The Sun. — London, England, 1862-10-07 00:00:00

711 E NAVY. -- _____..-_ The instructions for the launch of the iron-cased 14 4 Caledonia, to take place on the 24th inst., hav ing been ordered to be urged on the attention of the authorities at Woolwich, the back of the build ing shed and the bilge ways were yesterday re moved, and arrangements for thw launch and the ac commodation of a large number of visitors will be carried out on an extensive and commodious scale. The breaking up of the Sirius target frigate hav ing been completed in No, 9 dock at Portsmouth, the Java target frigate is now ordered to be placed in the same dock for breaking up. The official trial of Mr. Lumley's patent rudder, by order of the Admiralty, commenced at Ports month yesterday with the Bullfinch gunboat. The trials will not be concluded, however, before to. morrow or Thursday, to which time we defer our detailed report. The Agamemnon, 86, screw, Capt. Thomas Hope, was yesterday officially inspected at Spithead by Vice-Admiral Sir H. W. Bruce, Naval Commander in-Chief at Portsmouth. She is ordered to be taken into Portsmouth Harbour to dismantle and clear out for paying out of commission. The Falcon,l7, serew, Commander Heneage, was paid out of commission at Portsmouth yesterday. under the inspection of Capt. H. Broadhead, com manding the reserve at Portsmouth. The Revenge, 86, screw, Capt. C. Fellowes, flag ship of Rear-Admiral R. Smart, K.H., command ing-in•chief the Channel Fleet, was andocked at Portsmouth yesterday on the completion of her repairs to her false keel. The Chanticleer, 17, screv?, Commander Charles Stirling, and the Galatea, 26, screw, Capt. R. Ma guire, lying at Spithead, are reported for service in the Mediterranean. The iron-floating steam factory Chasseur, attached to the Chatham steam reserve in the Medway, has been placed in dock in order to have a thorough overhaul and repair. The paddlewheel steamer Terrible, 21, 800 horse power, is undergoing some very extensive repairs at Sheerness, the estimated cost of which is about £13,000. Her engines are being repaired at the steam factory. A plan for covering the bottom of iron ships with metal to prevent the fouling of iron vessels, which now occurs to a most considerable extent, has been submitted to the Admiralty by Mr. J. Reman, one of the metal testers and assayers at Chatham dock yard, the invention having been previously favour ably reported upon by the leading officials of the dockyard. The Board of Admiralty have, how ever, declined to adopt the invention. 711 E ARMY. The 20thcompany of Royal Engineers, under the command of Capt. E. C. Sim and Lieut. R. G. Tho rold, arrived at head-quarters, Chatham, yesterday, from Western Australia, after an absence from Eng land of nearly 12 years. The company left England in 1851, its strength being then 120 men of all ranks. During the time it was stationed in Western Australia it was employed in opening up the public roads and in the erection of the various Government buildings, including the large convict establishment at Fremantle, which was built almost entirely by zhe Sappers and Miners. Owing to the length of time the company has been absent from England, its strength has been so reduced that it now only numbers 37 men of all ranks, together with 29 women and 84 children, the numbers which joined head-quarters. The company will be raised to its proper strength from the depot companies at head-quarters. It is expected that most of the non commissioned officers and men will either claim or purchase their discharge, most of them returning to England in possession of large sums of money accu mulated by them in the colony, where they reeeived extra pay and other emoluments. The 7th company of Royal Engineers, under the command of Capt. F. E. B. Beaumont, arrived at Gravesend yesterday, from Halifax, Nova Scotia, and joined head-quarters at Brompton Barracks, Chatham. The 7th company, which numbers 70 men of all ranks, with 50 women and children, has been absent from England several years. The half-yearly inspections of the troops in garri• s ou at Edinburgh were made at the end of last week, by- Major-Gen. Walker, commanding in the north ern ~district. At the inspections Major-Gen_ Stoli pine, one of the aides-de-camp to the Emperor of Russia, was present, and took great interest in ob serving the efficiency of the troops. Col. Eardley Wilmot, head-quarters, and two bat teries of the 7th Brigade, Royal Artillery, arrived in garrison at Woolwich yesterday from Canada. They came to Gravesend in the Himalaya steam troopship, Capt. Lacy, and thence to Woolwich in steamtugs from the dockyard. The Himalaya has ,likewise brought on freight a large amount of naval stores from the dockyards of Halifax, Quebec, &c., which will be discharged in barges and lighters, and landed at Woolwich. Mr. Trickett, chief en g i ne er of Woolwich factory, was yesterday ordered to Gravesend by telegram from the Ad miralty, in order to inspect the machinery of the Himalaya, the shaft having been found " out of truth." The Himalaya was yesterday ordered to be supplied with 100 tons of coals from Woolwich. The annual inspection of the Royal Marine Ar tillery at Portsmou th was made by Major-Gen. Stransham, C. 8., Deputy Adjt.-Gen. of the Royal Marine forces, during the end of last week and yes terday. On Wednesday the men, 750 in number, including non-commissioned officers, were drawn up across the parade ground of Fort Cumberland to receive the General, who made a most minute in spection in line. The cook-house, infirmary, barrack rooms, &c., were next inspected ; 14 gunners were brought.before the General as being incompetent to learn artillery duties, clearly showing the bad sys tem of selecting men from the divisions, or rather receiving the volunteers offered from them for the Artillery. The men having dined at noon, the as sembly again sounded at 1 o'clock, when the inspec tion was resumed. In the laboratorythe usual course was gone through, but the iecturer on gunnery showed the want of a superior class of men for Ar tillerymen in these days, when changes in the whole system are constantly taking place, generally of a very complicated character. The system of drill now carried out in this corps has for its objects to enable the men, first, to perform what is required accord ing to the Ordnance book; secondly, to carry out suggestions on field exercise book, regarding, Ist, bring i ng men on progressively, and making them fully comprehend one subject before entering upon a nothe r ; 2 d, creating emulation ; 3 d , m u t ual instruc tion; 4th, dividing the squads into drill classes; sth, practising the givin g of words of command. Cate obism is introduced in all the instructions. Number ing drill is abolished except for teaching sponging and i'.9a , ding ;heavy work avoided as far as possible, and tin:e saved. Where any intricacy exists in the drill it is .node Plain by moving one or two num bers at a time. The work k going on in the laboratory during the GenOra-' inspection consisted of driving r . ockets,b an dli g ht s , l ong lights, fuzes, making tubegr bluelights, portfires, I;ght ana smoke balls, carcases, pulverising saltpetre, aed sztra c ti ng saltpetre from damaged powder. The young soldiers were next inspected at ordinary garrison guns, stand ing carriages, dwarf and traversing carriages, and mortars, the classification of the m en being at the same time strictly attended to. Practice was next made from the 110 pounder and 40 po nn z er Arm ,strongs at 1,500 yards' range; 12 pou n d er Arni strongs at 900 and 1,300 yards ; shell firing f rom the smooth-bore guns on the works at different ran go ; broadside smooth .bore firing at 600 yards; 100 inci mortars at 650 yards ; and 13 inch sea tier- I vice mortars at 3,000 yards, the whole of the prac ticc being excellent. The rocket practice, owing to g wind, was not so effective as it would other s stron wise .have been had the weather been more favour- The rifle practice was very - The in able, unusua lly minute and searching speciion of an the division was parad ed on character. Yesterday Sout h sea - co mnion. The Art illery mustered eight companies,under the command of m Col.-C ed 12 ant Tate, Tate, and the Light Infantryusterm _Commandant A. panies, under the command o f Col . up in line G. Ayles. The whole force was drawn and a f ter being position on the common by 3 p.m. , inspected thus by Gen. Stransham Marc hed past the saluting point in single companies and grand divisions. After marching past was brou;:lt to a termination a series of battalion manceuvres were gone through, the proceedings closing u. 5 p.m., when the divisions returned to their res ective bar racks, the Light Infantry to Forton a the Artil lery to Fort Cumberland. THE BATTLE OF ANTIETAM General Kimball's official report of the battle of Antietam, as the recent great fight near Sharps burg is now called, has been published:— " Head-quarters Kimball's Brigade, French's Division, Sumner's Corps, Army of the Potomac, on the field of battle near Sharpsburg, Md. " General,—On the morning of the 17th inst., in obedi ence to your order, my brigade crossed Antietam Creek, and was formed into line of battle on the left of Gen. Sedgwick's divison, and in the third line, Generals Weber and Morris forming the first and second lines. In this position I moved directly forward about three-fourths of a mile, when Gen. Weber encountered the enemy's pickets and drove them back, and soon came upon the enemy in force, posted in a strong position in an orchard, corn field, ditches, and upon the hill sides. "At this moment, in obedience to your command, I moved my brigade forward and formed my line in front, on the left of General Weber. My right wing, consisting of the 14th Regiment Indiana Volunteers, Colonel Harrow, and the Bth Regiment Ohio Volunteers, Lieut.-Colonel Sawyer commanding, was posted on the hillside in front of the orchard, their left resting on a lane running in the di rection of Sharpsburg. My left wing, consisting of the 7th Virginia Volunteers, Colonel Snyder, and the 132 d Regi ment Pennsylvania Volunteers, Colonel Oakford com manding, resting on an extension of the same line, their right resting on the lane running towards Sharpsburg, and their left extending towards the creek. Directly on my front, in a narrow road, running parallel with my line, and being washed by water, forming a natural rifle-pit between my line and a large cornfield, I found the enemy in great force, as also in the cornfield in rear of the ditch. " As my line advanced to the crest of the hill a mur derous fire was opened upon it from the entire force in front. My advance further was checked, and for three hours and 30 minutes the battle raged incessantly, without either party giving way. The enemy having been rein forced made an attempt to turn my left flank, by throwing three regiments forward entirely to the left of my line, which I met and repulsed with loss by extending my left wing—the 7th Virginia and 132 d Pennsylvania Volunteers —in that direction. Being foiled in this he made a heavy charge on my centre, thinking to break my line, but was met by my command, and repulsed with great slaughter. I then in turn ordered a charge, which was promptly re sponded to, and which resulted in driving the enemy re tirely from the ditches, and some distance into the corn field beyond. In this charge my command captured about 300 prisoners, and the enemy in his flight left on the field seve ral stands of colours, which were taken by some parties out side of my brigade while pursuing them. At this time a brigade of Gen. Richardson's Division advanced to my relief on the left of my line, securing that flank from further assaults. " In the meantime, the line on my left having been aban doned, the enemy made an attempt to turn that flank, and by that, to gain my rear, and succeeded in gaining a corn field directly on my right. To repulse them a change of front was made by the 14th Indiana Volunteers and Bth Ohio, which resulted in driving the enemy from my right and restored the line, which was afterwards occupied by Smith's division of Gen. Franklin's corps, " For four hours and a half my command was under a most galling fire, and not a man faltered or left the ranks until the field was left by the rebels in our possession, those who were sent with wounded to the rear quickly returning to their places in line. For three and a half hours of this time we were upon the field and maintained our position without any support whatever. My men having exhausted all their ammunition, the fight was maintained for some time with the supplies stripped from the bodies of their dead and wounded comrades. " Every man of my command behaved in the most exem plary manner, and as men who had determined to save their country or die. The 14th Indiana and Bth Ohio Volunteers, in the change of front which saved our right, executed it as veterans and as only brave men could. The battle was fought under your eye, General, and I need not tell you how terrible was the conflict. The loss in my command is a lasting testimony of the sanguinary nature of the conflict, and a glance at the position held by the rebels tells how terrible was the punishment inflicted on them. The corn fields in the front are strewn with their dead and wounded, and in the ditch first occupied by them the bodies are so numerous that they seem to have fallen dead in line of battle, for there is a battalion of dead rebels. We maintained our ground and drove the enemy from his. " After the firing had ceased on my front the foe seemed to have concentrated his force on Gen. Richardson's com mand. Col. Brooks, commanding a brigade, sent to me for assistance. You having previously ordered Col. Morris, commanding Second Brigade, to take orders from me, I ordered him to Col. Brooks's assistance. " The loss in my command is as follows: " 14th Indiana Volunteers.—Killed, 30 ; wounded, 151. " Bth Ohio.—Killed, 32; wounded, 129. " 7th Virginia—Killed, 29 ; wounded, 116. " 132 d Pennsylvania—Killed, 30; wounded 114. " Missing, 8 ; total killed, 121; total wounded, 510. "This number embraces officers and men. Lists from the several regiments, with name and rank, together, with the reports of Colonel Harrow, Colonel Snyder, Lieut- Col. Sawyer, and Lieut.-Col. Wilcock, are forwarded herewith. " Among the killed and wounded are many brave and gallant officers, Colonel It. A. Oakford, 103 d Pennsylvania, was killed while leading his regiment. He was a brave officer, and died like a hero. Captain Coon, Acting Lieut tenant-Colonel, and Captain Cavins, Acting Major, 14th Indiana, were wounded while gallantry leading their com- mands. Where every officer and man behaved with such signal bravery and coolness, it would be invidious to make distinction by mentioning names of a part only. " I cannot speak in too high praise of the officers of my staff, to which I am indebted for valuable services rendered to me on the field. My Adjutant-General, Captain E, D. Mason, behaved with great coolness, and received a very painful wound during the engagement. The conduct of Lieuts. Swigart, Marshall, and Burrell throughout the whole engagement was highly commendable, and exhibited a high degree of gallantry, efficiency, and personal bravery. They were proved by a test such as it is seldom the lot even of veterans to encounter, and the result has been highly honourable to them. I recommend them to the considera tioa of the Commanding-General. " I have the honour, General, to be, " Very respectfully, your obedient servant, " NATHAN KIMBALL, Brigadier-General." The total loss in General Sumner's corps, killed, wounded, and missing, is 5,208. It is stated that the Con federates in their hasty retreat from Mary land left between 1,100 and 1,200 wounded between Sharpsburg and the river. A despatch from the headquarters of the Army of the Potomac states that 26 stand of colours had been received,taken from the enemy, beside seven known to have been cap tured and in possession of different regiments. The following despatch has been published : cc T o MAJOR-GENERAL H. W. HALLECK, GENERAL-IN- " luka, Miss., Sept. 20. General Roseerans, with Stanley's and Hamilton's divi- sions and Misener's cavalry, attacked Price south of this v ill ag e, about two hours before dark yesterday, and had a sharp fight until night closed in. General Ord was to the north, with an armed force of about 5,000 men, and had some skirmishing with the rebel pickets. This morning the fight was renewed by General Rosecrans, who was y n e arest to the tow n, but it was found that the enemy had b een evacuating during the night, going south. Gene praulrssuHita.miTltohnis n Stanley, doubt, break up th e enemy? Snle, with ca va l ry , are i n f u ll and possibly force them to abandon much of their artillery. The loss on either side, in killed and wounded is from 400 to 600. The enemy's loss in arms, tents, &c., will be large. We have about 250 prisoners. I have reli able intelligence that it was Price's intention to move over east of the Tennessee. In this he has been thwarted. Among the enemy's loss are Gen. Little, killed, end Gen. Whifford, wounded. I cann ot speak too hi i ghly of the energy and skill displayed by G e n. Rosecr ns n the attack, Gen. Ord's command and of the endurance of the troops. t they desired showed untiring seal, but the direction taken b y the prevented them from taking the active p Price's force was about 18,000. Maj The latest despatch from the h ead- q uarters of the " U. S. GRANT, or General." army is as follows Information received to-day from a servant who de eerted from the rebels yesterday shows their loss in general officers in the late battle was greater than curs. General Wright, of Georgia, was wounded in two places. General Branch, of North Carolina, was killed; General Songstreet was wounded; Major-General Anderson, commanding a division, was wounded; General Colquit, of Georgia, was killed. The rebels admit their loss to be 20,000 at the battle of Antietam, and 30,000 since they entered Maryland. " The Alabama brigade, commanded by Colonel Corning, acting brigadier-general, has not been able to muster 50 men since the battle. "The residents of this section of Maryland have suffered terribly since its cccupation by the two armies. In many cases. families which a few days ago were in comfortable and tdakteli,naand regulara 1 also way b subsistenceya responsiblese used by the officerar m o y r , c i r cumstances are now wanting the necessaries of life. All whether or taken bad" • Iscriminately by those in want, is promptly paid for by General Ingall, Chief Quartermaster of the army, and Colonel Clark, Chief of Subsistence, upon the proper affidavits being made. The claims of those whose farms have been laid waste and buildings destroyed during the battle are referred to the authorities at Washington for set tlement. A people so loyal, and who have sacrificed so much for the Union as these in this section of the State Arc, pot only deserving of the sympathy of every lover of the The first two results show that the Armstrong rifled gun is a worse compromise than the old gun it was intended to supersede. It is worthy of notice that the velocity of the Whitworth heavy projectile after traversing 600 yards (a good fighting range) was 1,260 feet, being 50 feet greater than the initial velocity of the Armstrong projectile, which is 1,210 feet at the muzzle of the gun. The total results in respect of penetration being so decidedly in favour of Whitworth, it follows that he has adopted the best compromise, by combining all three necessary conditions of proper form and material of projectile and sufficient velocity. That the velocity, though perhaps at the muzzle of the gun slightly below that of the smooth-bore, is sufficient when combined with proper form and material of projectile, is shown by the penetration result, which in the case of the Whitworth is through and through both armour piste and backing, in the case of the smooth-bore is barely through half the armour-plate, and in the Armstrong is not half through. The form of pro jectiles, both shot and shell, employed by Mr.Whit worth for penetrating armour-plates were then de scribed. The material of which the projectile is composed is what is termed homogeneous iron, combining the toughness of copper with the hard t the proc es s e Whitworth o f hard ness of st ee l. I t un d ergoes a care f u l ly regu l ated annealing.field guns, The andsam same metal a i l s usedfor o with certainty. r equisi t e improve ments now size, whoseenable i t quality to b e worked o m r k a e y d b ien henceforth masses hiert a heavyinty . l‘ir. do r tian ce wiWhitworthth bothi s interior tubes and outer ho o p s of homo g en eou s metal theenrdeefdore upon w n making of the improved manufacture, so that the guns will be constructed throughout of one uniform metal, without any welding at all. Experience justifies the expectation that they will be free from the ob jections which it is well known are inherent in all welded guns, and be fully able to resist the severe and searching strain that is sure sooner or later to disable a gun built up of forged coiled tubes if it be called upon to do its full work by discharging heavy prejectiles at efficient velocities. Mr. JAMES NASMYTH, F.R.A,S., said the steam ram was an old subject with him. A plan was pro posed by him to the Admiralty so long ago as 1846. He thought the more destructive you can make th e attack on your adversary the bett er. It was not right to be torturing your enemy by drilling nume rous small holes in him; it was like taking day to draw a tooth. (A laugh.) His a whole idea was to make one large hole and sink the ship at once with the enemy. (Cheers.) It was a question of mo mentum. The first practical ram was the Merri- mac, but the Southerners made a mistake in giving her a shard end—it should be blunt, and such was the original plan of the author, nor had he seen any reason to alter his views. The vessel must present as low an angle as possible to turn shot, but she must also have strength in the direction of her length, and use the utmost possible amount of steam ; and, to meet the objection that the impact might destroy the engines, which he did anticipate, he would place the engines on a slide, with buffer arrangements. With such a vessel he would dash into the Warrior as into a bandbox. (A laugh.) The plates would be crushed at once. He hoped the Admiralty would devote a thousand pounds or two to try the effect of a ram against an old hulk, the ship Trusty, and afterwards at the Warrior herself. (Cheers.) Mr. T. WEBSTER hoped that the discussion would not omit the question, brought before the section by Mr. Atherton, of unsinkable ships. It was quite clear from the late experiments that ships could not withstand the attack of guns, and there was a reason why we should give some attention to other matters of ship architecture than the mere attempt ing to defend them by armour-plates against shot. Admiral Sir E. BELCHER observed that in 1818 he had urged a plan of unsinkable ships to Sir Robert Seppings, by shutting down the hatches and using the pumps to pump in air; but this was objected to, on the ground that it was necessary to have an opening to keep the timbers sound. He advised water-tanks as a backing to the sides of ships, believing that such an arrangement would withstand even Mr. Nasmyth's ram. Mr. R. W. WOOLLCOMBE explained the nature of his projectile, by means of which he got rid of the friction caused by rifling, with no more windage, the projectile being a disk travelling in a direction perpendicular to its axii of rotation. Mr. G. P. BIDDER, jun., observed that with a smooth-bore the balls go accurately for a short dis tance, but afterwards they diverge in uncertain directions, and this he showed must be the case as well with Mr. Woollcombe's shot as with an ordi nary smooth-bore shot. Captain BLAKELEY said that Mr. Aston had told them that Mr. Whitworth was beginning to use homogeneous metal for the inside and outside of his guns, and he (Captain Blakeley) would encourage him to use this, as he had for several years past used it with great acvantage. He had made guns, in use abroad, of large size, which would throw rifle 6001bs. shot with 801bs. of powder. The Spaniards had such guns, and he thought the English Govern ment ought to give some encouragement for trials of every kind of gun as well as rams. (Hear.) Mr. S. SCOTT RtYSSELL, F.R.S., said at the last meeting it was ascertained that 41--inch plates and 18 inches of wood would beat the gun, but the late experiments had shown that we have no navy if you keep wooden ships with iron plates. Sir W. Armstrong fired our wooden ships, and Mr. Whit worth had proved that he can do the same if the ship be plated. No ship of ordinary size was even big enough to carry indestructible plates. Why could nct a good fighting ship be made which should keep out a shell ? He believed that Whit worth's shell would be stopped by double armour plates, one in front and the other behind it; but a larger one, it was said, would be made which would destroy any thickness of double plates, and he believed it would be done. But this was not the critical point. There was one way of carrying increased thickness—namely, by the increased size of vessel. There was, however, another way without increasing the size—to build the ship up to the water's edge, cover her below the water line as far as was necessary to prevent penetration, then diminish the battery on the deck, and then they would have a vessel somewhat like the Monitor, absolutely shot proof. Captain Coles's ship was on that principle, Dr. ROBINSON had lived long enough to learn that such prefixes as " im" and" tm" were very unsafe syllables to deal with. He thought, how ever, that the materials for unsinkable ships would have no power of resistance. He wished to know as to the expansion of a gun of the homogeneous metal as compared with one on the Armstrong principle. Mr. ASTON said that the price of the homoge neous metal was gradually being lowered, and that the Whitworth gun could be produced at a lower price than the Armstrong. Dr. ROBINSON, in continuation, observed that such was the arrangement of the Whitworth gun that the friction in the barrel was reduced to a minimum. The shot would fall from the barrel with a very small inclination. He thought in same respects that Mr. Woollcombe's shot promised ad vantages, but he pointed out disadvantages. Mr. ASTON asked what would be the condition of Mr. Scott Russell's ship with shells which would penetrate 30tt. below the water line; and this Dr. Rubinson had told them was possible. As to the the partially-defended ship, would any captain ask his men, some to stay in the undefended part, while others were comfortably ensconced behind eight inches 0: armour plate ? He (Mr. Aston) consi dered that guns built up of rings could never stand. The PRESIDENT said the great difficulty about homogeneous iron was its liability to be of unequal quality. Mr. Whitworth took very great pains in the manufacture, and the great danger in the case of the coils is that they are apt to elongate. THE MIDDLE LEVEL DAM. Mr. THOROLD remarked that, since another dis aster had just occurred of which the facts were not fully or accurately ascertained, he should not now proceed with his paper. Mr. WEBSTER remarked on the magnitude of the scheme of applying syphons in this case. He asked Mr. Appold why, in the application of the syphons, one central valve had not been used instead of two, one at each end. He also suggested that the improvements made in the O use ou tf a ll below Lynn might considerably have affected the the level of the sluices. Dr. SPENCER COBBOLD said he had that morning come from Lynn, and as Sorat, unfounded rumours m might have been afloat height be allowed to state the facts. Those who were acquainted with this particular locality knew that there were two small drains from the middle level near Lynn. It was between the two drains, though further from Lynn, that on the preceding day the waters burst through and carried away 10 yards of the embankment, through which the water rushed most violently. Multitudes of people assembled to witness the de vastation. He might take the liberty to state that the following evening (Tuesday), at 7 30, being the time of high spring tide, was the period at which the greatest injury could take place. The tide, too, would be then almost as high as the following morning at B'clock. Mr. WILKINSON, who had also that morning come from the neighbourhood of the sluice, was happy to say that only a few acres were covered by the water, and the consequences were not likely to be so serious as the last speaker had hinted. It WE,S even hoped that before the time mentioned to-morrow evening the waters would be nearly if not entirely cleared off. Several questions were asked of Mr. Appold and Mr. Thorold as to the system on which the syphons were constructed, which were answered. The discussion, however, did not last more than half an hour. A WOMAN BURNT TO DEATH AT CHELSEA. — Yesterday the wife of a labouring man, named Ann Streotly, was discovered frightfully burnt and unconscious in a room of her residence, at 6, George-street, Chelsea. The unfortu nate creature was promptly removed to St. George's Hos pital, where, although she received prompt medical attend ance, she gradually sank, and died between two and three hours afterwards. 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OPENING OF THE METROPOLITAN EXTEN SION TO THE ELEPHANT AND CASTLE. Some two months since we noticed the opening of tha first section of the London, Chatham, and Dover company's metropolitan extension from Bat tersea to Herne-hill, Dulwich. We have to-day to draw attention to the completion of the line from Herne•hill to the Elephant and Castle, which was thrown open for public traffic yesterday morning. These lines form part of a system of railways which was authorised in 1860 after one of the most pro tracted Parliamentary contests on record, and by them an independent access to both the City and West end was secured to the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Company. A short description of the whole may not be uninteresting. In 1853 the original East Kent Railway, as it was then called, received the sanction of the legis lature. This line was laid out to accommodate the district lying between Strood and Canterbury. In 1855 the Dover Extension was passed, by which a direct route to Dover was secured. The first section of the line from Strood to Faversham was opened to the public at the end of 1857, and soon after this it became apparent that the South-Eastern Railway Company, having the means, would very naturally not lose the opportu nity of securing, as far as they could, the traffic of the competing line, the only access to the metro polis being over the North Kent Railway. The W astern Extension line was, therefore, applied for, and, after being defeated in one session, a renewed application to Parliament met with success. The Western Extension running from Strood, where it forms a junction with the line previously opened, passed by Cobham, Darenth, and St. Mary Cray and Bickley, at which point it joins the Mid- Kent Railway and St. Mary Cray line, and the traffic was proposed to be taken via Beckenham and the Crystal Palace to the Victoria station. In the session of 1859 a short line was applied for from Beckenham to the Brighton Company's line at Sydenhatn, but the latter company declining to forward the traffic to London-bridge, on account of the already crowded state of their line, the London, Chatham, and Dover Company in the autumn of 1859 deposited, and in 1860 obtained, the Metropolitan Extension Act for railways extending from Beckenham, under Sydenham-hill, to Dul wich, where the line bifurcates, one branch taking the route of Brixton and Clapham, joining the Brighton line near the bridge over the Thames at Battersea, and the other, passing through Camber well and Walworth, crosses the river a few yards below Blackfriars-bridge, and terminates at Far ringdon-street, throwing out a spur line which, passing under Skinner-street and Snow-hill, forms a junction with the Metropolitan Railway, near Victoria-street, and by it gets access to the Great Northern and Great Western Railways. As stated above the portion opened yesterday ex tends from Herne-hill to the Elephant and Castle, a distance of 23, miles, of which nearly 4,000 yards are on a viaduct, consisting of 347 arches and 25 girder bridges. The first brick of the viaduct was laid on the 28th January, 1861, and from that date to the present no exertion has been spared to expedite the work, some notion of the extent of which may be obtained from the fact that 26,000,000 of bricks and 850 tons of wrought iron have been used in its construction. The station at Camberwell New-road is complete, and is of pleasing design and convenient arrange ment. _ At Walworth only a temporary station is pro vided while the permanent one, which will be of considerable extent, is erecting. From the Elephant and Castle the works are being rapidly carried on towards the Thames, and the bridge over the river at Blackfriars is being con structed. A delay of 18 months has occurred in this latter work from the indisposition evinced by the City authorities to decide upon a design for the re building of Blackfriars-bridge, on which the gene ral details of the railway bridge must necessa rily depend, and it was only a few weeks since that the company received permission to proceed. In this time, however, progress has been made in the cofferdams on either side of the river. The bridge, when complete, will consist of five spans, ranging between 159 and 183 feet, and will be for four lines of railway, the whole being carried on lattice girders; it is expected that it will be finished in about 18 months from this date. The line from Walworth to Blackfriars, where a large goods depot will be erected, will be opened next summer. On the line between Beckenham and Herne-hill the works are considerable, comprising a tunnel of upwards of 2,000 yards in length, through the Lon don clay; many cuttings and bridges, and a viaduct of a quarter of a mile long. Of these the tunnel, which forms the measure of the time for opening, will be finished by the latter end of next summer, so that we hope to have to report the completion of the entire route, both to the Victoria station and Blaekfriars-bridge, by September next. An inspection of the line yesterday convinced us of the substtintial manner in which the whole of the works have been carried out, reflecting great credit on all concerned. Messrs. Pato, Betts, and Crampton are the con tractors for the entire line, and the works have been executed under the directions of Messrs. J. Cubitt and F. T. Turner, the joint engineers of the under taking, under the immediate superintendence of Mr. W. H. Thorn, the resident engineer. The company run 26 trains each way daily, and we have no doubt that when developed the traffic will quite equal that on the North London Rail way. THE PROPOSED GARIBALDI MEE7ING IN THE CI7Y. A meeting of the committee of gentlemen who have interested themselves in getting up the City rcqviisition to the Lord Mayor for convening a pub lic meeting of the citizens of London, at Guildhall, to express sympathy with Garibaldi, and to protest against the French occupation of Rome,was held last evening at the Guildhall Coffee-house, King-street, Chcapside. Amongst the gentlemen present were the Rev. Dr. Lester, Messrs. Richardson and Bennett, common councilmen ; and Messrs. Barker, Law rence, Lloyd Jones, Bennett, T. Malleson, Morris, Stapleton, J. R. Taylor, Sex, Moir, Straker, Lant ley, Steele, Braby, Bolgin, It Smith, &c. Mr. H. PARRY, Q.C., was called to the chair. He said the meeting had been called together not for speechmaking but for business. The hon. sec tary (Mr. Richardson) would commence the business by reporting the proceedings, as far as they had gone. Mr. RICHARDSON read letters approving the ob ject of the meeting, several containing subscriptions, from a large number of gentlemen, including Mr. Western Wood, M.P. ; Mi% Locke, M.P.; R ev . D r. Spence, 11 . r. Montagu Chambers, Dr. Ross, Mr. S. Morley, Dr. Epps, and several members of the com mon council. He said the Lord Mayor had con sented, on the receipt of a numerously signed requi sition, to grant the use of the Guildhall for the meeting, the object of which he approved. A draft of the resolutions to be submitted to the meeting had been shown to his lordship, and he quite coin cided with them. He had no doubt the Lord Mayor would take the chair at the meeting if requested to do so by a deputation from the committee. Several gentlemen having expressed an opinion that it would add greatly to the weight of the meet ing if the Lord Mayor would preside, it was resolved, on the motion of Mr. Morris, seconded by Mr. Law rence, that the committee wait upon the Lord Mayor to request him to do so. It was also resolved, on the motion of Mr. Bar ker, seconded by Mr. Bennett, that the meeting be held at the Guildhall of the City at two o'clock on Tuesday, the 14th instant, subject to the approval of the Lord Mayor. Messrs. Bennett, Lawrence, Moir, Malleson, Bar ker, the Rev. Dr. Lester, with the chairman and the hon. secretaries, Messrs. Taylor and Richardson, were then appointed as a sub-committee to arrange the resolutions and the other details of the meeting, It was mentioned by Mr. Moir previous to the adjournment, that Messrs. Taylor, Stansfeld, and Ashurst would return from Spezzia before the end of the week, and would be able to communicate some interesting facts to the public meeting. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY ti3VENENe4, OCTORER 7, 1862. Union, but the Government should take the matter in hand and instantly relieve their wants. " The movements of the rebels are mysterious. The military authorities here feel satisfied that the whole rebel army is still on the opposite side of the Potomac, inforraa tion to that effect having been received to-day. General Lee is also there. Their intentions are not yet developed. An attempt to re-occupy Maryland must be considered impracticable. Without tents, and in many cases without shoes or blankets, the present position of the rebel army would be very uncomfortable if a cold rain should occur. With the present weather overcoats and blankets are almest indispensable at night." COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. (From the New York Journal of Commerce, of Sept. 24.) The market is less buoyant to-day, and the tone in finan cial circles, for obvious reasons, is less encouraging. Gold advanced to 118, fell back to 117 a, but closed at 118/. Silver sold at 114 to 115. Old demand notes went up to 115 k, and are in great demand. Foreign exchange was firmer, and 1291 to 130 was paid for bankers' sterling. The following are the closing prices : Bills at 60 days on London; 128/ to 129 for documentary ; 129 to 129 1 for commercial ; 130 to 1301 for bankers ; do. at short sight, 1301 to 131; Paris at 60 days, 4.40 to 4.30 ; do at short sight, 4.321 to 4.271 ; Antwerp, 4.364 to 4.321; Swiss, 4.321; Hamburg, 421 to 431; Amsterdam, 48± to 491 ; Frankfort, 49 1 to 491; Bremen, 921 to 931 i Prussian thalers, 851 to 864. The stock market showed a further advance in part of the list, and there was a fair business done at the morning sit ting. Other parts of the list were heavy, and there was a downward turn in the afternoon. The closing prices at the First Board show the following changes as compared with the latest previous sales :—Ad vanced—American gold, ; United States' Sixes Certifi cates, 4 ; United States Demand-notes, 11 ; Pacific Mail, ; Erie Preferred, a ; Hudson River, ; Harlem Preferred, 1; Michigan Southern, 4 ; Cleve and Pitts, 1 ; Galena and Chicago, 4 ; Cleve and Toledo, 1. Declined—United States Fives, of 1874, coupons, 4 ; Missouri Sixes, 4 ; Michigan Central, a ; Michigan Southern, guaranteed, I ; Illinois Central scrip, 4. PENETRATION OF PROJECTILES. At a meeting of the British Association held yesterday, Mr. T. Aston, M.A., read a paper on " Rifled Guns and Projectiles adapted for attacking Armour-plates." After alluding to the interest with which the contest between artillery and armour plates has been watched by the country, he ex plained what was the actual condition of this im portant question so late as May last by quoting a statement made by Sir W. Armstrong at a meeting of the United Service Institution on the 20th May last, as follows :—" It certainly may be said that shells are of no avail against iron-plated ships ; but on the other hand, I may say that neither 68- pounder nor 110-pounder guns, with solid round shot, are effective against such iron vessels. The fact is, what we want is a gun, in addition to our 110-pounder rifled gun, especially adapted for breaking through iron plates. That is what we are in want of now." This candid confession is start ling when it is considered that long ago France armed her Gloires and Normandies with rifled 90- pounders proved to be efficient against iron-plates, and it caused the country serious anxiety to hear hex; Majesty's Ministers state, as they did in Parlia ment last Session (of course on the authority of their scientific advisers), that after all the vast expendi ture upon our new artillery the navy of England is compelled to arm her navy with the old smooth-bore, and that is the best gun the navy actually possess, though declared by Sir W. Armstrong to be so inefficient. Such being the state of the question a few months ago, Mr. Aston proceeded to consider, first, the reason why the artillery hitherto employed in the service (including rifled guns and smooth bores) has always failed to make any impression on the plated defences at ordinary fighting range, and, secondly, by what means artillery science has lately reconquered its lost ground. Three conditions were laid down as necessary to enable artillery to attack successfully armour-plate defences-Ist, the projec tile must be of the proper form ; 2d, of the proper material; and 3d,be propelled from a gun able to give it the necessary velocity. The artillery of the Ord nance committee failed because theyutterlyneglected the first two conditions and had recourse to the brute force of the smooth-bore for the third. The expression accepted as representing the penetrating power of shot was " velocity squared multiplied by weight," but the form of the shot and the material were conditions altogether omitted from the expres sion, and the importance of the omission will be obvious at once if an analogous case, say a punch ing machine employed to perforate wrought-iron plates, be taken. What would be the result if the punch which is made of suitable shape and material were removed, and a round-headed poker of bril liant cast-iron or soft wrought-iron were substituted in its place ? The great importance of velocity was conceded at once, it is a aim qua non condition, but there has been great misconception in supposing .that the old smooth-bore gives a greater initial velocity than the rifled gun, as the results obtained will show. The average initial velocity of the 68- pounder is, in round numbers, 1,600 feet per second, with a charge of powder one-third the weight of the shot, the length of the shot being, of course, one calibre. Sir W. Armstrong stated that, with a charge of powder one quarter the weight of the shot, he obtained with his rifled gun an initial velocity of 1,740 feet per second. He did not state the length of his projectile. Mr. Whitworth, with a projectile two calibres long, obtains an initial velo city of 1,900 feet per second, and with a projectile one calibre long, like that of the smooth-bore, an initial velocity of 2,300 feet per second, being greater than that of the smooth-bore in the proportion of 23 to 16. The following table shows the actual results obtained by various guns : Powder Penetrationinto Gun. Range. Projectile. Charge. Armour Plates, Armstrong 110 lbs. 110 pounder 200 yds. solid. 14 lbs. If to 2 inches. 68 - pounder 68 lbs. smooth bore 200 yds.i solid. 10 lbs. 21 to 3 inches. Whitworth 1701bs. shot Through plate 70-pounder 200 yds. and shell. 16 lbs. and backing. Whitworth 130 lbs. Through plate 120 pounder 600 yds.l shell. 25 lbs. and backing. A MODERN PUBLIC COMPANY STRANGE DISCLOSURES. John Jennings, Esq., F. S.S., director, secretary, and shareholder of the North Carrock Mining Com pany, was summoned before Mr. Alderman Gabriel at the Guildhall Police-court, for unlawfully, and by means of false pretences, obtaining two dividend warrants for the respective sums of £ll5 9s. 11d. and £l9 55., and four bankers' cheques for the re spective sums of £l2 10s., £l7 Bs. 3d., £l3 1 ls., and £24 4s. 9d., from Messrs. Newton, Keates, and Co., of Liverpool ; and the summons further alleged that the defendant had not accounted for any por tion of the value of the said securities. Mr. Lewis, jun., conducted the defence. Mr. Metcalte, for the prosecution, said he was in structed on the part of the directors of the North Carrock Mining Company to place this case before the Court. The company was originally formed for the purpose of working a particular mine, and the defendant was, some ten months ago, appointed sec retary. He also held some shares, and had been a director, His salary as secretary was £5 per month. In August last it was proposed to purchase some property in connection with the mine already the property of the company, but as the funds would not admit of it the speculation was abandoned, to the great annoyance of defendant, who had sug gested it. He therefore refused to produce the books in his care, and other circumstances transpired which led to his dismissal from the secretaryship. He ac quiesced in that dismissal until Sept. 11, when he obtained access to the office and took possession of the books and a letter containing the securities men tioned in the information upon which the summons was granted. The amount of those securities was £199 ; and although they had failed in tracing some of them, they had ascertained that others had been actually cashed and no account ren dered of the money. Under these circumstances the present charge was preferred. If the defen dant was no longer secretary the charge would be one of stealing the letter and securities ; if he were still secretary the offence would be that of embezzlement.. Mr. Jessie John Tustin said—l live at Bar net, in Hertfordshire, and carry on business as a chemical colour manufacturer at 83, Upper Thames street. lam one of the directors of the North Carrock Mining Company, Limited, which has been in operation about two years. The defendant was appointed secretary pro tern, on the 6th of February last. Mr. Lewis—Secretary pro tem., and by the same resolution he was appointed director also. Mr. Alderman Gabriel—This was not the first meeting of the directors ? Mr. Tustin—No, sir. We were filling up the vacancies according to the rules. There was no subsequent appointments with regard to the secre taryship, and nothing was mentioned in the resolu tion of the directors about salary, but an arrange ment was afterwards made by which the defendant received £5 per month. I acted as chairman of the company. The defendant acted as secretary before he was appointed, 'ILO the last payment made to him as salary was onthe 11th of August last. On the 13th of the same month there was a board meet ing, which was adjourned to the 14th and the de fendant was present on both days, and ultimately, after refusing to produce his books, left the meeting in consequence of the directors declining a proposal of his in - connection with an additional purchase which he wanted the board to make, I did not feel inclined to find the money for that purchase and the company had no funds. I have not seen him since, but I have been informed by a clerk that on the .11th of September the defendent called at the office at No. 7, Tokenhouse-yard, and abstracted from a box certain books, and also took away with him a letter from Messrs. Keates, and Co. On the 21st of August, in consequence of defendant's absence, a letter was addressed to him requiring him to place all the company's books, papers, and documents then in his possession under the control of the directors, and upon his not complying with that requisition they, on the 25th of August, took possession of the box, and then ascertained that some of the books had been abstracted. The books, &c., missing were the bankers' pass-book and cheque-book, the petty cash-book, the articles of as sociation, and the key of the common seal of the company. On the 28th of August a resolution was passed dismissing defendant from the secretaryship, but no notice of such resolution or dismissal was forwarded to the defendant. I knew the defendant was about, and I also knew where to find him. The defendant sent a reply to the letter of the 21st of August, requiring him to give up the company's books, &c., in which he explained the reason of his continued absence to be that the offices were to un dergo repairs, and to be repainted, and as soon as the work was done he would return to his duties. On the 14th of August a firm of the name of Newton, Keates, and Co., of Liverpool, were indebted to the company in the amount of £199 Bs. 11d., for lead supplied, and the letter acknowledging the receipt of securities to that amount and the receipt are in the handwriting of and signed by the defendant. The endorsement on the cheque, which has been cashed, is also in defendant's handwriting. It has passed through the London and Westminster Bank. . Mr. Lewis—l am quite willing to admit the re ceipt of the chequ,s and cashing them also. My client claims a certain sum, and has only secured himself by what he has done, so as to enable him to litigate the question, if necessary. Mr. Tustin—While the defendant was secretary it was his duty to have handed over these securities to the London and County Bank. He has not done so, neither has he handed any of them, or the cash for them, to the company. Cross-examined—l became aware of what the de fendant had done on the 12th of September. One of our clerks told me, and said defendant left a message to that effect. No answer was returned to the defendant's letter of the 23d of August, and on the 27th of the same month another letter was received from the defendant from Clitheroe, in Lancashire, in which he assumed that he had the tacit consent of the directors for his continued absence from his duties as secretary. On the 28th his dismissal was entered on the minutes, but no notice sent to him, and on the same day he was removed from his office as director. Mr. Lewis—Was that at the meeting of directors or shareholders ? Witness—lt was an extradinary meeting. So it seems (laughter) ? but it was a meeting of the board, was it not ! No, sir ; it was a meeting of the shareholders. He was dismissed from the secretaryship at a meeting of the board of directors, and from the directory by a meeting of shareholders. He was not summoned to the board meetings, as we always met on a Thursday ; neither was any notice given to him that his dismissal would be brought Ibefore the board. He was a shareholder to the value of £2OO, and he held other shares in trust to the value of £5OO, every director having a similar amount entrusted to him to dispose of. They were transferred to him, but he paid nothing for them, on the understanding, that he was to return them or their value in money when called upon. The mines belonging to the company were the Dry Gill and the Roughten Gill Mines. The Dry Gill Mine was not a speculative undertaking, because it was at work on the 14th August, although but slightly productive. The Boughton Gill Mine was more productive. They both belonged to me before the company started. The company agreed to purchase ) the Dry Gill Mine for £4,000 but they did not carry out the purchase. I was to have £l,OOO in cash, and shares for the other £3,000. The Roughten Gill was to be transferred to the company at its actual cost price. That was the more productive mine, and I wished to get it retransferred to me. Now at the meeting of the 14th of August did not the defendant say he would not sit at the board to permit such a deception to be practised on the shareholders as to take away the best mine P—No, sia, not in those words. Did he not say that he would withdraw his at tendance from the board rather than see the share holders plundered P—No, sir. Did he not say that he would not attend if such a matter were allowed to go on ?—He did, sir. I do not admit that he said that he would not attend ; I only recollect there was some noise and a good deal of bluster. Who were the directors left after you removed defendant and Mr. Hodgson ? — Myself, my son, and my intimate friend Mr. W. Bayley Bray. (Laughter.) And after removing the defendant and the other gentleman, you got the whole matter into your own hands ?—Yes, sir; but I did not get rid of Mr. Hodgson, for I have his letter which will show the reason of his leaving. Mr. Metcalfe here put in the letter to show that the writer had tendered his resignation, Mr. Lewis—Mr. Metcalfe might have read the letter correctly. Mr. Hodgson had acted like a well-bred dog, he walked out to avoid beingkicked out. He was, however, dismissed on the 28th of August with the defendant, and his letter of resig nation is dated the 30th of August. Witness—His resignation was accepted on the 4th of September, after he had been dismissed. I transferred shares to my son to qualify him as a director. I also transferred shares to Mr. Bray to make him a director. So you pretty well got the whole matter into your own hands ?—Yes ; and I also transferred shares to the defendant and to. Mr. Hodgson for the same purpose. ?----You may Then it was h all your own a o t w t n he c d o a a y A s r o e . y 0 (uL not o u t g a w t e a r r . defendant has a large claim against the company for secretary's salary and !director's fees ?--No. Hip, s a lary - 4 1 7 W6B paid regu% larly, £1 ss, per week; but there was no money to pay any of the directors their fees. Mr. Alderman Gabriel—How much money has been paid up on these shares ? Wiiness- 7 The banker's book will tell you. Mr. Alderman Gabriel—l am satisfied you have the information in your head, if you feel inclined to tell me. Witness—The deposit of ss. per share has been paid up on some shares. Mr. Alderman liabriel—Upon how many shares? Witness—Only a few, sir. Have you allotted the shares upon which you re ceived deposits ?—No, sir. Mr. Alderman Gabriel—That is a very extra ordinary proceeding. Your prospectus states your capital to be £20,000, in 4,000 shares of £5 each, deposit ss. per share and 15s. on allotment. As there has been no allotment of shares upon which deposits have been paid, who were the shareholders who dismissed the defendant from the board of directors ? Mr. Lewis—How many shareholders were pre sent at this extraordinary meeting ? Witness—Three sir. (Great laughter.) Mr. Alderman Gabriel—Who were those ? Witness--Myself, my son, and Mr. Bray. (Re newed laughter and cheering.) Mr. Lewis—That is what you call an extraor dinary meeting. (Laughter.) Mr. Alderman Gabriel—Or perhaps you would call it "an influential meeting of shareholders." (Laughter.) Mr. Lewis—Those were persons who had re ceived transfers of shares from you to qualify them as directors. Was any one present at that meeting who had paid one shilling on his shares ? Witness—Yes. There was a party there who had paid thousands of pounds. Who was that ?—Myself. (Roars of laughter.) Mr. Alderman Gabriel—l see by the articles of association that there are a number of gentlemen's names put forward as directors in 1860. What became of those names ? Witness—They resigned in February, 1862. Had they held any shares ?—No, sir. Then putting their names in this prospectus was all a sham P—No, sir, for they were to have taken shares. But you sent out a prospectus to the public an nouncine these persons as properly qualified direc tors. Would not the public be justified in coming to the conclusion that all those i,entlemen held shares in the undertaking ?—Certainly they would. Mr. Alderman Gabriel—Then do you not think it is a sham and a fraud upon the public to put forth such an announcement ? Ido not hesitate to say that it is a sham and a fraud on your part towards the public, to send out a book like this with a list of directors totally unqualified according to the articles of your association. Mr. Lewis—My client was not connected with. the company at that time. Mr. Alderman Gabriel—My observations do not apply to your client, Mr. Lewis. The whole thing • upon the face of it is a fraud upon the public ; and. I should advise you, Mr. Tustin, to have a little more thought in future before you place yourself • again in such an equivocal position. Really the public ought to be obliged to you—(tremendous cheering and laughter)—for bringing this matter forward, as a flagrant instance of the manner in which companies are got up by persons for the pur -1 pose of putting money into their own pockets. Yon have placed yourself in a most disgraceful position, and I do not think it necessary to go any further into the case. I therefore dismiss the summons. • Mr. Alderman Finnis—l quite concur in the whole of Alderman Gabriel's remarks, and I may add that if any money has been paid to the company under the circumstances divulged there will be very good grounds for a charge of obtaining, money under false pretences. The decision and the concluding remarks of the worthy aldermen were received by a crowded court with such a burst of cheering and derisive laughter as is seldom heard within the precincts of a court of justice, amidst which the defendant and his counsel quitted the court. G'OUNIRY MA KILE2S. ,i, COLCHESTER--Our. 4. The supply of wheat to-day at market showed a great falling off, farmers being very careless sellers at the low prices current lately. Good qualities of wheat were no cheaper, and sold steadily ; prices were about the same as last week : inferior descriptions dull, and lower. Barley in fair request at late rates. Wheat, white. 488 55s Beans, Mazagan..3ss 400 red 47s 52s middle & small.3Bs 44s Barley Oats GLOUCESTER—OcT. 4. To-day there was an increased supply of English wheat of market, and the demand was fair, in buyers' favour. Foreign in slow demand. Barley rather cheaper. Oats and beans dull at former prices. CHELMSFORD—OcT. 3. A good supply of wheat to-day, but buyers would not submit to prices offered, and consequently prices were is to 2s per qr lower. The trade was dull. Spring corn was much the same as last week, except barley, which declined about is per qr. Wheat, old white 39s 56s new 19s 54s old red 44s 52s new 43s 51s Barley ..30s 39s Chevalier ..30s 42s Grinding 24s 32s Malt. 6ls 67s Chevalier 64s 69s Oats 22s 29s Peas, Partridge- 37s 42s White 39s 40s Boiling 4os 43s Dun 35a 380 Ditto new .. —s —s Beans, Tick, old 34s 393 new —s —8 Harrow Ticks 3ss 408 new —s —8 Mazagan 34s 388 KIRKCALDY GRAIN—OcT. 4. We had very trifling supplies of grain to-day, both old and new. The new wheat weighed from 511 b to 6111 b per bushel. Barley is down in price. Wheat. Barley. Oats. First....32s Od 1 21s 6d I 27s Od. Second ..52s 6d 26s Od 28 s O d Third....—s Od 30 s Od —s Od COAL 1V (Prfoes of Coal per Ton a' :ARK.ET. the close of the market. Wylam a. d. ....... .16 0 Camay and Duffryn Malting ... 23 6 Do. Anthracite.. 21 6 Holywell . .15 9 Lambert's West Hart le l5 6 Eden y Main . 16 6 Cowpen Hartley 15 9 Bower's West Hartleyls 9 Byass's Bebside West Hartley 15 9 Craighead. Steam 13 6 Davison's West Hart- s. d. Walls End. Haswell lB 0 Braddyll's Hetton. 17 0 Hedley l6 0 Stewart' s l7 6 Russel's Hetton 16 9 Hetton Thorpe . . ..16 0 South Hetton 18 0 Hartlepool 17 6 South Hartlepool... ' l6 6 Trimdon Hartlepool. l7 6 Tunstall . ....... l6 6 Kelloe . . ............ l7 0 South Kelloe . 17 0 16 0 Belmont 16 3 Framwellgate l6 0 Trimdon Thornley 16 Whitworth l5 0 Cassop l7 0 Eden 15 233 ; sold, 177. ley.. Hastings Hartley ....15 9 W alker Primrose .....12 6 Tanfield Moor ........ 12 6 Tanfield Moor 8ute5..1.2 6 Walls End. Heugh Hall .......... 16 6 Ships at marks FOREIGN HAIL PACKET LIST. MAILS DUE. Australia and Mauritius, via SouthamptOct. 19. via Marseilles ..........0ct.....13. Brazil and Cape Yards, by British packet. ...... Oct. 4. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena.. Nov. 1. China, Penang, and Sin ~$' via Southampton. Oct. 2. via Marseilles ...Oct. 13. Falkland Isl an d s Oct. 4. Gibraltar, via Southampton .. Oct. 2. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Oct. via Marseilles Oct. 13. India (Bombay), via Southampton Oct. 16. via Marseilles ........ Oct. 9. Lisbon Oct. 4. Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Oct. 2. via Marseilles Oct. 9. Newfoundland Oct. 15. Oporto and Vigo U. 8. and British N. America, by Brit. packet.... Oct. 9. by U.S. packet.... by Canadian packet. Oct. 3. W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe Bahamas, via New York Oct. 23. Mexico. ........................ .. .. e• • All a p l a i r fo ts rn o i f a. W an e d st ß ln ri d t i i e s s h , c in o c i l u u ra di b n i g a C . hill, BIRTHS , GLYN.—On th e 3d inst. at Ewell, Sur re y, the wife of the Rev. Sir George L. Glyn, Bart., of a son. HOLDER.—On the Gth inst., at 23, Charles -street Berke ley-square, the wife of Lieut.-Colonel Holder, of a daughter. THEARLU.—On the sth inst., at 198, Fleet-street, Mrs. J. M. Thearle, of a son. WALLER.—On the 4th inst., at Briton, the wife of Wro• A. Waller, Esq., of a son. MARRIAGES. iIENWOOD—WATTS.—On the 2d inst., at the Catholic Apostolic Church, Harrow -road, William Hy. Henwood, Esq., naval architect, eldest son of W. . Henwood, Esq" late of H.M.'s Dockyard, eldest daughter of Isaac Watts,Esq., C. 8., B of the Ad" miralty. Sheerness, to Emmeline Louisa , q., . s LLOYD—EDIVARDS.—On the 4th inst, at Saint John' o Church, Wind sor, Mr. Charles Abraham Lloyd, o f Lon don, to Eliza Emily, the o n ly surv i v i ng child of the law John Edwards, Esq., of Dorchester. DEATHS. mars; ALLPORT.—On the 6th inst., at Ca m b erwe ll, Miss w- Allport, aged 73. Dixox.—On. the 4th inst., W. H. Dixon, of Newillgt° ° causeway, aged 30. LEES.—On th e 3d i nst., at Ashton-under-Lyne, 'Robert Lees, Esq., aged 31. LOMEE.—On the 3d inst., a t B y l augh Norfolk, th e Rev. Ed ward Lombe, aged 72. TROLLOPE.—On the 29th ult., at 29, Gloucester -place, Frances, wife o f Major-Genera Trollope, C.B. „ r LONDON: Printed and Publi s h e d b y JOHN CHAFED , No. 112, Strand, Print er , at THE SuN Office, No. I'l Strand, in the Precinct o f th e Savoy, in the Count)? 0 ' 3 1 411 08ex.--Tuesday, Octobe r 7, 1862. • _"