The Sun. — London, England, 1862-09-30 00:00:00

711 E BAITLES IN MARYLAND. We collect from the American newspapers the information which has reached them respecting the recent battles in Maryland. The following particulars of the first battle in Maryland are taken from the Baltimore American : FREDERICK, SEPT. 15, 2 P.m. The news that reaches hero from the front, coming through a variety of sources, is all of a gloriously encouraging character. Our troops have been driving the enemy ever since they left Fre derick,and yesterdayfought them for four hours in a general engagement, defeated them, and sent them flying in rapid retreat. The scene of the fight yesterday was upon what is called generally the Seared Mountains of the Catockin range, but on the map is called South Mountains. Our forces on Saturday drove the rebel rear-guard out of Middletown, and our advance halted that night a short distance beyond that village. Early on Sunday morning the onward movement was resumed by General M'Clellan. The rebels were directly in front, and retreated slowly, and resolutely contesting every foot of ground. Up to about two o'clock the engagement was principally with artillery. The rebels placed their batteries in every advantageous position, and shelled our ad vance, Onr artillery replied, and the firing at times was very heavy; but the advantage from the higher ground they occupied being with the rebels in this artillery practice, our generals depended more upon their infantry, and heavy columns were pushed successfully forward, driving the enemy back until about half the ascent of the mountain was gained. In doing this work some splendid dashes were made by our troops, in which Burnside's and Hooker's corps, formerly M , Dowell's, particularly distin guished themselves. Between 2 and 3 o'clock the rebels were found drawn up in line of battle, their left covering Turner's Gap, through which the pike to Hazletown passes, and extending to Crampton's Gap. Our right was led by Gen. Hooker in the ad vance, with Gen. Franklin on the left, and Gen. Burnside's corps in the centre. Gen. Heintzelman's corps was pressing up in the rear, and was, I believe, in reserve. Some portions of it may have participated in the fight. When the enemy were thus found drawn up in line of battle on their chosen position the engage ment became general and fierce. The musketry fire, as described by officers wounded in the battle and now here, was the mast continuous and sus tained of the war. It rolled rapidly and fiercely from right to left, and back and forward with irre sistible fury. Our artillery was brought splendidly up, and played its part well. For two hours this continuous exchange of musketry and artillery con tinued, until the enemy begax to show signs of waver ing. Our extreme right had been gradually but surely pushing the enemy, crowding him to wards the " gap," and threatening his flank. At 5 o'clock a general charge was ordered, and our men, responding willingly and bravely to the call, sprang forward with an impetus that carried all before it. The rebels fell back, endeavouring again to bring their disordered column into line of battle, but failed. Wildly cheering and determined to win, onr lines pushed forward, and drove the enemy from point to point ; and as the last rays of the sun gilded the mountain and reached its summit, the pass was won, and the enemy were in rapid and disordered retreat down the slope toward Boonesboro'. The pursuit was continued for two miles down the mountains, until darkness put an end to the contest. Onr troops bivouacked for the night on the battle field, whilst our pickets extended three miles for ward, and beyond the little village of Bolivar—not the Bolivar of Harper's Ferry. The rebels left their killed and many of their wounded on the field. My informants had no know ledge of the enemy's loss except where they were engaged immediately on the right, and can there fore give no estimate of the general loss on either side. They found the ground over which they passed thickly strewn with rebel dead and wounded. Our man fought the whole day with desperate valour, and literally drove the enemy the whole time, giving them no time to rally, no opportunity to recover, and thus kept them at a disadvantage. The new regiments rivalled their elder compa -4.,__,,,, „„ vkittlelv they went under fire. Among onr losses we have to lament Gen. Reno, who was killed by a rifle ball whilst feeling the position of the enemy on Sunday. The battle is thus described in a despatch to the Associated Press, dated Boonesboro', Maryland, the 15th : The battle of South Mountain was fought yester day, resulting in a complete victory to the army of the Potomac. The battle-field was located in a gorge of the mountain on the turnpike road between Middletown and Boonesboro'. Daring the forenoon the firing was by artillery, endeavouring to ascer tain the rebel strength and position. About 12 o'clock the corps under Gen. Reno was ordered to ascend the mountain on the left and make an attack on the enemy's flank. A 3 o'clock Gen. Reno's troops got into action. The rattle of the musketry for about half an hour w's terrible, when the enemy gave way, leaving our men i n possession of that portion of the ridge. The loss on both sides in this action was considerable. We had not a general or field officer injured at this point, excepting Major-Gen. Reno, who was killed by a Minie ball passing through his body. Gen. Hooker, commanding M'Dowell's corps and the Pennsylvania resarves, ascended the mountains on the right for the purpose of making an attack on rebels' lett. He got his troops into position and moved upon the enemy about two hours before sun down, Here, as in the case of the other ridge of the movztain, our troops were successful, driving the enenVir before them with great slaughter. The rebels suffered here more than at any other point of the battle -field. General Hatch, commanding a division under General Hooker, was wounded in the leg. Gen. Gibbons' brigade, composed of the 2d, 6th, and 7th Wisconsin, and 19th Indiana Regiments, were ordered to move up the gorge of the moun tain. This brigade did not get into action until after dark. The action lasted until near 9 o'clock. This brigade 1 st about 120 killed and wounded. Among the dead is Capt. Caldwell, of the 2d Wis consin. The rebels were driven back for about a mile, when Gibbons' brigade was relieved by a por tion of Sumner's corps, who held the position dur ing the night. The rebel troops engaged were Longstreet's, D. H. Hill's, and A. P. Hill's corps. Had our troops had two hours longer of daylight the greater por tion of the rebel army would have been taken pri soners, as they were surrounded on three sides, the only mode of escaping being a narrow defile in the mountains, which the artillery would soon have made impassable. Among the rebel officers known to be killed are Gen. Garland, of Leesburg, o und Col. Strong, of the 19th Virginia. The body fthe to-day by a flag of truce. latter was obtained At daylight this morning our „„ realised, the rebels, under _night, having Thep came to cover -art fears were left on their way to the Potoma c . this place, two miles beyond there took the road toward Sharpsbnr left ntahis, and tife ' se T o h f ey their all their dead on the field, and wounded not able to move were foundin the churches at Boonesboro'. Gen. M'Clellan was on the field during the day and night, and conducted al l the movements in p er-. SOD. Between 1,200 and 1,500 prisoners were taken during the day, most of them by the troops under General Hooker. The rebel loss during the day and night was fully 15,000 in killed, wounded, and missing. Gen. Lee acknowledged to the citizens of Boonesboro' that they had been defeated with terrible loss. Oar loss in killed and wounded will probably re ach 3,00 0 . We lost but few prisoners. This morning at daylight General Pleasonton, Illinois Cavalry , and Ca p t. Fitchall's, w ith the Bth s t a rted after the enemy. At Boonesboro' he ca me up with th e 9th Virginia Cavalry, with a bat- Our cavalry charged tery acting as a rearguard. a fter them through th e town, an d two miles out on the Hagerstown turnpike, capturing two of their guns, and killing, wounding, and taking p risoners about 30 of them. General Richardson's division being in advance took the road from this place toward Sharpsburg, two and a-half miles from which town he came up with the enemy in large force, who occupied a long ridge of hills. They showed a line of batcie one and a-half mile in length. The afternoon was spent in ascertaining the position and force of t (- rebels, not a sufficient number of our troops having came up to bring on an engagement. TUESDAY MORNING, Sept. 16—" During last night the larger party of the enemy arrived on the ground. It is now nine o'clock, and no engagement has taken place. The rebels are rapidly moving across the river." HANESEERG, Sept. 16, 8 a.m.—Despatches re ceived from Hagerstown say that General M'Clel lan came up with the rear of the rebel army at Sharpsburg, and that a battle is now progressing. TEN P.lll.—A despatch just received at head quarters says that Jackson re-crossed the Potomac and General M'Clellan has engaged him with tremendous force this side of Sharpsburg, 10 miles. The whole rebel army in Maryland will be annihi lated or captured this night. A second edition of the Boston Advertiser of the 17th contains the following, which are the latest despatches published : Frederick, Sept. 16. The intelligence from the front this morning is of the most cheering character, notwithstanding the bad news from Harper's Ferry. General M'Clel lan was pursuing the enemy with a vigour most destructive to them. General M'Clellan pursued the enemy on Monday morning with his reserves and a large body of fresh troops. The enemy took the road towards the river at Harper's Ferry and at Sheppardstown, and he was pursuing them, inflicting great loss. In the several contests on Monday where they made a stand, our troops charged them with such vigour that they fell back from point to point in great haste. The advantages obtained by the battle on Monday are thought to be superior in importance to that of Sunday. Drayton's South Carolina brigade is entirely gone, either having been killed, wounded, or taken pri soners. Howell Cobb was wounded and taken prisoner, and will be back to Frederick sooner than he boasted he would. General M'Clellan was pushing on them last evening very close, and had already sent to the rear 8,000 prisoners and four batteries. Colonel Strange, of the 19th Virginia, and Colonel James, of the 3d South Carolina battalion, were killed on Sunday. Their bodies were left in our possession. The South Carolina brigade was severely handled. General Hatch, commanding Keye's corps, the latter being sick, was slightly wounded. A special despatch to the World, transmitted from Frederick, Maryland, says : After the battle of South Mountain Gap and Bur kittsville Gap, fought respectively by the forces of Burnside and Franklin, on Sunday, the enemy, hav ing been driven from their position, fell back rapidly on Boonesboro', and thence southward to Sharps burg, and began crossing the Potomac above and below Shepardstown. The pursuit by our troops was rapid, Hooker fol lowing by way of Boonesboro', supported by Sumner and Banks, and capturing 1,000 prisoners during the morning of the 15th. The enemy breakfasted at Keedysville, three miles from Boonesboro', but our cavalry soon drove their rear-guard from that place. Porter's and Reno's corps took a shorter road over the mountain and arrived at Sharpsburg at sun down, capturing hundreds of prisoners on the way. Franklin's corps, supported by Couch's division, passed through Burkittsville Gap, which he had taken so handsomely, striking the road leading direct from Boonesboro' to Harper's Ferry, and thence moving in the direction of the latter place, gaining Elk Ridge Mountain, which flanked the enemy's position, and brought them within good range of our artillery. Franklin's corps fought a brilliant battle on Sun day evening, Sept, 14, at Burkittsville Gap. The advantages am ore olerribly f e, 1 - Mir a a n , th i r a g;t 3 l n h g a i li e ri having a great ea charge up a hill, and captured a battery of six pieces, Howell Cobb, and 900 of his Georgians. Cobb is wounded and a prisoner. The 16th Vir. ginia regiment was taken entire, and fragments of many other regiments. On Sunday Longstreet marched back from Ha gerstown to reinforce those troops fighting at the Gaps. He arrived in time to join in the rout. General Garland, of Virginia, Colonel Strange, of the 19th Virginia, and Colonel James, of the 3d South Carolina battalion, were all killed at South Mountain Gap on Sunday evening. We have taken since Friday last about 6,000 prisoners, with less than the usual proportion of officers. The mountains are full of straggling, starving, and demoralised rebels, who are giving themselves up as fast as they can find their way into our lines. The Union army is in splendid condition. The men are all in light marching order, and full of buoyant spirits over their successes. Several regi ments of new troops were in the fight of Sunday, and behaved with great bravery. The 17th Michi gan, out only two weeks, fought until their ammu nition was exhausted, then retired to the waggons in good order, refilled their boxes, returned and made a terrible charge over a stone wall and into the timber, almost annihilating Drayton's South Carolina Brigade. Our total loss will probably not exceed 2,500 killed and wounded, with a very small portion of killed. I can learn of few field officers killed. All the churches in Middletown and Frederick are to be occupied by the wounded. The following are General M'Ciellan's official despatches, a summary of which was sent by tele graph : Head-quarters of the Army of the Poto mac, three miles beyond Middletown, Sunday, Sept. 14, 9.40 p.m. H. W. Halleck, General-in-Chief. Reno ng h a a g ye em ea en rr t i , ed th t e he co h rp ei s gh o t f After a very sev ere e General Hooker and commanding the Hagerstown road by st orm. Th e troops behaved magnificently ; they never fought better. General Franklin has been hotly engage d on t h e ex t re me left. do not yet know th e resu l t, except the firing indicates progress on his part. The action continued until after dark, and ter minated leaving us in p ossession of the entire crest. It has been a g lorious victory. I cannot tell wh ether the enemy will retreat during the night or a ppear in inc rease d force during the morning- I regret to add that the gallant and able General Reno is killed. GEORGE B. M'CLELLAN7 Major-General. Head-quarters of the Potomac, Sept. 15, 1862, 3 o'clock a.m. Major-Gen. H. W. Halleck, General-in -Chief. I am happy to inform you that General Frank lin's success on the left was as complete as that on the centre and left, and resulted in his getting possession of the Gap, after a severe engag ement in all parts of the line. The troops, old and new, behaved with the u tmost st eadiness and gallantry, carrying, w ith but little assistan ce from think o o u ub r ry l own cas riivll very r r y artillery severe. ae artille ry, nv de rie. nfa very n try . I do notstron g positions defe nded The c orps of Generalsco nsiderable D. H. Hill and Longstreet were engaged w i th ou r s ri ght. We have taken : . r a able number of prisoners. The enemy ea r i e t ro ops are now advancingn t i rin ghe night. Our know where he will next be pursuit. Ido not major-G eneraie APCLELLA N. r em_ )1 fo ut d . anding. 131 * 11 Head-quarters of the Army of t Sept. 15, 186 2, 8 0 : 10: o t k om tic, a.m. Henry W. Halleck, General-in-ehi e f . I have just learned from Gen. Hooker in ih e i ad vance, who states that the information is perfttetl reliable, that the enemy is making for the rivbr in a perfect panic ; and Gen. Lee stated last night, that he must admit that they had been shoekin . gly THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY P:VENING, SEPTEMBER 80, 186. whipped. I am hurrying everything forward to endeavour to press their retreat to the utmost. GEORGE B. M'CLELLAN. Head-quarters of the Army of the Potomac, Bolivar, Sept. 15, 10 a.m. To H. W. Halleck, General-in-Chief. Information this moment received completely confirms the rout and demoralisation of the rebel army. Gen. Lee is reported wounded, and Garland killed. Gen. Hooker alone has over 1,000 more prisoners, 700 having been sent to Frederick. It is stated that Lee gives his loss as 15,000. We are following as rapidly as the mon can move. GEORGE B. M'CLELLAN, Major-General. From Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, a despatch, dated Sept. 16, 10 p.m., says : A despatch received at head-quarters says that Jackson recrossed the Potomac, and Gen. M'Clellan has engaged him with a tremendous force this side of Sharpsburg 10 miles. The whole rebel army in Maryland will be annihilated or captured this night. No rebels can be found about Hagerstown and yV illiamsport, and there are none for two miles on the other side of the Potomac. The prisoners, 100 in number, captured yesterday by the New York and Illinois cavalry, and sent to Chambersburg, were this morning brought to this city and sent to Camp Curtin. Cugget Fitzhugh, a resident of Chambersburg, was among the number. He has been furnishing information to the enemy since their raid into Maryland. The dead body of Gen. Garland was found con cealed in one of the waggons captured by the same party of cavalry between Hagerstown and Williams point. The wires of Hagerstown are again in working order. The Associated Press Washington despatches, dated Sept. 17 (evening), say : Intelligence from near the front of our army shows that at noon yesterday the retreating columns of the rebels under Gen. Longstreet were overtaken by General M'Clellan's advance division, when they formed in line of battle on the range of the small hills on the west bank of Autitam Creek, between Rohoesville and Sharpsburg Ford on the Potomac. Late in the aftei noon more of our division came up, and shortly after 5 o'clock attacked the enemy, the battle lasting four hours, and the rebels, according to all advices, getting the worst of it, being nearly surrounded and almost exhausted in provisions and ammunition. This morning the battle was renewed, leading to the more than probable inference that during last night Jackson's or some other division, which left Harper's Ferry yesterday morning, ostensibly for Martinsburg, has reinforced the rebel army. The battle continued during the whole of to-day. No official news of this day's contest is at hand to-night, but the War Department, neverthe less, has not an unfavourable word at a late hour. No official news has been received from the battle field of yesterday and to-day, owing to interruption of the telegraphic communication. A messenger who has arrived from the army reports everything was progressing satisfactorily when he left, and that there could be no doubt of a successful result. The fight has raged some 12 hours, and has undoubtedly been most desperate. Wounded officers arrived here to-night from Western Maryland say when they left at 7 o'clock this morning a battle commenced at Burketsville, about two miles from Centreville. THE BATTLE AT HARPER'S FERRY. NEW YORK, SEPT, 18. The Federal forces which surrendered at Harper's Ferry consisted of the 12th New York State Militia, 87th Ohio, Bth New York Cavalry, 111th New York Volunteers, 126th New York Volunteers, two com panies of 6th New York Artillery, and one Mary land regiment. The battle at Harper's Ferry commenced on the 12th by a Confederate attack on the Federals sta tioned on Maryland Heights. The Federals sent re inforcements from Harper's Ferry to Maryland Heights, and the engagement continued during the 12th and 13th. The Federals evacuated Maryland Heights on the 13th, and crossed on a pontoon bridge to Harper's Ferry, previously spiking the guns on Maryland Ifieights. On the 14th the Confederates batteries from that point, and also from Maryland Heights. Skirmishing continued during the 14th. During the night of the 14th the Confederates planted additional batteries on London Heights, and another battery on the opposite side of the Potomac to the right of the Federal position, thus enfilading the whole of the Federal entrenchments. The Con federates opened fire from these batteries on the morning of the 15th, when a Federal council of war was held, and a white flag displayed. During the hoisting the white flag a shell struck Col. Miles, who commanded at Harper's Ferry, wounding him mortally. The Federals surrendered to Gen. Jackson on the following terms :—" Officers and men to have ready parole. Officers to retain their side arms and private property. All United States property to be turned over to the Confederates." The Confederates paroled about 8,000 prisoners, and the .New York Trzbune correspondent says they captured 10,000 stand of arms, 40 cannon, and cartridges and stores. Fifteen hundred cavalry succeeded in escaping previously from Harper's Ferry, and captured en route Confederate General Longstreet's baggage train. Rumours from various sources state that the Confederates immediately evacuated Harper's Ferry, and that the Federal General Burnside has since occupied it. The Federal General Morgan, who is surrounded at Cumberland Gap, writes that his troops are in good health and spirits, and that his condition is in every respect better than that of the enemy who surround him. It is stated that the reported investment of Charleston by the Federal gunboats has received some confirmation in a letter received from the Federal squadron, stating that Fort Sumter had been fired upon with shot and shell, resulting in serious damage. Fighting continues at Mnmfordsville, Kentucky, between the Confederates under Bragg, and the Federals under Wilder, with a portion of Buell's army. It was reported on the 16th that Buell him self had arrived and joined in the engagement. The Governor of Pennsylvania states that 72,000 have responded to his call for the defence of the States, and he expects the number will be increased to 100,000. These men are being furnished with equipments, and being moved to the State border as soon as possible. Drafting is to commence in the State of New York on the Ist of October. An explosion occurred yesterday at No 8, Arsenal, at Pittsburg. One hundred and seventy boys and girls were employed. Eighty were killed by the explosion. The medical director-general of General M'Clel - staff has telegraphed to New York for surgical aid for the wounded in the late battles. The Federal Commodore John Percival died yes terday at Boston. DEBATE IN THE CONFEDERATE CONGRESS. A debate occurred on the 12th in the Confederate Congress on the resolutions thanking General Lee for his brilliant victories, and stating that the Con gress heard with profound satisfaction of his cross ing the Potomac. Mr. Lyons disapproved that portion portion of the reso thheeivnlvaans i o o f n relieving and marchi ng i nto t h e reso lution p w r e h s i s e e h d was in Maryland,in fa v°ur Mr. Miles strongly favour e d t l h u e tio o enemy's territory. Mr. Lyons did not think the Confederates could go so safely in to the heart of the North. Mr. Miles, however, fully believed they u and said, " Now wa s the time to strike. Tehoeld, re gular armies of M'Clellan and Pope were un able to meet one-fifth of the number they ought to be. If the resolution was struck out, the Congress would not favour the aggressive policy so much desired by the country." Mr. Ayre, of South Carolin a, thou g ht that the people desired the war to be carried into the enemy's country, and he wished the army to dare, and dare a gain, and still to dare. r Mr • Smith was of opinion that the voice of the people was not always the right voice; the People were very often wrong. He opposed the resolution. They had never been invited to enter Maryland, and they did not know how they would be received. If the invasion policy was continued they might look for the second day, which tried men's souls. Mr. Foote thought that the voice of the people must be listened to. The resolution favouring the invasion policy was then passed by a vote of 56 against 13. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. The New York Evening Post of the 16th says: "Extra ordinary buoyancy on the Stock Exchange is the leading event in Wall-street to-day. Every department of the market responds to the cheerful news from the Potomac army, and the advance on the prices of yesterday morning averages 11 to 2, with a strong demand on speculation, par ticularly for the Eries, which seem to be the favourites of that locality for a rise. The advance in the active stock since yesterday have been as follows : 2 per cent. in Go vernment Sixes ; 11 per cent, in Government 7.30'5; 21 per cent. in Tennessee Sixes ; 2 per cent. in Missouri Sixes ; 5 per cent. in California Sevens; 2 por cent. in New York Central ; 21 per cent. in Erie; 41 rer cent. in Erie Pre ferred ; 31 per cent. in Michigan Central ; 11 per cent. in Illinois Central. After the board there was a reaction of I to per cent., with considerable disposition to sell. Money is easy at 4 and 5 per cent., chiefly at 4 and 4i, in good collaterals. There is less discrimination as to secu rities, but on gold and first-class shares and bonds the sup ply at 4 is in excess of the demand. Gold opened very heavy, selling down to 1161 2 but after wards rallied to 1161 and 117. The encouraging news from the army entirely upsets the calculations of the croakers; and buyers of gold on the rebel " invasion," at 119 to 1191, have been making haste to sell at the market price. At the close there are sales at 117, and that bid for more. Exchange is quiet at 129 to 1291 ;for first-class bills on London. Gold is relatively cheaper than exchango. VIE NAVY. The gunboat Hind, tender to the Coastguard ship Russell, at Falmouth, arrived at Plymouth on Sa turday, to collect Naval Coast Volunteers for the purpose of training, which commences on Wednes day, the Ist proximo. His Prussian Majesty's corvette Arcona, 26,Capt. Sundewall, which has been thoroughly repaired at Devonport, got up steam on Saturday and left Ply mouth for the Baltic. She conveys from Siam a considerable number of choice birds and animals,for one of the public institutions in Prussia. The Arcona left at Plymouth above 30 of her crew, who will navigate to the Baltic the frigate Niobe, 26, just purchased from the British Government. The screw steamship Exmouth, 90, which was commissioned at Plymouth in 1850, returned to the Sound on Saturday, She has been some time en gaged in the Mediterranean. She left Gibraltar on the 16th inst., and came home under canvas only. The Exmouth brings the crew of the Pantaloon and above 50 naval and military invalids. She was to be inspected yesterday by Rear-Admiral Sir Thos. Pasley, after which her powder will be discharged. She was to go up Hamoaze, where the crew were to be paid off, and the ship placed in the third division of the steam reserve. It is very probable that, in order to secure some of the experienced hands, the Gibraltar, 98, will be put in commission at Devon port forthwith, The officers and crew of the Pan taloon, will, it is expected, be tried at Plymouth by court-martial, for leaving the sloop on the rocks. The training ship St. Vincent, in Portsmouth harbour, which has been fitted with the patent ven tilating apparatus by Mr. Phipson, C.E., referred to in The Sun of Thursday last, has been visited during the week by a number of naval officers and gentlemen interested in the question of ventilation, the majority of whom, it is stated by the officers of the St. Vincent, have expressed great satisfaction with the results. So many plans have been tried during the past few years for ventilating large pub lic buildings, and have turned out in so many cases to be miserable failures, that every fresh scheme is viewed with distrust. The plan now introduced by Mr. Phipson to the Admiralty has, however, been working successfully for several years in some of the French hospitals. To inform himself as fully as possible on the subject, our Portsmouth correspon dent went on board the St. Vincent at 9.30 p.m. on Friday, and was accompanied over the ship by Com mander Lowther and his officers. The ship is in tended to have 600 boys on (maid wider training, who would hang their hammocks for sleeping on the middle and lower decks. At present she has only 375 on board, but the whole of these, together with 40 seamen, were sleeping on the lower deck, which, although not at all crowded, was therefore suffi ciently full to test the efficiency of the proposed system. This lower deck has a capacity of 70,009 cubic feet. The night was unusually oppressive, and it was a dead calm, thus affording an excellent op portunity for testing the apparatus in the severest manner. Passing along the lower deck underneath the swing hammocks the temperature was taken by a thermometer at various places. The maximum was found to be 72 deg. and the mean 68 deg. At the mouth of the shaft which delivered the air from above the current was felt with considerable force. A few yards from the shaft, however, the flame of a naked candle was scarcely disturbed, and, at the same time, clear forward, where there is no commu nication with the deck above, nor opening of any kind, the cool air could be perceptibly felt moving along underneath the line of hammocks, and this was further confirmed by the readings of the ther mometers. In measuring the force of the current over the fan in the cowl on deck with one of Biram's patent anemometers it was found that 507,000 feet of air were then being thrown down upon the ship's lower deck per hour, the engines working at about three-fourths of their power. Mr. Phipson believes that this large volume of air passes in a continu ous steady form, without draught, along the entire deck underneath the hammocks, and expels the foul air above at once where there is a hatchway or other outlet. Where there is no outlet, as in the fore part of the St. Vincent's lower deck, he thinks the pure air rkhee eroaarplshipssilhoped ascends and dtafihbtoe above eit may yorfl r il otat,shl workingl overls e s oc slbay enjoyai thes claimed to teemfd the its ne s fehossrot oau stagnant advantages, ha t bb c neey hy t mfwtaoehivarnen with and the niltttohe tnihst i t m hoat eort psbo pos sess stokers, thermometer at 146 deg., as was the case in the Re sistance on Thursday last during her trial trip,may be allowed to share the benefits. The following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty:—The Hon. P. S. Stanhope, midshipman, to the Sutlej, as supernumerary; H. P. Smith and Lewis F. Wells, midshipmen, to the Euryalus, as supernumeraries; Francis Chalmer, naval cadet, to the Narcissus, as supernumerary ; M. M'Causland, naval cadet, to the Euryalus, as supernumerary ; E. G. Deedes, naval cadet, to the Barrosti, as supernumerary; John Hill, engineer, to the Cumberland, for the Osprey ; Henry Cook, engineer, additional, to the Fisgard; Henry D. Garwood, first-class assist.-engineer, to the Asia, for the Swinger ; William W. Webber, first-class assist-engineer, additional, to the Fisgard; William F. Rowe and W. H. G. Webb, second-class assist.- engineers, additional, to the Fisgard; Richard L. B. Head, assist.-surg., to the Barrosa ; Henry G. Ruby, assist-sarg., to the Squirrel ; James Thom son, assist.-surg., to the Fisgard ; and Francis T. Helby, master's assistant, to the Perseus. CYRUS REDDING'S NEW NOVEL.—Poetry, like wit, is always young, and we nowhere meet more graceful, pure, and glowing portraits of feminine beauty than in the romantic pages of this marvellous octogenarian. The book too ha.s all the other evidences of young and healthy mental action. It teems with clear and original observation, and is rich in those suggestive phrases which condense thought, and imply, rather than fully express, the results of a long, varied, and sagacious experience. Mr. Redding too knows life thoroughly, and can describe it without one particle of that cynical leaven which belongs not to age but to charac ter. His own is natrrally genial, and is toned, moreover, by religion, and ho delights rather in the study of human nature than in the dreary anatomy of mere worldliness. Neither is he laudseor temporis acti, but in all respectts abreast of the age in vhich he lives and work—as energetic a friend of progress, Ind as keenly alive to all that passes about him, as a man jast entering on active life. He illus. L trates in the field of letters, as Lord Palmerston does in the richer one of politics, how much error lies in ascribing to age itself the weaknesses engendered by the enervating cir cumstances with which it often prematurely environs its elf. To live and l a b our—as long as hea l th is spared—am ong • younger m en, is the true c. elixir vitcy, ,, —D o blin Univer say zagazine. THE ALLEGED MANSLAUGHTER IN CLERKENWELL. --~----- Yesterday evening Dr. Lankester, one of the Middlesex coroners, resumed the inquiry at the Royal Free Hospital respecting the death of George Smith, aged 24, who it was alleged was killed in a quarrel originating in a concert-hall in St. John street, Clerkenwell. Mr. J. Pitney, of 37, Clerkenwell-green, said that on Saturday night week he heard a disturb ance, and upon looking out he saw seven persons. Two of them took off their coats to fight, and after sparring and striking at each other, deceased tan down the hill, the other pursuing him. Deceased slipped and fell, when a female came to the other man and induced him to go away. Deceased then got up, and was putting on his coat, when a short man came up to him and said, " You coward ; you say you can fight, and you run away. I can fight such a fellow as you myself." Deceased said some thing which witness could not hear, and the short man struck him a tremendous blow on the side of the head. Deceased fell flat at once, and the short man ran away. George Whitehead, a glasscutter, said that on the night in question he was at the concert-hall of the Red Lion and Punch Bawl, in St. John-street, Clerkenwell, and there he saw deceased, Robert ' Hanks, two other young men, and two young women. On their way home witness remonstrated with deceased for being quarrelsome, upon which he took off his coat and told witness " to take it out of him." Some sparring ensued, but no blows were struck. John Hahn, 35, Clerkenwell-green, gave the same account as the previous witness, of deceased being s truck down with fearful farce: by a man whom he believed to be Robert Hanks. Deceased's head struck the pavement with a noise as if a gun were let off. The Coroner then summed up, and the jury re tnrned a verdict of manslaughter against Robert Hanks. The Coroner then made out the warrant for the committal of Hanks for trial at the ensuing sessions of the Central Criminal Court. THE MYSTERIOUS 11TURDER AND MUTILATION OF A TVOMAIV. VERDICT OF AVILFUL:MURDER AGAINST SAM. GARDINER AND ELIZABETH HUMBLER. Yesterday afternoon Mr. W. J. Payne, the deputy coroner, resumed the adjourned inquiry, at the Saracen's Head Tavern, Northumberland-street, Fenchurch-street, R 8 to the circumstances connected with the mysterious murder of Elizabeth Gardiner, in that court, on the morning of the 15th inst. This was the third meeting of the jury, and long before the time of meeting the house where the inquest was held was crowded with persons interested in the proceedings. It will be remembered that at the close of the proceedings on Wednesday last the Coroner ordered the husband (Gardiner) and the woman Humbler to be taken into custody, since which time they were taken before the Lord Mayor, at the Mansion house, but merely a repetition of the evidence taken by the Coroner was given, and they were remanded to await the result of the coroner's inquiry. The jury having answered to their names, with the exception of Mr. Boss, whose recognisances were estreated, Elizabeth Caplin said she saw Mrs. Gardiner sit ting on the step of the door at 7 on Sunday evening. Geo. Goulburn, 25, Cold Harbour-street, Hackney road, lamplighter, said--•I have known Samuel Gardiner for some years. I recollect last Monday week, when this happened. I saw Gardiner that morning, at twenty minutes before five, in Leaden hall-street, going towards Cornhill. le had his chimney-sweepin g machine with him. I said, "Good morning," and he returned the compliment. He was then near to Sussex Hall. lam sure Gardiner was the man I spoke to. I saw him again at 8 o'clock the same morning. Temple, the policeman, called to me to fetch his brother fficer, telling me what had happened, and I did so. I was about going into the house, when Gardiner said, " Stop, there is enough in already." He appeared cut up, and looked pale. Thomas Raffield, of Belvedere-place, Southwark bridge-road, carpenter, said—l have known Samuel Gardiner for four or five years. I recollect last Monday week. I saw Gardiner at the top of the alley, in Fenchurch-street, at two minutes to seven, as I was waiting to get into the shop. I was too late for six o'clock, and I was waiting for seven, to go in. I work for Mr. Turnbull, and if we are too late to go in at six we go in at seven. Gardiner said " Good morning," and I said the same. He had his machine on his shoulder. I did not notice if he had a bag with him. His face was towards Fen ehurch-street. He appeared to have just turned out of Northumberland-alley. I have not seen him since. John Maguire, 4, Aldgate. photographic artist, saia-1 know rmmer,. tiara - liner, ulla` Ha\c duuc for two years. I recollect Monday week, the morn ing this happened. I saw Gardiner at five minutes to seven o'clock, near Moses and Son's, in Aldgate, between the Minories and Jewry-street. I spoke to him, and he replied to me. He had his sweeping machine with him, and a bag over his left shoulder. I saw him the same morning at 20 minutes past seven, between Billiter-street and Callum-street, in Fenchurch-street. He was sitting on a rail at the corner of Star-alley. That is beyond Mark-lane. The Coroner said the object of calling these witnesses was to show that the statement of Gar diner was incorrect, if their statements were true. Mary Bywater, 14, Swa,n-street, Minories, said —I am married, and my husband works on the railway at Haydon-street, I knew Mrs. Gardiner, who was a customer at my shop. She came to my shop on the Saturday before this happened. She said she fell down stairs and hurt herself. She said she supposed she should have to go to the Bow Union. She said she was very bad, and said she saw no other resource but to go to the union. She always appeared very deep in trouble. I saw her twice on the Saturday. I told her I was sorry for her, and heard no more of her until I'was told that she had been found with her throat cut. This being the whole of the evidence, The Coroner said it was highly gratifying to him to find that the jury had given so much attention to this case, and which would satisfy the public that the matter had not been slurred over, that pro per attention had been paid to it, and that the whole of the subject had been gone into. Having given the subject a calm and patient consideration, there would be two principal questions for them, and, whether they determined one or the other, out of that question then another one would arise. It was shown by the evidence that the deceased was found with her throat cut, and the first question they would have to consider would be, was that her own act ? If they should be satisfied of that, then they would have to consider the state of mind she was in when she did it. If, on the other, they were of opinion that it was not her own act, then they would have to be satisfied who was the guilty party, and did the. evidence show that any one was responsible for her death. It appeared from the evidence of several witnesses that the deceased had been for some time in a low and desponding state, which might be ac counted for from the fact that the man to whom she was married had brought home another woman to live in the house, which seemed to worry her a good deal, leading to frequent bickerings, and on more than one occasion he had given her black eyes.. On the Sunday before her death the deceased com plained of the treatment she had received from his paramour Humbler. He said that next morning he would put a stop to it, but that Gardiner ex plained by saying that what he meant was that Humbler should go away that morning. It also appeared that several valentines were found, which appeared to have worried her a good deal. As to the idea of this being a suicide, they had the evidence of the medical men that one finger was cut entirely through, and that it was not pos sible for the deceased to have grasped any sharp instrument tight enough while in the agonies of death, and so have caused these wounds in her hands herself. Dr. Sequeira and Dr. Conolly, who assisted in the examination, both declared thatY' this was not the act of the woman herself; and, although a knife was found in the deceased' s r i ght hand, yet curiously enough, the back of it and not the edge was placed towards the throat. This was one of those important facts which sometimes came out, and it would lead in this case totheconclusionthat hand, the knife had been afterwards placed but that the person putting it there had accidentally put, it with the back in s t ea d of the edge towards the throat. The evidence appeared to him to be nar rowed into those two points, and he would remark that the jury would not have ' to try any one, but to ascertain whether there was such aprima facie case of suspicion against any one as to justify them in putting him on his trial at the Old Bailey on a charge of murder. It must be a charge of murder, for it would be quite impossible to reduce the offence to one of manslaughter. Sergeant Mobbs said he wished to give some ad ditional evidence as to a statement by Gardiner. He said—On Wednesday last on con conveying Gardi ner to th e station-house, Gardiner said, "I am glad a co d m h e e out." said I am gi ven i nto custody. so mething will I cautioned hi m as to sayths anything, and no more. The Coroner then proceeded to read over the evi dence of the different witnesses, commenting briefly upon pa r t s o f it as he proceeded. He said as re garded Gardiner there was not an absence of a mo tive, which was to live uncontrolled with Humbler; and there was a great discrepancy between the statement of Gardiner as to the time he left the house on the Monday and the evidence of the Wit nessea who had been examined that day. After some further remarks he left the case in the hands of the jury, and it would be for them to say whe ther this was not a subject that required further in vestigation before another tribunal. Die room was then cleared, and after a quarter of an hour's exclusion the public were re-admitted, when— The foreman said that their verdict was wilful murder against Samuel Gardener and Elizabeth Humbler. The inquisition having been signed the coroner made out his warrant of committal of the prisoners to Newg•ate, and witnesses were bound over to ap pear and give evidence against them at the next session of the Central Criminal Court. S 7 ALBANS PETTY SESSIONS, Sept. 27. - - - EXTRAORDINARY CFIARGE OF TRESPASS IN PUR- SUIT OF GAME. (Before Mr. Martin and a Bench of Magistrates. ) This was an extraordinary case (which had to'be abandoned at an early stage of the proceedings), promoted by Major Stapleton against a gentleman named Hopton, on sworn information of a boy, for trespassing in pursuit of game. It will be recollected that on Saturday, the 20th inst., Major Stapleton pleaded guilty to having tres passed in pursuit of game upon Mr. Hopton's land, and was fined in the full penalty of 40s, with costs. It was stated at the conclusion of the report of the proceedings that a summons for a second trespass would be taken out against Major Stapleton, and it wilt be seen from what transpired at the petty ses sions to-day, that a second information had been laid. In the meantime the cross-information against Mr. Hopton had been promoted by Major Stapleton. As in the previous case, Mr. Blagg, solicitor, of St. Alban's, appeared for ajor Stapleton ; and Mr. Annesley, of the same place, for Mr. Hopton. Before the case was presented to the bench, ' Mr. Blagg desired to know whether there was any prospect of a settlement of the matter without making sport for other people. Mr. Annesley wished to know on what terms. Mr. Blagg said that no further cause of complaint as to trespass should be given on the part of Major Stapleton or Mr. Hopton. Mr. Annesley having consulted his client, said Mr. Hopton would consent to such an understanding only on the condition that Major Stapleton should proceed with his case against that gentleman. Mr. Blagg said the evidence he had was quite conclusive, as to trespass on the part of Mr. Hopton. _ _ gr. Annesley—My client says that there is not the shadow of foundation for the charge, and that the case must proceed. Abel Giles having satisfactorily answered ques tions from the bench as to his knowledge of the nature of an oath, was then examined by Mr. Blagg. He said—l am ten years of age. lam in the em ploy of Mr. Peppercorn, and on this day fortnight I was minding sheep in a wheat stubble field be longing to my master. A short time before my dinner time I saw three persons with two dogs come out of the field called Oakley's field (this is a portion of Mr. Hopton's shooting ground) into my master's field. I was at the time lying down by the side of the footpath. The dogs were a black and white one. Did any of the persons carry guns ?—Yes, one of them. He was a tall person. The white dog was running about, and the black dog was following behind the persons. By the Bench—Only one person carried a gun. Mr. Blagg—Was one of the persons a keeper?— Yes. Mr. Hopton's keeper, who lives at Hall heath. The third person was a boy. The tall per son shot a bird (partridge), and the boy picked it up. After that they left and went on Mr. Pack's grounds. Since that time I have seen the tall gen tleman ; he was pointed out to me by a person of the name of Slough. This; was a week afterwards. I have seen him to-day. That is the gentleman (pointing to Mr. Hopton). I live with my aunt, and mentioned what I saw to her on this day fort night after I got home; I also mentioned it to Slough, and it was then that he took me to point out the gentleman. The Bench—How far were you from the gentle man when he shot the bird ? Witness—About 100 yards. Cross-examined by Mr. Annesley—l do not know Mr. Hopton, but I think I had seen him be fore he shot the bird. I saw him shoot it in the morning. It was before dinner. I have my dinner at one o'clock. It was before dinner that the bird was shot—it was about 12 o'clock. By the Bench—l know it was about 1 o'clock when I had my dinner, because I asked the time of a person who was passing by. Joseph Slough, in the employ of Major Stapleton, deposed to the boy having pointed out to him Mr. vtupton as the gentleman who shot the bird. This closed the case in support of the information. Mr. Annesley put it to the Court whether it was necessary to enter upon the case for the defence, when it was notorious that on the 13th inst. Mr. Hopton was in conrt at 1 o'clock, in support of his information against Major Stapleton. The Bench said it was necessary for Mr. Annesley to tender evidence of the facts he desired to prove. Mr. Annesley, in defence, said this was the most unfounded case ever brought into Court. On the 13th Mr. Hopton left London by the 10.45 morning train, arrived at St. Albans a little atter 12 o'clock, was in attendance at the Court at 1 o'clock, and at half-past 2 was in his own shooting ground, a con siderable distance from Mr. Peppercorn's property, which he did not approach until 6 o'clock in the afternoon. He would proceed to prove to the Bench that this was a trumped up case of the most dis graceful tharacter. He then called John Tooley,who deposed as follows—l am keeper to Mr. Hopton. I was in this Court on the 13th, when a summons came out against Major Stapleton for trespassing on Mr. Hopton'F. , grounds. I saw Mr. Hopton on that day, b Aween 12 and 1 o'clock, within a short distance from this place—at Mr. Kinder's brewery. I stopped with Mr. Hopton un til about 20 minutes past 1 o'clock, when he left to go to his own grounds. I met him at Pack's farm (about two miles from St. Albans) in about an hour after. Mr. Hopton had not a gun with him. I take care occasionally of his gun, and have charge of his dog. On the 13tn his gun was at Mr. Pack's farm, and his dog with me. I left the gun at the farm on Friday. A gentleman of the name of Greaves walked over to Pack's farm with Mr. Hopton. It was about half-past 2 that I went out in attendance upon Mr. Hopton and Mr. Greaves. I never left them till they ceased shooting. We never went near Mr. - Peppercorn's land until about five o 'clock. That was when we were in Oakley field. Mr. Hopton did not shoot a bird in that field, but Mr. Greaves shot one. We did not go upon Mr. Pep percorn's ground. We did not have two dogs with us ; we had but a white one. No boy was with us. The bird that was shot by Mr. Greaves fell on the other side of the hedge which divides Oakley's field from Mr. Peppercorn's land. I said to Mr. Hop ton that the hedge belonged to him, but he would not allow me to get the bird. Cross-examined--Mr. Hopton was not shooting on Friday, the 12th, or on Saturday, the 11th. Mr. Annesley—l now propose to call Mr. Greaves, who was with Mr. H o pt on f rom half-past ten on the morning of the 13th until e i g h t at night, and that gentleman wi ll give furthe r p roo f t h at the whole case is a fabrication from beginning to end. Mr. Blagg—We admit that the boy is mistaken, and we abandon the case. Mr. Annesley pressed for the evidence of Mr. Greaves, but the bench decided that no further evi dence was necessary. The information was then abandoned. Mr. Hopton withdrew his second information against Major Stapleton, and the parties left the court. COMING OF AGE.—The coming of age questions are high mysteries. Do all men attain years of discretion at the same moment in their lives—as the clock strikes 12 on the night preceding their 22d birthday--22d because they are 0 years on their first--does nobody ever between the ages of 18 and 25 grow less discreet every day ? Diversity of character, say the lawyers, can have nothing to do with it. Twenty-one is the age at which every man ought to be discreet. Prodigious truth I Bilkins at 21 publishes rhap.. sodies of verse ; Dilkins at 21 converts all sil ver th at he t ouc hes: into pastry; Filkins at 21 crams for examination, and gulps information down in undigested lumps ; but they are all equally patterns of Blackstonian discretion. He is the 13th English Prince of Wales who comes of age this year, on Sunday, the oth of November. Of his predeces sors, only four held the title when they came of age, so this is only the fifth of such coming-of .ages known to English history. Of the four who thus came of age as Princes of Wales, three came to the throne. Four of the princes mar ried, and o f th ese on l y one ma d e a P r i ncess of Wales a Queen. May the omen b e a b sen t f rom thi s ce l e b ration ; for all England joins the present prince in wi s hi ng that it may be 40 years and more before he can be kin g s " All the Year Round." A DV ERTISEMENT.]—H oIIow ay's Oint ment and Pills.— Ch est Preservatives.—At all seasons of the year the rate of from diseases of the lungs i s very refit. Iloilo ;ills, arrests all mischief. Thes e c l eansing medicaments rn:ty exercisev'rtsa Ointment li well rubbed upon the chest, a id ed by his the most salutary and restorative influence over the entire contents of the pectoral cavit. s nerves, blood-vessels, and a ll other tissuyes feel tube thsi , r both venous and arterial blood, by wholesomely potent power, more particularly in their y th p e uri fr f e y e in c g irculation of air. Neither Ointment p th ro o m ro o u t g in h g l nor Pills contain aray noxious in whatsoever ; but their balsamic natures nourish rathe r than irritate the sys subdue all her symptoms till all is wtheeilmo,nacendi:ii)nred,ly EX7RAORDINARY ESCAPE OP A BUR• GLAD FROM PRISM. The Birmingham Daily Post has the following: Should Mr. Ainsworth be in want of a hero for a new novel of the downright blood and burglary cast, we com mend to the delicate manipulation of his harrowing pen the notorious thief and prison -breaker Alexander. From the tip of his quill such a scoundrel, combining as he does a somewhat comely figure and great physical strength with a certain amount of mechanical genius and a great deal of very delicate cunning, would flow off the most virtuous of housebreakers, the most fascinating of burglars, awl the sweetest-faced thief that ever drew breath. The in genuity of the man is as great as his desperation, and his success is almost equal to both. He is, in fact, at the top of his craft—the " star" amongst burglars. Our readers know something of his exploits, They know that he had planned one of the most daring and extensive bur. glaries that ever took place in this town ; that he came spe cially from Manchester to superintend the execution of it by astute Birmingham thieves ; that his plans were carried out successfully, and that he made a clear escape to Man chester. Followed there by Birmingham detectives, way laid and overpowered by numbers, he fought for his liberty with a desperation worthy of a better cause, and was not captured until he was stunned wioh policeman's staves and handcuffs. Brought to Birmingham and committed for trial, he managed to drop his shoelace into the lock-box of the police cell, to shoot back the bolt with it, and to make a clear escape out of the town. In the course of two or three days he was recaptured, and being a curiosity, unusual care was taken of him until the assizes, when he was tried and sentenced to penal servitude for 20 years. No doubt the scoundrel, aware of his boundless resources, laughed in his sleeve:wbile the judge passed sentence,and the public thought he was safely disposed of at last. Arrived at Warwick Gaol he began to show symptoms of insanity, and feigned so well that the doctors, judging that the blows he had received at Manchester affected;his brain, treated him accordingly. He grew gradually worse, poor fellow I and about 16 days ago was removed to the County Lunatic Asylum, at Hatton. Here he was still held to be insane. For the success of his plan it would not have done to be violent, so he afflicted himself with that mild kind of insanity for which restraint is not held to be a remedy. He was given to gibbering and apparent idiotcy, and was looked on as a harmless kind of imbecile. On Saturday evening, between 7 and 8 o'clock, according to custom, he and a real lunatic on the way to con valescence were conducted by an attendant to their dormito ries on the third storey of the building, Before locking them in the attendant left them for a few minutes, and on his re turn discovered that the gaol bird had flown. The real luna tic, on being asked what had become of his companion, pointed to a ventilating trap in the ceiling, and with mingled terror and satisfaction informed the astonished attendant that Mr. Alexander had gone up there to catch a rat. The attendant, who at that moment undoubtedly " smelt the rat," called several of his coadjutors, who, after a long search, succeeded in finding out—not Alexander—but how ho escaped. It seems that the clever rascal on passing through the trap, which he reached with the assistance of a broom and the dormitory door, made his way to the ven tilating shaft, and descended by that to the basement. In this adventure the broom handle would seem to have been of some service to him, for he left the head behind and took the stick, which if not of service would have been an in cumbrance to him in his descent of the chimney. On get ing to the basement his egress was barred by three locked doors. These, however—to an old burglar who had pos sessed the finest implements ever seen at the detective-office, and knew the construction of a lock well enough fo use them, and in their absence to turn the first instrument that came to hand to account—formed no impediment. The locks were all picked in a few brief minutes, and Alexander was once more a free, and, no doubt, a sane man. He has not since been heard of. In case the poor fellow should have been really mad, and should be now a wandering, homeless lunatic, we append his description in the hope that he may fall into the hands of some good Samaritan who will return him to his bereaved friends. He is a well built man, between sft 7in. and sit Bin. high. His head is large, his complexion fair, his hair light brown or sandy, and his eyes grey and deeply seated. From a peculiar twist in his legs he is supposed to have been a tailor, and from certain marks on his head it may be inferred that Detective Sergeant Seal punished him severely at Manchester. When he escaped he had a moderate stock of whiskers, but these may by this time have been clean shaven or replaced by an enormous pair like those found in his possession when he was apprehended for the Bull Ring burglary., CO UNTR I MA RK.E 2 05. COLCHESTER—SEPT. 27. The supply of wheat to-day at market was moderate, and prices were about the same as last week. Wheat, white 52s 56s Beans, Mazagan .. 38s 400 red 49s 52s middle & small.3Bs 440 Barley Oatq . 20s 26s gray 38s 420 GLOUCESTER-SEPT. 27. To-day there was a moderate supply of English wheat at market, and the demand was fair at former prices for good qualities : inferior descriptions is to 2s per qr lower. Foreign in retail demand at late prices. Barley, beans, and peas unaltered. Oats dull. CHELMSFORD-SEPT. 26. A large supply of wheat to-day. The trade was rather slow, and prices were 2s to 3s per qr lower. Spring corn much the same as last week, although very little business was done. Wheat, old white...4os 67s new ..40s 55s old red.... 458 538 new 44e 528 Barley 30s 398 Chevalier 3os 428 Grinding ... 248 32s Malt.... 6lB 67s Chevalier ... 64s 69s Oats 22s 29s Peas, Partridge-. 37s 419 White 398 409 Boiling 4os 439 Dun ..35s 38s Ditto new Beans, Tick, old 348 399 new -8 Harrow Ticks 3ss 400 new —s —0 Mazagan 348 389 KIRKCALDY GRAIN—SzPT. 27. A small show of wheat, barley, and oats to , •day, and the new wheat was both of poor quality and in bad condi tion. Wheat. Barley. Oats. First....sls Od 2os Od I 26s Od Second ..53s Od 25 s Od 28 s Od Od 33s Od —s Od COAL 1%1 (Prices of Coal per Ton at ARKET. the close of the market. s. d. Wylam ..15 6 Carway and Daffryn Malting 23 6 Do. Anthracite 21 6 Holywell 15 6 Tanileld Moor 12 6 Tan&ld Moor Butes 12 6 Lambort's West Hart- Walls End. s. d. _ _ ley 15 9 Eden Main 16 6 Cowpen Hartley 16 0 West Wylam 15 0 Ships at market 1K elloo I South Kelloe . 17 3 LHartlepool.. lB 0 I South Hartlepool 17 0 Ream ........ lB 6 Caradoc .. . ....... l7 3 Russel's Iletton 17 0 j Stewart's 18 0 Haswell .... . lB 6 Hedley 16 3 Tunstall Thorpe l5 6 t, 45 ; sold, 36. FOREIGN MAIL PACIaT LIST. MAILS DUE. AuKralia and Mauritius, via Southampton...... Oct. 19. via Marseilles ......... Oct, 13. brazil and Cape Verds, by British packet........ Oct. 4. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena.. Oct. 1. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton. Oct. 2. Falkland Islands via Marseilles ...Sept. 27. Oct. 4. Gibraltar, via Southampt on Sept. 29. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Oct. 18. via Marseilles Sept. 27. India (Bombay), via Southampton Sept. 29. via Marseilles Sept, 27. Lisbon — Oct. 4. Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Sept. 29. via Marseilles Sept. 27. Newfoundland .. Oct. 1. Oporto and Vigo U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet Oct. 1. by U.S. packet by Canadian packet. Sept. 26. W.C. of Africa, Madeira , and Teneriffe S ept. Bahamas, via New York ........... Oct. 23. Mexico.. All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, 1 29, California, and British Columbia. ......... Sept. " BIRTHS. CRAWSHAY.—On the 28th inst., at Hingham, Norfolk, the wife of Charles Crawshay, Esq., of twins, son and daughter. JASM UND.—On the 28th inst., at Terraceville, the Baronea o Jasmund, of a daughter. PAILKIN.—On the 29th inst., at 36, Sussex-gardenat Hyde -park, the wife of George Lewis Parkin, Esq,, of son. SCOTT.—On the 27th inst., at 324, Strand, Mrs. Scott, of a daughter. MARRIAGES. BARNARD.—On the 27th inst., at Saint John's. Hack ] leY' Mr. Thomas John Barnard, of Launceston, Cornwall, to Emma Naomi, third daughter of William Miller, Esq't of Park -road Villa, Dalston, and the India Office. DALTON—MANSFORD.—On the 25th inst., at St. Mark's Church, Bath, Thomas Masters Dalton, Esq., of Cardiff, to Emily, youngest daughter of John Griffith Maneforclo Esq , , of Bath. DEATHS. DAVIS.—On the 28th 'inst., at 67, Great Russell-street, Bedford -square, J. P. Davis, Esq., aged 79. DEN EULAIN.—On the 28th inst., at 41, Craven-street, Strand, Chas. Dominique Deneulain, of 62, St. Georgil° place, Knightsbridge. E DWA.RDES.—On the 25th inst., at Ridlington, Lewin Edwardes, Esq., aged 62. EIVALD.—On the 28th inst., at 9 ,Burwood.place, w, gr s ' C. Ewald, aged 62, GEOGHEGAN.—On the 28th inst., at his residence, Upp er Holloway, Sleater Geoghegan, Esq., aged 62. Ktuu.—On tbil '27th inst., at H yde -pack-gate, Robt. Chi Kidd, FA ci ., ag ed 86. Ng.kurv.—On the 29th inst., at his residence, Walker place, Rotherhithe, Captain Henr y aged 57 Neatby,. late Con y ' mender of the Duncan Dunbar, LONDON: Printed and Published by JOHN CHAPL I , II 2 P of N 0.112, Strand, Print er, at THE SUN Office No. l l Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the Count , ' ° middleeem.,.Tuesday, soptomber 30 , 1862 • ~` ~-~,.. I