The Sun.
London, England, 1862-11-11 00:00:00

TUE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVNNING, NOVENIIIER 11, 1882

country. (Loud cheers.) There is one circum-
stance, however, connected with thi, day that
cannot be overlooked in connexion with the Prince
of Wales, namely, that he is not F, t present in
this country. Why is he not here ? The rea-
son that he is absent on this di:.y is, the sad
and painful bereavement which the nation and the
Sovereign sustained in the course of this year. But
for that sad event he would have been here. Pro-
vidence willed it otherwise, and though rejoicing
with the Sovereign on this happy day, we deplore
that her feeling and joy cannot be shared by one who
shared in every feeling of her joy and happiness.
(Hear, hear.) My Lord Mayor, I beg to return
thanks on behalf of the army for the manner in
which their health has been drunk, (Cheers.)
The Duke of SOMERSET returned thanks on be-
half of the navy ; and Col. M‘Mußpo on behalf of
the volunteers.

The LORD MAYOR next proposed "The health of
her Majesty's Ministers," which was received with
loud cheers,

Viscount PALMERSTON, who was received with
loud cheers, said—My Lord Mayor, and Ladies and
G entlemen ,—For myself and for my colleagues I beg
to return you our most sincere thanks for the hon-
our you have done us—you, my Lord Mayor, in pro-
posing, and you, ladies and gentlemen, in so kindly
accepting the toast which you have drunk. I can
assure you that there is nothing that can be made a
greater reward to those who are engaged in the
public service than to receive the goodwill and ap-
proval of their fellow-countrymen for the perform-
ance of their duty ; and when I say the performance
of their duty I say all that can be said of any public
man, for there can be no higher praise than the per-
formance of duty; and no public man can do more
than perform the duty which is incumbent upon
him, and although there are those men who are able
to fulfil the task, they must be presumptuous indeed
who think they have the power to do more. (Hear,
hear.) It is particularly gratifying and flattering to
men who are engaged in the public service to be
honoured by invitations to these annual commemo-
rations ; for, in the first place, I may say, without
fear of exaggeration, that there is hardly any Sove-
reign in Europe who can give a more splendid ban-
quet, when you consider the company assembled
and the hall in which we have met, than those who
have the honour of being invited to assist at it. But
these meetings are also typical of the British na-
tion, for we hear men of all classes, men of all po-
litical opinions, men engaged in very different
pursuits, and we meet here in common fellow-
ship, each forgetting any differences which might
exist between himself and others, and only animated
by a common feeling of brotherhood and of pride in
the nation to which we belong. (Loud cheers.)
There is one circumstance not devoid of interest con-
nected with these anniversaries, which circumstance
is more peculiarly called to mind by what fell from
my Lord Mayor this evening, for it is a remarkable,
and I trust an auspicious omen, that the day on
which the municipal corporations of this vast coun-
try are called upon to elect what my Lord Mayor
will, perhaps, allow me to call their Sovereigns for
the year, is also the day on which the country has
been blessed by the birth of a Prince who one day
—and God grant it may be long distant—(hear)—
will be Sovereign of this country, and who, by the
qualities with which the Providence of God has en-
dowed him is, I trust destined to be a source of hap-
piness to the nation over which he may be called
upon to rule. (Loud cheers.) My Lord Mayor has
adverted to a topic which must excite the deepest
feelings of sorrow on the part of every man and
woman in this country—l mean that distress which
unfortunately prevails in a part of our manufactur-
ing districts. (Hear, hear.) We may trust, and it
is to ba hoped the cause of that distress may not be
long continued—(hear)—although it must be owned
that there is not at present any immediate prospect
that more humane feelings and more kindly senti-
ments are likely to prevail between the contending
parties upon the American continent ; but we may
trust that India will to a certain degree supply the
raw material which is essential to the industry of
our manufacturing population ; and if this product
which India may send us shall be sedulously used
in this country, and if we are not tempted by the
wants of other nations to send that cotton away as
fast as it arrives, I trust that India may find the
means of supplying in some degree the wants
which have been created by the civil war in
America. (Hear, hear.) In other respects it is
satisfactory to know that the country is in a good
and sound condition. (Cheers.) We have been
told by his Royal Highness the Commander-in-
Chief, and by my noble friend the Duke of So-
merset, and by that distinguished officer, Colonel
M'Murdo, that our army and navy and volun-
teers are in a state of great efficiency ; and
although that army and that navy are compara-
tively small, in point of nnmbers, yet their discip-
line and efficiency, and brave spirits, and the pa-
triotic feeling by which they are animated, makes
that small number equal to a large one in which
these eminent qualities may not be equally found.
(Cheers.) Our harvest has not been bad; and
although the farmers are unwilling to confess that
it has been good, yet at least it is a consolation that
we do not hear from them that their harvest has
been bad. (Cheers.) Our trade and commerce have
found vent in one direction to make up for the
obstacles which have been opposed to them in
others, and upon the whole balance of productive
industry we have no reason to comp'.ain that we are
this year in a worse condition than that in which
we have been in years which have gone by. Our
finances are also in a sound condition. We are reap-
ing, in our intercourse with all nations of the earth,
that harvest cf prosperous trade which was sown in
those doctrines of freedom of trade and unrestricted
commerce which have won their way in this coun-
try by force of reason, after long and continued dis-
cussion, and which we trust the example of Eng-
land is diffusing over other countries which have
hitherto been deaf to the voice of reason ; and that
we shall find that our prosperity serves as an ex-
ample to the other nations of the earth, that we
are really not only benefitting ourselves, but spread-
ing over the rest of mankind some of the advantages
and some of the blessings which our own wise po-
licy has secured for ourselves. (Loud cheers.) My
Lord Mayor, and ladies and gentlemen, I beg again
O return you, for myself and colleagues, our most
sincere thanks for the honour which you have done
teeretha
us in drinking our healths, and more especially for '
the gratification which you have afforded us in
e. per-
mittin us to assist at the banquet which you have
given us this day.
(Cheers.) I cannot, ladies and
gentlemen, sit
down without asking your permis-
sion to propose to you a toast in return, and I am
sure when I ask you to drink the "Health of the Lord
Mayor," that that toast will be received by you with
all those honours which are due not only to the
office which ho represents, but to the highly gifted
is
man by whom that office held. (Loud cheers.)
It is one of the great advantages arising from that
municipal reform which constitutes one of the
greatest improvements of later times that the citizens
conferred upon
of every great town have annually
them the power and opportunity of raising
to a dis
tinguished post in the community one of the most
valued of their distinguished citizens. Yon this
year have exercised that privilege by
electing your
present Lord Mayor, and I am confident that in the
discharge of the arduous duties of his office he will
prove at the end of his mayoralty that he was
most deserving of your approval, as that distin-
guished individual who two years in succession was
elected to fill that office has been proved to have
earned and deserved your appreciation (Loud
cheers.) Ladies and gentlemen, I beg in conclusion
'0 propose to you the "Health of the Lord Mayor."
',Loud 'and prolonged cheers.)
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The LORD MAYOR returned thanks, and proposed
"The Rouse of Lords," coupling with the toast the
the satisfaction (Loud cheers.)
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LE returned thanks and expressed
session
the House of Peers would feel
in the
welcoming the Prince of
Wales in
a (Great cheering.)
proposed " The Bench,"
us seat for the first time.
The LORD MAYOR then
which was responded to by Mr.
Justice , IGHT-
MAN.

The LORD MAYOR next proposed " The ri
Ouse
of Commons." (Loud cheers.)
The Right Hon, E. CAEDIULL, in responding to

the toast, said—My Lord Mayor, Ladies, and
Gentlemen, in obedience to your order, on behalf of
the House of Commons I rise to return thanks for
the toast which has just been proposed. While on
the one hand we do not yield to the House of
Lords itself in cordial loyalty to the Throne and
affectionate devotion to the Sovereign, you, my
Lord. Mayor, have truly glanced at the sympathy
with which the popular assembly of this realm has
always been associated with the corporations of this
country, of which corporations this great Corpora-
tion is the chief. (Cheers.) Whatever tends to
promote industry and commerce, and to advance
the cause of legislation favourable to the interests
of the country, naturally finds its birth in that as-
sembly, which consists of members chosen by them-
selves. (Cheers.) Every member feels that he en-
joys an honour which can only be conferred upon
him by the free voice of the people. We believe
that, strengthened by your support, and animated
by your confidence, in every juncture of difficulty
we shall be enabled to speak the sentiments of the
people, to sustain the honour of our country, pre-
serve the stability of our institutions, and promote
the true interests of the people. (Cheers.) On the
part of the members of the House of Commons, I
beg sincerely to thank you for the toast which you
have so cordially drunk. (Loud cheers.)
The LORD MAYOR proposed the health of Lord
Brougham, in a complimentary speech.
Lord BROUGHAM, in responding, said,—l am
deeply grateful to his lordship for the kind manner
in which he has proposed my health, and to you,
ladies and gentlemen, for the kind acceptance of the
toast. It, is, to well-regulated minds, a pleasing
thing to look back upon acts of kindness received;
and I have, for the long period of more than 40
years, had the distinguished honour of being a
member of this Corporation. lam so much older
than others in this Corporation, that, when his
lordship proposed at first to drink to the prosperity
of the trade and commerce of the city of London, I
had some doubt whether it was not my duty to
return thanks. (Laughter.) But if it was a
pleasing thing to receive this great honour, the
ground upon which it was conferred was still more
gratifying. It was from the approval of my fel-
low-citizens of this great city of my conduct, po-
litically and professionally, in supporting the privi-
leges and the honour of that renowned profession
of which I deem it the great happiness of my life
to be a member—for having maintained those privi-
leges and that honour against the whole weight of the
Government of the country, and the Crown as
represented by the King. But, independently of the
cause, the honour itself is very great. This city has
long been renowned as the cradle of British liberty,
and of late it has become the tomb of her discords
and the fountain of her charity. My right hon.
friend, the late Lord Mayor, and his worthy asso-
ciates, including the present Lord Mayor, have ex-
tended their benevolence to all parts, even the most
remote of the country, not considering distance to
signify anything, providing the necessity was great.
When we commend the givers of that benevolence,
let us not forget the admirable conduct of those who
received it, I look upon the working classes of Lan-
cashire and Cheshire and the West Riding of York-
shire—particularly the cotton districts in Lanca-
shire—as entitled to all possible commendation, to
praise, and even to veneration, for the manner in
which they bore their sufferings. When I contrast
their conduct this last year with what I well re-
member in times 40 or 60 years ago, when there was
much less pressure, but when the people broke out
into disturbances in those distressed districts, giv-
ing themselves up to strikes for wages, attempting
the destruction of cotton mills, supposing the owners
to be answerable for their distress, who were no
more answerable than they were for the wind and
weather—when I contrast that with the perfectly
different conduct of the working classes upon the
present occasion, I cannot withhold my wonder and
admiration. (Cheers.) lam bound also to say, when
I am asked to what that difference is owing, that I
ascribe it to the progress they have made during the
last 40 years in education, and in the acquisition of
knbwledge to enlighten their minds upon their
situation and open the trials to which they are sub-
jected. I have heard it said that their education
ought to have taught them to lay by for a bad, day.
But ought education to have taught them what their
masters and their betters and the well educated
classes knew nothing about—namely, to foresee the
cotton famine ? They could no more foresee the
famine from which they were suffering than their
masters and betters, who did not foresee it nor pro-
vide for it. But as for ordinary wants, they provided
for them by savings banks, by insurances, by be-
coming members of co-operative societies, and by
economising their small means. They did make pro-
vision for the ordinary calls upon them. But so unex_
pected a crisis as that of the affairs on the other
side of the Atlantic they would in no way be ex-
pected to foresee or to know. That cruel and un-
natural civil war is one of the most lamentable
events of our time. England and France have
looked on with feelings of kindness and friendship
upon both the contending parties, for which reason
they have perhaps not been much liked by either.
(Laughter.) Besides the ordinary evils of war—
besides the waste of blood and treasure, and suffer-
ing of every kind—besides the miseries and anxie-
ties in which it involved the whole country, which
would make us desire its speedy cessation—there is
another fear, another risk which they run more and
more every month if this contest continues, I mean
the increased number of armed men who become
habituated to blood, rapine, and pillage. It has
been said that there is nothing worse than the
tyranny of a mob. Yes there is something worse,
and it is the tyranny of an armed mob. (Cheers.)
With arms in their hands, inured to war, incapable
of peaceful occupation, habituated to pillage and
bloodshed, that habit will become their second and
savage nature. They will be the worst foes under
which one could live. (Applause.) For the sake
of Heaven, for their own happiness, for the sake of
humanity, let us hope they may avoid that situation
of things, which is at once so deplorable and so
degrading. (Cheers.) His lordship ctncladed by
proposing " The Health of the Lady Mayoress."

The LORD MAYOR returned thanks on behalf of
the Lady Mayoress, and proposed " The Health of
the Sheriffs."

Mr. Alderman and Sheriff LAWRENCE returned
thanks.

Some other toasts having been drunk, the com-
pany separated.

ALLEGED WIFE MURDER NEAR

DUDLEY.

On Saturday last an old man, 69 years of age,
named William Ockold, a tailor, was taken into
custody by the police at Oldbury, near Dudley, on
a charge of murdering his wife Sophia, aged 73.
From what the police have been able to ascertain,
it appears that at about four o'clock on Saturday
morning a carter named Jeremiah Bradley heard
voices in altercation in the house occupied by
Ockold and his wife. He heard the woman groan-
ing, and heard her say, " Have mercy upon me—
don't kill me." Knowing that they frequently
quarrelled, the man took very little notice of the
matter, until subsequent circumstances recalled it
to his memory. About eight o'clock in the morn-
ing, a girl named Maria Grazebrook, who lived
next door to the Ockolds, went in to inquire after
the health of the old woman, who had been unwell
the previous day; The old man was sitting on his
board at work, and the girl noticed that one of his
hands was covered with blood, and that there was
a large abrasion of the skin. Upon asking him how
this occurred, he said that he had struck the old
woman for getting drunk. The girl then called
upstairs, and receiving no answer, she was about to
proceed to the bedroom. Ockold said, " You shan't
go up there," but she ran past him and reached the
bedroom, where she found the woman lying dead
on the floor, her face being covered with blood and
her body fearfully bruised. She at once ran to the
police-station and to an adjoining surgery, and,
upon Sergeant Simmonds arriving, the man was
taken into custody as he was in the act of dragging
the body from the lieu! to the bed. Upon being
charged by the officer he eb.id, ,‘ It's a bad job."
He also said that he had injured his hand against
his wife's teeth. He seemed to treat the matter
very lightly, and showed no emotion of any kind.

FIGLITING IN AMERICA-THE FORT UNE

OF WAR.

The following incident of the war in America is
extracted from a private letter, written by a volun-
teer in the Federal army to his relations in England :
Hospital, Alexandria, Virginia, Oct. 23.

" Dear --,---Yours of Aug. 18 has just come to
hand. I had been expecting it for some time. Why
it did not arrive you will soon understand from the
contents of this letter.

" You will perceive from the heading that some-
thing has happened to me, but do not be alarmed
as it is nothing very serious. I will endeavour to in-
form you how it occurred. After my letter from
Harrison's Landing we were kept continually on
the march until Aug. 30th, when we arrived at
Manafres, having endured hardships and privations
which would only cause you pain were I to relate
them. It is sufficient to say we did endure them.
" On the morning of the 30th we were ordered
into line of battle, though we were almost exhausted.
Our regiment, with another, formed on the edge of
a wood, while our company, with two or three
others, deployed as skirmishers through the wood.
We had not long been in this position before the
enemy came in sight, advancing in strong force.
We, being skirmishers, of course fell back, and joined
the remainder of our brigade. We bad scarcely
formed into line when the enemy advanced upon us
from right, left, and front, doing terrible execution.
Our brigade was completely overpowered. The
order was given to fall back, which was accom-
plished very tolerably.
" I had thus far remained uninjured, but it was
not long before I got struck., We had fallen back
about 100 yards, when my rifle came in collision
with a tree. I turned round to pick it up, and at
thasame moment felt something warm passing
through my right hip. I instantly fell to
the ground. I struggled hard to rise, and found
that my leg was useless—a ball had passed through
striking the hip bone.

"As soon as our forces fell back the rebels ad-
vanced, and there I lay, helpless,between the firing
of the contending armies. You can better imagine
than I can describe how I felt upon this occasion.
The balls fell around me as thick as hail. Many of
our men got killed after they were wounded by some
of the stray shots that fell in showers around us.
Every moment I expected to got one myself ; but
was more fortunate than many others, and escaped
without further injury, though exposed to all kinds
of missiles for several hours. After I was wounded,
I should tell you, one ball passed through my jacket,
and two struck the sole of one of my shoes, but did
not enter it, and hurt my foot only a little.
"It was towards night when the fighting ceased,
and the rebels were in possession of the field ; I was
therefore taken prisoner. I lay on the field until
the morning of the 3d September (four days), quite
helpless, without food, and very little water.' My
wound being exposed to the sun, had got full of
maggots, half an inch long. On the same day (the
3d) a flag of truce from our army came through the
rebel lines, and removed us in heavy waggons a dis-
tance of 25 miles, over a fearfully rough road, which
almost shook the little life we had left out of us.
We arrived at our present quarters on the night of
the 3d, almost dead, not having eaten anything for
five days. _ _

" While lying on the field I experienced the most
delightful dreams I aver remember to have had. I
was continually dreaming of home, and all the
loved ones there ; but woke up to be made aware of
my dreadful situation. I can tell you little more at
present. I can only say I was treated very well by
the rebels—as far as letting me alone went. They
could not give me anything to eat, as they had no-
thing for themselves. They are in a dreadful con-
dition ; but appesr determined to fight to the last.
—I remain, &c.,
" P.S.—My wound is not a very serious one,
and is going on first rate. Ido not think I shall
be a cripple. The exposure and want of proper
attention kept me bad much longer than I should
otherwise have been."

g-ILD SMIZ ZZFZELD CLA. I' LEI 13110 W _F QR

1862,

The opening of the New Agricultural Hall at
Islington, the future home of our great annual me-
tropolitan Christmas cattle shows, and the six-
teenth anniversary of the Smithfield Club, is ap-
pointed to take place this year on Monday, the Bth
of December, and four following days. The ar-
rangements for this purpose are now so rapidly
approaching towards completion that even the stalls
for the cattle and the pens for the sheep and pigs,
&c., are in course of erection, and the space appro-
priated being something like three times the
amount of that obtained at the Baker-street Bazaar,
opportunities will be afforded not only for a great in-
crease in the specimens entered for competition, but
also for the accommodation and convenience of the
public.
The Agricultural Hall occupies an area closely
approaching to three acres. It has two entrances,
the grand one being in the Liverpool•road, and the
minor one facing Islington-green, nearly opposite
the newly-erected fountain and statue to Sir Hugh
Myddelton. The western facade, which is very
bold, is in the mediaeval style of architecture. It
has two lofty towers, and capacious central and
side entrances. The main hall is 384 feet in length
by 217 feet in breadth, and the span of the cen-
tral portion of the glass roof, which is 76 feet in
height, is about 125 feet. This hall is surrounded
by galleries 36 feet in width, approached by
five sets of double staircases, each 10 feet wide.
There is also a minor hall 100 feet square. One
thousand tons of iron were used in its construction,
and the roofing contains nine miles of iron sash
bar, upwards of One acre of glass, and two acres 1
of slating, whilst the space afforded by the
galleries is considerably above an acre. There is,
therefore, no lack of light during the day, whilst
at night the area will be illuminated by 14 large
central gaseliers, of 48 lights each, and 60 smaller
ones of 24 lights each. The ventilation and drain-
age are two points to which the greatest attention
has been paid, the towers referred to being con-
structed with a view to secure perfection with re-
gard to the former point, and as respects the latter
the iron pillars which support the central portions
of the fabric, form draining tubes from the roof to
the basement, and the drainage appliances beneath.
A reservoir, capable of containing 50,000 gallons ,
of water, has been erected, with which hydrants
are connected in various parts of the building, so
that in case of fire, or any other requirement, they
can immediately be made available. C pacious re-
freshment rooms are provided in various parts of
the building, where refreshments are to be supplied
at a fixed tariff; and, amongst the other accomo-
dationa there will be a letter-bar, lavatories,
&c., for ladies as well as gentlemen, with a room for
depositing parcels, coats, and other articles. The
ar& itect is Mr. F. Peck, of the firm of Peck and
Stephens, of Maidstone. So far as the building
itself is concerned, it is in every way adapted for
the purposes for which it is intended, and the only
doubt which had been raised as to its success as a
speculation, is the locality in which it is situate.
Objections have been raised that the show of the
Smithfield Club will not obtain that popularity
amongst the upper classes of society which it en-
joyed (and that increasingly year after year) during
its sojourn in Baker-street, on account of it being 1
so far away from the West-end. In reply to that,
the promoters point to the late metropolitan dog
show, at which, notwithstanding the then un-
finished state of the building, and all the drawbacks
attendant upon it, upwards of
60,000 or 70,000
persons visited the exhibition, and on the five shil-
ling days the carriages of the aristocracy are stated
to have crowded the • Liverpool-road and blocked
up many of the adjacent thoroughfares. Besides the
increased accommodation for the public, in other re-
spects the convenience of the avenues, especially for
ladies, is far greater than at Baker-street, the cen-
tral avenue being 23 feet wide, and the others in pro-
portion. With regard to the facilities for the pub-
lic to reach the show from all parts of London, it is
stated that omnibuses going to and from every dis-
trict of the metropolis, and the site, of the Agi ieal-
tural Hall make no less than 1,600 journeys daily.
It is also understood that arrangements are likely to
be made to pat on special omnibuses to and from

various parts of London and the hall during the
shows. In addition to this, the Agricultural Hall is
within a mile of the Great Northern termini's at
King's-cross, and a mile and a half from the North-
Western Rail way, 9. nd within a ls. 64. cab-fare from
any one of the Metropolitan Railway termini ex-
cept tint of the Great Western Railway; and by
means of a very excellent map, executed under the
direction of Mr. S. Sidney, the secretary of the
Agricultural Hall Company, and which will be on
the back of all the tickets and documents issued
with regard to the show, the route is pointed out
for reaching the grand entrance in the Liverpool-
road, thus avoiding the toll, which is still in exist-
ence on the road between the Angel and Islington-
green. _ _ .

With regard to the general arrangements for this
anniversary of the Smithfield Cattle Show, the club
have made very considerable alterations. Instead
of the awards of prizes by the judges and private
view taking place on Monday, as formerly, they
will take place on Saturday, the 6th of December ;
and an experiment is about to be tried of making
Monday, the Bth, a ss. day, and still continuing to
give 4 days at the ordinary charge of ls. The new
building has had the effect of stimulating the agri-
culturists in all parts of the kingdom.to take a
more active part in the metropolitan competition,
and the entries in every department are larger
than on any previous occasion. The visitors ge-
nerally will not be the less pleased to know that
their personal comforts have not been lost sight of.
The Agricultural Hall Committee of Management
have entered into a contract with the caterer for the
Grand Stand at Epsom and the Battersea Park
Agricultural Meeting to supply the refreshments
during the ensuing show.