The Sun. — London, England, 1862-09-08 00:00:00

7L(E FEDERAL RE7REA7. A ePr.:cial correspondent of the New York Yribune gives . It detailed narrative of the Federal retreat on the Rappahannock, beginning with Wednesday the 2 Gt'a alt. " I have just returned from the lines of the army rm the Rappahannock, and bring particulars of th© progress of affairs up to Saturday afternoon. ' - 13y Wednesday noon the retreat of our army from the Rapidan to the Rappahannock had brought it to the banks of the latter river, and the rearguard composed in part of General Hatch's brigade of cavalry, IN ere just at Brandy Station (the first on the railroad beyond Rappahannock-bridge) when the head of the rebel pursuing columns first came in sight. Th - roughout the whole march from Cul pepper to this point the enemy were following closely upon the heels of our forces, their advanced guara being but a short distance behind the rear, arle, their main body only some six or eight miles of!. At this insignificant little railroad station, then, the grand armies of Pope and Lee first got sight of each other, and a conflict immediately ensued. Our rearguard, supposing that the rebel force was a mere skirmishing ps.rty sent in advance, and, wish ing, to check swoh presumptuous reconnoitering, turned upon, it., and the order to charge was given. Immediately the three cavalry regiments of Hatch's Brigade - -Ahe Harris Light, Ist Pennsylvania, and Ist New Jersey—formed in line of battle, and swept forward with tremendous cheers, but coming sud : delll7 upon a b roa d an d d eep ditch they were the instant a la rge force com pelied to dra w re i n, an d at 0 9 ,. rebel infantry rose from cover and poured a heavy volley into the ranks, which emptied many saddles, and threw our squadrons into confusion. at the centre, b u t t h e w i ngs, The line ga ve way wavering and showing a disposition to hold their ground, another volley was poured into them by the enemy, and our whole force then rapidly re treated to the Rappahannock River. The rebel forces followed hotly after; but at the moment when they thought they had driven us pell-mell over the river, and the capture of the railroad bridge, mast be an easy affair, the fire of two batteries -Matthew's Pennsylvania and Thompson's Maryland —was poured into their faces with terrific effect. Their impulsive advance was checked in the in- Aant, and the exultant yells died upon their lips. In haste they retired from the exposed situation where they stood to the cover of a thick wood, which skirted the level plain at a distance of half a mile from the river. Their pieces not having been brought forward they could not reply to our fire, so their column moved to the left, under cover of the woods, with the view of flanking us by effecting a crossing at one of the fords between Rappahan nock-bridge and the Warrenton White Sulphur Springs. Their design, having been anticipated, WaFJ baffled by General Pope, who pushed his e,olumn a corresponding distance along the north bank of the river, and guarded each ford with three batteries to command it in front and from either side, The two armies were kept thus moving all Thursday, each of the two able players at this grand game of war seeking to checkmate his antagonist without bringing on a serious engagement before his forces were fully massed. An attempt was inF.de down at Kelly's Ford—on the left of our line --to cross, and turn our position, but this was effectually foiled by General Reno, who showed no force until he had lured the enemy into the place ho desired, and then suddenly opened fire with his batteries, and then followed it up with a cavalry charge, which put th© foe to flight, and determined him to make no more attempts that day to cross at Kelly's Ford. " Friday morning came, and with it a sharp can nonade along the whole line, from Kelly's Ford (Reno's position) to Barnett's Ford, which was de fended by Sigel. The first gun was fired at five o'clock at our centre, and answered by M'Dowell's batteries; but the answering echoes of the Blue Ridge had hardly sent back the peals of ordnance before Sigel also was attacked, and from that on until dusk the cannonade was almost incessant. The fact was that the main body of the enemy had coma up, and, in advance of choosing their final pofsition, they were feeling us all along the line. A Barnett's Ford, however, their attack was most 'determined, as that point was, of all along the river, 'the most favourable for their dosigne. Rnt the gallant corps of Sigel did not come short of its duty one iota, for their batteries played upon the rebel batteries all day long, and even after nightfall, worn out and fatigued as men and horses were, they kept up the fight until the enemy drew up. " In the morning Banks had occupied a position to the left of M'Dowell, but when it became appa rent that the attack upon Sigel would be the main feat'are of the day, his corps was moved up to the rrght to support Sigel, and Reno's division was marched from Kelly's Ford to a point above Rappa hannock Railroad Bridge, near General Pope's head-quarters. The 31st New York wa,s, however, left to guard the ford, much to Lieutenant-Colonel Potter's disgust, who longed to lead his men into thickest of the fight, as usual. " All day Friday General Pope's head-quarters were on a bold hill, whence a tolerable view could be had of the line of battle, which stretched for tight or ten miles along the Rappahannock, and hither came and thence went mounted aides and orderlies in hot haste, with reports and orders, ver bal and written. The hill top was shaded by a group of large oaks, under the branches of which I saw at one time clustered several Generals and general staffs. _ " When the artillery attack on Sigel had lulled a little the brave General determined to feel the rebel strength opposite his position. Accordingly he ordered General Carl Schurz to reconnoitre with his division, and if possible to cross the river. Schurz's division comprises two brigades, of which he took only the first, General Bohlen, for the re connaissance. The 74th Pennsylvania was sent over first, the men wadi ng b reast-deep throug h the water, holding their pieces and ammunition above their heads to keep them dry. The Bth Virginia and 61st Ohio followed after, and some time after APLean's brigade was sent to support them in their engagement with the enemy. "Schurz's crossing was unopposed. He kept on up the opposite bank, and out upon the level ground, and went more than a mile before his pickets came face to face with the enemy's. As soon as our fel lows saw the " gray-backs,' they fired, but the rebels, instead of standing ground or making ashow of force, fell back, in no very leisurely manner ' either, for half a milt. Sigel followed awhile, until it was evident they Wished to entrap him into an ambush, when he halted and took np a fine position in the edge of some heavy timber, th e approaches Their to which were over open fields, design foiled, the enemy had no choice but t face whicb ab out a nd attack Schurz in his own position, they did in force. One of the officers who were wounded in this fight tells me that he counted 25 Pi sces of 1 ordnance on their side which were in action at ones, supported by adequate forces of infantry and cavalry. " The flight on this trans-Rappahannock field was hotly contested, as you may well imagine from the fact that it commenced at about 9 a.m., and lasted until 6 o'clock in the evening. Charges were repeatedly made by both sides, and the rebels, seemingly determined to conquer in spite of every obstacle, even stripped to their pantaloons in many eitBoB—as our Irishmen are said to have done at Bull Run. But although the musketry was sharp and the fighting mostly at short range, the rebels seemed to have forgotton their marksmanship for once, for up to 5 o'clock, when I passed that way, Sigel had not lost above 50 or 60 in killed and wounded. But one brave man and true patriot ha d gone to his aeconnt—Brigadier-General Bohlen ~f Phi l a del p hia, coLmanding the Ist Brigade, 3d Diviion , Sigel 's Army Corps, had fallen, while at b ea d of his command h e was waving his sword the o n his men. The news of his death end cheer in g will be received with the deepest regret in Phila delphia where his social qualities are so well known. Betkle him a few officers —very few considering the numbet engaged and the stubbornness of the fight —were killed or wounded, but, except those in the list ann exe d, I could not obtain their names in the confusion of the fight. " Towards evening, Sigel's object having been ac complished. and Schurz's force not being efficient to hold his extremely advanced position, our troops were withdrawn to the north bank of the river. They were hotly pursued to the very water's edge by the enemy, and during the passage trough the ford the rebel volleys were as sharp a , any I ever heard. All of our killed and wounded ere brought safely across, and a small number of risoners (not five whole regiments, as one report has it). That General Sigel should have come safely through the day himself is truly remarkable, for he exposed himself in a most reckless manner wherever he thought it necessary to do so, and in the final grand fusilade he was in the midst of a real storm of bullets. " With night came a cessation of hostilities. The enemy had been foiled in his attempt to flank us, and we had gained another day—worth everything to our army and the nation. "On Saturday there was an artillery duel all along the opposing lines. The ball was opened at our centre, and the firing extended not only up the river toward Sigel, but down toward the railroad bridge, where we occupied two hills across the river. It had been raining the evening before and almost all night, and the red waters of the Rappahannock had so swollen as to carry away the bridge over Barnett's Ford, and the debris lodged against the lower one in such masses that there was a great danger of its being carried away. Our advanced position had become very insecure, and. it was ac cordingly determined to abandon it. The move ment was executed in perfect order. Matthews's and Thompson's Batteries, supported by the 12th and 13th Massachusetts and 11th Pennsylvania, were safely withdrawn to this side of the river, while a company of Pennsylvania riflemen and a section of Matthews's guns held the position until the last man and last gun were safely brought over. New positions were taken on this side, from which the old ones could be enfiladed, and on the rebels appearing in strong force a terrific can nonade was opened upon them by Mat thews's, Hall's, Thou3pson's, and Leppier's Batteries of Rickett's Division, which caused great loss to the enemy. Every attempt to plant a battery on the abandoned eminence was repulsed with great slaughter, and the enemy were fairly driven back to the woods when I left the ground. " The topography of the ground about the rail road bridge is most favourable for defending the northern bank, there being on that side a chain of hillocks stretching away towards Warrington Springs. At the opposite shore there are two of these eminences, and a level plain beyond, bounded by thick woods. On the edge of these woods the rebel infantry could be seen all Friday, and once in a while squads of their mounted videttes would ride out from cover and reconnoitre us until driven back by shot or shell from our batteries. On Thursday night I slept on the wet grass of a pasture-field, rolled up in a thin woollen blanket, and when morning came was wet to the skin ; and, from having involuntarily fasted the day previous, was hungry enough on Friday morning to have eaten preserved teapenny nails. Imagine, then—but none of you comfortably housed-up towners can imagine —how welcome was the invitation I got from the colonel of the 13th Massachusetts to share the breakfast he had laid at his open-air headquar ters on the hill-side, behind Matthews's Battery. Our table was the wet ground, our table cloth an India-rubber blanket, but we had coffee and hard biscuit, and a bit of Scotch roast pig, and if that wasn't a meal fit for the gods, what could have been ? For our sauce we had appetite, for our relish the delicious uncertainty whether or no the rebel batteries would drop shells on the meat-platter between us. From the crest of the hillock we could see the grey-coated cavaliers and musketeers de ployed in full sight, and, while we were watching, every now and then there would come a little puff of smoke and a sharp, cracking noise, and one of the rebel horsemen would either flinch or fall as the bullets of our sharpshooters grazed or hit him. " The positions of our batteries near the bridge, on this side of the river, were chosen in ad vance for enfilading those opposite in case they should be abandoned, but when our guns had fairly got to work and driven the rebels away, our men found that on their part the enemy had, during Friday night, constructed their batteries so as to nommand onr new pnsitinne; and so, after suffering some loss in men and horses, and having two of Matthews's guns dismounted, General Ricketts gave the order to limber up and file off a little more to the right to get out range. Prior to this, Lieutenant Godbold, of Matthews's Battery, while teaching the fuse man No. 6' at a gun hlw to cut his fuses, was struck by a shell, which came from a battery two miles off, exploded as it struck him, and shattered his left leg, so as to make amputation necessary. I saw the brave fellow afterwards, and found him doing so well that he made light of his injury and jestingly talked of dancing waltzes again. "As on Thursday and Friday, so on Saturday, the enemy kept working up toward Warrenton White Sulphur Springs, on the south side of the Rappahannock, with the view of flanking us, and we moved further and further away from the rail road to baffle their design. As on preceding days, so on Saturday, the grand artillery duel went on from right to left and left to right, the cannonade being heavier now at APDovvell's position, now at Sigel's, now at Banks's. We were guarding, and successfully guarding, the whole river bank, and all the fords from Kelly's to Warrenton, and the enemy, with an army of 100,000 or 150,000, had been held in check by Pope with a much inferior numerical force. Their great game was to turn our position, take us in the rear, whip us, and then rush on with streaming flags to Washington ; ours the desperate task of showing fight, and yet not fighting, of play ing with our monstrous antagonist until he lost his golden time, and until our reinforcements from Fredericksburg, the Peninsula, and the North would so strengthen us that we could crush his armies and capture his capital. If we could save ourselves until Saturday night we would be safe. And the greatest crisis of this war occurred between Thursday morning and Saturday night. It is passed, and we are safe. Washington is sa f e , our army is safe, the nation is safe. For Pope's artillery is now guardin g th e li ne o f the Rappahannock,andFitzJohn Porter,with a very heavy force, joined Pope on Friday evening, and a host o f regiments have joined and are joining him now, by wa y of Alexandria. And now l oo k f or t h e grand forget or movements ) e ats of the war withi n 30 d ays. Do n Burnside has mass e d a l arge army and Pope is nearly, or qu i te; as ofmot that at Fredericksburg , strong as Lee and Jackson, and M'Clellan i s f ree d from the net which —whether self-wove n or not— held him in its meshes on the Peninsula. " Some stir was caused in camp—and a thousand times more in Washin g ton I find—by a sudden raid of 250 guerillas upon Catlett's station, under cover of the night. The devoted band dashed in upon our small collection of nien and waggons, and stampeding a lot of sutlers a number of team sters, burnt seven waggons, run off horses, and took about 100 seriou s Pooe' cial and servants and prisoners . The most part of the business is that they took Gen. • 8 p er sonal baggage and happened papers, correspondence,& which moue's, , to be in one ofthe c., had been sent to the rear, no waggons which . and his of& al r e ti , ( , l I y n beenthe b yyou o particulars of the affair have . sentattaek at Catlett's station, 20 supply another correspondent destroyed,waggons their g o g r ons contents injured, by trains were the rebels. Many Captain Willard, the night Commissary t o h o e woods, wet no oe t dx o esth, e b an u radg r ne n edi escaped, remained all for reached Manassas on Saturday. asualti " The skirmishes on the Rappahannock at IpessothSaall over such a long line that it was impossible our reporters to compile a full list of the c The whole number of our killed and wounded u es i turday is computed by high authority 600, of which not more than 100 are killed. Thi s small loss is attributable to the fact that the fight so far has been mainly an artillery duel at long range. _ _ "All the private papers and letters of General Pope, copies of despatches and reports, memo. randa relating to the campaign and to the army, copies of telegrams sent, all despatches received from the President, Halleck, and the War Depart ment, orders issned to Generals of corps and di!isions, all maps, and topographical charts, con- SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVE VINO, SEPTEMBER 8, 1862. taining information of the greatest value a word, the whole history and plan of the campaign, the numbers and dispositions of troops are all re vealed to the enemy by this disaster. Its serious ness can hardly be estimated. It is taking the rebel General into the confidence of Halleck, and may render it necessary to change the whole cam paign. . "General Pope's position at the railway bridge across the Rappahannock—the position deemed to be of the greatest strength along the river—was attacked in force on Saturday morning. The hill, redoubt, and block-house, on the southern bank, had been held up to that time by a portion of General Hartsuff's Brigade, the 12th and 13th Mas sachusetts, and two batteries of artillery. The bridge had not been destroyed —was considered impregnable. But with the swelling stream came down so much timber that the bridge was endan gered. General Pope, therefore, determined to withdraw his forces on the opposite bank and destroy the bridge. The movement was accom plished in order and without loss, and the bridge was burnt. But the position which was thus aban doned was valuable to the enemy not less than to us, and when its evacuation was discovered the rebels immediately advanced in force to occupy it. "On this side the Rappahannock, and to the right of the railway, is another hill and redoubt — the hill of about the same height with the other, and commanding the ground beyond. From this hill, and from the high ground adjacent, the ad vance of the enemy was met by a heavy fire of artillery. They moved in line of brigade, and with successive masses steadily advancing covered also by their own artillery, pushed forward in spite of losses that must have been immense, and possessed themselves of the hill. They were driven from it more than once, and so long as our artillery kept the position could not retain it. But it was discovered that our batteries were enfiladed by a distant fire from the other side, and they were finally moved to a more secure position. It is understood that the rebels hold the hill on the opposite bank, but that the crossing is still held on our side. There is a ford just below the bridge, which, I suppose, must be held at any cost and all hazards, unless the line of the Rappahannock is to be wholly aban doned, for to give up one ford is to give up the whole. There have been attacks also at several of the fords above and below, and the inference is irre sistible that the rebels are swarming along the whole line of the Rappahannock, dashing at what ever point offers a chance of passage. The repeti tion and desperation of these attacks show also that the rebel generals, determined to cross somewhere, regardless of the cost in lives, are hurling masses of their troops against batteries. If they can succeed in gaining and holding a ford or bridge, they break the line, and, cutting our armies in two, may hope to fight them in detail, as they originally intended. The Rappahannock, from Fredericksburg to War renton Springs, is a long line to hold ; but, unless it is already severed, there ought to be force enough at every point to-day to hold it against the South. " The account given above is gathered from dif ferent sources. All of it, however, is from persons who left General Pope's army only last night or this morning. It is of course, only an outline, and, though I believe it correct as far as it goes, I cannot fully understand the cause or the probable result of some movements connected with the battle —movements which I cannot state. An abandon ment of the position on the southern bank, or an attack upon it by the rebels, were the last things thought of when I left head-quarters on Thursday night. " The whole Staff train of General Pope has been captured at Catlett's station. This information, at least, is authentic. My account is from a quarter master's clerk who arrived here last night, and was with the train when it was attacked. His state ment is in substance as follows: " General Pope on Friday sent back his train, which mustered 53 waggons, to Catlett's, a station on the railway, about two miles this side of War renton Junction, and at least 12 miles to the rear of the army. The tents were pitched and the waggons in park. About 8 o'clock on Friday evening Mr. Brown was lying in his tent with a light burning. He was roused by a volley of musketry and the sound of cavalry charging. The camp had a guard of infantry, its usual escort, whose muskets were in the waggons, and was pro tected also by four companies of the Bucktail Rifles, under Lieutenant-Colonel Kane. There were no pickets, not even a sentry. The first notice of the approach of the rebels was the volley of musketry. "The infantry escort ran at once. The Buck tails, surprised, but not wholly unarmed like the others, scattered at the first fire, but rallied beyond the camp. The rebel cavalry poured in unopposed, took complete possession of the camp, pillaged and plundered its personal effects, carried off the con tents of all the trunks of General Pope and all his staff, and took with them on their retreat all the horses of the train, about 200, and also those be longing to the staff which were not in the field at the time. Some officers were in the camp, but Gen. Pope and most of his staff were in front, 12 miles away. " Colonel Clary, chief quartermaster, and Capt. Goulding, assistant-quartermaster, were both there in charge of the property. Both were thought to have been captured, but Col. Clary returned on Sa turday morning. Capt. Goulding has not since been seen or heard of at the station, and unless he went to the front is probably captured. One ac count says that he was shot, but there is no confir mation of that report. Col. Butler, aide-de-camp to General Pope, came out of his tent with a brace of revolvers, and did not retreat till he had fired 12 shots, then got off safely. " The Bucktails were finally rallied by Colonel Kane, and drove back the rebel cavalry, regaining possession of the plundered camp. The rebels seem to have had full time to carry away its spoils. They knew that it was General Pope's, for they were heard to ask repeatedly ' Where is the general ?' and they neglected everything else to plunder the trunks. They got also the papers and money in all the offices, the adjutant-general's and the quar termaster's. There were 7,000 dole. or 8,000 dols. in Captain Gonlding's safe—all lost. Papers of the utmost importance must have been found among Gen. Pope's effects and in the Adjutant- General's desk—the muster-rolls of the army, for instance. " For these papers, for the money, and for the plunder of a Major-General's baggage, the rebel raid was doubtless partly directed, but it must also have been meant to destroy the railway bridge near Catlett's, over Cedar Run, a stream now so swollen that it cannot be forded. The rally of the Buck tails drove them off while they were plundering, and the delay saved the bridge. There were four regi ments of cavalry, as was learnt from a lieutenant taken prisoner. Several men in the camp were killed and wounded, and nearly all the teamsters were captured. Probably the whole might have been saved and the attack repulsed if there had been pickets or even sentries about the camp ; but there has not been a guardmounting at headquarters since Gen. Pope took the field—a piece of careless ness for which he has paid a heavy penalty. " This raid was by way of Warrenton Springs. Four regiments of cavalry have succeeded in turn ing the right flank of Gen. Pope's army. and dash ing in upon his trains 12 miles to the rear, and an equal distance within his lines from their extre mity. I have no wish to excite unreasonable alarm, but I think I ought to say that such a movement is significant of far more important results than the plunder of a camp. I know that Gen. Pope comic ' lered his right out of danger on Thursday. A movement then made by Gen. Sigel is conclusive evidence of th at. Subsequent dispositions of h is a nticipated the consequences of pre vious exposure. At least he must have become con vinced that his r i g ht flank cannot longer be left to take care of itself. "I rep ea t none of the rumour s that are fl y in g all be no doubt that fight ingover the c it y , b u t th e re can e xtent of ground at some points , and over such an certainly severe has been going on for two day s, as to excite a fear that somewhere the rebels may have h a d a success. But from all I can le arn, I be lieve it to b © -rue that up to the last night G eneral Pope still h e ld line unbroken. the Rappahannock I trust we may hear no news from the Shenandoah. If not, and if the right of General Pope has been made secure, I see no reason for apprehension. The rebels are making desperate efforts, but if affairs stand as well as on Thursday—and in some respects they must be better—the position of our forces ought to be impregnable. " This news would be telegraphed if it were pos sible, but the orders of General Halleck exclude from the telegraph everything relating to the army of Virginia. The people of the North, it seems, are to be treated like children or cowards, who must not hear or dare not hear the truth." MR. W. ROUPELL. Within the last few days a notification has been made to Mr. Avery, the clerk and principal legal officer of the Central Criminal Court, by the solici tor to the Treasury, that it is the intention of the Government to take up the prosecution against Mr. Roupell, and copies of the depositions have been furnished to the Home Office that were taken by the magistrates at Guildford against the prisoner. It is understood that two bills of indictment will be pre ferred ; one charging the offence of forging the signature of the deceased Mr. Roupell to the deed of gift of the Kingston estate, which was the sub ject of the action of ejectment tried at the Guildford assizes, and the other charging the same offence with reference to the supposed last will of the deceased under which the prisoner came into the possession of the property. Until a recent period both these offences were capital, and even after the punishment of death had been removed from ordinary cases of forgery, it was retained in the case of forgery of a will, which has always been regarded as an offence of a most heinous character. As the law at present stands the offence involves the punishment of penal servi tude for life, or not less than four years, or im prisonment with hard labour, accompanied, if the court shall think fit, with solitary confinement, for any term not exceeding four years. Since Mr. Roupell has been confined in Horse monger-lane Gaol he has not exhibited the slightest depression of spirits. Like all other prisoners before trial he is permitted to provide provisions for himself, of course under certain re strictions; and he eats and drinks heartily, and does not at all seem affected by his position. He has not been visited by any of his relations, neither has he received or made any communication to them. He has been visited by an attorney, with whom he has had long consultations, the nature of which is, of course, strictly private. It is generally believed, however, that he will plead guilty, as he is fully aware that it is only by persisting in his admission of forgery, and being convicted and suf fering the penalty for that crime, that he can hope to succeed in his object of securing the restitution of the property to the heir-at-law. Under ordinary circumstances Mr. Roupell would be removed dur ing the ensuing week from his present place of confinement to Newgate, with the rest of the prisoners charged with the commission of of fences in the county of Surrey, but as he is in the custody of the sheriff of that county under a de tainer for debt, it will be necessary, before he can be removed that a writ of habeas corpus should be applied for. The detainer is for the sum of of £6OO, and is at the suit of a lady whose name it is needless to mention. In all probability the bills against the prisoner will be sent before the grand jury on the first or second day of the session, which will commence on the 22d inst., and if true bills should be returned by the grand jury, a writ of habeas corpus will then be obtained, and he will be brought up for trial. The public is aware that at present the only evi dence in support of the charges of forgery consists in the proof that while under examination upon the trial at Guildford Mr. Roupell admitted that he had forged the name of his father to the deed of gift and the pretended will ; but in addition to this a great deal of evidence will be laid before the grand jury for the purpose of showing that those signatures were, in point of fact, forgeries, and the admission made by Mr. Roupell himself that they were so will be given as confirmatory testimony, although some technical difficulties may arise that will render this statement inadmissible. Since the termination of the cause at Guildford it appears that the advisers of the heir-at-law, Richard Roupell, have not adopted any active pro ceedings against other parties who had purchased portions of the property from the prisoner ; and it is said that no further steps will be taken until the charge of forgery shall have been disposed of. It would seem from inquiries that have since been made that in every case the different estates dis posed of were absolutely alienated by sale, and in almost every instance the purchasers appear to have been satisfied with the title of William Rou pell. In some of them, however, it appeared that the solicitors for the purchasers took the precaution of requiring that Mrs. Roupell, the mother of the prisoner, should be a party to the conveyance of the property, and that she should also guarantee the title, and in all those cases, if the heir-at-law should recover possession, there will be a personal remedy against her. Some of the parties who have purchased portions of the property are placed in a very painful and unpleasant position in consequence of the discovery that has taken place. In one in - stance, where a sum of £12,000 that had been left by a professional gentleman, and which were the proceeds of a long course of honourable exertion, for the benefit of his family, the parties are now unable to obtain any rents, and are, of course, liable to be called upon at any moment to defend an ac tion of ejectment. In several other cases, also, where the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Company had made agreements to purchase the property they required for their extension through the parish of Christchurch, they have refused to complete until they can obtain a more secure title than the one that could, under existing circum stances, be granted by the present holders of the property, so that the greatest possible doubt and uncertainty exists in reference to the question among all the parties who are involved in this most extraordinary affair. WE EXTRA ORDINARY CASE OF WHOLESALE POISONING. Sir George Grey, the Home Secretary, has at length determined that the prosecution of Constance Wilson, alias Catherine Taylor, shall be assisted by the Government, and within a day or two the soli citor to the Treasury has obtained copies of the lengthened depositions for the purpose of preparing for the prosecution, and it is believed that Mr. Chipperfield, who has so laboriously conducted the prosecution to the present time, will continue to assist the Treasury solicitor. The prisoner, it will be recollected, has been fully committed for trial on two distinct and serious charges of wilful murder. The first in having caused the death by poison of Mrs. Soames, a respectable woman, the widow of a piano manufacturer in the month of April, 1856 . an d the second with causing the death by the same means of Mrs. Ann Atkinson, the wife of a highly respectable tradesman at Kirkby Lonsdale, West moreland, and her trial is fixed to take place at the next session, to commence at the Old Bailey on Monday, the 22d inst. It will be recollected that the prisoner is strongly suspected of having caused the death of three other individuals on whom she was in attendance at the time of their death, and whose deaths took place under precisely the same circumstances, and labour ing under precisely the same symptoms as those of her victims Mrs. Atkinson and Mrs. Soames. The prosecution, therefore, being one of considerable importance, will be, it is said, conducted by the Attorney-General in person, but with a sufficient staff of able assistants, but it has not yet transpired who the counsel for the defence are to be. [ ADVERTI S E MENT.I—HoIIoway's Pills and Ointment. — Indigestion, Disorder of the Liver.—No fact in medical knowledge is b e tt er established than th a t th e chief source of all morbid s t a t es , whether of body or m i n d, is a deranged state of digesti on , Hollo way's Pills Usually originating in the liver. speedily regula-, e this function. In cases where delicacy of const i tution render it una dvisable to take many Pills, th e same healthful effects may b e car ri e d ou t, without debilitating, b y, .., rubbing Holloway's thoroughly over th e p i t of the stomac h an d rig ht side at least twice a day ; no pain or inconvenience attends this ' Ointment treatment. Its me r it s in vanquishing pain at the s t o mach, flatulency, and imp er f ect digesti on , have been fully appre dated by the publi c i n all parts of th . years,e globe for the last 26 7HE COLLISION ON THE MIDLAND RAILWAY. MARKET HARBOROUGH, SATURDAY. ADJOURNED CORONER'S INQUEST. The adjourned investigation as to the fatal colli sion which took place at the Market Harborough joint station of the Midland and North-Western Railways on the night of Thursday week was re sumed this morning, at 10 o'clock, at the Town Hall, before Mr. Gregory, one of the coroners for the county of Leicester. The inquiry again excited deep interest. Mr. Metcalfe, barrister, instructed by Messrs. Cleather and Co., solicitors, represented the London and North-Western Railway company; Mr. Mari gold appeared on behalf of the Midland Company; and Mr. E. Bennett, of the Midland Circuit ; and Mr. Fisher, and other legal gentlemen, on the part of the deceased and injured parties. Mr. J. P. Bruyeres, general superintendent of the London and North-Western, and Mr. Markham, engineer, with Mr. Needham, superintendent of the Midland line, were also present. Charles Evans was the first witness called. He said—l am a pointsman in the service of the Lon don and North-Western Railway Company, sta tioned at Market Harborough. I do alternate work .with Hagger, the pointsman on duty on the night of the accident. The signals were all right on the night of the accident, and also when I relieved Hagger on the following day. On Wednesday morn ing last some one came to me and told me the auxi liary signal was wrong ; I found it to be quite cor rect. I have been three months at that post, and never knew the signal to fail or be out of order. I have known trains run in at the station when the semaphore was at "danger." By the Jury—l was on duty on the night pre vious to the accident, when the 7.23 fast train ar rived. The red lights were on at both signals, and the Northampton train was just going out to Stam ford. The first train, in defiance of the red sig nals, came down the incline at a very rapid rate, and pulled up just clear of the main line. It had passed the distance signal before it was brought up, and if it had been a slippery night the train would have been unable to have pulled up before it reached the semaphore. As it was the train through without the signals being lowered. The train was a through train, and ought not to stop at Market Harborough. The train passed the ordinary signal at about 20 or 30 miles an hour. If the Northamp ton train had been a long one, I have no doubt the 7.23 train would have run into it. By Mr. Metcalfe—l have frequently known Mid land trains approach the station at from 25 to 30 miles an hour when the " danger" signals have been on. . _ _ _ _ Mr. J. Bedford, superintendent of police of the London and North Western Railway, said the sig nals at Market Harborough are worked under my direction. I have always regarded both Hagger and Evans, the signal-men there, as very careful and attentive men. I have myself occasionally in spected and tried the signals, as I do at all other stations under my charge, and never found them fail. I have tried the auxiliary signal since the accident, and foand it in good working order. It has not been repaired in any way since the accident. By a Juror—The distance signal is worked by wires, which were above ground and not placed in tubes. Win. Clarke examined—l am a signal-fitter in the service of the London and North Western Rail way Company. It is my duty to attend to' the signals, and on Aug. 7 I put a new wire to the dis tance signal at the Market Harborough station, as the old one had broken. I have examined the wires as well as the signal since the accident, and have found them to be in thorough working order. By Mr. Metcalfe—lf the wire broke the signal would at once go back to danger. Geo. Toole, examined—l am foreman to Messrs. Stevens and Son, of London, who are extensive manufacturers of signals. I have inspected the signal of Market Harborough. The auxiliary was a patent signal, and one of the best construction. Wm. John Jennings, examined—l am inspector of the permanent way of the London and North- Western Railway, and have their portion of the Market Harborough station under my charge. Since the accident I have been carefully over the Midland line approaching the station, between the gatehouse and the station. The result of that inspection has been to test the fact beyond a doubt that the driver of a second train at night eoald not fail to see the tail lamp of a train at the station at least 200 yards south of the auxiliary signal. I ascertained this by placing a man with a newspaper before me in the direction of the station, in fact at the station, to ascertain how far he could be seen, and I found he could be seen at the distance I have mentioned. Of course red lamps at night would: be more glaring and visible. By Mr. Metcalfe—As the signal could be seen it was a most dangerous thing for a driver to put on the steam, and whistle the breaks off. I have no hesitation in saying that had the driver of the second train kept a good look out he must have seen the red tail lights of the train preceding him at the station at least 200 or 300 yards before arriving there. Joseph Greenwood, driver of the first train, re called—l remember passing Atkinson's gatehouse on the night of the accident. I did not speak to Atkinson. I had not time. I did not say to Atkin son, "Put down that hand-lamp." I took down my hand-lamp from off the weather board, and gave him the red light. I knew that the other train was behind me at Bedford, and I gave it to him as a caution light, to keep on his duty. Ido not know that he ought to have understood the object of my giving him that light. It is not a frequent thing for us to give a signalman that light. I never re collect doing so before, although I have been a driver two years. I did not say anything to him. I had Mr. Dykes, who I believe is an inspector of the line, on my engine at the time. By Mr. Metcalfe—l did not tell Hagger that I had shown tie gateman a red light. I told our second driver that I had shown the gateman the caution light. I will not say that Hag ger might not have heard me when I told our driver. I believe the inspector was aware that I showed the caution light to the gateman. I did so because I did not know how close the other train was after me. By the Jury—l believe that the signals at the station are sufficient to stop a train in time, but I gave the caution to the gateman to keep a good look-out. When I told our second driver what I had done it was after the accident. Mr. Fisher, on the part of several persons in. jured, thought that evidence should be given as to whether these trains had been started from King's cross in accordance with the rules of the railway company. The Coroner said no doubt that would be done. Mr. Metcalfe here said that the London and North-Western Company were exceedingly anxious that the jury should' test for themselves how far the signals could be seen, as there had been so much discrepancy in the evidence on that su bject. For that purpose they had carria g es at their dis posal, and he would suggest that they would now take the opportunity of doing so. The coroner and jury acquiesced, and proceeded to the line for the purpose of making their official inspection. The result of this was to establish the fact that the witnesses who were in the train, and who deposed to seeing the white signals or red sig nals on, could not have seen them at all while the train was in motion, in consequence of the great curve, but that the engine-driver of the second train could have seen them. On the return of the jury, Mr. Robert Dykes was examined. He said—l am inspector of the passenger department of the Midland Railway, and I accompanied the excursion train on the night of Wednesday week, and which was timed to return on Thursday. I proceeded with that train to London. The following evening (Thursday) we left London, and in consequenc e o f the number of passengers the trains were divided at King's-cross. I came away with the first train from King's-cross at 38 minutes past seven. I have no official knowledge of the time the second train left. I gave no orders. I rode on the engine and saw th e second train just arriving at Bedford as we were ready to leave. That was the first time I had seen it, and did not see it again until the collision took place at Harborough. On arriving at Li tt l e Bow den crossing the engine-driver showed the gateman a red light. I presume he did so to indicate that he intended to stop at the station. At the time the collision took place we were just on the point of starting. I cannot speak as to the signals of the second train. The signals were all right for us to come in. We took in water at Harborough. should think we were here seven or eight minutes when the collision took place. Ido not know who started the second excursion train. By Mr. Ewens Bennett —It is true that the offi cials of the Harborough station did not kn ow that there was more than one train return i ng down the line. The only knowledge they had of i t was the red tail light of the fi rst train. We had no tele graph to Harborough to that effect: There was no notice that these t ra i ns were d i v id e d, except at Lei cester. The only means they cou ld have of knowing at Market Harborough was forming their own judgment fr om the red lights at the tail of the first train. Mr. Metcalfe--The tail of the first train never got up to the Market liarborough station at all ? W , l tue B s—lt did not. , I htgi how cou ld the station people at Market ior "'Thorough k no w that a second train was coming from that circumstance ?—That is the only means that I am aware of they had of knowing. The divi sion of tne trains was telegraphed to Leicester. Coroner—How was it that it was not telegraphed to the other stations ? Witness—lt cas not usual. There would be no one up. lam not aware of the time the office closes here. It is not usual to telegraph •to Har borough. There was no notice sent to ;) ny statioir except to Leicester— ►t least, not that I am aware of. Mr. Bennett—And the people at Harborough could have no knowledge that you had divided the train at King's -cross ? Witness—l cannot tell. They might judge. But you took up two heavy trains, and they could not know that they would come back in two trains on the second night ?—No ; but they might judge. Then was it left to their judgment ?—I cannot say that. Mr. Metcalfe—But you have already said that the only notice was 'he extra tail lamp at the end of the ti ain that a second train was to follow, but that the first train never got up its tail to the Market Harborough station at all, and therefore they could not see the notice. Witness—That is so. Then the fact is the people at Market Harborough had no notice whatever P—No. Mr. Marigold—By whom are the trains started King's-cross 9 Witness—Tb t.• trains from King's-cross are started by the station superintendent, or his deputy on duty. The Coroner here inquired if there were any more witnesses, and, being answerable in the nega tive, he proceeded at great length to read over and sum up the evidence. The jury at four o'clock retired to consider their verdict. After a deliberation of upwards of four hours they returned into court with the following verdict :—" Manslaughter against Ezra Stubbs, the engine-driver of the second Midland excursion train, and highly censuring the Minland Company for permitting two large excursion trains to start within so large a period without sufficient break power." The coroner made out his warrant for the com mittal of Ezra Stubbs to the Leicester County Gaol, and the proceedings in this protracted inquiry ter minated. 7HE LATE ALARMING ACCIDENT ON 7HE LONDON, CHATHAM, AND DOVER RAILWAY. COMMITTAL OF THE PLATE-LAYER. CANTERBURY, SATURDAY EVENING The circumstances connected with the alarming accident on the London, Chatham, and Dover Rail way, near Beakesbaurne, on Thursday last, were in vestigated on Saturday before a full bench of magi strates, at the St. Augustine's Magistrates' Clerks' Office, at Canterbury, under the chairmanship of Mr. William Plummer, when the plate-player in the service of the company, Henry Haynes, was placed at the bar charged with having, through negligence, caused a train, consisting of two engines, seven carriages, and a break-van, to be thrown off the line. After some witnesses were examined, The magistrates committed him for trial. 711 E NOVA SCOTIA GOLD FIELDS. We learn from the Toronto _Leader, of Aug. 22, that the latest accounts from the gold fields of Nova Scotia are satis factory, although there are no tales of extraordinary yields such as those wafted to us across the continent from British Columbia. The diggings in the Sherbrooke district had become also deserted, when a new " lead " was struck, the working of which promises to be exceedingly profitable. A correspondent of the Halifax Chronicle, writing from Goldenville on the 4th inst., says : " During the past week there has been great excitement caused bg the discovery of a gold-bearing quartz vein,about one and a ,half miles north-west of the Post-office which is supposed to be a part of the Blue Lead (of which I gave you a description in my last), and all the land has been taken up on this range—about 30 claims. This lode has proved very rich in places, and certainly gives indication of being the richest in the province. One company, in break ing up four tons of quartz for the crusher, took out about 40 oz. of gold in nuggets ; and four pounds weight of quartz from the next shaft was mortared by our friend Mr. Rogers, and produced over 9 oz. of clear gold. But the reader must bear in mind that those rich spots are unfortunately only the exception, and much of the quartz from this lead will not yield over one oz. per ton, and some will not pay the expense of crushing. Such is the uncertainty of quartz mining in this locality, and it is impossible to tell what the average produce may be from this lead when it becomes ex tensively worked." The same correspondent gives the following information : "The Sunday lead, lately discovered on one of the Lon. don and Nova Scotia Mining Company's lots gives very fa vourable indications of being a profitable one. All the quartz crushed from the M'Coy lead has averaged about five oz. per ton, and this, like many others, will no doubt be a profitable lead if properly mined. The Fraser, Metro politan, and oilier now • - •rcir , pwrliilß are enmrueneing more ex tensive and systematic operations in mining, and tho hnai ness of quartz mining here is slowly assuming an appear ance of permanence; and although thousands of pounds have been expended in prospecting apparently worthless claims, and many small companies, after having expended their limited means, have abandoned the diggings as profitless, yet the fact is being established that there are many ex tensive leads here that will prove remunerative if worked extensively; but skill and capital are required before any very profitable returns can be expected, and the rule has been here so far, that if a lead did not pay all expenses from the surface, it has been abandoned as unprofitable." The following extract from a private letter is given to show the value of the diggings in the Sherbrooke dis trict " The Sherbrooke diggings have not received from the press that notice that would encourage persons of means to invest capital in working the mines, although they are by far the best in Nova Scotia. Joined with this, a num ber of persons expected to find a fortune on the surface, and being very much disappointed as regards their first impressions, have gone back and spread the idea that there was something exaggerated in the statements that have been made with reference to the locality. Such reports are, however, sufficiently disproved by actual transactions. The very rich leads already discovered, and not enough commended, are convincing enough of the value of the Sherbrooke gold area ; but the others brought to light during the past fortnight set the matter quite at rest. I refer more particularly to the new lead called the Blue Lead,' Competent judges who have worked in California and Australia, acknowledge that the discoveries upon it vie in richness with any they have ever seen in those places. I make no mistake in this a ssertion, intention of humbugging persons inte fa t c h t e th be a te within g the I d th ha at ve g old exists where it does not. Thenmeelraelme, of 'three-quarter' • will tell so for me of past teaw:horhtahrveeebedaeyns, taken n e up, acre riches that exist in that particular locality. The thleaedhas been struck in several places, and seems to be rich throughout. A considerable quantity of the quartz taken from some of the claims on this lead has been sold at fabulous prices. The surface of the quartz presents the ap pearance of seams of gold running through the rock —very encouraging sights to those who are labouring to extract the precious metal. Also the whole aspect of the place pre sents many signs of improvement; more energy has been inspired and displayed, and more cheerful countenances all round show that hope is strong of having a profitable time. I would say to you do not allow yourselves to be discouraged by mere reports but hold on to your claims." A correspondent of the Chronicle at Tangier writes " I have again to report a very extraordinary yield from the South Lead. The value of Leahy's claim has been fre quently asserted ; it only therefore remains for me to pro duce the proof. Twelve tons of quartz from the North or Big South Lead, were sent to Barton's crusher. I attended during the process of amalgamation and cleaning up, but was compelled to leave on other business before the conclu sion, satisfied that the result would be very great. Mr. Leahy's business taking him to town early next morning, he requested the local commissioner to state to me, that the 12 tons of quartz had yielded, including specimens sold and on hand, equal to 325 dols. per ton. This is enormous I magnificent ! cheering I" Another correspondent, writing from Wine Harbour, says : " Our motto is still onward and downward, with the ex pectation of by and by reaping the harvest. The Hattie Lead has been discovered in four places, near Cameron's shanty, since my last, with good washings and very good specimens taken from the quartz. All parties interested in those claims are very much encouraged. A new lead was discovered a week ago by Beckwith, a little to the east of Rubar's house, which very much resembles the Hattie lead, but it cannot be the lead in question, as it is upwards of 250 feet north of the Hattie range, although there might be such a thing as the lead not running straight. Gold has been found in several of the veins on the surface of the rock. Yesterday M•Kay discovered a lead between the Middle and Hattie's lead, to the north of Buboes house, of several veins averaging from lin. to 3M. in thickness, within a spaco of 6in. in width. Nearly all the veins are good bearing, and no doubt will prove rich on going down. The Halifax Reporter of the 7th says : " A large lump of gold worth at least 800 dols. may be seen at the store of Mr. W. Kandick, Hollis-street. It was taken from the claim of Mr. Philip Leahy, Tangier, and is the product of one-fourth of the quartz which he has got out within the last 15 months. The rest of the quartz is considered to be quite as rich as that already crushed. We are informed that Mr. Leahy's machinery is of the simplest description, and that the further down the claim is worked the richer it becomes. Presuming that the quartz now on hand is as rich as that portion which has been crushed, to gether with many fine specimens which Mr. Leahy has got out, he will realise something like £1,500 for his 16 months work. Mr. Leahy has two others besides himself working on his claim, —... . POLICE INTELLIGENCE.- - Sept. 6 ..-- MANSION-HOUSE.—NEW MOD EOF SV lIND LING.—CATJTION TO THE PUBLIC.—A fter the close of the ordinary business at the Mans ion-how ie, o n Saturday, a gentleman who said that he was a soli citor, carrying on business in the City t i , at atei: that he wished to give publicity to a new mode of ,ob taining money, which, however, in the , ci 'lse he vats about to allude to, had not been success M., although it is to be feared it had hitherto been Ca rrieti on to a great extent. It appeared i - hat for so tete ti me past advertisements had appeared in the pa pers .stating that certain parties were willing to advi once loans to tradesmen, &c. A farm er in Cicotlaw I seeing the advertisement, and ouppooing it to be a bona fide affair, wrote to the address stated,. asking for a loan 11, a nd inclosing the of £3OO, and shortly after receive A a letter stating that the loan would be grante half of a draft on the cashiers of th e :Bank of 'er oEng land, and also an order, to be s i g nt Id by the appli cant for the money, agreeing to p a y t h e money back by instalments. "n The letter was as follows: Aug.. 22, 1862. te direct ors "Dear Sir, --Yesterday, at a L m o e n e d ti o n n g , of ti eed to and , your application for an advance of £ 3OO was agr with the as the loans are payable' in fu ll, in accordance. the u sual custom, I herein enclose one part of an ores the first Bank of England, value £3OO. The interest for year will be £l5, which please , remit in Scotch notot ', by re gistered letter, together with the enclosed note f.ol* £3OO, duly signed, and by return of vo k st I will send a k inxmped receipt for the interest, also the other part of the order on. the Bank of England. "For greater security, I have cro ss e l / 4 1 the order, the, refore when you have pasted the two parts tog.,9ther you mut tt on pay it to some banker, who will ch ar g e y ou a tr. commit Isi for getting the cash for you here. " Please notice the removal of th e offices, a:i.d direct y 'our letter as on the other side. or different " On account of the numerous sums provided t applicants, I must request your prompt attention, '' The following is a copy of the not e of ag"eement alluded to in the letter which the applicant was to send back signed v " No. 8001. £3OO. " Inverlochty, Aug. 22, 1.86''- " I agree to pay Esq., the sum of three hu, %ire , d pounds by six yearly payments of fifty pounds etch. I also agree to pay intorest on the same each year ii 1 advance at the rate of £5 per cent, per annum. The applicant upon rece;ut. of this letter and the enclosed orders did not quite' like the style of the: letter, or the idea of sending th. e £l5 before he re ceived the other half of the check", find applied to his solicitor, who advised him not t o send the money for the interest, nor to part with tl.le acknowledg ment of the loan unless he got the cash, as . he thought it all a trick ; and he then wrote to L tus friend in London (the gentleman who brought' the .matter forward at the Mansion-house) requesting halm to make some inquiries, and at the same tim e wro , te to fan the advertiser advising him that that g entleo would settle the transaction with hiM. Th e mat, ter has already been partly investigated, and fr,om the result of the inquiries which have been mad a it is believed to be a swindle, and the solicitor in Londoa in whose hands it was placed lost no time in b ring ing the matter forward, in order that the public. might be put on their guard against answering such advertisements, and falling into a trap, as it is feared many have done already. The portion of the cheque is half of a genuine one on the Bank of Englund, but it is rather a singular fact that it has been ast tamed to be one of a series which were uttered as long as six years ago to a firm who at that time u 'ere occupying offices at the very same address as fi l let mentioned in the letter from the advertiser. T 'he gentleman was informed that no proceeding's of a legal character could be taken at present s , no offence having in this case been committed, and he said he did not expect much could be done, his. only object being to give publicity to a mode of swindling which he thought was quite new, and very ingenious, and by which, if the public were not put on their guard, a great many might ,.. be defrauded out of their money, by pay in g the first year's interest upon receiving the half of the order, as in the instance to which he alluded. COUN2BY MABEE 2S. ~•_--- YORK—SATURDAY. There was a fair show of wheat to-day, and last week's prices were from is to 2s cheaper. Wheat, red 56s to 60s I Oats., ~ 248 to 268 White do .608 to 64s Beans ~ . 40s to 44e Barley .30s to 32s Peas .... „ ........-8 to -s Malt, 64s to 66s per qr. ; rye, 34 s per qr. ; flour, 408, to 428 per sack. NORTHAMPTON-SATURDAY> New wheat, 52s to 565; old, 55s to 655. Barley, 34s to 36s per qr. New oats quoted at 24s to 288 old, 26s to 34s per 24 stone. Beans, 39s to 42s ; secono.s, —s to —s. New rye, 40s to 42s per qr. • NORWICH —SATURDAY. At to slay's corn market the supply of wheat was" , still limited, and late prices were supported. White wheat 53s to 57s I Red wheat 46s to 05s Malting barley....4os to 41s I Chevalier barley 37s to 3238 New d 0...... —s to --s Oats.. Flour, 40s Od to —s Od per sack from the miller. NOTTINGHAM-SATURDAY. White wheat, from 57e to G4s; red wheat, 56s to 625. Barley—malting, 39s to 42s ; grinding-, 39s to 425. Oats old, at 25s to 31s ; new, 24s to 295. Beans were sold at 41s to 458 per qr, Flour, 41s to 445. LEICESTER-SATURDAY. -- —-- Old white wheat, - —60 s 65s ; new, 55s to 60s per 36 stone. Old red, 55s to 60s per 36 stone. Barley, malting, new, 35s to 42s per qr.; grinding, 28s to 33s ; old oats,, 26s to 30s; new oats, 22s to 27s per 24 stone. Beans,, new, 40s to —s ; old, 44s to —s per 38 stone. CORK-SEPT. 4. The following were the quotations this morning :—Red wheat, 22s Od to 26s Od ; white, 27s Od to —s Odabarley 145 6d to —s Od ; oats, 12s 4d to 155 Od.; new here, 14s 6d to 15s Od. DUBLIN• r-SEPT. Our market to-day was thinly attended, and the supply of new and old wheat and oats limited, and at norajnal prices, Flour a quiet sale, and declined is to 2s. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Wheat, white.. 30 0 to 34 0 Beans.. Do., red 27 0t032 0 Bere .... 12 oto 0 Do., new .... 0 to 0 1 Rapeseed .... 0 to 0 Barley Oats - 14 otol7 9 Bakers' flour .. 16 6t021 0 Do., black 13 otol6 0 Indian corn .. 31 6to 35 0 FOREIGN MAIL PACKET LIST. MAILS DUE. Aus•.ralia and Mauritius, via Southampton .. Sept. 18.. via Marseilles ... Sept. 12. Brazil and Cap- e Verds, by British packet. Oct. 4. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena.. Oct. 2. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton. Sept. 18. Falkland Islands via Marseilles ... Sept. 12. Oct. . ......... Gibraltar, via Southampton .... . 14. India (Calcutt a ) , and Ceylon, via Southampton Sept. 18. via Marseilles Sept. 12. India (Bombay), via Southampton Sept. 14. via Marseilles Sept, 8.. Lisbon Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Sept, 14.. via Marseilles Sept. 8. Newfoundland Oporto and Vigo . Sept. —. U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet.... Sept. 11. by U.S. packet.... by Canadian packet. Sept. 10. W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe Sept. 10. Bahamas, via New York Sept. 23. Mexico Sept. 29. All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, I Sept. 13. California, and British Columbia.. We are sorry to learn that Mr. Edward Mills, of the well-known banking firm of Glyn and Co., of Lombard street, was seized last week with paralysis at Glenfidish, in the Highlands. The latest account received in town represents the condition of the respected gentleman to be more favourable. BIRTHS. BELLAMY,—On the sth inst., at Streatham, the wife of Alan Charles Bellamy, Esq., of a son. BLAKISTON.—On the sth inst., at 3, St. Margaret's-place, St. Leonard's -on,, Sea, the wife of Douglas Y. Blakiston, Esq., of a son. HANBURY.—On the 3d inst., at York, the wife of Gainey Hanbury,Esq,, 10th Hussars, of a son. MARRIAGES. FILGATE—FITZGERALD.—On the 4th inst., at Horsham Church, Townley P. H. M. Filgate, Esq., 18th Hussars, to Tryphena Elizabeth, the eldest daughter of W. R. Seymour Fitzgerald, Esq., M.P., of Holbrook, HISCOKE—PAYNE.-0n the 4th inst., at St. Peter's, Pim lico, William John Hiscoke, of Castle-terrace. Richmond, Sn rey, to Eliza, eldest daughter of John Thos. Payne. of Grosvenor-street, Eaton-square. DEATHS. BRUCE.—On the sth inst., at 16, Cavendish-road, Saint John's-wood, Mary, eldest daughter of the late Alexr. Bruce, Esq., of Parliament• street. CHAMBERS.—On the 3d inst., at Lee, Kent, John Cham bers, Esq., aged 73. 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