The Sun. — London, England, 1859-08-30 00:00:00

THE BUILDERS' STRIKE. Yesterday morning, at the early hour of eleven, a meeting of the working men was held at the Surrey-gardens, for the purpose of getting an ex pression of opinion on the question at issue between the employers and the employed in the building trade. The meetinc , was most numerous consider ing the very early hour it which it was held. Seven or eight thousand persons were present. Mr. Gray, mason, occupied the chair, and addressed a few words to the meeting. Mr. POTTER then addressed the meeting. He de nounced the "document" as an attempt to force the working man into slavery. The masters put it for ward that there was nothint , in the " document" to which the men ought to object. But the men did object to it, and they felt that if they signed it they would be selling away their rights as freemen. (Cheers.) He had before him a bill, which was put forward by some persons calling themselves the " Anti-strike Committee," and signed by C. Mills, secretary. That bill put it forward to the working men that there was nothing degrading, insulting or derogatory to the working man in the signing of the document. He was now addressing several thousands of the working operatives of London, and the question was about to be submitted to them whether they thought it insulting, degrading, and derogatory, or not? (Cheers.) He main tained that it was an insulting and tyrannical attempt on the part of the masters, and that any workman who signed it would degrade him self and his class. (Cheers.) He did not know what Mr. Mills might think, but he was sure that Mr. J. S. Mills would consider it a degrada tion to sign such a paper. (Cheers.) The motto of the working-men should henceforward be " Excel sior." (Cheers.) They should learn what their rights were, for the more they knew of what was due to them, the more ardent and energetic would they be in obtaining them. The strike at Trollope's had now existed for five weeks. The artisans on strike received the first week, 145., and the men Bs., making £180; the second week they received 20s. and 155., making £215 ; the third week, 15s. and 10s., making £l5O ; the fourth week, 12s. and Bs., making £l4l. Such a distribution he believed was unprecedented in the annals of any strike. (Cheers.) To the men on strike they gave £685, to the lock outs ,£542 12s. 7d. ; and the general expenses were £2lO ; making an expenditure of £1,337 14s. 7d.. against £1,401 ss. ld., which had been received They had a balance left of £63 12s. 6d. They were aware that delegates had been sent to rouse the operatives in the provinces, and he was happy to tell them that the reports received were most en couraging and cheering. From Glasgow they had been promised £5OO. Committees had been formed in no fewer than 35 towns, including the most im portant of the kingdom, for the purpose of organis ing a system of weekly contributions. That was satisfactory to his mind. Was it satisfactory to the meeting ? (Cheers.) Let them only show a deter mination to hold out. Their brethren in the pro vinces would support them all the more readily if they evinced such a determination. (Cheers, and " We are determined.") It was said that they were taproom orators, and that they were living on the contributions of the working men. That was a gross calumny. He did not wish to live by agitatiol. (Hear.) For the last three weeks he gave his humble services to them gratis. (Cheers.) He was sharing the responsibility of this question equally with them all. He was only doing what they pushed him forward to do. (Hear, hear.) The position he was in had been thrust upon him. However long the strike might continue, he was determined to receive no pay till they resumed work, and then they might pay him what they did before. (Cheers.) • Mr. NOBLE, bricklayer, said that he had little to do except to corroborate the financial statement of Mr. Potter. He was placed in a position between Mr. Potter and the treasurer, to see that the one was doing his duty and the other was honest. (Laughter.) He was endeavouring to perform that duty to the best of his ability. He denounced the document, the real object of which was to destroy the trade societies. (Hear, hear.) They all knew what benefit those societies bestowed upon them, how they aided them in sickness and want; were they then going to abandon those societies ? (No, no.) If they ever gave up their societies and signed the document they would be at the mercy of the masters. (Cheers.) Let their motto therefore be, "No surrender," and "No document." (Cheers.) Mr. PERAN, mason moved the following resolu tion :—" That it is the opinion of this meeting that the document presented to the operatives and the building trades for their acquiescence, is degrading and insulting in the extreme, and that the master builders, by introducing it, have shown a spirit of tyranny and oppression which cannot be tolerated either by society or the working classes of this free country ; and this meeting pledges itself not to re sume work until the obnoxious document is uncon ditionally withdrawn." (Loud cheers.) He hoped there was not a man amongst them who would not say "yes" to that resolution. He trusted they would hold out to the last ere a man of them signed the document. (A voice" We will eat the clover first.") They were no public-house orators, but they felt the iron of injustice in their souls, and they would never abandon the contest till justice was done them. (Hear, hear.) He knew that six of the best masons who ever drew a mallet had already crossed the Atlantic rather than submit to the tyranny and dictation which was sought to be im posed on them in their own country. (Cheers.) No less than 60 or 70 others had drawn their cards to travel through the country in order to obtain work. (Hear.) The report of Mr. Potter was very grati fying, and by holding out a little longer they would be rolling in the wealth received from the operatives throughout the country in support of the movement. (Cheers.) The working men were the producers of all wealth. They built up the fortunes of those who had locked them out, and the very money which was the result of their sweat was employed to starve them into submission to a slavish document. (Loud cheers.) He would repeat to them the lines of Burns : " If I'm designed you lordling's slave By nature's law designed, Why was an independent wish E'er planted in my mind ? If not, why am I subject to His cruelty and scorn ; Or, why has man the will and power To make his fellow mourn ?' Mr. WHEELER, plasterer, seconded the resolution, and characteri , ed the document as intended to sub ject the working classes to the tyranny of the masters. Mr. BLOOMFIELD, bricklayer, and Mr. TURNER, mason, supported the resolution. The CHAIRMAN then came forward in front of the platform, and called the men, some of whom had dispersed to a little distance, together, for the purpose of hearing the resolution, and giving their opinion upon it. When they were alt pretty well united he read the document, and asked for a show of hands. The immense mass of people in front and around the platform held up their hands in its favour ; not a hand was raised against it. (A Voice, " Where is Mr. Pomeroy ?" The result was received with vehement cheering. The CHAIRMAN then called for three cheers in favour of the nine hours movement. The response was equally unanimous and enthusiastic. Votes of thanks to the chairman and to Mr. Pot ter, who was loudly cheered, terminated the pro ceedings. (From the Times). The Builders' Strike halts on, givinr , a temporary importance to men like Mr. Pott er an d Mr. Nugent and creating wretchedness to thousands. The long days and fine weather are going, the favourable time for building operations is passing away, and the short, cold days of winter are coining, to find work scarce and the Benefit Society box empty. Meanwhile idleness is very expensive ; the credit at the chandler's shop cannot endure for ever ; the bricklayer is already sitting down with his Pipe opposite his half-finished wall, fondly per suading himself that the master cannot hold out many . more du% and wishing that the ope ra ti ons of his own stomach and of the stomachs of his wife and children could be stopped with as little pain as th e raising of that brick wall. We fear that this is hitherto the only course of his cogitations. Although he has had plenty of time for reflection, he has not yet seriously asked him self whether the cause for which he is contending is a righteous cause. As he squats in his martyr dom of idleness , or hangs about trying to keep up his spirits by talking to others in his own condition, he sees omnibuses and cabs drive by, yet it does not occur to him that the drivers work with e y e and hand at a harder task than his for 12 or 14 hours every day ; he sees the baker's man come up from his hot prison after day and night_ spent in his sultry labour ; he sees the doctor go back to his home in the morning, jaded and tired as from a night's hard watching, and emerge again shortly after and go forth upon his daily round. There is - a dim ray in that upper window, where a shirtmaker stitches through the night ; and if he could see into that lit room in the larger street, he would see a lawyer sitting at his papers. The butcher's shop, where our strikesman is not now a welcome visitor is open for fifteen hours every day ; and his own chandler's shop has its shutters down at 6, and the active, hustling shopmistress, who looks more seri ous latterly, is not off her feet till 10 at night. Using his eyes and his brain while he smokes that pipe, is he quite certain that it is the prkilege of a Builder only, of all men, to work but nine hours a day ? If ttlis sti ike is good for him, is it not equally good for the omnibusman, the baker, the doctor, the shirtstitcher, the lawyer, the butcher, and the chandler's shopkeeper ? The Builder is not more hardly worked than the happy and busy crowd around him. Does no doubt cross his mind when he finds that he alone is idle, while others work longer than he works and are content--nay, glad ? The truth is our friend the Builder is suffering under an old English disease which the French caught some time ago and exhibited as a new dis covery. John Plummet is a Socialist. He does not go quite the length of say niig that all men ought to be equal and all property in common, for he does not see his way to working that out ; but he is convinced that all bricklayers ought to be equal. He has no natural preference for the old doctor over the young doctor when his children are ill, and would think it unreasonable that the young doctor should insist upon having his turn with the old one in physicing him. He also deals at the chandler's shop where the bacon is best and the tobacco not too much wetted, and at the public where the beer is mildest. He would grievously resent being dragged into the " Live and Let Live," where they water the beer, on being called upon by Mr. Sloeleaf to give him his regular turn of custom. John Plummet takes advantage of com petition in all trades with which he deals, but he will not allow it in building. There he sits, a saint, a martyr, a suffering patriot, with a pipe in his mouth and his eyes fixed upon that half-finished wall ; and his cause is—the exemption of builders from all competition. John Plummet happens to be an average workman ; he does his business fairly, but not particularly well—a great deal better than that drunken fellow Bill Trowel, but not nearly so well as Henry Line. If you asked Plummet whether he thought his day's work worth more than Trowel's, he would unhesitatingly say, " Yes ;" if you ask him whether it is worth as much as Line's, he will candidly say, " No." Yet Plummet insists, and Trowel insists, and poor Line submits, that the same differing value of labour shall be paid the same daily money wage. This is indifferent to Plummet, but it is a robbery of Line to the benefit of Trowel. It makes no difference to the master, for he calculates his average ; but it destroys all incentive to excellence, and how it robs the good man for the bad. This, however, is part of John Plummet's cause. Line, morever, has a family, and is in some hopes of saving to keep a shop of his own, and would like to'work over work, and his master would like to give it him. But Plummet and Trowel will not allow this. A builder's a builder. It means nine hours a day and 4s. 6d. a day. Into that position, Henry Line was born or brought up, and in it he must stay, like a Hindoo. The Trades' Union has a property in every building undertaken through out England. Does a lawyer, or a parson, or a cheesemonger, or a duke, undertake to build an outhouse, or a church, or a shop-front, or a palace, he becomes immediately the property of the Trades' Union. They run it up to a particular tariff; they say how much of the cost any individual shall take of it ; they divide the money equally, and the work divides itself unequally. The end is that the Trowels get drunk on the Lines' earnings ; that the good men are hopeless and the bad men careless. This is the normal operation of the Union so far as its effects upon individual industry are con. cerned ; and how any Englishman can submit to such slavery, such hopeless bondage, more like the caste of the Hindoo than the freedom of a white man, is what we cannot comprehend. Sometimes, however, the whole body meditates an advance, and then all the bad men and the average men are, rea sonably enough, made martyrs to the system ; but not only so, the industrious men also are martyrs to a system which is their own bondage. At some favourable crisis the Union comes to the conclusion that the builders deserve larger remuneration from the general public than they receive. Then the builders strike. In all strikes the men begin by demanding higher wages, and the masters reply by requiring the abolition of Trades' Unions ; the con test goes on for a longer or a shorter time, and the end is that the masters abandon their crusade against the ;Unions, and the men go to work at lower wages than before. So it was in the cele brated Bradford strike, which lasted for 10 months, , was supported by the contributions of 152 places, and ended by reducing the whole town to a state of pauperism. The strike was maintained by no less a sum than £14,431, whereof £1,394 6s. 7d. was absorbed by the delegates and the committee. The whole of tne details of this great and ruinous effort have been written by the chief leader of it, and although the man wrote with the intention of jus tifying himself and his cause, his account only shows what must be the necessary consequence of such a contest even when conducted by men of the most honest intention and with the firmest sympathy and support. In former days workmen used to get Acts of Parliament to further their strikes. In the time of Elizabeth the town of Shrewsbury complained that outside artificers, " upon a mere covetous desire and mind" (almost the same words we hear in the present day), "to the impeachment and hinderance of 600 people of the art or science of shearmen, intromitted with and occupied the trade." The Legislature expelled the intruders. Six years after, the Act was re pealed, with an avowal that " it was now like to be the greatest cause of the impoverishing and un doing of the poor artificers and others at whose suit the Act was procured, for that there be now since the passing of the said Act much fewer persons to set them to work than before." It was legislation of this character which produced Man chester, Birmingham, Sheffield, and Leeds. These unprivileged and obscure hamlets were originally places of refuge to which our best operatives and our most enterprising masters fled to avoid the exactions and vexatious rules of the old incorporate Gwilds. They flourished because they were free. It is not, however, to the evils or to the ill success of strikes that we now address ourselves ; it is to the wonderful phenomenon presented by the patience of the good workmen under the tyranny of the bad. We are not ignorant of the machinery by which it is worked. We are quite aware that the societies which bind the energies of the work men have other and better objects than those at which they are now working. These Trade Unions are Benefit Societies as well as Trade Combinations. Prudent workmen have joined them, and paid their money to them, and depend upon them for their support in sickness and in old age, and can not now leave them without great sacrifice. Except in this madness, which creates a periodical waste of their accumulations, they are institutions worthy of all praise. They disburse five millions a year, which would otherwise be paid out of Poor rates, and they contribute largely to the sustenta tion of the independence and upright feeling of the English workman. This is the secret of the hold they have oi-er their members, this is the reason why the best workmen and the most prudent hands submit to a dictation which they abhor. No impar tial looker-on can feel such distress at the dissipa tion of all the hard earnings hoarded by these so cieties as they do who have contributed to them. But what can be done ? The mandate goes forth and they must obey. The remedy, if it come at all: must come from the men themselves. We should like to see the men speak freely upon this matter, and declare their resolve no longer to mix up Trade Combination Clubs and Benefit Societies. We should like to see them make this movement, not at the dictation of the masters, but in further ance of their own convictions. Trade Combination Clubs may be good or bad. We are far from denying that the tyranny of capital may be sometimes so great as to justify, and even to make expedient, a combination of workmen. One of the Hyde Park speakers said, " If political economy is against us, let us be against political economy." There may be extremities at which this nonsense becomes sense, but such is not the case at present. A mix ture of two entirely different objects cannot, how ever, but be bad. You gather funds for sickness and old age, and you spend them upon a strike for Socialist crotchets which never can be attained. We see no way out of this evil but by the respect able portion of the working classes insisting upon having these strike clauses struck out of their Society rules. Let those who desire to do so com bine and strike when and where and as often as they like ; but let them do so at their own ex pense. Let there be Combination Societies and Benefit Societies, but let them be distinct. If this strike continue a few weeks longer, the Builders will have a fair opportunity of beginning afresh upon this plan, for the claims upon the exhausted Society boxes will not be worth much. Some pockets of the new crop of hops arrived in the Borough during the last week have sold at 112 s. per wt. SUICIDE IN A RAILWAY TRAIN.—An unfortu nate man from Preston committed suicide in the train duo at Blackpool at a quarter-past nine o'clock on Saturday evening. It would appear that before reaching Poulton station, it was known by those in the carriage with him, that he was almost In a state of insensibility from the taking of laudanum ; yet, strange to say, no one took the means of obtaining medical aid. On arriving at Blackpool, he fell among the carriages, but was lifted on to the platform s and then, along with the crowd, which was very considerable, must have made his way down the streets, as he was found leaning against some iron railing, about 20 minutes to 10 o'clock, by two gentlemen, who kindly carried him into the Railway Hotel opposite, and there he died almost imme ()lately. [ArivEnnsnmENT.l--Holloway's Ointment and Pills. — Scarlatina—Diphtheria.—These two formidable diseases are now as prevalent and as fatal as they were in the spring. In the bills of mortality deaths from scarlet fever and dip theria weekly show their fatal character, to check which nothing has yet proved nearly so efficacious as Holloway's detergent preparations. The ointment diligently rubbed on the neck and chest, being absorbed, penet'rates each gland and capillary, corrects in them all inflammatory tendency, and at once heals up any diptheric ulcer s an d prevents their extension throughout the throat. At th e same time the l effect rn of the es n strtt i system t h °anmoienotfmetnhtepills vastly as s i s t s the curative ;for they exercis e over the entire wholesome influence the ointment exerts locally. THE DUTY OF MAKING A WILL. The disposal of Lord Northwick's pictures, col lected during a life extending for nearly a quarter of a century beyond the average term allotted to man, occupied 18 successive days, attracted buyers or buyers' agents from all parts of the kingdom, and realised a sum amounting in round numbers to nearly £lOO,OOO. So extensive a collection has not been sold for many years. The residents and visi• tors of Cheltenham knew its value, and will long lament its unfortunate dispersion. The galleries at Thirlestane-house were the pride of Cheltenham. They were to that thriving town what the National Gallery is to the metropolis. They were open all the year round, without fee or charge of any kind, and their liberal owner had no greater pleasure than that of knowing that his pictures drew visitors by the hundred. In like manner, at Northwilk-park, near Campden, his lordship had built a spacious gal lery, which was never closed at any hour of the day to the public, and being the only gallery for many miles round,was greatly valued by all the neighbour hood. Until within the last year or two Lord North wick spent much of his time every day among his pictures, and took great delight in pointing out their beauties to any intelligent visitor who might ask permission to see the collection. He had a kind way of getting into conversation with young people, and would explain the difference between one school of painting and another, and show how to discern the great points in a picture, where to look for merits, and how to distinguish between good and bad. It was a pride and pleasure to him to know that either at Cheltenham or Northwick-park his trea sures were appreciated by the public. Few men of his rank and retired habits had more public spirit. Not his pictures only, but his whole house and park were at the service of the public. Those who have frequented that lovely spot for picnics or parties of pleasure know well the hospitality with which its noble owner would send out choice fruit or other refreshment by way of welcome to his often un known visitors. As for Thirlestane-house, it was for all practical purposes a public institution, of which Cheltenham and its visitors reaped the bene fit. These splen -lid collections are now scattered to the winds. They were brought together in the course of a very long life, they cost immense sums of money, and repaid their owner by the gi atifica tion they afforded to his own refined taste and the pleasure they afforded to others. But they are scat tered, and it may be a whole generation before another collection at all approaching to it in num ber, value, and public usefulness shall be formed. And it is this thought that suggests these remarks. We contemplate the dispersion of these pictures with two painful reflections, which, by way of cau tion or suggestion to other collectors, we wish to impress upon the public. The first is the compara tive uselessness of collecting works of art without some provision for their preservation. Here was a most accomplished nobleman, devoted to art, especially pictures. He spent enormous sums of money in the collection of choice specimens, and was a liberal patron of young artists of ability and pro mise. In the course of years he had galleries of which any peer or millionaire might be proud. Now where are they ? He has gone, and his pictures are scattered all over the country and the Continent, They are no longer a school of art. The galleries of Thirlestane and Northwick no longer form a school for the student or a refreshment to the amateur. The purpose of a life is dissipated, and a new illus tration is given to the preacher's moral, " Vanitas vanitatis et amnia vanitas." It was the belief in Cheltenham, we know not on what authority, that the pictures at Thirlestane would be left for the benefit of the town, or, at least, that some provision would be made by which they would be preserved there for the use of the public. This turns out to be a mistake. Those works of art have gone to the highest bidder, and their sale is regarded as a great calamity. Undoubtedly, he who collects treasures of art in the way Lord Northwick did, and gives the public the benefit of them during his life, does a great service in his day and generation ; but it is impossible not to remember how much greater a service he renders who not only forms a col lection, but provides for its perpetuity. To col lect pictures at great cost and then sell them by auction is to throw to the winds a large amount of money. The differenc between purchase and sale is the price of the owner's enjoyment during his lifetime, and a costly price it often is ; whereas a compara tively small addition to this expense would save the labour and thought of years from the auc tioneer's hammer, and, what is worse, from useless ness and oblivion. In the next place, see the duty of making a will. These collections are dispersed because they form a portion of the personalty of the deceased, and there being no instructions as to their disposal, there is no choice but to sell them, and ap propriate their proceeds among the heirs-at-law. Next to the mischief of making an unfair will is that of making none at all. Had Lord Northwick ordered by will the sale of his pictures, however disappointed the world might have been, it would have been felt that he had a right to do as he liked. But dying intestate, the sale follows as a matter of course, an the results of a long life and large for tune devoted to works of art are just nowhere. Many of our readers are men of fortune and collec tors ofart treasures; we think the fate of Lord North wick's pictures is a lesson to them. A gallery of pic tures left to a family or to the public is an offering at the shrine of art; but, sold by auction, and dis persed among innumerable private purchasers, is sheer vanity and labour lost. CURIOSITIES OF THE CARBON CO2II - (From the Liverpool Albion.) The more uncertain the law the more positive the lawyers about the desirability of dabbling in it ; and assuredly chance seems just now to confer upon the undermining corps a large share of the luck of that subterranean potentate whose Mephistophelean mi nisters they are currently reported to he. The case of the Carron Iron Comoany promises another Small v. A ttwood field of most auriferous diggings, and already they are " prospecting " a with the confidence characteristic of their tribe, in the assurance of lighting on a lode that will yield no end of nuggets by the application of a moderately powerful "crush ing" apparatus. Not the least curious is the word ing of the old " Charter of Incorporation," dated 1773, and with sight of a manuscript copy of which, transcribed in 1836, some explorers of commercial joint-stock singularities have, during the week, been regaled by metropolitan preservers of such muniments. 'She document begins "George, &c., To all honest men to whom these presents shall co oe, greeting." Comical sound must the words " honest men" have had to the Dawsons and Stain tons every time they opened the sheepskins when woolfishly engulping the successive shares of the diddled individuals whom they ironically called their " greedy partners"—cutting humourists ! The names of persons so skilled in the sacred science of taking care of Dowb as Dawson and Stainton do not appear in the charter at all, the two family parties in the copartnery being the three Cadells, (ancestors of the once well known London pub lisher of Scott's works), and two Garbetts. These, with John Adam, Ralph Lodge, John Minyer, Ambrose Tibbetts, James Balfour, Charles Gas coigne, and Benjamin Roebuck, make up the total dozen, to whom his Majesty, on condition of their " extending the exports of Great Britain to the kingdoms of Russia, Sweden, Denmark, and many other foreign countries," conceded the privileges set forth in the charter ; and it is worthy of note that the most minutely specified provision of the whole, (the draft occupies 19 closely written fool scap pages), is the very one the disregard of which has been the cause of the whole rascality and ca tastrophe, namely, the holding of meetings of the shareholders, and securing every facility for ascer taining the exact state of the concern at any and every, time they might desire. It would almost seem as if there were a presentiment of all the sub sequent knavery, so specific and precise are these precautions in this regard ; but, alack for human prescience, valueless they all proved. It is strange also to note the confusion into which both the cid biographers and the new commenta tors have fallen iu respect to the Roebuck just men tioned. Contrary to what is alleged in the papers, he was not the father, but the grandfather, of the member for Sheffield ; and it is not quite clear he was that. The Roebuck of the Carron Charter was "Benj A mi n ;" b u t th e R oe b uc k w h u was father of John Arthur's father was " John," at least is so described in the Annual Register, and all the pub. lications speaking of him since; namely—" Roe buck, John, M.D., son of a Sheffield manufac turer, was born in 1718 ; received a liberal educa tion at Northampton, under Dr. Doddridge, sub sequently in the University of Leyden, and settled in Birmingham as a physician : pursuing an early taste for chemistry, he intro duced improvements in refining gold and silver." When Roebuck of the Carron Works (be he Ben jamin or John), who was a relation of, as well as partner in other undertakings in Birmingham, with the Garbetts mentioned in the charter, died, in com parative poverty (through coal mine speculations,' after having lost all his profits in the Carron Works, and also those from his share in Watt's first patent for the steam engine), his son Edward went to Mr dras, where Tear'em was born, in 1801 ; and it is to be hoped, if there be law, about the nefariousness which has invested with so much odium the ma nagement of the great enterprise his relative helped to originate (also designing the furnaces and ma chinery, calling in the aid of Smeaton and Watt), that the honourable and learned gentleman will de rive some considerable professional profits from the forensic analysis. Perhaps, however, the true way in which he might be of service, and a very unique way it would be for him, is to recommend a refe ren'_:e of the whole muddle to some parties really qualified to pronounce practically on the points at issue, and disposed amicably to do so, alike for the sake of avoiding interminable and ruinous liti gation, and any further exposures of these com• mercial demoralisations, that are fast converting the old traditional repute of Englishmen for pro bity into a satire among foreigners and a burlesque among ourselves. One thing at least is certain, that the holders of Carron shares, either of their own, or as executors, trustees, or otherwise, can know nothing of the true value of the property ; and about the worst mole of finding itoutis to set an attorney on the costly search, through the mazes and tortuo sities of Scotch law. The persons obviously compe tent to give an approximate valuation, and best ad vice as to the mode of testing it, are some of the heads of the iron trades, such as the Kinnairds, of Falkirk (close to the Carron Works) the Daniels, of London, the Staffordshire Williams , orany ein'nent Liverpool or other firm whose status and antecedents offer a guarantee for disinterestedness as well as sa gacity in so delicace a matter. The adoption of such a course finds favour among members of the Stock Exchange, who naturally regard with dismay the effect on public confidence that must result from protracted and ex parte and necessarily most exag gerated statements, in connection with an historic corporation hitherto of the highest commercial cele brity ;—this magnitude, launched as it was at a time when the word "prince" was associated with " mer chant" in our city vernacular, and was felt to be no misnomer ; for the British lion in those days was never put to shame by a " stag," and Bull disdained to have things made pleasant by cooked accounts. SUFFERINGS AT SEA. (From the Madras Spectator of July 5.) On Saturday evening the barque Melanie an chored in the Madras Roads, having on board 12 men and the chief and second mates of the barque Sir Charles Napier, which foundered at sea off Acheen on the 2d of June. The Sir Charles Napier, 341 tons, Wm. Balsillie, master, was a British ship, and was bound to England from Rangoon with a cargo of rice, when she sprung a leak and was abandoned by her captain and crew. Mrs. Balsillie, the wife of the captain, at the time in a very deli cate state, was on board when the ship was given up, and shared in all hardships and privations which befel the captain and crew, and with them narrowly escaped being brutally murdered by the semi savages on the coast of Sumatra. Both Captain Balsillie and his wife are no more. They.died in the Melanie almost within sight of Madras, victims, no doubt, to the sufferings they underwent before they were rescued from a situation in which their lives were threatened every moment. The Sir Charles Napier left Rangoon on the 17th May on her homeward voyage. In lat. 4 N., and long. 93 W., it was found that she was making water hourly 18 inches, and it became necessary to keep all hands at work at the pumps. All the exertions of the crew, however, were of no avail. Night and day for five days did they toil, without taking a moment's rest, to save the ship, but the leak pined on them every hour, and on June 2 the water in the hold was found to be six feet. The men were no longer able to work, and there was no alternative but to leave the ship to her fate and take to the boats. The three boats were lowered, but before the captain finally abandoned her he tried to bring the ship as near Acheen as possible, and he succeeded in taking her to within 60 miles of the coast. The provisions and water were all stowed away in the jolly-boat, in which were the captain, his wife, and three men. The chief mate and five men were in the pinnace, while the second officer and the remaining five of the crew took charge of the gig. The three boats got away toge ther. The gig and the pinnace ran in for shelter off a village under Acheen Head. They had nei ther provisions nor water, and were seen by the villagers, who hailed them to come on shore, but the men in the boats saw they were armed with long knives, and their looks and gestures did not promise a kind reception, and they refused to land. While the men in the boats were debating among themselves as to the best course to pursue, two armed praos made their appearance and struck out in the direction of the boats. The praos were large and heavily armed •, in each there wore upwards of 50 or 60 men, all of whom carried muskets and a description f gun which the sailors term " blun derbuses." The shipwrecked men had no chance against these formidable customers, so there was nothing for it but to bolt, which they did, followed by the praos. The praos plied about 40 oars each, and the chase would have been soon decided if darkness had not come to the aid of the ship's boats. The pinnace dropped quietly to and was passed by the praos unnoticed, while the gig, which kept ahead of its antagonists, got considerably in advance, and was enabled to anchor out of the reach of immediate danger. The night was passed in the greatest suffering and un easiness. The men had neither food nor water. Day had scarcely dawned when the sailors in the gig saw that the praos were almost on their bows. They tried to escape again, and stood out to sea, but the praos gave chase, and the crew of the gig soon became alive to their perilous position. They therefore altered their original intention, and put about for land. The gig was fired into by the pirates. None of them were struck, however, though a ball grazed the carpenter's back. The only course was to surrender, and this the gig did, as it was found that escape was impossible. The pirates boarded the gig, and rifled her of every thing she contained, broke open the few chests in her, and took all that was in them. They gave the prisoners rice, and said they would send the men to Acheen if they faithfully promised not to report what had happened, and the sailors having done so they were taken to Acheen overland to the resi dence of the rajah, where they were much cheered to find their chief mate and the crew of the pin nace safely housed and comfortable. The pinnace, it appeared, had been more fortunate than the gig. As the chief mate understood the navigation of the coast well, he made direct for Acheen, and succeeded in reaching the place. They were enabled to land and report themselves to the rajah, who understood a little English, treated them with all kindness, and having first provided them with food, took them to the King, to who:ie, treatment of them all join in bearing the most fa vourable test imony. The day after the crew of the gig had joined the party in the pinnace the French ship Jean Victor, of Nantes, anchored in Acheen roads, and soon learning the story of the rescued mariners, sought them out and offered them an asylum on hoard the ship, which was about sailing for Penang. Nothing was then known of the captain of the Sir Charles Napier or the jolly-boat, but immediately after dinner the same day they discovered the jolly boat. There were no Europeans in her ' • but she was manned by two Madras men, from whom they learned that Capt. Balsillie and his party were safe on board the Melanie, which was lying lower down the coast. It was not long before the whole party met. The men in the gig and pinnace had the satisfaction of seeing their captain and his wife safe and sound again, but the trials the jolly-boat had undergone were even more severe and more dan gerous than were those which they themselves had suffered. It appeared that, having been separated from his companions, the captain reached the island of Pulo Brass, and had scarcely beached his boat on some coral reefs, when hundreds of the villagers came to the shore and asked him to land. It was the only course open to him, and so with the assis tance of the islanders the whole party got safely ashore. In fact, the islanders brought them away on their backs, as the surf raged furiously, and in every way evinced the most favourable disposition towards the white men. Having landed them safely, they led them to a hut, where they brought them rice, and after this act of hospitality, their friendly intentions, if they ever entertained any, seemed to have vanished, for they positively refused to do anything more. The fatigued people were allowed to rest a few hours. When they awoke, the natives refused to do anything without payment, and the clothes the sailors wore seemed to attract their particular attention. A shirt was given for six eggs with fo .thewhich la some dy kind of a breakfast was knocked up , and other necessaries Were pur chased in a similar manner. This doubtful behaviour of the natives did not last long. One of them took a fancy to the rings Mrs. Balsillie had on her fingers, and drew his knife across her hand, which was understood to mean that he would cut the hand off if they were not given up quietly: These orna ments were ac cor di ng ly given tip excepting the wedding-ring, which. after some explanation, Mrs. Balsillie was permitted to retain. A. few fowls were purchased with clothes, and all that day was passed in a dreadful state of suspense anti atitiety. To wards evening the islanders attacked the jolly-boat broke open the boxes, and carried away althost everything, not excepting the captain's chrono meter. The attitude of the natives was not the most friendly. The captain and his party were entirely. at the mercy of upwards of 100 armed savages, when, to their great relief, two Vuropeans were seen approaching them on land, fighting their way through the natives, who were evidently not dis posed to allow them to ,join the shipwrecked party. The captain thought they were some of his own men, but he was soon undeceived, as they were strangers, and proved to be Captain Barton, of the Melanie, and Mr. Thompson, his chief mate. These two brave men had heard at Acheen there were Europeans in distress at Pulo Brass, and guided by the Malay from whom they got the information, set out to the rescue, carrying their swords with them. The natives then gave up the chronometer and other articles which they had plundered, and Capt. Barton had the happiness of conveying Bal- ' sillie — and his party to the Melanie. All the sufferers were in the highest spirits, but it was not fated that the captain and his wife should see land again. On June 22d Mrs. Balsillie was delivered of a girl, which did not live many hours, and the shock she had sustained was too much for her weak frame, and she began to sink. On the 25th Capt. Balsillie himself succumbed to the dreadful sufferings he had undergone. On Thursdry, June 30th, while within only a few miles from Madras, Mrs. Balsillie died, and was consigned to the deep. THE MOORS AND FORESTS. (Front the Inverness Courier.) Ten days of brilliant weather has enabled sports- men to shoot over the entire bounds of their shoot ings, and we are glad to learn that on most of the moors a very decided increase has taken place in the quantity of grouse—the bags are larger than any season since 1855, and the proportion of young to old birds at least five to one. On the Cullachy moors, Colonel Hill and Captain Hill have begged 125 grouse, four black game, one woodcock, one rail, 18 hares. At Daviot, Hugh Wild, Esq., shot 12 brace on the 13th. At Aberdour, the party had shot, up to the evening of the 20th, 1832 brace of grouse ; and at Cantray, Col. Fraser and friends bagged 314 head in four days' shooting. At Clune, Messrs Wigram and Ark wright have bagged in five days' shooting 164 brace. At Erchkss, on the 20th, a small party of Sir Greville Smyth s, in a few hours, killed 45 grouse and 6 blue hares. On the 22d, Sir Greville and party killed 55 grouse and black game and 16 blue hares. Mr. Wyne Wil liams arrived at Tulchen Lodge on the 14th inst. In five days he got, to one gun, 125 brace. The birds are plentiful, strong, and healthy. The party at Aboync Castle had an excellent day's sport en the 20th. P. B. Smollett, Esq., M.P., bagged 554- brace ; and John It. Ewing, Esq., of Ratho Hall, bagged 50 brace of grouse, all in fine condition, and several hares. In the forests, deer stalkers may be said to have done little more than open fire, as the stag heads are not yet clear of velvet. At Ft.nnich, Captain Walsh shot two very good stags right and left--one of the heads has antlers of 32 inches span, 51 inches thick, 33 inches long, and 11 tines. At Flowerdale Lord St. John shot a stag with antlers 291 inches span, 5, inches thick, and 11 tines. Sir Greville Smyth shot a stag with full-grown head, at Erch less Castle ; another was shot at Glenmaseran, by John Fowler, Esq. On the 23d, at Erchless, A. S. Davis, Esq., a stag; F. Wright, Esq., a roo buck. SHOOTINGS TAKEN SINCE THE 12TH OF AUGUST. Belleville Banchory A. Wigram and J. A. Arkwright, Esqrs. Daviot Glenbrayne W. Towline, Esq. Glen Nevis OMITTED IN THE GENERAL LIST. Ballyveolan General Dixon. Inverawo North Shootings (Lows) TH2 HARVEST. CARDIGAN.—The gram harvest in this neigh bourhood is nearly finished, and the crops are con sidered satisfactory. Potatoes are stated to have exhibited disease in many places, but the complaint is not general. The weather has been exceedingly hot since the rain on the 14th inst., but heavy dews have promoted the growth of grass. Our farmers (says the Carlisle Journal) could scarcely have had more favourable weather for their harvest operations than we have experienced for the last week. On many farms the harvest has now been completed, in most instances the grain has been cut ; and in the course of next week, should the fine weather continue, we may expect that the shearers will have finished their work in all but the high-lying districts of the country. In the neighbourhood of Durham harvesting ope rations are being carried on with great alacrity. There is a great scarcity of labour in some parts of the country, and farmers have to pay a consider ably enhanced price. The wheat crops will prove most abundant, and of first-rate quality. Oats are not quite so good in quantity, but are equal in quality. Turnips and green crops, owing to the drought, are very moderate crops. So favourable an harvest has not been known for nearly thirty years ; indeed, it has been no uncommon occurrence during the past week to cut and stack whole fields of wheat on the same day. In the northern part of the county of Durham, says the Sunderland Times, but little wheat re mains to be cut ; a good deal has been stacked, while about one-half of the crop still remains stand ing in the fields. So heavy are the crops, that in some instances 17s. and 18s. an acre have been paid for reaping. Another splendid week of harvest weather has prevailed, and great progress has been made in cutting and securing the crops. Now that the crops, especially the wheat crops, are being more seen into, they are reported to be very fine and likely to yield abundantly.—Hull Pacquet. In Cleveland P.nd the north of Yorkshire the fields are being rapidly cleared of grain, which is most abundant and larger in the ear than has been known for some years. In some parts of the dis trict harvest commenced nine weeks before the usual time, and the crops have been secured amidst the finest of sunshiny weather. Agriculturists in these northern districts do not seem to be aware of a very simple method of de stroying the caterpillars and other insects which infest the turnip fields. In some of the midland counties, in the vale of Aylesbury in particular, the farmers turn into their fields a number of ducks and geese, in the proportion of five or six to the acre. These animals make a hearty meal of the insects, and are then driven home, returning when they are hungry to repeat their good services. It is surprising to see how quickly the fields are cleared of the devouring little pests.—Aretreastle Daily Chronicle. GALWAY.—On every side the harvest operations are being most vigorously and actively proceeded with, owing to the favourable weather which has been vouchsafed us. It is very gratifying to state —which we are enabled to do on pretty exten sive and reliable authority—that the yield in cereal crops this season is, generally sp . eaking, abundant and of a goad quality. In' some localities oats may be a short crop, but, to *meet this, we believe a considerable addition has been made to the breadth of land sown this year. The hay is nearly all saved and stowed away. As re gards the 'potato crop, we have not heard much complaints lately. In those that are being dug up the disease, whenever it does appear, is only partial and trifling.— Thom' TIPPERARY.—The wheat harvest is over, and promises to be an abundant crop ; some persons calculate at having 20 barrels to the acre in this locality. Potatoes are generally good and plentiful, and free from disease.—Arenagh Guardian. SLIGO.—We are now arrived within a four days' advent of September, and it is suggestive of a sin cere thanksgiving to a bountiful providence that the cereal produce of the land is almost all gathered and secured from every point of the compass. With respect to the county of Sligo there is no room for complaint on the part of the farmers.—Sligo Champion. WEXFORD.—The operations of the season are progressing most satisfactorily, the weather being all that could be desired. Very little grain remains now uncut, and that is of a very inferior kind, with little promise under any future aspect of season, except as straw for litter or manure. Many farmers have not only their entire crops safe up in the field, but several have them safe in their hag yard —an unprecedentely early completion of harvest work.- Wexford Independent. THE POTATOES.—Since the dense fogs of the last few mornings, we regret to find that evidence of the blight, accompanied by the unmistakable putrid odour, is to be found, although very par tially, amongst the potatoe fields in various districts of our county.—Kilkenny Moderator. MEATlL—During the week the weather has been exceedingly warm and oppressive, serving well for the maturing and gathering in of crops, but acting very injuriously to the grass, which the late rains caused to spring up promisingly. A good deal of oats and barley remains to be cut down in some dis tricts. Everywhere the potatoe is luxuriant. — Meath People. ConX.—Brilliant hot weather throughout the week, which has done wonders for the country, and the crops are being secured under the most favour able auspices) the reports we receive from the various districts are, on the whole, much more satisfactory than were generally anticipated some short time since.—Cork Daily Reporter. THE ALLOA DlSTltiCT.—Reapers are busy on almost etery field in this district, except in those cases where the favourable weather has been taken advantage of and the cut grain has been already put under " thack and rasp." The wheat is con sidered a very excellent crop, but oats are light, though considered a good crop. The barley is de ficienti and the beans in most cases considered a failure. The green crops failed in the spring, ow ing to the excessive drought, but a second sowing has proved successful, and there is as yet every prospect of a :fair return. At the sales by public auction the prices realised have been very satisfac tory, the scarcity of fodder inducing competition. On Thursday there were heavy peals of thunder accompanied with lightning.—Alloa Advertiser. MOFFAT.—During the last week harvest opera tions have been carried on around Moffat with great vigour, and the crop, notwithstanding the great drought, is heavier than was at one time favourable ex pected. The weather is very fe% pre paring i t for the stackyard. BRITISH TRADE WITH JAPAN. The following regulations under which British trade is to be conducted in Japan are from the China Mail:— Regulation 1.---Within forty-eight hours (Sun days excepted) after the arrival of a British ship in a Japanese port, the captain or commander shall exhibit to the Japanese custom-house authorities the receipt of the British Consul, showing that he has deposited all the ship's papers, the ship's bills of lading, &c., at the British Consulate, and he shall then make an entry of his ship, by giving a written paper, stating the name of the ship, and the name of the port from which she comes, her tonnage, the name of her captain or commander, the names of her passengers (if any), and the num ber of her crew, which paper shall be certified by the captain or commander to be a true statement, and shall be signed by him ; he shall, at the same time deposit a written manifest of his cargo, setting forth the marks and numbers of the packages and their contents, as they are described in his bills of lading, with the names of the parson or per- sons to whom they are consigned. A list of the stores of the ship shall be added to the manifest. The captain or commander shall certify the mani fest to be a true account of all the cargo and stores on board the ship, and shall sign his name to the same. _ _ _ _ _ If any error is discovered in the manifest. it may be corrected within 24 hours (Sundays excepted) without the payment of any fee, but for any altera tion or post entry to the manifest made after that time a fee of fifteen dollars shall be paid. All goods not entered on the manifest shall pay double duties on being landed. Any captain or commander that shall neglect to enter his vessel at the Japanese customhouse with in the time prescribed by this regulation, shall pay a penalty of sixty dollars for each day that he shall so neglect to enter his ship. Regulation ll.—The Japanese - government shall have the right to place custom-house officers on board of any ship in their ports (men-of-war ex cepted) ; all custom-house officers shall be treated with civility, and such reasonable accommodation shall be allotted to them as the ship affords. No goods shall be unladen from any ship between the hours of sunset and sunrise, except by special permission of the custom-house authorities ; and the hatches, and all other places of entrance into that part of the ship where the cargo is stowed, may be secured by Japenese officers between the hours of sunset and sunrise, by fixing seals, locks, or other fastenings ; and if any person shall, without due permission, open any entrance that has been so se cured, or shall break or remove any seal, lock, or other fastening that has been affixed by the Japa nese custom-house officers, every person so offind ing shall pay a fine of 60 dols. for each offence. Any goods that shall be discharged, or attempted to be discharged, from any ship without having been duly entered at the Japanese custom-house as hereinafter provided, shall be liable to seizure and confiscation. Packages of goods made up with an intent to de fraud the revenue of Japan, by concealing therein articles of value which are not set forth in the in voice, shall be forfeited. If any British ship shall smuggle, of attempt to smuggle, goods in any of the non-opened harbours of Japan, all such goods shall be forfeited to the Japanese Government, and the ship shall pay a fine of 1,000 dols. for each offence. Vessels needing repairs may land their cargo for that purpose without the payment of duty. All goods so landed shall remain in charge of the Japanese authorities, and all just charges for storage, labour and supervision shall be paid there on. But if any portion of such cargo be sold, the regular duties shall be paid on the portion so dis posed of. Cargo may be transshipped to another vessel in the same harbour without payment of duty, but all transshipments shall be made under the supervision of Japanese officers, and after satisfactory proof has been given to the custom-house authorities of the bona fide nature of the transaction, and also under a permit to be granted for that purpose by such authorities. The importation of opium being prohibited, any British vessel coming to Japan for the purposes of trade, and having more than three catties' weight of opium on board, the surplus quantity may be seized and destroyed by the Japanese authorities; and any person or persons smuggling, or attempt ing to smuggle opium, shall be liable to pay a fine of dols. for each catty of opium so smuggled or attempted to be smuggled. Regulation lll.—The owner or consignee of any goods who desires to land them, shall make an entry of the same at the Japanese custom-house. The entry shall be in writing, and shall set forth the name of the person making the entry, and the name of the ship in which the goods were imported, and the marks, numbers, packages, and the con tents thereof, with the value of each package ex tended separately in one amount, and at the bottom of the entry shall be placed the aggregate value of all the goods contained in the entry. On each entry, the owner or consignee shall certify in writ ing that the entry then presented exhibits the actual cost of the goods, and that nothing has been concealed whereby the customs of Japan would be defrauded, and the owner or consignee shall sign his name to such certificate. The original invoice or invoices of the goods so entered shall be presented to the custom-house authorities, and shall remain in their possession until they have examinad the goods contained in the entry. The Japanese officers may examine any or all the packages so entered, and for this purpose may take them to the custom-house ; but such examination shall be without expense to the importer or injury to the goods; and after examination the Japanese shall restore the goods to their original condition in the packages (so far as may be practicable), and such examination shall be made without any unrea sonable delay. If any owner or importer discovers that his goods have been damaged on the voyage of importation before such goods have been delivered to him, he may notify the custom-house authorities of such damage, and he may have the da ma g ed g oods ap praised 'by two or more competent and disinterested persons, who, on due examination , shall make a certificate setting forth the amount per cent. of damage on each separate package, describing it by its mark and number, which certificate shall be signed by the appraisers, in presence of the custom house authorities, and the importer may attach the certificate to his entry, and make a corresponding deduction from it. But this shall not prevent the custom-house authorities from appraising the goods in the manner provided in Article 15 of the treaty to which these regulations are appended. After the duties have been paid, the owner shall receive a permit, authorising the delivery to him of the goods, whether the same are at the custom house or on shipboard. All goods intended to be exported shall be entered at the Japanese custom-house before they are placed on shipboard. The entry shall be in writing, and shall state the name of the ship by which the goods are to be exported, with the marks and number of the packages, and the quantity, description, and value of their contents. The exporter shall certify, in writing, that the entry is a true account of all goods contained therein, and shall sign hisikame thereto. Any goods that are put on board of a ship for exportation before they have been entered at the custom-house, and all packages which contain pro hibited articles, shall be forfeited to the Japanese 3overnment. N o entry at the custom-house shall be required for supplies for the use of the ships, their crews and passengers, nor for the clothing, &c., of pas sengers. Regulation IV. Ships wishing to clear shall give 24 hours' notice to the custon.-house, and at the end of that time they shall be entitle :. 1 to their clear ance, but if it t e refused, the custom- ;s ouse autho rities shall immediately inform the captain or con signee of the ship of the reasons why the cleaZance is refused ; and they shall also give the same notic: to the British Consul. But British ships of war shall not be required to enter or clear at the custom• house, nor shall they be visited by Japanese custom-house or police officers. Steamers conveying the mails of Great Britain may enter and clear on the same day, and they shall not be required to make a manifest, except for such passengers and goods as are to be landed in Japan. But such steamers shall, in all cases, enter and clear at the custom-house. Whale ships touching for supplies, or ships in distress, shall not be required to make a manifest of their cargo ; but if they subsequently wish to trade, they shall then deposit a manifest, quired in Regulation I. 1 he word " ship," whenever it occurs in these re gulations or in the treaty to which barque, they are brat tached, is to be held as mea nin g ship, ig schooner, sloop, or steamer. Regulation V. Any person signing a falie decla ration or certificate, with the intent to defraud the a fine of 125 dollars revenue of Japan, shall pay for each offence. R o tonnage dues shall bejevied on Regulation VI. British ships in the ports of Japan, but the follow ing fees shall be paid to the Japanese custom-house authorities :—For the entry of a ship, fifteen dol lars • for the cleara nce of a shi p , seven dollars ; for each ' permit, one dollar and a half; for each bill of health, one dollar and a half; for any other docu ment, one dollar and a half. Regulation VII. Duties shall be paid to the Japanese Government, on all goods landed in the country, according to the following tariff: — Class 1. All articles in this class shall be free of duty :—Gold and silo er , coined or it u ncoined ; wear ing apparel, in actual al se; household furnure and b u t the pro printed books, not int e , aded for sale, perty of persons who c( )me to reside in Japan. Class 2.—A duty of ' 5 per ce nt. shall be paid on the following articles .::—All articles used for the purpose of building, 3riggin g, repairing, or fitting out of ships ; whaling gear of all kinds, salted pro visions of all kinds, 'En cad and breadstuffs, living animals of all kinds., coals, timber for building houses, rice, paddy, ; cam, machinery, zinc, lead, tin, raw silk, cotton and woollen manufactured goods. Class 3.—A duty or thirty-five per cent. shall be paid on all intoxicatin g liquors , whether prepared by distillation, fern to ntation , o r in any other manner. Class 4.—A1l goodts not inclu ded in any of the preceding classes shy l l pay a duty of twenty per cent. All articles of Ja - p m t ese production, which a re exported as cargo sh el pay a duty o f five per cen.; an d with the exception (aLf gold and sil ver coin, a copper in bars. shall not be exported from Ja as cargo, but all ps forßritisia subjects resident in J wan .Japan, and British sips their crews and passtn Igers, shall be furnished sufficient lies of the . Foreign su gr pp ain br ought sameinto any open Port of Japan in a British slap, if no part thereof has bees landed, may be re-exported without hindrance. The Japanese Government will sell, from of to time, at public augtion, any surplus quantity' 01 copper that mae pro duced. Five years after the opening of Kanaga wa, th e e _ import and export ,duties shall be subje ct to ern a r went desires it. E L GIN AND KINC ARDINE. :MIDZI/0 TSIKFOGONO KAMI. NAGAI GEMBANO KAM'. GOV vision, if either the British or Japanese JNOUWYE SINANO No Kolb Hoax ORIBENO KAMI. IWASE Halos° KAKI. ISUDA HAITZABRO. ......--- t . ---.----_---_ AURORA BOREAL:M.—EarIy this morning, boe tween twelve and one, a. most brilliant display of th e sb t I r n e phenomenon was observed extending from the weal a hemisphere to the north-west, north and north-east, t'''_, reaching to the zenith. The appearance in the west was that of a large fire, but in the north and north-east it wa r ° of a violet colour, and ltashes of light of the same colou darted along the heavens with great brilliancy. ThisAb,:a; tiful display lasted for mbo`ut an hour, and then gr 3 " - ",, " died away, leaving a serene and unclouded autumnal B_,'l.;a [ADVERTISEMENT.] -- Mothers and nurses will finis -; Barry's delicious Revalenta Arabica, Food adrairtbZ adapted to remove all disorders of the stomach and bowe,... which infants and children are at all times liable,e of. indigestion, flatulency, colic, dysentery, diarrhc, consotat_ pation, debility and restlessness. It strengthens' ; rk in rishes, and is used with more advantage than r e ' ro . rearing infants. We quote a few out of manY nials :—" Amsterdam, 31st Dec., 1852. —Dear Sir,--uu, child, up to the age of eleven weks, was very clelicate,r wasting away, and milk, sago, and arrowroot turned_ sour on its stomach, cousin.- great suffering. We then tednt! upon Du Barry's Reva'lernta Arabica, which agre ed ; r n ske derfully with her ; and. she is now, at the age n • v ." - 0 months, a plump and lively little girl.—Daniel Ser °Eno " Wildervank, Holland, 20th Sept. 1853. —Dear Si, — k, baby, which Heaven presented us with ten months ba t e . _ was attacked, when foul weeks old, with a disease of A t : testi_ 1. stomach and glands, by which our seven previeuf destined had all been carried off, and this last child s eemed or o ur to follow its sisters and brothers before many days, for weeks' doctor, a very able prac-litioncr, had, during three wee' exhausted all his skill, and was at a loss what to presr; next, when he advised. ,Du Barry's Revale nta far i the which, I am happy to say, worked a great c hange was a better in a few days ; and in six weeks' ti m e t ng c hild ....., erfectl well, and is now a cheerful bloomian boy" f so n u t r in ce s o , y f a t t h i e s. g 6 re d a . rsitibh.a,p3psi.n;e2sslbt.o, us all. —I , IL Vai l .1 265. The 101 b. and 121 b. tins carriage free, ; on rece ipt of pos t, all , office order. Du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street, Len ° 6 O, Fortnum, Mason, and Co., 182, Picc,adiLlf Abbi,aji, Gracechurch-street ; 4, Cheapside ; 63, an 1501 ° °r ts• street ; 330 and 451, Strand ; 49 and 60, Bishortno, street ; 85, Tottenham-court-road. Also at -Il i c o .; 51b., 10.; Bewley and Draper ; at Edinburgh, Raimes an an d Liverpool,Scott; at at y o rNk,ixßonzianmeds,Triwan;chaatilvd, laannehdecstoe.r: Shfir? on t h. at ampton, Randall and Son. Ch -m i s t) . ist) [ADVERTISEMENT.]—EPPS'S (flomeeopathie COCOA.—This esteemed preparation is sold by the Pra: cipal grocers at ls. 6d. per lb , in 11b. ilb. , f an cl , na t - packets. Each packet is labelled . " James'Eppsy n ° " -- ° pathic chemist, London." COUNTRY MARIBTS• YORK—AnG. 27. 'ice di! The wheat trade was dull, and sales effected i,t culty, at a trifle under previous quotations. Barley a se a , ~- , ,d show, with no change in value. Oats in retail rogues' , , - ,d late rates barely maintained. Beans a small show , '- high in price. Wheat ... 34 4 44 0 sss to t t oo 33544 8 2 s s p .13 0 ee a aa t Oats . . 3 ......... ... ... ... ... ................ I : , 4 _8 i White do Barley NOTTINGHAM—AUG 27. which sold There was a fair show of old wheat to-daY, slowly; new, is under late rates. Little barley o n. or t i l l at previous prices. The trade in oats was slow, all a cmi easier currencies. Beans in small supply, an d tile Pri were unaltered. White wheat, new, 46s to 50s Barley, grinding• • 2 83 t° 3 31; Red do. 42s to 46s Oats, old, .. ...... 3 0 s ,t . ° o g i Old white 4Bs to 54s New do ......... 2551°04 Red do. 44s to 48s I Beans.. .......... 483 to OP, to " Barley, malting... .36s to 43s I Beans, new ...... ----s COLCHESTER --Aim 27. na A small attendance to - day at the corn-exchangs, a •imir very limited business transacted. The few_sales Vago°,lm, were at about late rates. Beans and p eas were Itl i g - dear. 406 Wheat, white 4 4s to 50s Beans, Mazagan. , 36s to 4 I red .. 33s to 44 s Middle & small 40s to wx Barley 36 s to 44s I White peas ......40g t . o 406 446 Oats 24 s to 30s Grey ..... ..:..38 t CHELMSFORD—A.I3G. 26. 't he There was a good show of wheat to-day, principallY °,' ; ' - e4 l new growth; early in the day some samples of old real;°, o . a shade more money, but trade was inactive, prices 0 10 ' at about late rates. Spring corn as before. A q fo 4 6 Wheat, white 44s to 54s Peas Partridg e • ••k"s t 0 4 4e red 41s to 49s "White ........42a to 45e Barley 32s to 40s Boiling ...... 43 6 4 2 4 , 5 Chevalier .... 34s to 41s Dun .......... 408 to ,„„ Grinding Malt 26s to 34s Beans, Tick ....40s t ot 4 7 , 60s to 66s Harrow Ticks 410 446 Chevalier 63s to 69s Mazagan ...... 405 to Oats 25s to 34s , KIRKALDY—Aua. 27. We had small supplies to-day of old wheat Ol d r s i oq which sold much about late rates. About eight Pa rce 6 d to new barley, two sold at 23s and 245, the others at 280 34s per qr. Wheat (N). Barley (N). First.... ---s 6d 23s Od Second .. Od 28s 6d Third .. —s Od 34s Od Wheat (0). Barley (0). First.... 40s Od —s Od Second.. 44s Od —s Od Third .. 47s Od —s Od oats PD. od _god od Oats ( 4 ` ,3 2. 23s n O A 24s v" 2 0 8 6d ET—Auo. 29. the dose of the market) walls End. s. d• Kelloe .... ... i ...... 16 9 South Kelloe ........ 16 u n South Hetton ......... 17 t„' Hunwiek ...... ...... 14 t,! Shineliffe. .... . ....... .14 1 ,! Heugh Hall .......... 1 12 Benson.... ....... . .14 L. , Tritadon 11artlepool..16 `; Hartlepool.. ... ....... 16 7, Walls End. Russell's lietton ...... 15 10 Riddell Nixon's Duffryn .. ... 21 6 15 0 Powell's Dutfryn .teara 21 6 Ships at market, 39—Sold, 3. .....• COAL MARE (Prices of Coal per Ton at s. d. Byass's Bebside West Hartley .14 6 Lambert's West Hart ley ..... 14 6 Davison's West Hart ley 14 6 Tanfield Moor 12 9 Tanfield Moor Butes l2 9 Wylam l6 3 Eden Main 15 3 BIRTHS. Fox.—On the „28th inst., at Park-hill House, Clapham park, the Hon. Mrs. Augustus Lane Fox, of a daughtert. GRENFELL.—On the 28th inst., at 5, Grosvenorrecen Airs. Charles Grenfell , of a son. ( Airs. I‘IILLAR.—On the 29th inst., at H a mpstead, th © wife 0 William Millar, Esq., of a daughter. W onTL EY.—On the 27th inst. a t Upper Sheen lien"' Sheen, the Hon. Mrs . James' o f 3 s ° ll. Stuart 'Wortley, MARRIAGE S. BOWER—KAYE. —On the 25th inst., at Kirkheaton, it°litto. Hartley Bower , Esq., of Welham, near Malten, t 3,E,2 - cia, fourth da u g hter of Sir John Lister Kaye, 1 3 a r of Deoby Grange, near Wakefield. bt. WALLACE BELL.—On the 25th inst. at at Enterkine, Re 1 Agnew Wallace, second surviving ;on of the late Genera Sir J. A. Wall,:ce, Bart., of Loch Ryan, to Pine Cole" hour, eldest daughter of John Bell, Esq., of Ente ricille' Ayrshire. WEBSTER—JOHNSON.--On the 30th inst., at St. ,gzeiriitniii in-the-Fields, by the Rev. H. D. Burrup M.A.,wwe'bo"ifir; S. Webster, Esq., youngesi son of Benjatnin Esq. of Church Side, Kennington to Anne Sar,h:,,F,t9 daughter of W. S. Johnson, Esq.: of 60, St WU ' A- ° lane. DEATHS. BATSON.—On the 27th inst., at A • s New L°rlcielif very suddenly, William N. Bats° flier"- n, Esq., a aged 40. l',DvAitus.—On the 27th inst., at 13, Staiaford-road. 0-ell'. 1 00006 sington, Mr. G. Edwards , ag ed 66. w if e cl C ITZMANER.—On the 23 d inst ., Jane Louisa, r °l°. neitzmayer, C.B. Foal . F On the 26th inst., at Temple Combe, the ilm ° ' Th°ll. Fox, aged 80. GOWA.—On the 25th inst. , at 5, Ilighbury-park 01413' Mr. James Gowa, age d 51. HALES.—On the 26th inst. , M r. Joseph Hales , of Crioribra street, Portman-square, aged 6 3 . Il usrE .—On the 25th inst., at Sandgate, t h e infan t eon of Major Hoste, C. 8., 11. A. ING riELB.—On the 24th inst., a t Cork Abbe'', 1311° W Colonel the Hon. Edward Wingfi e ld, aged 87. -- - - --- --- - - - -- 11fURDO OTJS_G.,: LONDON : Printed an d Published by Su Offi ce, No. 112, Stran d, Printer, at The No. 1 1 : f Strand, in the P recinct of the S av oy, is th e aelteti Middlesex, Tuesday, August 30, 1859. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, - AUGUST : 30, 18b9,