The Sun. — London, England, 1862-08-25 00:00:00

TUE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA ARRIVAL OF THE AUSTRALASIAN. LIVERPOOL, AUG. 23. The Royal Mail steamer Australasian, Captain Cook, which sailed from New York on the 13th inst., and called at Queenstown yesterday to land mails and passengers, arrived in the Mersey shortly before eleven o'clock this morning. A telegraph summary of her news has alreaity been published. The New T ark, Herald of the 13th says : " George Pope reports to Gen. Halleck that Jack son's rebel forces retreP.hied under cover of Monday night across the Rapidan river; that the rebel rear guard was crossing the river towards Orange Court House yesterday morning ; and further, that the Union cavalry and artillery were in pursuit. It is plain from the result of the action that Gen. Jackson's forces must hP.ve suffered severely. The prisoners report thP.'c their own troops were mowed down like glass, and that they were three times heavily reinforced. " Over 20,000 of the rebels took part in the action, hut only two divisions of Gen. Banks's army were engaged. A telegvam, dated Culpepper Court Rouse, Virginia, evening of the 12th, says :- 44' The battle of Saturday, the 9th, is one of the most important of the war, not merely on account of the desperate valour and unfaltering discipline dis played by our troops, the obstirmy of the contest and the heavy loss on both sides, but because of its important effect on the campaign of which it makes a part. The campaign on the part of Jackson is an at tempt to penetrate and recover the valley of the Shenandoah, whence the richest supplies of the enetay are drawn, and the possession of which was of a practical importance in the endeavour to hold Virginia as a part of the attempted Confederacy hardly to be estimated. At the same time the rebel leaders hoped by this movement to so threaten Washington and Maryland as to relieve Richmond and withdraw oar armies to the line of the Poto mac. To secure such objects as these, and know ing that the Government was now relatively weaker and the 'rebellion stronger than could again occur in the 'war, the Richmond leaders sent the flower of the Southern infantry under their most popular and enterprising generals; a large body of cavalry under their most distinguished cavalry officer, Major-General Stuart, and an abundance of artil lery. " When Jackson had arrived with his forces as far as Louisa Court House and Gordonsville, and found the dispositios of General Pope's troops such that not only his purpose to enter the valley was foiled, but his own direct communications with Richmond were interrupted, he called for further reinkrcements, and with those which were freely furnished attempted to stem General Pope's further advance upon that railroad, the destruc tion or even the permanently threatening of which must bar from Richmond all hope of the mate rial or political control of Central Virgi. nia. Jackson attempted by a feint upon Morrison Court House and Sperryville to detain our force at the latter point, While at the same time he threw the mass of his forces, numbering 35,000 men, by way of Orange Court House, upon ns at Culpepper, expecting to find only a portion of o ur forces there, which he could overwhelm, and then - march on Sperryville from Culpepper, and crush the army corps of Sigel. His plans were com pletely foiled by the rapid concentration of our forces at Culpepper, and their advance to meet him at Cedar Run. The cool and determined temper of Banks accepted the proffered battle as soon as offered, and the battle of Saturday afternoon was fought between the advance of Jackson under him self and Ewell. After endeavouring in vain t o rout and drive Banks's corps, Jackson found him self compelled at night, by the rapid movements in front of him, to fall back to a strong defensive po sition in Cedar Mountain, and finding his line of retreat growing insecure, on the succeeding night he retreated altogether, retiring beyond Robert son's River, and again beyond the Rapidan. The result is Jackson is again foiled and forced to abandon his operations, and his prestige is seri ously impaired. He will be rapidly followed.' " The following is Gen. Pope's official report : " Cedar Mountain, Virginia, Aug. 12. " The enemy has retreated under cover of the night. His rearguard are now crossing the Rapi dan towards Orange Court House. Our cavalry and artillery are in pursuit. JOHN POPE, Major-General. " ' To Major-General Halleck.' " There is no news of importance from General M'Clellan. The camp is very quiet, and the health of the command has been greatly improved. " The rebel General Morgan is reported to hav e taken possession of Gallatin, Texas, which he has occupied with a large force of rebels. Col. Boone, of Kentucky, and four companies of troops from that state, are said to have been captured. " From Missouri we learn that Independence was captured by the rebels, 1,500 strong, under Colonels Hughes and Quantrell, after an hour's fighting. There is great excitement at Lexington, and every one is arming for the conflict. " It has been semi-officially announced that draft ing cannot be put in operation in New York State until Ist September; as it will take until that time to complete the preliminary arrangements." The following Southern telegrams give the de tails of the reported capture of Baton Rouge and the destruction of the ram Arkansas. A special despatch to the Mobile Advertiser and Register, dated Ja c k son, Bt h , says : , G eneral Van Dorn permits me to copy the fol lowing despatches " Amite River, Aug. 6, 1862. 44 About one o'clock this morning the Federal gunboats attacked the Confederate ram Arkansf s. Messengers inform rue that she fought them well for some time, inflicting great damage. She was then blown up by her crew. The messenger thinks they all escaped. JOIIN C. 'BRECKENRIDGE.' ; Collett's River, 10 miles from Baton Rouge, August 6, 1862. " ' We occupied the whole of the t own and the battlefield till evening , but no decisive result was gained after my last despatch. Therebeing no water between here and th e MisiissiPPi River corn pelted me to come here. I moved at my own time and in order. The Arkansas laid With her machinery injured 50 miles above the tow n all day yesterday. Her commander sent me word last evening that he would try to get her up the river, and asked if it be possible to send her a boat to aid him. From the re p orts she is permanently unserviceable. We burned nearly all of their camps and a large amount of stores. and cut them up badly. General Williams and other prominent officers are killed. " J. C. BRECKINRIDGE. " Rumours says that General Clark is a prisoner. Parties from the field say that our victory was com plete. The ground was strewed with the dead and wounded. The Richmond fl 'Mg, of the 9th August, says: —' The confederate sloop of war Arkansas, Lieu tenant TT. K. Stevens, of South Carolina, command ing, left. Vicksburg on Monday to co-operate in the attack on Baton Rouge. After passing Bayou Sara some portion of her machinery became disabled, and she was hauled in towards the shore for re pairs. Whilst in this position she was attacked by a fleet of Yankee gunboats from below. After a gallant resistance she was abandoned and blown up . The officers and crew, we are informed, reached the shore iu safety.' ic A s pecial despatch to the Mobile Advertiser and er, dated Knoxville, yesterday, says: — Heavy s kirmishing commenced on Tuesday with a large portion of the enemy at Tazewell, seven milcs front Cutnlicrlud Gap. one G.neral S:f.venson•s force was en gaged o b u riir o... 44 _ le sid o e f : r i a n n g d cut 11“ , , leqign was to gain the enemy's rear our The artillery tio , nt off rront the gap• was very heavy. Several prisoners have been brought in from Tazewell. No particulars of the fight re ceived. General Rains, at last account, was mal l _ ing a forced march to gain the enemy's rear. Brigadier General W. R. Caswell was this after- noon assassinated by an unknown person near his residence, six miles from Knoxville.' " A Cairo telegram of the 12th in a, says : Rebel authority reports that Brecl‘thiridge at tacked Baton Rouge on Tuesday morning last. He was at first repulsed with heav . loss. Gene ral Clarke, of Mississippi, and U-lonel Thomas Hunt, of Kentucky; were killed. The repulse is laid to the A:lcansas, which failed to arrive in time. On the afternoon of the same day treckenridge is said to have telegraphed to the Grenada Appeal that the Arkansas had arrived and destroyed two of our gunboats, and driven off our fleet, and that he had captured the entire Union forces of that place. " A telegraphic dispatch to the Richmond Exa miner, dated Mobile the Bth, says :—' A very rapid steamer, well loaded with many desirable articles, arrived safely at a Southern port on the 6th. The vigilance of the blockading squadron was eluded without trouble. A schooner from Havannah ran the blockade yesterday morning. Her cargo con sists of powder, lead, caps, salt, coffee, cavalry, sabres, and soap,'" The New York Herald of the 13th says : " Yesterday, as well as on Monday and Sunday last, the excitement which had been caused at the office of Mr. Archibald, the British consul, was con tinued without much intermission, and the anxiety of the hundreds assembled to obtain passports was very pressing. " Monday and yesterday the office was scarcely allo wed to be opened until it was filled to suffoca tion, and not less than from 700 to 800 persons were present. Yesterday morning Mr. Archibald, British consul, arrived in the Cunard mail steamship Scotia, from England, and being informed of the position of affairs for the previous two dtqs lost no time in getting up to his office. On seeing how matters stood the consul requested that some members of the New York police force should be sent to the consulate rooms, which was at once complied with. "Although the vice. consul, Mr. Edwards, and the clerks are doing their business as fairly as possible within the bounds of their powers, yet the presence of the members of the police has had a good effect. Inside the two days there could not have been less than from ten to twelve hundred attended at the office. These are charged 2 dole. each; but where the parties state their inability to pay the amount they get them free. " A great number of those who are seeking pass ports to evade being drafted, and not understanding the real import of these documents, nor yet much about drafting, it became necessary for Mr. Archi bald to issue the following orders, which are posted l on both the outside and inside doors :-- " ' Consulate Office. British subjects who have never been natura lised abroad are required by law to deposit the proof of their nationality with the county clerk at the City Hall. This will render them exempt from military service. No certificate from the consul is required by law. " Yesterday the granting of passports was car ried on more rapidly, as better order and regularity seemed to prevail. On making the necessary in quiries as to where all those who are claiming Eng lish protection from drafting are intending to pro ceed, we were told that the greater portion, so far, were destined for Ireland and Germany; many were going to California, and a goodly number to the Canadas. Be this as it may, there can be no doubt whatever but they will make a location somewhere before they submit to take up arms in defence of the Northern States, where they have lived so long, and realised such advantages for themselvei, and children, large numbers having gone far in making an independence for a future day." A San Francisco telegram of the 7th instant says, that owing to the shelving beach and the heavy surf, there was little probability of saving the treasure from the wreck of the steamer Golden Gate, Another despatch of the 9th says that the steamer Active had been chartered to visit the wreck, and to endeavour to recover the gold. Dr. Charles Mackay writes as follows to the New York Times : " You state in your paper of Sunday that I have denied being the writer of the New York correspon dence of the London Times. You have been misin formed. I never made any such denial to any per son, authorised or unauthorised, to ask the question. Since my arrival in America, I have neither taken pains to promulgate nor to conceal a fact that has ceased for many months to be a secret on either side of the Atlantic.—l am, sir, your obedient servant, " CHARLES MACKAY. " New York Hotel, Tuesday, August 12." A telegram from Toronto says that there was an extraordinary number of Americans in that city to escape being drafted. Advices from some of the frontier towns in the United States mention that large numbers had been intercepted in their in tended flight into Canada. The British steamer Lodona, from Hull, with a full cargo, arrived at Port Royal on the 7th inst., a prize to the United States steamer Unadilla. She was from England direct, aLd was taken while at tempting to run into Ossabaw Sound. Yellow fever had made its appearance at Key West, and the Federal steamer San Jacinto, which had arrived from that place at Boston, had thirty cases of the disease among her crew. THE BATTLE AT CEDAR MOUNTAIN. The following account is published in the ,New York Times " On the Field, Cedar Run, eight miles south of Culpepper, Saturday August 9. "'Phis has been an eventful day with the army of Virginia. It had been known since yesterday morning that the rebels were in force immediately in our front. They had been driving back General Bayard's cavalry for several hours before the force under General Crawford was sent forward to give I them battle, and no sooner were we here than our outposts were fired upon by their pickets. Skirmishing was kept up all the forenoon, and the enemy held completely in check, but it was not until three p.m. that the fight assumed the dignity of a battle. At that hour the rebels opened their artil lery upon General Crawford from the wood to the right of the road, about one mile. This was done to ascertain the position of our batteries, and if pos sible bring out our force. General Crawford ordered Knapp's Pennsylvania battery to reply, and at the second shell the enemy's guns were silenced. Their long line of cavalry had moved to a high hill on our left towards the Rapidan ford. At once a strong force of cavalry was thrown in that direction, and "en after the enemy, finding he could do nothing co untermarch e d hi s c a v al r y to our right. Thus matters stood, the large force of the enemy having been h e ld in check b yGeneral Crawford's single brigade o f infantry,artillery and cavalry. The e cannonading _on tinucd on both sides until four p.m. when General Banks , appear e d u pon the field with General Auger' s division and the remainder of General Wil lia ms's division, Roemer's New York battery was now thrown to the . right, with the ex ception of the artillery, for the purpose of making a movement upon the enemy,,, sank--the most im portantm3nt of the day. move The 10th Maine was then moved forward to the aupport of the ce ntre, and the rein aieder of the brigade for me d on the right with the addition of th e 3d Wisconsin, and an effort was made to drive the enemy from their cover in the wood. " During all this time the firing on both sides was terrific, and the men were falling by the score. The line advanced steadily, with the exception o f the 3d Wisconsin, under a still galling fire, and drove the rebels back. The Wisconsin regi ment fled at the first fire, and it was with great difficulty, and at great personal risk, that the general succeeded in getting them into line again. They had hardly returned to their Fosition, however, before they broke and ran again—in fact, proved worse than toeless. The remainder of the infantry charged upon the enemy's b i tteries, seve ral of which could not be seen until they entered the wood, where they came suddenly upon a large infantry force, that had lain concealed from the com mencement of the fight. This force opened fire . upon our men with frightful effect. The slaughter at this point was very great. More than half the • men of the 28th New York were killed and - wounded. Colonel Donnelly, commanding, was THE TSU'N, - LON1)ON, MONDAY ''EVE ifiti3llSl 4 23, 1852. mortally wounded; the lieut.-colonel, Brown, and the major are both wounded, and there is not a cap tain of company left to the regiment. The 10th Maine lost about 150 in killed and wounded, The sth Connecticut suffered similarly, besides losing Colonel Chapman, who was taken prisoner. The 46th Pennsylvania has hardly enough men left to form a full company. Colonel Knipe was wounded in the arm and head ; but not fatally ; Lieutenant- Colonel Selfridge was slightly injured, and the major was shot through the arm. " But in the confusion of the hour it is impos sible to get particulars accurately. Geary's and Gordon's forces have all suffered. General Geary is slightly wounded, and a few minutes ago Gene ral Banks received an injury from a cavalryman, who ran violently against him while he was about to mount his horse. "General Crawford and staff were nearly being taken prisoners twice during the fight. On both occasions they were examining different points, with a view to a change of position, when they came upon the rebel pickets. Fortunately, they all escaped unhurt. " While I am writing the wounded are being carried into the rear; for although the firing on both sides stopped at nine p.m., it is expected that the fight will be renewed in the morning with largely augmented forces on both sides. " Our cavalry force at Madison Court House has been driven out, and from every point we receive intimations that the rebels have determined to offer us an obstinate and bloody resistance. 6, - wh a t the rebel loss has been to-day we cannot ascertain. ANOTHER ACCOUNT OF THE BATTLE. " Culpepper, Va., August 9. ,s I n consequence of the advance of the rebels to t hi s side of the Rapidan Major-General Pope sent forward two army corps, commanded by General Banks, to hold them in check. "At daylight this morning it was discovered that the enemy had advanced as far as Cedar Run Mountain, holding its wooded sides and clear slopes. Only a small portion of their strength, however, was visible. They also held a range of elevations and ravines westward of the mountains. "An elevated spot a mile and a half from the mountain, and a mile long east and west, was selected by Gen. Banks as the best place to receive their attack. " The forenoon was spent by the enemy in ma nce uvres, only occasionally showing themselves. At three o'clock in the afternoon a battery on our front, at a mile and a half on our range, opened on us, and their infantry drove in our pickets in the woods on our right wing. " Afterwards, battery after battery was unmasked on the mountain slopes and on every hill, making a crescent of batteries of nearly three miles, com manding our position for two hours. Our batteries were exposed to cross fires and flank fires at every point. The rebels evidently outnumbered us in guns and weight of metal. We replied shot for shot till five o'clock, when the rebels opened an enfilade battery on our right. Gen. Banks here gave orders to cease firing and charge this battery. The duty was assigned to Crawford's brigade of Williams's division; and the 46th Pennsylvania Regiment led the charge. " Behind the battery was a thicket of shrub oak, and before the 46th Pennsylvania Regiment could reach the guns they were mowed down by a terrific fire from the thicket. The rest of the brigade was quickly brought up, and subsequently the rest of Gens. Williams and Augur's commands, but the brigades of rebels were found at every point. " This battle ground was in a thick set wood,with a ravine on our right. Here nearly all the enemy's infantry had been concealed during the shelling after securing themselves from observation by ex pelling our pickets. " This was probably one of the hardest contested fights in Virginia, lasting until dark, when our forces retired from the field taking a new position beyond reach of the enemy's guns, which were in an advantageous position on the heights. " Our infantry were badly cut up. We lost two guns. The enemy's loss was certainly greater than ours, as their dense columns were frequently riddled by our artillerists. We took many prisoners. "Since our correspondent left the field," adds the New York Times, " large reinforcements have reached there, and for an hour shots have been ex changed." The Confederate Gen. Bragg is reported to be in command of 30,000 troops at Battle Creek. Despatches from St. Louis state that the Federal Col. MVeill, with 1,000 men, had beaten Porter's guerillas, 2,500 strong, at Hirksville, on the 7th Aug., and again near Stockton on the 9th. Porter's forces were demoralised and broken up. The St. Louis Democrat learns that the present uprising of the rebels in Missouri is in accordance with the plan conceived by Gen. Price after his defeat at Pea Ridge, when he told his followers to go home, pnt in their crops, and attend to their business gene rally until the harvest and then to rise through the State and form guerilla bands and be prepared to meet him in the fall, when he would return again to back them. LATEST REPORTS via WASHINGTON. WASHINGTON, Aug. 11. Accounts from Culpepper represent the enemy's estimated force engaged at 20,000, and our own, exclusive of cavalry and artillery, as not exceeding 7,000. The number of United States soldiers wounded is large, but the wounds are generally slight. The number of killed is small. On Saturday night the teamsters let their fires burn, causing the enemy to shell our new position for two hours with considerable effect. Yesterday (Sunday) morning the rebels were not in sight on our front s but the indications were that they were reinforced on Saturday night, and were attempting to flank our movements. Nothing has yet been heard of General Buford at Madison Court-house. During last night trains arrived here from Cul pepper bringing a number of officers wounded in the late battle and skirmishes in that vicinity. They are mostly wounded in the arms and legs, although one or two are more seriously injured in other parts of the body, one of them having received no less than four bullets in his hips. Vehieles were in at tendance on the arrival of the trains, and the suf ferers were speedily removed, many of them to public-houses. THE PREVENTION OF COLLIERY A CcIPENTS. At the close of the late session of Parliament an act WAS passed to amend the law relating to coal mines ; and its adoption, it is hoped, will prevent a recurrence of scenes with which the public mind was shocked at the Hartley and other collieries by the frightful loss of human life. The Government, soon after the accident at Hartley, required a report, and the opinion given was that there should be two shafts or outlets to every mine ; the principal fea ture in the new act, therefore, is to make ample provision on that subject. The act is to apply to coal and ironstone mines mentioned in the seventh section of the act 23 and 24 Viet., c. 151, and re ferred to the " Principal Act." An " existing mine" is to mean a mine that is actually being worked at the time of the passing of this act, and a " new mine" is to mean a mine opened after the passing of the act, or an old mine, the working of which is begun afresh after the passing of the act. It is now enacted that it shall not be lawful for the owner of a new mine, and after the Ist of January, 1865, it shall not be lawful for the owner of an exist ing mine to employ any person in working within such mine, or to permit any person to be in such mine for the purpose of working therein, unless there are in communication with every seam of the mine, for the time being, at least two shafts of out lets at work, separated by natural strata of not less than ten feet in breadth, by which shafts or outlets distinct means of ingress and egress are available to the persons employed in the mine; but it shall not be necessary for the two shafts or outlets to belong to the same mine, if the persons therein employed have available means of ingress and egress by not less than two shafts or outlets, one or more of which may belong to another mine. The provi sion is not to apply to opening a new mine for the purpose of searching for or moving minerals, or to any working for the purpose of making a communication between two or more shafts, so long as not more than twenty persons are employed at any one time in the new mine or working. If the owner of an existing mine object to the Secretary of State that, by reason of the nature of the mine, or from other special circumstances, he cannot com ply with the new law, a reference is to be made to arbitration, and an extension of time may be granted, or the owner required to make two outlets for the safety of the workpeople, or otherwise. Further, the act provides a summary proceeding, by way of injunction, to restrain the owner working a mine to which there are not two shafts or outlets. Any of the courts of equity or common law may, on the application of the Attorney-General, acting on behalf of the Secretary of State, prohibit by in junction the working of any mine in which any person is employed in working or is permitted to be for the purpose of working in contravention of the provisions of the act, and may award costs ; but the section is to be without prejudice to any other remedy permitted by law for enforcing the act. No person is to be precluded by any agreement made before the passing of the act from doing anything that may be necessary for providing an additional shaft or outlet to a mine where the Rini() is now required, nor be liable under any agreement to any penalty or forfeiture for doing what may be neces sary to comply with the present act. The powers now given are to be construed with the Principal Act, and it is fervently to be hoped that, by the exercise of the authority now vested in the Govern ment, there will be no further sacrifice of human life by accidents in coal mines.—Observer. Fire, a large number of lives are annually sacri ficed, simply because the means for extinguishing fires are not sufficiently comprehensive and effec tive. The fire brigade, we are quite willing to ad mit, do wonders, but it is too much to expect ima possibilities from them. The number of ordinary fire hand-engines at too few, and we believe that at the present time there are not there than three steam land engines in the metropolis. Now, as it frequently happens that Ave or six fires occur in different parts of the metropolis in a single night, it is impossible with the present limited force that all can be properly attended to. We believe it was shown before Mr. Hankey's select committee that a large portion of that wealthy district known as Tyburnia was entirely left unprotected, and that there was no fire brigade station; so that if a fire broke out, the only resource would be the pa rish engines until the regular engines could be brought from the more central parts of the metro polis. The insurance companies, in order to induce the legislature to relieve them from the expense of keeping up the fire brigade, intentionally declined to create a new station in this district, and prefer o run the risk of being called on to pay largely for . . . losses by firo than extend the present system,which they complain of as being so very costly. It is prey sumed that the fire insurance companies will only be too glad to assist the Duke of Sutherland in his praiseworthy efforts, and that they will contribute liberally to any expenses that may be incurred.— Observer. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. In the New York money market on the 12th there was a little more activity in the demand, and an increased move ment of capital at low rates of interest for prime paper. Loans on call were made at 4 to 5 per dent. Gold opened with an increased demand which dropped a little towards the close. The last quotation was 1131 per cent. Silver was bought by the brokers at 107 to 108, and sold at 109 to 110. Foreign exchange opened at 125 for bankers' sterling hills, but afterwards advanced to 126. The market was un settled, and closed at 125 to 1251 for bankers' 60 days' ; and 1251 to 1261 for short paper. The Stock Market opened at better prices, and with a more buoyant tone, which continued throughout the day. The closing rates were as follows :---United States Sixes of 'Bl, registered, 100; Ditto, Fives, 86k; Illinois Central Shares, 591 ; Erie Shares, 361 ; Ditto, Third Mortgage, 1011 ; Illinois Central Bonds, 981 ; New York Central Shares, 93R ; Ditto, Bonds of 1776, 1091; Michigan Cen tral, 65k. II,), "in i 9 i'it`nyi following, 1398 f WHITTINGTON'S MAYORALTlES.—Whittington, 1398 it is said, was thrice Lord Mayor of London. - In fact, he filledv, the office of Lord Mayor of London four times, and as the first Mayor to whom the prefix of Lord was granted. He W as i fi n i . .s 3 l l p 6 pointed Mayor by the Crown, 1397 ( 20 Rich. London, the place of Adam Baunne, who had gone the wage of all she." 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The reputation Holloway's O'nt k globe should induce every afflicted person to 'trial before deopairing of relief or abandoning hope‘ I 'm a ment and Pills have acquired throughout th gievehatb italb-le- THE BICENTENARY MOVEMEN7. Yesterday, the 200th anniversary of the secession of 2,000 ministers from the Church of England was commemorated in most of the metropolitan dissent ing chapels, Mr. Binney, who holds perhaps the highest place amongst the Nonconformist ministers of London, had an overwhelming congregation at .he Weigh House Chapel, Fish-street-hill, the firs pastor of which was one of the Bartholomew Con fessors; indeed, large numbers of persons who were anxious to hear him on the subject were unable to obtain standing room. The rev. gentleman selected for his text the 14th chapter of St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans, verse 5, "Let every man be fully per suaded in his own mind." He said that 200 years ago that day many pulpits in England were vacant, many voices were hushed, and in many places there were sheep without a shepherd. They might profit- ably consider the significancy of that act, which stood out in history as part of a memorable crisis, There were, however, at the outset some very for midable difficulties which presented themselves in dealing with the subject. Ist. It might be said that its consideration was out of keeping with their ordi nary Sabbath worship and meditation. 2d. It was utterly impossible to do it justice in a single dis course, and he did not intend to devote another to it. 3d. It was very difficult to make it clear and intelli gible to a popular assembly. 4th. It was impossible to discuss the subject in any method or in any spirit without laying oneself open to misconception, for the right of Dissenters to mention the secession of 1662 in connection with themselves had been insultingly denied. Of all those difficulties he was perfectly cog nisant, and he had no expectation that he should be able satisfactorily to remove them. He proceeded to say that the year 1662 took its character from the times which preceded it. It belonged to a period of inquiry, search, questioning, and discussion, and it was a crisis at the close of a very stormy period. In times behind the 14th century there was in this country, on religious mat ters, a unanimity of ignorance, a state of mental stagnation being encouraged. The souls of men were dead, and dead people, it was well known, were very quiet. That was the sort of tranquillity enjoyed by our forefathers in these good old times when the Church was above the State. But in this condition of things a star appeared in the sky, sleepers awoke, the dead arose, and inquiry was set on foot. By the preaching of Wycliffe, the Morn ing Star of the Reformation, attention was excited, inquiry was quickened, and the new doctrine, as his message was called, was everywhere eagerly received. Of course there could be no connection between light and darkness, and violent fulminations there fore went out against them. There was disagree ment, agitation, controversy. It could not be helped, and it was by no means to be lamented. Better, far better, was it that there should have been life, ac tion, and progress, with confusion, and battle, and war, than the stagnation of death and the peace of the grave. This was the beginning of healthy ac tion, and was the prelude and the prophecy of the coming day, for the people then began to clamour for the truth, pure and simple. Confident with this very first agitation and this cry for truth, there were the utterances of secular ideas, which came to be productive of controversy. Wycliffe had stated that in the primitive Church there were only two orders in the ministry, which was considered sufficient, namely, presbyters and deacons, and that in the time of St. Paul presbyter and bishop meant the same thing. In the reign of Henry VIII. came a contest of another kind—a contest for national in dependence. The King claimed for himself and his people entire freedom from foreign interference in eccesiastical matters ; and he was right. But at this time Papists and Protestants suffered alike, and frequently at the same stake, the one as a here tic for denying the doctrine of Transubstantiation, and the other as a traitor for denying the ecclesias tical supremacy of the King. Matters -went on under the reigns of Elizabeth, James, and Charles, until they culminated in that state of things with which they were all familiar under the Common wealth. Then there came a battle for greater simplicity in church rites, for an improvement in clerical habits, and a more clear and decisive decla- ration of Protestant creeds. It was a curious fact in connection with this subject that in the convocation held in 1562, just 300 years ago, in the reign of Elizabeth, the Puritan element was so strong that many members holding high ecclesiastical offices were anxious for ritual reformation. A proposition was made to abrogate all saints' days, to omit the sign of the cross in baptism, to discontinue the use of organs, to provide that the priest should not turn his back upon the people at any portion of the ser vice, and to leave the practice of kneeling at the sacrament of the Lord's Supper a matter of discre tion. This proposition was carried by a majority of eight of those who were present at the discussion, but proxies being admitted the decision was reversed by a majority of one, so near was the Church in the time of Elizabeth being reformed by the Puritan element. The Puritans obtained the lead, and many persons were admitted to the priesthood, if he might use the term, who had only been ordained by the laying on of the hands of the Presbytery. In the middle of 1662, when the death struggle was at its height, those who had been undermost for 100 years became supreme, and so things continued until the turn of the tide brought back to their old moorings the representatives of the past. With the restoration there might have been mutual concessions, but such was not the temper of the times. On the part of the bishops there was only one desire, viz., to get rid of their adversaries, and on the part of those adversa ries there was too great a desire, under th e circum stances, to introduce functional changes in the offices of the Church, The State, influenced by the Church then proposed terms which the clergy could not ac cept without dishonour, and the Act of Uuiformity was the climax and the close of one eventful period of our history. What was required was so monstrous that to refuse could scarcely be considered an act of heroism. To have accepted a half or quarter of what was proposed would have been infamous. The Act of Uniformity involved the denial of everything of moment which had been struggled for ; large num bers of the clergy, therefore, gave up everything they had, and many of them, in addition to these privations, suffered severe penal consequences. A wrong principle was common to both parties at that time —namely, a desire that the secular arm should be called in to enforce the provisions of a creed. The lesson to be learnt from the nonconformists of those days should not be lost sight of, especially at t h e present day, when the secret seemed to be possessed by some how subscription might be har monised with a denial of almost everything sub scribed. The rev, gentleman concluded by saying that there never could be unanimity of knowledge on religious matters, that was in the sense of scien tific demonstrations, but there might be unanimity FIRES IN THE METROPOLIS, Some years since there used to be a fine dog, called Jeckey, who always attended every fire. He belonged to no one, and recognised no master; but as sure as the engines were called out, so sure was it that the dog would be present. The Duke of Suther land is something like this interesting quadruped in his tastes for fires, as when his grace is in town, and any fire of note takes place, we always see re corded the great assistance rendered by the duke, who works as indefatigably, and with as much energy, as the most zealous fireman. This peculiar taste of the Duke of Sutherland is, however, likely to be of great advantage to the public generally, but more especially to the inhabitants of the capital. The duke has satisfied himself that the present means we have for putting out fires are quite in adequate to the requirements of this vast metropo lis. The London Fire Brigade is as fine an orga nised body as any in the kingdom ; the new land steam engines work well, and throw an immense weight of water in a wonderfully short time; but still these means, it is contended, are not even yet sufficiently powerful or numerous, and therefore the Duke of Sutherland has induced several of his friends to form themselves into a committee to in • qtihre iuto the best methods of extinguishing fires. Subscriptions are asked for from the public, and especially from the insurance offices, with the view of making experiments and offering premiums for the best proposition for speedilyextinguishing fires. The melancholy deaths of Mr. Barrett and his two daughters will do much to induce the parties to support the very reasonable and practical proposi tion of the Duke of Sutherland, Hitherto the only method generally in use against fire is its natural enemy, water ; but in the present advanced state of chemical science, perhaps if attention were espe cially directed to the subject some other more effective agent may be discovered. At present, in the vast majority of cases, when a fire occurs, the premises where it originates are generally destroyed, and the efforts of the fire brigade seem to be directed more to prevent the fire spreading to adjoining property than to save the house itself. This would appear to have been the case at the late fire in Cumberland street, and is one of the points to which the Duke of Sutherland wishes to direct attention. Some years since a fire annihilator was invented by a Mr. Phillips, which promised to bring about a complete revolution in the method of extinguishing fires ; but, from some cause or other, it did not find favour with the insurance companies, and it fell into dis use in the metropolis. Not so, however, in the pro vinces, where it is still constantly in use with very great and marked success. No town, perhaps, in the kingdom has such a bad name for fires as Gravesend, in Kent. The insurance companies look with something like dread on every policy is sued on property in that town. Of late years the fire annihilator has been in general use, and with most satisfactory results. They are especially use ful before a fire has got to too great a head, and is confined within the house, In such cases they scarcely ever fail, and it is believed if one of these machines had been used in the late Mr. Barrett's premises that not only the house, but also the lives of the unfortunate gentleman and his children, would have been saved. Last session of Parliament a considerable amount of valuable information was collected by Mr. Hankey's select committee on the prevention of fires ; but the line of inquiry was di rected more as to the constitution of the force to be employed. It was shown that, owing to the size of the metropolis, the present fire brigade was wholly inadequate; that the force required to be doubled, if not trebled; and that the extra cost would be more than compensated for by the large amount of property that would be saved. The com mittee's recommendations we have already referred to, and it now only remains for Parliament to give effect to them, which will probably be done next session. The Duke of Sutherland proposes to carry on an investigation on the branch of the subject which the committee left untouched, so that in the event of legislation being sought, Parliament may be put in possession of information on the question of the best force to be employed, and the best means to be adopted for the extinguishing of fires. The subject may not at first appear to present many features of interest to the public, but we confess to anticipate consider able beneficial results from the course proposed to be taken by the Duke of Sutherland. His position and immense wealth will enable him to obtain much valuable' information, which a less distinguished person might fail to extract. The value of pro perty in the metropolis can scarcely be estimated, it is so enormous; but great as it is it sinks into comparative insignificance when compared with the saving of human life. Every year, notwithstand ing the great good effected by the machines belong ing to the Society for the Protection of Life from of love, and the cultivation of that feeling he strongly counselled amongst all denominations of Christians , _ _ _ In connection with-this bicentenary movement a sum of considerably more than £lOO,OOO has been raised. Many - of the clergy dwelt upon the same subject yesterday, taking, of course, a very different view of the matter to that urged by Mr. Malley. They contended that the seceding clergy had no right to the benefices of which they held possession at the time of the Restoration ; that their own conduct provoked hard meesureg, and that with the " two thousand" of 1662, the dissenters of the present day could have no legitimate sympathy. THE BRITISH COLUMBIA OVERLAND TRANSII COMPANY. Mr. James Henson, the Secretary to the British Columbia Overland Transit Company, surrendered in discharge of his recognisance before Alderman Finnis at the Guildhall, on Saturday, to answer the charge of obtaining a sum of .E 42 under false pre tences, with intent to cheat and defraud Mr. Henry Isaac Coiling wood. Mr. Harris, of Moorgate street, conducted the prosecution; Mr. Pearce, instructed by Mr. Ellis, appeared for the defendant ; Mr. F. H. Lewis I watched the ease on behalf of Colonel Sleigh ' Mr. Whitehurst attended for the Hon. F. H. Fitz hardinge Berkeley, M.P., who was present and occupied a seat on the bench ; Mr. Marden, for Mr. H. L. Hime, the company's Canadian agent; and Mr. Collete (firm of Prichard and Collete, the com pany's solicitors), for Capt. H. Edgecumbe Nicolls, of Bootle, near Liverpool. Mr. Collette said a representation to the effect that Capt. Nicolls did not repudiate his responsi bility having appeared in the newspapers, although it did not transpire publicly, he was anxious, con sidering the great accuracy of newspaper reports, to explain that although Capt. Nicolls gave his consent to become a director of the British Columbia Overland Transit Company which was then about to be formed, he was not in any way legally liable for the acts of Col. Sleigh, or any one else acting in the name of the company. At the same time he readily admitted a moral responsibility, and would do all that could be reasonably expected of him under the circumstances. He (Mr. Collette) then produced the following letter, which he thought would be important alike to the prosecu tion and the defence : " West-end Bank, S.W., Thursday. " Dear Captain Nicolls—Until I hear of the safe arrive, of my passengers in Canada, and their comfortable departure from St. Paul's, I do not intend to send any more passen gers. Then next year the company can carry on the en terprise I have started and devoted so much time and money to. I feel satisfied that I shall lose £5OO by the ' spec.' I hope to make it back when c a p ital is subscribed. I have received most gratifying letters from my agents in Canada. They are quite prepared for the noble 34 per U.K. The clerk calls daily in the morning and after noon at 6, Copthall-court, for letters. There is no use in continuing an expensive staff, paid out of my pocket, until the amalgamation with the '-- West Company, is effected, of which I hope to have intelligence shortly.— Yours very truIy,SLEIGH." Mr. Harris said that letter was really important to the defendant, against whom he was not prepared to carry the case any further at present. Mr. Pearce said he would proceed to show that the defendant was merely the clerk of Col. Sleigh, the sole manager of the undertaking, and called Capt. H. Wyatt, who said he had retired from the army, and was then living at Denbigh-street, Pimlico. He had known Col. Sleigh about three years. He was not with Col. Sleigh when the latter took the offices at 6, Copthall-court, but was in attendance there almost daily for the last month of the company's existence. He assisted Col. Sleigh in copying letters and other documents. He had seen money paid over to Col. Sleigh by the defen dant, and also by another clerk named Walker, on two or three occasions. He had also received money from the defendant and Walker, and taken it to Col. Sleigh. He received letters from the colonel directing him so to do, and he showed them to the defendant as the authority to pay it to him. On one occasion he received about £lOO, and on another something less, both of which sums he handed over to Col. Sleigh at his house. He took no receipt for it. He did not know how much money had been handed over to Col. Sleigh altogether. He asked the defendant for all the money he had, and he be lieved the amounts he received had been paid by the passsengers. He had nothing to do with the books, but he had been present when Col. Sleigh paid the clerks their salaries, and among them the defendant. They were paid every Saturday. Mr. Pearce asked witness if he had the books of the company in his possession on July 29 last. Witness said he accidentally called at the bank at the Haymarket, and Col. Sleigh asked him as a favour to take two parcels to his carriage, round the corner. They were put in a cab by the porter, and he drove into Suffolk-street and placed them in a carriage, in which he saw Mrs. Sleigh. He did not know the parcels contained books until the follow ing day, when defendant's brother asked him what he had done with the books. He would not have taken them if he had known they were books. He had seen Col. Sleigh since. Cross-examined—He merely had to copy letters, &c. He declined to interfere with the books. There was no company. Colonel Sleigh wrote the drafts of the letters he copied, and the defen dant signed them. He lent himself to the scheme because he knew a company was to be formed, al though it was not registered. Of the directors whose names appeared in the prospectus only Capt. Nicolls, Mr. Jadis, Mr, Starkey, and Mr. NV alker attended at the offices. They attended separately, and if Col. Sleigh happened to be out they called again. Col. Sleigh called himself the manager, but he was everything. The company was his, as far as ho could see. Among the books he saw a pas sengers' book, a ledger, a cash book, a passage money receipt book, and a letter book. There was no minutes book or directors' attendance book. He used to sit in Col. Sleigh's private room as his con dential clerk. The receipt book was kept in that room, and was taken away by the defendant or the other clerks when money was to be paid in, and afterwards brought back with the money and given to Col. Sleigh. Witness received a salary of £2 per week, defendant £2 per week, and the elerkWalker £1 per week. He left when Col. Sleigh left. He (the colonel) said he would not send any more ves sels out, and there was an end of it. There vr as not much doing after the company was started. Col. Sleigh said he would not send out any more pas sengers, as it did not answer his purpose. He was induced to assist Col. Sleigh because he thought him a talented man, and that something good would turn up out of his speculations. He was concerned with Col. Sleigh in establishing the Western Bank in the Haymarket. Re-examined—There was no wages book, and they signed no book or receipt for their salaries. An interval of 10 days elapsed between the occasions of his taking the money to Col. Sleigh's house. Edward Walker, son of one of the directors, said he acted as clerk to Col, Sleigh at his offices in Copthall-court from the middle of April until the offices were closed in June. Afterwards he used to go there daily for letters. He never knew of any of the money received from the passengers being returned by the defendant. The receipts were all signed in blank by the secretary, and filled up when the amounts.were paid. When the company's offices were closed he took the books to the bank in the Haymarket, by Col. Sleigh's di rec ti ons . The draught from which he copied Mr. Hay w a rd's instructions was in Col. Sleigh's handwriting. Cross-examined—He never paid any money into the bankers of the company. There were plenty of prospectuses about the office,but the clerks were not permitted to distribute them. Col. Sleigh directed that none should be given out. He was only a su bordinate clerk, and attended to the strict letter of his duty. He did not know why prospectuses were printed if not to be given out. He did not know any thing about the bona fide nature of the company,but he might have had his suspicions in consequence of the letters in the newspapers. The secretary was away part of the time on private business, and in his absence witness signed letters and other docu ments for him. He did everything by direction of Col. Sleigh. He afterwards went to the West-end Bank, of which his father consented to act as one of the directors. Four of the company's directors were also directors of this bank. They were Captain Nicolle, Mr. Samuel Starkey, Mr. N. J. Fenner, and Mr. H. F. Jadis. There was no . meeting of directors while he was at the company's offices. No one but Col. Sleigh interfered in the management. William Henson, the defendant's brother, said he received £1 per week as clerk to Col. Sleigh. He was engaged on the 21st April, and on the 29th transferred to the West-end Bank. Cross-examined—He saw his brother acting as secretary of this company. He had heard from Col. Sleigh as late as the beginning of last week, as he had called for letters for him. Charles Lowden, porter at the West-end Bank, said he saw Capt. Wyatt go away in the cab with a blue bag containing a large book, on which was a label bearing the word " transit. Mr. Wm. Penny said he was a printer, at 57, Lincoln's-inn-fields. On the 29th March last he received an order from Col. Sleigh for some pros pectuses, the drafts of which were in the colonel's handwriting. On the 4th of April he printed 500 copies; on the s th 500 copies. On the 7th he re movedprinted 250, and on Manglesnere .11 ' n i a s m b e iir cause auie to £l2l, but he the Bth 11 6 1 o r . 0 for r est-end Bank. £25 from Col. Sleigh, r g e o c t e i ? v a e s d h e a d c h a e t q t u h e e which had he only e Cross-examined—That Account was fora passen.o gers traffic-book, a passage-money receipt-book, maps, and all matters necessaTy in en. -th an under taking, including all the advertisements printed OIL slips to send to the newspapers. Mr. Pearce said that was the case for the de fendant. Mr. Harris said before taking the decision of the r e court he would ask for a warrant for the aphen sion of Col. Sleigh. Alderman Finnis said that would be a separate charge. He was quite prepared to give his decis!oin then ; but as the September session was so far off it would perhaps be better to take a remand. Mr. Harris said he was about to apply for one. Mr. Marden said he had sent over to Canada for Mr. H. L. Hime, who would on a future day pro duce the defendant's letters to him on this matter. It was then arranged that the case should stand over until the loth Sept., and in the meantime the effect of a summons requiring Col. Sleigh's attend ance should be tried, and, if not successful. a war rant to issue. It was stated that Vol. Sleigh was in Paris. The defendant was required to find two sureties in £5O each, and his own recognisances in gloo, to appear on the day named. A SAD STORY. There is, or was until recently, a tall handsome man con fined in a lunatic asylum at Camberwell. He used to sit mournfully for days and weeks in a corner of his lone room, little given to talk and less to physical exercise. Now and then, however, he broke out in a sudden blaze of excitement, repeating incoherent sentences, in which only the word " flax cotton" was distinctly audible. The unhappy man's name was Chevalier Claussen. By birth a Dane and a man of high scientific education, he gave himself up early to the study of practical chymistry, particularly those branches connected with the manufacture of textile fabrics. After years of labour and many experiments he came to the conclusion that the fibre of flax, if rightly manipulated, is superior to cotton Toro all purposes in which the latter is employed, and therefre ought to supersede it, as well on this account as being an indigenous plant, for the supply of which Europe might remain independent of serf or slave. Claussen's experf... ments were well received in his own country, and his King: ' gave him the title of Chevalier, but, unfortunately, little other substantial encouragement. The inventor then went to France, married a young French lady, was presented at Court, and received the order of the Legion of honour ; but again got little else but promises of future reward for the years of labour devoted to the one great object he had in hand. Somewhat weary of his work and sorely pressed by poverty, Chevalier Claussen next came to this country, arriving just in time for the International Exhibition of 1851. ,He displayed in the Hyde-park Palace some beautiful articles made of flax-cotton, and set all the world in raptures about the new invention, the more so as he freely explained the secret of the process for converting flax straw into material equal in all, and superior in some, respects to the cotton fabric. The manipulation was simple enough, accoi d ing to Claussen's showing. The flax, cut into small pieces by machinery, was left for a short while to the combined ac tion of alkaline solvents and of carbonated alkalis and acids, which converted the fibre into a material very similar to cotton, and fit even, to some extent, to be spun with cotton machinery. The English manufacturers to whom the process was explained were delighted ; nevertheless, they refused with many thanks the chevalier's offer to work his inven tion. It was found that flax-cotton could not be profitably spun without making various alterations in the existing machinery, and to this the Lancashire millowners objected, saying, " Why should we trouble ourselves about the new raw material as long as we have got cotton in abundance ?" With something of a prophetic vien, M. Claussen remon strated, arguing that the supply was not all to be depended upon, and that, besides, it would be better and cheaper in the long run to make European hands feed European mills, by the aid of perfected steam agencies, than to leave the task to the rude manual labour of unwilling bondsmen. It was the voice of the preacher in the desert; Lancashire listened not ; and when the Hyde-park Show was over, Chevalier Claussen and his invention were no more thought of than the man who discovered the compass. Surely trou bled in mind, and with abject poverty staring him in the face, Claussen then pursued his pilgrimage, crossing the Atlantic to America. What happened to him in the great. Western Republic is not accurately known; but it is pre sumed that some 'cute native laid hold of the young man from the old country, squeezing his brains and then throwing him overboard. It was rumoured that Cheva lier Classen had got a "partner;" and not long after some body, partner cr otherwise, brought him back to this cowl , try, shutting him up in a lunatic asylum at Camberwell. Hero the history of flax-cotton ends : the inventor in a madhouse ; Lancashire without food for her mills and her people.—Spectator. GOUN7IRY MA R.K.L, 'A 6. ►.- NORTHAMPTON—SATtrImAz. Red wheat, 68s to —s; seconds, 55s to 575. Barley scarce, and at nominal prices—malting sorts, 38s to 39s ; grinding 30s to 35s per qr. Oats quoted at 25s to 32s per 24 stone. Beans, 39s to 435; seconds, 37s to 40s. NOTTINGHAM.--SATURDAY. - - - White wheat, from 58s to 64s ; red wheat, 57s to 620. Barley—malting, 36s to 42 s ; grinding, 29s to 325. Oats old, at 30s to 35s ; new, 25s to 30s. Beans were sold at 41s to 45s per qr, Flour, 41s to 445. NORWICH-SATURDAY. - - - - At to .day's corn market the supply of wheat was very moderate, and the attendance was limited. Sales slow. Scarcely any business done in other grain. Flour 6d per sack dearer. White wheat .. 60s to 64, I Red wheat 56s to 60s ➢lalting barley....4os to 41s I Chevalier barley 37s to 40s New d 0...... to —s I Oats.. 25:s to 30e Flour, 40s Od to —s Od per sack from the miller. LE I CE STER—SITuitDAT. White wheat, 60s to 65s ; red, 55s to 60s per 36 st.; old red, —s to —s per 36 stone. Barley was in limit ed de mand—grinding, 30s to 325; malting, 36s to 40s per qr.; new oats, 26s to 30s per 24 stone. Beans a quiet sale— new, 408 to 42s ; old, —s to —s per 38 stone. YORK—S. There was a fair show of N prices were supported. Wheat, red .56s to 60s Oats.... 22s to 28s White do .60s to 64s Beans 42 to 46s Barley .32s to 33s Peas ....—s to —a Malt, 64s to 66s per qr. ; rye, 34s per qr ; flour, 40s to 42s per sack. ;ATURDAY. wheat to-day, and last week's NEWCASTLE-SATURDAY. The supply of wheat to-day was small, with a clearance sale, and the prices of last week were is per qr dearer. Flour keeps up its price. Barley at fully last week's quo tations, and in request. Beans and peas steady, and the prices of last week were obtained. FOREIGN MAIL PACKET LIST. MAILS DUE. AuKaalia and Mauritius, via Southampton. Aug. 18. via Marseilles Sept. 12. Lirazil and Cape Verds, by British packet. Sept. 3. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena Sept. 1. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton Sept. 3. _.via Marseilles Aug. 28. Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton ..... India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Sept. 3. via Marseilles Aug. 28. India (Bombay), via Southampton via Marseilles Aug. --. Lisbon Sept. 3. Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Aug. 29. via Marseilles Aug. —. Newfoundland .. Sept. 3. Oporto and Vigo U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet Aug. 28. by U.S. packet by Canadian packet. Aug. 27. W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe Sept 10. Bahamas, via New York Aug. 28. Mexico Aug. 28. All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, California, and British Columbia.. 1 Aug. 28. BIRTHS. ADDISON.—On the 20th inst.. at North Camp, Aldershott, the wife of Colot:el T. Addison, C. 8., 2d Queen's BURL Regt., of a daughter. A TT t j E c Na rOd A gh, of a R ou lt G en ia bo .— r o ou nthe23d d i a n u s g t. h , at 19, Piccadilly, Mrs. i WIGRAM.—On the 22d inst., _at S, Lansdowne•road, Ken sington-park, the Hon. Mrs. W. Knox Wigrarn, of a daughter. MARRIAGES• " ---- _. DOUGLASS—WHITING.-011 the z Ist inst., at Saint Paul's, Ball's-pond, Thomas Joseph, eldest son of T. Douglass, _ EvANs .—on the 23d inst., at St. James s, Esq., of Knightrider-street, Doctors -commons, to Louisa Cathrine, daughter of the late John James Whiting, of , West Lodge, Bunbill-row, St. Luke's. WYNDHAM r r x o a ift3 n hT d o e ho r oi em, Wa co.s. B Isi ir . V Ea ld n, h B a 7 m of Dean, Oxon, —sq., to Augusta, and of North Tuddenham, Norfolk, E sq . pF fourthiocrcsaetilandldaughter' AI3 l °e DEATHS. DUNT.—On the 9th inst., at Margate, Mr. John bunt, aged 93. FARQUHARSON.—On the 21st inst., at Brighton, MajorJ. Peere FarquharSon, aged 56. FLETCHER —On the 22d inst., at 5, Highbury Grange, Anna Maria, the daughter of the late Thomas Fletcher, Esq. MANBY.—On the 18th inst., at Cadiz, Spain, Joseph Lane Manby, Esq., late of Paris, aged 48. MOORE.—On the 14th inst., at Grimeshill, suddenly, Win. Moore, Esq., aged 53. MOREL.—On the 18th inst., at Keith, Banffshire, Mr. H. Morel, of 210, Piccadilly, and 2, Lansdowne Villas, Forest-hill, aged 49. ' SI ‘ K ENNA.—On the 21st inst., at Tunbridge-wells, Patri cius linox M'Kenna, Esq. LONDON: Printed and Published by JOHN CHAPLIN, of N 0.112, Strand, Printer, at THE SUN Office N 0.112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the County of Blida'mi.—Monday, August 24, 1862.