The Sun.
London, England, 1856-09-23 00:00:00

MART= NEWS.— (hi.s Pay )

HAY MARKETS.
SMITIIFIELD.—Meadow hay, 3/ Os to 51 103; clover
31 103 to 6/ 103; and straw, 118 s to ll 13s per load. Trade
steady.

CIIMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 31 5s to 5/ 10s; clover,
31 158 to 61 lOs ; and straw, 11 Os to 11 14s per load. A
modorato supply and a fair demand.
WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 3133 to 51104; clover,
4' OA to 0/ lOs ; and straw, 11 88 to 11 13s por load.
Trade dull.

COLONIAL,
TEA.--The market has been very dull, and few sales are
reported; buyers having delayed their purchases for the
public sales which take place this day, the majority of
which being without reserve will influence quotations.
SUGAR. —A very moderate business has beau done in
foreign and colonial, holders requiring very firm rates,which
has checked operations; some large parcels are advertised
for public sale, and prices are expected to rule high. In
the refined markets there is a good demand for exportation,
but for home consumption business is inanimat?..
COFFEE.—A. fair amount of business has been done at
fully former Me; and the supply being very limited
prices are generally expected to rule very firm.
Rim—The market has been active for the common
quality, Lnd former prices have been sustained for all de•
scriptions.

RUM.—Very little business has been reported, and
prices generally aro well sustained.
TALLOW.—A quieter appearance has been observed in
the '['allow Market for the last day o, two. P.Y.C. has
declined to sls 3d on the spot, and 4.9.3 3d to 49. i 6d for tho
last 3 months.

The directors of the Crystal Palace Company offer
2501. reward for the apprehension of their clerk, William
James Robson, to.whotu the late forgeries are attri-
buted.
From Mexico the advices are to the 19th of August.
The clause for religious toleration in the newv constitu-
tion now before Congress has been rejected.
EXTENSION OF THE SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH.—The
Monarch, steamer, has sailed from Lowestoft, with a
omiarine telegraph cable, to be laid down between Or
duess and the Holland coast.

After a severe competition, the Society of Arts of Li-
verpool has given a prize to Mr. Maalox Browne for the
pictures he has sent to the society.

On Friday Mr. Walters, the new director, was, after
some discussion at the board, chosen chairman, and Mr.
Goodson, deputy-chairman of the Eastern Counties ()un-
ruly. We have heard that an offer of a lease of the
Eastern Countie3 Railway has been made by Sir M,rton
Pao, Mr. Bidder, Mr. Gooch, and another at 2,i per
cen'., and that the shareholders to whore the offer has
Lien made want 3. This is understood to be the cause
of the rise of nearly 5 per cent. in the shares during the.
week,—Hercpcith.

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IRELAND.

DUBLIN, SEPT. 22.
The thanks of the Lord-Lieutenant to the re-
cently disembodied Irish Militia has been convoyed
in the following circular, just issued :
Adjutant-General's Office, Dublin, Sept. 19, 1856.
GENEMAL ORDER. —The General Commanding has
great ratislaction in conveying to the heads of depart-
ments under his command the expression of "the
marked thanks of bis Excellency the Lord Lieutenant,
which he desires may be communicated to them at the
close of the disembodiment of militia, for the admirable
manner in which that force has been organi.,ed and re-
gulated." His Excellency oloPerves—" That the mag-
nitude and importance of this duty will be appreciated,
when it is remembered that one levy of more than 20,000
was drawn rapidly front the population, and placed
under officers many of whom were themselves new to
arms ; that this large body was for a time:superadded to
the ordinary force of the country, and brought into
contact, under circumstances which might have led to
various jealousies with the troops, the police, and the
people ; that, again, the regular troops were withdrawn
to meet the urgency of the war, and the good order and
discipline of thse new regiments became conspicuous in
the garrisons and stations confided to them ; that to the
various officers of the staff every credit is due for the
energy and skill with which they mastered their in-
creased duties ; that without pretending to enumerate
all, his Excellency would specially advert to the deputy
adjutant-general, to whom the discipline and order of
the militia must be largely indebted, and to the deputy
quartermaster-general and the commanding royal en-
gineer, by whose exertions temporary barracks have
been provided, the new camp at the Curragh has beer
erected, and the necessity of resorting to billets has sel-
dom occurred." While the general commanding com-
municates this approbation of his Excellency, he cannot
but mention that the duties of the military authorities
were greatly facilitated by the exertions, zeal, and atten-
tion of the officers in command of militia regiments, and
the influence exercised by the officers serving under
them.—By command of the general commanding in
Ireland.

R. B. WOOD, D.A.G.
The Dowager Marchioness of Londonderry en-
,ertained 255 of the tenantry of her Antrim estates
,at dinner, in the market-house of Caralough, on
Thursday. Her ladyship's son, Lord Adolphus
Vane Tempest, occupied the chair, and among
those present wore the Protestant, Presbyterian,
and Roman Catholic clergymen, and several of the
local gentry. The Dowager Marchioness sat on
the right of the chairman, and on the toast of
health having been given by the vice-chairman, her
ladyship rose and spoke in the following terms :
I wish, my friends, I could at all convey to you the
gratification I feel at the kind and affectionate manner
in which you have drunk my health. My fondest wish
is to live in the hearts of my tenantry ; and it is a
great pleasure to me to feel that you are willing to give
me that place which I am so anxious to occupy. Permit
me to take this opportunity to say a few words to you;
and in the first instance, I am desirous to tell you how
glad I am to see you all again ; and now that I have
built a room in which I can receive you, I hope that,
while God spares me, these meetings may be annual.
(Cheers.) I have always had a strong conviction, which
experience is daily confirming, that the employer and
employed should he brought together, and that good
must result from the communion of interests and ex-
change of ideas when those parties meet. I am sure
you will all regret the absence of Lord Antrim to-day, '
who had promised me to be present. I regret to say a
letter from Lady Antrim, this morning, informs me he is
prevented by indisposition. The presence and support,
on this occasion, of so hone arable a relative, would
have been a great gratification to me, and I am sure
would have been a great pleasure to you all. (Cheere.)
In his absence, I wish to offer my best thanks to
Sir E. Macnaghten, and also to the gentlemen who
have so honourably attended this little humble gather-
ing. (Cheers.) I must now congratulate you on the
improvements of Ireland generally, and this district
particularly. (Hear, hear.) The works that have
been undertaken here and in the neighbourhood, and the
large sums of money spent both by Government and by
individuals, have entirely changed the face of the coun-
try. Poverty has disappeared, and this poor little vil-
lage is rapidly growing into a small thriving town. I
wish I could speak as strongly as to the advance of
agriculture, but, alas ! it is still in a very primitive state;
and, although I believe many of you are making great
exertions, much, very much, is still to be done. Mr.
Andrews, who is here to-day, and who has known this
1 locality for above 20 years, will, I doubt not, kindly give
you some valuable advice on - this head, and I recom
mend you to treasure up whatever you may gather from
his acknowledged experience. (Cheers.) It is fortunate
for both you and I that I possess a good agent in Mr.
Wilson, and I really believe he conscientiously endea•
yours to do his duty by all parties. I regret to find that
my attempt to get up a flower show has not been so
successful as I could have hoped, and I am told I ought
to look after pig-sties before gardens. (Laughter and
cheers) On the other hand, I am glad some little emula-
tion has been shown in competing for the premiums for
the best farms. (Cheers.) I hope in another year the
whole seherne may work better, and eventually produce
good. It is always a great matter to make a beginning
—time, patience, and energy must complete the result.
Paul may plant, and Apollos may water, but we must
not forget that it is God that gives the increase. We can
only do our best to ask for a blessing on our endeavours.
I think it right to say that on going over the townlauds
the greatest improvement I have seen is in Drumcrow,
where John M'Carroll and John Watt are mist ener-
getic. (Cheers.) In Legnarnorry Alexander i\l'Mullan
is a pattern of industry. The O'Neills, in Bally loam'.
drick, the O'Loons, George Hasty, and Patrick O'Boyle,
are all exerting themselves. It might be invidious to go
on, but I think these few are deserving of the praise and
notice given. In general, I found industrial people and
contented spirits ; and I can only hope they will improve
their condition in the future as much as they have done
in the past ; and, once more, let me repeat my thanks
for the attachment you profess, and the warmth of feel-•
ing you have shown.

The proceedings were altogether very novel and
teresting.

THE LAND TRANSPORT CORPS.

Last night a general meeting of the late members
of the Laud Transport Co p-; was held at the Eight
Bells Tavern, Ironnionge--row, St. Luke's, for the
purpose of considering the reply of Col. APlklurdo,
Dire tor-General of the Laud Transport, to a
memorial presented to him, upon resolutions agreed
to at a general meeting on the 31 inst., and pre-
kilted on the Bth.
Serjeant Reardon, who has acted throughout
the differences between the corps and the Govern-
ment, presided.
Before going into the general business of the
meeting he called upon Quartermaster-Serjeant
Austin, the secretary, to state the substance of the
memorial, and to read the reply of Col. M'Murdo.
Mr. AUSTIN then read the memorial, which
merely referred to the terms upon which the corps
were engaged, and also the reply of Col. ill`Murdo,
to the following effect :

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before
t ra transmission
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te3otit Ee:ro Or
which
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warded
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by cot tain non-commissioned officers recently discharged
from the Land Transport Corps,. on the part of a body
styling themselves the Central Committee, I have gives
the three points of complaint therein contained my best
consideration.
" 1. The terms of enlistment into the Land Transport
Corps were (as stated in theletter)` rations and clothing free.'
If any man has been chat eed for his rations for a single day
let them inform me, and them ror shall be instantly rectified ;
but no such claim has reached me. With regard to cloth-
ing, the men have a clear title t r compensation, and they
shall have it. It has never been denied to them. But
will any reflecting man consider the circumstances under
which this corps of 8,00 were raised, organised, served in
a war 3,00 miles from home, and were discharged again,
all within fifteen months, and tell me whether it was with-
in human possibility to prevent certain claims accruing,
on account of a want of a supply of uniforms to some, and
arrears of pay to others ? It should be recollected that
tith owtragshth organisedL and ratios pcorri
Crimea,
ao,r Corps was aie
the in
midstwork,in the presence of the enemy. The men were sent
raised
England,consttin in
out in bulk, as the merchant says, with one set of accounts
for all; and they were no sooner lauded than they were
not only dispersed to battalions occupying a large extent
of ground (from Balakleva round by the camp of the 10th
battalion to the third division, and from that
again to Kamera, about 25 square miles); but they were
also away on detachment to Kertch, Eupatoria, Sinop°,
Balchick, Samsoon, Trebizond, Scutari, and Ismail ; aye a
party of the corps have actually traversed Asia Minor,
from Samsoon on the Black Sea to Aleppo, suet Alexan-
dretta in the Levant, which no other portion of a European
army has done, I believe, since the days of Xenophon, and
his 10,000 Greeks. The first thing required was to ge.,;
England's work done, and the next to re-arrange the ac.
counts of the men thus, of necessity, disputed. The non-
commissioned officers and men of the Land Transport
Corps have done the former right Well, and their officers,
who have also had their share of the work, are now assern.
bled at Horileld, closely employed upon the last most im-
portant duty, and I call attention to the placard I have
published on the subject.
" 2d. With regard to the discharge certificates furnished
to the non-commissioned officers and men of this corps, I
have been informed that the document directed to be
used on the occasion is termed a ' Protecting Certificate,'
and is a valid document, and I have given orders that any
man who desires to have a character from his former offi-
cer may have it recorded upon the back of his certificate.
"3d. A claim for three months' gratuity has already
been made to me, and I forwarded it for the consideration
of the Secretary for AVer, and I was informed, in reply,
that Lord Pam-nitre
`has already had before him the ques-
tion of granting the indulgence to the Land Transport
artificers, and he decided, and is still of opinion, that no
ground existed for so doing;' and I must say that 1 entirely
concur in his lordship's views of the case,
although I did
forward the application on behalf of the corps. No people
know better than Englishieen the meaning and value of a
bargain, and I only desire those men who have preferred
this claim to read over the terms of their enlistment, and
if they there find any reference whatever to three months
gratuity on discharge, I will be content to forfeit my com-
mission, and become chairman of the Central Committee

myself.'
" Mcn should not forget the pqrable of the labourers in
the vineyard ; those who have aoTeed for a penny, hale
no right to seek more because others get it. The Turk;sii
Contingent and the foreign legions are irregular corps,
and, are doubtless made exceptional cases of on that ac-

count. But the Laud Transport Corps is a part of her
Majesty's regular forces, and as such have to he dealt with ;

by the sanao rules and regulations as are applied to thfit
soldiers of the airny.

(Signed) "Af. APAIuRno."
A postscript was added, conveying a feeling on.
the part of Colonel M'Murdo of being desirous of
assisting the men under his command in every way
he could.
Mr. AUSTIN, however, made some comments of
a strongly condemnatory character as to the man-_
ner in which the men had been treated. Colonel
INl'Murdo had admitted their claim in respect of
clothing, but gave them no notion how they could
obtain it.

The CHAIRMAN recapitulated all the grievances
ur:der which the Land Transport Corps laboured.
&deal] t BARRETT moved, and Corporal DAVIES
seconded, a resolution to the effect that a deputa-
tion be appointed to wait on Colonel Al‘Murdo, to
know whether the Protection Paper was to be con-
sidered a bona fide and legal discharge, and
whether the men wore to consider themselves dis-
charged, disembodied, and disbanded.
Several other resolutions were proposed and
carried in relation to the claims of the men as to
clothing, and
A vote of thanks to the chairman terminated the
proceedings.

THE OLDHAM LYCEUM.

The opening of the Oldham Lyceum took place yesters
iay. It was to be celebrated by a procession and lunch
in the morning, and by a tea-party and &heel in the
evening. Among the guests invited, and who honoured
the ceremony, were Lord Stanley. M.P., Sir J. H.
Shuttleworth, Wm. Brown, Esq., M.P., James Hey.
wood, Esq., M.P., J. M. Cobbett, Esq., M.P., Colonel
and Lieutenant Colonel Burns (sons of the Scottish
bard), the Rev. Dr. Vaughan, and the Mayors of Man-
chester and Ashton-under-Lyne. The procession,which
included the authorities of the borough, the guests, and
most of the leading inhabitants, formed at the Town
Hall soon after 12 o'clock, and headed by a band of music
proceeded through the principal streets to the new build-
ing, which is situate in Union-street. The building is an
exceedingly handsome erection of stone, in the Italian
style of architecture, in two storeys, with underground
rooms for schools, and attics fur class-rooms, above
which is an observatory commanding an extensive range
of country. The two principal storeys contain an ex
ceedingly fine newsroom and lecure-ball, besides club,
board, and other rooms. The cost of the building has
been upwards of 5,0001.
The procession arrived at the front door of the new
building a little before one o'clock at noon, when
JAMES PLATT, Esq., the president of the institution,
addressed an immense assemblage crowded before it,
from the steps. He said—My lord and gentlemen,—lt
is now little more than twelve months since I had the
honour to lay the first stone of this splendid building,
and it is now my pleasing duty to formally open the Ly.
team. The directors wish that I should say a few words
on this occasion, and it will not be inappropriate that I
should refer to the origin of this great and good work
—a wcrk that has enlisted the sympathy and co-opera-
tion of all classes, and I am happy to say of all parties.
(Hear.) About three years ago we began to consider
how best we might promote the interests of the institu-
tion. It had then attained a very respectable position,
but we thought it was possible very greatly to promote
the interests of the Lyceum if we could raise funds for
the new building. The difficulty was, however, as
usual, how to raise the funds. We ultimately decided
to do it by means of an Industrial Exhibition, and we
hoped, by the manner in which it was got up, and by
the completeness of its Several departments, to show the
public that we were deserving of their support. But I
shall never forget the zeal and anxiety displayed by the
officials and members of the institution, and the efforts
that were made to obtain contributions. Such sellsacri-
fice must always attain success, and could not fail to
inspire all those who took an interest in the well-
being of such an institution. I will not say more than
that the result was that one hundred thousand people
passed through the walls of the exhibition ; and
at the close the following passage occurs in the report
issued by the directors :—" That notwithstanding the
immense crowds that often thronged the room, almost
to suffocation, not a single article of value was either
destroyed, injured, or taken away. The result finan-
cially was equally gratifying, a surplus of more than
2,0001. remaining after paying all expenses." We then
thought we might make a direct appeal to the pockets of
our fellow townsmen ; and here I must express my
acknowledgments fur the great kindness with which we
were received at that time. We raised about 1,8001. in
this way, making 4,0001. altogether; and so far, there-
fore, we had succeeded very well. We have obtained a
building which, I hesitate not to say, is eminently
adapted for the purpose fn. which it has been erected.
But the question has been already asked me—" Will the
working classes avail themselves of the advantages which
it affords, to the extent which we anticipate ?" The re-
ply I made to that question, at the moment, was, "I
shall leave the working men to answer that question for
themselves. Their honour is now in their own keeping."
(Hear.) Gentlemen, I did not expect in so short a time
to be able to say that the question has already been sa-
tisfactorily answered. Within the last three days I have
had sent in to me the names of no less than 200 indivi-
duals as additional subscribers. (Applause.) At the
same time we must not conceal from ourselves the fact
that our work is only half accomplished. In the words
of Lord Ashburton, in addressing the Society of Arts in
London, on a recent occasion—" A man goes forth into
the world as a soldier goes into a campaign ; his wants
are boundless, his means of carriage are small ; can any
service be greater than that of planning out and assort•
ing his pack, of rejecting all that may encumber bia
movements, and of selecting all that shall afford mate-
rials for the work he has to do ?" In other words, that
the knowledge sought to be conveyed shall be of a
thoroughly practical character, especially adapted to
the circumstances of those whom it is our object to
benefit. Now, in order to give consistency to the efforts
which are being made by the directors of this institu-
tion in re-arranging the classes, I propose that we have
a general annual examination, a'public examination ; and
in order to set the matter going at once, I beg to say
that I shall have very great pleasure in contributing a
silver medal annually, and a sum of five guineas, to the
best mathematician. (Applause.) I have no doubt other
prizes will he given, and I f aye no doubt also that those
prizes will be greatly valued by the young men who ob-
tain them, not so much on account of their intrinsic
worth as for the mark o' distinction which they undoubt-
edly confer. Gentlemen, every county has some pecu-
liarity of which it can boast, and I fear that most of
them can boast of a more favourable climate than we
enj -;—(this allusion to a smart shower which had just
commenced was received will much laughter)—and cer-
tainly of greater richness about the scenery ; but when I
consider the enormous increase in population, and in
material wealth which is here taking place, day by da.,
and the activity of mind and body which it necessarily
induce-, I feel that we, too, have something of which we
may be proud ; and I cannot shut my eyes to the fact
that the northern manufacturing districts of England are
destined to exercise a most important influence on the
future policy of our country. If this he so, surely it is a
noble ambition to endeavour to raise the moral and in-
tellectual standard of the people. Such has been our am-
bition in erecting this building ; and in full confidence
that the result will more than answer our fullest expec-
tations, I have now the pleasure and the great honour of
formally declaring it opened. (Loud cheers.)
The doers of the Lyceum were then opened, and the
principal company went through the building to inspect
the various rooms.

The lunch took place at two o'clock, but our report
had to be despatched before the principal toasts had been
given. Lord Stanley was to preside at the soiree in the
evening, and the principal other speakers were to be Sir
J. Kay Shuttleworth, Mr. W. J. Fox, M.P. for the
borough, Mr. Cobbett, M.P. fur the borough ; the two
members for Sauth Lancashire, and Dr. Vaughan.