The Sun. — London, England, 1862-10-08 00:00:00

711 E NAVY. An Admiralty circular has been received at Chat ham, in which the Lords of the Admiralty call the attention of the commanding officers of her Majesty's ships to the accidents which have recently occurred from the practice of driving out shells from the Armstrong guns• Their lordships direct that in future no attempts are to be made to remove a shell from an Armstrong gun in this way. In the event of a gun being loaded with shell at the cessation of practice it should be fired off, or if it be advisable not to fire, the shell should be allowed to remain in the gun, after extracting the cartridge, until a con venient opportunity occurs for removing it. The screw corvette Cossack, 20, 250-horse power, attached to the Chatham steam reserve, has been removed into the steam basin, where she is under going a thorough repair of machinery. Her boilers have been found so defective that they will require to be replaced by new ones. A letter received at Plymouth from an officer belonging to the paddlewheel steam sloop Spiteful, _ __ 6, Commander W. C. F. Wilson, dated Halifax, Sept. 24, states that she had just arrived there from the West Indies with yellow fever on board. Six deaths had occurred in six days. As the ship ap proached a colder latitude the disease gradually dis appeared. The Spiteful was expected to remain some time at Halifax. The Sultan, old line-of-battle ship and recently used as an armour-plate target ship, has been stripped of her broken armour and towed out of Portsmouth harbour to a position on the shoals south-east of the Warner, for ricochet firing with Armstrong shells and experiments with Petman's and other fuses. Her Majesty's paddle yacht Victoria and Albert, Capt, G. H. Seymour, C. 8., is held in readiness at Portsmouth to proceed to Antwerp to convey her Majesty to England at the conclusion of the Royal visit to Germany. The yacht has not yet received her final orders, but she is expected to sail from Portsmouth on Friday or Saturday next. Capt. the Hon. J. R. Drummond, C. 8., has re sumed his official duties at the Admiralty, after spending the customary vacation of two months in Scotland. Rear-Admiral Lord Clarence Paget, C. 8., M.P,, returns to the Admiralty to-day from his seat in Wales, to resume his duties as First Secretary of the Admiralty. An Admiral's good service pension is placed at the disposal of the First Lord of the Admiralty by the death of Admiral Sir James W. D. Dundas, G.C.8., who was appointed to the pension in April this year. By the promotion of Capt. Win. Henry Anderson Moorhead, C. 8., to the rank of Rear-Admiral of the Blue, consequent on the demise of Admiral Sir James W. D. Dundas, a captain's good service pen sion becomes vacant. Galatea ; Frederick Blume, paymaster, additional, to the Royal Adelaide; Edwin R. Miall, pay master, to the Leopard; Frederick Roberts, clerk, to the Leopard ; and George Lloyd Wm. Adair has been nominated to a naval cadetship. In order to test the relative value of certain com positions for preserving the bottoms of iron ships, the Lords of the Admiralty have given directions to use the bottom of the iron steam tank vessel Minx, at Plymouth, for that purpose. A portion, 40 feet broad, extending from the bends to the keel is to be divided into four sections of 10 feet each, on which will be applied the compositions of Mr. Hayes, the Queen's chemist, Portsmouth ; Mr, Finnemore, che mist, Plymouth ; Mr. Elsworth ; and Mr. Edwards, Assistant Master-Builder of Devonport dockyard. The Minx is employed in supplying water to the Channel fleet. At the end of three months her condition is to form the subject of a special report by some competent Government authority. An experiment was by order of the Lords of the Admiralty tried on Monday in Keyham basin, De vonport, on board the gunboat Jackdaw. Pipes of above a foot in diameter have been fitted to the vessel, one en each side, having communication be low the water-line amidships and at the bows. The ship was lashed about the waist to a buoy, and the valves connected with the pipes having been opened the force of the steam of the ship's engines was brought on each pipe alternately, so as to drive the water out at the bow and cause the ship's head to turn in the contrary direction, which is the object of the invention. The experiment was conducted under the superintendence of the officers of the Steam Reserve, and is said to have been successful. The first step on the part of the anthoritier towards the extension of the dock and basin ac commodation of Portsmouth dockyard has at length been taken in the setting out of a large space of the mud adjoining the north end of the yard, and in the boring now being carried on in several parts of the ground set out to ascertain the nature of the soil underneath. The estimates which have been called for by the Admiralty are for only about one fourth of the plans which will be ultimately carried out. They include two basins, having an area of upwards of 40 acres, together with several docks of the largest description, capable, in fact, of taking in ships of larger tonnage than the Northumberland and Minotaur now building, which, when launched, will be the largest ship in the British navy. The channel which unites the harbours of Langston and Portsmouth to Chichester—is to be widened to 500 feet, which will give admission from Langston to Portsmouth harbour of an immense additional volume of water, and add to the scour of its ebb tide. The channel that has heretofore existed between the two harbours was only about 120 feet, but through this the tide flowed into Portsmouth harbour from Langston two hours after ,the ebb tide had run from the former's entrance between the Blockhouse and Point spits. This is one of the most important measures ever taken in connection with Portsmouth harbour, and, perhaps, if some such means were adopted as were recommended by Sir John Rennie many years ago, the erection of lock gates at Langston harbour entrance, to close at the end of the flood, the whole of the ebb of both harbours might be made available for Ports mouth alone when required, and dredging the bed of the harbour or its entrance-channel might be en tirely put aside from all future consideration. This increase of width in front of the Hilsea lines will also considerably modify the original plans for the outworks in advance of the main line, the huge horn works with which it was intended to cover the turnpike and railway roads through these works will now be dispensed with, and each road covered by a tete-de Pont, greatly lessening the cost. An inner moat of good width and depth, with appliances for retaining the water at all ti mes o f tid e , w ill run between the wide channel way and the line of works. In The Sun of Monday, the 29th ult., it was re ported that but for the instantaneous removal of a quantity of coal from the North Smithery store, in the Devonport dockyard, a conflagration might have accurred. Ori g i nally, th e two compartments con tained 600 tons, Of which about 60 tons were then removed. Since that time a constant watch has been kept, and a daily record kept of the condition of the fuel. In the northern compartment the ther mometer has ranged froral24tolso ; in the southern from 120 up to 215. On Thursday, the 2d, when the thermometer was placed in teeiron testing 14e, which is embedded horizontally in the coal, the glass bulb and the solder of its tin case were melted, and the op era t or ' s hands were scalded. O n another occasion when the iron pipe was removed, charred coal was found adhering to it outside. The contents of both compartments were under removal last week, but on Sunday the indications of combustion were so unmistakable that a gang of men was put to work, and on Monday 40 labourers were appointed to keep carts running until the store is cleared. The atmosphere at Plymouth during the past week has been very heavy, and the sun has occasionally been very powerful. The thermometer on Monday at 5 p.m. stood at 64 deg. The Devonport coal store is in its present condition very ill suited for its duty. The rear i s against the face of th e natural rock, which is always damp; the upper part is used as a carpenter's shop ; it covers the entire area, and thus prevents ventilation, and there is but one entrance, so that, unless emptied occasionally, some of the coal may remain for a very long time in the rear. When the store is remodelled, the co al will probably be stored above the level of that part of the yard, so as to fall down iron chutes into the smithery carts. Ventilators with cowl heads will also be supplied. The following appointments have been made at the Admiralty :—Lieut. Albert L. Nugent, to the - Virago ; John R. Ryan, master, to the Leopard; the Rev. R. Measham, chaplain, to the The barque Cabana, 492 tons register, sailed from Caldera, May 27, 1862, with a cargo of copper ore bound to Swansea, crew 17 in all, and one pas senger. Passed Cape Horn on the night of June 18, after experiencing very bad weather and heavy southerly gales for six days previous. On the night of the 20th June, 10.30 p.m., lat. 54 40 S., long. 59 25 W., wind N.W., strong, with snow squalls, very dark, and high sea; whilst shortening sail the chief mate, Mr. Hopkins, whose watch was below at the time, ran up on deck nearly suffocated, and reported to me the cabin was full of smoke, and the ship on fire in some part ; at the same time the car penter, cook, and boys came oat of the half-deck in their shirts, and said the half-deck was on fire. Im mediately called all the hands aft to draw water, and ordered the man at the wheel to keep the ship before the wind. Finding it impossible to get down the after hatch, I went down into the cabin,"when I saw the flames rushing into the cabin through the cracks in the bulkhead in the Ballroom. I immedi ately broke down the bulkhead, when the flames ' rushed into the cabin. I poured water on as fast as possible, but to no purpose, and I was forced to go on deck nearly exhausted ; and, thinking to smother the fire, closed the companion, skylights, hatches, &c. Ordered the second mate and his men to clew the sails up, the chief mate and others to get the boats cleared. Put the helm down and brought the ship to the wind. Put the pinnace out, and had just succeeded in :getting the long-boat over the side, when the flames broke through the after-part about 11 p.m. After seeing all hands safe into the boat, shoved off from the ship, all the after-part in flames at the time. Put two studding sails and one boom into the boat. The men forward were able to save a few clothes, but the mate, and others from aft, had only their shirts and drawers. We had in the boats with us about five pounds of bread, four gallons of water, a little fresh pork, and two small pigs, one compass, spy glass, and binnacle-lamp, being everything saved from the vessel. After leaving the vessel, finding the sea too high for the boats, we secured the top studdingsail to the boom, and veered it away ahead of the boats, to keep their head to sea. About 5 an, lost sight of the vessel, which must have gone down towards daylight, wind N.W., smart gale, sea boat drifti ng a b out one knot per hour very high, to south, shipping large quantity of water occa sionally. All Saturday, and up to Sunday at noon, the wind kept in the N.W., when it hauled to the northward. Knowing the only chance of saving our lives was in trying to mak e t h e F a lk land Islands, I was determined to t r y an d get to the first t sfa e stas possible. S erve d out to all for one ounce of bre a d, one wine glass northwardthe of water, and a little raw pork. Made what sail we had on the boat, and proceeded to the westward. Latter part of Monday the wind came on heavy from the southward, and sea rising very fast, the pinnace filled with water. We succeeded in saving the men out of her, and let her ad rift . Fi nding the longboat in danger of filling, put the boom and s a il over, and rode by it all night, but n ever expecting to see daylight, our boat shipping so much water, and we broke our two best oars steering the boat. Our sufferings, at this time very great, with wet and frost, and our feet swelling up very muc h, forced to cut our boots off oar feet. Tuesday more moderate; proceeded northward ; difficult to get the boat steered, the night being so long and dark, and no means of getting a light up to Friday morning ',27th), the weather variable and cold, all of us suf fering very much from swelled feet, but mostly from the want of water, and not able to keep the men from drinking salt water. At 8 a.m. sighted a small rocky island, and about noon landed in a small cove on the rock on the S.W., and found plenty of water and saw dark we managed to dragpour n plenty a o t f a p h e o n or 3 gui on feet t By y p the rocks, and covered our boat with the sail, and laid down, hoping to get a little sleep, but it is im possible to describe the horror s of that night. As soon as our bodies began to get warm , the pains in our feet were dreadful, and it wa s a night of groan ing and praying for daylight. Saturday, June 28, at daylight, 16 of us were unable to move. The mate and carpenter went in search of something to r im y: e a r n et a ur i n i e l i a t t ti e w A i f l t d e r ee a le t penguins, a Di ed pe w ts i , th some peng u • which they served out amongst: us. This night passed as last night. Sunday, a very hard gale from southward, with much snow, the water soaking our sail, and adding to our misery; the breakers came very close to our boat. Several of the men's feet completely burst in different parts. Up to Thursday, July 3, the weather STANLEY, FALKLAND ISLANDS. LIST OF THE CREW OF THE BARQUE CUBANA, 492 ToNs.—Andrew Peare, aged 34, master, and David Hopkins, 36, chief mate, forwarded to England via Monte Video, 12th of August, 1862. George Elliot, 37, second mate, died 13th of July, 1862, Sunday, 7.45 a.m. William Pitcairn, 29, carpenter, very bad feet; beginning to walk. William Clark, 25, steward, very bad; not yet able to walk. James Rees, 29, cook, and Thomas Thomas, 25, A. 8., bad feet; beginning to walk. John Ace, 23, A. 8., fastly recovering; able to walk. Andrew Johnson, 33, A. 8., fastly re covering ; can walk a little. Isaac Isaacson, 24, A. 8., shipped on board the Tynemouth July 30, 1862. John Stevens, 31, A. 8., four toes gone, bad feet. David Evans, 27, A. 8., both legs amputated, recovering. Thomas Delany, 22, A. 8.,• one leg amputated, °other foot very bad. Wm. Edward, 26, A. 8., died July 15, 1862. James Brown, 0.5., bad feet ; can walk a little. Warren Trestrail, 17, boy, both legs amputated; recovering. Frederick Squires, 16, boy, both legs amputated, hands very bad ; recovering slowly. Thomas Hooper, 28, pas senger, gone to Valparaiso in H.M.S. Tribune. I certify the above account to be correct from the captain's statement. WINI. R,. PYNE, Acting Colonial Secretary. Colonial Secretary's-office, Aug. 13, 1862. 711 E INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION. The early part of yesterday at the Exhibition gave promise of unusually good results as regards numbers. The admissions up to 1 o'clock were nearly 40,000, and promised to be 60,000 before the close ; but as the rain fell so the admissions fell equally fast, and scarcely more than 3,000 were added to the numbers after the bad weather had fairly set in. The total admissions were only 42,453, of which 3,475 were season-tickets and 38,978 by shilling payments. Soon after 4 o'clock it was almost dark in the building, so that even be fore the visitors had left the little gas jets, few and far between, which just serve to guide the police about the building during the night, were lighted for the first time during the hours of the building, remaining open to the public. If we are not much mistaken, the public will soon get accustomed to this unwonted aspect of the interior, unless the hours of closing are made a little earlier before the end of this month. How the nave, &c., is to be lighted, if the fortnight during which it is to re main open in November for the sale of goods should prove a foggy one, is a puzzle to the execu tive. In fact, on foggy days during that season of the year it will be scarcely possible to open it to the public at all. Some uncertainty appears to exist as to the intention of the Commissioners with regard to season ticketholders during this November fort night. It is some time since it was decided that all holders of these tickets were entitled to admission ttwooethsmoemadbes in our the ing, but not to Horticultural Gardens, after the 18th i nst. I n re f erence to a remark wh i ch pictures n o ice of h t s he photographic own by m r.H class erb e a r as Watkins havin g t unfit nature of t a h p e p ar e placeli t l y i n s u w ff h e i r c e f h d al r l o from h t e h the mo s photo graphs are hung, we have received an explanation from that gentlem an , of the portraits was en s t t i a r t e i n y g d t u h e a to t t h t h e edeterioration dampness of the walls on which they were hung. We can hardly call Mr. Watkins fortunate in not being the only series h r a e v d e been far sufferer from this cause, tho ug h h e certainly is to than entirely be rlessspoilt congratulated (many i nhaving suff m any others. The whole collecti on, i n fact, is now moreo destroyed) by alternate days of great heat and great moisture. According to advices from the River Plate, an important item of commerce is about to be added to the resources of Montevideo. Eighty specimens of a hardy de scription of silkworm, Gusano .Recino, were introduced into that country about eight months ago, and it is affirmed that at the present time they aro counted in millions, being the produce of five generations in this short period. The plant recino upon which the worms feed grows spontane ously in the Republic, and is said to be of such fine quality and so appropriate for their food that the cocoons present a consistency and weight superior to those produced in Europe, or even in China. Specimens are expected in England by ILnext mail. The silkworms, it is added, have passed wi l l '? an unusually severe winter, which they resisted " 10 t suffering the losses that occur with the China worm. 211 E ARMY. Major-General Bloomfield, Inspector-General of Artillery, arrived at Portsmouth yesterday, and commenced his annual inspection of the artillery in the south-west district, Lieut. C. E. Macdonald and 39 non-commissioned officers and men of the Royal Marines and Marine Artillery have embarked on board th 3 screw steamer Barrosa, 21, 400-horse power, Capt. W. M. Dowell ; and a detachment of 16 gunners and privates on board the Eclipse, 4, 200-horse power, Commander R. C. Mayne, both of which are lying at the Nore awaiting their sailing orders from the Admiralty. Yesterday, the 7th (Capt. Beaumont's) company and the 50th (Capt. Sim's) company of Royal En gineers, which arrived at Chatham the previous day from Nova Scotia and Australia, were medically inspected at head-quarters, Brompton-barracks, in order to ascertain the number of men who are physically unfitted for further service in the corps. The remainder of the 22d company o f R oya l En gineers left head-quarters, Brompton-barracks, Chatham, on Monday morning, under the command of Lieut. A. C. Hamilton, and proceeded to the Government rifle range, near Gravesend, to go through a course of ball practice, the first portion of the company having completed its course and re joined head-quarters. The 22d company has been selected to proceed to China to relieve the Bth com pany, which latter will shortly return to England. Orders have been received at the head-quarters if the Royal Engineer establishment, Chatham, from the department of the Deputy-Adjt.-General, directing the detachment of Royal Engineers selec ted to proceed to New Zealand, to form the survey ing expedition in that colony, to be held in readiness to embark for their destination on the 20th inst. The men selected for this duty are those who have gone through a complete course of telegraphy, under the direction of Capt. Schaw, the head of the tele graphic department of the Royal Engineer estab lishment. A party will take out a complete tele graph apparatus, the want of which has been for a long time felt in the colony. THE LOSS OF IHE BARQUE CUBANA OFFICIAL REPORT. Government House, Falkland Islands, August 13, 1862. To T. H. Farrer, Esq., Marine Department, Board of Trade. Sir,—l have the honour to report to you the dis tressing case of the loss of the barque Cubana, which was abandoned, on fire, off Cape Horn, on the night of the 20th June last. I enclose a copy of the statement of the captain and chief mate, with a list of the crew, from which you will learn the full particulars. 2. The crew were rescued and brought into this port, after more than three weeks' inde scribable suffering. Two of them have since died ; several have had their legs and fingers amputated ; and every care and attention is extended to them all in order to recover them sufficiently to enable them to survive the passage borne. 3. I have coin- municated with Rear-Admiral Warren, Comman der-in-Chief of her Majesty's naval forces on the south-eastern coast of America, with a view to as- certaining whether I shall be able to forward them in a vessel of war, as they will, in their present sad condition, require medical care during the voyage. 4. Those distressed seamen are under the charge of Mr. Pyne, the acting colonial secretary and ship ping master, and the instructions of the board will be attended to as regards this consequent expendi ture.—l have, &c., Mos. W. MooRE, Governor. THE SUN, LONDON WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 8, 1862. continued very bad ; at night more moderate. Ar ranged to launch our boat on Friday if possible, as several of the men were able to get about, the others getting much worse, especially George Elliot, the second mate, who gave up completely, but a very heavy gale came on suddenly, and in a short time the breakers were round the boat, and 13 who were unable to move were carried up amongst the rocks in the snow until the others could make a place to cover us. I consider we all owe our lives to the untiring exertions of Mr. Hopkins, the mate, who has been the chief means in procuring food and shelter. Our boat, lam thankful to say, has not received much damage, although thrown a long way up the rocks. Up to Sunday, the 6th, the weather unsettled, but very cold and frosty, six of us being able to get about, killed our pig, and a quantity of penguins, and commenced to - get our boat down the rocks, intending to get away on Monday. Monday, 7th, towards the latter part of the day, launched our boat. Left nine men and two boys on the island, nine of them in a sad condition, the other two to wait and attend on them. In the boat, four seamen, the mate, passenger, and myself; had a slight variable wind, and rain, but towards night got a strong southerly wind, steered to the N.W. 2 a.m., Tuesday, Bth, made land, and found it to be the western part of the East Falkland, near 100 miles from Port Stanley. Throughout Tues day the wind southerly, steered up along the land. Tuesday night fine, but sharp frost, suf fering much from cold, wind westerly. 9th, Wed nesday, about 8 a.m., sighted the lighthouse, bearing north, about 15 miles, but the wind at that time hauled to the northward, and com menced to blow strong, we at that time being about 12 miles off the land ; put our boat about to stand in , shore, intending to beach her if we could not find a place to run in, our feet getting very bad, and the whole of us nearly exhausted. About 11 a.m. saw a vessel steering towards us, and in a short time ran down and took us on board, where we met with the greatest kindness from all on board, giving us everything we wanted, washing and dressing our feet, and putting us into warm beds, and had the first sleep for 19 days. The schooner was on a seal ng voyage, her name the Perseverance, of Stanley, Captain Nicholls, belonging to the Falkland Islands Company. The captain immediately put about for Port Stanley, and shortly afterwards spoke the company's schooner Victoria ; reported to Captain Van Zandt that there was 11 men on the Beauchene Island in a sad condition. He immediately steered away for that place. About 2 a.m., Thursday, July 10, 1862, we arrived in Port Stanley, in the Perse verance, when the sailors were removed on shore in lodgings, and put under the care of Dr. Hamblin ; the Governor kindly supplied them with clothes and everything they required in their sad state. The chief mate and myself and passenger were taken to Falk land Island Company's storekeeper's house, Daniel M`Carrell, where we met with every kindness and attention from Dr. Hamblin. Saturday, July 12, 1862, the schooner Victoria arrived from the island at Stanley, with the remainder of the crew, when they were removed on shore to lodgings previously prepared for them, where they had the attendance of Dr. Hamblin, and were well supplied with every thing required, and servants to attend them with everything. On Sunday, 13th, George Elliot, departed this life; he had been very low previously. Tuesday, 15th, William Edwards, A. 8., also de parted this life. The men report having every kindness and attention shown them on board the Victoria schooner. Dr. Hamblin has been under the necessity of amputating the legs of several of the crew, and I think thereby saving their lives. The crew, with myself, beg to return our warmest thanks to his Excellency the Governor, the Govern ment officials, and people of Stanley, for their great care and kindness. ANDREW PEARE, late Master of the barque Cubana. DAVID HOPKINS, Mate. HEALTH OF LONDON DURING TEE WEEK. (From the Registrar-General's Weekly Return.) _ _ _ In the week that ended last Saturday the deaths in London were 1,229. If the deaths from epidemic cholera in the 40th week of 1854 are excluded from the facts on which the calculation is based, it will appear that the average number of deaths (with cor rection for increase of population) for corresponding weeks of ten years 1852-61 is 1,132. The deaths in last week were therefore in excess of the estimated number by 97. There were 12 deaths in the week from small pox. Three of these occurred in the sub-district of St. John (St. George-in-the-East). The deaths from measles rose to 59, of which 20 occurred in the east districts, chiefly Hoxton, Haggerstone, and Bethnal green. There were 4in the sub-district of Wands worth. Scarlatina was fatal in 88 cases. There were four deaths from murder or manslaughter. Last week the births of 832 boys and 855 girls, in all 1,687 children, were registered in London. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1852-61 the average number (corrected) was 1,699. At the Royal Obsery atory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29.937 in. The mean reading was above 30 in. on the last three days. The readings fell to 29.58 in. on Monday, and rose to 30.30 in. on Saturday. The mean tem • perature of the air in the week was 58.1 deg., which is 4,5 deg. above the average of the same week in 43 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher). The mean daily temperature was above the average on every day except Wednesday; and on Monday and Friday this excess was 7 deg. or more. The lowest night temperature was 43.7 deg. on Wednesday ; the highest day temperature was 71.7 deg. on Friday. The range of the thermometer in the week was, therefore, 28 deg. The mean daily range was 15 deg. The difference between the mean dew-point temperature and air temperature was only 2.5 deg. The mean degree of humidity of the air was 92, complete saturation being represented by 100, which point was reached on Saturday, and nearly attained on Sunday, Monday, and Thursday. The amount of rain was 0,61 in., which fell chiefly on Monday and Tuesday. In the 13 weeks that ended on Saturday, Sept. 27, 15,133 deaths were registered in London. Of the persons enrolled on the list, 8,184, being consider ably more than half, had not entered their 21st year, and a large proportion of the latter number died in infancy ; 413 persons were 80 years old and upwards. The mortality of the summer quarter is much governed by the temperature. In the two seasons, embracing corresponding months of 1861.62, the mean temperature of the air was 60 deg. 4 min. and 58 deg. 7 min. respectively, and the deaths in either were about 15,000. In the warm summer of 1859, when the temperature rose to 62 deg. 9 min., the deaths rose to 16,000 ; in that of 1860, when the temperature fell to 56 deg. 8 min., they declined to 12,916. Observations on summer heat according to its effects on various situations, as these may differ in elevation, in water supply, in drainage, in the moral and physical condition of their inhabitants, might be undertaken with much advantage by the medical officers of health in their several districts. The total deaths in the quarter from zymotic diseases were 4,721, or not much less than a third part of the deaths from all causes. Diarrhoea, to which 956 deaths were referred, was the most fatal disease in this class; cholera, to which head cases of choleraic diarrhoea are assigned, was the cause of 89 deaths. The deaths from diarrhoea were more numerous in St. John, Westminster, than in any other metropolitan sub-district; 28 were returned there, whilst in other localities of nearly equal po pulation, viz., St. Mary, Paddington ; Christchurch, Marylebone ; Regent's-park, Somers-town, Mile end Old-town East, the numbers were respectively 13, 87, 6, 12, and 15. In Bow, with a population of 36,000, the deaths from diarrhoea were 121,while in Kentish-town, which contains 44,000, there were dry. He told Gardiner that some of the marks of blood were not there when he searched the place before, as he had himself taken the board twice to the window to examine it on the Monday, and again on the Thursday, and there were no marks on it then. They went downstairs, and the prisoner said it might have been done while washing the corpse. When they got downstairs Gardiner pointed out a mark of blood on the curtain of the front window on the ground floor. He opened the window, and on the inside of the shutter he found the mark of a finger in blood. He then told Gardiner that he had examined it on several occasions, and he was quite sure it was not there. Gardiner made no reply to that. They went up stairs again, and Gardiner said he was quite sure his wife had been murdered. He asked him what made him think that, and he said, " Because her poor hands were cut so, and he believed that girl did it." He asked him why he said that, and he said, because she knew she had to leave ; and, moreover, he had on one occasion been up to her room before she was up, and he found a knife sticking in the edge of the door. He asked her what that meant, and she said she did not intend that he should find her alive, and he had more than once heard her threaten her own life or his. On Saturday, the 20th, he went with Monger to Graves end. He took a change of clothes with him for the purpose of bringing back those worn by the prisoner Humble. He saw Humble at her mother's house at Gravesend, and asked her if she had upon any occasion taken a knife upstairs with her, and she said " No;" and that Gardiner had never been in her room before she was up, to her knowledge. He asked her to change her clothes, and she did so, and gave him those she said she took off. He brought them to London, and the underclothing was taken to Dr. Segueira, but nothing was discovered. There were three rooms to the prisoner Gardiner's house in Northumberland-alley, one above the other, and also a cellar. only 8. There were 14 in Plumstead (where there were also 19 from scarlatina). In Hackney, with a population of 83,000, the fatal cases of diarrhoea did not exceed 18. In the district of St. Saviour, Southwark, the number was 20 ; in that of St. Olave, with more than half the population of the former, the number was only 2. The causes that produce such a diversity of results should be ascer tained, Scarlatina and typhus caused nearly equal amounts of mortality—the former 841 deaths, the latter 833. These numbers, but especially the latter, are high relatively to those of the same quarter in 1860-61, Diphtheria was returned in 144 cases. Bronchitis and pneumonia were decidedly more fatal than in the warm quarter of 1859. Twenty-six persons died by murder or man slaughter, 70 by suicide, 449 by accident or negli gence. 7HE 111U.RDER IN THE CITY. Samuel Gardiner and Elizabeth Humble were placed at the bar of the Mansion-house yesterday, to undergo a final examination upon the charge of having murdered Elizabeth Gardiner, the wife of the male prisoner, by cutting her throat on the 15th of Sept. last, at No. 1, Northumberland-alley. Mr. Sleigh, barrister, appeared on behalf of the prisoner Humble, and Mr. Lewis attended on be half of the prisoner Gardiner. The evidence given on the previous occasion hav ing boen read over, . _ Dr. Comley said he wished to add that at the post-mortem examination he noticed the impression of a hand on the right thigh of the deceased, and also a similar impression on the left arm. George Goilman was then called, and said he was lamplighter in the district of Northumberland alley, and knew the prisoner Gardiner well. On the morning of the 15th of September, at about a quarter before five, he met the prisoner in Leaden hall-street going towards Cornhill, and said good morning to him, and Gardiner said the same to him and walked on. He had his machine and soot bag with him at the time. He did not ob serve anything particular about his manner. He was afterwards in Fenchurch-street at about 8 o'clock the same morning, and he was asked by an officer to fetch another constable. He did so, and went with him to Gardiner's house, but he did not go in, as Gardiner said there was quite enough in already. He looked very pale at that time, and seemed much cut up. Josh Maguire said he lived at No. 4, Aldgate. On the morning of the 15th September, at about five minutes to 7, be was in Aldgate, near Jewry street, and he met the prisoner Gardiner. He was going from Aldgate towards Fenchurch-street. lie saw him again sitting in front of the King's Head, in Fenchurch-street. He had his machine with him then, but he was not sure whether he had his bag or not. He had his bag when he saw him in Aldgate; it was hanging over his shoulder. There appeared to be a little in it, but he could not say whether it was soot or not ; it might have been his blankets. He heard of the occurrence between 11 and 12 the same day, and he remarked that it could not have been Gardiner, for he saw him at 7 o'clock. Thos. Raffield said he was a carpenter, and on the morning of the 15th September he was waiting to go in to work, nearly opposite to where the pri soner lived, and was standing at the top of North umberland-alley at about 7 o'clock. He knew the prisoner Gardiner, and while he was waiting at the end of the alley he saw Gardiner pass him. He could not say which direction he came from. He was turning round at the time, and he could not say whether he came up the alley, or whether he was passing at the top. He had his machine with him at the time. _ _ _ A young girl, named Catherine Compton, said he lived at No. 5, Northumberland-alley, close by the prisoner. She knew Mrs. Gardiner, and saw her on the Sunday evening at about 7 o'clock. She spoke to her, and seemed to have nothing the matter with her. She did not see either of the prisoners there then. Police-sergeant Mobbs was re-examined, and said ho went to the prisoner Gardiuer's house on Thurs day, the 18th of September, accompanied by Detec tive Monger and the ward beadle. Gardiner was there at the time. They searched the house very minutely, but found nothing to which they could attach the slightest suspicion. On Friday, the 19th, he went again, accompanied by Monger, and Gardiner said there were some spots of blood upstairs. They went upstairs with the prisoner, and found some spots of blood on the w all, ro und the h ea d of the bed, as also some spots on the wall at the side of the bed; and on the wall near the foot of the bed th ere was a l arge s plash of blood, and on the foot of the bedstead there was a mark on the ra - I, as a wet bloody cloth bad been drawn over it. On a board which stood at the head of the bed there was a large splash of blood not then quite In cross-examination by Mr. Sleigh, he said when he went into the room on the morning of the 15th the deceased woman was lying on the floor. She had on only a short flannel and a chemise. He put his hand on the face, and it was quite cold. He did not attempt to move any of the limbs. As far as he could judge, she might have been dead several hours. The body was at the side of the bed, lying parallel with it, her right shoulder partly under the bed. The corner of the blanket, sheet, and counterpane had a patch of blood on them about the size of a hand, from having touched the body. The blood he saw at the head of the bed on the Friday was not on the head board, but on a piece of the cornice which was leaning against the wall at the head of the bed. The spots of blood on that where it stood were about four feet from where the body lay. He looked at that board on the Monday morning. The mark as of a wet bloody cloth was on the rail at the foot of the bed. It was dry at the time he saw it. He saw no bucket, or any signs of any person hav ing been cleaning. He saw Gardiner each day be tween the Monday and Friday, but he said nothing to him about finding the knife in Humble's room until the Friday. Dr. Segueira said he had known the deceased, and had attended her for the last six years. On Monday, the 15th of September, at a few minutes before eight, the female prisoner, whom he knew as Mrs. Gardiner's servant, went to him, and said she wanted him to go and see Mrs. Gar diner, as she had cut her throat, and said, "Do come directly, or she will be dead before we get back." He followed her to the house. He saw her go in, and went in after. He went into the room on the ground floor, but saw no one there. He then followed her upstairs to the first floor. The door was open, and she went in first. He followed her, and then saw Mrs. Gardiner lying on the floor by the side of the bed with her throat cut. There was a pool of blood under her head and on each side, but more on the left side, which was the side of the wound. He felt the body, and found the extre mities quite cold. He remarked that she had been dead some time. Humble said, " My . God, you don't say so ?" He heard some one coming up the stairs, and on turning round saw the prisoner Gar diner, who as he came in said, " What's this ?" and immediately stooped down, and with his right hand took the knife which was produced from the right hand of the deceased, The hand was holding it on the breast. The back part of the knife was to werds the palm of the hand and towards the throat; the point of the knife was near the throat. He did not see the knife at first, as that side of the body was in the shade from being partly under the bed. He saw Gardiner stoop, and he immediately stooped to see what he was going to do, and saw him re move the knife. He should think that if the knife had been in the hand at the time of death it would have been more firmly grasped. He observed the backs of the hands were bloody, but he did not observe whether the insides were. He should think she had been dead four hours at the time he saw her. She was pregnant, and that would account for the trunk not being cold. The trunk was warm when he saw it. He did not think from the na ture of the wound that death was instantaneous. He noticed the marks on the thigh, but he could not say whether it was her hand. It seemed too broad for her hand. As soon as Gardiner had taken the knife from the hand of the deceased, he looked at the prisoner Humble, and said, " You wretch, you did this." Sne fell on her knees, and called God to witness that she knew nothing about it, and Gardiner made the observation, "Well, we'll see about it." He did not think deceased could have done it herself, as from the manner in which she was lying the bedstead would have im peded the use of her arm.' If the body had been moved, he did not think she could have done it with her right hand, and the knife was in her right hand. He should consider that the act had been committed by some other person than the deceased herself. He was present at the post-mortem, and from the nature of the wound and the cuts on the fingers, which he had not seen previously, his belief that it was done by some other person was still stronger. Mrs, Spencer went into the room first, and the officer followed. The knife was on the table where the prisoner had placed it, and he handed it to Sergeant Mobbs. There was blood on the knife, but it was quite dry. There was no indication of a struggle having taken place in the room. He observed the bedclothes, and the bed appeared to have been slept in. The clothes were turned half over, and the corner of the under sheet was under the body. He thought the act must have been done on the floor. There were no marks of blood on the bed. There were several marks of blood on the doorpost, against which her head was lying. The prisoner Humble turned up her clothes, and showed her hands, but there were no blood marks, and her hands appeared to be grimed with dirt, as though she had gone to bed with dirty hands. They cer tainly did not appear to have been washed that morning. Cross-examined by Mr. Sleigh—He should think deceased had been dead three or four hours. He saw the mark of a sooty hand on the left arm above the wrist, and also a small sooty patch above the elbow. That was all the evidence that was proposed to be adduced, and Mr. Sleigh proceeded to address his lordship, and said he did not see that there was any evidence against the unfortunate girl Humble, and his lordship interrupted him, and said it was need less for him to go on, as he was quite of that opinion, that there was no evidence to inculpate the female prisoner. Mr. Lewis, on behalf of Gardiner, said he thought he could show that there was no evidence against his client either, and that all his actions were those of an innocent man. In the first place, he was the first to fetch the officer, which was not the act of a guilty man. Again, he had called the attention of the police to the marks of blood, and as regarded 1 the marks of soot on the arms, the prisoner had slept with his wife, and there was nothing to show I that those marks had not been there some time, and the:prisoner's vocation easily accounted for such marks as those. As regarded the scream which was heard by one of the witnesses, there was no doubt that the act was committed at that time, and it was clearly proved by another witness that the prisoner Gardiner was away at the time that scream was heard, which was at six o clock. His lordship said he was of the same opinion as the witness, viz., that the scream was from one of the children. A witness was called, however, James Gardiner, son of the deceased, who stated that the eldest child was away, and the only persons who slept in the house on Sunday night were the prisoner and his wife, the prisoner Humble, and a little child two years and a half old. Mr. Lewis suggested that the scream could hardly have come from the child. The medical gentlemen gave it as:their opinion that deceased could not have done it herself, but still it was only an opinion. It was manifestly clear that the act was committed at the time the scream was heard, and it was equal l y clear that the p r i soner was absent at that time. There was no blood found about him, and when he might, if he had been guilty, have escaped, he nad remained and given every assistance in his power. His lordship said he was of opinion that the evidence was quite sufficient to justify him in com mitting the prisoner for trial, and he was bound to send the case before a jury. He had his duty to perform, and he considered his duty was to commit him for trial. As regarded the girl, he had heard nothing to inculpate her, and it it were in his power he should discharge her, and, as far as he was concerned, she was discharged. Gardiner then received the usual caution, and said he was not g uilty. The prisoners were then removed from the bar. The prisoner Humble will, of course, be detained on the coroner's warrant, notwithstanding his lord ship's decision. CHARGE AGAINST A POLICEMAN. William Reimers, police-constable A 595, ap peared at Bow-street Police-court, yesterday, to answer a summons charging him with an assault on Francis Prior, a well-dressed man of about 35 years of age. Mr. Lewis, jun., of Ely-place, opened the case for the prosecution, but in the course of the pro ceedings was relieved of the conduct of the case by . Mr. Lewis, sen. ; Mr. Abrams, of Bow-street, ap peared for the defence. Mr. Lewis, jun., said he was extremely sorry to appear against a policeman, knowing what a diffi cult duty constables had to perform ; but it was quite clear that they were not justified in maltreat ing any person, whatever might be his character. Mr. Corrie—What is the complainant. Mr. Lewis—You will hear that from himself, sir. I think he describes himself as a betting man, and I will not disguise from you that he has been in custody on a charge of skittle-sharping. But even if a person was known to be a bad character that would not justify the police in maltreating him. I am afraid the fact is that the policeman has exceeded his duty, and my client has a right to demand that, whatever may be his character, he may be protected from assault. Mr. Lewis proceeded to state the circumstances as they appear in the evidence of the complainant. Francis Prior deposed—l reside in Chelmsford terrace, Bayswater. I am by trade a baker, but have not been in business for some time. On the 27th of September I was standing on the Parade in Hyde-park, when the defendant came up to me and said, " You scamp ! what are you doing here ?" and told me that if I did not go away he would " cuff" me again. Mr. Corrie—Are you sure he said " cuff you again ?" Witness—Certainly, sir. Mr. Corrie—Did that mean that he had "cuffed" you on some previous occasion ? Witness—Yes, sir. He then struck me on the back, and called me a thief and a magsman, and some other names. I said I was waiting for a friend. I appealed to the public for protection. Mr. Abrams—How long have you lived at Chelmsford-terrace ? Witness—About two years and a half. Mr. Abrams—Who keeps the house ? Witness—l do not know the landlord's name, Mr. Corrie —What ? Not know the name of your own landlord ? _ _ _ Witness—No. My landlord is not the landlord of the house. He does not keep the shop. Mr. Abrams—Are you not stopping with another man who lodges there ? Will you swear that it is not another person who has the lodging ? Witness-No, sir. Mr. Abrams—You will not swear ? Very well. Now, do you meet friends in the Park every day ? Witness—Not every day ; perhaps once a-week. I meet the same party I went to meet that day. Mr. Abrams—Do the parties you meet there follow the same occupation as yourself ? Witness—One does. The man I went to meet. Mr. Abrams—How many were with you ? Witness—Only two with me. There were seven or eight there. Some of them left directly they saw the policeman. Ido not know whether they were persons with whom I was acquainted. I did not observe. He did not tell me to go away three or four times, but only twice. I walked away. I thought it more discreet to do so. I did not say, " I will spend a guinea on you." I did say I would report him. After I left him I went back again. I did not tap him on the breast. I offered to go to the station with him. Ido not follow any profes. sion. I have friends who are well off, and would allow me money if I wanted it. I take commissions for persons who bet upon horse races. I have never been a skittle-sharper. . . Mr. Abrams—Why, your own advocate states that you are, Mr. Lewis, jun.—No. Mr. Abrams—l understood you had been con victed. Mr, Lewis, jun.—No; charged, but not convicted. Mr. Abrams—Very well, How often charged ? Witness—Two or three times;but always acquitted directly. I have never been convicted. (A laugh.) Mr. Abrams—Then you have been very lucky. A Park-constable, who said his name was Samuel Parks, and he was an inspector of parks—(a laugh) —deposed that on the day in question his attention was called to the prosecutor by the defendant, who said, pointing to complainant and another, " Keep your eye on those two men—they are swell mobs men." Complainant approached the policeman and said, " How dare you accuse me of being a thief ?" Reimers replied, "I did not say so. I said you were an associate of thieves." An altercation followed, in the course of which defendant said, " Move on," and pushed complainant by the shoulder. He said he was a respectable man, and he would rather go to the station. I was surprised that he did not go to the station, but the policeman let him go. He came back again after that. Cross-examined by Mr. Abrams—He did not ap pear excited. It was not a violent push. It was no greater than I have often seen policemen give. Mr. Lewis, sere, who entered the court during the cross-examination, here observed that the police did often push people about, but he apprehended they had no right to do it. Witness—l did not see the origin of the case. It was no more than I should have done if I had wit nessed any misconduct. Mr. Lewis—This class of men are more sensitive to rudeness on the part of the police than other people would be. Mr. Corrie—What class of men, Mr. Lewis ? Mr. Lewis—People who are in the parks, commit ting no offence, and doing no harm to anyone. Mr. Abrams—By your own showing he belongs to a class who have little right to complain of the police for interfering with them. They prowl about the parade and enclosures for the sake of accosting and entrapping unwary persons far purposes which I need not dilate upon. The assemblage of such persons has become a nuisance, which has been complained of by the inhabitants, and Sir Richard Mayne has ordered them to be dispersed. Mr. Lewis—Sir Richard Mayne would have no right to order policemen to assault me. Mr. Abrams—You would not be in the Park, as sembling with others for an unlawful purpose. Mr. Lewis—l don't know. Perhaps I do. Mr. Abrams continuing his address to the magis trate, contended that this was not an assault in the meaning of the law, but that the constable was using necessary force to remove a man who was loitering in that place for an unlawful purpose. Police-constable Higgins. A 569, said he was with the defendant on the occasion in question. Complainant was with seven or eight others known as skittle-sharpers. The others went away, but complainant refused to go, though told to do so several times. DefendaLt did not call him a scamp, but did say " I know you as well as you know me." Cross-examined by Mr. Lewis—Knew com plainant for about six months, by seeing him about with other suspected persons. Never knew him to commit any offence. Generally prevented him from doing so by warring those whom complainant ac costed that he was a " magsmen," and they had better be cautious with him. Never had a charge against him, Sergeant Robinson, of the detective force, had known complainant for seven or eight years as an associate of thieves and skittle-sharps, and had had occasion to caution persons against him. Mr. Lewis, sen., objected to this as not being legal evidence, but Mr. Corrie ruled that it was. Mr. Lewis—lf a man was a thief a constable should not interfere with his liberty to walk abcut in the Park. Mr. Corrie—l think a constable should prevent thieves from assembling. Mr. Lewis—Then a thief must lock himself up ? Mr. Corrie—He should keep out of suspicious circumstances. Mr. Lewis (to the witness) —I suppose sometimes you are in the company of thieves ? Robinson—Oh, very often, Sir. (Laughter.) Sergeant Langley, of the detective force, also spoke to the " c haracter" of complainant, as an associate of thieves, skittle-sharps, and magsmen. Mr. Lewis said it would be a grievous oppression to her Majesty's subjects if everyone whom the police thought proper to describe as a bad charac ter was to be ordered about and assaulted. Still if defendant would express his regret for what he had done the case would not be pressed. Mr. Corrie—lndeed I do not think he ought to express any regret. I think he would have neg lected his duty if he had acted otherwise. Ido not believe that the liberty of the subject will suffer by what lam about to decide. It has been opened by complainant's advocate that he is a betting man. He says himself that he has been in several times io custody as a skittle-sharp. It is true ho was not convicted. He cannot give any account of himself. He does not know his landlord's name. He has no occupation but betting, and his friends would give Lim money if he wanted it. Such suspicious persons should be looked after. A thief may not like the police to look upon him with suspicion, and I can believe what Mr. Lewis says, that the watch fulness 'of the police is more annoying to that class of persons than to ordinary members of the com munity. But that is one of the disadvantages of being a thief. if the police are not to remove such persons, or do anything that may annoy them, it e p w u i b l i c c o , me willt o b e t h m i s a , s t t e h r a s t of t h t h e e t p h a i r e k v e s s, and in o s t r e t ad o he f police.ll I should not have been surprised if the policeman had taken him in custody. I shall dismiss the sum mons, US I think the policeman only did his duty. TATAL OCCUITRENCE IN THE BiTGEN CANAL. ~li~~idl~ viand Yesterday, Dr. Lankester, the Central - iesex coroner, held an inquest et Bank of En Cambridge-place, Paddington, touching the (..!eath of a lad named Thomas Larkin, aged 12 years, re siding with his parents at 3, Pat All-street, Lisson grove. The evidence elicited from several witnesses went to show that a few days ago deceaseo . ,, in company with several other lads, was bathing in the Regent's Canal, near Maida-hill, and as he came out of the canal and stood on the bank another boy came up, and thinking he could swim, he, in a playful mood, pushed the unfortunate boy into the water. De ceased could not swim, and the boy who pushed him in, seeing him sinl(, became alarmed, and ran for the drags. Thos. Keating, and another lad named Donovan, hearing of the occurrence ran to the spot and attempted a rescue. Keating took off some of his clothes, and dived into the canal and brought him up. By the assistance of Donovan the deceased was got out of the water' still breathing, and taken to St. Mary's Hospital, where he expired imme diately after admission, not withstanding the efforts mad) to save his life. The name of the boy who it was alleged had pushed the deceased into the wat, er could not be as certained, and as some of the ev idence was of a conflicting character, and tended to show that the death was purely accidental, the jury agreed to re turn a verdict of accidental drowning. The Coroner remarked that it was exceedingly dangerous for boys to bathe in and have such easy access to the canal ; and that he had held an i n q uest only the other day in a similar case. ANOTHER CHILD MURDER. Yesterday forenoon Mr. Baffles Walthew, the deputy coroner for East Middlese.x, held an inquest at the Duke of York Tavern, High-street, Shadwell, respecting the death of a female chlisl found mur lumstances. dered under the following shocking cir. Thames Police-constable 17 deposed thu3 he was engaged in his boat on Monday morning last off the Tunnell-stairs, Wapping, when he had his at tention drawn to something like a dead dog, wiiich seemed to pass from the main sewer into the river. He rowed to the spot and found the dead body of a child, quite naked. He conveyed the deceased: ashore, and gave it to the constable of the parish. The usual notices had been circulated round the dis trict, but no tidings had been obtained of the unna tural parents. Dr. Ross, the medical officer of Shadwell, said that he was called to the body, which was fully de veloped, and the chest well expanded. There were marks of great pressure upon the nostrils and mouth. The child had clearly been born alive, and had died from violence. The umbilical cord was properly secured by a midwife, or other person. It was a singular fact that all the newly-born children found in the Shadwell and Wapping districts of the River Thames were discovered off the mouth of the main sewer, adjoining the Thames Tunnel-stairs. He believed that the children were, in most in stances, thrown down into the cesspools.communi eating with the sewers, and were washed into the river by the force of the current. The Deputy-Coroner remarked on the alarming increase of infanticide during the last month, and observed that much good would be derived if the parochial authorities of the several districts were to offer large rewards for the evidence of some person who might throw light upon the mystery which surrounds all cases of child murder. The Jury concurred in the remarks of the deputy coroner, and returned a verdict of " Wilful murder against some person or persons unknown." COUNTRY MAKELIS. 4 , - LEEDS-TUESDAY. At to-day's market millers act with extreme caution, and factors hold fine dry qualities of wheat at fully last week's quotations, but cannot make sales. For fine barley there was a fair sale at last Friday's rates, but damp sam ples met with little attention. In other articles prices were unaltered. LYNN- 1 'IIESDAY. White ..60s to 62s I Barley 36s to 386 New 50s to 54s I New Red..: ..48s to 50s I Oats.. Beans .4os to 44s I New 22s to 253 MARKET HARBOROUGH—TUESDAY. White wheat, 52s to 58s ; red, 48s to 55s per 36 stone. Barley at 36s to 40s per qr., grinding 30s to 33s per 30 st. Oats, —s to —s:; new, 22s to 25s per 24 st. ; beans, 38s to 43s per qr. LIVERPOOL—TUESDAY. At our market to-day there was a large attendance, and a fair amount of business done. Indian corn has tended upwards, and may be quoted 3d per qr dearer. Egyptian beans held firmly in Savour of sellers. Other articles at Friday's rates. STIEFFIELD-TUFSDAY. The weather has been changeable since last week, but oil the whole favourable for harvest work. lied wheat, per load of 3 imperial bushels 22s Od to 22s 6d. , White I, 23s Od to 25s Od New red , , lBs Od to 20$ Od New white „ If Ms Od to 22s Od Beans ~ ff l6s 6d to 19$ 6d Peas, per qr 5 4 s Odo 588 Od Grinding barley, per qr 24s Od to 30s Od Malting ditto, „ 3ls Od to 36s Od Oats 71 238 Od to 30s Od Millers' prices for flour-2s ld, 2s 3d, and 2s 5d per 141 b. MELTON MOWBRAY—TUESDAY. The following were the currencies :—Old white wheat, 60s Od to 62s Od; old red, 54s Od to 59s per 36 stone; beans, 39s to 44s for old; new sorts, —s per 38 st. ; barley, 35s to 41s for malting, and 29s to 33s per qr. for grinding; oats, 21s to 32s Od per 24 stone. FOREIGN RAIL PACKET _UST. MAILS DUE. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton. . . Oct. 19. via Marseilles drazil and Cape Verds, by British packet. Oct. 4. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena.. Nov. 1. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton. Oct. 2. via Marseilles ...Oct. 13. Falkland Islands Oct. 2. Gibraltar, via Southampton ...... India (Calcutta), an d Ceylon, via South ampton..Oct. 2. _ via Marseilles.... Oct. 13. India (Bombay), via Southampton Oct. 15. via Marseilles Oct, 9. Lisbon Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Oct. 2. via Marseilles Oct. 9. Newfoundland Oporto and Vigo .. V. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet.... Oct. 9. by U.S. packet.... , by Canadian packet. Oct. 3. W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Tenerife Bahamas, via New York Oct. 23. Mexico.. All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, 1 Oct. 1 4 . California, and British Columbia.. 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