The Sun. — London, England, 1862-09-02 00:00:00

71IE WAR IN AMERICA. (From the Times' Correspondent.) NEW YORK, AUGUST 15. My ''recent letters have so often expressed the be lief tat M'Clellan's new base of operations at Har rison's Landing was unsafe and untenable, and that he was silently taking measures to evacuate the T ,Josition, that I by no mean (hare the surprise of the people of New York, who learn this morning for the first time that he has commenced the with drawal of b's force towards Williamsburgh, to pro tect the city of Washington. The movement is a wise orre. Had he remained where he was three wee'ks, longer, fever and stench, bad water and bad ford, heat and discouragement, would have spared r.tie Confederates the trouble of defeating him. Yet in the face of even so significant a confession of past error and present weakness, the Northern press continue to brag as lustily as ever. To read the papers of this morning one would think that Rich mond had actually been taken, that the 300,000 vo lunteers had enrolled themselves without bounty money, out of pure patriotism and superabundant pluck, that f .,nere was no necessity for a compulsory and unpordular draught, and that in lees than Mr. Seward' a 90 days there was certain to be an end of the w ar and a reconstruction of the Union. T ...he real situation is very different. Unable to capture Richmond, the Federals are compelled to defend Washington. The voluntary enlistments have been stimulated by the fear of the conscrip tion and the augmented bounty money (in one town in Rhode Island amounting to as much as 500 dollars per man), but not to such an extent as to have filled up the numbers required by the time originally fixed ire the President's proclamation. The time exPir - ed this day, and has been extended to the Ist of 'September. The mercenaries who feel disposed t'o enlist in the old regiments will thus have another. fortnight in which to make up their minds, and receive their money. The draught continues to w in disfavour, and coming into operation simul tP.neously with the taxgatherer will sorely try the patience as well as the loyalty of millions who have never yet publicly uttered what Mr. Stanton and Mr. Seward consider to be treason, but who may have thought it nevertheless. So unpopular is it and so certain to be resisted in the Western as in the Middle Statee,, and, indeed, everywhere except in New England, that it is doubtful whether the President will not back out of it on the plea that the valuntrAring is sufficient, an untruth that will deceive r.robody on this side of the Atlantic. The pre- I ni•urP. on gold, which was t e mp orar il y c h ec k e d b y One non-arrival from England of American securities ordered for immediate sale, has again begun to rise, and now stands at 16 per cent. Silver has nearly disappeared from circulation, postage stamps—too many of them old ones already used, from which the marks of transit through the post office have been cleverly obliterated—do all the duty of a minor currency. The most valuable coins handled by the people are the one cent of nickel, and the 3 cent piece of alloyed silver. The habeas corpus is sus pended. Every one's liberty is at the mercy of spies, informers, and extortioners. The will of Mr. Lincoln is law ; as is that of Mr. Seward and Mr. Stanton, provided the President does not object, which he never does; and the country is de facto a pure despotism, with the mere form and semblance of a freedom that has ceased in reality to exist. New York is under martial law, the Superintendent of Police having been appointed Special Provost Marshal, to prevent citizens from travelling or aliens from leaving the country without passports, and also to arrest all persons who by word or deed dis courage enlistments, and to give men the choice of the army or Fort Lafayette. Foreign trade is al most wholly at an end, and neither the people nor the Government know what to think or what to do to make things better. And While this, broadly stated, is the condition of the 'North, what is that of the South? Perilous, no doubt, but full of hope for the Southern people. Unrecognised as it is, it has succeeded in making itself a nation. Isolation from the outer world in all things except in :sympathy., combined with fanati cism, intense love of country, and enormous suffer ing, have welded it into adamantine unity. It has been baptized in fire and blood, and stands before the great commonwealth of Christendom heroic and undaunted, an object of admiration even to three fourths of its late fellow-citizens who are in arms to resist its independence. The North offers no such spectacle. It is not a nation, and it is not united. The immigrants from Europe who added so largely to its wealth and power refuse to fight for it. Its own people would rather do battle for it vicariously than personally. It is split up into irre concilable factions, each clamouring for the other's blood. Fort M'Henry, near Baltimore, is receiving political prisoners at the rate of 25 per day. The abolitionists of New England hurl foul epithets of treason against such men as Mr. Vallandigham of Ohio, Mr. Wickliffe of Kentucky, and Mr. Fer nando Wood, of New York; and continually urge the sorely bewildered President to consign them, and all who agree with them, to Fort Lafayette or the gallows. On the other hand, the once moderate and constitutional Democrats call upon the Govern ment to stop the tongues of such preachers of dis union as Mr. Wendell Phillips, Mr. Horace Gree ley, and the Rev. Dr. Cheever, and not to be afraid of u B ing the hangman's rope if no other instrumen tality can be made so readily available. Both par ties pretend to love the Union, but love something else better ; both applaud every act of arbitrary power, however atrocious, provided only that it be exercised against a political opponent. Like the ducks and geese in the Fool's Paradise of the fairy story, who run about with knives and forks in their beaks, cryi ng aloud " Come kill me, and eat me," the people of the North run after their Go vernment, ready-t russed and bandaged, and im plore it to destroy and feast upon the pu blic liberty. Authority war s w i t h authority, and every crotchet monger in high place eithe r assumes to set his crotchet above th e C onstitution and the law, or to make the Federal subservient to the local govern ment. The President objects to arm black men, and calls for a draught of 300,000 citizens—meaning white men. Governor Andrews, of Massachusetts, who is quite as much of a rebel as President Davis, replies that his State shall provide the proper con tingent, but that they shall be citizens irrespective of colors, and that black men and white men shall servr.: in his armies on an equal footing. General Hunter, a man of similar opinions, has $ - m-ganised a negro'brigade in North Carolina against -orders, and the result has been that four-fifths of his black warriors have run away into slavery to their old masters, rather than endure the discipline of military life under such hard taskmasters as the Yankees ; and that those who remain have been so persecuted by their white fellow-soldiers, 'who think it a disgrace to serve with them, that the philanthropic and disobedient General has resolved to disband the corps and trust a r h ou3 , to white men for the . future Illinois, by a e against one, h as d ecreed popular vote of three that no black man shall come within its limits • and , by a vote of seven against one, that no black man already admitted to, or born on its soil, shall b e considered a citizen, or exercise any political or municipal function. The President has received a deputation of free negroes at Washington; told them plainly that they are an inferior race ; that their presence in the land makes the whites uncom fortable and unhappy ; that he, and everyone else who has a white skin, would be very much obliged to them if they would forthwith extirpate them selves to Central America, and that he will provide the funds for the purpose, if they will but go quickly, and take their wives and children along with them. General Butler, at New Orleans, has ordered General Phelps, hi s s u bordinate, to employ " e scaped slaves in chopping w o o d, in cutting down timber, • in digging tr enc h es , an d doing the other hard work of which they a re so ca p a bl e . Genera l declaring that lie Is Phelps has refused to compty, not a n igger driver," and that if • the negroes ‘tve to he employed in the army at all they must be a r" like the white men, and treated in all respects in t he same manner. General B u tl er has repri mnnded him for his breach of discipline, and General - Phelps has resigned his command. Butler has refused to accept the resignation in face of the enemy, and New Orleans, which longs for an op portunity to be rid -of both and all their host, looks on with delighted wonder at the spectacle of their disagreement, and hails the day of deliver ance as close at hand. General M'Cle an would conduct the war on the principles of a gentleman • and a Christian ; and would take not ing for the 1 • needs of his army from the unhap y population among whom he is encamped without paying for it; and is denounced by the Abolitionists as a trai tor, a sham General, a digger and trencher, a man of the spade, to whom the sword is either unfamiliar or objectionable. Gen. Pope acts on the contrary principle—would treat the unfortunate people through whose country he passes like a pestilence as Napoleon treated the Russians in 1812 ; would make the war support the war, take what he wants wherever he can get it, only paying for it on proof of the loyalty of the owner, corroborated by his oath. 1 Pope is, in like manner, denounced as furiously as M'Clellan, but by the opposite party. Add to this list of Northern antagonisms, that a war of races is fast growing up between the Irish labourers and the negroes in New York and throughout the west ; that the questions of strikes and wages and the growth of pauperism, so long supposed to be pecu liar to the Old World, have produced serious riots in more than one city of the Union during the last week; and the social disunity of the Federals will be evident to all who care to see and understand the truth. Nor are these, numerous as they are, the sole symptoms of the chaos of Northern interests, pas sions, and opinions that underlies all the brag and " buncombe " of the press. The officers of the Fede ral army are publicly denounced as drunk and in efficient by the War Secretary, and the Volunteers, though tempted by 100 dollars, refuse to serve under them. Even a Brigadier-General was seen to be " gloriously" drunk at the recent battle of Malvern heights, and has since been cashiered. At this moment the police of New York and other large cities are publicly employed in capturing commis sioned officers at five dollars a piece ; and yester day they arrested one colonel, one captain, several lieutenants, and a number ofsergeants and corporals. Surely this is a picture presented to the mind's eye which will hardly realise the idea of a harmonious union, settled purpose, high aims, or exalted patriotism in the North. At a public meeting held in the suburb of Hoboken the night before last, one of the speakers called for a " master mind, to understand the nation and to lead it to victory." There were loud cheers ofcourse—expressive of the popular sympathy with the want of greatness in military as well as in civil life—which is so plain as to strike everybody ; —but it will be long before there is any other answer to the call than cheers, or derision—or of expectation. There is no master mind in the North ; —unless, perhaps, it be the master mind of some unknown subaltern, who will yet open the oyster with his sword, and gulp up the fat and lazy free dom that slumbers in the shell. General Sickles, whom all admit to be a fighting General, and who is always either found or thrust into the post of danger, looked round him at the same meeting on the stalwart audience that applauded his eloquence, and exclaimed, " There are enough able-bodied men here to form a regiment ; will none of you go P" There was no reply. Later in the evening one man, 50 years of age, excited by the fiery words of another orator, volunteered to enlist; but no one imitated his example, even although a judge pre sent, who thought Mr. Wendell Philipps ought to be muzzled in Fort Lafayette, offered, if 10 Volun teers would step to the platform, to give them each 10 dollars in addition to the regular bounties. He pleaded in vain. The voice of the charmer had no effect. The rustle of his green backs (not the chink of his gold, for gold chinks no longer in America, except in bank parlours, where it is a commodity, like tea at a grocer's) was not more effective than his spoken eloquence, and the Hoboken meeting produced but the one solitary volunteer-50 years of age, whom nobody knew, and who probably changed his mind before the morning. The gather ing was otherwise remarkable for a little incident quite in accordance with the spirit of the day. The judge already mentioned (Whiting) having con demned the mode in which the Government carried on the war, was arrested as a traitor on the plat form by an over zealous lieutenant-colonel out re cruiting, on the charge of discouraging enlistments. It does not appear from the published reports that the lieutenant-colonel actually carried off the judge to prison, and, as it was the same judge who afterwards promised 10 dols. each to 10 Volunteers, who never appeared to claim them, it may be presumed that the patriotic offer condoned or neutralized the previous offence, and that Fort Lafayette is not yet to be honoured by his presence. But the judge must look well to him self for the future. Both Fort Lafayette and Fort Warren are receiving an accession of inmates, and his turn may come. Neither of these twin Bastilles (and it is a pity that the great name of such a champion of liberty as General Lafayette should be desecrated, by be stowal upon the ugly prison in New York Harbour) is so hermetically sealed against the world as to prevent a cry of anguish from being heard outside. One young man, son of a former Governor of Mary land, lies in Fort Lafayette in solitary confinement and in chains ; and not even his mother is allowed to see him. His offence was the endeavour in the disguise of a woman, to cut adrift a Federal gun boat in the York River ; a great crime, no doubt, in the eyes of his captors and one that may deserve death ; but that surely does not deserve the punish ment of life in chains, darkness, and total seclusion from the face of man ? The complaint of another unfortunate, transferred from Fort Lafayette to Fort Warren, has reached me—l need not say how —and the story, which is based on official docu ments in my possession, I forward, to tell as briefly as is consistent with clearness. It may suffice to afford the people of England some little idea of the despotism which this country is for the present content to endure without social convulsion. On the 13th of September, 1862, Mr. W. H. Winder, a gentleman of Philadelphia, was arrested at his own house by telegraphic order from the Hon. Simon Cameron, then Minister of War, and con veyed first to Fort Lafayette and subsequently to Fort Warren. Immediately on his arrest, for which no cause was assigned, his office, desks, c hests, boxes, &c., were broken open, and all his manuscripts and papers, a collection of 30 years, were turned over and ransacked, in the hope or under t h o pretext o f fi nding treasonable matter. Garbled e xtracts from so me o f these, which per verted his real meaning for want of the context, were published in the Philadelphi a newspapers. "The sanctity of my privat e correspondence, " says Mr. Winder :"--- g‘ Was violated and malignantly calumniated by the publication of pretended contents of l e tt ers thus seized. Oth er part ie s were also grievously slan dered by statements of falsely alleged contents, and I was debarred f rom a ll o pportunity of contradict ing the infamous publications. Even portrait s th a t had been for 20 years in Prevented to slander me." M. 'Winder being of h:_ air,entirely Learrest and having been inform newspapers of State from , like ever would listen37my possession were misre presented else, a vri . son to any co mplaint ignorant of the causes informed through the that the Secretary coming di rectly not only but t hat he w ould pay no attention to a, m a d e by paid counsel on a to half, but that he Priaoeg app li cations Would treat them as prejudicial:the case, and an aggra vation of the offence— wro the sth of December, requesti o questing to k now t Mr . Seward o n names of his accusers, on what charg e h e the permission to go to Washington t o m m e ° ll fined, and it might be. Mr. S ewar d replied by toifftwhatever his release if he would t a k e the oath of a eitlie ßiance. he n g him Mr. Winder declined on th e ground that bi,, dnin so would lead t o th e i n f erence that an guilty of some cri me or o ff ence unspecified, and - t he had been pardoned o n pr om i se o f b etter behavi„at. ; for the future. Mr. S ew a r d, on a subsequent occa sion, renewed the offer ; but Mr. Winder's objection being radical, applied to all tests or conditions which might be supposed to admit that he had done any. thing inconsistent with the character of a true Ame rican and a loyal citizen, and he declined the second time. Thus the matter rested for five months, until the 22d of February, 1862, when Mr. Winder wrote 'to Mr. Cameron, setting forth that he had been five months in prison without process or form of law; that if any charge of crime were to be brought TEE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY OVVIING, SEPTEHBER 2, 1862. against him he was ready to meet it, and that if there were none he demanded his unconditional re lease. Mr. Cameron being in no hurry to reply, Mr. Winder wrote to him again on the 15th of March, and received the following answer : " Lochiel, March 24, 1862. " Sir,—You surprise me by saying in your letter of the 15th inst., received to-day, that it was by my order you were taken from Philadelphia to Fort Lafayette and placed in confinement, &c. I knew nothing of your arrest until I saw the fact stated in the newspapers, and, being at the time closely engaged in the discharge of my official duties, neglected to inquire into the case, presuming, however, that it was done by order of the State Department which had charge of such cases as I presumed yours to be,—Very respectfully, " SIMON CAMERON. " W. H. Winder, Esq." To this document Mr. Winder replied as follows : " Fort Warren, March 30. " have to thank you for your prompt reply to my request for information as to the cause which induced you to issue an order for my transfer to Fort Lafayette. Your letter confirms me in my supposition that your name had been used without your knowledge, or inadvertently signed to a paper without heeding its contents. It was obtained somehow through the district attorney. I give you a copy of the document by authority of which Colonel Burke took charge of me, and placed me in Fort Lafayette : " Philadelphia, Sept. 13. " Dear Sir,—Permit me to introduce to you my deputy, Mr. Starkey, who carries with him Mr. Winder, to be deli vered to your custody per order of the Secretary of War.— Very respectfully your obedient servant, " WM. MILLWARD, United States Marshal. " ' To Lient.-Col. Martin Burke, Commanding at Fort Hamilton. " ' I am Sir, yours very respectfully, " W. H. WINDER. " To the Hon. Simon Cameron, Lochiel, near Harrisburg." On the afternoon of the same day, Mr. Winder wrote a second letter to Mr. Cameron, enclosing him a copy of the telegraphic despatch purporting to be signed by himself and addressed to Mr. Coffey, the District Attorney of Philadelphia, ordering his arrest and transference to Fort Lafayette. Mr. Cameron promptly replied in the following terms : " Lochiel, April 2, 1862. "Sir,--I have enclosed your letter of the 31st, received to-day, to the Secretary of State, and disavowed all know ledge of your arrest, with a request for your release, if you have been held by my direction.—Very respectfully, " To Mr. W. H. Winder." " SIMON CAMERON, Mr. Seward refused to order the release unless upon the previous terms of taking the oath of alle giance, and transferred the case to Gen. Dix and Judge Pierpoint, the Commissioners appointed by the War Department for the examination of politi cal prisoners. From these gentlemen Mr. Winder learnt for the first time that his offence was " his correspondence with various parties and his writings for the newspapers," and by them he was promised to be set at liberty on parole and on taking the oath of allegiance. Mr. Winder denied that his corre spondence or writings were treasonable, disloyal, or illegal; demanded, if they were thought so by the Government, to be brought to trial in due form and course of law, that he might have an opportunity of defending himself, and declined to take the oath as a necessary preliminary to his demand for jus tice. His correspondence with the Commissioners is dated in the beginning of May last, since which time more than three months have elapsed. He is still in Fort Warren a close prisoner. Mr. Winder's case is but one of hundreds, but the state of public security and political morality which it discloses might well make Americans reflect on the unhappy position of their once great and free Republic. They may not be aware of it themselves, but the Northern people have already lost their own liberties in the futile attempt to destroy those of their Southern brethren—and, worse than all, perhaps, to people who love the " almighty dollar" so much, they have not lost their liberties gratis, but have already incurred debts to the extent of a thousand million dollars by the process, and will incur as much more in another twelve months, unless they renounce the idea of subjugation, and come to terms with a people whom they never can subdue. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, Sept. 1. The September General Sessions of the Peace for Middlesex commenced this morning, at Clerkenwell, before Mr. sergeant (ileumlee, pre siding for the Assistant-Judge ; Mr. Payne, deputy ; and the following justices :—Mr. Dixon, Mr. Mar tin, Mr. Kepp, Dr. Bateman, Mr. Rigg, Mr. Good hart, Mr. J. D. Fletcher, Mr. Summers, Mr. Prance, Mr. Miles, and Mr. Charles White. The learned Sergeant delivered the charge to the grand jury. The calendar for this session is very light, there being only 36 prisoners for trial, in consequence of the heavy list of business last week. There were 32 cases of felony and 4 of misdemeanour. Wm. Bishop, 30, described as a billiard marker, was indicted for stealing a purse, containing Ss. 6d. in money and 100 postage stamps, from the person of Lucy Ayling. Mr. Gent prosecuted ; Mr. Besley was counsel for the prisoner. The ease for the prosecution was that the prisoner some months ago went to a shop kept by Mr.Ayling, 493, Oxford-street, where photographs were sold, and while looking at some picked Mrs. Ayling's pocket, and making some excuse went away. Some time after he called again, and was recognised by Mrs. Ayling as the man who took her purse; but he said he had never been there before. Mr. Besley addressed the jury for the prisoner, contending that, upon all principles of law and jus tice, the prisoner could not be convicted upon such evidence of so serious a charge. There was a mis take as to identity. The learned Judge very carefully summed up, and the jury found the rrisoner not guilty. SECOND COURT. (Before Mr. Payne.) Joseph Sinai! was indicted for an assault upon a warrant-officer of the Hammersmith Police-court named Acres. Mr. Gresham prosecuted ; Mr. Pater was for the defence. This case arose out of domestic matters of an un pleasant nature, and the prosecutor went to execute a warrant upon the defendant in the middle of the night. The prosecutor did not say who he was, or in what capacity he visited the house ; but flourished a stick, according to the case for the defence, and then an assault was no doubt committed. The defence set up by Mr. Pater was in effect justifiable, and the jury adopting that view found a verdict of not guilty. A number of ordinary cases were disposed of. been in the brick-fields. I was afterwards sent for to go to the station to identify a man, and I then told my mother and father all about it. The man who was then in custody was not the man who had insulted me in the brick-field. Cross-exomined—The man who insulted me was attired in a light suit. He sppke to me, and I told him my name and address. lie first said he would give me in custody, but he did not say what for. I had never seen the man before. John Heins, a boy about nine years of age, said—l was with the last witness in Rydon's brick fields about half-past eight on Friday night. I saw that gentleman (meaning the prisoner) popping his head up and down behind the bricks. I told Polly and then I ran away. It was quite dark, there being no lamps there. I ran first; Polly ran after me and hallooed and screamed, and then the pri soner ran after Polly. I turned round and saw the prisoner put his hand over her mouth and chuck her down on her back. I saw him put a white handkerchief over her mouth, and heard him say to the other man, " Clark, fetch that boy." The prisoner then blew a whistle. I was only a few yards from the prisoner when he spoke to Polly, but I was further off when I saw him throw her down. It was quite dark at the time. I ran away and told the police. The prisoner was dressed in a light suit and had on a dark billycock hat. lam certain the prisoner is the man although I never saw him before. Police constable Peet, 415 A, said—About half past nine on Friday night I was on duty in the Lower-road, Islington, and went with the previous witness to Rydon's brick-fields. I found some other constables there, and we searched the field and found a man lying behind the bricks dressed in a white smockfrock. He was taken into cus tody, but he was not detained as the boy said he was not the man. I went further into the field and saw a man behind some bricks. He was sur rounded by a number of boys with sticks, who said if he attempted to move they would kill him. I took that man into custody, told him the charge, and he said he knew nothing about it. It was very dark. I took him by the side of the railway, hav ing hold of him, when the prisoner gave a sudden jerk, made use of bad language, and endeavoured to jump over the palings of the railway. I did not leave my hold of him, and we both hung over the railings together. He broke away from me, and threw me down the railway bank just as a train was passing at full speed. Mr. Barker—What do you think was his inten tion ? Witness—l think he intended to murder me. I should have been under the train had I not been stopped by the poles of the telegraph. I was bruised, That man had on a light cap. The man I had in custody was about six feet high, and had on a light grey coat. (The prisoner is about five feet seven or eight, and is dressed in a black suit.) Mr. Barker—Are you certain that the man you had in custody was attired in a grey suit ? Witness—Yes. Mr. Barker—And that is the man who the boys said was one of the men who attacked the com• = plainant ? Witness—Yes. The complainant was recalled, and stated that the man who assaulted her had a beard and mou stache_ He kissed her several times. Mr. Barker (to the constable)—Had the man you had in custody a beard and moustache ? Witness—He had no moustache, but he had a large beard and whiskers. The Constable continued—From information I received I went to Rydon's brick-fields and saw the foreman. He consented to come to the station to answer the charge, and the prisoner said he would go with him, and if he was detained he would be bail for him. He went to the station, and prisoner was detained, because the witnesses positively identified him. I have since searched the prisoner's lodgings, and could not find any men's clothes of a light description. Mr. Barker inquired if either the prisoner or the foreman answered the description of the man who threw him over the pailings of the North London Railway. Witness—No, decidedly not. Mr. Wontner said he had refrained from cross examining the witnesses at any length, and he should not occupy the magistrate's time by making a lengthened speech. All he could say was, that the witnesses were mistaken, and he should most clearly prove an alibi. Several witnesses were called, who proved that they had known the prisoner for ten or twelve years, and that he bore a highly respectable cha racter. They never knew him to wear a light suit, and they accounted for him on Friday evening last from half-past seven, when he left his employ, till the time he went to bed, viz., between 11 and 12, ho having a few friends at his house. Mr. Barker said it appeared to him as clear as the sun at noon day that the witnesses were mis taken in the identity of the prisoner. He should discharge the prisoner, and he might say that he left-the dock without a stain upon his character. IMPORTANT QUESTION UNDER THE BASTARDY LAWS.—Henry Thurlow, wholesale and retail pro vision merchant, 2, Blackmoor-street, Clare-market, was summoned to show cause why he should not be adjudged the father of a bastard child, to which Jane Elliott, of 8, James-street, Islington, had given birth. Mr. Thomas Wakeling, solicitor, of Great Percy street, Clerkenwell, attended for the prosecution ; and a gentleman, whose name did not transpire, for the defendant. The complainant stated that she had cohabited with the defendant as his wife in Henry-street. At that time she was married, and her husband was alive. Her husband left her in 1856, and went to New York, and she had not seen him since, and now believed that he was dead. She had had other children by the defendant besides the one which she now wished the magistrate to make an order on the defendant to help to support, but they were dead. The defendant had paid several sums of money to wards the support of this child, which was born in 1860, but having lately married he had discontinued his payments, hence the present summons. The solicitor for the defendant said he did not wish to raise any question or to make any defence, but would at once consent to an order. The magistrate remarked that the complainant being a married woman he must see whether he could iilake an order that could be acted upon. Mr. Wakeling said there were several cases on the point. He was entitled to an order if he could prove non-access. The aunt of the complainant's husband said that her (complainant's) husband left her and went to America. She was certain he was dead. She was also certain that he was not in this country whilst the complainant was cohabiting with the defendant. The Magistrate, having looked into the books, said he found that the order could be made out, and describe the complainant " as the wife of A. 8., a single woman." He should make an order for 25...6d. per week and costs. _ . _ William Henry Lomax, of 14, Princes-st ree t, Bedford-row, was summoned by Elizabeth Bethon, of 2,5, Leigh-street, St. Pancras, to s h ow cause why he should not contribute towards the support of her illegitimate child, of which she alleged him to be the father. The case was clearly proved, and it was stated that, on one occasion when he had only paid ls. 6d. for the support of the child he was asked how he would like to keep the child for that amount, he said he should not like to do it, but if he was com pelled, he would throw himself into the Thames. The usual order of 21. 6d. per week and costs were made. CUTTING AND WOINDING.—WiIIiam Canning, a very old man, was charged with cutting and wounding Ann Hayes, with intent to do her some grievous bodily harm. The poor woman presented a sad spectacle, her face being covered with surgical plasters. She said that she went to the prisoner to ask him for some money that he owed her, when he, without any provocation, struck het with some sharp instrument, and inflicted the injuries she now had upon her. Police sergeant Lock, 21 N, handed in the follow ing medical certificate : Caledonian-road Police-station, Aug. 31,1862. "This is to certify that I was this morning called to attend Ann Hayes, Id the above station. I found her suffering from a wound extending obliquely from above the corner of the nose through the upper lip, which must have been produced by some sharp instrument. _ _ " THOS. a MITCHELL, Surgeon." The prisoner, in defence, denied the charge. Mr. Barker remanded the prisoner for a few days. MARYLEBONE.--RITFFIANLY OUTRAGE UPON Two LADIES.—An ill-conditioned-looking young fellow, who gave the name of William Townsend, was placed in the dock charged with the following attempt at highway robbery with violence. Mrs. Jane Mould deposed—l reside at Boulogne, but at the present time I am on a visit to my daughter at No. 7, St. George's-square, Regent's park. Last Friday eve ning I went in company with my daughtel. t o German Reed's entertain ment. After it wa s over we went on our return home in an omnib us as far as the Adelaide, near Chalk Farm. Whe n we got out I asked the ez my two sons by it, they con ductor how long it would b e b e f ore th e nex t ve hi c l e would be up, es 1 pected having gone to a theatre. Aft er t a ki ng ou t my watch to lo o k a t the time, I sa id I wou ld go on home and s e nd t h e servant f or th em . M yse lf an d my daught er proceeded on, and as 1 was ou the rail way bridge I noticed a man following us on the opposite side of the road. I noticed him more par ticularly under a lamp, and the prisoner resembles him. As my daughter was so very timid I did not tell her my suspicions, but quickened our pace to wards St. George's-square. We proceeded along till we came to a place with grass growing, and which I thought to be a field, very dark, and being bounded on one side by , a wall. As we got to a corner of the wail the man sud denly jumped out and made a grasp at me, which I evaded, and ran off screaming " Murder" and " Police," towards some houses, when I was caught by some ladies who came out from one of the houses. The place where the man came upon us is a very lonely spot. Mr. Yardley—ls this the man that you saw fol lowing you P Witness—l think it is. •- - - Mr. Yardley—Are you sure that prisoner is the man ? Witness—To thr best of my belief he is. When he missed me he seized my daughter and threw her down and rifled her. Mr. Yardley—Was he taken into custody at the time ? Witness—No, sir. Mr. Yardley—When did you see this man ? Witness—At the station-house, where I was sent for, and asked if I could see any one there that I had seen before. I pointed out the prisoner from a great many other men. Prisoner—l am innocent of this. It is not me. Isabella Mould *aid—l am daughter of the last witness. Last Friday night we were returning home together, and as we got to a lonely spot I was seized by a man, and he took me up in his arms and threw me down with very great violence on the ground, and much bruised and cut me. He then put his foot on me, and turned my pockets out and rifled about my belt. I could not see the features or dress of the party, because the hat which I wore he knocked over my face and eyes. I was picked up in a fainting state. The last witness's dress was produced, and bore undoubtedly marks of the owner having been roughly handled. John Enwright, 395 S, stated—On Friday night last, about a quarter to eleven, I was on duty, and when I got in front of the Adelaide public-house I saw the prisoner smoking a pipe, a short one. I then proceeded round rnv beat, and heard screams of " Murder" and "Police." I went to the spot, and saw the ladies, who were greatly excited, and the elderly lady gave me a description. of the man. She described him as a bull , head look ing man, wearing a darkly coloured green coat (a description answering the prisoner as he stood at the bar). The following day I went out in plain clothes, in company of Sergeant Leveret, 7 S, and at night time on Saturday evening went to outside the Adelaide, where we saw the prisoner, and took him into custody on the present charge. Mr. Mansfield asked if there was any one present who had seen the prisoner about the place men tioned at the time. Sergeant Leveret said the barman could speak as to prisoner entering the house just before the time the robbery took place. Mr. Yardley said that that was most important, and remanded the prisoner for a week. LAMBETHe.—ROBBERY AT A PRAYER MEET ING.—John King, alias Bray, a notorious thief, was charged before Mr. Elliott with picking the pocket of Mrs. Mary Clark, the wife of a milkman, of a florin, at a prayer meeting. The prosecutrix deposed that on the evening before she attended a prayer meeting, at the York road Chapel, and in the course of the service she felt the prisoner's hand in her pocket, and his with drawing it. She in consequence examined her pocket, and found that he had taken a florin and two penny-pieces, which, with a sovereign, she had safe a few minutes before, and she charged the pri soner with robbing her. lie denied it, and asked her to allow him to pass by, but she refused, and kept him until he was taken by a constable, Police-constable 179 L said that on searching the prisoner he found that he bad got the thieves' pockets with the bottoms out, so as to be able to pass the hand through them, and he also found the florin-piece and two penny-pieces on his person. The prisoner stoutly denied the charge, saying the money was his own, and was remanded for the at tendance of the constable who had had him in cus tody for several offences similar to the present. ASSAULT ON THE CRYSTAL PALACE PLATFORM.— Mr. Henry Ewen, described as a gentleman of for tune, residing at North Lodge, Park-road, Regent's Park, appeared to answer a summons taken out against him by Mr. William Miller, an attorney at law, charging him with an assault. Mr. Metcalfe, the barrister, attended on behalf of the complainant, and Mr. F. H. Lewis for the de fendant. The case occupied some time in hearing, but the ahorb fcboto warn thAge:—On the evening of the 22d of last month the complainant, with Mrs. Miller and a little boy of five years old, and the defendant, with Mrs. Ewen and child i and accompanied by Miss Rogers and a Mr. Litcoffe l were on the Crystal Palace platform, awaiting the arrival of a train to take them to town. At length a train arrived, and, Mr. Miller observing a first-class carriage empty, approached with the intention of getting into it. Mr. Ewen having previously laid hold of the handle of the carriage, kept possession of it until his party came up and admitted them to the exclusion of Mr. Miller and his little boy, and though Mrs. Miller had managed to get in, she returned on seeing the defendant striking her husband. Mr. Miller, an noyed at being prevented from getting into the train by the defendant, called him a " fool and a black guard," upon which the latter struck at him and hit him one slight blow on the left jaw. The result was that Mr. Miller was unable to go by the train, and was left behind ; but having obtained the name and address of Mr. Ewen he took out the present sum mons against him. For the defendant it was alleged that the com plainant had pushed Miss Rogers rudely from the earriage ; and after hearing the parties at some length, Mr. Elliott observed that it was quite clear the defendant had no right to take possession of the carriage in the way he had done to the exclusion of the complainant and his wife and child, and it was equally clear that the complainant was wrong in making use of the offensive expressions, and there fore there were faults on both sides. It was equally clear that an assault had been committed by the de fendant, which could not be justified, and for that assault he must pay a penalty of 205., or in default 20 days' imprisonment. The penalty and expenses were at once paid. I ALLEGED WILFUL DESTRUCTION OF SHIPS. At the Liverpool Police-court yesterday morning, Geo. Ruston, described as a shipowner, was brought up charged with having, along with others, been an accessory before the fact fraudulently to cause the destruction of the ship Roscoe, by burning her. Mr. Lushington, instructed by Messrs. Lowndes, Bates, Lowndes, and Robinson, conducted the pro secution, and the prisoner was defended by Mr. H. Forshaw. The prisoner was owner of the ship Roscoe, and had been previously in the corn and ship-bread trade. Thos. Jamieson was part owner of the ship, and also had the command of the vessel. The Roscoe was loaded with coals at Cardiff, for Smyrna, and the prisoner told Jamieson that, as the ship was welt insured he was either to knock the ship's brains out, or if that could not be accomplished he was to act fire to her. For the purpose of more effectually carrying out this object, three barrels of ruin and two barrels of brandy were put on board at the instance of Ruxton. When the vessel was within 18 miles of Smyrna and about four miles from land, she was set on fire at tie instigation of the prisoner. Thos. Jamieson was the first witness. He had been in the habit of getting ship bread from the prisoner for ships under his command for several years prior to 1856. In that year he, at the sugges tion of the prisoner, became part owner of the Roscoe along with him, and witness was appointed captain of her. When he went the first voyage in her the prisoner told him if she became leaky he was not to take her into port, but to let her go down, as otherwise they would all be ruined. On a second voyage, which was to Miramichi, he was not to let her go wrong, as she could not be in sured unless at a high premium. On the third voy age she was laden with coals from Cardiff for Smyrna; but prior to that she was taken into the graving dock and caulked and sheathed with zinc, as the prisoner said to the witness, that she might present a good face to the underwriters. This being done, the prisoner said to witness, as he was about to start on the voyage, "Now we have a good thing on be sure you knock her brains out ; and if you cannot do that set her on fire ; there is plenty of rum and brandy on board to burn her." About midnight on the 3d March of that year (1857) the witness took several bottles of turpentine out of about two gallons which had been put on board by the prisoner to aid the brandy and rum in burning. Having taken the turpentine he smeared some of the spare sails in the fore hold with it, and set it on fire. The fire spread rapidly and the crew and the captain took to the boats, and the ship was burned. On witness's arrival in England Ruxton congratu lated him on the success with which he had man aged the matter. Llewellyn James was second mate of the Roscoe in the voyage in which she was lost. Just as they were leaving Liverpool the prisoner and the captain were in the cabin, and witness overheard the pri soner say to the captain, " Now, be sure you put the fire well into the brandy, that it may burn well, and that will be all right, and you will be all right." As the prisoner was leaving the ship, at the Bell Buoy, he said to the captain, "Now, Jamieson, everything is all right, and I hope you will be soon back." On the night in question the captain tock the witness and the first mate into his cabin and gave them some grog, and from some circumstances which then took place witness suspected that the ship was to be set on fire that night, and he soon after packed up his clothes. Soon after twelve o'clock he saw the captain come up from the fore hold, and in a short time after the fire broke out. The crew and captain took to the boats, and the ship was destroyed. Samuel Wallace Bickley, a corn dealer, who nad had frequent dealings with the prisoner, who was in his debt, said that on pressing him for money the prisoner told him that the Roscoe had gone to sea, and that he had given instructions to Jamieson to knock her brains out, and as she was insured he would get money from the insurance company, and he did not care what became of the crew. Conver sations of this kind occurred at different times, and when he received intimation that the Roscoe was burned he (Ruxton) was quite delighted, and said so ; saying that now he (prisoner) should get money, and be able to square off. The prisoner on several occasions told witness that he hoped the ship would go to the bottom, as he should then get plenty of money. The prisoner was committed for trial at the assizes on this charge. A second charge was for having incited a Captain John O'Connor to cause the destruction of the ship Montrose, of which the prisoner wo owner. While the ship was lying in the outer roads of Cardiff the prisoner said to O'Connor he was not to bri 3 back the ship on any account, adding that if he (O'Connor) would scuttle her he would give him £lOO and the command of another ship. This took place in May, 1861, in the Mount Stuart Hotel, at Cardiff, and the ship made the voyage to Africa and back in safety, as he (Captain O'Connor) had resolved not to carry out the nefarious instructions of the prisoner. In this case Mr. Raffles declined to interfere, partly because he was not satisfied with the evi dence, and partly because he doubted whether he had any jurisdiction in the case. POLICE IN 7 ELLIGENCE.—Sept. 1. - CLERKENWELL. GROSS ASSAULT.— AT TEMPTED MURDER OF A PO LICE -C ONSTABLE.—A 1 respectably-attired man, with a large profusion of ' beard and moustache, who gave the name of Charl ton Dive, aged 31, a clerk in the employ of Mr. Rydon, the extensive brickmaker of Ball's-pond, residing at 6, Paradise-terrace, Milton-road, Stoke Newington, was charged before Mr. Barker with committing a felonious assault on Mary Ann Faint, aged 14 years, residing in College-row, Elder -walk, Islington. Owing to the peculiar facts connected With the case, the court was crowded. Mr. Wontner, jun. i of Bucklersbu r y, attended for the defend an t, and Mr. H. Allen, prosecuting officer of the Associate Institute for the Protection of Women, attended to watch the case. Mary Ann Faint, of No. 1, College-row, Elder walk, a tall girl, looking much older, said --I was 14 years of age on the 22d of last month. O n Fri day evening, between eight and nine, I was return ! ing home from Hi g hb ury N ew Park, through Ry don's brick fields, and there were a little girl and boy with me. It was quite dark, and I was in sulted by the prisoner. Before that the little boy called out, " Look at th a t man l ooking about in the bricks." I turned round, and said I could not see any man. At that moment two men came up to me, and one of them put a white handker chief round my throat. The prisoner spoke to me first, he being one of the two men. He said to me, Where are you going ?" and I said, " I am going h ome ." He said, " You come here ;" and he raid to his companion, " Clark, run after the others who h av e run away. The prisoner then tied a hand l'''re` l - „f over my m ou th, an d he said, " You come here, ;;; in d I went a short dist ance with h im. lie ~ You wait here," and I sa id , "N o. " He laid said, hold of both my hands very ti g h t l y and kept them down. 11l a few minutes afterward s h e i nsu l ted me very e h indeed. The witne ss th en d eposed that the pig U. eon er threw her down, and then corn ttlittedThe offence of which he was cha rge d, h av i ng A d—The prisoner got up and ran nes% then proceeue beer, with her about a quarte r . of an hour. The wit- I could hardly walk, and away, When I g ot up of was very giddy. I outwenttteslmy way, I was so giddy. 0. In a few u came to m self, and b" ''''t lights and some I stayed on the railway them. i (l g. la not say anything bridge for to them. people, and I y followed about fi ve minutes, but not seein g an thing like either of the men away home, r did not tell m mother or my father, I had not as I Was afraid, I told my y mother that - LONDON BREAD. The Medical Times and Gazette says :—TLe Times this I week has contained an absurd letter complaining of London bread. It would not be worth notice were it not that it is evidently a masked battery, an indirect puffs of that " aerated bread " w hi c h , after having puffed by mercenary w r it ers , 'ed from inlu: :, ri an ua d : f r k s n i o gw, as men late has been nurse d i n t o notice of sense, that the best London bakers again. go to the best market, pay the best price, buy the best flour, and make the best pos sible bread in that form which the tastes and wants of the London pu blic require. As physicians, we know that if we require for a sickly or dyspeptic patient any bread of u nusual excellency, we have only to send to Spiking, or Duer, or Stewart, or Bonthron, not to mention a score of other well-known names, and either our patients will find every kind of roll and luxurious petit pain that can be made from wheat ripener' under the suns of America or the South and East of Europe. Having made it a special point to exa mine bread from many parts of England and Scotland side by side with London bread, we can assert that the latter is better than any and made of better flour. If any Londoner wish for French or German bread he can easily get it. The bakers in the Soho, orFrench quartier, will supply him daily with the long crusty loaves so familiar on the other side of the Channel. If any one chooses to deal with dirty people, who make their bread in dirty holes underground, that is his pleasure ; but good bread is to be had by anyone who chooses it and likes to pay the price. The bread-making machine of Stevens is to our knowledge successful. It makes better bread and yields more. We have heard the increased yield estimated at 3 per cent. by one who was not prejudiced in its favour. But this turns out bread ; a good, well-fer mented, wholesome, sapid bread, not the trustless lumps of baked dough which we used to have under the name " aerated." We believe that the Dauglish patent is being worked at Islington with prospects of greater success than of yore, and shall be glad if it gives us more or better bread. But it must stand the " proof of the pudding," or fail. THE WESTMINSTER ABBEY SPECIAL SERVICES. —The special services in the nave of Westminster .Abbey were brought to a close last Sunday evening, the Rev. James Russell Woodford, M.A., of Pembroke College, Cambridge, vicar of liempsford, Gloucestershire, being the preacher. Amongst the dignitaries who have take n part in the services are the Bishops of London, Oxford, Gloucester, Colombo, Frederickton, and St. Andrew's, a nd Canon 8 , Dean Hook , Dale. In addition to the ordinary special service there have been two for the benefit 3f foreigners, the sermon on the first occasion being preached by the Rev. Dr. Francis Jenne, Master of Pembroke College and Vice Chancellor of the University of Oxford, and the second by the Rev. Dr. Jeremie, Regius Professor of D i v inity in the University of Cambridge, l and Sub -clean of Linc oln. [ ADVER TISmENT i H o lloway's Ointment and Pills . — To the Hopeless.-- h ese potent remedies have claims para mount to all other medicines or application for the cure of ulcers, sores, w ounds an d skin diseases generally. A most remarkable instance' o f the curative virtues possessed by llolloway's remedies h a s recently been forwarded by a needle-maker at Studley', whose body and legs were sorely afflicted by ma li p . ne nt ulcers. He got worse under the best surgical treatment, but was soon eased and shortly cured by th ese hea ling and purifying preparations. They closed the woun ds and cleansed the system. One solitary trial is su ffi cient t o prove to the most sceptical the superior val ue of Holloway's medicaments, whi c h rouse, excite, quicken an d s timulate the feeble nerves and languid Circklation, VICIIMISING AN EMIG.RAN7. John Marshall, alias Davies, was charged at the Liverpool Police-court on Saturday with having de frauded Richard James, an intending emigrant, of £lBO in sovereigns, by the old dodge of " ringing the changes." The prosecutor (who in appearance is a much sharper fellow than this affair has proved him to be) intended going to New Zealand, and came to Liverpool for that purpose at the beginning of August. On the 7th of that month he was on board the ship Champion of the Seas, then lying in the Coburg Dock, when he met the prisoner, who managed to engage him in conversation, and they then left the vessel and started off for a walk through the town. In the course of their perambulations they called at several public-houses, and at one of them a second man made his appearance, introduced him self, and the three had some drink together. This " gentleman," pretending to be a perfect stranger to Marshall, commenced talking about money matters, and informed his newly-found friends that he had recently some into possession of a large property — several thousands a-year—and was consequently very l e:ee with his money. Having invited hiscom ethehme produce dfro from t a n old w o ppuarnsieosn,ssianyioneanother publiabahsoens purchased he considered them of an He present ed . on 4 e , to the man n in also for luck," woman in the a . • s d , a sovert.l l s and at prisoner's request gave one them alas, containing and taining them both to a sovereign, to Mr. James, advising keep their money in these purses, and the said he, "it would be safe." The prosecutor, at this stage of the proceedings, proved himself to be remark ably verdant. He produced his money (XlBO in gold, and no troublesome notes with the numbers known, perhaps), and the prisoner kindly under took to place it in the purse for him. This was done very nicely, and a purse filled with " Cali fornia sovereigns," or " jacks," was handed to James in the place of his hard-earned gold. Easy, unsuspecting, confiding fellow, he put the purse and the contents into his pocket with ' out examination, and the i three worthies resumed their peregrinations. Soon after they had done so, however, the inheritor of the immense estate pro posed that as they had had so much drink they should now "have something to eat," suggesting beefsteaks as something they would relish, He generously offered to " stand" the steaks, gave Mr. James a half-crown, and despatched him to purchase them, it being arranged that Marshall and his wealthy friend should await his return in the street. The prosecutor willingly un dertook the commission, but, on returning with the steaks to the spot where he expected to find his late companions, he discovered they had vanished. He very soon made a still more important discovery —that instead of a pocketful of gold he had nothing but worthless brass. Information of the swindle was given to the police, and the prisoner was ap prehended in Manchester by Detective Smith. When the latter first seized Marshall he struck the officer on the side of the head, tripped up his heels, threw him down, and attempted to make his escape, but Smith knocked him down and secured him. As the detective was bringing him to Liverpool, Mar shall apologised for essaulting him, saying, " Yoa know, Smith, when a man's right for 15 years, you can't expect but what he'll do the best he can for himself." He subsequently remarked, "I hope I shan't be tried before the recorder, for he's such a hot 'un." Marshall had been remanded in the hope that the police would get hold of his accom plice, but they have not yet been able to do so, and the prisoner was committed for trial.—Liverpool Mercury. The National Zeitung prints an interesting letter recounting the exploits of the London Alpine Club during the last two weeks of July. The club has so far been very successful this year. Its operations have been mostly con fined to the mountains about Grindelwald. Three peaks, that had never before been trodden by human foot, have just been ascended by different parties of Englishmen, viz,, Jungraujoch, on July 20, by five Englishmen ; Viescher horn, on the 23d, by two Englishmen; and Viescherjoch, on the 30th, by four Englishmen. In addition to these ascents, a great many mountains which have only been ascended two or three times were also visited by the same I gentlemen during the same period. A mong these were the Jungfrau, Eicher, theWetterh orn , Schreckh orn and several others equally formidable, EMPTY LONDON. It is our lot to labour in a quarts.r of the great wen call ed London which is n ever empty; w i , ere the traffic of fihe streets is never lightened, and the cle wd is never dimin ished. Oddly enough, this very gum er is the heart of London—the ancient metropolis—and it 1:s only the suburb s —the districts that were once regarded as the country-- which are ever empty, the town is always fu. ll . By some law of attraction, dependent in some measam's upon the harvest, country visitors flock up to London at the same moment that fashionable Londoners take flight for the country; and our closely-packed population is seldom allowed an extension of breathing space. This yet.'r the International Exhibition has had its expected effect .upon our visitors; and the floating population of a hundred thousand foreigners and countrymen who are always &how ing us in our streets and show-places, is multiplied at leAlst three old. The places of entertainment are crowded nigh t after night with unmistakable provincial visitors in white hats and shooting-coats. In the early days of the week all the, omnibuses are full, or seem to be floNving in one direction; all' the cabs are engaged, and half the cabmen too independent to take " single fares ;" the eating-houses are always filled with hungry parties, whose demands rencier the steadiest waiters uncivil to old and tried customers. The best seats are always taken on board the river steamboats; the best beds are always engaged at the best and worst hotels. Old Londoners whir have lived to despise half the mockeries which are put for Ward as amusements, find themselves suul denly treated as " ycong men from the country"—beckoned' into mock auction-rooms; and pestered with hand-bills about stuffed monsters, that are only fit to amuse the gaping rus tics at a fair. This is empty .: 1 4ondou in August, 1862; this is that town which a few fashiOuable loungers regard as a desert when the conventional houY arrives for them to be take themselves to the country. Ludt'ate-hill is still blocked. a combination of —London-bridge is still the most soreilv-tlmed thoroughfare in the world ; it is still a feat requiring nerve, agility, and quick eyesight to get 84 ifely from the Bank across to the Mansion-house, or to pass . • from th e end of Cannon-street to the beginning of Tower-stn let ' How clumsily this feat may be performed may be se, -in dail y , when little family groups of visitors from the I. 7 'astern Counties are hopelessly scattered in the road or ruthl. l salY divided—father from child, husband from wife—by hur.ri ing cabs and waggons.—City Press. GOUN2III' MARE Ab. -- - ---,b COLCHESTER-AUG. 30. The supply of wheat to-day at market was pretty liberal, mostly new, and prices were about 2s per qr lower. Barley, beans, and peas as of late. Wheat, white 56s 66s Beans, Mazagan ... 38s 40z red 50s 60s middle & smalL.3Bs 448 Barley Oats GLOUCESTER-AuG. 30. To-day there was a good' supply of wheat at market, most of which was of the new crop, and brought 52s to 54s for red and 56s per 396 lbs. for white, being a decline of Is to 2s from last week. Foreign wheat WAS extremely dull, and prices nominal. Barley and beans firm. Oats dull. CHELMSFORD-AUG. 29. ------- The supply of wheat was pretty fair, and tl; , ,e trade flat, at alclecline of 2s to 3s upon last week's prices. spring corn was at about former prices, but a dull trade. Wheat, old white 44s 60s Peas, Partridge...., 37s 41s new —a —s White 39a . 42s old red.... 495 b6s Boiling .. 410 44s new —s —s Dun 36 5 . 40s Barley 30s 39s Ditto new —s - -- s Chevalier .. 30s 42s Beans, Tick, old .. 35s 30 8 Grinding 24s 32s new..—s --4. 1 Malt. 6ls 67s Harrow Ticks ..35s 40n Chevalier . ..... ,64s 69s new..—s ••••f4l Oats 22s 29s Mazagan .......348 38s KIRKCALDY G R.A.IN-A - u G. 30. A moderate show of wheat and oats 0 , 1:lay, and two parcels of barley. A slow trade, at a decline of is to 2s per qr on wheat and 6d to is on oats. Wheat. Barley. Oats. First....sos Od I 32s Od I 28s Od Second ..54s 6d 34s 6d 26s Od Third....6osiOd —s Od 30s 6d COAL MARKET. trrloes of Coal per Ton at the close of the market. s. d. Wylam ..16 0 Walls End. West Wylam 14 9 ' South Kelloe l5 9' Byass's Bebside West Kelloe Hartley ..15 3 Cassop l5 9 Carway and Duffryn Framwellgate l5 3 Malting 23 0 Tunstall Do. Anthracite.. 21 0 , Trimdon Hartlepool ..16 0 Carr's Hartley 15 3', Hartlepool.. l6 0 Lambert's West Hart- 1 Caradoc ley 15 0 Heugh Hall 15 3 Cowpen Hartley 15 3 South Hart1ep001......15 3 Eden Main l5 3 Trimdon Tb.0rn1ey....14 9 Walker Primrose 12 3' Hetton .. l6 9 Craighead Steam 13 6' Braddyll's Hetton 16 0 Walls End. Keiper Grange.... l5 3 Wharneliffe 15 0 1 South Hetton 16 9 Ships at market, 102; sold, 72. FOREIGN MAIL PACKET LIST. MAILS DUE. 8. d. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton Sept. 18. via Marseilles Sept. 12. Brazil and Cape Verds, by British packet. Sept. 3. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena Oct. 2. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton Sept. IS. via Marseilles Sept. 12. Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton.. Shpt. 3. via Marseilles.... Sept. 18. India (Bombay), via Southampton Sept. 14. via Marseilles Sept. B'.. Lisbon Sept. 3. 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. 5. W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe Sept. 10. Bahamas, via New York Sept. 23. Mexico Sept. 29. All p lifornia, and Britarts of West Indiesish , Columbia including Chili, Peru, I Sept. I. .. The city of Quebec has a population of 60,000, Montreal 85,000, and Toronto 52,000. These places are situated on the British side of the American lakes. On the at th ov e e, la v k iz es ., t c h h e i r c e ag a o re w t i h th ree ls l o .:L o ch United S . t e a e te s s th s a i n de th o e f younger cities inhabitants, Detroit with 70,000, and Buffalo with 80,006 MEXICAN BRIGAND s.—Recen t letters from Mexico, have mentioned the case of a M. Destagne, a French men - chant. The facts, as disclosed by his deposition and the. evidence taken before the legation, are as follows :—" On the 10th June he started for the Yenta de Cordova, a short distance from the city of Mexico, when of a sudden he was surrounded by:armed men belonging to the corps of Cuellar, a government general. They seized him, bandaged his eyes, and carried him off to the mountains, where he remained a prisoner, without shelter, exposed to the rain and cold. They then, with a pistol at his breast, compelled him to write to his wife, requiring her to pay to his order the sum of 2,000 dols. His wife, suspecting some deceit, refused to pay the order. From that moment he was submitted to the most frightful treatment. On the 24th of June, with his eyes still bandaged, he was lodged in a wretched hovel, exposed to all the inclemencies of the weather, kept almost without food, and threatened constantly with death. They declared they would shoot him unless he laid down 5,000 dollars. On the 25th he was taken to another part of the mountain, where he was kept without shelter, half starved, and nearly naked. Several times did they take him out to be shot, making him kneel down and firing at him with blank cartridges. These barbarities were continued for 22 days ; his sufferings were so intense that he felt he could not survive them much longer; he again wrote to his wife, informing her of the awful position in which he stood." The Prussian Minister, with his usual energy, at once took up the case, and his release was at last obtained upon payment of 500 dollars. When he returned home his family scarcely recognised him ; his limbs were swollen, his sight nearly gone, and his nervous system so shattered that for some time it became a question whether he would ever recover. BIRTHS. BARTTELOT.—On the' 30th ult., at Millers, Petworth, the wife of Lieutenant -Colonel Barttelot, M.P., of a daugh ter. EVANS.—On the Ist inst., at Wimbledon, the wife of W. David Evans, Esq., of Lincoln's -inn, barrister-at-law, of a son. TURNER.—On the 30th ult., at Streatham-hill, Mrs. 11. Turner, of a son. MARRIAGES. PINDER—HoPKINs.—On the 30th ult., at Nuffield, the Rev. North Pinder ' M.A., rector of G reys, to Frances Jane, eldest daughter of the Rev. T. W. Hopkins, rector of Nuffield, Oxfordshire. WAKEFORD—WICKS.—On the 30th ult., at St. Michael's, William Wakeford, Esq., of Brixton, to Lucy, youngest daughter of the late Samuel Wicks, Esq., of Stock well. DEATFIS. BECKINGRAM.—On the 31st ult., at 13, Stamford-street, suddenly, James Beekingham, Esq. BIGLAND.—On the 30th ult., Charles Ralph, only surviv ing son of the l a t e Si r Ralph Bigland, of Het ald's Col lege, aged 53. BOYD.—On th e 28 t h ult at 17, Abingdon-street West minster, Mr. Robt. Boyd, a ged 57. ELLIVOOD.—Ou th e 31st ult., at Norwood, DTr. H, Ellwood, aged 58. at 7, Ar un d e l -street, Strand, GREHAN.—On the 27th ult. , Andrew Grehan, Esq" aged 77. HA Yrk, RoGßovE.—On the 29th ult., at St. Mary's, Bootham, Wm. H a rgrove, Esq., for 50 years senior proprie • Heraldui.t7eawt newspaper , aged 74. all Hall, Ch es hi re , H. Shaw, E s q., aged 71. sA for the o n York the 2 9t h T7P N VON : Printed and Publi s h e d b y JOHN CHAPLIN, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Tull SUN Office N 0.112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the County of middlesez.—Tuesday, Sopterubeo, 1862., I