The Sun.
London, England, 1861-10-10 00:00:00

Per Sib. to sink the offal.

s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d.
Crse. & inf. beasts 2 10 d 2 Primtecrs-wool d 0.4 2 4 10
Second quality do. 3 4 3 6 rime. S' thdown. d 0.5 0 5 4
Prime large oxen 3 8 4 2 ILarge arse. calves 3 4 3 10
Prime Scots, &c. 4 4 4 8 Prime small do 4 0 4 4
Crse. & inf. sheep 3 0 3 4' Large hogs 4 0 4 6
Second qualitydo. 3 6 4 0 Small' porkers 4 8 5 0
Lambs, Os Od to Os Od.
Suckling calves, 21s to 30s; and quarter-old store pigs,
21s to 31s.

TOTAL SUPPLY.

Beasts
Sheep and lambs.... 6,560
Calves
Pigs

FOREIGN SUPPLY.
BeaSt9 2lO
Sheep
Calves ,, 95
Pigs

MEAT MARKETS.

NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. - The supplies of
moat to-day are seasonably good, and the demand rules
inactive, as follows :—Beef, from 2s 6d to 4s Od, mutton,
3s 2d to 4s 2d ; lamb, Os to Os Od ; veal, 3s 4d to 4s Od ;
pork, 4s Od to 5s 2d per Sibs tor sink the offal.
_ _ _ _

SOUTHALL, Oct. 9.—Frime beasts, sheep, and pigs com-
manded a steady sale, at full prices. Otherwise, the
demand was in rather a sluggish state, as follows :
Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 8d ; mutton, 3s 8d to 5s 4d ;
lamb, Os Od. to Os Od ; veal, 3s 8d to 4s 4d ; pork, 4s Od
to 5s Od per Sibs. by the carcase.
Itomrono, Oct. 9. Supply good, but the trade is
inactive, as follows : Beef, from 3s 2d to 4s 8d •
mutton, 3s Gd to 5s 4d - lamb, Os Od to Os ; veal, 3s 6d
to 4s 4d ; and pork, is Od to 5s Od per Blbs ; suckling
calves, 1.6 s to 19s ; quarter old store pigs, 22s to 30s each;
and raileh cows, £l4 Os to £l3 108 each.

THE P.RESIDENT OF THE CONFEDE-

RATE STATES.

Jefferson Davis was born on the 3d of June, 1808,
in that part of Christian County, Kentucky, which
now forms Todd County. Soon after his birth his
father, Samuel Davis, a planter, who served dur-
ing the revolutionary war in the mounted force of
Georgia, removed with his family to Mississippi, and
settled near Woodville, Wilkinson County. Young
Davis received an academical education, and was
sent at the usual age to Transylvania College, Ken-
tucky, which he left in 1824 to enter the United
States Military Academy at West Point, where he
graduated in 1828, and was appointed brevet second
lieutenant. He remained in the army seven years,
and served as an infantry and staff officer on the
north-west frontier in the Black Hawk war of 1831-
32, with such distinction that on the 4th of March
1833, he was promoted to a first lieutenancy of dra-
goons, in which capacity he was employed in 1834
in various expeditions against the Comanches,
Pawnees, and other hostile Indian tribes. He re-
signed his commission, June 30, 1835, returned to
Mississippi, and became a cotton planter, living in
retirement till 1843, when he began to take an active
part in politics on the Democratic side, and in 1844
was chosen one of the Presidential electors of Missis-
sippi to vote for Polk and Dallas. In November,
1846, he was elected a representative 'in Congress,
and took his seat in December of that year. He
bore a conspicuous part in the discussions of the
session on the tariff, on the Oregon question, oa
military affairs, and particularly on the preparations
for war against Mexico, and on the organisation of
volunteer militia when called into the service of the
United States. While in Congress, in July, 1846,
the Ist Regiment of Mississippi Volunteers, then
enrolled for service in Mexico, elected him their
colonel. He promptly left his seat in the house,
1 and, overtaking his regiment in New Orleans on its
way to the seat of war, led it to reinforce the
army of General Taylor on the Rio Grande.
He was actively engaged in the attack and storm-
ing of Montery, in September, 1846 ; was one of the
commissioners for arranging the terms of the capitu-
lation of that city; and highly distinguished him-
self in the battle of Buena Vista, February 23, 1847,
where his regiment, attacked by an immensely
superior force, maintained their ground for a long
time unsupported, while Colonel Davis himself,
though severely wounded, remained in the saddle
until the close of the action, and was complimented
for his coolness and gallantry by the commander-
in-chief in his despatch of March 6, 1847. At the
expiration of the term of its enlistment, in July,
1847, the Mississippi Regiment was ordered home ;
and Colonel Davis, while on his return, received at
New Orleans a commission from President Polk as
brigadier-general of volunteers, which he declined
accepting, on the ground that the constititution
reserves to the States respectively the appointment
of the officers of militia, and that the appointment
by the Federal Executive is a violation of the rights
of the States. In August, 1847, he was appointed
by the Governor of Mississippi United States sena-
tor, to fill a vacancy ; and at the ensuing Session
of the State Legislature, January 11, 1848, was
unanimously elected to the same office for the
residue of the term, which expired March 4, 1851.
In 1850 he was re-elected for the ensuing full term.
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was a zealous advocate of the doctrine of
State rights. It September, 1851, he was nominated
candidate for Governor of Mississippi by the Demo-
cratic party, in opposition to Henry Foote, the can-
didate of the Union party. He resigned bis seat in the
Senate on accepting the nomination, and was beaten
in the election by a majority of 999 votes—a
marked indication of his personal popularity in his
own State ; for at the " Convention election," two
months before, the Union party had a majority of
7,500. After his defeat Colonel Davis remained in
retirement until the Presidential contest of 1852,
when he took the stump in behalf of General Pierce
in Mississippi, Tennessee, and Louisiana, where he
rendered essential service to the Democratic party.
In 1853 he was appointed by President Pierce Sec-
retary of War, which post he held till the accession.
of President Buchanan in 1857. His administra-
tion of the War Department was marked by ability
and energy, and was highly popular with the army.
He proposed or carried into effect, among other
measures, the revision of the army regulations, the
introduction of camels into America, the introduc-
tion of the light infantry or rifle system of tactics,
the manufacture of rifled muskets and pistols and
the use of the Minie ball, the addition of four regi-
ments to the army, the augmentation of the
the
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coast and frontier defences of the country, anofd
thet
system of explorations in the western par
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part
continent for geographical purposes,
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Pacific Ocean. Having been previousaryment,
Col.
on his retirement from the 'War Dep t
determination of the best route for a rail -"l a dfetr the
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March 4, 1863. In the Sessions Davis re-entered the Senate.
the discussions on
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TIME WESTMINSTER MURDER.--A respite during
her Majesty's pleasure was yesterday sent to the gaol of
of Newgate for William Maloney, whe was convicted at the
last session of the Central Criminal Court of the murder of
his wife. The sentence of death would have been carried
not on Monday next.

Sir Fitzroy and Lady Kelly have left England
for Nice, where her physieituls have advised Lady Kelly to
pass the winter.

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The bark Constance, from Rotterdam, bound for
Batavia, having on board a transport of 150 soldiers
and 16 passengers, has just been taken into the
dockyard at Sheerness to undergo repairs, owing to
her having sustained considerable damage from a
collision near the South Foreland Lighthouse on
the 28th of September.

We have to announce the recent death, at Bath,
of Rear-Admiral William Pearce Stanley, at the
advanced age of 77. The deceased entered the navy
in 1795 as midshipman on board the Diomede.
While serving on board the Egyptienne he assisted
at the capture of three French vessels, and was
present in Sir R. Calder's action on the 2.2 d of July,
1805. After taking part in the battle fou,7,tht off
St. Domingo in the Northumberland, he was ap-
pointed acting lieutenant of the Dolphin, and after-
wards to the Pheasant, in which vessel he served as
senior lieutenant until 1814, taking several French
prizes. In April, 1819, he was placed in command
of the Swallow revenue cutter, in which he cap-
tured, in 1821, the Idas smuggling cutter, after a
long chase. He then received the approbation of
Sir John Gore, the Commander-in-Chief, the Lords
of the Admiralty, the Treasury Board, and on the
19th of July of the same year was promoted to the
rank of commander, attaining post rank in 1838.
The following appointments were made yesterday
at the Admiralty :—Lieut. C. C. Robinson, to the
S eringapatam; Lieut. L. A.Whimper,to the Meander;
J. Dunwordie, assist.-surg., to Malta Hospital ; Dr.
T. I). Allison, assist.-surg., additional, to the Hiber-
nia; C. A. Bydder, promoted to the rank of chief
engineer; A. W. Chalmers, promoted to the rank
of acting chief engineer to the Falcon ; W. Hallo-

way, engineer to the Cumberland for the Swallow

F. Pursell, promoted to the rank of acting first-class

assistant-engineer in the Cossack; It. E. Chiswell,
second-class assistant-engineer to the Asia for the

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Traveller; H. G. Hayward, acting second-class as-

sistant-engineer, to the Indus for the Pike ; H. H.

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Barnard has been nominated to a naval cadetship.

THE AR3II

The amended warrant relative to the army hospi-
tal corps has just been promulgated at Woolwich,
revised from that of Aug. 1, 1857. According to
the new regulations these corps will be recruited
from the ranks, and will receive rates of pay ac-
cordingly—Sergt.-major, 4s. 2d. per day ; Ist class
sergeant, 35. 2d.; 2d class sergeant, 2s. 2d. ; and
private, ls. Increased pay for good conduct and
long service is to be granted to the privates of the
corps, under the provisions of the good conduct
warrant for the line, subject to the usual forfeiture
for each entry in the defaulter book. Every non-
commissioned officer and private of the corps is to
be allowed the daily ration of a soldier in hospital
on full diet, free of any stoppage, whenever it is
practicable to furnish such diet; but in the event of
his becoming a patient in the hospital, he is to he
supplied with the class of diet applicable to his case,
and for such diet he is not to be liable to 'any stop-
Page from his pay. He will not be entitled, more-
over,__ under any circumstances, to the allowance of
ld a day for beer money. When he cannot draw
!rations from the public stores, whether on board
ship or oil shore, he will receive a money allowance
of Bd. a day in lieu of a free ration. When he is in
confinement for any offence the whole of his pay is
to be forfeited, and
he is to be provided with the
prison diet. When Under other punishment he will
receive the usual hospital ration,
or thereto, but will be subjeei an equivalent
to-TF-1
e stoppa,,e from his
pay of Bd, a day when the Punishment involves the
non-performance of his hospital duties.
When he
is on the march under route in the, pursuance of
public duty, the same allowances for marching
money and hot meals are to be charged for him as
for a soldier on the march, and in such case he is
not to be entitled to rations, but is to receive in ad-
dition to such marching allowances the money al-
lowance of Bd. already mentioned above. While on
furlough ho is to be subject to the same rules as
soldiers, but the pay to be advanced to him while
so situated is to be 6d. a day less than the full
rate
,of pay of his rank, and the residue
is to be accounted for to him on his return
to duty. While on furlough he will not be entitled
to the moneyallowance of 8d a day in lieu of rations,
but will be settled with for his pay only. Ser-
geants having passed the required examination,
and who may be employed in dispensing medicines,
shall, while so employed, receive an allowance of is
Per day. A private appointed lance sergeant, to
eanhb ,s le him to perform temporarily certain duties,
receive while so employed 6d a day in addi-
tion to his
sponsible capacity,
PIT- A private while employed in a re-
or placed for meritorious service

In the construction of futaire vessels of war at
Chatham the Lords of the Admiralty have issued
directions for plates for the fighting bolts of the
slides and train tackle bolts in the deck to bn fitted,
where- practicable, in the stern ports of flush-
decked vessels, to enable the broadside guns to be
used in the stern ports.
The damage sustained by the Channel Fleet
during the late severe storm'is estimated at £lO,OOO.
The Conqueror, Centurion; and Aboukir lost all
their quarter boats. The Aboukir rolled exces-
sively. The Hero lost her mainyard. The Tra-
falgar suffered severely. The Conqueror also lost
her three topsails ; indeed, so much canvas was
blown away that when Admiral Stuart signalled
some of the ships to hoist certain sails, the reply
given was " that they had none." It is reported at
Plymouth that the Centurion and Aboukir are to
he sent to the West Indies. The Revenge was re-
moved yesterday from Plymouth Sound into
Hamoaze to he removed. The Conqueror, Cen-
turian, and Aboukir will follow.
The Salamis, 4 gun pa.ddlowheel despatch
steamer, building under the first shed at Chatham,
is very far advanced in framing, a numerous staff
of shipwrights being employed on her to hasten for-
ward her completion. She is to be diagonally built,
and being intended to accomplish a great speed she
is of unusual length for her rating, and very nar-
row. Her principal dimensions are—length, 220 ft. ;
extreme breadth, 28ft. 2in.; depth in hold, 14ft.
Gin.; and 260-horse power,
Orders were yesterday received at Chatham for
the Wellesley, 72, guardship at that port, to be fitted
as a training ship for bays and lads entering the
Royal navy. Since the Wellesley has been removed
higher up the harbour her anchors, chains, water
tanks, guns, and other heavy stores have been taken
out of her, in order to lighten her and prevent the
vessel taking the ground at the low tides.
The Edgar, 89, screw, flagship of Rear-Admiral
J. E. Erskine, Capt. G. P. Mends, steamed into
Portsmouth harbour yesterday morning from Spit-
head to refit, &c.
The Warrior, 40, screw, Capt. the Hon. A. A.
Cochrane, hauled off from alongside the dockyard
yesterday, in readiness to proceed to Spithead to-
day. Rear-Admiral Robinson, Controller of the
Navy, visited the ship daring the day.
The screw steam corvette Malacca, 17, Capt. G.
I. Napier, left Plymouth Sound yesterday morning
for the Mediterranean.
The Chesapeake, 51, screw frigate, 400-horse
power, Rear-Admiral L. T. Jones, which left Hong-
Kong on May 26 last, has just arrived at Sheerness.
She will be paid off on the 17th inst. The Chesa-
peake was commissioned in 1857, to bear the broad
pennant of COmmodore R. B. Watson, in command
of a special squadron sent out to India during the
mutiny, but arrived too late to take any active part
in th© operations of that year. In the spring of
1858 she rendered effective service in the recovery
of nearly 300 boxes of rupees of the value of about
£150,000, from the wreck of the Peninsular and
Oriental steamer Ava, on the coast of Ceylon, This
service was scarcely accomplished when news ar-
riving of the massacre at Jeddah, she was then de-
spatched to the Red Sea, under temporary com-
mand of Acting-Captain G. 11. Parkin, the Com-
modore having been previously invalided. After
three months' stay at Jeddah, she was unexpectedly
ordered to proceed to China, and to become the
flagship of Rear-Admiral James Hope, C.B. Ott
her voyage home she touched at Singapore, Angoa,
the Mauritius, the Cape, St. Helena, and Ascension.
Throughout the voyage the weather was highly
favourable. Very little sickness prevailed on board,
and no deaths occurred.