The Sun. — London, England, 1862-09-22 00:00:00

AMERICA. LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY. The Royal mail steamship Persia, Captain Lott, which sailed from New York on the 10th instant, arrived in the Mersey this evening, via Queens town, where she called to land mails and passengers, and a summary of her news telegraphed from thence has already appeared. A Washington telegram of the 9th, 11.45 p.m., nays 4 , The news from the front to-day is altogether of a negative character. The reconnoissances made have failed to find the enemy in such force on the Maryland side as has been represented. They are occupying the principal points from the mouth of Seneca Creek to Frederick, and westward Hagers town, and eastward as far as the vicinity of Elli cott's Mills, within 12 miles of Baltimore. Within this range they have possession of three fords across the Potomac, and they appear to be industriously obtaining and sending into Virginia all the supplies they can find ; large quantities of horses, cattle, forage, and breadstuffs, have been procared in the fertile counties of Mcntgomery, Frederick, Wash ington, Howard, and Baltimore. All these things are sent rapidly across the Potomac into Virginia. " The whole rebel force that has passed north ward, through Frederick, does not exceed 15,000. They represent that they are only the advanced guard of 150,000, who have crossed into Mary land, but they have not yet been found. It is definitely ascertained, however, that as many as 150,000 have come to the banks of the Potomac ; and the impression prevails that they are trying a piece of strategy, foraging expeditiously in Mary land, while their forces are massed in the vicinity of the fords, ready to come down either side of the river when they can draw the army of General M'Clellan far enough away from the capital to leave a clear roadway to Washington. "The rebel reconnoissances have induced the belief that the rebel visit to Maryland is only a bold dash for foraging, with the hope of arousing the seces sionists there, and of decoying General M'Clellan's army away from Washington. In all respects, except obtaining forage, the movement is a failure. The Maryland secessionists outside of the rebel lines manifest less disposition to rise than ever; and General M'Clellan is too wary to be entrapped by the enemy." The New York Times of the 10th says : "The accounts of the position and numbers of the rebels in Maryland are still conflicting, so much so that the contradictions can hardly be reconciled, except under the supposition that the several divi sions of the rebels have gone in different directions. We are assured on the one hand that Jackson is on his way with a heavy force to Gettysburgh, Penn sylvania, so as to be within striking distance of Chambersburgh and York, while on the other hand it is asserted that he has marched to Westminster, and will move on Baltimore in that direction. " The Washington National Intelligeneer of yesterday morning states that the rebels in great force occupied the western bank of Seneca Creek, from its mouth at the Potomac, 22 miles above Washington, to Middlebrook Mills—a line some ten miles in extent. With regard to the position of our own troops who, under General M'Clellan, are following up the rebels, we have no information, except that they are moving rapidly forward in large force and confident spirits. A short time will probably develop the whereabouts of both armies, and enable us better to understand the position of affairs. "A fight of some moment took place at Poolesville, on Monday afternoon, between a rebel regiment of cavalry and the 3d Indiana and a portion of the Bth Illinois cavalry, in which the rebel forces were defeated and put to rout, leaving several dead on the field. The enemy were supported by one piece of artillery, while our forces had two. "In view of the invasion of Maryland Governor Bradford has issued a proclamation calling upon the citizens to enrol themselves at once in military organisations. " An important announcement will be found in our letter from Port Royal this morning. Simul taneously with the return of General Hunter from the department we receive the assurance that his policy with regard to the negroes has been adopted by the President, that five negro regiments are to be raised, armed, and uniformed for the service of the United States, and that 50,000 in addition are to be enrolled, to be employed in the quartermas ter's department, nominally as labourers, but organised into companies, and uniformed. The exact time of commencing the work of enlisting the coloured recruits our correspondent is not able to state, but it is expected to be soon. General Sastor is to visit Washington by the next steamer for con sultation with the President on the subject. " We learn by way of Louisville that on Thurs day last a foraging party of our troops from Cum berland Gap encountered a party of rebels, 7 miles distant, and defeated them after a sharp skirmish, in which we lost one killed and three wounded. The rebels suffered considerable loss, as they were exposed to a raking fire from a 32-pounder. We have also a rumour from Louisville that General T. S. Crittenden has encountered and vanquished a portion of General Bragg's force, near Gallatin, Tennessee. Another rumour says that Bragg's entire forces are crossing the Cumberland River with a view to the invasion of Northern Kentucky. " A report ccmes to us from Helena, Arkansas, that General Roseneranz had made an attack upon the rebels at Tupello, on the Mobile and Ohio Rail road below Corinth, and had been decisively re pul ied. The report probably comes from the rebels. " The correspondent of the Chicago 7 imes at Cairo still insist& upon the truth of the report that Gen. Buell has fought and won a great,battle. The story, he says, was brought to General Ross's headquar ters at Jackson, by a special messenger from Tus cumbia. The messenger had seen the dispatches himself. Since then information has been re ceived at General Grant's headquarters at Corinth, as I learn from parties direct from there, that General Buell has had heavy skirmishing with the enemy for some days; that he has been gene rally successful, and that he and his entire army were in excellent spirits, and apprehended no dan ger from the enemy. These circumstances would in dicate that Gen. Buell had had some opportunity of feeling the enemy.' " The New York Herald of the 9th (evening) says : " The rebel force now in Maryland is estimated es follows :—lnfantry and artillery, 80,000 ; cavalry 8,000 ; artillery pieces, 150. " A statement is also made that the younger Gen. IEII was on his way to Harper's Ferry from Lees burg, with an additi ona l f orce o f 3 0, 000 . Th e re b e l armies combined in Maryland would thus make a force of nearly 120 , 000 strong. s; The rebels, finding the canal bridge at Nolan's Ferry destroyed, opened a crevasse in the bank and let the water out of the canal. More than two-thirds of the rebel so ldi ery i n Ver few Maryland arc bare foot. y of the cavalry have shoes. "Point of Rocks has been evacuated, an d the Union troops, with all the Government stores and guns, have been removed to Harper' s Ferry. " Harper's Ferry is considered safe, and is said to be able to withstand any force that can be brought • against it. " The rebels were reported to have entered the State of Pennsylvania near Hanover on the Bth, and Gen. Andrew Porter had offered his services to Go vernor Curtin to protect the State at that point, The intention of the enemy was said to be to cut off the Western Central Pennsylvania Railroad, and then to move on Baltimore and Washington. The rapid action of our forces, however, may spoil their p i ans . Later accounts place the rebel cavalry scouts at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and rumour says they under the stars and st r i pes are ad van ci n g proclaim ing that they aro fighting to restore the Union as it was, &e. The utmost vigilance is exercised, and prompt arrangements a re bein g manifested at Balti more to repel any attack of the rebels upon that city. From Fortress Monroe it is re p orted that the Merrimac No. 2 has been seen below Fort Darling making towards Newport News. Rumours were prevalent that she had reached the vicinity New port News, and had an encounter vrith two of our gun boats, driving them before her. Ali the ship- ping, however, had been removed to a place of safety, and every arrangement had been made to give the rebel ram a quietus when she approached be fortress. " The preparations for the defence o' Cineinnati were being continued ; 25,000 fresh taups arrived there on the sth and 6th. The reports as to the location of the Confederates were quite conflicting. It was stated that they were at Falmouth, within 15 miles of Covington, on the 7th, and now it was also said that only a scouting party of them had appeared at Crittenden, twenty-five miles from Covington. Another rumour says that they had marched from Falmouth on Maysville, and that the latter town had surrendered. Whatever may be the truth of these rumours, it is certain that all fear and anxiety are abating in Cincinnati. Business was again resumed and everywhere looked cheerful. Reports from Hagerstown of the evening of the Bth state that the enemy were in force near that place." The correspondent of the New York Herald, under date Westminster, Md., Sept. 8, says , 4 The latest intelligence fom Frederick is to the effect that the enemy,,believed to be about 50,000 strong, was in the vicinity of Frederick, and marching towards the Pennsylvania border. Scouts who penetrated the rebel lines in that vicinity on Sunday state that the rebels were encamped for a considerable distance about the city, and the direc tion the moving portion of the forces was taking was towards Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. It is represented that a large force of cavalry—some 6,000, it was thought, had proceeded to Chambers burg- When the rebel invaders entered Frederick the vanguard was led by Colonel Bradly Tyler Johnson, with a force of 6,000 men. He was im mediately followed by Stonewall' Jackson, at the head of 25,000 and an additional force followed in his rear. On the approach of the enemy many of the influential citizens and prominent Union men left the city. The rebels commenced the invasion of the state by the assumption of supreme authority over it. Ex-governor Enoch Louis Lowe was ap pointed rebel military governor of Maryland, and Bradley Tyler Johnson provost-marshal of Frederick City. It is said that Stonewall Jackson made his headquarters at the residence of General Cooper, in Frederick City. On Sunday the rebel pickets were stationed on the turnpike at Newmarket, about eight miles east of Frederick City. A sufficient number of Union troops has been sent to contend success fully with the enemy. If they have crossed in the force that has been represented a fight must soon take place. The battle ground will probably be somewhere between Monrovia and Frederick." The Baltimore correspondent of the same journal writes, on Sept. 9 : " Military matters in Maryland remain in about the same state as yesterday. The rebel army still holds undisturbed possession of the capital of the state, and, thus far, no steps have been taken for their dislodgment. Citizens of Frederick City are permitted to pass freely and unquestioned in and out of that city. Two gentlemen residents of that place left there yesterday, and from them I derive the following particulars : " General Hill and General Jackson are both at Frederick. The movement of rebel troops from the Potomac to that city has continued without inter ruption since Saturday, and is still in progress. It is supposed that there are now fully 150,000 rebel troops in Maryland. Comparatively few, however, are at Frederick ; but bodies of troops are continu ally arriving and departing. The utmost degree of quiet and order prevails at Frederick. Gen. Jackson and Gen. Hill have both publicly declared that the rebel army has come into Maryland as friends and not as enemies; that all persons pursuing their ordi nary avocations shall not be in any way molested or disturbed, and that all supplies of any kind whatever taken for the use of the army will be paid for. These declarations have been scrupu lously observed. The rebel soldiers are well supplied with gold and silver and United States Treasury notes, with which they pay for what they buy. "The bodies of rebel troops which leave Frede rick take different routes, as if striking towards different points, and give out that they are actually marching on different destinations. But it is sup posed that these columns will all concentrate at a given point and march towards one object. _ " The excitement in Baltimore has increased in intensity, and there is every indication that we are on the eve of a popular outbreak. It is a singular fact that the character of this excitement is different from that which has ever prevailed here before. It is now the Unionists who manifest alarm and un easiness. The Secessionists are confident and calm. The Unionists complain bitterly that the Government has provided ample means for the de struction of the city, but none for its defence. The appearance in the basin (in the heart of the city) of five of the vessels of Commodore Porter's mortar fleet has greatly increased this feeling. The Balti more American gives expression to this feeling by saying that the rebels in strong force are marching on Baltimore, and asking ' What are our chances of rescue ? While Baltimore has abundant mate rials provided for its swift destruction, it has but little for its defence."' The Richmond Dispatch of the sth Sepfember gives the following account of the late battles near the Rappahannock : " Passengers by the Central Railroad, now almost our only source of information from our armies at Manassas, brought down with them yesterday even ing no well-authenticated intelligence from the great battle of last Saturday. At the time of their leaving Gordonsville it had been telegraphed thither from Rapidan station, that participants in the battle had arrived at the latter place, bringing intelligence of the death of Sigel, the mortal wounding of Generals Pope and M'Dowell,:and the capture by our army of 7,000 or 9,000 prisoners. This is all we could gain of a later date than on the 28th. " But among the passengers were several gentle men who participated in the fight of Thursday. From them we have the first intelligible, though that they had caught General Jackson in small ' force, and had an opportunity of crushing bin], but as Often as th e y charged ou r li nes t h e y were driven • neither full or sa ti s f actory, account o f t h e l oca li ty of the great th ree d ays ' b attle an d t h e pos i t i ons oc cupied respectively b y t h e oppos i ng f orces. Th e battle was fought on t h e plains of M anassas, our f o rces occupying th e id ent i cal pos i t i on occup i ed b y the enemy at the begin n i ng o f t h e ever-memora bl e b a ttle of the 21st July, 1861, an d t h e enemy occu pying the position held. by us on that occasion. We will lay before the reader the account w e have re ceived of the movements,'and the battle that ensued on the day subsequent to our occupancy. " On Monday General A. P. Hill mo v ed down from Salem along the M anassas Gap Railroad, and on Tuesday took posses sion of Manassas Junction, capturing several hundred p r isoners and eight or ten guns. General Ewel l follo wed General Hill, and General Taliafero, com mandi ng General Jack son's old division, followed Gen eral Ewen. General Taliafero reached Manassas on Wedne sday evening, . just as the troops of Ewell and . Hill were eva cuat i ng that position and falling back tow ards B ull's Run, in the direction of Centreville. General Taliafero occupied Manassas, and made a show of throwing out heavy pickets towards the enemy , w ho was at Briston station, on the Orange and Alex an dria Railroad, five miles distant, in a south-wester l y di rection, but directly after nightfall calling in his picket s . H e th en f e ll b ac k t owar d s Centreville, and took a p os iti on near G rovestown, w h e re he re mained an night. His position was to the right of Generals E well and Hill. At dawn the next d a y occasional r eports of cannon and musketry began to be heard toward s t h e left, which was kept up a t intervals until ev en i ng. Still no enemy had yet been on the portion of th e fi eld occupied by General T a lisfero's division; but ab out 5 p.m. they were s uddenly borne down upon by several heavy co lumns of the ene m y , numbering, it was esti mated, 20,000 men. The fight was op ene d on both sides with artillery , at first at long ran g e, but gradually the enemy drew up his batteri es to our lines. By six o'clock the dist ance be tween the combatants had been reduced t o musket range, and the fight along the whole li ne of Taliafero's, Ewell's, and Hill's divisions , became general. The enemy fought with great obstinacy, being inspired, it is thought, by the supposition ' back with thinned ranks without being able to THE SUN, LO:iii)ON, MONDAY EVE . NTENG, SEPTEVIBEh, 22, 1862. move us from our position. Finally night closed over the scene, and the enemy retired from the con flict. The battle was, however, kept up until nine o'clock by the artilleryists on both sides. Our men rested on their position that night, and on Friday morning moved forward a mile in the direction of the enemy. Our loss in this battle is estimated at between 800 and 1,000 killed and wounded. The enemy's is known to have been nearly double that number. We note the few casualties that have come to our knowledge. General Taliafero was struck three times in the beginning of the action— in the foot, neck, and arm. The first two were very slight, but the last a painful though not dan gerous wound. The general continued in command until the close of the action. General Ewell was shot through the knee with a Minie ball. The bones were so shattered as, in the opinion of his surgeons, to render amputation necessary. " As our informants proceeded towards Aldie on Friday morning they heard tremendous cannonad ing in the direction of the battle-field the day before. Of the result of this fight and of the one on the succeeding day we know only through General Lee's two despatches to the President." The following are the despatches of General Lee referred to above : " Head-quarters, Manassas Junction, nine p.m., August 29 (via Rapidan, August 30), 1862. " So far this army has steadily advanced and re pulsed the frequent attacks of the enemy. The line of the Rappahannock and Warrenton has been relieved. Many prisoners are captured, and I regret quantities of stores had to be de stroyed for want of transportation. Anderson not yet up, and I hear nothing of those behind. We have Ewell, Jumble, and Taliafero wounded—the latter slightly, the others not mortally. " To President Davis." " R. E. LEE. " Head-quarters Army, Northern Virginia, Grovestown (via Rapidan), August 30, one a.m. " This army achieved to-day on the plains of Manassas a signal victory over the combined forces of Generals M'Clellan and Pope: On the 28th and 29th each wing, under Generals Longstreet and Jackson, repulsed with valour attacks made on them separately. We mourn the loss of our dead in every conflict, yet our gratitude to Al mighty God for his mercies rises higher each day. To Him and to the valour of our troops a nation's gratitude is due. " R. E. LEE. " To President Davis." The Richmond Dispatch of Sept• 4th calls on the Confederate Congress to take the most vigorous measures for executing the conscription act, so as to call in the field immediately all able-bodied men between 13 and 45 years of age, to enable them to at once push their line of battle into the heart of the enemy's country. The 18th of September had been appointed by President Davis as a day of fasting and prayer, to render praise to God for the triumphs at Richmond and Manassas. A correspondent of the Philadelphia Press writes from Nashville, under date of the 21st Aug.:— " John Mongan had his head-quarters at Harts ville, a few miles from Gallatin, and has issued a paper, called the Vidette, wherein the editor says he shall publish occasionally. Morgan's force had reached the number of 4,000, and it is believed that the intrepid guerilla intends to flank General Morgan at Cumberland Gap and bag' his men, as a large rebel force has left Chattanooga to co-operate with somebody somewhere. One thing we are assured of— the Cumberland Gap wires are in possession of the rebels. The rebels also have possession of the town of Clarksville, on the Cumberland River, and the large bridge over the Red River near there has been destroyed. The Columbia cars, as well as those on the Chattanooga Railroad, run nearly every day." A Cincinnati telegram of the 7th states that important news was expected from Nashville. General Buell had ordered the evacuation of that city. General Beauregard and his staff had arrived at Mobile. The general's health was perfectly re stored. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, SEPT. 9. The course of the money market is steady, and the Stock Exchange firm under present suspense in military affairs. There appears to be some increase of confidence in the movements of the national army since M'Clellan and Burnside are reported to have taken the field in Maryland. The very large business at increased rates over the New York roads also adds to the strength of the share market. Central and Erie are both higher to-day and in good de mand, and the Western roads sympathise to some extent in the advance. Contrary to the usual course of late, the street dealings between the sessions of the board to-day were rather better than at the board. There were fewer adverse rumours from the seat of war, besides which some of the stocks actively dealt in are not over abundant in cash delivery. At the afternoon board the market left off firm, though not in all instances, at the extreme prices of the day. The Government stocks hold on remarkably steady under the threats of rebel invasion of the Free States, and the pride of gold went down and per cent., clos ing at 1181, while exchange on London was done at 130± per cent. _ Cotton—Holders are now very firm, and refuse to sell under 57c. to 58c., and in some instances ask 60 for mid dlings per lb. The demand is fair and the market quite unsettled. The day's sales and up 2,500 bales within the quoted range of 57c. to 58c. for middling per lb. Dry Goods—The most remarkable features in the mar ket this week are the rapid rise in prices of domestic cotton goods, equal to from 6to 121 per cent., and the refusal of the leading commission jobbing houses to sell except for cash. The demand is active, especially for prints, ranging from 15c. to 17c. Heavy sheetings and shirtings command 25c., and drills at 30c. cash per yard. The market closes to day quite buoyantly, the tendency of prices being still up ward in view of the rapid rise in the raw material. Flour and Meal—State and western flour is less plenty to-day, and is in good request for shipment and home use, especially the former, at somewhat firmer prices. Grain—Wheat has been plenty and depressed to-day, prices having again declined in view of the extreme firm ness in freights, which tend to impede export operations. Provisions—Pork is in less demand at drooping rates. Sugars have been active and buoyant. Tobacco—The market for Kentucky is excited, and prices are again higher in view of the unfavourable pros pect in the west. Sales, 1,490 hhds., at 221 c. Other kinds are quiet. Freights have been less active owing to the high views of shipowners. ANOTHER SERIOUS ACCIDENT TO AN EXCURSION TRAIN ON THE MIDLAND COUNTIES RAIL WAY. CHESTERFIELD, SUNDAY. Last night (Saturday) an excursion train started from Shipley, near Leeds, at 9.30 p.m., with 18 carriages, filled with passengers for London. All went on well until they had nearly reached Chesterfield, when the passengers' train, driven by Wm. Wood, ran into a coal train with such force as to smash the engine and tender, forcing them off the line on to an embankment, and scattering the fragments in every direction. A scene of consterna tion and alarm amongst the passengers was the con sequence, which words cannot describe. Many were maimed and bruised, 10 or 12 so seriously that it was deemed necessary to remove them to inns at Chesterfield, where a number of surgeons were sent for; those gentlemen doing everything in their Power to relieve the sufferers. A number of other passengers, only slightly hurt, refused to proceed on their journey. To those also the railway officials or dered every attention. After a delay of three hours the line was partially cleared, and another engine attached to the train, so that they proceeded on their journey. On the assembling of the passengers it was happily found none of them were killed ; the drivers, stokers, and guards of the two trains escap ing also with but slight bruises. I n f or mation was quickly conveyed to Derby, Leeds, and other towns, and a number were sent on to clear off the broken pieces an d scattere d de b r i s, and to prevent the trains due coming into collision with the standing carriages. By daylight oi3. Sunday morning both the up and down iine were sufficiently cleared for general traffic. The cause of the accident is attributed to thenigl;i being exceedingly dark and foggy, and the driver of the excursion train not having been informed that a coal train was preceding him. Fortunately Wood had greaCy reduced the speed of his engine in con. sequence of the darkness and his near approach to Chesterfield station, or the accident might have been much more disastrous, POLICE IN7ELLIGENCE.—Sept. 20. MANSION-HOUSE. THE STOLEN BANK NOTES. —john Fenne, otherwise Hugh Murray, calling himself "a professional gambler," charged with being in the possession, with a guilty know ledge, of two stolen £lO notes of the Bank of Eng land, was placed at the bar in the custody of Serjeant rackman, a detective officer, before the Lord Mayor, for further examination. Mr, Poland acted as counsel for the prosecution, and the prisoner was again defended by Mr. Sleigh. On the 15th of August Mrs. Blackburn, a widow lady residing in Poundm son-place, Bethnal-green road, was robbed of three £lO notes of the Bank of England, and about £lB or £l9 in gold, while transacting business at the bank of Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Co. About three weeks afterwards the prisoner was detected passing one of the stolen notes at the shop of Mr. Haas, a moneychanger in Fen church-street, among £75 in Bank of England notes, which he had taken there to be exchanged for an equivalent sum in France, Belgian, and Ger man money. On that charge, failing to give a sa tisfactory account of the possession of the note, the prisoner was originally arrested, and when first brought before the Court, much stress was laid on his behalf on the circumstance that only one of the notes in the 175 was proved to have been stolen, from which it might be fairly inferred he had come innocently by it. But it was afterwards proved that on the very day on which he attempted to pass one of the stolen £lO notes at the shop of Mr. Haas, he exchanged another of them, along with three £5O Bank of England notes, for so much French and Prussian money, at the shop of Mr. Vaughan, a money changer, in the Strand. Moreover, he wrote on one of the notes tendered to Mr. Haas " Mons. Fenne, 14, Peacock-terrace, Victoria-park," as his name and address, giving afterwards, when taken into custody, the surname of Fenne, and a totally different address, while to Mr. Vaughan he had stated be resided at 10, Peacock-terrace, Camber well. On subsequent inquiry it was found there was no such place as Peacock-terrace,Victoria-park. He sought to account for the possession of the first £lO by saying he was a professional gambler, and had won it, though he could not say from whom, at a gaming table at Baden - Baden , from which place he had just come. Mrs. Blackburn deposed that she had seen the prisoner somewhere before, but could not say where, nor would she swear she had seen him at the bank of Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Co., though to the best of her belief she had. On this evidence the prisoner had been twice remanded, and Mr. Sleigh, his counsel, stated on the second occa sion that he should be able to show that the prisoner was at Baden-Baden at the time Mrs. Blackburn was alleged to have been robbed. On Saturday Mr. Donald King, a clerk to Messrs. Twining, of the Strand, bankers, was called for the prosecution, and deposed that in August last the prisoner, giving the name of John Watson, called at the bank, and produced a bill for £lOO, payable at three days' sight. He was told that the bill required acceptance be fore it could be paid, and that he should put it into the acceptance-box for that purpose, which he did. The hill was accepted on the 16th of August, by which circumstance witness knew the prisoner had called at the bank on the previous day. It became due on the 22d, and witness paid him the £lOO on that day, the prisoner writing on the back of it " John Watson," the person in whose favour it was drawn. Mr. Poland, reminding the court that the robbery of Mrs. Blackburn took place on the 15th of August, said the evidence of the witness King went clearly to show that the prisoner was in London on that day, and not at Baden-Baden, as had been stated on the other side. Besides, the prisoner, who now called himself John Fenne, had at Messrs. Twin ing's bank given the name of John Watson. Mr. King, in cross-examination by Mr. Sleigh, said the bill for £lOO was dated on the 13th of Aug. and was drawn on Messrs. Twining by a banker at Baden-Baden. Priscilla Payne, a girl about 16, said she was re cently a servant to the prisoner, who was then called Mons. Murray, at 15, King's-road, Camberwell. She entered his service on the 9th of June last, and left at the end of July. He occupied the whole house, and, on a brass plate on the front door was engraved, " Mons. Murray, professor of medical gymnastics." (A laugh.) When witness left his service the prisoner had gone away, but Mrs. Murray remained in the house. Witness added, in cross-examination, that the prisoner went away about a fortnight before she left, taking with him a quantity of luggage, as he was going abroad. Mr. Dickins, au estate agent in the Old Kent road, proved that on the 2Sth of April last he let the house, 15, King's-road, Camberwell, to the pri soner, who gave the name of Hugh Murray. The prisoner's wife gave up possession of the house on the let of September, after a previous notice to quit by the prisoner in the same name of Hugh Murray. The prisoner paid his rent punctually, and behaved towards witness in a straightforward manner. Mr. Orger, of Cold-harbour-lane, Brixton, deposed that he let a house in Russell-terrace, Old Kent road, on the 29th of August last to the prisoner, who gave the name the name of John Fenne, and paid the rent until Christmas in advance. Mr. Sleigh submitted that the case against the prisoner had not been strengthened by the fresh evidence given that day, inasmuch as it only went to show that of late he had been residing at differ ent places, a circumstance perfectly consistent with his innocence of the offence imputed to him, and which, indeed, tended rather to confirm his state ment that he was at Baden-Baden about the time when he was charged with stealing the notes in question. That he was at Baden -Baden in August might be inferred from the fact of his tendering for payment at the Messrs. Twining's bank a bill for £lOO, drawn by a banker there, and bearing date on the 13th of that month. As to his writing the name of Watson on the bill, he might have had Watson's authority to do so, in which case the act would be pm fectly legal. There might be family reasons consistent with honour and honesty for his having assumed different names ; besides, guilty knowledge was not to be inferred from his being in the mere possession of the stolen notes, seeing that he might have come innocently by them. Calling himself a professional gambler would, of ourse, ex cite a prejudice against him ; but he would hardly have so denominated himself if he had been the re cipient of stolen notes. Was not, indeed, that a vo cation in which stolen notes were likely to have been paid over to aim at play ? Besides, he (Mr. Sleigh) apprehended the chief magistrate of the City of London, in the discharge of his duty, would not commit a man for trial unless there was a rea sonable and probable prospect of his being convicted by Th j e Lo y rd Mayor said the prisoner was clearly in possession of the stolen notes. No reasonable man would take a £lO note without making a memoran dum on it or recollecting from whom he received it. If the prisoner had come innocently by the notes in question, why did he not say, as an honest man would say, where he got them ? It was well known that people who played at gaming -tables at Baden did not pay in English notes , and that a man could stake nothing there but coin, and which coin he must place on the table. The prisoner had failed to account satisfactorily for the possession of the notes, and he must be considered to have had them with a guilty knowledge. He (the Lord Mayor) demurred to the allegation by the prisoner's counsel that the original evidence had not been strergthened. Though he now called himself Fenne it was proved that he had gone by the name of Murray, and had signed the name of Watson at the bank of Messrs. Twining. Then there was a good deal of confusion as to his residence. To Mr. Haas he gave an ad dress at Peacock-terrace, Victoria-park, there being in fact no such terrace there, and afterwards at the shop of Mr. Vaughan said he resided at a terrace of the same name in Camberwell, but giving a house there of a different number. All those circumstances strengthened the impression in his mind as to the prisoner's guilt, and he felt it his duty to commit him for trial. It might be that a j ur y might not convict, but it was not for him to balance proba bilities of that kind, and he should be recreant to a sense of duty if, on evidence so strong, he were to refrain to send the prisoner before another tribunal. The prisoner was accordingly committed to New gate for trial. GUILDHALL.— ALLEGED WHOLESALE SWIND LING TO THE EXTENT OF NEARLY £7,000. —Leopold Shocke, a foreigner, who was remanded from last week on the charge of feloniou s iy u tt er i ng a forged r eceipt for the delivery of goods to the value of £2OO and upwards, with intent to defraud the Tees Woollen Company, of B arnar d' s C as tl e , Durham, was again placed at the bar before Alderman Rose, and further charged with conspiring, with Henry Cohn, alias Cowen, a b an k rup t, w ho has, it is be lieved, fled the country, to cheat and defraud the said company. Mr. Lewis, jun., conducted the prosecution. Mr. It. B. Lumley (firm of Lumley and Lumley) watehed the proceedings for the Tees Wollen Com pany. Mr. Morgan (firm of Humph r eys and Morgan) appeared on behalf of Mr. Venable!. Mr. Beard attended for the creditors of Cowen. Mr. Waxen, from Stubbs's Trade Protection from the Merchants' and Office, and Mr. Peacock, wer e also present f or su b- Traders' Association, scribers. Mr. Buchanan defended the prisoner. c The court was densely crowded throughout the investigation. Mr. Martin, the chief clerk, having read over the evidence taken on the last occa s i on , Mr. Morgan said, in consequence of the observa tions which fell from the magistrate at the previous hearing, Mr. Venables had submitted the goods in question to the inspection of others conversant with such matters, and there were several of the first traders of the city of London present to testify that . he had given a full and fair value for them. Alderman Rose said, all he could say was, that the Court and the public would be only too pleased to find that the conduct of Mr. Venables had been perfectly straightforward in these transactions. Mr. Morgan said the newspaper report was a most unfavourable one to Mr. Venables. Mr. Lewis said that the newspaper report was merely a report of Mr- Venables' own evidence. Since the last hearing inquiries had been made, and something learned with regard to Cowen's an tecedents, which he would place before the Court. It appeared that Cohen's real name was Cohn, and that he was originally an optician's assistant, after which he started in Thavies lon as a watchmaker, and his course of business there was getting the greatest quantity of goods into his possession, and selling them as fast as he could, and then breaking up. He opened an account with Messrs. Spielman and Co,, the bankers, and at the period of his ob taining the goads in question owed that firm money, so that at the time he referred to them, and they gave such a character of him as induced Mr. Venables and others to buy goods of him, they must have known that he was not a person of any great commercial respectability. He was glad Mr. Venables was so ably represented ; no doubt he felt the necessity of it, as it was desirable that he should explain why he should have purchased woollen goods of an optical instrument maker, through the agency of a tailor who had failed in his own call ing. To sly the least of it, it was suspicious that a man like the prisoner should be selling £l,OOO worth of such goods, and— Mr. Morgan here interfered, and protested against these attacks upon Mr. Venables. It was slander in open court. It was infamous. Alderman Rose said he could not allow such statements to be made to the prejudice of Mr. Venables, and if he could reconcile the payments he had made to Cowen with the receipts in his books for those accounts, that was the only question to be cleared up. Mr. Lewis said he purposed asking for a further remand, and he would, therefore, proceed with the evidence. _ Mr, Robert Venables recalled. Mr. Lewis—On the last examination witness stated that, in reference to his first transaction with Cowen and the prisoner he asked them if it was all right, and explained that to wean if they had been stolen ; he now asked witness what induced him to ask that question. Mr. Venables said—l meant all right in every sense of the word. A thing could not be all right if it had been stolen, or if there was anything wrong about it. He had been to Cowen's office. He called himself, on the invoices, an importer of optical in struments and foreign goods. Alderman Rose said all that was wanted at pre sent from Mr. Venables was, to show by his cheque book and cash-bock that the prices of the goods, less 35 per cent. discount, corresponded with the actual amounts paid to Cowen. As far as he could see, the receipts did not agree with the alleged payments. Mr. Morgan produced all Mr. Venables' cheques that were paid to Cowen, and among the number, one for £lOO. He said the assumption was that Mr. Venables had entered in his receipt-book £125 as paid, when he had only paid £25 ; the fact being that the £lOO was paid by cheque, and the £25 in gold, both amounts being paid at the same time. Alderman Rose said it certainly was his impres sion that only £25 had been paid for the goods, as he was et a loss to understand why £125 should be entered in the receipt-book, and only £25 endorsed on the receipt stamp placed against the entry. Mr. Lewis asked witness if he considered it a good receipt for £125. Mr. Venables said if it were not, he did not know what was. Alderman Rose said he knew Mr. Venables would explain everything as far as he could. He merely wanted him to show that it was a bona fide payment of £lOO, and not of £25 only. Mr. Venables said he had shown the receipt-book to several highly-respectable merchants, who per fectly understood it. The cheque for £lOO, dated the Ist of August, is the same 1 paid with the £25 in cash to Mr. Cowan, for which the stamp in the receipt-book is the receipt. Alderman Rose said the explanation must go for what is worth. Mr. Venables said it was comprehensible to every one he had shown it to. The next payment was on the 4th of August, and the amount paid was in two cheques for £3lO 108. and £5 17s. 6d. Mr. Morgan said there was a receipt in the book for the larger sum, but none for the smaller. Alderman Rose said all that was required from Mr. Venables was to show that the actual pay ments agreed with the invoice prices of the goods, less 35 per cent. discount. Mr. Venables did not know why one cheque was entered and not the other. He supposed it was an error. He paid the prisoner a commission of 21 per cent. on the invoice prices, less 35 per cent. Ho knew it was a very unusual thing to do so, and at first objected ; but the prisoner said that was all he should get for his trouble, and he therefore paid him out of the petty cash, but there was no entry in his books of that amount (£6) being paid to the prisoner in his name. The prisoner's name did not appear in his books at all. It was not usual in the trade to pay a commission on the purchase of goods, but he sometimes did it. He did not charge the commission to Cowen, but told him of it. He also paid the prisoner 21 per cent. commission upon the transactions of the 14th and 23d of August, but took no receipts, and did not enter them to the prisoner's name in his books. Alderman Rose asked if these transactions were all negotiated by the prisoner. Mr. Venables said yes, with the prisoner and Cowen. Mr. Martin said it seemed extraordinary that Mr. Venables should pay a commission to the pri soner when Cowen came with and sold the goods. Mr. Venables said he was only twice at Co wen's office and on neither occasion did he see any other woollen tweed goods than those he bought. Cross-examined—ln all his transactions the pri soner acted as Cowen's servant or agent. Mr. Morgan asked witness if he applied to Messrs Spielmann and Co. for Cowen's character. Alderman Rose said he knew a great deal of Messrs. Spielmann, and he thought th e q uestion had better not be put. Mr. Morgan said it was important to Mr. Ven ables to show that before entering on those trans actions he applied to Messrs. S p ielmann and received a reply from them to the effect that Cowen had an account with them, that they believed him to be re spectable, and that Mr. Venables was quite safe in buying goods of him. Mr. Venables said that was the fact. Alderman Rose said Mr. Venables was entitled to every latitude in his endeavours to vindicate his character from any imputation in connection with these matters ; but, as to the' question as to how far Messrs. Spielmann and Co: were responsible for giving characters to swindlers, as they appeared to have done in this and one or two other instances within his own knowledge, was a matter they would have to answer in some other way. Mr. Morgan said there were a number of gentle men present, members of the most eminent City firms, to depose that a fair value had been given for the goods. Alderman Rose said it was quite unnecessary. Mr. Venables was upon his oath, and his answer would be sufficient. He therefore asked him if he gave the full and fair value of these goods, as bought in the ordinary honest course of trade. Mr. Venables said he gave the full value for them as a job lot of goods which he did not require—as fair a value as any merchant of the city of London would have given. Mr. Morgan wished to ask another question. Alderman Rose said the witness had given his answer, and it would be taken for what it was worth. Mr. Venables said he had since sold the goods at 27 per cent. discount on the invoice prices. Mr. Walker, the manager of the Tees Woollen Company, said he invoiced the goods at the market value, but he had sold goods at a reduced rate for cash in a month. William Jordan, a carman, proved taking the goods in three trusses from Cowen's on the 14th of August last to Mr. Venables, at 34, Aldgate, on which occasion, he said, the prisoner accompanied him, and afterwards paid him for the job. The goods had never been unpacked after leaving the railway. Mr. Fielder said he was a clerk. About three weeks ago he was engaged by Cowen, and as far as he could judge the prisoner was there acting with Cowen as his clerk. While Cowen was absent the prisoner received a telegram from Mr. Walker, of the Tees AN oollen Company, which he opened. It was addressed to Cowen, and inquired the reason why re mittances had not been forwarded. The prisoner directed witness to answer it, and he wrote the letter, dated Sept. 1, 1862, and accounting for the delay in remitting the money by stating that Cowen was in Paris. He wrote it to the prisoner's dictation. About a week after that the prisoner left and told witness that other goods might arrive, and if so he was to ship them to Hamburg. He gave witness the key of the offices to give to the housekeeper. Mrs. Augusta Parton, of 25, Jewry-street, Ald gate, said no such firm as Bellinger and Co. (the name alleged to have been forged to the packers' receipt for the goods) lived in her house, nor had, CHARGE OF INHUMANITY AGAINS7 A MID WIFE. On Saturday Mr. H. Raffles Walthew, the de puty coroner for East Middlesex, held an inquest at ',the Town of Ramsgate Tavern, High-street, Wapping, respecting the death of a mile child, newly born, whose parents reside at 3, Red Lion place, Wapping, who, it was alleged, had died from the neglect of a midwife connected with the Tower Hamlets Dispensary. James Grady deposed that he was a blacksmith, and on Friday night, the 12th inst., he went to bed about seven o'clock. His wife was near her confine ment, and she awoke him about three o'clock the following morning, complaining of labour pains. He went and called a female neighbour, who came directly. He remained outside the room for some time, when the female gave him two papers and requested him to take them to Mrs. Tongue, a midwife, at Stepney-causeway. He went there, and was told to go to Mrs. Ayres, at the side of the London Hospital. He went there and knocked at the door and rung the bell. A female raised an upper window and asked him what he wanted, and he informed her that his wife was in labour. She then asked him if he had the papers, and he replied, " Yes." She told him to put them under the door; at the same time she said, " It is a strange thing to send a parcel of men at this time," and asked him how long his wife had been ill. He stated that she had been in labour since 12 o'clock, and it was then half-past four. She replied, " I will follow you in ten minutes." Deputy Coroner—What time did she wait upon your wife ? Witness—She never came to my wife at all (sen sation). When I reached home two children were born ; the first was dead, but the second was alive. Dr. Ross, of High-street, Shadwell, had been called in. My wife was very ill from loss of blood. John Cotton, a neighbour, who acc om p an i e d the first witness, gave confirmatory testimony. Mary Ann Ayres, of No. 16, Mount-street, New road, Whitechapel, was called, and said she was a midwife to the Tower Hamlets Dispensary. On the morning of the 13th inst. she was knocked up by two men. It was about four o'clock, and they brought a letter, said that she was required at No. 3, Red Lion-place, Wapping. She asked them if they had a letter ; they replied, " Yes." She spoke to them from the window, and directed them to place the papers under the bottom of the door. She went down to the door, and found only one paper, the order for attendance was missing, and that was the reason she did not attend. By the Deputy Coroner—l did not ask the hus band if he had the order, and no one was up in the house at the time. Dr. J. B. Ross, the medical officer of the district, said that he received an order from the relieving officer of the union at 3 o'clock on the morning in question to attend the mother of the child. The order was marked " Urgent." He went and reached the house about half-past three o'clock. He found the female was suffering from exhaustion through extreme hemorrhage. One child was dead, but the other was alive. The mother told witness that when the first child was born she had no one with her. _ _ By the DeputyCoronr—l am of opinion that if the mother of the child had had the assistance of a midwife or any other female the deceased would have been saved. After some further evidence, The Deputy Coroner summed up, and The Jury, after some consultation, returned the following special verdict :—" That the deceased was found dead, but it is the unanimous opinion of the jury, from the evidence of the witnesses, and more especially the testimony of Dr. Ross, that the child's death was caused by the neglect of Mary Ann Ayres, a midwife, in not having attended the mother of the deceased during her confinement, she having received an order from the Tower Hamlets Dispensary to attend, and we (the jury) cannot separate without expressing an opinion that the conduct of the midwife was inhuman and highly culpable." ST. ALBAN'S PETTY SESSIONS, Sept. 20. (Before the' Earl of Verulam and a Bench o : Magistrates.) lIOPTOI4 V. MAJOR STAPLETON-TRESPASS IN 11:111. SUIT OF GAME. This was a very singular case, in which the plain tiff sought to inflict the full penalty of 40s. for pur suit of game in the neighbourhood of St. Alban's. The matter was originally brought before the court on the previous Saturday, when an applica tion was made for an adjournment on the ground that the defendant was unavoidably absent in Berk shire. The application was resisted on the allega tion that on the day following that on which the summons was served on the defendant, he, under peculiar circumstances, committed a second trespass, but the Court, on the condition that the defendant should pay the costs of the day, consented to the requested postponement of the hearing. This day the parties were not present, but Mr. Hopton was represented by Mr. G. Annesley, solicitor, of St. Alban's, and Major Stapleton by Mr. T. W. Blagg, solicitor, of the same place. The object of the plaintiff's solicitor was evidently to bring before the magistrate some remarkable cor respondence which had taken place between the plaintiff and defendant on the subject of the tres pass, and also between the defendant and the late mayor of St. Alban's (Mr. Kinder), who is the free holder of the ground upon which the trespass took place. It will be seen from the few observations made before the Court that the plaintiff's solicitor had not an opportunity of producing the correspon dence, a copy of which was, however, furnished to the reporter. It would be exceedingly unfair to one of the parties connected with the matter to deal with the correspondence, but it is not trespassing upon its comparatively private character to say that a portion of it is in an exceedingly bellicose tone; and:that had all the writers been of an equally ex citable temperament the probability is that a couple of challenges, if not a.brace of duels, would have been the result. Without in any way making use of the correspondence in question it may be stated that Mr. Hopton rents from Mr. Kinder the right of shooting over some 600 acres of land in the neigh bourhood of St. Alban's, and that Major Stapleton considered he had a kind of permissive right from Mr. Kinder to shoot over a small portion of the land in question. Mr. Kinder denies that he ever gave such permission, and stated to Mr. Hopton that the major had no right to be on the ground. Mr. Hop ton wrote to Major Stapleton to this effect, and hence the remarkable correspondence which the plaintiff's solicitor was desirous of giving to the world, but which the defendant's solicitor prevented being read by pleading guilty to the trespass. Mr. Annesley, at the hearing to-day, was pro , ceeding to call the attention of the bench to what he termed an aggravated case of trespass on the part of the defendant in the pursuit of game, when Mr. Blagg said that since the adjournment of the case he had made inquiries into the matter, and he was satisfied Major Stapleton had no right to go over the ground. He should therefore plead guilty to the information. Mr. Annesley did not understand whether Mr. Blagg would submit to the full penalty of 405., and therefore perhaps the bench would permit him to go into the particulars of the trespass. Mr. Blagg—lt is simply a trespass. Mr. Annesley—lt is an extremely aggravated one, and a fine will be totally inadequate to the offence. It is a case that should be made public. Mr. Blagg said it was evident that Mr. Annesley desired the whole of the case to be made public. Mr. Annesley—Just so, and that is what you do not wish. Mr. Blagg—l plead guilty to the trespass, and I do not see how you can go into the case after that. Lord Verulam—We know nothing of the case and cannot tell how to deal with the trespass until we know under what circumstances it was committed. Mr. Blagg—l am willing to submit to the full penalty of 40s. Lord Verulam certainly thought that if one gentle man pleaded guilty to deliberate trespass in search of game on the lands of another gentleman, the full penalty of 40s. was net too much to be enforced. The fine, with the costs of two witnesses and the solicitors for the plaintiff, was immediately paid. The case will come again before the petty sessions on summons for a second trespass, and will probably be subsequently heard of before one of the superior courts. ----- [ADVERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway's Ointment—Soundness Rwitew ed.—Any indolent ulcer or . chronic sore should immediately have this excellent unguent applied to it in the manner pointed out in its accompanying directions. For thoroughly cleansing a diseased or broken skin, and for rousing its poisoned vessels or depressed nerves to healthy :action, nothing can surpass owes Hollo when known Ointment. It strikingly shows its applied:to the ",01CMan's Ulcer," which settles in the leg, and often becomes most ' intractable under the ordinary treatment, though none has yet withstood this cooling and healing salve. The troublesome swellings preparatory to most ulcerations of the legs are likewise reduced b y the diligent application of Holloway's unguent, by gi v i ng strength to the weakened circulation through the capil. Iskrieo. anyone ever carried on the business of packers there. . She knew nothing of Cowen. Mr. Lewis here asked for an adjournment. Mr. Buchanan contended there was no case against the prisoner, whose conduct from first to last was that of Co wen's servant, and not that of a . conspirator. Mr. Martin said the prisoner was present at the uttering of the forgecil receipt for the delivery of the goods to the packers, knowing that he had pre viously disposed of them to Mr. Venables; and while acting as Cowen's servant, as it was alleged he was, he had received a commission on the pur chases. he also remembered that prier w sa a i s k nprehended be had every thing packed up ready to leave the country, and wh A en lde t r h in e a p n ris ß on o told Funnell, the detective officer, that the goods which had been sold to Mr. Venables had been shipped. He therefore remandee: the prisoner until Wednesday next. Mr. Beard said he was watching ;his case on the part of the creditors of Cowen, for whose apprehen sion a warrant had been issued from ti.'e Court of Bankruptcy, and an officer had been sent after him, but unfortunately be had contrived toeffect hits escape with a large quantity of goods. The creditc rs had ascertained that Cowen had obtained about 16,000 worth of goods of different firms within the last two months, during which period the prisoner was with andhim, ' taking an active part in the business, such as it was. Mr. Hyman Davis said he attended for Mr. Thompson, Ironmonger-lane, the agent of the Tees Woollen Company, in consequence of remarks made by Mr. Lewis on the last occasion, to the effect that Mr. Thompson had sold about £3,000 worth of the company's goods to a number of customers all of whom proved to be swindlers, and that the prisoner and Cowen were members of the same gang. It was not said in actual words that Mr. Thompson was a swindler or connected with the gang, but the infer ence to be drawn from those remarks was highly prejudicial to Mr. Thompson, who had been deceived by the parties referred to, and was himself a loser to the extent of about £3OO for goods a bought of the company. Mr. Thompson was present to give any explanation required. He bad references from Cowen to Messrs. Spielman and Co.; Messrs Gold ing and Co., extensive jewellers; Messrs. Fletcher and Co. ; and Messrs. Flather and Co., of Leaden hall-street. The whole of these references were checked by a first-class firm in Ch.eapside, who had received similar references from the same parties. Mr. Lewis said Mr. Thompson's explanation did not refute his statement that Mr. Thompson had been instrumental in parting with £3,000 worth of goods to a gang of swindlers. Alderman Rose said Mr. Thompson's explanation would carry its own weight with it, but he could not permit any further discussion. The prisoner was then remanded, in custody' until Wednesday next. MARALAAS. - LEICESTER—SATURDAY. Old white wheat, 60s to 63 ; new, Ms to 59s per 36 stone. Old red, 57s to 61s per 36 stone. Barley, malting, new, 38s to 42s per qr.; grinding, 30s to 32s ; old oats, 26s to 30s ; new oats, 23s to 26s per 24 stone. Beans, new, 40s to —s ; old, 43s to —s per 33 stone. NORTHAMPTON-SATURDAY. New wheat, 50s to 58s ; old, 52s to 595. Barley, 33s to 38s per qr. New oats quoted at 24s to 28s ; old, 28s to 34s per 24 stone. Beans, 39s to 42s ; seconds, —s to —s. New rye, 40s to 42s per qr. NORWICH-SATURDAY. - - From the large arrivals of foreign wheat and flour which have lately entered the different grain markets of the king dom, business to .day was dull for wheat at 2s decline on the currencies of last week. The supply was good. Fair supplies of barley offering, and prices remained about the same. White wheat 53s to 578 t Red wheat 46s to 55s Malting barley....4os to 41sT Chevalier barley 37s to 38s New d 0...... to —s Oats.. 25s to 30s Flour, 40s Od to —s Od per sack from the miller. NOTTINGHAM-SATURDAY. White wheat, from 53s to 64s ; red wheat, 50s to 625. Barley—malting, 36s to 42s ; grinding, 29s to 325. Oats old, at 25s to 31s ld ; new, 24s to 28s. Beans sold at 41s to 45s per qr. Flour, 41s to 445. YORK-SATURDAY. Wheat, red 54s to 56s I s Oats.... 24s to 2 8 s White do .58s to 628 Bean 42s to 44s Barley .30s to 32s Peas ..--9 to —s Malt, 64s to 66s per qr. ; rye, 39s per qr.; flour, 403 to 42s per sack. C 0 RK— SEP T. 19. The following' were the quotations this morning :—Red wheat, 17s Od to 26s 6cl; white, 19s Od to 28s Od; barley 133 Od to 14s Od ; oats, 9s 6d to 14s Od.; new here, 15s Od to —s Od. DUBLIN-SEFT. 19. A large attendance of millers. The supply of new Irish wheat was large, and some few samples in fine condition sold at about 6d decline. Oats in moderate demand at late prices. Business dull in foreign wheat. Good sweet flour in demand at full prices. s. d. s. d. Wheat, white.. 30 0t034 0 Beans.. . 246. d. O to ;7 . d el Do., red 27 0t032 0 Bern . l5 3to 16 0 Do., new Barley Oats Do., black l4 6to 16 6 Indian corn .. 31 0t035 0 FOREIGN MAIL PACKET LIST. MAILS DUE. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton. Sept. 18. via Marseilles drazil and Cape Verds, by British packet. Oct. 4. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena Oct. 2. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton Sept. 18. via Marseilles Sept. 27. Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Sept. 18. via Marseilles Sept. 27. India (Bombay), via Southampton Sept. --, via Marseilles Lisbon Oct. 4. Malta, Egypt, and Men, via Southampton Sept. —.— via Marseilles Sept. 23. Newfoundland Oporto and Vigo .. . Sept. ---• U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet.... Sept. 25. by U.S. packet.... by Canadian packet. Sept. 19. W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe Sept ---• Bahamas, via New York Sept. 23. Mexico All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, 1 ~ 29 ' California, and British Columbia.. Sept. THEATRICAL PERFORMERS IN FRENCH DEPART' MENTS.—The Minister of State has addressed a circular to the Prefects calling on them to give him all the informs' tion they can collect respecting the theatres of the depart ments, and whatever suggestions they can make for the ira" provement of their management in future. Meanwhile , until a new law can be passed for the better regulation of the theatres, the Minister proposes to change the presen t mode of deciding as to the merits of new performers, so as to leave the public in the full possession of its rights of aa' cepting or refusing, and of protecting debutante from such manifestations as have recently been attended with most unpleasant results. The Minister proposes that for the future debuts, in the provinces, shall b ° collective instead of individual; that, each now company shall be on trial for a month, after which the principa l performers shall be accepted or rejected by a public ballot of the frequenters of the theatre, and that the director shall be allowed a month to supply the places of any who may not be admitted as competent. His Excellency expresses a wish that the Prefects should take what measures they may deem efficient to prevent hissing, whistling, with other 'ay seemly and often brutal means of expressing disapprobatio n in theatres, especially in case of systematic opposition orr ginating in personal antipathies. The Minister trusts that the introduction of the ballot in this matter will amply se' cure the rights of the public, and protect the performers from affronts and insults which mere incapacity can never merit. BIRTHS. GOODIVIN.—On the 19th inst., at Sunderland-place, Wet' bourne-park, Mrs. H. W. Goodwin, of a son. PARKER.—On the 19th inst., the wife of Mr. Jas. Parke r, —On the 19 th inst., at Lofts' Hall, Essex, 01 N I, 0 W üblisher, Ox ford, of a son. the Rev. Robt. 'Wilkes, of a daught er . ' fi MARRIAGES. BARTON—FIowELL.—On the 18th inst., at the Pa ri l ll o church, Clapham, Alfred Barton, Esq., of Shangl l3° ' Editha Ellen, fifth daughter of Thomas Howell, Esq'' - Clapham. MEwroN—WAGG.—On the 17th inst., Henry M. ge rt°l:l ls ti Esq., of 14, Queen's-gardens, to E m ily Rachel, young ° daughter of John Wagg , Esq of Glouce;ter - 1 315cei Portman-square. DEATHS. BA B i e L r Y k . e — le On sg t u h a e r l9: a h ge i d ns B t 4 ,,. at Holly-hill, YatelY, l ian l ' John Baily, many years resident at 29, Davies-stree ' BIRCH.—On the e 19th inst., Margaret Birch, of T ir llet. Clapton, aged 53. , field, BOSANQUBT.—On the 19th inst., at Claysmore , - 03 ,7„, 0 Frances Georgiana Elizabeth, wife of James l'Wh a eo. Bosanquet, Esq., and eldest daughter of the Right -. 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