satisfactory to readers and writers.
THE ECLECTIC.—The first paper is on one of the
most venerated of the early divines, Chrysostom.
It is remarked that, " on the whole, none of the
great names of those early ecclesiastical ages wins from us
more admiration and affection than that of this illustrious
man. Great as he was as an orator, he shines not merely
by the splendours of his rhetoric ; indeed, he steadily re-
sisted the growing and too prevalent idea that the Christian
Weller should be a mere orator Mr. Dickens's Mutual

Friend" forms the subject ;of an interesting and compre-
hensive criticism ; and. there is also an article of Dr.
Milman's on historical productions.

THE SIXPENNY MAGAZINE.—The story of " The
Fatal Legaoy" is brought to a conclusion, in which
the villain of the piece scarcely gets his deserts, and
there are plenty of other tales to amuse the reader of fiction.
The articles on " Popular Physiology" are continued, and
this month we have an account of the function and diseases
of the liver. The siege of Malta, one of the most exciting
passages in mediaeval history, is related at full length.
Among the remaining topics are " The Old Musician,"
" Content," "Handwritings," and " Bells." "
NEWTON'S LONDON JOURNAL.—The introductory
papers are on the " Use and Abuse of Coal in our
Manufactories," and on the American Torpedoes
Chatham. The usual list of recent patents and reports of
scientific proceedings are given, together with a selection
of the papers read before the British Association at its
autumnal meeting.
LE FOLLET.—The fashions in this autumnal
season are duly represented in this number, which
has an additional plate devoted to the out-door garb of the
fair leaders of the toilette. As usual the plates render all
the costumes charming, and the letterpress is gay and
animated

SIMPKINS' ALMANACS.—Nothing more vividly
shows the spirit and enterprise with which the trade
of the metropolis is carried on than the series of ex-
cellent licensed victuallers' almanacs, printed by Mr.
Simpkins, of 70f, Strand. The almanacs are ar-
ranged in a variety of shapes and sizes, but the great
object of a good calendar is never lost sight of, viz., its
usefulness. The pretty "Pocket Keepsake," with its
brilliant covering of emerald and gold, is a perfect little
treasure, as it has been arranged to afford fireside amuse-
ment during the winter evenings. It contains, in addition
to the usual calendar and tide-table, parlour magic,
songs, dances, and a string of humorous conundrums
whilst the "Desk Almanac" is replete with commercial
information, its value being :enhanced by the addition of
a well-written and entertaining resume of the events of the
year 1865, which is both reliable and correct. The "Sheet
Almanac" is a very attractive trade placard, and cannot but
be productive of the greatest publicity to those who adopt
it in business. The series will certainly become the theme
of general conversation during the next few months to
come, because whilst they will prove of the greatest ser-
vice to the public, they cannot fail to cause the enter-
prize and spirit of the donors to be widely spoken of. Mr.
Simpkins' Almanacs are decidedly the best of this class,
and as specimens of letterpress printing they are of first-
rate excellence.

The Cholera in Malta.

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TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SIR,—I have been requested by the Cholera Relief
Committee of Malta to endeavour to obtain some
assistance in this country, and I have undertaken
the task, feeling confident of success. I need
scarcely remind your readers that the importance of
Malta to this country is greatly increased since the
abandonment of the lonian Islands ; and other cir-
cumstances concur to render Malta an object of
sympathy and respect. It is second only to the
Holy Land as a place celebrated in sacred history.
And in modern European history it is distinguished
as having been for three centuries the residence of
that great military order which performed heroic
and most valuable services to Christianity and civi-
lisation, protecting commerce and the intercourse of
nations in the Mediterrauean, and forming a bul-
wark against the attacks of the Mahometan Powers.
For these reasons I cannot doubt that the facts
which I am about to state must be highly interesting
to benevolent persons in this country.
Early in August the Cholera Relief Committee
was formed. It has worked successfully ; for at the
first outbreak of the disease nearly every case proved
fatal; but by the effective means adopted by the
members and the medical men employed by them, a
very satisfactory improvement has been obtained.
Nevertheless, out of 2,578 persons attacked, in
a population of 138,000 (exclusive of the mili-
tary), 1,523 have died. A subscription list was
opened, headed by the Governor and other official
persons. It has produced £l,lOO, which, under
Divine Providence, has effected much good. But
the committee now find themselves called upon to
meet the distressing wants of a number of conva-
lescents, besides those of new cases. In the village
of Zeitun especially, which is 4i miles from the
central hospital, the committee has found it neces-
sary to establish for that and the adjacent villages
a temporary house of refuge for the sick. For these
urgent demands the local subscriptions are insuffi-
cient.

But even when the epidemic has ceased, still its
sad effect on the local trade and industrial classes
will be severely felt, involving vast misery among
the poor, and especially those who have lost the
working head of the family, on whom they were de-
pendent for their bread. Thus the charitable duties
of the committee must, if possible, be continued for
some time to come. Among other things, they
must keep up the soup kitchens, which distribute
17,000 rations a day in the four cities and Floriana.
For these important objects the local means are not
sufficient, and an appeal is therefore made to those
in this country who are able and willing -to grant
assistance.

On receiving the letter from the committee, who
have a right to claim my services as senior member
of the Order of Malta in this country, I first applied
to that excellent lady—truly illustrious for her
Christian benevolence and her innumerable works
of charity—Miss Burdett Coutts. She sent me
£2O, at the same time expressing her wish to assist
in some permanent scheme for improving the sani-
tary condition of the island. The Right Hon. E.
Cardwell, Secretary of State for the Colonies, has
also sent me £2O. I hope and trust that others will
follow the example, although some may be only
able to give a few shillings. I beg you to publish
this letter.—Your obedient servant,
Nov. 4. GEORGE BOWYER.

MARKETS—This Day.

HAY

Sairrarnaux—Meadow hay, £4 10s to £5 10s; clove;
£5 Oa to £6 12a Gd ; and straw, £1 8s to £1 16s per load.
Trade less active.

CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £4 10s to £5 lOs; clover,
£5 Os to £6 15s Od ; and straw, £1 lOs to £1 18s per load.
A slow demand.

WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay £4 10s to £5 10s; clover,
£5 Os to £6los Od ; and straw, £lBs to £ll6s per load.
Trade quiet.

COLONIAL.
TEA.—A fair amount of business has been done in the
private market, at full rates for superior qualities. A large
quantity is announced for public sale to-day, and prices are
expected to rule a shade firmer.
SUGAR.—There has been a very limited business trans-
acted, and in some instances a decline of 6d to is per cwt.
has been accepted by holders. Refined goods are dull, but
at steady quotations.
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command full rates.

RlCE.—There has been a good demand for cleaned de-
scriptions, and slightly enhanced prices are generally cur-
rent.

TALLOW.—Tho market has been dull, and quotations for
both present and forward delivery are steady.

COAL MARKET.
Price per ton at the close of the market.

d.
Holywell Main s. d. s.
18 6 East Hartlepool
Walls End Haswell... 23 0 Kepier Grange 2l 9
Hetton
... 23 0 Eden 2l 6
stall
Pensher Primrose ... 21 9 Russell's Hetton
West Lambton 2l 9 Hetton Lyons 2l 3
Cassop
Hartlepool
24 0
Acorn Close 2122
66 Carwaymait and Duffryn
mg
Cowpen Hartley lB 6 South Hartlepool 22 0
South Kelloe
__

Ships at market, 46 ; sold, 37.

PORTRAITS OF TIIE LATE LORD PALMERSTON.—
The portraits of the late eminent statesman are multiply-
ing with great rapidity and in such variety that resem-
blance in most cases seem to be a matter of little moment.
The Messrs. Day have published a sketch, and the firm of
M'Queen and Co. has also produced a well executed litho-
graph, but in neither has the artist been very successful in
his work.
THE CHRISTY MiNsTnns.—The great success
attending the entertainment given by the " darkies"
at St. James's Hall has rendered it necessary to give an
additional day performance every week for the future, and,
accordingly, there will be an attractive concert given every
Wednesday afternoon as well as on Saturday. The last
new success of the Christys is Mr. Rawlinson's singing of
the beautiful ballad, "I am happy as the day is long ;" it
promises even to eclipse the celebrated melody, "Would
I were a bird," which is now one of tho themes of London.
For the first of the now series of concerts (to-morrow) the
programme is overflowing with good things.
Gen. Lee is recuperating at Rockbridge Baths,
Va., before entering on his duties as President of Wash-
ington College,

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

LIVERPOOL RACES—Trns DAY.
BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.
SELLING HURDLE.

Ajax v. o.
GRAND HURDLE.

Benazet
Knave of Trumps 2
Nabok]ish 3
Seven ran.
TRIAL STAKES.

Juliet
Saucy Boy
Begum

Six ran.
KNOWSLEY NURSERY.

Tormenter .
Blue Bell ....
Treasure Trove..

Twelve ran.

VICTORIA CLUB BETTING-THIS DAY.

LIVERPOOL HANDICAP.
to 1 agst Bendigo (taken)
6to 1 agst Nu (offered)
Bto 1 agst Dalby (taken and offered)
12 to 1 agst Valliant (taken)
15 to 1 agst Accident (offered)
14 to 1 agst Helen (taken)
16 to 1 agst Windham (taken)
16 to 1 agst The Eland (taken)
20 to 1 agst Joco (taken)
20 to 1 agst Farce (taken)
20 to 1 agst Buckfoot (taken and offered)

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

TATTERSALLS'—YESTERDAY.
LIVERPOOL CUP.
9 to 2 agst Bendigo (offered, sto 1 taken freely)
6to 1 agst Nu (taken and offered)
10 to 1 agst Dalby (offered)
12 to 1 agst Valiant (offered)
20 to 1 agst Helen (taken)
20 to 1 agst Moldavia (offered)

DERBY.
7to 1 agst Lord Lyon (taken)
10 to 1 agst Rustic (taken)
33 to 1 agst Blue Riband (taken)
66 to 1 agst Raven (taken)
66 to 1 agst Westwick (taken)
66 to 1 agst Magician (taken)
66 to 1 agst Midsummer colt (taken)

Movements of Cotton in Ameiica.

Recent intelligence from Columbus, Ga., is to
the effect that cotton sells there for 20 cents per pound, and
in Uoldsborough at 28 cents, in currency.
A letter from Macon, Miss., says:—" Very little
cotton has been planted this year in the prairies—perhaps
enough to make seed for another crop. Memphis from all
sources will hardly be furnished with 50,000 bales next
winter. The excessive and protracted drought has dimin-
ished the corn crop in many rich districts, by nearly one-
half. There will be, however, corn enough for local con-
sumption."

Lowell's 33 cotton mills employ 948 males and
1,650 females, and last year produced $7,125,953 worth of
fabrics ; two calico and muslin delaine mills employed 188
males and 11 females, and turned out $3,167,122 worth of
fabrics ; five carpet mills employed 382 males and 573 fe-
males, and turned out $3,570,435 worth of carpeting.

The most valuable cargo of cotton ever shipped
from the United States was cleared from New Orleans for
Liverpool, on the 30th Sept., by ship Emerald, 3,105 bales,
worth $637,009. Although a previous vessel took 3,150
bales, the total weight was less and the value less by
$47,000.
COTTON IN TENNESSEE.—A very fine staple has been
raised in sections of Tennessee, but the quantity is not
large. About seven or eight hundred bales from Georgia
and Alabama also pass through there each week on their
way North ; and notwithstanding the heroic determina-
tion of the Southern people to " live within themselves "
hereafter, they are exceedingly anxious t• exchange
cotton for articles of Northern manufacture. The supply,
however, will be quite limited for some years to come. If
every cotton plantation were in the hands of Northerners
to-day they would have at least 4,000,000 of bales in the
market by the first of January, 1867.

COTTON IN THE SOUTHERN STATES. —A gentle-
man whose judgment is reliable, and whose means for ob-
servation have been unusually good, writes as follows
from the South : " Having now ended a pretty extensive
tour through the Cotton States, a sort of review of my
observations upon the cotton question may not be without
interest. In Lo wer Georgia and Northern Florida, and a
part of South-Eastern Alabama, nearly all the cotton was
in the country at the time of the surrender. In other
portions of those States the larger part was destroyed at
the time of Sherman's and Wilson's raids. Mississippi
had been so thoroughly raided that there was compara-
tively little left, but she will probably make more cotton
this year than all the other Gulf States together. The
receipts of cotton at New Orleans from the Red River
country are far below the general expectation, and the
quantity planted this year is very small. In Texas a full
average crop was no doubt planted, but the weather during
the last month was very unfavourable for maturing it ; the
army worm had made its appearance in several places, and
was threatening serious damages, while the prospect for
obtaining the labor necessary for securing the crop MO
very unfavorable. The amount of old cotton in the State
at the surrender was much less than generally supposed,
probably but little, if any, more than 100,000 bales. After
a careful comparison of all the facts I have been able t•
gather, I should say that 1,500,000 bales old cotton would
cover all that was in the South at the time of the sur-
render. Add to this say 400,000 bales—a liberal estimate
—for crop of 1865, and you have all that may be expected
for a year to come. It is too soon to speculate upon the
prospects for the coming year, but I may remark, in a
general way, that they are not very encouraging. A few
planters are taking hold in earnest, and organising thei
forces for putting in a crop next spring, but these cases
are rare. There is yet time for great improvement, and
it is to be hoped, for the good of the whole country, that
the now dormant energies of this people may be awakened,
and they be led to see that the future is full of promise of
a rich reward for all their labour."

Foreign Mail Packet List.

MAILS DUE.

Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton .Nov. is

Ditto, via Marseilles Nov. 12.
Brazil and Cape Verde, by British packet Nov 5.
Ditto, by French packet
Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena Nov. 21.
China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton—Nov.
Ditto, via Marseilles Nov. 12.
Falkland Islands
Gibraltar, via Southampton.-- •• - Nov.
India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Nov.
Ditto, via Marseilles •. ....Nov. 12.
India (Bombay), via Southampton. Nov. 11.
Ditto, via Marseilles Nov. 5.
Mauritius, via Southampton . „,„ Nov. 11.
Ditto, via Alaxseil:es .Noy. 5.
Newfoundland
. • Nor. 8.
Portugal .....N0v. 5.
Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon...
United States and British North America, by Bri-
tish packet . . Nov. 8.
Ditto, by United States packet, via Southamp-
ton ...... •
Ditto, via Cork
Ditto, by Canadian packet, via Londonderry.. Nov. 10.
West Coast of Africa. Madeira, and Teneriffe Nov. 10.
West Indies and Pacifio (exoept Bahamas, Cuba,

and Mexico
Nov. 13.
Bahamas, via New 'l' ork. ... Nov. 16.
Bermuda, ditto Nov. 22.

Cuba and Mexico

The recent census in Minnesota shows a popula-
tion of about 250,000, an increase of 8,000 in five years.
The young woman Lorkings, who sued her
attorney, at Yew York, for alleged fraudulent detention
of nearly $lOO,OOO " won in Havana lotteries," has gained
her case. It appeared during the trial that she bad been
the mistress of one Trance do Cruz, clerk to a Matanzas
merchant, and had received large sums of money stolen
from the employer; that after coming to New York, in
June, she returned to Cuba, and made restitution of cer-
tain sums, whereby she obtained from the Matanzas
merchant an acquittance in full. The better, however, to
protect what remained to herself, and get it safely out of
the reach of tho Spanish law, she purchased drafts for it
under the name of Mary Simpson. The New York attor-
ney helped her thus far, and then, getting the drafts into
his own possession, refused to know the Lorkings as
Simpson, and rather hinted a division of the spoils. The
Court decided that Lorkings was Simpson, and that the
attorney should not have even the foes originally agreed
upon ($2000) to help the young woman out. Whereupon
there was cheering and clapping of hands—sounds unusual
in the quiet precincts of the Supreme Court.
DISCOVERY OF AN IMMENSE OYSTER BED IN LONG
ISLAND &um:l.—The New York World, of the 21st ult., says :
—" The East river oystermen have a sensation. They are
in a great state of excitement. A now bivalvular El
Dorado has been discovered at the bottom of the Sound,
and all the oystermon hereabouts aro on their way thither
as fast as Boreas sees fit to blow them. This bed of oysters
is located two or three miles from the shore, and is nearly
opposite Shippan Point, in the town of Stamford, Connec-
ticut. It is reported to exceed in extent the bed which
was discovered opposite Norwalk in 1860. Tho oysters
are of most excellent quality, most of them of the proper
age and growth to make them fit for immediate use. The
excitement growing out of the discovery is very great
among the people who live in the villages along the coast
Many persons are leaving their regular occupations to
devote their labor to gathering the shellfish, and scarcely
anything else is talked about but the new oyster bed,"